New Fears of Thrust Arise on Continent
Washington estimates that German mobilization has drawn about 2,000,000 troops into the field. Observers say concentrations are heaviest on Polish Silesia and Slovakia borders, threatening a possible sudden strike on Silesia and the Polish corridor to Danzig. Officials note concealed regimental insignia and fear German economic strain could drive new action.
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Washington
INS
Polish Silesia
Slovakia
Czechoslovak Republic
Germany
Bohemia and Moravia
Pomorze
Poland
Danzig
Silesia
Bohemia
Morossia
Hitler
Waterloo Woman Injured In Crash South Of Walker
Mrs. Mabel Cummings age 51 of Waterloo suffered a cut and a possible skull fracture after her car in the accident on Highway 11 two miles south of Walker. She was sideswiped by a car driven by Dr. Robert Bullock of Waterloo and overturned in a ditch while carrying cantaloupes. Sheriff James H. Smith investigated the scene.
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Mabel Cummings
Route 5
Waterloo
Walker
Walter M. Skallerup
James H. Smith
Cummings
Robert Bullock
Bullock
Landon Urges Tough Policy On Government
Alf M. Landon, the 1936 Republican presidential nominee, spoke to the Wyoming Wool Growers association in Rock Springs on Saturday. He quipped that lawmakers “shear sheep and don’t skin them,” saying the government has yet to learn to do that.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Springs
Wyo
Alf M. Landon
Wyoming Wool Growers Association
Hoover Denies Buying Votes and Demands Apology
Former President Herbert Hoover demands the University of Chicago apologize for a Sunday round table broadcast claiming he was buying southern delegates for the 1940 Republican convention. Hoover calls the remarks a vicious libel and seeks a full apology from the university.
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South
Round Table
University of Chicago
Frederick C Woodward
University
Herbert Hoover
Pearson
Washington
Hoover
Solid South
Bascom Slemp
Perry Howard
Motorcycle Rider Injured In Spill Near Shaver Park
Vernon L. Mosier 24 of 828 C avenue NW was seriously injured at 2:30 p.m. Saturday when his motorcycle crashed on Weing road NE about 50 feet south of Shaver park entrance. Ambulance attendants said he may have skidded in gravel or been hit by a passing truck. At St Luke's hospital he suffered severe head injuries and was unconscious. Police identified Mosier by motorcycle registration and pocket papers found at the hospital.
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Cedar Rapids
Vernon L. Mosier
C Avenue
Weing Road
Shaver Park
Mosier
St. Luke’s Hospital
Des Moines
Senator Guffey Targeted in $50,000 Slander Suit
Marquis W. Childs of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch filed a $50,000 slander suit in U S district court against Senator Joseph F Guffey claiming the senator damaged his reputation by asserting Childs was paid for a Post-Dispatch story.
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Washington
Marquis W. Childs
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Joseph F. Guffey
Guffey
U. S. District Court
Childs
The
Post-Dispatch
CIO
John L. Lewis
Walter A. Jones
Pittsburgh
Mexico
Germany
Britain Prepares Massive War Program Across Military Branches
Britain readies a vast war drill with 1,300 aircraft and 55,000 personnel as plans for a mutual aid pact with the Soviet Union and Britain’s conference talks in Moscow and Tokyo proceed. King George VI to inspect 133 reserve ships. over 1,000,000 soldiers and civilians rehearse defense measures nationwide.
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London
Britain
Moscow
Tokio
Tientsin
Russia
William Strang
William Leeds
Royal Air Force
England
Navy
King George VI
Weymouth Bay
England's First Peacetime Conscripts Finish Training Pace
London reports that despite rain floods and mud England's first peacetime conscripts now ready after three weeks of army life. The 34 000 levy is in service and will transition to six months of training with nearly 250 000 youths aged 20 to 21. The rollout echoes 1917 American cantonments amid some confusion and delayed preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Wise Politician Plans 1940 Entry
Arthur Bugs Baer, a shy presidential hopeful, hints at waiting until 1940 to enter the race. The piece mocks rapid campaigning and stresses patience as a strategy, comparing early moves to a sardine can at a picnic and urging a lifelong lesson to avoid schooling.
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Baer
Greatest All-Iowa Fair Opens Next Sunday at Hawkeye Downs
Hawkeye Downs readies for the All-Iowa fair with tents arriving for exhibits and judging. A 2-acre stock yard will house 875 commercial steers and 225 calves with 42 saddle horse entries. Czech day on Aug 16 and Farm Bureau day on Aug 17 draw big crowds, Dr. Alice Masaryk and Col Vladimir Hurban among speakers, with dairy cattle judging and sales planned Aug 14 to Aug 18.
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Hawkeye Downs
C. D. Moore
Moore
Farm Bureau
Iowa
Alice Masaryk
Vladimir Hurban
Masaryk
Czechoslovakia
Jan Masaryk
England
Cedar Rapids
Col. Hurban
Bassador
United States
Hitler
Washington
Donald Kirkpatrick
Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
All Iowa
Roosevelt hosts open house before trip and plans cruise
President Roosevelt appears for congressional goodbyes as he prepares to leave for Hyde Park to study 400 last session bills. He will cruise aboard the USS Tuscaloosa for about 10 days, weather permitting, and be followed by reporters on a destroyer.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Congress
Atlantic
Adolph Sabath
White House
U. S
Tuscaloosa
Mr. Roosevelt
Sara Delano-Roosevelt
Campo Bello
N. B
Forecast For Week In Upper Mississippi Valley
The weekly outlook for Aug 7 covers the upper Mississippi valley. Scattered thundershowers and cooler Monday and late week expect near or above normal temperatures by midweek overall.
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Chicago
Mississippi Valley
Gubernatorial Primary in Kentucky Sees AFL Foe Lead
In Kentucky, lieutenant governor Keen Johnson backed by Chandler administration forces and AFL held a 7 000 vote lead over CIO backed former Rep John Young Brown. Incomplete returns from 567 of 4 307 precincts at 1144 p.m. showed Johnson 41 180, Brown 33 734, with Secretary of State Charles D Arnett in a distant third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Keen Johnson
A B “Happy” Chandler
American Federation of Labor
John Young Brown
CIO
Johnson
Brown
Secretary of State
Charles D Arnett
Temperature Tapers After 92 Degree Summer Day
After a 92 degree peak on Saturday afternoon in Cedar Rapids the temperature fell to 82 by 7 30 p m and continued toward a low in the 60s as clear skies persisted Outlook showed a cool night with a warm morning.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Nazi Policy Forces Out Monks and Nuns in Austria
The German occupation drove thousands of Catholic monks and nuns from Austria or into new roles as confessional schools closed and church properties were seized. Monasteries faced state control under a secularizing push with many clergy emigrating or taking up secular work.
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Berlin
Austria
Germany
Cross
Augustine
South America
Switzerland
France
Thea
Scch
Voelkischer Beobachter
Das Schwarze Korps
Vienna
Names Committee To Probe NLRB
Speaker Bankhead named Rep. Howard W. Smith and four colleagues to lead a $50,000 probe of the National Labor Relations Board. Other members: Rep. Arthur D. Healey Rep. Abe Murdock Rep. Charles A. Halleck Rep. Jarry N. Routzohn.
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Washington
William B Bankhead
Howard W. Smith
National Labor Relations Board
Arthur D. Healey
Mass
Abe Murdock
Utah
Charles A. Halleck
Indy
Jarry N. Routzohn
Ohio
76th Congress Was Far From A Rubber Stamp
The 76th Congress under Roosevelt sharply limited the New Deal aside from national defense. A new GOP surge, bolted Democrats, and a strong leadership clash produced repeated defeats of administration bills. Overall spending totals rose to a peacetime high, while defense measures met with near-universal approval.
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White House
Congress
Farm Crops Loan Bill Up To President
The President needed only his signature to authorize 119,599,918 for farm crop loans after Senate and House approval of the 185,000,000 deficit bill. The measure expands wage hour enforcement funding and updates old age and unemployment programs with federal-state matching for pensions up to 20 dollars, aiding about 44 million and 200 thousand people respectively.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Connally
Texas
Ellender
Louisiana
Pepper
Florida
Russell
Georgia
Ball
Tapasers
Congress acts boost trade and industry outlook
Ivy Merryle Stanley Rukeyser analyzes Congress's closing session as it bills tax revisions and curbs social security hikes to aid recovery. He notes growing independence, support for American institutions, and a cautious, experience based approach shaping policy for business and reemployment.
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Merryle Stanley Rukeyser
Luaterumonast News Service
Congress
Ivy Merryle
Stanley Rereysla
INS
Washington
Ith Congress
Farley Tours Potsdam Palaces After Embassy Talk
Postmaster General James A. Farley and his two daughters toured Potsdam's faded imperial palaces following a discussion at the American embassy with charge d'affaires Alexander Kirk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
INS
James A. Farley
Potsdam
Alexander, Kirk
Adjourning Row In Senate After Heated Pepper Clash
The 76th Congress adjourned after a sharp Senate exchange between Senator Pepper and fellow Democrats over New Deal policy. Pepper accused a pro Roosevelt coalition of betraying the government. other senators interrupted, defended rights to dissent, and debated procedure as the session ended.
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Washington
House
Senate
Pepper
Roose
Congress
Roosevelt
United States Chamber of Commerce
Manufacturers' Association
Beneficmcres
Burke
Neb
New Deal
Minton di
Ind
Bales
Pittman
Nev
Batley
Downey
Calif
Whitt
Florida
Downes
Republic
Facts About The 76th Congress
Facts from the Associated Press summarize the 76th Congress convened January 3, 1939. Major measures include a defense program near 2 billion dollars, a relief bill of 1.775 billion, WPA curtailment, social security revision, and extending Roosevelt monetary powers. Also notable are bills signed by the President and nominations processed by the Senate.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
Hatch
Townsend
Wagner National
Senate
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Landon
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Wy Arthur
Bugs" Baer
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Trip
AFL
Kentucky
Names Committee
NLRB
Arthur Hachten
GOP
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
Charles L. McNary
Oregon
Sen, Claude Pepper
Farley
Richard LE. Tarnet
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