Get Down to Brass Tacks on Defense Spending
The piece argues Americans must sacrifice and work to fund a robust national defense rather than rely on slogans. It criticizes Roosevelt era policies, warns of war threats, and questions large dam and defense expenditures, including Coralville dam, stressing fiscal restraint and practical defense needs.
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Roosevelt Creates 13 Member National Defense Council
Democrats and Republicans unite in backing President Roosevelt’s seven member defense commission to oversee industrial, labor, and financial tasks. Edward R. Stettinius Jr. chairs the non cabinet group with six cabinet members, all serving without pay, including Knudsen and Hillman, to begin meetings Thursday.
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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University of North Carolina
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City Weather Sets Warm Pre Holiday Tone
Cedar Rapids plans for Memorial Day under partly cloudy skies. Temperatures rose from a 49 degree low to 75 by mid afternoon. Tuesday's high reached 67 with 62 in the evening and 53 at midnight according to the Chambers Inskeep graph.
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Chambers
Our New Deal Anthem and Defense Call
A satirical piece mocks New Deal themes with Mr Roosevelt leading a chorus urging sacrifice and boondoggling while claiming to savor promised abundance. It condemns federal interference and calls for removing fakirs in Washington as a defense measure.
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May Expand Arms Plan Anew to Boost Defense Spending
President Roosevelt and war department officials discussed a supplemental defense program for army equipment planes and mechanization. The plan would add more than 600 million dollars to preparedness expenditures and seek congressional approval within days after a White House conference with Morgenthau Woodring Johnson and Marshall.
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Astrologers Disagree on 1940 Fate for Hitler and World Events
Two famed astrologers present divergent 1940 forecasts. Leonard Blake predicts doom for Hitler with key planetary aspects and a June July downfall, while Robert Naylor offers hazy prophecies and shifts focus to contemporary achievements of women, urging patience as star readers refine their verdicts.
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We're Not Prepared Says Baer Amid Jumbled Rhetoric
The piece mocks national readiness with sardonic lines about spilt milk and agility, featuring quoted asides and a frenzied tone. It uses vivid metaphors to criticize complacency while hinting at future urgency and public nerves.
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Baer
German Triumph in Flanders Reported as Dunkirk Flares
Cable dispatches say a complete German victory in the Battle of Flanders split Allied forces north into three parts. Berlin claimed Ostend and Lille, with Dunkirk reported ablaze and nearly surrounded. Paris said Somme and Aisne successes, while Narvik in Norway fell to British-led forces after a seven week Arctic campaign.
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Memorial Day Gift Supports Camp Good Health
Memorial Day contributions are sent to Camp Good Health to aid the health camp and help living recipients. The piece notes gifts received as the day progresses and mentions funds will cover operating expenses at the camp.
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Camp Good Health
Halifax Eyes U S Aid With Refugees
London report states Foreign Secretary Viscount Halifax is considering calls to request that the United States take as many European refugees as possible, as told by Undersecretary Richard A. Butler in Parliament on Wednesday.
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House of Commons
Taft to respond to Johnson on defense issue tonight
Washington reports a heated exchange over national defense with Senator Robert A. Taft set to reply to Louis Johnson on NBC at 8 30 p m CST. Johnson accuses Hoover of turning defense politics into a public issue while urging unity to adequately prepare for emergencies.
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Hatch Bill Approved By House Committee
The House Judiciary Committee approved the Hatch bill to extend restrictions on political activity from federal employees to federal state workers. The panel, after previously shelving the measure, reversed course and advanced it 16 to 7 with Rep. John W. Gwynne of Iowa voting in favor.
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Allied rear guard fights in Lille as Dunkirk evacuation widens
In Lille Allied rear guard clashes with German troops amid retreat toward the Channel coast. The German high command claims Lille fallen while French and British remnants withdraw toward Dunkirk 40 miles away. Dunkirk fortified. ships bring steady supplies as Somme front positions improve and three southern villages are recaptured.
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British Retreat and Narvik Held as Narvik Falls
British and French troops in Belgium and northern France fought rear guard actions to cover orderly withdrawals amid reports of trapped forces. The Allies captured Narvik and nearby hamlets, while Britain considered diverting shipping to the south west coast amid fears of a German blitz. The government urged Red Cross aid as wounded arrived from France and Belgium.
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German Drive Seals Fate of Allied Northern Army
Berlin reports rapid German advances in Flanders and Artois as Lille and Ostend fall, Ypres and Kemmel are stormed, and Dunkirk is encircled. British forces retreat under heavy fire with evacuation halted, while the German ring tightens around remaining Allied troops in France and Belgium.
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Joseph Kushner 57 Dies Suddenly After Elks Club Card Play
Joseph Kushner 57 of 1822 Blake Boulevard SE died after a heart attack in Cedar Rapids hospital following a card game at the Elks Club. Survived by wife, mother, four daughters Ruth and Marietta Kushner Ed ward Pill of LeMars and Abe Beechen, five sisters and one brother. Funeral at Turner chapel 5 p.m. Rabbi H L Freund to officiate. Burial Eben Israel cemetery.
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Approve Bill For Ouster Of Bridges
Washington report says the House Rules Committee voted unanimously to send to the floor a bill directing the secretary of labor to arrest and deport Baievndees, a west coast subject of the matter. The action signals congressional push to remove the individual from the region.
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West Coast
Black And Eicher Get Reappointments
President Roosevelt reappointed Albert G. Black of Iowa as governor of the farm credit administration for six years and Edward C. Eicher of Iowa as a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission for five years.
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Iowa
Farm Credit Administration
Edward C. Eicher
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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