U S Rearmament Plan Follows Military Shortfalls
Roosevelt ordered an emergency rearmament program after high command testified the U S army lacked modern equipment and was vulnerable to blitzkrieg style warfare. Generals Marshall Arnold and Wesson warned of severe shortages in uniforms orders and ammunition with decades lag in materiel and two years needed to close the gap.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Staff Command
Congress
U. S. Army
Air Corps
High Command
George C. Marshall
H. H. Arnold
C. M Wesson
Ordnance
Col
H. K. Rutherford
Ordnance Planning
Senate Subcommittee On
Marshall
The Divine Paternity Ministry and Edwin Markham Bond
The speaker recalls Edwin Markham welcoming him in New York and writing a four line poem titled The Divine Strategy. Markham’s legacy as poet of The Man With the Hoe and his faith in Bread Beauty and Brotherhood are celebrated, with a brief creed summarized as In love is all the law we need In Christ the only God we know. The piece honors Markham’s memory and influence on faith and letters.
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City Temple
London
Church of the Divine Paternity
New York
Edwin Markham
Markham
Jesus
Lincoln
United Feature Syndicate. Inc
Wallace Bans Grain Futures Trading To Stabilize Markets
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace urged a temporary prohibition on trading in wheat corn oats and rye futures below Saturday closing prices. He cited a sharp weekly price drop and said the move aims to clarify factors behind the decline though the department warned it lacks authority to enforce a full halt. The SEC indicated no action for securities markets.
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Washington
Wallace
Department of Agriculture
Department
Securities and Exchange Commission
Ganson Purcell
Trading and Exchange Division
Police Blitzkrieg Brings Arrest And Admission Of Breakin
Cedar Rapids police arrested Norman Zier, 18, after a break in at Phillips station on B avenue and Eighteenth street NW. He confessed at headquarters and was booked on breaking and entering. He admitted stealing a bicycle and rifling glove compartments, and said he drove a stolen car from Davenport to abandon it on the avenue bridge. He spent $6 on punchboards in Marion.
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Cedar Rapids
Norman Zier
Sixth Street
Phillips Station
B Avenue
Eighteenth Street
Zier
Ray Lemen
Walsh
Walters
Marion
Davenport
Avenue Bridge
Haworth Board Drops Rugg Social Studies Course
Haworth New Jersey seventh and eighth grade curricula will discontinue the Harold Rugg social science course. The decision followed a textbook committee review prompted by parental complaints that the program promotes collectivist ideas and undermines American institutions. A board member praised following Binghamton and other districts in rejecting the Rugg books.
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Haworth
N. J
Binghamton
N. Y
Europe
Motor Warfare In Europe Resembles U.S. Traffic Jam
A humorous column compares European warfare to a New York traffic scene. The piece notes chaos at Fifth Avenue and Forty-Second Street with speed records and pedestrian danger. It contrasts European actions with U S pace where hitch hikers slug motorists and Sundays turn risky.
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Europe
U.S
Fifth Avenue
Forty-second Street
Wheat prices on Winnipeg exchange fixed for period
Wheat prices on the Winnipeg grain exchange will stay at Friday’s close for an indefinite period. Officials announced Saturday that the pegging, effective from Saturday’s close, was at the request of the Ottawa government likely as an emergency measure to arrest the rapid price decline. No official statement followed.
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Winnipeg
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Ottawa
Three Bands To Play At Red Cross Benefit Sunday
The American Red Cross garden exhibit and lawn party at Brucemore, home of Mr and Mrs Howard Hall, will be held Sunday as planned after Saturday’s rain caused a postponement. The 40 acre estate will be open through Sunday with bands performing and tea service in the afternoon and evening directed by Mrs Horace Hedges and Mrs R H Pickford.
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Cedar Rapids
American Red Cross
Brucemore
Howard Hall
C. V. Shepherd
Linn County
Horace Hedges
R. H. Pickford
Ameri
Germans Capture Antwerp as Paris Drive Advances
German armies seize the Belgian port of Antwerp while the main force presses toward Paris. Allied leaders acknowledge a momentary slowdown in the Nazi offensive, with Hitler’s advance guards within 60 miles of Paris and the main army 40 miles behind. French officials report heavy casualties amid a costly, colossal battle.
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Antwerp
Adolf Hitler
Paris
Germany
French War Ministry
Belgium
France
Escaped Anamosa Pair Nabbed by Minnesota Sheriff
Rex Williams and Russell Carruthers, youths who escaped Anamosa reformatory, stole a car from Joe Hanselt here Thursday night after abandoning another stolen vehicle. They were captured 15 miles from Jackson, Minnesota Friday afternoon after a report to Sheriff Anderson of Delaware County. The Hanselt car had been wrecked and bore plates stolen from Charles City.
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Manchester
Rex Williams
Russell Carruthers
Anamosa Reformatory
Joe Hanselt
Anamosa
Windorn
Jackson
Minn
Carl, Anderson
Delaware County
Hanfelt
Charles City
Anamosa Warden Sends Guards After Five Escaped Convicts
Warden Foss Davis of the Anamosa reformatory said Saturday he sent two guards to Minnesota to recapture five convicts who escaped Thursday. Rumors that the state board of control was summoned to Anamosa to investigate two more escapes were dismissed by board chairman Dave McCreery as false. Delbert Puckett and Ralph Herties, said to have been beaten, were reportedly caught near the jail. the warden and a deputy said the beating claim was untrue.
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Anamosa
Foss Davis
Anamosa Reformatory
Minnesota
Fve
State Board of Control
Dave McCreery
Alburnett
Delbert Puckett
Ralph Herties
Cedar Rapids Sees Rainfall Tops One Fifth Inch
Rain and dull clouds shaded Cedar Rapids Saturday with precipitation totaling one fifth of an inch. The day opened damp with morning showers and temperatures rose from 62 at 2 PM to a high of 75 by 3:30 PM, then cooled into the fifties. Overnight, temperatures fell to the low 50s before dawn.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
Willkie Urges 60 Billion Dollar Slogan For 1940 Campaign
Des Moines ap Willkie tells 3500 delegates the GOP should use How about that 60 billion dollars as a campaign line. He argues Roosevelt’s policy hurt employment while 10 million on relief remain. He calls big government an echo of big business and urges tax policy to spur defense production.
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DES Moines, Jr
Wendell Willkie
Republican Party
New York
Roosevelt
Hitler
Willkie
Voice of America
Camp Good Health Set to Open for Disabled Children
Public Health Nursing association readies Camp Good Health for its June 10 opening for six physically handicapped children. National Youth Administration youths will clean grounds and repair cabins while an order for a 2000 gallon water tank boosts fire protection and water supply for the new cabin. The health camp operates with a trained nurse on site for the season.
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Public Health Nursing Association
Camp Good Health
National Youth Administration
Nurs
Man charged with drunken driving after multi vehicle crash
J R Welch, 29, of 408 Tenth Street SE, struck a car twice then a parked vehicle and careened over a curb into a tree on Second Avenue near Fifteenth Street SE. He was arrested for driving while intoxicated at Mercy Hospital after police checked his blood content and arranged a grand jury hearing. Bond set at 500 dollars.
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J R. Welch
Tenth Street SE
H. R. Churchill
Welch
Second Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Mercy Hospital
Bill Nickson
Fifth Avenue
Marion
Tenth Street
Nickson
Winchester
Ill
Cedar Rapids
Denmark protests British occupation of Faeroe Islands
Copenhagen reports Denmark has protested the British occupation of the Faeroe islands 170 miles northwest of the Shetlands. The islands were occupied by Britain soon after Nazi Germany seized Denmark.
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Denmark
Copenhagen
Faeroe Islands
Faeroes
Shetland Islands
French cabinet reshuffle as Petain named vice premier
Premier Reynaud dismissed Edouard Daladier from defense and recalled Marshal Petain to duty as vice premier. Ge n Maurice Gamelin remained unseen. Mandel shifts to interior ministry with power, while Daladier becomes foreign minister. Germany's assault along the Sambre Meuse bulge continues with heavy fortifications.
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Paris
Paul Reynaud
Henri Philippe Petain
France
Sambre- Meuse
Edouard Daladier
Defense Ministry
Petain
Spain
London
Henri Geraud
Maurice Gamelin
Daladier
Reynaud
Georges Mandel
Interior Ministry
Verdun
Sambre-Meuse
Bulge
Sedan
Ethel
Avesnes
Louis Rollin
Leon Barsty
Reminder to submit Want Ads early for Sunday Gazette
Do not wait until the last minute to place Want Ads for the Sunday Gazette. Ad-takers are busy with late calls, so call early for better service. The Want Ad telephone number is 2-1121. Thank you.
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Big
Sunday Gazette
German Front Slows As Allied Resolve Remains Steady
British and French officials report the German advance in the Battle of the Bulge has slackened though still serious. General Henri Giraud now commands the main fighting area while Allied leaders vow to resist to the end. British experts deny Maginot line breach as the northern front shifts with Allied relocations.
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London
Henri Giraud
Frances
Britain
Reich Claims Unit Within 60 Miles of Paris
German forces raced toward Paris from the north and south on the main drive toward the capital. Antwerp fell as Dutch resistance collapsed on Zeeland islands and Belgium reported Brussels and Louvain captured.
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Reich
Paris
Berlin
Germany
Antwerp
Holand
Zeeland
England
France
Belgium
Brussels
Mechelen
Malines
Louvain
Walcheren
Schouwen
Beveland
Adolf Hitler
Kaiser Wohelms
North Sea
Maubeuge-Montmedy
Maubeuge
British Troops Expected to Withdraw From Belgium
AP reports the London Evening News military expert predicts British troops will withdraw to their original Franco Belgian frontier positions by Saturday night. Paris says Reynaud warns the German threat has spread west and the situation is grave. Diplomatic circles note Belgium government may have moved from Ostend to Dunkirk.
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London
London Evening News
Belgium
Paris
Paul Reynaud
Nocket
Ostend
Dunkirk
France
Four False Fire Alarms In An Hour Provokes Police Hunt
Four false alarms cost the city 140 and triggered a police dragnet. The first box was pulled at Fourth Avenue and Tenth Street SE at 9 08 p m. Subsequent alarms at Third Avenue and Tenth Street SE and Fourth Avenue and Fourteenth Street SE kept officers in pursuit. The session ended with an alarm at Second Avenue and Park Court SE at 9 56 p m. Captain Charles Nelson recalls a rubberized jacket lost on one run.
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Cedar Rapids
Fourth Avenue
Tenth Street
Third Avenue
East Side
Fourteenth Street
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Ralph Weeinzen
Mandel
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Interior
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