Germans Urge Matsuoka to Choose Axis Role Soon
Berlin reports say Japanese Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka must decide if Japan will join the fight against Britain now or face Britain and the United States later. German circles warn Japan to align with the axis and not stay a silent partner. Ribbentrop welcomed Matsuoka at a reception after his talks with Hitler.
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Berlin
Yosuke Matsuoka
Japan
Britain
United States
Singapore
Far East
Germany
Italy
Matsuoka
England
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Adolf Hitler
Jvo Andric
Means Of Aiding Yugoslav Regime Studied By U S
The United States studied means to aid the newly formed Yugoslav government. Acting Secretary Sumner Welles pledged support similar to that given Britain Greece and China. Officials said additional emphasis on Greek and possibly Yugoslav aid would follow if the Balkan situation worsens.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Greece
China
Sumner Welles
Belgrade
Balkans
Yugoslavia
Africa
Red Sea
Suez Canal
Egypt
Mediterranean
Civilians Losses From Air Raids Hit 28 859
London reports say since the war began civilians killed by air raids across Britain total 28 859 with 40 166 seriously injured. Ellen Wilkinson disclosed the figures in Newcastle, noting military fatalities are about one fiftieth of civilian deaths.
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London
Britain
Newcastle
Ellen Wilkinson
Ministry of Home Security
Duce On Last Legs In Africa
The British liquidation of Mussolini's African empire nears end with the capture of Kerееkest in Eritrea as Harar falls in Ethiopia, likely severing the Addis Ababa Djibouti railroad and pushing toward capitulation. A British submarine attack on an Italian convoy sunk a 6,000 ton transport and a 10,000 ton tanker in the Mediterranean.
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Benito Mussolini
Kerea
Kest
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Harar
Addis Ababa-Djibouti
Mediterranean
February Traffic Toll Soars in Rural Areas
In February rural traffic deaths rose 40 percent from a year earlier, contributing to a national total of 2,560 and nearly reaching the February record set in 1937. Cities cut fatalities by about two percent, with 11 of 44 states reporting declines.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
FDR Keeps Tabs on Balkan Crisis at Sea
President Roosevelt near the end of a fishing cruise stayed informed on the Yugoslav crisis. He received State Department reports via naval radio, aides said, while aboard the U S S Benson.
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Roosevelt
State Department
Naval Radio
State trades school set to open at Milford by May
Lincoln reports arrangements move quickly to launch a new state trades school in Milford Nebraska by May 1. The creation bill sailed through the unicameral legislature on Thursday to authorize the institution.
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Lincoln, Neb
INS
Milford
Neb
Will Learn Monday If Sweeping Soft Coal Strike Looms
The United Mine Workers scale committee representing 12 districts in the Appalachian soft coal region was summoned to New York for a Monday meeting to decide if a general mine shutdown is possible. Wage-hour negotiators for 21 operators’ associations and 338,000 miners in eight states remain at odds over a $1 a day wage increase in a new two-year contract.
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New York
United Mine Workers' Scale Committee
Yugoslav Revolt Praised in Marseille Demonstration
About 10 000 Marseille residents gathered spontaneously in Place de la Bourse to hail a new anti axis Yugoslav government amid rumors of its formation. The crowd chanted long live Yugoslavia as they filled the square where King Alexander was assassinated in 1934.
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Marseille
France
Yugoslavia
Place de la Bourse
Alexander
Make This Model At Home Pattern 4730
Pattern 4730 is offered in misses and women sizes from 14 to 42. Size 16 requires 3 yards 39 inch fabric and 1 yard lace edging. Send fifteen cents to Pattern Department The Cedar Rapids Gazette for the pattern and ten more cents for the latest Pattern Book.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
West 17Th Street
New York
N. Y
135 Citizenship Pleas Filed In Court New Record
About 135 petitions for citizenship will be heard Monday as Judge George C. Scott opens the federal district court session. Hearing starts at 9 a.m. in the third floor courtroom. April 1 is motion day with court convening at 10 a.m. Also, Tobias E. Diamond filed a suit for $171.01 plus interest against Mr and Mrs C B McCannon of Marion over a note transferred to the government through a credit company to the federal housing administration.
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George C. Scott
Federal District Court
Bessie Engle
Federal Building
Tobias E. Diamond
Troops 4 and 6 Win Awards At Boy Scout Honor Court
At Roosevelt school Thursday night the Boy Scout Court of Honor honored Troop 4 hosted by Canopus club and Troop 36 sponsored by First Baptist church. Troop 4 won attendance. Troop 36 won advancement. Ralph Groom and William C. Neu presented life and star awards. 53 merit badges were awarded by Dr R L Naibert. Harold Ward gave first class awards. Second class awards were by O J Elsenbast. Harry W. Fraser and Melvin Tudor presented special awards and led roll call. Next Court of Honor set for May 8 at McKinley school with boards of review April 25–26.
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Canopus Club
Daniel Justad
First Baptist Church
Grant Anderson
Roosevelt School
Ralph Groom
William C. Neu
R L. Naibert
Harold Ward
O. J. Elsenbast
Harry W. Fraser
Cedar Rapids
Six Recruits for Army Air Corps to Take Exams at Fort Des Moines
Six men are sent to Fort Des Moines for final physical exams before joining the Army Air Corps. Three will go to Jefferson Barracks, Missouri: Robert J. Martin, Harry J. Eckhoff, and Woodrow Liebe. The other three head to Fort Douglas, Utah: William J. Schick, Edward G. Watterson, and Robert H. Myers. Local recruiter Sergeant A. F. Cleary noted 23 enlistments in March.
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Fort Des Moines
Army Air Corps
Sergt
A. F. Cleary
Jefferson Barracks
Robert J. Martin
John Martin
Schaeffer Drive
Harry J. Eckhoff
Iowa City
Woodrow Liebe
Charles Liebe
Kalona
Fort Douglas
Utah
William J. Schick
Anna Schick
F Avenue NW
Edward G. Watterson
P. G. Watterson
B Avenue NW
Robert H. Myers
Henry E. Myers
Blairstown
Cleary
Greek War Relief Collections Planned in Cedar Rapids Theaters
Greek school girls of Cedar Rapids join a national drive by collecting for the Greek War Relief Fund in all city theaters. During intermission or in the lobby, daily collections will run for a week. The volunteers wear blue and white head and shoulder bands for identification.
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Cedar Rapids
Greek War Relief Fund
Mundt Calls for Action to Curb Stream Pollution
Washington Representative Karl Mundt urged immediate steps against the pollution of streams by industries and municipalities. He spoke at the Izaak Walton League convention, warning that wasteful projects and damming threaten wildlife and river health, with officials defending river development under national defense.
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Washington
Karl E. Mundt
S. D
Izaak Walton League of America
Mundt
Paradise
John C. Page
Bureau of Reclamation
Reclamation Bureau
West Fees
Lion Tamers Honor Loftus Memory At Club Meeting
The Lion Tamers club gathered at fire station No 6 for the sixteenth annual session honoring founder William Loftus who had died two weeks earlier. Dempsy Jones led a moment of silence for Loftus as Judge Harry Johnson was named president for the 1942 meeting with memory of Bill Crissman’s past leadership. Membership cards were handed out as newcomers earned status by guesting and telling a story.
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Lion Tamer's Club
Fire Station No. 6
William “Billy” Loftus
Lion Tame
Hale
Hose House
Dempsy Jones
Loftus
Bastmaster
Bill Crissman
Harry Johnson
Johnson
Robert Armstrong Reelected YMCA Directors Leader
Robert Armstrong was reelected chairman of the YMCA directors by 21 board members. Other officers renamed include P. F. Keehn as vice president H. N. Boyson as treasurer and Harold Millhiser as corresponding secretary with S. R. Hawkins continuing as executive secretary.
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Robert Armstrong
Y.M.C.A
S. R. Hawkins
P. F. Keehn
H. N. Boyson
Harold Millhiser
City Assessor Nears Schedule Despite Slow Start
Cedar Rapids city assessor's office said it was about on schedule in gathering assessment figures after delays from legislative wrangling over tax rates. Only 16 small districts' books remain to be sent, with completion expected around April 15.
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Cedar Rapids
Nothing Happens In Woodland Then Tragedy Strikes
In Woodland Illinois 400 residents face two suicides linked to a lover slain bride to be Royalene Hinkle 26 and Lowell Eugene Gray 25 both described as an ideal couple. Victor Schlemmer 26 undid himself after leaving his wife and child near Sleepy Hollow Creek. Coroner Verne Bussert notes coincidences amid the deaths.
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Woodland, Ill
Woodland
Sleepy Hollow Creek
Miss Royalene Hinkle
Lowell Eugene Gray
Lowell
Alvin Gray
Royalene
Verne Bussert
Victor Schlemmer
Schlemmer
Bussert
Nutrition Education Emphasized By Miss Simpson
Miss Lucy Simpson head of the community nutrition service told the Council of Social Agencies at the YMCA meeting that nutrition education must be concrete. She described the unit as independent of public health nursing and relief programs and outlined work with medical relief, the relief department, the milk fund study, and menu help at the Children's Home.
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Lucy Simpson
Community Nutrition Service
Council of Social Agencies
Miss Simpson
Medical Relief Service
Relief Department
Milk Fund
Coe Band Presents Czech Benefit Concert
The Coe College military band offered a strong concert in Sinclair Memorial chapel as a Czech relief fund benefit under the Czech National Alliance of Cedar Rapids. Stan Vesely directed a polished program with Tschaikowsky, Lohengrin, Bruch and Dvorak works and an encore by Humoresque. The band plans a spring tour through eastern Iowa and northern Illinois.
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Coe College Military Band
Sinclair Memorial Chapel
Czech Relief Fund
Czech National Alliance of
Cedar Rapids
Stanley Vesely
Tschaikowsky
Capriccio Halsen
Dvorak
Mr. Vesely
George Schultz
Iowa
Illinois
Garfield Pupils Stage Radio Assembly A Trip To Mexico City
Garfield school third graders present A Trip to Mexico City on radio station WMT Saturday at 9 30 a m The program directed by Miss Agnes Carlson features Barbara Klassen Patty Anne Edda Anne Peddycourt Nancy Holloway Barbara Hockaday Lyndall Davis Jeanette Potter Dolores Barnes Barbara Teeters Sally Vetter with sixth graders Marilyn Hauser Guerin Thompséon Dolores Barber Jack Mordorst and others The 109th Assembly Room Of The Air broadcast marks the event.
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Garfield School
Mexico City
WMT
Agnes Carlson
Garfield
Barbara Klassen
Patty Anne Edda
Anne Peddycourt
Nancy Holloway
Barbara Hockaday
Lyndall Davis
Jeanette Potter
Dolores Barnes
Barbara Teeters
Sally Vetter
Marilyn Hauser
Benita
Dolores Barber
Pedro
Guerin Thompséon
Guide
Jack Mordorst
Loot stolen in auto pilferings recovered by police
Investigators recovered a mixed haul including four unmarked automatic pistols a 22 target pistol a portable radio an electric clock two portable typewriters nine shirts a portable lantern a black suitcase a hunting coat five auto robes a horsehide fur robe two auto tires a camera and field glasses Also two suits two jackets and two more items were identified as owners The firearms will be sent to Des Moines for ballistic tests to check for crime linkage A 12 gauge Pump gun belongs to A L Hornby now of California and a movie projector to Blaine C White stolen from Cedar Falls and Grinwell last winter.
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Bender
Huston
Des Moines
A. L. Hornby
California
Cedar Falls
Blaine C. White
Grinewell
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Norma Garbett
New Castle
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Los Angeles
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Norma
Edgar Sutton
Richard Nicholson
Doris Spence
Duce
The
United Seas
FDR
Balkan
State Trades School
Sixteenth Avenue
Anne Adams
Army Air Corp
Ft. Des Moines
COE Band
By Frof
Max Daemler
Acme Poultry Market
Ormerly
William Ann
West End
F Ave
Bridge
Dial
Vine & St NW
IGRAM
KALEN
M Ave
Center Point RD
H. K. Igram
Hamed Foods
2Nd Ave
Omar & Son
18Th Ave
Pillsbury's
Nash
Rus
Wilson
Brook
Peter Pan Bread
National Biscuit Ritz
Brace
Mall
Rival Packing Co
Lagomarcino-Grupe Co
Joe
Starks
First Ave. E
Ritz Crackers
Cherie
Morrell's Pride
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