Roosevelt Orders Broad Government Spending Cuts
President Roosevelt directed all government agency heads to implement wholesale economy measures to trim expenditures for the 1941 fiscal year starting July. He urged survey of administration methods and requested detailed savings estimates to accompany new appropriation requests due September 15.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Myr. Roosevelts Ietter
Budget Bureau
Congress
Danzig Nazi Leader To Talk On Threats
Albert Forster the Danzig nazi leader will address a mass meeting Thursday on alleged Polish threats to bombard Danzig. Forster left Berchtesgaden to return to Danzig after a two day visit to Adolf Hitler.
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Danzig
Albert Forster
Forster
Berchtesgaden
Bavaria
Adolf Hitler
Emerson diary entry recalls ten year old routine and family faith
A reader shares a diary excerpt from Emerson at age ten detailing a strict orderly day from rising before six to private devotions at night. The piece highlights a poverty stricken but principled household with a minister mother and Aunt Mary shaping values, crediting this upbringing for the prophet-like intellect of Emerson.
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Emerson
William
Rollin
Mary
Our
United Feature Syndicate
Dewey Cancels Trip To His Home Town
New York dispatch says District Attorney Thomas E Dewey canceled plans to visit his Owosso Michigan home town next Monday as he anticipates an early break in the Buchalter case.
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Dewey
New York
INS
Breah
Louis
Lepke) Buchalter
Thomas E Dewey
Owosso
Mich
Tragic Maple River Crash Kills Two Family Members
In Fargo North Dakota a family trio suffered fatal injuries when their car failed to stop at a bridge approach and plunged into the Maple River. Two people died and a third was fatally injured.
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Fargo
N. D
Maple River
Test of Nerves Near Europe Looks Like Hitler Push
Paris dispatch warns Germany’s mobilization will peak by late August or September. experts estimate 1.6 to 2.5 million serving with reserves for a year of war if conflict begins. Berlin concentrates forces against Poland with routes to Rawitsch and Breslau under orders for rapid advance.
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Ins
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Hitler
Titler
Third Reich
Germany
Poland
Rumania
Guhrau
Breslau
Rawitsch
Berlin
Tornadoes Hit Michigan Toll Rises in Lower State
Emergency crews rush to Kalamazoo and surrounding areas after tornadoes across five counties injure hundreds and devastate crops. One fatality reported as Red Cross opens relief tent in South Comstock. damage and crop losses exceed 3 million dollars with homes, cottages, and a greenhouse destroyed.
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Detroit
Red Cross
Michigan
Iowa
Minnesota
Texas
Kalamazoo County
Kalamazoo
Comstock
South Comstock
American Red Cross
John C Wilson
St Louis
Midland
Jackson
Grand Rapids
Lapeer
Bitter Japan inner struggle over fascist alliance
A Tokio informant reports a bitter intra government dispute in Japan over whether to form an outright alliance with Germany and Italy. Tensions are high as extreme nationalists threaten cabinet members including Premier Hiranuma, while pro alliance officers push for closer ties to the totalitarian powers.
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Japan
Germany
Italy
Tokio
Kiichiro Hiranuma
Donations Near Camp Good Health Fund Goal
The Camp Good Health Fund, the sole income source for the Public Health Nursing association’s camp, was within $4 of its $3,000 goal on Wednesday. This season’s camping period for the children ends on August 21.
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Camp Good Health Fund
Public Health Nursing Association
Camp Good Health
Arrest of Mike Mann Ends Cedar Rapids Race Betting
Cedar Rapids police arrested Mike Mann on Wednesday and seized racing forms gear from his car and hotel room on Second Avenue. Detectives Lyle Marshall and Tommy Condon examine the evidence in the background.
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Mike Mann
Cedar Rapids
Mann
Second Avenue
Lyle Marshall
Tommy Condon
Milner
Tast
Stanley
Tom Condon
T. B Marshall
Jim Bailes
Two-Alarm Fire Damages Newell Constr and Machinery
A large crowd watched as Cedar Rapids firemen battled a $20,000 two alarm blaze at the Newell Construction and Machinery Company on H Street SW. The southeast corner origin gutted the second floor, with building contents valued up to $100,000. Two firefighters were injured, and the cause remained undetermined.
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Newell Construction and Machinery Company
H Street
le Marre Newell
Clarence M. Simon
Mercy Hospital
Elmer Stanek
Nazis Plan Nationwide Civilian Resource Survey
Berlin reports a comprehensive civilian talent registration to map every man woman and child for possible wartime service. Excludes soldiers and those under five or over thirty. The move ties into broader prep steps including propaganda, rationing, and troop mobilization, with schools to host temporary garrisons and movie showings of fortifications.
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Reich
Poland
Siegfried Line
Berlin
Touch Of Fall Cooling Temps In Cedar Rapids
An early fall feel brought a cool low of 55 in Cedar Rapids from 4 to 6 a.m. Wednesday. Sunlight lifted highs to 72 by 10 a.m. and 80 by 1:30 p.m. Tuesday peaked at 74 between 10 and 11 a.m. with 63 at 7 p.m. and 59 at midnight on the Chambers Inskeep chart.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Police capture Mike Mann in Cedar Rapids gambling raid
Cedar Rapids detectives arrested Mike Mann, a self admitted bookie, at the Milner hotel after seizing gambling supplies in his car and room. The case cites Violation of Iowa code section 8206 with potential penalties and notes Mann’s bond set at 1000.
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Cedar Rapids
Middlewest
Mike Mann
Mann
Milner
Sevend Avenue
Atea
G Ko Thompson
Thompson
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Mussolini Works Solidly After Illness Rumors
Reports that Benito Mussolini was ill were denied as unfounded after he kept a full day of work. His absence from Po valley army maneuvers had spurred foreign dispatches claiming a heart attack with ulcers, which the ministry of popular culture dismissed.
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Ins
Benito Mussolini
Bugs Sees Chance To Make Money In Europe With A Van
A fellow could make a lot of money with a moving van in Europe. Tyroleans are being chased out of the Alps causing fear furniture may be left on sidewalks. Jim Farley is in Poland studying postal conditions and is not in danger. he can always carry the mail when trouble starts.
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Europe
Alps
Jim Farley
Poland
Jim
Cedar Rapids to Open Eighth Avenue Bridge Thursday
Cedar Rapids prepares for the formal dedication of the new Eighth Avenue bridge marking nearly a year of construction. Gov. George Wilson will be absent. Lt. Gov. Randall Melson will accept the duty and state officials will attend a luncheon at the Hotel Roosevelt before the noon opening.
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Stotel Roosevelt
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Gev Mickenlouper
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Hust
Manaoketa
Johnston State Highway
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Fred Write
Vines
Werte Floert
Orton
Bus Driver Links Dreher Murder to Sioux City Suspects
Police say suspects described by a passenger matched two men identified after a July 27 shooting in Des Moines that left Dreher fatally wounded. Investigators traced the abandoned car to Council Bluffs as charges were filed against Fred Otte Oastenreider and Francis P Welsh.
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Amant Autosmobile
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London Easy Prey for Air Raids Despite Defense Efforts
The British air ministry reports London remains vulnerable to aerial attack amid poor weather hampering defense. Ensuing raids threaten the capital as observers urge intensified national effort and strategic readiness.
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London
Jondaon
British Air Ministry
Teear Ministry
Cleveland Chinese slayings probe links torture den to war fund
Police probe into the Wong Youn killing and related beatings of Chinese in Cleveland focuses on a possible torture chamber used by the On Leong and Hip Sing societies. Detectives seek warrants for robbery and extortion as they chase leads about slayings and bamboo whippings connected to a war fund.
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China
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Martin Cooney
Cooney
Chicago
Wong Youn
On Leong Chinese Merchants’ Association
On Leone Tong
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On Leongs
Hip Sings
London man reports found spectacles after 25 years
Jesse Wallace of London walked into a Southend police station and handed in old-fashioned gold-rimmed spectacles found years ago. He explained he had forgotten them since a past holiday, hoping to return them to their rightful owner on his next visit.
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England
Jesse Wallace
London
Moon
Wallace
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