Russians Repel German Drive Toward Leningrad
Russian forces under Marshal Voroshilov report holding at Kingisepp and Novgorod as German push advances threaten Leningrad. Finns drive on Viipuri and near the city while residents fortify the siege line. Germans claim pierce of front near Lake Ilmen and progress toward Bryansk and Gomel.
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Leningrad
Marshall Klementi Voroshilov
Kingisepp
Novgorod
Berlin
Adolf‘ Hitler
Lake Ilmen
Smolensk
Moscow
Gomel
Bryansk
Kiev
Hitler
Dnieper
Odessa
Iowa Legion Commander Outlines Policy And Iowa Focus
Tracey, newly elected Iowa commander of the American Legion, emphasizes unity, adherence to the national defense approach, and a focus on producing food over defense plants. He notes 36,000+ Iowa Legion members and favors keeping defense policy within national bounds. He chose Coe College to study through work.
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Iowa
American Legion
Mr. Tracey
Legion
U S Ready To Seize Islands Says Connally
Senate foreign relations chair Tom Connally announced on a national radio speech that the United States would seize by armed force any French western hemisphere territory threatened by German control, including Martinique, to defend national security and preserve freedom. He backed Roosevelt’s no compromise policy with the axis and pledged to yield neither territory nor freedom.
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Washington
INS
Tom Connally
Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Columbia Broadcasting States
Connally
Vichy
Martinique
Roosevelt
Axis
Split in V F W over Southard trial threatens faction
Chicago report says Earl Southard, Illinois commander, faces loyalty charges after signing a statement urging disobedience to the lease end act. His attorney warns a rival group will form in Philadelphia if the national leadership rejects the dispute, with Southard potentially running for national commander.
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Chicago
INS
Earl Southard
Veterans of Foreign Wars
V.F.W
Philadelphia
V F.W
Southard
Illinois
William J. Grace
National Council of Administration
Grace
Joseph C. Menendez
New Orleans
Menendez
Must Assure Hitler Defeat by Force If Needed
Associate Justice Hugo L Black told the University of Alabama summer graduates that the United States must ensure Britain and Russia defeat Germany to protect American freedom. He urged peaceable victory if possible, forcible if required, and praised nations fighting Nazi tyranny.
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Hitler
Black
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Hugo L. Black
United States Supreme Court
United States
Germany
University of Alabama
Adolf Hitler
Americas
Death Reveals She Wed Labor Arbiter
Chicago Mrs. Mabel P. Simpson 50 former executive secretary of the Chicago Citizens' School committee died Saturday in a traffic accident. Her death disclosed a secret marriage a month earlier to Dr. John A. Lapp a nationally known labor arbiter.
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Chicago
SNS
Mabel P. Simpson
Chicago Citizens’ School Committee
John A. Lapp
Sees Reich Beaten Without Invasion
Chicago dispatch reports Lord Alfred Duff Cooper, a premier war cabinet adviser, predicting Germany can be defeated without a ground invasion. He claims Britain has sufficient power and strategy to end the war through other means.
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Reich
Chicago
INS
Alfred Duff Cooper
Britain
Germany
New Lease-Lend Fund To Provide 5 Billion
Washington AP reports the administration plans a new lease lend request near 5 billion dollars with no funds to Russia. Leaders told Roosevelt the Britain and China aid may pass if existing 7 billion is noted as obligated. Russia may receive credit if needed.
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Washington
Leutenants
Congress
Russia
Jesse Jones
Roosevelt
Britain
China
Hurry To Wedding Charges Reckless Driving In Cedar Rapids
Keith Engle of 60642 Fourth Ave SE was stopped by off duty Patrolman Fuzzy Ahring for speeding on Tenth Street SE and Center Point Road. Engle was clocked at 45 mph then 60 mph and taken to the police station to face reckless driving charges before attending a wedding.
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Keith Engle
Fourth Avenue SE
Fuzzy Ahring
Engle
Ahring
Tenth Street
First Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Center Point Road
Cat disrupts nap by batting phone during rings
In Portland Oregon Stanley Peterson reports his cat detests bells and, upon every telephone ring, hops across the room and bats the phone to the floor.
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Portland
Ore
Stanley Peterson
Easterners face 10 percent gasoline cut for Labor Day
The federal oil administration imposes a 10 percent gasoline reduction on eastern seaboard and nearby areas for the first five days of September. Ralph K. Davies directs suppliers to allocate daily quotas per outlet, with stations limiting sales per customer and resupplying for Labor Day weekend.
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Washington
INS
Federal Oil Administration
District of Columbia
Ralph K. Davies
OPACS
Seaboard
Duke Of Kent Visits Hyde Park For Informal Roosevelt Gathering
The Duke of Kent arrived in Hyde Park from Canada on Saturday for an informal visit with President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the White House. The meeting followed the sea conference with Winston Churchill and was not designed for formal photograph or ceremony. The duke will join Roosevelt by train to Washington, inspect defense installations at Norfolk, then return to the capital for a White House stay and Empire diplomatic staff reception at the British embassy.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Britain
Winston Churchill
Duke of Kent
White House
George VI
New York
Canada
Washington
Norfolk
Empire
Louis Greig
A. J Lowther
H. J Evans
Scotland Yard
Open Anti Hoard Probe Of Money In Circulation
Federal Reserve investigators broadened an anti hoarding inquiry as money in circulation rose to a record 9 840 000 000 dollars. The probe examines why large cash sums remain outside banks and potential links to foreign transfers and subversive financing while officials push defense savings bonds to curb inflation.
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Washington
INS
Federal Reserve Board
Treasury
Federal Reserve
Hitler
France
Defense Savings
United States
Reserve Board
Duke of Kent Muzzled by Officials in New York Visit
Reporters at LaGuardia could not question the Duke of Kent as British and American authorities kept him silent during a rapid transit through New York en route to Hyde Park. He offered no opinions on American women skyline or other timely topics.
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Inlz Robb
New York
INS
Duke of Kent
George VI
LaGuardia Field
Hyde Park
LaGuardia
Duke
Dap
Cedar Rapids Sees Warm Day With 82 Degree High
The Cedar Rapids area posted a warm Saturday with a peak of 82 degrees at 2:30 PM before slipping to 80 by 3:00 PM. Temperatures fluctuated through afternoon with 76 at dusk and 68 at midnight. the coldest early morning reading was 54 degrees.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep
Mercury
Army Prisoners Escape With Civilian Aid At Fort Sheridan
Two Privates Harry Pearson and Ted Wageman, both 25 and held on desertion charges, escaped from Fort Sheridan Illinois while on manual labor detail. They overpowered a guard, rode away with a civilian driver to Waukegan, then changed into civilian attire as police nationwide were alerted.
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Fort Sheridan
Ill
Army
Harry Pearson
Chicago
Ted Wageman
Reeseville
Wis
Waukegan
Detroit Transit Strike Ends In Accord With Union
Mayor Edward Jeffries announced a four day Detroit transit tie up would end with an agreement to be offered Sunday morning to 4,000 AFL transit workers for ratification. W D Mahon said he would recommend acceptance. details withheld until union members vote.
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Detroit
Edward Jeffries
AFL
Jeffries
W. D. Mahon
AFL Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and
Mahon
Detroit Afl
CIO
Lochinvar
How To Get Extra Money For Back-to-School Needs
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Roosevelt orders seizure of Kearny shipyard to end strike
President Roosevelt directs the Navy to take possession and operate the Federal Shipbuilding plant at Kearny New Jersey after a long strike that halted work on ships vital to defense. Rear Admiral Bowen will run operations as Fort Wadsworth guards the site. About 16,000 workers idle.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Secretary of the Navy
Kearny, N. J
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
White House
United States
Wavs
Harold G. Bowen
Navy
Bureau of Engineering
Fort Wadsworth
Staten Island
Kearny
Frank Harenian
Nfort
North American Aviation Company
Inglewood
Calif
CIO Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers
British Broad Cast Counsels No Open French Resistance
The Lons radio in a French-language CBS broadcast urges French people to avoid open resistance and to slow the enemy war machine. It warns against acting too soon and calls for restraint while pledging collective discipline in response to hostages.
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New York
INS
Lonsdon
CBS
Iturbi Files for Citizenship Papers in Los Angeles
Jose Iturbi the noted pianist and conductor filed for his first citizenship papers in Los Angeles on Saturday marking a step in his long residency. He is a familiar figure in classical music circles and has performed with major orchestras across the United States.
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Los Angeles
INS
Jose Iturbi
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