Roosevelt Third Term Campaign Attacks Stir Political Debate
The piece attacks President Roosevelt over his stance on the New Deal, national defense, and a possible third term. It criticizes his rhetoric against labor, industry, and opposition, questioning past promises and referring to U S policy amid Europe’s war context. It notes fears of war and perceived political manipulation in the 1940 platform.
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Roosevelt vows to defend New Deal gains amid defense drive
President Roosevelt pledged the New Deal will not abandon labor gains amid rearmament and endorsed government power to compel cooperation in defense. He said his supreme aim is to keep war from U S shores, avoid foreign wars, and end appeasement, addressing 2 000 Teamsters labor leaders. The speech touted unity among industry capital and farmers and defended taking over private plants for national defense. He defended universal military training and warned workers against GOP rival Willkie.
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International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Roosevelt speech to Teamsters on political lines shifts tone
The text of President Roosevelt's Wednesday night address to the Teamsters union convention shows the president expressing uncertainty about whether the remarks are political. He jokes about referencing historical figures and periods, suggesting the speech blurs lines between politics and history.
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Roosevelt
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Domestic Tragedy Shocks Nebraska Ranch
Sheriff Otho Kime of Valentine reports a rancher shot and killed his wife during a Tuesday night domestic tragedy in the isolated Nebraska sandhills then killed himself. The incident occurred near Elsmere Neb. prompting investigation by local authorities.
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Otho Kime
Valentine
Nebraska Sandhills
Voice of Chicago Seesawing with Third Term at Convention
The piece argues the nation needs straight talk from the people and criticizes last years events. It notes a mock demand for a third term at the 1940 New Deal convention and portrays Chicago’s sewer chief as a caricatured, underground voice shaping the crowd.
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Willkie Attacks Roosevelt on Economic Sabotage Creed
Wendell L. Willkie accused President Roosevelt of preaching class conscious and economic sabotage doctrine. He said the United States cannot win the world struggle under such leadership and urged voters to reject him. Willkie cited Roosevelt’s Chicago platform and foreign policy plank as signs of dishonesty and poor economic understanding.
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Ind
Wendell L. Willkie
Roosevelt
United States
Blumo
France
Senate to probe Willkie ad campaign
The senate campaign investigating committee will probe ads for Wendell L. Willkie, citing possible Hatch Act violations. It has summoned John Orr Young and Oren Root Jr to testify in executive session next week about magazine advertisements under the J. O. Y. Willkie Magazine Fund banner.
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Ins
Senate Campaign
Wendell L. Willkie
Sen. Gillette
Willkie
John Orr Young
New York
Oren Root, Jr
Mrs. Snite Gives Birth Prediction At Lying-In Hospital
CHICAGO UP Mrs Frederick B Snite wife of the Boil er Kid who has lived four years in an iron lung respirator entered the Lying-in hospital Wednesday in anticipation of the birth of a baby the hospital said Thursday.
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Chicago
Frederick B. Snite, Jr
Insiders Predict Invasion Move Targeting Dover Says London Note
London insiders warn a Nazi invasion may target Dover and the southeast coast rather than London directly. Reports cite amassed shallow-draft craft opposite the coast and Luftwaffe diversions to draw attention from invasion prep. The Royal Air Force has struck enemy flotillas but fears remain.
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Hat fashion satire mocks girlcott in college paper
An old college paper editor attacks hatless women and calls for a girlcott against girls who boycott hats. The piece mocks glamor and hair trends, humorously arguing hats are essential while noting the editor’s own fashion blind spots.
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London Battle Marks New Anti Aircraft Defense
London faced a major German raid with a new prediator anti aircraft system as RAF bombers struck Berlin and other targets. Casualties rose with 1 010 dead and 4 300 wounded while London hospitals and Mme Tussaud's Waxworks suffered damage.
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Draft draft: Congress approves peacetime conscription plan
A joint senate house committee approved a compromise draft for a peacetime draft covering men from 21 to 35 and removing a 60 day delay on action. The measure authorizes the President to seize an armament plant on a rental basis if immediate public necessity and imperative emergency are certified by war or navy secretaries. The bill moves to the Senate then House approval is expected by week end.
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Willkie Speech to Be Broadcast Monday on Mutual Network
Mutual Broadcasting plans a 4 to 4 30 pm speech by Wendell L. Willkie from Coffersile Kansas as a sustaining program in exchange for carrying a Roosevelt address from Chickamauga Dam Tennessee. Republicans call the move political.
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Rules For Parents Guarding Children From Paralysis
Doctors urge constant supervision of children in schools and at home to guard against infantile paralysis amid a statewide scare. In Linn county 17 summer cases, eight in Cedar Rapids, most not serious, with no Cedar Rapids school cases. Early symptoms include tiredness fever vomiting and sore throat. paralysis may develop by day three or four. Call a doctor at first signs and keep children from crowds but not from school activities.
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Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Explosions At Hercules Powder Plant Kill Dozens In New Jersey
Four blasts at the Hercules Powder plant in Kenvil near Dover New Jersey killed at least 50 people and injured over 100, jeopardizing large government munitions orders and causing extensive damage. Fire spread, with tremors felt across several counties and states as investigators reviewed possible sabotage and navy probes began at nearby Picatinny arsenal.
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Scienter Powder Company
Dover
N. J
Hercules Powder Company
Here
Trenton
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Westchester County
Poughkeepsie
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Delayed Bomb Threats St Pauls Cathedral in London
St Pauls Cathedral faced imminent danger from a delayed action German bomb near its churchyard. The blast damaged a gas main and caused flames to flare until shut off. Police cordoned off the area amid fears of partial collapse, despite past reinforcement work to shore up the 68,000 ton dome.
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Will Draft Affect Local Men Aged 21 to 35?
Cedar Rapids census shows about 8 680 local men aged 21 to 35 in the first peacetime draft estimate. About 3 385 would be available for the initial call after excluding unfit for health marital status or industry.
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Congress
Italian Drive In Kenya Frontier May Signal Suez Plan
Cairo dispatch reports British patrols in the Kenya colony have engaged Italian forces on the Ethiopian frontier, suggesting a large Italian push into British east Africa. Rome dispatches had claimed a three pronged Italian attack aimed at the Suez Canal may be underway to align with Britain’s critical battle climax.
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Again She Gives Birth In Auto Of Tama Relief Head
Special to The Gazette. Mr. and Mrs. Toni Price of Toledo welcomed a baby girl born in an automobile en route to University hospital in Iowa City. Carrie Burley, Tama county relief director, aided the delivery, a repeat event after a son was born in the same car two years prior. The eight pound newborn is the eleventh child of the 34 year old mother. five siblings perished in a Tama home fire in May 1939, including Daniel, the earlier baby. The Prices moved to Toledo last year.
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Toni Price
Toledo
Carrie Burley
Tama County
University Hospital
Iowa City
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Price
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Mercury Dips Near Frost Level Again
Cedar Rapids sees fall weather as temperatures swing toward the frost mark. Readings climbed from 41 degrees before dawn to 60 at midmorning and 69 by midafternoon, with the prior day reaching 66 at 4 p.m. and cooling thereafter.
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