Current empire tensions shape wartime outlook
The column critiques American support for the British war effort and predicts U S involvement will rise, not from popular passion but from an interventionist minority. It questions farm policy leadership and notes Japan's Sino Japanese war dynamics while citing defense production gains and a shift toward a tougher Soviet army under Stalin. It ends with a humorous call for a week without uplift causes amid national observances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jan Smuts
United States
Smuts
Italians claim heavy blow to British convoy
Rome reports British air and naval bombing of Benghazi with Italian torpedo planes striking a large western Mediterranean convoy. The communique claims hits on a battleship, an aircraft carrier, two cruisers, a destroyer and three merchant ships, with 13 British Hurricanes and Defiance fighters downed. Italian forces also say they seized Samos and Furni in the Aegean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Benghazi
North Africa
Mediterranean
Tripoli
Aceean Sea
High Command
Cedar Rapids Warmth Lagging Despite Sun
Cedar Rapids area forecast shows mostly cloudy nights with a slow rise in temperatures. Readings reached 60 by mid afternoon after a chilly morning low around 44, with overcast skies earlier and sun breaking through briefly before evening cooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
Roosevelt Cancels Friday Press Conference
President Roosevelt cancels the semi weekly press conference as he continues to recover from a stomach disorder. He had also canceled a weekend trip to Hyde Park, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N.Y
Bus Drivers To Get Pay Raise In New Contract
Cedar Rapids City Lines and Local 638 of the Bus Drivers union plan to sign an 18 month closed shop contract giving pay raises and longer vacation. The new deal raises drivers pay by four cents an hour to 66 cents, adds two vacation days to nine, and retroactively covers April 16, 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Edward Ackerman
Bering
Arthur T. Klopp
Old Marion Road NE
Chicago
Detroit
International Union
C. J. Phipps
Portsmouth
Ackerman
Springfield
Kent Fitzgerald
National City Lines
Norman Wright
Kiopp
Frank Flaherty
Ford Shoudy
Max Smith
Local
Union
J. J. Gormley
New York City
International
Phipps
YMCA Drive Surges Past Three-Quarter Mark
Cedar Rounds News reports the YMCA campaign has reached $48,733 pledged to date, led by Day's $12,463 and a total of $21,923 from the executive committee. The drive aims for $24,000, with trustees adding $119 and another $1,376 in the general campaign. Major Erwin Wasta leads with $719, as Division No. 2 trails. Byron K Anderson urges finalize efforts before Monday noon.
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YMCA
Byron K Anderson
Day
Robert C Armstrong
YMC
Board of Trustees
Arthur Poe
Erwin Wasta
John Heidl
Anderson
Butler Reelected President of Carnegie Endowment
New York AP reports Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler was reelected Thursday to another term as president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nicholas Murray Butler
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
U S Readies 27 Merchant Vessels For Red Sea Mission
Twenty seven American ships are to enter the Red Sea despite Axis threats to sink them. Seven vessels may be sent initially under lend lease, with twenty more to follow as protection plans and convoy policy debate heat up in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Red Sea
Washington
United States
Maritime Commission
Great Britain
United Press
State and
Navy Departments
City to seek airport under new allottment by president
Cedar Raunds News reports Chamber of Commerce officials welcomed President Roosevelt’s request to Congress for a 61,477 750 appropriation to build 149 new airports and expand 20 existing airfields for Army Air Corps tactical units and civilian defense. John Drabelle, aviation committee chair, said a local application will be filed with the Civil Aeronautics Authority in Kansas City within a week. A 48 hour survey will be prepared for submission, with a committee meeting to approve the survey early next week.
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Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt
Congress
Army Air Corps
John Drabelle
Chamber Aviation Committee
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Kansas City
CAA
Aviation Committee
Drabelle
Council Ready To Consider Parking Lots Levy
Cedar Rapids city hall signals openness to create or lease municipal parking lots to solve the parking problem. Mayor Hahn and Finance Commissioner Burgus say the council will work with merchant groups and may levy a half mill under a new state act authorizing city operation or lease of parking facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Frank Hahn
L. D. Burgus
British Sink Sea Raider In Indian Ocean
The Cornwall a 10000-ton cruiser intercepted and sunk a German armed merchant cruiser believed to be the Hansa in the Indian Ocean. 27 British prisoners were rescued. Fifty three Germans survived and were taken as prisoners of war. The engagement date is not stated.
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London
Germany
New York
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Brest
Indian Ocean
South Seas
Potsdam
Soviet Move Nearer Germany Indicated
MOSCOW AP report says the Soviet Union withdrew recognition of Yugoslavia Belgium and Norway as sovereign states signaling a possible new understanding with Germany. Diplomatic circles note Stalin, newly premier, settling Balkans differences to keep peace and neutrality, amid reports of Axis air raids and British Commons abstentions.
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Moscow
Rusia
Yugoslavia
Belgium
Norway
Josef Stalin
Balkans
Luce Canal
David T.lord Googes
House of Commons
Chute Hall
Russia
Five Volunteers In Marion Board For May 20
Five volunteers join seven registered Marion draft board members set to depart May 20 for a year of service in the armed forces. Replacements fill slots for previously rejected Fort Des Moines calls. Named volunteers include William Farnham Central City Izer Nielsen Marion Robert McCann Coggin Victor Blaine Mount Vernon and John Schmitz Walker. The other two men are Leo Bohr en Coggon and Arthur Dudley Central City. Cedar Rapids west side board will send five men and the east side one on May 20 with names not released.
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Marion Draft Board
Wall
Fort Des Moines
William Farnham
Central City
Izer Nielsen
Marion
Robert McCann
Coggon
Victor Blaine
Mount Vernon
John Schmitz
Walker
Leo Bohren Coggon
Arthur Dudley
Cedar Rapid West Side
Americans In Syria Told To Prepare To Leave
Beirut Syria based U S Consul General Cornelius Engert ordered all American residents in Syria to be ready to depart at a moment’s notice. The advisory followed tensions in the region and urged preparation for possible evacuation.
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Syria
Beirut
INS
U S
Cornelius V. H Engert
Ata
Japan Considers Peaceful China Policy Shift
Tokyo reports government leaders abandon hopes of crushing China by force and study a reduced hostilities policy to foster peaceful conditions and trade. Kumataro Honda, ambassador to the Nanking regime, will visit for China policy talks as Japan seeks a broader Asia co prosperity approach.
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China
TOKIO
Japan Times and
Foreign Office
Kumataro Honda
Japan
Times and Advertiser
Germany
Europe
Far East
the Times and Advertiser
Thailand
Indo-China
Yosuke Matsuoka
U S Attaches Funds Of Big German Firm On Trust Indictment
Attorney General Jackson said the United States attached funds of Farbenindustrie in New York to force its appearance in court. The firm, cited as a major factor in German influence on American industry, faced Sherman antitrust charges with licenses tied to American firms and payments of about 250000 dollars. Farbenindustrie was among six corporations indicted January 30 for controlling the magnesium industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jackson
United States
Farbenindustrie
Farben Industite
National City Bank of New York
Lcense
Farbenindustry
Easil
Farbenindiustie
New York
Aluminum Companys of America
Dow Chemical Company
American Magnesium Corporation
Mag Nesium Development Company
General Andine and Film Company
France to Buy U S Wheat For Occupied Zone
French ambassador Gaston Henri-Have announced at the State Department that France will purchase about 15 000 tons of U S wheat monthly to feed the unoccupied zone. The plan allows two ships per month if the political situation in France and Franco German cooperation remain unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Cap
France
Gaston Henri-Have
State Department
Welles
America
Henri-Have
Bomb platform fail stains Britain race results
Dr Alfred W Lunsden Smith, who championed a bomb Berlin platform in a Birmingham constituency bid, finished a distant second on Friday as the House of Commons race produced a weak showing for his plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
England
Alfred W Lunsden Smith
House of Commons
Berlin
Mother's Day Gifts Support Camp Good Health Fund
Donations to the Camp Good Health Fund at The Gazette Cedar Rapids Iowa support a summer health camp for physically handicapped children from needy homes. Gifts received before 5 p.m. Saturday will be acknowledged in The Gazette Sunday. Make checks payable to Camp Good Health Fund.
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Camp Good Health
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Camp Goed Health
Public Health Nursing Association
Camp Good Health Fund
RAF Kept Up Record Night Raid On Germany
The RAF reported the heaviest night attack yet on Germany carried out Thursday night and Friday morning by 300 to 400 bombers striking Hamburg Bremen and Emden and again Berlin. Night fighters challenged Nazi raiders over Britain as 12 aircraft were shot down bringing the month’s total to 118 and German losses estimated at 40 airmen.
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Royal Air Force
Germany
Hamburg
Bremen
Emden
Berlin
RAF
Britain
Wamburg
Posen van Geiman
Poland
Air Ministry
Bomber Command
London
Liverpool
Humber
Hull
North Midlands
England
Ireland
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