Senate approves 85 percent parity loans for major crops
The Senate passed with 75 to 2 vote a bill to raise federal crop loan parity to 85 percent for cotton, wheat, corn, rice and tobacco, sending the measure to President Roosevelt. Proponents say it will aid farmers while critics warn of higher consumer costs.
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Washington
Danaher
Conn
Gerry
R.I
House
Roosevelt
Bankhead
Ala
Agriculture Department
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau
Strange Hess flight stirs war talk and U S policy
The Hess episode fuels debate over its impact on the war and possible U S intervention. Washington may withhold details while Berlin sees risk in U S involvement. observers urge direct talks for clarity amid red sea warzone tensions and a looming shipping danger.
Iowa Delegation Backs Higher Farm Loans Measure
Seven Iowa lawmakers supported the House approval of higher loans to farmers for this year crops including wheat cotton corn tobacco and rice with penalties exceeding quotas. Rep Cunningham paired for the measure and Rep Jacobsen did not vote.
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Washington
Iowa
House
Cunningham
Des Moines
Jacobsen
Clinton
Y M C A Campaign Reaches $52 187 Mark in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids news reports the Y M C A drive has totaled 52187 85 with a push to reach a 60000 goal. President Robert Armstrong told solicitors the balance is in pledge cards and urged completion. Announced pledges since Monday noon total 2280 85. The executive committee raised 1432 and workers 748 85.
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Robert Armstrong
Byron Anderson
Held On Drunk Driving Charge After Collision
E. J. Dunn of 419 First Avenue W faced a drunk driving charge after a 12 30 p m collision at Second Street and Fourteenth Avenue SE with a car driven by Robert J. Holets of 1209 Arthur Avenue SW. Holets said he was westbound when Dunn's eastbound car struck the left front. Police stated Dunn was intoxicated and uncited with no license. his liquor book showed 37 purchases over 30 days.
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E. J. Dunn
First Avenue
Robert J. Holets
Arthur Avenue
Second Street
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Holets
Dunn
No clear headline but defense priorities noted in report
The text discusses the importance of priorities, labor relations, and national defense amid highly mechanized warfare, arguing diplomacy and military strategy take a back seat. It criticizes the administration for not fully adopting this theory.
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Ation
Bankers warned of postwar U S crash and tax defense finance
More than 200 bankers from nine east central Iowa counties adopted resolutions opposing inflationary tendencies and supporting income taxes to finance defense. At the Montrose hotel district 7 of the Iowa Bankers Association elected John Krall as chairman and Charles McKinstrey as secretary. Prof. George D. Haskell warned that defense expenditures could reach 19 billion dollars in 1942 with options including government borrowing securities sales and taxes. He cautioned prices and wages would rise, causing labor unrest, and noted farm income would rise while farm prices lag industrial prices.
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District 7
Iowa Bankers Association
Montrose Hotel
John Krall
Fairfax State Savings Bank
Charles B. Barron
State Bank of Vinton
Charles McKinstre
George D. Haskell
University of Iowa
Ray Anderson
The
Gazette
Prof. Haskell
Minneapolis Mayor Gen Leach Fails to Win Nomination
Brig Gen George E Leach former Minneapolis mayor loses renomination in Monday's primary finishing third with 25 946 votes behind T A Eide 34 492 and Marvin L Kline 32 512 Eide and Kline advance to face off for the office on June 9 Leach born in Cedar Rapids and a World War I Rainbow division veteran retired July 11 last year after commanding the 151st field artillery and serving four years as chief of the militia bureau in Washington
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George E. Leach
Cedar Rapids
Minneapolis
Leach
T. A. Eide
Marvin L. Kline
Eide
Kline
151St Field Artillery
Militia Bureau
Washington
Body recovered of Joe Kremenak from Cedar River
The body of Joe Kremenak Jr. 21 of 1745 Twentieth St NW was found at 9 am Wednesday in the Cedar River about 300 feet north of the spot where Miss Melba Wendlandt was recovered last Saturday. Fireman Thompson and Dick Powers located the body after a river search that began Saturday afternoon. The couple had been canoeing Friday night and planned to wed next month.
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Joe Kremenak, Jr
Twentieth Street NW
Cedar River
Melba Wendlandt
Melvin
Bud” Thompson
Fire Company No. 1
Dick Powers
Yellowbanks
Kremenak
Thompson
R. E. Munden
Barta
Wendlandt
Oakdale Sanatorium
Ellis Course
Britain Won't Seize Axis Vessels, Senate Told
In secret testimony Assistant Secretary Breckenridge Long advised Congress that 83 German, Italian, French and Danish ships slated for requisition under the ship seizure bill will not be turned over to Great Britain. Senator Bailey of North Carolina led the senate commerce committee in the debate.
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INS
Senate
Breckenridge Long
Congress
Great Britain
Bailey
N. C
Senate Commerce Committee
Camp Good Health invite changes Mike Flannagan
A Cedar Rapids Public Health Nursing visit invites Mike Flannagan to Camp Good Health after a mild illness and low appetite. Doctors recommend first group placement, costing about five dollars weekly. The Gazette appeals for voluntary donations to fund care for about 250 similar underprivileged children in the area.
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Mike Flannagan
Mike
Camp Good Health
Public Health Nursing Association
Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette
Camp Good Health Fund
Iowa
Hess Peace Bid Fueled by British Contacts and Illusion
Berlin reports say Rudolf Hess flew to Britain hoping influential friends including the Duke of Hamilton would back a peace party and enable a return to Germany within two days. He allegedly believed he could persuade England to end the war, though Nazi officials stress his patriotism and denial of war plans.
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Rudolf Hess
Great Britain
Duke of Hamilton
Germany
Hess
England
Britain
R.A.F
Nuremberg
Boston Drydock Walkout Settled
A strike at a Boston naval drydock project was settled Wednesday. Local union members agreed to end the walkout after negotiations with management. The dispute centered on working conditions and overtime schedules at the facility.
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Boston Drydock
Boston
Boston Naval Drydock
Hess Tells Captors How He Fled Germany to Scotland
Rudolf Hess described secretly adding an extra fuel tank to a Messerschmitt 110 and flying Augsburg to Scotland with a blue penciled route on a map. He recounted circling the landing site, diving, and parachuting after gunfire or fighter action, while noting ten tail bullet holes.
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Scotland
Rudolf Hess
Augsburg
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Hess
Jack Paterson
Robert Gibson
Secret 21 Bomber Flight to Hawaii Confirmed
Washington AP reports a covert movement of 21 four motor US Army bombers from the mainland to Hawaii. The aircraft departed Hamilton Field San Francisco Tuesday night and arrived safely at Hickam Field Oahu Wednesday.
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Hawaii
War Department
Hamilton Field
San Francisco
Hickam Field
Island
Oahu
Sun Breaks Through To Halt Rain Threat
Forecast for Cedar Rapids and vicinity calls for cloudy skies with scattered thunderstorms Wednesday night and Thursday. Cooler Thursday with fresh to strong southerly winds Wednesday afternoon and night. A brief clearance occurred around 2 p.m. Wednesday with sun and a 75 degree reading, after a 64 degree morning low.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Secretary Ickes Welcomes Daughter at Hopkins
Baltimore reports Secretary Harold Ickes, 67, and his wife welcomed a daughter at Johns Hopkins Hospital on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs Ickes is in her late twenties. The Interior Secretary is married to the younger woman and the couple were at the hospital for the birth.
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Baltimore, Md
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Harold Ickes
Secretary of the Interior
Ickes
Nazis Declare Red Sea a Hazardous War Zone for Shipping
Berlin warned that the northern Red sea including the Gulf of Suez and Gulf of Aqaba now serves as an operations area. Any ship in these waters risks destruction by mines or weapons, with possible German actions in the eastern Mediterranean affecting travel. Saudi waters are excluded. Pilgrim ships with special markings may travel under regulation.
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Red Sea
Washington
United States
U. S. Navy
Berlin
Roosevelt
Mediterranean
Gulf of Suez
Gulf of Aqaba
Saudi Arabia
Mecca
United States to push Red Sea supply route despite threats
Washington informed circles said the United States will ignore German warnings and rush plans to supply the Mediterranean through the Red Sea. Nazi threats to expand sea and air warfare in the zone were anticipated after Roosevelt reopened the route, and experts expected Berlin's announcement to have little impact on policy.
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Washington
United States
Red Sea
Mediterranean
Roosevelt
Berlin
Hess Flight Split in Britain's Hitler Plot Theories
London reporters weigh Rudolf Hess as a possible leading actor in a Hitler crafted plot to seek peace on axis terms. British sources speculate Hess flew to Scotland to meet the Duke of Hamilton and test a route to undermine Britain and reveal German secrets to Churchill.
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Ruedolf Hess
Hitler
Britain
Hess
Manchester Guardian
Fuehrer
Scotland
Rudolf Hess
British Broadcasting Corporation
Germany
BBC
Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Gazette Want Ads Sell Quick and Low Cost
A humorous ad urges lawful behavior while promoting Gazette Want Ads for rooms for rent houses for sale and general shopping. It references a local resident Mr. Frank Redman and a 50 cent used bike sale as a playful example.
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All Gazette
Frank Redman
2Rd
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