Deadlock or deal faces Republicans in Philadelphia
Republicans confront a Sunday deadline as the resolutions committee orders a tentative platform draft and denies more time for former Gov Alf Landon to finish the foreign affairs plank. Robert Smith of Nebraska blasts Sunday work as a spiritual values issue while leaders weigh a deal or deadlock among Dewey Taft and Willkie before the convention.
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Philadelphia
Republican Resolutions Committee
Alf M. Landon
Robert Smith
Nebraska
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Robert A Taft
Wendell L. Willkie
The
Commonwealth and
Republicans Adopt Regional Delegate Rule At GOP Convention
The Republican National Committee approved a rule denying delegate representation in future conventions to districts that fail to poll at least 1,006 Republican votes. The move threatens about 75 delegates from southern states while Republicans prepare for a convention under shifting dynamics including platform dissension and Willkie support growth.
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Philadelphia
Republican National Committee
Night Inn Cooler Refreshes Eskimo Fined $10
Cheeket Kemniniket was arrested Friday after collapsing, later misidentifying as John. In court Saturday Judge Thomas B. Powell fined him the usual $10 and costs for drunkenness. He claimed to be 34 with Arctic Circle, north of Alaska, address. He said he traveled since 1933 as a lecturer for anthropology students.
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John
Cheeket
Arctic Circle
Alaska
Thomas B. Powell
Checker
United States
Cedar Rapids
St. Louis
Prayer that soars beyond self in St Francis spirit
A reader cites the prayer of St Francis and argues prayers should be outward and selfless. Dr Newton casts the Franciscan piece as profound and deliberate, urging believers to keep petitions from becoming self-centered while emulating Francis's selflessness and charity.
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Jesus
St. Francis
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
German Papers Say Peace Terms Include Total Capitulation
Berlin dispatch notes German newspapers on Saturday endorsed Hitler's armistice terms to France as a total surrender. They called for handing over land sea and air forces and compelling guarantees to prevent a revived Anglo French alliance, with Nouacht Egal and Der Angriff predicting France would be steered into a totalitarian orbit. The coverage stressed ensuring Britain and France cannot threaten Germany again.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
France
Europe
Nachtausgabe
Germany
England
Britain
der Angriff
Compiegne
Life Normal at Hague Quaker Plant Not Damaged
The Quaker Oats plant at The Hague Netherlands is reported undamaged by recent warfare. Mrs. Isaac B. Smith of Cedar Rapids received word from her daughter Mrs. James C. Noell that life is normal and the mill is unharmed. Mr. Noell serves as American representative of the company at the Dutch plant.
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Cedar Rapids
Hague
Holland
Netherlands
Isaac B. Smith
Twenty-seventh Street
New York City
Noell
Britain Grabs French Fleet but Needs Parts Network
Washington reports Britain has taken control of most of the French fleet with allied relief and a large number of French planes flown to Britain and North Africa. Experts warn servicing will require new industry and shared tooling for differing gun bores and spare parts.
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Great Britain
Britain
Germany
England
North Africa
France
Jean Bart
Brest
Berlin
der Angriff
Richelieu
Clemenceau
Knox to Testify in Hearings on Cabinet Nomination
Senate naval affairs committee invites Col Frank Knox to testify at open hearings on his nomination as secretary of the navy. Hearings set after a one week recess. concurrent public hearings planned for Henry L Stimson as secretary of war. Vice President Garner and Postmaster General Farley described disapproval of the administration’s foreign policy and actions.
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Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Col
Frank Knox
Roosevelt
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Henry L. Stimson
Knox
Stimson
House
Harry Woodring
Cedar Rapids Dial Reports Summer Heat Return
Cedar Rapids recorded a morning low of 69 and rising temperatures reaching 92 by mid afternoon with high humidity. A Friday high near 75 earlier in the day gave way to 70 at midnight on the Chambers Inskeep company dial.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
Cabinet Position is Yes Man's Jods Says Bugs
Bugs Baer notes that a cabinet appointment gives a nodding acquaintance with the administration and an always affirmative stance. He predicts Krex and Stimson will agree like strawberries and cream, while Republicans wonder if Roosevelt will conscript retirees aged 66 to 99. The move is a surprise yet removes two presidential candidates, without showing which party gains strength.
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Krex
Stimson
Roosevelt
Camp Good Health aids children with activities and donations
Cleanup day at Camp Good Health featured shampoos and manicures as children sorted soiled clothes for return home Monday. Protestant and Catholic groups arranged Sunday school transportation, with hobby time and free play. Donations of toys books and puzzles poured in from multiple churches and groups.
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First Lutheran Church
Immaculate Conception
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Gazette Editor To Speak For MacNider On Broadcast Today
Gazette editor Verne Marshall will speak for Hanford MacNider, Iowa’s favorite son candidate, in a nationwide CBS hookup from Philadelphia at 5 p.m. Central Time. The Cedar Rapids Gazette and station WMT Cedar Rapids will carry the program.
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MacNider
Columbia Broadcasting System
Philadelphia
Verne Marshall
Cedar Rapids
Berlin Bomb Scare Amid Allied Bombing and Armistice Hopes
Berlin awoke to air raid alarms as British and possibly Allied planes dropped incendiary bombs near the city and at Babelsberg. Reports said several civilians were injured and a hospital lightly damaged while anti aircraft guns drove off attackers. News from the world front claimed German lines in Alsace Lorraine had capitulated and France accepted terms.
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France
Adolf Hitler
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Potsdam
Bremen
Propaganda Ministry
United Press
Russian Chance To Set Up French Sovietism Is Seen
A historic note argues that postwar European disarray could foster Soviet influence from the Baltic to the Atlantic. It cites arrests in France against communists, a Petain-led government seeking surrender, and Russian propaganda aiming to revive communism among French workers amid a military collapse.
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Lithuania
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Bordeaux
France
Marshal Petain
Germany
Petain
Ther
Armistice Signaled From Compiegne Car in 1940
CBS and NBC announced the Franco German armistice signed at Compiegne forest as William Shirer reported from the scene. The terms were not disclosed until an Italo French agreement is reached. German notes indicated hostilities would stop six hours after France and Italy sign. Emissaries head to Rome in a German plane, and Hitler is said to have handed terms to the French yesterday.
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Bill” Shirer
Cedar Rapids
Columbia Broadcasting System
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New York
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Italy
National Broadcasting Company
William Shirer
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Charles Huntziger
William C. Kerker
Kerker
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Ferdinand Foch
Germany
Compiegne Forest
Marshal Foch
Bordeaux
Britain
von Keitel
Compiegne Wood
Arme
France Ready For Italy Terms In Armistice Talks
Rome sources report a French armistice delegation has left or is preparing to depart for peace negotiations with fascist Italy on Italian soil. Talks to begin once Compiegne terms are settled, with meetings likely Sunday or Monday in Italy. Mussolini aims to protect national prestige while pursuing concessions. Badoglio may lead Italy’s delegation.
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INS
Italy
Compiegne
St Jean de Maurienne
France
Germany
St. Jean de Maurienne
Mussolini
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Savoy
Mediterranean
Nice
Pietro Badoglio
British reservists total rise to 2.8 million
London report states the 1910 British military class, about 300000 strong, registered for service on Saturday, bringing the total registered reservists to 2800000.
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INS
Paris Silent After Armistice Talks Report
Paris hears of armistice discussions in subdued mood after Le Matin’s brief 4 pm bulletin. German radio channels announce the news while martial music echoes through the streets and Paris’s recently occupied Place de l Opera remains quiet. A German victory parade looms.
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