Willkie speech warns against Overton Russell plan risks
The address denounces the Overton Russell amendment as a step toward executive takeover of industry and labor suppression. It argues such power harms defense, democracy, and free enterprise, urging Roosevelt to declare his stance while noting past procedural irregularities. Willkie also cites labor and veteran leaders and plans for a big Midwest campaign meeting.
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United States Senate
Senate
Roosevelt
House
Conference Committee
Mr. Roosevelt
Walker revealed as cabinet choice in Roosevelt era
The article details Franklin D. Roosevelt naming Walker a 54 year old New York attorney and president of Comerford Theaters as a cabinet choice amid a public event. It notes Walker’s close friendship with the President and highlights comments on Labor Day 1940 including wage gains and economic growth under Democratic principles.
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Roosevelt
Farley
Walker
New York
Comerford Theaters, Inc
Arthur Smith
Moses
Roosevelt Home Club
Hyde Park Village
Hyde Park
Gains in six months total over year prior
The text notes a six month gain of 648,928,000 dollars, a sharp rise from 1932 when profits were scarce. It credits material gains and social advances like the social security program, achieved in a democracy and to be retained through continued democratic principles.
Total Casualties For Year Of War From United Press
A wartime casualty tally lists belligerent losses in the first year. Britain 92 000 killed or missing by Aug 20. Germany 206 000 by Aug 31. Italy 2 052 killed by Aug 17. France 60 000 killed 300 000 wounded 958 000 captured. Belgium 7 500 killed 35 000 wounded 500 000 captured or missing. Norway 4 000 killed 5 000 wounded 50 000 captured or missing. Netherlands 5 000 killed 20 000 wounded 300 000 captured or missing. Poland 50 000 killed 150 000 wounded 400 000 captured or missing. Finland 15 000 killed 35 000 wounded 3 000 captured or missing. Russia 50 000 killed 160 000 wounded 10 000 missing.
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United Press
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
France
Charles de Gaulle
Belgium
Norway
Netherlands
Poland
Finland
Russia
Young Mother and Baby Escaped Injury in Cedar Rapids Crash
Three people were injured four miles west of Cedar Rapids at the junction of old and new routes No 30 after 1 p.m. Saturday. A 17 year old mother and her 14 month old son were unhurt. Charles M Young of Waterloo Leonard Sturtz 26 and his father Charles Sturtz 50 of Van Horne were hospitalized with various injuries. Leonard Sturtz wife Wilma 17 and their infant Darrell were not hurt and taken to a farmhouse. The accident occurred when Sturtz stopped at a stop sign and Young rear ended his car. The sheriff s office and highway patrol investigated.
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Cedar Rapids
Charles M. Young
Waterloo
Leonard Sturtz
Charles Sturtz
van Horne
St. Luke's Hospital
Young
Sturtz
Wilma
Darrell
Sheriff's Office
Air Crash Victim Is One Of Zinmaster Family
Mrs. R. Wm. Hale of Pittsburgh is identified as Rose Zinsmaster of Des Moines and a victim in the Lovettsville Virginia air crash on Saturday. She was visiting Charlottesville relatives when the tragedy occurred. She was sister to the late Marcellus Zinsmaster, Des Moines bakery owner killed in a 1933 Utah crash. his son Marshall died in an August auto wreck.
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Des Moines
R. WM. Hale
Pittsburgh
Lovettsville
Rose Zinsmaster
Charlottesville
Hale
Marcellus Zinsmaster
Utah
Marshall
Decorah Couple Escapes Injury After Car Rolls Into Ditch
Special to The Gazette reports Mr. and Mrs. Mons Tweet aged 76 and 74 of Pleasant township were minimally hurt when their car rolled into a ditch Saturday after a wheel broke off. The vehicle was demolished.
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The
Gazette
Decorah
Mons
Pleasant Township
Iowa U professor named Phi Beta Kappa director
Dean Roy C. Flickinger of the University of Iowa was named one of six new senators at the Phi Beta Kappa triennial convention. The national honorary scholastic fraternity announced the slate of directors during the San Francisco gathering.
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San Francisco
Roy C. Flickinger
University of Iowa
Phi Beta Kappa
Funeral services for William Farr 87 longtime Madison custodian
Funeral services for William F. Farr of 124 Fifth Street SW who died Saturday morning will be held at 10 a.m. in Beatty chapel with Reverend W. Glenn Rowley officiating. Burial is in Oak Hill cemetery. Farr, 87, served 37 years as custodian at Madison school.
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William F. Farr
Fifth Street
Beatty Chapel
W. Glenn Rowley
Oak Hill Cemetery
Farr
Madison School
Death notice of Mrs. George Bruner in Winneka, IL
Word has been received of the death Saturday evening in Winnetka Illinois of Mrs. George Bruner formerly of Cedar Rapids. She died at the home of her daughter Mrs Carson L Taylor with whom she had been living the last few years. She is survived by a daughter Mrs G T McCartney of Kansas City Missouri, and by Mrs F W Adams of Cedar Rapids. Her husband and another daughter preceded her in death. Funeral services will be held in the Turner chapel with the time to be announced later.
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Winnetka, IL
George Bruner
Cedar Rapids
Slayer Reprieved by Governor in Campus Bludgeon Case
De Witt Clinton Cook who was slated for execution on September 6 for the bludgeon death of Anna Sosoyeva, a dancer, last year on the campus, received a 90 day reprieve from Governor Olson on Saturday.
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Los Angeles
de Witt
Clinton Cook
Anna Sosoyeva
Olson
Airliner Crash Kills 25 in Severe Virginia Storm
A big transport crashed near a Bishop house in extreme northern Virginia during a cloudburst storm. Bodies lay within 500 yards as debris scattered. investigation by Dr. John Gibson and CAB officials followed amid wreckage and blocked roads.
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Bishop House
John Gibson
London
Virginia
Chamber Hails Effects of Profits Tax Bill Debate
The U S Chamber of Commerce warned Saturday that the House approved excess profits tax bill would depress business activity and threaten the defense program. It said the plan would disturb commodity and security markets and bring serious repercussions. The bill would tax profits above normal using two methods based on 1936 39 earnings or a 7 percent first 500 000 and 5 percent on the rest. The chamber urged the measure be reconsidered as it taxes profits considered normal and essential, not related to defense expenditures.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Fire Hits Crawfordsville Lumber Yard
A Crawfordsville lumber company suffered a significant fire discovered at 8 55 p m by Mrs Chester Cherryholmes. About 2000 people watched four hose teams battle it down and crews from Cedar Rapids and nearby towns helped save the town water system and elevator. Estimated loss is $20000. Local manager Harold Miller commented on the blaze and the town of roughly 3000 residents is 12 miles southeast of Washington.
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Ington
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Harold Miller
Ulation
Fashington
London Bomb Raids Hit Outskirts and Dover
British authorities report Berlin air raids hitting outer London districts and surrounding towns injuring hundreds. German attacks target Dover balloons and coastal sites while RAF fighters claim several enemy losses and defend key airfields in East Anglia and along the Thames.
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England
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Air Ministry
Germans Admit Loss of 28 Planes Over London
Report says 28 German aircraft were shot down amid heavy fighting over the city north of the river. German forces claimed strong anti aircraft resistance was met by British defense during the raid.
Hurt In Crash Ends Midget Racer Ead Ottumwa Speed
Lewis Kelsey of 1136 Sixteenth Avenue SW was reported in serious condition after a Friday night midget car crash in Ottumwa. The father of five suffered a fractured skull and severe facial cuts with poor survival chances, according to Cedar Rapids reports.
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Ottumwa
Kellsey
Cedar Rapids
Kelsey
Iowa Independent Midget Racing Association
Penick
Ford
M D Horsfall Dies After Heart Attack in Burlington
Moss David Horsfall 65 of 1308 Fourth Street NW died after a heart attack near noon Friday and was pronounced at 1 p.m. Saturday. He worked 48 years for the Rock Island railroad and was a former chief conductor of division 48 of the Order of Railway Conductors. He lived most of his life in Cedar Rapids except ten years in Roanoke. Survivors include his wife Katharine, son Darryl, three daughters, one sister and a brother. Funeral plans pending.
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Fourth Street
Rock Island Railroad
Cedar Rapids
Horsfall
Division 48
Order of Railway Conductors of America
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Masonic Lodge
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Murray
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A. F
A. M. Cedar Rapids
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Shullsburg
Wis
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Darryl
Hollywood
Calif
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Virginia
Jane Shelton
Tenth Street NW
Ann Horsfall
Minneapolis
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Los Angeles
Brady Mortuary
Crackup Victim On Way To Be Married
Arthur Halloway district supervisor of the bureau of motor carriers of the interstate commerce commission died in an airliner crash near Lovettsville Virginia on Saturday He was en route to Oklahoma City to marry his fiancé who was to wed over the weekend according to friends
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Arthur Halloway
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Oklahoma City
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Peace Meet Keynoter Denounces Draft Bill as War Hysteria
Chicago crowd of about 17 000 at the emergency peace mobilization heard Rev John B Thompson of Norman Oklahoma call for adherence to constitutional principles He assailed the Burke Wadsworth bill as an example of war hysteria and urged restraint by lawmakers and citizens alike
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Peace Meet
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INS
United States
Committee
America
John B. Thompson
Norman
Okla
Four Burned to Death in Illinois Highway Crash
Four persons were burned to death Sunday when two automobiles sideswiped on the highway between Tuscola and Decatur Illinois. The collision occurred on the highway and the resulting fire destroyed the vehicles and victims. Authorities reported the fatalities but did not immediately release names. The crash prompted investigations by local police and state authorities.
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Tuscola, Ili
Here
Decatur
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