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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1940
Page
1
In a brisk dispatch, an editor recounts meeting Wendell Willkie during the 1940 campaign. The piece notes Willkie's electrifying presence, the intense pressure on his campaign, and the looming Democratic convention as Roosevelt and Willkie emerge as the key figures.
Congressional leaders returned from a recess to a bitter clash over keeping the national assembly in session or adjourning. Senate leaders push quick adjournment while Republicans aim to delay and push the Hatch clean politics bill and other measures.
German and Dutch authorities restored order in Amsterdam The Hague Utrecht and Haarlem after clashes between Dutch national socialists and anti Nazi protesters who wore white carnations for Prince Bernhard's birthday. Police backed by blackout enforced curfews and returned calm to the streets.
NBC report from Berlin states Governor General Auguste Nogues ordered French Moroccan troops to cease fighting and surrender, action attributed to Generalissimo Maxime Weygand.
Katherine O'Leary aged 19 plunged from a cliff while posing for a snapshot and was crushed on the rocks along a Black Hills stream in Rapid City South Dakota.
Chicago report foresees little rain for July 16 week across the upper Mississippi valley. Temperatures are expected to run near or slightly below normal with minimal precipitation chances.
Philadelphia dispatch describes a stark contrast between Wendell Willkie and Franklin D Roosevelt as they prepare for the 1940 campaign. Both are shown as showmen with strong physical presence and engaging voices, yet differ on government size and regulation with Willkie advocating less government and Roosevelt defending New Deal avenues.
Congressional advocates of publicly owned utilities assailed Wendell Willkie as “Insull the second” and accused the Republican candidate of leading a power trust. Sen. George Norris and Rep. John Rankin urged replacing party symbols with images of Insull Hopson and Willkie and framed the race as a choice between people rule and trust control.
Cedar Rapids enjoyed a cool Saturday with breezes tempering heat to a high of 79 between 3:30 and 5 p.m. By 8 p.m. temperatures fell to 72, with a low of 54 at 6 a.m. and a daytime rise to 66 then 76 by 2 p.m. Clear skies promised a fair weekend.
The article describes Camp Good Health hosting a Sunday school service for children with Miss Margaret Scott leading in the lodge and a duet by Miss Regina Drake and Miss Dorothy Shulze. After nap time, visitors may tour the camp from 3:30 to 5 p.m. The piece notes children seek aid from adults rather than miracles.
The War Department announced the creation of the first U S armored corps patterned on German panzer divisions. It will hold 18 000 personnel, 1 400 armored vehicles, 300 guns and howitzers, and over 13 000 automatic weapons. Intensive three month courses will train enlisted men at a new service school starting July 1.
Democrats aim to nominate Franklin D Roosevelt in Chicago on July 15 to oppose Wendell Willkie in the 1940 presidential race. Roosevelt works on a national defense program in Washington while Willkie plans a cruise and resignation from Commonwealth and Southern. Willkie to take a vacation. Roosevelt to Hyde Park for the Fourth of July weekend as Chicago gathers to name its nominee.
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London reports indicate several casualties and heavy damage in midlands industry from Sunday air raids by German forces. Incendiaries hit rural northeast England while southwest England saw bombs with no reported casualties. The RAF attacked German airfields factories canals and railways during the 24 hour period as Britain seeks to blunt the blitz.
London reports outline Hitler's goals including African colonies and a direct strike on Britain while Britain braces for a possible invasion. British naval losses include two Italian destroyers and several submarines as De Gaulle calls for free French forces to join allied efforts. About 6,000 Polish troops from Syria join British forces in Palestine and the Grampus submarine is overdue and presumed lost.
Mrs Mathilda S Bird 74 of Ames died when a car driven by her daughter Miss Luella Bird 33 was engulfed by a whirlwinds on highway 30 two miles west of highway 218 junction. The car veered off, struck a pole and fence, rolled and toppled. Mr Bird asleep in front seat survived. witnesses and Coroner Burrows investigated.
Two men suspected of raiding three cars on the McKinley school grounds tied up by a flashlight and pistols. Loot totaled 1250 dollars in cash and a wrist watch with victims from Iowa City and local residents. The crime followed a previous weekend raid on bridge games.
The United States closes the fiscal year with a 3.7 billion dollar deficit and a peacetime spending record of about 9.6 billion. Projected outlays for the new year total around 10.5 billion with revenue near 7 billion, and potential expansion of the rearmament program could add up to 5 billion in outlays.
Soviet seizure of German owned materials in ceded Bessarabia sparks fears of strains with Germany. At Chilia harbor the Dunarex grain export was seized by the Soviet committee led by the mayor. In Baltza long freight cars loaded with sugar were halted after the territory shifted to Russia. few cars escaped with Romanian authorities managing a partial escape.
Parachute troops seized Bessarabian and Bukovina areas from Romania as Soviet forces advance. Germany and Italy vow aid to Romania while King Carol seeks Mussolini’s help in Rome. Axis assurances pause further penetrations. Romania plans emergency government centers in the Carpathians amid military censorship and disrupted communications.
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