Coalition Parties Form To Fight Peacetime Draft
Opponents of compulsory military training plan a bipartisan bloc in the Senate to block the Burke Wadsworth bill. Sen Wheeler and Sen Vandenberg push for voluntary enlistment as an alternative with pay proposals, while Woodring urges a conditional move to compulsory service if voluntary enlistment fails.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Harry H. Woodring
Wheeler
Mont
Vandenberg
Mich
Woodring
Navy
CCC
Congress
U.S
Army Chief of Staff
eSenator Wheeler
War Department
Wall Street
Minton
Army
George C. Marshall
Life is Life Everywhere as Dostoevsky Teaches
A portrait of Fyodor Dostoevsky as a tormented yet hopeful figure. He endures poverty, exile, and a brutal youth, finding forgiveness and humanity through a New Testament and the ethic of love. Despite suffering, he clings to life’s truth that life is life everywhere.
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Dostoievsky
Russia
Siberia
Jesus
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
More Bombing Raids On Nazi Soil By R A F
Britain intensifies air attacks on Germany replying to surrender or die warnings. Key strikes hit synthetic oil plants at Kamen and Reisholz and the Krupp works at Essen. Reports describe fires and large explosions in Cologne Dortmund Ruhr area, plus hits on Homburg Hamm Krefeld Mannheim airfields and Dutch targets.
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London
Britain
Germany
Kamen
Reisholz
Krupp
Essen
Bremen
Cologne
Dortmung
Ruhr
Homburg
Hamm
Krefeld
Mannheim
Leeuwarden
Haamstede
Holland
Lighthouse Service
Extortion Plot In Milwaukee Involving Homemade Submarine
Milwaukee police announced the capture of Walter Minx 23 his brother Kurt 27 and Daniel Carter 28 in a plan to extort 100000 from Sears Roebuck manager Rowland Davies. The plot involved a homemade submarine a bomb at a Sears store July 23 and a nighttime flight to Lake Michigan with Davis signaling for money.
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Milwaukee
INS
Walter Paul Minx
Kurt Frederick
Daniel Carter
Walter
Rowland H. Davies
Sears Roebuck and Company
Sears
Davies
Lake Michigan
Cedar Rapids Heat Wave Eases Saturday Morning
Cedar Rapids experienced a hot Friday with the high reaching 96 degrees around 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Humidity remained high despite a cooler Saturday morning, with 2:45 p.m. readings at 66 and a low around 62 overnight, as temperatures drifted from Friday into Saturday morning.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Inheritance of Earth Debate Turns to Barbed Strife
The column mocks the idea of meek inheriting the earth, lampooning ARTAUR Baer and ongoing litigation. It notes preparations and defense rhetoric, with farcical references to porcupines, quills, and a prolonged legal dispute over property.
German air force ready for blanket attack on Britain
Aviation General Karl Schweickhardt said Germany could launch a paralyzing mass assault hitting many targets across the British Isles. He claimed bases in Scandinavia, the North Sea, and France could enable simultaneous heavy bomb loads on multiple objectives, arguing Britain lags in air defense and fighter cover. England’s sea ports and supply routes are viewed as vulnerable targets.
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Berlin
Karl Schweickhard
Germany
Britain
British Isles
Schweickhard
Schlesiche Zeitung
Scandinavia
North Sea
France
England
English
French May Move Capital To Versailles
In Vichy France the authoritarian government considers moving the national capital to Versailles the historic palace of the Bourbon kings Negotiations with Germany are under way to make Versailles an open city Senator Henri Haye ambassador to the United States says the move could occur before he starts his post in September Petain might reside in the south wing with key ministries moved from Paris and the diplomatic corps housed nearby
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France
Versailles
Henri Haye
United States
Haye
Henri Philippe Petain
Army
Navy
Air
Foreign Office
Paris
Petain
Chamber of Deputies
Burke Pushes Six Year Presidency Threat to Third Term Foes
Senator Burke of Nebraska says he drafted a constitutional amendment for a single six year presidential term and invites 1500 opponents to testify. Public hearings will begin soon before a Senate judiciary subcommittee. The plan would apply only to presidents elected after this election and not to Roosevelt.
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Washington
Burke
Neb
Nebraska
Wendell L. Willkie
Senate Judiciary
Roosevelt
Congress
Lindbergh to Broadcast Sunday From Chicago
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh flies to Chicago for a Sunday radio speech on the European situation and its effect on the United States. The third broadcast will be on the MBS network at 2 30 p m CST with the title Keep America Out of the War for American Reasons. In Washington Senator Lucas of Illinois will reply in an MBS broadcast Monday at 9 15 p m.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Chicago
Col. Lindbergh
United States
MBS
America
Washington
Democratic National Committee
Lucas
Coggon Man Fatally Injured In Fall From Windmill
Ralph M. Mills a 42 year old Coggon hardware dealer died after a 35 foot fall while repairing a windmill on the Ben Faulkner farm north of Coggon. He endured a compound leg fracture a broken heel and shock but was conscious until his death in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Survivors include his widow a son a daughter his parents a brother and two sisters. Mills was Coggon town treasurer and a Methodist church officer.
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Ralph M. Mills
Cedar Rapids
Mills
Ben Faulkner
Coggon
St. Luke's Hospital
Haines
Duane
Alice
Jo J. Mills
Wallace
Cogron
E. J. Buess
Milton Henderson
Manchester
Methodist Church
Montreal Mayor Faces Arrest Over Conscription Stand
Montreal Mayor Camillien Houde faced calls for arrest after refusing to register for military service. The Montreal Gazette urged action as Houde denounced national registration, calling it a form of conscription, while noting government assurances that conscription would not occur.
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Montreal
Que
Montreal Gazette
Camillien Houde
Houde
Mackenzie King
Adelard Godbout
Quebec
German High Command Claims Devastating Attacks on British Shipping
Berlin reports Friday air offensives on the Thames estuary and English east coast. They say seven armed merchant ships totaling 56 000 tons were sunk and 16 000 tons of armed ships disappeared in the Thames estuary. July operations boast 350 planes downed and 260 000 tons of merchant shipping sunk plus 32 000 tons of cruisers and 9 500 tons of destroyers. A submarine commander named Kretschmer allegedly sank 117 000 tons total and a British destroyer Daring. The communique notes fires in Thames Haven oil tanks and raids on anti aircraft batteries. A farm at Ehra was destroyed and a peasant family killed in western Germany air action.
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High Command
Thames Estuary
England
Friday
Comdr
Kretschmer
British Isles
Thames Haven
Holland
France
Jissel Lake
Ijmuiden
le Havre
Harwich
Hebrides
Nazi Technicians In French Colony Seen As Step To Western Hemisphere Plans
United Press War Expert J. W. T. Mason reports that German technicians have reached Dakar in French West Africa. The piece argues this could aid Nazi aims in the western hemisphere by using Dakar as a major base for naval and air operations toward the West Indies and the United States, with Martinique as a key nearby landing point.
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J. W. T. Mason
United Press
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French West Africa
France
Germany
Hitler
East Atlantic
West Indies
Europe
Gulf of Mexico
Martinique
United States
Porto Rico
Cuba
Japan Eyes Emancipation of Dutch Indies Resources
Gen Juniaki Koiso, Japan's special envoy to the Netherlands Indies, says Japan seeks emancipation of Oriental peoples including the Indies and other areas. He warns that achieving these aims may require risking friction with the United States while ensuring fair distribution of oil rubber and tin from the Indies.
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TOKIO
INS
Juniaki Koiso
Japan
Netherlands Indies
Far Eastern
United States
Far East
Kosio
Cordell Hull
Washington
Dutch East Indies
Willkie Campaign Lieutenants Map Strategy Session
Colorado Springs report notes Wendell L. Willkie leads a Republican conference on strategy finance and policy with National GOP leaders including Joseph Martin and John D. M. Hamilton. Weir’s finance post may shift after the meeting as party generals resolve groups backing Willkie.
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Colorado Springs
Cole
Republican Party
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Joseph Martin
Mar
Arm amputation after crash on highway 30 near Cedar Rapids
Clarence E. Rogers about 25 Des Moines Negro lost the left arm just below the shoulder after an auto collision on highway 30 one mile west of junction with highway 131 about 30 miles west of Cedar Rapids. Willard Weaver 23 of 1158 E avenue NW sustained an arm cut and scratches but was released. Rogers remained in St Luke's hospital with wife and deputy sheriff Nile Morena detailing the wreck.
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Cedar Rapids
Clarence E. Rogers
Des Moines
Rogers
Willard Weaver
E Avenue NW
St. Luke’s Hospital
Weaver
Nile Morena
Benton County
William Weaver
Willard
Roger
New Caledonia Backs Britain in War After Refusing Armistice
Sydney dispatch reports New Caledonia refused to recognize the French German armistice and pledged support to Britain in continuing the fight against Germany.
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Sydney
Sydney Telegraph
New Caledonia
Britain
Germany
Government posts 499 billion deficit in first month
Treasury figures show the government ran a deficit of 499,378,029 dollars in the first month of the new fiscal year. The red ink marks a heavy start amid ongoing fiscal pressures in Washington.
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Washington
INS
Treasury
Japanese Arrests in London Strain British Japanese Ties
Two Japanese nationals, Satoru Makihara and Shunsuke Tanade, were arrested in London under defense regulations amid a tense UK Japan relations flare. The Japanese embassy confirmed formal representation but denied reports of an open protest, saying arrests target national defense and internal legal grounds. Authorities noted possible further arrests as papers alleged a sabotage network connected to London, while stressing the actions are not retaliation for Britons held in Japan.
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INS
Great Britain
Japan
Far East
Singapore
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Lord Halifax
Shigemitsu
London Daily Sketch
London News Chronicle
Empire
Britain
Satoru Makihara
Makihara
Tokio
Mitsubishi Company
Daily Sketch
Hiram Johnson Breaks With Roosevelt Over War Policy
Washington reports Sen. Hiram W. Johnson of California torn from Roosevelt, accusing the President of veiled and un-American deeds steering toward war and dictatorship. Johnson defends his 30 year record and open to scrutiny.
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Washington
Hiram W. Johnson
Calif
Roosevelt
Johnson
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