Churchill Signals U S Role in Far East Crisis
Churchill in Washington underscored Britain will stand with the United States if a clash arises in the Orient. He warned the U S not to underestimate its place in confronting Hitler and urged active American support as the arsenal of democracy while stressing Far East risks and Japan’s expansion.
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Asia
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Far East
Urchill
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Francis Biddle Nominated as Attorney General
President Roosevelt named Solicitor General Francis Biddle to succeed Robert H. Jackson as attorney general. The 55 year old Philadelphia lawyer has led a long Roosevelt service record including chairing the National Labor Relations Board and serving as solicitor general. Biddle was born in Paris May 9 1886 and once studied under Oliver Wendell Holmes.
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High Court
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Circuit Court of Appeals
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Paris
France
Algernon Sydney Biddle
University of Pennsylvania
Groton
Harvard
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Ee Satesete
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Soviet Counter Drive Repulses German Attacks On Multiple Fronts
Cable dispatches report Red Army counter offensives across the Gomel and Smolensk axis with large tank and infantry maneuvers. Romanian and German divisions were routed. Russian forces claimed gains near Kakisalmi and in the Novgorod sector while battles for the Dnieper hydroelectric center and the Zaporozhe plant continued amid uncertainty over the Dnieper dam’s status. The Baltic fleet intercepted a German convoy.
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Leningrad
Fcarce
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Smolensk
Kakisalmi
Red Army
Novgorod
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Senate Finance Committee Votes to Trim Income Tax Exemptions
The Senate finance committee voted 10 to 6 to cut personal exemptions from 2000 to 1500 for married couples and 800 to 750 for singles and rejected a general sales tax in the revenue bill. The panel also backed merging the defense tax with normal rates to simplify the tax structure and aims to report the measure this week for floor action next week.
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Senate Finance Committee
Walter F. George
Roosevelt
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Shellsburg Man Is Sentenced On Bad Check Count
Al Knight 35 pleaded guilty to presenting a 45 dollar check at a Cedar Rapids area auto shop on August 12. Judge G K Thompson suspended sentence after Knight agreed to replace the funds. Police booked Knight Sunday night and detectives said Harry Rapaport received the check in payment for a ten dollar account, with thirty five dollars in change.
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G K. Thompson
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Rapa
Sixteenth Avenue Auto
Sixteenth Avenue
Cedar Rapids
L. B. Marshall
Harry Rapaport
A. F. Rammelisberg
Vinton
Se Ees Oe
Allies invade rich mid east nation of oil
German reports claim Iran allied with Germany offered aid against Britain and Russia if resistance held one month. Iran’s forces are described as invading the Middle East oil region to oust German agents while Soviet Cossacks and British ships land in Bandar Abbas and other points.
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Middle East
Persian Gulf
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Britain
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Persia
Ankara
Secasus
Bandar Shahpur
Great Britain
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London
Mosname Cient Aryana
Kingdom
Berlin
Germany
Tenement Couple Honored For Ideal American Family
CHICAGO UP Thirty seven years of sacrifice in a West Side tenement ends in public praise for George and Theresa Cascino as the Union League clubs selects them for a family life award. Immigrant origins from Abruzzi Molise to Chicago in 1904 followed by poverty and hard work yielded five well raised children amid health strains and constant struggle.
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West Side
George Cascino
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Abruzzi
Molise
Italy
George
America
LaPlant-Choate Offer Rejected by Union Leaders
A Local 116 committee of the United Farm Equipment Workers of America served LaPlant-Choate a 0 day strike notice after an 80 percent union vote rejected the company's 5 cent raise and kept demands for a 10 cent wage increase, union shop and checkoff. The March 31 contract granted exclusive bargaining rights and a general five cent raise, with a 10 day notice of intent to strike.
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United Farm Equipment Workers of America
CIO
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UFEWA
Eleanor Roosevelt Not Invited on Army Bomber Flight
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt said she had received no invitation to fly to England aboard an American army bomber and told reporters she would not participate without an invitation. She spoke at a Washington press briefing on Tuesday.
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INS
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England
Berlin Says U. S. Backed Iran Move
Berlin reports belief that the United States is deeply involved in the war and would have known Iran plans discussed at the Atlantic meeting between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill.
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Roosevelt
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Rainy Weekend With Light Showers Across Cedar Rapids
A trough of wet weather left Cedar Rapids with .12 inch of rain through Sunday night. A cool Monday night gives way to a partly cloudy Tuesday with a northwest breeze, while temperatures fluctuated from the upper 60s to low 80s during the past day. Humidity eased from 80 percent to around 40 percent as clouds diminished. Regional rainfall varied, with Keokuk posting .45 inch and Des Moines recording .14 inch.
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Chambers Inchart
Waterloo
Dar- Keokuk
Din
Charles City
Des Moines
Estherville
7 Billion Defense Measure Is Signed
President Roosevelt signed a $7.5969 billion supplemental defense measure in Washington on Monday. The action follows a years long push to expand military funding and supply readiness for ongoing global tensions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Set For Action On New Lease-Lend Bill
Washington ready to act immediately on a new multi billion dollar lease lend program as tensions rise over U S aid and defense support for allies and partners.
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INS
I Tions
Want Ad Shows 600 Dozen Ears of Corn Sold
Wm. Duffy of 1106 Oakland road received over 100 calls from a want ad for corn and continued to receive ads after expiration. He says he could have sold 2500 or 3000 dozen if available. Fresh fruit and vegetables now sold through low cost Good Things to Eat Want Ads. Dial 2-1121 to place a Want Ad.
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Wm. Duffy
Oakland Road
Draftee Habinyak’s Sentence Cut to Three Years
Acting War Secretary reduces John Habinyak Pennsylvania draftee prison term from 10 to 3 years after court martial for subordination. Execution of dishonorable discharge suspended until Fort Leavenworth discharge, with potential restoration to duty and remission of confinement if future conduct allows. Release limited to 30 months, the revised draft law maximum.
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Washington (Ap) Acing
John Habinyak
Pennsylvania
Habinyak
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Army
New York Woman Valerie Coleman Manville Dies at 74
New York obituary notes the death of Valerie Clair Coleman Manville aged 74, mother of a founder of Johns Manville asbestos manufacturers, highlighting her family ties to prominent business history.
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New York
INS
Valerie Clair Coleman Manville
Broadway
Johns- Manville Company
AAA calls for congressional probe into Seaboard oil famine
The American Automobile Association urged a congressional investigation of an eastern seaboard oil shortage amid warnings of a potential 10 per cent cut in deliveries and a curfew affecting 100000 filling stations. Officials criticized government statements as misleading and pressed for action before winter demand rises.
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Washington
American Automobile Association
AAA
Senate Commerce Committee
Josiah W. Bailey
N. C
Francs T. Maloney
Atlantic
Henry
Ralph K. Davies
Sony
Wator
Great Britain
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