Willkie Endorses Bases in Ireland Scotland Debate Rages
The piece notes Wendell Willkie backing U S bases in Ireland and Scotland if needed while Senator Taft questions the purpose and pace of such occupation. It cites reports that Britain leads defense bases with American participation unofficial and questions what strategic gain would come from moving British forces. The column also covers rising federal payrolls and potential draft deferments affecting industrial production. It closes with a satirical jab about congressional spittoons and wartime sacrifices.
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Enator Taft
Ireland
U. S
Iceland
North Atlantic
Cuse
Senate
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
British Isles
Wheeler
Northern Ireland
Scotland
United States
Taft
Ohio
Great Britain
Transatlantic
Roosevelt seeks 3. Three Billion for Navy and Maritime Commission
President Roosevelt asked Congress for 3,323,000,000 in cash and contract authorizations for the navy and maritime commission plus 698,000,000 cash and 1,000,000,000 in contracts for the maritime commission. He said most funds would buy ships and equipment, not armed merchant vessels, with deliveries tied to seized Italian and German ships and repairs completed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Navy and Maritime Commission
Army
Mr. Roosevelt
Navy
Maritime Commission
Mine Blast Death Toll Placed At 11
LEEDS Alabama Aug UP The death toll from an explosion in the Acmar No 6 coal mine of the Alabama Fuel and Iron company was placed at 11 Friday as workers sought two bodies in the wrecked diggings. Seven bodies were brought out before midnight. The blast was caused by gas and occurred soon after the shift of nine Negroes and two whites had gone to No 8 heading. The men apparently died instantly.
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Leeds
Ala
Acmar
Alabama Fuel and Iron Company
Donovan Named Defense Program Data Coordinator
President Roosevelt named William J Donovan to coordinate information on the defense program. He led the Fighting 69th in World War I and will collect and assemble data from various agencies for national security use. The plan avoids creating a super agency and clarifies he will not direct existing departments or intelligence services.
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Clonel William Donovan
Balkans
Roosevelt
Defense
Donovan
Army and Navy
FBI
Departments of State, Agriculture and Commerce
Washington
William J Donovan
White House
Truck Hits Train At Highway Crossing North Of Central City
A Des Moines driver, C A Borst, 49, escaped injury when his three ton truck collided with a freight train on Highway 13 about three miles north of Central City. The impact tore the hood and right side. fog and a slight dip in the crossing reduced visibility. Borst, en route from Manchester to Des Moines for Keck trucking, did not see the train until seconds before impact. The crossing had markers but no signals.
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C A. Borst
Des Moines
Highway 13
Central City
Borst
Illinois Central
Keck
Manchester
Mercury Remains Moderate As Sun Clouds Play Tag
Cedar Rapids notes a mix of sun and clouds with a steady 78 degree afternoon from 1 15 to 2 30 p m after a morning low of 63 at 6 a m The day rose to 73 by 9 30 a m Thursday saw a high of 82 after a morning shower The Chambers Inskeep column recorded 74 by 7 p m and 67 at midnight Rainfall measured .15 of an inch.
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Mercury
Chambers
Americans in Italy Free to Leave Under Equal Conditions
Rome reports the foreign office told the U S embassy that Americans in Italy will be released to depart under the same terms as Italians leaving the United States.
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Rome
Foreign Office
United States
Italy
Law Grants Broad Price Floor Power to Farm Nations
Gazette correspondent reports Congress and President Roosevelt approved a farm bill extending the Commodity Credit Corporation and greatly expanding its borrowing authority. Section 4 would empower the agriculture secretary to support 85 percent parity on basic crops and non basic crops, effectively placing a price floor on most farm products.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Commodity Credit Corporation
Banking and
House
Secretary of Agriculture
Senate
John Dansher
Connecticut
Army
Vichy Rejects British Terms In Syrian War
The Vichy government rejected British armistice terms to end the Syria conflict and said Gen. Henri Dentz in Syria would be given a free hand. Cairo said British forces closed on Beirut Aleppo and Homs as Ankara reports French ships interned at Alexandretta with hundreds of soldiers aboard.
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Syria
Vichy
Henri Dentz
United States
Cairo
Beirut
Aleppo
Homs
Ankara
Alexandretta
Gas company worker tracked by dead grass smells in search
Line Of Duty Patrolman Jack Wieland of the police Station received calls about a man wandering the neighborhood. The man carried a lunch bucket and ate grass at times, later found to be a gas company worker inspecting for a gas main leak by sniffing exposed turf.
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Jack Wieland
al Mikota
Wieland
Brady Transfer and Storage Fined in Interstate Violation
Federal Judge James A. Donohoe fined Brady Transfer and Storage of Fort Dodge Iowa 280 dollars plus costs for violating interstate commerce rules in dairy transport from South Sioux City Nebraska to eastern points. John J. Brady president was fined 28 dollars for aiding the violations. The firm and Brady faced a 300 dollar fine earlier this month in Des Moines for similar offenses.
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Omaha
James A. Donohoe
Brady Transfer and Storage Company
Fort Dodge
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sioux City
Neb
John J. Brady
Brady
Des Moines
Charges Filed Against 27 For Selling Beer To Youths Under Age
County Attorney William Crissman filed informations in Justice H R Churchill court charging 27 persons with selling beer to minors. Evidence from three underage buyers led to purchases in 40 taverns. Two owners hold permits. 25 employees charged. one employee now owns a permit. Warrants will go to police. preliminary hearing set. Fines range from 300 to 1000 dollars.
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Justice of the Peace
H. R. Churchill
William W Crissman
Detective Bureau
Bureau
Joseph W. Melsha
Rudy's Tavern
Twelfth Avenue
Alicia Navratil
Navratil’s Tavern
Third Street
Tom McDonald
McDonald’s Tavern
First Street
Crissman
Carl Hendrickson
Sheriff posse corners a scarecrow in tobacco field
In Kingstree South Carolina an armed sheriff’s posse chased a man accused of attacking a person. They closed in on a figure in a tobacco field with pistols drawn. The figure did not move it was a scarecrow.
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Kingstree
S. C
Sheriff's Posse
Nazi Offense in Russia Presses On After Pause
A new German offensive is under way in Russia following a 14 day halt blamed on supply and exhaustion. German forces plan to unleash mobile armored divisions while Russian resistance remains stronger than expected. Rail and road targets near Moscow, Leningrad, and Kiev were hit, with supplies disrupted and reported enemy losses near 1,000,000. Marshal Timoshenko reshapes the Soviet high command with three armies.
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Flanders
France
Greece
Stalin Line
Moscow-Leningrad
Zhitomir-Kiev
Smolensk
Luftwaffe
Red Army
Josef Sta~lin
Supreme Council of Defense
Semyon Timoshenko
Klementi Voroshilov
S. M. Budenny
Ukraine
Ambulance Drivers Freed by Nazis After Zamzam Sinkings
Washington AP Sumner Welles says 21 American ambulance drivers survived the Zamzam sinking on April 17 and have been released by Germany. Two more Americans, wounded, remain prisoners as repatriation talks continue. Survivors were onboard a raider and later landed in France before Navy transport plans to Lisbon.
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Zamzam
Washington
Sumner Welles
Welles
United States
Francis Vicovari
Coleader
Ned Laughinghouse
Wilson
N. C
Lisbon
France
West Point
America
Pernambuco
Cape Town
Biarritz
Britain Confirms US Labor In Northern Ireland Works
London says some American technicians and laborers are employed by the British government on works in Northern Ireland. The foreign office denied US bases, while Belfast papers hinted Taft proposals may push for US bases in the region to aid Britain in the war.
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London
Foreign Office
United States
Northern Ireland
Britain
New York
Belfast
Northern Whig
Sen
Robert Taft
Mr. Taft
Eire
Ireland
Belfast Telegraph
Taft
America
Russia
Jacobs and Kraft Lead Iowa Amateur Semi Finalists
Defending champion Johnny Jacobs led Dixie Smith three up after 18 holes as the Iowa Amateur semi finals began in Des Moines. John Kraft stood three up on John Stoltz at halfway in the other semi final.
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Des Moines
Johnny Jacobs
Dixie Smith
Waterloo
Iowa
John Kraft
Oelwein
John Stoltz
Ottumwa
Britain waives belligerent rights on seized vessels
The British government said it would waive belligerent rights on 28 Italian and two German ships seized by the United States after crews wrecked machinery. Britain had claimed the right to seize or sink enemy ships on the high seas as a belligerent regardless of flag changes.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Roosevelt says no visit planned to Canada soon
President Roosevelt told reporters at a Friday press conference that he has no plans to travel to Canada in the near future.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Canada
Want Ads Promotion Urges More Jobs and Money
Advertisers are urged to use Want Ads to gain more jobs and higher earnings. Space starts at 26 cents daily, with Dial 2-1121 for department details.
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Department For Details
Naval committee says Knox denied hostilities claim
Senators heard that Secretary Knox rejected charges of U S vessels fighting German raiders in the North Atlantic at a secret session. Wheeler accused Washington and London of pooling naval resources while Roosevelt hinted at U S bases for Britain. No official comment on Willkie proposal.
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Washington
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Secretary of Navy
Frank Knox
United States
North Atlantic
Knox
David I. Walsh
Mass
Naval Operations
Harold R. Stark
Burton K Wheeler
Mont
English Channel
South Atlantic
Wheeler
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Navy
Germany
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