War nerves in Far East and Philippine callup.
The piece argues the U S move to place the Philippines on a semi war footing with 200000 Filipino troops signals belligerence to Japan and prompts worry at home about readiness. It notes potential naval weakness and Japan's China venture, then shifts to labor negotiations at Penick Ford plant and calls for peaceful settlement to prevent future disruptions.
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Yyrether
United States
Japan
Far East
Philippine Islands
Washington
Pacific
Atlantic
China
Soviet claim wipe out three German divisions and island capture
Russia said it destroyed three German divisions including two infantry and a panzer unit and seized a Danube mouth island marked K with motor torpedo boats. Soviet forces reported crushing Nazi offensives around Smolensk and pressing counterattacks along the front while claiming air superiority with 98 German planes downed on Friday.
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Moscow
INS
Russia
Danube River
Romania
Black Sea
Bessarabian
Danube
Germany
Eighth
Smolensk
High Command
Forty-Plusser Club Hurt By Defense Boom
In Chicago officers of the Men Over Forty club report membership losses as prosperity and defense boom create rapid job growth. They note placements doubled in a month but overall enrollment fell from 60 to 20 while industry rehires engineers and production staff over 40.
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S. B. Fithian
Fithian
E. L. Ritter
Ritter
Showers End Heat Wave in Des Moines Region
A thundershower in Des Moines ended a six day heat wave as three men were injured by lightning at a residence. Elmer Brafford 73 of Prairie City suffered severe head injuries. his son Everett 30 and homeowner Carl Blanchard 31 were less hurt. Rain amounts varied across Iowa with Waterloo .28 inch and Des Moines .21 inch.
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Des Moines
Elmer Brafford
Prairie City
Brafford
Everett
Carl Blanchard
Waterloo
Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Davenport
Boone
Heatwave grips nation with record high heat across regions
Heat and humidity plagued two thirds of the United States. Temperatures reached the 80s 90s and over 100 in many areas from Texas to the Atlantic. Damp air heightened discomfort with no general relief in sight as heat-related deaths climb.
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Associated Press
Texas
Atlantic
U.S. Aims to Occupy Dakar and Cape Verde Islands
Paris newspapers claim the United States plans to occupy the Cape Verde islands and Dakar in French West Africa to intimidate Japan. The report cites Paris papers and notes a wartime context with Allied strategy.
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U.S
Dakar
Isles
Vichy
France
Paris
United States
Cape Verde Islands
French West Africa
Japan
Cedar Rapids Memories and War Talk Reflections
This interview transcript captures Cedar Rapids residents weighing the city’s needs, wartime outlook, and economic shifts. Topics include industrial capacity at Quaker Oats, oat markets, defense demand, and local sentiment about coordination with national events. The piece also recalls football eras and admiration for Woodrow Wilson.
U.S. Freezes Silk Supply To Curb Shortage
Washington orders a freeze on all raw silk stocks and suspends silk futures to conserve supply for defense. E. R. Stettinius Jr and Leon Henderson warn of nearing shortages, cap production to last week’s rate, and bar deliveries except by authorization as ships’ imports are exempt.
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Washington
SNS
United States
Commodities Exchange
E. R Stettinius, Jr
OPM
Federal
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Stetlinius
Act Now To Get Cookbooklets Ending Sale Saturday
The Cedar Rapids Gazette offers twenty cookbooklets in a series over twenty one weeks. Sale ends next Saturday at The Gazette office. Total sold to date is 70 170. Remaining numbers available individually or as a complete set, with binders in stock. Obtainable daily Monday through Saturday until 9 p.m.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Penick Agreement Ratified By Union
About 400 members of Federal Labor Union No 18619 met at the Labor Temple and ratified Friday’s agreement with Penick and Ford officials. Work will restart Monday ending a week-long shutdown. The contract amendment grants both sides power to discipline workers disrupting peaceful relations in the plant.
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Penick and
Ford
Monay
Cedar Rapida News
Federal Labor Union No. 18619
Labor Temple
Ford Company
Senate Unit in Action 10 Keeps Men in Service
The senate military committee approved a measure to extend the tenure of all persons in military service as needed for national defense. The vote was 9 to 1 with Chairman Reynolds opposing and Senator Hill signaling floor delay for testimony printing. Draft deferments for men 28 and older were extended indefinitely pending congressional action.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
Thomas
Utah
Senate
Hill
Alabama
Reynolds
N. C
Roosevelt
Congress
Hemisphere
U.S. Marines in Iceland Face Uncertain Trials and Legacy
The article profiles U S Marines poised in Iceland as a unique, heavily equipped force ready for potential combat in Europe. It notes their modernization, defense battalions, and history of ambivalent public reception, situating them as the navy s amphibious arm with a storied record in battles and deployments since the Nicaragua and Haiti campaigns.
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Washington
the Gazette Special News Service
Devil Dogs
Iceland
America
Europe
Congress
Nicaragua
Haiti
Tokio Urges U S to Reconsider Far East Stand
Tokio calls on the United States to reconsider its stance on the Franco Japanese joint defense pact for Indo China after the government. An extremist Japanese group urged seizure of Shanghai’s international settlement in retaliation for American and British economic measures. Nobumi Ito warned Washington that U.S. actions disturb peace and urged Japanese calm. Japanese freezing orders become effective at midnight, threatening broader economic restrictions.
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Tokio
U.S
Far East
United States
Indo- China
Shanghai
Washington
London
Japan
Nobumi Ito
Japanese Board of Information
Ito
American Territories
Canada
Domei
Bangkok
Thailand
England
British Empire
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Philippine Islands
Jap Demands On Siam Seen
CHUNGKING China Sunday UP reports that Japan pressed Thailand to accept the new East Asia order and shipped 20 troop transports from Canton. The notices claim large mobilizations and offer Laos and Cambodia in French Indo China in exchange. The Tsushima straits were said to be blocked near Vladivostok. Chinese circles welcomed U S asset freezes as a shift away from appeasement.
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Chungking
China
Board of Military Operations
Japan
Thailand
Siam
East Asia
Canton
Laos
Cambodia
Indo-China
Tsushima
Vladivostok
Korea
United States
Mercury nearly tops yearly Cedar Rapids heat record
The Cedar Rapids thermometer barely missed the year’s high, reaching 92 degrees at 1 45 pm and clinging there until 5 pm. By 6 30 pm the mercury fell three degrees and stood at 82 by 11 15 pm. Overnight low occurred 4 30 to 6 am at 75, climbing to 78 by 7 am.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers
Grant of Air Bases to U S and Britain Reported
Tokio dispatch cites Nanking that Chiang Kai-shek government granted the United States and Great Britain permission to use Chinese air bases. The pact would allow American and British officers to co operate with Chinese air units.
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TOKIO
Nanking
Chiang Kai-shek
United States
Great Britain
Pepper urges sharp notice to Japan over next move
Sen Claude Pepper urged the democracies to warn Japan that a future assault would trigger shooting in the Pacific. Washington discussed freezing Japanese assets, Britain tore up trade treaties, and Roosevelt ordered Philippine armed forces mobilized as U S policy moved toward economic pressure to strangle Japan within about a year.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Pacific
Claude Pepper
Fla
Thailand
Pepper
Sase
Yokohama
Britain
Empire
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