War talk and ghosts of peace in a troubled week
A reflective column critiques wartime rhetoric as European tensions rise. It questions moral justifications for conflict, cites Norman Thomas on communism and war, notes the League of Nations considering moving operations to Vichy, and links Poland’s 1919 borders to renewed aggression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Thomas
Stalin
Hitler
Mr. Thomas
America
Thomas
Geneva
League of Nations
League
Vichy
France
Poland
Germany
Debate on European War and Farm Policy in Cedar Rapids
The piece argues against entering another European conflict while noting Henry Wallace would face worsened issues if war comes. It cites farm surpluses tied to public cash and mentions plans to expand free school lunches. A Cedar Rapids taxpayers group asks the school board to cut the general fund balance by 100000 as a tax relief measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Wallace
Europe
Secretary of Agriculture
der Fuehrer
Cedar Rapids Board of Education
Absorption in present crisis tempers view of Nazi Russian rapprochment
A valued friend argues columnists overlook the hopeful implications of Nazi Russian rapprochement while noting Japan's militarized government reports from Tokyo on Germany Japan and Italy relations and Western world hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Japan
Italy
Tokio
Poland warns anschluss will trigger war and crisis
Poland declared that any attempt to unite Danzig and the Polish Corridor with Germany would provoke war. The government urged negotiation but rejected coercion, as Poland braces for invasion with air raid shelters under construction and schools closed indefinitely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
INS
Danzig
Germany
Roosevelt
Hitler
Poland
Nevile Henderson
London
Poland Mobilizes Reservists and Arrests Young German Leader
Warsaw reports Polish reservists withdraw to defensive positions along the German frontier as Britain keeps Poland informed of talks with Hitler. Mobilization completes with all reservists in garrisons. Interior ministry says 12 Young German party members were arrested at Sierakow after long surveillance. police confiscate arms and ammunition including rifles pistols nitroglycerin and dynamite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Great Britain
Poland
Adolf Hitler
Ministry of Interior
Sierakow
Poznan
Karl Scuscke
Germany
Mercury Rises to 84 Degrees Saturday in Cedar Rapids
After a cool night the Cedar Rapids temperature climbed from 59 at 7 30 a m to 84 by 4 p m. The day cooled to 76 by 6 30 p m with clear skies and a midnight reading of 62. No other conditions or events are noted.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
Dog And 3 Pups Poisoned At Mills Residence
Another dog and three pups belonging to W. R. Mills on Circle Drive NE were poisoned Saturday morning, apparently with strychnine. Mills reported to police Saturday night asking for a search for the offenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids News
W. R. Mills
Circle Drive
Mills
Japanese seek independent policy amid shifting alliances
The article notes Japan pledging an independent policy based on morality despite the German Russian pact and allied strains with Germany and Italy. It contrasts this stance with the Chinese reaction, wary of Tokio’s morality concept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Italy
Japan
British Editorials Stand Firm Against German Demands
London editors from the Sunday Express Sunday Times Graphic Dispatch and Sunday Pictorial condemn yielding to Hitler over Poland. Papers vow no Munich style settlement and warn of war or liberty at stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Adolf Hitler
Poland
Lord Beaverbrook
Sunday Express
Fuehrer
Britain
Sunday Times
Europe
Graphic
Hitler
United States
Sunday Pictorial
Stephen King-Hall
Germany
Voroshiloff States Russian Reasons For Nazi Pact
Soviet War Commissar Klementi Voroshiloff said Russia joined the non aggression pact with Germany because the three power staff talks with Britain and France deadlocked over Polish passage for Soviet troops. He argued Poland refused military aid and that supplying Poland with war materials was a matter of commerce, not a military pact. The Izvestia interview marked the first public report on those talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Klementi E. Voroshiloff
Russia
Germany
Voroshiloff
France
Britain
Poland
Izvestia
Fires reported in Montana Idaho forests total 172 Saturday
Missoula Montana dispatch says 172 fires were reported Saturday across national forests in the Montana Idaho region, most were minor in nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula, Mont
Mns
Montana-Idaho
Poles Reject Cession as Britain Eyes Halfway Peace
Western diplomats report Britain may seek a half way Munich by urging Poland to concede some German demands. Polish officials insist no cession of territory or rights in Danzig will be accepted and vow to fight for independence. European hopes to avert war persist as Washington monitors German replies and prepares for possible conflict scenarios.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Great Britain
Munich
Poland
Britain
Danzig
France
Roosevelt
A. A. Berle
Frenzied Activity Yet No Hysteria As Soldiers Depart
London Paris Berlin and Rome felt the looming conflict as families farewelled servicemen. Rail hubs jammed with evacuations while Germans returned home or prepared to mobilize. Americans overseas faced travel chaos. insurance jitters rose as galleries moved treasures and royal sites shut for safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Europe
Paris
Berlin
Warsaw
Rome
Maginot Line
War Crisis Bulletins From Rome to Paris and Bern
German ambassador Hans von Mackensen delivered Hitler's peace terms to Mussolini, prompting a terse exchange. Paris bans civilian air traffic east of a Calais Paris Lyons Marseilles line, affecting routes to Belgium Netherlands Germany Switzerland and Italy. Germany guarantees Swiss neutrality and reassures Luxembourg of honoring its own neutrality.
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Rome
Ins
Hans von Mackensen
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
Germany
Fuehrer
Hitler
London
Nevile Henderson
Paris
France
Europe
Calais
Lyons
Marseilles
Belgium
Netherlands
Switzerland
Rail traffic halted at Danish German frontier Sunday night
Copenhagen reports all railway traffic across the Danish German frontier will be suspended from 10 p m Sunday due to traffic conditions A Berlin decree then imposes four week rationing on coal soap certain foodstuffs textiles and shoes across the Reich in response to the European crisis
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
INS
Berlin
Nazi Germany
Reich
Holdup Suspect Returns From Ottumwa For Trial Here
Jesse Weaver 24, described as mild mannered, was brought back from Ottumwa to face charges in the Farah food store holdup on July 7. He arrived with his companion Estella Brown 24 of Elkhart Ind and is jailed after confessing partial involvement to Cedar Rapids thefts and the Ottumwa arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Weaver
Michigan
Farah
Bob Vlach
L. B. Marshall
Ottumwa
Weaver
Estella Brown
Elkhart
Ind
Ted Truex
Otto Bobratz
John Collett
Cedar Rapids
Marshall
Ionia
Mich
Farrel Lehigh
Wars and Rackets as Commercial Conflicts
In this piece Arthur Baer likens wars to rackets as business battles. Two salesmen contest a client, clash, wreck a store, then sign a peace treaty and claim damages.
France tells Berlin to deal with Poland after peace offer
Paris reported that France demanded Germany negotiate directly with Poland for any peace settlement. Ambassador Coulondre delivered two points: France will honor its Poland guarantee and seeks equal talks with Poland. France mobilized reserves, potentially up to three million, as the crisis widened with Hitler's proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Germany
Robert Coulondre
Poland
Nazi Party Cancels Annual Conclave In Berlin
Berlin officials announced the Nazi Party congress planned for Nuremberg from September 2 to 11 would not take place delaying any future date. The move followed tense international signals and reflected a serious German response to European developments.
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Berlin
Nuremberg
Adolf Hitler
National Socialism
Germany
London
Wilhelmstrasse
Argument In Car Leads To Charge Of Drunk Driving
Neighbors complained of a car dispute in front of 848 Tenth street SW. At 8:15 p.m. Saturday Kenneth Warner aged 28 of 402 Sixth street SE was arrested for driving while intoxicated and his brother George Varner aged 30 of 504 C avenue NE for intoxication. Patrolmen Bruce and Dyson stopped the vehicle at the corner of Tenth avenue and Tenth street SW after they had left their parking spot. Both admitted drinking beer. Kenneth Varner lacked a driver's license when searched.
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Tenth Street
Kenneth Warner
Sixth Street
George Varner
C Avenue NE
Bruce
Dyson
Tenth Avenue
Kenneth Varner
Weather outlook for Aug 28 to Sept 2 in Midwest valleys
AP forecast for the Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys calls for generally fair conditions with temperatures above normal. Showers bring cooler spells early in the week and again toward the end, with improving conditions between.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Hurban warns against second Munich over German Polish crisis
Col. Vladimir Hurban, Czech minister to the U.S., warned that Hitler will not be stopped by compromise and warned that any peace with Germany would be a German peace. He urged no negotiation with Hitler and predicted subjugation unless opposed. He praised Roosevelt for seeking sovereignty for weak nations and called for collective security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Vladimir Hurban
United States
Czechoslovakia
Munich
Hurban
Hitler
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Britain Holds Up Showdown In War Crisis
Britain and France on Saturday night drafted a firm reply to Adolf Hitler while leaving room for a diplomatic compromise. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's cabinet met in emergency session and weighed two alternative replies to the German demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
INS
Great Britain
France
Adolf Hitler
Neville Chamberlain
Secret talks orbit European war crisis in Rome London Paris
Paris dispatch reports that Italy initiated high level consultations among Rome London and Paris as a potential peaceful solution to the European war crisis. The talks are said to stem from President Roosevelt's message to King Victor Emmanuel with advance Italian government knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
INS
Rome
London
Italy
Roosevelt
Victor Emmanuel
British cabinet weighs Hitler proposals on war or peace in Europe
The cabinet's foreign affairs committee presented alternatives to Hitler's proposals. The plan allows Poland to decide, with Britain offering guarantees if independence is threatened and a possible Danzig settlement under joint Polish German control of customs. Britain to consult Poland France and dominions before reconvening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
London
Berlin
Hitler
Poland
Stalin
Mussolini
Daladier
France
Britain
Fuehrer
Paris
Cabinet
Foreign Affairs Committee
Danzig
Germany
Crash on 16th Ave SW Injures Six People
Six people were injured in a collision at 11 35 pm Saturday at the Sixteenth avenue and Sixth street intersection. Drivers John S S Chandler and Robert Fisher both failed to stop. The Chandler car rear suffered head and facial scratches. four in the Chandler party were hurt. Fisher, taken to Mercy hospital, sustained shock and injuries. Passenger Dorothy Bedner received a left shoulder bruise. Fisher is visiting Cedar Rapids and could remember little.
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John S&s
Chandler
Sixteenth Street
Robert Fisher
Belleville
Kan
Sixteenth Avenue
Sixth Street
John Chandler
Lillian Jamesson
James A. Smrha
Fisher
Mercy Hospital
Smrha
Dorothy Bedner
Ninth Street
Cedar Rapids
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Kensington Palace
Zoological Gardens
Berne
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Luxembourg
Bugs
Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Coulondre
Parteistag
William Hillman
Viscount Halifax
16Th Ave
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