War News Drift and Tax Talks Across The Atlantic
Column weighs British and American support for the Soviet front as Hitler presses in Russia while noting rumored Archangel landings may fail to ease the Red defense. It then recalls the Teapot Dome stain and compares wartime finance, taxes, and inflation’s impact on prices with Canada and the United States.
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Hitler
Great Britain
United States
Harry M. Daugherty
Harding
Canada
Navy Leaders Press Swift Repeal of Arms Ban on Merchant Ships
Washington Secretary of the Navy Knox urged Congress to repeal the neutrality act ban on arming American merchantmen and allow ships to enter combat zones to speed lend lease deliveries. Hull and Stimson backed arming and broader access to belligerent areas, signaling Administration plans to attach changes in the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
Congress
England
Hull
Stimson
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate
Soldier On Furlough Arrested For Drunk Driving
Cedar Rapids reported soldier on furlough from Fort Leonard Wood was captured by Highway Patrolman James Clapp and charged with drunk driving. His companion Harley Wade 30 Williamsburg was jailed and sentenced to 30 days or $100. They were spotted driving a weaving stock truck east on highway 151 near Marion with no rear lights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Marshall D. Cross
Sixth Signal Corp
Fort Leonard Wood
Anamosa
James Clapp
Cross
Harley Wade
Williamsburg
Clapp
Wade
H. R. Churchill
Highway 151
Marion
Highway 13
Retired Cedar Rapids Fire Captain Dies in Minnesota Lake
Fred Simon 59 retired from the Cedar Rapids Fire Department drowns while fishing on Big Rice Lake Minnesota. Barton of Hinckley also drowns. Witnesses cite rough water and a boat capsize. Bodies recovered by forest rangers and neighbors. Simon born Ely 1881 moved to Cedar Rapids 33 years ago joined Fire Dept 1911 became captain 1922. Survived by wife Mary Zach two sons Harley and Clarence three grandchildren and siblings. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Fred Simon
Big Rice Lake
Minn
H. Barton
Hinkley
Simon
Big Rice
Ely
Cedar Rapids
Bosworth
Fire Department
Center Point
Mary L. Zach
Harley
Clarence
Gary R
Robert A
Judith Anne Simon
John Simon
Napoleon, N D
Anton Simon
Frank Simon
Marion
Mary Uzel
Oldham
S. D
Firemen
Mizpah
Missouri
The
Foresters of America
Turner
Postmaster General Hurt In Rail Crash Near Chillicothe
Nine people including Postmaster General Frank Walker were injured when a Baltimore and Ohio National Limited passenger train struck a freight locomotive at a siding 24 miles east of Chillicothe. Walker and his wife were aboard. she was uninjured and he received treatment for a minor head abrasion.
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Chillicothe. O. (Ap
Frank Walker
National Limited
Baltimore and Ohio
Here
Walker
Confesses Miley Slaying by Ex-Con In Lexington Club Theft
Ex-convict Tom Penney admitted killing professional golfer Marion Miley and her mother after entering the Lexington Country Club to steal receipts from a Saturday dance. He named Bob Anderson as accomplice, described a struggle during which Miley knocked him down and the gun fired. Anderson was jailed in Louisville. Penney's confession followed hours of questioning as police pursued the case.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Marion Miley
Tom Penney
Penney
Bob Anderson
Louisville
Lexington
Miley
Miss Miley
Anderson
A. B. Price
Tom Lunsford
Bud Tomlinson
Mileys
Leo Gaddis
Cook
Bombing Raids Hit Nuremberg and Germany in Major Allied Strike
Britain launches one of the war’s heaviest raids aiming at Nuremberg and other western and northwestern German targets. More than 300 planes hit industrial sites with widespread fires reported. Bremen docks and Boulogne also attacked. Royal Air Force and German losses acknowledged, with multiple air clashes over France and Britain.
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London
Britain
Russia
Germany
Nuremberg
Bavaria
Royal Air Force
Munich
Hitler
Air Ministry
Bremen
Boulogne
Berlin
France
Berne
Buhwil
Thurgau
Basle
Air and Home Security Ministries
England
Norway
City Will Continue Building Permits Despite SPAB Order
Cedar Rapids officials said building permits will still be issued but no construction can proceed without available arms materials. City Attorney Don Hines cited priority regulations restricting material access, noting permits carry no value without supply. The SPAB action notification came from the U S Conference of Mayors.
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Don Hines
Cedar Rapids
U. S. Conference of Mayors
Daugherty Dies Stormy Figure in Harding Era
Former United States attorney general Harry M. Daugherty dies at 81 in Columbus Ohio after a congestive heart condition and pneumonia ending a stormy career. He led the Ohio gang during the Harding era, faced Teapot Dome investigations, and resigned in 1924 at Coolidge direction.
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Columbus
Harry M. Daugherty
United States
Warren G. Harding
Harding
Daugherty
Teapot Dome
Veterans Bureau
Calvin Coolidge
Roosevelt says U.S. ships sending munitions to Russia
President Roosevelt issued a brief White House statement saying large amounts of supplies, including tanks, airplanes and trucks from the Moscow pledge, are leaving U.S. ports for Russia. He noted the army and Maritime Commission rushed materials to the seaboard to aid the Soviet defense.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Russia
United States
Soviet Union
White House
Moscow
Army
Maritime Commission
Seaboard
Woman Faces Two Charges After Car Crash
Mrs. Lucille Behrens, 17, of 326 Thirty Third Street NE, collided with a machine registered to Leland Strait Jr., 1230 Eleventh Street SE, at Sixth Avenue and Eighth Street SE. Behrens faces two charges driving with faulty brakes and without a license. her husband is charged with permitting an unauthorized person to drive. Fines totaled $2 plus costs for the brake charge and $5 costs on the second charge. the husband’s similar assessment applied.
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Cedar Rapids
Lucille Behrens
Thirty Third Street
Leland Strait, Jr
Eleventh Street
Sixth Avenue
Eighth Street
Behrens
Senate approves bigger borrowing power for RFC
Washington AP reports the Senate sent to the White House a House approved measure increasing the Reconstruction Finance Corporation borrowing authority by 1.5 billion dollars, lifting total power to just over 8 billion dollars.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Reconstruction Firupee Corporation
German Plane Crashes on Blackstairs Mountain
Dublin reports a German plane wreck on Blackstairs mountain in County Wexford at midnight Saturday. All four occupants were killed according to the Eire information bureau.
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Dublin
Blackstairs Mountain
County Wexford
Eire Government Information Bureau
Wounded hunter lies in field near home all night
Joe Zderick 48 of Wilson avenue SW was found near his fence after a rabbit hunt accident. He claimed he shot himself while crossing the fence, and detectives recovered a loaded 12 gauge near the scene. He suffered a shotgun wound, shock, and exposure while awaiting help at Mercy hospital.
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Joe Zderick
Wilson Avenue
Zderick
Donovan Gruhn
Gruhn
L B Marshall
Jim Bailey
Mercy Hospital
Firestone plant blaze in Fall River Massachusetts
A massive blaze at the Firestone Rubber plant in Fall River Massachusetts caused a 13 million dollar fire. Company president Roger S Firestone announced plans to resume defense work by Tuesday morning and reported intact defense buildings with only plastics and non-defense sections destroyed. Six buildings of the plant were lost.
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Associated Press
Fall River
Mass
Firestone Rubber Company
Roger S Firestone
Firestone
J. Edward Trainer
Firestone Enterprises
Defense
Railroads propose emergency wage boost tied to living costs
Railroad management submitted a plan to President Roosevelt's wage board proposing an emergency pay raise for all employees. The six percent boost targets earnings up to 30 dollars a week or 65 dollars per half month, effective Nov. 1, 1941, through Dec. 31, 1942, with quarterly adjustments possible. F C Gurley of Santa Fe presented the plan.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
F. C. Gurley
The
Santa Fe
Carriers
Community Chest Campaign Kickoff in Cedar Rapids
Community Chest starts Tuesday morning with James L. Cooper as chairman charging an army of about 400 solicitors. The drive aims to raise 89847 for 10 welfare agencies in Cedar Rapids. Personal invites were sent for a kickoff breakfast at 7 30 am and report luncheons on Wednesday Friday and Monday. A Victory dinner is set for Wednesday October 22 at 630 pm.
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Cedar Rapids Lews
James L. Cooper
Community Chest
Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
British Troop Landing Report Supposed At Archangel
Compiled dispatches claim a British expeditionary force landed at Archangel in northern Russia to aid the Soviet defense as Hitler seeks to encircle Moscow. Ottawa and London gave no confirmation while reports tie Canadian participation to high level talks.
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Soviet Union
Stockholm
Adolf Hitler
Moscow
Aftonbladet
Finland
Archangel
Russia
London
Ottawa
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