U S Patrol Orders Tight Rules Off Atlantic Coast
An official says the Atlantic patrol will avoid shooting unless sunk, tasked only to spot Axis ships and relay locations until British forces intercept. The strategy fits Roosevelt’s broader North Atlantic plan to convoy raiders rather than munitions-bearing ships. debate over convoy authority continues in Congress.
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United States Atlantic Patrol
United Press
Navy Department
Roosevelt
House
Great Britain
Driver in Three Car Crash Fined for Speeding
L A Waters of Davenport was fined 10 dollars and costs in police court for speeding linked to a three car crash Friday afternoon. Waters rammed the Pierson car, which hit Thompson, all westbound on First Avenue E near Thirty second Street. Mrs Pierson suffered leg cuts. Pierson and Thompson injured. reckless driving charge dropped and speeding substituted after Waters pleaded not guilty to the original charge.
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L. A. Waters
Davenport
Waters
Roland E. Pierson
Ellis Boulevard
Pierson
Glen A. Thompson
Seventeenth Street
Thompson
Thirty-second Street
First Avenue
St. Luke's Hospital
Arms-Laden U.S. Ships Reported Reaching Suez Canal
In Vichy reports Saturday claimed 26 American merchant ships loaded with arms and munitions for Britain had arrived at the Suez Canal. Circulation among neutral and French quarters suggested the Red Sea opening by Roosevelt signals possible U.S. shipments to the Middle East with light tanks anti-tank and anti-aircraft guns on board.
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France
Middle East
Suez Canal
Roosevelt
Red Sea
United States
Navy denies U.S. ships in convoy duty at Suez
The Navy on Saturday denied reports from Europe that 26 American merchant ships loaded with war materials arrived at the Suez Canal escorted by U.S. gunboats. The statement said no United States Navy ships are employed in convoy duty.
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Washington
INS
Europe
Suez Canal
United States
Navy
Navy Department
United States Navy
Effort Seen To Pave Way For Convoys
Senator Tobey says the administration wants convoys but public opinion blocks it. Senator Pepper plans in senate to urge navy guard war shipments to Britain. Guffey’s Thursday plea for convoys triggered Tobey’s remark about administration moves. Barkley says he learned of Guffey’s plans only shortly before the speech.
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Tobey
N. H
Pepper
Fla
Senate
Navy
Britain
Guffey
Roosevelt
Barkley
Kentucky
Britain and U S Seek Streamlined Atlantic Convoys
An American source described Britain’s war position as grim and urged swift convoys under close Britain U S naval cooperation. Pressure on Eire over bases wanes as focus shifts to a new convoy plan to win the Atlantic battle.
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Britain
United States
Eire
Germans Bomb Liverpool for Several Hours
Two hundred German planes bombed Liverpool and Mersey side Friday night. Heavy casualties followed as a church crypt shelter collapsed killing ten, a garage shelter fire killed three, and a dormitory bombing claimed five. An ambulance crew member and a wounded patient died in a later strike. Fires raged though most were controlled by dawn. Anti aircraft guns faced a dense barrage with debris from a wrecked plane found on the ground.
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Liverpool
Merseyside
Bombing Raid Strikes Hamburg and Rotterdam Docks
The British air ministry announced a heavy bombing raid on Hamburg causing large fires and extensive damage. The communique noted the industrial area hit and docks at Emden and oil depots at Rotterdam attacked.
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INS
Hamburg
British
Air Ministry
Emden
Rotterdam
British air raids hit northwestern Germany at night
Berlin report says strong British air forces dropped explosive and incendiary bombs mainly on rural districts in northwestern Germany during the night. Anti aircraft defense kept the raids from causing significant damage according to the official news agency.
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Berlin
Germany
Lindbergh Radio Address Set for America First Rally
The National Broadcasting Company announced its blue network will air Charles A. Lindbergh’s speech from the America First committee rally in St. Louis tonight at 9 30 Iowa time. The address follows Lindbergh’s recent remarks stirring public debate on U S policy and aviation.
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National Broadcasting Company
Blue Network
Charles A. Lindbergh
America First Committee
St. Louis
Iowa
British Army Tells Its Story Of Balkan Battle
The war office released the British force's account of the Balkans clash. It says the BEF was doomed from the start as German forces crossed the Bulgarian Greek frontier on April 6 and reached the sea by April 9. Greek units initially resisted, but Greek collapse by April 14 left the BEF to retreat.
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Strumitza
Lake Doiran
Vardar
Salonika
Bitolj
British Evacuation From Greece Costs Two Destroyers
Admiralty reports six ships lost during the Greek evacuation. Destroyers Diamond and Wryneck were sunk after rescuing 700 survivors amid heavy German dive bombing. About 35,000 troops and refugees were evacuated over three nights from Kalamata and adjacent regions, despite air and sea attacks.
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Greece
Admiralty
Diamond
Wryneck
Nauplia
Kalamata
Royal Navy
Kase Strait
Mediterranean
Rapthis
Napolia
Megara
Charles Higby Receives Five-Year Escape Sentence
Anamosa Iowa Charles Higby the Escapee from the Anamosa men's reformatory in 1914 pled guilty to escaping from custody and was given an additional sentence of up to five years He already faces a 12 year term for second degree murder plus a 27 year freedom period and a prior 1912 killing of his first wife in Cedar Rapids He will begin the five year term after completing the murder sentence and the judge noted the five year period is the statutory penalty for escape.
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Anamosa
Charles Higby
Higby
Cedar Rapids
J. E. Heiserman
Iowa
Child Burned as Boiling Candy Spills on Baby
Rochelle Ann Watson twenty two month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Watson of 603 First street SW suffered second degree burns Friday evening when a pot of boiling candy spilled on her at home. She was taken to St Luke's hospital in fair condition Saturday with burns on her left face neck arm chest and back.
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Cedar Rapids
Rochelle Ann Watson
Richard Watson
First Street
St Luke's Hospital
American Legion Urges Roosevelt to Ensure British Aid
The American Legion in Indianapolis urged President Roosevelt to ensure delivery of aid to Britain, even using U.S. navy and auxiliary forces if needed. It adopted resolutions calling for full disclosure of the emergency, resignation of Frances Perkins, and defense labor tempers to prevent strikes.
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American Legion
Roosevelt
Britain
United States Navy
Legion
National Executive Committee
Frances Perkins
United States
Ankara
Iraq
Mediterranean
London
Traq
Temperature Rises To Summer Like 78 Under Bright Skies
Cedar Rapids and vicinity saw a warm spell with a 78 degree high at 2 p.m. under sunny skies. The day featured clear conditions, mild temperatures, and a rapid temperature rise from early morning lows to early evening highs with evening cooling.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
Italy Annexes Slav Province Lubjanja in Yugoslavia
Rome reports Italy formally annexes the Slovenian province of Lubjanja in north western Yugoslavia. An Italian high commissioner will govern with a 14 member Sloven consultative body. Military service will not be compulsory. Slovene becomes compulsory language with Italian optional. Official documents bilingual. Italian law applies. Boundary details to be announced later.
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INS
Italy
Lubjanja
Yugoslavia
Roosevelt War Declaration Hint Prompts Pettitions to Roosevelt
Senator Bennett Champ Clark of Missouri told an America First gathering in Kansas City that London signals indicate Roosevelt will issue a de facto war declaration. He urged citizens to flood the mails with petitions urging the President to keep the nation out of war.
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Kan
Bennett Champ Clark
London
America First Committee
Roosevelt
Ruth Hussey Finds Lost Lucky Nail Amid Flat Tire
Hollywood actress Ruth Hussey started a studio trip with a flat tire in her Hollywood driveway. The missing horseshoe nail she regards as a luck charm was found when the tire was examined.
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Hollywood
Calif
Ruth Hussey
Ruth
Nazis Claim British Ship Losses Reach Half Original Tonnage
Berlin reported Nazi high command figures showing about 10,917,000 tons of British shipping sunk since the war began, roughly half of Britain’s original tonnage. It cited April losses of 1,211,000 tons and noted mine damage and Greek-water losses not included.
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High Command
Britain
Ford Scion 1 A In Draft Francees Uncle Is Dissenter
Benson Foard a 21 year old scion of the Ford family was placed in class 1 A by Macomb county draft board No 2, able for immediate service. A dissenting vote came from Charles N McNaughton, uncle of Edith McNaughton, debutante whose engagement to Ford's son Edsel Ford was announced. McNaughton favored class 1 B citing concerns over the medical report. Board members Retzlaff and Strich supported 1 A, saying induction could proceed if doctors later reversed the decision. Ford had not sought deferment and no one pressured the board.
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Mich
Benson Foard
Automobile
Macomb County
Draft Board No 2
Henry Ford
Charles N McNaughton
Edith McNaughton
Grosse Ponte Farms
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Edsel Ford
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George Raft Injured After Fall From Pole
Hollywood AP reports actor George Raft suffered three cracked ribs and abdominal contusions after falling from a cross bar on a 30 foot pole while filming a scene as a power lineman at his studio Friday.
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George Raft
Raft
Roosevelt urges tax load on individuals and corporations
President Roosevelt says $3.5 billion in added taxes is a minimum revenue need and that all Americans must bear a fair share. He notes the income tax must broader, as exemptions may need reduction, and urges Congress to act favorably on the revenue goal while framing a progressive tax policy.
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Roosevelt
Doughton
N. C
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Kenwood
E. M. Watson
Staunton
Congress
Fierce Battle Report From Habbaniya Air Base
Reports from Turkish radio say Iraqi troops broke into the southern sector of the Habbaniya air base at dawn and fighting continued after a lengthy siege. British and Iraqi reports claim aerial bombardments and tank actions around Basra Rutah and Mosul oil facilities as Axis powers seek influence in the Near East.
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