United States and Argentina Agree on Pan American Defense Front
Lima Peru report says the United States and Argentina reached a unified approach to deter aggression in the Americas. Cantilo will return to Buenos Aires after guiding a declaration forming a common defense front. Hull aligned with Cantilo on a declaratory pact rather than a full alliance.
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Lima
Peru
United States
Argentina
Jose Maria Cantilo
Buenos Aires
Cordell Hull
Cantilo
Hull
Mull
Afranio Mello Franco
Brazil
Commission For Organization of Peace
Pedro Manini Rios
Uruguay
Alf M. Landon
Americas
Venezuela
Cantile
America
Landon
Kansas
Peace Organization
John F. O'Hara
Notre Dame University
The Choosing of Peoples and the Fallacy of Supremacy
Dr Newton argues against the belief that any single people are divinely chosen or superior. He cites biblical, Chinese, Babylonian, and other cultures to show all nations claim a special destiny, but warns such thinking fuels vanity and savagery. The selection of race as ruling power has no factual basis and must be abandoned.
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China
Babylon
Japan
India
Germany
Legion Opens Drive for Stabilized Jobs Nationwide
The American Legion launches a peacetime campaign with over a million members to push for employment stabilization and more jobs for workers over 40. Through its employment committee, 11,408 posts will educate the 25 largest employers in each state about cost savings from stabilization and reduced unemployment fund payments.
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Indianapolis
American Legion
Legion
Jack Crowley
Rutland
Lindberghs Take Paris Apartment for Winter
Intranisgeant reports Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh have rented an apartment in Paris for the winter. Earlier reports said the Lindberghs might spend the rest of the winter in Berlin.
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Paris
INS
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindberghs
Berlin
Eva Tanguay Shows Hopeful Recovery In Hollywood
Eva Tanguay the I Don t Care Girl and former musical comedy star appeared with marked improvement after a critical illness. Dr Wendell W Starr said he was hopeful she would survive and recover.
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Hollywood
Eva Tanguay
Wendell W. Starr
Races Rights of Education Ruled Equal Across States
The Supreme Court ruled that Missouri must admit Lloyd L. Gaines, a Negro student, to the University of Missouri Law School, holding equality of educational rights for white and Negro students. Chief Justice Hughes stated the state’s duty to provide training to residents on equal terms.
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Washington
Supreme Court
University of Missouri Law School
Lloyd L. Gaines
St. Louis
Hughes
Missouri
McReynolds
Butler
National Labor Relations Board
Peninsular and Occidental Steamship Company
Labor Board
CIO
A. F. of L
Final appeal for toys to repair for needy children
Cedar Rapids Fire Chief E P Kohout urged a final campaign to repair worn toys for Christmas. The drive, started before Thanksgiving, runs low on usable toys as local firemen seek donations by calling 2 0769 for pickup.
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E. P. Kohout
Kohout
Car Crash in Cedar Rapids Damages Two Cars
Richard Kadiec and Gwen Robson of Cedar Rapids suffered nervous shock after a 5 40 p m collision at Eighth avenue and Sixth street SE. The car driven by Carl Von Voltenberg 821 Second Avenue SE turned over. Weaver Witwer of Hilltop Farm drove the other car. both vehicles were damaged.
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Cedar Rapids
Richard Kadiec
Gwen Robson
Wich
Carl von Voltenberg
Second Avenue SE
Weaver Witwer
Hilltop Farm
Eighth Avenue
Sixth Street
von Voltenberg
Christmas Suggestion for a Pleasant Gift Card
A Christmas suggestion presents as an ideal Christmas gift with a suitable card to accompany each subscription. The text promotes a thoughtful present including a card that pairs with the subscription.
Miller Reopens Fight With Hall Over 1942 Gubernatorial Bid
Iowa Secretary of State-elect Earl G Miller accuses Mason City’s W Earl Hall of planning a Republican bid for governor in 1942. He charges Hall was funded by state money via the safety council and criticizes Hall’s ties to the Democratic party. He vows to replace subordinates not aligned with his policies.
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Earl Miller
Hall
Mason City
Des Moines
INS
W. Earl Hall
Earl G Miller
Iowa
Miller
State Safety Council
Highway Patrol
Clyde Herring
Lew Wallace
The
Safety Council
Kraschel
You
Town Board of Education
Tom Pettit
City Praised for Handling Cedar Rapids Typhoid Outbreak
Dr. Paul Stephen of the Iowa state health department told Cedar Rapids officials and civic groups that rumors about a typhoid outbreak are unfounded. He cited 52 reported cases, linked mainly to a Oct 24 card party, with no contaminations in public eating places and thorough investigations showing the water and general supply safe.
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Cedar Rapids
Paul Stephen
Iowa State Department of Health
Stephen
Board of Health
State Health Department
Dr. Stephen
McKesson and Robbins chief resigns amid fraud probe
Board calls for resignation of F Donald Coster president and George E Dietrich head of crude drugs division as New York suspends securities. Investigators say Canadian warehouses named A H Raymond and B Pierson are phony with forged Dun and Bradstreet data. Public stenographer reveals little mail and no ties since 1933.
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Bulletin— New York
F. Donald Coster
McKesson and Robbins, Inc
George E. Dietrich
Crude Drugs Department
Montreal
Que
McKesson and Robbins Inc
Joseph F. Ruggieri
New York State
H Raymond and B Company
B. Pierson and Company
Ruggieri
McKesson and Robbins
Raymond Company
Pierson
New York Stock Exchange
McKesson and Robbins Securities
Dun and Bradstreet
A. H. Raymond Company
Brooklyn
Raymond
Patent Protection Is a Limited Exception to Policy
A DOJ anti trust spokesman told the Joint Anti Monopoly Committee that patent protection for industrials is a limited exception to public policy favoring free competition. Hugh B Cox said the department focuses on patents' effect on enforcing antitrust laws, not critiquing patent law or seeking changes at this time.
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Washington
INS
Department of Justice
Joint
Department
Hugh B Cox
Cox
Justice Department
Noted swindler Gaston Means dies in federal prison
Gaston B Means arch swindler and detective dies at 59 while imprisoned for defrauding Mrs Evalyn Walsh McLean of 104000. Means once claimed espionage work for Germany and notoriety across legal cases and Kidnap Lindbergh era schemes. He died after gall bladder surgery and a heart attack in Springfield Missouri.
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Springfield
Gaston B Means
Evalyn Walsh McLean
Leavenworth
Kan
Means
Harding
New York
Red
Burns Detective Agency
Germany
North Carolina
Cries Carry Half Mile Save Him in Nebraska Incident
In Lynch Nebraska a man named Harry Irwin suffered a crushed leg and internal injuries when a felled tree fell on him. His shouts for help reached a neighbor half a mile away, who then came to rescue him.
Temperature Falls To 15 During Night
The Cedar Rapids day's weather began with a 15 degree low at 8 a.m. rising to 24 by 1:30 p.m. Temperatures then dipped to 23 at 2:30 p.m. Sundays low hit 21 at 7 a.m. with a 35 peak at 1 p.m. 27 at 7 p.m. and 22 at midnight on the Chambers Inskeep recorder.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company Recorder
Britain and France urge slow moves on Memel Nazi advance
London reports Britain and France press Berlin to restrain Memel absorption after local elections. Chamberlain says Britain joins France in representations to prevent annexation of Lithuanian Memel while warning of possible moves toward Kaunas. London notes no binding pledge to defend France if Italy attacks.
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London
Great Britain
France
Germany
Memel
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Britain
Berlin
Italy
Japan
Lithuania
Court bars probe in insurance case in Des Moines
Des Moines Iowa District Court halted an injunction hearing for the Ili nois Bankers Life Assurance Co of Monmouth Illinois amid a bid by policyholder Edward J Klepfer to block hearings. Insurance Commissioner Maurice V Pew noted 28 similar complaints this year and seven lawsuits filed locally. He may seek a resistance with Attorney General John Mitchell.
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Des Moines
INS
Maurice V. Pew
Ilinois Bankers Life Assurance Company
Monmouth
Russell Jordan
Edward J. Klepfer
Keokuk
Pew
Klepfer
Iowa
John Mitchell
Comedian George Burns Pleads Guilty to Smuggling
George Burns pled guilty in federal court to smuggling jewelry valued at 4885 dollars. He was named in a sealed indictment alongside Albert Chaperau and others in a multi‑count case related to three importations on Jan 23 1936 March 10 1988 and May 16 1938.
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New York
George Burns
Burns and
Allen
Burns
Hollywood
Albert Chaperau
Edgar J. Lauer
New York Supreme Court
U.S
Joseph V Delaney
Chaperau
United States
Delaney
Bondy
Treasury Department
John W Roberts
Swanson Seeks Re-Canvass Of Ninth District Vote
DES MOINES AP A Pelk county district court temporary injunction was served preventing the state canvassing board from adjourning until it considers Alpert F Swanson's request for a re canvass of the Ninth district congressional race Swanson a Republican challenger to Vincent M Harrington lost by 339 votes in Sioux City The injunction allows Swanson's lawyers to gather material in Sioux City for the board which is composed of state executive council members.
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DES Moines
Pelk County District Court
Alpert F. Swanson
Statehouse
Russell Jordan
Swanson
Congress
Vincent M . Harrington
Sioux City
Harrington
Jordan
State Executive Council
Rumor of German Plot to Oust Roumanian King
London dispatch to the Daily Mirror claims six hundred Gestapo agents were assigned to overthrow King Carol and murder Magda Lupescu to install a pro Nazi Iron Guard regime in Roumania.
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London
INS
Gestapo
Secret Police
Iron Guard
London Daily Mirror
Berlin
Vienna
Carol
Magda Lupescu
Treasury Radio Tone At Coal Bin Bottom Gaffe
The column mocks how the housing authority dumped earmarked funds of 800 million, asking if ears marked would be elephants or mice. It quips about a treasury sound when a shovel hits the coal bin bottom and notes Ethel Barrymore’s future cornerstone dedications.
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Treasury
Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Housing Authority
Ethel Barrymore
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the Gazette
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Gaston Means
Arch
McLean
Washington, D. C
Charles A Lindbergh
Gr Means
Aiken
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Mrs. McLean
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Arch Crook
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Richard Butler
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Winth
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