Iowa primary nears as Wilson record is touted
A column argues the Wilson administration has cut state spending by about 2.6 million and saved 1.5 million in a year. It cites 1.1 million in highway budget savings and details bids and contracts online. The piece defends Wilson against critics and warns voters to consider governance over rhetoric. It also profiles broadcaster Chuck Gross and his views on gubernatorial qualifications.
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TATE
Fred Porter
Iowa Highway Commission
Wilson
Iowa
WHO
Eorge Wilson
Liquor Commission
Highway Commission
Washington
Rior
Chuck” Gross
Chuck Gross
C. C. Bradley
LeMars
Chuck
Gross
George Wilson
Admiral Yarnell voiced war policy views at Cedar Rapids club
Admiral Harry F. Yarnell called the aid to China and sale of war materials to Japan a tragic anomaly. He urged stopping supplies to aggressor nations and warned Britain and the United States must maintain a robust navy to deter aggression while supporting Allies. He predicted Allied victory and stated a middle course between isolationism and interventionism.
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Harry F. Yarnell
China
Japan
Executives Club
Country Club
Keeping faith under modern pressure and confusion
The piece reflects on daily life under heavy external and internal pressure. It warns that rapid change and fear can erode character and hope, urging inner strength and stillness through true religious practice to avoid breaking under today’s daunting demands. It cites a shift from old certainties to new, dazzling duties.
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Pell- PR
Newton
United Feature Syndicate
Ine
Roosevelt outlines plan to train 50000 pilots in a year
President Roosevelt announced a program to train 50000 men as pilots in the next twelve months starting July 1. Through the Civil Aeronautics Authority three months of primary flight training will be provided. The aim is to bolster army and navy air forces with trained personnel and supports a supplementary appropriation request to Congress.
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Roosevelt
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Army
Navy
Congress
Rep Martin accuses Roosevelt of war mongering in defense talk
Rep Thomas Martin of Iowa City a Republican on the House Military Affairs Committee accused President Roosevelt of war mongering in presenting national defense needs. He urged defense measures be met energetically but quietly, warning against sensational headlines and radio broadcasts.
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Washington
Thomas Martin
Iowa City
House Military Affairs Committee
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Martin
German victory near Boulogne and Calais Upped Invasion Plans
German forces swept to Boulogne and pressed toward Calais as Berlin reported troops near Ghent. The drive narrows the English Channel front and traps an estimated 500000 to 1000000 Allied troops in northern France and Belgium as invasion plans loom.
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Associated Press
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London
England
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Dover
Ghent
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These Boys Love Baseball But Need Camp
A Public Health Nursing Association piece notes two boys nicknamed Butch and Fats, avid sandlot players sick with colds and throat and ear ailments. Doctors warn against overexertion as they consider sending the pair to Camp Good Health for recovery and prevention.
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Butch
Fats
Jeft
Public Health Nursing Association
Camp Good Health
Tailor Shop Fire Drives Tenants From Cedar Rapids Bank Building
Second floor tenants in the Cedar Rapids Savings Bank building were driven from their offices at 12:45 p.m. Friday by smoke from a blaze that destroyed a large work table and materials and two coats in the tailor shop of Frank Med Room 207. Meci, lighting his pipe in another room, saw flames along the floor toward his table and shouted for help before rescuing a coat and pushing other garments to safety.
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Cedar Rapids Savings Bank
Frank Med
Meci
Fourth drunk driving arrest for Fred Wilson in Cedar Rapids
Fred Wilson 43 of 718 Twelfth Avenue SE was arrested at 9 25 pm Thursday for driving while intoxicated after his right pickup struck a parked car owned by James C Ross at 911 Ninth Avenue SE. Police noted prior DWI fines in 1932 and a 1934 conviction leading to a Fort Madison penitentiary sentence.
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Fred Wilson
Twelfth Avenue SE
James C Ross
Ninth Avenue SE
Wilson
Sheriff's Office
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Weaving Motorist Is Fined $50 For Reckless Driving
Charles B Kottmer of La Crosse Wisconsin was fined 50 dollars and costs after pleading guilty in police court to reckless driving. Two witnesses followed his weaving car from Cedar Park to Seventeenth Street where patrolmen found whisky and cognac bottles. Police said he refused a blood test and his car had faulty brakes and a loose steering gear.
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Scotty Duncan
First Avenue
Charles B Kottmer
la Crosse
Wis
Howard VT
Guzztle
Mount Vernon Avenue
Edward McDonough
N Street
Duncan
Kottmer
Cedar Park
Seventeenth Street
John Siodola
Boulogne Falls as Nazis Sweep Channel Coast
A French source says Boulogne remains in German hands after rapid advances from Abbeville. Britain reports grave risk as forces pull back toward Calais, with RAF claiming at least 20 German planes shot down and heavy damage to enemy lines. General Lord Gort stays with the army in France as reports note possible evacuations to bolster home defense.
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England
Abbeville
Channel
Calais
Britain
Bapaume
Arras
Lord Gort
France
Leopold
Belgium
Allied Artillery Hit Germans Corridor to Sea
Paris reports Allied artillery caught German armored columns in a crossfire aimed at severing the Nazi corridor to the sea with infantry presses from Flanders and the Somme. The battle map shows a Scheldt to Cambrai to Arras line as French forces pound Amiens and push to disrupt the Channel corridor.
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English
England
France
Tournai
Belgium
Maubeuge
Levelle
Arras
Amiens
Paris
English Channel
Flanders Fields
Cambrai
Somme
Channel
Flanders
Scheldt
Valenciennes
Areras-Bapaume
Abbeville
Aisne
Montmedy
Life Of Empire At Stake as King George Sees Threat
King George VI in Empire Day address warns Germany seeks complete destruction of the empire and world conquest. He insists Britain’s aim is peace, urges courage, endurance, and unity to defend the empire and a just cause.
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London
George VI
British Empire
Germany
Victoria
Tropics
Arctic
Britain
Hoover Broadcast Delayed to Monday on National Defense
Former President Herbert Hoover's address on National Defense, set for Sunday at 5 30 p m CST on NBC blue network, has been postponed to 7 30 p m Monday NBC said Thursday night
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New York
Herbert Hoover
National Broadcasting Company
Blue
NBC
German Forces Reach Calais as 22 Miles from England
German armored units storm toward Calais as St Omer falls in the path of advancing forces. Berlin reports major break through in Flanders and encirclement of Allied divisions, with Ghent street fighting and near channels Boulogne and Calais in German hands.
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Calais
England
St. Omer
English Channel
Ardres
Ghent
Flanders
Boulogne
Arras
Sea
MacNider Blames Roosevelt For U S Unpreparedness
Hanford MacNider of Mason City Iowa Republican leader and former assistant secretary of war accused President Roosevelt of criminal negligence for failing to arm the United States. He spoke at the Washington state Republican convention and said Roosevelt should explain seven years of inaction as Hitler built his war machine. The keynote was broadcast on NBC red network with remarks carried by WHO.
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WHO
MacNider
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Seattle
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