Eden Urges Democracy Allies to Stand Firm Against State Worship
Britain’s Anthony Eden told 4000 at the Waldorf that democracy faces a danger from a new idolatry the worship of the state. He urged Americans and Britons to defend individual rights and toleration, warning against complacency about global perils.
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New York
Anthony Eden
Britain
Debonair
Waldorf-Astoria
National Association of Manufacturers
Eden
United States
England
Eden Confesses Wife’s Push Prompted Speech
Anthony Eden told the National Association of Manufacturers he agreed to speak because his wife urged him. He quipped about how women are once they set their pearls on something, reflecting on the invitation to address the group.
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New York
INS
Anthony Eden
National Association of Manufacturers
Bible Sunday marks 400th anniversary of English Bible
The article reflects on Bible Sunday and the 400th anniversary of the Bible in English since 1538. It recalls chained Bibles in churches, urges releasing the Bible’s imprisoned splendor, and laments modern neglect and difficult print style that hinder readers from hearing its life guiding word.
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Essex
Daladier Wins In Chamber Balloting
Paris AP Daladier forged a fragile 74 vote majority in the chamber of deputies after a riotous session. The confidence vote stood 315 to 241 with support from conservatives and rightists, while socialists and communists voted against. The premier faces three risky paths, most likely continuing with the shaky majority as opponents vow to topple him.
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Paris
Daladier
Chamber of Deputies
Italy
Chamber
French Social Party
Francois de la Rocque
People's Front
Lebrun
Senate
Daladieer
Workers of France
le Populaire
L’humanite
Iowa Governor-elect Wilson vows new era of reform and unity
George A. Wilson, Iowa's newly elected governor, tells 1,200 Republicans at the state jubilee dinner that the task begins now with elimination of waste and graft. Lieutenant Governor-elect B B Hickenlooper and GOP leaders pledge retrenchment, disciplined government, and lower taxes as they outline the party's program.
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Des Moines
George A. Wilson
Iowa
Wilson
G.op
Hickenlooper
B B. Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
J. H. Milroy
G.O.P
Harrison E. Spangler
National Committeean
Mercury Makes Strong Advance In Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids weather report shows sun erasing clouds as the temperature climbs from 24 at 7 a.m. to 38 by 2 p.m. Overnight lows reach 18 and 22, with Friday’s high at 27 and a low around 18.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers
Anakeep, Company Uy Rie Tay
Al Capone to Return to Chicago Next Month
Al Capone will leave Alcatraz on January 19 1939 to return to Chicago but must serve a year in Cook County jail before freedom. He faces a tax evasion sentence totaling 215 080 and an income of 1 038 654 for 1925 to 1929. Capone, once head of a vast rackets empire, has seen Prohibition era profits dwindle and rivals reduced by law and violence.
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Chicago
al Capone
Capone
Alcatraz
San Francisco Bay
Cook County
Thomas J Courtney
Courtney
Dom
Atlanta
Kennedy Leaves 10 Talk With President Kennedy Leaves 10 Talk With President
United States Ambassador Joseph P Kennedy departed London on Saturday to discuss Far East and Europe with President Roosevelt. He boarded the Queen Mary at Southampton and declined comment on a New York report alleging partisanship for Prime Minister Chamberlain. He said he would be back in London in February for vacation.
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INL
United States
Joseph P Kennedy
Washington
Roosevelt
Far East
Europe
Kennedy
Southampton
New York
Neville Chamberlain
Great Britain
Higley Corporation Triumph Ends 12 Year Tax Fight
The Higley family defeats the Internal Revenue Service in a long battle over an alleged $18,299 estate tax deficiency. The Board of Tax Appeals ruled the tax was not properly assessed and no tax is due, after prior reversals in circuit court and appeals. The Merchants National Bank acted as trustee for the property valued at $465,398.85.
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Cedar Ranide News
Internal Revenue Department
Elmer A. Higley
Federal Board of Tax Appeals
Don Barnes
Merchants National Bank
Higley
Corporation
Elmer A Higley
Board of Tax Appeals
Circuit Court of Appeals
the Revenue Department
Duke of Kent Wears Eyeshade For Eye Inflammation
The Duke of Kent, brother of King George, is diagnosed with inflammation in one eye and will wear an eye shade for several days, according to a Saturday announcement.
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London
Duke of Kent
George
Outbreak Traced To Oct 24 Card Party Typhoid Cases
Health officials report 51 typhoid cases with 41 linked directly to the Oct 24 card party. One case involved a recent city arrival. nine are indirect contact cases. Dr. V H Hasek notes 128 attendees were blood tested, feces tests confirmed 41 cases, with one death and ongoing follow up until two negative tests.
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V. H. Hasek
Hasek
State Board of Health
Demand for $1,000 TelephonE Threat Reported
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Novotny of 2311 D Avenue NE reported an anonymous telephone call at 4:45 p.m on a Friday. A man demanded $1,000 or “else” after asking for Mrs. Novotny. The line cut off when Mrs. Novotny called her husband back.
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Cedar Rapids
Charles A. Novotny
D Avenue
Alma college pay phone yields coins from dorm collection
Alma Michigan AP reports a pay telephone in a girls dormitory at Alma College produced a surprising haul when the coin box was opened. The take included 99 pennies 47 slags and four nickels.
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Alma, Mich
Alma College
Traffic death toll cut in 35 leading cities says AP
A survey of 35 leading cities shows major drops in traffic deaths in early December with Providence leading at a 69 percent decline and others like Columbus and Cleveland reporting 40 to 58 percent cuts. The report credits enforcement education and engineering and notes varying trends across cities.
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Columbus O
Cleveland
Birmingham
Ala
Louisville
Detroit
Dallas
Milwaukee
Buffalo
Newark
New York City
Levine's Second Wife Sues for Divorce in Nevada
Mrs Della Doris Berne Levine filed suit in Reno for divorce from Charles A. Levine the former Brooklyn junk dealer famed as the first transatlantic air passenger. She cites extreme cruelty amid reports the couple wed in Carson City on October 8 1935 after his divorce from his first wife Grace B. Levine.
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Reno
New
Della Doris Berne Levine
Charles A. Levine
Brooklyn
Levine
Clarence Chamberlain
Lewisburg
Carson City
Nev
Grace B. Levine
Republicans Edge Enoch Arden Law by One Year
Arthur Bugs Baer notes seventy new Republican congressmen could shift policy like a hot orchestra. He compares them to reinforcements since Waterloo and urges appointing a strong committee to keep the party from settling on government buildings.
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Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Blucher
Waterloo
Clash of off duty officers leaves one shot
Washington police report two young officers in civilian clothes mistaken each other for a bandit. Officer Ward fired, wounding Officer Millman in the abdomen, after a chase and struggle as bystanders watched. Millman remained in serious condition.
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Washington
Leonard Millman
Providence Hospital
Wale
Ward
Millman
Wat
Milliman
Cardenas Seeks Parley On Compensating Seized Lands
President Lazaro Cardenas via US Ambassador Josephus Daniels invites American firms with expropriated Mexican property to send a committee to Mexico City for compensation talks. The expropriation includes the Las Mochis estate, a 10 million hectare hacienda in Sinaloa, the largest American owned farm seized in Mexico.
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Mexico City
INL
Lazaro Cardenas
United States
Josephus Daniels
Cardenas
Daniels
Mexico
Las Mochis
Sinaloa
United Sugar Company
American Dreyfus Faces $100000 Suit in Chicago
Oberlin M Carter known as the American Dreyfus is named a defendant in a $100,000 false arrest suit filed by Russell A Miller of Winnetka. The suit alleges Miller had Carter’s towed car arrested for automobile theft after a minor accident and police asked the tow. Miller was found not guilty of the charge. Carter, a former army captain, sought vindication of a 1898 fraud conviction and has lost numerous appeals in federal courts and before the Supreme Court.
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Chicago
Oberlin
M Carter
Dreyfus
Russell A Miller
Winnetka
Carter
George F. Scherzer
Wilmette, Hl
Carter Miller
Miller
Court of St. James
Federal
United States Supreme Court
Chicago police hunt for looter of Mrs Schmidt home
Police saturated Chicago neighborhoods to find the unfair trader who looted Mrs. John K Schmidt. The thief left a half empty gin bottle and took a watch a gold bracelet a silver pont a pound of butter and a shirt in exchange.
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Chicago
INS
John K. Schmidt
Wreck Crashes Fort Pitt Express Near Cheago to Pittsburgh
A derailed Fort Pitt Fort Pitt passenger train near Cheago to Pittsburgh sent many passengers tumbling from berths. Three were treated at De fiance hospital, others aided by ambulances and private cars. Several coaches overturned, but injuries were largely superficial due to sleeping passengers and bedding cushioning. Authorities blamed a dropped pin by a locomotive as the probable cause amid chaotic scenes and relief efforts.
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Defiance
Baltimore
Olivia
Fort Pitt
Cheago
Pittsburgh
Here
Defiance Hospital
James Knowell
St. Paul Minn
Helen Rowland
Chicasen
Michael Shaughnessy
Akron
Sheaughness
Gaston B Means In Critical Condition At Federal Center
Springfield AP reports Gaston B Means, tied to the Lindbergh ransom hoax, remains in critical unchanged condition at a federal medical center. Physician Dr King cited heart ailment worsened by a recent gall bladder operation as of Saturday. Means serves 16 years for defrauding Mrs Evalyn Walsh McLean of 104000 in the Lindbergh kidnapping case.
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Springfield
Gaston B. iMeans
Federal Medical Center
M RR
King Warden
Means
Evalyn Walsh McLean
Washington, D. C
Charles A. Lindbergh, J
Aetna Votes Bonus To 6 600 Employees
Hartford based Aetna Life and affiliated firms directors voted to grant 6 600 employees a Christmas week bonus equal to half a month's pay. The total expenditure for the gesture reached $500 000.
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Aetna
Hartford, Conn
Aetna Life and Affiliated Insurance Companies
Skates for Sale Attract Buyers In Gazette Want Ad
M C Middaugh of 159 14th Ave SW placed a want ad offering men s shoe skates. Eighteen people called. one bought, seventeen still watching Gazette for more skates. Call before 8 tonight to place a Sunday want ad. Used once Racine style size 10. Dial 2 3307.
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M. C. Middaugh
14Th Ave
The
Gazette
Mr. Middaugh
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