Sanford Kerr Recounts South American Voyage and Close Calls
Cedar Rapids goodwill ambassador Sanford Kerr returns from an eleven country South and Central American tour after two ship crashes and rough seas. He toured Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, and Chile, meeting church leaders and observing war relief efforts while sharing songs and hometown pride.
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Sanford Kerr
Cedar Rapids
South America
Mr. Kerr
Orient
Buenos Aires
Gordon DeLay
Jane Carey
Susan
Storm Strands Traveler Between Waterloo and Cedar Rapids
A traveler returning home was delayed by a track washout causing a mid-journey stop between Waterloo and Cedar Rapids just before Thursday's storm.
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Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Little Hope Of Early Truce In Coal Strike
United Press reports no quick settlement to the coal strike as northern mines stay mine-locked. Miss Perkins urged immediate resumption of northern work while southern operators balk at wage and rate changes and the Interstate Commerce Commission weighs freight differential reforms.
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CIO
United Mine Workers
Northern Mines
John L. Lewis
Roosevelt
Miss Perkins
Southern
Interstate Commerce Commission
Japanese Take Chinese Port Ningpo
Japanese forces reportedly seized the strategic Chinese port of Ningpo after a blitz drive. The city had resisted Nipponese attempts to capture it since the war began, according to Saturday reports from Shanghai.
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Ningpo
Foreign Correspondent James Young to Address Executives Club
James R. Young a 13 year Japan bureau chief for International News Service will speak at the Executives club dinner at the Country club on April 28 at 6 45 p m. The Illinois native and former Tokyo Japan Advertiser head was jailed 61 days by Japanese police after articles displeased them and now lectures in the United States during leave.
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Country Club
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International News Service Bureau
Tokio
Illinois
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Africa
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United States
International News Service
Irvin S. Calls U S Hitler Remark Humorous
In Denver Irvin S. criticizes a world situation remark calling the United States a Hitler target and says he finds the comparison funny. He frames his comment as satire amid global tensions.
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Irvin S
Hitler
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Walkout Ends After Board Mediation In Minneapolis Case
The defense mediation board announced a settlement on a dispute between a CIO union and Minneapolis Marine Power Implement without the board taking action. It marked the first case certified to the board where a strike had not begun, and the matter was sent for finalization.
Negotiations Near Agreement Halt Hearing
Representatives for both sides began talks on the train and said an understanding was close. The hearing, initially planned for Saturday morning, was postponed and by 2 45 a.m. an agreement was reached. The company and union then chartered a sight seeing bus for a joint tour of the capital on Saturday.
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Washington
Where Was Britain's Censor U S Gift To Fuehrer Amuses Nazis
A water color drawing sent to Adolf Hitler as a birthday gift bears the label Passed by the British censor. Secretively shipped from the United States through a third party, the gift drew amusement from German officials as it received a special placement on the chancellery table amid a flood of presents for the Fuehrer’s fifty second birthday.
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Fuehrer
Berlin
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Adolf Hitler
United States
Hitler
War Wounded Receive Coffees Cocoa and Tea Gifts
A passage notes gifts from the United States and South America including coffee cocoa and tea. The items were turned over to the war wounded by the fuehrer.
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United States
South America
Fuehrer
Karns Bravely Tries Icefield to Help Ill Mother
Harold Karns a fox farm caretaker on Lake Kabetogama island navigated a treacherous ice field by boat to reach the mainland and travel to his seriously ill mother in Nebraska City Nebraska. He had been stranded since Wednesday when a pilot dropped a tele
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International Falls
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Harold Karns
Lake Kabetogama
Nebraska City
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Karns
Island Message Says Mother Ill. Karns Plans Bus to City
A gram on the island informs Karns of his mother's illness and he says he will leave for the city by bus at once. The note implies urgent travel and concern for family health.
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Karns
Ie City
English Victory Seen By Wolf In War Comment
Prof Frantisek Wolf a Czechoslovak mathematician said England will win the war because Germany will exhaust itself trying to control nations. His arrival from Japan was noted in Honolulu.
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England
Germany
Frantisek Wolf
Japan
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