Diplomacy and Consulates Under U S Pressure in War Talks
A column argues the State Department should curb Italian and German diplomatic presence in the United States. It notes Italy's demand to close Naples and Palermo offices and Italy’s press expulsions, while Germany uses covert networks. It calls for restrained, hard measures rather than full severance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Italy
Detroit
Newark
Department
United States
Naples
Palermo
Washington
Germany
FBI
Dies Committee
Turkey
Can we afford not to feed Europe
A persuasive case for U S relief to wartime Europe argues that starving Europe risks global hunger and instability as blockades exacerbate shortages. It notes Nazi aggression draining food from conquered lands, with famine causing malnutrition, disease, and hardship, urging Britain to allow American aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Hoover
France
England
Germany
Hitler
Poland
Denmark
Britain
Fountain of Youth Theme Puzzle Clues
A crossword style list features horizontal and vertical clues about roots across ages. Entries include historical figures, objects, and common terms like to observe and to dress, with several abbreviations and thematic mentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
North Carolina
North Africa
Borglum Dies in Chicago Father of Mount Rushmore
The American sculptor Gutzon Borglum, originator of Mount Rushmore, died in Chicago. His 60 foot granite likenesses of Washington Jefferson Lincoln and Roosevelt are nearly finished after 13 years. His uncompleted Stone Mountain memorial and a Wilson statue destroyed by nazis are noted works. His son will finish the Rushmore project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorado Taft
Gutzon Borglum
Chicago
Borglum
Mount Rushmore Memorial
Black Hills
South Dakota
Washington
Jefferson
Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Stone Mountain
Confederacy
Georgia
Woodrow Wilson
Poland
Mount Rushmore
Welcome improvement on four lane highway plan bridge
The state highway commission approves a contract setting for a new bridge over Milwaukee tracks on Marion boulevard. Completion of the overpass by July will remove the bottleneck from the two lane section. Remaining problems include the Indian creek bridge and turns at the east approach. Cedar Rapids and Marion motorists now enjoy the wider pavement and the concept of four lane roadways delivering speed and safety benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Marion Boulevard
Indian Creek
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Dear Louise and the Uncertain Mindset in Wartime
A dialect framed letter argues that uncertainty breeds misery and that Americans crave certainty while England stays steady under threat. It contrasts Uncle Ben’s camp meeting doubt with National resolve, notes World War I comforts and the current anxieties, and ends urging Love Dad to make up her mind for peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise
Abram
Ben
England
Honey
Dad
Roosevelt Turns Office Over to Emergency Management
The Washington memo notes President Roosevelt quietly empowers a revived office of emergency management to oversee budgetary and fiscal controls across defense bureaus. A policy commission may later set policy on lend lease and Britain aid, while critics accuse Ickes and others of smearing dissent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defense Health Bureau
McReynolds
Defense
OEM
Harry Hopkins
Morgenthau
Stimson
Knox
Wickard
Britain
Roosevelt creates new defense production tent in OPM
The article explains a reshuffle placing Mr McReynolds and Mr Roosevelt in control of defense production through the OPM while Mr Knudsen and Mr Hillman continue in direct talks with the President on routine matters. A policy committee will operate alongside Knudsen to allocate production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McReynolds-Roosevelt
McReynolds
Knudsen
Hillman
FDR
Essence of Airline Safety vs Military Drift
Boake Carter argues Congress should restore the Civil Aeronautics Authority and Air Safety Board to independence to emphasize airline safety over military use. He criticizes shifting pilots to military duty and warns that probes into aid to Britain risk war, urging restraint and focusing on safety in air travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansas City
Congress
McCarran
CAA
Air Safety Board
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Authority
10 20 30 YEARS AGO IN THE GAZETTE
James Angell was injured and shocked after a bicycle collision with a car on First avenue and Eleventh street. A sub district music contest will be held in Vinton with winners Kenneth Skersick and Mary Chalmers representing their senior high schools. Eileen Kelly and Robert Downing won honors at the Iowa City journalism conference. Cedar Rapids escaped a two day blizzard that killed 15. T A Edson and his daughter Charlotte were slightly injured in a car collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Angell
First Avenue
Eleventh Street
Kenneth Skersick
Washington High School
Mary Chalmers
Grant School
Vinton
Eileen Kelly
Immaculate Conception
Robert Downing
Washington High
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Middle West
Radio Listings for Saturday and Sunday Evening Schedule
A dense, era style radio guide lists programs across stations WGN WHO WSUI KFJB WMT etc for Saturday evening and Sunday morning and afternoon. It includes talk shows music orchestras news and dancing hour schedules with numerous performers and stations in a long sequence of times and program names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peance
Wgn—Ralp
WMT
Billy
WGN
Sparta
Gabriel Heatter
Iowa Barn
Art Kassel
Roosevelt
Wallace
Wickard
WGON
Union
WSUI
John Bankhead
Hal Leonard
Arch
Vausha Monroe
WQN
Chicago
WHO
California Melodies
Griff Williams
WSIT
Bob Knight
Eddy Duchin
Glen Gray
Ray Heatherton
Ted Fio Rito
Art Hassel
Wilson Ames
Calvary Baptist Church
Alice Blue
KWLC
Radio Chapel
Strandvold
Chick Chata
Hawaii
America
Beck
Chireh
Radio Canaries
Christian Science Service
KFJB
WOQN
KFJH
George Sokolsky
Sundial
Defense For
Radio Warblers
WQON
Voice of Romance
Ralph Dlnsburah
Orch Kyfib
James HM. Cady
Lutheran Hour
KFJA
WPA
WMT—N_Y Philharmonic
Winsom
Auiz
KFIB
Albert Einstain
Len Salvo
Organsat
Wlo—Drama Workshop
AWGN
Lawrence Salerno
Crimson Wizard
Paulse
WMJ
Alfred Wallenstein
Jack Benny
Columbia
Grht
Williams’ Orch
Chairlie McCarthy
Wythe Willams
s_orch
BGN
Alan Booth
American Forum of the Arts
Soe
Helen Hayes Theater
Isham Jones
Orch
Chicare
George Yuill Named Manager of Water Works Office
George Yuill has been appointed manager of the water works office to succeed Andrew Kydd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixth Street
Fifth Avenue
George Yuill
Andrew Kydd
Pastor Ensign Called to Marion Church
At a Marion Presbyterian session a unanimous call was extended to Rev. C. F. Ensign of Cedar Rapids Olivet Church. He is expected to move to Marion on April 1. Cyrus Metcalf Jr has moved to Kenwood Park from St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Marion
C. F. Ensign
Cedar Rapids
Olivet Presbyterian Church
Cyrus Metcalf, Jr
Metcalf
Cedar Apes
Kenwood Park
St. Louis
Definition of success by Edgar A Guest
The verse praises everyday deeds over fame. A neighbor who helps in trouble, a gracious minister who forgives time, and a father whose quiet labor earns respect define true success.
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Mammal
Florida
Cheek
New York
Church
Japan
Paul Mallon
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Senate
Ickes
Gauleiter
Wheeler
Bennett Clark
Hiram Johnson
Holman
Robert LaFollette
LaFollette
F.D.R. Hands
Boake Carter
Omaha
George Clark
T A. Edson
Charlotte
Alleescler
Cedar Raside
Ames
Town City
Des Moines
KFJS
Marshalitowns
Decorah
Edgar A. Guest
the Poet of
the People
Mercy
Wayne King
Frederick F. Schwindt
Sound Motion Pictures
Community Bible Auditorium
2Nd Ave
6Th
7Th Sts
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