Stalin races to ready talks for united anti Axis front
Stalin joins Britain and the United States in an urgent drive to assemble a war machine to defeat Hitlerism. Pravda and Izvestia hail the three powers cooperation and call for rapid concrete steps. Roosevelt and Churchill messages conveyed by Steinhardt and Cripps emphasize gratitude and shared aim to speed material and science collaboration.
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Moscow
Joseph V. Stalin
Soviet Union
Great Britain
United States
Germany
Pravda
Izvestia
United States Atlantic
Iceland
Roosevelt-Churchill
Stalin
United Ce
Laurence Steinhardt
Sir Stafford Cripps
Steinhardt Ya Eee
Roosevelt
Churchill
Roose
Goebbels Claims War Aims Behind U S Churchill Clash
Berlin Sunday dispatch asserts Nazi Minister Goebbels in a high level article sought to reassure Stalin by stating the war crisis was aimed at calming unrest in Britain and preventing broader conflict.
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Berlin
INS
Joseph Goebbels
Josef Stalin
Goebbels
Britain
Iowa City Derby Entry Crashes in Final Test
Akron AP reports two minor accidents Saturday marred the final test as Ohlinger swerved to cross the finish line and damaged two wheels while Sawdey collided with the kick-board along the track side denting the body.
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AKRON
Ohlinger
Sawdey
Army Begins Officers Shakeup Amid Leadership Review
The army high command seeks standards of military leadership as hundreds of officers are moved from active duty or allowed to resign. A board of generals to review regular army officers was proposed, not yet appointed, while lists of officers to appear before it are being prepared for potential resignation or board hearings.
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Washington
Army High Command
War Department
Most Reliable Ground Gainer in Football Tactics
A reader discusses using a wet play over an offensive tackle to maximize power and reduce defensive opportunities. The piece also touches on football’s life benefits, building regulations, family notes, legal briefs, and foreign policy reflections, including opinions on aiding Britain and the two party system.
Hartman Infant Christine Hartman Dies in Local Hospital
Funeral services for Christine Louise Hartman month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Warren Hartman will be held at 4 p m Monday in Turner chapel. Rev P L Bornhoft will conduct with friends allowed to 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 at 1801 Fourth Avenue SE, will be held in the Moon chapel at 1 30 p.m. conducted by Dr Merion H Williams. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery with pallbearers George H Harmer R Sherman Charles Fees and Ross D Peterson.
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John Alfred Peterson
Fourth Avenue SE
Moon Chapel
Merion H. Williams
Oak Hill
Ceme
George H. Harmer
R. Sherman
Charles = fees
Ross D. Peterson
Rude Auto Co Sees Change in Ownership Interest
Hearn began at Rude Auto in 1920 as sales manager and later acquired part of the firm. Stevenson also holds a stake. ownership came from heirs Mrs. Perry Rude and David Rude. Hearn, born August 3 1897 in Lincoln Nebraska, is a University of Nebraska graduate who served in aviation during World War I.
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Stevenson
Hearn
Rude Auto
Lincoln
Neb
University of Nebraska
Perry Rude
David Rude
Rude
Cedar Rapids
CCC Boys Learn to March Not Bear Guns Regulation
Washington The CCC will train enrollees to march but not carry arms. Director James McEntee says the measure does not alter enlistment terms or confer military status. Enrollees will march 15 minutes daily around a 15 minute calisthenics routine.
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CCC
Washington
James McEntee
Civilian Conservation Corps
BSA Ie
Hands Government Bill Of 1 050 000 For Site Of Plant
Nick Indykiewicz, 67, demanded 1 050 000 for two sand pits on land seized for an arms plant in New Brighton Minnesota. He claimed losses tied to the land take and said the pits were valued at 1 050 000 and 1 050 000 by the army real estate manager. Indykiewicz said the displacement ruined his cement contracting business and barricaded his home with his family before surrendering the bill last week.
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New Brighton
Minn
Nick Indykiewicz
Indykiewicz
Costis Eences
Indy
FE. A. J Son
Army
Stolen skirt and purse during Fair Carnival dressing room break-in
Police investigated a theft at the All-Iowa fair's Dee Lang carnival shows. A canvas dressing room was cut and a black skirt plus a red purse vanished, with no official complaints about the Dee Lang performances. Mr. Martin of the Blue Hawaii show reported the incident to authorities.
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Mr. Martin
Ickes urges fair gasoline distribution on Atlantic coast
Defense Oil Coordinator Harold L. Ickes told 100000 filling station operators to distribute the 90 percent of normal gasoline supply equitably among customers. He did not detail methods but urged compliance, and sent requests to mayors of 17 eastern towns to study saving from restricting taxicabs and public conveyances.
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Washington
Defense
Harold L. Ickes
Atlantic Seaboard
Eastern
Nancy Astor Makes Blitzed Plymouth Aide and Cheer Leader
Lady Astor visits the blitzed Plymouth area as acting mayoress and spends the day boosting morale. She hands out candy to children and crackers to workers, speaks with dock workers, congratulates a storekeeper, notes local needs such as new windows and a door, and shows sorrow for Plymouth Hoe’s damaged landscape.
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Lady Astor
Nancy
Plymouth
England
Ins
Plymouth Hoe
Possible ACEW Walkout Threat Ties With AT&T Installations
Officials of the Association of Communication Equipment Workers warned that AT&T may face a strike by ACEW members handling 8000 installation jobs. A conference with Western Electric failed to break the wage dispute after the company offered a 6 percent raise, far below the union demand of 10 percent.
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New York
Association of Communication Equipment Workers
American Telephone and Telegraph
ACEW
Bell System Telephone Companies
Western Electric Company
Illinois V. F. W. Head Suspended For Work With Anti War Group
A Veterans of Foreign Wars court will meet Thursday to hear Vic Earl Southard Kee Na Commander Joseph C Menendez of New Orleans Saturday and set his for Thursday. The suspension arose from involvement with an anti war group and a contested handbill. Southard calls the action a warmongering effort to silence him and notes a convention in Philadelphia August 24 where the war issue will dominate.
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Chicago
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Vic
Earl Southard
Joseph C. Menendez
New Orsion
Dolan
Southard
Philadelphia
Menendez
VFW Chief Denies Assertion In Lansing Rumble
In Lansing Joseph C. Menendez national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars denied Earl Southard VFW commander’s claim that he sought to remove a rival from leadership amid a tense Saturday night confrontation.
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Lansing, Mich
INS
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Joseph C. Menendez
Earl Southard
Hanes Ban de Gare
Conservatives Gain UAW Control War Stance Approved
The United Steel Workers union CIO changed control at its Buffalo convention ending 12 days of meetings and electing a new executive board. Delegates chose Chicago for the 1942 gathering and unanimously opposed American entry into the war while approving aid to those resisting Hitler.
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Buffalo
N. Y
United Spame Workers Union
CIO
United States
Chicago
America
Hitler
Saloon quarrel ends with strike. man injured in Chicago
Louis Marzar, a naturalized Croat, began a violent dispute with Jo e Vukmirovich, a Serbian, in a Chicago saloon. Marzar struck Vukmirovich with a heel and weapon, leaving him critically injured. Vukmirovich was held without charge as police investigated Marzar’s condition.
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Chicago
INS
Louis Marzar
Joe Vukmirovich
Ema
Vukmirovich
Marzar
Des Moines arge factory to produce ammunition at Building 4
Des Moines plant to begin work on a new central Iowa facility. The Des Moines ordinance officials oversee a factory project with 219 buildings planned. The complex will manufacture 30 caliber and 50 caliber ammunition.
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Zatioz
Central
Iowa
Des Moines
Atheing
Farewell Breakfast Held for Nevin Nichols Before Army
Nevin Nichols longtime superintendent of municipal playgrounds leaves for military service after orders to report to Fort Des Moines for a medical checkup. If cleared he will be assigned as first lieutenant at Randolph Field Texas. The staff presented him with a leather writing case and a shaving mirror while coworkers Vivian Gossell Phyllis Ihrig and Elsie Crane hosted the farewell breakfast.
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Nevin Nichols
Ay Nichols
Fort Des Moines
Randolph Field
Tex
Nichols
Vivian Goodsell
Phyllis
Helen Ihrig
Elsie Crane
Hungarian Tax Boost to Fund Armaments
Budapest reports a government move to raise sales and luxury taxes by a significant margin to finance military armaments. The measures include increases on tobacco alcohol and other taxed goods to bolster revenue.
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Budapest
Remem
Plan to train 100,000 nurse aides in 12 months
Washington AP F H LaGuardia civilian defense director announced on Saturday a plan to train 100,000 volunteer nurses aides within the next 12 months in cooperation with the American Red Cross.
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Washington
F. H. LaGuerdia
American Red Cross
Ecuadorian Cabinet Resigns En Masse
The Ecuadorian cabinet submitted its collective resignation to President Carlos Arroyo Del Rio on Saturday, signaling a major political shakeup in Quito. The move leaves the government without its full line of ministers as Arroyo Del Rio weighs next steps.
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Quito
Ecuador
Carlos Arroyo del Rio
London notes ask extension of U S patrol in Atlantic
London editorials urge expanding the United States protective patrol in the western Atlantic to aid Britain in war tasks. They argue it would not weaken the U S Navy given available ships and British bases, as Britain reallocates vessels to the Arctic and other fronts. The piece reflects wartime maneuvering over Atlantic defense and potential cooperation with the Soviet Union.
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London
INL
London Press
United States
Atlantic
Britain
Japan
United States Navy
Pacific
States Navy
Mediterranean
Red Fleet
Barents
Arctic
Threshing Draftee Seeks Two-Week Extension for Neighbors
Private John Prochaska of Lenawee county, owner of the county's only threshing rig, received a 30 day leave from Fort Sheridan after farmers petitioned. He had threshed about 32,000 bushels on 58 farms and won an extension to finish on 8 or 10 more, hoping to earn extra funds before a possible army pay delay.
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Holloway
Mich
Sam
John Prochaska
Lenawee County
Prochaska
Fort Sheridan
43 Negro Soldiers Leave Camp In South Following Incidents
Prescott Ark AP unauthorized departure of 43 midwest Negro soldiers from a southern maneuvers area after incidents involving lice and civilians was disclosed by army officials. Major General Richardson said 43 of 1 000 men in the 94th Engineer Battalion were absent without leave. The statement noted the Gordon Ark disturbances last Tuesday night have been settled but some northern Negro soldiers left to avoid further trouble. MPs were ordered to apprehend them and return them to command.
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Prescott
Ark
Robert C. Richardson, Jr
Seventh Corps
94Th Engineer
Detroit
Chicago
Gordon
Fort
Mich
Henderson to Speak at National Convention
The Youngees of America will send a speaker to the organization’s national convention in Louisville Kentucky on August 22.
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Henderson
Washington
Amerdedson
Louisville
Extradition Sought in 14 Year-Old Slaying Case
Leon Iowa AP reports Herbert Charlies Pollard, 48, wanted for the 1927 slaying of Clinton McConnell near Leon, Missouri, was extradited from Missouri after Iowa authorities secured the cast. Pollard, who had been jailed in Princeton, Mo., blames another man now deceased for the crime.
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Leon
Herbert Charlies Pollard
Clinton McConnell
Decaturbany
Princeton
Forrest C. Donnell
Missouri
Iowa
Pollard
Jefferson
McConnell
Community property tax plan eyed to ease income levy boost
Senate finance chair Walter George says treasury may ask Congress to enact a community property tax. The plan would require joint returns on property income for married couples but not combine salary income. It would not raise as much revenue as a full joint income tax proposal, and rate adjustments may be needed to prevent sharp increases. Senator Taft must study the measure before a final decision.
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Treasury
George
House
Robert A. Taft
Woman Killed as Crash Near Okoboji Injures Three
Mrs. Floyd Lamb of near Milford Iowa died in a two car crash one mile north of Okoboji on highway 71 Saturday night. At least three others including the Lamb family were badly injured and taken to Spirit Lake hospital.
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Okoboji
Floyd Lamb
Milford
Here
Lamb
Spirit Lake
Japs Wary Of Parley Warn Soviets In Tokyo
Tokyo reports warn that worsening Soviet Japanese ties could burden the Kremlin. Reuters notes hint at possible Japanese action to deter East Asia fallout from the Anglo American Soviet meeting. Premier Konoye’s government remains neutralist but faces shifts after Roosevelt Churchill backing of Russia. Foreign Minister Toyoda met with Emperor Hirohito to report developments.
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Tokio
INS
Britain
Ine
Mui Hoshi
Kremlin
Reuters
Sadao Araki
Siberia
Prince Fumimaro Konoye
Yosuke Matsuoke
Moscow
Roosevelt
Churchill
Russia
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