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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1940
Page
18
In a grave radio address, President Roosevelt argues that defense spending since 1933 has vastly strengthened the Navy and Army. He cites aircraft, ships, guns, and personnel growth, warns against isolationism, and stresses maintaining social gains while expanding wartime production.
President calls for maintaining minimum wages and extending social protections while speeding production. He warns against using the crisis to enrich a few or roll back social aims, stresses collective bargaining and armed deterrence, and urges national unity, faith, and prayers for peace.
The British Broadcasting Corporation reported in German that 300 Austrian soldiers with German forces in Oslo mutinied and were executed during the night. NBC carried the program. a separate note mentions Borneo’s glass catfish being transparent.
Berlin dispatch reports Prince Wilhelm eldest son of the former crown prince has fallen in action at age 34. He was the first Hohenzollern prince to join the third reich army after renouncing succession, and his engagement reportedly proceeded without paternal consultation.
Prince Wilhelm, son of the former Crown Prince Frederich Wilhelm, was noted in reports on restoring the monarchy. He did not commit to the idea, focusing instead on his role as a battalion leader in the steel helmet stormtroop unit and his life as a farmer near Berlin.
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