Cedar Rapids Defense Day a City Wide Smash Hit
Cedar Rapids joined in Build a Bond events across all sides of the city. Thousands attended hundreds of parties and defense stamps sales topped 85,000 in a week, with bonds issued by banks and individuals totaling over 73 thousand dollars. William Tehel bought a 5000 dollar bond at a St George Cadets event. four 1000 dollar bonds were sold at the Western Bohemian Fraternal hall. Civic, labor, church, and club groups aided, with the Cedar Rapids Woman's Club moving 1400 plus stamps.
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Cedar Rapids
South Side
North Side
West Side
East Side
Defense Savings
Post Office
Young Men’s Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
William Tehel
Third Street
St. George
St. Wenceslaus Church
United States Defense
Tehel
Tehe
West‘ern Bohemian Fraternal Association
Z.C.B J Hall
Frank Cach
Second Avenue
August Subik
Memorial ‘Drive
U S to Act Against New British Foes
Washington officials weighed possible steps against Finland Romania and Hungary following Britain's declaration of war on those nations. The question also touched on Franco German talks and Vichy France's stance, with diplomats noting Britain may aim at postwar peace terms rather than current hostilities.
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Washington
United States
Finland
Rumania
Hungary
Great Britain
Soviet Russia
Marshal Henry Petain
France
Hermann Goering
Petain
Germany
Helsinki
Soviet Union
Cordell Hull
Hull
State Department
Europe
Britain
Cedar Rapids Girl 15 Injured Crossing Avenue
Marjorie Moen 15 daughter of Mr. and Mrs E R Moen suffered cuts and abrasions when struck by QO L Thomas 66 driver of a car at First Avenue E and Crescent Drive. Police said Thomas drove about 10 mph toward the school crosswalk and blamed sun glare for failing to see the stop sign and pedestrian. Moen released from St Luke's hospital after treatment.
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Cedar Rapids
Marjorie Moen
E. R. Moen
Grande’ Avenue SE
First Avenue E
QO. L. Thomas
North English
Miss Moon
Thomas
St. Luke’s Hospital
Big Five Officials Ratify Wage Pact
The Big Five railway unions told 350000 members that a walkout planned for Sunday was canceled after wage talks. They ratified a wage pact granting daily increases of 76 cents Friday night, ending a long railroad dispute reached before President Roosevelt's special mediation.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Nazis Claim Seven Towns Taken On Moscow Front
The Italian radio reported Hitler hurled 1.5 million troops 8000 tanks and 1000 guns into a massive offensive against Moscow amid record cold. German front lines claimed seven towns captured near Mozhaisk Klin and gains east of Orel and Kursk while Soviet counter offenses and heavy fighting persisted around Kalinin and Leningrad. Simultaneously North Africa saw renewed battles as British and Italian forces clashed near Bir El Gobi Tobruk.
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Adolf Hitler
Moscow
Red Capital
Associated Press
Moscow Front
Kalinin
Mozhaisk
Klin
Orel
Kursk
Ukraine
Malo- Arkhangelsk
Livny
Novosil
Mtsensk
Chern
Reuters
Red Army
Germany
Pravda
Tula
Leningrad
Tikhvin
Libyan
North Africa
Bir el Gobi
Tobruk
Berlin
Morgenthau Sends Best Wishes For Bond Day in Cedar Rapids
Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr wires congratulations to Russell Knapp of Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce on Build a Bond Day. He praises efforts to promote defense savings bonds and stamps and extends best wishes for the campaign.
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Cedar Rapids
Britain declares war on Finland Hungary and Romania
Britain announces war with Finland Hungary and Romania after Finland rejects its demands to halt fighting Russia. Scotland Yard begins rounding up enemy aliens including about 5,000 Hungarians, 400 Rumanians, and 200 Finns for internment. Finland says it defends against Russia. Hitler sends congratulatory message to Ryti on Finland independence anniversary.
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Scotland Yard
Great Britain
Finland
Hungary
Rumania
Washington
United States
Helsinki
Budapest
Bucharest
Britain
Foreign Office
Russia
Romania
Nah 2 Gonvids Who Escaped Reformatory
Clyde Whitaker and Leslie Adams, both inmates at the Anamosa state reformatory dairy farm, were captured in Des Moines after a tip from a former convict. Whitaker, 25, was held for automobile theft with a 10 year term, Adams, 22, for forgery with a 10 year term. They confessed to stealing a car near Monticello and later breaking into a farm home to steal firearms.
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Des Moines
Clyde Whitaker
Leslie Adams
State Reformatory
Anamosa
Whitaker
Adams
Reformatory
Paul Castelline
Monticello
Girl and boy hurt when hit by car near Marion
Esther Nielsen aged 13 and Kenneth Finn aged 16 were struck by an automobile as they walked along the highway near the east end of the railroad viaduct at the west edge of Marion. Both were taken to Mercy hospital in fair condition with injuries including a jaw injury, cuts, bruises, and a broken leg. The driver, Bill Sanford, said the couple appeared from darkness and he swerved but struck them.
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Cedar Rounds
Cedar Park
Marion
Esther Nielsen
Kenneth Finn
H Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Bill Sanford
Second Avenue SE
Sanford
Gene Miller
Melvin Green’s 10-point buck stolen from downtown cafe
In Steelton Melvin Green finally tagged a 10-point buck after 20 seasons, proudly displaying it in front of a downtown cafe for the town to see. Thieves stole the buck Thursday night.
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Steelton, Pa
Melvin Green
London Czech group says war exists with Finland Romania Hungary
In London the Czech exile quarters stated that the free Czechoslovakian regime regards a state of war as existing between itself and the governments of Finland Romania and Hungary.
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London
INS
Finland
Rumania
Hungary
Vast New Arms Bill Clears House In Lend Lease Push
The $8.244 billion supplemental defense bill passed the House 309 to 5 and awaits Senate action. It would raise defense expenditures and authority to about $67.99 billion, roughly double WWI spending, with $1.556 billion for lend-lease and a possible extra $500 million under need. Two isolationist amendments were defeated, keeping foreign transfer and lend-lease funding intact.
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HOUSE
Senate
Washington
Hitler
United States
War Department
Joshua L. Johns
Wis
Robert F Rich
Railroads Seek Higher Rates For Services
Rail traffic executives traveled to Washington to push freight and passenger rate increases to fund a $300 million payroll boost as a nationwide rail strike threat faded. With defense freight at capacity and record holiday passenger volume expected, a 10 percent blanket increase was deemed the minimum to cover wage gains. Recommendations were prepared for filing with the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Chicago
Washington
American Association of Railroads
F. Cleveland
Cleveland
Interstate Commerce Commission
AA. R
J J Pelley
ICC
Mercury Warms Up After Skidding To 19-Degree Low
Forecast for Cedar Rapids and vicinity calls for fair weather tonight and Sunday with a rise in temperature. The day opened with a 19 degree low between 7 and 7:30 am Saturday, then climbed to 38 by 1:45 pm and continued rising as humidity held at 36 percent. Friday’s high reached 50 degrees after midnight Thursday, with daytime heaters peaking at 44 between 2 and 3 pm before evening cooling to 24 by midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Industry Defenses Praised as Production Surges
In New York, Chrysler President K T Keller lauded defense production progress to NAM, noting U S output now rivals wartime German capacity. He cited a 1942 plan to produce 30 billion dollars in defense materials, down 8 billion from 1939. Assistant Attorney General Thurman Arnold critiqued labor union illegitimate practices costing consumers up to a billion annually.
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New York
K. T. Keller
Chrysler Corporation of America
National Association of Manufacturers
United States
Keller
Thurman Arnold
Britain recalls Far East troops as crisis deepens
Britain orders all fighting men to report to Singapore posts amid a tense Far East stand off. Australia plans to send tank troops to defend the Dutch East Indies if war breaks out. Nippon Yusen Kaisha recalls leaders from Singapore and Bombay. Japan pulls two embassy attaches from Washington. Tokyo faces requests from Indian and Ceylon nationals for another repatriation ship. Australia strengthens alliance with the United States and Britain in response to potential Japanese aggression.
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Associated Press
Great Britain
Singapore
Far East
Australia
Dutch East Indies
Britain
Gibraltar
Nippon Yusen Waisha
Bombay
Japan
Washington
Tadamori
Arino Uchida
Domei
India
Ceylon
Tokio
United States
Japan Reply To Full Demand Awaited In White House Briefing
Washington reports mounting suspense over the Far Eastern crisis as Japan publicly denies aggressive aims for Indo China troops. Nomura and Kurusu say a careful reply to Hull's memorandum is being prepared, with press reports suggesting possible shifts if German successes or Libyan campaigning deteriorate.
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Washington
Far Eastern
Japan
Roosevelt
Indo-China
Pacific
Far East
Russia
Germany
Great Britain
Tokio
Cordell Hull
China
Kichisaburo Nomura
Saburo Kurusu
United States
Mr Roosevelt
White House
Hull
Nomura
Kurusu
Tension Rises in Far Eastern Military Zone
Japanese officials warned that hostile powers cannot derail a new East Asia order and left the decision to war or peace to Roosevelt and Churchill. Lt Gen Teiichi Suzuki said America and Britain could face a historic crime if they extend the world upheaval, as Kokumin warned of a billion Asians turning on the United States. The East Asia Economic Council declared it will repulse efforts to halt the new order, regardless of hostile powers.
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Japan
United States
East Asia
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Teiichi Suzuki
Cabinet Planning Board
Far East
Kokumin
America
East Asia Economic Council
Southwestern Asia
Asia
White House
Yomiuri
Nichi Nichi
Britain
Chugai Shogyo
Bangkok
Thailand
Indo-China
Washington
Pacific
Leopold III marries Mary Lelia Baels in Belgium
NEW YORK AP reports King Leopold III of Belgium, widowed since Queen Astrid’s death on August 29, 1935, has wed Mary Lelia Baels, daughter of a former East Flanders governor, according to a pastoral letter cited by Monsignor Van Roey, archbishop of Belgium.
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Leopold III
Astrid
Mary Lelia Baels
East Flanders
Gereman Radio
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