British Fight Back in Night Raid Over London
British forces repelled roughly 50 German planes in a late night raid across the Channel. Anti-aircraft fire lit central London while other raiders dropped bombs in southeast towns and near a Thames-side suburb. casualties were reported as modest and a number of attacks concentrated on east, central, and south London.
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England
London
Adolf Hitler
Kentish
Exchange Telegraph
Kent
British Press Association
Thames
Thames-side
British Isles
California Stations To Air Willkie Talk
The National Broadcasting Company said Wendell Willkie speech here tonight would be carried only by California stations from 10 30 p m to 11 p m NBC was the only system handling the broadcast.
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San Francisco
National Broadcasting Company
Wendell Willkie
California
NBC
F D R. Birthday at Hyde Park Home
President Roosevelt marked his mother’s eighty sixth birthday on Saturday at the Hudson Valley Hyde Park home with full attention.
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Hyde Park
N.Y
Ins
Roosevelt
Hudson Valley
No Blanket Deferment For Industrial Workers
Washington officials say no blanket deferment will be granted to workers in defense industries. Each registrant called before a local board must justify essential status to their industry. Deferment hinges on importance and replaceability, with boards making final calls. Benefits and pay for conscripts are outlined, including disability and survivor provisions, as costs are projected across states.
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Washington
Congress
Jane
Army
Towa
Minnesota
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Clock-Like RAF Night Bombing Tactics Reported
Berlin reports new British bombing raids on Germany and methodical attacks on Channel ports. German sources say two fleets were driven back from Hamburg and Berlin while London suffered reprisal raids. An official Channel coaster notes nightly bombing of Nazi ports with regularity, despite anti aircraft fire.
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Germany
High Command
England
Hamburg
English
Britain
London
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River Thames
Boy Seriously Hurt In Bicycle Car Collision
Eight year old Frank Treka of 504 Forest Drive SE was hospitalized with serious injuries after his bicycle on Fifth Avenue met a northbound car driven by Mrs. J H Johnson on Forest Drive. Doctors described his condition as fair with possible skull fracture, broken wrist, chin laceration, and body abrasions. Traffic Patrolman Walt Bishop investigated, noting the boy turned from Fifth Avenue into Forest Drive.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank Treka
Forest Drive
Mercy Hospital
J. H. Johnson
Forest Drive SE
Fifth Avenue
Walt Bishop
Johnson
Bishop
Pictures Of Aliens Registering Banned By Govt
Government bans taking pictures of aliens as they register or are fingerprinted. Postmaster Frank Baldwin issued a bulletin stating photo capture is forbidden even with consent. Clinton B. Uttley, head of registration at the Post Office, allows pre or post registration photos but not in post offices or by postal staff.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank Baldwin
Washington
Gazette
Clinton B. Uttley
Post Office Department
Uttley
Film star David Niven weds Primula Rollo in Marlborough
British screen star David Niven married Primula Rollo daughter of a Royal Air Force officer in a ceremony held Saturday in Marlborough England. The couple announced the wedding details from the royal press line.
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Marlborough
England
David Niven
Primula Rollo
Royal Air Force
Just Suppose We Lived by Jesus Word of Love
A reflective meditation asks readers to image a single day with all truth spoken and all people kind. It envisions living by love and forgiveness, giving help to the needy, and embracing gentleness, hope, and prayer as a daily practice.
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Jesus
Army Officers In Airplane Missing
Gen. F. W. Honeycutt and Capt. George F. Kehoe are being sought by army air officials after they disappeared Friday night en route from Fort Bragg North Carolina to Jacksonville Florida.
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Atlanta, Ga
INS
F. W. Honeycutt
George F. Kehoe
Army Air
Fort Bragg
N. C
Jacksonville
Fla
Gazette Want Ads Promise Low Cost Quick Sales
Gazette Want Ads offer economical performance starting at 50c to dispose of items from 10c trinkets to 1000 dollar pianos or autos. Mrs Ann Harpman sold her gas stove to the first of ten callers after placing a 50c ad at the Gazette office. Call 2 1121 or visit before 8 o clock tonight to start an ad Sunday.
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Gazette
Ann Harpman
8Th Ave
Gazette Office
Nazi Leader In South America Reported Held
In Montevideo Urugua, authorities seized Arnulf Fuhrmann, said to lead a Nazi network in South America, after arrests of Germans. Detentions followed warrants against five others. suspects include Rudolf Patz Todt, Rudolf Neissner, and Otto Klein as part of a renewed anti Nazi drive begun in June.
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Uruguay
Arnulf Furhmann
South America
Fuhrmann
Salto
Hamlet Reyes
Rudolf Patz Todt
Otto Klein
Rudolf Neissner
U. S. Considers Singapore Base and Oil Ban for Japan
Washington weighs stopping oil shipments to Japan and using Britain’s Singapore naval base to counter Nipponese demands in French Indo China. American officials hinted at export license restrictions while London confirmed the offer of Singapore as a strategic base near Indo China and the route to the Dutch East Indies.
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Japan
Britain
Singapore
London
United States
Indo-China
Dutch East Indies
McNary Opens Campaign On Farm Issue
Senator Charles L. McNary of Oregon launched his vice presidential bid by urging a marketing plan to separate domestic farm output from exports. He accused Henry Wallace of dodging the farm issue and attacked Wallace for moving his campaign to Europe while farm concerns stay at home.
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Aurora
Charles L. McNary
Oregon
Henry A. Wallace
McNary
Wendell L Willkie
Exposition Park
Wallace
Farm Belt
Europe
Farm Bell
Exonerates Club Slot Machine In Penny Mutilation Case
Cedar Raunds News reports that Jerry Chval, a Secret Service operative, traced mutilated pennies to George Stickley 38 of 363 Eighth Avenue SW. Stickley admitted filing pennies to dime size and using auto polish to silver them, allegedly to play slot machines at Eagles and other clubs. Police raids found 37 machines in five clubs, with Stickley arrested on drunkenness charges and later implicated in a payoff from a dime slot machine. Authorities consider counterfeiting charges possible. Stickley previously worked as a city employee on union activities.
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Secret Service
Jerry Chval
Chval
George Stickley
Eighth Avenue
Stickley
Harold Prasil
Bill Remington
Eagles
Kidnaper’s Bold Clever Notes Echo Hickman Style
Hillsborough California readers examine a ransom note from a four year old Count Marc de Tristan’s kidnapper. Psychologists compare the writing to California’s famous kidnapper William Edward Hickman noting a sinister confidence and a planned bluff to manipulate the parents.
Two Children and Woman Injured in Friday Crash
A minor personal injury crash and a hit and run occurred Friday in Cedar. Rosetta Bartosh 37 William Bartosh and Mrs Stella Gray 118 Tenth Ave SW were treated for minor cuts. Mrs William Bartosh 1423 Mt Vernon Ave SE collided with a machine operated by William Stepanek 116 Twelfth St NW at B Ave and Fifth St NW. Will A Holub 228 Fifth St WE sideswiped Laura Walker’s parked car at 938 Sixteenth Ave SW then drove two blocks before stopping. Walker declined charges. Holub had no license and was ordered to report to the highway patrol.
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Cedar Kanlas News
Rosetta Bartosh
William Bartosh
Stella Gray
Tenth Avenue
Mt. Vernon Avenue
William Stepanek
Twelfth Street
B Avenue
Fifth Street
Will A. Holub
Laura Walker
Sixteenth Avenue
Holub
Miss Walker
Highway Patrol
In Case Of War I Address Bugs At Natural Care Kentucky
A California reader jokes about New York panic over war and jokes about Empire State Building and other towers. He downsizes fears and jokes about mailing address being natural care of Kentucky amid wartime talk. He mocks urban skylines as asparagus tops and jokes about a turtle needing to tie him.
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New York
Empire State Building
Columbus
Kentucky
Kidnapping Case Echoes Lindbergh Mystery In Hillsborough
A nurse snatched a seven year old from a Hillsborough, California street as authorities race to locate the infant’s captor. The ransom note hints at a well educated kidnapper with social ties to the victim’s clan, while fears for the child’s safety mount. The case draws parallels with the Lindbergh trial as investigators pursue leads near coastal hills west of Hillsborough.
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Kier
San Francisco
Jane
Fdan Christens An
Caliifornia Banking
Parratt
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de Tristan
Anctio
Hillsborough
Fall Heat Wave Reaches 89 Degrees On Fourth Day
The record warm spell continues with 89 degrees at 1 30 p m under sunny skies, easing to 88 by 2 p m. Earlier readings included 93 degrees on Friday, while 63 at 6 30 a m and 78 at 9 30 a m mark the latest highs.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
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