US Role in European Affairs Outlined by Johnson
Roanoke Virginia Assistant Secretary of War Louis Johnson told a Young Democrats convention that US policy shapes European events. He cited a 1940 shift in neutrality rules and criticized Congress for blocking arms embargo repeal, arguing such moves promote peace amid looming conflict.
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Roanoke
INS
United States
Louis Johnson
Young Democrats
Virginia
Johnson
Europe
Hitler
Mussolini
Tlis
Congress
Germany
Hull
City Briefs and Personals from Walford and Wilson
Walford hosts spring chicken supper with first service at 4 30 and a band performance Sunday August 27. The Rev Thomas Collister of St James Methodist church will present a stereopticon lecture Tuesday evening on The Isle of Man. Wilson High School announces office hours Thursday Friday and Saturday August 31 September 1 for new students and registration.
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Walford
WMT
Thomas Collister
St. James Methodist Church
Ellis Boulevard
N Avenue NW
Isle of Man
Irish Sea
Wilson
The
Wilson High School
Truck Stolen From Rosenbaum Furniture Lot
A 1928 pickup truck owned by Rosenbaum Furniture Co. was reported stolen from behind the store at 93 Third Avenue SE. The vehicle valued at 175 dollars disappeared Friday night. police were notified Saturday afternoon by Sol Rosenbaum.
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Rosenbaum
Counter Offer Moves In On Hitler Crisis
London reports indicate Britain weighs continuing diplomacy as Poland and France reject a Danzig Reich union. Hitler demands a Danzig tie and a Polish Corridor settlement with a 10 year non aggression pact while a Rome meeting could form a four power pact including Britain Italy and France.
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Poland
France
Hitler
Warsaw
Danzig
Reich
Germany
London
Nevile Henderson
Joachim von Ribbentrop
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Rotary Club Picnic at Upper Palisades
The Rotary club hosts a chicken dinner picnic at Upper Palisades on Monday afternoon and evening. Activities include boating games and singing starting at 4 p.m. Dinner service begins at 5 45 p.m. Wives and women friends of Rotarians are invited guests.
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Rotary Club
Biderman's
Upper Palisades
The Purse Theft Report From Marion Woman
Mrs. Glen Easterday reported the theft of a purse containing 35 in cash and items totaling 50. She had parked a block south of Ellis Beach, placed keys in the purse, and hid it under the front seat cover. returning 10 minutes later the purse was missing.
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Glen Easterday
Eleventh Street
Marion
Cedar Rapids Players Elected As Officers Of Iowa Bridge League
Floyd Karr of Sioux City named president of the Iowa State Bridge League at its ninth annual three day tournament in Cedar Rapids. Harold Rohner of Des Moines elected vice president. Herman Wilts becomes director. T. G. Gosling of Manchester named secretary and J. Epstein of Cedar Rapids treasurer. Directors include Art Bowman Ames Mrs S A Sanders Cedar Rapids and O V Lindsay Waterloo. Twenty players competed in the team of four event with finals Sunday night.
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Stoux City
Floyd Karr
Sioux City
Iowa State Bridge League
Harold Rohner
Des Moines
Herman Wilts
Waterloo
T. G. Gosling
Manchester
J. Epstein
Cedar Rapids
Wilts
Art Bowman
Ames
S. A. Sanders
O. V. Lindsay
Tricity
Iowa
Minneapolis
Huron
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William McGowan Funeral Details
Funeral services for William McGowan a Cedar Rapids resident for 60 years and longtime T M Sinclair employee who died at his Lincoln Heights home will be held at Turner chapel at 2 p m with Rev August Cramer and Crescent lodge 25 A F and A M in charge. Burial follows at Cedar Memorial Park cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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William McGowan
Cedar Rapids
T. M. Sinclair Company
Lincoln Heights
Turner Chapel
August Cramer
Crescent Lodge
A. F
A. M
Cedar Memorial Park
Funeral services for Rose Marie Pierce
Funeral services for Rose Marie Pierce 11 daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Pierce will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Moon chapel conducted by Rev August Cramer Burial will be in Linwood cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
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Rose Marie Pierce
Charles Pierce
Thirteenth Avenue SE
August Cramer
Linwood Cemetery
Mince Pie's Ancestry Traced From Historic English Pies
A note traces mince pies to England's mutton pie of 1596 and the minched pies of Queen Elizabeth’s era, linking to the shred pies of 1700 to show long culinary lineage.
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England
Elizabeth
Industrial League Picnic Draws Large Crowd At Ellis Park
Several thousand people are expected this afternoon for the third annual Allied Industrial League picnic at Ellis park. The program begins at 2 p.m. with a YMC A drum and bugle corps demonstration, followed by a horseshoe match, puppet shows, races, diamond ball games, swimming and archery exhibitions, and a seventeen-act vaudeville show at 8 p.m.
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Ellis Park
Allied Industrial League
International Lions Club
Pittsburgh
Belle Plaine Man Buys Reserve Grand Champion At State Fair Pig Show
In Des Moines at the state fair 4-H fat barrow auction the reserve grand champion sold for $8.75 per hundredweight to Virgil Smith of Belle Plaine. The grand champion 4-H barrow went for $825 per hundredweight to Rath Packing, Waterloo, while the open class fat barrow topped at $27 per hundredweight. The sale average was about $6.70 per hundredweight.
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Belle Plaine
Des Moines
Virgil Smith
Poland
Arnold Moore
Union City
Oklo
L. T. Holbert
Ames
E. L. Quaife
Britons Try To Lynch Alleged I R A Bomber
In Liverpool two bombs exploded as crowds filled streets after a Sunday theatre performance. Police intervened to rescue an alleged IRA member from an enraged mob, preventing lynching.
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Liverpool
Irish Republican Army
Peace conference talks hinge on Poland and France
Paris and London weigh Hitler’s proposals as France starts broad mobilization while Britain seeks a united front. Daladier and Bonnet coordinate with Poland, raising fears of either negotiated peace or general war as Danzig’s status tests European resolve.
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Hitler
Henderson
London
France
Poland
Britain
Adolf Hitler
Paris
Berlin
Nevile Henderson
Daladier
Munich
Czechoslovakia
Danzig
Revised Sunday European crisis radio schedule
New York AP reports revised NBC CBS and MBS broadcasts due to cancellation of the Tannenberg address. Programs include European capital pickups from Paris London and others with multiple times across WEAF WJZ and WABC chains plus roundups commentaries and rebroadcasts to 10 p.m. local time.
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Tannenberg
Adolf Hitler
All Times Central Standard
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WEAF
Paris
Chicago
WJZ
NBS
Dorothy Thompson
Hugh Gibson
London
WABC
CBS
H. V. Kaltenborn
MBS
Telegraph firms report normal service amid European tensions
New York telegraph companies report normal cable service despite war rumors. Western Union and Postal Telegraph say service is normal, while International Telephone and Telegraph and RCA add wireless communications to Berlin are being handled as usual without delay.
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Europe
Western Union
Postal
International Telephone and Telegraph
Radio Corporation of America
Berlin
Has Wrenched Back In Downtown Crash
Charles Boyer, 24, of 606 Sixth Avenue SE, suffered a wrenched neck when his car was rear ended on First Street between First and A avenues NE at 8 30 p m Saturday. He told police an unidentified man’s car struck him as he stopped for a traffic signal. The second vehicle backed up and turned west on First Avenue as Boyer moved east to avoid a jam.
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Charles Boyer
Sixth Avenue SE
First Street
First
Avenues
Boyer
First Avenue
Chlorination of water spreads to thousands of communities
About 4000 communities in the United States use chlorine to keep drinking water safe. Chlorination to remove harmful bacteria began roughly 25 years ago.
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United States
Holdup Man Brought Back From Ottumwa To Face Trial Here
Weaver, leader of a prison gang, escaped with Lehigh after robbery in a five state manhunt. The pair terrorized Amir Farah and his 16 year old daughter Dolor during a car stop and fled with 120 dollars in cash and checks. Weaver, serving 25 years at Ionia, will be tried here for robbery with aggravation carrying a 25 year maximum. Estella Brown is under investigation.
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Weaver
Lehigh
Elkhart
Amir Farah
Dolor
Ottumwa
Cedar Rapids
Farahs
Ionia
Earl Stanley
Estella Brown
Gainsborough Used Six Foot Long Brushes In Quick Paints
The renowned artist Gainsborough frequently fastened his brushes to sticks about six feet in length to work rapidly, a detail noted in historical accounts of his technique and studio practice.
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Gainsborough
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