Roosevelt Era Destroyer Deal Awakens Political Debate
The editorial discusses the U S plan to send 50 destroyers to Britain in exchange for base leases in British possessions including the Bahamas Jamaica and Trinidad It warns the move is an act of war and scrutiny grows over the Roosevelt administration It draws parallels to 1916 and argues the nation risks drifting toward total war and secret diplomacy led by Roosevelt and allied figures.
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Europe
England
Germany
Hitler
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Norway
Denmark
Holland
Belgium
France
Dunkerque
Times
Italy
Rome
Genna
Mediterranean
Grim Prison Break Fugitives Flee Through Arkansas Louisiana
Grim escape from Cummins Prison Farm spurred a massive manhunt across Arkansas and Louisiana. Twenty eight of thirty six convicts remained at large Tuesday after a Labor Day breakout that left guard Frank Gartman dead and another wounded. Ringleaders Conley and Martin sparked the chaos, with hostages and abducted youths still in peril as pursued bands pressed the search through dense woods near Columbia Louisiana and Garland City Arkansas.
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Cummins Prison Farm
Ark
Cummins
Arkansas
Louisiana
Garland City
Columbia
Frank Gartman
Rayville
Frank Conley
Troy Wade
Claude Martin
Conley
Wade
Martin
Percy Loftin
Loftin
W. E. Barner
Drig Harvey
Walter Magby
Absolute Unity Urged as Nation Faces War Threat
The piece argues for total domestic unity to defend against invasion, warning against internal divisions. It questions eight years of costly government, debt, and the trustworthiness of the sitting president, urging citizens to suspend scrutiny and become masks of support.
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Hitler
Frankenstein Monster as warning of machine power
A discussion cites Mary Shelley daughter story of life spark in a giant eight foot figure. It argues the monster represents unleashed power of machinery and the ethical clash between faith and force, urging human spirit to master the threat rather than be destroyed by invention.
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Mary Shelley
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Attempt To Kill King Carol Fails
A man broke through palace gates and fired seven shots at the palace windows before being over powered. Flags over the palace indicated King Carol was in residence at the time.
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Bucharest
Romania
Carol
Iowa Population Rises 2.6 Percent to 2 535 430
The census bureau announced Iowa's population increased from 2 470 929 to 2 535 430 during the 1930 to 1940 decade, up 44 491 people.
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Washington
Iowa
Bureau
Europe watches and U S voters weigh diplomacy
Arthur Baer notes both parties monitor Europe as closely as a cat eyeing a butcher block. He argues diplomacy requires balancing acts and careful messaging amid hidden snips in policy, with voters uncertain about the meaning behind political maneuvers.
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Europe
Cattle Theft Suspect Provides Alibi in Wortham Case
Waco county officers question a man over cattle thefts and he offers an alibi claiming he could not have stolen cattle there the prior night while admitting to stealing three cows near Wortham.
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Waco, Tex
Waco County
Wortham
Rental Draft Plan Proposed by Committee
Washington AP reports members of the House Military Committee approved an amendment to the military conscription bill allowing the government to take over non cooperating plants for defense material production on a rental basis. The measure, backed by Rep May, would let the government place orders and compel production with compensation, differing from 1916 rules by not requiring war existence.
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Washington
House Military Committee
May
Senate
Rep
Smith
House Committee
Rep May
House
Miliary Committee
Rep Short
Rail Officials And Council To Confer On Abandoning Flagmen
Cedar Rapids council to meet Saturday at 9 30 am with officials from Rock Island Milwaukee North Western and Illinois Central railroads. They will discuss replacing flagmen at six Fourth Street crossings with gates and flasher signals. No decision will be made at the meeting. a formal hearing will follow after the plan is explained.
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Cedar Rapids
Rock Island
Milwaukee, North Western
Illinois Central
Seventh Avenue
Fourth Street
Britain Pledges Not to Yield or Sink Fleet if Defeated
Washington dispatch reports Prime Minister Churchill pledged the British Empire would not surrender or scuttle its fleet even if the Isles fall, stating the fleet would be sent overseas for defense of other empire parts. Lord Lothian confirmed the policy as settled but noted contingencies may affect German fleet concerns.
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FTER
United States Department of State
Winston Churchill
Hitler
United States
England
Britain
Western Hemisphere
Americas
Canada
Washington
Great Britain
British Isles
State Department
Cordell Hull
Churchi
Hull
Lord Lothian
British Commonwealth
Caribbean
Churchill
Collegians urged to register before college sessions start
City clerk and registrar L. J. Pink Storey urges college students to register before the Nov. 5 general election. Students 21 before election day may register now at City Hall, third floor, saving mail registration costs. Final presidential registration is Oct. 26.
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Cedar Rapids
L. J “Pink” Storey
Storey
Weather Bright For Opening Of School
The Cedar Rapids first day back to school brings a sunny start with temperatures from 46 at 6:30 am to 70 by 10 am and 82 by 2:30 pm. Monday’s Tabor Day weather peaked at 79 from 3:30 to 4:30 pm, then fell to 72 at 7 pm and 60 at midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Cedar Rapids Seeks New City Building Inspector
Cedar Rapids proposes hiring a registered licensed engineer aged 30 to 55 with three years of experience to take an all day exam on September 12. Applications are due by 5 p.m. next Friday. The appointee will supervise the building department, enforce codes, issue permits, and inspect plans with a $270 monthly salary.
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Cedar Rapids
Civil Service Commission
United States
Chester B. Myers
Myers
Otis Leefers
Leefers
Robert Blahnik
Big air battle over Thames estuary marked first war year
German raiders failed to break London defenses in a second strike over the Thames estuary. British air ministry reported 23 German planes down, 15 British planes lost, with some bombs dropping in Kent and Essex. Berlin tallies claimed 54 Allied planes lost. Britain celebrated King George VI awarding 330 decorations as air battles raged across Europe.
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London
Scotland
Thames Estuary
Kent
Essex
Berlin
Buckingham Palace
George VI
Britain
Great Britain
Continent
Boulogne
France
Gross To Reveal His Plans Tonight
H R Gross of Des Moines, a party contender who nearly upset Governor Wilson in last spring's GOP primary, will make a definite announcement on his general election campaign plans tonight. The Iowa Broadcasting co will carry the talk on WMT Waterloo Cedar Rapids at 815 p.m. and by WHO Des Moines at 945 p.m.
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Woodrow Wilson
White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hitler
Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
Des Moines
Wallace
United States
H. R Gross
George A. Wilson
Iowa
Iowa Broadcasting Company
WMT
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Gross
Roosevelt Reveals Shift of Over Age Craft Dea Pact
President Roosevelt disclosed a swap sending 50 overage destroyers to Great Britain in exchange for naval and air base rights in Newfoundland Bermuda the Bahamas Jamaica Trinidad and British Guiana The move, justified as continental defense, drew swift partisan debate with Attny Gen Jackson's legal opinion and Navy confirmation that eight ships will reach Britain via Canadian ports for crewing and delivery.
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Roosevelt
Dea
Jackson
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Congress
House
Robert H Jackson
Senate
R‘o
Cordell Hull
Lord Lothian
Conaress
Noundland
Bermuda
Bahamas
Trinidad
British Guiana
Ats
Nex
Navy Department
Britain
Baston
Bases To Keep Enemies From Door
President Roosevelt on a train to Washington said air and naval bases in British crown colonies from Newfoundland to British Guiana would deter enemies from reaching the United States front door. He cautioned reporters against speculating about Greenland related terms.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Newfoundland
British Guiana
England
Greenland
Roosevelt hints at new bases for fleet defence
President Roosevelt spoke by radio to West Virginia listeners amid dedication of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and a Labor Day visit to Tennessee. He signaled a defense pact with Britain may be announced and urged readiness to defend shores, arguing the greatest threat to liberty comes from without. He stressed establishing bases to protect the fleet and warned preparedness must come now rather than later.
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South Charleston
Roosevelt
Naval Ordnance Plant
Seaun
Toit
West
Newfound Gap
Tennessee-North Carolina
Americas
Motorist fined for drunk driving after Lisbon crash
Lewis Vo Miner age 25 of 515 Sixth Street SE was fined 300 and costs by District Judge H C Ring for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after a crash near Lisbon at about 430 pm Monday. Miner pled guilty and faces three months in jail if the fine remains unpaid. He was arrested by Patrolman James Gildroy following a collision at a Cedar county line curve east of Lisbon involving two other drivers. A chemical test showed 24 milligrams of alcohol. Miner's chauffeur's license will be submitted for revocation.
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Cedar Rapids
Lewis Vo Miner
Sixth Street
Lisbon
H C Ring
Miner
James Gildroy
Cedar County
William Parker
Springville
Kenneth Kuykendall
Wheaton
State Motor Vehicle Department
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Bugs" Baer
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London Times
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Neosfoundland
Panama
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Mexico
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