Roosevelt third term sparks calls for national mobilization
Denver radio report says Colorado men aged 18 to 65 will register for military duty as mobilization may begin by September. Monsignor McMenamin denounces Roosevelt and urges defeat at the polls to prevent dictatorship and war. Major Williams resigns from Marine Reserve after criticizing leadership. echoes of Mitchell court-martial resonate.
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Long’s Peak
Colorado
Denver
United Press
Washington
Stimson
United States
Roosevelt
Chicago
Charlottesville
Hitler
Mussolini
Atever
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hugh L. McMenamin
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
America
Jefferson
Army
Navy
Maj
Ol Williams
Naval Service
U. S. Marines
Major Williams
Williams
Marine Reserve
Billy Mitchell
German Boats Reach British coast repulsed in first approach
German air raids resumed from the English Channel to Scotland with losses reported on both sides. British defenses repelled a six-torpedo-boat scouting force and a southern England air battle involved over 100 planes. Berlin and Rome signaled a fight to the finish as Britain resists Nazi terms.
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Great Britain
England
Adolf Hitler
British Isles
Berlin
Rome
Britain
Mediterranean
Norway
France
High Commre
Army air service reform leaders face stiff-necked critics
The passage laments resistance within the army to building an adequate air service, praising Mitchell and criticizing ongoing stiff necked critics still in the service.
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Army Air Service
Mitchell
Burke Forms Cross-Party Group to Oppose Roosevelt Third Term
Senator Burke of Nebraska, who left the Democratic party to back Willkie, announced a new organization uniting Democrats Republicans and independents to focus on the third term issue. He stressed the group will act as Americans defending the U.S. system, not tied to any party or bolt.
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Washington
Edward R. Burke
Neb
Democratic Party
Wendell L. Willkie
Roosevelt
Burke
Heat Wave Puts Cedar Rapids At 102 Degree High
Cedar Rapids records a new yearly heat peak as temperatures climb to 102 degrees at 2 45 p m on Wednesday. The previous high was 98 set on July 19 with earlier readings reaching 95 and 92 during the hot spell.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Record heat grips nation as toll tops two hundred
Continues hot spell kept temperatures high for sixth straight day with the death toll surpassing 200. Weather officials warned no relief until Thursday night as hot winds from the southwest desers scorched crops across plains and moved toward the Atlantic. Temperatures ranged from 115 at Pierre to the 80s in northern forests. At least 48 deaths reported.
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United Preys
U. S. Weather Bureau
Plains States
Atlantic
Pierre
S. D
Mock murder hoax shocks teens near Bever Park farm
Police rushed to an abandoned Bever Park area farmhouse after two teen couples reported a gory scene. Detectives found only a papier mache dummy blooded with ketchup and a fake body hidden among rags, with sergeant Cunningham guarding the room for half an hour.
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Edgar Allan Poe
Bever Park
Sergi
Dale Cunningham
Thirty-fourth Street
Cunningham
Willkie vows cleanup of government during trip
Wendell Willkie arrives in Salt Lake City for Pioneer and Covered Wagon day events after blasting President Roosevelt and the New Deal in Cheyenne. He pledges to exterminate party machines, promises no political machines after election, and appeals to Democrats and independents to support his crusade to take back government.
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Salt Lake City
INS
Wendell Willkie
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Cheyenne
Utah
Brigham Young
Ogden
Wyoming
Willkie
Kelly Nash
Chicago
Frank Hague
New Jersey
Ed Crump
Memphis
Tom Pendergast
Kansas City
National
Joe Martin
House
Charles Halleck
Indiana
Philadelphia
Ralph Carr
Colorado
Ray Baldwin
Connecticut
Nels Smith
Frank Horton
Ull
Washington
New Deal
Congress
Gutenberg and the Birth of Movable Type
A reflective piece on Johannes Gutenberg and the accidental spark that led to movable type. It traces the invention from a boy’s carved letters to the Gutenberg Bible, highlighting its impact on printing, learning, and world history.
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Johannes Gutenberg
Europe
Gutenberg
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Coming Campaign Will Be Hotter Than Mail Order Pistol Baer
The coming political campaign is described as hotter than a mail order pistol. Republicans vow revenge while Democrats refuse to concede or cool their hate. Reports from Philadelphia and Chicago note sharp denunciations as the fight intensifies.
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Baer
Arthur
Bugs” Baer
Drug Store Robbed Of $14 Two Held For Theft Of Beer
A Sorenson drug store burglary resulted in exactly 14 dollars missing from two cash registers. Entry was gained by prying a basement window screen and a weighted trap door was lifted, with pharmacist C A Clark reporting the scene at 6 30 am. Police noted additional incidents in the area including burglaries and drunkenness complaints.
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Sorenson Drug Store
Sixth Street
C. A Clark
Roosevelt outlines campaign plan for third term attack
President Roosevelt disclosed his campaign outline for a third term targeting dissident Democrats supporting Willkie. He named John W Hanes Lewis W Douglas Edward R Burke and James A Reed as rebels and defended keeping Henry A Wallace in the cabinet while criticizing Republican strategy and using press conferences and radio for outreach.
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Roosevelt
GOP
John W Hanes
Lewis W Douglas
Edward R Burke
James A Reed
Henry A Wallace
Wallace
Washington
Willkie
Roosevelt backs againstbolters as anti third term democrats discuss silence
Washington reporters note a bloc of conservative Democrats including Byrd Glass Bailey and Tydings shows little enthusiasm for the Roosevelt Wallace ticket. The Democratic National Committee issued a statement by Sen Kenneth McKellar saying many who opposed the Roosevelt administration before are opposing it again.
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Harry F Byrd
Virginia
Carter Glass
Josiah W. Bailey
North Carolina
Millard E. Tydings
Maryland
Roosevelt- Wallace
Democratic National Committee
Kenneth D. McKellar
Tennessee
Convict Wynne Clings to Water Tower Overnight in Atlanta
Andrew Jackson Wynne a 20 year old convict defied Atlanta federal prison authorities by perched atop the prison water tower for 15 minutes of ascent and 94 days of continuation on the tank. He descended after a 15 minute talk with a guard ending his self imposed exile and delaying his release by 94 days for good behavior. Government and local officials noted he will be returned to the Chatham county camp upon federal release and criticized the camp system while Gov. Ed Rivers promised reforms. The incident occurred amid 100 degree heat.
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Atlanta
Andrew Jackson Wynne
Wynne
Fulton County
U. S
Chatham County
Ed Rivers
W. M. MacFeely
Georgia
Rivers
Army says no peacetime draft for men with dependents
Brig Gen William E. Shedd told the House Military Affairs Committee that never in time of peace will the army draft men with dependents. The Senate group postponed action on the Burke-Woodsworth selective service bill after no agreement on a conscientious objector exemption. He also stated the October draft would not include married men. Defense cost estimates rise to about 6 billion dollars, with the Army seeking about 3.8 billion in the overall defense bill.
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Shedd
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Senate
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Ala
Sparkman
Filaure
House
Henrys L. Stimson
Louis Johnson
Collision Fatal for Hartwick Minister on Victor Hartwick Road
The Rev. R B Robart Congregational pastor of Hartwick died Tuesday afternoon from injuries after a head on collision with a truck on the Victor Hartwick road near a knoll. He was taken to Grinnell hospital and died at 3 30 p m. Three children in the same car were slightly injured. The truck driver Fred Kahler of Hartwick suffered minor injuries. Robart is survived by his wife and three children. Funeral services were held Wednesday and he was buried in Avon Illinois.
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Gazette
Victor
R B Robart
Hartwick
Victor- Hartwick
Ritbart
Grinnell
George Dixon
Fred Kahler
Robart
Avon, I
Delay in Reed Group Meeting Pushed to Later Date
The executive board of the Jeffersonians in Kansas City has postponed a meeting planned for Thursday in Chicago. The delay was announced at James A Reed’s law offices and cited as not convenient for all summoned members to attend. The group backed Alf M. Landon in 1936 and now weighs its role in the current campaign.
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Kansas City, Mo
Jeffersonian Democrats
Chicago
James A Reed
Jeffersonians
Alf M. Landon
Reed
Refreshing Sleep At Camp Builds Children's Health
Physically handicapped children, harmed by heat at home, sleep well at Camp Good Health. Double decker cots and large fans improve ventilation. A hot weather program runs by day as Cedar Rapids area youths benefit from cooler nights.
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Cedar Rapids
Camp Good Health
Tentative Sept. 1 Start for Conscription Programs
Washington AP reports tentative registration for the pending conscription program set for September 1 with 400000 first trainees expected a month later. A war department official said states have begun preparations for selective service while Congress debates the Burke Wadsworth bill.
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Washington
Congress
War Department
James Noells In Berne Awaiting Passage To U S
Mr and Mrs James Noell and their children Nancy and Martia have reached Berne Switzerland awaiting U S passage from Lisbon. They left The Hague where Mr Noell headed a Quaker Oats plant in Rotterdam and are joined by Augustus Hart a Princeton man with Quaker Oats. Word came to Mrs Smith via Earle Muzzy Chicago Quaker Oats VP export sales.
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Nancy
Martia
Berne
Switzerland
United States
Lisbon
Portugal
Noell
Isaac B Smith
Twenty-seventh Street
Noells
Hague
Rotterdam
Holland
Augustus Hart
Princeton
Quaker Oats Company
Switzerand
Earle Muzzy
Chicago
Quaker Oats
The
Smiths
Two Boys Rescue Five Year Old From Cedar River
A five year old girl Doris Oswald fell from a dock into the Cedar River near First street NW below Ellis park. Jimmy Mittan and Dick Mason, both about 12, pulled her from the water and she was unharmed aside from the scare.
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Cedar River
First Street
Ellis Park
Doris Oswald
Gordon Oswald
Fifth Street
Jimmy Mittan
Thelma Mittan
Tenth Street
Dick Mason
Oscar W. Mason
Doris
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