Confessed Killer Catoe Linked to Six Washington Sex Slayings
Police announced that Jarvis Roosevelt Catoe, 38, a former houseman, confessed to raping and strangling six Washington women and one New Yorker, including Betty Strieff and Evelyn Anderson, and admitted four additional rapes. New York and Washington officers traced the crimes to the suspect, whose case prompted a police shake-up and a congressional investigation.
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Washington
New Yorker
Edward J. Kelly
Jarvis Roosevelt Catoe
New York
War Department
Kelly
Catoe
Evelyn D. Anderson
Bronx
Anderson and Strieff
Rose Simon Abramowitz
Social Security Board
Ada Puller
Lucy Kidwell
Mattie Steward
Josephine Robinson
Ernest W. Brown
Congress
Miss Strieff
Police Department
Lindbergh Wheeler Rally Draws Oklahoma City Police Attention
Charles Lindbergh and Senator Wheeler address an America First Committee rally at a sandlot park after the city denied use of a municipal venue. State police and deputies were asked to attend to prevent incidents amid prior escorts and hotel room guards. The event will be broadcast by MBS.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Charles A. Lindbergh
Burton K. Wheeler
Mont
America First Committee
MBS
Lindbergh
Wheeler
American Legion
Leon Philips
Illips
Weasry
Native Of Cedar Rapids Named To High Navy Office
Artemus L. Gates of New York, a World War I naval aviation hero, was nominated by President Roosevelt to be assistant secretary of the navy for aeronautics. Gates, head of the New York Trust Co., led a rescue at Dunquerque, earned the DSC and DSM, was shot down behind enemy lines, and later became a prominent aviation figure in industry and finance.
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Washington
Artemus L. Gates
New York
Roosevelt
Navy
New York Trust Company
Gates
Senate
Naval Air Station
Dunkerque
Britain
Who's Who In America
Cedar Rapids
Marvin J. Gates
Emma Lamb Gates
Yale University
Alice T. Davison
Senate Finance Committee Passes Large Tax Bill
The Senate Finance Committee approved a 3.672 billion dollar tax measure, with treasury estimates suggesting it could rise toward 4 billion. A proposed old age pension expansion was rejected, and a 13 member panel with 10 thousand dollars was authorized to study non essential federal spending. Tax increases include higher corporation surtax to 7 percent, raised admissions tax to 15 percent, telephone tax to 10 percent, and an excise levy of 10 percent on electric bulbs.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
House
George
Finance Group
Senate
Harry F. Byrd
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Ways and Means
House Appropriations
Augustus N. van Deusen dies at 95 in Chatham
Augustus N. van Deusen, at 95, died in Chatham New York, nearly eight decades after army physicians deemed him too frail to serve in the Civil War. The report notes his long life since the rejection in his youth.
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Chatham, N. Y
Augustus N. van Deusen
Fuhreter Duce Meet War Aims On European Order
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini issued a joint communique stating the axis aims to erase causes of past European wars and pursue a victorious conclusion to the war. The leaders held talks on military and political questions at northern and southern Russian front headquarters. The meeting emphasized comradery and axis unity as observers noted it as a reply to Anglo American proposals. The delegates included Ribbentrop Ciano Keitel Cavallero and other senior officers with Ciano unable to attend recent events.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Europe
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Filippo Anfuso
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Wilhelm Keitel
Supreme Command
Ugo Cavallero
Ciano
Bruno Mussolini
Il Duce
Pisa
Fuehrer
Mussolini Praises Russia Visit as Defense of Europe
Premier Mussolini sent a formal message to Hitler asserting that his observations in Russia prove the historical reach of the Italian revolutions and their role in saving European civilization from Bolshevism.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Russia
Wanted Sleeping Rooms and Apartments
Returning teachers students and others seek to settle before school opens next Tuesday and watch For Rent ads in The Gazette. Saturday Sunday and Monday Labor Day are ideal days to advertise vacant rooms and apartments and attract good paying tenants quickly. To start your For Rent ad call before 12 noon Saturday. Use the 3 day rate to save money by dialing 2 1121 to reach an ad taker.
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The
Gazette
F D R reshapes defense setup with seven man priorities board
President Roosevelt orders a new seven member supply priorities and allocations board headed by Vice President Wallace to streamline defense production. The board includes Knudsen Hillman Stimson Knox Henderson and Hopkins with Donald Nelson as executive director. Stettinius shifts to lend lease administration. Wallace to chair but may be absent, Nelson handling key technical work. The order also creates a civilian supply division within OPM led by Henderson to plan civilian allocations. Knudsen also creates six new OPM divisions to boost war material output.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Defense
Wallace
William §. Knudsen
Sidney Hillman
Stimson
The
Navy
Knox
Office of Production Management
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
Donald M. Nelson
OPM
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Nelson
Division of
Civilian Supply
Henderson
Board of Seven
August Warm Spell Returns For Cedar Rapids Forecast
Cedar Rapids area expects partly cloudy conditions with a warm spell. Friday temperatures will hit the mid to upper 80s to 90s with readings around 88 by Friday afternoon. Humidity remains low as the week ends with a rebound from cooler days and a rising trend into the nineties possible.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers
Alcohol barred at USO canteens for service men
Mrs. Ella P. Christner director of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union department of soldiers and sailors said she received notice that no alcoholic beverages would be served in establishments provided for service men by the United Service Organizations.
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Se Rapids, Mich
Ella P. Christner
Women's Christian Temperance Union Department of Soldiers and Sailors
United Service Organizations
Roosevelt hints on world affairs in Labor Day address
President Roosevelt indicated his Labor Day radio speech may include a significant statement on international affairs. He noted Labor Day marks the second anniversary of the current world conflict and declined to comment further before delivering his remarks Monday.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Japan Seeks East Asia Co Prosperity Peace Plan
Domei cites Prince Konoye as urging a pacific stable order in the Pacific, aiming to settle the China issue and build an East Asia co prosperity sphere. Cabinet and top generals met after Konoye’s message to Roosevelt amid delicate US Japan relations and the wider Russian German war context. Chugai newspaper expresses hope for amicable settlement through dialogue.
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TOKIO
Prince Konoye
Roosevelt
Japan
United States
Domei
Washington
China
East Asia
Pacific
Chugai
Roosevelt Nomura talks seen as step toward Pacific policy review
President Roosevelt and Ambassador Nomura held a man to man discussion on American Japanese relations seen by diplomats as a possible start to a broad review of key issues. Tokyo announced Nomura’s message to the President outlined the Imperial government's attitude toward the Pacific situation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Kichisaburo Nomura
Tokio
Admiral Nomura
Pacific
Fumimaro Konoye
Tallinn Falls to Nazi Troops in Baltic Offensive
Reports from Helsinki claim Tallinn, a key Gulf of Finland port with 135000 residents, fell after heavy bombardment as German forces captured Paldiski and threatened Leningrad. Finnish observers noted fires over Viipuri and Soviet ships sunk while the Dnieper front neared a German push toward the city.
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Tallinn
Helsinki
Gulf of Finland
Baltic
Viipuri
Leningrad
Paldiski
Dnieperopetrovsk
Dnieper River Bulge
Laval in critical but improving condition after shooting
Paris reports say Pierre Laval’s operation to remove a bullet near his heart was attempted as his condition was described surgically excellent though fever rose to 103.1. Laval’s aide Marcel Deat was in worse shape after abdominal injury as authorities pursue anti Vichy suspects and prepare Colette for trial.
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Bulletin— Paris
Pierre Laval
VICHY
Versailles
Laval
Rene de Chambrun
Marcel Deat
Deat
France
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Chatel Guyon
Paris
Paul Colette
Dent
Germany
Fernand de Brinon
Occupied
Colette
Jess
Adolf Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Laval-Deat
Croix de Feu
U S Aviation Officers To Tour War Fronts
Major General George H. Brett leads an Army Air Forces group to visit African Near East Mediterranean and Atlantic fronts to study British aviation needs. The departure date and itinerary remain undisclosed. Col. Ray A. Dunn Col. James B. Newman Lieut. Jack W. Perry and Harry C. Short join the tour, with Powers Doolittle and Boyd planning a separate leg to meet them.
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Washington
Army Air Force
George H. Brett
Air Corps
War Department
Brett
Ray A. Dunn
James B. Newman
Army Engineers
Jack W. Perry
Air Forces
Harry C. Short
Middletown
Air Depot
E. M. Powers
James H. Doolittle
K. G. Boyd
Roosevelt taps Harriman to lead Moscow mission
President Roosevelt announces W Averell Harriman will head the American mission to Moscow for talks with Britain and Russia. The exact size and departure date remain unclear though about six men are expected. John D. Biggers is named minister to London and will assist Harriman, with Hopkins shifting to supervise lend lease.
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Washington
Roosevelt
W. Averell Harriman
Moscow
Great Britain
Russia
John D. Biggers
London
Harriman
Biggers
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Josef Stalin
American Pact On Axis Ships
Delegates from 21 American republics reached a plan to use about 20 German Italian and Danish vessels immobilized in Western hemisphere ports. The ships will aid hemispheric economies and security with compensation, and Argentina Brazil may buy more. Britain waives belligerent rights for this hemispheric trade. Sumner Welles called it the committee’s greatest achievement since 1939.
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Washington
inter-American Financial and Economic Advisory Committee
Argentina
Brazil
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