War talk and reform dreams mirror earlier 1916 17 debate
A veteran writer critiques current war hawks and New Deal style reform aims. He compares 1940 defense proposals to 1916 17 rhetoric and cites Rex Tugwell and subsistence homesteads, noting mixed success and public skepticism toward government-led social programs. He defends Lindbergh against attacks while urging caution in foreign policy. He touches Wyandotte Michigan Kohler Wisconsin and the Army and Navy Journal stance.
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T Wyandotte
Mich
Detroit
Wyandotte
Kohler
Wis
Michigan
Lindbergh
Army and Navy Journal
Senate rejects age limit in Burke Wadsworth draft bill
The Senate voted 60 to 19 to reject Senator Lodge's proposal to limit peacetime conscription to ages 21 through 24. The chamber kept 21 to 30 as liable, with a 900,000 cap on simultaneous trainees as a compromise between options. War Department aims remained at about 3.4 million trained by 1945, prompting debate over feasibility and timing.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Lodge
Mass
Chamber
Barkley
Kentucky
O’mahoney
Wyo
Lodge
Sheppard
Tex
War Department
Coneres
God Prays Poem Reflections On War And Man
A poem by Angela Morgan titled God Prays frames World War I as a dialogue between the soul and God. It argues that God’s actions depend on human action and voices, urging people to rise and act to shape the world, with the war seen as a man-made mess.
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Wenty
Amgela Morgan
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Burke-Wadsworth conscription bill gains 51 votes
Washington supporters claimed 51 votes in favor of the Burke Wadsworth draft bill with final passage expected Wednesday or Thursday. Senate leaders projected the vote and noted 10 Republicans among the 51 with odds of House action hinging on Senate progress as the military committee awaits further debate.
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Washington
Senate
Warren R. Austin
Alben W. Barkley
Austin
Vandenberg
Mich
Wheeler
Mont
Holt
W. Va
Clark
House
House Military Committee
Actress Vivien Leigh Granted Absolute Divorce
London AP reports Herbert Leigh Holman won an absolute divorce from actress Vivien Leigh on grounds of adultery with actor Laurence Olivier. Leigh is expected to remarry, and Olivier faces ongoing public scrutiny.
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London
Herbert Leigh Holman
Vivien Leigh
Laurence Olivier
Brebner Charged With Drunk Driving After Iowa Crash
In Cedar Rapids a pleasure car rear ended taxicab on Center Point Road NE at 5 35 p m injuring two men. Marshall Brebner 36 of 1600 Wildwood Dr NE held for DUI after pled not guilty. companion Albert Link 40 of Chicago injured. cab driver Leo Brague 39 uninjured but involved. Brebner lacked a driver license and was processed at St Luke's hospital.
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Center Point Road
Coldstream Avenue
Marshall Brebner
Wildwood Drive
St. Luke's Hospital
Brebner
H. C. Ring
Albert Link
Chicago
Leo E. Brague
Seventh Street SE
Brague
Link
Bomb Drops Near Kennedy's House
A high explosive bomb fell within 300 yards of Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy's country house during Sunday raids. The blast created a crater 30 feet deep and 27 feet wide as Kennedy and other embassy members were at home.
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London
Joseph P. Kennedy
Miss Vogt Urges Caring for U S Children First
Linn county probation officer Lena Vogt argues Americans should prioritize helping domestic children before assisting British refugees. She says volunteers are scarce locally, with only a few homes needing furnishings and clothing, while thousands of needy U S children lack personal parental care.
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Cedar Rapids
Lena Vogt
Linn County
China
India
German bombs kill three in Ireland as war expands
German bombs hit three areas in County Wexford Ireland on Monday killing three girls in what authorities call the first bombing in Ireland. The government said the Irish charge d affaires in Berlin has been instructed to protest the raid as German airmen have harassed shipping near Ireland and Britain.
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Dublin
County Wexford
Ireland
St. George's Channel
Irish Sea
Britain
Berlin
Two Day Rainfall Totals in Cedar Rapids
A noon rain shower drenched Cedar Rapids after Sunday showers. By 1 p.m. Monday the Chambers Inskeep gauge recorded .31 inch total for the two days. Humidity was high with temps from 69 to 72 degrees, 82 at 2:30 p.m., 73 at 7 p.m., and 70 at midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Worrying Over Effect Of Europe's Wars On The New World
Arthur Bugs Baer reflects on historical anxieties about European wars shaping the western hemisphere. He notes 18th century figures like Madison Jefferson and Clark engaging in diplomacy and power plays over Louisiana Florida Kentucky and the Monroe Doctrine era as proof of a long-standing pattern.
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Europe
Western Hemisphere
Jefferson
British destroyer Hostile sunk by enemy mine
London reported that the 1 340 ton destroyer Hostile has been sunk after striking an enemy mine. The loss was announced on Monday night amid wartime shipping dangers.
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London
INS
Britons Repel German Night Raid On London and Dover
Air raid sirens sounded in London after 9 30 p m as German bombers attacked along a 30 mile stretch of the south coast and inland. British fighters repelled two waves over southeast coast while Britons reported heavy damage at Folkestone and Dover.
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Channel
Hell Corner
Berlin
Messerschmitt
Midlands
Dover
English Channel
Folkestone
Boulogne
France
Wales
England
DNB
Kent
Royal Air Force
Deal
Canterbury
Cambridge
Italy's Gayda Warns Egyptians on British Attacks
Virginio Gayda, Rome editorial voice for Italy, warned Egyptians against allowing their country to be used as a base for British assaults on Italian territory.
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Rome
Virginio Gayda
Italy
Berlin Air Raid Disturbs Sleepers in Early Morning
Berlin residents endured an air raid as alarms paused transit and forced sheltering. A UP reporter, guided by an air wardens and a police officer, reached the blackout United Press bureau amid smoke and fear, finding staff groping for transmitting keys to report from the darkened office.
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Great Sound of
Bermuda
United States
Associated Press
Berlin
Reich
Tiergarten
United Press Bureau
Bureau
Report shows orders for 6747 planes
The national defense commission told President Roosevelt that 6 747 army and navy aircraft have been contracted by Aug 17. It blamed Senate delays on progress and noted most of the defense program awaits the 4.8 billion defense bill. Navy and army totals and projected production rates through 1941 are outlined.
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Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
Britain
Hopkins
Department of Commerce
Defense
LeBrun
France
Hitler
Republic
Washington
National Defense Commission
Senate
Congress
Robert Horton
The
Defense Commission
White House
House
Army
Navy
Ban Rugg Books In New Jersey Schools
The Mountain Lakes board of education eliminated four social science textbooks by Dr. Harold Rugg after a resolution from American Legion Post 387 urged immediate discontinuation, claiming the books serve as propaganda to change American society.
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Cedar Rapids
Harold Rugg
Teachers College
Columbia University
Mountain Lakes
N. J
Board of Education
Mountain Lakes Post 387
American Legion
Reich Claims Birmingham Raids Signal Intensified War
Berlin reported heavy bombing of Birmingham in a Sunday raid with 60 to 70 tons of bombs. The high command said British losses included 39 planes to Germany's 19, and noted strikes on Kent, Coventry, and other targets as part of escalating aerial warfare.
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R.A.F
Berlin
Ruhr
Germany
Birmingham
England
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Aston
Castle Bromwich
Kingstown
Coventry
Warmwell
Portland
Lands End
Atlantic
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George Rogers Clark
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