United States Relaxes Child Refugee Admission Rules
Washington announces end of monthly refugee caps for children from Europe. Visas and travel papers will be issued for under 16, with at least 10 000 children covered by visas during the emergency. Officials expect mainly English recipients as ships and assurance of care enable evacuation regardless of finances.
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United States
Great Britain
Europe
America
State and Justice Departments
National Child Refugee Committee
Roosevelt plan to mobilize national guard sparks debate
Readers discuss President Roosevelt's push to call out the national guard to free the regular army for possible war duties. The column notes prison breaks in Iowa, praise for Willkie ally Dewey Short, and the writer's planned Colorado retreat after a seven year campaign.
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Roosevelt
National Guard
Dewey Short
Missouri
Iowa
Congress
Rio Grande
Counterfeit Convention Tickets Cause Circles to Buzz
In Chicago reporters spread rumors of counterfeit tickets for the Democratic convention. Officials heard of plans to seize many genuine tickets for a We-want-Willkie demonstration during nominations. Reports claimed tickets were being sold in New York. National Chairman James A. Farley warned that if true, the tickets are counterfeits.
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Chicago
INS
New York
James A. Farley
Farley to reveal secret amid Democratic Chicago arrival
Arthur Baer notes Democrats travel to Chicago by dog sled and parcel post as Mr Farley prepares to disclose a secret on Thursday. He mocks Roosevelt era games and says the administration blocks hopeful rivals with aggressive publicity and an emphasis on alphabetical recovery beginning with the A’s.
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Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Chicago
Notable Farewell in a Distant Fray of Control
A fragment speaks of political pressure and the fear of becoming state pawns. The speaker notes relief at new allies in struggle, but hints at temporary departure. The closing line frames a wary, lingering future encounter.
Ford Scion Henry Ford 11 Marries Anne McDonnelly in Riot Scene
Crowds surged outside the Church of the Sacred Hearts in Southampton as Henry Ford 11 wed Anne McDonnelly. A police escort and barriers kept the ceremony under control while 2000 would be guests sought views from behind improvised barriers. Edsel Ford attended with his wife.
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Southampton
N. Y
Gold Coast
Long Island
Henry Ford
Anne McDonnelly
Edsel Ford
James Francis McDonnell
Two Hurt In Wreck Near Mount Vernon
Two men were injured when a westbound car driven by Mearl Reynolds of Lisbon left Highway 30 near Abbey Creek Bridge and rolled into a ditch. Reynolds suffered a broken right leg and Elmer Dahn walked two miles for help before ambulances carried Reynolds to St Luke's hospital and Dahn to Lisbon for treatment.
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Elmer Dahn
Lisbon
Mear] Reynolds
Reynold
Abbey Creek
Mount Vernon
Cahn
Reynolds
St. Luke's Hospital
Dahn
John Gardner
Flag-Salute Refusal Sparks Probe Into Sect Prosecution
In Mooresville Indiana fourteeen adult members of the debo rah's Witnesses were held on open charges after state police rescued 43 followers from a second story hall. Officials study law books to decide if they can be prosecuted for refusing to salute the American flag amid a crowd of 300 besieging them.
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Mooresville
Ind
Deborah's Witnesses
Jehovah's Witnesses relief after Virden protest arrests
State's Atty. Michael Seyfrit ordered the release from Macoupin jail of six Jehovah's Witnesses taken into protective custody after about 400 demonstrators protested their literature distribution in Virden. They had asked to return home to Godfrey. One elder reported being forced to kiss a U.S. flag. no injuries were reported.
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Carlinville
Michael Seyfrit
Macoupin County
Virden
Jehovah's Witnesses
Seyfrit
Godfrey
Lieut
Raymond May
State Police
May
United States
Hood Suffered Severe Turret Damage at Sea
Reports from Gibraltar indicate the 42,100 ton British battle cruiser Hood has sustained damage so extensive to her gun turrets that repairs cannot be completed at the Gibraltar naval base. The vessel, described as the largest warship afloat, remains in unknown status near Ceuta in the Morocco area.
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Ceuta
Spanish Morocco
Hood
Gibraltar
Sunday Index and Section Flags for Various Pages
A garbled index listing sections and page ranges including Sports Business Social and State News, with scattered typos and symbols. Indicates planned content areas like Around the Town and Forecast of Events across multiple pages.
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F. Business Review
Camp Good Health operates for physically handicapped
The Public Health Nursing association runs Camp Good Health near Cedar Rapids to care for physically handicapped children. At about 72 cents per day per child, it provides well balanced meals and mid day lunches with a full time nurse, a graduate dietitian, a resident director, and ten staff aiding in day and night care. The camp costs about $370 weekly to operate at capacity. Continued on Page 3.
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Public Health Nursing Association
Big Creek
Cedar Rapids
Lincoln Highway
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Democrats Seek to Revive Roosevelt Garber Front
Delegates at the national convention discuss a Roosevelt re nomination on the first ballot and possible Garner Farley resignations. Texans weigh Garner as VP while Henry Wallace emerge as alternative. Hopkins outlines a third term plan, with a single roll call after nominations to show Roosevelt’s support.
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Roosevelt
Garner
Farley
Roose
German-occu pied French territory sees 17000 political arrests
London dispatch says over 17,000 political arrests have been made in German-occupied French territory as of Saturday.
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London
INS
Exchange
Stettinius Reports U.S. Edges Toward Arms Material Self Sufficiency
Washington AP Edward R. Stettinius Jr head of the defense advisory commission reports progress toward U S self sufficiency in key arms materials. He cites adequate supplies of rubber tin aluminum and armor plate and says government and industry with White House support are delivering. Opposition to a conscription law surfaces in Congress while Navy trains 850 recruits for a 5000 officer reserve program and labor chief Perkins proposes health education and surplus food distribution for workers and trainees.
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United States
Defense Advisory Commission
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United States Steel Corporation
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Germany claims破 blockade ineffectual in sea war
Berlin reports Nazi high command stating German navy has challenged Britain's blockade with overseas operations. Officials say prize ship captures prove blockade weakened, while German counter blockade grows more perceptible. They cite Atlantic trade disruption and disregard British claims of cutting off Atlantic lanes.
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Germany
Britain
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Atlantic
Italians Say Malta Destroyed as Threat to Italy
Italian broadcasts claim war planes wiped out Malta as a threat after bombing a British Mediterranean battle fleet split by air punishment. Fascists assert air bombardment across Mediterranean and Africa blocks about 1,500 British planes from aiding defenses of the British Isles against Germany. Continued on page 2.
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Italy
Mediterranean
Africa
British Isles
Roosevelt Secludes On Potomac Cruise Amid Third Term Talk
President Roosevelt slipped away for 24 hours of seclusion on a Potomac River cruise with a small group aboard the Pacmac. The move follows rising pressure over a potential third-term bid as Chicago delegates loom.
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Chicago
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Fee Bartlett, Jr
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Samuel Rosenman
New York
Ross T. McIntire
Marguerite Lehand
Sunburns and Sunshine Mark Weekend Golf Tourney
Sunburned pedestrians shaded by a cloudless sky watched the state amateur golf finals as Old Sol dominated seating with a 77 degree afternoon high. Morning temperatures dipped to 40s and climbed through 70s by late day with 64 at 11 p.m. lingering cool.
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Cedar Rapids
Britains air defenses endure as raid on Dover fails
British air forces claim six German raiders destroyed over the Straits of Dover in a weekend air battle, part of a week of bombardment. Officials tally 12 German planes shot down, with British losses minimal amid intensified defense.
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London
England
English Channel
Air Ministry
Channel
Royal Air Force
Weather Forecast for Upper Mississippi Valley This Week
Chicago AP reports a weekly outlook with showers at the start and midweek. Temperatures run below normal with a warming trend early to midweek, cooler by Monday in Minnesota and Tuesday elsewhere, and precipitation about normal.
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Mississippi Valley
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