Ickes Named Petroleum Coordinator Under National Defense
President Roosevelt designated Harold L. Ickes as petroleum coordinator for national defense to plan a program ensuring petroleum supply for military and civilian use amid an unlimited national emergency. The action follows hints of gasoline rationing and possible Sunday gas bans as transportation limits strain the system.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Harold L. Ickes
Ickes
Sam Rayburn
Interior Department
Department
Petroleum Conservation Division
Bureau of Mines
Atlantic Seaboard
Mr. Roosevelt
Federal
Southwest
Britain
Maritime Commission
Gulf
Eastern Seaboard
Rayburn
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Thousands Cheer Holiday Rodeo Performances Across Weekend
Thousands of spectators packed the Midwest Championship rodeo as cowboys delivered high speed action and standout moments. Injuries were minor for three riders including Bob Burrows Jimmie Schumacher and Bob Hess while Frank Marshall won praise for a bareback ride. Delays from rain led to rescheduled events and faster program pacing. Earl Moore and Tommy Smith posted fast calf roping times Friday with Moore clocking 14.4 seconds in the afternoon and 14.0 at night.
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Scotty McLeod
Bob Burrows
Jimmie Schumacher
Bob Hess
Clyde Miller
Earl Moore
Chaves
N. M
Tommy Smith
Moore
Accident Injures Dr Ball and Wife Near Marion Iowa
Dr Harris Franklin Ball head of Garrett Institute theology and his wife were injured when their car rear ended an ambulance two miles east of Marion at highways 13 and 151. Ball was en route to Cedar Rapids to deliver a town university address and will not speak.
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Cedar Rapids
Harris Franklin Ball
Garrett Biblical Institute
Evanston
Marion
Ball
University of Town
St. Luke's Hospital
Rall
J. F. Rall
Justice of the Peace
W. A. Rall
Jack Barr
Maquoketa
Barr
John Hanson
Veteran’s Hospital
Des Moines
Golden Gloves Funds Aid Health Camp Improvement Drive
The Golden Gloves fund contributes to Camp Good Health, providing 1000 for building and improvement. Donations subsidize operating capital while enhancements include painting of main lodge cabins infirmary water tank and heater house and a new camp truck. Page 2 column 8 continues.
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The
Gazette
Young Men's Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Golden Gloves Fund
Golden Gloves
Britain calls for clothing rationing amid wartime shortages
London AP reports the British Board of Trade ordered immediate clothing rationing with 66 coupons per person per year. The rule covers clothing, cloth, footwear and knitting wool with hats and infant wear exempt. Coupons required regardless of price. personal tailors and shops fall under the order. enforcement begins after Whitsuntide.
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London
Board of Trade
West End
East End
Ist Food Cargo Reaches Britain
A merchantman, after crossing the Atlantic under the lease lead act, arrived at a British port carrying cheese from Manitowoc Wisconsin and 6000 cases of eggs from Columbus Nebraska, the first food cargo under the program.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Columbus
Neb
Flood damage cripples Rock Island line near Decorah
Friday evening photo at Nordness south of Decorah shows Trout Run crack flooding washing away about 5 miles of Rock Island track. Water overturned the railway bridge, shifted rails and ties, and damaged the highway bridge. Nordness remained isolated as rain continued and the Nordness creamery could not operate due to blocked roads.
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Nordness
Decorah
Rock Island
Fraser New O.R.C. Head Elevates Cedar Rapids Leader
Harry W. Fraser of Cedar Rapids was named president of the Order of Railway Conductors at the 42nd annual Chicago convention succeeding J. A. Phillips. George H. Oram was reelected general secretary and H. Nemitz of Tucson was chosen senior vice president. Fraser, longtime civic leader, has served as senior vice president for a year and joined the order in 1899.
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Harry W. Fraser
Cedar Rapids
Order of Railway Conductors
Chicago
J. A. Phillips
George H Oram
H. Nemitz
Tucson
Ariz
Fraser
Fifteenth Street
Order
E. P. Curtis
The
Santa Fe Railroad
Phillips
America
Canopus Club
Inter-Service Club Council
Cedar Rapids Area
Boy Scout Council
Boy Scout National Council
Nemitz
Los Angeles
Doeple Parish la Iewa Movie Fire Orphaned Boys
In RADCLIFFE la A P report two small boys were left as orphans when a weekend fire destroyed a one story theater building where their father Clayton Carr worked as a motion picture machine operator. Mrs Carr waited in the projection room as her husband rewound film when a flash started the blaze.
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Radcliffe, la
Clayton Carr
Carr
Seizure of Minnesota Sealed Whisky at Cooper Home
Three cases of Minnesota sealed Scotch whisky were seized at J. L. Cooper's home in Cedar Rapids by local detectives and Iowa state agents. Nine gallons valued at about 150 dollars were found after delivery and signed for by Mrs. Cooper. County Attorney Crisman said charges for possession without Iowa seals would be filed. federal inquiry may follow.
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Cedar Rapids
Minnesota
J. L. Cooper
Glenway Drive
State Bureau of Investigation
William Crissman
Iowa
Cooper
Minneapolis
Des Moines
Byron Marshall
Tom Condon
Bill Kudina
Ed Miller
Federal Alcohol Tax Unit
Nazis Release 119 Yanks but Hold 21 Others
From Zamzam survivors in Spain 119 Americans crossed the border after the Zamzam sinking while 21 ambulance drivers were held by German forces at Biarritz. Two freed drivers, Charles McCarthy and Langford Harris, traveled on with passports marked student.
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San Sebastian
Spain
Biarritz
France
Charles McCarthy
Langford Harris
Charles de Gaulle
Germany
Berlin
US Sets Repatriation Plan For Zamzam Survivors
The state department said 140 American Zamzam survivors will be repatriated from Portugal with preferential treatment by the American Export Lines for their return to the United States.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Portugal
Iraq Asks British For Armistice After Premier Flees
BEIRUT and London reports state Iraq sought an armistice with Britain as British forces pressed on Bagdad after Rashid Ali fled to Iran. The move aims to end Iraq's revolt, with German and Italian envoys reported to have left Bagdad for Iran.
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Iraq
Beirut
Syria
Bagdad Radio
London
INS
Britain
Cairo
Bagdad
Rashid Ali
Iran
Mosul
Haifa
Palestine
Feisal II
Reuters
Teheran
Kashshirin
Germany
U S to Relinquish Special Land Rights in China
Secretary of State Cordell Hull said the United States would seek relinquishment of special extra territorial rights in China once peace is restored. The rights trace back to the Boxer rebellion and reflect old wartime arrangements.
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U. S
China
Hull
Bulletin Washington
Cordell Hull
United States
Norris urges shifting main fleet to Atlantic
Senator Norris recommends serious consideration of moving the bulk of the U S navy from the Pacific to the Atlantic. He questions Japan as a threat but warns against trusting any pact with Tokyo and calls for a protective naval force near the Far East. The Brit ish presence in the Pacific and Japan’s China focus reduce near term risk, he says.
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Norris
Atlantic
Washington
Pacific
Senate
Germany
Japan
Far East
Roosevelt
Orient
China
Freyberg Reported Alive With Crete Troops
British war office announced Major General B C Freyberg is alive with his Crete garrison after German Stukas strafers blasted Allied positions By sea and land as German and Italian forces close in on retreating British troops in Crete
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Luftwaffe
Crete
Berlin
Freyberg
London
British War Office
B. C. Freyberg
Holiday Heat And Dampness Holds On Saturday
Cedar Rapids area forecast shows partly cloudy conditions into Saturday night and Sunday with scattered thunderstorms Sunday afternoon. Memorial Day was warm but damp, similar to Saturday's start. temperatures topped in the 80s with a low around 65 and a mid-evening reading near 78.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
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Penick and Ford
Dorcas Circle of King’s Daughters
Anna Zick
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Fraser New O.R.C
Oram Genl
George H. Oram
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