Invasion Not Planned Now Says Gayda
Virginio Gayda, fascist editor, told MU Giornale d Italia that no immediate invasion of England is expected. He said a gradual campaign aims to isolate Britain through air attacks and submarine blockades, with Mediterranean actions weakening Britain before any possible later invasion.
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Rome
Virginio Gayda
England
Gayda
MU Giornale d'Italia
Germany
Italy
France
Britain
British Isles
Mediterranean
Suspense Grows Over Allied Crossing From Continent
Reports from Bern indicate Germany and Italy mobilize troops planes and ships for an imminent Channel coast assault on Britain. Telecommunication links between occupied and unoccupied France were cut as Italian Fascists confirm Mussolini’s request to join the invasion, with Hitler granting token land forces while seeking many air squadrons.
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Bern
Switzerland
Germany
Italy
Britain
France
Halian
North Sea
English Channel
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Fuehrer
Hitler
FBI Warns Against Witch Hunts On Spy Rumors
A six man Iowa training session urged northeastern Iowa peace officers to curb un sanctioned groups seeking to investigate sabotage and espionage. J L Dalton of the FBI explained duties under Roosevelt defense plans and the need for confidential handling of reports.
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Iowa
J. L. Dalton
FBI
Ted Wilkins
Boone
Iowa Sheriffs Association
Hotel
Montrose
Dalton
Roosevelt
British Warships Sink Greek Vessel
London report says British warships in the Aegean sunk a Greek freighter carrying cargo for Italian forces after being attacked by Italian airplanes. The admiralty communique was issued Wednesday night.
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London
Admiralty
Aegean Sea
Quotations on Truth Virtue and Liberty From Various Thinkers
A mash of aphorisms and reflections on honesty, love, reason, fate, and liberty attributed to writers like Galsworthy Emerson and Swedenborg. The piece muses on truth’s cost, secondhand ideas, and humanity’s march, noting 1927 as the year sixty two nations renounced war.
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John Galsworthy
Swedenborg
Emerson
Dist
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
A Boy Without Friends Finds Them in Cedar Rapids
A 14 year old Omaha boy Leo Schweigart ran away and hitchhiked to Cedar Rapids. He was fed by police after being found near Third avenue and First street SE. His father will send bus fare home after a night at the station.
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Cedar Ratids
Leo Schweigart
Omaha
L. E. DeVore
Third Avenue
First Street
Fred Hasley
House Passes Bill for Vast National Defense Program
The House approved a defense bill totaling 4.96 billion dollars with a voice vote, sending it to the Senate. Rep. Marcantonio opposed. Rep. Vinson's amendment repealing a 1928 navy plant takeover provision was adopted. The measure funds armed forces, aircraft, ships, and gear to expand to 1.2 million soldiers and a 3.5 million ton navy, aiming for 701 ships over years.
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Rep
Marcantonio
N. Y
House
Rep. Vinson
Secretary of the Navy
Washington
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Byrnes Declines To Lead Democratic National Committee
Senator James F. Byrnes after a two hour talk with President Roosevelt eliminated himself as chairman of the Democratic national committee and manager of the third term campaign.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
S. C
Roosevelt
Democratic National Committee
Draft Threat Hasn’t Yet Caused Stampede To Wed
A United Press survey shows the looming conscription debate hasn’t spurred a marriage rush. License bureaus nationwide report little rise in applications since January or since Congress began considering a draft bill. June issued licenses reached a yearly high in many states, but clerks credit the surge to June itself and new exam fears. Boston’s registrar said 115 July licenses set a new daily record, with most eligible for draft. some sought time allowances to dodge service. New Orleans saw July gains, though not abnormal. other locales noted small increases or normal demand.
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United Frees
United Press
Congress
James A. Burke
Boston
New Orleans
Marriage License Demand Grows in Linn County
Court Clerk Ed Lundquist reports higher license requests this month in Linn County than July 1939. Through July 1939 59 couples obtained licenses, while by noon Wednesday 88 had. None of the applicants has a draft exemption.
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Linn County
Ed Lundquist
Lundquist
U S Telephone Network Sees Wartime Measures Expanded
AT and T and its Bell system subsidiaries have placed the U S telephone network on a virtual wartime footing over six weeks. Steps include guarding vital centers, restricting plant access, limiting photography, boosting emergency power, and staffing with trained men around the clock to deter intruders. Portable short wave gear and tighter visitor controls are in use across operating centers. Northwestern Bell Cedar Rapids has begun similar precautions with some doors kept locked and guarded public access limited.
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New York
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
National Defense
AT and T
Bell System
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Cedar Rapids
M. H. Morrison
Morrison
Willkie Gets Backing From Al Smith Amid Campaign Push
Alfred E. Smith endorses Wendell L. Willkie and Willkie calls Smith the first citizen of New York. Smith’s split from Democrats and Samuel Seabury join Willkie’s growing list of backers as Willkie plans a Des Moines farm policy conference before finalizing his acceptance address.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Alfred E. Smith
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
al Smith
New York
Smith
Roosevelt
Lew Douglas
John W. Hanes
the Treasury
Samuel Seabury
James J. Walker
New York City
Tammany Hall
Des Moines
Paul C. Smith
San Francisco Chronicle
Humidity Stays High After Early Morning Shower
A thundershower added .14 inch to a one inch total in Cedar Rapids. Humidity rose Wednesday afternoon after noon sprinkles. Temperatures ranged from 73 to 85 degrees with a 87 degree high Tuesday. Cedar River stood at 4.1 feet Wednesday and 4.2 feet Tuesday on local gauges.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company
Cedar River
Iowa Windmill and Pump Company
To Name Warren As Comptroller General
President Roosevelt will nominate Rep Lindsay C Warren of North Carolina as comptroller general of the United States. Warren would replace former Sen Fred H Brown of New Hampshire who resigned due to ill health and joined the tariff commission after Brown’s confirmation by the Senate finance committee.
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Washington
LLP
Roosevelt
Lindsay C. Warren
N. C
United States
Warren
Fred H. Brown
New Hampshire
Tariff Commission
Senate Finance Committee
Brown
Brother rescues injured diver from Milwaukee bridge fall
Orville Jones 30 dived from the Beverly Milwaukee railroad bridge into Prairie creek and was knocked unconscious. His brother Alfred Jones 28swam 30 feet to pull him from five feet of water. He received first aid and was taken to St Luke's hospital in fair condition for head and neck injuries. County officials warned against high dives.
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Prairie Creek
Beverly
Orville Jones
Elevertth Street
Fourteenth Avenue
Alfred Jones
Ninth Street
Jones
Sixteenth Avenue
Sixth Street
St Luke's Hospital
Larry Condon
Help Keep Health Camp Going For Entire Season
Camp Good Health plans a final stunt night for twenty children before the camp shifts to accommodate twenty new handicapped youngsters in two weeks. The Public Health Nursing Association oversees the camp and seeks funds to feed 74 boys and girls aged 6 to 12 with three meals daily until season’s end.
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Camp Good Health
Public Health Nursing Association
Camp Good Health Fund
Udham Singh Hanged for O'Dwyer Murder in London
Udham Singh, a 37 year old East Indian, was hanged in London on Wednesday for the murder of Sir Michael O'Dwyer, the lieutenant governor of Punjab at the time of the Amritsar Massacre twenty one years earlier.
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London
Udham Singh
Michael O’dwyer
Punjab
Amritsan
U S Protest Threat Over Excalibur Convoy Plan
U S officials say Washington would protest any British effort to convoy the Excalibur with warships as it carries the Duke and Duchess of Windsor to the Bahamas. They stress such action would breach international law and U S neutrality though Britain may avoid a full convoy.
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Washington
INS
United States
Bahamas
State Department
London
Germany
Haly
Duke and Duchess of Windsor sail for New York aboard Excalibur
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor booked 10 cabins on the S S Excalibur of American Export Line for a voyage to New York. The duke will continue to Nassau to assume governorship of the Bahamas.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Duke
Duchess of Windsor
New York
Nassau
Bahamas
Roosevelt bars export of aviation gasoline from United States
President Roosevelt used export license powers to halt U S shipments of aviation gasoline outside the western hemisphere for national defense. An exception allows American owned aviation firms abroad to obtain needed fuel. The move blocks Britain Germany Italy and Japan from U S aviation fuel with Japan noted as a substantial purchaser.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Japan
Britain
Cedar Rounds News Report On Drunkenness Case
North Liberty resident William Shebetka, 21, was fined $25 and costs after police found him asleep in his car parked crossways on Twelfth Street NE near the interurban and Milwaukee railroad tracks at 2 30 am. His car door was ajar the lights on, with a half gallon wine jug on his lap and a pint bottle full of wine on the seat beside him.
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William Shebetka
North Liberty
Twelfth Street
Harry Johnson
Shebetka
Lowest Human Form Is Alternate To A Half A Vote Delegate
ARTIAT "BUGS" BAER argues the convention may overemphasize delegates and alternates. He cites man from Philadelphia whose wife considers accepting his alternate while questions linger on the status and usefulness of alternates in the delegation system.
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Philadelphia
Gessler
William Tell
Apple
England To Stop Hitler Says Noted Mme Tabouis
In New York INS report Mme Genevieve Tabouis predicts Hitler will not launch a major attack on England and England is nearly invincible. She argues the next world turning point comes when Hitler is slowed by England and notes France will revolt next spring. She also says Russia eyes the United States for leadership and will mirror U S stance toward England if Hitler setbacks occur.
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United States
Roosevelt
New York
INS
Mme
Genevieve Tabouis
England
Hitler
France
Russia
Mme. Tabouis
Germany
Petain
Dresden
Adolf
Senate panel trims Burke Wadsworth draft age to 21 31
Washington AP The Senate Military Committee amended the Burke Wadsworth bill to require registration only for men 21 to 31, instead of 18 to 64. Stimson testified a prudent defender must consider possible Allied defeat and Japan's alignment with Italy and Germany. The panel approved the change unanimously and expects final action Thursday.
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Senate Military Committee
Burke-Wadsworth
Senate Group
House Military Committee
Henry L. Stimson
Great Britain
Japan
Italy
Stimson
Thamags
Idaho
Smathers
Senate
Lee
Okla
Bridges
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Cedar Rounds
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