Red Army Gains Ground Across Wide Front Despite Stiff Resistance
Soviet forces launched a broad offensive from Leningrad to the Donets basin with gains in the Kalinin sector and Donets area. Observers in London and Rome noted the Red Army’s initiative while Crimea remained contested and Sebastopol and Kerch held as Germans pressed toward the Caucasus.
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Weatherman Smiles On Grid Fans For Cedar Rapids
A Cedar Rapids forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy conditions over the weekend with little temperature change. Saturday saw a mild 66 degrees at 2 pm with 40 percent humidity, while 7:30 am lows reached 37 degrees.
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Mercury
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Chambers
Steinhardt Plane Arrives At Baku
The British information chief Sir Walter Monckton and U S Ambassador Laurence A Steinhardt along with Maxim M Litvinov the Russian envoy to Washington arrived safely at Baku the Russian oil port. Earlier reports said the plane had reached Pavlovi Iran but that was incorrect.
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Ministry of Information
Walter Monckton
Middle East
U. S
Laurence A. Steinhardt
Maxim M. Litvinov
Washington
Baku
Kuibyshev
Pavlovi
Caspian
Truck Walkout Canceled Amid Ongoing Coal Talks
Washington AP reports President John L. Lewis after a three hour steel executives meeting said no agreement was reached on captive mine disputes and the truce expires at midnight. NDMB consideration urged as truck wage dispute persists with 3c per mile and 80c hourly asks vs 821/2c and $1 offered.
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NDMB
Mr. Roosevelt
Detroit
OPM
Sidney Hillman
AFL
Shellsburg Man Nabbed On Highway For Drunk Driving
Shellsburg resident Guy H. Boyer, 25, pleaded guilty to drunk driving and received a $300 fine plus costs from Judge G. K. Thompson. He was released on bond with potential 90 day jail if unpaid. Patrol officers reported he drifted off Highway 30 west of Cedar Rapids, pulled into a service station drive with the car lights on and unconscious at 1:15 a.m. Two liquor bottles were found in the car and Boyer had just bought a liquor book the day before.
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Shellsburg
G. K. Thompson
Boyer
M. G. Swords
James Clapp
Cedar Rapids
Jap Peace Envoy Arrives in Washington for Talks
Saburo Kurusu Japan special envoy arrives in Washington for negotiations with President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull to avert war in the Pacific. Nomura accompanies him as U S and Japan outline key aims including peace, restraint, and diplomacy amid rising tensions.
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Describe Work of Commandos Raid on Bardia
British commandos raided Bardia Libya in a bloodless operation to test Axis defenses and harbor use near the Libyan border. The covert mission used secrecy with two enemy motorcycle foes dodge grenades and gunfire, while planners relied on aerial photos and prior knowledge of the city.
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Libya
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Economy Committee Backed Big Nondefense Cuts
Washington report says a special economy committee urged at least a 1 billion dollar annual cut in non-defense federal spending while sparing defense. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau proposed drastic cuts in farm and road spending and possible postponement of reclamation and harbor projects.
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McKellar
Tenn
Gophers Hawkeyes clash draws huge Iowa crowd
Thousands packed Iowa City's stadium for the 35th Minnesota Gophers at Iowa Hawkeyes game on Dad's Day weekend. About 45,000 attended in near sellout conditions amid security for a downtown riot incident and a series of military demonstrations and campus events. Governor Wilson and University President Hancher spoke at the Dad's Day banquet as delegates from the 1891 Hawkeye team attended as honored guests.
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Frank J. Pierce
Marshalltown
Henry Callenberg
River Forest
Ill
Lantz H Dorhan
Boone
Iowa Union
George A. Wilson
Des Moines
Virgil Hancher
University
Jim Bromwell
Cedar Rapids
Barbara Kent
Iowa Sons and Daughters
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Quezon Reelected Filipino President
In Washington the sixth anniversary of the Philippine commonwealth was observed as President Manuel Quezon was reelected with pledges of full cooperation with the United States. The independence question, long debated in Congress and Manila, lay dormant amid wartime tensions.
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Congress
Philippines
Islands
Manuel Quezon
United States
Aliens must obtain exit permits to leave the U S
The State Department announced that aliens wishing to depart the United States must secure exit permits. A concurrent presidential proclamation says permits will be denied if departure harms U S interests. The rule tightens visa issuance and adds seaman passport requirements for ships entering combat zones.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Secretary of State
Attorney General
North Atlantic
Solons Backing Ship Revision Do Not Represent Half U S
Gen. Robert E. Wood, national chairman of the America First committee, said congressmen who voted for the neutrality revision bill represented only 40 percent of the nation’s population. He noted 194 congressmen voting against the bill represented districts totaling 71 million people, while supporters totaled 40 million. Wood criticized the President’s interference in the house debate as a confession of weakness and said it focused on foreign reaction rather than American interests.
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Chicago
Robert E. Wood
America First Committee
Wood
Rayburn
Hoover To Speak On Air On New A. E. F Broadcast
Former President Herbert Hoover will deliver a nationwide radio broadcast over the Columbia network from Chicago. The talk titled Shall We Send Armies to Europe will air Wednesday from 9 15 to 9 45 p m Iowa time.
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Herbert Hoover
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Iowa
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Conductor Killed In Council Bluffs Train Collision
Conductor WL Goodwin of Lincoln died in a rear end collision in Council Bluffs yards. A Union Pacific switch engine backed into Burlington freight No 74, moving 18 to 20 mph. Goodwin was thrown from a split open caboose. the refrigerator car ahead overturned. Coroner to decide on inquest.
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Lincoln
Union Pacific
Omaha
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L. Ho Tyler
Harriman Boards Clipper to Return to London Post
New York dispatch reports W Averell Harriman lend lease coordinator in London left New York aboard the Atlantic Clipper for his post in London. He has been in the U S since October 18 after attending the Moscow tri power conference. Five Republican representatives travelled to London as guests of PM of New York aboard the same vessel: Joseph C Baldwin W Sterling Cole Melvin J Maas Richard P Gale and William S Hill.
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W. Averell Harriman
London
Harriman
United States
Moscow
Joseph C. Baldwin
W . Sterling Cole
Melvin J Maas
Richard P Gale
Minnesota
William S. Hill
Colorado
United States Warships May Use British Bases in War Zones
The United States eyes armed merchant ships and naval units operating from British bases in Northern Ireland Scotland and southern England as part of a new policy after Roosevelt signs the neutrality revision. Iceland serves as a staging hub with North Atlantic convoys dispersing German raiders and extending patrol lines.
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Britain
Roosevelt
Iceland
Germany
Ireland
Scotland
England
Nays
Ortigas
Maritime Commission
North Atlante
Committee Ruling On Fish Subpoena
Washington report states the House Judiciary Committee ruled a grand jury subpoena on Rep Hamilton Fish of New York invades House rights yet suggests the House may waive privileges with conditions. Fish appeared before a district grand jury probing foreign propaganda activities.
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House Judiciary Committee
Hamilton Fish
N.Y
House
Fish
Senate OKs Horse Slaughter for Human Consumption
The senate approved legislation proposed by President Manuel Avila Camacho authorizing slaughter of horses for human consumption. The chamber of deputies has already approved the measure.
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Menico
Senate
Manuel Avila Camacho
Chamber of Deputies
Industrial League Ball Crowns 1942 Cedar Rapids King and Queen
About 7,000 attendees packed the Memorial Coliseum for Cedar Rapids Allied Industrial League’s fifth Queen’s Ball. The coronation named Rose Wynanck and Kenneth Taylor as queen and king, with former rulers abdicating.
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Cedar Rapids
Allied Industrial League
Rose Wynanck
L Street
Welch-Cook- Beals Company
Kenneth Taylor
Springville
Witwer Grocer Company
Ark Royal sunk in Mediterranean by German U-boats
German high command confirms two subs under Lieutenant Commanders Reske and Guggenberger sank the British carrier Ark Royal after torpedo attacks in the Mediterranean. Malaya damaged and towed to Gibraltar. other ships torpedoed with unclear casualties. Ark Royal had about 1600 aboard. one seaman missing presumed dead.
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APO
Admiralty
Mediterranean
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Igh
Mnlaya
Ark Royal sinks after torpedo attack off Gibraltar
Royal Navy carrier Ark Royal sinks after a submarine torpedo hit 25 miles from Gibraltar. Survivors recount the ship listing sharply before going under while rescue ships and escort vessels watched. The crew had mostly been evacuated to Gibraltar as the ship faded from view.
Woman Is Victim Of Purse Snatcher
Mrs. Murphy was assaulted on the south side of First Avenue E between Eighth and Tenth streets at about 10 50 p m. A purse containing $2 and change was stolen as the assailant grabbed her and fled across the street. Detectives obtained a description and began a search.
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H J. Murphy
First Avenue NE
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