War and learning fade as Europe endures new terror
The piece notes renewed German bombing in Britain and the toll on shipping. It cites Raymond Fosdick on the loss of revolutionary learning and international knowledge, warning the war’s cultural damage may outlast its physical destruction. It then surveys Iowa forest tree distribution funding, family relations conferences, and social strains tied to defense era changes, urging tempered actions and practical solutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Europe
Raymond B. Fosdick
Rockefeller Foundation
Eports
Iowa
Coe College
Evelyn Millis Duvall
Duvall
Nazi Warships Defy Britain In Atlantic Raids
Berlin reports a German battleship squadron attacked Britain's North Africa supply lines, sinking 116000 tons of shipping and claiming 22 British ships sunk with 800 survivors rescued. The force, possibly Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, emphasized high seas operation and raised questions about US convoy policy and Britain's survival strategy.
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Berlin
Britain
North Africa
London
Germany
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
High Command
North Atlantic
Luetjens
Atlantic
Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
United States
Canada
County Officers Seize Liquor From Drop Inn Bootlegging Suspect
In a midnight raid near Cedar Rapids on highway 30 county officers found ten bottles of whisky in a booth room closet. Margaret Hoffman 19 admitted selling liquor to customers and bootlegging for about a week. She was jailed for illegal sale of intoxicating beverages.
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Cedar Rapids
Drop Inn
Margaret Hoffman
Miss Hoffman
Harlan Snyder
Pete Whittemore
L. D. Craft
Craft
Theodore Lightner
Husband Stabs Model Beauty Contest Champ
Mrs Nedra Evans a 22 year old chosen March 13 as America's most beautiful brunette model was stabbed by her husband who killed her mother wounded their two year old son and then stabbed himself in their Berwyn Chicago home The attacker William M Evans 25 unemployed driven by fear of losing his wife faced divorce documents and threats to kill the family The mother in law Ethel Sanders 44 died and the infant survived with doctors noting a dress button deflected the blade Evans was gravely wounded and Mrs Evans expected to recover The case follows a divorce action filed by Mrs Evans after a three year marriage with the couple's finances and crumbling relationship described by the wife
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Chicago
Nedra Evans
America
Berwyn
William M. Evans
Evans
Ethel Sanders
Chicago Art Institute
Escaped German Officers Returned to Canadian Pen
Two German naval officers Bern aardt Gohlke and Heinz Orttman who fled a Canadian prison camp by crossing the frozen St. Lawrence were escorted by U S immigration officers and newsmen to the Canadian side and returned to Kingston Ontario Fort Henry internment camp.
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Ogdensburg
St. Lawrence
Canada
Bernardt Gohlke
Heinz Orttman
International Bridge
Board of Immigration
United States
Fort Henry
Kingston
Ont
Mussolini Rumored to Suffer Nervous Breakdown
London based dispatch reports Italian Premier Mussolini has suffered a nervous breakdown after returning from the Albanian front. The Sunday Express cites speculation of persecution mania and bouts of insomnia with him pacing his Palazzo Venezia bedroom at night.
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London
INS
Italy
Mussolini
London Sunday Express
If Duce
Palazzo Venezia
Keep Eye On Aunt Hit Is Growing In Defense Role
Washington report notes Harriet Elliott known as Aunt Hit, the sole woman on the defense commission, is rising in influence as the drive to aid Britain accelerates. President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt indicate forthcoming announcements while Elliott oversees consumer protection and a halt to a sugar shortage attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Cowan
Washington
Aunt Hit
Hit
Harriet Eliott
Defense Commission
White House
Uncle Sam
Britain
Ickes and
Perkins
Roosevelt
Woman's College of the University of North Carolina
Miss Elliott
Elizabeth Elliott
Allen Curtis Elliott
Carbondale
Harriet
The
Five Year Old Boy Survives Sewer plunge Near River
John Peterson, five, fell 12 feet into an open storm sewer with 18 inch water flow and was swept toward the Mississippi river in MCGREGOR. Rescuers reached the tunnel end where A J Cords grabbed him as the water carried him toward the river. He suffered bruises and shock but was believed uninjured otherwise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGregor
Mississippi
John Peterson
Milo Peterson
Pike's Peak State Park
A. J. Cords
Cedar Rapids Elevated To Metropolitan District Status
Cedar Rapids was designated a metropolitan district for the first time, with a population of 73 219. The metro area includes Cedar Rapids and surrounding townships Rapids Marion Monroe Clinton College and Bertram. The district population rose 10 percent since 1930. Housing vacancy in the city stood at 2.2 percent with 420 of 18 977 dwellings vacant.
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Cedar Rapids
Bureau of the Census
Rapids
Marion
Monroe
Clinton
College
Bertram
Popu
Picket lines to end at Harvill plant talks set for Sunday
Union leaders press Roosevelt to seize operation of the Harvill Aircraft Diecasting plant Los Angeles to protect defense orders. About 350 workers walkout eight days ago as 68 percent of Pacific coast aircraft parts come from the area. Negotiations to reopen Sunday draw federal intervention into broader labor disputes at Allis-Chalmers Milwaukee and International Harvester McCormick works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Uion-Company
Harvill Aircraft
Roosevelt
CIO Die Casters
Harvill Aircraft Diecasting Corporation
Pacific Coast
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
Milwaukee
CIO Automobile
Navy
Chicago
Farm Equipment Workers Organizing Committee
CIO
International Harvester Company
McCormick Works
Aluminum Company of America
Edgewater
Motorist Arrested For Drunk Driving In Cedar Rapids
Police arrested K. D. House, 47, of 610 Second Avenue SW after a tip at about 6 p.m. Saturday. He was found entering a vehicle between Fourth and Fifth avenues on Third Street SE and booked on a charge of driving while intoxicated.
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Fourth
Fifth Avenues
Third Street
K. D. House
Second Avenue
First Avenue
House
U S to Send Flour Gift to Unoccupied France
The United States will ship 13500 tons of flour valued at 1 million dollars to unoccupied France as a wartime relief test. The two French freighters Ile de Rex and Leopold will pass through the British blockade with navicerts, under Red Cross supervision for distribution in Marseille and other unoccupied ports.
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Washington
United States
France
Germany
Vichs
New York Harbor
Red Cross
Congress
Ile de Rex
Leopold
State Department
Mediterranean
Marseille
American Red Cross
Vichy
Cary Grant and Countess Deny Weekend Elopement Plans
Hollywood reported Cary Grant and Countess Barbara Haugwitz Reventlow denied a weekend wedding. Both sources stated no elopement was planned and said rumors were unfounded.
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Hollywood
INS
Cary Grant
Barbara Haugwitz- Reventlow
Sunday Index and Page References Notice
The note lists sections Speris pages 1 to 3 Mavies pages 4 and 7 Went ads pages 4 and 7 Radio page 1. It indicates a layout plan for a Sunday edition with index and advertisement placements across multiple pages.
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Speris
Mavies
Radio
Russia to aid Turkey if Germany moves against them
Diplomatic sources say Russia would extend the same aid to Turkey it gives China if Turks are forced to fight Germany. A Turkish Russian declaration of friendship and non aggression is expected from Moscow, signaling Moscow's stance against Nazi expansion and its interest in keeping Germany away from the Dardanelles.
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Ankara
Turkey
Germany
Bulgaria
Russia
China
Moscow
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Atkay Akhavdar
Bulgara
U.ssr
Europe
Black Sea
Russias
Axis warning on U S democracy in Italian papers
Rome reports that fascist press claims axis aims to topple American democracy alongside Britain. Relazioni Internazionali of Milan says Roosevelt action prompts Europe to mobilize arms against London democracy and implied groups across the ocean. Il Giornale d Italia calls the democratic powers' wars a precursor to ruin and frames Italy's revolution as a world movement.
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Rome
United States
Britain
New
Europe
Relazioni Internazionali
Milan
Roosevelt
London
Il Giornale d'Italia
Temperature Rise Sparks Picnic and Cleaning Thoughts
Cedar Rapids saw temperatures climb to 52 degrees between 3 and 430 pm on Saturday after a chilly 25 degrees at 7 am. The day ended with a midnight reading of 36 degrees, while Friday reached a high of 47 and fell to 31 by midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
Ol’ Sol
Chambers
Walter Winchell and the 24 Hour Want Ads
A playful nod to Walter Winchell and the Gazette Want Ads winking at round‑the‑clock service. The piece touts want ads as tireless helpers for buyers sellers renters and traders noting a sold‑out item in a single day.
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Walter Winchell
Morpheus
Uifes Gezette
Yugoslavia Adopts Axis Alignment Amid Civil Strife Fears
Belgrade faces mass resignations protests and army unrest as the government yields to a German ultimatum to join the axis. Prince Paul reshapes the cabinet and plans a Vienna trip while US and British envoys weigh options and internal opposition warns of civil war.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Paul
Vienna
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U. S
Duce
Harriet Elliott
M’gregor Boy
Lation
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French Assurances
Sunday Index
Beake Carter
Are
Beek
Pares
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Marien—sare
U.S
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Winchell
Prince Paul
Dragisa Cvet~kovic
Alkeksander Cincar-Markovic
Adolf Hitler
Cincard Markovic
Arthur Bliss Lane
Ronald Ian Campbell
Cvetkovic
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Zivojin Balugdzic
Alexander
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