Des Moines Hosts Republican Governors Hopefuls in 1940 Cover
Midwest governors and gubernatorial hopefuls gathered in Des Moines to meet their 1940 presidential choice. In the front row, Iowa Gov. George Wilson, Wendell Willkie, and Indiana gubernatorial candidate Glen Hillis. behind them, South Dakota Gov. H J Bushfield, Colorado Gov. Ralph L Carr, and other state leaders including Dwight Griswold and Harold E Stassen as keynote and floor manager for Willkie.
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Des Moines
George Wilson
Gov. Wilson
Iowa
Wendell Willkie
Glen Hillis
Indiana
H. J. Bushfield
South Dakota
Ralph L. Carr
Colorado
Henry S. Caulfield
St. Louis
Missouri
Dwight H. Green
Chicago
Illinois
Jack Patterson
Fargo
North Dakota
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Willkie
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
Wisconsin
McKeon
Julius P. Heil
Senate panel okays Burke Wadsworth training bill
The Senate military committee voted 12 to 3 to send the compulsory training bill to the floor. It would register about 12 million men aged 21 to 30 and allows voluntary enlistment for ages 18 to 34 for one year. President Roosevelt supports the measure. funds would be needed before drafting could start.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
Senate
War Stimson
Budget Bureau
Roosevelt
Downey
Calif
Johnson
Colo
Thomas
Idaho
Lundeen
Minn
Congress
Army
British Carry War To Foes On Nazi-Held Side Of Channel
British air units struck across the English Channel to German held shores with RAF fighters claiming two Messerschmitt 109s shot down and a Spitfire downing another over England. Missions also hit Abbeville stores depot and attacked a Dunkerque Gravelines armored train and boats near Bourbourg. Weather could favor an invasion for days. Norwegian sources say Aug 8 to 10 as possible zero hour with Trondheim fortified and landing drills practiced.
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English Channel
Air Ministry
London
Great Britain
Royal Air Force
Ministry
Britain
Abbeville
France
Dunkerque
Gravelines
Frances
Bourbourg
Stockholm
Norway
British Isles
Pershing Urges U S Sell Britain Warships in Debate
A Sunday radio debate featured Gen. John J. Pershing and Col. Charles A. Lindbergh as main speakers with Navy Secretary Frank Knox and War Assistant Secretary Patterson among others. Pershing proposed selling over-age destroyers to Britain while Knox supported some form of conscription. Lindbergh and several senators advocated isolationism.
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Great Britain
John J. Pershing
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox
Robert P. Patterson
Hill
Ala
Lee
Okla
Nye
N. D
McCarran
Nev
van Zandt
Fish
N. Y
Knox
Patterson
Military Training Camps Association
Pershing
United States
Lindbergh
Chicago
Hill and Lee
Washington
Pershing proposes selling destroyers to Britain for US defense
General John J. Pershing urged the United States to sell over age destroyers to Great Britain as a defense measure. His radio broadcast proposal drew mixed early reactions from lawmakers who warned it could be viewed as an act of war, while some senators and representatives supported the idea.
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Washington
America
United States
Great Britain
John J. Pershing
Pershing
Robert H. Jackson
David I. Walsh
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Rush D. Holt
W. Va
Lo] Bloom
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Sen
Claude Pepper
Fla
Lindbergh urges aloof stance as war divides Europe
Col Charles A Lindbergh told a 32 000 crowd at a Chicago peace rally that Europe fights over territory and wealth and the United States should stay aloof. He proposed offering Europe a plan for western civilization backed by a strong national defense and warned a hemispheric war could destroy civilization. The rally was sponsored by Citizens Keep America Out of War with Avery Brundage as chairman and was broadcast nationwide.
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Chicago
Charles A. Lindbergh
United States
Europe
England
Germany
Lindbergh
Citizens Keep America Out of War Committee
Avery Brundage
Willkie Tammany Links Tie to New York Debates
Edward J. Flynn, new Democratic National Committee head, said Wendell Willkie was once a paying member of a Tammany district club and ran for county committeeman in New York City’s 15th Assembly District on the Farley ticket. Flynn also said James A. Farley will remain active in Democratic inner councils during the campaign.
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New York
LLP
Edward J. Flynn
Democratic National Committee
Wendell Willkie
Tammany District
15Th Assembly
James A. Farley
Flynn
Farley
Michael F. Tighe Dies Former Iron Workers Leader
Michael F. Tighe, 82, labor chief and longtime president of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, died Monday at West Penn hospital in Pittsburgh after retiring four years ago.
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Pittsburgh
Michael F. Tighe
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
West Penn Hospital
U S Russia Trade Pact Nears Completion
Washington reports a new trade treaty between the United States and Russia is near completion and will likely be announced soon. Acting Secretary of State Welles disclosed the development on Monday.
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Washington
INS
United States
Russia
Welles
Willkie Receives Farmers Support At State House Meeting
Cedar Rapids farm editor Wendell Willkie is introduced by Lieut. Gov. B. B. Hickenlooper as Ray Anderson from Cedar Rapids Gazette listens at a conference with farmers in Gov. Wilson's office. Farmers say they supported Roosevelt in 1936 but now favor Willkie.
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Wendell Willkie
Ray Anderson
Cedar Rapids Gazette
B. B. Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
Center
George Wilson
State House
Willkie
Roosevelt
Carl Dueser
Roosevelt Challenged To Set Spending Limit
In Washington Senate. Senator Wiley urged President Roosevelt to announce a $2.5 million ceiling on democratic campaign expenditures matching the Republican limit set by Wendell Willkie. Senator Hatch warned Republicans against subterfuges to evade the cap, accusing Fletcher of trying to bypass the Hatch Act.
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Washington
INL
Roosevelt
Senate
Wendell Willkie
G.O.P
Wiley
Wis
Sen. Hatch
N. M
Hatch
Henry Fletcher
Bombing in The Hague Kills Two in Residential District
Two people were killed and several injured when British planes dropped bombs on a The Hague residential district Sunday night. The air raid caused extensive damage amid ongoing WWII operations.
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the Hague
Burglars Take Radio and Battery at Maytag Store
Detectives investigated Sunday night burglary and two attempted breakins of downtown Cedar Rapids businesses. A table-model radio valued at 27 dollars and a portable battery set valued at 30 dollars were stolen from the Maytag store at 108 Second Avenue SE after entry through a rear window. A burglar cut himself crawling through the window, leaving blood traces. Patrolmen obtained a suspect description after a man was seen trying to enter the Henry Jensen grocery at 1301 K Street SW around 4:25 a.m. Monday.
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Cedar Rapids
Maytag
Second Avenue SE
A. W. Peterson
Pete Funcke
Ike Moore
Henry Jensen
K Street
Loyd McKee
Suspect Foiled in Store Burglary Attempt
Police pursued a man who broke the store front glass and forced the lock but did not enter. Described as about 5 feet 8 inches, wearing a green or blue suit, he fled toward the back of the store and escaped over a fence into an alley. A possible accomplice may have waited in a nearby car.
Willkie Meets Midwest Farmers In Capitol Conference
Republican nominee Wendell Willkie visits Des Moines to meet with farm leaders officials and press in Gov George A Wilsons office discussing agricultural policy amid a day of conferences and public appearances. He avoids Ohio farm questions pledging to address agriculture in upcoming speeches and lauds the MecNary Haugen farm program while noting no conclusions on production controls.
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Des Moines
Wendell Willkie
Colorado
George A. Wilson
Capitol
Willkie
Gilbert N. Haugen
Iowa
Senator McNary
Oregon
Willkie Urges Arms Factories in Medium Towns
Wendell Willkie told a Des Moines crowd that defense industry should decentralize, placing munitions plants in many Iowa towns to spread prosperity. He praised Henry Wallace, lauded Iowa officials, and urged issues over personalities while stressing local needs and his presidential plan.
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Des Moines
Wendell L. Willkie
State Capitol
George A. Wilson
Willkie
Iowa
Henry A. Wallace
Broadcast Answer To Lindy Tonight
Washington Senator Scott Lucas is scheduled to answer Col. Charles Lindberghs Sunday speech in a radio address Monday night at 9 15 p m CST over WOL Washington station of the Mutual network
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Washington
Scott W. Lucas
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lucas
Wol
Mutual Network
Roosevelt urges nationwide drive against subversion
President Roosevelt proposed Congress and state legislatures enact companion laws to combat subversive activities and seditious acts. The plan aims to create a nationwide system to protect the national defense program from espionage and sabotage, as read by Attorney General Robert H. Jackson at a governors conference. Six states did not attend.
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Roosevelt
Congress
State Legislatures
Justice Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Robert H. Jackson
Arizona
Idaho
Missouri
Oregon
Utah
Governors’ Conference
The
Association of State Attorneys
Statistics Beat Willkie In 2nd Round Of Debate
In Des Moines Wendell Willkie and Iowa agriculture secretary Mark Thornburg sparred over hog production in Iowa and Indiana. Thornburg cited Iowa counties surpassing Rush county Indiana, while Willkie humorously deferred to an Indiana farmer to settle the dispute.
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Willkie
Des Moines
Wendell Willkie
Mark Thornburg
Iowa
Indiana
Willekie
Thornburg
Rush County
Mark
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