Knox Reveals Depth Bomb Incident Aboard Destroyer
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox testified in secret that a U S patrol vessel dropped a depth bomb to warn an approaching submarine in the Atlantic. A destroyer rescuing survivors from a torpedoed British ship reportedly detected the submarine. Knox said the depth bomb was ineffective beyond 100 feet and no American patrol vessel fired on a German ship. The incident, details of which circulated via a syndicated Alsop Kintner column, prompted debate on foreign policy and Iceland occupation.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
U.S
Atlantic
United Press
Congress
Knox
Atlantic Patrol
Iceland
Wheeler
Roosevelt
Stark
Joseph Alsop
Robert Kintner
Alsop
U. S
United States
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Alsop-Kintner
Gas Conservation Drive Targets 52 Exceeding Exhaust Standards
Washington AP Fifty two motorists with high exhaust pollution were escorted to police HQ for vehicle inspections under Ickes petroleum conservation program. Red stickers issued to 50, ten days to fix. two cleared. Ickes links voluntary rationing to fuel savings and possible shifts in tanker use, urging Atlantic states to cut gasoline use by 20 percent. District program promotes car pooling and reduced deliveries to curb consumption as war needs rise.
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Washington
Ickes
Park
District of Columbia
Defense Petroleum
Defense
Atlantic Coast States
Italian Plane Bombs Spanish City La Linea
Reuters dispatch from Gibraltar reports an unidentified Italian plane bombed La Linea at 3 am. Six killed and a score wounded as the attacker is believed to have mistaken the Spanish city for Gibraltar near the Mediterranean entrance. La Linea lies close to the British fortress at the southern Spanish coast.
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London
INS
Reuters
Gibraltar
la Linea
Mediterranean
Farmer sets wheat field ablaze over marketing quota
Marion Hart, 55, of Jackson county Michigan, burned part of his 17 acre wheat field in protest of government crop controls after U S soil conservation official denied a marketing permit for excess acreage. He said he would finish the job despite rain delays.
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Jackson, Mich
Jackson County
Marion Hart
Halbert Bernstein
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Hatt
Bernstein
Hart
Armistice Talks Progress in Syria as Fighting Ceases
Bulletin from Cairo reports British and Vichy negotiators making progress on Syria armistice terms while hostilities halt at midnight as Gen. Henri Dentz discusses terms with British commanders. Diplomats note delays in acceptance due to comms outages and the French rejection of terms before final decision.
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Cairo
Syria
London
Henri Dentz
Vichy
Dentz
Acre
Palestine
Henry Maitland Wilson
Ankara
Britain
Beirut
Washington
Frederick van H. Engert
Syrian
Alexandretta
Turkey
Iraq
France
Middle East
Suez Canal
India
Claude Auchinleck
North Africa
June In January Forecast Reverses Into July Heat
Cedar Rapids area forecasts flip from cool January trend to July like warmth. By afternoon the sun broke through gray clouds and temperatures rose from 57 overnight to 74 by 1 45 pm. Earlier readings hit 78 Friday afternoon before cooling, wind red line pushed down to 62 by midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Train derailment blamed on broken axle in Pennsylvania
Fort Wayne dispatch says a broken car axle caused a passenger train derailment Friday with 13 people reporting minor injuries. The incident occurred on a Pennsylvania railroad line and officials stated no severe injuries.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Pennsylvania Railroad
German Offensive Reported In Russia Wet Zone Front
Report cites a new German push in the wet zone of northern Russia and Russian counteroffensives at several points on the Russian front. Moscow claimed Germans were stopped in places while German reports suggested stalemate. a map outlines key sectors including Leningrad, Moscow, Kiev, and the Bessarabian front.
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Russia
Moscow
Leningrad
Kiev
Sixteen More Danish Ships In U S Hands
The maritime commission formalized title to 16 more Danish cargo vessels, raising total Danish ships in U S custody to 31 under the ship requisition act among 84 idle foreign vessels. The 16 axis ships seized by the treasury, 15 Italian and one German, will be pressed into defense service within 60 to 90 days.
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Washington
INS
Maritime Commission
United States
Commission
Treasury
Roosevelt Assembles Leaders To Frame Draft Act Amendment
President Roosevelt calls a conference of congressional leaders and military committee chairmen to draft legislation. Gen. George C. Marshall backs a bill to retain army units and lift geographic use limits, with May vowing to introduce next week. He warns emergency powers may be needed, though unlikely soon.
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Washington
Llp
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Andrew J. May
House Military Affairs Committee
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Congress
May
War Department
Dutch Sub Sinks 8000-Ton Tanker in Mediterranean
The Netherlands admiralty on Saturday announced a submarine sank an 8000-ton enemy tanker in the Mediterranean, marking the first clear indication of Dutch naval operations in the region.
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London
Netherlands
Admiralty
Mediterranean
Batboy for Raiders Escapes Injury in Bike Accident
Cedar Rapids Raiders batboy Jerry Dolan an 11-year-old narrowly escaped injury in a bike collision with a car driven by Paul Slaughter 20 of 133014 A avenue NW. Dolan suffered pavement burns but expects to play in Monday's all star game. He is the son of Mr and Mrs John Dolan of 602 Fourth street NW.
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Cedar Rapids Raiders
Jerry Dolan
Batboy
Dolan
Fifth Street NW
Paul Slaughter
A Avenue NW
Jerry
John Dolan
Fourth Street
Japan Charges Anglo-Chinese Pact Under Way
Nanking dispatch reports a British Chinese military alliance to counter Japan's southward expansion. China would deploy troops to Burma under British command, supply labor, expand Lashio base, and Britain would send instructors and arms.
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Comei
Nanking
Chungking
China
Japan
Domei
Russia
Burma
Britain
Lashio
Burma Road
Down
Far Eastern Command
R. NH. Dewing
Robert Brooke- Popham
Nichi Nichi
Hanoi
Indo-China
United States
Singapore
Netherlands East Indies
Philippines
Japan Times and
Foreign Office
Indo- China
Germany Frees 514 671 French War Prisoners
The German news agency DNB quoted Paris papers indicating Germany has released 514 671 French war prisoners to date.
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Berlin
DNB
Paris
Germany
British Planes Superior To Nazis Says Jack Ladd
Canadian Royal Air Force flight officer Jack Ladd, visiting Newton on a 4 day leave, asserted that British planes aided by the United States are superior to German aircraft. He cited the Lockheed Hudson and Tommyhawk as faster, more maneuverable, and tougher, with United States armor lighter than English or German planes. Ladd noted pilots’ higher survival rates, discussed child hardships during raids, and urged more American supplies to Britain. He is a U.S. citizen by birth and trains pilots in advanced aerobatics and night flying.
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England
United States
Jack Ladd
Royal Canadian Air Force
Prince Edward Island
Ladd
Messerschmitt
Hitler
RCAF
Greenland
Iceland
RAF
Jacobs Rallies To Lead Kraft One Up At 18th
Johnny Jacobs of Cedar Rapids shot 69 to take a one up lead over Johnny Kraft of Oelwein at the halfway point in the Iowa amateur golf title. Kraft had led earlier and fired a 69 first nine, but Jacobs rallied with key drives and an eagle at the 15th to reach 69 while Kraft stood at 70.
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Kraft
Des Moines
Johnny Jacobs
Cedar Rapids
Johnny S Kraft
Oelwein
Iowa
Odlwein
Secessees
Drowned Former Cedar Rapids Engineer Merritt L Fox
Merritt Liddle Fox a 60 year old research engineer with General Motors and former Cedar Rapids resident drowned near his New Hudson Michigan home on July 9. He was born March 20 1881 in Cedar Rapids and studied at Cornell and the University of Iowa where he taught engineering. He married Evelyn Berger in 1904 and is survived by two sons a sister and two grandchildren. Funeral services were held in South Lyons Michigan with burial in Berwyn Illinois.
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Merritt Liddle Fox
General Motors
New Hudson
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Charles J
Grace Liddle Fox
Washington High School
Cornell University
Ithaca
N. Y
University of Iowa
Pennsylvania
Evelyn Berger
New York
Charles Heber Fox
Berwyn
Jil
John Henry Fox
Kirksville
Paul E. Belting
Urbana
German Infantry Drive Into Wet Zones On Baltic Front
Berlin reports German shock troops push into the northeast Russian front amid warnings of a major German assault. Soviet air forces bomb Nazi columns and rear lines as Britain and the USSR vow to repel potential break-throughs. Dutch submarine sinks a tanker in Mediterranean waters.
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Baltic
Vitebsk
Stalin Line
Ostrov-Polotsk
Leningrad
Moscow
Meuse
Suez Canal
Admiralty
Mediterranean
Farmerettes Working to Fill Rural Labor Gaps
The agriculture department reports many rural areas use farmerettes alongside schoolboys and old men to meet labor shortages. The program reflects wartime mobilization and shared duties across ages and genders.
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Washington
Agriulture Department
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