Mussolini calls for dropping Versailles to end European ills
Milan paper Po Polo D Italia urges scrapping the treaty as a step to peace. It links European and colonial grievances to the Versailles terms and suggests a broad redistribution of colonial materials. In Rome, authorities order early closures and blue anti air raid lights. Civil mobilization and traffic bans accompany emergency measures as Italians flee cities.
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Rome
Europe
Mussolini
Milan
Popolo D'Italia
Il Duce
Versailles
Italy
Opel Becomes Muscatine Liquor Store Manager
Charles W. Opel, proprietor of the Opel cafe, will become manager of Muscatine's liquor store effective Sept. 1, replacing Michael Flannery. Lawrence C. Hewary will become clerk, replacing Dorothy Byrne as cashier. The state liquor commission announced widespread staff changes and dismissals across 170 stores and the central office.
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Charles W. Opel
Opel
Can Andview Avenue
Muscatine
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Associated Press
Des Moines
Michael Flannery
Lawrence C. Hewary
Culver Street
Dorothy Byrne
Emploh
Curtis
King George Reviews War Prep At War Office Visit
King George the monarch and commander in chief of Britain’s armed forces arrived at the War Office for a private informal inspection of national war readiness. He was accompanied by his brother, the Duke of Gloucester, and later toured the Air Ministry.
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London
George
Britain
War Office
Duke of Gloucester
Air Ministry
Weather forecast for Iowa and Illinois regions tonight and Thursday
Weather summaries show generally fair conditions across Iowa with cooler winds in the northwest and extreme west areas. Illinois reports largely fair weather tonight and Thursday with a slight cooling in the extreme northeast and modest temperature shifts across Davenport Rock Island Moline and vicinity and other observed towns.
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Iowa
Illinois
Davenport
Rock Island
Moline
Dubuque
Muscatine
Keokuk
Normandie Bremen Plan to Sail Tonight
New York August 36 AP reports customs guards searched liners Normandie Transylvania Bremen and Aquitania for contraband and, after checks, they will be permitted to sail this evening according to Harry M Durning customs collector.
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New York
Normandie
Transylvania
Bremen
Aquitania
Harry M. Durning
France Orders Requisition of Railways For War
Paris plans official decree to place France's entire rail network and equipment under the war ministry. Premier Daladier convened key committees as France weighs Hitler's bid to bargain over Poland while General Weygand is listed as potential eastern Mediterranean commander. Evacuation of about 50 thousand Paris schoolchildren began today.
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Paris
France
War Ministry
Maxime Weygand
Near East
Mediterranean
Weygand
Beirut
Syria
Army General Staff
Maurice Gustave Gamelin
Ankara
Daladier
Army
Adolf Hitler
Poland
Britain Preparing New Note to Nazis Chief Report Says
London reports say the British government plans a further note to Adolf Hitler while diplomatic circles indicate Germany’s latest note hints at direct negotiation with Poland. Sources say Britain will send a reply to Berlin later today and an additional Hitler reply is expected.
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Britain
London
Fuehrer
Hitler
Germany
Poland
Berlin
Poles Mobilize Reservists Amid European Crisis
Warsaw orders mobilization for an undisclosed number of reservists citing broader European danger. Estimates place under arms from one to four million, with 1.0 to 1.5 million already mobilized. Britain urges direct Polish-German talks while keeping negotiations open to ease tension.
Iowa City Farm Woman Burned to Death in Home
Mrs. Carl Williams, 45, was burned to death early Wednesday when the farm home west of Iowa City burned, apparently after a kerosene stove explosion. Her husband Carl Williams and daughter Carol Lee were treated at Mercy hospital. daughter released, husband held for further care. The family planned to move today. the home and contents were destroyed.
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Iowa City
Carl Williams
J. J. Clark
Williams
Clark
County 4-H Health Champions Named in State Runoff
Miss Dorothy Hildebrand of West Liberty and Frances Cathcart of Rockwell City led Iowa 4-H health finals at the state fair in Des Moines. Hildebrand placed second among 92 county champions, while Cathcart, 15, was named Iowa health queen. Audubon county youth William H. Boust Jr. won Iowa’s healthiest 4-H club boy, with runner-up Keith Kinart.
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Dorothy Hildebrand
West Liberty
Des Moines
Muscatine County
Guy Hildebrand
Goshen Township
Calhoun County
Frances Cathcart
Rockwell City
Iowa
Miss Cathcart
William H. Boust
Audubon County Farm
Keith Kinart
Dunlap
Audubon High School
Marriage plans reveal Des Moines singer to wed
Joy Hodges, once a Des Moines choir singer and now in films, tells an Omaha newspaperman that she will be married Saturday at high noon in Des Moines. The report notes Hodges’ move from local singing to film work and outlines her upcoming nuptials with local context.
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Des Moines
Joy Hodges
Omaha
Two Aviators and Bystander Hurt in Fair Crash
A plane crash at the Iowa state fair grand stand injured two flyers, Dick Granere and his son, and a bystander, Paul Harrison of Midburn Indiana, during a thrill day program. None of the injuries were serious, with Graneres expected to perform again later. The light monoplane crashed into three cars near the oval as spectators filled the stands.
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Des Moines
Fair Race Track
Dick Granere
Oklahoma City
Okla
Stant Flyer
Dick, Jr
M. H. Barnes
Luther Leagues of Iowa to Meet in Muscatine 1940
Luther Leagues of the United Lutheran church of Iowa will hold their 1940 three day convention in Muscatine. Several hundred delegates and visitors are expected to participate. William Fahy of Grace Lutheran church was elected president as closing sessions concluded in Waterloo.
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Luther Leagues of
Iowa
Muscatine
Luther Leagues
United Lutheran Church of Iowa
William Fahy
Grace Lutheran Church
Waterloo
Fahy
Reno Frobenius
Marian Thomas
Frances Grossklaus
Dottie McCullough
Richard Fahy
A. J. Beil
Topeka
Kas
National Luther League
Long Beach
Calif
Beil
United Lutheran Church
National League
Frank H. Clutz
St. Paul, Minn
Christ
Nazis Welcome Mediation Offer From Monarchs
Berlin sources say the German government welcomes mediation by Queen Wilhelmina and King Leopold with sympathy but only for Britain France and Poland. Germany demands return of Danzig and the Polish corridor and urges Britain to press Poland to accept. Cabinet meets at Hitler's chancellery as Freichstag prepares to reconvene.
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Germany
Poland
Hitler
Danzig
London
Owever
Chamberlain
Europe
Pomorze
Britain
France
Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Wilhelmina
Leopold
Great Britain
Adolf Hitler
Freichstag
Paris
Roosevelt
Strike Ends At Ottumwa Packing Co
More than 2,000 employees at John Morrell and Co Packing Plant in Ottumwa return to work after a five day walkout ended with a settlement. The agreement keeps four suspended workers on the list until Sept 18 and calls for union company grievances to be discussed by a joint committee, with a federal labor conciliator if talks fail. The dispute involved overtime rules and whether the workers were discharged or suspended.
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Ottumwa
John Morrell and Company
Company
CIO
Fabor
Japanese Bush Reinforcements to Soviet Border
A dispatch notes Japan rushing large forces into Manchukuo via Korea and North China amid fears of a Russian offensive. Reports claim Soviet troops mass along Siberia and Outer Mongolia borders, while Tass denies large mobilizations in the Far East. The writer observes busy railways and mounting tension as Russo-Japanese war fears grow.
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Tokyo
Russia
Germany
Japan
Asia
Manchukuo
Korea
North China
Manchoukuo
Soviet Siberia
Outer Mongolia
Ciharia
Moscow
Tass
Far East
Military Guards to Board All Ships in Panama Canal Zone
Military guards ordered aboard every vessel passing through the Panama Canal in precautionary measures. Washington announced the force would include 272 officers and 7,360 enlisted men, with troop movements toward the Canal zone starting September 2.
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Panama Canal Zone
Balboa
C. Z
Panama Canal
Washington
Canal Zone
Russo Japanese tension grows as Manchoukuo cities go dark
Reports say Mukden Harbin and Sinkiang blackout orders cover Manchukuo border areas amid rising Russo Japanese war fears. Claims of border clashes in Outer Mongolia and Manchoukuo persist while Tokyo pars pro toto with routine artillery duels on the Khalka river. The German Soviet pact heightens anxieties about a broader conflict.
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Manchoukuo
Mukden
Sinking
Harbin
Monpona
Tokyo
Khalka River
Russia
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Alan Barth
fe-Sid Feder
St. Louis Cardinals
Charles Reed
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