Soviet Leader Appeals for World Peace in May Day Speech
Soviet Defense Commissar Marshal Semyon Timoshenko urged world peace in a Red Square address as Tass released the text. He warned troops to remain mobilized and prepared to defend the Soviet Union, detailing a reorganization of military training and a large May Day parade of tanks planes and artillery.
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Moscow
Semyon K. Timoshenko
Red Square
Timoshenko
Tass
Soviet Union
Japan
Russia
Warns Japan May Take Final Step
The Kokumin warned on Thursday that Japan could be forced to plunge into a firm final step if the United States or other powers keep aiding Chiang Kai-shek’s Chinese government.
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Japan
United States
Chiang Kai-shek
Kokumin
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British Fleet Triumphs Over Duce’s Naval Ambitions
Alexandria correspondent says British ships roam the Mediterranean with courage and skill and may wipe the Italian navy from the sea. He notes the Battle of Matapan as a turning point and recalls Luftwaffe dive bombers attacking Illustrious, which returned to port after heavy hits. He concludes the British are measuring the Nazi air threat.
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Larry Allen Alexandria
The
Gazette
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Mussolini
Mediterranean
Matapan
Il Duce
Herman Goering
Promotions Made In Battery G At Camp Claiborne
Promotions in Battery G 185th field artillery organized in Cedar Rapids announced. Walter E. Dennis and Leo F. Samek of Cedar Rapids promoted to sergeant, with Ray Boyer Shellsburg and Thomas J. McDonnell Marion also promoted. Corporals named include Charles F. Russell John A. Stewart Cedar Rapids James W. Baugh North English Henry J. Grady Marion Perle D. Stainbrook Brandon Verle W. Brumbaugh Malvern. A quintet from Company H entertains the 136th medical regiment including Cedar Rapids men George Myers Ed Shields Jack Lankow Dick Young and Lowell Cubbage who writes the songs. First Lieut. Walter Kansky Cedar Rapids appointed to the 133rd infantry inspection team for weeks of training inspections.
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185Th Field Artillery
Cedar Rapids
Walter E. Dennis
Leo F. Samek
Ray Boyer
Shellsburg
Thomas J. McDonnell
Marion
Charles F. Russell
John A. Stewart
James W. Baugh
North English
Henry J. Grady
Perle D. Stainbrook
Brandon
Verle W. Brumbaugh
Malvern
136Th Medical Regiment
George Myers
Ed Shields
Jack Lankow
Dick Young
Lowell Cubbage
Cubbage
Walter Kansky
133Rd Infantry
German planes damage British destroyer off Scottish coast
Berlin reports German aircraft damaged and probably sank a British destroyer during the night off the Scottish coast according to the supreme command communiqué issued Thursday.
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Berlin
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Supreme Command
Wadena Army Volunteer Hart In Truck Mishap
John Wood of Wadena age 23 the son of Dr and Mrs J R Wood was critically injured at Fort Des Moines in a truck accident He suffered back and skull fractures Wood entered the army last fall as a volunteer He had run a meat market in Wadena and attended Iowa State College after graduating from Wadena High School His father serves as Fayette county coroner.
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John Wood
J. R. Wood
Wadena
Fort Des Moines
Wood
Iowa State College
Wadena High School
Fayette County
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