Letter to Current Comment questions Dies committee wording
A Cornell college reader asks Marshall to clarify a Recent Current Comment paragraph that warned to beware critics of accredited inquiries into un American activities. The open letter argues the line implies the Dies committee is an accredited inquiry and urges precise meaning to avoid smearing colleges with baseless accusations.
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Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Dies Committee
Cornell
Dies Congressional Committee
Marshall
F.B.I
New York Police Department
Frank Murphy
Thomas Dewey
Linn County
Hitler
Dies
Congress
Charles Hic ‘Ie
Nellian
Bremen Safe In German Waters After Long Arctic Voyage
The German luxury liner Bremen arrived safely in home waters after a voyage from Murmansk, aided by a Nazi plane that thwarted a British submarine. The $20,000,000 liner reportedly ran the British blockade, with authorities suggesting other German ships did likewise. The admiralty in London said the submarine did not attack to avoid war crime. The Bremen’s speed was noted as potentially double that of a modern British submarine.
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Berlin
Bremen
Murmansk
United States
North Sea
Germany
London
Admiralty
Inquiry into War Activities Authorized by Congress
A war activities inquiry authorized by Congress has been formally vested with power to proceed. The committee stands accredited and continues work amid objections from private citizens who critique its methods or purpose, yet the core authorization remains intact. Page 4, Col. 7.
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Sap
Dies Committee
Congress
Stee
Scoutmaster Kills Scout Then Ends Own Life
ELIZABETH PA AP County Detective Frank Ritz reported that Scoutmaster Daniel Hackett 29 accidentally killed Norval Harrison 15 while examining a .22 rifle with plans for a hunting trip. Hackett then shot himself, a sequence observed after Harrison's death in Hackett's home.
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Hackett
Harrison
Ritz
Vacancies of Loss Across Life and Faith
A minister recalls high loneliness in aging and loss within a great house. He shares scenes of old women and men grieving for loved ones, the church as home, and the enduring need for companionship. The piece contrasts youth’s view of church with elder longing and the quiet resilience found in faith.
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Wesley
Albert Pike
Russell Lowell
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Mercury Slow Under Heavy Sky in Cedar Rapids
Heavy skies over Cedar Rapids Tuesday kept temperatures subdued with the mercury rising from 35 at 7 a.m. to 39 at 10 and 50 at 2 30 p.m. The previous Monday’s best under fair skies reached 42 at 3 p.m. with 38 at 7 p.m. and midnight, per the Chambers Inskeep company dial.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers
Belief Uncertainty Delays Red Bombing By Reich Ally
Washington dispatch notes that Moscow shows sporadic bombing against Finland amid doubt about how Germany may react to Russia’s push to dominate the upper Baltic. The piece questions Moscow's restraint, citing Finland’s resistance and potential Berlin pressure.
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Washington
Russia
Moscow
Germany
Baltic
Red Army
Finland
League of Nations
Berlin
Balkans
It's Just The Old War Painted Over Says Bugs Baer
Bugs Baer argues the current conflict is the old war repainted not a new fight. He notes Pershing in 1918 sought to end the war and uses hay fever as a joke to illustrate futile neutrality until the clash ends.
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Bugs’ Baer
Arthur
Bugs” Baer
General Pershing
Moscow silent as League deadline on Finnish war passes
Geneva 24 hour deadline expired with no reply from Moscow to a League of Nations message demanding withdrawal of the Red Army from Finland and peaceful talks. Britain said a late reply by midnight Geneva time would count. Finland urged immediate halt to fighting and mediation. Russia’s possible resignation to avoid ouster was discussed by delegates.
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Geneva
Russia
League of Nations
Moscow
Red Army
Finland
League
Rodolfo Freyre
Blast Rips 40 Mile Pipeline In Tex Explosion
A violent blast ripped 40 miles of Shell owned pipeline from Archer county to near Ryan Oklahoma as an oxygen test was underway. One man Roy H. Brickley was cut and bruised after being toppled into a ditch at Jolly. The line carries oil from McCarney Texas to Chicago and shattered windows in Wichita Falls and nearby areas.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Shell Company
Archer County
Ire
Ryan
Oklo
Jolly
Here
Roy H. Brickley
Jey
Mce Carney
Texas
Chicago
Hoover Asks Cedar Rapids To Aid Finnish Relief Drive
Telegram from Herbert Hoover urged Mayor Frank Hahn to back a national fund for Finnish relief. He cited war displaced women and children as urgent. Hahn said local contributions could go to the Graybar Building in New York or be deposited locally for transfer to the Chase National Bank Finnish relief fund.
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Cedar Rapids
Herbert Hoover
Frank Hahn
Hoover
Hahn
Graybar Building
New York City
Chase National Bank
New York
Polish underground raid wounds Nazi governor near Posen
A secret Polish military organization attacked Arthur Greiser, governor of German Poland, near Posen. Several Nazi guards were killed but Greiser escaped. The Stockholm Reuters dispatch on Tuesday noted the raid shows underground Polish groups taking positive action.
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London
INS
Arthur Greiser
Poland
Reuters
Stockholm
Greiser
Posen
Penick And Ford Dividend Declared for 1939
New York AP report says Penick and Ford Ltd directors approved a $1 a share cash dividend on common stock payable December 26 to holders of record December 15. The payout lifts the total for the year to $4 per share, up from $3 in 1938.
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NEW York
Penick and Ford, Ltd
Driver Nassif Loses License and Faces Charges Change
Reckless driving charges against Helen Nassif, 20, were reduced to speeding after prosecutors and police court action. Nassif surrendered for 15 days a license she did not have and paid costs. She was later fined for driving without an operator's permit. Patrol records prompted a private inquiry, noting negligence but not recklessness. The case reflects ongoing police policy to file reckless driving after accidents, to deter faults and push civil action where appropriate.
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Helen Nassif
B Avenue NE
Harry Johnson
Miss Nassif
Sergt
Clarence Day
Highway Patrol
Day
Motor Vehicle Division
Des Moines
Nassif
Thomas B. Powell
W. H. Millard
Johnson
Powell
Tenth Street
Bob Vliach
Supervisors confront ghost bill for old courthouse supplies
An unexpected claim of 659.50 from Western Chemical of St. Joseph for four drums of polish and related chemicals, dated 1935 and 1937, surfaces in Linn county. The supervisors, unaware of the bill, seek explanation from the supplier while noting the courthouse supply account totals 5,078.46 for the year after settling older charges.
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Linn County
Western Chemical Company
St. Joseph
Earl Miller
Clarence L. Beeson
Cedar Rapids
Western Chemical Firm
Robert M. Vesely
Vesely
Woman Injured In Auto Collision In City
Mary L. Rock, 60, of 1002 A avenue NW, was injured when her car, driven by her nephew Ted Rock, collided with a machine driven by F. M. Steele at the Second avenue Sixth street SW intersection at 10 05 a m Tuesday. Two children in Ted Rock's car were uninjured. Miss Rock complained of back injuries and was taken to Mercy hospital.
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Mary L. Rock
A Avenue NW
Second Avenue
Sixth Street
Ted Rock
Seventeenth Street
F. M. Steele
Fifth Avenue SE
John Rock
Susan Rock
Miss Rock
Steele
Rock
Mercy Hospal
Simmons Testimony On Note Settlement Filed At Iowa City
A 156 page deposition from Orville Simmons, once of Iowa City, details a 12 582 43 debt settlement with the Johnson County Savings Bank receivership. The 1935 pact involved returning adequate collateral and four cars, revealed last summer, and Simmons now lives in Centralia Illinois. He testified November 9 in the district court with bankers and lawyers present, as the state seeks action against former examiner Summerwill.
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Iowa City
Orville Simmons
Johnson County Savings Bank
Simmons
Centralia
Ill
Floyd Philbrick
D. W. Bates
Frank Messer
R. S. Milner
Cedar Rapids
Ben Summerwill
Simmons Note
State Banking Department
D. C. Heath and Co
Charles Whitmore
Roosevelts Kin Quits NLRB Paper Over Embarrassment
Washington reports reveal Boettiger, son in law of President Roosevelt and Seattle publisher, said he complied with a board order to avoid embarrassing the Roosevelt administration. A confidential memo states he sympathized with the act but resented the board’s decision and avoided publicizing his views.
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Washington
LLP
House
National Labor Relations Board
John Boettiger
Roosevelt
Seattle
Edmund M. Toland
NLRB
Elwyn J. Eagen
Nathan Witt
Bridge expert prefers poker and plans a poker book
Oswald Jacoby, a renowned bridge expert, says he would rather play poker than bridge. He also intends to write a poker book, noting no new comprehensive work has appeared in 25 years. He adds the book will not cover nine card games with one-eyed jacks or wild spades.
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ST. Louis
Oswald Jacoby
Iowa Senators Split On Finland Credit Loan Policy
Iowa's two U.S. senators Clyde L. Herring and Guy M. Gillette voiced firm opposition to US war involvement while weighing a Finnish loan. Nine Iowa House members were asked. Rep. Fred C. Gilchrist provided a reply, with Rep. Thomas Martin on tour. Herring urged blocking a loan except to support American products, while Gillette warned the loan could be seen as a war move though Finland is not at war. Gilchrist saw no objection but urged avoiding entanglements. he expected public approval for the loan.
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Finland
United States
Iowa
Clyde L. Herring
Guy M. Gillette
the Gazette
Russia
Congress
Fred C. Gilchrist
Laurens
Thomas Martin
Iowa City
House
Herring
Ireland
America
Stalin
Gillette
Gilchrist
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Colorful film star Douglas Fairbanks Sr dies at 1 a.m.
Santa Monica Calif INLY reports heart attack death of famed screen pioneer Douglas Fairbanks Sr at his beach cottage. He suffered a prior mild attack Monday and had created landmark films such as The Mark of Zorro Robin Hood The Three Musketeers and The Thief of Bagdad. Mrs Fairbanks received medical care while the household arranged for body removal to Forest Lawn.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Douglas Fairbanks
Clarence Erikson
Robin Hood
Bagdad
Mary Pickford in Seclusion After Fairbanks Death
Mary Pickford isolated herself in her Chicago hotel suite after learning of Douglas Fairbanks death by phone from her niece. She had arrived from Hollywood to visit her third husband Charles Buddy Rogers, the orchestra leader at a lake shore hotel, and Rogers was with her when the news came.
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Chicago
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Hollywood
Charles
Buddy) Rogers
Lake Shore
Fairbanks
Rogers
Fairbanks Dies at 55 After Ill Health in Hollywood
Memorial cemetery notes the passing of actor Fairbanks at 12 45 a m after a brief illness. Nurse on duty first reported his difficulty, with Dr Phillip Same son rendering emergency treatment. Born in Denver in 1884, he rose to fame as an athletic film star and trained in fencing and dancing before joining a stage company. Continued on Page 4 Col 1.
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Fairbanks
Robert Fairbanks
Hollywood
Denver
Colo
Colorado School of Mines
Defer Removal Of Interurban Tracks
The removal of tracks used by Waterloo Cedar Falls and Northern is postponed until next spring by Commissioner Dave Willims and Ray Swein of Iowa Electric Light and Power, owner of the rails. Snowfall risk prompted the delay as the street department patches streets after the railway abandoned the tracks on December 4 following its new station at Tenth Street and Avenue NE.
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Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Northern
Dave Willims
Ray Swein
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Tenth Street
Aveenue NE
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