Lend-Lease bill advances to Senate after House victory
The $5.985 billion lend-lease bill, approved by the House 328 to 67, moves to the Senate amid a repeat clash over aiding the Soviet Union. Administration leaders expect swift action as debate centers on limits, with roughly $12.875 billion in total lend-lease aid now approved by Congress.
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Russia
Senate
Cunningham
Gwynne
Jensen
LeCompte
Martin
Talle
Harrington
Jacobsen
Gilchrist
Robert F Rich
Edith Nourse Rogers
Mass
American Labor Party
Vito Marcantonio
New York
John Taber
N. Y
Appropriations Committee
William Lambertson
Kan
Roosevelt
Clifton A. Woodrum
Hitler
Congress
Drunk Driving Trial Witness Arrested On Perjury Charge
Cedar Rapids News Veil Denison 28 of 423 J avenue NW was jailed Friday for perjury in a drunk driving case involving William Nerad found guilty at trial. He allegedly lied about Nerad being intoxicated and about meeting Nerad at McDonald’s Tavern. Perjury carries up to ten years with an indeterminate sentence.
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Cedar Rapids
Veil Denison
J Avenue NW
Harlan Snyder
Pete Whittemore
McDonald’s Tavern
First Street
Denison
W. W. Crissman
William Nerad
Nerad
Crissman
McDonald's Tavern
Hilltop Inn
Risk Lives To Save Man Who Sought To Die
A man named John Lawrence Evans 39 crawled over the Golden Gate Bridge and clawed under girders, bleeding from a self inflicted throat wound. Firemen and bridge workers risked their lives to reach him and save him. A note said he had taken his own life due to ill health and despondency. He whispered to Patrolman Myron Smith that he had been under the bridge since Friday.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
Lieut. N. Schou
Fire Department
John Lawrence Evans
Myron Smith
Evans
Golden Gate
Smith
Argentine Cabinet dissolves Buenos Aires municipal council
The Argentine cabinet ordered the Buenos Aires municipal council dissolved amid graft allegations against small bus owners. A decree to be signed Saturday would replace the elected council with a 21 member committee appointed by the federal government, a move denounced as dictatorial.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Cranberry Crop Up 144,800 Barrels in 1941
The Agriculture Department estimates the 1941 cranberry harvest at 725,100 barrels, marking an increase of 144,800 barrels from last year and ensuring ample supply for holiday feasts.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Senators urge FR offer to mediate peace
Washington AP reports two senators Adams Colp and Nye urge President Roosevelt to extend a peace offer in Europe as aid to Britain and Russia continues. They warn the US could fight the world alone if peace fails and say Britain may seek peace if in its interest. The article also covers pending lease lend actions, ship armament debates, and a Continental Congress for Freedom call for war against Germany.
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Nye
Roosevelt
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Senate
Continental Congress For Freedom
Fight For Freedom Committee
Germany
Hitler
Domei
Japan Chronicle
Kobe
New York
United Press Listening Post
Britain
First Lady Roosevelt Turns 57 With Potomac Cruise
Washington AP reports Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt reached age 57 on Saturday. The couple will mark the day with a planned cruise down the Potomac aboard the White House yacht, accompanied by a small group of guests.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Potomac River
White House
Japanese To Evacuate Americans On Trip To Repatriate Nationals
The State Department announced that three Japanese ships will sail to the United States to evacuate Japanese nationals and return Americans still in Japan. No cargo will be loaded on the first ship, while plans to carry cargo on the second and third ships were discussed. The Tatsuta Maru and Taiyo Nitta Maru are named as ships involved.
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Japan
State Department
Department
United States
Guy M. Gillette
Cordell Hull
Gillette
Hull
TOKIO
Foreign Office
Roosevelt
Seek Burglar Using Flat Master Key For Three Breakins Here
Detectives Saturday sought a burglar using a flat master key for three early morning breakins. Melsa's tavern at 1506 First avenue E had a missing flashlight and two pinball machines contents. Also entered were Conrad's grocery at 1211 Fourth avenue SE and College gro cery at 111 Thirteenth street SE with cash and goods stolen. doors propped open for quick exit.
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Cedar Rapids
Melsa
First Avenue E
R. E. Conrad
Conrad
Fourth Avenue SE
College Grocery
Thirteenth Street SE
Fort Recaptured In New York City Pseudo Invasion
New York Harbor defenses staged a mock assault as Fort Tilden was captured by a 1200-strong force from Fort Hancock. The scenario included sea landings in Higgins boats and airborne troops at Floyd Bennett Airport, with gas for practice and heavy property damage cited by Brig. Gen. Gage.
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New York
INS
Fort Tilden
New York City
Manhattan
Philip S. Gage
Fort Hancock
Floyd Bennett Airport
Commandos Formed For Invasion Landings By Britain
London announces the creation of amphibious shock troops to land on hostile shores and fight independently of communications. The Commando units, drawn from many regiments, train to endure long missions, live on scarce rations, and operate at night with jiu jitsu skills and expert map reading for potential guerilla actions.
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London
War Office
France
Britain
Daniel Boone
The
Navy
Feelers Seen as Prelude To Nazi Peace Offensive
Soviet official S A Lozovsky rejected armistice rumors and vowed to defeat every Nazi on Soviet soil. Reports from British and Japanese outlets described vague German peace feelers aimed at a continental bloc and possible peace with Russia, provoking cautious assessment in capitals.
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Lozovsky
Russia
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London Daily Mail
Stockholm Dispatch
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Germany
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Japan
Bulgaria
Daily Mail Dispatch
Hitler
Communists Executed in Cuprija Reported by Belgrade Press
Belgrade press reports Saturday that 30 communists were executed in Cuprija Serbia. The disclosure comes amid wartime upheaval and harsh reprisals, with authorities unnamed in the report.
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Budapest
Hungary
Belgrade Press
Cuprija
Seria
Secret German radio station found and disposed of by navy
Washington AP report states a U S Navy patrol in Greenland intercepted a 60 ton Norwegian vessel carrying about 20 crew and a German Gestapo agent plus two Norwegians. The group planned to establish a weather radio station for Germany. Navy disposed of the station and evacuated personnel. Vessel and crew were being brought to a U S port for examination.
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Navy
North Atlantic
Greenland
Germany
U. S
Norway
Gestapo
Leht
United States
Labor dispute threatens tank and jeep production halt
The AFL CIO wage war jeopardizes Spicer Manufacturing Toledo plant which builds 70 percent of army tank transmissions. CIO workers will not handle AFL parts, risking stoppage when stock runs out. Mediators rush to avert shutdown as Schism warnings echo from AFL convention in Seattle with talk of third labor group. In Birmingham AFL ends a strike at the Tennessee Coal Iron Fairfield Works.
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AFL
CIO
Seattle
House of Labor
Spicer Manufacturing Company
Toledo
United Automobile Workers
Hillsdale (Midi ) Steel Products Company
Hillsdale
Spicer
James M Duffy
National Brotherhood of Operative Potters
Birmingham
Ala
Big Fairfield
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Fair And Cooler Weather Forecast
A plainspoken forecast notes cooler conditions with agreeable temperatures for the weekend. Saturday began with pleasant football weather as the afternoon reached 74 degrees between 2:30 and 3 p.m. Humidity stayed low at 15 percent, reducing any heat feel. Overnight, temperatures dipped to near 50 degrees with readings around 48 to 50 by early morning.
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Cedar Rapids
Berlin claims Azov victory in Russ war
Nazi informants suggested that German panzer units in heavy rains near the Sea of Azov were close to Moscow. Hitler’s high command said the battle there was over with many Russian troops destroyed and thousands of prisoners. German forces drove toward Rostov and potentially toward the Caucasus oil region, while Moscow and Bryansk Orel fronts continued to see intense fighting as both sides reported gains and heavy losses.
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Adolf Hitler
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Fedor von Bock
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Orel
Bryansky Vyazma
Pravda
Hitler
Vyazma
Bryansk-Orel
Two U S Soldiers Killed in Iceland Truck Accidents
In Reykjavik Iceland two American soldiers died in separate truck accidents marking the first fatalities since American forces occupied the island in July. The incidents were confirmed by officials on Saturday.
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Reykjavik
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