Ickes Says We Should Enter the War Now
Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes urged in Hartford that the United States should enter the war immediately as Germany pressures the Soviet Union. The story notes U S Soviet cooperation limits to responses to Germany’s attack and cites Nye speculation about Hess.
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Lyle C. Wilson
United
Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Germany
Harold L. Ickes
Hartford, Conn
Nye
England
London
Britain
Rudolf Hess
Hitler
Russia
Ickes
Charles A. Lindbergh
Adolf Hitler
Quisling
America
More Showers Forecast Across Iowa After Storms
Des Moines reports forecast of continued showers across Iowa after heavy rains and strong winds caused damage in northern areas. One death occurred as a boy 7 named Dale Morris was crushed by his father’s car near Mount Auburn. Farm buildings toppled near New Providence, a car flattened near Eldora, and two cows were killed south of Iowa City. Telegraph lines burned near Hills on the Rock Island line. Temperatures fell from the 90s to around 20 degrees in parts of the state. no major river overflows reported.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Dale Morris
Dewes Morris
Mount Aucorn
Benton County
New Providence
Hardin County
Eldora
Iowa City
Rock Island
Hills
Perry
Nartewood
Carrah
Dodge
Forest City
Yeeterdal
Davenport
Inwood
Negro Escaped lynching near Eastman Georgia
June 27. Eddie Lee Spivey, a Black man accused of raping a white woman, stood on a makeshift gallows as a mob of about 500 stormed the jail. He claimed innocence as a crowd hurled racial slurs then released him unharmed back into Sheriff J C Lewis’s custody less than an hour later.
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Eastman
Eddie Lee Spivey
J. C. Lewis
Spivey
Roosevelt hints rifles to Ireland possible but delayed
President Roosevelt indicated the United States may supply rifles to Ireland but emphasized a critical delay in munitions production makes dispatch impossible for ammunition. He demanded assurances from Ireland that any arms would be used to defend against a Nazi attack if one develops while noting only rifles might be possible.
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T. F. Reynolds
United Press
Hyde Park
Roosevelt
United States
Eire
Iowa Farmers Aim to Pay Debt With Higher Income
Des Moines reports about half of Iowa farmers plan to use anticipated season income gains to reduce debt by next winter. A Wallace's Farmer survey of farm residents shows 48 percent cite debt payment as their main goal from higher product prices and prospective government payments.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Wallace
Inna
Savery Hotel Bandits Arrested in West Des Moines Case
West Des Moines police report two gunmen linked to a Savery Hotel robbery and multiple car thefts across Primghar Algona Morgan Des Moines Fort Dodge and Manon Indiana. Suspects Brumbaugh and Weston identified by hotel staff as Missourians who escaped from Missouri reformatories and Eldora training school.
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Des Moines
W Nebergall
Areadus
Mont
Savery
Filira
Primchar
Algona la
Morgan
Minn
Mghway
Manon
Fort Goodge
Primghar Fi
Staven
Baugh
Weston
Nebergall
Brumbaugh
Missouri Intermediate Reformatory
Aigoa
El+ dorala
Neberfall Gaia
Iowa to Produce Nation's Largest Pig Crop Yet
Des Moines June 27. Iowa's spring farrowing totaled 11,264,000 pigs, with a 1941 crop estimate about 5 percent above 1940 and sharply higher than December forecasts. Fall sows may add 785,000 piglets, pushing the total for 1941 to about 16,000,000, the largest on record. 1931's 15,951,000 was second. The government attributes the rise to a pork promotion campaign led by Secretary Wickard.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Leslie M. Carl
State Federa
Carl
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude Wickard
Death of Sen Andrew Jackson Houston at Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, June 27. Sen Andrew Jackson Houston 87 oldest man to serve in US Senate died last night after abdominal tumor operation at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Son of Sam Houston he was appointed April 21 by Gov O Daniel to fill vacancy after Morris Sheppard's death. He had been largely inactive in the Senate and supported Roosevelt's foreign policy. Funeral arrangements not announced.
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Baltimore
Andrew Jackson
Houston
Tex
United States Senate
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Sam Houston
Texas Republic
Senate
W. Lee O'Daniel
Morris Sheppard
Sheppard
Roosevelt
Johns Hoopkns
George W. Calver
Capital
San Jacibn
Texas
San Jacinto Beattlefield
Shake-Down For Man At Davenport
Davenport police sought three men who pretended to be officers and robbed a man of 960 dollars. The victim Crees Hawk ar accoun t ed they pursued him to a Le Claire park and forced him to surrender by showing fake badges. He paid them the next day and reported the incident to police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Polwe
le Claire Park
Hawk
Senate passes record $10.38 billion war appropriation bill
The Senate approved the 1942 war department appropriation, the largest in U.S. history, totaling 10,384,821,624 dollars. The measure was approved by a unanimous voice vote of 24 senators and will fund roughly one month of army needs, possibly with future additions.
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Senate
War Department
John R. Beal
United Press
Washington
UPI
Senate Today
House
U.S
United States
Elmer Thomas
D. O
L. McNary
Keane
National Defense
Thomas
Des Moines Soldiers Strike Unclear Report From OCR
Fragmentary OCR text references Des Moines soldiers with unclear details about casualties or conduct. Readable parts mention a unit and trial context, but no coherent event, dates, or outcomes are ascertainable from the garbled source.
Strength of Germany Russia in World War II battle lines
Washington dispatch outlines a controversial non adversarial briefing on German and Soviet forces. It cites about 165 Russian divisions and 4 096 planes facing 167 German divisions and 6 000 planes along a broad front from the Danube to the Amur, with additional Russian and German formations. The report notes German superiority in some sectors and Russian resilience, while acknowledging secrecy in the briefing.
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Mack Johnson
United Press
Washington
Danube
Amur
Ghengis Khan
Agair
Russia
Oho
Merchant at Fort Dodge Committed Death by Own Action
A Fort Dodge merchant reportedly died by his own action in a likely suicide. The fragmented OCR text references the case and local details, but the readable portions indicate a fatal incident involving a merchant. Authorities connected to the scene filed preliminary notes and a coroner’s report is implied.
Buyers Acquire 1,000 600 Card Holders in Des Moines
In Des Moines a purchase of 1,000 600 card holders was reported. The items are described as components for steering columns of certain equipment. The source notes the holders are of the same type as those previously used, with no further details on vendor or price.
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Joobree
Shipyard CIO to Return to Work Monday in Bay Area
San Francisco June 27 For the first time since May 9 1700 AFL and CIO machinists walkout the CIO aviation and shipyard workers voted to return by Monday if employers sign a Pacific coast master contract granting the same benefits won by the AFL The agreement would set pay at 112 per hour with time and a half overtime versus the 1 hourly base and double pay for overtime The operators may resist signing without AFL contracts in place delaying reunions and production of 500000000 in naval vessels and cargo ships for the United States and Britain
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San Francisco
Congress of Industrial Organization
AFL
San Francisco Bay
United States
Britain
CIO
Oakland
Alameda
Bay
James F. Smith
Smith
Reds and Nazis heavy battle rages across front
Moscow reports a new Soviet strategic withdrawal on the north and central fronts as fierce fighting continues with German forces. The communique notes stubborn resistance by Soviet troops in the Siaulai Vilna and Baranovichi sectors and says forces are regrouping for further action.
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Henry Shapiro
United Press
Moscow
Red Army
Siaulai
Vilna
Baranovichi
Typographical Strike Ends in Chicago Amid Turmoil
Fragmented text describes a typographical strike in Chicago as printers, editors, and press workers faced halted operations. Conflicting reports note that a telegraphical unit failed to return, with type matrices moved from Michigan to fix the Union’s disrupted printing process.
Roosevelt Eyes Nationwide Daylight Saving Plan
President Roosevelt weighs asking Congress to enact daylight saving nationwide for the emergency. Defense officials report the Office of Production Management and the Federal Power Commission back the change to conserve lighting power. Rep. Eugene Keogh says hearings before the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee will be scheduled soon. The bill could save about 2 percent of total power output, over 700000 kilowatts, from a 40 million kilowatt total.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Defense
U Office of Production Management
Federal Power Commission
Eugene J Keogh
N.Y
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Hitler avoids direct attack in vast eastern drive
United Press reports Hitler’s push into Russia favors flanking moves from East Prussia and central Poland toward Minsk as part of a massive operation. Officials say 3,000,000 troops and 10,000 aircraft are involved in the campaign across the front from the White Sea to the Volga, with plans to seize Ukraine’s farms and Caspian oil.
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U. S
United Press
Adolf Hitler
Russia
Hitler
Ukraine
Caucasus
Rec
White Sea
Black
Volga
Caspian Sea
Bessarabia
Poland
Kiev
Odessa
East Prussia
Priset
Minsk
Nileon
Moscow
Wind Storm Damages Two Planes In Red Wing
In Red Wing Minnesota strong winds caused two airplanes to crash or be severely damaged. One plane from Lake City, another from the region, were torn apart by the gusts. Authorities reported debris scattered near the tarmac and crews worked to assess the wreckage and ensure no injuries.
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Minn
Iver
Jack Lew Lake City
Irene
Hitler may be planning blow on Soviet capital
London dispatch notes Hitler’s Minsk thrust could aim at Moscow to fracture the Soviet Union into puppet states. Experts say a push toward Vilna and Baranowicze threatens Minsk and, if extended along the Minsk Smolensk Moscow rail line, could reach the capital. The drive exploits flat terrain favorable to tanks as German forces press from the vicinity of Minsk toward Smolensk and Moscow.
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B. Wallace Carroll
Corres
London
UPI
Hitler
Minsk
Moscow
Soviet Union
Napoleon
Kommunique
Pripet Marshes
Russia
Sorea
Vilna
Baranowieze
Red Army
White Russia
Minsk-Smolensk- Moscow
Gillette addresses Waverly dairy event on wartime burdens
U S Senator Guy M Gillette D La warned farmers must bear wartime costs as in past wars at Bremer County Dairy Day in Waverly He cited higher machinery prices due to defense needs stricter seed and nursery policies affecting imports and farm stability amid shortages and price pressures
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South America
Odetens
Nave
Gillette
Wei
Wwe
Ruth
Man gets life for killings of two Crees
Julius Ho pleads guilty to fatally shooting two Crees during a dispute at a home. He is sentenced to life in prison with possible parole after a murder charge and related assaults. The case details allege an intent to harm his estranged wife during the confrontation.
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Julius Ho
Willawe
Murde Ra
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