City council pressed for overhaul of police department
The City Council faced strong demands from the Citizens’ Committee on Law Enforcement and the Civil Service Commission for a thorough reorganization of the police department. They call for outside expert review, stricter training, and a formal plan, with the council promising to intensify efforts and secure needed backing for the chief.
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Police
Citizens’ Committee On Law Enforcement
Civil Service Commission
Committee
Commission
Italian secret boats raid Gibraltar sinking three ships
Italian death by action crews piloted tiny assault boats to Gibraltar in night raid under the fortress batteries. Three merchant ships were sunk and a fourth damaged. Details on crews’ fate unclear. Source notes such mosquitos could slip past harbor defenses with shallow drafts and silent propulsion. London and Rome offered no definitive comment.
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Gibraltar
Britain
Mediterranean
Rome
London
CIO Signs One Year Contract With Local Quaker Oats Plant
After six weeks of talks the Cedar Rapids Quaker Oats plant and the CIO signed a one year contract covering about 850 production and maintenance employees. Local 1105 of United Cereal Workers becomes sole bargaining agent. wage increases not granted. new hires get shorter wait on bonus scale. steward system created.
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Cedar Rapids
CIO
Quaker Oats Company
United Cereal Workers
United Cannery, Agricultural, Packing and Allied Workers
Ed Nix
Roosevelt Pushes Fast Passages For Lend Lease And Price Bill
President Roosevelt returned to Washington from Hyde Park and met with congressional leaders to push swift passage of a $5.985 billion lend-lease appropriation and a price control bill. House action on the lend-lease measure is likely in two weeks due to added defense items, with hearings extending another week. House Majority Leader McCormack said early consideration of the price control bill was agreed, with no neutrality act revision discussed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Congressional
House
McCormack
Massachusetts
Berlin Claims 13 Ships Sunk In 2 Convoys
Berlin reports 13 British merchant ships sunk in two Atlantic convoys. The sinking includes the 6,218 ton tanker Sindala and four tankers among the 138 ships totaling about 82,500 tons. DNB noted prior weekly losses of ships and tonnage, with additional sinkings by air and speedboats.
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Berlin
DNB
High Command
Atlantic
Sitala
British Submarines Sink Two Ital ian Liners in Mediterranean
London dispatch reports British submarines sunk two Italian liners similar to the 24 469 ton Vulcania and damaged a third in the Mediterranean. The ships were in a heavily escorted convoy carrying reinforcements to Libya, signaling possible resumption of large scale warfare.
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London
Mediterranean
Libya
Allies and Soviet Forces Engage in Mos cow and Caucasus News
Reports from AP and UP indicate that British and American missions reached Moscow by air on Soviet soil. The Navy announces 12 British warships visited U S ports, with all vessels later departing. British sources say troops may fight with the Red Army to defend Caucasus oil fields. Treasury says Russia sent over 5 million dollars in gold toward a 10 million loan.
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London
Moscow
United Press
Washington
Navy Department
United States
Red Army
Caucasus
INS
Morgenthau
Russia
Administration Aims For Big Army Pay Boost and Draft Change
Washington reports say senior officials back a pay raise for about 2 million soldiers and sailors, potentially raising army base pay to around 70 dollars monthly and adding 40 to 50 dollars for board and room. A major army policy overhaul envisions a smaller force of 1 to 1.5 million with extended enlistments and a shift away from mass drafting, with action expected before the Senate Military Affairs Committee in October. Senator Sheridan Downey notes parallel moves to equalize military pay with defense industries and to reduce army size via draft reforms.
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Washington
Sns
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Sheridan Downey
Calif
Downey
Senate
Army
Navy
Nye Warns He Faces Arrest If He Back Lindbergh Speech
Sen. Gerald Nye said he would discuss Lindbergh’s Des Moines speech if it comes up at his American First rally in Brooklyn while a guard detail of 250 patrolmen was posted at the Brooklyn Academy of Music for the event.
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New York
INS
Des Moines
Charles A Lindbergh
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
Brooklyn
Joseph Goldstein
F. H. LaGuardia
Nye
Lindbergh
Roosevelt
Col. Lindbergh
Col. Lindberg
Bulgarian King Boris III Seeks Hitler Meeting
Reports say King Boris III of Bulgaria traveled to Berlin to confer with Adolf Hitler as Bulgaria mobilizes the massive armed forces. Observers link Bulgaria’s move to pressure Turkey and aid Nazi aims in the Middle East and Russia.
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Turkey
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Adolf Hitler
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Mediterranean
Black Sea
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Boris
Germany
London Radio
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Erich Raeder
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Fuehrer
Britain
Middle East
Russia
Police Record Six Burglary Cases Over Weekend
Cedar Rounds News reports six burglary cases over the weekend including three car prowls two house break ins and one garage break in. Victims include Pat Manning at 427 Center Point Road NE and H Mischek at 521 Fourth Avenue SE with items stolen from cars and garage like clothing shoes gas siphoning and tool theft. Alice Wilson at 1319 Second Avenue SE reported multiple personal items taken from her apartment between September 10 and 21.
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Pat Manning
Center Point Road NE
H. Mischek
Fourth Avenue SE
James Xiro
Seventh Avenue SE
Wilson Company
Howard Discus
Fourth Street
Fourth Avenue
First Street
Edwin J Krejci
Alice Wilson
Second Avenue
Motorist Nabbed On Highway 218 Held For Drunk Driving
Norman Strain aged 31 of 412 First Street SW was arrested on Highway 218 south of city limits after deputies spotted weaving. He was intoxicated and taken to county jail. Empty liquor bottles and a beer were found in the car.
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Cedar Rapids
Norman Strain
First Street
Pete Whittemore
Harlan Snyder
Strain
Highway 218
Whittemore
City Offers School Board 15000 For Old Washington High
The city council unanimously resolutioned to buy the old Washington High School property for 15000 to convert into a parking lot. A 500 cash down payment would be paid with the remaining 14500 to be settled by agreement between the board and the council.
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Old Washington High
Cedar Rapids
Washington High School
Loop
Nazis Claim Severe Blow to Red Ships in Alliance War
Compiled from cable dispatches the report notes Kiev fallen and the center front recapturing villages. It describes heavy Soviet casualties around Leningrad and Odessa, German successes at Kronstadt, and high losses in the Kiev pocket as the war widens.
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Ukraine
Russia
Moscow
Leningrad
Odessa
Black Sea
Czavist
Kronstadt Island
Sebastopol
Lenin-grod
Semyon Timoshenko
Army of the Center
Cedar Raunds News Chief of Police Condon Named
Thomas J Condon 38 a senior detective rises to chief of police by city council replacing Jim Bailey who resigned after criticism of rioting at the Wilson produce plant strike. Condon joined the force 1929 and has led frauds bad checks shoplifting cases earning merchant praise for curbing crimes in 1940. He is one of four brothers in public safety, with Larry Condon a deputy sheriff under Jim
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Condon
W. C Benesh
Earl Stanley
Retail Merchants Bureau
Larry Condon
Jim
Hull For Revision of Neutrality Act
Secretary of State Cordell Hull indicated he favors revision of the neutrality act. He said his doubt about the act since 1935 remains, and while no immediate government move was stated, the lease lend act will adapt as defense needs grow.
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Washington
INS
Cordell Hull
Hull
Flynn Fidler Case Brawl Draws Hollywood Blood
Promised legal action looms after a bloody clash at Club Mocambo. Errol Flynn says Jimmy Fidler assaulted him and Fidler accuses Flynn of behind the back blows. both deny a fork incident while witnesses note Mrs Fidler’s alleged fork involvement.
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Hollywood
Errol Flynn
Jimmy Fidler
Fidler
Flynn
Bobbie
Mocambo
Mrs. Fidler
Citizens Group Attacks Council Over Police Dept Handling
A two hour council session flayed the city for police department operations and announced plan to reorganize as urged by citizens and civil service groups. Actions included delaying a $7.50 raise for police, pursuing a professional instructor, naming Tom Condon as police chief, and filing reports to guide reform.
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Scotty McLeod
Police
Citizens’ Committee
Civil Service Commission
Lncal
Tom Condon
Jim Bailey
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