War Drums across Europe Signal Urgent American Dilemma
The piece argues that Nazi aggression against the Low Countries demands swift Allied response while warning Americans to temper anger with realism. It notes Britain and France must act, warns of democratic vulnerabilities, and urges strengthening defense before projecting aid abroad. The author calls for careful, measured citizenship and national preparedness.
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Norway
Austria
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Hitler
Englund
Churchill Named Britain Leader After Chamberlain Resigns
Winston Churchill, long a foe of appeasement, becomes prime minister replacing Neville Chamberlain who resigned amid the western European blitz. Churchill, 65, returns as first lord of the admiralty as Britain presses wartime plans while bombing reports rise from the front.
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London
Winston Churchill
The
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Adolf Hitler
Britain
Neville Chamberlain
Europe
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Cedar Rapids urged to boost census enumeration efforts
Cedar Rapids must mobilize to avoid undercounting its population. Employers, school principals, and civic leaders are asked to help reach residents overlooked by census takers as more than 50 notices of unreported residents arrive daily. Report unlisted individuals by calling 7758.
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Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
Everyday Living in a Time of War and Dark Shadows
The piece muses on why people seek laughter amid war and social ills. It contrasts gaiety with grim realities, cites Chesterton and Stevenson, and urges facing dark truths to deepen future happiness, noting Europeans enduring blackouts while hoping for eventual justice.
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United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Roosevelt Address To Be Broadcast From New York
President Roosevelt will address the Eighth Pan American Scientific Congress tonight. The speech airs at 8 30 p m Central Time over NBC from New York with officials promising a national audience.
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Roosevelt
Eighth Pan-American Scientific Congress
NBC
Denial of Strait of Gibraltar Closure Reported
British naval authorities officially denied on Friday that the Strait of Gibraltar had been closed, stating the strait remained open for traffic and transit.
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Strait of Gibraltar
Coe Endowment Campaign Reports Reach $67 730 Total
Donations and pledges totaling 67 730 were reported at a Coe college endowment drive meeting held at the Roosevelt hotel. Since the last meeting 50 245 50 had been raised. memorial gifts totaled 40 275 with the largest pledge 805 in 1% gifts to Ralph Clements. Roy E F Clurray urged workers as Robert Armstrong praised the drive. the next report is set for Tuesday noon.
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Roy EF. Clurray
Robert Armstrong
Chamberlain to join Churchill's cabinet in wartime unity
Neville Chamberlain announced on a late Friday broadcast that he will become a member of Winston Churchill's cabinet. The Dutch high command meanwhile said the enemy's surprise strategy may be considered to have failed.
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Amsterdam
Dutch Belgium resist, Luxembourg falls as blitzkrieg unfurls
Britain and France rush aid to the Low Countries as Luxembourg quickly yields to German forces. Destruction of dozens of Nazi planes and attacks on armored trains mark Holland's defiant stand. Evacuations and mobilizations spread across Britain as the continent braces for wider invasion.
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Belgium
Luxembourg
Adolf Hitler
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London
Great Britain
France
German Blitzkrieg Opens Western Front Across Benelux
Berlin reports rapid German thrusts by land air and sea into Belgium Luxembourg and Holland with claims of major advances and recapture of Malmedy while Dutch Belgian and Belgian forces resist. Allied air sea support rushes to aid the Low Countries as Queen Wilhelmina calls for resistance.
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Mrs Noell Believed To Be In Holland
Cedar Rapids news reports Mrs C James Noell of The Hague Holland, daughter of Mr and Mrs Isaac B Smith of 500 Twenty seventh Street Drive SE, is believed to be in Europe’s latest war area. The Smiths received word three weeks ago they were in The Hague when Germany claimed it had taken The Hague. Mr Noell represents the Quaker Oats company in Holland.
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Holland
Isaac B. Smith
Twenty-seventh Street
Europe
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Noell
Germany
Quaker Oats
Americans Safein Netherlands War News
Americans in The Hague Amsterdam and Rotterdam were reported safe Friday by George A. Gordon United States minister to the Netherlands. Mrs G T Chapman received telegrams about her son Forrest Chapman a Cedar Rapids native in war torn Europe now in New York City by Atlantic clipper. Chapman had been in Europe ten weeks for Business Week and was delayed in the Azores due to bad weather.
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Cedar Rapids
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Churchill Becomes Premier as War Looms Across Europe
Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as prime minister amid a rapid German invasion plan. Allied aid rushes to Belgium and the Netherlands as German forces strike Holland Belgium Luxembourg. Dutch and Belgian defenses fight back. major airports bombed. Paris area air raids reported.
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Paris
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