U S Puts Heat On Vichy To Resist Axis Pressure
The United States on Saturday warned the Vichy government that future relations with France hinge on its resistance to Axis powers in French territories. Acting Secretary Sumner Welles cited a French Japan defense pact as threatening American security and noted France’s wartime pledges to defend its territory.
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United States
Vichy
France
Sumner Welles
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Japan
Syria
Britain
Vichy government in crisis over Nazi collaboration hints
The Vichy cabinet met in a grave crisis said to involve greater collaboration with Germany. A Geneva dispatch suggested a threat to North Africa linked to naval bases in Africa. Fernand de Brinon and Jean Francois Darlan conferred as Eugene Deloncle, ex-Cagoulards leader, appeared in Vichy amid rising tensions.
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Henri Philippe Petain
United Press
Journal de Geneve
Geneva
Africa
North Africa
Fernand de Brinon
Paris
Jean Francois Darlan
Eugene Deloncle
Cagoulards
Hooded Ones
Deloncle
Vote to discharge 28 year olds from the army
Washington AP report that a joint senate house conference committee approved a bill to release from the army selectees who were 28 or older on July 1 and wish to return to private life. The panel removed a provision granting the President power to seize industrial land where defense production has been disrupted by work stoppages.
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Washington
Senate-House
Joint Committee
Last Day For Gasette Cookbooklets Missing Sets Urged
The Gasette reminds readers this is the final day to obtain any of the twenty Cookbooklets or binders. If a cookbooklet is missing from a set, secure it at The Gasette office before 9 o clock tonight.
Cedar Rapids Couple Injured In Bennett Road Crash
Cedar Rapids residents Claude Stratton and his wife were injured when their eastbound car on Highway 74 left the road at a curve and struck two trees near Bennett. They were joined by Bob Jones, all employed by LaPlant Choate. Stratton suffered a skull fracture and arm fracture, Mrs. Stratton body bruises, and Jones ribs and a head laceration. Sheriff Christian noted the car appeared to be traveling fast. all were taken to Mercy hospital in Davenport.
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Bennett
Mercy Hospital
Davenport
Claude L. Stratton
Thirty-first Street Drive
Bob" Jones
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Stratton
LaPlant- Choate Company
Muscatine
Talmadge Would Seek Burning of Race Coeducation Books
Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge said he would urge the legislature to burn all books in schools and libraries that advocate racial coeducation. The statement was made Friday in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Germany's Featherbed Says Davies Sees Russia as Trap
Joseph E Davies former US ambassador to Moscow calls Russia Germanys feather bed easy to enter and hard to leave from Chicago. He warned the risk of entanglement in European affairs and the potential leverage for Germany in postwar diplomacy.
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Chicago
Joseph E. Davies
United States
Moscow
Russia
Germany
German Drive for Leningrad Seems Halted
British and Russian sources report the German advance toward Leningrad halted with heavy losses. Soviet dispatches claim the 137th infantry division was annihilated and the 99th Red army division destroyed three other German divisions. British observers note improved Soviet communications amid ongoing fighting, with a long expected counteroffensive not yet seen.
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Leningrad
Smolensk
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99Th
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U S Women Warned To Conserve Hosiery Supply
Washington defense officials acknowledged silk hosiery stock will run out as nylon and rayon output lags. OPM urged voluntary rationing, banning price hikes, and offered four rules to extend remaining stock. Officials foresee expanded substitutes and domestic production to ease the shortage.
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U. S
Washington
R. E. McConnell
OPM
Conservation Division
McConnell
Harriet Elliott
Leon Henderson
Miss Elliott
United States
Solons veto F D R plan of modified joint return
Washington AP chairman Coughton said the house ways and means committee rejected three Roosevelt suggestions for the 3.529 billion tax bill. They declined to lower exemptions for singles from 800 to 750 and married from 2000 to 1500, and opposed altering the joint filing rule. Dropping the joint return could cost about 323 million annually.
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Washington
Coughton
N. C
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Ways and Means Committee
Roosevelt
Treasury
Doughton
Nazis Move To Declare Norse State Of Siege
The German Oslo commissioner was authorized to declare a civil state of emergency in Norway to address disturbances to order and economy. The move, described as precautionary, would allow swift actions including detention and property seizure, with radios in coastal Norway ordered to be handed to occupying authorities.
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Reich
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Stockholm
Berlin
Terboven Han
Terboven
Alesund
Mercury Hits 90s Again For Twelfth Straight Day
Cedar Rapids forecasts show 100 degree highs this afternoon and Sunday with scattered thundershowers. The heat spell extends to twelve days as the mercury topped 90 by 1:45 pm and cooled to 68 to 70 in the early hours.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids News
Mercury
Chambers
Strict Secrecy Will Surround F.R. On Cruise
President Roosevelt plans a week long cruise from New London aboard the Potomac with tight secrecy and no press on board after departure. Stephen Early says movements will be confidential naval operations and only essential dispatches will be relayed. Accompanying officials include Rear Admiral McIntire General Watson and Captain Beardall who will file daily reports to the Navy for press release.
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Roosevelt
New London
Potomac
Early
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White House
Ross T. McIntire
Edwin M. Watson
John R. Beardall
Beardall
Navy Department
Drunk Driver Sentenced After Parking Incident
Wilbur Boyens 25 of Perry pled guilty to drunk driving after driving over Wes Benesh parking in Cedar Rapids. Judge G K Thompson sentenced him to 90 days in jail with a $300 fine and $25 monthly installments, noting non district residency. Appeal bond set at $1,000.
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Wilbur Boyens
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Benesh
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Convoy Arrives in Britain Untouched by Attacks
London AP reports a large Atlantic convoy delivering planes, guns, munitions, and food valued around 400 million dollars reached Britain Friday with every ship free from torpedo or bomb damage, marking a rare safe crossing in wartime.
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London
Atlantic
Britain
United States halts civilian silk use to aid war needs
The United States orders immediate end to silk in civilian manufacture to free silk for powder bags and parachutes for the army and navy. About 175000 silk mill workers face unemployment as mills halt processing of raw silk. The move follows dwindling Japanese silk imports amid wartime economic measures and tighter oil controls. Officials aim to boost synthetic fibers like rayon and nylon.
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Navy
Japan
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Roosevelt
NYK
Tokio
US orders oil embargo as Japan faces fuel choice
Washington reports Roosevelt’s emergency action tightens aviation fuel and oil embargo and imposes strict rationing on petroleum products. Tokyo now must decide whether to curb southward expansion or risk a broader war with the axis by seeking oil in the Indies. The move grants the President power to halt all American oil supplies to Japan if aggression continues.
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State Department
Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Pacific
Tokio
Indies
Duke Of Kent To Visit Roosevelt
The Duke of Kent, youngest brother of King George VI, will visit President Roosevelt at Hyde Park this month. He will arrive Aug 23, remain overnight, and depart Aug 25 for a Norfolk naval inspection before a White House state dinner. He then tours the Glenn L. Martin aviation plant in Baltimore.
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George VI
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Hyde Park
White House
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Hudson Valley
Mr. Roosevelt
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Naval
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Glenn L. Martin Aviation
Scribe Released By Nazis Tells Of His Experience
Brooklyn born United Press correspondent Richard C. Hottelet describes almost four months in Berlin jails on espionage suspicions. He was released July 8 in a prisoner exchange and arrived in New York aboard the West Point. He recounts abrupt arrest on March 15, secret police interrogations, confinement, and limited access to reading material during ongoing inquiries.
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United Press
Berlin
United States
New York
West Point
Secret Police
Joseph W. Grigg, Jr
Police Presidium
Alexanderplatz
Japan defies oil embargo amid tense Asian moves
Japanese leaders vow to win vital supplies by force if necessary as Roosevelt's oil embargo targets Japan. Tokyo presses warn of Russian American cooperation and potential encirclement, while Thai land bases and co pros perity sphere aims spark regional crisis. Gasoline rationing and labor draft push accompany food controls.
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Roosevelt
Seizo Sakonji
Tokio
Japan Times and Advertiser
Japanese Foreign Office
United States
South Orient
Domei
South Seas
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Kamchatka Peninsula
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
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Indo-China
Thailand
Cambodia
Bangkok
London
Singapore
Axis Victory Would Free India Says Axis Victory Would Free India
Rome dispatch quotes fascist editor Virginia Gayda predicting that an axis victory would give India her independence. The remark frames the war as a path to decolonization and boosts Axis propaganda.
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Rome
Virginia Gayda
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