British Red Stand Vows Move East As War Front Shifts
British and Russian forces coordinate defense as Wavell travels to Iran to discuss joint strateg y. Encirclement claims near Kiev mount, while German reports cite mass captures and vast battlefield losses. Sabotage and reprisals spread through Axis occupied regions as RAF strengthens eastern front air support.
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Red Army
Leningrad
Crimea
Great Britain
Iran
Kiev
Budapest
Uzice
Yugoslavia
Doboj
Rozand
Sir Archibald Wavell
India
London
Knifey Sawicki Convicted in Officer Charles Speaker Killing
In Chicago Bernard Sawicki known as Knifey grinned as a jury found him guilty of murdering Officer Charles Speaker during a June robbery. Four ballots sought the death penalty and Judge Sbarbaro set October 3 for a motion for a new trial while Sawicki boasted of the chair and cigarettes.
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Chicago
Bernard
Sawicki
Park
Richard Devine
Charles Speaker
Morton Anderson
Hart
Mich
Devine
Bernard Sawicki
Baliff
Joseph Lelivelt
John Speaker
Italy Rations Bread as Grain Shortage Presses
ROME AP The Italian government announces bread will be rationed from Oct 1 after Mussolini reports 1941 grain output is insufficient. Daily basic ration set at 200 grams, 300 grams for ordinary workers, 400 grams for heavy labor. Harvest 71.5 million quintals, slightly up from 1940 but not enough for population, armed forces, and occupied territories.
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Rome
Mussolini
Ilduce
Japs Complete First Year In Tripartite Pact
TOKIO AP Admiral Teijiro Toyoda marked the pact’s first anniversary by praising Allied partners Japan Germany and Italy for advancing a new order in Europe and East Asia. German ambassador Eugen Ott warned of a vast struggle ahead while observers noted subdued observances in Tokyo with limited private nationalistic events.
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Tokio
Teijiro Toyoda
Japan
Germany
Italy
Toyoda
Europe
East Asia
Gen- Eugen Ott
A F O L Backs Police And Law Observance In Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor passed two resolutions in its weekly meeting, praising the police department and affirming devotion to law and order. It backed law enforcement efficiency, noted independence in the Wilson and Company produce plant investigation, and announced a purchase of defense bonds totaling 1036 dollars.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor
Wilson and Company
FBI
A. F. of L
Citizens’ Committee
Chinese Currency Gets U. S. Support
Washington reports that the United States Great Britain and China will hold a monetary conference in Hongkong to study new measures to bolster the Chinese currency amid economic moves by Japan in occupied Chinese territories.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
China
Hongkong
Japan
Treasury
Death sentences for listening to foreign broadcasts in Berlin
Heard Broadcasts Berlin Two individuals were sentenced to death by German courts on Saturday for listening to foreign broadcasts and disseminating the news they heard.
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Berlin
U S Stands on War Threshold Knox Declares
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox warned the United States stands on the threshold of World War II and could shift to belligerency at the will of enemies. He urged repeal of neutrality laws and stronger protection of ocean trade routes, noting base shortages and new seaplane bases on Johnston Palmyra and Samoa to aid patrols.
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Washington
Frank Knox
United States
Knox
Foreign Commerce Weekly
Commerce Department
North Atlantic
Europe
South America
Pacific
Australasia
East Indies
India
Caribbean
South Pacific
Johnston Island
Palmyra Island
Samoa
Argentina Reports Graf Spee Crew Care Costs
Buenos Aires says it has spent 324,457 in assisting interned Graf Spee crewmen with Germany owing 73,975. Government announced Saturday.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Graf Spee
Germany
Red Army Is Young and Well Equipped, American Writer Finds
Wallace Carroll reports from the central front with the Red Army in the Yelnya and Yartsevo sectors. He portrays a young, disciplined force under Marshal Timoshenko, with initiative-minded gunners, popular commissars, and well-equipped infantry, including rifles, machine guns, tommy guns, and sturdy uniforms suitable for harsh weather.
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Red Army
Wallace Carroll
Yelnya
Yartsevo
Semyon Timoshenko
Timoshenko
Vassily Sokolovsky
Soviet Union
Marshal Timoshenko
London
Iowa Moose Committees Are Named
The Iowa Association of the Loyal Order of Moose opened its convention in Cedar Rapids naming committees for resolutions credentials town enrollment by laws revision and other panels. Sen James J Davis of Pennsylvania could not attend and Charles W Bowers will speak at the alumni banquet in his place. Mayor Frank Hahn welcomed the group to Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Association of the Loyal Order of Moose
Leo Kohl
Iowa City
Fred Kroeger
Burlington
Frank Tallman
Alvin Dick
Davenport
Harold
Davis
Charles W. Bowers
Supreme
the Moose
Iowa
Frank Hahn
French Hungry as Nazis Take Most of Production
In Vichy France the German requisition drive leaves 40,000,000 Frenchmen hungry this winter. Despite near average crops, rationed meat, fats, sugar and bread are scarce as Germany ships wheat to Europe and takes cattle, wine, and olive oil for its own needs. Paris markets see weeks with no meat, fruit, fish, or butter as transport limits bite.
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Vichy
Europe
France
Germany
Spain
Belgium
Holland
Italy
Paris
Berlin Informs Its People Campaign to Continue in Winter
Berlin reports a winter campaign in the east with a Red Army defeat toll exceeding half a million prisoners and rising. German front testing counterattacks aim to forecast Soviet offensives as officials warn pressure will not ease through winter. Oslo dispatches note a Norwegian decree orders surrender of wool blankets for the Wehrmacht with penalties for noncompliance.
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Berlin
DNB
Oslo
Cedar Rapids Weather Shifts To Warmer, Then Cold Snap Eases
Forecast for Cedar Rapids and vicinity calls for cloudy showers and cooler conditions Saturday night with partial clearing Sunday and continued cool. Southerly winds 25 to 35 mph shift to northerly by night. A brief warm spell ended with a high of 79 degrees and humidity around 20 percent, after Friday's 67 degree high. Overnight lows fell from the 38 degree Friday mark to 54 then 57 by Saturday morning.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Nazis Execute 20 Hosts in Belgium Reprisal
The Brussels Zeitung reports twenty hostages described as communists were executed in reprisal for attempted bombings of German transport trains and French lines in northern France. An armed band reportedly stole explosives Tuesday night and the executions, approved by the German military governor, followed.
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Berlin
Brussels Zeitung
Belgium
France
Thursay
Chicago Hails Windsor and Ailing Wally
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor arrived in Chicago en route to Alberta but a minor eye infection kept the duchess in their private car. The duke appeared alone, greeted by cheering crowds at Union Station as about 2000 women waited, some breaking police lines to see him.
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Chicago
Duke
Duchess of Windsor
Alberta
Canada
Lake Front
Union Station
Roosevelt Warns Axis as Liberty Fleet Ships Launched
President Roosevelt declares freedom of the seas and calls for arming merchant ships. He denounces fear gospel and praises 14 liberty ships launched across 14 ports, including the Patrick Henry at Baltimore, as part of a wartime shipping drive. The broadcast coincides with his brother in law's funeral in Tivoli, New York.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
America
Axis
U. S
Capitol Hill
Hitler
Ameri Ica
White House
Bethlehem-Fairsfield
Baltimore
Patrick Henry
Henry A. Wallace
Cheseter
Richmond
Calif
Tivoli
N. Y
G. Hall Roosevelt
CIO Plans Public Meeting In Coliseum Wednesday Night
Cedar Rapids CIO and Industrial Union council announce a mass meeting at Memorial Coliseum to present all sides of the dispute that led to the Wilson and Company plant strike and riot on Sept 15. Speakers include CIO locals, union leaders, and a district official from Washington. Admission is free.
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Cedar Rapids
Wilson and Company
Collnz
CIO Labor Defense Committee
Memorial Coliseum
Allen Haywood
Washington, D C
CIO
Lester Melsha
Cedar Rapids Industrial Union Council
Citizens’ Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Packing House
Cereal Workers
Farm Equipment Workers
United Auto Workers
Ben Henry
Iowa-Nebraska Industrial Union Council
Forty Thousand Nazi Evacuees Reach Amsterdam
The Dutch News Agency quoted a private letter stating that 40,000 German evacuees arrived in Amsterdam from the Rhineland. The move reflects the impact of RAF bombings on Dutch evacuation during the conflict.
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New York
Aneta
Netherelands
Amsterdam
Rhineland
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