Roosevelt calls emergency meetings on defense buildup
President Roosevelt convened two more emergency sessions to draft large preparedness measures as Europe’s war sprawl prompts urgent action. Secretaries Morgenthau Edison War and Navy officials join the talks to decide financing via taxes or debt limit raise.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
New World
Whites House
Stephen T Early
Congress
Early
Europe
Refugee Dutch Regime Established in London
The Dutch government in exile announced from London that Queen Wilhelmina will rule the Dutch East Indies via the Batavia governor general, with plans to continue fighting alongside Britain and France. Premier De Geer and minister Verduynen said Wilhelmina's authority remains intact and abdication is not considered. A German general captured by the Dutch carried a list of people to be shot after a possible occupation. The report notes the cabinet arrived secretly aboard a British warship.
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London
Jonkheer Dirk J. de Geer
Wilhelmina
Dutch East Indies
Batavia
Hague
Jonkheer Michiels van Verduynen
Netherlands
Britain
Juliana
Verduynen
Henri Gerard Winkelman
Holland
Prince Bernhard
Bernhard
Critique of national defense and anti American propaganda
A column argues billions spent on defense are wasted while the nation tolerates anti American and undemocratic influence in schools and government. It condemns communist and pro social propaganda in Cedar Rapids schools and urges Americans to demand genuine democracy at home. It cites petroleum taxes and urges higher levies on oil companies, noting consumers ultimately pay.
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Navy
Army
United States
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Urope
Scandinavia
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Netherlands
Belgium
England
Europe
American Petroleum Institute
Parable of the Master who heals and blesses all
A devotional piece retells a parable of Jesus walking through a city and healing the afflicted. He encounters a revived drunk, a reformed beguiler, a once blind man, and a sorrowing youth, each recognizing Him and answering with gratitude. Yet the Master continues his mission, doing good without rest.
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DR. Newton
Jesus
Dollar Day Wednesday Brings Extra Values in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids shoppers prepare for the semi annual Dollar Day sale with downtown stores offering extra values. Advertisements highlight yard goods curtains towels undergarments shirts shoes hats furnishings for home porch and yard plus graduation and wedding presents to stretch every dollar.
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Cedar Rapids
the Gazette
Coe Endowment Drive Nears Two Thirds of Goal
Coe college endowment campaign reports $90,223 by Tuesday noon toward a $150,000 target as part of a $2,000,000 expansion program in Linn County. A luncheon at the Roosevelt hotel added $22,493.50 since Friday, with $14,960 from memorial gifts. Ralph Clements led with $900 from 16 pledges. Don Barnes had the largest single pledge at $250. About 990 of 2,000 cards have been reported. next meeting set for Friday with strong turnout noted.
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Cedar Raunds
Coe College
Linn County
Roosevelt Hotel
Howard Cherry
Memorial Gifts Committee
Ralph Clements
Don Barnes
Mr. Cherry
Roy E. Curray
Soaked by Taxes on Oil and Gas in Washington
The speaker rails against a so called soak the rich program claiming it's a phony. He argues that the burden falls on the rest of us a large taxpaying majority rather than the wealthy. The remarks target gasoline tax revenue and northern policy.
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Washington
War at a Glance: Nazi Drive Across Low Countries to France
German forces broke into France from the Maginot line advancing through the Netherlands and Belgium. Paris reports a major battle along the Meuse with Sedan evacuated and claims of French and Belgian routs in Belgium. Berlin says troops push toward the Dyle line and Brussels front.
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France
Low Countries
Sedan
Berlin
Gettenver
Belgium
Dyle
Louvain
Wavre
Brussels
Namur
Liege
Gette
DNB
Albert Canal
North Sea
Antwerp
Scheldt
Meuse
Netherlands
State Moves To Quash School Board Writ In Budget Cut
The Iowa state appeal board led by Porter Akers and Bagley filed a motion in district court Tuesday to quash a writ of certiorari obtained by the Cedar Rapids independent school district last Dec 8 in an action to undo the state board’s reduction of the district’s 1940 general fund levy. The district had set $909,575 to be raised by taxation for its general fund on Aug 14, 1939.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa State Appeal Board
Fred Porter
C. B. Akers
W. G. C. Bagley
Cedar Rapids Independent
Fis
War stocks and wheat plunge in broad market drop
New York AP reports war stocks and wheat fell sharply as German advances and peace rumors spooked traders. Du Pont slid about 19 dollars to 141, with many shares down 2 to 11 dollars. Wheat futures hit the 10 cent limit for the session after a wide market sell-off.
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New York
Hitler
du Pont
Chicago
German blitzkrieg makes rapid gains in Low Countries
German troops push Allied forces back across the Gette near Louvain and seize Liege. The German high command claims crossings from Mezieres to Charleville and penetration toward Rotterdam and the North Sea, with Dutch surrender possible.
Holland Surrender and Dutch Ceasefire Proclaimed
Rotterdam capitulated to German forces after a junction with airborne troops. Dutch Commander-in-Chief Winkelman ordered cessation of fighting on main Holland fronts to spare cities Rotterdam and Utrecht from destruction, while promising continued resistance in Zeeland and urging calm and steadfast national resolve.
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Amsterdam
Henri G. Winkelman
Holland
Rootterdam
Utrecht
Winkelman
Elks Lodge Increases Gift To Health Camp Fund
The Elks Lodge Cedar Rapids No. 251 boosts its Health Camp Fund gift to 150 dollars, one third higher than last year, amid wider support for nourishing programs. Earlier gifts include 100 dollars to the Community Nutritional Service aiding undernourished children.
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Elks Lodge
Cedar Rapids Lodge
B. P. O. Elks
Charlies A. Laurance
Westminster Presbyterian Church
The
Elks Club
Camp Good Health
Elks
Junior League
Elks Fund
the Elks
Camp Dodge
British fighting pilots credited with heavy enemy losses
AP dispatches report British fighter pilots claimed to have inflicted at least four times their own losses on the enemy. In Paris, the French government objected to anti Allied fascist press campaigns aimed at Italy. Lord Beaverbrook was named minister for aircraft production in London. The Belgian cabinet said it would stay in Brussels.
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Paris
Italy
Germany
Rome
Lord Beaverbrook
Tuesday
Mail Order Purchases Exempt From Use Tax
Iowa Supreme Court rules mail order purchases from outside the state are exempt from use tax. Sears Roebuck and Montgomery Ward won to stop state from canceling their business permits. The decision, 5 to 4, says Iowa can tax property and activities within its borders as a permit condition.
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Supreme Court
Des Moines
Iowa
State Supreme Court
Sears Roebuck and Company
Montgomery Ward and Company
State Tax Commission
Tax Commission
State
Frederick Miller
Sedan falls as German blitz advances in Meuse battle
Paris a French military spokesman acknowledged Sedan likely fell to German forces in the Meuse push that swelled from Namur to Liege. The Meuse battle, dubbed the greatest of the war, includes Dinant and aims to breach the Maginot line. Fierce fighting also rages in Holland as Germany seeks the Dutch defense zone around Amsterdam The Hague Rotterdam and Utrecht.
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Holland
Zuider Zee
Amsterdam
Hague
Rotterdam
Utrecht
Hitler Sticking Hand Out For Left Turn Says Baer
Baer asserts Hitler intends a left turn in Europe and plans for a thousand years of control. He links timing to Grover Whalen’s time capsule and contrasts it with an American focus on past tax dates.
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Hitler
Bugs
Baer
Europe
Grover Whalen
Adolf
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