Iran War Ends As New Cabinet Seeks Armistice
Firing ceased in Iran after a new Premier Ali Franghi ordered troops to halt as Tehran formed a government aimed at settling British and Russian terms. Allied forces backed by British and Indian troops controlled key ports Abadan Khorramshahr and Bandar Shapura while Turkish fears grew over possible German moves and Thrace was closed to foreigners.
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Persia
Ali Franghi
Britain
Archibald P. Wavell
Egypt
Tehran
Ali Khan Mansour
Roosevelt
Khorramshahr
Abadan
Bandar Shapur
Turkmanchai
Tabriz
Turkey
Thrace
Europe
Ankara
Hitler
Hay Fever Grips Cedar Rapids As Weather Defies August Norms
Cedar Rapids residents endured multiple nasal shocks as unusually high pollen levels lingered over dawn hours. Morning temps started at 55 rising to 58 by seven, 64 at nine, then 78 by mid afternoon with 27 percent humidity.
Thailand Considers Peace Bids
Bangkok Thailand AP The Thai government is considering making peace suggestions to warring nations said Nai Cieck Jayanam newly appointed foreign minister He said Thailand will adhere to a policy of friendship for all and seek peaceful settlements.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Nai Cieck Jayanam
Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano Undergoes Operation
Rome reports an official statement that Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano has undergone a successful threat operation. The release gives no further details on the procedure or its location.
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Rome
Count Galeazzo ‘Ciane
U S Manufacturers Must Accept War Orders At Expense Of Civilian
Washington AP A new regulation requires American manufacturers to accept orders for war supplies for the United States and allied nations even if it delays civilian deliveries. Defense priorities director E R Stettinius Jr extends priority rules to all firms, with penalties for willful misrepresentation and possible prosecutions.
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U.S
Washington
United States
Britain
Russia
China
E. R. Stettinius, Jr
Defense Priorities
Office of Production Management
Stettinius
Lindbergh to Speak in Oklahoma City at 10 000 Seat Site
The America First committee announced a 10 000 seat site for Charles A. Lindbergh and Sen. Burton Wheeler to address crowds Friday night in Oklahoma City. After the city council canceled the municipal auditorium, the group secured a west side sandlot ball park for a 30 minute speech on Air Power to be broadcast nationwide over MBS at 9 p.m. Iowa time.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Burton K. Wheeler
Mont
America First Committee
Lindbergh
Herbert K. Hyde
Hyde
MBS
Iowa
Three of the Best Renting Days of the Year
The notice promotes renting during a Labor Day weekend with high demand from travelers and students. It urges placing a For Rent Want Ad in The Gazette, advising readers to start Friday using 3-day or 7-day rates and to call 2-1121 to charge ads.
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Hitler warns on possible Turkish water use in Black Sea
Axis sources say Hitler warned Turkey he may need to use Turkish territorial waters in the Black sea but offered no other demands. Turkish envoy Husrev Gerede was to relay the message to Ankara during talks with Hitler and Ribbentrop at the eastern front. Movements into Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, and Greece were described as a diversion to unsettle Britain.
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Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Greece
Crown Prince Leads Italians In Russia
London report says Italian Crown Prince Umberto named commander of troops sent to the Russian front as broadcasts from Algiers reach London.
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Russia
London
INL
Algiers
Umberto
Roosevelt and Nomura hold Far East talks in Washington
President Roosevelt conducts personal discussions with Japanese ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura after a White House meeting with Secretary Hull. Nomura delivered a Konoye message amid tensions over Sino-Japanese war aid, Pacific ambitions, and trade restrictions.
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Roosevelt
Japan
Cordell Hull
Hull
White House
Kichisaburo Nomura
Prince Konoye
Nomura
Konoye
Siberian
Vladivostolk
South Pacific
United States
China
Russia
Germany
Linn Draft Boards Crack Down on Men Who Marry to Evade Draft
Linn county draft boards condemned a surge of marriages among new registrants to dodge military duty. They warned that marrying does not guarantee draft avoidance and noted many couples do not establish homes. Officials said marriages to Missouri towns like Kahoka are used to evade the law, risking immediate induction and loss of spousal support.
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Linn Draft Boards
Linn County
West Side Board
East Side
Marion
Charles Kosek
Kahoka
Iowa
Midwest
Arthur Huntington
East Side Board
Frank O'Meara
Marion Board
Kosch
O'Meara
Missouri
Kosek
Huntington
Linn
James Roosevelt Joins Donovan's Information Staff
Captain James Roosevelt eldest son of the President joins Col. William Donovan's information staff as a military adviser liaison between the information office and other government branches. He returned from a world tour as a military observer on June 11 with information for his superiors in the Marines.
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Washington
James Roosevelt
William J. Donovan
Roosevelt
Information Office
Marine Corps
Falls From Ocean Liner Saved After Hour in Water
A 17 year old mess boy, William Allred, fell from the Matsonia near Point Fermin, vanished in fog, and swam for nearly an hour before a navy boat and coast guard life preserver pulled him aboard and returned him to the liner.
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Los Angeles
William Allred
Matsonia
Los Angeles Harbor
Point Fermin
Alfred
Coast Guard
British government takes over railways in England
The British government assumed full control of British railways on Wednesday night, amid growing wartime measures. Officials said the move consolidates operations under state authority to coordinate transport and logistics.
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London
British Railways
Lax Bill Delay Threatened By Committee
Washington fights within the senate finance panel over taxing incomes of married couples in eight community property states risk delaying final action on the $3.5 billion tax bill. A motion by Sen. Bennett C. Clark to reconsider sparked the delay, focusing on about $51 million in tax changes.
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LLP
Senate Finance Committee
Bennett C. Clark
Texas
Louisiana
Arizona
New Mexico
California
Idaho
Nevada
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Senate
Sen. Prentiss M Brown
Mich
Vichy Blood Purge Escalates After Laval Deat Shooting
In Vichy and Paris a harsh crackdown follows the Laval Deat assassination attempt. Three men were guillotined in Paris as Vichy police hunt anti government elements with German support. Laval remains seriously wounded and Dent critically ill as authorities vow to purge all terrorism without political distinction.
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France
Paris
Pierre Laval
Marcel Dent
Fernand de Brinon
Laval-Deat
Paul Collette
Free France
Charles de Gaulle
de Brinon
Dent
Laval
Menzies Quits As Australian Premier
Canberra reports Prime Minister Robert C. Menzies resigned with A W Fadden elected unanimously as acting and government leader. The coalition government of United Australia and United Country parties faced Labor pressure to resign in favor of a Labor leader amid war consultations in London.
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Canberra
Australia
Robert C. Menzies
A. W. Fadden
Menzies
England
United Australia
United Country
Labor Party
Labor
London
Senate probes gasoline shortage amid sabotage claims
Deputy Defense Oil Coordinator Ralph K Davies testified that sinister and planned sabotage may underlie rising misinformation about an east coast gasoline shortage. He urged a Senate Commerce subcommittee to pursue causes and remedies, noting bids failed for 2.5 million barrels of heavy fuel oil and urging conservation measures.
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Washington
Defense
Ralph K Davies
Senate
Senate Commerce Subcommittee
Davies
Navy
Gulf Coast
United States Navy
Dnieper Dam Destroyed in Soviet Scorched Earth Policy
Moscow reports the Dnieper river dam worth 110 million dollars was destroyed by the Red Army to deny crops and machinery to German forces in occupied Ukraine. The spokesman said the act, part of Stalin’s scorched earth stance, flooded the lower river and hindered Nazi troop movements while preserving key Soviet targets.
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Russia
Red Army
Ukraine
Josef Stalin
Zaporozhe
Dniepropetorovsk
S. A. Lozevsky
Dnieper
Krivoi Rog
Hugh L. Cooper
Muscle Shoals
Boulder Dam
Shasta
Grand Coulee
Tennessee Valley
Dniepropetrovsk
Moscow-Leningrad
Germans Near Leningrad Press Advance Toward City
AP reports German troops storming toward Leningrad within 32 miles as volunteers join the defending Red Army inside the city. On the Dnieper front Russian infantry crossbacks are halted by German artillery while counterattacks in Gomel push back German lines near Smolensk and Kiev. Budyonny calls on besieged forces at Odessa to hold as the front stabilizes elsewhere.
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Associated Press
Leningrad
Dnieper
Moscow
Gomel
Smolensk
Kiev
Semeon Budyonny
Odessa
Ladage Injured in Princeton Motorcycle Race
Cedar Rapids rider Bob Ladage sustained a possible fractured skull and brain concussion when his bike hit loose dirt and crashed through a fence during a Princeton Illinois race. His condition was critical and in a semiconscious state. X rays were planned to assess injuries as relatives and his mother traveled to the scene.
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Cedar Rapids
Princeton
Ill
Ladage
W. C. Ladage
Seventeenth Street
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