Stalin rushes preparations for Moscow meeting
Stalin joins Allied powers in forming a wartime alliance with Britain and the United States. He welcomes Roosevelt and Churchill's proposal for a three-nation conference in Moscow to allocate raw materials and armaments as American war planes and the Atlantic patrol influence the Battle of the Atlantic.
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Moscow
Joseph V. Stalin
Soviet Union
Great Britain
United States
Stalin
Roosevelt
Churchill
Germany
Pravda
Izvestia
United States Atlantic
Iceland
Goebbels Claims Churchill Sought U S War Declaration
Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels writes in Voelkischer Beobachter that Churchill went to the Atlantic conference with Roosevelt seeking an American declaration of war but left empty handed. He says British leaders call the Churchill-Roosevelt talks a flop and blunder to calm unrest during preparations for Moscow talks with Stalin.
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Berlin
INS
Joseph Goebbels
Voelkischer Boebachter
Churchill
Atlantic
Roosevelt
Moscow
Josef Stalin
Goebbels
Britain
Iowa City Derby Entry Cracks Up
Akron AP reports two minor accidents marred final test runs by 116 city regional and district soap box derby champions as they prepare for an international race. Richard Ohlinger of Ann Arbor and Douglas Sawdey of Iowa City collided with a wall and kick board, damaging wheels and body.
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Akron
Richard Ohlinger
Ann Arbor
Mich
Douglas Sawdey
Iowa City
Ohlinger
Sawdey
Army Halts Shakeup of Officers Across Services
The army high command is reported to be conducting a sweeping shakeup to remove officers not meeting top leadership standards. Hundreds of officers from regular army, national guard, and reserves may be retired or pushed to resign. A war department panel to review regular army officers was proposed, but not yet appointed.
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Washington
Army High Command
War Department
Personal Opinion on Football Ground Gainer and Policy
The writer discusses a preferred football ground gainer a power play over the offensive tackle citing its speed and interference. He reflects on football’s life benefits and a health program, then shifts to Cedar Rapids building regs farm defense industry limits, political views on the President’s foreign policy, and aid to Britain with nuanced positions. He also comments on Cedar Lake beautification and bipartisanship in Congress.
Deaths Christine Hartman Infant Services Set
Funeral services for Christine Louise Hartman month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Warren Hartman will be held at 4 pm Monday in Turner chapel conducted by Rev P L Bornhoeft. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Christine Louise Hartman
Warren Hartman
Thirtieth Street
Turner Chapel
P. L. Bornhoeft
Funeral services for John A Peterson at Moon chapel
Funeral services for John Alfred Peterson, who died at his home on 1801 Fourth Avenue SE, will be held at the Moon chapel at 1 30 p m today conducted by Dr Marion H Williams Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery Pallbearers are George H Harmer Loyd R Sherman Charles H Peterson and Ross D Peterson
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John Alfred Peterson
Fourth Avenue SE
Moon Chapel
Marion H. Williams
Oak Hill Cemetery
George H. Harmer
Loyd R. Sherman
Charles H. Peterson
Ross D. Peterson
Hearn Gains Control of Rude Auto Co
George W Hearn, formerly vice-president, becomes president of the Rude Auto Co after acquiring controlling interests from heirs of Perry and David Rude. L B Stevenson becomes vice-president and secretary. Hearn began with the firm in 1920, born 1897 in Lincoln Nebraska.
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Rude Auto Company
George W Hearn
Hearn
L. B. Stevenson
Stevenson
Lincoln
Neb
University of Nebraska
Perry Rude
David Rude
Rude
Perry
Cedar Rapids
CCC Boys Learn March Without Guns
Washington The CCC and War Department agreed junior enrollees will march like soldiers for 15 minutes daily as part of a 15 minute calisthenics period. Director James J. McEntee stressed the program does not place the CCC in the military establishment nor train them for military service.
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Washington
CCC
James J. McEntee
Civilian Conservation Corps
War Department
McEntee
Hands Government Bill Of 1050000 For Sand Pits
Nick Indykiewicz, 67, presented a bill for two sand pits valued at 1 000 000 and 50 000 totaling 1 050 000 after the government seized his land for a 30 000 000 arms plant. He and his family had barricaded their home for days to avoid eviction.
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New Brighton
Minn
Nick Indykiewicz
Indykiewicz
E. A. Jipson
Army
Seventh Corps
Hula Skirt and Purse Stolen From Fair Dressing Room
A theft at the All Iowa fair carnival saw a black hula skirt and a red purse taken from a women’s dressing room during the Dee Lang show. Mr. Martin of the Blue Hawaii troupe reported the loss and police expect recovery declaration as the carnival tours toward Minnesota.
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Martin
Hawaii
Cedar Rapids
Ickes Urges Equitable Gasoline Sharing On Atlantic Coast
Defense Oil Coordinator Harold Ickes told 100000 filling station operators on the Atlantic coast to distribute the 90 percent supply equitably among customers. He warned they must not fail in this duty and asked 17 eastern city mayors to study saving gasoline by barring taxicabs from cruising for fares.
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Washington
Defense
Harold L. Ickes
Atlantic Seaboard
Ickes
Lady Astor Visibly Bonds With Blitzed Plymouth
In Plymouth a visiting Viscountess Astor nicknamed Nancy by locals lends cheer to evacuees and workers. She distributes candy to children, consoles mothers, oversees a dock workers canteen, and plans to help rebuild as she tours the scarred city near Plymouth Hoe.
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Lady Astor
Nancy
Plymouth
England
Viscountess Astor
Nancy Langhorne
Virginia
Plymouth Hoe
Possible Tieup of A T and T Seen in Strike Threat
Officials of the Association of Communication Equipment Workers warned Saturday night a walkout by ACEW could halt the entire American Telephone and Telegraph setup with over 200 000 workers. The 8 000 ACEW members in Bell system installation could strike if wage talks fail after a six percent offer while the union seeks ten percent. More talks were planned for the weekend.
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New York
Association of Communication Equipment Workers
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
ACEW
Bell System
Western Electric Company
Illinois V. F. W. Head Suspended For War GroupT
Illinois VFW commander Earl Southard faces suspension and trial by a Veterans of Foreign Wars court over activities as secretary of the Citizens Keep America Out of War Committee. National Commander Joseph Menendez ordered the action citing a handbill condemning the draft bill H R 1776.
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Chicago
Veterans of Foreign Wars Court
Earl Southard
Illinois
F.W
William S. Dolan
Southard
Progress Post
Joseph C. Menendez
New Orleans
Dolan
Menendez
V.F W
VFW Leader Denies Interventionism Charge
Veterans of Foreign Wars national commander Joseph C. Menendez rejected Earl Southard's accusation that he is a strong interventionist and that Southard’s suspension was a move to "get him out of the way."
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Lansing, Mich
INS
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Joseph C. Menendez
Earl Southard
Illinois
Southard
Salute Triggered Saloon Assault in Chicago
Louis Marzar, a Croat naturalized citizen, ended a quarrel by giving a Heil Hitler salute to Joseph Vukmirovich, a Serbian. Marzar lay critically injured with three stab wounds, including a left lung wound, while Vukmirovich was held without charge as police await recoveries. Both men were married fathers of large families.
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Chicago
INS
Louis Marzar
Joseph Vukmirovich
Hitler
Marzar
Vukmirovich
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Hungary Increases Direct and Sales Taxes for Armament Revenue
Budapest HungarySaturday decree raises all direct taxes by ten percent the sales tax by twenty five percent and taxes on monopoly goods such as tobacco and alcohol by thirty three percent to fund armaments.
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Budapest
Hungary
Conservatives Gain UAW Control Against War Entry
The CIO United Automobile Workers Convention in Buffalo elected a conservative executive board and adjourned after 12 days. The union went on record against U S entry into war while approving aid to those opposing Hitler and his allies, and chose Chicago for the 1942 meeting.
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Buffalo
N. Y
United Automobile Workers Union
CIO
United States
Chicago
America
Hitler
Des Moines arms plant to build admin building
Bricklayers begin work Monday on the $300 000 administration building of the Des Moines ordnance plant. Capt Oliver Brown, constructing quartermaster, says the building will be completed in six weeks as the plant, with 219 buildings, will produce .30 and .50 caliber ammunition.
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DES Moines
Des Moines Ordnance Plant
Oliver Brown
Farewell Breakfast for Nevin Nichols Before Army Departure
About 40 playground directors and pool attendants hosted a farewell breakfast at the Ellis duck pond to honor Nevin Nichols, director of municipal playgrounds, as he leaves for military service. Nichols was ordered to report to Fort Des Moines for a physical. if he passes, he will be assigned as first lieutenant at Randolph Field. Tex Nichols received a leather writing case and shaving mirror from the staff. the breakfast was organized by Vivian Gossell, Phyllis Bixler, Helen Ihrig, and Elsie Crane.
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Nevin Nichols
Ellis Duck Pond
Nichols
Fort Des Moines
Randolph Field
Tex Nichols
Vivian
Plan to Train 100000 Nurse Aides in 12 Months
Washington AP F H LaGuardia civilian defense director announced a joint effort with the American Red Cross to train 100000 volunteer nurses aides within the next year. The program aims to bolster civilian defense by expanding frontline health support across the nation.
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Washington
F. H. LaGuardia
American Red Cross
Ecuadorian cabinet resigns en masse in Quito
The Ecuadorian cabinet presented its collective resignation to President Carlos Arroyo Del Rio in Quito, announced Saturday.
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Quito
Ecuador
Carlos Arroyo del Rio
Extension of U S Patrol Hinted in London Press
London papers Saturday night urged extending the U S Atlantic naval patrol to guard supplies moving to the Soviet Union. They argued such a move would not weaken Pacific duties, given available vessels and bases in Britain and the Dutch for the Pacific.
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London
INL
United States
Atlantic
Britain
Soviet Union
Japan
United States Navy
Pacific
Mediterranean
Red Fleet
Russia
Barents
Arctic
Threshing Draftee Gets Two More Weeks to Help Neighbors
Holloway Michigan United Press reports Private John Prochaska, owner of Lenawee county's only threshing rig, received a 30 day furlough from Fort Sheridan to extend his help. Neighbors petitioned for a two week extension, aiming to thresh on eight or ten more farms and continue collecting.
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Holloway
Mich
Sam
John Prochaska
Lenawee County
43 Negro Soldiers Leave Camp In South After Incidents
Prescott Ark AP Unauthorized departure of 43 midwest Negro soldiers from a southern maneuvers area followed incidents with police and civilians. Major General Richardson said 43 of 1,000 in the 94th Engineer Battalion were absent without leave. He noted earlier racial difficulties at Gordon Ark were settled, but northern troops left to avoid trouble and were ordered to be apprehended and returned to Fort Custer Michigan.
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Prescott
Ark
Robert C. Richardson, Jr
Seventh Corps
94Th Engineer Battalion
Detroit
Chicago
Ninety-fourth Battalion Engineers
Gordon, Ark
Fort Custer
Mich
Henderson to Speak at Democratic Convention
Young Democrat Clubs of America announced that Price Administrator Leon Henderson will address the organization's national convention in Louisville Kentucky on August 22.
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Washington
The
Young Democrat Clubs of America
Price
Leon Henderson
Louisville
Extradited Suspect Linked to 1927 Iowa Deputy Slaying
Herbert Charles Pollard, 48, wanted in the 14 year old slaying of Clinton McConnell, a Decatur county deputy sheriff, was brought to Leon from Missouri after an extradition hearing in Jefferson City. McConnell was shot northwest of Leon on July 7, 1927. Pollard blames a now dead man.
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Leon
Herbert Charles Pollard
Clinton McConnell
Decatur County
Missouri
Pollard
Albany
Princeton
Forrest C. Donnell
Iowa
Jefferson City
McConnell
New Plan May Ease Boost In Income Levies
Washington Senate Finance Committee Chair Walter F. George said Treasury may ask Congress to adopt a community property tax that would require couples to file joint property returns. The measure differs from a joint income tax as salaries are not taxed as a unit. Rates may be cut to offset revenue changes, with eight community property states resisting. Senator Taft called the proposal similar to a joint return and pending further study.
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Treasury
George
House
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Finance Committee
Woman Killed as Milford Family Hit in Okoboji Crash
A two car collision on highway 71 one mile north of Okoboji injured at least three people and killed Mrs. Floyd Lamb of near Milford Iowa. The Lambs were in one car with two children while the other vehicle occupants were believed from Spencer. Injured were taken to Spirit Lake hospital. The crash followed a light rain and Dickinson County officials investigated.
Mysterious wound ends life of Camas timberman
Hardy Dean Mitchell, 51, of Camas Utah, timberman, died Saturday from a bullet wound inflicted Friday night on a downtown Camas street. He was talking with a friend when the shot hit him in the back of the neck.
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Coalville
Utah
INS
Hardy Dean Mitchell
Camas
Mitchell
Japs Wary of Parley as Soviets Face Scrutiny
Tokyo broadcasts warn Moscow talks may push Russia into US Britain alliance. Hochi Shimbun says joint war material pools risk Soviet Japan relations and places Kremlin burden. Reuters cites ex war minister Araki recalling 1918 Siberia move with possible parallel risk. Foreign Minister Toyoda met Emperor Hirohito after palace briefing.
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TOKIO
INS
Jappan Today
Moscow
Hochi Shimbun
Russia
United States
Britain
Hochi
Kremlin
Reuters
Sadao Araki
Siberia
Fumimaro Konoye
Yosuke Matsuoka
Roosevelt
Churchill
Japan
Germany
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