Lawmakers consider seven percent cap on defense profits
Washington reports say aides drafted a bill to limit defense contract profits to seven per cent after accountants found profits on naval orders exceeded reasonable levels. Rep. Maas supports a profit ceiling but opposes eight per cent under Vinson Trammell. The plan covers army navy lend lease and all defense agencies.
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Washington
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Carl Vinson
Naval
Melvin J Maas
Minn
Maas
Vinson
Army
Navy
Lend Lease
Maritime Commission
School Boy Patrol Plan Voted Down by Superintendent
Superintendent Arthur Deamer rejected Chief Jim Bailey’s request to install public school safety patrols. He cited a city wide principals meeting that concluded 11 to 12 year old sixth graders are too young for patrol duties and noted Immaculate Conception school favors a patrol regardless. Deamer offers partial solution with school stop sign duties near buildings.
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Arthur Deamer
Jim Bailey
Deamer
Bailey
Ray
Immaculate Conception
I. C
Mexican government orders six month tourist exits
Mexican authorities told many German Italian and other European visitors they must depart at the end of their six month visa period. The action aimed to curb possible agitators and was said not to affect longtime residents or political refugees.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Roosevelt Signs Record Tax Bill to Cut Non-Defense Spending
President Roosevelt signed a 3.553 billion tax measure the largest in U.S. history. The law aims to fund defense and lease lend while raising federal revenue beyond 13 billion next year. It lowers exemptions and expands taxes affecting about 22 million filers, with 4.9 million new returns. A 14 member non-defense spending inquiry may push substantial cuts.
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Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N.Y
Morgenshau
Washington
Senate
Secretary of Treasury
House
Senate Finance Committee
Harold Smith
Reach Accord On Quick Aid For Russians
In London the United States and British missions to Moscow reached an agreement on immediate material aid for Russia. Harriman said shipments would be ongoing with hundreds of planes and tanks, while no general policy settlement was made. Chaney will join Moscow talks replacing Brett, as transport limits dictate pace.
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London
Russia
United States
Moscow
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
Lord Beaverbrook
James E. Chaney
George H. Brett
Middle East
Brett
Britain
Worms
Muhu
Panko
Oesel
Bay of Riga
Leningrad
Soviet Union
Sibera
Kiev
Baltic
Japs Release U S Vessel At Shanghai After Dicker
In Shanghai the Japanese controlled customs freed the American ship Zoella Lykes after three days of talks with U S officials. The vessel, loading 2000 barrels of lubricating oil bound for Manila, faced a 5000 yuan fine later waived after officials attributed the manifest error to a clerk.
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Shanghai
United States
Manila
Ten Soviet Technicians Depart U S for Moscow by North Pole Route
Ten Soviet technicians who studied American defense methods are to depart Sitka Alaska Saturday in two flying boats bound for Kodiak then Archangel and Moscow via the North Pole. They left 37 associates who had flown to America in the two planes two weeks earlier, some in Washington D C and 18 in Spokane Washington where they were learning about American bombers.
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Sitka
Alaska
Kodiak
Archangel
Moscow
North Pole
Seattle
America
Washington, D. C
Spokane
Wash
Nazis Shoot 12 Hostages in France Amid Retaliation
Paris reports say Nazi forces executed 12 hostages for alleged communist links attacks on German troops and arms possession. Col. Gen. Von Stuelpnagel warned that more executions would follow, raising totals to 24 hostages and 35 executed in retaliation for a Sept. 16 killing.
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Paris
Heinrich von Stuelpnagel
France
von Stuelpnagel
Ten men set fire to German garage in Paris
In defiance of Nazi repression, ten men attacked a German army garage in Paris on Friday night and all escaped.
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Vichy
France
Paris
Mental cases freeze army hospital facilities in expansion
Major Robert A Bier told the Colorado State Medical Society that mental cases are clogging military hospital facilities during the army expansion. He urged that medical advisory board psychiatrists be used in any case before local draft boards where there is even slight suspicion a registrant is not entirely normal.
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Estes Park
Colo
INS
Army
Thursay
Robert A Bier
Washington
National Selective Service Headquarters
Colorado State Medical Society
Weekend Showers Expected With Warm Temperatures
Cedar Rapids area forecast calls for partly cloudy and warmer conditions Saturday night, then partly cloudy to cloudy and cooler Sunday with scattered thundershowers. Southerly winds 25 to 35 mph likely Saturday afternoon as temperatures rise to 86 by 2 pm.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
La Follette to Launch 1942 War Policy Attacks
Senator La Follette of Wisconsin warned that Roosevelt and Willkie will face a strong political fight over foreign policy in the 1942 elections. He accused the President of breaking a pledge by ordering navies into a shooting war and urged opposition to mobilize for upcoming campaigns. He argued a realignment is possible due to questions about staying out of war and cited Wilson's 1918 loss as a precedent.
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Washington
la Follette
Wis
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Wisconsin
Woodrow Wilson
House of Representatives
$50,000 Robbery Of Jewels From Couple
Jewels valued at 50000 and 50 in cash were stolen Friday night from the sixteenth floor Park Avenue duplex home of Mr and Mrs Duncan Holmes. Holmes, a former vice president of Chase Securities, said the couple were home all night and heard no break in.
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New York
Duncan Holmes
Park Avenue
Holmes
Chase Securities Corporation
CIO Field Man Arrested In Produce Plant Riot Probe
Cedar Raunds News Arden Jordan of Des Moines a CIO affiliate field representative was arrested for riotous conduct after he walked into the county attorney's office on summons. He was released on 2500 bond and faces a 10 am Thursday preliminary hearing. Kenneth Brandt another arrest in the riot admitted transporting non union workers to Third Street, while Donald Campbell also faces a hearing on breaking and entering charges.
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Arden Jordan
Des Moines
Iowa-Nebraska States Industrial Union Council
CIO
Jim Smith
Harlan Snyder
Wilson and Company
Jordan
W W . Crissman
Court House
Crissman
Kenneth Brandt
Brandt Wis
Tom Condon
Bill Kudina Condon
Kudrna
Brandt
Third Street
Frank Visisel
John Buranck
George Benesh
Solon
Donald Campbell
Atkins
Campbell
Russian Forces Raise British Invasion Fear
London reports Britain fears an invasion as Russia, its ally, shows renewed strength. Secretary of War David Margesson warns the danger is ever present in an Evening Star article. Officials say Russian armies number four to five million ready to deploy.
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London
INL
Britain
Russia
David Margesson
The
Evening Star
Russian Officials Families Leave Tokyo Embassy
More than 50 members of the Soviet embassy staff and families, including the wife of Ambassador Constantin Smetanin, departed Tokyo on Friday for Russia.
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TOKIO
Constantin Smetanin
Russia
Alice Faye Harris to Remarry Tonight
Galveston report says movie star Alice Faye and bandleader Phil Harris plan a remarriage tonight after a Mexico marriage was voided in California. They came to Galveston for a vacation and will wed in a second ceremony.
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Alice Faye
Harris
Galveston
Tex
Phil Harris
Mexico
California
Rationing of Cars May Hit Those Needing Them Most
Denver AP reports L Clare Cargile, president of the National Automobile Dealers Association, warns production cuts of 50 percent could lead to car rationing next spring to favor buyers most in need. He notes higher driving hazards as older cars stay in use and urges prudent buying only if necessary.
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Denver
L. Clare Cargile
National Automobile Dealers Association
Cargile
Texarkana
Ark
Twelve British Warships In U S Ports Mark Policy Change
The Navy disclosed twelve British war vessels in U S harbors including the 35 000 ton Warspite as part of a new publicity policy for lend lease aid to Britain. Ships listed were Formidable Implacable Delhi Brooklyn Liv erpool Mare Island Asturias Dido Orion Pandora Nasturtium Primrose and Menestheus with restrictions on operational methods and other details.
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Washington
United States
Navy
Britain
Knox
Navy Department
Norfolk
Delhi
Brooklyn
Liverpool
Mare Island
Asturias
Newport News
Dido
Orion
Calif
Pandora
Portsmouth
N. H
Nasturtium
Charleston
S.C
Menestheus
Baltimore
Mediterranean
A. J. Hepburn
U .S
Emergency Declared in Bulgaria Reported by Ankara Broadcast
London AP Reuters report says an Ankara radio broadcast announced a state of emergency in Bulgaria on Saturday.
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Bulgaria
London
Reuters
Ankara
Drunk Driving Arrest Beats a Night Shift
Patrolman Louie Louvar arrested Nihiel Bean 34 of 237 Thirteenth Street NW at 10 20 p m Friday on a drunk driving charge. Bean admitted to having too many beers and was arraigned before Judree G Thompson with bond set at 600 dollars.
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Louie Louvar
First Street E
Nihiel Bean
Thirteenth Street NW
Louvar
First Avenue E
First
Second Streets
Bean
Judree G . Thompson
First Avenue
Marion Louvar
Steve Stalba
Stalba
Cedar Rapids Woman's Club condemns strike violence
The Cedar Rapids Woman's Club joined civic groups to condemn last Monday’s violence at the Wilson produce plant. In a letter signed by club officers, the group stated support for local law enforcement, objected to violence and interference with individuals, and urged that such acts not recur.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids Woman’s Club
Wilson Produce
Citizens Committee
Oliver S. Wilson
J. Elsenbast
Clare Petersen
Cedar Rapids Woman's Club
Cedar Rapids
Japs curb observance of pact anniversary reports
Japanese papers criticized government silence on plans to mark the first anniversary of the alliance with Germany and Italy. Miyako accused officials of restraining public celebration and questioned Konoye’s approach. Observance was reportedly limited to a formal Imperial hotel ceremony with local and party associations.
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Tokio
Japan
Germany
Italy
Miyako
Fumaimaro Konoye
Miyake
Teijiro Toyoda
Imperial Hotel
Imperial Rule Assistance Association
Assistance Association
Woman Pedestrian Injured By Car on Third Avenue
Miss Alma Wright 48 of 1262 Fourth Avenue SE sustained crushed toes and a bruised knee after a car driven by H I Gibbs 49 of Des Moines rolled onto her foot while she crossed Third Avenue SE between Second and Third streets. Gibbs swerved to avoid her, police reported. Wright received treatment at Mercy Hospital and was released.
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Cedar Rapids
Neutrality Act Change Predicted by Connally
Washington predicts that the Neutrality Act will be repealed or modified within a few months, according to Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Tom Connally of Texas. He spoke Saturday about potential changes to the act.
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Washington
Tom Connally
Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Power strike averted at Missouri Union Electric plants
AFL operating engineers ratified a conciliator’s wage settlement proposal after a strike threat over pay at four Union Electric Company of Missouri plants was lifted Friday night.
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ST. Louis
Union Electric Company of Missouri
AFL
United States Labor Conciliation Service
Nazis claim capture of 2 Baltic isles amid Kiev battle
Cable dispatches report Berlin claiming the Kiev garrison capitulated after a flight of its commanders while the Red Army fights to defend Kharkov and the Donets basin. German sources say Baltic islands Vormsjo Muhu and Osel were seized or attacked as Moscow warns of a northern setback.
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Kiev
Ukraine
Germany
Berlin
Red Army
Semyon Budyonny
Kharkov
Donets
London
Leningrad
Nazi High Command
Baltic
Vormsj
Muhu
Oesel
Red Air Force
Hango
Kronstadt
Gulf of Finland
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