Defense planning lacks clear national strategy, says Pepper
The essay argues the United States has no single defense master plan guiding vast military buildup and aid to Britain. It cites disjointed efforts in navy, army, and air power, warns overreliance on one city for airplane parts, and urges broader, concrete action to avoid vulnerability and delays.
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Britain
St. Lawrence
Washington
Navy
Army
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Cleveland
Defense Administration
Britain Iraq veto mediation bids in Middle East crisis
Turkey and Egypt offered to mediate the latest Middle East hostilities but Britain and Iraq rejected mediation unless the other side halted fighting first. The report notes RAF air attacks on Iraq positions, a besieged garrison at Habbaniya, and moves to set up a rival Iraqi government in Basra amid broader Allied concerns over Syria and German involvement.
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United Press
Turkey
Egypt
Middle East
Britain
Iraq
London
Syria
Budapest
Germany
Bagdad
Berlin
Intermittent sun lifts Cedar Rapids temperature from 59
Forecasts call for fair skies in Cedar Rapids and vicinity with cooler conditions overnight. Tuesday saw a slow climb from a 59 degree low between 5 and 6 AM to 72 by 1 PM and 76 by 2:45 PM as clouds and showers faded. Rainfall totaling 0.38 inches over the past 24 hours cooled the day from Sunday's 85 and Monday's 78 peaks. 7 AM Tuesday showed 60 degrees, with potential for more warmth as skies cleared.
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Cedar Rapids
Stimson To Speak On Radio Tonight On Defense
Secretary of War Stimson will deliver a radio address from 8 30 to 9 o clock Iowa time. The War Department describes the talk as a report on national defense preparations and progress. It will be broadcast on Mutual and NBC networks nationwide.
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Washington
War Stimson
Iowa
War Department
Mutual
National Broadcasting Company Systems
Eleven U S Flyers Die On Canadian Ship
Ottawa report says 11 U S ferry pilots and 111 others perished when a Britain bound transport was sunk by enemy action. Names listed include R E Fordyce Chicago and J S Wright Medford Oklahoma among the American airmen. Reginald Wells of Melrose Highlands Mass also among the dead.
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Ottawa
Ont
United States
Great Britain
R. E. Fordyce
Chicago
R A. Lowell
Chickasha
Reginald Lawrence Wells
Melrose Highlands
Mass
Royal Canadian Signal Corps
Contracts Of All Regular Teachers Renewed By Board
After an executive session the Cedar Rounds News reports the school board approved renewal of all regular teachers for the next school year. About 90 percent of the budget goes to salaries on a schedule based on training and years of service. 380 renewals were approved excluding vacancies. Six new teachers were announced earlier, with more hires expected to reach a staff of about 400. The board also authorized painting 1,100 gallons, bought a spraying machine and bug dust for 76.50, and approved ventilating and acoustics improvements at Franklin high auditorium costing up to 1,200.
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C. T. Hickok
Walter Grissel and Company
Franklin High
F D R Cancels Tuesday Press Conference
President Roosevelt, running a degree and a half fever from a slight gastro intestinal upset, cancels his regular Tuesday afternoon press conference in Washington.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Roosevelt seeks big bomber boom to gain air supremacy
President Roosevelts wartime push accelerates heavy bomber output. A top White House meeting with Stimson Hull Morgenthau Knox and military leaders aims to raise monthly bomber production to about 500. Major General H H Arnold reports back from England as Burns moves to a new defense aid post.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
James H. Burns
Harry L. Hopkins
Secretary of Agriculture
Agricultural
Defense Commission
Stimson
Arnold
War Cabinet
White House
Hopkins
Burns
Office of Emergency Management
Division of
Defense Aid
Stephen Early
Mr Roosevelt
Division of Defense Aid Reports
Stalin Replaces Molotoff in Post Stalin
Radio Moscow announced that Josef Stalin has replaced V. M. Molotoff as Soviet premier. Stalin assumed duties as chairman of the council of the people's commissars and Molotoff was relieved of that post, with Molotoff continuing as foreign minister.
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Stalin
Molotoff
London
Radio Moscow
Josef Stalin
V. M. Molotoff
Council of the People’s Commissars
Council of the People's Commissars
Con Men Drain Farmer With Old Handkerchief Gag
Merlin Miller a Marion route No 1 farmer fell for a confidence trick at a local beer parlor. Two men used the handkerchief gag to pocket 83 dollars then fled. Detective L B Marshall notes the victims met the men on Second avenue and Second street before the scam.
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Cedar Rounds
Merlin Miller
Marion Miller
L. B. Marshall
Second Avenue
Second Street
The Blue-Eyed Archer Chases Miss Linger Across States
Earl Lee Archer, 20, a University of Arkansas student, chased Mary Helen Linger from Louisville to Kansas City on a motorcycle. Miss Linger’s father John Linger, a prominent realtor, warned Archer that Helen is older than he thinks and refused to reveal her age. Archer, broke, asked police to shelter him while he sought the girl, then learned her name and address before departing back to Fayetteville.
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Kansas City
Earl Lee Archer
University of Arkansas
Louisville
Mary Helen Singer
Archer
St. Louis
Miss Linger
John M. Linger
Helen
Tanford University
Fayetteville
Ark
Louis H. McClemmons
McClemmons
Gall Officers Who Finish R O T C Work
The War Department announced that over 8,000 young officers will be called to active duty this summer as second lieutenants on college graduation and completion of ROTC training. Those who finished ROTC but not college will not be called immediately.
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Washington
War Department
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Youth charged with attempted robbery hides in store window display
In Elizabeth City North Carolina a youth accused of attempting to rob a store tried to conceal himself inside the display refrigerator in the window, drawing police attention to the scene.
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Elizabeth City
N. C
School Board Approves Sanitary Facilities for Hill Park
The school board approved a project costing about 800 to install sewer connections behind the Hill Park ticket office with a six inch main, manhole, and fixtures from Washington high school. The work aims to serve baseball patrons this summer while also fitting long term plans for a high school stadium and athletic plant.
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Cedar Rapids News
Hill Park
Clare Blodgett
Blodgett
C Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Washington High School
Summer Store Hours See Change In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids stores switch to summer hours starting June 2 with weekday closures at 5 PM and Saturday 9 AM to 9 PM. Winter hours resume September 1. Earle Nichols announces a merchants bureau parking lot committee to work with city officials under Senate file 293 allowing a levy up to half a mill for downtown real estate.
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Cedar Rapids
Earle Nichols
Chamber of Commerce Retail Merchants Bureau
Nichols
Merchants Bureau
Senate
Herbert Dixon Hurt in Auto Crash Then Breaks Back
Herbert Dixon received hospital care for eye lacerations after a car accident and was dismissed. He resumed duties for nine days before seeking medical help for back pain and was diagnosed with a broken back.
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IVA, S. C
Herbert Dixon
Dixon
Eden Urges Faster American Aid for War Effort
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons that fuller faster American aid would shorten the war and appealed to the United States to press Fire to permit Britain to use Irish bases in the Battle of the Atlantic. He outlined Britain’s Middle East stance and blamed Yugoslavia’s government for part of the Balkan setback.
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London
Anthony Eden
Eden
House of Commons
Lord Moyne
House of Lords
Egypt
America
United States
Fire
Britain
Ireland
Atlante Ocean
Trish
Berehaven
Lochswilly
Balkan
Paul
Linn County Cuts Debt by Nearly Half Million in 1940
Linn County reduced its outstanding bond issues by 481000 in 1940 leaving 2143000. Additional 350000 in bonds mature by 1942, with all primary road bonds paid by 1949 barring new issues. Gasoline tax funds retire the bonds with no levy. County expenses fell slightly with warrants totaling 1160690.96 and notable cuts in officials’ costs and salaries across departments.
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Cedar Rounds News
Linn County
Robert Vessey
Board of Supervisors
Bob Vesely
Frank Bates
Dempsy Jones
Recorder’s Office
G K Thompson
Walter Shupp
Sherif Jim Smith
Enthusiastic Workers Launch Y M C A Fund Drive
About 125 young workers fanned out citywide Tuesday seeking 60000 to retire indebtedness on the Y M C A building and fund improvements. Kickoff speakers included Robert C Armstrong Arthur Poe and Byron K Anderson.
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Cedar Rapids
Pepper pledges blood to halt axis advance in world wake
Sen Claude Pepper urged the United States to seize strategic positions worldwide and join Britain in blocking Axis expansion. He said Americans are ready to spill blood to stop dictators, backing a hard line against appeasement and proposing open US-UK cooperation and long-range bombers to aid China.
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Enator
Claude Pepper
United States
Greenland
Iceland
Azores
Cape Verde
Canary Islands
Dakar
Tokio
Florida Statesman
Pepper
Washington
Britain
Sen Claude Pepper
Fla
Pacific
China
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