Cedar Rapids airport plans win federal approval
The Civil Aeronautics Authority in Washington approved Cedar Rapids airport plans after months of civic work by the local aviation committee. Building the airport will require substantial funds beyond local taxes and the project must prove economic soundness to secure continued federal support.
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Washington
Cedar Rapids
Aviation Committee
Chamber of Commerce
CAA
Cedar Rapids poised for airport with federal funds possible
Senators Her ving and Gillette and Representative Jacobsen push the Cedar Rapids airport project toward CAA approval. If funds become available later, Cedar Rapids could build an airport seen as beneficial to the community and the national transportation system.
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Herving
Gillette
Jacobsen
Cedar Rapids
Lingbergh asked to prove citizenship amid criticism
The column urges President to investigate Charles Lindberghs background and settle charges from Secretary Ickes and others that he is not simply an American citizen exercising constitutional rights. Clearing the dispute would help focus on national defense. The piece also notes the cabinet resignation in Japan and Senate caution on the seizure bill and praises moral leadership to curb power.
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Olonel Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Ickes
Lingbergh
Mr. Ickes
Washington
Senate
White House
Congress
Nazis Claim Capture Of Smolensk In Major Breakthrough
German high command reported a 90 mile breakthrough center of Stalin line with 9,000,000 troops in combat near Smolensk and Moscow. Nazi dispatches claimed capture of Smolensk while Reuters and Russian sources questioned the claim as the battle shifted toward decisive engagement.
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DNB
Hitler
Vitebsk
Smolensk
Berlin
Schnell Truppen
Moscow
Kiev
London
Polotsk
Minsk-to- Moscow
Xra
Reuters
Red Army
Japan Mobilizes as New Cabinet Edges In
Reports from Tokio say full mobilization is under way while Premier Prince Fumimaro Konoye forms a stronger cabinet. Indications point to moves against French Indo China with Japan’s forces also tightening on the Siberian frontier. Schools stay open two extra weeks to ease transport for soldiers and munitions.
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Tokio
Japan
INS
Fumimaro Konoye
Ing
Siberian
War Dept backs Lear discipline for Yoo-Hoo incident
Under secretary of War Robert Patterson said the War Department supports the disciplinary action taken by Lieutenant General Ben Lear against 350 soldiers who Yoo-Hooed at girls on a Memphis golf course. Patterson called the matter closed for the department and noted Lear’s 15 mile march as the disciplinary measure. He emphasized support for generals amid higher war priorities.
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Patterson
War Department
Ben Lear
Memphis
Washington
Robert P. Patterson
Tenn
Lear
110Th Quartermaster Battalion
Marion Chief Nabs Shellsburg Man On Drunk Driving Charge
W F Lint 51 of Shellsburg was sentenced by Judge Haas to 30 days in county jail and 300 dollars fine plus costs for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He pled guilty after being picked up for erratic driving in east Marion by Chief Gene Miller at 12 30 p m Wednesday. Appeal bond set at 1000. Lint was taken to jail by Highway Patrolman Charles Fels.
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Cedar Rapids
W. F. Lint
Shellsburg
Charles J. Haas
Lint
East Marion
Gene Miller
Marion
Charles Fels
Miller
Two More Army Selectees Named
Cedar Kapits and Maurice Graw were named by local draft boards for induction into the army on August 1. The west side board also announced three men from its district for Fort Des Moines. The Marion board listed three men slated for induction July 31.
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Cedar Kapits News
Qwen T
Barry ST
Ridgewood Drive
Maurice Graw
Sixth Street
West Side Draft Board
Army
East Side Board
Fort Des Moines
Marion Board
Cedar Rapids Forms Civil Defense Council To Lead Scrap Drive
Cedar Rapids forms a civil defense council led by Mayor Frank Hahn with Edward E. Lowe as chair promising a 35 000 to 40 000 pound aluminum drive. The drive begins Monday with collection in the plaza between the courthouse and city hall and aims to unite city defenses for potential wartime needs.
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Cedar Rapids
City Defense Council
Frank Hahn
Edward E. Lowe
Defense Council
Lindbergh invites Roosevelt probe of Ickes Nazi charge
Charles Lindbergh asks President Roosevelt to open a formal investigation into charges by Interior Secretary Harold Ickes that he is connected with a foreign government. Lindbergh offers to submit his files and appear before any committee to answer all questions, asserting no past or present foreign ties.
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Lindbergh
Roosevelt
Ickes
New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Harold L. Ickes
America First Committee
Council orders police probe record of beer permit holder
Cedar Rounds News reports the city council instructed the police department to investigate a tavern operator’s past record after a Current Comment claim of a recently granted class B permit. If true the operator could lose the permit for falsifying the application.
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Council
Cedar Rounds News
Police Department
Temperature Soars Into Eighties After Light Shower
Cedar Rapids area forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with scattered showers or thunderstorms Thursday night and Friday. After a light 9:30 a.m. shower, temperatures rose to 83 by 2:30 p.m. with a low of 58 earlier, and a trace of precipitation recorded with the sun returning to summery eighties.
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Cedar Rapids
Marshall cites August 1 deadline for draft extension
Gen. George C. Marshall told the Senate that August 1 is the deadline to decide on extending the service terms for the mobilized national guard selectees and reservists. He warned demobilization could hurt defenses at key outposts and cited Hawaii anti aircraft protection. Senators Wheeler and Truman floated compromise terms allowing current selectees to leave after one year while future inductees would serve longer.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Army
Senate Military Affairs Committee
National Guard
Marshall
Hawaii
San Francisco
Wheeler
Mor J
Truman
Power Co to Expand Capacity by 20000 KW This Year
In a federal power commission survey, the Iowa Electric Light and Power Co of Cedar Rapids was urged to raise capacity by 20,000 kilowatts. General manager F C Chambers said the expansion will be applied across the system this year, lifting total capacity from around 45 000 50 000 kilowatts. Further increases were discussed with the commission, but no local power shortage exists unless defense production surges.
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Federal Power Commission
Roosevelt
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company of
Cedar Rapids
F. C. Chambers
Local Power Company
Marshalltown
Chambers
Commission
Federal plan for Iowa power boost to 125000 kW
The power commission backs a five year program to add 125000 kilowatts in Iowa. Projects include Moline Rock Island Riverside plant 50000 kW in 1944 Des Moines Electric Light and Iowa Power 35000 kW in 1944 Interstate Power Dubuque 20000 kW in 1945 and Iowa Electric Cedar Rapids 20000 kW in 1945. Funds come from a Reconstruction Finance Corporation subsidiary and units would be self liquidating.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
Roosevelt
Iowa
Moline-Rock Island Manufacturing Company
Riverside
Iowana
Des Moines Electric Light Company
Iowa Power and Light Company
Des Moines
Interstate Power Company
Dubuque
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Cedar Rapids
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Russia favors liberty for nations says official
In Moscow Soviet vice-foreign commissar S A Lozovsky says Russia, in principle, supports independence and freedom for Poland, Czechoslovakia, and other German-enslaved nations, signaling a stance on postwar self determination.
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Moscow
A. Lozovsky
Russia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
O P M To Ask Out In Automatic Refrigerator Production
Local dealers warn of a serious shortage in new refrigerators as the O P M plans curtailed production. The resulting scarcity could push prices higher for both new and used units. A representative selection appears in Classification 23 of tonight's Gazette Want Ads.
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O.P.M
Gazette
Draft Lottery Tonight For 21 Year Olds
The government will call up the second group of selective service registrants by lot tonight. At about 6 pm Iowa time in the departmental auditorium Navy Secretary Knox will randomly select the order using a historic glass jar.
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Washington
Iowa
Navy
Knox
Selective Service Lottery Broadcasts Tonight Across Stations
The second national selective service lottery airs tonight on WGN WLS and WMT with 21 year olds registered by July 1 in focus. Brig Gen Hershey opens with a two minute speech as officials explain drawing rules and sequence numbers to integrate old and new registrants.
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WGN
WLS
WMT
Selective Service
War Stimson
Knox
Robert P. Patterson
War Department
Sparrows Point
Baltimore
Lewis B. Hershey
Honeymead Strike Ends With Pay Increase
About 100 Honeymead Products workers ended a 192 hour walkout at 1030 am Thursday after accepting a company proposal for a 72 cent hourly raise. The dispute began last week with a 10 cent ask. The settlement raises minimum pay to 62 1/2 cents and cuts weekly hours from 45 to 42.
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Honeymead Products Company
National Council of Grain Processors
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Glenn Andreas
George E. Gaumon
Roosevelt summons his naval advisers to conference
President Roosevelt called his chief naval advisers into conference in Washington late Thursday to discuss defense and strategy amid growing tensions in the world.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Duke and Duchess of Windsor Planned Canadian Trip
Mrs. Claude Boettcher said the Duke and Duchess planned a visit to the duke's Canadian ranch after entertaining them at Palm Beach, Florida last year. The report places the royal couple in news coverage with a future travel plan.
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Denver
Claude Boettcher
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Palm Beach, Fla
Roosevelt blacklists 1800 Latin American firms in economic war
President Roosevelt used emergency powers to publish a list of more than 1,800 individuals and business concerns in Latin America deemed agents of Germany or Italy. The proclamation freezes assets and restricts exports without licenses, guiding American firms on trade relations and requiring updates as the list evolves.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Western Hemisphere
Latin America
Germany
Italy
United States
Mr. Roosevelt
White House
Stephen T. Early
County Sues Burlinghams for Relief Refund Amount
Linn county files suit in district court to recover 1237.96 paid in relief from Charles and Bessie Burlingham of 309 I Avenue NW. They allegedly failed to declare property and income tied to 1615 Fourth Street NW and rented the property from Mrs. Lucy Henderson of California. Burlinghams have applied for relief since July 1923 and most relief funds went to food and expenses.
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Charles
Bessie Burlingham
I Avenue NW
Linn County
District Court
Burlinghams
Fourth Street
Burlingham
Lucy Henderson
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