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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1941

Page

12

Laval States Case Aims U S Help Then Hands Off

In a high profile appeal, Laval argues the war is a European revolution needing total collaboration with Germany. She warns that delaying France’s recovery risks a rude awakening and urges the United States to support a peaceful rebuilding rather than forcing a punitive, divisionary peace. France seeks a new republic and restored trade links with the United States.

Germany Britain France Hitler America United States Europe

Rail head calls Cheyenne fire deliberately set

William Jeffers, president of Union Pacific, said the Cheyenne Wyoming shops blaze was deliberately set in a personal opinion statement. Investigators intensified the probe into the cause of the fire that destroyed the railroad's shops.

Omaha SNS Union Pacific Railroad Cheyenne Wyo William Jeffers Jeffers

Notice to bid No 2 nut coal by Cedar Rapids ISD

Sealed bids for about 5000 tons of No 2 nut coal will be received until 5 00 PM Thursday June 12 1941 by the Cedar Rapids Linn County Iowa Independent School District Board of Directors. Bid packets and specs available from Secretary Charles D Hedberg at 348 2nd Avenue BW Cedar Rapids Iowa.

TGQ Board of Independent School District Cedar Rapids Linn 2Nd Avenue BW Iowa Linn County Charles D. Hedberg Board of Directors

Radio Schedule Fragments Highlight Day's Airs and Hosts

A dense list of radio programs and personalities outlines a full day schedule across WGN WHTH WLS and WMT stations. It details morning to late night slots including news, music, drama, and variety shows with host names and program titles.

Radio Schedule Fragments Show Busy Afternoon Lineup

A dense listing outlines radio programs, times, and stations WMT WGN WENR WLS WGN with hosts, talks, music, and soap operas. It includes show titles like Judy & Jane Edith Adams Aunt Jenny and Buckaroos plus sport broadcasts and auditions through evening hours.

WMT Grant WGN J. Turner Judy & Jane Harm Hearts Orch Bach Rangers Jenny WLS Dave Harum Kate Smith Salvo Crane Joyce Baker Q. Ryan Helen Trent Hilynd-Fisher Mac Bob Bentley WGN Bank Judy Jane Edith Adams R.O.T F. Masters

Program Highlights From Iowa Educational Stations

Radio listings show a schedule of programs from Iowa State College and the University of Iowa. Items include news, markets, farm reports, music, short stories, sports, and defense programs with numerous time slots. The lineup spans mornings, afternoons, and evenings across stations WSUI and WOI.

Educational Institutions of State of Iowa Jews State College Ames Gs Farm Betty Wells

Carborundum Tieup Hits U S Defense Industry

A CIO strike at the Carborundum plant in Niagara Falls began Monday, threatening grinding wheels used in defense sectors. Company officials say output remains mostly steady with many workers on duty. Separately, work resumed on the Ravenna arsenal in Ohio and union actions spread across shipyards, Packard Detroit, and Detroit defense contracts.

Associated Press CIO Niagara Falls Ravenna Ohio Arsenal AFL San Francisco Bay Area United Automobile Workers Michigan Packard Motor Company Dettroit Defense

Shortage of Cargo Vessels Hampers War Materials

In a review of the raw material situation during the first year of the defense program the OPM said that shortage of cargo vessels hampers hauling of commodities such as tin chromium rubber and antimony from Malaya South Africa and other far off points.

OPM Malaya South Africa

GE Chief Declares Business As Usual Now A Fiction

General Electric chairman Philip D. Reed told a Chicago manufacturers meeting that business as usual is a fiction during the rearmament period. He spoke at a Monday session addressing OPM priorities and urged renewed industry effort.

Chicago Philip D. Reed General Electric Company OPM

Industrialists Say War Strain Requires Economic Sacrifices

Reed quoted from leaders of the National Association of Manufacturers and the Illinois Manufacturers Association warning that defense needs will strain and tax the nation's productive capacity. He said peacetime habits must be changed rapidly and civilian demands curtailed to meet wartime demands.

National Association of Manufacturers Mllinois Manufacturers Association Reed

Critical Situation Reported in Syria by Neutral Sources

London based neutral observers report a critical situation in French mandated Syria with martial law said to be declared in Beirut and Aleppo.

Syria London Ins Beirut Aleppo

8750 Italians Captured by British in Ethiopia

British forces in Ethiopia seized a complete Italian force of 8,750 troops north of Addis Ababa after a three day battle. The captors, Sudanese and Ethiopian troops under British command, took seven field guns and 170 machine guns, along with 700 Italian civilians. The Italian force included 570 Italians, 5,000 colonial troops, and 3,000 Banda irregulars, who had fled Debra Markos and moved through rough terrain to avoid capture.

Cairo Ethiopia Addis Ababa Italy Ians Esea Debra Markos Las Month

Nazi Loss in Crete Reported by Turkish Authority

ISTANBUL UP General Ali Sabis estimated German forces in Crete suffered about 20 percent losses. He said roughly 7,000 men dead and that three German divisions landed, with 25 000 to 28 000 Axis troops involved in fighting on the island.

Istanbul Germany Crete Ali Sabis Sabis

Life Insurance Helps Small Businessman Start Up

A New Haven reader recalls a column about life insurance aiding a technical engineer to launch his own business. The writer adds a personal experience aligned with the theme and notes how the idea resonated with him.

Register D. J New Haven

Life Insurance Helps A Small Businessman Buy A Big Store

A confectioner explains how he used life insurance to secure a four thousand dollar loan to buy a larger store when he could not raise the cash. He later repaid the loan and kept the policy free of encumbrances, using it again during tough times. An institutional advertisement by the Institute of Life Insurance.

The Institute of Life Insurance East 42Nd Street New York N.Y

Advancements Recommended For Kansky And Elliott

First Lieut Walter A Kansky and Second Lieut John M Elliott of Cedar Rapids have been recommended for promotions by Maj Gen E A Walsh commander of the 34th division in the 133rd Infantry. General Walsh issues special mail delivery instructions for fall maneuvers urging A P O 34 on envelopes and to include grade full name serial number unit and regiment to prevent confusion with other divisions.

Camp Claiborne Walter A. Kansky John M. Elliott Cedar Rapids E. A Walsh 133Rd Infantry Walsh

U S Reserve of Materials Periled

Washington officials warned that shortages in shipping capacity threaten the U S stockpile program of essential raw materials. The Office of Production Management said the shortage could jeopardize defense plans and the nation’s material safeguards.

U. S Washington Office of Production Management United States

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