Hitler Insists on Quick Romanian Cession and Balkan Ties
Germany pushes Romania to negotiate rapid land concessions to Hungary and Bulgaria as part of a broader plan for a new southeastern Europe. Hitler seeks close Balkan ties and military accords while Britain threat persists. Diplomatic moves signal a German aim to form vassal states to resist Soviet advances, with talks spanning Bulgaria Romania and Slovakia.
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Budapest
Hungary
Germany
Rumania
Bulgaria
Adolf Hitler
Europe
England
Hitler
Romania
Bessarabia
Bucovina
Berlin
Britain
Fuehrer
Bogdan Philoff
Ivan Popoff
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Feud Over Air Music May Push Familiar Songs Off Air
A high stakes clash between ASCAP and NAB threatens to pull much of the music listeners know from radio after January 1 as a five year contract expires. ASCAP accuses harassment while NAB denies the charge amid moves by state legislatures and a new 10 year pact demanding higher royalties.
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New York
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Tin Pan Alley
ASCAP
National Association of Broadcasters
NAB
Department of Justice
Gene Buck
Washington
Phoenix
Ariz
Montana
New York City
F. H. LaGuardia
Broadcast Music, Inc
Distance Swimmer Aims 292 Mile Mississippi Record
John V. Sigmund, 30, a St. Louis meat cutter and former football player, begins a 292 mile swim from St. Louis to Caruthersville to set a new Mississippi River distance record. He averages about 3 mph. his wife follows by cabin cruiser and two helpers attend in a canoe, supplying meals and support along the route.
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Caruthersville
INS
John V. Sigmund
St. Louis
Mississippi
Missouri
Sigmund
Clarence Giles
Billings
Mont
Yellowstone River
Hungarian Trade Envoys To Moscow
A Hungarian trade delegation will leave for Moscow next week to seek Russian cotton imports and electric instrument exports. Russia remains the Balkans' top cotton supplier after war disruptions cut off British and American cotton. Japan faced Balkan resistance to cotton goods.
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Budapest
INS
Moscow
Hungary
Russia
Balkans
Japan
Nazis Warn Britain Faces Food and Material Shortages
Berlin reports Britain faces severe food and raw materials shortages due to the German sea and air blockade. Berlin high command claims 107,298 tons of British shipping destroyed, with raids on Cardiff Aberthaw Hastings and oil depots at Thames estuary. Submarines and planes reportedly sunk several armed merchantmen and a destroyer, disrupting convoy Sambre.
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Berlin
Great Britain
British Isles
High Command
Shetdland Islands
Cardiff
Aberthaw
Hastings
Britain
Thames Estuary
Whirlwind
Sambre
Soviet Aims To Build World's Largest Navy
Admiral Nikolai Kusnetsoff announced at Navy Day that Soviet Russia plans to form the world’s largest navy. He cited a 1939 fleet expansion by 112 ships and projected 168 more in 1940, doubling tonnage from 100 to 200 percent, with emphasis on large surface ships over small craft and tripled submarine output.
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Moscow
Nikolai Kusnetsoff
Soviet Russia
Kusnetsoff
Russia
Fairfax Man Booked For Drunk Driving
After a patrolman observed a weaving drive on Sixteenth avenue SW near Sixth street Milo Buresh 40 of Fairfax was arrested and brought to the police station around 6 p.m. Saturday. He was booked on operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and refused to submit to a test for intoxication.
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Cedar Rapids
John Schnider
Sixteenth Avenue
Sixth Street
Milo Buresh
Fairfax
Steve Stolba
Baresh
Wheeler's Probably Only Man Who Ever Ran Out On Himself
A satirical column by Arthur Baer comments on Burton Wheeler threatening a third party and a second national convention in July. The piece mocks the idea as political mopery and humorously suggests Wheeler fled the plan, describing him as the only man who ever ran out on himself.
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Wheeler
Burton Wheeler
Senator Wheeler
Forty Four Handicapped Children to Attend Camp Good Health
A Cedar Rapids health camp will admit forty four physically handicapped children aged 6 to 12 for at least three weeks. They have suffered in crowded homes and heat while some are underweight. funds totaling 2665.87 to 2677.87 support the program, with group gifts from Johanna Society and local clubs.
Premonition Of 25 Years Comes True
Carson C. Surles a 59 year old Dunn North Carolina filling station worker who for 25 years predicted July 1940 would end his life died within hours of quitting work after making farewell rounds and arranging with an undertaker. Doctor J R Johnson found no clear cause of death.
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J. R. Johnson
Humidity Clings as Cedar Rapids Sees Warm Day
Cedar Rapids endured sticky humidity on Saturday after a cloudy day with intermittent sun and rain across Iowa. The peak reached 90 degrees between 12:30 and 4 pm, easing to 85 by 7:30 pm and 82 at 10:45 pm, with a 70 degree low from 4 to 6 am.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Mercury
Yale Proxy and Judge Proskauer Join Willkie Bolters
Yale University President Charles Seymour and former New York Supreme Court Justice Joseph Proskauer joined Democratic defectors backing Wendell Willkie. Seymour telegraphed support citing protection, prosperity, and American institutions. Proskauer urged active service for Willkie and warned against class strife and third term risks. Willkie noted broad labor support and met Nebraska leaders.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Charles Seymour
Yale University
New York Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Seymour
Woodrow Wilson
Justice Proskauer
Willkie
Kelly
Hague
Pat Nash
Red Crump
Nebraska
Weather Outlook for Upper Mississippi Valley July 29 to Aug 3
Chicago weather forecast shows showers at week start with little rain afterward. Temperatures expected to run near normal across the Upper Mississippi valley through August 3.
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Chicago
Mississippi Valley
Navy Faces Chronometer Shortage in Warship Building
Washington report says the navy is short of chronometers precise seagoing timepieces needed for its record warship construction program, a shortage disclosed Saturday by officials.
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Washington
Navy
Taft joins foes of peacetime training bill
Senator Taft of Ohio aligned with opponents of the proposed peacetime compulsory training bill as Congress nears a clash over the measure. He favored a voluntary system first and warned against turning the nation toward a totalitarian war footing.
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Taft
Washington
Ohio
Congress
Senate
Young hitch hiker killed in Iowa Falls two car crash
Howard E. Wilson Jr. 21, of Louisville Ohio, was killed Saturday night near Iowa Falls in a two car collision. Roy Tanner of Iowa Falls said Wilson had told him he was attending Iowa State College at Ames.
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Iowa Falls
Howard E. Wilson, Jr
Louisville
Ohio
Here
Roy Tanner
Iowa State College
Ames
Sunday index summary listing sections and pages
An index of a Sunday newspaper notes section divisions. It lists sections such as sports want ads social news and forecasts with page numbers and editorial notes. Names like Walter Wincher pace and Boyd are mentioned in brief descriptions.
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Walter Wincher
Pace
Boyd
Iowa
Washington
Financial
British Flyers Strike Nazi Bases In Weekend Offensive
Beleaguered Britain claimed a large retaliation against German raids with raids on oil centers and industrial targets in Germany Holland and France. The British air ministry said forces hit Cherbourg St Nazaire Nantes Dortmund Schippl Wallhaven and airdromes in the Netherlands with one Coastal Command aircraft not returning. A naval bombing off the Norwegian coast was reported with crew seen to abandon ship.
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Britain
Germany
Holland
France
British
Air Ministry
Cherbourg
St. Nazaire
Nantes
Dortmund
Schippl
Wallhaven
Netherlands
Coastal Command
Mediterranean
Near East
High Officers With Roosevelt on Norfolk Yacht Visit
A group of top military advisers joined President Roosevelt on a Potomac yacht trip to inspect national defense near Norfolk Virginia. Attending were Secretary Knox Secretary Hopkins Vinson Watson Shepard and Dan Callaghan. The party sails to Norfolk and will tour the area by motor Monday.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Potomac
Norfolk, Va
Stephen Early
Navy
Knox
Commerce
Hopkins
Vinson
House Naval Committee
Edwin M. Watson
White House
Sheppard
Tex
Senate Military Committee
Daniel J. Callaghan
Norfolk
Alien registration to begin August 27 at Cedar Rapids post office
Cedar Rapids officials announced aliens must register at the Cedar Rapids post office during the four months after August 27. Registrations follow congressional action and aim to prevent subversive activities. Fines and imprisonment await those who fail to appear.
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Cedar Rapid
Cedar Rapids
Agreement Forged on U5 Proposals in Cuban Talks
In Havana the 21 American republics reached a united preadoptive accord on a defensive and economic plan. The peace committee backed measures to create immediate machinery to seize and temporarily administer European colonies for the benefit of the possessions and regional security. Hull, pleased, noted the progress amid efforts to strengthen continental solidarity and reduce European dependence while avoiding retaliation.
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Havana
United States
Mittee
Ington
Cordell Hull
Hull
Peace Committee
Tennessee
Europe
Asia
Roosevelt defense fund tied to third term bid claim
Senator Rush Holt accuses President Roosevelt of steering the 14 billion dollar national defense fund to aid his re election Holt points to a letter from Lowell Mellett listing West Virginia defense contracts as evidence Holt says the administration is using federal money for political purposes amid the 1940 campaign
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
National Defense Fund
Rush Holt
W. Va
Holt
Lowell Mellett
Office of Government Reports
West Virginia
National Defense Program
Executive Office
War and Navy Departments
Congress
Rooseevelt
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Bugs” Baer
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Cedar Rapids News
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