Vichy Allows French Volunteers to Fight Communists
The Vichy government authorized French volunteers to join the European fight against communism both in occupied and free zones. Volunteer divisions were proposed in Paris, led by Eugene Deloncle and Jacques Doriot, with about 14 500 men. Russian officials and staff left France for port on the Mediterra nean coast amid the Russian break with France.
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Vichy
France
Russia
Spain
Germany
Dimitri Bogomolov
Port Vendres
Mediterranean
Paris
Eugene Deloncle
Dagoulards
Jacques Doriot
Bogomolov
Portugal
United States
Bungalow canning school Wednesday at two
City briefs report a bungalow canning school set for Wednesday at two. Advertisements note Private First Class Robert N. Smith of the 136th medical regiment at Camp Claiborne visits Cedar Rapids parents.
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Robert N. Smith
Co. H
136Th Medical Regiment
Camp Claiborne
Mrs. C. J. Smith
Seventeenth Street
Reich Radio Claims British Plan to Invade Spain
New York dispatch reports German Reich Radio stating Britain violated the Spanish frontier and plans an invasion. The broadcaster alleged RAF reconnaissance over Spain and warned of imminent action, noting German prewar technique of accusing others first.
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Reich Radio
Spain
Britain
New York
Ins
CBS
Great Britain
R.A.F
Publisher Carl Anderson Dies After Lie Detector Test
Chicago dispatch reports Carl Anderson a 56 year old Nebrask a editor and publisher killed himself after a lie detector test in Omaha related to the death of his wife Evelyn 57. Autopsy showed blunt force injuries to Evelyn and testimony suggested foul play. Police cited circumstantial evidence including a deed to a store building and a $1000 life policy as factors in the case. Alfred, the publisher's 29 year old son, was listed among related details.
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Chicago
INS
Carl Anderson
Anderson
Litchfield
Neb
Evelyn
Omaha
Earl Hancock
Sherman County
Nebraska
Ee Eee
Alfred
Congress Ends Session After Record One Session Appropriations
Congress recesses after approving 32.6 billion in a single session and 4.29 billion in one day. Major new sums go to Labor, Agriculture, Relief, and Defense programs. total surpasses the 1919 record. The session closed with the fiscal year ending at midnight Monday.
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Washington
Congress
Labor
Labor Department
Commodity Credit Corporation
Vacation in Jail for Reckless Driving Case
Leonard Fuller, a local youth, chose jail over paying a traffic fine after pleading not guilty to reckless driving at Vinton. Judge Ruhl set seven days to serve, with $25 fine and costs, while officers found Fuller with $50 cash and noted the jail sentence as his vacation.
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Webster
Leonard Fuller
Vinton
Fuller
John A. Ruhl
Jim Gildroy
Gildroy
Norway Road
Ruhl
Weather Outlook for Upper Mississippi Valley July First to Fifth
Extended forecast shows temperatures near to slightly below normal with a cool start and gradual warming to normal or slightly above by period end. Rainfall expected to be moderate and concentrated early in the period. The note also states the Indian rhinoceros costs about $18 000 in the United States.
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Mississippi Valley
United States
Second peacetime draft registration underway in 1941
About 750,000 youths aged 21 were to register as the second peacetime muster of manpower. Clerks in 6,500 local selective service offices processed melon colored cards as about 200,000 new registrants joined roughly 16 million already registered. A draft lottery date was not set, likely in the last two weeks of the month, with an estimated 1,000 numbers to be drawn and a two hour completion time.
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Washington
Selective Service Board
Army
Chutists terrorize Iasi in street fighting with Axis forces
Iasi, Romania, faced bombardment and street battles as Russian parachute troops armed with heavy machine guns and mortars attacked the town. Axis forces engaged them in intense street fighting, according to the Iasi correspondent of Messaggero reported Tuesday.
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Rome
Iasi
Messaggero
Sleep Walker Leads Officers To Stolen Cash
MACON GA AP A 24 year old railway mail clerk Henry Leonard Chancey faced mail theft charges after he, while apparently asleep, guided detectives to $30,000 in stolen cash. He waived a preliminary hearing and claimed sleepwalking as the culprit. Detectives Britt and McCallum reported that after handling part of a Federal Reserve cash shipment, Chancey led them to his farm eight miles away and pointed them to the cash.
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Macon
Henry Leonard Chancey
G. C. Britt
L. B. McCallum
Chancey
Federal Reserve
Prisoner Recalls Money Stashed in Shallow Hole
In a terse report a inmate described hiding cash in a shallow hole and later claimed amnesia about the nocturnal trip. Authorities noted the clothing and scene matched his account, but investigators seek corroboration.
Marengo and Cedar Rapids Nuptials Reported
The article describes Dorothy Fritz of Marengo marrying Carol Erland of Van Horne in St Patrick's rectory Cedar Rapids. Dorothy, daughter of Albert and Elizabeth Fritz, is a Norway High School graduate and attended the University of Iowa. Carol is the son of Chester and Mrs Erland and a Newhall High School alumnus. The couple planned a Sunday afternoon shower in honor of the bride.
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Hazleton
Louella Nelson
L. C. Nelson
William Schrader
Denver
Waverly
la~ von Nelson
George Schrader
Hazleton High School
Schrader
Waterloo
Delta
William Rea
North Skunk River
John McNabb
Rea
Camp Bowie
Texas
Ella Osborne
Monquero
N M
James Rea
Riverside
Viola Pestel
Iowa City
Wendell Winders
Montour
Kahoka
Winders
Bert Petsel
University of Iowa
Browns Business College
Pi Kappa Epsilon
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Ray Vernimont
State Theater
Richard Dix
Patricia Morison
Frank Morgan
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Ladies Aid of Bethany Congregational Church
Earl Mueller
Elmer Stanek
Lake and Gavennes
Center Point Road
Stanek
Stainek
Marlow C. Madson
Carl Pierce
Navy
Des Moines
Iowa
Hall-Erfest, Inc
Ramo
Weather Outlook
Penneis
Grand New
Walker
Iowa News
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Colare Oat
Pullman
Perth
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