Churchill Plans War Summary Broadcast To British People
London reports indicate Prime Minister Winston Churchill will lay the war picture before the British public in another war summary. He faces a first motion of non-confidence in parliament after returning from United States conferences with President Roosevelt. W. Averell Harriman accompanied him on the trip as Britain and the United States announce new joint operations.
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London
INL
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Commons
Churchill
United States
Washington
United Nations
Russia
China
Egypt
Neville Chamberlain
W. Averell Harriman
Ivan Maisky
Saboteurs Infiltrated U S Shorelines In 1940s Plot
FBI rounded up eight saboteurs connected to a Germany led operation. Leaders Dasch and Burger, along with Harm Heinck and others, landed at Amagansett and Pontevedra in June 1940. They trained near Berlin and planned two years of sabotage while posing as naturalized Americans.
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Chicago
Pontevedra
Fla
Edward John Kerling
Werner
Thiel
Hermann Neubauer
Long Island
Amagansett
New York
George John Dasch
Ernest Peter Burgern
Henrich Harm Heinck
Henry Raynor
Robert Querin
Richard Quintas
Florida
Hoover
President Roosevelt
Washington
Francis Biddle
United States
Berlin
Germany
FBI
FBI captures German band members after June 20 raids
The FBI arrested several German American band members who had entered the United States in the late 1920s and 1930s. Suspects include Heinck Quirin Kerling Haupt Thiel Neubauer all linked to saboteur training and trips to Germany. Some faced prior citizenship attempts or work as mechanics and domestics.
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Cial
Heinck
United States
Yorkville
New York City
Germany
Quirin
Schenectady
N. Y
Syracuse
Kerling
Florida
Edward Kelly
FBI
Greenwich
Conn
Short Hills
N. J
Miami
Haupt
Chicago
Hans Max
Erma Haupt
Herbert
ROTC
Mexico
Thiel
New York
William Thomas
Detroit
Hammond
Ind
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Neubauer
Hartford
Fumigating Candles Blamed for Business District Fire Call
Cedar Rapids fire crews responded to a 1115 p.m. alarmat the Killian company cafeteria where fumigating candles sent fumes into the Morris Sanford company basement. Maintenance workers said the room was tightly taped to prevent leakage and offered no explanation for fumes escaping. The Sanford and Killian buildings do not adjoin. between them lies the Boyson Jewelry store.
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Cedar Rapids
Conferees Reach Final Work Relief Bill Accord
Washington conference leaders agree on the 1943 work relief bill totaling 282.584 million dollars. They restore three regional WPA offices to the budget at 225000 dollars each, after the senate kept state WPA offices and the house yielded on the state offices.
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Washington
Senate
House
Naval Hero Is Given Congressional Medal of Honor
The Navy announced that John W. Finn a 32 year old navy ordnanceman from San Diego California received the Congressional Medal of Honor for heroism during the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7 The same notice named Robert J Peterson a 24 year old naval radioman from Trinidad Colorado as recipient of the Navy Cross for distinguished service in the same action.
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Washington
INS
John W. Finn
Navy Ordnanceman
San Diego
Calif
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Robert J. Peterson
Naval Radioman
Trinidad
Colo
Cards to Notify Kin Of Overseas Arrival
The War Department announced that arrival cards will report soldiers’ overseas arrivals to relatives and friends. Cards will be left at ports of embarkation and mailed after a commander aboard each transport reports the status. Cards will include overseas mail and cable addresses.
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Washington
War Department
Hurley urges realism over boasting in wartime talk
United States Minister Patrick J. Hurley in Christchurch declares that boasting about past failings should end. He says the present challenge cannot be met by words and warns against relying on China and Russia to fight for the Allies, urging more direct action.
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Christchurch
N. Z
United States
Patrick J. Hurley
China
Russia
Chiang Kai-shek
Josef Stalin
New Shatter-Proof Oxygen Tank For Gasplane Crews
A new shatter-proof oxygen tank is designed to safeguard pilots and crew on gasplanes flying at high altitudes, aiming to reduce fatal failures and improve in-flight safety.
Linn Rubber Poundage Surpasses Three Hundred Thousand
The Rubber for War committee reports weekly gains in Linn County with 159,835 pounds added to the reclaim pile. Through Saturday the county totals 311,576 pounds, aided by Boy Scouts Cub Scouts and 4-H efforts in house-to-house and farm canvasses.
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Rubber For War Committee
Linn County
E. R. Potter
Petroleum Industry's
Coast Guard Seeks Yachtsmen as Reserve Officers for Anti-Submarine Duty
Vice Admiral Waesche, coast guard commandant, plans a coast guard reserve of yacht owners and crews. The program would place patrol boats under eastern and gulf sea frontiers, with pay on active duty equal to regular coast guard. Members serve limited duty with uniform allowances.
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Atlantic
Gulf
Eastern
Gulf Sea Frontiers
R R. Waesche
Coast Guard
Waesche
Navy Honors 57 Patwing 10 Members for Valor
Washington Navy Department decorated 57 Patwing 10 personnel with awards and promotions after 90 days of combat in the Philippines and southwest Pacific. The honors included Navy Cross, Distinguished Service Medal, and Distinguished Flying Cross for 15 officers and four enlisted, with 37 meritorious promotions for enlisted personnel. Some awards were posthumous.
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Washington
Navy
Patwing
Philippines
Southwest Pacific
Australia
Frank D. Wagner
John Valdemar Peterson
55Th St
Omaha
Neb
Navy Cross
Joseph Bangust
Aviation
Betty A. Dimco
Milwaukee
Wis
Harmon T. Utter
Neville
Ohio
Duncan A. Campbell
Grand Rapids
Mich
J. G
Richard Bull
Ruth Frances Bull
Macomb
Ira Brown, Jr
Ottumwa
John F. Davis
South
Kentucky Avenue
Evansville
Ind
Paul H. Landers
Adam T. Landers
Granite City
Lyle H Dudgeon
Pit Aloretta Campbell
Audubon
Allied Luftwaffe clash near Matruh reports mixed results
Mea Egyptfighter bombers pounded Axis planes and trucks west of Matruh with follow up Friday night on tanks and transport between Salam and Matruh. Allied fighters claim 12 Axis planes destroyed while a like number of their planes were shot down. Italian and German reports detail contacts near Matruh and attacks on air ports and lines to El Daba.
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Matruh
Salam
Rommel
Berlin
el Daba
British general Ritchie not confirmed removed from Eighth Army
London officials declined to comment on a Johannesburg circulated report that Lieut Gen Neil M Ritchie had been removed from command of the British Eighth Army in the Egyptian desert. Similar claims had been aired by Axis radio broadcasts.
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London
Johannesburg
South Africa
Neil M. Ritchie
Eighth Army
Youths 18-20% Must Enroll Tuesday for Selective Service
Linn county men aged 18 to 20 must attend the fifth registration under the selective service act Tuesday from 7 am to 9 pm. About 2200 to 2500 youths born between January 1 1922 and June 30 1924 are expected to register at the Memorial Building Cedar Rapids central registration center staffed by 50 volunteers. The Pleune registration coordinator said experienced staff are ready all day. Veterans of Foreign Wars and auxiliary will provide meals while American Legion members act as ushers and guides.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Memorial Building
A. T. Pleune
Regea
Veterans of Foreign Wars
V.F.W. Auxiliary
American Legion
Negroes Launch Ship at Oregon Yard
The Jason Lee, the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation's 47th cargo vessel in under a year, slid into the Willamette River Saturday after a program conducted entirely by Black workers and organizers.
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Portland
Ore
INS
Jason Lee
Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation
Willamette River
Woman and Boy Hurt As Autos Collide
Two people received minor injuries in a two car collision at Fifth Street and Sixth Avenue SE at 3 45 p m. Jer ome E Elekar 43 of 1841 Hamilton Street SW and Edward J Benesh 19 of 2201 Washington Avenue SE were driving the cars involved Mrs Carolyn Klekar 38 sustained a bruised right shoulder and elbow while her son Don Klekar 12 had a bump above the right eye.
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Jerome E. Elekar
Hamilton Street
Edward J. Benesh
Washington Avenue
Fifth Street
Sixth Avenue SE
Carolyn Klekar
Don Klekar
12 Year Old Boy Finds Drifting Canoe in Cedar River
Cedar Rapids police praised 12 year old Billy Ely for reporting a practically new green canoe with black trim found drifting opposite Ellis Park beach. He towed it to George Shearer dock on Ellis boulevard NW and identified himself to authorities.
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Cedar Rapids
Billy Ely
Billy
Ellis Boulevard
Cedar River
Ellis Park
George Shearer
Extend Deadline For Firms Tax Returns To Sept. 29
The treasury extends the corporate capital stock tax return deadline from June 30 to September 29. Officials estimate the tax will yield about 230 million dollars.
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Washington
INS
The
Treasury
Ray Allen Named Labor Battalion Recruiting Head
Major Leo H. Heintz announced plans to recruit 270 Iowa men for army maintenance crews by July 15 including 107 automobile mechanics. Cities Waterloo Sioux City Cedar Rapids Des Moines will host two day interviews starting July 1 with physicals aligned to regular army standards. Ray Allen of Allen Motor Co Cedar Rapids is named recruiting head for the eastern division.
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Des Moines
Leo H. Heintz
Iowa
Waterloo
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Ray Allen
Allen Motor Company
Exiled Lithuanian President Resides in Cleveland
Exiled Lithuanian President Antanas Smetona has lived in Cleveland for the last two months. His son Julius works for a tool company, according to reports disclosed Saturday.
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Cleveland
Ohio
INL
Antanas Smetona
Lithuania
Julius
Pipe strike ends at Lorain plant
National Tube workers voted to return to work over the weekend ending a four day wildcat walkout that had curtailed production in the pipe division at Lorain Ohio plant.
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Lorain, C
National Tube Company
War Bond Day parade to honor war effort in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids plans a lengthy War Bond Day parade featuring veterans groups, auxiliaries, Navy clubs, Sea Scouts, and youth organizations. A 15 minute white-out sale will promote war bonds with Gov Wilson’s radio broadcast and booths in stores. A July campaign targets one billion dollars in stamps and bonds.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Dows
Womens Relief Corps
Iowa Volunteers Auxiliary
St. Luke’s and Mercy
Navy Mothers’ Club
Navy Club
Civilian Defense Salvage Committee
Cedar Rapids
Musketeers Drum and Bugle Corps
Salvation Army
Sunshine Mission
Camp Fire Girls
Z.c.bj
Inter-service Club
Canopus, Kiwanis, Lions
Optimists
Rotary
Quota
Sea Scouts
Karla Masaryk
Second Avenue
Second and
Seventh Streets
First Street
Third Avenue
Bridge
Sixth Street
First Avenue
Henson
George A Wilson
WMT
WHO
KRNT
Japs Capture Last Chekiang Major Airbase Lishui
Chinese high command says Japanese forces seized the Chekiang airbase at Lishui as they press along the Chekiang Kiangsi front. Kweiki, 80 miles southeast of Nanchang, had fallen days earlier and Japanese advances were halted 12 miles along the railway amid Chinese holds east of Kweiki near Shangjao.
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Chungking
Kweiki
Lishui
Kiveiki
Nanchang
Kiangsi
Shangjao
Two More Allied Cargo Ships Sunk
The navy disclosed that two more Allied merchant vessels were sunk by Axis submarines in the Atlantic. Survivors from two other UN cargo ships sunk in the Pacific by Japanese subs reached an Australian port. The Atlantic losses include a U S cargo carrier and a small Yugoslav vessel, bringing total Allied and neutral ship losses in the Atlantic since U S entry to 315. The American ship was sunk May 28 after two torpedoes and 15 shells. The Yugoslav vessel was sunk June 24 after three torpedoes. all 27 crew were saved. Survivors said one ship’s distress calls drew the other vessel to the scene, where the second submarine sank both.
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Atlantic
Navy
United Nations
Pacific
United States
Caribbean
Pegram Leaves Seventh Corps Post for Ft Meade Command
Col. John C. Pegram former chief of staff for the Seventh corps area departs for Ft. Meade South Dakota to take command there. Col. Sidney Erickson succeeds him as post commander.
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Omaha
John C. Pegram
Seventh Corps
Ft. Meade
S. D
Sidney Erickson
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