President pushes shoot on sight toward wartime policy
The President asserts shooting has started and the United States stands near war with the axis. He insists the navy will fight when American ships are challenged, while Congress may not halt the active policy even if not formally at war. The piece notes limited military strength and the push toward defense production and labor discipline during this crisis.
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Hitler
Americas
Atlantic
United States
Congress
U. S. Navy
Tokio
Hochi
Edi
Russians Hurl Germans Back From Moscow Front
Soviet and German forces clash across the Moscow region with Russian counterattacks driving back German units up to ten miles. Soviet dispatches claim forty of eighty tanks destroyed and new positions fortified as weather slows the invaders. Meanwhile the war stretches to Rostov and Leningrad as Hitler seeks support from Turkish generals amid Middle East considerations.
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Associated Press
Russia
Moscow
Siberia
U.S.S.R
Red Star
London
Ukraine
Rostov
Caucasus
Adolf Hitler
Middle East
Leningrad
U S Steel Cuts Output Amid Roosevelt Lewis Clash
The U S Steel system trims operations 80 to 90 percent in Chicago Pittsburgh and Youngstown districts as Roosevelt presses third appeal to United Mine Workers leader John L. Lewis over the 53 000 miner strike begun Saturday night and aimed at defense production.
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U.S
Roosevelt
Lewis
United States Steel Corporation
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
CIO
Benjamin F. Fairless
United States Steel
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Youngstown
Mr. Roosevelt
UMW
J. P. Morgan
United States Corporation
Morgan Says Lewis Letter Is Utter Rubbish
J P Morgan dismissed John L Lewis’s letter to the President as utter rubbish. He acknowledged his Steel Corp directorship but called the rest of the letter untrue and suggested settlement if United States Steel would accept Appalachian agreement terms. Congressional push for action and no strike legislation grew as readings continued.
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New York
J. P. Morgan
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Glen Cove
L. I
United States Steel Corp
Mr. Lewis
United States Steel
Harry Byrd
Tom Connally
Tex
E. E. Cox
Dan McGhee
Miss
William M. Colmer
Germany
Roosevelt
South America
Windsors at White House Luncheon Honor Duke and Duchess
A dozen guests attended a White House luncheon for the traveling Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt could not attend as hostess due to a Chicago trip. The duchess visited the civilian defense office before meeting Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Morgenthau.
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Washington
White House
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Subpoena Issued for Stimson in Nazi Spy Trial
A subpoena was issued for Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson to appear in Brooklyn federal court as a defense witness in the trial of 15 men accused of Nazi espionage.
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New York
Secretary of War
Henry L. Stimson
Brooklyn
Cedar Rapids 1941 tax levy rises slightly amid city and school requests
Cedar Rapids total 1941 levy climbs to 44.103 mills per $1,000, up from 43.964 in 1940, due to city and independent school district requests totaling 83,836 more dollars. County reduction cuts net 39,585, with city allocations to funds highlighted among large increases as detailed by County Auditor Vesely.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert Vesely
Plane crash near Albuquerque kills five aboard training ship
An army plane from Kelly Field Texas crashed and burned in a remote area 135 miles southeast of Albuquerque. Five men were aboard and reports at Albuquerque air base indicated all may have been killed.
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Albuquerque, N. M
Kelly, Field
Texas
Albuquerque
Sentry Shot at Peiping Embassy Gate in China
An American Marine sentry at the main gate of the U S embassy in Peiping was wounded by a civilian in civilian clothes who fired four shots from behind while alighting from a jinrikisha. The assailant fled after the sentry returned fire.
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Peiping
China
Taft accuses Roosevelt of war pledge over neutrality bill
Senate Republican leader Taft says President Roosevelt publicly admitted to steering the nation toward war while claiming to seek peace. He faults the administration bill to end neutrality act shipping restraints and questions presidential authority, warning open declaration of war remains the only next step.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Roosevelt
Senate
Taft
Mr. Roosevelt
Hitler
Africa
Asia
Europe
Mussolini Says Axis Will Crush US and Anti Axis
Rome reports Mussolini on Venice balcony addressing 50 000 fascists promising that the axis will crush the United States and anti axis powers. Nazi spokesmen denounce Roosevelt claims of maps for South America and for elimination of religion as forgeries while German papers warn of war. Thousands of black shirt marchers rally outside Rome.
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Bulletin
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Venice Palace
United States
Axis
Roosevelt
Berlin
South
Central America
New World
South America
Major Lowry says the fight has just begun for wartime production
Major John C. Lowry, Burling ton Iowa ordnance plant quartermaster, told a Roosevelt hotel luncheon that the battle to out-produce Germany is far from over. He cited rapid plant expansions, TNT production, shell loading, and a million plus soldiers housed in new quarters as Iowa's part in the national defense effort.
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Cedar Rauids
United States
Germany
Europe
John C. Lowry
Iowa Ordnance Plant
Burlington
Roosevelt Hotel
Canopus Club
America
Quartermaster Corps
Lowry
Iowa
Ankeny
Autumn freeze hits Cedar Rapids with record low
Cedar Rapids endured a killing freeze on Tuesday morning as the thermometer dropped to a record 24 degrees from 6 to 7 am. By afternoon the sun returned and temperatures rose to about 48 degrees with humidity at 25 percent easing the chill.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Weather Outlook for Iowa From Oct 28 to Nov 1
A period from 6:30 p.m. Tuesday to 6:30 p.m. Saturday for Iowa will see below normal temperatures with a rise early in the period and much colder conditions by Thursday night and Friday. Rainfall will be moderate to locally heavy, focused mainly on Thursday.
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Iowa
Roosevelt Declares Shooting Has Started In Nation's War Move
President Roosevelt delivers a dramatic radio address and at the Mayflower hotel presses the nation toward limited naval hostilities. He vows to stop Hitlerism, denounces coal mine shutdowns, and declares the shooting has started as America readies for action with the navy in Atlantic patrols.
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Secret Service
Roosevelt
Navy League
Washington
Hugo Black
America
Germany
Total Defense
Navy Day
Mayflower Hotel
South America
Central America
Panama Canal
Kearny
Latin America
Vatican
Hitler
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