Republicans May Seek Delayed Conventions In 1940
Washington reports Republicans weigh delaying their 1940 convention to force Democrats to nominate first. With one Civil War exception, Democrats have chosen after Republicans. Chicago and Philadelphia emerge as potential sites as both parties eye 1940 conventions.
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William B. Ardery
Washington
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
John Hamilton
National Committee
Chicago
San Francisco
Guffey
D-Pa
Philadelphia
Cobb's Railton Red Lion Shatters Land Speed Mark
John R. Cobb of London driving the Railton Red Lion exceeded six miles per minute at the measured mile in Utah but could not complete a required return trip within an hour. Clocked at 369.23 mph on the north run, he watched the record slip due to motor trouble and tire issues with nine minutes left.
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Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
John R. Cobb
London
Cobb
George E. T. Eyston
England
Con
Nazi Soviet Non Aggression Pact Startsle Europe
Berlin and Moscow announced a joint plan not to fight each other signaling a major shift in European power. The agreement weakens Poland as German forces mass along its border and undermines British French efforts to bring Russia into their bloc.
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Berlin
Germany
Russia
Europe
Great Britain
France
Poland
Moscow
Nazi Germany
Britain
School Boards urged to buy Iowa coal for jobs
The Iowa coal committee urges school boards and local governments to buy Iowa coal to aid 9,500 miners. Representative Leo A. Hoegh notes railroads are increasing orders, with Rock Island reopening Indiana mine No. 3 aiding 400 relief workers. The panel will visit Chicago rail lines to press Milwaukee North Western Timeis Central Wabash Great Western and C B Q for more purchases.
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Iowa Congas Coal Committee
Iowa
County Boards of Supervisors
Legislative Coal Committee
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Chariton
48Th General Assembly
Hoegh
Minneapolis
M. and St. L
Rock Island Railroad
Williamson
Chicago
Milwaukee, North West
Timeis Central
Wabash
Great Western
Netherlands Calls Troops Back to Units
The government announced that coast and border troops on leave in the Netherlands were recalled to their units. No further details were provided.
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Netherlands
Comunique
Oslo Group Ministers Gather in Brussels Talks
Foreign ministers of seven small European nations gathered in Brussels for a rapid conference hosted by Belgium. The group includes Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. They aim to draft a broad peace appeal while avoiding mediation, and emphasize their neutrality in wartime.
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Oslo
Belgium
Munich
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Finland
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Wilson Speaks to Iowa Legion at Annual Meeting
Gov George Wilson opened the Iowa American Legion convention in Sioux City praising Americanism and warning against dictatorship and 'isms' While rain threatened the parade leaders chose George Paradise Sioux City lawyer as next year’s department commander with Robert Shaw withdrawing For floor nominations Wednesday morning more officers were named including adjutant vice commanders chaplain sergeant at arms and historian from various cities
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Sioux City
A. P
Iowa American Legion
George Wilson
Wilson
George Paradise
Vic Sieverding
Grundy Center
Paradise
Robert Shaw
Sigourney
Legion Harmony
R. J. Laird
Des Moines
Victor Stueland
Forest City
Thomas Tracy
Madchester
Lester Purcell
Clinton
E. J. Carlson
Fort Dodge
Ben Doyle
Shenandoah
H. H. Boyce
Mason City
Mutual Assistance Agreement Still Possible with Britain and France
Unofficial Soviet sources say the Soviet Russian German non aggression pact may still allow negotiations for a mutual assistance pact with Britain and France. British and French quarters express gloom over the Berlin Moscow understanding and await guidance as staff talks with Soviet generals pause.
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Moscow
Britain
France
Berlin
Man Found Dead Near Marengo Railroad Tracks
A 55 year old man identified by a social security card as F. C. Friedburg of Creston Indiana was found on the Rock Island tracks about a mile east of Marengo. Sheriff Milford Engelbert said the employer listed was Johnson and Helcher of Creston and a partly used meal ticket from Creston Robinson Lunch was found. One leg had been severed by a train.
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F. C. Friedburg
Creston
Rock Island
Marengo Station
Milford Engelbert
Johnson and Helcher
Sherify
Italy Seeks Share of Pact Benefits Amid Axis Realignments
Diplomatic circles expect Premier Mussolini to press for Italy’s gains from the looming German-Soviet non aggression pact. Observers believe the Soviet German rapprochement could alter plans in central and eastern Europe and affect Tokyo axis relations. A Japanese mission to Naples on August 26 will discuss future ties with Berlin.
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Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Il Duce
Italy
France
Naples
Germany
Tokyo
Axis
Hitler
Europe
Poland
Baltic States
Russia
Refugee Ship With 870 Aboard Docks in Tel Aviv
The Partia, flying the Zionist flag, beached on Tel Aviv’s shore with 870 aboard, mostly German and Czechoslovak refugees. About 125 jumped overboard and swam ashore. they received first aid and breakfast at a hotel. The ship had sailed 11 weeks without a captain but with its own crew, and most passengers will be moved to a concentration camp, except the sick.
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Jerusalem
Partia
Tel Aviv
Germany
Czecho-Slovakia
Milk War Violence Breaks Between Pickets at Camden Plant
In Camden New Jersey two shot and fifteen injured as a dairy strike erupts at the Dairymen's League plant. A milk truck entering the facility was fired upon by pickets and clubs and rocks were used. Floyd Henderson and Roman Charney among the injured.
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N. J
Ossont
Corporal Fogarity
Gerald Blowers
Hillsboro
Blowers
League
Fogarty
Carden
Oneida County
Dairy Farmers Union
Bus Crash Victim Believed Identified as Colbert of Dubuque
An 18 year old Dubuque youth, Harry Colbert, is tentatively identified as the bus crash victim killed near Dyersville Iowa last Friday. Identification was made by a photograph brought by the youth's mother Marie Read to Sheriff Leo Eisbach. A Chicago woman also died in the crash.
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Dyersville
Harry Colbert
Leo Eisbach
Marie Read
Chicago
World Reacts to Berlin Moscow Pact Shaping Europe
AP reports that Poland seeks to minimize a looming Germany Soviet Russia pact amid fear of lost Russian aid and German Russian pressure. Britain Chamberlain faces a major setback while France and Italy eye gains. Japan US relations may shift as Soviet pressure grows. Slovakia foresees Poland concessions. US dep withholds comment as crisis unfolds.
Poland Maintains Reserved Stance on German Soviet Pact
Poland kept a cautious line after Berlin and Moscow signaled negotiations while denying any plan to seek Russian help in the Danube issue. Rumors spoke of a Baltic partition with Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia as possible recipients, and concern grew over Russia’s neutrality affecting war supplies and Black Sea logistics.
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Germany
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Italy
Poland
Free City of
Danzig
Warsaw
Berlin
Riga
Latvia
Baltic States
Lithonia
Esthonia
Black Sea
Weather Brief for Iowa and Illinois Regions
The forecast calls for cloudy and cooler conditions in western and north central Iowa with local thunder showers in extreme east this afternoon or tonight. Wednesday should be fair and warmer. In Illinois, south partly cloudy with possible thunder showers in extreme northwest and north central, milder tonight. Mississippi River stages show Davenport 3.9 feet, La Crosse 5.4, Dubuque 6.9, Keokuk 2.3, with small rises or falls.
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North Central
Illinois
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la Crosse
Dubuque
Keokuk
Rock Island
Moline
Von Ribbentrop Flies Toward Moscow Amid Pact Talks
Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop departed Saizb by air at 4 20 p m CST on the first leg of his trip to Moscow where he will conclude a non aggression agreement with the Soviet Union. He flies Hitler’s private plane, a Focke Wulf Condor.
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Moscow
Tass
von Ribbentrop
Berlin
France
Siegfried Line
Saizb
Russia
Fuehrer
Hitler
Flood Devastates Tientsin Causing Massive Losses
Flood waters from the Hai river sweep through Tientsin and surrounding areas, killing and displacing thousands. Refugees flood in as American troops and consulate move to higher ground. hundreds of bodies seen drifting in floodwaters and survivors cling to rooftops and ledges.
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Tientsin
A. P
North China
Hai
Benes Calls Pact a Punishment for France and Britain
Clarkson Nebraska reports Votija Benes brother of Eduard Benes says Germany and Russia would sign a nonaggression pact. He recalls Soviet sincerity to Czecho Slovakia and calls the pact a punishment for France and England.
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Votija Benes
Eduard Benes
Germany
Russia
Bene
Czecho-Slovakia
France
England
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