Controversy Over Draft and World War II Policies
A 1940 editorial critiques U S conscription and White House policy arguing the move toward compulsory service risks entangling the nation in foreign conflicts. It questions housing for soldiers, machine tool bottlenecks, and Roosevelt's stance toward Britain Russia and Germany while urging an early strong air force. The piece cites Pierre Van Paassen and local reactions in Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
Pierre van Paassen
van Paassen
Bombing Drills Rage Across Britain as German Air Raids Escalate
Reports say a German dive bomber hit a English troop train killing or injuring about 300 as wreckage plunged down an embankment. London suffered its heaviest raid of the war with churches schools and homes wrecked. Rescue teams worked amid rubble as air attacks continued with emphasis on civilian targets.
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Berlin
German raids on London continue in war’s heaviest night
Berlin informants said mass raids on London persisted in favorable weather after all night attacks described as the war’s heaviest. They warned that worse was to come as the city remained in what observers called unparalleled chaos.
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Berlin
Wnazi
London
Five Iowans Killed At Moline Crossing
Five people from Davenport and Muscatine were killed when their auto was struck by a Rock Island Lines passenger train at a crossing in East Moline. Dorothy Morrissey of Davenport was critically injured.
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East Moline
Rock Island Lines
Alice Marie Woods
Clarence Tadlock
Arline Norpel
Elmer Asmus
Davenport
Leonard Landon
Muscatine
Dorothy Morrissey
Accident Causes Driver’s Quick Reach Averted Child
In Cedar Rapids a 3 year old tried climbing from front to rear seat as mother Bernice Novotny reached to prevent a fall. She lost control at 9 45 p m on First Avenue W between Second and Third streets and clipped a parked car owned by William Dietrich of Van Horne. Mrs Novotny received a cut on an eyelid.
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Cedar Rapids
First Avenue
Second
Third Streets
Bernice Novotny
Nineteenth Street
William Dietrich
van Horne
Cedar Rapids Men Register for Military Conscription
A group of Cedar Rapids men aged 21 to 35 waited at precincts across the city to register for military conscription. Lines formed at 7 am as registrants completed questionnaires before work, with the thirteenth precinct at Harper and McIntire, 411 Sixth Avenue SE, shown in the photo.
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Cedar Rapids
Harper and McIntire Company
Sixth Avenue SE
Courage and faith linked as daily virtues for difficult times
The article argues courage is the first half of faith and patience the second, noting fear as contagious while courage inspires. It cites examples from history and literature, stresses faith is practiced and caught, and ends with a Bible verse promising divine help if faith is sought. Distr by United Feature Syndicate, Inc. DR, NEWTON.
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John Drinkwater
Lincoln
Marcus Dodds
David Hume
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Donovan Cancels Reply to Lindbergh Address
Col. William J. Donovan canceled a radio speech planned to answer Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. The Mutual network said Donovan was unable to speak due to engagements and Col. Louis Johnson will reply instead. Johnson is set to speak at 8:30 p.m. Iowa time Wednesday.
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Washington
William J. Donovan
Charles A. Lindbergh
Mutual Broadcasting System
Donovan
Louis Johnson
Lindbergh
Johnson
Iowa
Willkie Urges Roosevelt to Reveal 1944 Plans
On a Buffalo train stop Willkie urged 17 000 people to force Roosevelt to disclose whether he would seek a fourth term in 1944 and if he holds any secret pledges with foreign governments that could involve the United States in war. He asked the crowd to make him tell.
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Willkie
Wendell Willkie
Buffalo
N. Y
Roosevelt
New Municipal Auditorium
Honeymoon liquor seized as man freed on bond
LeRoy Scanlan 24 was released on $500 bond after three cases of liquor found in his car during a drive from Illinois to Iowa. The alleged illegal possession case postponed to November 14 to allow use of his car on his honeymoon. Scanlan plans to marry Cedar Rapids girl on October 24 and lives in Solon.
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LeRoy Scanlan
Ilinois
Towa
Davenport
Scanlan
Cedar Rapids
Solon
Sixth Avenue
Willkie to Speak Tonight From Cincinnati on NBC
Wendell L. Willkie will address listeners at 7 30 Inway time from Cincinnati via NBC Blue network Station WLS Chicago The Republican nominee warns against voting for him and urges Americans to avoid the bankruptcy path noted during his stop in Marion Ohio Wednesday Continued on page 5 column 6
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Wendell L. Willkie
Cincinnati
WLS
Chicago
America
Marion
Willkie
Dewey Speech Broadcast Tonight From Michigan
Thomas E. Dewey will speak in Saginaw Michigan tonight under the Michigan Republican State Central Committee. The remarks are set for 8 35 to 9 p m and will be aired on the NBC Blue network.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Saginaw, Mich
Michigan Republican State Central Committee
Iowa
NBC Blue
Italian Authority Sees Burma Road Pulling U S Into War
Rome AP news analysis cites Marin Appelius of Il Popolo d Italia predicting Britain’s Burma road reopening could trigger a Britain Japan clash that drags the United States into war The piece links the move to the Rome Berlin Tokyo pact and notes the tri partite pact shifting toward belligerency around mid month with possible US involvement.
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Burma
China
United States
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Mussolini
Il Popolo d'Italia
Appelius
Winston
Pope Pius XII to Broadcast Message to United States
The Pope will deliver a special address to the United States Saturday at 8 30 p m Vatican City time 12 30 p m Town time via a world radio hookup. The broadcast marks American Mission Sunday and will come from Vatican City radio.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
United States
Linn County hosts wartime draft registration tally
In Cedar Rapids 6,740 men aged 21 to 35 registered for conscription by 2 15 pm amid a peacetime draft first in U S history. About 1 797 visited Cedar Rapids precincts with 23 voting sites reporting turnout.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Registration figures roll in from Cedar Rapids plants
The article reports late registrations for a draft with details from east and west draft boards and various plants. It notes totals from Cedar Rapids Auto, Woolson, Quaker Oats, and others, with shifts and times and mentions thirds and sevenths among registrants.
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Woolson One
Quaker Oats Company
VaPlant- Choate Company
Link Belt- Speeder Corporation
Dallas Radin Company
Cherra-Burrell Corporation
Penth and Ford
Jawa Steel and Tron Works
Hall Manufacturing Company
Jawa Manufacturing Company
National Oats Company
Dearborn Brass Company
Cedar Rapds Engineering Company
Eddy Paper Companys
Cedar Rapids All American Game Boosts Chest First Day
The Cedar Rapids 1940 Community Chest drive posted a first day total of 42 087 44 of the 90 519 goal at a Chamber luncheon. Industrial division led with 22 972 pledged while W J Brown, hospitalized, was praised as team captain.
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Cedar Rapids
Community Chest
Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids Savings Bank
Harold Horan
J Man Widmer
Fred Glanville
W. J. Brown
Brown
St. Luke's Hospital
J. L. Cooper
Million register for army duty as draft opens nationwide
President Roosevelt calls registration a moment of deep meaning as millions, including veterans and older youths, line up at 125000 places from 7 am to 4 pm. Quota aims for 5000,000 plus in four and a half weeks, with 1940s war memory guiding a defensive preparation.
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Roosevelt
Washington
A.E.F
Roosevelt registration day address highlights citizen duty
President Roosevelt marks registration day with a call to national service. He frames the 16 million young Americans as reviving a 300 year old civic duty and emphasizes unity, history, and the nation’s resolve to keep the peace in a new world built by free men.
Car Stalls Cause Exeter Train Crash. Three Die
An auto mobile train collision near Exeter Nebraska killed three lifelong residents. The crash was blamed on the auto mobile stalling on a crossing, causing a fatal impact for three residents.
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Exeter
Neb
Ins
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