Belgium surrender sparks world war talk and tax plan
A column debates Belgium's capitulation and its possible impact on Britain France and the United States. It warns of renewed German aggression and questions Canada UK US roles while noting a proposed 700 million annual tax rise and a 3 billion debt increase to fund defense.
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Hitler
France
Leopold
Britain
England
Canada
Roosevelt
United States
Germany
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt to Ask $3 Billion Increase in National Debt Limit
The administration will seek a $3 billion rise in the public debt limit and new defense taxes yielding up to $700 million yearly. Leaders Doughton Harrison Morgenthau say the plan, approved by President Roosevelt, could extend congressional sessions beyond early June adjournment.
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House Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Congress
Washington
Robert L. Doughton
House
Ways and Means Committee
Pat. Harrison
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Doughton
Harrison
City bats ban on lamp post advertising posters
Cedar Rapids city officials announced a future prohibition on using lamp posts for posters with mayor Frank Hahn stating the old rule will be revived to bar city property from promo use. Safety Commissioner Wes Benesh said existing signs may stay but strict enforcement will begin, following protests over a Memorial Day auto race carnival combination.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank Hahn
Wes Benesh
Louis Johnson to respond to Hoover on NBC tonight
Assistant Secretary of War Louis Johnson will reply to Herbert Hoover's defense speech of Monday night. Johnson’s address is set for 8:30 p.m. on the NBC blue network.
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Washington
Louis Johnson
Herbert Hoover
Johnson
NBC Blue
Weather Falls Back to April Mood in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids weather shifted to an April mood with rain clouds and sun. Temperatures ranged from a low of 53 to 64 by early morning, with .19 inches of rainfall. Monday's high reached 71 before cooling to 62 later and 55 at midnight on the Chambers Inskeep company dial.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company
Belgian army surrenders as Allies flood air strikes in rearguard push
Paris reports King Leopold III surrendered the Belgian army after an 18 day defense. Allies launch massive air bombardment to cover retreat and attack German forces with 450000 to 600000 troops massing on the Aisne for a decisive offensive. Churchill vows continued resistance.
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Paris
Leopold III
Dusseldorf
Duisberg
Dortmund
Hamburg
Bremen
Cologne
Belgium
Aisne
Rethel
Flanders
Leopold
Churchill
House of Commons
Reflections on Faith and Civilization in Turbulent Times
Reader letter cites Belgium painting with an angel restraining God as metaphor for moral crisis. It warns that without spiritual values civilization may collapse under tyranny and cruelty but asserts a distant divine event will still fulfill history despite hate and horror.
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Ames Russell Lowell
England
Belgium
Russia
Japan
God
United Venture Syndicate, Inc
Germans Break Through Front as Belgian King Surrenders
German high command reports a broad front breakthrough in Flanders and Artois with Belgian army capitulating under King Leopold. Nazi gains reach Bruges region, Orchies and Douai, while Allied resistance stiffens with heavy tank losses and naval air blows.
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Berlin
Belgium
Bruges
Scheldt Canal
Valenciennes
Orchies
Douai
Lille
Flanders
Artois
Leopold
Adolf Hitler
la Bassee
Bourboug
Hazebrouck
Merville
High Command
English Channel
Zeebrugge
Nieuport
Ostend
Dunkirk
Health Camp Will Aid Many Like Mary Jane
Mary Jane, a serious five year old, cares for two younger brothers and a sister while her mother tends the home. Public Health Nursing notes her responsibility. a health camp offers her weeks of training in health habits. Support from Cedar Rapids Dental Auxiliary and Hus Memorial Presbyterian church funds aids the effort. Total contributions noted at 5939.42.
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Mary Jane
Camp Good Wealth Fund
A Friend of
Cedar Rauids Dental Auxiliary
Young Peoples
Hus Memorial Presbyterian Church
Public Health Nursing Association
Bugs Baer Attacks New Women Hat Styles
Bugs Baer mocks modern millinery noting that men are smarter than women as he cites women buying hats with only rims and wearing no uppers on shoes hats or eyebrows.
City Farm Dinner Renews Cooperation In Cedar Rapids
Almost 1,000 attendees filled the Hawkeye Downs exposition hall for a Chamber of Commerce Farm Bureau dinner, the largest crowd in the event’s history. Tom Collins of Kansas City shared humor while speakers urged town country reciprocity and close town farm ties.
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Howdy
Hawkeye Downs
Chamber of Commerce Farm Bureau
Exposition Hall
Tom Collins
Kansas City
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Dean H. H. Kildee
Iowa State College
Chamber of Commerce
Collins
Belgium's Pierlot Denounces King as Treason Aids War Resolve
Refugees accuse Leopold of surrendering the Belgian army to Germany while Pierlot repudiates the move and vows a new army to fight alongside the Allies. France's Reynaud condemns the king and calls Belgium’s persistence in battle. The northern Allied front holds precariously as German forces press to isolate Belgian positions near Calais and Lille.
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Leopold
Pierlot
Belgium
Albert
At & A.m
Channel
Plunkirk
Hoase
Paul Reynaud
France
Blanchard
Reynaud
Calais
Germany
Reynard
Battle of Flanders
Lille-Roubaix-Turcoing
Lens- I.a- Bassee-Rethuns
Lys
Governor Wilson Receives Warm South Side Welcome
Gov. George Wilson returned to Cedar Rapids for a campaign stop, greeting old friends at Bill Dutrt’s cafe and meeting waves of supporters. He later hosted an open house at the Montrose and planned a county rally at 8 in the Crystal Ballroom with candidates introduced.
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George Wilson
Cedar Rapids
South Side
Bill Dutrt
Carl Hendrickson
Linn County
Republican Central Committee
George
Wilson
Montrose Hotel
City
Crystal Ballroom
Montrose
Six U S Army Men Die In Bomber Crash
A Douglas bomber crash near Mojave California during a night bombing maneuver killed six members of the U S Army and seriously injured one sergeant. The dead include two lieutenants Jess A Smith 30 Riverside California Charles A Nisbett 25 Riverside and three enlisted men Thurman T Owens Wayne G Kaufman Rita Kaufman Doyle H Bean Eugene A Schulz. Sergeant John B Stewart survived but was seriously hurt.
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March Field
Calif
Mojave
John B. Stewart
Midway
Ala
Jess A.smith
Riverside
Charles A. Nisbett
Leonard N. Nisbett
Alton
Thurman T. Owens
Wayne G. Kaufman
Rita Kaufman
Burlington
Doyle H. Bean
Kirbyville
Texas
Eugene A. Schulz
Twin Falls
Ida
Bricker Chosen Keynote for Wisconsin GOP Convention
Gov. John Bricker of Ohio was named Tuesday as keynote speaker at the Wisconsin Republican convention replacing Wendell Willkie who could not attend due to a prior engagement.
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Green Bay
Wis
John Bricker
Ohio
Wendell Willkie
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