Dies Proposes Campaign Reform After Reports of Coercion
Representative Martin Dies alleges federal bureaucrats in Washington solicited district residents to run against him with promises of support. He vows to push legislation tightening campaign finance laws, criminalizing solicitations by federal officials, and barring resigning officials from reappointment for two years. The plan includes mandatory sworn disclosures of spending and sources.
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Washington
Martin Dies
D-Tex
Dies
Hitler
Germany
Congress
Senator Inellgible
House
Senate
Kunze Buys Fishing Boat Plans to Fish Gulf
Bundist Kunze arrives in Mexico City with cash and buys a 20 foot boat for 1000 pesos. He loads supplies for a long voyage, claiming heart trouble and a Gulf fishing trip. Authorities arrest him on suspicion after finding maps, a camera, and flag drawings among his belongings.
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Progreso
Mexico City
Kunze
Gulf
Mexico
Chihuahua
Bilbao
Spain
Ministry of Interior
Antilles
Americas
Waukon Sends Twelve Selectees Off to Jefferson Barracks
A Friday sendoff at the station welcomed 12 selectees headed to Jefferson Barracks Missouri after passing physical exams. Corp. Truman Howard led the group with Albert L Bublitz Francis S Drew Erven Ellingson Irvin Gramlich Gordon G under son Lloyd R Kolsrud Leonard O'Brien Nels Quandahl Bernard Rethwisch Clement Stirn and Raymond Tehel among attendees from the high school band the selective service board American Legion and Spanish American War veterans.
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AUKON
Selective Service Board
American Legion
Jefferson Barracks
Corp
Truman Howard
Albert L. Bublitz
Francis S. Drew
Erven Ellingson
Irvin Gramlich
Gordon Gunderson
Lloyd R. Kolsrud
Leonard O'Brien
Nels Quandahl
Bernard Rethwisch
Clement Stirn
Raymond Tehel
Bombing Campaign At Kiska Yields Limited Observations
Allied forces report repeated air attacks on Kiska shore installations from June 25 to July 3. Fog prevented observations on several days, while naval reconnaissance on June 25 saw a large cruiser and three destroyers in Kiska harbor. Japanese transport bow sighted. a navy patrol plane was damaged but returned safely. July 2 and July 3 patrols noted attacks on Agattu escorts and renewed Kiska bombing with no clear result due to weather.
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Kiska
Navy
Agattu
Attu
British Counterattack Gains Mixed News at El Alamein
Allied air superiority is credited with halting Axis advances near El Alamein as Rommel’s forces suffer tank and gun losses. British observers note shifting defense favors but expect no large push eastward. The day’s fighting includes Axis raids on Ismailia and Alexandria and Allied downing of multiple German and Italian aircraft.
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Alexandria
Ismailia
Suez Canal
Egypt
Rome
el Alamein
Rommel
Africa Corps
Sidi Barrani
Richard Dimbleby
British Broadcasting Company
Navy Man Brown on Seven Day Leave in Brooklyn
John J. Brown of the naval hospital corps in Brooklyn New York is spending a seven day leave with his parents Mr and Mrs Joe E Brown at 1027 Third street SE.
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John J. Brown
Naval Hospital Corps
Brooklyn
N. Y
Joe E. Brown
Third Street
Wood cutting urged to ease coal supply strains
Acting Solid Fuels Coordinator Harold A. Gray urged wood cutting in rural areas to relieve anticipated strains in coal production and transportation for home heating next fall and winter.
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Washington
Harold A. Gray
Army Flyers Bomb Tokio A Model City In Texas
American airmen trained to bomb a life size replica of Tokio built in Midland Odessa Texas. Over 150 twin engine planes and observers watched two simulated raids with a mock anti aircraft barrage. The paper city includes factories and docks built from cardboard and lumber, with the dry lake bed serving as Tokyo Bay.
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Midland
Tex
INS
Texas
Jimmy’ Doolittle
Japan
Tokio
Odessa
Tokic Bay
29 Navajos Join Marines to War on Hirohito and Allies
SAN DIEGO AP reports 29 full-blooded Navajo Marines complete training at Camp Elliott and head to duty. The unit, sworn in at Fort Wingate, includes Private Johnny Manuliete and posted rifle range scores of 93.1 with 14 sharp shooters and 12 marksmen among 29.
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San Diego
Calif
Hitler
Hirohito
Mussolini
Camp Elliott
Uncle Sam
Marine Corps
Arizona
New Mexico Plains
Fort Defiance
Ariz
Fort Wingate
New Mexico
Johnny Manuliete
Weaving on Road: Ely Man Arrested for Drunk Driving
Mike E Stahley, 39, of Ely, was arrested by Highway Patrolman Wilbur Eicher after his car nearly collided with oncoming vehicles on highway 261 toward Martello. Stahley was jailed pending charges of drunk driving to be filed Monday.
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Mike E Stahley
Ely
Wilbur Eicher
Stahley
Martello
Highway 261
Eicher
Dutch West Indies Celebrate Independence Day With U S Aid
Curacao radio broadcast frames Independence Day as a shared cause with the United States. Editorials in Curacao and Surinam praise the alliance and reference human rights from the Declaration of Independence, viewed as returned with U S assistance.
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Willemstad
Curacao
INS
Netherlands West Indies
United States
Netherlands
Holland
France
Surinam
Wreckage Found of Canadian Twin Engine Plane Crash
RCAF officials reported the missing navigation training plane wreckage located 50 miles southeast of Winnipeg. Three crew members, a civilian pilot E. L. Compton of Winnipeg and two overseas student navigators, were killed. The aircraft had been missing since 11 p.m. Wednesday.
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Winnipeg
Man
RCAF
Here
E. L. Compton
Yugoslav Guerrillas Claim Check Axis With British Radio
British radio reported Yugoslav guerrillas fighting Italian forces in a three day battle. The broadcast noted that Yugoslav troops sent into the area had deserted to the guerrillas.
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New York
INS
CBS
New Colombia Chief On Way to See F. R.
Dr. Alfonso Lopez, president elect of Colombia, travels by army bombing plane from Balboa to Miami to meet President Roosevelt in Washington. The trip followed an invitation from the U.S. leader, with Maj. Gen. Davenport Johnson piloting the craft.
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New Colombia
F. R
Balboa
C. Z
INS
Alfonso Lopez
Colombia
United States
Roosevelt
Miami
Davenport Johnson
Fireworks at Hawkeye Downs Celebrate Wartime Independence Day
More than 10 000 people gathered at Hawkeye Downs for a two day holiday program ending with a large fireworks display. The Cedar Rapids event opened with motorcycle races and patriotic performances by three drum corps. Perfect weather drew crowds as tens of thousands traveled the highways for picnics reunions and fishing.
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Hawkeye Downs
Hanford Post
American Legion
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
AVG Fighters Break Japanese Air Supremacy Over Hengyang
American airmen supported by Zero type fighters escorted B-? bombers and repelled raids near Hengyang where the railway meets the Canton-Hankow line. AVG pilots shot down three to six of 13 raiders, marking renewed air combat strength after years of enemy dominance in the area.
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China
AVG
Burma
Hengyang
Kwangsi Province
Canton-Hankowailway
Changsha
Three Men Held In Kentucky Gas Tank Blast
In Harlan Kentucky three men were detained Saturday night by FBI agents as the investigation into the blast that destroyed E S Shoemaker gasoline tanks continued. Firefighters from Harlan and three nearby towns fought the blaze but could not prevent damage to adjacent Standard Oil tanks. The agents would not name the detainees beyond noting they were strangers to Harlan.
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Harlan, Ky
INS
FBI
E. S. Shoemaker Company
Harlan
Standard Oil Company
Har~ An
Aussies Join Yanks In Celebration Of Independence Day
In Melbourne and across Australia flags from the United States Britain and Australia flew at homes and businesses while Allied service chiefs met in staff conferences. US Army camps planned July 4 programs. venues displayed American colors. The Argus praised the American pioneer spirit in an editorial.
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Melbourne
Australia
United States Army
Argus
Osmers Commissioned at Fort Benning
Representative Frank C. Osmers Jr of Hahworth New Jersey received a second lieutenant commission after graduating from the officers training school at Fort Benning Georgia. He volunteered in the army on June 9 the day after voting for the declaration of war against Japan.
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FT. Benning, Ga
INS
Frank C. Osmers, Jr
Haworth, N. J
Japan
Fort Benning
Marshalltown Man Charged With Vagrancy
Dennis Daly, 54, of Marshalltown, was arrested on First Avenue East between Second and Third streets after 8 p.m. Saturday on a vagrancy charge. Capt. Steve Stolba said Daly was begging and molesting pedestrians.
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Dennis Daly
Marshalltown
First Avenue
Second
Third Streets
Steve Stolba
Daly A
War Labor Board Rejects Plan for Union Statements
The War Labor Board rejected a proposal by employer members to require unions to file public financial statements and approved 8 to 4 a maintenance of membership for the Farm Equipment Workers Organizing Committee CIO at Caterpillar Tractor in Peoria. The decision directs that employees who are or become union members by July 19 must maintain good standing for the contract duration while wage and seniority terms are to be negotiated within 30 days.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Caterpillar Tractor Company
Peoria
Wayne L. Morse
University of Oregon Law School
Congress
Morse
Farm Equipment Workers Organizing Committee
CIO
Citywide drive urged to donate rubber for military needs
The article reports on a 10 day extension for a rubber donation drive asking all states to contribute worn tires tubes rubber stamps discarded hoses and seat pads for critical military use. Mayor Hahn will contact Civilian Defense council chairman Henry Haegg and county salvage officials to expand plans Monday.
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Hahn
Henry Haegg
Civilian Defense Council
Chicago Aims to Recycle 30 Million Tin Cans Monthly
Chicago plans a monthly collection of 30 million used tin cans to aid national tin conservation. A first mass pickup is set for July 16, with 300 contracted trucks and 165 city trucks to canvass hotels and restaurants in the city and suburbs.
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Chicago
Anglo American air raid marks first close to home
The dawn raid by twelve Boston Douglas light bombers targeted hangars and administration buildings at Hamstede Alkmaar and Valkenburg near Maastricht. Six planes were American crewed, others RAF seasoned. losses included two Americans and one British plane. Official reports note sorties over ground with hedge hopping and ground fires.
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Air Ministry
A. T Harris
Bomber Command
U. S. Bomber Command
Germany
Hamstede
Schouwen
Alkmaar
Amsterdam
Valkenburg
Maastricht
U. S. Army Air Forces
R.A.F
British Isles
RAF
Cologne
Ship Torpedoed at Costa Rican Dock
Twenty three workmen unloading cargo on the United Fruit freighter San Pablo were missing after a submarine torpedoed and sank the ship at Puerto Simon Costa Rica. The vessel sank in thirty feet of water and salvage teams began recovering bodies. The submarine's nationality was not identified.
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Puerto Simon
Costa Rica
United Fruit
San Pablo
WPA Curtailment In Iowa to Take Effect Tomorrow
Des Moines AP reports that WPA projects will continue only if all required materials are on hand. Defense projects and reemployment training persist, as does the art and music division. In Iowa 34 musicians and 146 artists remain, with offices in 44 counties, as total workers are cut by 2,557 to 6,500.
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Des Moines
Work Project Administration
John M. Naughton
WPA
Iowa
Naughton
Iowa Special Taxes Hit All Time High Revenue
Iowa collected 14 special taxes totaling 71.37 million dollars in the fiscal year ending last Tuesday, a record for the state. Gasoline use income cigaret and retail sales taxes rose to new highs, with insurance premium taxes near the 1937 peak. May 1942 highway figures show 21 percent fewer vehicles on primary roads than May 1941, while use tax on new autos in the first half of 1942 surpassed the prior year despite federal auto sales freeze.
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DES Moines
Iowa
State Highway Commission
Tokyo says key operations ahead in Pacific campaign
Japanese wireless reports declare that operations against Midway and the Aleutians were only a prelude to heavy actions to follow. A Tokyo government spokesman says Japan now can attack Chungking from both northern and southern flanks.
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Tokio
INS
Midway
Aleutian Islands
Japan
Chungking
Townsend Knights to Install Officers at New Clubhouse
City Briefs note the Townsend club No 1 meeting Monday at 8 p.m. in the Memorial building council room with an officers and council session at 7 30 p.m. District and state convention reports will be given. Knights of Columbus to install officers at the new clubhouse on A avenue and Highth street NE Tuesday at 8 p.m. District deputy John Bormann will conduct the program. A luncheon will follow.
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Townsend Club No
Memorial Building
Knights of Columbus
Avenue
Highth Street
John Bormann
Perfect Day Spoiled by Cigarette Pole Fire
Cedar Rapids firefighters faced a disruption after a cigarette stub ignited a telephone pole at the Third Avenue and First Street SE intersection. The pole began smouldering but firefighters extinguished the flames with only minor damage to the pole.
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Cedar Rapids
Third Avenue
First Street
Theft attempt on auto stamp at White home
Richard White reported thieves tried to steal the federal auto stamp from his car parked at 1516 Tenth Street NE between 10 p.m Friday and 7 a.m Saturday. The attempt failed and was reported to police Saturday.
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Richard White
White
Tenth Street NE
Obituary Notices for Mrs Frank Kucera and Mrs Oscar Noble
Two obituaries from Cedar Rapids report memorial services for Mrs Frank Kucera who died at 11 a.m. Saturday at 131114 Second Street SE after a long illness. She was born November 20, 1874 and survived by husband Frank and multiple relatives. Funeral services are planned for Tuesday at Polansky chapel with lodge membership noted. A second notice details the death of Mrs Oscar Noble of 1239 Eleventh Street NW with services at Turner chapel on Monday at 2 p.m. Pastor E F Byers will officiate and burial is at Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Frank Kucera
Helen Kucera
Second Street
Cedar Rapids
Frank
Frank C. Kucera
Frank Vanous
John Placar
Iowa City
Frank Stusak
Robert
Polansky Chapel
Kucera
Zofie Podlipska Lodge
Oelwein Couple Wed in Sacred Heart Ceremony
OELWEIN Alma Luckeroth daughter of William Luckeroth of Seneca Kan and Corp Howard Sanders son of Mr. and Mrs. Herb Sanders of Maynard were married Saturday at Sacred Heart rectory by Rev E J O Hagan Attendants were Mr and Mrs Wilbur Gray Reception at bride's sister Mrs J A Kelly's home Bride a St Peter and Paul high school Seneca graduate Sanders an Maynard high school graduate and former Rath Packing accountant now stationed at Fort Des Moines and to make their home there.
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Oelwein
Alma Luckeroth
William Luckeroth
Seneca
Kan
Corp
Howard Sanders
Fort Des Moines
Herb Sanders
Maynard
Sacred Heart
E. J. O'Hagan
Wilbur Gray
Waterloo
J. A. Kelly
St. Peter and Paul’s High School
Mr. Sanders
Maynard High School
Rath Packing Company
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John B. Turner & Son
David Turner
John B. Turner
Funeral Directors
Second Avenue
Eighth Street
City Briefs
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Marion Road
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