Germans claim major hits on Russian fleet and bases
German high command says 60 Russian ships were destroyed in the Gulf of Finland as part of a larger assault crippling Tallinn and Viipuri. They allege 114 transports and warships sunk or damaged in a Red Dunkerque attempt while asserting progress toward Leningrad and the Baltic bases.
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Estonia
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Odessa
Black Sea
Ankeny arms plant contract interview with Mr Green
Mr Green discusses the Ankeny project and its defense industry implications. He estimates about 6 000 jobs at full operation and argues against bringing in new defense industries to Iowa. He notes no vacation planned and says material costs have not risen sharply. The interview touches on park attendance and ongoing work typical of his firm.
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Europe
Ankeny Arms
Mr. Green
State
Industrial Defense Commission
Ankeny
Bogus Check Artist Nets $51 In Local Shoe Stores
A man posing as a Norway based shopper cashed bogus checks at two shoe stores and an additional retailer, totaling $51. He initiated purchases by reserving shoes, then paid with checks later found worthless. police link the three incidents as the same suspect.
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Cedar Rounds News
Sam Cohen
Norway
Cohen
Waterloo
George Pappas
Kinney
George Connell
J. C. Penney
Ready U S Navy Dreadnought Demonstrates Massive Firepower
On a secret ocean mission the North Carolina fired the heaviest broadside in naval history with nine 16 inch guns and ten 5 inch guns. The tests, witnessed by experts and reporters, show two new American battleships ready for action and underscore U S naval strength.
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North Carolina
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Will Hays Denounces Film War Propaganda Charges
Will Hays, head of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, calls charges that films staged propaganda to spur war false and shameless. He accepts a Senate hearing invitation to review a resolution investigating war propaganda in movies. He argues screen freedom mirrors press and other expressive freedoms.
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Will H. Hays
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc
Senate Interstate Commerce Subcommittee
Clark
Idaho
Hays
New Defense Revenue Bill Would Raise National Taxes
Undersecretary Bell testified that the proposed defense revenue bill would push total taxes to about 22.07 billion dollars for the year, with federal taxes at 12.895 billion and state and local taxes at 9.175 billion, up from 14.3 billion in 1940. The plan would require American taxpayers to contribute roughly one fourth of the estimated 87.5 billion dollar national income.
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the Treasury
Daniel W. Bell
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Ways and Means Committee
Sen. George
Senate
Bell
New Tax Bill Seen As Starter With Higher Levies
Senator Capper calls the measure a starter with next year stronger. Senator George says treasury estimates are conservative and taxes will climb toward four billion dollars. Exemptions drop from two thousand to fifteen hundred for married filers and from eight hundred to seven fifty for singles. Surtaxes begin on the first earned dollar with a ten percent credit up to fourteen thousand dollars. A single earning fifteen a week would face six percent surtax. married over thirty a week also taxed. Treasury projects seven million new taxpayers, totaling about twenty three million. AFL and CIO oppose lower exemptions and plan to appeal to labor voters.
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Treasury
WPA
Axis Pact Remains Key Pivot of Japan's Policy
Domei News quotes informed circles that Japan will keep the co prosper ity sphere and China issue as immutable national goals. Ambassador Nomura delivered Konoye's Washington message to Roosevelt as outlining the imperial government's pacific stance. The British embassy said a ship will repatriate about 1000 British subjects from the empire amid asset freezes. Kaname Wakasugi reported to Tokyo that the US wartime structure strengthens and the antiwar mood has not halted peaceful desires.
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Domei
Prince Konoye
Roosevelt
East Asia
China
Kichisaburo Nomura
Washington
Pacific
United States
Kaname Wakasugi
Wakasugi
Hull says U S Japan talks merely exploratory
Secretary Cordell Hull announced that the ongoing discussions with Japan are exploratory and no decisions have been reached, casting a temporary halt on optimistic reports. The remark indicates no formal agreement and keeps diplomatic steps in flux as talks continue.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
Sympathy Grows for Laval Assailant in France
In Vichy on Saturday Paul Colette, a Norman youth who fired at Pierre Laval, received sympathy from the anti Soviet legion Laval was inducting. Supporters urged clemency as Paris papers, under German influence, softened their tone and defended Colette.
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Paul Colette
Norman
Pierre Laval
Laval
Colette
Paris
Airport Day Records Set At Chicago Airport
A total of 3 571 passengers arrived and departed from Chicago municipal airport Friday marking the busiest day in the airport history. Airport superintendent John Casey reported Saturday night.
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John Casey
Hiram Johnson 75 This Week Leads No War Bloc
Hiram Warren Johnson, aging 75, marks 26 years in the Senate while staying opposed to European entanglements. He predicts a near US conflict unless citizens act, urging voices raised through public channels. Johnson remains California’s senior statesman guiding antiwar sentiment.
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Hiram Johnson
Johnson
California
National Congress
Meet Mysterious Man Friday of Franklin D Roosevelt
Washington INS profile of Judge Samuel Irving Rosenman, Roosevelt's trusted adviser and closest ally. Since 1924 he has worked behind the scenes, shaping speeches, choosing personnel, and guiding defense agency investigations. Rosenman, known as Sammy or the Rose, is Roosevelt's behind-the-throne strategist and longtime confidant.
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New York Supreme Court
Roosevelt
OPM
OPACS
Lee Carson
International News Service
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Fridney
Washington
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Harry Hopkins
Steve Early
White House
Sammy
Rose
Justice Rosenman
Hopkins
Cedar Rapids Heat Reaches 95 Degrees on Saturday
Saturday in Cedar Rapids saw a high of 95 degrees at 3:15 PM after lingering near 94. The temperature then cooled to 88 by evening and to 73 after midnight, with readings climbing back to 76 by Saturday morning.
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Mercury
Cedar Rapids
Hot weekend forecast but showers possible in northwest Iowa
Des Moines area remains hot with temperatures in the mid to upper 90s over Labor Day weekend. forecasters predicted thundershowers in the northwest may affect picnics, while Des Moines and several cities logged readings in the 90s including Council Bluffs at 96, Des Moines 94, Iowa City 94, Davenport 94, Montezuma 94, Keokuk 92 and Atlantic 91.
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Keokuk
Atlantic
Who's Who'ers Oppose War Entry
Rep. Stephen A. Day announced a poll of 32 000 Who's Who in America readers showing 57 percent oppose U.S. intervention in the war, higher than earlier tests which placed anti intervention around 55 percent. The announcement was made Saturday night in Washington D C.
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Washington
Stephen A. Day
IIJ
America
United States
Day
Roosevelt Urges Full Uninterrupted War Production
President Roosevelt on Labor Day calls for full and uninterrupted production of defense materials. He says both management and labor must realize their duty to support national defense and freedom worldwide. The remarks foreshadow a Hyde Park address and stress dedication to democracy and ongoing war needs.
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Roosevelt
Hyde Park
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America
Americas
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Gazette Classifieds Open Monday Morning for Ads
The Gazette classified advertising department will be open until 10 a.m. Monday to accept Want Ads for the Monday paper. Use time now to place ads for a vacant room or miscellaneous items. Lost ads after the holiday or help wanted ads accepted up to 10 a.m. Monday for same day publication. Phone 2-1121 for an ad taker.
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Gazette Classified Advertising Department
Roosevelt warns axis could force war or peace in new world
President Roosevelt warns that dictators may decide Americas fate and that peace is not wholly in US hands. He says aggression from outside the Western Hemisphere could draw the United States into a world conflagration, addressing 500 attendees at the Roosevelt Home club gathering in Hyde Park.
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N. Y
Roosevelt
Americas
New World
United States
Roosevelt to broadcast address on all networks at 11:45 a.m
President Roosevelt will deliver a radio address to a Dutchess county audience and to the nation at 11:45 a.m. Iowan time. He cites a letter from a woman observer noting the danger of axis powers and world conquest, while criticizing isolationist sentiments in America.
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Dutchess County
America
Mr. Roosevelt
Americas
Europe
Africa
Asia
Sen
Bureton K. Wheeler
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Wheeler
Moses
Moses Smith
Right Of Way For Big Truck Output
Washington reports that the OPM granted the automobile industry a blanket order to maximize production of heavy trucks three tons and larger. The priority division assigned special ratings to heavy and medium trucks, truck trailers, and passenger carriers like buses for defense, while restricting production of other truck types.
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