President to address public on important message
A Monday night radio address by the President is expected to outline his reaction to Thursday's naval shooting incident and the German response. The piece argues that U S and allied aims in postwar Europe are uncertain and criticizes the costs of foreign policy, warning of impacts on domestic industries including dry cleaning. It notes a proposed school boys safety patrol and praises civilian spirit during defense efforts.
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United States of Europe
Great Britain
United States of America
Russia
London
Hitler
Yugoslavia
Europe
United States
Defense Administration
Bailey
Deamer
Ccase
Connally
Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Germans claim penetration of Leningrad defenses
AP dispatch reports German forces breached the Leningrad defense in at least one place after air and artillery bombardment. War correspondent Kurt Stolzenberg says German units advanced via forest lanes toward the czarist capital, with motorcycle detachments near a town and heavy firing in surrounding forests. He notes Soviet troops were scattered as the Germans pressed the city.
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Berlin
Leningrad
Kurt Stolzenberg
Stolzenberg
Red army reports massive German losses on 2000 mile front
Soviet high command says troops shattered German forces from Lenin grad to Crimea with thousands slain and hundreds of tanks destroyed. Red air force claims 60 Nazi planes destroyed on Wednesday and 61 on Thursday. Seven Soviet planes lost Thursday. Nationwide Leningrad broadcast confirms resolve to drive Nazis from the sector.
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Moscow
Red Army
Adolf Hitler
Wehrmacht
Leningrad
Kiev
Lower
Dnieper
Arctic
Crimea
Red Air Fleet
Odessa
Luftwaffe
Red Star
Pravda
Purse Returned After Loss Thanks To Honest Finder
Mrs. William R. Grafton reported losing a purse containing $34 on First Street NE Cedar Rapids. Otto Carstens found the purse minutes later and turned it in at the police station. She retrieved both items when she reported the loss and accepted a small reward.
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Cedar Rapids
William R. Grafton
Thirty-fourth Street
Otto Carstens
Sixteenth Street
Grafton
First Street
First Avenue
al Mikota
Germans Plan Drive on Baku and Iran
Ankara observers say Germany planned a combined land and sea drive before October against the Baku oilfields and the British Russian supply line through Iran. Reports cite Bulgarian ports and Sofia as sources, with U boats moved in sections and paratroopers training in Bulgaria and Croatia.
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Ankara
Turkey
Germany
Baku
Iran
Sofia
Bulgaria
Black Sea
Dnieper
Croatia
Rumania
Russia
U.ssr
Odessa
Balkan
Jacobsen to push Cedar Rapids defense area plea
Rep William S Jacobsen said he will visit the federal housing administration to speed final approval of Cedar Rapids needed to secure defense area status. The designation would ensure priority materials for housing 250 to 400 small homes now and about 300 per year for workers in defense industries.
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Washington, D. C
William S. Jacobsen
Federal Housing Administration
Cedar Rapids
Jacobsen
P. J. Nolan
Iowa
FHA
Des Moines
Miss California Crowned Miss America 1941
Rosemary La Planche, 19, of Los Angeles won the Miss America 1941 title in Atlantic City. Rosella Marie Hannon, 18, of Pittsburgh, took the runner up spot as Miss Western Pennsylvania.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Rosemary la Planche
Los Angeles
Help Wanted Ad Says Gazette Delivers Quick Staffing
A boxed advert urges readers to place Gazette help ads to reach thousands seeking better jobs. It notes many employed people scan the Gazette daily and will apply only if they see the ad, with a contact telephone number 2-1121.
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Gazette
Banker Opinions on Federal Installment Regulation Impact
The interview with Mr. Shaffer of Guaranty Bank discusses new federal restrictions on installment buying. He argues the rules curb inflationary use of wages, favor lenders over the public, and will not halt credit growth. He predicts potential repudiation of debt and doubts on deposit insurance benefits in a postwar depression. Born Cedar Rapids March 30, 1899.
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Shaffer
Federal Reserve Board
Guaranty Bank and Trust Company
Linden Drive
Cedar Rapids
Pokes Fist Through Glass In Domestic Temper Flare
Calvin Jenkins a 23 year old of 1424 A avenue NE was arrested after punching a plate glass window at the Sears Roebuck store on Third avenue SE. He told police he was mad at his wife and was then taken to the station for treatment and questioning. Police expect possible charges of disturbing the peace or malicious destruction of property.
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Calvin Jenkins
Avenue NE
Sears Roebuck and Company
Third Avenue SE
Jenkins
Steve Stolba
Weather report notes 84 degree high in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids experienced a warm day with a high of 84 degrees between 3 and 4 p.m. A late night shower accelerated cooling, dropping to 66 by midnight. Low reached 57 at Chambers reading, with the day ending cool after the warm spell.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Senate aims to cut personal income tax exemptions in revenue bill
House ways and means committee members reportedly favor the Senate's move to reduce exemptions from 2000 to 1500 for married and from 800 to 750 for single filers. The $3.58 billion measure, passed by the Senate, faces a conference with the House to harmonize changes including higher corporate surtaxes and removal of a 10 percent profit tax.
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Washington
House
Senate
George
Senate Finance Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Roosevelt
Senate House Conference Committee
Rep. Gearhart
Calif
Joint Conference
Gearhart
Ways and Means
RAF Induced Havoc Shatters German War Industry
The RAF and Britain's new four motor bombers disrupted German shipping from Norway to France and damaged major industrial sites. Flying Fortresses crossed the North Sea to Oslo harbor in a record flight, with raids on Emden Bremen Ijmuiden and Lille steel works causing extensive destruction and factory setbacks.
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London
Britain
Norway
France
Reich
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Russia
North Sea
Oslo
Authoritative Press Association
RAF
R.a.f.’S
Belgium
Holland
Germany
Scandinavia
Emden
R.A.F
Bremen
Rotterdam
Lille
Defense policy shifts to aid small businesses in contracts
The War Department announced a liberalized defense contracting policy to boost small and regional manufacturers. Army purchasing agencies will split awards among multiple plants, allow higher bids, and require sub contracting to local firms to ease raw material shortages and preserve civilian industry.
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Washington
INS
Robert Patterson
Army
War Department
Department
Quartermaster’s Corps
Kimball and Selby Chosen to Represent Iowa in Chicago Conference
Gov. George A. Wilson named Edward A. Kimball and Rodney Q. Selby to represent Iowa at a Chicago conference discussing Midwest industry and labor protection during the shift from non defense to defense production. Kimball chairs the Town industrial and defense commission. Selby is its secretary.
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Des Moines
George A. Wilson
Edward A. Kimball
Rodney Q. Selby
Iowa
Chicago
Midwest
Kimball
Town Industrial and Defense Commission
Selby
Ita
Navy clarifies Greer incident contradicting German claims
Washington officials released a statement reiterating that the Greek destroyer Greer was attacked first by a submarine and only then did the Greer counter attack. Senators Connally McCarran Reynolds urged resolve while warning against dragging the nation into war without public consent.
Radio Talk to Be On Major Import
The temporary White House announced President Roosevelt will address the nation on Monday night at 8 p.m. Iowa time in an address of major importance. The speech will be broadcast on NBC CBS and MBS on all three networks from the White House with translations into 14 languages.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
White House
Roosevelt
Iowa
United States
Greer
Iceland
Presteden
William D. Hassett
Mr. Roosevelt
NBC
CBS
Mbs—T
WMT
Cedar Rapids
Hassett
Berlin
Hoover to discuss world scene on CBS radio
Former President Herbert Hoover will speak on the international situation in a CBS broadcast from Chicago. The program airs Tuesday, Sept. 16, from 8:15 to 8:45 p.m. Iowa time.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
CBS
Chicago
Iowa
German Nazi Calls Greer Clash Tax Deception
A Nazi spokesman accused the Roosevelt administration of using the Greer incident to distract from a new U S tax program. He warned German submarines would continue the blockade against Britain despite American attacks, saying the incident would be a smoke screen for tax hikes.
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Berlin
Ins
United States
Greer
Roosevelt
Congress
Britain
Hitler
Anamosa Man Arrested for Drunk Driving on Marion Boulevard
Marion Police Chief W Gene Miller arrested Ed Benichek from Anamosa around noon Saturday for operating a car while intoxicated. The stop occurred on the Marion boulevard east of the detour near Cedar Park. Benichek was taken to the county jail by Chief Miller and officers James Clapp and Jack Monahan.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
Gene Miller
Ed Benichek
Anasmosa
Marion Boulevard
Cedar’ Park
Benichek
Miller
James Clapp
Jack Mona
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Cordell Hull
England
Japan
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