Noted broker convicted of million fraud in New York
Stephen Paine, once a prominent securities broker, faces up to 52 years in prison and $30,000 in fines after a federal jury convicted him of mail fraud and conspiracy to defraud three investment trusts of $1 million. Co-defendants Hansell, Morris, and Solomont were found guilty earlier Friday.
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New York
Stephen Paine
Howard F. Hansell, Jr
Philadelphia
Thomas W Morris
S. Leo Solomont
Boston
Paine
Paine, Webber and Company
U. S
John T. Cahill
Insuranshares Corporation of Delaware
Barco, Inc
Wright Brother Who Never Shared Spotlight Is Dead
Lorin Wright, 77, manufacturer who avoided fame with his famous aviation brothers, died at his Dayton home. He stayed away from the airplane’s development while Orville Wright remains the sole surviving Wright sibling. Wilbur and a sister Katherine had died earlier, Reuchlin died years ago. Lorin produced toys and copied by his Miami Wood Products company, with Orville designing model planes in retirement.
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Dayton
Lorin Wright
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Wrights
Indiana
Wilbur
Katherine
Reuchlin
Shaw Blames U S Backing Of Finland For Red Invasion
London reports George Bernard Shaw told the Daily Mail that United States backing of Finland sparked the Soviet invasion. He argued Russia had to defend itself against other great powers using Finland’s government, saying Leningrad could be shelled from a frontier backed by Western support. He suggested Finland would have acted differently if unbacked.
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London
George Bernard Shaw
Daily Mail
United States
Finland
Russia
Leningrad
America
Sweden suspends all army leaves after call up
Copenhagen AP says Sweden announced a new call up of men to the colors and suspended all army leaves. The report notes continued military mobilization amid tensions in the region. The Danish radio carried the update on Saturday.
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Sweden
Copenhagen
War pictures and the changing face of conflict
Lady Butler rejected the glamour of war, noting how modern weapons would have brutalized Gettysburg’s third day. The piece argues war’s horror outgrows painting, while humanity’s urge for peace grows amid a cycle of new wars and grim fascination with brutality.
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Butler
Gettysburg
Dante
Stalling
Barber
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Finn Place Names Spelled Two Ways Examples
The United Press notes that Finnish place names often have Finnish and Swedish spellings. Examples include Helsinki Helsingfors Hanko Hangö Viipuri Viborg and Turku Abo. The piece lists several pairs and mentions Russia's past efforts to establish Russian in Finland.
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Scandinavia
Republic of Finland
Suomi
Helsinki - Helsingfors
Hankosatin Viipuri-Viborg
Kasko- Kaskinen
Turku-Abo
Oulu- Uleaborg
Kristiina-Kristinestad
Porvoo-Borga
Mikkeli - St. Michel
Tampere-Tammerfors
Kakisalmi- Keksholm
Raahe-Brahestad
Lappeenranta-Villmanstrand
Finland
Frisco Fair Not Held Next Year On Treasure Island
SAN FRANCISCO AP says no fair in 1940 on Treasure Island. Leland Whitman Cutler, president of the San Francisco Bay Exposition corporation, announced after an executive committee meeting that the board will liquidate the exposition’s affairs.
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San Francisco
Treasure Island
Leland Whitman Cutler
San Francisco Bay Exposition
Offer To Adopt Boy Who Slew Their Son
Fifteen year old Buford Loney accidentally killed Arthur Combs sixteen with a shotgun while hunting. On Saturday the Combs family prepared to bury their son and offered to adopt the boy who killed him, now a ward of probate court.
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Kenton
Buford Loney
Arthur Combs
Combs
Probate Court
President invokes moral embargo on bomb plane sales
President Roosevelt issues a formal statement condemning unprovoked bombing of civilians and urges American manufacturers to halt exports of aircraft parts and equipment to nations guilty of such acts. The policy, reiterated from 1938, follows reports of Soviet cash offers to buy fighting planes in the U.S. amid a war in Europe.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Russia
State Hull
White House
Finland
Hull
The Bill Of Rights Also Gives You The Right To Be Right
Arthur Bugs Baer comments on the Bill of Rights empowering both wrong and right beliefs. He critics foreign agitators, likening their noise to a historical scandal, and notes public discourse serves to record and expose them without silencing debate.
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Arthur
Bugs" Baer
Couch retracts request to AFL unions to back Labor Defense League
A. A. Couch, president of the Iowa State Federation of Labor, withdraws a letter urging all Iowa AFL affiliates to back the Iowa Labor Defense League against the state criminal syndicalism law. The Cedar Rapids Federation denounced the move, and Couch cited inclusion of the CIO as a reason to withdraw the call.
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Couch
A.F.L
Labor Defense League
Cedar Rapids News
F. of L
Iowa
Iowa Labor Defense League
A. A Couch
Iowa State Federation of Labor
Cedar Rapids
League
Des Moines
Iowa Federation
American Federation of Labor
Labor Defense Council
Des Moines Trades
Labor Assembly
Des Moines Trades and Labor Assembly
Trades and Labor Assembly
CIO
Coat Belt Is Clue To Woman's Assailant
Police seek a man described as about 5 feet 9 or 10 inches tall, 170 pounds with black hair and dark eyes who wore a gray worsted overcoat and left a coat belt at a 1 am attack on Mrs Maude Thomas at 4084 Second Avenue SE. Royal Thomas aided after the door was locked and the intruder fled.
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Cedar Rapids
Maude Thomas
Second Avenue SE
Mrs Thomas
Royal Thomas
Man Kicks Mule Sparks Arrest in Georgia
In Decatur, Georgia, Gus Taylor was arrested after kicking a mule on a Saturday, triggering reports of Malicious kicking of a mule. The incident drew AP coverage as authorities responded to the altercation and filed charges.
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Decatur
Gus Taylor
Taylor
Cold Weather Hits Cedar Rapids Under Grey Skies
Cold air lingered over Cedar Rapids on Saturday with temperatures dropping from Friday's highs around 44 to 39 by midnight and 23 by early afternoon. Overnight rainfall registered at .03 inches per Cham bers Inskeep Co measurements as skies stayed leaden.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers
Dolores Costello Elopes to Prescott to Wed Doctor
Hollywood beauty Dolores Costello, once married to John Barrymore, secretly elopes to Prescott, Arizona and weds prominent Hollywood physician Dr. John Vruwink. The ceremony marks her union after a 1935 divorce from Barrymore.
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Hollywood
Dolores Costello
Prescott
Arizona
John Vruwink
Miss Costello
John Barrymore
Mexican High Court Upholds Oil Seizure Decree
In Mexico City the supreme court on Saturday unanimously upheld the constitutionality of President Lazaro M. Cardenas March 18 1938 decree expropriating American and British petroleum properties amid the ongoing nationalization of oil interests.
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Mexico City
INS
Mexican Supreme Court
Lazaro M. Cardenas
Coe Endowment Drive Starts With 50000 Pledged
More than 300 alumni and former students heard Col Robert W. Stewart announce that 50000 has been subscribed by board of trustees members. The event at the Woman's club launched a 2000000 endowment and expansion program with a goal of 300000, including 150000 outside Linn county.
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Chicago
Coe College
Robert W. Stewart
Coe
Woman's Club
Col. Stewart
If M. Gage
George E. Booth
Eugene Lighter
Coe Club of Chicago
Linn County
Arthur Poe
Cedar Rapids
Russia Scorns Regime Set Up by Defenders
Moscow dismisses the Finnish government as a rival and praises the Soviet backed “people’s” regime at Terijoki. Molotoff defends air raids on air fields, not towns, and rejects Roosevelt’s plea to avoid bombardment. Pravda cartoon shows Finnish leaders as rats aboard a sinking ship as Soviet forces advance along the border.
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Russia
Roosevelt
America
Finland
Helsingfors
Moscow
Pravda
Communist Party
People's
Terijoki
Refugees Burn Houses as Finns Fight Russians Near Kirkenes
Finnish refugees stream into Norway after burning homes to deny Russians access as 800 Finnish soldiers clash with thousands of Russians ten miles from the border near Svanvik. Fires blaze, scorched earth tactics evident, while Norwegian authorities shelter evacuees and wounded await aid.
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Kirkenaes
Norway
Finlands
Svanvik
Finland's Premier Seeks Settlement With Reds
Helsinki, UP — Risto KƗyti, Finland's new premier, said his cabinet hopes to settle with the U.S.S.R by negotiations despite Moscow's recognition of a communist Finnish government at Terijoki. He warned the Finns will fight to the last man if talks fail, noting ongoing fronts, 17 Russian planes shot down and 14 Soviet tanks destroyed on Friday, while praising U.S. moral support and seeking aid from Britain and France.
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Moscow
Russia
Finland
Malatoft
Svanvik
Salmijaersi
Helsingfors
New York
Risto Qyti
United Press
Terijoki
U.S. S.R
Kuusinen
America
Britain
France
Scandinavian Anti Red Riots Across Europe
Reports from Copenhagen Stockholm and Paris describe anti Russian demonstrations over Finland invasion. Crowds attack the Russian legation in Copenhagen while Stockholm police quell a thousand strong mob at New Day office. Paris naval quarters warn Russia may seek a land strip near North Cape to fortify ice free ports. Oslo papers call Russia crusade a Bolshevist bid to conquer Europe.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Finland
Legation
Stockholm
Sweden
New Day
Paris
Russia
Atlantic
Norway
North Cape
Oslo
Europe
Aftenposten
Germany
Dude Ranch Cowboy Divorced By Heiress Settlement
LOS ANGELES AP Wealthy Virginia E McCafferty daughter of University of Pennsylvania president won a default divorce from the dude ranch cowboy she married in 1934 She was given custody of their two children Daniel Gerald Mc Cafferty who eloped from a Wyoming ranch receives 900 in settlement of all claims against her The father Thomas S Gates testified she left him after he blocked her eyes and threw an ash tray In a cross complaint McCafferty charged she refused him work Settlement approved Friday required her to pay his attorney 800
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Los Angeles
Virginia E. McCafferty
University of Pennsylvania
Daniel Gerald McCafferty
Wyoming
McCafferty
Thomas S. Gates
Finland Wins Land Sea Victories At Petamo and Hango
Helsinki reports major Finnish triumphs against Soviet forces with the recapture of the Petamo port, damage to the Kiroff cruiser, and sea bombarding actions. Official figures claim 1,200 Russians captured in Karelia, 18 planes shot down, and 19 tanks destroyed over two days as Finland faces continued air raids.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Arctic
Petsamo
Peetsamo
Are
Karelia
Lake
Ladoga
Stockholm
Kiroff
Reuters
One Minute To Eight Tonight Want Ad Call In
The Sunday Gazette urges readers to place last minute Want Ads to raise Christmas cash. Advertisers can sell clothing furniture musical instruments and children's toys while thousands read the section for savings. Call 2-1121 to televise your ad.
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Sunday Gazette
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