United States eyes Dutch East Indies amid Europe war fears
Washington observers weigh potential Dutch East Indies shifts as Germany eyes Norway and Japan signals concern over any European war spillover. Analysts note U S trade with the islands exceeds 100 million dollars yearly with substantial rubber and oil investments, while Japan says it would oppose status changes if self government remains.
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Japan
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Norway
United States
Tokio
Hachiro Arita
Netherlands East Indies
Europe
Arita
Nichi Nichi
Great Britain
Holland
Dutch West Indies
Dutch Guiana
South America
Amer- 18
Philippines
Dutch East India
Temperature Eases After Rise To 67 In Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids weather summary notes a springlike trend with sun aiding warmer readings. Morning temperatures climbed from 41 at 6 a.m to 59 at 10 a.m, then peaked at 67 around 12:30 p.m before easing to 64 by 2:30 p.m. Monday reached 79 briefly in the afternoon, with 7 p.m. at 61 and midnight at 49.
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Cedar Rapids
the Weatherman
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Mercury
Chambers
Communiques Offer No News Says Baer On War Drift
Arthur Bugs Baer argues in a column that wartime communiques have shifted from general updates to vague double talk. He warns that focus on Skagerrak Kattegat signals carries no concrete war news and predicts tensions with Italy and Mussolini could escalate globally.
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Skagerrak
Kattegat
Stassen Named GOP Keynote Speaker at National Convention
Philadelphia AP dispatch reports Gov Harold E Stassen of Minnesota, age 33, chosen Tuesday to deliver the keynote address at the Republican National Convention. The selection marks a historic rise for the young GOP figure as party leaders prepare for the national gathering.
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Philadelphia
Harold E Stassen
Minnesota
New York Legionaire seeks ban on Rugg books in schools
New York Legionaire James J. McCabe urged a legislative committee to probe how Columbia professor Harold Ordway Rugg's works were chosen for city schools. McCabe accused the texts of being un American and of scoffing at the Constitution, naming titles such as Our Country and Our People and America's March Toward Democracy.
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INS
Harold Ordway Rugg
Columbia University
New York Legionaire
Rugg
Daily Worker
James J. McCabe
Americanism Committee
State
American Legion
New York City
Columbia
Ruge
McCabe
Ruggss
America
Rugg Books Used in Cedar Rapids High Social Studies
James J McCabe identifies four Rugg titles used to teach social science in Cedar Rapids high schools. The report notes these works are part of the curriculum and influence classroom discussions and assignments.
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Rugg
James J McCabe
Cedar Rapids
Preliminary work on Cedar Rapids to Marion two-lane highway
Preliminary work on a 1.6 mile two-lane road between Cedar Rapids and Marion is underway. The project, costing about 60000 dollars, will run from Thirtieth Street SE to near the Indian Creek bridge alongside the present brick highway. Bids will be taken at Ames in the near future. The Cedar Rapids Gas Company seeks city permission to alter gas mains under the proposed road. Trees and improvements along the route will be protected.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
State Highway Commission
Ames
Actress Joan Crawford Divorced From Franchot Tone
Hollywood reports that Joan Crawford was granted a final divorce from Franchot Tone in a brief court session she did not attend, with the actress free to marry today if she wishes.
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INS
Joan Crawford
Franchot Tone
Romania Bans Wheat Exports to Germany and Allies
Romania halted all wheat exports to Germany and other foreign buyers and tightened Danube River security. The move aims to stockpile oil coal and wood for the army and railways, with harvests not enough to cover domestic needs. Foreign oil firms may face increased Romanian control as wartime demands rise.
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Widow Huckins Granted 30 Dollar Monthly Pension in Milwaukee
Mrs Amelia Huckins 78, widow of Elmer Huckins famed for a $2,000,000 cigar swindle, receives a $30 monthly old age pension after a hip injury left her homebound. Her assets amount to a cemetery lot. she has no income or savings. Elmer Huckins and son George Earl Huckins faced extensive legal action over the alleged fraud and receivership of Negus and Huckins cigar business.
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Elmer S. Huckins
Milwaukee
George E. Huckins
Cedar Rapids
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Earl Huckins
Negus and Huckins
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Huckins
Charles A. Hansen
Milwaukee Journal
Juneau Avenue
George S. Krebs
Fish Manor
Waushara
Necedah
Wis
Springfield
Grapes In Dense Smoke To Save Wife, Daughter From Their Burning Home
W. M. Waggener of 927 Third Street SW awakened by his wife’s pleas saved his wife and six year old daughter Ola Mae from a smoke filled home at 302 am Tuesday. He kicked out a front window, slid down a porch with the neighbor John Prohaska bringing a ladder. Firefighters contained the blaze and aided Waggener who was cut on the knee. Damage estimated at 300 to 400 dollars.
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W. M Wagegener
Third Street
Waggener
John Prohaska
Waggeners
Ola Mae
Safet
Bruce and
Dyson
Wasgener
Overcoming vanity at wearing glasses inspires brighter sight
A reader recalls a boyhood shame at public glasses and the turn that let him see life clearly. He describes the joy of color and detail once he stopped hiding his glasses and embraced a fresh mindset. The letter ponders how vanity and fear of opinions dim truth and happiness.
Treasury Sets Official Pound Rate for Customs
Washington (UP) The Treasury ordered customs collectors to use only the official rate of 4 032 for the British pound sterling for customs. The move aims to curb imports of British goods priced by the unofficial rate reported by the New York Federal Reserve. The policy seeks to prevent a flood of competitive British products aided by the cheaper exchange rate.
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Washington
Treasury
New York Federal Reserve Bank
United States
Cedar Rapids Clubs Liquidate Slot Machines on Warning
Cedar Rapids clubs with slot machines removed the devices after County Attorney King Thompson warned that such gambling was illegal. Thompson cited complaints from tavern operators about gambling activity and said he advised a club steward to remove machines. By Tuesday all machines were gone, with rumors of state agents denied and police saying they had no evidence of machines. Nine clubs hold beer permits in the city.
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Senate approves nine new federal judgeships
The Senate approved by 417 to 29 a bill creating nine new federal judgeships. The measure includes two seats in the Eighth Circuit, which covers Iowa, expanding the federal judiciary.
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INS
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House
Eighth Circuit
Iowa
Hunger Strike Fatal To Irish Prisoner
Dublin reports Tony Darcy one of seven Irish Republican Army prisoners on hunger strike died at St Bricin s military hospital after a 52 day protest. The group jailed for a detective slaying refused to eat to demand political prisoner recognition by the government.
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Tony Darcy
Irish Republican Army
St. Bricin’s Military Hospital
Belgium Maintains Neutrality Policy in Senate Speech
Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak told the senate Belgium would not depart from a course of complete neutrality. The statement was seen as rejecting Allied suggestions that small neutrals seek Franco British protection before it is too late.
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Paul-Henri Spaak
Senate
Belgium
Germans Can't Use Norwegian Coast Airport
British bombing raids on Stavanger Norway turned the Nazi air field into a blazing furnace. Runways were severely damaged so German bombers could not use the airport. Big Nazi planes were seen burning as hangars caught fire and the field glowed red. The raid aims to deny Stavanger as a base for navy bombers near British shores.
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Haakon in Berlin Sees New Norwegian Government
Berlin reports say King Haakon VII and his government fled to Sweden as authorized sources claim the Norwegian regime now rests on the Oslo result with German approval, while Berlin notes a strengthened Nazi hold in Norway and British naval activity near Narvik.
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Haakon
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NPC
Cedar Rapids Chosen for New National Guard Company
Cedar Rapids was selected to form a third company of the Iowa National Guard with six officers and 63 enlisted men. Dr M E Sanders will command the Fort Dodge unit, while Capt Lea Bo Sedlacek will lead Cedar Rapids unit after a final inspection by Brig Gen Charles H Grahl and the Armory Board.
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Iowa National Guard
16Th
Charles H Grahl
Lonstational Award Armory Board
Lea Bo Sedlacek
Nineteenth Street SF
D. Sedlacek
Arms Medical Reserve
Grahl
Will J Havek
Tawa Citys
Harry Ward
Davenpoort
Cot Maxwell O Brien
Sheldon
Cal H G. Geiger
Montrose Hotel
BD Sillman
Allies in East Africa Brace for Italy War Entry
Reynolds Packard reports from Rome that Allied forces in the east aim to block Italy joining Germany. He details a three month tour across Syria, Egypt, Palestine, Iraq, Iran and India, noting defensive preparations to guard the Suez Canal and Sudan, with about 300,000 troops and mobile units ready to rush to Egypt if needed.
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East
Italy
Germany
Syria
Egypt
Palestine
Iraqg
Iran
India
Russia
Middle East
Maxime Weygand
Libya
Germans Reach Near Swedish Border After Norway Breakthrough
German troops pushed through Norwegian territory by an improvised train line and reached Stor lien hewht about 50 miles east of Trondheim, aiming to sever Norway and form a defensive line. Swedish sources say the advance aided by a mistaken Norwegian troop train report. Allehanda notes the maneuver followed a rapid coup and highlights Hegra fortress guns pointed toward Sweden.
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Storlien
Trondheim
Norway
Willet
Allehanda
Sweden
Kongsvinger
Storlem
Hell
Hagra
Trondheim-Hell
Germans Fire at Swedish Police on Frontier Report
Stockholm reports German troops reached the Swedish border Monday at 2 pm after advancing along a railroad bridge. Swedish border police halted the Germans who fired machine guns but hit none. Oslo radio said Quisling was replaced by Christensen as Norway’s leader under German control.
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Dagens Agheter
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Vidkun Quisling
Ingolf Elster Christensen
Quisling
Christensen
United Press
Haakon
Norway
Talley custody battle rejected by New York court
Albany New York UP The court of appeals refused Tuesday to review lower court rulings awarding the custody of 5 year old Susan Eckstrom to her singer mother Marion Talley.
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N. Y
Court of Appeals
Susan Eckstrom
Marion Talley
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