Darlan Vows France Will Not Yield Its Fleet
In a national radio address from Vichy on Friday Vice-Premier Admiral Jean Darlan declared France would not surrender its fleet to any power. He said Hitler did not demand a declaration of war on Britain nor territory, and that France freely chose its path under Marshal Petain.
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Vichy
France
Jean Darlan
Adolf Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Hitler
Britain
Darlan
Germany
Fuehrer
Petain
Paris
French Empire
Iraq
Syria
Beirut
Palestine
Two Injured in Cedar Rapids Auto Accidents
Two separate crashes within forty five minutes left two people with minor injuries. Peter Ragona, 58, was bruised after being struck by a reversing car driven by Guy Meyers, 47, as he biked near First Avenue. Mrs. E C Mann, 69, and Mrs. Leo B Geesaman were hurt when a grain truck rear ended their car on Center Point road near Fiftieth Street, sending their vehicle into a school bus.
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Cedar Rapids
Peter Ragona
H Avenue
Guy Meyers
Sheilsburg
First Avenue
First
Second Streets
E. C. Mann
Center Point Road
Leo B. Geesaman
Samuel B. Lewis
Center Point
Fiftieth Street
Geesaman
Linn C Crozer
Bill Shirer to receive Coe honorary degree at June 9
Coe College will award an honorary doctor of letters to alumnus William L. Shirer at commencement on June 9 in Sinclair Memorial chapel. Shirer, European representative for CBS and famed radio reporter, returns to Cedar Rapids for the first time since 1929 to speak to about 900 students alumni and guests.
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Cedar Rapids
William L. Shirer
Coe College
Columbia Broadcasting System
Sinclair Memorial Chapel
Harry M. Gage
United States
Europe
Shirer
Life
The
Atlantic Monthly
Berlin
International Forum
Dorothy Thompson
Wythe Williams
Linton Wells
City To Lose Building Inspector Blahnik To Army Call
Cedar Rapids reporter notes acting building inspector Robert L. Blahnik will report next week for Army duty in the quartermaster corps at a site to be named. He will supervise construction work while serving as a second lieutenant in the army engineer corps. Councilmen, short on building inspectors, look to the eligibility list to find replacements.
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Robert L. Blahnik
Quartermaster Corps
Blahnik
Army Engineer Corps
Howard O. Graham
Army Engineers Corps
Omaha
Otis L. Leefers
Leefer
Nazis Hand Aegean Isles To Bulgaria
Istanbul dispatch reports Germany handed over Thasos and Samothrace in the Aegean to Bulgarian troops. The article notes no clear statement on whether the islands were ceded or simply held by Bulgarians for Germany.
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Aegean Isles
Bulgaria
Istanbul
INS
Germany
Thasos
Samothrace
Prien, Famous Reich U Boat Leader, Lost
Berlin reports Lieut. Comdr. Guenther Prien, renowned submarine ace who attacked Scapa Flow and Royal Oak, is missing on a voyage and presumed lost. He, 32, earned the Knight's Cross after the Scapa Flow raid and lunch with Hitler.
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Berlin
Guenther Prien
Germany
Prien
Scapa Flow
Royal Oak
Mont
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
High Command
Otto Kretschmer
Karl Schepke
Six Year Old Jack Seeks Camp Good Health Help
Six year old Jack weakened by illness needs Camp Good Health support after three pneumonia bouts and a heart disturbance. A Public Health Nursing examination led to a corrective routine with rest, nourishment, sun baths, and exercise. Donations to The Gazette Cedar Rapids IA fund aid Jack and similar cases this summer.
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Jack
Public Health Nursing Association
Nursing Association
Good Health
Camp Good Health Fund
Care of the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Land calls US use of force to end shipyard tie up
Senate defense inquiry hears Emory Land urge government action to break the San Francisco area shipbuilding strike by 2,000 AFL CIO machinists that has halted work at 11 plants and tied up about 13,000 workers and $500 million in construction. Navy trucks moved about 600 workers as California Governor Olson urged unions and Bethlehem Steel to end the standstill.
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Washington
Emory S. Land
Maritime Commission
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
United States
San Francisco
Land
AFL
CIO
Navy
Culbert Olson
California
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Army
Ravenna
Acce
British Commander At Basra Dies by Own Action
London dispatch reports Radio Berlin claiming Baghdad says the British commander at Basra killed himself due to the dire state of his troops. The report cites wartime communications and reflects the ongoing Basra siege context.
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London
Radio Berlin
Bagdad
Basra
German Air Strike Hits Waterworks West of Tobruk
German planes attacked a waterworks west of Tobruk, scoring numerous hits and causing considerable damage according to an official news agency communique released Friday.
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Berlin
Tobruk
DNB
Indict Bioff and Browne in Film Extortion Case
A federal grand jury indicted William Bioff and George Browne on three counts charging extortion of 550000 from Twentieth Century Fox Loew's Paramount and Warner Brothers by threatening a industry strike in 1936. Bench warrants issued for both leaders. Each faces up to 30 years if convicted. Bioff is in Los Angeles handling union matters amid a separate tax case.
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New York
William Bioff
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes
AFL
George E. Browne
Bioff
Murray Hurlbert
United States
Mathias F. Correa
Browne
Los Angeles
United States Army
Knights of the Grip converge for Iowa UCT convention
More than 200 members of the United Commercial Travelers and about 125 wives gathered for the 42nd state convention. Mayor Frank Hahn gave the keys of the city and state and national officers spoke. The auxiliary held its 15th annual meeting at the Roosevelt hotel with a memorial service led by the Charles City council.
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Knights of the Grip
United Commercial Travelers
Frank Hahn
Montrose Hotel
Elmer Wickham
Cedar Rapids
Montrose
Auxiliary
Roosevelt Hotel
Charles City
Miners Die In Explosion At Panhandle Mine
In Bicknell Indiana 14 miners died after an explosion at the Panhandle mine on Thursday night. Seventeen others escaped via a long circuitous route after rescue teams used oxygen to reach the vaults. Gas and coal dust fumes hampered rescue as families waited and mourned.
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Bicknell, Ind
Panhandle
Uide
Jack Ogilvie
Bicknell
Charles Messel
Benny Hughes
Quince Hardesty
Hell's Half Acre
Man Charged With Drunk Driving After Ditch Collision
E W McDonald 31 of 1627 Wildwood Dr NE jailed on a drunk driving charge after his car allegedly forced Fern Anthes and Bob Roise into a ditch near the 13 151 junction east of Marion. Anthes uninjured. Roise treated for facial cuts. McDonald arrested walking toward Marion on Highway 151.
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Marion
E. W. McDonald
Wildwood Drive
Fern Anthes
Springville
Harry Cloud
Bob Roise
McDonald
Cloud
Mercury Back In Groove After Rain In Cedar Rapids
Forecast calls for fair skies in Cedar Rapids with Friday night through Sunday's temperatures slightly cooler Friday night and warmer Saturday and Sunday. Thursday's rain totaled .38 inches, with a high near 66 by afternoon and a low around 50 early morning, then steady climb to 62 by midmorning and 65 by evening.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
Four Men Drawn for June 3 Draft by West Side Board
West Side draft board named four men for induction on June 3. The list includes Donald E. Null Raymond R. Bagley Bert N. Graham and Harold W. Graber. Officials said additional selections from east side and Marion boards would be announced Saturday.
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Cedar Rapids News
West Side Draft Board
Army
Donald E. Null
Avenue
Raymond R. Bagley
Thirtieth Street
Bert N. Graham
Second Avenue
Harold W. Graber
Third Street
East Side
Marion
West Side Board
East Side Board
FBI
Charles Kosek
Cedar Rapids
General Guzzoni Relieved as Under-Secretary of War
An official announcement on Friday night stated that Gen Alfredo Guzzoni has been relieved of his duties as under-secretary of war.
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Alfredo Guzzoni
Passengers Remain On Zamzam As She Is Sunk
Nazi raider shelled the Egyptian liner Zamzam with more than 300 aboard. Survivors report two Americans Ned Laughinghouse and Frank Viconari wounded and hospitalized in France. The attack occurred at 6 a.m. April 17 near 27 41 S 8 08 W before the ship was sunk and the survivors were taken aboard the Dresden then landed at St. Jean de Luz.
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Marseille
United States
Ile de Re
Leopold
France
America
Paris
Vichy
Bordeaux
Ned Laughinghouse
Wilson
N. C
Frank Viconari
New York
Tamicies
Zamzam
Dresden
St. Jean de Luz
Laughinghouse
Viconari
Biarritz
Henry S. Waterman
Addipoet
Seattle Drawbridge Woman Trapped on Rising Span
Miss Katherine Geyer, a former Cedar Rapids resident now living in Belmont Washington, was photographed trapped on a Seattle drawbridge as it began to rise. She suffered scalp lacerations bruises and concussions but her condition improved and she was to be discharged soon.
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Cedar Rapids
Katherine Geyer
Seattle
Wash
the Gazette
Friends
Philip Geyer
Margaret Geyer
Hannah Wiley
Geyer
Belmont
Washington
Providence Hospital
Dividend Voted By Quaker Oats
Quaker Oats directors voted a quarterly dividend of 1 per share on common stock payable June 25 to stock of record June 3. They also authorized a regular quarterly dividend of 1.44 percent on preferred stock payable Aug. 30 to stock of record Aug. 1.
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Chicago
Quaker Oats Company
Be Prepared For Sacrifices Says Secretary Knox
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox declared the United States must be ready to make sacrifices equal to any in previous generations to meet imminent challenges. He spoke Friday in Washington urging national resolve and duty.
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Washington
Frank Knox
United States
Crete battle shifts as British claim edge over Luftwaffe
In Crete's four day battle British troops report a definite edge against Nazi air and sea assault. Candia and Retimo forces were said destroyed or captured in hand to hand fighting. Naval guns bombard landings as Greece's King George II remains on the island.
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Crate
Candia
Associated Press
London
Adolf Hitler
Crete
Canea
Retimo
Winston Churcheill
Island
Cairo
Middle East Command
Mediterranean
Britain
Junkers
Virginio Gayda
Rome
IL Giornale d'Italia
BBC
Greece
George II
Churchill
House of Commons
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Time Magazine
Compiegne Forest
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East
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Evane
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Seewee Tweseaee
Pawl Mallen
Seeesereeves
Walter Winchell
Vie
Howard Hall
Tee Eee Weer
Tewa Steel and Iron Works Oo
Towa Manufacturing Co
Silver Chain Senior Circle
Priscilla Needlework Club
King’s Daughters
Ethel Evans
U. S
Frisco Yards
United Mine Workers of America
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Iowa Uct
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