Senators predict defeat for Army plan on extended service
A group of senators, led by Adams and McCarran, say they will defeat any effort to extend draftee and National Guard service beyond one year. They argue the plan breaks the understood 12 month limit and would require consent for overseas or hemisphere service. General Williams reports guardsmen willing to stay as long as needed.
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National Guard
War Dept
Washington
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Western Hemisphere
John F. Williams
War Department
National Guard Bureau
Adams
Colo
McCarran
Wheeler
Mont
Congress
Stimson
Williams
Continental
United States
Alaska
Guardsmen
Guard
Roosevelt
General Marshall
Two Million Chinese Killed Since War Outbreak
TOKYO (INS) The Japanese government announced that about 2,015,000 Chinese troops have been killed since the Sino-Japanese war began. It also listed Japanese casualties in China and the Russo-Japanese frontier battle at 109,250 killed.
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TOKIO
INS
Americans Ready to Die for Independence
President Roosevelt urged Americans to pledge lives as well as loyalty to the nation on Independence Day. He warned freedom must be defended abroad and at home, calling for unity, speed, and toil to guard liberty against dictatorship. The nationwide ceremony, led by Chief Justice Stone and synced across the country, aired by radio.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Harlan Fiske Stone
United States of America
Mr. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Office of Civilian Defense
Justice Stone
Estes Park
Colo
Marine Band
Washington
Death Toll Rises Over Independence Holiday Across States
United Press reports heavy losses during the holiday with at least 249 deaths in 33 states. Traffic crashes led with 125 fatalities and fires, drownings, and other accidents added to the toll. Key incidents include a Kansas City fireworks blast killing L. E. Ballard Jr and injuring relatives, a Mattituck car-train collision killing five from a family, and several fatal crashes in Decatur and El Paso. California leads with 24 accidental deaths, followed by Illinois and New York. safety officials warn total auto deaths may reach 475+ in the three-day period.
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United Press
Kansas City
L. E. Ballard, Jr
Mattituck
N. Y
Long Island
James Ivetich
Decatur
Ind
Joseph Rozich
Chicago
Thomas L. Miller
Odessa
Tex
el Paso
Albany
Franklin Townsend
California
Illinois
New York
National Safety Council
Police Crack-Down In Cedar Rapids Turns On Bootleg Case
Cedar Rapids police say a Friday liquor raid led to a broader crackdown as two people suspected of bootlegging fled the city after detectives questioned the Millers at 1021 Fifth Street SE. A grocery store receipt tied Mrs. Miller to the purchase.
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Coop
L. B. Marshall
Bill Kudina
Art Miller
Fifth Street
Kudman
Fugitive Burgess Captured in Cedar Rapids Confesses
Cedar Rapids youth Kneel and Clair Burgess, 22, a Georgia chain gang fugitive, was captured Friday night in a local beer parlor. He pled guilty to three Cedar Rapids breakins and robberies and received a ten year sentence at Anamosa reformatory. Burgess confessed to two drug store burglaries at 1137 Ellis boulevard NW and a robbery at the Eagles club room.
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Cedar Rapids
Kneel
Clair Burgess
Georgia
Anamosa Reformatory
C. J. Haas
Burgess
Atlanta
George Connell
Fred Hasley
L. B. Marshall
W. J. Kudina
Carl Hendrickson
Charles Zasteva
Ellis Boulevard NW
Eagles Club
First Avenue
Marshall
Hasley Burgess
First Street
Hasley
Leonard Bruce
Bruce
Steve Stolba
Stolba
Detective Bureau
Connell
Mercury Soars To Higher Altitudes in Cedar Rapids Area
The Cedar Rapids region sees rising temperatures with a weekend heat trend. Early Saturday afternoon records show 78 degrees between 12:45 and 1:45 p.m. and a peak near 80 expected for Friday’s high. The day begins at 57 with steady warming, reaching 64 by 7 p.m.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
German Consulate Employee Found Dead in New York Home
Julius L. Otto, a German consulate employee, was found dead in his bath room in Mt Vernon N Y with a noose around his neck police stated the death appeared to be by his own hand authorities said the German consulate in New York is closed awaiting investigation
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Mt, Vernon
N. Y
INS
Julius L. Otto
New York
Japan's Merchant Movements Hint at New Policy
Washington watched Japan's handling of its merchant marine for clues to a new foreign policy amid the Russo German war context. Reports say sailings are canceled and ships in U S ports called home while two chrome ore vessels discharged at Kobe. Observers weigh theories including aiding Germany or expanding trade independent of the Western Hemisphere.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Japanese Supreme Council
State Department
Kobe
Sumner Welles
U. S
Manila
Germany
Italy
Pacific
Russians Defeated in Poland Seen by AP Reporter
AP correspondent Alvin J Steinkopf recounts a rapid German advance through southern Poland and western Ukraine. He describes destroyed Russian tanks and captured troops as German columns push east, with many prisoners and wrecked equipment amid ongoing combat and air attacks.
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Alvin J Steinkopf
Associated Press
Europe
Poland
Alvin J
Steinkopf
Lwow (Ap
Ukraine
Luftwaffe
Magnetic storm disrupts wartime news transmission worldwide
A severe magnetic storm disrupted communications across much of the globe on Saturday. News from German and Russian fronts was interrupted, forcing use of landlines and transatlantic cables. Moscow and Berlin stations lost wireless contact, with London providing the only Moscow updates for a period.
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New York
Moscow
Russia
London
Berlin
Fireworks Dazzle 12 000 at Hawkeye Downs in Legion Run
About 12 000 fans jammed Hawkeye Downs for a fireworks finale sponsored by Hanford post American Legion. The display featured 12 bombs exploding in red white and blue, plus a drum corps pageant by Musketeers V F W Cavaliers and YMCA Boys. Dwight Krumboltz urged vigorous Americanism while Roosevelt’s radio speech was rebroadcast. 6000 attended AMA motorcycle races earlier. full results on sports page.
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Scotty McLeod
Hawkeye Downs
Hanford Post
American Legion
Fairgrounds
Niagara Falls
Drums Corps
Musketeers
V.F.W
Y.M.C.A. Boys Corps
Dan Kruidenier
Bill Vesely
Dwight Krumboltz
Post
Krumboltz
Bombing Raids Hammer Nazi-Occupied North France
British bomber formations crossed the channel in relays to strike Nazi held north France after night attacks on German warships at Brest and Lorient. Scharnhorst Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen at Brest were hit, moored U boats at Lorient damaged, and bombs fell among targets near the coast. Observers heard distant explosions as raids extended toward Kristiansand Norway.
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London
English Channel
France
Brest
Lorient
Air Ministry
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Prinz Eugen
Channel
Kristiansand
Norway
West
Marengo Man Hurt In Fairfax Crash
Leonard Kurth a 23 year old from Marengo was treated for shock and abrasions after the car he rode in hit a truck south east of Fairfax about 11 30 Friday night. Driver Henry Verba also of Marengo and truck driver George Richardson of Marengo were not injured. The truck's lights had gone out prompting Richardson to slow and check the problem.
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Cedar Rapids
Leonard Kurth
Marengo
Mercy Hospital
Fairfax
Kurth
Henry R. Verba
George R. Richardson
Verba
Sheriff Office
Richardson
Grew predicts democracy will defeat forces of destruction
Joseph C. Grew United States ambassador to Japan said democracy would prevail and urged Americans to pledge undivided confidence in President Roosevelt. He spoke Saturday in Tokyo warning of threats to freedom and urging unity behind the Roosevelt leadership.
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Tokio
Joseph C. Grew
United States
Japan
Roosevelt
Nazis Meet Watery Graves In Berezina River Resistance
The Soviet report says the Berezina and Druja waterways halted German advances toward Moscow. Russians claim 750000 German losses in two weeks as the Red Army steadied its lines near Bobruisk Borisov and Lepel, with heavy artillery and machine gun fire in the riverine defense. The Stalin line and surrounding fronts mark the main fortifications as fighting stretches toward the north.
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Associated Press
Berezina
Russia
Moscow
Red Army
Druja
Grande Armee
Bobruisk
Borisov
Lepel
Dvinsk
Galacia
Kolomea
Stanislav
Murmansk
Karelian
Leningrad
Minsk
Motorcyclist Hurt In Crash With Car Near City Airport
Olin Coffman a Burlington resident 26 was described as fairly good by Mercy hospital attendants after his motorcycle crashed into a car driven by Vinton resident Ralph Jackson 23 on county trunk road X near the city airport Friday evening Coffman suffered shock and injuries to his left wrist left ear and facial area and other bruises Jackson assisted Coffman to Mercy hospital and informed Deputy Sheriff Pete Whittemore at the county jail.
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Cedar Rapids
Olin Coffman
Burlington
Mercy Hospital
Ralph Jackson
Vinton
Coffman
Jackson
Pete Whittemore
Deadline Passes For Renewal Of Driver's Licenses
Applications for driver's license renewals closed Saturday at 4 p.m. leaving about 5 000 potential applicants unregistered. Through the week 7 052 renewals were filed and 24 880 total since the drive began. Some sent blanks directly to Des Moines. those failing to meet the deadline face a test or possible fine. Renewal receipts 50 cents serve as proof until new licenses arrive. Licenses will expire July 5 1943.
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Sheriff's Office
James Smith
State Department of Public Safety
Des Moines
Pat O'Brien Rescues Children From Ocean Surf Near Home
Film actor Pat O'Brien saved his daughter Mavourneen and son Shawn from a deep surf hole Friday night in San Diego. Ronald Reagan assisted as lifeguards arrived after a strong cross current swept the family into danger. The girl was exhausted but unharmed.
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San Diego
Calif
Pat O'Brien
Mavourneen
Shawn
Ronald Reagan
O'Briens
Bill Rumsey
San Diego County
Rumsey
O'Brien
O’brien
Reagan
German Drive Reaches Dnieper in Push Toward Moscow
A two week Nazi offensive has crossed the Berezina and reached the Dnieper, with German forces 220 miles from Moscow as they push along the Leningrad Kiev rail axis. British experts note possible slowdown while the Red Army fights back, inflicting heavy losses on German panzer divisions.
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Stalin Line
Berezina
Dnieper
Moscow
Red Army
Borisov
Orsha
Mogilev
Leningrad
Kiev
Odessa
Smolensk
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General Ritcher
Ritcher
U.S
R.A.F
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Grew
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