Iowan父 Gazette carrier boys tale of growth
The piece recounts letters and notes about Gazette carrier salesboys, including a timid boy transformed by selling papers, his improving school work and confidence, and a proud father crediting the Gazette route with his son's maturity. It links past tempers of the paper with present reflections on the enduring value of honest labor and a successful career path.
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Gazette
Alex Fidler
Cedar Rapids
Alex
Republic
Ours
the State University
The
Lafayette
Fidler
A. D. Malloy
Primo
Hoosier State
Charley Harmer
Charley
Steps To Cancel Kraschel Deal In Audubon County
Relatives of H N Christensen file in district court alleging the 75 year old landowner is incompetent to transact business and seeks to declare him mentally unsound. The petition centers on a quitclaim deed transferring half of 1440 acres in Cameron township to N G Kraschel of Warsaw fa, a former governor and gubernatorial candidate. Plaintiffs are Christensen’s brother and a nephew, with law firm White and White handling the case.
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Audubon
H. N. Christensen
Audubon County
Christensen
Cameron Township
Iowa
Kraschel
George Wilson
Chris Christensen
C. J. Hansen
Harlan Law Firm
White and White
Partl
H N. Christensen
Elizabeth E. Christensen
H.N Christensen
5Th P. M . Audubon County
Towa
Weekly Forecast for Chicago Week Ahead
CHICAGO AP reports the weekly outlook with the Upper Mississippi valley seeing considerable cloudiness and one or two precipitation periods. Temperatures remain mostly above normal.
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Chicago
Upper
Mississippi Valley
Roosevelt Statement Raps Nazi Invasion of Denmark Norway
President Roosevelt condemned Germanys invasion of Denmark and Norway in a formal White House statement. He urged respect for the rights of small nations to independence and territorial integrity as civilization's survival hinges on powerful neighbors honoring those rights, noting the Nazi blitz into Scandinavia.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Germany
Denmark
Norway
Scandinavia
White House
United States
Poll Tax Used To Sway Delegate Choice
Washington AP Senator Gillette said complaints allege wholesale poll tax payments influence delegate selection for national nominating conventions. He called it a fertile area for inquiry and noted investigations are sought in states where poll taxes are voting requirements.
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Washington
Gillette
Senate Elections Committee
Dr Kesler And Son Reported Improved In Crash
Dr Carl C Kesler and his two children Carl Jr and Mary Alice remained in hospital after a Friday afternoon crash near Van Wert Ohio in which Mrs Kesler and her sister Mrs Ella McSweeney were killed. Mary Alice was extremely critical with a severed eye and leg fractures while Dr Kesler suffered a broken pelvis and internal injuries and Carl Jr had a fractured leg above the knee.
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Carl C. Kesler
Blake Boulevard
Carl, Jr
Mary Alice
van Wert
Kesler
Ella McSweeney
Columbus
U. S. Income Totals For $39 Show Rise
Washington reports 1938 income payments at 515 per capita, up from 376 in 1933 and 679 in 1929, with Mississippi at 205 and New York at 822. Hopkins notes 1939 figures, though partial, already show improvement over 1938.
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Washington
Sns
Hopkins
Mississippi
New York
Vision of White Bearded Franklin D Haunts Gridiron Candidates
A Gridiron Club show mockingly envisions a white bearded Franklin D Roosevelt winding up a ninth term as president. The skit lampoons party leaders, including Taft Hoover and Wheeler, with actors portraying candidates in satirical vignettes and songs while Chief Justice Hughes and other dignitaries attend. The bit culminates as Mark Foote, new Gridiron president, is urged not to seek another term.
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Franklin D
Ashington
Gridiron Club
Franklin D Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Hughes
Garner
Hoover
Board of Directors
Pierre du Pont
Delaware
Charlie Hilles
New York
Joe Pew
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Tibet
Confucius
Cordell Hull
Paul McNutt
McNutt
Cactus Jack
Texas
Farley
Bod Jackson
Wheeler
CIO
Roosevelt
Evry Democrat
Marine Band
University of Michigan
Suecsts
Dewey
Frank Murph
Vandenberg Bach
Mark Foote
Foote
Booth
Kill Move For Russian Break
Secretary of State Hull submitted a highly confidential state department report to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee opposing Len Clark resolution to sever diplomatic ties with Russia. The document supports continuing ambassadorial ties as a vital information channel with the Soviet, aligning with Hull’s prior public stance.
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Washington
INS
State Department
Clark
United States
Russia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hull
Len Clark
Idaho
Moscow
Finland
Sen. Vandenberg
Midh
Trucker Sleeps in Cab As Train Whizzes By
In Scottsburg Virginia during a heavy rainstorm Jack Harper slept in his truck cab after his rear wheels bogged in a ditch. At dawn a roar and crash followed when his truck stood on railroad tracks. The Sunrise Express narrowly avoided collision with the truck and driver.
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Scottsburg
Jack Harper
Southern Railway
Harper
Sunrise Express
Express
Plan To Stampede Roosevelt For A Third Term
Senate boosters disclose a scheme by third term proponents to force Roosevelt’s nomination by drafting him at the Chicago convention. They expect over 900 delegates pledged before July 15 and a unanimous acclamation to renominate him, with Roosevelt then promising to retire unless the party demands four more years. The plan aims to prevent a Democratic loss to Republicans and avert a Democratic House challenge.
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Washington
INS
Chicago
Roosevelt
Senate
Hyde Park
House
Fire destroys hundreds of tenement houses in Panama Canal Zone
A wind driven blaze in Colón, Panama, destroyed hundreds of frame tenement homes along a one block swath on Saturday night. About 10,000 people were left homeless before firefighters, aided by emergency crews, contained the fire. No casualties were reported and the cause remained undetermined at first.
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Colon
Panama
Atlantic
Panama Canal
Chill Winds Dip Cedar Rapids Temperatures
Cedar Rapids experienced a cool spell with the thermometer dropping to 39 at 815 pm and a daytime high of 53 at 2 pm. Readings from the Chambers Inskeep thermometer noted 37 at 10 pm and a 23 degree low early Saturday morning. Clear skies and a crescent moon marked the evening before warming under bright sun.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Author Hunted On Bad Check Charge
Minneapolis police sought Jerome Odlum, writer of prison books and movie scenarios, for presenting a $20 check drawn on California National Bank Hollywood branch with no account. Odlum had obtained writing material during a three year stay at Stillwater penitentiary for forgery.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Jerome Odlum
California National Bank
Hollywood
Odlum
Stillwater, Minn
Student flyer killed in Elmhurst plane crash
In Elmhurst Illinois on Saturday Robert Muir 32 Oak Park a student flyer died and James McKenna 35 aviation instructor was seriously injured when their aircraft crashed authorities said McKenna sustained serious injuries and the plane went down during a flight training session in Elmhurst IL.
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Elmhurst, Ill
Robert Muir
Oak Park
Ill
James McKenna
Reich Defies Foes To Break Her Hold On Norway
Germany pressed to cement control of Norway and Denmark after occupation forces moved into Oslo. Berlin claimed impregnable success while reports noted Norwegian resistance, German sea actions near Skagerrak, and the seizure of Norwegian war vessels as troops arrived in major cities.
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Reich
Norway
Denmark
Berlin
Germany
Scandinavia
DNB
York
High Command
Skagerrak
Oslo
Trondheim
Three More Norwegian Towns Fall to Nazis
AP dispatch reports German troops occupy Fredrikstad Sarpsborg and Frederikshald in southeastern Norway. Oslo defense rings break as Nazis advance, while reports cite Quisling-led orders and a looming question over fortress Agdenes. Johan Mowinckel says Norway’s outlook is brighter amid the crisis.
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Oslo
Tens Tidningen
Ostersund
Sweden
Trondheim
Stjordal
Mays
Agdenes
Trondheim Fjord
Vikdun Quisling
Nazi Party
Norway
Johan Ludwig Mowincke
Major Quisling
Mowinckel
Dutch Nazi Puppet Government Rumor Report
The London Chronicle cites a dispatch from Amsterdam alleging a Dutch puppet government formed with 20,000 pro Nazi storm troopers armed and awaiting Berlin orders to trigger a revolt aligned with a German invasion of Holland. The report remains unverified and partisan in tone.
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London
INL
Berlin
Holland
London Chronicle
Amsterdam
British navy sinks German destroyers at Narvik
War dispatches claim Allied forces seized Narvik Norway after a bold British naval strike in the Arctic harbor. A powerful squadron reportedly sank seven German destroyers, with over 1,000 officers and sailors believed lost in the battle, a major blow to the German fleet.
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Norway
Narvik
London Radio
Arctic Ocean
London
German Ministry Has No Narvik Naval Battle Report
Berlin reports no information from the propaganda ministry about any naval battle at Narvik and declines to comment on the British announcement. The lack of confirmation leaves both sides without official statements on the clash.
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Berlin
Narvik
Britain and Norway pledge aid as Narvik action widens
British and French leaders pledge rapid support to Norway as Allied forces intensify pressure on German positions along the Norwegian coast. A Narvik battle report cites air strikes on Stavanger and Bergen, destruction of a naval depot, and German destroyer losses, with Churchill linked to the account.
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Skagerrak
Baltic
Narvik
Stavanger
Beraen
Norwegian
Gereman
War's O K Theyve Been Skagerraking On Kattegat Bugs
Column by ARTHUR Bugs Baer satirically notes that both sides bear down in the Kattegat as experts urge seriousness in war reporting. The piece playfully mocks sensationalism and the idea that readers can participate in command by absurdly claiming a chair general title.
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O. K
Kattegat
Bugs
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Verne Marshall
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Warsaw
Cedar Rapids News
U. S
Budert
Lana
Newspapermen's Club
G.O.P
Grand Old Photoplay Company
Scarlett O
Herbert Hoover
Bert Hoover
Alf Landon
Robert Taylor Taft
Taft
Dad
Mickey Dewey
James'Carney Vandenberg
James Cagney Vandenberg
Marx Brothers
Groucho Bridges
New Hampshire
Harpo Martin
Massachusetts
Chico Bricker
Ohio
Zeppo Gannett
Harpo” Martin
Cecil BR. Dickson
Canal Zone
Stockholm
Nygaardsvold
Rome
Columbia
North Sea
Frazier
George
Haakon
Georgge
Britain
Admiralty
Winston Churchill
Narevik
Narvik Fjord
Warspite
Arthur
Bugs" Baer
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