Willkie Sees Domestic Economy as Core Defense
Wendell Willkie voiced that true national defense lies in rebuilding the domestic economy, contrasting Roosevelt’s strategy of arms and ships. He spoke in Pleasant Hill Missouri en route to Coffeyville Kansas, with Alf Landon substituting to rest Willkie’s hoarse voice.
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Coffeyville
Kan
Wendell L. Willkie
America
Pleasant Hill
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Franklin D Roosevelt
Butler
Alf M. Landon
Landon
Kansas City
Topeka
Roosevelts draft act spurs registration 16 500000 men
October 16 marks registration day for 16 500 000 men aged 21 to 35 subject to conscription as President Roosevelt signs the draft bill. Mobilization of 60 500 National Guardsmen from 26 states begins amid debate on preparedness and training for a potential European war.
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Roosevelt
Europe
Wendell Willkie
Washington
Camp Cody
N. M
National Guard
War Department
Weibles Divorce Ends Family Political Strife in Nebraska City
Adolph Weibles and his wife, one a Republican and the other a Democrat, obtained a divorce after repeated violent arguments over political differences in Nebraska City, Nebraska.
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Nebraska City
Neb
Ins
Adolph Weibles
Weibles
France under Nazi rule deepens as Blum is jailed
The passage notes growing disillusionment as France suffers under Hitler’s occupation. On Sunday Blum was imprisoned to await trial with others blamed for the destruction of the French republic, signaling a tough crackdown and the regime’s tightened grip.
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NDER
Leon Blum
Daladier
Blum
Roosevelt
Stalin
Russia
France
Hitler
French
Rayburn Named To Succeed Bankhead As House Speaker
Texas Democrat Sam Rayburn was elected by acclamation to serve as Speaker, succeeding the late William B Bankhead. Rayburn previously served as majority floor leader. the House observed Bankhead's funeral in the chamber and paused government business until Roosevelt returned from Alabama.
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Sam Rayburn
Texas
Congress
House of Representatives
William B. Bankhead
Rayburn
Bankhead
House
Roosevelt
Alabama
Patrick J. Boland
Jere Cooper
Tenn
John W. McCormack
Mass
Clifton A. Woodrum
Woodrum
John W. Garner
Uvalde
Tex
British Hails Sunday Victory In Air Battle As Fog Halts Invasion
The British boast a major air victory over Nazi forces on Sunday with RAF pilots shooting down 185 German planes while London endures night raids. Channel fog and poor weather threaten any invasion, though some experts warn Germany may still exploit conditions as battles rage over Dover and coastal targets.
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Channel
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Hitler
London
RAF
Empire
England
Berlin
Lonon
Liverpool
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Terschilling
London Ministry
Patagonians Let It Rain During Storms Prophecy
ARTHUR Bugs Baer delivers a sardonic wartime column predicting ongoing European conflict and future global power shifts. He asserts Patagonians tolerate rainstorms, jokes about Pershing, and warns that American dominance will affect trade and travel by 1960, urging skepticism of prophecies.
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Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Patagonians
Two Auto Crashes Reported in Cedar Rapids Sunday
In Cedar Rapids two separate accidents Sunday caused minor injuries and property damage. Eileen Babak, 2, suffered a chin cut after a collision involving her father Wes Babak and Walter Shields at Tenth avenue SE and Seventh street SE. Later, Bob Sherratt rear ended Ben Hewitt at Center Point road and Thirty-second street NE after Hewitt signaled a left turn, with Hewitt uninjured.
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Cedar Rapids
Eileen Babak
Wes Babak
Coggan
Walter Shields
Ninth Avenue SE
Tenth Avenue
Seventh Street SE
Bob Sherratt
Fort Dodge
Ben B. Hewitt
Twelfth Street
Center Point Road
Thirty-second Street
Hewitt
Sherratt
Temperature Up As Sun Roots Clouds In Cedar Rapids
The sun dispersed morning clouds in Cedar Rapids on Monday and recorded a high near 73 F. Morning lows touched 46 to 52 F with a 5 a.m. start and a 9 a.m. reading. The Chambers Inskeep recorder logged a daytime high around 72 F in the afternoon and a 55 F midnight mark.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company
Death shocks Wisconsin as Glenn Frank dies before Senate bid
Wisconsin voters face a primary day shadowed by the death of Glenn Frank 53 former UW president and Republican policy chair who was seeking the U S senate nomination. His 21 year old son Glenn Jr also died and houseman Theodore Stumpf was injured when their car skidded and rolled on the gravel shoulder near Green Bay.
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Green Bay
Wis
Wisconsin
Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Republican Policy Committee
United States
Frank
Glenn, Jr
Theodore Stumpf
State Committee
Philip F. la Follette
Let the Beauty of the Lord Be Upon Us Poetry
A reflective meditation on time death and eternity praising God as the source and rest of human life. The piece likens mortality to autumnal decay yet elevates man as bearer of divine signature and grace, with hopeful return to God.
Indian National Congress Withdraws Cooperation Offer
The all Indian nationalist congress through its working executive committee Sunday withdrew its conditional offer of cooperation with Great Britain in the prosecution of the war.
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Great Britain
Hull says Willkie Munich charge shows ignorance
Secretary of State Cordell Hull accused Wendell Willkie of being grossly ignorant of recent history for blaming Roosevelt for Czechoslovakia’s fate at Munich. Hull defended Roosevelt and Kellogg pact urging peaceful settlement, noting Roosevelt sought talks including Czechoslovakia. Willkie’s camp said he misspoke and meant the president urged a settlement at Munich.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
Wendell Willkie
Illinois
Joliet, Ill
Lem Jones
Goering Flies Over London in Personal Inspection Flight
Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering reportedly piloted a Junkers bomber over London Sunday night with two escort destroyers. He later returned to Normandy and said he was glad to have made the air force a strong weapon.
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Reichsmarshal
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
London
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Goering
Air Force
Normandy
France
Jack Russell Guilty Faces Range of Prison Terms
Federal jury convicts Jack Russell known as the Singing Cowboy on a kidnap slayings case. He faces from one year and a day to life with the death penalty recommendation rejected. He had robbed the Cedar Rapids Postal Telegraph office on July 15, 1939.
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Chicago
INS
Jack Russell
Billy Scott Hamilton
Kansas City
Russell
Charles E. Woodward
Cedar Rapids
Cautious Earl Graves In Lincoln Car Transfer Incident
Earl Graves of Cedar Rapids Iowa appeared at the Lincoln police station with a car he said a Lincoln man hired him to drive from Town He stated the Lincoln man picked him up hitchhiking and asked him to drive the personal car to Lincoln Graves noted he did not want police to think he might be stealing it He previously worked for Universal Crusher company from June 12 to July 3 with an address of 310 Fourth Avenue SW
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Kansas
Philadelphia
Willkie
Coffeyville
Harry D. Barnard
Beverly Hills
Calif
Illinois
Barnard
Missouri
Charles A. Hal Ieck
Indiana
Lincoln, Neb
INS
Earl Graves
Cedar Rapids
Universal Crusher Company
Fourth Avenue SW
Roosevelt Signs Peace Time Draft Law in White House
President Roosevelt signed the nation’s first peace time draft bill and issued a proclamation for the October 16 registration of 16,500,000 men aged 21 to 35. Registration will occur at polling places from 7 am to 9 pm, with about 40,000 inductees expected later this year and a yearly intake of about a million for five years.
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Roosevelt
White House
Sheppard
Tex
May
Senate
House
Stimson
Geoge C Marshall
Army
Pisbe
Motorist Nabbed By Patrol Fined $300 For Drunk Driving
Cedar Ranide News William Fisher 34 route No 1 North Liberty pled guilty before Judge John T Moffit to driving while intoxicated. He was fined 300 dollars and costs with a 90 day county jail if unpaid. Patrolmen Clapp and Gildrey arrested him on No 218 four miles south of Cedar Rapids after an erratic drive. Chemical test showed 2 8 milligrams, officials consider 15 milligrams intoxication.
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William Fisher
North Liberty
Clapp
Gildrey
Cedar Rapids
John T. Moffit
Fisher
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