Iowa Heat Toll Rises as Relief Expected in 24 Hours
Iowa recorded 15 heat deaths as a mass of cool air moved in from the north. Temperatures topped 100 across the state for the eighth straight day, with 107 in Sioux City and Council Bluffs, 106 in Spencer and other towns. Relief was forecast late Thursday night into Friday, likely dropping daytime highs about 10 degrees.
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Estherville
Webster City
Cherokee
U. S. Weather Bureau
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Cecil Lee
la Vonne
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DeWitt and
Clinton
Emil Lykkegard
Fort Dodge
Waterloo
Ivan Tillman
Council Bluffs
The
Mercury
Sioux City
Spencer
Knoxville
Sigourney
Indianola
Boone
Iowa Falls
Newton
Inwood
Decorah
Midwest
Montana
North Dakota
Minnesota
South Dakota
Midwest Heat Wave Grips States as Relief Forecast
Heat wave devastates corn crops and drains water supplies across the midwest. Forecaster Knorr predicts relief tonight with a cool air mass and cooler days ahead. Temperatures near 109 in Arizona and Nebraska set records while deaths amid the heat surpass 250.
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A. J. Knorr
Chicago
Willkie To Speak On Iowa Statehouse Steps Aug. 5
Wendell Willkie will address an outdoor crowd on the east steps of the Iowa Statehouse Aug 5 as part of a Midwest GOP gathering. Gov George A Wilson says 10000 plus are expected. Attendees include governors Stassen Bushfield Ratner Heil and other party leaders for a conference on agricultural issues.
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Stassen
Minnesota
Bushfield
South Dakota
Ratner
Kansas
Heil
Wisconsin
Illinois
Nebraska
Missouri
Wilson
Iowa Republican Central Committee
Iowa
Willkie to Meet Midwest Governors on Drought
Des Moines reports Wendell Willkie will convene a drought conference with eight Midwestern state governors and representatives if dry weather continues. The event echoes the 1936 drought talks between Roosevelt and regional leaders. Clyde Herring, once Iowa governor, is now a U.S. senator and part of the political landscape.
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Des Moines
Wendell Willkie
Iowa
Roosevelt
Landon
Kansas
Clyde L. Herring
United States
GOP
New High Of 104 Caps Heat Wave In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids endured an eighth straight day of scorching heat with a 104 degree high at 2 30 p m marking a new seasonal peak. The heat wave brings dangers to crops and people as temperatures eclipse prior records from 1936 and 1940.
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Cedar Rapids
New Suit Seeks Void County Courthouse Lease
Iowa state action by E H Wadsworth asks Linn County supervisors to show authority for a five year renewal with Linn County Abstract Company for courthouse office space. Suit seeks lease voidness and lack of authority. Wadsworth claims County Attorney Thompson did not file quo warranto and that he obtained court permission to sue on July 12 before dismissing the case.
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State of
Iowa
E. H. Wadsworth
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Linn County Abstract Company
Wadsworth
G. K. Thompson
Roosevelt Expands Export Controls on Oil and Scrap Metal
President Roosevelt signed an order adding petroleum products and scrap iron to the export license system, signaling possible embargo controls. Officials said the move, not an embargo, broadens authority to limit shipments, with wartime Spain oil stoppage cited and a western hemisphere focus on charter approvals.
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Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Spain
Japan
China
Germany
Italy
Stephen Early
Texas
Maritime Commission
Western Hemisphere
Commission
Johnson Resigns as Assistant Secretary of War
Washington report says Louis Johnson submitted his resignation as assistant secretary of war on Wednesday. President Roosevelt nominated Robert Porter Patterson to succeed him and may offer Johnson a post as administrative assistant to the president, serving as progress reporter on the national defense program.
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Harry Woodring
Henry N. Stimson
Patterson
The Vice Presidency as Unwanted Job
A humorous take on the vice presidency as a job after a presidential candidate is chosen. It compares the role to an organ grinder's monkey, noting good pay and exposure but lack of autonomy. The piece ends with the narrator offering to take the position if others refuse.
Ready To Start Draft As Soon As Law Is Enacted
Congress moves toward a compulsory military training bill. Gen George C Marshall says the War Department is ready to draft 1 400 000 men within 24 hours of enactment. Senate and House committees weigh a five year program to produce 3 000 000 reserves by May 15 1945. Senator Norris opposes conscription as dangerous to US ideals.
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Congress
George C. Marshall
War Department
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Senate
House Military Affairs Committee
Norris
Adolf Hitler
Foreseeing the Future Through a Third Eye, Dostoyevsky Insight
A column recalls Dostoyevsky’s warning that science fuels power but not wisdom, predicting a future rogue figure akin to Hitler. It notes Leo Tolstoy era optimism turned to fear as civilization deepens vanity and detaches inspiration, suggesting some see time trends with a "third eye."
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Dostoyevsky
DR. Newton
Russia
Spencer, Herschell
Europe
Hitler
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Italy’s Wheat Crop Falls Below 3-Year Average
Rome AP reports Italy’s year wheat harvest seen at about 73 million quintals, roughly 7.7 million quintals under the average of the past three years. The agriculture minister relayed the estimate to Premier Mussolini.
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Italy
Rome
Government to Help British Buy 3000 Planes Monthly
Secretary Morgenthau said the United States would provide facilities for Britain to purchase 8000 military aircraft per month in the United States. A study of ordering and delivery methods would begin by January 1941 as British funds remain ample. The plan, tied to American defense and industrial interests, involves new factory capacity beyond the 50000 aircraft goal.
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Washington
Morgenthau
United States
Roosevelt
Congress
United States Army
Navy
Wallace and Wallace and FUR discuss third term strategy
Secretary Henry Wallace met with President Roosevelt to blueprint the third term bid and said he will stay in the cabinet until he is officially notified of vice presidential designation around August 20. He plans no political activity until after notification and left open a possible lengthy absence from the cabinet.
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Washington
Henry A Wallace
Roosevelt Thursdas
Wallace
Chicago
Iowa
Des Moines
Willkie Club Forming In Linn County Campaign
Preliminary plans for a county wide nonpartisan Willkie for President club were announced by Cedar Rapids lawyer David G Bleakley. Petitions have circulated and several hundreds of signatures obtained. Bleakley said the club aims to rise above partisan politics and focus on preservation of core American ideals.
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David G. Bleakley
Cedar Rapids
Bleakley
Brikley
Reed Assails Roosevelt's Charges Cites '32 Stand
Kansas City AP James A Reed former Missouri Democratic senator rebutted President Roosevelt’s claim he aided 1932 and 1936 campaigns. Reed says he supported Willkie, recalls aiding Alfred E. Smith in 1928, and defends Mrs Reed against wage claims tied to Donnelly Garment. He accuses Roosevelt of mischaracterizing his record.
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James A Reed
Missouri
Roosevelt
Reed
Wendell L. Willkie
Albany
Herbert Hoover
Farley
Alfred E. Smith
Donnelly Garment Company
Reed J
United States
Lancastria Sinking Off France Claims Many Lives
Britain states the 16 243 ton liner Lancastria was sunk by German bombs off St Nazaire on June 16 with an estimated 1700 civilians soldiers and sailors killed and up to 2822 missing as fires and a 30 minute raid trapped passengers including women and children while rescuers battled the blaze and landing was near complete survivors said planes joined the attack and some 5300 aboard fled ashore or tried to reach safety.
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Lancastria
St. Nazaire
France
Convicts Admit Killing Guard In Fort Madison Escape
Des Moines AP reports Lowell Haenze and Ivan Sullivan confessed to killing Fort Madison penitentiary guard Robert Hart during a failed escape bid. The incident followed a prior break attempt by Hacave Sullivan and Forrest Estes on June 22. Cunningham killed himself after the thwarted breakout.
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Row Nebergall
Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Lowell Haenze
Iwan Sullivan
Robert Hart
Fort Madison
Fter
Therawa
Hacave
Sullian
Forrest Estes
Hirt
William Cunningham
Cunningham
Hart
Nineteenth Street Designated Through Street Aimed at Traffic
The city council designated Nineteenth Street SE from First to Mount Vernon avenues as a through artery. They will buy twenty six reflector stop signs to protect the corridor and seek state highway commission permission to grade and repave the Fourth Street railroad crossing at Eighth Avenue SE. Stop signs at Eighth and Sixth Street SW were announced, with East and West bound traffic to be stopped. No casualties were reported, though a 1939 accident at that intersection and two in 1940 caused vehicle damage.
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Gordon Hughes
Nineteenth Street
Mount Vernon Avenues
State Highway Commission
Fourth Street
Eighth Avenue
Sixth Street
Sixth Street SW Was Announced Thursday By Captain Hughes
Captain Hughes
Hail Storm Ravages Winneshiek County Crops
A Wednesday hail storm swept southwest Winneshiek County for three miles by ten miles, destroying nearly all crops on farms of Frank Kuhn John Kuhn William Schwade John Taylor William Einwualter Ed Herold Martin Herold John Neuzil George Huber Joe Nolte and Peter Schmidt with little salvage possible at several sites.
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Winneshiek County
Frank
John Kuhn
William Schwade
John Taylor
William Einwualter
Martin Herold
John Neuzil
George Huber
Joe Nolte
Peter Schmidt
Nolte
Schmidt
English Claim Win in Initial Phase of Duel
The British claim a successful first phase against Nazi plans as RAF raids disrupt German cross Channel invasion aims and British blockade tightens. London reports show German air activity, a sinking near Portland, and a raid on Weybridge while Mussolini faces meatless days and bread rationing.
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Germans Hit Stand At Havana Pan American Conference
The semi official Diplomatische Politische Korrespondenz criticized certain parties at the Havana Pan American conference on Thursday for voicing concern about a possible attack on the western hemisphere.
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Diplomatische Politische Korrespondenz
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