Invasion Fears Grip Hitler Europe as Air Raids Intensify
Anglo American and British notes report intensified Allied air strikes across occupied Europe. Hitler directs final defenses while Admiral Keyes predicts an early end to the war, and Turkey’s stance adds potential invasion routes. Dutch executions and sabotage in Denmark and Norway heighten tension as pro-Allied forces plan Crete operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Europe
Balkans
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Rogers Keyes
Turkey
Bulgaria
Greece
Stockholm
Aftonbladet
Cyprus
Mediterranean
Crete
Lord Keyes
Commandos
Rickmansworth
Hertfordshire
Nazis Hold Grip On Continental Banks
The OWI reports that Nazi control extends into occupied Europe’s banks. Even after Hitler’s fall, financiers loyal to Nazism would maintain influence over the continent’s economy. The Reichsbank and six Berlin banks now funnel virtually all continental financial resources to the regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Office of War Information
Germany
Hitler
Europe
Nazi Party
Reichsbank
Berlin
Stong Explores Food Front in Gazette Farm Series
Phil Stong, novelist and farmer owner, launches first of six NEA Service dispatches in The Gazette on Monday. He reports from Iowa and six other breadbasket states to show the farmer’s perspective in the food supply story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stong
Iowa
NEA Service
Phil Stong
Roosevelt and Churchill Press Caution After Tunisian Wins
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill warn against over-optimism following Allied successes in Tunisia. They stress the war is not over and urge continued effort to prevent complacency as the United Nations pushes toward final victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Hitler
United Nations
Mrs. Lida Battin 84 Dies in Marshalltown After Illness
Mrs. Lida S. Battin aged 84 died at 12 30 PM Saturday in Deaconess hospital Marshalltown after a four week pneumonia illness. She is survived by son Maurice T. Battin of Minneapolis eight grandchildren and previously taught school with husband Dr Franklin S. Battin. services set for 11 AM Tuesday Estes funeral home Marshalltown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lida S. Battin
Deaconess Hospital
Marshalltown
Franklin S. Battin
Cedar Rapids
John R. Battin
Lida Styles
Maurice
Minneapolis
Estes Funeral Home
Rites Monday at 2 For E. B. Cameron
Services for Ernest B. Cameron longtime Cherry Burrell treasurer until 1937 will be held in Turner chapel at 2 p.m. Monday. Dr. Robert Little will officiate and burial will follow at Oak Hill cemetery. Cameron died Friday in Cedar Rapids hospital. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest B. Cameron
Second Avenue SE
Cherry-Burrell Corporation
Turner Chapel
Robert Little
Oak Hill Cemetery
Cameron
Cedar Rapids
Harvey Bye 70 former Cedar Rapids resident dies in What Cheer
Harvey H. Bye 70 longtime Cedar Rapids resident dies at 3 a m Saturday at Mahaska hospital Oskaloosa after a brief illness He had lived in What Cheer Iowa for the past three years He was a member of Maine lodge No 643 Odd Fellows Trinity Methodist church and several other orders He is survived by his wife two daughters Mrs John Lowery Minneapolis and Mrs L W Thomas What Cheer two sons Ed Bye 927 Fourth Street SW and Howard W Bye 436 Thirty fifth Street NE and eight
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey H. Bye
Cedar Rapids
Mahaska Hospital
Oskalongsa
What Cheer
Bye
Maine Lodge
Odd Fellows Lodge
Trinity Methodist Church
John Lowery
Minneapolis
L. W. Thomas
Ed Bye
Fourth Street
Howard W. Bye
Thirty-fifth Street
Obituary Notice for Retired Resident and Family
Grandfather and two daughters remembered as relatives gather for funeral services in What Cheer and Linwood cemetery Cedar Rapids. The Rev Samuel Ramaker and the Odd Fellows preside over Monday ceremonies for the deceased and his lineage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene
What Cheer
Linwood Cemetery
Cedar Rapids
Samuel Ramaker
The
Odd Fellows
Obituary: John Stolba Dies in Cedar Rapids
John Stolba a Bohemian native aged 82 near Cedar Rapids died after a week of illness at 3 30 pm Saturday He moved to the area at age six and lived here since His wife Katerina died 1937 Survivors include two sons a brother three granddaughters and a great granddaughter Burial is planned at Bohemian National cemetery with services at Brushchanel on Tuesday at 2 pm
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John Stolba
Bohemia
Stolba
Cedar Rapids
Katerina
Karel 1V
Z.C.B.J. Lodge
Court Cedar Forresters
America
Godfred F
Leo O
Frank
Brushchanel
Bohemian National Cemetery
Funeral services for Joe F Serbousek announced
Funeral services for Joe F Serbousek of 1426 M street SW will be held Tuesday at Kuba funeral home with time to be announced. Friends may call at the funeral home. Charles W. Boegel. Charles W. Boegel, 76, of 1949 First avenue E, died at his home Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe F Serbousek
M Street
Kuba Funeral Home
Charles W. Boegel
First Avenue E
Bert Christopherson
Christofferson
Twenty-first Avenue SE
Mussolini Uses Anti Semitism to Polish Axis Propaganda
The article describes Fascist broadcasts from Rome urging Sicilians to accept a new order while warning of Anglo American invasion. It notes intensified anti Semitic campaigns led by Giovani Preziosi as Mussolini adheres to Hitler inspired tactics to divide and conquer.
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New Order
Rome
Sicily
Palermo
Messina
Augusta
North
Africa
Hitler
Mussolini
Giovani Preziosi
I Duce
Des Moines Sets Canning Sugar Rules for Home Use
The Des Moines district Office of Price Administration issued canning sugar guidelines for Iowa households on opening day of the sugar allotment program. Canning sugar is one pound per four quarts of finished fruit, up to 15 pounds per person, with applications by mail or in person and requiring war ration book copies, fruit quart totals, and planned sugar use for jams and preserves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Girl Gunners in German Bombers
American soldiers wounded in Tunisia tell of girl gunners in Nazi bombers. Sgt. Victor R. Woodard recalls a pretty blonde gunner in the tail position and says women can shoot as well as men. Several hundred wounded soldiers arrive daily at Valley Forge general hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenixville
Tunisia
Victor R. Woodard
Seymour
Ind
New
Valley Forge General Hospital
Pigeon Weather Messenger Reports Cedar Rapids Rainfall
Havelock Ellis the carrier pigeon weather messenger reports 2.07 inches of rainfall in Cedar Rapids up to midnight Saturday. The temperature rose to 58 degrees by 6 p.m. and fell to 52 degrees at midnight.
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Havelock Ellis
Carrier Pigeon Weather Messenger
Cedar Rapids
Lewis to Send Rep to War Labor Board
Washington insiders report John L. Lewis plans to send a representative to a Monday hearing before the War Labor Board. The move signals a strategic shift to reenter direct negotiations with coal operators, potentially averting a coal crisis and delaying a possible strike past the truce deadline Tuesday midnight.
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Washington
INS
John L. Lewis
War Labor Board
Lewis
WLB
United Mine Workers
UMW
Emden Raid Report From Flight Crew Accounts
Second Lieut. Robert C. Greene and Second Lieut. Charles H. Otis describe a Fortress mission over Germany. They claim six enemy fighters shot down and narrowly missed by a wing tip while weather and heavy attacker resistance tested their air group.
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Delphia
Robert C. Greene
Seattle
Wash
Bombardier
Charles H. Otis
Chicago
Navigator
Germany
Otis
Greene
L. E. Lyle
Pinebluff, Ark
Flying Fortress “Yardbird
R.A.F
France
Caen
Poix
Fighter Command
Storms bring tornadoes to Iowa towns Cr Creston and Des Moines
A small tornado cut a half mile path north of Des Moines lifting three vacant houses and missing nearby occupied homes by feet with no injuries. Trees uprooted roofs lifted from a garage and chicken houses damaged. In Creston a tornado damaged at least 50 homes in a four block area amid heavy rain totaling nearly 3 inches with no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Creston
Death of WAAC officer ruled self-inflicted in Des Moines hotel
The body of Third Officer Mary A. O'Dell, 24, of West Hartford Connecticut, was found hanging from a transom in her hotel room in downtown Des Moines. First Officer Catherine Stull said preliminary investigation indicated self-inflicted death with no clear motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Mary A. O'Dell
West Hartford
Conn
Catherine Stull
WAAC
Fort Des Moines
People’s Forum Urges Stop to Executions in War Time
A reader letter from Mount Vernon urges an immediate halt to wartime executions and criticizes Nazi and Japanese leaders. The writer calls for unconditional surrender of the Allies’ enemies, condemns reprisals, and demands a firm public message to end killings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Hitler
Hirohito
W. C. Boyer
Mount Vernon
Military promotions and postings of local residents
Glenn E. Troyak earns captaincy at Fort Sill Oklahoma and serves as field artillery instructor. John Pavils becomes naval ensign reporting to Cornell for indoctrination. Private Wesley Becicka stationed at North Camp Polls. Sgt Seward G. Smith on furlough from Camp Atterbury. Miss Margaret Connors commissioned as second lieutenant in Army Nurse Corps reporting to Fort Des Moines May 18. Private Charles Gill of the Marines now in San Francisco after Hawaii. WAAC trainee Jeanne Krebs to administrative training. Pfe. Louis Slaman transferred to Douglas Wyoming for new camp construction. Seaman Joseph Henry McNabb returns to Philadelphia after leave. Sidney Leibsohn promoted to sergeant transferring to Camp Pickett. Corp. Glen H. Daywitt transferred to Salt Lake City. Apprentice seaman Howard Paul Anderson stationed at Camp Waldron Farragut. Miss Marjorie Bell begins Wave basic training at Hunter College. J W Lattner promoted to aviation ordnance mate second class at Floyd Bennett Field. Wayne Witmer to University of Oregon for meteorology after basic training. Donald Keegan promoted to private first class stationed in North Africa. formerly with Sherwin-Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seward G. Smith
Atterbury
Ind
Zella Smith
First Avenue
Margaret Ann Connors
R. N
F. J. Connors
Wilson Avenue
Army Nurse Corps
Fort Des Moines
Miss Connors
St. Patrick
Pfe
Louis Slaman
Camp Crowder
Douglas
Wyo
Salem Slaman
Seventh Street
Joseph Henry McNabb
Philadelphia
A. W. Mcnabb
Sixteenth Street
Sidney Leibsohn
Camp McCain
Miass
Camp Pickett
Second Avenue SE
Philip Leibsohn
Fifth Avenue SE
Corp
Glen H. Daywitt
Chanute Field
Rantoul, Hi
Hunter College
New York
J. W. Lattner
J. O. Lattner
B Avenue
Navy
Lattner
Naval Air Station
Floyd Bennett Field
Brookyn
N. Y
Wayne SM. Witmer
James A Whitmer
Park Avenue SE
Early Ouster of Japs From Attu Seems Assured
Washington dispatch reports rapid progress as U S Army units land on Attu Island in the western Aleutians. Axis radio broadcasts hint at a Japanese withdrawal while U S naval silence leaves the outcome to military planning for the North Pacific campaign.
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Attu
Washington
Aleutian Islands
U. S
North Pacific
United States Army
Navy
Peace at Any Price Not Wanted by Pope
Vatican Radio said Pope Pius longs for peace but not a price that would empower Axis leaders. U S officials and diplomats saw the remark as strengthening Churchill against negotiated peace schemes, fearing atheistic spread in Germany and occupied Europe.
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Vatican Radio
Washington
Pius
Germany
Europe
Settlement Ends Labor Dispute At CREA Company
A joint settlement issued by AFL and CIO unions ends charges against the company over anti union activities and promotion of CRE A affiliated staff. Posters will announce a 60 day employee notice period as supervisors linked to CRE A activities are cited. Signatories include M F Darling for AFL Miss Charlotte High for CIO Stanley Johnson for CREA and Arthur A Collins for the firm.
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C.R.E.A
National Labor Relations Board Act
M. F. Darling
Washington
AFL
Miss Charlotte High
St. Louis
CIO
Stanley Johnson
CREA
Arthur A. Collins
City Briefs Light items from Cedar Rapids schedule
Local notices list activities and events including a combination canning and cooking school at Bungalow, York Rite birthday party by Trowel chapter No 49 at Masonic hall with A Rothschild speaking on Nazi Germany, postal workers on holiday with adjusted schedules after Memorial Day and Independence Day, an Optimists luncheon with Arthur L Bye at Roosevelt hotel, Townsend club caravan meeting led by Robert Zimmerman, a birth announced in Cleveland to Capt and Mrs L S Richardson, Cedar Rapids Dental Society meeting at Roosevelt hotel with officer elections and year in review.
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Trowel
Royal Arch Masons
Masonic Hall
A. Rothschild
Nazi Germany
Schwyhart
Robert M Sehwyhart
Navy
Iowa City
Vincennes
Solomons
Midway
Coral Sea
Guadalcanal
Cedar Rapids Retail Credit Association
Roosevelt Hotel
Meyer to speak at Rotary luncheon on flight theory
Dr Alfred W Meyer associate professor of physics at Coe College and general supervisor of flight instruction for the army cadets will address the Rotary Club at a Monday noon luncheon in the Roosevelt hotel. His topic is Airplanes What Makes Them Fly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred W. Meyer
Coe College
Army
Rotary Club
Roosevelt Hotel
All Frenchmen Ordered to Report in Event of Invasion
Paris dispatch says notices posted warning all able bodied French men to report at centers within an hour if Allied invasion occurs. Center locations and exact timing not specified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Switzerland
Paris
Tribune de Geneve
Soviet Planes Hammer Nazi Strong Points
Soviet planes battered enemy strong points at Gomel and Orel as part of a heavy offensive against anticipated German offensives. Radio Moscow said a successful landing occurred at Novorossisk in the Caucasus while Vichy sources reported a new landing there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Gomel
Orel
Radio Moscow
Red Army
Novorossisk
Caucasus
Leningrad
Vichy
Black Sea
Kuban
Radio
Moscow
Money Stash Found on Malnourished Woman in Chicago
In Chicago a 65 year old woman named Mrs. Reva Andelman, starved and collapsed on the street, was hospitalized. Nurses discovered $14,800 in her clothing lining including eleven thousand dollar bills. On waking she asked where her money was.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
INS
Reva Andelman
Invasion Begun Cont'd: Air, Ground Combined Attack Plans
The article explains that the invasion of Europe combines infantry advance with heavy air bombardment. It details how the aerial strikes target Axis industries, transportation, and communications deep behind front lines to erode morale and war potential, preparing territory for final occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Mrs. Hickenlooper Transferred To Des Moines Hospital
Mrs. N. O. Hickenlooper mother of Gov Bourke B Hickenlooper was moved from a Bedford nursing home to Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines for observation. Her condition was listed as serious.
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Mme
Genevieve Tabouis
Supreme Command
Rauf Orbay
Ankara
Holland
Denmark
Balkang
Rumania
Netherlands
Elso Kleefman
Hermanus Kleefman
Yber Thomas
Groningen
London Daily Telegraph
Copenhagen
Riffel Syndikatet
Scandinavia
OWI
Brady
Avense
F.R
Oecaecnecenksbbeeans Cs Ataeay Pg
E. B. Cameron
Joe F. Serbousek
Duce
Emden
Bay
Wack
People’s Forum
the Gazette
Adolf Hitler Schickelgruber
Glenn E. Troyak
Frank ‘Troyak
Fourteenth Street
Fort Sill
Oklo
Troyak
John Pavils
Naval Reserve
Cornell University
Ithaca
Wesley Becicka
Tom Becicka
Ely
North Camp Polls, A
Kearns Field
Utah
Army Air Forces
University of Oregon At
Eugene
Donald Keegan
North Africa
Third Avenue SE
Keegan
R. W. Keegan
Monticello
Sherwin-Williams Company
Paylis
Collins
City Briefs
Bungalow
Arthur L. Bye
G. K. Thompson
Optimists Club
Townsend Victory Club No. 8
Townsend Club
Robert Zimmerman
Townsend
Capt
L. S. Richardson
Cleveland
Ohio
Capt. Richardson
W. H. Richardson
Richardson
Bernadine Sterner
Charles Sterner
Sixteenth Street NE
Cedar Rapids Dental Society
Meyer
Pocahontas
Liberty
Kenwood Fuel
J. F. McLaughlin
Turner
John B. Turner
Funeral Directors
Second Avenue
Eighth Street
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