RAF Bombers Turned Fighters Hit Crete In Naval War
Cairo dispatch says the RAF used long range bombers converted to fighters to attack German troop transports at Malemi and Candia Crete. In two days 30 enemy troop planes were destroyed or burned out on airfields and beaches as British forces fend off a major Nazi push.
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Cairo
Egypt
RAF
Crete
Malemi
R.A.F
Greece
Melos
R.af
Candia
Middle East
Record Attendance Expected At Farm And City Dinner
Cedar Rapids officials predict a record turnout for the Farm Bureau Chamber of Commerce dinner at Hawkeye Downs on Tuesday at 6 30 p.m. Last year eight hundred attended. The event will feature Jimmy Gheen as speaker, Ray Anderson as toastmaster, Roosevelt’s 8 30 p.m. radio talk, and music by the Cedar Rapids Masonic men’s chorus. The program includes a rodeo preview and grandstand lighting with Brahma bulls, cattle and horses. Farmers of Linn county and Iowa Farm Bureau officials will attend.
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Cedar Rapids
Farm Bureau Chamber of Commerce
Hawkeye Downs
Jimmy Gheen
Gheen
New York City
Ray Anderson
Roosevelt
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Cedar Rapids to Join USO Drive for Army Welfare
Cedar Rapids budgets ten thousand dollars for a United Service Organizations campaign from June 3 to July 1 to fund recreational educational and religious programs in army camps and defense plants. Harold Rowe leads the effort with a committee of Percy Keehn Howard Horan Marvin Wright Sumner Quarton and Ervin Stepanek to appoint a general campaign chairman. The USO groups include the YMCA YWCA Salvation Army Jewish Welfare Board and National Travelers Aid.
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Cedar Rapids
United Service Organizations
United States Army
Harold Rowe
Chamber of Commerce
Percy Keehn
Howard Horan
Marvin Wright
Sumner Quarton
Ervin Stepanek
United Service
Young Men’s Christian Association
National Catholic Community Service
Salvation Army
Young Women’s Christian Association
Jewish Welfare Board
National Travelers Aid Association
Army To Be Modern Set For Anything Chief Marshall Says
General George C. Marshall declares the U S Army must be highly mechanized and versatile capable of fighting in Arctic tropic deserts and mountains He rebukes critics who claim a manpower or infantry heavy force stressing fundamentals training to endure modern warfare and emergencies
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Washington
Arctic
Tropics
United States
George C. Marshall
Marshall
May Defer Draftees Needed For Harvest
Washington AP Senator Capper says selective service advised local boards may defer induction of selectees if they are needed on farms during harvest seasons.
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Washington
Senator Capper
Kan
Selective Service
OPM Leaders Dissatisfied At Progress
Washington reports that William S. Knudsen and Sidney Hillman, heading the national defense effort, say progress in the first year has been insufficient. They note 1 625 projects and 15.2 billion dollars in contracts, urging faster production and broader labor participation.
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Washington
William S. Knudsen
Sidney Hillman
Roosevelt
Knudsen
Hillman
National Defense Commission
Defense Commission
Office of
Navy
Mercantile Shipbuilding
Record Drought Parching Eastern Half of Country
The eastern half of the nation faced the worst winter spring drought in Weather Bureau history with precip in states east of the Mississippi under 60 percent of normal since December. Water shortages prompted conservation. power plants run near capacity and 24 hour emergency plans were discussed while crops and pastures suffered and yields declined in multiple states.
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Weather Bureau
Mississippi River
Dust Bowl
Federal
Pews
Commission
Federal Power Commission
Atlantic Seaboard
Ohio Valley
New England
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
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Tennessee
Virginia
New York
Florida
Mississippi
Eyewitness Tells Of Big Chutist Losses In Crete
An AP report from north Africa quotes a Crete fighter pilot describing German parachutists killed by British Greek defenders in trees, sea, and mountain snow. He notes desperate Cretans armed with old weapons fight to defend King George II and maintain freedom.
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Crete
North Africa
Becaue
Egypt
George II
Greece
Cedar Rapids Warmup Brings 71 Degree High After Cold Start
The Cedar Rapids temperature rose from a chilly 44 degrees at 4 a.m. to a high of 71 by 3 p.m. as the day warmed. The red line fell to 68 by sunset, then to 60s later, with readings at 7 and 11 p.m. showing continued cooling. The morning low rose from 54 by 7 a.m. to 62 by 9:30 a.m., and by 2 p.m. Chambers Inskeep recorded 68.
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Mercury
Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Policeman Faces Trial Over Killing Dog Belonging to Children
In Chicago police officer John Campbell stood in municipal court charged with killing Pal the family dog of William Griffiths three children. Campbell testified he shot the animal fearing a bite while some 50 witnesses testified Pal would not bite. Griffiths attacked Campbell in court as the case drew neighborhood attention and the judge postponed the trial for a week to review Pal s lifetime history.
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Chicago
INS
John Campbell
Collie
William Griffiths
Campbell
Pat
Griffiths
John V. McCormick
Pal
German Air Assault On Crete Reported By Observer
Berlin dispatch via DNB describes theCrete attack with hundreds of Junkers transport planes and a airborne assault. An aerial observer notes company after company of parachutists dropping simultaneously and assembling in groups to carry out preplanned tasks.
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Berlin
Crete
DNB
Junkers
Naval Losses In War Thus Far
Officially confirmed naval losses in 21 months of the war listed by Great Britain Germany and Italy. Britain reports 2 battleships 2 aircraft carriers 5 cruisers 13 auxiliary cruisers 43 destroyers 25 submarines and 161 auxiliary vessels. Germany lists 1 pocket battleship 10 destroyers 17 submarines 4 patrol boats and 36 auxiliary vessels. Italy accounts for 5 cruisers 10 destroyers 12 submarines 6 torpedo boats and 7 auxiliary vessels.
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Great Britain
Germany
Italy
British Armor Repels Axis Columns at Halfaya Pass
In the western desert of Egypt British armored units repelled Italo German columns at Halfaya Pass. Eight enemy tanks were destroyed as two Axis columns failed to penetrate into Egypt. Axis casualties were reported as high.
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Cairo
INS
Egypt
Halfaya
Hellfire
Rioting In India Breaks Out Anew
A Reuters dispatch reports 13 killed and 120 injured in Hindu Muslim rioting in India with police opening fire on crowds at three locations as clashes continued.
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India
London
Reuters
Dispatch
Courtship Bear Placed in Casket Amid Remembrance
In Cambridge Massachusetts Mrs. Car Donegan aged 75 had a teddy bear he won on a beach trip placed with her in the casket as a fond memento of her late husband John. The bear accompanied her to gravesite and was revealed in her will.
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Cambridge
Mass
Plan to Defer Men Over 26 from Draft
Washington reports that selective service officials draft plans to defer men over 26. They aim to limit training of selectees to those in early twenties as army camps fill with older volunteers for reserve roles. Brig Gen Hershey urged age-based deferments. House committee has delayed action.
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Washington
Selective Service
War Department
Lewis B. Hershey
Sam Rayburn
House Military Affairs Committee
Road Workers Credited With Saving Italian Monarchs
Italian road workers are credited with deflecting a Greek assailant’s four shots aimed at King Victor Emmanuel III and Albanian Premier Shefket Verlaci during their May 17 inspection of Albanian battlegrounds. The incident occurred as the royal car traveled to review troops in Tirana.
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Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Shefket Verlaci
Tirana
Vasil Laci Miahiloff
Menzies Government Holds Narrow Lead in Australia
Prime Minister Robert G. Menzies' coalition kept power by a one vote margin after Archibald Price defeated Thomas Lawton in the Boothby by election. The result gives the government 37 seats to Labor's, and Labor vows to push for resignation if Price had fallen.
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Sydney
Australia
Robert G. Menzies
Archibald Price
Thomas Lawton
Laborite
Boothby
House of Representatives
Labor Party
Menzies
Price
Kennedy Says Democracy Cannot Be Forcibly Exported
Former U.S. ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy told Oglethorpe University graduates that democracy cannot be imposed by force. He urged Americans to seek facts over slogans and warned against rushing to war or becoming belligerent in response to Hitler and Churchill. Kennedy cautioned that self interest should not drive guardianship of world peace and called for candor on defense and Japan questions.
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Atlanta
Joseph P. Kennedy
United States
Great Britain
Oglethorpe University
Kennedy
Asia
Europe
Hitler
Churchill
Japan
England
Roosevelt Fireside Talk Hints on Defense and Democracy
Washington AP report describes anticipation for a long awaited Roosevelt radio address on convoy policy civilian defense and possible repeal of the neutrality act. Cabinet support from Knox and Stimson noted plus new home defense office in New York City and planned joint US Canada economic planning boards to aid Britain.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Stephen Early
Knox
Stimson
Defense
Paul V. McNutt
Federal Security Administrator
Office of Home Defense
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
New York City
United States
Canada
Britain
Camp Good Health Fund Reaches Milestone as Staff Named
The Camp Good Health Fund surpassed $1000 as Public Health Nursing Association plans a June 9 camp for physically handicapped children. Ruth Olson of Norway, a Coe College graduate, is named resident director. Betty Flanagan, son of Lieut Col. Francis Flanagan, will serve as senior counsellor after her Coe graduation.
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Public Health Nursing Association
Ruth Olson
Norway
Coe College
Durant
Betty Flanagan
Coe
Francis Flanagan
Alsop and Kininer Report Pipelines In Official Wash
Alsop and Kininer noted for their pipelines in official Washington coverage. They led today’s news in the Cedar Rapids Gazette edition, highlighting political and public works developments.
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Ceder Repids
Hood Sunk in Major Naval Battle with Bismarck
London reports a fierce clash in the Aegean and off Iceland where the German battleship Bismarck sank the British battle cruiser Hood. Britain and Germany contested the fight while pursuing the Bismarck as Allied fleets assess losses and strategic impact.
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Hood
Bismarck
Britain
United Press
Great Britain
Germany
Royal Navy
Jutland
Iceland
Greenland
Admiralty
Family of Iraqi premier and minister flee to Ankara
The families of Rashid Ali Gaitani and Nadji Sevket, Iraqi premier and foreign minister, were reported to have fled Baghdad for Ankara as of Saturday night according to a Turkish capital dispatch carried by the British Exchange Telegraph service.
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Rashid Ali Beg Gailani
Iraq
Nadji Sev«ket
Bagdad
Ankara
British Exchange
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