Reed Calls Anti Third Term Meeting Nears Chicago Rally
Former Senator James Reed of Missouri calls anti third term Democrats to meet in Chicago next Thursday at the Stevens hotel. Senator Burke of Nebraska, who has joined Wendell Willkie, is invited to attend, with Burke undecided on attendance and Reed leading the Jeffersonian executive committee.
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Washington
James
Jim” Reed
Missouri
Chicago
Edward R Burke
Neb
Wendell L. Willkie
Stevens Hotel
Burke
Nebraskan
Reed
President Roosevelt
Sen
Ellison D. “Cotton
Ed” Smith
South Carolina
Nebraska
Mr. Roosevelt
White House
Smith
Roosevelt
Rush D. Holt
West Virginia
Willkie
Holt
Wallace
Nazi Plan to Offer Canada to the United States
The London Sketch alleges Hitler planned to offer Canada to the United States after finishing with Britain. Ribbentrop is said to have conceived and circulated the idea in Washington with a pledge not to interfere in the Americas.
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London
London Sketch
Adolf Hitler
Canada
United States
Ribbentrop
Washington
Hitler
Americas
Britain
German census arrives in Alsace Lorraine foreshadowing Reich
A British broadcast heard by NBC reported a German commission has arrived in French Alsace Lorraine to census inhabitants by German or French origin. The announcer said the move appears to foreshadow incorporation of the two provinces into the German Reich.
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New York
NBC
Alsace-Lorraine
Good Samaritan Parable as Lesson on Competing Life Philosophies
The piece contrasts four life philosophies through the Good Samaritan narrative. It condemns theft and selfishness while praising mercy beyond ritual duty, noting the inn keeper’s professional stance and the Samaritan’s extra aid beyond duty.
Reckless Driving Case Covers Marion and Cedar Rapids
G E Allen of 2517 B avenue NE faces a Marion court fine of 100 dollars for reckless driving after a 4 am chase that sent three cars into ditches. He may face Cedar Rapids arraignment on the same charge. Allen tossed a whisky bottle at Patrolman L N Jacobs and fled on foot after leaving a companion, Anna Upton, in the car. Evans, fined 25 dollars for intoxication, had 15 dollars suspended.
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Cedar Rapids
G. E. Allen
B Avenue NE
First Avenue E
Marion
J. B. Howell
John Pazour
Harry Johnson
Sid Milner
Allen
Gordon Hughes
Hughes
Thomas Park
L.N. Jacobs
Anna Upton
Los Angeles
Marian Evans
Johnson
G. K. Thompson
Holes in Nazi airfields hint at wartime potato digging
An AP report from Washington notes Germany advised that agricultural crops including potatoes and grain were grown on military air ports, especially in unused corners and strips spared from war. This suggests possible civilian food production rather than bomb scars on airfields.
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Washington
Germany
Commerce Department
Cedar Rapids Schools propose record tax askings for 1941 42
Cedar Rapids independent school district sets total tax asking at 1 134 527 54 for fiscal year July 1 1941 to June 30 1942. The 1941 figure is the highest in at least a decade, though millage remains unchanged due to higher property valuations. A budget hearing is set for August 5 at 7 30 p m in the board of education building.
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Cedar Rapids Independent
Board of Education
Charles Penningroth
Finance Committee
Ernest Kosek
Teachers’ Pension Fund
Jong and Jate
General Fund
Bombers Again Strike British Shipping in English Channel
Seventeen German bombers aided by fighters attacked British vessels in the English Channel on Saturday. British fighters and anti-aircraft batteries reportedly shot down at least three of the Nazi planes with no casualties reported. Earlier, a lone German raider bombed two Scottish towns causing fires but no casualties.
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London
INS
English Channel
Hitler
Channel
Scotland
Italy Eyes Big Mediterranean Offensive Against Britain
Italian sources report a planned major push against the British in the Mediterranean possibly joined with Spain on Gibraltar. Hitler and Mussolini may wait for an answer to the ultimatum, with synchronized strikes on the Isles and Med. Observers note Gibraltar would be weak under joint sea and air assault from Italy and Spanish forces. Britain orders a general evacuation of noncombatants from Gibraltar.
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Rome
Italy
Mediterranean
Spain
Gibraltar
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Hitler
British Isles
Francisco Franco
Algeciras
la Linea
Spanish
Morocco
Rock
Britain
Prominent Dutch Figures Arrested by Nazis in The Hague
German authorities seized several prominent Dutch officials connected to the colonial administration in reprisal for alleged mistreatment of German subjects in the Netherlands East and West Indies. They warned the situation depends on the attitude of the Netherland Indies and West Indies governments and suspended mail between the Indies and the Netherlands until further notice.
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Hague, Holland
Netherlands East and West Indies
Netherland Indies
West Indies
Netherlands
Aged Springville Man Found Shot To Death
SPRINGVILLE E C Griffith a 73 year old bachelor and retired carpenter was found dead in his home likely by self inflicted gunshot. The body lay on the living room floor at 10 45 am after marshal Graham and his son found him earlier at 8 30 am. A shotgun lay near the body and the coroner ruled death by own action with no inquest. Griffith had been in poor health and lived alone with a sister in the west as his only known relative.
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Jesus
Samaritan
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
The
Gazette
Springville
E. C. Griffith
Griffith
Norman J. Graham
Robert Graham
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Graham
Jim Smith
B. L. Knight
Cedar Rapids
Hunte
Republics Move Toward Joining Soviet Union
Moscow papers say Estonia Latvia and Lithuania parliaments meet Sunday to vote to join the Soviet Union as separate republics. If approved the Russian supreme soviet would amend the constitution to admit them as happened with western Ukraine.
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Moscow
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Soviet Union
Supreme Soviet
Ukraine
Franco-Spain border reopened to normal traffic
A Vichy dispatch reported by Popolo Di Roma states the Franco-Spain frontier has been reopened for regular traffic, resuming normal crossings after the disruption. The report highlights the border's return to standard procedures and anticipated easing of cross-border movement.
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Rome
Vichy
France
Popolo* di Roma
Spain
Farewell and Good Luck for Jim Farley
James A. Farley the retiring Democratic National Committee chairman receives a heartfelt farewell from press colleagues in Washington and New York. Editors present gifts including a watch a baseball and a first base mitt. Farley vows to stay accessible and hints at future American League leadership while preparing to hand over party duties by August 17.
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Chicago
INS
Jim
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
New York
Farley
Ception
Washington
Newspapers of
America
New York American League Baseball Club
Farley Wil
Democratic Party
Nazis Launch Propaganda to Warn Britons
Berlin denounces Britain's defiance of Hitler and threatens a terrible slaughter if terms are not met. Nazi quarters say the British reaction to the Reichstag speech was hurried and incomplete and that radio stations will broadcast Hitler’s warning to English ears until the public understands the coming course.
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Berlin
Britain
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Reuters
British Broadcasting Corporation
Fuehrer
England
Reichstag
National Zeitung
Hermann Goering
Convict Hints Second Companion Dead in Breakout
Ivan Sullivan the convict and bank robber suggested that one of his two companions in the Fort Madison prison break may be dead. He and Francis Messick drove together after the escape and heard on the car radio that Lowell Haenze had been shot at Marysville. Messick and Sullivan suspected Estes had been killed and his body hidden.
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Marysville
Kan
Ivan Sullivan
Sullivan
Francis Messick
Farmer
Messick
Lowell Haenze
Fort Madison
Haenze
Forest Estes
Estes
Robert Hart
Slain
ST. Joseph
Sleepy Eye
Minn
Leo Schramm
Kansas Town
Lincoln
John Brosnihan
Waenze
Nebraska Penitentiary
Joseph O'Grady
Elmer Anderson
Heleker
Anderson
Francis Mese
British Casualties From June Air Raids Reported
The ministry of home security says that from June 18 onward, the start of large scale bombing raids on the United Kingdom, 336 civilians were killed and 476 seriously injured in air raids.
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London
Ministry of Home Security
United Kingdom
Gazette Want Ads Lineup For Sunday Rentals And Sales
Call The Gazette before 8 tonight to place for sale or for rent Want Ads in the Sunday section. Telephone number is 2-1121 and ask for an ad taker.
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the Gazette
Honeymead Foreman Dies After Tank Incident
Honeymead Products employee 26 year old Dale Wells died after being overcome while cleaning a settling tank in the solvent plant at 850 Tenth Street SW. Wells, a plant foreman, was pronounced dead about 2 am after rescue attempts by ambulance attendants and the fire department. Deliberations point to hexane fumes heart attack or heat prostration as possible causes, with autopsy not performed and blood tests pending to determine exact cause.
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Honeymead Products Company
Tenth Street
Dale Wells
Eighth Avenue
Wells
Flton D. Wells
Blake Boulevard
Mr Wells
Methodist Church
Mulsow
Cool Wave Promises Iowa Heat Relief
Des Moines reports a cool air influx from the Dakotas expected to ease 100-degree conditions in eastern Iowa while western regions stay under the century mark. Scattered storms forecast in the west, 69 to 105 degree readings noted, with Keokuk’s 118-degree all-time July record cited.
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Des Moines
INS
Dakotas
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Florida
Sioux City
Inwood
Logan
Waterloo
Keokuk
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids Bakes in Severe Weekend Heat
Cedar Rapids endured the season’s hottest conditions with a blistering sun driving 6 a.m. readings from 73 to 84 and 93 by mid afternoon. The prior Friday's 98 degree peak stood as the year’s high before easing to 92, then 80 by midnight on the Chambers Inskeep recorder.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers ‘Inskeep Company
Two Escape Convicts Recaptured After Church Shootout
In Kansas and Missouri a bank robbery and car theft spurred a night chase by about 150 townspeople and officers. Convict Lowell Haenze was wounded in a church shooting, while Ivan Sullivan fled into Missouri before being captured.
Convicts Face Murder Charge If Iowa Recovers Them
Des Moines dispatch reports that Lowell Haenze and Ivan Sullivan, escaped Iowa prisoners, will face first degree murder charges if custody can be obtained. They are accused of killing guard Robert Hart during a July 8 attempt to free another inmate at the state penitentiary. Haenze was captured in Marysville Kansas and Sullivan was caught near Atchison Missouri.
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Des Moines
Lowell Haenze
Ivan Sullivan
Iowa
R. W. Nebsergall
State Bureau of Investigation
Robert Hart
Lone State
Haenze
Marysville
Kan
Sullivan
Missouri
Atchison, Kan
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Cedar Rapids News
NEA Telephone
Wendell Willkie
Colorado
George Wilson
Jim Farley
James L. Kilgallen
Honeymead
E. Dale Wells
Ivan Sullievan
Missouri River
Tom Blodgett
Diller
St Joseph's
R. Andrews
Marssville
Blodgett
Howard Heleker
Christian Church
Schramm
Haeenze
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