German Machine in Onward Sweep Across French Front
The report says German forces push southward in the Upper Oise and near Sedan expanding a French pocket as they claim large prisoner and supply captures. German writers highlight Italy's wartime position and the potential for a broader campaign in southern Europe. The piece notes Switzerland’s neutrality may be tested and claims German troops entered Brussels with light losses for the Germans and heavier losses for the enemy in Louvain and Marines.
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Oise
France
Sedan
Meuse
Maginot Line
Italy
Mediterranean
Karl Megerle
Breisen Zettung
Maly
Switzerland
Europe
DNR
Brussels
Louvain
Marines
Deaths of Anna Kadavy and Louis Larson in Cedar Rapids area
Mrs. Anna J. Kadavy 50 died after an operation at Mayo Clinic following a music contest trip. Surviving husband Lewis L. Kadavy and daughter Joan. service Monday at Turner chapel. Louis Larson 69 died at home after a short illness. survived by wife five sons a daughter and many relatives. Funeral plans announced, Moon and Turner chapels cited.
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Anna J. Kadavy
Lewis L. Kadavy
Bever Avenue
Rochester
Minn
St. Paul
Kadavys
Mayo Clinic
Mr Kadavy
Joan
Franklin High School
Joseph Cibelius
Racine
Charles A. Cibelius
Rockford
Turner Chapel
Charles J Bready
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Louis Larson
Third Avenue
Skurdnes
Norway
United States
Cedar Rapids
Larson
District Council of Carpenters
Caspar
Moon Chapel
Charles M. Horn
Fifth Avenue SE
Western
Robins
Richardson
Robert Potter
Floyd Richardson
Washington, D.C
Frank H Richardson
Roy Moreland
Olin
Harry Horn
J. E. Beach
Mount Vernon
Roy E Drury
Shenandoah
Lester Horn
Ames
Howard Houser
Portland
Ore
Linwood Cemetery
Leamington Council Bans German Language During War
Leamington Ont council passes a war time resolution forbidding German language use in public places for duration of World War II. The decision reflects a substantial German descent population in the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leamington, Ont
INS
Canada
Leamington
Speed Up Planes to Allies Faces Industrial Roundtable
A war resources board led by Edward R. Stettinius Jr. and a conference of over 40 aircraft makers and government officials convened to accelerate Allied plane deliveries. The aim is to lift output to 40,000 planes per year, with Morgenthau coordinating European orders and current plants producing under 200 planes monthly for the Allies.
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Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
United States Steel Corporation
War Resources Board
Armen
Louis Johnson
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Treasury
Morgenthau
Mrs L H Gardner Injured In Baltimore Area Crash
Mrs Lester H Gardner formerly of Cedar Rapids sustained a compound fracture of the right leg and a broken right arm when their car was struck head on by another vehicle 24 miles west of Baltimore where Mr Gardner is a consulting engineer. She will be unable to walk for months. Mr Gardner and his mother and Miss Imogene Christian of Springville were with them. they were shaken but uninjured apart from shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester H. Gardner
Cedar Rapids
Baltimore
Gardner
Imogene Christian
Springville
Mr. Gardner
Martin Co. Builds Warplane With Allied Features
Martin Aircraft Company is producing a powerful warplane with self sealing gasoline tanks armor for the pilot and heavy automatic weapons mounted on a secret British revolving turret. German planes reportedly carry 37 mm automatic guns and armor for the pilot, making them formidable in combat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Company
Baruch and Roosevelt Discussed Defense Program
President Roosevelt conferred at length with Bernard Baruch about the defense program and preparedness effort. Baruch, head of war industries in the last war, declined to discuss details as they left the White House.
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Washington
Ins
Roosevelt
Bernard Baruch
White House
Baruch
Waymack Injured in Des Moines Traffic Crash
W. W. Waymack editor of the Des Moines Register and Tribune sustained a fractured small bone in his right leg in a Saturday traffic accident. He stepped from between two parked cars and was struck by an eastbound auto. no cast or splint was required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
W W. Waymack
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Waymack
Six Census Booths Open Monday For Community Enrollees
Six booths will be opened Monday on Sixteenth Avenue between B and C streets SW to aid census counting. led by Dick Buresh of the young men's bureau. six booths replace four to handle continued calls for enumerators. Milo Sedlacek announced extended hours to 10 pm Monday and Tuesday. appointments may be made at the census office or enumerators visit homes.
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Sixteenth Avenue
Dick Buresh
Young Men’s Bureau Activities Committee
Buresh
Federal Building
Milo Sedlacek
Snr
Kenwood Transfer Company
Economy Lumber Company
Bob Smythe Stan Company
Jim Gibbons
Sedlacek
Antwerp Taken as Nazis Move On Paris
German forces press south and east as Paris region bombed. Premier Reynaud reshuffles cabinet naming Petain as vice premier and Mandel interior minister. France orders 24 hour production to outpace German tanks and planes while French 75s and lighter tanks resist the mechanized onslaught.
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Antwerp
Paris
Reynaud
Marshal Petain
Georges Mandel
Jost
Armaments Ministry
Germany
France
Sambre
Aisne
Vervins
Decoration of U.S. war graves planned May 26 abroad
The American Legion announced that 31 119 U S soldiers sailors and marines will be decorated overseas on May 26 in France Great Britain Belgium and Denmark. Bernhard Ragner of Paris said plans cover 30 254 graves in France 453 in England and 356 in Belgium with hopes to decorate graves in German occupied Denmark.
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Indianapolis
INS
United States
France
Great Britain
Belgium
Denmark
American Legion
Bernhard Ragner
Paris
Department of France
England
Legion
Five Days Jail For Driver With Suspended License
Hugh Brody a 59 year old Urbana man was sentenced to five days in the county jail by Justice Winfield A White of Marion on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while his license was suspended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Brody
Urbana
Winfield A. White
Marion
Admiral Yarnell’s Illustrious Naval Career Recap
A portrait of Harry Ervin Yarnell, his rise from midshipman to commander in chief of the Asiatic fleet, and his steadfast handling of the Panay sinking crisis. Accounts note his discipline, diplomacy, memory, and impact on U S and allied relations in the Far East through multiple wars and commands.
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Yarnell
Japan
China
Far East
Colmnsel
Nanking
Augusta
Panay
Maine
Havana
U. S
Spain
U.S
Navy
Equator
Singapore
Batavia
Java Sea
Dutch East Indies
Harry Ervin Yarnell
Oregon
South America
Santiago
Connecticut
Bob” Evans
Gibraltar
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Edison
Cape Horn
U. S. Navy
William D Leahy
Joseph M. Reaves
Fleet
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Where God Is Is a Poem By Velma Gray Sunderman
The text presents three church types City Country and Mission showing God in stone brick and wood through imagery of windows organ choir sermons and prayers. It culminates with the claim Where the soul sincerely seeks Him God is there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fellowship of God
Guards Round UK Offices As Sabotage Fears Rise
Guards placed on all government offices and BBC headquarters across Great Britain amid fears of sabotage by fifth columnists or Nazi parachute troops. Police reinforced security at key positions and major centers nationwide to deter potential attacks.
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London
British Broadcasting Corporation
Great Britain
Shirley Temple as Veteran Writer Skips Rope Quietly
The fragment depicts Shirley Temple as a veteran who can write her life story and then skip rope. It notes she is back in ranks with a fortune in cocoanuts and three million buttons, and it suggests adopting a baby to experience childhood she missed.
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Shirley
Rye Artur
Rugs” Raer
Shirley Temple
Machine Guns Guard Streets As London Girds For Invasion
Over the weekend the government moved civilians and evacuees to the west coast counties and Wales in a planned push to protect children. Soldiers halted buses as the fifth column crackdown intensified and identification cards were urged for all. Thousands of enemy aliens were transported to internment camps in the west and north. Paratrooper infiltration risks and captured documents were reported in the ongoing security sweep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Wales
Imperial Valley Quake Roils California Border Region
A powerful tremor struck Imperial Valley at 1 03 pm causing death of a baby and a 17 year old girl in Imperial ruins. A fire swept Mexicali's Chinese quarter as shocks continued and power failed in El Centro and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial
Calexico
Mexicali
Imperial Valley
el Centro
Heavy Rain Wanes Into Drizzle In Cedar Rapids
A drenching rain eased to a light drizzle by midnight in Cedar Rapids on Saturday. Temperatures hovered around the mid 60s, with 58 and 54 degrees noted in the afternoon and early evening readings. About half an inch of rain had fallen by late day, with a weather line from 2:30 to 5 am indicating a dry spell.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Grocery Store Break-In Reported on Third Avenue
Police spotted a smashed rear door at Gatto grocery located at 837 Third avenue SW. Entry into the store was made but the amount of goods stolen was not learned at press time.
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Yarnell
China
Gatto Grocery
Third Avenue SW
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NEA Telephoto
Harding
Ville de Burges
English
U. 5
L. H. Gardner
Cenfer
W. W. Waymack
Gram
Maginat Hhne
War Ministry
Swatow
Vera Cruz
U . S. Yorktown
New Jersey
Mexico
Navy Department
William Sims
Britain
Secretary of the Navy
Velma Gray Sunderman
Okinow
GUARD
Detroit & Albanyry
Milwaukee
Atlanta
Bismarck
al Aston
el Kahir
Pound
Hennies Bros
SPIE
Spilies
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