Britain Eyes Axis Moves In Peace Time War Maneuvers
Britain monitors German and Italian military operations as land sea and air forces join two months of unprecedented peace time maneuvers. Reserve movements spread through Yugoslavia Bulgaria Romania Hungary Greece and Turkey while London and Paris coordinate high level talks.
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London
Great Britain
Pomerania
Silesia
Moravia
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Piedmont
Lombardy
Europe
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
Greece
Turkey
Paris
Scotland
Chamberlain
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Edward Smigly-Rydz
Krakow
Germany
Englnd
Berlin
Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Royal Air Force
Britain
England
Economy abroad frames Senate debate on omnibus rivers bill
Sen Bailey of North Carolina objects to commerce committee moves to boost authorizations in the omnibus rivers and harbors bill. The isolationist bloc in Congress, after defeat on neutrality authority, accuses Roosevelt of overreaching. Garner reportedly calls the incident a major political break. Broadway notes Brad dock’s absence from circulation.
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Sen. Bailey
North Carolina
Senate Commerce Committee
Congress
Roosevelt
Mark R. Byer
Union Consents to NLRB Poll at Packard Factory
An AFL UAW official said the union consented to a national NLRB poll of Packard Motor Car Co employees and would not contest similar elections at Chrysler Briggs Motor Products plants. Packard vote set for Aug 17, with Motor Products on Aug 28. Briggs and Chrysler elections follow later.
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Detroit
Afl-United Auto Workers
National Labor Relations Board
Packard Motor Car Co
Chrysler Corp
Briggs Manufacturing Co
Motor Products Co
Ciovaw
Packard
Rank H. Bowen
NLRB
Motor Products
Briggs
Chrysler
Bowen
Fred Durrance
Uaw-Afl
Beaverhill Strikes Iceberg Aid Ordered By Ice Patrol
The S S Beaverhill struck an iceberg off Newfoundland and was said to be in no immediate danger as the Champlain moved to assist. The Ausonia and Montclair stood by while fog slowed efforts. Beaverhill, a 503 foot 10 041 ton Canadian Pacific freighter built in 1928, sails Montreal to London with no passengers.
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Boston
I- Coast Guard
Champlain
S. S. Beaverhill
Beaverhill
Champain
Ausonia
S. S. Montclair
Lloyd’s Register of Shipping
Canadian Pacific
Notre Dame Bay
Cape St. John
Nourtheast
Newfoundland
Radiomarine Corp
Employment Seen As Campaign Issue
Herbert Hoover predicts the 1940 campaign will focus on re employment of 11 000 000 men. He completes a fishing trip and prophesies Republican victory but declines comment on potential presidential candidates.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Herbert Hoover
British Protest Over Jap Air Attacks on Ichang
British allege a premeditated Japanese air raid on Ichang damaged two river steamers and killed four crew members with five injured. Most victims were Chinese. Canadian H. J. Denyer was in grave condition. Japan blamed a possible mistake. Japan also ordered closing Haimen port and warned ships to withdraw as mines and dangerous objects were planted.
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Shanghai
Ichang
H. J. Denyer
Zchang
Yangtze River
Koshiro Oikawa
China
Haimen
Chekiang Province
Moody Brothers Land Plane After 343 Hours Aloft
Moody brothers Hun ter and Humphrey Moody ended their endurance flight in Springfield Illinois with their monoplane Miss Springfield landing at 10 46 p m after 343 hours 46 minutes aloft. They refueled by rope and pickup canisters while sleeping in relays and using radio to stay in contact with ground crew.
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Springfield
Hunter
Humphrey Moody
C.S.T
Moodys
Decatur
Long Beach
Calif
Clyde Schleiper
Thomas
Harley Long
Fred Keys
Meridian
Miss
Call of the Wild-1939 Style in Wisconsin Lodge Jam
A vacationing youth in Wabeno Wisconsin hears rhythmic tom toms in a north woods resort lodge. The guide identifies the sounds as a jam session as nightfall deepens and the paleface youth hurries inside seeking refuge. The scene blends Western folklore with a rustic lodge atmosphere.
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Wabeno
Wis
North Woods
Yonker department strike drags into second week in Des Moines
Five day old walkout at Yonker department store in Des Moines persists as sympathy pickets lift at Sears Roebuck to allow 70 carpenters and drivers to return. About 35 of Yonker's 45 building service workers remain on strike with talks resuming.
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Des Moines
Yonker
Sears Roebuck and Co
Car Keul
Sears Roebuck
Keal
Yonkers
Keul
Utica
J. C. Penny Co
S. S. Kresge
Kent
William Green
American Fed
Johnson Swope Hold Margin in Kentucky Count
In Kentucky primaries, Democratic Lt. Gov Keen Johnson and Republican Circuit Judge King Swope maintained leads as results resumed after a Sunday recess. Unofficial tallies from 1,173 of 4,307 precincts show Johnson 85,862 to 73,928 for John Young Brown, while Swope leads Cooper 25,141 to 17,213 in the Republican race.
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Louisville
Keen Johnson
King Swope
Kentucky
Johnson
Richmond
John Young Brown
Lexington
U. S
Labor Leader Faces Rift Over Union Calls in Yonkers
A fragment notes the president of a labor union attempting to nullify orders from other craft leaders and directing carpenters to return to work in Yonkers, signaling a dispute within union ranks and potential work stoppage aftermath.
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Ation
State Inaugurates Infant Incubator Loan Service
Iowa activates an infant incubator loan program under the health department. Dr. J. M. Hayek notes 33 incubators will serve public health nurses in counties and districts, with emergency units sent to central offices in LeMars Centerville Manchester and Fort Dodge. Premature births are one in twenty and prematurity causes one in three infant deaths.
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Des Moines
State Health Department
J. M. Hayek
Maternal and Child Health Division
Iowa
State Department
Dr. Hayek
LeMars
Centerville
Manchester
Fort Dodge
New Struggle Looms Over FDR's Program
Washington AP report outlines a brewing clash over unfinished Roosevelt program items as the 1940 Congress forms its record. Republicans vow stronger opposition next year while administration leaders push for adopting shelved New Deal measures.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
GOP
Senate
House
Hyde Park
N. Y
West Coast
Barkley
D-Ky
Sen
Austin
R-Vt
Rep
Martin
R-Mass
America
WPA
Labor Board
House Republican
Sen. Barkley
Iowa Motor Mishaps in Week Kill 11
Eleven people died in Iowa motor accidents during the week ending today. Victims include Mrs. Albert Tenley in a Tipton crash, Frank Tomlinson of Cedar Rapids, and Lottie Mentzer in Waterloo. Other deaths occurred from falls, drownings, burns, and suicides across multiple counties.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Albert Tenley
Tipton
Tenley
A. M. McCormix
Frank Tomlinson
Cedar Rapids
Ila
Tomlinson
Earle Neste
Albert Lea
Minn
Morris Burvold
Northwood
Lottie Mentzer
Albert Debel
East Waterloo
Dorothy K. McKee
Arnold W. McKee
George Jones, Jr
Spain Executes Sixty for Alleged Red Conspiracy
Madrid reports the Spanish government carried out executions to purge subversive elements after 60 people were put to death for a triple killing. Seven more were executed for the assassination of Inspector Gabaldon his daughter and a civil guard. Most condemned were former Republican soldiers or linked to communism. The July 29 killings spurred further firing squad actions.
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Madrid
Igs
Sears Gabaidon
Jose Luis Dietz
Republican
Ring
Gabaldon
Second Pageant Participant Dies in Spokane Burns
Patricia Sells, 15, died in Spokane Washington the second contestant to die from burns suffered during an outdoor pageant performance.
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Spokane
Wash
Patricia Sells
Name chosen for new Dutch princess
The Dutch royal couple present the name Princess Irene Emma Elisabeth for their second daughter born Saturday. The name Irene Emma Elisabeth is derived from Greek meaning peace.
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Soestdijk
The
Netherlands
Juliana
Irene Emma Elisabeth
Leche Weiss Face U S Charges in Oil Tax Case
Former Louisiana Governor Richard Leche and Seymour Weiss hotel owner are indicted by a federal grand jury on Connally hot oil act violations. Freman Burford, an oil operator, is named in the same indictment. Weiss faces a separate tax evasion charge for 1936. he and Louis C. Lesage are named in a third indictment for conspiring to violate income tax laws. Weiss and Lesage had prior mail fraud indictments.
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New Orleans
Richard Leche
Seymour Weiss
Leche
Weiss
Frank Murphy
Washington
Freman Burford
Dallas, Tex
East Texas Refining Co
Louis C. Lesage
Standard Oil Co
Louisiana
Lesage
Nazis at Danzig Agree to Negotiate Customs Dispute
Polish reports from Danzig say Nazi authorities agreed to negotiate the customs dispute sparked by the Danzig-Polish herring and margarine war. Polish irritation remains over German actions but tension eases as talks are framed around preserving Polish customs control.
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Warsaw
Danzig
Edward Smigley-Rydz
Poland
Weather Outlook Cloudy Showers Upstate Illinois and Iowa
Showers tonight and Tuesday with warmer readings in extreme east and cooler conditions in the west. Illinois remains partly cloudy with possible local thundershowers in the north and east central areas. Davenport Rock Island Moline and vicinity expect cloudy skies and showers tonight and Tuesday with cooler temperatures on Tuesday. Mississippi River stages show La Crosse 4.9 Dubuque 6.7 Davenport 3.3 rising 0.2 Keokuk 2.2 no change.
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Illinois
Davenport
Rock Island
Moline
Mississippi River
la Crosse
Dubuque
Keokuk
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