Local Girls Announce Engagements and Weddings
Henry Voclave of Cedar Rapids announces the engagement of his daughter Helen to Robert McConaughy of Marion with a October wedding. Bernice Biederman of Cedar Rapids to Lyle Williams will wed July 27. both are graduates with careers in insurance and baking. Wilma Arlene Rowley to Merlin F Hennessey will marry July 9. Rowley is a McKinley graduate employed at Witwer Grove. Mildred Frances Gillen to Wesley E Kruse announced. wedding planned for August at Immaculate Conception Church.
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Henry Voclave
Cedar Rapids
Helen
Robert McConaughy
James McConaughy
Marion
W. F. Biederman
Fifteenth Avenue SE
Bernice
Lyle J. Williams
Carrie Williams
Third Avenue
Miss Biederman
Immaculate Conception
Burkhalter Insurance Agency
Williams
Grant High School
Petersen Baking Company
Wilma Arlene Rowley
Merlin F. Hennessey
Vera Rowley
Cobbancourt
Hennessey
George F. Hennessey
Thirtieth Street
Miss Rowley
McKinley High School
Witwer Grocer Company
Sacred Heart School
Monticello
Hennessey Brothers Landscaping Firm
Charles Gillen
Tenth Street
Mildred Frances
Wesley E. Kruse
Elmer Kruse
Immaculate Conception Church
Britain replies to French charge over defeat
London dismisses French Foreign Minister Baudouin claim that British hesitancy caused French losses in northern France. The British Ministry of Information questions the statement's authenticity and notes it would require government and its Italo German masters' approval.
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London
INS
Paul Baudouin
Vichy
Baudouin
Maxime Weygand
Meuse
France
Ministry of Information
Germany
Rumania
Italy
Reic
U S Acts To End Strike Detrimental To Defense Plans
The federal labor department conciliator Dr. John R. Steelman ordered Aluminum Company of America and the CIO Aluminum Workers union to resume negotiations in Washington on Monday to avert a strike that could delay the national defense program. He stressed the industry is vital to defense. Union and company reps agreed to the Monday talks.
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Tittsburgis
INS
No. 1
Labor Department
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Aluminum Company of America
CIO
Aluminum Workers Union
Washington
Urge Instruction In Marksmanship
CAMP RITCHIE Md The National Rifle Association offered the range facilities of its 3 300 rifle clubs to the country Saturday and urged members to begin courses of instruction in arms and marksmanship for all persons of military age in their communities.
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Camp Ritchie
National Rifle Association
Germans Reds Plan Reopen Consulates in Key Cities
Germany and Soviet Russia agreed to reopen their consulates at Leningrad Batum Vladivostok Hamburg Koenigsberg and Vienna officials announced Saturday. Tass denied reports of a secret Russo US pact against Japan.
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Moscow
INS
Germany
Soviet Russia
Leningrad
Batum
Vladivostok
Hamburg
Koenigsberg
Vienna
Soviet News Agency
Tass
Russia
United States
Japan
Nazis and Greece sign new economic pact
London based AP Reuters reports from Athens that Germany and Greece signed an economic agreement increasing import and export quotas. The deal aims to expand trade between the two nations.
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Greece
London
Reuters
Athens
Germany
First Lady urges admission of British children to U S
Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt appeals on a national radio for a spontaneous rescue plan to bring British children to the United States. She urges relaxing state department rules and asks for applications to the child refugee committee, noting funds are needed and action must be swift.
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U. S
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Great Britain
United States
Child Refugee Committee
New York City
Columbia Broadcasting System
State Department
British Isles
Spencer Tracy
Hollywood
Spain
U S Moves To Prioritize War Materials
The United States plans to grant priority to orders for defense materials, with a new executive order to guide private and export deliveries. A special board, possibly including Donald Nelson, will decide priorities, and Nelson may be designated to act on national defense needs. The move follows new legislation expanding presidential powers and a defense request of 5 billion dollars for aircraft and armor.
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Washington
U. S
Great Britain
Canada
Latin American
Roosevelt
Donald Nelson
Army
Navy
National Defense Advisory Commission
Nelson
Congress
Senate
Nazi Sources Say F. D. R. Talks For Home Consumption
Berlin sources say President Roosevelt’s peace remarks are for American domestic consumption and reflect a sharp U S Germany clash over freedom of press and opinion. They claim the United States is not in the European war and will not negotiate peace, while praising Germany’s approach to governance and moral order.
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Berlin
Roosevelt
United States
German Reich
German Republic
Germany
America
Britain Lists Raid Civilian Casualties
Britain reports civilian casualties from raids since June 18 total 115 with 39 in the Channel Islands. German flyers killed exceed 146. Nazi planes destroyed listed as 36 22 shot down at night and 14 in daylight raids.
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London
Britain
Channel Islands
British Troops Claim Surprise Destruction of Italian Column
Cairo communique reports British forces destroyed an Italian mechanized column in a surprise raid into Libya during a Saturday night operation.
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Cairo
Ins
Libya
Democrats contest over foreign policy plank at Chicago convention
At the Chicago Democratic National Convention nine days away the fight centers on the foreign policy plank. Sen. Burton Wheeler seeks a speech nominating him as a candidate while opposing entangling alliances and Roosevelt’s third term. Ida. isolationist Sen. D Worth Clark urged as Wheeler speechmaker as Willkie attacks and Garner is eyed for VP.
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Washington
INS
Chicago
Burton K. Wheeler
Mont
Roosevelt
D. Worth Clark
Ida
Wheeler
United States
Wendell L. Willkie
St. Louis
Clark
Garner
GOP
Willkie
Rep. Rankin
Miss
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
Willkie Opens Campaign Drive in Washington Clash with GOP
Republican candidate Wendell L. Willkie plans a two day stop in Washington to meet Sen. Charles L. McNary and other congressional Republicans amid internal opposition. A Monday dinner with GOP members is set as a peace effort before he heads to Colorado for a two to three week vacation, then a formal run announcement near Elwood Indiana.
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New York
Wendell L. Willkie
Washington
Colorado
Willkie
Charles L McNary
Ore
Frank Horton
Wyo
Congress
Elwood
Ind
New Fair Bombing Scare at New York World’s Fair
Crowds again faced a bomb scare at the New York World’s Fair after a week. Two packages found near the British pavilion and the League of Nations building contained scrap wool and an empty container. Police treated the items as harmless, with ten bomb squad detectives inspecting them for over an hour.
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New York
League of Nations
Tipton Alburnett Brides Engaged and Married Plans
Tipton announces the engagement and forthcoming marriage of Miss Iola W. Kee to Harland Jones of Alburnett and sets the Aug. 2 wedding at 4 p.m. in the Little Brown church, Nashua. Also, Miss Betty Norris and David Mort of Rochester announce their engagement with a breakfast hosting 18 guests and a planned Aug. 3 wedding, noting Norris’s education and Mort’s coaching role.
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Iola W. Kee
Harry Kee
Alburnett
Harland Jones
RB. Jones
Little Brown Church
Nashua
Tipton
Betty Norris
David Mort
Rochester
Minn
Frank Norris
Mary Norris
Norris
Tipton High School
Monmouth College
Good Hope
Mort
Niagara Falls University
Teachers College
LaCrosse
Wis
U.S. Warships Reported Off Martinique As Axis Watch Tightens
A U S destroyer squadron was reported near Martinique while French sources note a British blockade. Neutrality patrol units prepared for danger zones, with Hull saying the United States would merely observe and inform. The Pan American Union approved Havana conference agenda to discuss Dutch and French possessions. Hull will lead the American delegation at Havana and attend the July 15 Democratic convention in Chicago.
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Washington
United States
Martinique
U. S
Cordell Hull
Atlantic Ocean
Pan American Union
Havana
Western Hemisphere
Hull
Chicago
Iowa Overcharged for Lighting in 1938 Says Rankin
Representative Rankin charged in the Congressional Record that consumers in the Midwest and Northwest paid excess for electric light and power in 1938. He cited Iowa and others as overcharged by 17,446,384 dollars, comparing state rates with Tacoma Public Utility rates to argue for rural electrification.
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Washington
Rankin
Miss
Midwest
Northwest
Iowa
Tacoma
Wash
Judge Says Dogs Will Bark Anyway
In Chicago a court invalidated an injunction against barking dogs sought by Ole Kolseth against Edith Strassheim. The judge ruled enforcement would be too difficult though Strassheim testified she had tried to keep the dogs quiet and the dogs continued to yip.
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Chicago
INS
Ole Kolseth
Edith Strassheim
Kolseth
If Wheeler Runs Willkie In
Friends of Sen. Burton Wheeler of Montana say they are surveying nationwide support for a third party bid. Ned Norris notes Wheeler would not win but a bolt could help Republicans pick Wendell Willkie for the White House.
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Wheeler
Willkie
Norris
Washington
Burton K. Wheeler
Mont
George W. Norris
Ned
New Deal
Wendell Willkie
White House
Milwaukee Man Admits Beating Wife to Death
Ray White a 38 year old unemployed brick layer confessed to beating his wife Helen 32 to death with a baseball bat during a moving day quarrel in Milwaukee Wisconsin authorities said Saturday.
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Milwaukee
Wis
INS
Ray White
Helen
Haakon Refuses Abdication Amid Nazi Occupation
King Haakon of Norway, a refugee in England since Norway capitulated to Germany, reportedly refuses to abdicate his throne. Oslo officials seek a pro German government without the king, aiming to end the wartime state between Norway's legal ruler and Germany.
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Stockholm
Haakon of
Norway
England
Germany
Oslo
Alkbanda
Noah Ark Edge On Northward Again In Alaska
Noah Satko and his family travel their homemade Ark of Juneau north along Alaska’s coast stopping in Ketchikan to show the craft to visitors who paid 25 cents. The unemployed Richmond mechanic plans to keep the ark near Alaska waters while seeking a settlement, abandoning Cook Inlet near Anchorage for now.
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Ketchman
Alaska
Ins
Paul Noah
Satko
Ark of
Juneau
Ketchikan
Tacoma
Wash
Richmond
Cooks Inlet
Anchorage
Nazis Set Up Food Requisition Bureau in Occupied France
Berlin reports German authorities have established a distribution bureau in occupied France to requisition farm products and semi finished foodstuffs for “just and continuous distribution.” Expropriation is denied but owners lose selling rights. stores not yet affected. Businesses must continue, workers stay, and price rises require special permission.
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Berlin
France
Congressional Candidate With Nazi Slant Guilty Of Disorderly Conduct
Joseph Mc Williams 36 leader of the Christian Mobilizers and James Stewart 51 were convicted of disorderly conduct for a street corner campaign speech in New York. Both received three days in jail and fines of 50 dollars. Stewart’s sentence was suspended.
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New York
Joseph McWilliams
Congress
United States
Germany
McWilliam
Handsome
Christian Mobilizers
American Destiny Party
James Stewart
Stewart
U. S. Checks On 16 000 Aliens On Visitor Permits
Washington reports the justice department ordered a checkup on more than 16,000 aliens in the United States on visitors permits. Some may come from conquered countries, with evidence that many were sent here to serve foreign governments.
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Washington
Justice Department
United States
Department
Romania Ends Parliament as Gigurtu Forms Pro Nazi Government
Romania shut down its parliament as Ion Gigurtu formed a pro Nazi government promising fascist policies and minority reprisals while pledging unity and increased agriculture. observers doubt the assembly will reconvene and Romanians eye shifts toward German Italian patterns amid border tensions and army expansion.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Ion Gigurtu
Tightened security after dynamite scare at Du Pont plant
FBI and state police hunted three men who allegedly planted four sticks of dynamite inside the Du Pont ethyl plant fence near Baton Rouge. The incident led to strict access controls, searches of cars and lunch boxes, and heightened vigilance at the defense related facility linked to Ethyl Gasoline Corp. The blast threat follows a prior unexplained explosion that killed three workers three months earlier.
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Baton Rouge
Franklin D Roosevelt
du Pont Ethyl
FBI
Newman De~bretton
United States
du Pont Company of
Delaware
Ethyl Gasoline Corporation of
New York
Standard Oil Company
Debretton
Nazi Industrial Population Jittery Over British Raids
Be TRESTON GROVER Berlin AP 1400 mile trip through the Ruhr and Rhine valleys shows nightly British raids harass German workers and injure civilians. Officials claim few military targets hit while damaged cities report deaths total about 100 with hundreds wounded and many homes destroyed. Factories largely continue to operate though nervousness and alarm persist as residents take shelter nightly.
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Berlin
Ruhr
Rhine
Britain
Propaganda and War Ministries
Essen
Duisburg
Dusseldorf
Cologne
Hamm
Wesel
Thenr
Ian
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Lasswell
Bernice Biederman
Mildred Frances Gillen
U.S
Morris
ACE Cleaners
Third Avenue SE
First Avenue
Idaho
New Fair
Thompson
Iola Kee
Haakon
Noah
Ark
Gigurtu
Romania
Bessarabia
Hungary
Tungary
Bulgaria
Bukovina
Carol
Reich
du Pont
Treston Grover
Morning Glory
3Rd Ave
10Th St
Lasswell Studio
Paramount Theater
Brabbit-Taylor
King Band Instruments
1St Ave
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