How Fuehrer Bullied Czech Into Yielding
Testimony details Hitler and Goering pressuring Czechoslovakia’s leaders to surrender on March 15 1939. The document cites threats of using a full German division against Czech forces and notes Hitler’s irrevocable decision. Evidence also links Hungary and Slovakia leaders to the coercion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolf Hitler
Hermann Goering
Emil Hacha
Prague
Hitler
Goering
Hacha
Fuehrer
Wie
Czechoslovakia
Nicho Horthy
United States
Sidney Alderman
Horthy
Folhal
Satury Horthy
Joseph Tiso
Slovakia
Tiso
Sudetenland
Germany
Bohemia and Moravia
Mama Is Losing Lofts Of Jobs At Home But She Loves It
Ruth Millett notes a Rushville Illinois case where a returned SeaBee sheriff reasserts control, displacing his wife from household roles. The piece humorously tasks traditional gender dynamics, highlighting homemaker authority yielding to male leadership, and ends with an advertisement remark about cold remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
X-Seabee
Rushville
Seabee
Mamma
Crown Recovered After Telephonic Tip
The king’s crown is back with royal hands after a tip led guards to search a handcar on the railroad tracks. No crown was found beneath any car. flashlight searches continued for the missing headdress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Funny Angles at Trash Heap Crowned by Missing Property
Angelo reports a toppled iron cross and a broken ruby crown found atop a trash heap near D avenue NE. The piece, once worn by a royal at the league’s ball, was discarded after last Friday’s events as a new royale is expected next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D Avenue NE
Gan
Vets Returning From Overseas Arrive On Victory Ships
Eastern Iowans are listed as due home in early December aboard several ships. Names and hometowns include Cedar Rapids residents Carlyle Walkner John L Van Alst Virgil Jackson Halmer Sandboe Harold Alcott Walter Burt Harold Pfister Norbert Strong Carrol Coffin Gene Todd Leonard Odegard Donald Crossett Martin Monson Tipton Ray Koeppen and others aboard the Hood Sea Star Blue Island Lincoln Chapel Hill and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Boston
Hood Victory
Carlyle Walkner
Johnson Avenue NW
John L. van Alst
Cedar Rapids
Sea Star
San Francisco
Irvin W. Gress
Onslow
Blue Island
Kenneth D. Flannebecker
Sigourney
Harold E. Alcott
Garrison
Walter T. Burt
Waukon
Harold L. Pfister
Elgin
Norbert K. Strong
Lansing
Carrol H. Coffin
Gene H. Todd
Tipton
Leonard L. Odegard
Oelwein
Donald C. Crossett
Grinnell
Martin E. Monson
Belle Plaine
Chapel Hill Victory
New York
Harold R. Ford
Ray V. Koeppen
Keystone
Eastern Iowa Firms Named in Injunctions
Federal Judge Henry N Graven signed injunctions in six OPA cases permanently enjoining violations. Firms named include Waukon Style Shop A F Slack Manchester Piggly Wiggly Buckner and Thornton Decorah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
INS
Henry N. Graven
OPA
Waukon Style
A. F. Slack
Manchester
Piggly-Wiggly Store
Buckner and Thornton of
Decorah
Open City Drive For Books for Russian People
Cedar Rapids will cooperate in a national campaign to provide Books for Russia. Between today and next Wednesday December 12 the state will lend its effort to a campaign to supply at least a million books for Russia. The push cites libraries destroyed by Nazis and a shortage of English language titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Russia
Alice Story
Iowa
Biscan
John Scholte Nollen
Grinnell
Iowa Books For Russia
Campaign sponsors support Russian relief and library groups
The national campaign is led by the American Society for Russian Relief, Inc., formerly Russian War Relief. In Iowa the drive is sponsored by the Iowa Library Association and the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs with cooperation from educational and civic groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Irving
Whitman
Service
Melville
Harriett Beecher Stowe
American Society For Russian Relief, Inc
Russian War Relief
Iowa
Iowa Library Association
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
Notice of Appointment of Administrator with Will Annexed
In Linn County Iowa on November 27 1945 J Miller was appointed and qualified as Administrator with will annexed of the estate of Ethel d A Loper deceased All persons indebted to the estate are urged to pay immediately and the necessary documents are filed with the Clerk of Linn County Iowa Pred W Hann is the attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Linn County
Ethel D’a. Loper
Dist J. Miller
Pred W. Hann
Board Meeting Notice in Des Moines
The board will meet to discuss matters and take action. Brepontes reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Interested parties should address Needham, Superintendent of Print at Le base House in Des Moines.
Incorporation Notice for OLAB MACHINERY & SUPPLY CO OF AR RAPIDS
Notice of incorporation states Cedar Rapids location with authorized capital of 2000 shares at 100 each. Corporation commenced in 1945 and shall terminate Sept 20 1965. Board of 3 to 7 directors to be elected annually. Fred W Swanson Jr president and G Phillips secretary listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Obe Ae Co
Cedar Rapids
Cedar i Swill
E Corporation
Stockpoleere Op
Mondaday Ja
Glee Ae
Emoe Board
Wes
Soeenten
Olob Machinery & Supply CO
AR Rapids
Fred W. Swanson, Jr
G. Phillips
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Beata
Jean Patou
Risque Ae
Dana Tabu
Vigney Beau Catcher
Balpine Baths
Vigney Heure Initime Cologne
Tewoola
Rubinstein
Renoir
Chen Yu
Newman
By Angelo
Mabel
Cam
Theodore Dreiser
Sinclair Lewis
Upton Sinclair
Ernest Hemingway
John Hersey
John Priestley
Pearl Buck
Erskine Caldwell
Louis Bromfield
Mark Twain
O’henry
Rex Beach
Jack London
Hamlin Garland
H. G. Wells
George Bernard Shaw
Rudyard Kipling
John Galsworthy
Thomas Hardy
Edgar Guest
Shakespeare
Dickens
Milton
Chaucer
Browning
Wordsworth
Eliot
Scott
Shelley
Keats
Wilde
Poe
Longfellow
Tennyson
Swinburne
Thackeray
Stevenson
Kenmore Food Shop
Libby
trTi
Heinz
College Grocery
Thirteenth St
Dial
Troyak Brothers
Fifth St
Zachar
Surry’s Food Market
Eighth Ave
Naval
Texas
Parsnips
Ibs
California
Lesny
Ivory
Heinz Tomato
nYaRye
White Rock Springs
Ee Dial
Idaho
Thern
Eo Z
Warner
Hills Bros. Coffee
T Eyl
Rinso
Briardale
Camay Soap
T. Jar
Staley’s
le. Can
Frank ‘Burns
Richelieu
Monarch Gherkin
Grange Tekso
Sunshine Market
First Avenue
Cmd
15Th Street
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