Martin Says Nation Faces Vital Choice
Rep Joseph W Martin Mass Republican chairman argues in Peoria that November will decide whether the nation stays with the Roosevelt New Deal or shifts to a Republican program. He says avoid third term dangers, restore taxes and labor policy, and rebuild defense and private initiative. He urges voters to part company with the New Deal next November.
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INS
America
Republican
Roosevelt
Joseph W. Martin
Ronsevelt
Martin Drew & S
H E
New Deal
Martin
Appeal for Blood to Aid Chorus Girl Jessie Reed
Chicago tale of Jessie Reed once the world’s highest paid chorus girl now a hospital patient. A streptococcus infection leaves her dependent on donors as the blood bank can supply only two more transfusions. Authorities request type O blood to support her life-saving treatment.
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Chicago
INS
Jessie Reed
Ziegfeld
Kenneth Thompson
Reed
Italy Claims Success in Air Attacks on British Bases
International News Service reports Rome claimed successful and efficacious air raids on British bases in North and East Africa Saturday night. Italy acknowledged that British torpedo planes hit an Italian submarine in the Gulf of Bomba, damaging it. most of the crew were saved and salvors recovered the submarine.
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International
Italy
East
Africa
Rome
Gulf of Bomba
Roosevelt Urges Swift Action on Defense Tax Bill
Washington INS reports President Roosevelt pressed for a quick national defense tax bill to speed rearmament. He conferred with House Ways and Means Chair Doughton of North Carolina and subcommittee head Cooper of Tennessee. Doughton said the situation remained unchanged and that Roosevelt seeks prompt passage while leaving details to Congress.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
National Defense Commission
Doughton
N. C
House
Ways and Means Committee
Rep. Cooper
Tenn
New Probe May Lead To Bridges Case Reopening
Attorney General Robert H. Jackson ordered a new investigation on whether deportation proceedings should be reopened against Harry Bridges, the West Coast CIO maritime leader. FBI Director J Edgar Hoover is on the West Coast to conduct the probe under the 1940 alien registration act.
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Washington
INS
Robert H. Jackson
Harry Bridges
CIO Maritime Labor
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J Edgar Hoover
Jackson
Bridges
Jackson Tat
Congress
Cven
Wren
Senate Immigration Committee
London Bombed as Nazi Mass Raid Strikes Coast
Historic raid brings heavy bombs to southern England including London area. RAF and anti aircraft engaged as fires erupted, factories wrecked and residences damaged. Ramsgate was hit, and a Channel showdown with 21 bombers retreated. Casualties reported.
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Loire
Britain
Enitish
Londons Gates
Ramsgate
London
Downdraft Blamed Tentatively For Colorado Crash
In Denver a downdraft is tentatively blamed for an army bomber crash that killed nine aboard. Army officials rule out lightning or a bomb explosion, with eight or nine explanations under review. Coroner Hatfield cites the downdraft as the likely cause as wreckage reveals unexploded bombs loaded only to puff.
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Denver
Cvil Authori‘oe
Len H Dawson
Lowry Field
Dave Hatfield
Drum Corps Youth Killed In Accident
A Drum Corps youth from Wandrow Wilson High School was killed in an accident near St George. The principal Miss Jennie Post called him a brilliant little fellow. His mother traveled to Chicago to visit a brother, Milo Wolrab, and the family noted a sister Mary Virginia and grandfather Wenrll Fo Wolrab as survivors. The body was to be returned by train if needed, as cars ahead of the Fromms continued to Las Vegas after learning of the tragedy.
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Fromms
Las Vegas
Vohaska
Wandrow Wilson High School
Jennie Post
Chicago
Milo Wolrab
Mary Virginia
Wenrll Fo Woalrab
Crane
Leste Vernon Crane
Conditions At Iowa Mental Hospitals Improve Says McCreery
DES MOINES AP Chairman D R McCreery of the state board of control reported improvements at Iowa state mental hospitals over a year. The 1939 legislature boosted the board’s appropriation by about 375000 a year, mainly for Mount Pleasant Clarinda Cherokee Independence. Improvements noted include building renovations additions to reduce congestion more staff with better wages and expanded occupational therapy food quality and recreation facilities.
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Des Moines
D R McCreery
State Board of Control
Iowa
Board of Control
Mount Pleasant
Clarinda
Cherokee
Independence
McCreery
Hurja on Willkie's Appointment List
NEW YORK AP Wendell Willkie's appointment list includes Robert L. Vann Pittsburgh Negro publisher Emil Hurja once statistician for the Democratic National Committee and Charles Graham president of the Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway company.
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New York
Wendell
Schwab Niece Weds Insurance Clerk In Elmsford Nuptials
Mary Jane Schwab, niece of the late Charles M Schwab, and John Was sung an insurance company clerk, were married Saturday in Elmsford New York. The ceremony linked a steel magnate name with a civilian groom in a small local wedding.
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Elmsford
Mary Jane Schwab
Charles M Schwab
John Wassung
One Time Censor Fooled By Letter From Lithuania
Chicago reader recounts a letter from Kuunas Lithuania now under Soviet control. The writer jokes about a new government and system, comparing it to St. Casimir's in Chicago, a Lithuanian Catholic cemetery. The piece notes a censor's foil and mentions the British air force adopting yellow markings.
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Chicago
INS
Ramsgate Bombing Leaves City in Ruins and Homeless
Eye witness H C Floxerdew recounts massive German raids on Ramsgate near the Thames estuary. Dozens killed or wounded as gas works and harbor buildings suffer, while residents rescue the injured amid burning wreckage and air raid precautions.
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Ramsgate
England
INS
Rumania And Hungary May Confer Again
Paris reports indicate pressure from royal and German sources opened a path to resume talks over Transylvania. Hungarian and Romanian delegates had declared talks closed earlier, but issued a joint note expressing hope for renewed negotiations soon. Bucharest remained intensely dissatisfied with the break up.
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Turnu Severin
Rumania
Carol
Berlin
Transylvania
Hungary
Transylvannia
Bucharest
Former Resident Wins Telephone Call At Fair
Mrs William Chadima of 2325 Ridgeway drive was surprised Saturday evening by a phone call from Mrs T E Yerkes. Yerkes, now in San Jose California, has drawn a free telephone call from the Bell exhibit at the San Francisco World's fair for the fourth time. The two women were friends when Yerkes lived in Cedar Rapids. Yerkes husband was a linotype operator on the old Republican and Times.
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William Chadima
Ridgeway Drive
T E Yerkes
United States
Bell
Yerkes
Cedar Rapids
Old Republican
Times
San Jose
Calif
Byrd Seeks Senate Meeting On War Powers And Air Power
Senator Byrd, left vacant by his father’s death, urged continuous Senate action amid emergency. He attacked appeasement and warned liberty requires sacrifice, calling for prompt conscription debate and a congressional inquiry into delays in ordering combat aircraft and vital military equipment. He questioned the SS Washington crew composition and alleged German involvement.
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Farley Ends Postal Career With Praise At Sendoff
Retiring Postmaster General James A Farley leaves the post office Aug 31 to enter private business. He cites eliminating deficits and balancing postal revenues and expenditures, noting a roughly 40 million dollar surplus and a highly efficient service. He commends subordinates for splendid cooperation and assistance.
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Post Office Department
Farley
Democratic National Committee
Willkie Seen as Man After Business Heart by Biddle
In Seattle a Democratic rally opened Washington state campaign as Solicitor General Francis Biddle hailed Wendell L. Willkie. He said the National Manufacturers Association and big business have found a man after their own heart and pocketbook, trembling with eager excitement. He criticized opponents for fear of Willkie's liberal rhetoric.
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Francis Biddle
Wendell L. Willkie
National Manufacturers Association
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Wiers
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Grundys
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Civic Auditorium
Washington State
Nazi Time Bombs Aimed at Stranded Planes
London report reveals a Nazi secret time-bomb designed to destroy planes if captured. A German bomber, forced to land southeast of London, triggered the device after being grounded over fifteen minutes, demolishing the craft. No injuries occurred as no one was nearby.
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Calais
Frances
Kent
Thames
Gibson
Barkley
London
INL
Plans for housing guardsmen revealed at 14 posts
Washington area reports President Roosevelt is ready to sign the conscription and national guard bills. Army plans call for major troop concentrations at 14 posts, housing 319000 to 400000 soldiers, with a start on construction due to limited funds. Key sites include Fort Clark Texas Fort McClellan Alabama Camp Jackson South Carolina Fort Sill Oklahoma and more.
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National Guard
Army High Command
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Army
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Tex
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Ala
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S. C
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N. J
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Wash
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Fort Snelling
Minn
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Kaw
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Fort Meade
7Th Division
Camp Ord
Calif
Wayfaring Boys Find Green Apples Not Like Home
Two Barrington boys William Shortz and Richard Steinbrinck, ages 14 and ?, slept in straw stacks for two nights and ate green apples before calling police at 7 p.m. Saturday to seek a way home. They had left Thursday aiming for Shortz's aunt in town but learned she no longer lived there. local sergeant Cunningham arranged meals and contacted Steinbrinck's father to pick them up.
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William Shortz
Richard Steinbrinck
Sergt
Dale Cunningham
Shortz
First Avenue
Twenty-ninth Street
Cunningham
Steinbrinck
Sigourney Man And Goats Hit Chicago
A Sigourney man Charles McCartney travels Chicago with an unusual caravan of eighteen cats and a family of Iowans using twelve goats as motive power. He left photography in 1938 and supports his wife Meena and their four year old son Albert by selling photos and goat milk, claiming 2,000 miles covered in two years without relief.
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Chicago
Charles McCartney
Sigourney
Meena
Albert
Portsmouth Base Afire and Nazi Claims Amid RAF Attacks
German high command boasted of targeting airfields including a Portsmouth base and the Morris factory near Birmingham, while claiming British fighters are weakened after ongoing air battles. They also reported sinking 100,000 tons of shipping in eight days and a British merchant vessel Tarakina in Australian waters.
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RAF
High Command
Morris Motor
Birmingham
Britain
Germany
WPA Demands Willkie Reply To 3 Questions
The WPA challenged Wendell Willkie to answer three questions on employment policy and firing plans. Acting commissioner Howard Hunter said September and October WPA levels will average 1.7 to 1.8 million, the lowest since 1937 aside from that year, with flood-driven increases likely in the South.
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Works Projects Administration
Wendell Willkie
WPA
Howard Hunter
New York
Hunter
Willkie
F. C Harrington
Congress
South
Morley Boy Dies After Tetanus and Pneumonia
Special to The Gazette Morley Melvin Tallman six year old son of Mr and Mrs Virgil Tallman died at 1 40 am Saturday in an Iowa City hospital from bronchial pneumonia following tetanus. He contracted the disease Sunday and though the tetanus was defeated the pneumonia proved fatal. Funeral services will be held Monday at 1 30 pm at the Tallman home and 2 pm at a Morley church. He is survived by his parents and two brothers.
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Morley
Melvin Tallman
Virgil Tallman
Iowa City
Tallman
Roosevelt and Willkie clash over labor policies in AFLQ issue
In a printed exchange in the American Federationist Roosevelt and Willkie contend over New Deal labor policy. Roosevelt pledges steadfast support for labor gains and protections while Willkie warns continued policy risks government domination and urges free unions with reforms to the National Labor Relations Act.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
New Deal
American Federationist
American Federation of Labor
Willkie
Nazi Germany
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George W Rosencrans retires tinsmith dies at Cedar Rapids home
George W Rosencrans long illness ends at 516 Eighth Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Saturday at 12 15 pm Born August 3 1864 in Ohio he came to Cedar Rapids from Anamosa 25 years ago Survived by wife Rosa two stepdaughters four step-sons and one deceased step-daughter Funeral services in Turner chapel with time to be announced Last rites held in First Church of Christ Scientist affiliation
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George W. Rosencrans
Eighth Avenue SE
Ohio
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa
Rosa
M R Landis
Chris Conrad
Milo
Earl
Carl
Leo Stickley
Pearl Stout
Rosencrans
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Turner Chapel
Funeral services for Mrs Libbie A Ralston
Funeral services for Mrs Libbie A Ralston former Cedar Rapids resident who died in an Iowa City hospital Friday will be Sunday at 2 p m at Beatty chapel The Rev Milo Filips will officiate Burial will be in Cedar Memorial cemetery Friends may call at the chapel.
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Ralston
Libbie A. Ralston
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Beatty Chapel
Milo Filips
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Funeral services for former assistant police chief Samuel Christensen
Funeral services for Samuel Christensen former assistant police chief will be held at Turner chapel at 2 30 p m today with Rev E Winslow Brown presiding Burial will take place at Cedar Memorial Park cemetery Friends
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Samuel Christensen
Turner Chapel
E. Winslow Brown
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Air Raid Alarms Hit Swiss Cities Saturday Night
Air raid alarms sounded across Berne and Geneva on Saturday as planes of unknown nationality flew over Switzerland. The Berne alert ended with an all clear after 34 minutes.
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Berne
Switzerland
Geneva
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