Facts and Opinion on White House Press Conferences
Washington correspondents note wartime press conferences are less fruitful as the President offers few war news details. Stimpson portrays Roosevelt in a demanding, lonely role, juggling vast duties with limited time, while maintaining a calm, orderly executive office amid security and war-time constraints.
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White House
Washington
Executive Mansion
Executive Grounds
George Washington
Roosevelt
Norwegians and Swedes Stand Hours Listen at Minnehaha Park
Carl Sandburg recalls a 1941 mass meeting at Minnehaha Park where thousands of Norwegians and Swedes listened to Camp Little Norway speakers. The talk covered escapes from Nazi control, German atrocities, and Norwegian resistance, with remarks on Nazi divisions, concentration camps, and the mood of defiance and hope.
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Minnehaha Park
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Germany
Gestapo
War Time Duty in Edgar A Guest Poem Fragment
A fragment reflecting on wartime duty and duty to endure. It speaks of war as wrong yet necessary and urges fidelity and shared burdens. The speaker notes past protections are no longer possible and contemplates future pride in a victory won through collective effort.
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Ann
New York
North Africa relief aid ship sailings resume under Vichy deal
Ships carrying supplies for French North Africa resume the 1941 agreement with Vichy authorities after delays over dragnet clearances. As Laval returns to power, observers report growing hardship among North African natives while dependence on France wanes.
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French North Africa
Madrid
Auguste Nogues
Vichy
Casablanca
Wessy
Washington
London
Jean Darlan
Syria
Weygand
Algiers
United States
Algeria
Erwin Rommel
Pierre Laval
North Africa
France
Nazi Propaganda Smears U S in Axis War Effort
A World War II era column analyzes Axis efforts to smear the United States as weak and imperialist while praising German propaganda that claims Americans are a danger to democracy. It details Goebbels narratives, Berlin broadcasts, and reactions in Germany and among German Americans, noting evolving Nazi peace talk and strategic aims in Europe and Asia.
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Stee Sas
Axis
America
Europe
South America
Latin America
India
British Empire
Pacific
Britain
Goebbels
BBC
London
United States
Germany
Italy
Berlin
Doktor
Russia
Sus Goebbels
Asia
Metropolitan Opera
New York
U.S.A
Great Britain
U.sa
Hemisphere
Washington
New Delhi
Fred Kaltenbach
Roosevelt
Hitler
Kaltenbach
Geremany
Japan
Duke Boris Visits Cedar Rapids During World Tour
40 years ago Duke Boris son of Grand Duke Vladimir and cousin of the czar toured Asiatic Russia and Japan and was en route East through Cedar Rapids August 16. W. O. Bunger, longtime railroad man, becomes freight claim agent for the Choctaw Oklahoma and Gulf with HQs in Little Rock. Storm killed thousands of sparrows in Cedar Rapids August 12 with three inches of rain washing out sidewalks and flooding cellars, mainly in Central Park. light service disrupted for hours.
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Boris
Grand Duke
Vladimir
All Russia
Cedar Rapids
Asiatic
Russia
Japan
W. O. Bunger
B. C. R. and
N. Railroad
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
Little Rock
Ark
Rock Island Railroad
Central Park
Cedar Rapids Gazette Iowa Interests Brief Item
Local notes from Cedar Rapids Gazette include community updates and brief newsroom items from wire services. Reported by Associated Press and United Press International, details are fragmentary and focus on general civic matters.
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The
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Frestt
Pay-As-You-Go Income Tax Proposal Outlined
A historical note explains a proposed reform to income tax payments. It suggests treating 1942 taxes as advance on 1942 income, based on 1941 figures, to avoid year end debt. The plan aims to speed collections, reduce delinquencies, cushion taxpayers in downturns, and keep treasury cash stable while excluding corporations and estates from the change.
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Congress
Treasury
Ostrich Class Needs an Airing by Arthur Boer
A brief column by Arthur "Bugs" Boer notes delays in air and submarine cargo tech, claimed ten years behind predictions from 1932, and jokes about Noah's ark and aging. The piece ends with a Sunday sermon-like thought on moss and camouflage for the old.
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George Stimpson
Gazette
Carl Sandburg
Little Norway
Toronto
Andreas
Norway
Carl Gandders
England
der Feuhrer
New Underground
Frederick Paasche
Stockholm
Karl G. Westman
Barton Cutten
Colgate College
Clinton
Reietion
Ralph A. Bard
the Navy
Cologne
Michael Jacobs
RAF
Edgar A
Pertinax
N. Africa
Darlan
Petain
Laval
Libya
Rommel
Sir Claude Auchinleck
the Propaganda Front
U.S
William L. Shirer
Democracy
Chicago
Amerikaner
Volga
By James J. Hruska
Czar
Ll. Miller Warry Boyd
Puli
United Press International News Service
Media Records
Gureau
Beardsley Rumi
By Arthur
Bugs" Boer
Noah
Army
Navy
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