Leaking Tube Causes Power Break in Cedar Rapids
A boiler leak at the Iowa Electric Light and Power plant triggered a 20 minute blackout across much of Cedar Rapids on Monday morning. The outage affected residential areas and most industrial plants while northeast sections and some southwest districts remained powered. Power was restored with auxiliary steam and smaller boilers, and police managed the response amid alarm system confusion due to the outage.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Charles Herbeck
Herbeck
Guaranty Bank and Trust
British Reds In Trade Pact
Moscow reports a British Soviet commercial accord to exchange goods and finance on a clearing basis. The agreement includes a 10 million pound credit for five years at 3 percent and aims to expand the turnover of British and Soviet goods.
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Moscow
Union Soviet Socialist Republics
Grand
Eng
England
U.S.S.R
Union Pacific Net Income On Upgrade
Union Pacific railroad system reports six months ended June 30 net income of 5,782,465 dollars equal to 1.70 a share, against 3,858,664 dollars or 84 cents in the prior late 1940 period. June net income at 2,413,805 compares with 1,363,231 for June 1940.
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NEW York
Union Paific Railroad System
Four Billion Lease Lend Request Predicted After White House Conference
After a White House international affairs meeting, Senator Connally forecast a lease lend request near four billion dollars if needed. He noted most of the original seven billion has not been spent and warned against any drift toward involvement. The report also covers Japan’s refusal to let 100 Americans leave and a controversial call for mass detention of Japanese aliens if departure is blocked.
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Washington
Connally
Tex
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Japan
Coolidge
State Department
Rep
Dingell
Mich
Hawaii
Tokio
Churchill Safe At Home Again After Atlantic Summit
Prime Minister Winston Churchill returned to Britain aboard the battleship Prince of Wales after a sea meeting with President Roosevelt and a Iceland visit. He was greeted by Brenden Bracken and expected to announce a forthcoming broadcast. Churchill inspected Icelandic troops on the voyage back and was cheered by crowds waving hats and shouting good wishes.
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London
Winston Churchill
Britain
Roosevelt
Iceland
Brenden Bracken
United States
Churchill
Atlantic
Aurora man dies as car crashes into tree on No 30
Art Lage 59 of Aurora was killed when his car left highway 30 and struck a tree near Union Township School No 9. His wife Ella 55 and sons Don 18 Lloyd 16 Leo 11 were injured. Driver was 18 and taken to St Luke's hospital. others treated for abrasions and shock. Investigators included Patrolmen Clapp Swords Deputy Sheriff Morena and Coroner Burrows.
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Cedar Rapids
Aurora
Art Lage
Aurora Municipal Employe
Ella Lage
Don Lage
Lloyd Lage
Leo Lage
St. Luke's Hospital
Lage
Union Township School No. 9
Thief Steals $113 From Oil Station Cash Register
Police report a phantom burglar stole $113.20 from the Standard Oil service station on Tenth street and Third avenue SE. Attendant John Huston recalls the 4:30 am transaction and later finding the drawer empty when a 1 dollar sale occurred.
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Cedar Rapids
Standard Oil
Tenth Street
Third Avenue SE
John Huston
Huston
Smart Crow Stirs Verona With Thefts
In Verona New Jersey a bold crow interrupts a backyard card party by stealing two packs of cigarettes and dropping them to onlookers. Police report the bird also plucked clothes pins from a clothesline to snatch a bathing suit.
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Verona
N. J
Hitler's mental condition questioned in Swiss report
A Radio Mos cow dispatch cited by Exchange Telegraph claimed Adolf Hitler's mental condition had worsened after the Ukrainian front setback. The report said Prof Ferdin and Sauerberuch consulted two Swiss psychologists and that Hitler was at Berchtesgaden avoiding bad news while Berlin said his headquarters remained on the eastern front.
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London
Moscow
Switzerland
Exchange Telegraph
Adolf Hitler
Ferdinand Sauerberuch
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Berlin
Eastern Front
Elizabeth Lloyd mother of Harold Lloyd dies at 71
Mrs Elizabeth Fraser Lloyd 71 mother of film star Harold Lloyd died Sunday in Hollywood. Funeral details were not released.
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Hollywood
Elizabeth Fraser Lloyd
Harold Lloyd
Red counter-offensive saves Ukrainian city amid Baltic to Black Sea fighting
Allied dispatches report fierce Soviet counter-attacks in Ukraine preserving a city labeled "K" near Kiev as German forces suffered heavy losses. Claims persist of German advances toward Odessa and Krivoi Rog while Leningrad and northern fronts show renewed activity. Moscow reports intense air raids without breaches.
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Red Army
Ukraine
Semeon Timoshenko
Moscow
Krivoi Rog
Nikolaev
Baltic
Black Sea
London
Adolf Hitler
Estonia
Leningrad
Semeon Budgonny
Dnieper River
Odessa
Bug River
War threats loom as Hull challenges Tokyo on Americans
Tokyo dispatches warn of war on all sides as Russia masss mobilizes on the Siberian frontier opposite Japanese forces in Manchukuo. Cordell Hull says Japan gave no satisfactory reason for denying 100 Americans passage home. Grew, Toyoda talks stressed U.S. economic ties and Japan's Far East policy.
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Far East
Siberian
Manchukuo
Tokio
Cordell Hull
Washington
Japan
Hull
Roosevelt
Churchill
Chiang Kai-shek
Moscow
China
Great Britain
United States
Manchukuan-Siberia
Joseph C. Grew
Teijiro Toyoda
Grew
Toyoda
Drunk Driver Melcher Gets 204 Day Jail Term
Oscar Melcher a 43 year old Mount Vernon resident and two time drunk driving offender pled guilty to driving while intoxicated. He could not pay a $500 fine and faced 204 days in jail a consequence for missed payments and prior fines. Police Sgt James Gildroy and Harry Cloud assisted in apprehension. An appeal bond of 1500 dollars was set.
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Oscar Melcher
Mount Vernon
G. K. Thompson
Melcher
J. E. Heiserman
James Gildroy
Harry Cloud
Highway Patrol
Cedar Rapids Man Identified in Freight Car Death
The body of a Cedar Rapids man identified as George Francis Pennington was found in a Milwaukee railroad freight car on the side track in Moline. Coroner J W Leids said the death was due to natural causes. the man appeared to be over 50. No listing for Charles Francis Pennington exists in local directories or post office records.
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Moline
George Francis Pennington
Cedar Rapids
Milwaukee Railroad
JW. Leids
Cedar Rapids Seeks Defense Area Rating for Housing Needs
Cedar Rapids through its Chamber of Commerce filed for certification as a defense area to ensure steady material flow for housing projects. The effort, led by Harold J. Rowe, cites a need for 250 to 400 small homes annually for factory workers and highlights support from local real estate and construction groups.
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Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
Harold J. Rowe
Chamber
Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board
Cedar Rapids Building and Construction Trades Council
Cedar Rapids Clearing House Association
Real Estate Board
Building and Construction Trades Council
Rowe
Karl P. Blaise
T. J. Nolan
Des Moines
Federal Housing Authority
U S Soldiers Gather for Major 1941 War Game in Louisiana
U S Second and Third Armies converge on Camp Beauregard Louisiana for two weeks of corps maneuvers and a GHQ phase using blank shells to simulate modern warfare. The exercise includes staged political and economic tensions between fictional states Almat and Kotmk to mirror real conflicts.
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Pine-Woods
Louisiana
United States
Camp Beauregard
Kansas
New Mexico
Georgia
Almat
Kotmk
Army Morale Good Says General Lear in Arkansas
Lieut. Gen. Ben Lear, commanding the Second Army, told a Second Army staff conference at Prescott, Arkansas that army morale is good. He rejected Life and Time conclusions and cited a morale officer’s report from Washington as evidence.
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Prescott, Ark
Ben Lear
Second Army
Life and Time
Washington
Roosevelt Signs Bill Deferring 28 Year Olds from Service
President Roosevelt signed the new law under the selective service act providing mandatory deferment for men who reach 28 on July 1 1941 or later and for those already 28 at induction who were 28 by that date. The act requires posting of local draft board classifications and allows release for those honorably discharged for government convenience within six months of their term. Discharged men enter a 10 year reserve but may be called again if needed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Selective Service Act
Army
Coast Guard
Motorist Charged With Intoxication After Collision
Cedar Rounds News reports 49 year old T H Davidson of 1318 Hinkley Ave NW was booked for drunken driving after a hit and run in front of 253 Thirteenth St NW. Police say he refused a chemical test and was released on a $500 bond after pledging innocent.
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Hinkley Avenue
Walter Hager
Minneapolis
Thirteenth Street
G. K. Thompson
Davidson
Andy Hines
Chet Morningstar
Hager
Parched City Sees .63 Inch Rain Amid Drought
Cedar Rapids received .63 inch of rain on Sunday boosting the month total to 1.02 inches and easing a water shortage. Temperatures ranged from 60 to 63 degrees with a cool 59 at 4:30 a.m. Monday and a 72 degree high at 2:30 p.m. Humidity stood around 68 percent.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Tune
Fire roars as Brooklyn pier and freighter burn in blast
Explosions and fire destroyed a 525 foot Brooklyn consumer pier and the 43 570 ton freighter Panuco near Governors Island. Five dead confirmed and 48 feared trapped aboard the ship as 69 plus injured fled the blaze. Fire raged 250 feet high while authorities probe sabotage and secure cargo including cotton hemp oil and metals.
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Brooklyn
Panuco
Cuba
L. D. Parmelee
Pier 26
United States Naval Station
Guantanamo
Vera Cruz
Governors Island
Fort Jay
Buttermilk Channel
East River
New York Harbor
Harry Garcia
Coamo
San Juan
Trujillo City
Mexico
U. S. Airline Plans Ferry to Middle East via Pan American
President Roosevelt announced a Pan American Airways ferry system to deliver planes to British forces in the Middle East. Aircraft will be flown from the United States to West Africa and then onward to the Middle East under the agreement.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Middle East
Pan American Airways
Pan American
United States
West Africa
Benson Reeelected Hobo King at Britt Convention
Ben Benson known as the Coast Kid was reelected King of the Hoboes at Britt's annual hoboes convention, claiming he was drafted for a second term while ruling out a third. Rival Eddie Baker contended. a fight occurred during the campaign. About 50 delegates attended the event sponsored by local business leaders with a free slumgullion meal.
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Britt
Ben Benson
Benson
Eddie Baker
Last of Troops Arrive as Japanese Supplies Unloaded
In Saigon, additional Japanese transports and supply ships reached French Indo China on Monday and began unloading what is presumed to be the material for Japan's newly acquired forces in southern Indo China.
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Saigon
Indo-Chine
Japan
Indo-China
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