Churchill Warns War Progress Threatens Allied Aid
Prime Minister Winston Churchill warned that Hitler's growing war effort could sink American aid to Britain and threaten invasion of Britain and attacks on Turkey and key Soviet assets. He stressed the Atlantic battle as Britain’s main theater and urged full American shipbuilding output comparable to 1918 to sustain 1942 war needs. Churchill also hoped Ireland might aid Britain with sea bases and air fields, as U S bases and shipping face German submarine and raider threats. The manned defense of Atlantic by Allied forces remains crucial to Britain's survival and war aims.
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Wallace Carroll
United Press
London
Winston Churchill
Adolf Hitler
America
Britain
Turkey
Balkans
Africa
Egypt
Churchill
Atlantic
Eire
American
Britaj
Gav Ornment
United States
Churelith
New Custodian Named for Ledges Park Des Moines Fl
F E Moreley, formerly custodian at Pilot Knob State Park near Forest City, is appointed custodian at Ledges Park near Boone by the State Conservation Commission. Roscoe Stewart said Moreley would begin about May 1. Carl Henning, 75, longtime Todges custodian, retires. Henning offered a permanent park home with old age pension. commission plans two or three caretakers already overseeing the Ledges.
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Des Moines
F. E. Moreley
Pilot Knob State Park
Forest City
the Ledges Park
Boone
State Conservation Commission
Roscoe Stewart
Ovid Moreles
Carl Henning
Todges
Stewart
Henning
Lastanuary
Uheler
Stewark
Thwax
Whithetack
Rainfall Update Across Iowa Briefly Falls Across State
Des Moines reports widespread rain across Iowa with lighter amounts in the east and heavier totals in western regions. Sioux City records .70 inches, Clarinda .86, and Omaha 1.29 inches as temperatures run above normal and stay above freezing tonight. Davenport peaks at 69 and Estherville at 40 with Des Moines at 49 midmorning.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Sioux City
Clarinda
Omaha
Davenport
Estherville
Red Star lauds Jugoslav morale as invasion of Balkans curbs Britain
Moscow dispatch says Germany's Balkans invasion will force postponement of plans to invade Britain. Red Star praises Jugoslav fighting spirit and Britain’s aid, noting Berlin's focus on Jugoslav theatre and Struma valley operations. Page Seven continuation.
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Moscow
Red Star
Germany
Balkans
Britain
Jugoslavia
Greece
Great Britain
Russia
Italy
Berlin
Struma Valley
Archibald Wavell
Britain Again Bombing Kiel
British bombing planes attacked Kiel in a major offensive described as the largest raid of the war up to that point. The raid hit the Kiel navy base and Baltic approaches while forces also bombed Emden Bremerhaven Rotterdam and northern France airfields in a second consecutive night of attacks.
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Ned Russell
United Press
London
Germany
Kiel
Air Ministry
Baltic
Kiel Cae
Greece Accepts Doom of Salonika and Macedonia
Athens reports Greece accepted the doom of Salonika and Macedonia to German forces. A British military spokesman voiced high confidence in Britain’s army to meet any eventuality, noting German advances and the Serbs likely aiding the Germans while Greece watches South Serbia for developments.
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Ry Benames
Unter
Athens
Creece
Silovike
Macedonia
Britain
Vordar
Poe
Ian
Jugoslavia
Jugostas
Brllish
Sid
Serbia
Neve
Germans Divide Greek Army At Struma Valley
German capture of Salonika isolates Greek units in the Struma Valley and Rupe Pass from the main western force. Britain’s delayed action leaves the front unsettled as Jugoslav and Greek plans diverge, permitting a fragmented Greek defense. Continued on Page Hight.
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U.S
J. W.T. Mason
United Press
Salonika
Struma
Rupe Pass
Greece
Jugoslavia
Vardar
Landon
Yugoslavia
Germany
Athens
Jugoslav
Vetir
Mexico Seizes 12 Foreign Ships In War Measure
Mexico acts to seize twelve ships from Germany and Italy and place them in protective custody. The move signals a hemispheric policy shift with expectations that the United States may follow suit, despite diplomatic strains with Berlin and Rome. Mexico plans to compensate after the war and cites earlier oil trade failures that triggered the seizure.
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Edward P. Morgan
United Press
Mexico City
DIP
Mexico
Sono
Roosevelt
United States
Berlin
Rome
Nazi Prote
Minis
Ezequiel Padille
Ann
Axi
Germany
Italy
Italian Attache Waives Support for Navy Attache Transfers
Italian government agreed to withdraw Admiral Alberto Leis the Malian naval attaché in Washington and at the same time requested Captain William C. Bentley be withdrawn as assistant US military attaché in Rome.
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Washington
Alberto Leis
William C. Bentley
US. S
Rome
Britain Given 10 More U S Guard Cutters
President Roosevelt authorized release of 10 coast guard cutters to the British navy under the lend lease law. Vessels, built 1928 to 1932, will have light armament and likely be fitted with anti aircraft guns and depth charge racks before joining British convoys. Names not released. ships expected around 1975 tons and about 14 knots.
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Lyle C. Wilson
United Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Coast Guard
White House
Stephen
Britain
Early
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Captain Roosevelt to go to Jugoslavia
Captain James Roosevelt, the president’s eldest son, has tentatively arranged to go to Tito’s Jugoslavia as a U.S. Marine observer, according to official quarters revealed today.
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Roosevelt
Jugoslavia
Washington
James Roosevelt
Tutes” Slavia
U. SB. Marine
Authoriartie Quertens
Toudkiiy
Redistricting Bill Sent to Governor in Iowa
Des Moines Iowa April 9 by UP the state house passed a redistricting bill by 93 to 7 sending the measure to Gov George A Wilson. The plan moves Winnebago county from the seventh to the sixth district now in the eighth due to 1940 census shifts. Iowa loses one national representative dropping from nine to eight.
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Des Moines
Vone Chet Ene
George A. Wilson
Winnebago County
Iowa
Coventry Again Target of Nazis
London April reports German bombers struck Coventry for a nth night causing considerable damage to a schol hospital homes police station and hotel. The raid followed a previous November assault that left the city mostly ruined with over 1 000 casualties and 200 buried in one grave, marking Coventry as a symbol of aerial blitz.
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Homer Jenks
United Press
London
Coventry
England
Wertforrd
Commission Our Biggest Battleship North Carolina
The U.S. battleship North Carolina, 35 000 tons with nine 16 inch guns, was commissioned at the New York Navy Yard marking renewed naval strength after an 18 year build holiday. It joins 10 new super ships planned by 1945, as Secretary Knox and officials witnessed the ceremony.
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New York
North Carolina
Affort
United States Navy Yard
Great Britain
Navy
Frank Knox
T.anc
Balkans crisis deepens as German blitzkrieg menaces Europe
In a sweeping 72 hour campaign German forces push across south Yugoslavia into Albania cutting off the Greek arm of Macedonia at Salonika. Churchill warns of a Nazi explosion threat while battles rage in Africa as a British force suffers in Libya and Britain braces for further invasions and costly struggles near the Suez.
Board of Education names new members for term
George A. Wilson announces the selection of S. Rupe of Ames and Mrs. George Kyseth of Clarion to the state board of education. They succeed John P. Wallace and Miss Anna B. Lawther. Terms run through June 30, 1947. Kyseth is a Democrat and active in 4-H and Women’s Clubs. Rupe is publisher of the Aron Daily Tribune and Republican party figure.
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Gen. Wilson
Rupe
Ames
George Kyseth
Clarion
Kyseth
Knox College
Gatesbuth
Ands
Chicago
Columbia College
Buught
Bessie Till College
Porssth
Gaine
Twee Chuteuqua Vireuils
Chaimmaan
Thie
Senate passes school publications bill in Des Moines
In Des Moines the Senate approved a conference report on a school publications bill. It reduces the legal notice rate to half and shifts from monthly to annual publication. The House had amended to annual, and the bill does not apply to the Des Moines school district or was sent back to the House for concurrence.
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Des Moines
The
Senate
Toda
House
Dex Moines
Redistricting Bill Signed Amid State Senate Shakeup
Governor signs two measures in Des Moines including redistricting reform reshaping eastern and western senate seats. It marks first reapportionment in five years and shifts one seat from east to west. Also signed tenant farmer lien aid and several minor claims bills.
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Des Moines
Apis
Geoorge AO Witran
Powe
George proposes large tax hikes to fund defense
Sen. Walter F. George of Georgia urges doubling individual income tax to eight percent and raising corporate tax from 24 to 30 percent to finance defense and British aid. He estimates these changes could yield about 1.00165 billion dollars annually, plus additional revenue from other taxes. Senator Taft criticizes eight percent as insufficient and argues a ten percent rate is needed, noting defense costs could reach about 25 billion dollars next year and that Morgenthau’s 60 percent tax share may not be achievable by small increases.
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Washington
Walter F. George
George
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Morgenthau
Iowa Senate Eyes Clinton Wim burg College Purchase
Des Moines April 9 The senate committee on public lands and buildings proposed a joint resolution to authorize the state executive council and the legislative interim committee on retrenchment and reform to buy the former Wartburg College at Clinton for up to 200000. The building would house vocational training and related facilities across several Iowa campuses with funds from the state treasury. A joint committee recently inspected the property and recommended a purchase.
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Des Moines
Senate Committee On Public Lands and Buildings
State Executive Council
Legislative Interim Committee On
Wimburg College
Clinton
Br Troming School
Ehtors
Glenwreel
Ao Yoint Leerstatus
Chiron Sas
Senator Morris W. Sheppard Dies at 66 in Washington
Senator Morris W. Sheppard of Texas, dean of Congress and "father of prohibition," died at Walter Reed Hospital at 5:30 A.M. after an intracranial hemorrhage. He was 66, stricken at home last Friday and rushed to the hospital Sunday. He chaired the Senate Military Affairs Committee and was known for devotion to duty. Mrs. Sheppard and one daughter were by his bedside.
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Washington
Morris W. Sheppard
Tex
Congress
Prohibition
Walter Reed Hospital
Sheppard
George W. Calver
Congressional
Manuer
Farm work making progress across Iowa in April 1941
Iowa farmers report field work underway statewide except in the north and east. grass greens, wet soils hamper northern counties. Land along the Missouri River is reseeding to spring wheat, flax, or oats after winter wheat losses. Sod planting, seeding of grass and clover, limited corn husking, potato planting, garden work, and some fruit tree replanting proceed. Frost touched northern areas. precipitation above normal since April 1, with Davenport showing about 3.5 times normal.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Weather and Crop Bulletin
Charles D. Read
Missouri River
Davenwort
Balkan Situation Regarded As Serious
United Press reports from London indicate a very serious Balkan outlook with German troops entering Salonika and a mechanized division reaching Skoplje. British sources note Salonika likely indefensible, while emphasis remains on stalling German advances and the city’s strategic link to the east via the Suez Canal.
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Frederick Kut
United Press
London
Balkans
Salonika
Orenatiy
Ditosliv Sourcms
Salanika
Tieiads
Aegian
Skoplje
Tugotlas Soyrens
Wasdet
Jugoslavia
Skopljca
MH Owas
Press Association
Britain
Sue Canal
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Battle OF Atlantic
Ledges Park
Pesteover
U. S. Guard
Harrison Salisbury
Albania
House of Commons
Aegean Sea
Balkan
Libya
Mekeli
Derna
Ukraine
CaucasUs
Cyrenaica
Suez Canal
Board OF Education
Wartburg
Sen. Sheppard
Texas
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