London Bombing Hurts Docks Homes As City Fights Back
London endured a massive bombing campaign with fires and blackouts as German planes raided the capital and coastal towns. Parachute flares lit the sky while Royal Air Force fighters and ground batteries engaged in heavy combat. Authorities reported outages to lighting and communications and urged evacuations near delayed-action bombs.
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Roosevelt Denies Secret US Latin Trade Pacts Rumor
Buenos Aires AP dispatch reports Dr Leopoldo Melo saying Roosevelt did not tell him the Senate would ratify a sanitary accord for Argentine meat nor that there was no chance of ratification. Rep Horton and Senator Thomas voiced contrasting views on tariff cuts and trade pact implications tied to Argentina and Cuba.
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Police dog vanishes after haircut, owner reports
Miss Blanche Krebs reports her 13 year old police dog disappeared from 351 Pleasant Drive SE two days after a hair trim. Desk Sgt Jack Wieland suggested the dog may be ashamed to show itself.
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John M Farrell of Marion Dies at 34
John M Farrell 34 of 432 Ninth Street Marion died at 6 am Saturday in Savanna Illinois. He was born in Marion and lived there 13 years. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs W S Farrell of Marion and two sisters Mrs Winifred McCann of Philadelphia and Mrs Kathleen Salzworth of Des Moines. Funeral Monday at 9 am at St Josephs Church with Fr T J McElliott. Burial in Catholic Cemetery Anamosa.
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Deaths Mrs. Warrick Wahn Funeral
Funeral services for Mrs. Harriett G Hahn wife of Albert Hahn who died at home Friday will be held in Turner chapel at 10 am Monday conducted by Dr Marion H Williams. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Funeral services for Ben Arthur Shaw
Funeral services for Ben Arthur Shaw retired farmer of Fairfax who died at the family residence Saturday will be held in the Turner chapel at 2 pm Monday in charge of the Rev Mr Arnold of Norway. Burial will be in Fairfax cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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House Votes Draft Amendment On Industry Conscription
The House approved a measure allowing the President to seize and operate noncompliant plants under lease to defend orders, with a just price for rentals. The vote was 211 to 31 and later 330 to 83 on related procedures, amid heated debate over potential fascist implications.
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Iowans Split On Burke Wadsworth Draft Support
In the House score on the Burke Wadsworth conscription bill Har rington, a Democrat, supported it as the sole Iowa vote for the measure. Seven Republicans and one Democrat opposed the bill with Gilchrist Goodwin Gwynne Jensen Le Compte Martin and Taille among those against. On the Fish amendment seven Iowans backed it while Le Compte and Jacobsen opposed. The Smith amendment granting the President power to seize and operate plants had eight Iowans for and one against, with Martin the lone against.
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Dutch business life returns as bombing crops up in Europe
Mr Noell of the Quaker Oats company recalls Rotterdam bombing and Holland’s partial economic normalization after Nazi advances. He describes rationing and limited gasoline, disrupted transport, and his family’s voyage from the Netherlands through Germany to Switzerland and Portugal before sailing from Lisbon. He plans to return to Europe in October while his wife and children stay in America.
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Willkie Vows to Avoid Europe War In Campaign Tour
Willkie pledges not to compromise basic beliefs amid strenuous campaign. He outlines a 14 day 7200 mile tour with 24 speeches and 43 train appearances across 18 states starting Thursday. Planned stops include Chicago Coffeyville Amarillo Albuquerque Phoenix Los Angeles San Francisco Portland Seattle and Omaha with detailed Iowa schedule on Sept 14.
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The Least a Man Can Do by E B White
A World-Herald reprint urges Americans to declare their stance on freedom as President Roosevelt faces wartime decisions. The piece condemns abdication by Congress and warns of creeping totalitarianism echoing historic Germany. It argues for government by law over rule by one man.
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Wallace Tours Illinois Asks Awake To Arms Call
Democratic vice presidential candidate Henry A Wallace concluded a Illinois campaign swing at Champaign fairgrounds where he said voters were more awake to preparedness than expected and praised big city Democratic machines for passing farm legislation. He noted Republicans aligned with big corporations opposed agriculture and invited hecklers to question him, but none spoke from the platform.
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Record quotes 9 percent share for American farmers
A speaker boasts that farmers held exactly 9 percent of the domestic market during the entire Democratic administration since 1933, claiming this figure surpasses what industry has achieved. The remark frames agricultural success as superior to industrial performance.
Senate Banking Panel Opposes F R Latin America Loan Plan
A bipartisan minority led by Senator Taft called Roosevelt's 500 million dollar plan to promote orderly western hemisphere marketing a grandiose scheme to control world prices. The panel approved the proposal 8 to 11 for Senate debate next week. Congress already boosted Export-Import funds by 500 million for loans to governments and institutions to improve markets and resources.
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Roosevelt accused of deceiving on defenses at Maine rally
Oren Root Jr of the Associated Willkie clubs charged that President Roosevelt lied about U S defenses at a final pre election GOP rally in Portland Maine He said the New Deal hid issues and opposed democracy by mixing on hand and on order armaments and avoided debate on key questions.
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Wallace Charge Faces G O P Hinders Defense
Senator Austin accused Henry A. Wallace of slurring patriotic Americans after a Du Quoin speech. Wallace, the Democratic VP nominee, charged Republicans obstructing national defense while Austin cited GOP votes in Congress showing support to the defense program.
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Three French Chiefs Nabbed
VICHY France Edouard Daladier Paul Reynaud and Gen Maurice Gamelin were arrested and confined to Chateau Chazeron near Riom. The government says the preventive arrest ensures their presence if the Riom inquiry wants to question or indict them for France's path to war.
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Ill-Fated Plane Testimony Voiced At Board Hearing
Experts testified the airliner blamed for a Virginia crash was in perfect condition at takeoff and that turbulence handling was strong. Co-pilot Keith noted a distant rain cloud while stressed lightning rarely affects flight, countering lay witnesses who blamed lightning for the disaster.
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Hit and run driver sought after two car collisions
A brown sedan struck two cars on Ellis boulevard NW and fled north in the same street. Harmon Hendrickson reports his car and Tony Bizulis’s vehicle were damaged with Hendrickson’s at $6 in damage. Police are pursuing leads from the early Sunday incident.
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