Verdun memories from Duke of Windsor broadcast and a 1916 ambulance run
An eyewitness recalls Verdun in 1916 during World War I as the Duke of Windsor appealed for reason over war. The account describes ambulance work on Hill 274 and Dead Man's Hill, night routes along the Meuse, and the brutal bombardment that claimed millions in Verdun’s trenches.
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Verdun
Duke of Windsor
Windsor
Meuse
Dead Man’s Hill
Hill 274
Fromereville
Red Cross
Roosevelt offers second plan for federal reorganization
President Roosevelt proposes a second plan under the new reorganization law to Congress, envisioning 14 interdepartmental transfers and consolidations aimed at saving about 1.25 million dollars yearly. The plan calls for abolishing the coal commission, shifting foreign service units to State, moving lighthouse bureau to Treasury, and dissolving WWI era agencies by 1939.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House
National
Bituminous Coal Commission
Secretary of the Interior
Department of the Interior
Foreign Commerce Service
Commerce Department
Foreign Agricultural Service
Agriculture Department
Department of State
Foreign Service
Foreign Service Buildings Commission
State Department
Bureau of Lighthouses
Treasury Department
The
Coast Guard
Two Hands Do God’s Work in Slum Girl’s Deathbed Wisdom
A frail slum girl who cared for siblings since childhood falls ill and near death. She rejects church labels, saying she will “show Him my two hands” as proof of faith through hard work. The diary-like vignette honors quiet mercy and duty.
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Slumland
Coal factions see president as talks extend contract talks
The White House mediated two month long negotiations between soft coal operators and miners led by John L. Lewis. Reports say the talks will resume Wednesday in New York while Secretary Perkins calls for an immediate coal movement and a crisis announcement.
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New York
White House
Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Roosevelt
Charles O'Neil
O'Neil
Labor
Perkins
James F. Dewey
Labor Department
J. John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
CIO
Secretary of Labor
Miss Perkins
Coal Commission
John R
Jury rules carpenter in Arizona is Charley Ross
Phoenix carpenter Gustav Blair 69 is judged Charley Brewster Ross, the child kidnapped in Germantown in 1874. The eight minute civil trial found Blair’s identity based on family traits and testimony, with default judgments against Germantown defendants who did not respond.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Superior Court
Gustav Blair
Phoenix Carpenter
Charley Ross
Germantown
Blair
Walter L. Boggs
Sophia Ross
Marian K. Ross
Anne C. Ross
Christian K. Ross
C. A. Rodgers
Charley
Walter Ross
Walter
Charley Brewster Ross
Lincoln C. Miller
Phoenix
Miller
Carpenter
Ross
Maquoketa Native To Be Methodist Bishop Of Iowa
Iowa will name Bishop J. Ralph Magee of Maquoketa as the new Methodist bishop for Des Moines after transfers announced by the uniting conference in Kansas City. Magee, ordained in 1902, has led pastorships in Sioux City Massachusetts and Seattle and served as Hamline university president.
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Des Moines
Iowa
J. Ralph Magee
Maquoketa
Uniting Conference of Methodist Churches
Kansas City
Magee
St. Paul
Sioux City
Massachusetts
Seattle
Wash
Hamline University
Iowa State Teachers College
Morningside College
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Oxnam
Omaha
Nations agree on veto of Pagt offer in Europe
Soviet ambassador Maisky told Foreign Secretary Halifax that Romania is ready to accept a Soviet guarantee of independence as part of a new Eastern European security system. The report notes four nations agreeing to veto the Pagt offer.
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London
Ivan Maisky
Lord Halifax
Romania
Spectacle on the Front Brings Artillery Chaos and Death
A battlefield scene unfolds as a mule cart delivers two wounded soldiers and a dead comrade. The narrator, amid roaring guns, recalls a distant hill and the dead man’s wide‑open mouth braying unrealistically as the moon looms above. The deafening artillery drowns the strange sounds, heightening the surreal moment.
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Dead Man’s Hill
Mule taunts during WWI front line ambulance scene
The narrator recalls two wounded men and a third carried from a dugout as mules bray at him on the western front. He questions whether the animal mocks those who think they can belittle humanity, calling war paralyzing stupidity that civilization cannot avoid. He notes the memory echoes a 1916 letter in Gazette.
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Verdun
Western Front
Curtsey To Royalty Transfers Strain To Buttons
In the east, curtseying to royalty causes strain on back suspender buttons, explains Baer. The piece lampoons diplomatic protocol and its practical discomforts.
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Baer
Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Royal Visit Sparks Summer Fairs and Neighborly Cheer
A playful note describes a curtsey and jack knife as skills, royal visitors will attend summer fairs, and citizens are urged to greet guests with enthusiastic decorum. The piece frames diplomacy as neighborly fun through light-hearted imagery.
Senate approves large farm parity and surplus disposal fund
The Senate advanced a 338 million dollar agricultural bill funding parity payments and surplus disposal. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau warned deficits rise beyond estimates and urged new taxes to cover the added spending. Parity money targets five crops with allocations to corn, cotton, wheat, and rice.
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Washington
LLP
Senate
House
Morgenthau
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Backing Car Leads to Reckless Driving Charge in Cedar Rapids
Glen J. Klingaman 17 faces reckless driving charges after his car struck two boys, Paul Kirk 14 and Milo Webb 19, near B avenue NE following a verbal altercation with Dale McDaniel. Kirk suffered a bruised face and back sprain while Webb bruised his leg. A hearing is scheduled for Wednesday.
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Glen J. Klingaman
Seventh Street NE
Paul Kirk
B Avenue NE
Klingaman
Young Kirk
Milo Webb
Webb
Dale McDaniel
Kirk
McDaniel
Shaver Park
Candid Camera Photos On Gazette Side Pages
Candid camera panels will appear on inside pages of The Gazette starting today. Turn to page 5 for today's pictures.
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The
Gazette
Extraordinary Defense Powers Granted to Polish President
Poland's Sejm granted President Ignacy Moscicki extraordinary powers in all military and economic matters to strengthen national defense. The powers run until November 1, and were approved unanimously to ensure unity during the emergency. The move comes as Vladimir Potemkin visits Warsaw, signaling Russia's diplomatic maneuvers in the security front, with Russia expected to name a new ambassador to Poland and minister to Romania.
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Warsaw
Poland
Ignacy Moscicki
Sejm
Vladimir Potemkin
Russia
Turkey
Bulgaria
Rumania
Jacob Gartyan
Joseph Beck
Romania
Potemkin
Beck
Explanation Of Factors Involved In Coal Strike
AP report outlines the nationwide coal strike factors in Q and A form. It notes about 460000 miners out, with 7000 to 8000 Iowa miners affected though many idle due to spring layoff. Negotiations have been deadlocked since March 14 with contract expiry March 31. Key issues include the closed shop and fines for illegal strikes. The CIO affiliate UMWA seeks to require all Appalachian agreement workers to join. The latest operator offer discussed a checkoff system.
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Des Moines
Iowa
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
UMW
John L. Lewis
Roosevelt says radio serves as sole source of unbiased government information
President Roosevelt told a national audience that in some communities radio broadcasts are the only way citizens can obtain factual government information. The electrically transcribed interview with Lowell Mellett was sent to about 150 local stations as part of a campaign to broaden public knowledge of federal activities.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Emergency Council
Lowell Mellett
NBC
Mr. Roosevelt
Walter M. Jeanes Dies In London After Brief Illness
Walter Michael Seagraves Jeanes 50 British political figure and World War II veteran died in a London hospital Tuesday morning after a brief illness. He served in France and the intelligence service and was decorated with the Legion of Honor and the Croix de Guerre. He was on the advisory board of Standard Oil after the war. Mrs. Jeanes, nee Mary Safely, is visiting in the Safely home in Minneapolis.
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Walter Michael Seagraves Jeanes
Standard Oil Company
London
Jeanes
Mary Safely
Robert I. Safely
Robert C. Safely
Avenue
Frankfort
Threats Prompt Special Detective Detail for Hope Diamond Heiress
Kidnap warnings targeting Evalyn McLean and her mother led Washington authorities to assign a special detective detail during their New York visit. A guard accompanied the pair after threats appeared in letters sent to Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean, owner of the famed Hope Diamond.
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New York
Evalyn McLean
Evalyn Walsh McLean
Washington, D. C
Washington
Firemen rescue infant locked inside home by wind
Firemen from company No. 6 rescued 11 month old Mary Carol Byrne who was calm in a kitchen high chair when her mother, Mrs. Paul Byrne, was locked out by a snap lock as a wind gust blew the back door shut. The crew used a ledger to access a second floor window and applaud the nonfire rescue.
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Cedar Rapids
Mary Carol Byrne
Mary Carol
Paul Byrne
Fifth Avenue SE
Louis Mikulecky
Gray of the Union Pacific dies in Washington hotel
Carl Raymond Gray former Union Pacific president and later board vice chairman died of a heart attack in a Washington hotel. He was 71 and had just arrived for legislative business after six months on a presidential committee on railroad rehabilitation. Gray had starred in railroading from telegrapher to top executive with nationwide influence and close ties to President Roosevelt.
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Washington
INS
Gray
Union Pacific
Carl Raymond Gray
Union Pacific System
Roosevelt
Hearings Set on War Referendum by Senate Panel
A Senate judiciary subcommittee ordered public hearings on a war referendum requiring a people’s vote before any declaration of war. The hearings will begin Wednesday, with lawmakers examining the bitterly disputed resolution.
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Washington
INS
United States
Senate Judiciary
Nordic ministers reject Hitler’s Baltic non aggression pact offer
Stockholm reports four Nordic ministers decline Germany’s reciprocal non aggression treaties with the Baltic states. Norway Denmark Sweden and Finland oppose alliances as war looms. Paris dispatch notes France and Britain awaiting Poland’s decision on Pope Pius XII mediation proposals to ease Poland Germany tension over Danzig.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Denmark
Norway
Finland
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Baltic
Paris
France
Britain
Poland
Pius XII
Danzig
Nordic Foreign Ministers Split Over German Pact
A brief meeting of Sweden's Richard J. Sandler Denmark's Peter Munch Norway's Halvdan Koht and Finland's Oskaro Erkko produced a split on an anti German pact. Sandler led the anti Germany faction with Finnish support while Norway favored independence. Denmark hesitated due to its German frontier and Munch urged cautious overtures to the Nazis.
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Europe
Richard J. Sandler
Sweden
Peter Munch
Denmark
Halvdan Koht
Norway
Oskaro Erkko
Finland
Sandler
Germany
Munch
Pope Pius XII proposes five power talks on German Polish dispute
The Vatican seeks a five nation conference including France Great Britain Poland Germany and Italy to settle the Polish German issue centering on Danzig. He offers direct mediation of the French Italian dispute with Cardinal Maglione. France and Britain favor direct Vatican mediation while Germany and Italy are receptive to it as part of ongoing axis diplomacy.
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Paris
Pius XII
Vatican
France
Great Britain
Poland
Germany
Italy
Danzig
Cardinal Maglione
Benito Mussolini
Mediterranean
15 000 Strawberry Plants Sold In Gazette Ad
J Reysa of Rockford road SW says he sold 15 000 strawberry plants after placing a Want Ad in The Gazette from April 30th to May 7th. About fifty people answered, with Premier strawberry plants and Mas on Everbearing among offerings. Dial 3 2360 for J Reysa and 2 1121 for ads.
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J. Reysa
Rockford Road
The
Gazette
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National Training School For Boys
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National Archives
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Interior Dept
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Commerce Department, and Biological Survey
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Cedar Rapids News
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Hope Diamond
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