Roosevelt Proposes Private Help in National Defense
President Roosevelt announced plans to form a national defense emergency coordination group with private individuals and government officials to oversee the $3.297 billion defense program. Key aides and allies discussed civilian support, taxes, and measures to stabilize prices while strengthening military readiness.
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Roosevelt
White House
Sarauran
Stephen Early
Early
Col
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Malin Craig
Frank R. McCoy
Wiliam J. Donovan
New York
Lewis Douglas
Rep
Ditter
Pennsylvania
National Republican Congressional Committee
Congress
United States
Red Cross Sponsors Nation-Wide Hookup For War Relief
A noon Sunday network program featuring Eddie Cantor Jimmy Durant Jack Benny Vivien Leigh and Judy Garland will broadcast for Red Cross war relief to support the Linn county drive which has reached 15 percent of its 5880 quota. Norman Davis opens the program with Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt participating and contributions go to the American Red Cross Head Federal Building Cedar Rapids.
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American Red Cross
Norman Davis
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Linn County
Shepherd
Cedar See Te
Gov Wilson to Speak in City Tuesday Night Rally
Gov. George A. Wilson will address a citywide audience at 8 p.m. in the Crystal Ballroom of the Montrose Hotel. A 2 to 4 p.m. reception in the state suite at the Montrose and a noon lunch with South Side friends at Bill Dutro’s restaurant accompany the trip. Lieut. Gov. B. B. Hickenlooper and other Republican leaders will join the evening rally.
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Cedar Rapids
George A. Wilson
Crystal
Montrose Hotel
Montrose
South Side
Bill Dutrt
B. B. Hickenlooper
Dies Says Big U S Peril Fifth Column Not Foreign Armies
Washington report on Rep. Dies of Texas urging a two fisted war against treasonous fifth columnists inside the United States. He called for strict enforcement of laws and new anti alien measures, warning of internal enemies allied with Hitler Stalin and Mussolini. He urged federal action to purge subversive elements and strengthen democracy.
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House to Resume Hatch Act Debate in Congress
Rep. John Gwynne of Waterloo leads Iowa’s role as the House Judiciary Committee reports the Hatch Act bill. He predicts floor action and possible conference work to shape a law extending prohibitions on political activity to all federal salary recipients amid sharp opposition and procedural changes.
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Iowa
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Waterloo
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France
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Extra
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Iowa City
Henry Talle
Decorah
Britain Faces Air Raids and Wartime Draft Push
German air raids along a 250 mile east coast left 12 injured in England and minor property damage. British shelters filled as war reports urged volunteers and general conscription for home defense while Britain’s leaders pressed labor to a maximum effort in a total war.
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Gas Main Leak At Bank Triggers Four Fire Crews
Four fire companies responded to a gas main leak at the Merchants National Bank building late Saturday night. No fire occurred and the damage was minimal.
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Chute Invader Lands Not Ask About Politics
An AIRWAVES column by Arthur Bugs Baer jokes about a parachutist ignoring party lines and social security cards, framing postwar unity with light satire. The piece comments on Republican and Democrat labels and the idea of politics fading in moments of danger.
Women's Groups Support Camp Good Health Fund
Cedar Rapids groups donate clothing bedding toys and food to Camp Good Health Fund. King’s Daughters circles sponsor projects and give smaller donations, acknowledged in Saturdays Gazette. Camp Good Health provides summer health camp for 6 to 12 year old physically handicapped children from needy homes.
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Camp Good Health
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette
Iowa
Funeral services for Mrs. Dora Sobehart
Mrs. Dora Sobehart 78 died at home 1426 First Street NW at 730 a.m. Saturday. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Monday at Polansky chapel with T. B. Hlubacek officiating. Burial in Bohemian National cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Sunday.
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First Street NW
Polansky Chapel
T. B. Hlubacek
Bohemian National Cemetery
Mrs Nellie Strub Dies After Short Illness
Mrs Nellie Strub aged 60 of 804 Fourth avenue SE died Saturday morning in an Iowa City hospital after a brief heart illness. Wife of William Strub. Body taken to Beatty chapel for funeral arrangements.
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Fourth Avenue SE
Iowa City
William Strub
Beatty Chapel
Funeral services for Mrs Sarah E Scott
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah E. Scott aged 60 of 2124 Grande Avenue SE will be held at Beatty chapel at 2 p m Monday with Rev Robert Little officiating. Burial will be in Cedar Memorial Cemetery.
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Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Funeral services held for E E Hand in Center Point
Funeral services for E. E. Hand 58 of Center Point were conducted at the Christian church in Center Point on Wednesday. Interment followed at Alice. Hand died Monday at the Health sanitarium in Cedar Rapids.
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Death of Mrs. Ida Hotz in Anamosa at 77
Mrs Ida Hotz aged 77 died at her Anamosa home at 12 15 am Friday after several years illness. She married John Hotz in 1880 and they had six children two of whom Mrs Amanda Voorhies Cedar Rapids and William and Orpha Hotz Mavion survive along with eight grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the Anamosa home at 1 pm Sunday and at Center Chapel Church two miles northeast of Morley at 2 pm with Rev Samuel Weaver in charge.
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Anamosa
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Cedar Rapids
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Orpha Hotz
Mavion
Center Chapel Church
Morley
Samuel Weaver
15 French Generals Ousted By Weygand
The article details Weygand’s dismissal of 15 French generals amid intense fighting across northern France. It notes strategic moves near Calais Boulogne Amiens and the Somme, with German advances and Belgian resistance, plus concerns over Gamelin’s status and rumors of his fate.
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Gustav Gamelin
Gamelin
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German claims of Allied defeat and secret weapon shift of war
German spokesmen warned the Attack Army trapped in Belgium would be divided and captured while signaling a possible use of a secret weapon more formidable than tanks or artillery. They described encirclement around the Channel ports as Stukas bombed Dieppe Ostend Dunkerque and Blankenberge to seal British escape routes.
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Businessmen Host Farmers Dinner and Program in Cedar Rapids
Seven hundred reservations have been received for the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce Farm Bureau dinner to be held Monday night in the new Hawk Eye Downs exhibition hall. Linn County Farm Bureau members will attend and will preview the hall, with dedicatory ceremonies. Rex Conn will toastmaster. Tom Collins will deliver a humor filled address titled Dust Off Your Sense of Humor, with the Cedar Rapids Maennerchor providing songs. Iowa Farm Bureau officers and Linn County officials will join in the event, with a committee led by Ray L. Short organizing the dinner set to begin at 7:30 p.m. Ample parking will be available.
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Rex Conn
Linn County
Tom Collins
William Rinderknecht
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
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Vinton
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Des Moines
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H H. Crist
Clarence
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N. P. Craemer
Joseph Stenner
Erwin Wasta
Ray Anderson
Harry Boyd
William Dutrt
Mob Attacks Communist Pamphlet Distribu tors in Pekin Illinois
Eight men and two women distributing pamphlets praising Earl Browder flee a mob to Pekin jail guarded by deputies. Vigilantes from American Legion and VFW threaten alleged communists, while Sheriff Donahue offers safe exit or jail confinement. Communist leader John Leslie defends rights and denies links to a fifth column.
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Earl Browder
Roosevelt
United States
Guy Donahue
Shen
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