Extension of 1918 Social Security filing deadline
Washington AP reports the deadline for workers to file data for federal pension accounts is extended to December 15 after 26 million forms were received. The move aims to allow proper questionnaire preparation amid a last hour rush and unemployment insurance activity across states.
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Sunday Gazette Cedar Rapids Holiday Issue Highlights
The forty four page Sunday Gazette plus sixteen pages of comics covers world and local news editorials theater sports and society. It features an electrical gifts section with local merchants, arts and features including poems by Edgar Guest and propsoals for الصحة.
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Josephine Culbertson
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Firemen seek more toys to repair for Christmas
Community appeal urges attic rummage for broken toys to be repaired by firefighters before Christmas. Call Central fire station 20769 for pickup. volunteers can complete the task in ten minutes today to bring joy to children on December 25.
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Unsettled December Weather Across Midwest and Plains
The period December 7 to 12 brings much unsettled weather to the Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and the northern and central Great Plains with frequent precipitation. Cold early week in northern areas gives way to warmer, but near normal to below normal temperatures southward as the week progresses.
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Second Siamese twin dies after separation operation
Simplicio Godino, 28, Siamese twin severed from his dead brother Lucio ten days earlier, died at York hospital from complications of the operation. Doomed by cerebral spinal meningitis after an initial recovery, he lost consciousness at 6 p.m. and died shortly before 10:30 p.m.
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Blum Wins Confidence Vote On Spanish Neutrality
Paris AP report says Socialist Premier Leon Blum weathered a major political crisis. In a test vote on Spanish neutrality, 350 deputies supported Blum while 171 opposed, with communists abstaining. Blum vowed to override opposition to his stance and maintain neutrality.
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Popular Front
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Sailor Admit Threatening Ginger Rogers in Extortion Plot
James F. Hall a sailor musician from the carrier Lexington was arrested in Long Beach after confessing to writing extortion letters to actress Ginger Rogers and her mother demanding 5000 dollars. He planned a payoff date and said he did it for easy money. Hall faced federal extortion charges with 25000 dollars bail and awaits grand jury action.
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William Fleet Palmer
Federal Grand Jury
Wisconsin Woman Frozen To Death
Wisconsin's first death from cold this season was recorded at the coroner's office. The frozen body of Mrs Gladys Sheldon 40 was found in a roadside ditch after she walked home from visiting her parents at Clam Lake. She was a mother of three.
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Happiness Is Inside and Outside in Everyday Living
A reader reflects on happiness as a mood and inner state. The piece argues happiness fluctuates with light and shadow in life and is not bought from outside but found within. It emphasizes variety of experiences gives life meaning and cautions against seekers of a magic fix.
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Snowfall Creates Traffic Problems in Cedar Rapids
Over three and a half inches of snow fell in Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas on Saturday, creating hazardous driving conditions as streets and highways grew slick. Visibility dropped with temperatures near 20, windshields steamed, and motorists spent time defrosting. Linn county crews deployed seven snowplows from Marion to clear principal routes, while Cedar Rapids operated eight plows with forty-two workers through the night and into Sunday.
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Pope Pius XI Takes Turn For Worse
Pope Pius XI, aged over 79, showed a worsening condition with a blood clot in the left leg and paralysis in both legs. Respiratory complications and fever increased concerns as medical staff remained at his bedside while cardinals prayed nearby.
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Hull Urges Armory of Peace With 21 Nations
Secretary Cordell Hull urged 21 American republics to form an armory of peace to avert war and safeguard home peace. He presented an eight point anti war program at the Inter American peace conference as Brazil backs President Roosevelt's good neighbor policy.
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Committee On Organization of Peace
Rescue Mission Rescues Three From Nevada Mine
In Las Vegas 250 miners worked in two shifts to break through a rock barrier and free three men trapped by a cave in at the Probe No 3 lead and zinc mine.
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Wedgwood Leads UK Campaign for King Edward VIII Marriage
Labour MP Josiah Wedgwood organized a nationwide effort supporting King Edward VIII in his bid to wed Mrs Wallis Simpson. He urged the coronation proceed as planned despite doctrinal objections. Winston Churchill stands as the only other MP openly backing the king.
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King Edward VIII Faces Abdication Crisis Over Wallis Simpson
The King canceled royal engagements and stayed at Fort Belvedere as the abdication crisis deepens. Winston Churchill backs the king, urging time and patience while Mrs. Simpson retreats to the French Riviera. public opinion shifts toward favoring the monarch's right to marry.
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Hays Blocks Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson Film Romance
Washington report notes the Hays office vetoes any scenario based on the Edward and Wallis Simpson romance. Leo Birinski’s proposed I Gave My Wife to the King was rejected, with risks cited to studio standing in England and the wider industry. Despite many writers pursuing the story, Hollywood remains hands off.
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Mrs Simpson Arrives At Her Riviera Refuge
Mrs Wallis Simpson reaches Villa Lou Viei at Cannes under heavy guard from French and British police. Reporters, photographers, and escort cars swarm the scene as preparations and private line to Buckingham Palace unfold for the exile guest.
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Simpson rumor swirls over yacht visit to Riviera
Cannes dispatch reports unconfirmed rumors that Mrs. Wallis Simpson intends to board the Sister Anne yacht owned by Hon. Mrs. Reginald Fellowes off Monte Carlo. Simpson’s luggage was moved to a Riviera villa storage for indefinite storage.
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Crowds Rally Behind King Edward as London Protests Increase
Boisterous crowds in London chant support for King Edward and condemn Prime Minister Baldwin’s cabinet in a constitutional crisis. Demonstrators fill streets with chants and banners calling for the king to stay on the throne and marry Mrs. Wallis Simpson if he wishes. A notable crowd gathered at Buckingham Palace with placards reading God save the king from Baldwin.
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King Edward’s infatuation blamed on Wallis Simpson
Viscount Castlerosse told reporters in New York that King Edward fell in love with Mrs. Wallis Simpson because she cured his inferiority complex. He claimed the American woman’s influence over the king was not sexual but a domineering confidence builder that revamped the monarch’s self image.
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Edward VIII Abdn possibilities stir British crisis
Reports say King Edward VIII signed abdication papers while planning a Cannes trip to wed Wallis Simpson. Baldwin’s cabinet met as Churchill could head a new government if the king refuses to renounce marriage, with documents delivered for royal perusal at Fort Belvedere.
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