Willkie and Hoiles Clash Over Faith and Democracy
A letter from readers and notes on speeches link Willkie, Hoiles, and Brown to a shared belief in spiritual values guiding democracy. The column cites Pettengill and Voltaire to warn against rushed totalitarianism, criticizes New Deal rhetoric, and recalls Sayre’s wartime broadcasts urging defense of democracy.
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Tednesday
Willkie
Mr. Hoiles
California
Paul R Brown
Olin Ia
Samuel B. Pettengill
Indiana
America
Pettengil
Hoiles
Brown
Bomb Demolishes London Hospital in Night Raid
German planes bombed London in a nightly assault, striking a hospital and an air raid shelter. Rescue squads battled fire and gas as eight dead were reported in the shelter and many patients and staff were injured or trapped. Royal Air Force raids hit Bremen and Wilhelmshaven in retaliation.
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London
England
Royal Air Force
Bremen
Wilhelmshaven
Air Ministry
R.A.F
German Night Fighters Drive Off British Raid
German night fighters and anti aircraft fire repelled 30 British bombers in a Tuesday night raid over Germany. Reports say 250 to 300 German planes were engaged in the defense. Continued on Page 2.
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Berlin
Germany
Lindbergh to Radio Defens e Speech Monday Evening
Mutual Broadcasting System announced Col. Charles A. Lindbergh will discuss national defense on its networks Monday from 7 45 to 8 pm Iowa time. He will speak from Washington.
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NEW York
Mutual Broadcasting System
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
National Defense
Iowa
Washington
James Roosevelt Mobilized With Marines in San Diego
Daily Variety reports that James Roosevelt captain in the Twenty second battalion U S marine corps reserves has been ordered mobilized for duty at San Diego on November 1.
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Hollywood
Daily
Variety
U. S. Marine Corps Reserves
James Roosevelt
San Diego
Pungent Talk Sparsely Guides War Debate
A fragment comments on strong rhetoric about war and the danger of leading people toward calamity. The line signals concern that audiences may not back aggressive leaders.
President offers draft head post to Dr Clarence A Dykstra
President Roosevelt invites Dr Clarence A Dykstra, Wisconsin University president, to become national director of conscription after a White House conference. Dykstra indicated he was considering the offer.
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Washington
Ins
Roosevelt
Clarence A Dykstra
University of Wisconsin
White House
Positive living transforms a despairing man into a victorious soul
A Worcester teacher helps a trained man revitalize his life by four steps: drop negative thoughts, dwell on past good features, focus on present blessings, and pursue worthy future aims. Over four years this mindset shift yields a new, creative, radiant man, chronicled in Who's Who.
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Swood Worcester
St. Paul
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Expensive quart purchase ends with missing wallet
Manchester resident C L Grommon bought a quart of whisky at a Cedar Rapids liquor store. He left with a bill fold containing $32. Store staff did not see the wallet and provided names of patrons who followed him to the cashier.
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C. L. Grommon
Manchester
Sixteenth Avenue
Grommon
Grumman
Abandon House Recess Plans For Time Being
Senate Republican Leader McNary blocks three day recess plan until November eighteen. He opposes a gentlemen's agreement placing one man Alben Barkley in charge of summoning the Senate in emergencies. Speaker Rayburn abandons efforts to recess this week citing insufficient votes.
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Bulletin
Washington
Senate
Charles Luce- Nary
McNary
GOP
Alben W. Barkley
House
Sam Rayburn
Secretary of War
War with Japan Very Likely Says Admiral Yarnell
Rear Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, former Asiatic fleet commander, told about 1,000 people at the Penn A C club that war with Japan is very likely and that the United States may be better prepared now than in six years when the two ocean navy is completed.
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Philadelphia
United States
Japan
Harry E. Yarnell
Asiatic
Yarnell
Penn A. C
Willkie Promises No War Without Public Support
Wendell L. Willkie told Harlem crowds and at a Stamford stop that if elected president the nation would not go to war without the people’s desire. He accused the Roosevelt administration of truth distancing and pressed for disclosure of any international understandings affecting U.S. entry into war.
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Voltaire
Hoiles
Willkie
Roosevelt
France
Wendell L. Willkie
New York City
Harlem
Stamford
Conn
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Gus Raymond Baldwin
Norwalk
Matthews Park
Americas
United States
Dies to Speak in Cedar Rapids on October 23
National figure Rep. Martin Dies, longtime red hunter, will address a crowd at the Memorial Coliseum in Cedar Rapids October 23 at 7 p.m. under American Legion sponsorship. The Texas congressman leads the committee probing on American activities and has drawn broad bipartisan attention.
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Martin Dies
Fifth Column
Texas
Cedar Rapids
House Committee
Memorial Coliseum
At & P.m
Hanford Post
American Legion
Dies
Gallip
Sam Rayburn
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
League of Nations
Congress
Mrs Willkie urges American traditions in education nationwide
Mrs Wendell L Willkie called for a nationwide educational movement to stress American origins and heroes to shield children from foreign doctrines. She urged revitalizing our history and national heritage in schools while joining her husband on a New England campaign swing and noting her new life on the campaign train.
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New York
INS
Edith Wilk Willkie
Willkie
Wendell
Communists To Have Place On Iowa Ballot
A state tribunal in Des Moines ruled the Communist Party may appear on Iowa's 1940 general election ballot after a hearing on objections. The case centered on alleged criminal syndicalism and questions about the party secretary's signature and name. The secretary testified his full name is Carl Martin Friedman, usually known as Carl Martin. The petition was filed by Mrs. Imogen Emery of Cedar Rapids, a D A R national defense chair.
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Des Moines
The
Communist Party
Iowa
Volney Diltz
DAR
Carl Martin Friedman
Friedman
Carl Martin
Vou
Imogen Emery
Cedar Rapids
D. A. R. Committee On National Defense
Diltz
United States
Jury Convicts J. C. Boyle of Drunk Driving
A Cedar Rapids man J C Boyle 44 was found guilty of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after an 80 minute trial in district court before Judge John T Moffit. Sentence not set. Boyle arrested March 18 on Highway No 30 when patrolmen found him in a ditch with key in the switch.
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John T. Moffit
J. C. Boyle
Cedar Rapids
G. K. Thompson
Boyle
Paar and
Swords
Nineteenth Street
Japs Threaten To Bomb Burma Road If Opened
Tokyo reports threaten to bomb the Burma road if Britain resumes efforts to reopen the supply route to China. Japan claims new Indo China bases shorten bomber distance and may cut off war material flow. Britain reserves rights over Linkung island as Japan’s marines are said active nearby.
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TOKIO
Japan
Burma
Britain
China
Tokio Press
Indo- China
Nichi Nichi
Indo-China
Chungking
Rangoon
London
Great Britain
Linkung Island
Robert Craigie
Foreign Office
Council and Quarry End Blistering Session Over Blasts
City council in a special session with Sidney P Moore of Concrete Materials and Construction discussed blasting at the A street SW quarry. They agreed to monitor barometric pressure, blast midday if possible, and post signs directing trucks to use A street SW to Sixteenth Avenue. A 200 pound charge limit remains by ordinance, with a third reading due Thursday.
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Sidney P Moore
Concrete Materials and Construction Company
Moore
Sixteenth Avenue
Mercury Sprints As Skies Remain Clear
Cedar Rapids saw a clear day with temperatures rising from a 38-degree low to 61 by midmorning and 70 by midafternoon. Tuesday highs reached 68 with a cooling trend into evening and midnight readings near 44.
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Mercury
Cedar Rapids
The
Chambers
Navy to add 4200 men to fleet for full strength
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox announced a immediate push to bring the Pacific fleet to full strength by adding about 4,200 men. Crews will rise from 63 to 100 percent, with 420 sailors to be assembled at Pacific coast ports and sent to Hawaii for overhaul. He said 31 auxiliary ships are being sought and that 53 authorized by Congress have been acquired. The discussion followed questions on possible war with Japan and included notes on Shanghai defenses and broader tensions in the Far East.
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R. C. Hoiles
Santa Ana
Calif
Hoiles
Jesus
Washington
Frank Knox
United States
Pacific
Navy Department
Knox
James Richardson
Hawaii
Far East
Roosevelt
Shanghai International Settlement
Pacific Coast
Congress
Mari- Time Commission
Navy
Manila
Francis B. Sayre
Philippine Islands
Japan
Department of Agriculture
China
Hongkong
Great Britain
Burma
Democrats Book Key Radio Hours For Election Eve
The Democratic National Committee secured two key radio hours from 9 to 11 p.m. Iowa time on election eve across major networks. They already held 9–10 p.m. on NBC red and blue networks and Mutual. Columbia was unavailable. Republicans had secured Columbia. The 10–11 p.m. hour was fully booked by Democrats for a final Roosevelt address, with total cost around $90,000.
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New York
Democratic National Committee
Iowa
National Broadcasting Company
Mutual Broadcasting System
Columbia Broadcasting System
Roosevelt
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