Germans Close On Leningrad As City Seen In Dread Danger
German forces push toward Leningrad from the south within miles of the old czarist capital as Soviet defenses brace. Berlin reports boast of collapsing bulwarks while Red Army vows to defend the city amid heavy fighting around Novgorod Narva and Ingisepp.
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Government cuts car output 26.5 percent for four months
Washington reports passenger auto production will drop about 50 percent in the 1942 model year. The first four months from August to November show a 26.5 percent cut, with GM Chrysler and Ford facing 27 percent reductions and other firms shrinking 20 percent. Truck output rises to aid military needs.
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Tells of U S Patrol Work Riding Convoy
AP staff writer recounts a secret wartime naval convoy operation with multiple ships, heavy precautions, and nightly movements. The account notes silenced radios, locked receivers, and aircraft from a carrier speeding to cover the mission, with the convoy commander lauding the crew’s seamanship.
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26 Yanks Given Ship Reservations By Japs
TOKIO AP The NYK line under foreign office pressure announced 26 United States embassy and consular officials would sail aboard the Tatsuta Maru on August 28 from Tokyo to Shanghai. At Shanghai most would seek passage home on a U S transport due to hostage publicity from the lack of Japan passage.
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No Divorce For A. G. Vanderbilts
New York AP report states Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt and Manuela Hudson will separate amicably. Attorneys announce they agreed to discontinue divorce proceedings and end the divorce section.
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Three Arrested In Siphoning Gas Attempt In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids police detained James Nero 20 John Philabaum 28 and Myr tle La Fallette West 19 from Canton Ohio on a technical charge after Detective John Hanna halted a gas siphoning at 2 30 am in the 800 block of A avenue. Nero drove an ancient Ohio plated coach with no driver permit Philabaum lacked selective service registration and a loaded .22 rifle with shells was found under a blanket in the car. The trio claimed they headed for California.
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Eight-Point Policy Pushes U S Toward War
New York report cites Dr. Henry Noble McCracken president of Vassar College who warned that adopting the eight points of policy drafted by Roosevelt and Churchill would draw the United States into a war of staggering size.
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Heat wave trims Iowa corn yield forecast but still best in years
The federal crops report says Iowa corn yield may average 48 bushels per acre, down from 52 on August 1 due to a July heat wave, but still the third largest per acre yield on record behind 1939 and 1940. Drier pasture conditions followed, though hybrid seed use and milder mid August weather limited further losses.
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Crop Production Forecast for 14 States Drops in August
The Agriculture Department in a mid month report forecasts 1.889 billion bushels of corn for 14 major producing states. This is down from 1.998 billion on Aug 1 and 1.841 billion last year. Dry hot weather across the Midwest corn belt drove the reduction. state estimates for Aug 1 and Aug 15 show Town at 474.292 million and 437.807 million bushels.
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U S Aviators Chase Nazi Plane Over Reykjavik Iceland
American piloted Curtiss P-40 Tomahawks pursued a German Heinkel bomber near Reykjavik on Wednesday. The bomber fired on the Tomahawks but disappeared into clouds as pursuit continued. no bombs were dropped. Night and day patrols by American piloted Tomahawks and Catalinas remain over Iceland.
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Paris raids arrest 16 000. two executed Parisians named
German authorities in Paris announced the executions of Kenry Gautherot and Samuel Tysselman after a Saturday arrest wave described as anti Nazi. Tysselman, a Jewish émigré, was executed by firing squad after a court martial.
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Illustrious to Undergo Repairs in U S Shipyard
The British press service says the famous battle scarred carrier Illustrious is in an American shipyard for repairs. Capt Louis Mountbatten, cousin of King George VI, will command and supervise the work after arriving by Clipper. Details of exact location were not disclosed.
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British Deny Lend Lease Item Misuse
The British embassy in Washington sent a July 30 memorandum to the state department denying misuses of lend lease supplies. It says Britain did not re export lend lease material and that profiteering is not allowed. It notes some commodities used in British products were exported and acknowledges occasional use of US tankers to import oil from Latin America.
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Showers Welcome In City As Mercury Dips To 70s
Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers forecast for Cedar Rapids and vicinity. Midday and afternoon showers refreshed lawns and farms, keeping temperatures in the low 70s. PrecIP totals were 0.11 inch with 0.03 in morning and 0.08 in afternoon.
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Nazis Non Committal On Iceland Activity
Berlin reports indicate German sources could not confirm claims of air activity over Iceland and offered no details on any operations. The uncertainty followed published stories about possible Nazi reconnaissance or strikes in the North Atlantic area.
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Nebraska Woman Killed Near Tama in Highway Crash
A Nebraska woman, Mrs Thomas Bracken of Emerson, was killed and three others injured critically when a sedan ran off Highway 30 near Tama and rolled four times. Her husband, 65, driver Ned Bracken, survived with serious injuries. Lula Drips, 40, of Derry Pennsylvania, suffered skull fracture and chest injuries. T P Drips, 48, a railroad conductor, sustained numerous cuts. The accident occurred about one and a half miles west of the river bridge as the car, traveling at high speed, skidded on the shoulder and demolished the vehicle. The injured were taken to Tama clinic. Bracken died after arrival. Officials believe the party was en route to Nebraska.
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Manchester Sees 3.18 Inches Rain In Brief Downpour
A total of 3.18 inches of rain soaked Manchester from 10 p.m. Wednesday to 7 a.m. Thursday. The city had scant rain since July 18, making this the heaviest deluge since July 26, 1940.
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Weather returns to Iowa with scattered showers
Clouds hung over Iowa with rain in Alta and Terrill early. Temperatures rose to two degrees above normal signaling a shift toward summer conditions. Showers affected the northeast and west, with Waterloo reporting 1.02 inches and Dubuque recording .28 inch overnight.
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Jan Masaryk to Visit United States in October
Czechoslovak Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk will travel to the United States in October to attend an International Labor Organization conference in New York, it was learned Thursday.
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Roosevelt asserts Eight Points peace plan amid Atlantic meeting
President Roosevelt reports to Congress on his sea meeting with Prime Minister Churchill. He renounces any immediate peace and warns a halt in the war invites a Hitler invasion of the Americas. He supports the Eight Points program and hints at freedom of religion as a possible ninth point. The report was prepared at sea and presented to both houses at noon.
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Roosevelt outlines wartime lend-lease talks and aims with Allies
In a message to Congress Roosevelt recounts meetings at sea with Prime Minister Churchill and planning for Soviet talks. He emphasizes the eight point declaration, danger of Nazism, and the need for freedom of religion and information as essential to any democratic world order.
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