Summary of draft compulsory military training bill in Senate
The draft bill would register all male citizens and male aliens 18 to 64, create two training classes, and empower the President to call up 21 to 45 year olds for active service. Trainees would serve one year then a ten year reserve, with wages of 21 dollars monthly. Exemptions include active forces, diplomats, ministers, and the Vice President. A director of selective service would administer the act, which takes effect immediately and runs until May 14, 1945 unless extended.
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United States
Congress
National Guard
Selective Service
Senate
White House defends defense fund spending plan
The White House releases a letter detailing how defense funds are spent in states, prompting reactions from Sen. Nye who questions whether the money is a national defense fund or a party defense fund. Mellett confirms copies were mailed to all congress members.
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White House
Republican Party
Congress
Democratic Party
Nye
Sen. Nye
N.D
International News Service
Mellett
Defense Drive Strains Nation's Engineering Resources
Daniel W. Mead of Madison former ASCE president said defense demands strain the United States engineering resources. He criticized government spending such as the Fort Peck dam and Grand Coulee, suggesting many projects are unnecessary and will have no use for decades.
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Denver
Daniel W. Mead
Madison
Wis
American Society of Civil Engineers
Mead
Fort Peck
Montana
Grand Coulee
Washington
Automobile To Cost Average Driver 55 In Taxes This Year
Washington report notes motorists face higher tax bills with an average total of 55 dollars per driver this year. The American Petroleum Institute cites last year’s average auto tax at 40 31, including 26.84 for state gasoline taxes and 13.47 for registration and licenses. An additional 11 dollars goes to federal emergency taxes, plus a new four dollar increase from Congress for defense taxes this year.
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Washington
INS
American Petroleum Institute
Congress of
Escapee Iowa convict tied to Omaha Lincoln robberies
Nebraska officers hunted Carl Dickinson of Hiawatha Kansas and Joe Lovelace of Lincoln after they fled the Genoa prison farm. Lincoln and Omaha detectives linked the escape to bank robbery and a filling station holdup as authorities reviewed a possible same two men.
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Genoa
Neb
Nebraska
Omaha
Lincoln
W. D. Rowden
Carl Dickinson
Hiawatha
Kan
Joe Lovelace
Tom Ryan
Forrest Estes
Iowa
Nic Hogst
Ryan
Estes
Herman Schriber
Garner Vote First At Polling Station In Texas Primary
Vice President John Nance Garner cast the first ballot at his polling place in Uvalde for the Texas democratic primary. He said it was traditional for him to vote early during a train trip to Uvalde. Mrs. Garner voted second in line at the station.
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Uvalde, Tex
INS
John Nance Garner
Texas
Washington
Uvalde
Hitler to Romania and Balkans reshaping the map
The article argues that Balkan resources fuel the Nazi economy and that southeast territory status may change. It states Hitler may back Hungarian and Bulgarian claims on Romania, and Romania may accept revisions after the war. Pacification hinges on affected nations agreeing to territorial and economic regulation without axis action.
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Hitler
Rumania
Britain
France
Balkans
Britain Questions Romania as Reprisals Loom
London signals drastic measures against Romania over actions harming British shipping and oil interests. Romania under Ion Gigurtu faces potential formal protest as talks with Mussolini and Hitler-related diplomacy unfold.
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London
INS
Great Britain
Romania
England
Bucharest
Benito Mussolini
Rome
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Ion Gigurtu
Axis seeks quick Balkan settlement with Romania in talks
News from Rome and Pratepeatus report Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler pressing for a rapid Balkan settlement. Romania’s Ion Gigurtu and Mihail Manoilescu allegedly agreed to cede Transylvania and Dobrudja to Hungary and Bulgaria in exchange for guarantees of territorial security and Axis protection against Soviet encroachment.
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Rome
INS
Benito Mussolini
Rumania
Balkan
Hungary
Bulgaria
Ion Gigurtu
Mihail Manoilescu
Transylvania
Dobrudja
Berlin and Rome Rally Undivided Focus Against British Empire
Berlin and Rome dedicate attention to a united military campaign against Britain. The allies coordinate strategy and resource deployment to pressure British defenses and global influence during ongoing hostilities.
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Berlin
Rome
Hitler Offers Romania Conditions to Spare It From Partition
London dispatch reports a crisis in the Balkans as Hitler allegedly told Romania's Ion Gigurtu and Mihail Manoilescu he would spare Romania from partition if it becomes a non belligerent German ally, halts Britain supplies, places the army under Nazi control, and purges pro British officials. It notes a plan to press King Carol to abdicate in favor of Prince Nicholas and install a stringent regime. The piece also outlines German aims in the Balkans including isolating Turkey and preparing for possible war with Russia.
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London
INS
Balkans
Britain
London Daily Dispatch
Hitler
Rumania
Ion Gigurtu
Mihail Manoilescu
Germany
Russia
Carol
Nicholas
Josef Stalin
Romania
Balkan
Black Sea
Lower Danube
Europe
Turkey
Bucapeet
Bucharest
Lonon
Peasant Revolt Crushed in Transylvania Amidst Tensions
Reports from Budapest say Romania’s army halted a 60 000 peasant uprising in Transylvania as leaders Julius Maniu and Vaida Voevod were abroad. Romanian troops sealed Cluj and dispersed marchers with many leaders arrested. The incident follows Hungary’s claim to the province with German and Italian support.
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Budapest
INS
Rumania
Transylvania
Hungary
Germany
Italy
Ion Gigurtu
Mihail Manoilescu
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Julius Maniu
Vaida Voevod
Cluj
Carol
France protests British leaflet raids in France and Morocco
The French government protested in London over Royal Air Force leaflet raids in France and Morocco. The government called the actions harmful and noted the pamphlets conveyed Britain’s naval engagement at Oran and related matters.
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Vichy
France
INS
London
Royal Air Force
Morocco
Havas
Oran
May End Familiar Music Broadcasts Across Nation
The dispute pits ASCAP against radio stations over a proposed 7.5 percent fee for performances. ASCAP, a rights pool with about 1,100 members and 118 publishers, argues radio has cut sheet music sales, threatening songwriters including Irving Berlin and Cole Porter. A new contract could bar much music from airplay if not signed.
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ASCAP
George Gershwin
John Philip Sousa
Irving Berlin
Cole Porter
Jerome Kern
Victor Herbert
Carrie Jacobs Bond
Training Ship Burns But 14 Cadets Late
Fourteen cadets and two instructors from Admiral Farragut Naval Academy escaped a shipboard fire off Barnegat Light. The old wooden vessel, once a navy submarine chaser, burned as the group returned to summer camp. Instructors Harold Price and Francis Zeluca, ages 35 and 19, were treated for burns at Royal Pines hospital Pinewald. their conditions were not serious.
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Pine Branch
N. J
INS
Admiral Farragut Naval Academy
Barnegat Light
U. S. Naval Academy
Navy
Harold Price
Francis Zeluca
Royal Pines
Pinewald
Near Tornadic Storm Hits Sidney Iowa Damage Reported
A storm of near tornadic intensity struck Sidney at about 6 30 p m Saturday blowing the roof from a grade school and blowing in store fronts. Uprooted trees blocked the highway to Shenandoah with similar damage to areas between Sidney and Hamburg. Three inches of rain fell as the storm lasted half an hour. A small twister wrecked a farm home near Nebraska City Nebraska.
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Sidney
Shenandoah
Hamburg
Nebraska City
Neb
I S T C Students Explore McGregor Area
A group of 36 summer school students from Iowa State Teachers College led by Dr. Carl Erbe visited McGregor on Saturday. They crossed the Mississippi to Prairie du Chien to tour Villa Louis and Fort Crawford museum, then spent the afternoon at Pikes Peak state park with guided nature trails and a talk on local history by Park Naturalist Clark Brown. Brown also directed a Woodcraft camp near the park where boys performed in Indian dances at the shelter house.
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McGregor
Iowa State Teachers College
Carl Erbe
History Department
Mississippi
Prairie du Chien Wis
Villa Louis
Fort Crawford Museum
Pikes Peak State Park
McGregor-Prairie du Chien
Clark Brown
Pikes Peak
Brown
Park Shelter House
Unsealed Corn Batches Reported In Poweshiek County
A total of 50,000 bushels of corn have been unsealed in Poweshiek county for feeding purposes and 125,000 bushels have been shipped out of the county, according to Marvin McLain, county conservation chairman.
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Brooklyn
Poweshiek County
Marvin McLain
Americas Agree on Hands Offs Plan for Hemisphere Control
The article outlines a proposed inter American framework to safeguard continental security. It calls for temporary administration of foreign colonies if a power seeks to dominate the region and for a broad economic plan to aid countries cut off from European markets. The scheme envisions a multinational commission and a strengthened inter American financial advisory body to insulate republics from foreign trade coercion.
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inter-American Financial and Economic Advisory Committee
4 Million Tons of Shipping Sunk, Reich Claims
Berlin radio reported to NBC in New York that over 4,000,000 tons of British and Allied shipping have been sunk since the war began. Submarines accounted for about 2,000,000 tons, the air force for 1,000,000 tons, and mines plus surface craft for about 1,300,000 tons. The announcer said many ships are too damaged to repair and England may soon lack ships to import food.
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New York
Ins
Berlin
NBC
Army Air Force
England
Two Injured When Car Overturns In Collision
A car driven by R. E. Adams sixty two? 52 of St. Louis overturned after colliding with H. H. Lathrop's vehicle at 5 05 p m Saturday at E avenue and Thirteenth street NW Adams and Doris Danes fifteen of St. Louis sustained slight bruises. Adams said bushes on the west side of Thirteenth obscured his view and he tried to beat the eastbound Lathrop car across the intersection. A second minor injury occurred at Third avenue and Sixth street SE at 8 15 p m when Mrs. E A Snyder fifty five of 39 Fourteenth avenue SW suffered arm and shoulder bruises in a crash involving Sidney A. Gibson fifty five of 1202 First street SW and Henry Gundling thirty six of 1725 D avenue NE. Damage deemed slight.
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R. E. Adams
St. Louis
H. H. Lathrop
E Avenue NW
E Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Adams
Doris Danes
Lathrop
Third Avenue
Sixth Street
E. A. Snyder
Fourteenth Avenue
Sidney A. Gibson
First Street
Henry Gundling
D Avenue
Worker Finds Dead Mouse in Shoe at Service Station
Iowa City AP report details Francis Megan, an employee at a local service station, waking late and rushing 11 blocks to work. On duty he noticed something in his shoe and removed it to reveal a dead mouse, prompting bedside discomfort and a delayed start.
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Iowa City
Francis Megan
Hindelang and Muller Obituaries Highlight Cedar Rapids Links
News reaches Cedar Rapids of Frank J. Hindelang death in Omaha. former Knights of Columbus leader and state foresters chief ranger, survived by wife Anna and son Mark, with another son and daughter. Funeral planned in Omaha. Also noted is the death of Louisa Schaller Muller widow of John J. Muller born Germany 1857, residing Cedar Rapids since 1912 with family ties across Iowa. Body at Moon chapel pending arrangements.
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Cedar Rapids
Omaha
Frank J. Hindelang
Knights of Columbus
Hindelang
Catholic Order of Foresters
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Wing Family Rites Held For Mrs. Henrietta Wing Cedar Rapids
Henrietta Wing 90 died at her son Frank Wing’s home after a long illness. She lived in Cedar Rapids 28 years, born in Pioga County Pennsylvania, widow of Charles Wing. Survived by three sons John Seattle Fred Minneapolis Frank Cedar Rapids a daughter Mrs A E Meisner Malcom Ia, 12 grandchildren, two great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Funeral Tuesday 2 p.m. Beatty chapel Rev R N Coolidge officiating burial Linwood Cemetery. Arthur M. Wiley Funeral.
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Louisa Schaller Muller
Fifth Avenue SE
John J. Muller
Germany
Dubuque
Earlville
Cedar Rapids
Tripoli
Muller
S. E. Preston
Elmhurst Drive
John H
Kansas City
C. Edward
A. G. Anderson
Urbana
Katherine Muller
Sioux Falls
S. D
Elizabeth Woodridge
Minneapolis
Karoline Muller
Springfield
Neb
Moon Chapel
Henrietta Wing
Frank Wing
Ellis Boulevard
Pioga County
Charles Wing
John
Seattle
Fred
Frank
A. E. Meisner
Malcom
Funeral services for Frank Mraz scheduled Monday
Frank Mraz who died Friday will have services at Polansky funeral chapel at 8 30 a m then at 9 a m in St Wenceslaus church conducted by Msgr August Voja cek. Burial will be in St John's cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel after 2 p m Sunday. Cadets of St George will recite the rosary Sunday at 7 p m at the chapel.
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Arthur M. Wiley
Arthur Marvin Wiley
Rollinsville
Colo
Turner Chapel
Cedar Rapids
Frank Mraz
Polansky
St. Wenceslaus Church
Msgr
August Vojacek
St. John's Cemetery
Cadets of
St. George
Talbott Funeral Service Set for Sunday
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 30 p m Sunday in Moonchapel for F A Talbott aged ... of 1346 I Avenue NE who died at 2 30 a m Friday. The Rev George A Stauffacher will preside with burial in Linwood Cemetery.
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A. Talbott
Moonchapel
F. A. Talbott
I Avenue NE
George A. Stauffacher
Linwood Cemetery
Group Named To Safeguard Health Of Arms Workers
Labor Secretary Perkins appointed eight safety experts to a 24 member national committee for the conservation of manpower in defense industries. The group will prevent injuries and illness, reduce lost work time, and keep production on schedule. Members named include Lewis E. Mac Brayne E. G. Quesnel W. B. Weaver Carl L. Smith John D. Petree Harry Guilbert C. A. Miller and R. E. Donovan.
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Washington
INS
Perkins
National Committee For
Lewis E. Mac Brayne
E. G. Quesnel
W. B. Weaver
Carl L. Smith
John D. Petree
Harry Guilbert
C. A. Miller
R. E. Donovan
Hoffman Visitors From California
John Hoffman of Walker and Mr and Mrs Frank Hoffman of Lodi California visited Friday in the home of Mr and Mrs Nile Livermore in Palo.
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Falo
John Hoffman
Walker
Frank Hoffman
Lodi
Calif
Nile Livermore
Palo
Nazi Rule Tightens in Occupied Holland Amid Invasion Fears
Amsterdam reports Nazi authorities impose iron rule in Holland. Dutch rights curtailed with bans on foreign radio, confiscation threats, and control over political parties. Gestapo-like measures target loyalty to Queen Wilhelmina as hundreds of Dutch abroad are sent to camps. Dutch industry shifts to support the German war effort. butter and egg rationing rise, poultry slaughter ordered, and fodder shortages worsen.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Holland
England
Social-Democratic Party
Communist Party
Revolutionary Social Workers Party
Wilhelmina
Dutch East Indies
United States
Insulin Parade Highlights Camp Ho Mit a Koda Fun
In Cleveland Ohio fifty diabetic children aged five to eighteen form a morning parade at Camp Ho Mita Koda. They receive insulin injections at breakfast and join standard camp activities like swimming archery and bandcraft. Dr Henry J John says the camp proves diabetic children can have fun while improving health. The weeklong camp costs about 1000 dollars with families paying 40 percent and the rest raised through community support and events.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Ho Mita Koda
America
Henry J. John
Cleveelanders
Pipe Explodes Hurting Two Boys in Junk Yard
In New York a pipe found by two brothers in a junk yard exploded against a brick wall injuring eight year old Robert Fineceach who lost a thumb and damaged three fingers while six year old William Fineceach suffered severe cuts to his feet. Investigators say fragments resemble an army anti aircraft shell and police await bomb squad findings.
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New York
SNS
Robert Fine Ceach
William
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