Roosevelt Faces Gluey Task Rebuilding Campaign Organs
The column says President Roosevelt struggles to repair his shattered campaign structure after the Chicago convention. It notes Paul McNutt rejects becoming Democratic chair to pursue 1944 presidential aims, while Ickes and Wallace clash over the ticket. Louis Johnson and Tommie Corcoran are described as maneuvering around defense and cabinet prospects amid a draft plan targeting 1.3 million trained troops and rising enlistments into mid 1940s.
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Humpty Dumpty
Roosevelt
Chicago
Paul McNutt
Indiana
Farley
Democratic National Committee
McNutt
Ickes
Wallace
Forestry Service
Tommie Corcoran
Bohemian Grove
Louis Johnson
Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Woodring
White House
National Defense
American Legion
Corcoran
National Guard Training Aims to Reach Defense Force Goal
The bill envisions training the national guard to add 235000 to the prepared defense force but remains short of the security target. A direct draft program plans to call 400000 for Oct 1 and 300000 more for next April 1, totaling 1300000. The social and economic effects were not deeply considered.
Russia on war footing as Molotoff warns Europe
Premier Molotoff told Soviet parliament Russia must stay on full national mobilization and ready for military attack. He warned Germany and Italy against domination in the Balkans while asserting Russia will act to safeguard eastern security and maintain balance of power.
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Russia
Germany
Italy
Baltic
Balkans
Rumania
Hitler
Berlin
Rome
Mussolini
Stalin
Europe
East
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Britain
Mussoini
Frog in Iron Tank Mystery Terrifies Mazie’s Garden
Bully and Bawly spy Squatty Frog guarding Mazie’s rock garden from an armored iron tank. The brothers misread eel grass as a lasso and throw stones to make him speak, realizing the strange creature may be an intruder rather than a real frog.
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Bully
Bawly
Mazie
Squatty
Mariek
Bally
Squatty Frog
Frog
Ping
Double Shooting Tied to Lovers Quarrel in Chicago
Chester Ostrowski died at Lutheran Evangelical hospital after forcing Clara Nowicki from a car and wounding her before turning the gun on himself. Officials say a lovers quarrel lingers as the motive. the pair had been friends three years but argued recently and split.
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Chicago
Chester Ostrowski
Lutheran Evangelical Hospital
Clara Nowicki
Crash Kills Six In West Canaan Grade Crossing
Six men died when a truck owned by Melvin F Burgess Contracting of Baltimore collided with a Boston and Maine train at a grade crossing in West Canaan New Hampshire on Friday AP reported.
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Canaan, N. H
Melvin F. Burgess Contracting Company
Baltimore
Boston and Maine
West Canaan
Notice of Appointment of Executor in Linn County Town
The undersigned was on August 1 1940 duly appointed and qualified as Executor of the estate of Franc Hale Overholt, late of Linn County Town deceased. All persons indebted to said estate should pay promptly. Those having claims must file them authenticated with the Linn County Iowa District Court Clerk. Grafton Bent Hale, Executor. M L Burkholder, Attorney.
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Sethe
Linn County
Franc Hale Overholt
Iowa District Court
Grafton Bent Hale
M. L. Burkholder
Wheels on the Bath Tub Ride to the Park
A playful note describes adding wheels to a bath tub to roll it to the park. The writer promises to share details later about a “great frog fight.”
Public agencies place 1.5 million in jobs in six months
Social Security Administrator Paul V. McNutt announced that during the first six months of 1940 more than 1,500,000 people found private employment through public employment offices. The figure highlights the scale of government job placement efforts amid the wartime economy.
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Washington (Lp
Paul V. McNutt
Notice of hearing on private sale of real estate
In Linn County Iowa a hearing is set by Judge Charles J Hans on August 7 1949 at Cedar Rapids Court House to decide the application by Elsie B Steinke to sell Lot Sixteen Block Eleven Youngs Third Addition also known as 1120 Fifteenth Avenue SW Cedar Rapids Iowa at private sale. Interested parties may appear and object. WR. Watsraugh Sole Referee Edward J Dahms Attorney.
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Tiearing
Trivate SA
Linn County
Elsie B_ Steinke
Arthur B Steinke
Laura M_ Steinke
Linn
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Charles J Hans
Ly. Young
Fifteenth Avenue
Court House
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