Japan demands US apology over incident with sailors
authoritative circles say Japan will accept nothing less than a U S apology after an incident involving Japanese pendarmies arrested by U S marines on July 7 in Shanghai. Britain agrees to close the Burma road lifeline to Central China and halt arms traffic from Hongkong, effective Thursday for three months, while Japan seeks to maintain consular contact in Rangoon and Hongkong.
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Great Britain
Burma
China
Hongkong
Hachiro Arita
Robert Leslie Craigie
Rangoon
Burma road closure angers Commons over China supply route
London reports an agreement to close the Burma Road at Japan's urging. MPs denounced the move as shameful and said the United States opposed it. The action leaves China with a single, slow supply path via Russia through Turkestan.
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Japan
Russia
Turkestan
Camp Children Stage Original Acts At Health Camp
Several original acts presented by Camp Good Health children on stunt night featured "Joy Ride" with older girls as tires and a tire going flat for repair. Older boys performed an Indian dance as part of a lively community fundraiser drawing local support and listing donors from The Gazette and local groups.
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Camp Good Health
Windsor couple may sail to jet propulsion site
Lisbon report states the Duke and Duchess of Windsor may travel by British destroyer to a jet propulsion base, with details unclear and no official confirmation issued as of Wednesday.
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Lisbon
Portugal
War ends poetry as guns replace the song of heroes
A literary critique voices that modern war stifles poetry, contrasting past war poets like Brooke Sassoon Graves and Grenfell with today’s mechanized conflict. It laments the loss of song amid tanks, planes, and ideologic battles, declaring poetry dead. By Distr’d br United Feature asndicates Inc, DR. NEWTON.
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Kennedy
Thomas Hardy
Tronies
Old Troy
Distr'd Br United Feature Asndicates Inc
Willkie Vows To Pull No Punches In Smear Campaign War
COLORADO SPRINGS Colo P Wendell Willkie pledges a clean campaign on issues but warns he will not hesitate to respond if opponents launch a smear campaign. He says he has never made unkind references and hopes to continue that course.
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Wendell F. Willkie
Weamnscayne
Passenger Injured As Auto Collides With Milk Truck
A passenger, Mike Vorba, about 20, suffered a severe cut on the left elbow and head injuries after a car collided with a milk truck at Sixteenth avenue and C street W in Cedar Rapids. Vorba, in the car driven by Jerry Cuhel, 17, was taken to St. Luke's hospital by ambulance. Cuhel and the milk truck driver Bennett Bedell, 20, were uninjured. the milk truck was heavily damaged. Cuhel said he did not see Bedell's truck in time to avoid the crash. Bedell said both vehicles swerved before impact. a corner traffic signal support was broken.
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Cedar Rapids
Mike Vorba
T Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Sixteenth Avenue
C Street
Vorba
Jerry Cuhel
Twenty-second Avenue
Bennett Bedell
Ely Avenue
Cuhel
Bedell
Why Not Rap Blockading Why Not The Nazis Hull
Berlin sources say Hull must condemn the British blockade to keep world trade routes open. They claim the sea freedom principle is violated and warn that the timing of any further action by Hitler remains unknowable. German outlook shows calm, awaiting a mass strike on England to forge a new European order.
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England
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Hull rejects call to link Burma route to British blockade
Secretary Hull, at a press conference, dismissed German contentions that the United States should protest the British blockade on the same grounds as the Burma route to China. He said there is no parallel between the Chinese situation and the blockade. Hull noted that war nations may intercept contraband, but a privately owned ship under nonwar status faces a different rule.
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Shenfuwan
Amoy
China
Burma
Japan
Great Britain
United States
Yukichiro Suma
Foreign Office
Suma
Cordell Hull
Washington
Germany
Hull
AigaWey
Illinois Woman Hurt In Car Overturn On Highway 30
A Sieger Illinois woman, Helen Clausen, 44, sustained a slight concussion and severe shock when her sedan rolled over on highway 30 about 2 PM Tuesday fifteen miles west of Cedar Rapids. She was taken to Mercy hospital. Her husband Rev P Clausen escaped injury. Other car occupants Francis Chvala 26 and wife and brother Adolph and father Frank were uninjured.
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Helen Clausen
Mercy Hospital
P. Clausen
Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church of
Steger
Clausen
Sherburn
Minn
Francis Chvala
Adolph
Brooklyn, Jr
Frank
Chelsea
Marshall predicts full army toy equipped by Jan 1
General George C. Marshall, chief of staff, said on Wednesday that the U S Army would have its 16 divisions fully equipped with modern weapons by January 1. He indicated rapid progress in modernization and materiel delivery across the services.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Iowa Democratic Delegation Chooses Comfort Committeeman
Chicago AP report notes Len Clyde L Herring predicted the Iowa delegation would cast all 22 votes for Roosevelt at the Democratic National Convention. Des Moines attorney Frank Comfort won the committeeman post after a five-candidate caucus, with Mary S. Kelleher named national committeewoman. Comfort’s victory aligned with Herring’s faction, succeeding ill Des Moines judge Hubert Witterback.
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Bulleting
Chicago
Len Clyde L. Herring
Iowa
Roosevelt
Frank Comfort
Des Moines
Mary S. Kelleher
Fort Dodge
Comfort
Clyde L. Herring
Hubert Witterback
Nelson G. Kraschel
Harlan
Kraschel
Barkley Attacks Willkie Platform as Deceit and Error
Senator Alben Barkley denounced the Republican platform as mud written by migratory feet of a weasel and called Wendell Willkie a political charlatan. He asserted Republicans avoid nominating long-time party members and charged Hoover with misstatements about New Deal military cuts, citing budget and 1933 actions.
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Chicago
Alben W. Barkley
Roosevelt
Senate
Hoover
Philadelphia
Wendell Willkie
Republic
Barkley
Congress
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Announcement By Barkley Sets Dramatic Convention Scene
CHICAGO UP There were 3000 delegates and alternates and Sen Alben W Barkley of Kentucky. The curtain was up the audience prepared when Barkley stepped out to say his lines. The President would announce views on a third term tonight. News spread quickly as delegates buzzed and traffic to the stadium became heavy. Temporary Chairman Bankhead called the convention to order. Continued on Page 4 Col 6.
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Ben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Barkley
Washington
Alben
William H. Bankhead
Anti Third Term Hearing Refused by Chicago Convention Panel
The Chicago convention faced intense clash as anti third term advocates sought a hearing before the resolutions committee. Chairman Robert F. Wagner refused, stating no more hearings. Minnesota Democrat Elmer A. Ryan condemned the process, accusing the Kelly Nash machine of intimidating delegates and rigging sentiment against Roosevelt. Omaha delegate William Ritchie alleged staged demonstrations and setup to suppress Nebraskan delegates’ access to the microphone.
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Chicago
Convention Resolutions Committee
Robert F. Wagner
Elmer A. Ryan
Minnesota
Warold EE. Stassen
Wagner
Ryan
fekes-Corcoran-Cohen-Hopkins
Roosevelt
Ickes
Nebraska
Gillette backs any Democrat in 1940 nomination
CHICAGO UP Sen Guy M Gillette la who opposes a third term said he would back the democratic nominee in 1940 regardless of Roosevelt. The candidate is secondary to party unity he asserted. Gillette has bought a new home at Cherokee and plans to move from his former residence after retirement following his 1944 term.
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Guy M Gillette
Roosevelt
Gillette
Cherokee
INS
Guy M. Gillette
Today's Convention Broadcast Schedule Chicago AP
The schedule lists CST times for CBS NBC and Mutual networks covering the convention with listed slots from 4:30 p m to late evening. Networks include CBS Mutual NBC Blue Red and Blue networks with specific time blocks and a convention roundup at 10 15 to 10 30 p m.
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Chicago
Columbia Broadcasting System
Mutual Broadcasting System
National Broadcasting Company
Blue Network
Warming Sun Gives Mercury Early Lift
Cedar Rapids observed a rapid warmup as Tuesday's 80 degree high was reached by 1 15 p m and 2 30 p m as the sun boosted temperatures from 61 early morning to 76 by 10 a m and 80 by 2 45 p m with 80 again later. readings show 7 p m at 77 and midnight at 66 per Chambers Inskeep recordings.
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Cedar Rapide News
Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Democratic platform delay as foreign policy row erupts
A heated foreign affairs dispute halted the Democratic resolutions committee drafting of the 1940 platform in Chicago. Sen Claude Pepper urged a clear pledge to aid democracies, including material support, while Roosevelt supporters battled to put forth a manpower-free aid plan. The subcommittee rejected the Roosevelt proposal 16 to one, delaying completion and the convention timetable.
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Chicago
Resolutions Committee
Roosevelt
Claude Pepper
Florida
United States
Great Britain
Wallace
Mr. Roosevelt
Pepper
We Want Roosevelt Now Drives Third Term Momentum
Democratic delegates erupted in chorus to press Roosevelt for a third term after his message saying he did not wish to be a candidate. Secretary Hopkins voiced confidence he would accept if nominated, while Barkley read the White House note and asserted the President seeks no further office. The roar followed two days of convention tension, though anti third term factions persisted.
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Roosevelt
Hopkins
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
White House
Barkley
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