Riot at Cedar Rapids plant halts strike violence debate
A mob of about one hundred men attacked non-striking workers at the Wilson and Company produce plant during a 12 day strike. Several workers were beaten or mistreated, while police and sheriff deputies were not present until after the clash. Community leaders demand accountability and vow no reign of terror as law enforcement is urged to uphold order.
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Wilson and Company
Eaders
Cedar Rapids
Police Department
Sheriff's Office
City Board of Health
Nazts Pushing East Beyond Dnieper River
German high command reports southern armies smashing into Ukraine from bridgeheads east of the Dnieper in a broad, three-front drive toward Kiev Kharkov and the Don industrial basin. Soviet defenses and Leningrad siege continue amid heavy battles as Red Army counterattacks form against German advances.
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Ukraine
Lower
Dnieper
Russia
Kiev
Kharkov
Don
Leningrad
Lake Simen
Red Star
Sell Apples and Fresh Produce by Want Ad
Readers are urged to place a Want Ad to 2-1121 to reach buyers for apples sweet corn melons beans and grapes and speed sales. The notice promotes using the ad service to connect sellers with customers.
Start of Actual Convoy Duty Seen as U.S. Fleet Assumes Protection
The U S Atlantic fleet assumes protection for all lease lend cargoes in transit on the North Atlantic between North America and Iceland as a new phase of naval duty begins. President Roosevelt prepares a request for a 5 985 000 000 lend letter appropriation while experts discuss convoying and expanded defense coverage under Knox policy.
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United States Navy
Roosevelt
Washington
U. S
North American
Iceland
U.S
United States Atlantic
Atlantic Ocean
United States
North Atlantic
Knox
White House
Navy
North Carolina
Massachusetts
Quincy
Mass
Royal Navy
British Isles
Roosevelt to Host Informal Luncheon for Duke of Windsor
President Roosevelt will host an informal luncheon September 25 for the Duke of Windsor and his wife Wallis Simpson. The duchess will meet the President for the first time, while the duke has met Roosevelt several times. The event accompanies Windsor’s U S voyage from the Bahamas to Canada.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Canada
Mr. Roosevelt
Windsor
Early
Prince of Wales
Europe
Police Chief Calls Offenders To Silence Noisy Horns
Cedar Rapids chief Jim Bailey urged patrols to target motorists using horns excessively in known nuisance spots. The city’s excessive noise ordinance imposes up to $100 fine and several drivers have been arrested or convicted on the charge.
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Cedar Rapids
Jim Bailey
Bailey
Bulgaria Rejects Russia Protest
Sofia reports the Bulgarian government rejected Russia’s protest accusing Bulgaria of disloyalty and failing to observe a neutral attitude.
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Bulgaria
Russia
Sofia
Panama Protests German Sinkings Over Flagship Sessa and Montana
The Panamanian government ordered its Berlin envoy to file a protest and demand indemnity from Germany after the sinking of the Panamanian flagships Sessa and Montana near Iceland.
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Panama City
Berlin
Panama
Sessa
Montana
Iceland
39 Die as Cairo Suffers First War Air Raid
Axis planes heavily bomb Cairo killing 39 civilians and wounding 93. The attack marks a major escalation that could invite reprisals against Rome and signals widening Allied bombing plans. Cairo, a sacred city in the Muslim world, had been spared until now.
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Cairo
Egypt
Rome
Athens
Alexandria
Weather Turns Autumn with High Humidity in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids area sees a cooler but humid pattern as autumn arrives. Tuesday highs reached 78 with 72 percent humidity and 20 inches of rain fell overnight, while overnight temps dipped to 63 then rose to 64 by morning. Monday peaked at 76 with variable late afternoon readings, then cooled to 66 before midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
Nature
Mercury
Chambers
Escaped convicts killed during bank robbery attempt
Mike Hight and Frank Wutheerick two of five inmates who tunneled from a Kansas prison last May were shot to death in Macksville Kansas while attempting to rob a local bank. Agencies and local police had tracked them for ten days after a warning they planned the heist.
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Topeka
Kan
Mike Hight
Frank Wutheerick
Kansas
Macksville
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
House Passes Compromise Tax Bill With Defense Measure
The House approved a 3.533 billion dollar compromise tax bill related to defense funding without a roll call, adopting the Senate-House conference changes. Critics targeted reduced individual exemptions and the end of joint filing only. Rep. Allen Treadway noted a forthcoming treasury program to clarify revenue procedures and potential new sources.
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Washington
House
Senate
Allen T. Treadway
N. Y
Ways and Means
Treasury
Congress
Treadway
RFC Nearly Out of Credit After Defense Loans
Washington DP The reconstruction finance corporation is nearly broke due to heavy defense loans, as RFC head Jones told the House Banking and Currency Committee. He urged a bill to boost loan authority by 1.5 billion dollars to expand steel aluminum magnesium and other metal production capacity.
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Washington
Jones
Driver In Accident At Site Of Similar Collision Years Ago
A 75 year old driver E L Hill of Coggon was crossing highway 13 when his car collided with a second vehicle on a selfsame crossroad. Frank Porter of Coggan drove the other car and caused the impact. Nellie Miller aged 67 suffered shock and Mrs Frank Porter had a cut left hand from the collision.
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Cedar Rapids
E. L. Hill
Coggon
Highway 13
Hill
Frank Porter
Coggan
Sheriff's Office
Nellie Miller
First Street
Frank Porter, Coggan
Three accidents reported by police Monday
A hit and run driver injured E C Shaulgin at 11 50 p m near the E and F avenues NW junction while he stood by a bridge rail. Alma Saloma 17 fell from a bicycle at Eighth avenue and Tenth street SE suffering a scalp gash. John Florang 50 was cut and bruised after his bicycle collided with taxi cab driven by Lyle Corbett. All were treated by ambulance or hospital services.
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Cedar Rapids
E. C. Shaulgin
E Avenue NW
F Avenues NW
E Avenue
Shaulgin
Alma Saloma
Tenth Street SE
Eighth Avenue
Mercy Hospital
John E. Florang
Avenue NW
F Avenue
First Street
Lyle Corbett
Sixth Street
Florang
St. Luke's Hospital
Nazis Execute Ten More Hostages in Paris
In Paris General Heinrich von Stuelpnagel announced ten more hostages were shot in reprisal for attacks on German army men. The executed were described as communists including six foreigners, bringing the total announced executions to thirteen.
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Paris
Heinrich von Stuelpnagel
Here
Army of Occupation
Pepper Sees Peace Hinge On Policy Success
Senator Pepper says America's peace or war hinges on achieving the lend lease and foreign policy goals. He outlines that success means holding Hitler in check in Europe, securing raw materials, and supplying war materials to resisting nations. He adds that any obstacle to these aims must be removed and that U S actions depend on Hitler.
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Washington
INS
Pepper
Fla
America
United States
Hitler
Europe
Iran Ruler Abdicates as Allies Advance on Teheran
London AP report says British and Russian troops march toward Teheran to occupy the city after Reza Shah Pahlavi abdicates under pressure. Crown Prince Shahpur Mohammed Reza expected to succeed him as Iranian parliament convenes amid claims of pro axis leanings and delays in expelling enemy nationals.
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London
Teheran
Reza Shah Pahlavi
Karaj
Shah
Shahpur Mohammed Reza
Iran
Britain
Russia
Romanian plant burns near Bucharest in giant fire
A Swiss radio broadcast picked up by NBC said Tuesday that a major chemical plant in the suburbs of Bucharest Romania burned to the ground in a giant fire.
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New York
INS
NBC
Bucharest
Rumania
Fifty Thousand Legionnaires Parade in Milwaukee Pageant
Fifty thousand American Legionnaires march in Milwaukee for their annual convention parade. An estimated one million spectators are expected to view the 12 hour procession from nine in the morning to nine at night. The Great Lakes naval detachment opens the line followed by a fly cadet float and the Chicago Beverly post color guard. Alabama highway patrol cars lead their delegation as winners in line order.
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Milwaukee
American
Army Flying
Chicago Beverly
Alabama
Bette Hul
Rioting Breaks Out at Wilson Produce Plant
A Linn County grand jury heard testimony on rioting at the strikebound Wilson and Company plant 965 Second Avenue SW. At least a dozen injured as nonstrikers were brought in. one man hospitalized and two arrested. Plant manager Ross Wetzel was found locked in a butter room since Monday night.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Grand Jury
Wilson and Company
Second Avenue
Ross Wetzel
United Canning, Agricultural, Packing and Allied Workers of America, Cio
Wetzel
Harley Simon
Simon
Local Page Fragments From Circular Indexes
A fragmentary newspaper listing shows sections like Courthouse Deaths Editorials Farm News and Movies with scattered headers and odd filler text. Names such as Hugh S. Johnson Marion and Henry McLemore appear amid stray characters and unreadable lines.
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Fage Comics
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Harry Boyd
Lee Mellett
Mr. Mellett
Nazts
Nieper River
Wallace Carroll
United Press Staff
Moscow
Red Army
Deesel
Estonia
Gulf of Finland
Arctic
Frank Vaericek
Marion
DIAL _3
South Dakota
State Department
Biddle
United Kingdom
India
Australia
New Zealand
Union of South Africa
Germany
France
Poland
F. R
RFC
Legionaires
Post Color Guard
Sioux City
Sam Browne
Legion
HGHT
Wilson Produce
Forrest Carr
Company
Carr
Solon
Edward Nix
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