Nazis Claim Dniepropetrovsk Falls and Luga Taken
German high command reported Dniepropetrovsk, a major Russian industrial city, and the Dnieper bridgehead captured after heavy fighting by Panzer units under Gen. Ewald von Kleist. Luga, 90 miles south of Leningrad, also fell with 2,300 prisoners, 54 tanks and 41 guns seized.
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Berlin
Dnieperopetrovsk
Dnieper River
High Command
Luga
Leningrad
Red Army
Ewald von Kleist
Russians Recapture Central White Russia City In Street Battle
Reports say Red Army stormed and recaptured a large ancient White Russian city from German control in a savage counter offensive. Konev's Gomel area operations and resistance near Leningrad continue, while Russians claim success against six Romanian infantry and two German tank divisions near Odessa.
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Moscow
Red Army
White Russia
I. A. Konev
Gomel
Novgorod
Leningrad
Black Sea
Odessa
Gomel-Smolensk
Dnieperopetrovsk
Hold R B Sheldon For Drunk Driving
R B Sheldon, 54, of 367 Thirty First Street Drive SE, was arrested at 8 25 p m Monday on a drunk driving count after patrolmen responded to citizen reports. He was found slumped over the wheel in the 900 block of Eighth Avenue SE and two witnesses offered to testify he had driven the car. He was unsteady on his feet when taken to the station.
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R. B. Sheldon
Jake Stusak
Merle Burton
Sheldon
Eighth Avenue SE
Kearny Yard Workers Return as CIO Strike Lifts
The navy reported 10,889 workers reported for the day shift at the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock yard in Kearny New Jersey after a 19 day CIO strike. Rear Admiral Bowen said 11,160 worked on the last pre strike day. Company president Korndorff offered to transfer all assets to the government with compensation to be decided later.
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Navy
Kearny
N. J
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
CIO
Harold G Bowen
Bowen
L. H. Korndorff
Secretary of Navy
Frank Knox
Navy Department
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Ohio Brass Company
Barberton
Pittsburgh
Mr. Roosevelt
Westinghouse Electric Company
U. S. Plans 566 New Merchant Ships for War Aid
The maritime commission announced a program to build 566 additional merchant ships with new shipways and equipment at a cost of 1.2465 billion dollars, plus 350 million to purchase and operate other vessels. This doubles current construction as part of defense and lend lease to democracies, aiming for 1,376 vessels by end of 1943.
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Washington
Maritime Commission
Army, Navy and Maritime Commission
Commission
Baselead
North Wind Keeps Temperature Down
Cedar Rapids and vicinity forecast partly cloudy cooler Tuesday night and Wednesday. A cold north wind kept the day cool with a 2:30 p.m. reading of 75 after a low of 61 overnight and a high of 82 earlier. humidity at 2:30 p.m. was 50.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
Teacher Federation Bans Reds Fascists at AFT Convention
Detroit report says the American Federation of Teachers approved a constitutional amendment prohibiting membership to applicants under totalitarian control such as communist, Nazi, or fascist groups. The rule targets ideological extremes and expands existing eligibility limits.
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Detroit
American Federation of Teachers National Convention
AFT
Beaverbrook eyes U S entry in war amid aid to Britain
London reports Lord Beaverbrook, minister of supply, said he would like to see the United States join the war but left the decision to American people. He cited steady U S production and ongoing aid to Britain while noting Russia and Canada also receive support.
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Beaverbrook
U.S
London
Lord Beaverbrook
United States
Washington
Britain
America
Russia
Roosevelt Labor Day address to climax coast to coast program
President Roosevelt will deliver the national Labor Day address as the climax of an hour long program starting at 11 a m Iowa time carried by NBC and CBS networks. Bevin English labor minister will speak from London on Britain’s measures to prevent arm production breaks.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Iowa
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia and
Mutual Systems
Ernest Bevin
London
Japs Open To U S Negotiations Says Ishii
TOKIO AP Japan would welcome talks with the United States to ease Far East tension if a reasonable conclusion is possible Koh Ishii cabinet information bureau spokesman said Tuesday at a press conference He added no information indicated such negotiations were underway
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TOKIO
Japan
United States
Far East
Koh Ishii
Cabinet Information Bureau
Ishii
Senate Finance Committee Advances Simplified Tax Returns
The Senate Finance Committee approved a simplified return for taxpayers earning 3000 dollars or less annually. The measure would let individuals file at post offices to determine tax due using basic income and dependents data. The panel also backed small increases in normal tax rates for corporations with net income up to 25000 dollars, boosting projected revenue by about 3.2 million dollars annually.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Clark
Idaho
George
Paris Opposes Vichy Regime in Rump Parliament Session
More than 100 French MPs met in a rump session to form an opposition to Marshal Petain's Vichy regime. Emergency courts pressed swift trials for communists and saboteurs as sabotage and unrest spread in the Paris area amid heavy police and German troop presence.
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Vichy
France
Henri Philippe Petain
Carneville
Cherbourg
Paris
Petain
Popular Front
Leon Blum
Edouard
Daladier
Edouard Herriot
Bordeaux
Nantes
Tours
Senate Moves on Gas Scarcity Probe and Oil Flow
The Senate Commerce Committee unanimously approves a resolution for a special inquiry into gasoline and fuel oil shortages along the Atlantic seaboard and a separate probe of defense priority system administration. Price Administrator Henderson vows action within 48 hours to stabilize eastern retail prices as Sen Maloney pushes the gas shortage inquiry forward. A new Baton Rouge to Greensboro pipeline is expected by December, freeing 10 or more tankers for North Atlantic oil deliveries.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Senate
Atlantic Seaboard
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Thomas P. Henry
American Automobile Association
Francis T. Maloney
Conn
Ralph K. Davies
Baton Rouge
Greensboro
N. C
South Atlantic
North Atlantic States
Police Judge Becomes Citizen Johnson To See Justice Done
Judge Harry Johnson abruptly resigns his robe to become Citizen Johnson and direct charges against Parke Kramer 25 of Marion. Kramer, driving 50 mph with a dragging bumper, pleads guilty to reckless driving and has a $50 fine. also pleads to leaving the scene of an accident with a suspended $25 fine. Police, including Stearns and Simon, and merchant police chief Goodhue, chase Kramer after a bumper spark display near Third Avenue SE.
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Cedar Ranlds News
Harry Johnson
Johnson
Parke Kramer
Marion
Eddie Stearns
Charles Simon
Kramer
Jesse Clift
Judge Johnson
Citizen Johnson
Clift
H. R. Churchill
W. W. Crissman
Stearns and
Simon
Third Avenue
Sixth Street
Eighteenth Street
Fred Goodhue
Merchant
First Avenue E
L. Bodine
St. Louis
Capt. Clift
One of Former U. S. Destroyers Sunk
London AP reports the former U S destroyer Hopewell renamed Bath and manned by a Norwegian crew for Britain has been sunk with unspecified crew losses. This marks the first loss of a former U S destroyer to be announced.
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London
United States
Hopewell
Bath
Britain
Lindbergh Denied City Auditorium Use
Oklahoma City officials voted unanimously to bar Col. Charles A. Lindbergh from using the city auditorium for a Friday night address. The move comes ahead of a planned visit by the famed aviator and activist, highlighting tensions over his public appearances.
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Oklahoma City
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
U S Backing Iran Invasion Seen With Fleet Support
Washington sources say the United States is likely to approve the Soviet-British invasion of Iran and may ship war supplies to Britain and Russia through Iran under Pacific fleet protection. The move risks souring US Japan ties while extending a transpacific supply route.
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Washington
United States
Iran
Great Britain
Russia
Pacific
British
Malaya
India
Persian Gulf
Japan
Vladivostok
Cordell Hull
Roosevelt
Bandar Shahpur
Qasr-i-Shirin
Tehran
Woman injured as car overturns near Fairfax
Mrs. Frank Osteen of Arlington Virginia, 30, suffered a sprained right shoulder and head injuries when her car left the road and rolled in a ditch three miles west of Fairfax on Highway 149 Monday afternoon. Passenger Donald W. Zimmerman of Scots, Kansas, was shaken but not seriously hurt. Mrs. Osteen remained in St Luke's hospital in fair condition Tuesday morning.
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Cedar Rounds
Frank Osteen
Arlington
Highway 149
Fairfax
Donald W. Zimmerman
Scots
Kan
Osteen
St Luke's Hospital
Zimmerman
Mrs. Osteen
Mexican Consulates Closed By Germany
Berlin reports Germany will withdraw privileges of Mexican consuls in Germany after Mexico ordered 15 German consulates closed by Sept. 1 in reprisal for German closures in Paris and six other cities. Germany also ordered Haiti consulates closed for political reasons while Cuba and Honduras severed consular ties with Germany.
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Berlin
Mexico
Germany
Paris
Haiti
Reich
Cuba
Honduras
Invasion of Iran prompts Allied advances and German expulsion bids
Allied forces from Britain and India claim quick victories in Iran as Cossacks near Tabriz and Red Army units push toward Ardebil. Iran's premier Mansur says neutrality policies and efforts to reduce German presence are underway amid German business evacuations.
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Red Army
Ardebil
Caspian Sea
Turkomen Republic
Tehran
Iraq
Persian Gulf
Ali Mansur
U.S. Mission to China Set After Roosevelt Talk
President Roosevelt conferred with Chinese Ambassador Hu Shih and ordered a military mission to China to survey supply issues and the strategic situation. Brigadier General John Magruder will lead the team amid the planning discussions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hu Shih
China
John Magruder
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Knox
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Paul Mallen
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Henry McLemore
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Marine Guard of Honor
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