Churchill and Willkie Probing War Aid and Propaganda Debates
The piece surveys Churchill signaling possible American naval risk over aid to Britain while seeking more US help. It notes Willkie challenging Senate probe authority, and general skepticism about congressional investigations into movie propaganda. It also covers local reactions to fire safety, Georgia law school dean controversy, and heavy Cedar Rapids rain with bemused tone.
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Senate
Congressional
Churchill urges more aid from America in war across Atlantic
London reports Prime Minister Churchill telling Parliament Hitler may be forced to strike into U S patrol waters to halt Allied aid. He praised U S patrols and noted heavy Soviet casualties while urging greater American production and sustained Britain U S cooperation against Nazi forces.
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Churchill
House of Commons
Hitler
United States
House
Britain
U. S. Navy
America
U.S
London
Winston Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Russia
Pacific
U.S.S
Iceland
President Roosevelt Buries Mother in Simple Private Rites
In Hyde Park New York Sara Delano Roosevelt is laid to rest in a private service at St James church and the family plot. The President attended in sorrow, honoring his mother beside her husband James Roosevelt. A choir at the family home sang her favorite hymn and the Episcopalian burial ritual was observed.
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James
St. James Church
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
FBI Used Radio Messages To Feed Nazis False Data
FBI ran a Long Island radio station sending 200 to 300 messages to Hamburg Gestapo from 1940 onward many deemed phony Sebold, a key witness, testified that he faced Gestapo pressure in Germany and that Germany already possessed the Norden bombsight since 1938, according to trial testimony.
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New York
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Gestapo
United States
William G. Sebold
Germany
Sebold
FBI
Long Island
Hamburg
Norden
US Army bomber overdue from Seattle to McChord Field
Col. William H. Cram announced searches for an overdue B-18 bomber en route from Seattle to McChord Field near Tacoma. The plane, which left Seattle at 3:50 a.m., is of the same type involved in January’s Morton crash and typically carries three to eight crew members.
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Tacoma
Wash
William H. Cram
McChordfield Air Base
Army
Seattle
Here
Morton
Girl Escapes Fire By Jumping From Porch Roof
Evelyn Spillman 20 a Knotty Pine Inn waitress escaped a blaze at the W L Kluber home next to the inn after smoke filled the second floor. Lightning sparked a radio short, flames trapped the stairway, Spillman leaped to the porch roof where bystanders caught her, others fled via rear porch. no serious injuries reported.
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Evelyn Spillman
Knotty Pine
Highway No. 149
Mercy Hospital
W. L. Kluber
Miss Spillman
Italy Admits Sinking of Esperial by British Submarine
The Italian high command acknowledged that a British submarine sank the 11,000 ton Italian steamer Esperial in the central Mediterranean. It said almost all aboard were rescued by escorting warships.
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Rome
Mediterranean
Insurance Men Of Iowa Meet In Montrose for Annual Session
About 350 Iowa insurance agents gathered at the Montrose hotel for the thirty-fifth annual convention. Attendees ranged from 86-year-old I. B. Lee of Iowa City to younger members, discussing surveys safety and the role of insurance in national defense. Speakers included Jules B. Guinotte of Aero Insurance Underwriters on aviation insurance and Charles P. Jervey on business interruption insurance. Archie Millsard urged judiciary cooperation in safety during a noon luncheon.
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I. B Lee
Iowa City
Montrose Hotel
National Association of Insurance Agents
Jules B. Guinotte
Aero Insurance Underwriters
Kansas City
Aviation Insurance
United States
Iowa
Charles P. Jervey
Travelers Fire Insurance Company
Hartford
Boy on Bike Seriously Hurt in Storm Collision
Elmer McIntyre Jr., 15, of 708 L Street SW, was severely cut when his bicycle collided with a car at A Avenue and Fifth Street NE during heavy rain and zero visibility. He was taken by ambulance to St Luke's hospital. Tuesday reports listed his condition as fairly good with injuries to his right arm left knee and head.
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Cedar Rapids
Elmer McIntyye, Jr
Elmer McIntyre
L Street
Fifth Street
Fred Kimes
Ely
McIintyre
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids Custodians Win 5 Percent Pay Increase
The Cedar Rapids independent school district board awarded a five per cent wage increase to 57 custodians and maintenance men effective Sept. 1. The raise totals about $4,400 annually, lifting salaries from $119 to $147. The previous five per cent raise was granted on January 1, 1940.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids Independent
Board of Education
Red army repels Nazi attack near Smolensk
Soviet forces under Marshal S. Timoshenko report a major offensive west of Yelyna driving German troops toward Smolensk. Eight German divisions allegedly destroyed, 155 square miles freed, and the Red artillery covering retreats as Leningrad pressure looms.
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United Press
Red Army
Semyon Timoshenko
Moscow
Smolensk
Russia
Yelyna
Red Air Fleet
Pravda
Leningrad
London
Allies Seize Spitzbergen in German Plan Thwarted
London AP reports a Canadian British and Free Norwegian expeditionary force neutralized a German bid to seize Spitzbergen’s coal mines. Mines, radio stations, and workers were evacuated or secured, with Canadian Brigadier Arthur E. Potts leading the operation.
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Spitzbergen
London
Arctic
Norway
British War Office
War Office
Arthur E. Potts
Saskatoon
Sask
England
Russia
Archipelago
Maquoketa and Wapsie Rivers Reach Flood Stage in Iowa
Eastern Iowa streams roared after torrential rains with the Maquoketa River five feet above normal at Monticello and rising. Bridges were destroyed and farmlands flooded, with crops worth about 450000 amid 7500 acres affected. The Cedar River near Cedar Rapids stood four feet above normal and receded slightly, while the Mississippi rose steadily.
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Maquoketa
Wapsie
Iowa
McCoy
Monticello
Walter Zubler
Iowa Electric Company
Cedar River
Iowa Windmill and Pump Company
Willkie Charges Nye Aims to Split Public Over Foreign Policy
Willkie, representing the film industry, accused Senator Nye of trying to divide Americans into rival racial and religious camps to oppose U S foreign policy. Nye testified that some films have inflamed fear of Hitler and his minions. The hearing, led by Chairman Clark, paused Nye’s cross examination as Willkie read a mimeographed rebuttal.
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Washington
Wendell L. Willkie
Senate Committee
Nye
N. D
United States
Willkie
Clark
Idaho
North Dakota
Interstate Commerce Subcommittee
Hitler
Landlord touts rapid tenant pickup from Gazette ads
Lucille Gillilan of 219 7th St SE notes at least 14 people called about her room ad. The listing promising a well furnished front room with innerspring attracted a tenant on the first day, illustrating Gazette want ads’ effectiveness in securing housing quickly.
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Lucille Gillilan
7Th St. SE
ST. BE
Sessa Torpedoed in Red Sea Area Presumed Lost Crew
The U S ship Sessa, formerly Danish and Panamanian registry, was torpedoed August 17 about 300 miles southwest of Iceland. Twenty four crew members are presumed lost, one American included, with three survivors reported. The incident follows the Steel Seafarer bombing, heightening US-Germany tensions over freedom of the seas.
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Washington
State Department
Iceland
Steel
Red Sea
Cairo
Greece
New York
Navy Department
Navy
Maritime Commission
W. Mohammad
New York City
Sessa
Amer
Ican
United States
Kingdom
Denmark
Germany
North Atlantic
Roosevelt
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Wendell Willkie
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Oth
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Pooh-Pooh
Gazette
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Eugene Talmadge
Board of Regents
University of Georgia
South
F.D.R
The
Great Britain
Japan
Far East
Black Sea
West
Italy
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