Campaign to keep United States out of war discussed
Chicago editorial notes an organized effort to avoid involvement in a European shooting war. It quotes Brig. Gen. Thomas S. Hammond and Rep. Karl E. Mundt condemning defeatist talk and urging neutrality while acknowledging public opposition to war. The piece also reports on George T. Baker stepping down from Iowa’s board of education due to illness and praises his three decades of service to higher education.
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Chicago
United States
Thomas S. Hammond
Illinois National Guard
Karl E. Mundt
South Dakota
America
George T. Baker Dies. Iowa Board of Education Leader
George T. Baker, 83, former president of the Iowa State Board of Education, died in El Paso Texas. He had resigned as president Oct. 4 due to ill health but remained a board member. A noted engineer, Baker led Iowa education and construction efforts, with a Davenport mayoral term and a career in rail and building projects. Funeral services are planned for Davenport with burial in Oakdale cemetery after cremation.
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Iowa State Board of Education
Davenport
Hill and Fredericks Chapel
Oakdale
Monay
R. F. Philbrook
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
W R. Boyd
Cedar Rapids
State Board of Education
Baker
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
A. W. Baker
Connecticut
Iowa County
British Refugee Ship Western Prince Torpedoed En Route Home
The British refugee liner S. S. Western Prince was torpedoed by German forces early Saturday while sailing from New York to London with 61 passengers and a 108 member crew. Built in 1929 for the New York South America trade, it had been converted to evacuee service carrying women and children, with its last voyage completed November 22.
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Germans Free U S Receptionist in Paris
In Vichy Germany freed Elizabeth Deegan, U S embassy receptionist in Paris, after holding her over a week on charges she aided a British officer to escape Nazi occupied France.
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Vichy
France
Elizabeth Deegan
United States
Paris
Hamburg Port Left in Ruins by British Raids
London reports after more than 60 British air raids the Hamburg port is almost unrecognizable and practically useless. Details show Friday night strikes hit Kiel Bremen docks and airfields in Holland and a U boat base at Bordeaux while 35 raids hit Berlin and 53 rail targets across Germany disrupting the railway network centered in the capital.
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Hamburg
Air Ministry
Kiel
Bremen
Holland
Bordeaux
France
Berlin
Germany
Knudsen urges war basis for defense production
New York defense commissioner William Knudsen told the National Manufacturers Association that aircraft output lags 30 percent and defense production must shift to a war basis. He warned industry and labor to boost speed or face grave national consequences, urging workers’ and managements’ shared responsibility. He questioned a public sold on defense but not fully converted to industry, noting weekend shutdowns cut machine time and calling to end the Friday blackout to improve output.
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New York
William Knudsen
National Manufacturers Association
Knudsen
War of Greed Reflected in Squirrels and World
A reflective essay likens two fighting squirrel nests over nuts to global conflicts. It contrasts greed with cooperation, citing Lincoln's better angels, Christ's Golden Rule, and the law of mutual aid as paths to peace. The piece ends with a call to universal virtue amid human strife.
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Hitler
Lincoln
Jesus
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Sixth Man Held In Probe Of Robbery: Moore Is Sentenced
Cedar Rapids reports a sixth man, Guy L. Newman, 53, was arrested in a ward robbery probe. Moore pled guilty to an untended 10 year sentence for night burglary. Newman remanded on $1,500 bond after pleading not guilty. Five others were arrested for receiving loot including tires, shotguns, and clothing.
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Cedar Rapids
Montgomery Ward
Guy L. Newman
Fifth Avenue SE
Newman
Ward
Carl Moore
Englewood
N. J
C. J. Haas
Moore
Anamosa
Leo’ Klima
Leonard Ludeman
Robert DeBoér
Robert Reasland
Hoboken Condenser Plant Destroyed In Fatal Fire
Fire at Condenser Service and Engineering plant in Hoboken leaves one dead, about 300 workers displaced. Loss estimated at 100 million by spokesman. executive cites 1 million, noting wood patterns and machines for defense orders. Night shift workers and Jersey City watchman George Jacobs first to alert others. blaze under control by 6 15 a.m.
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N. J
Condenser Service and Engineering Corporation
National Defense
George Jacobs
Jersey City
Olaf Anderson
North Bergen
H. C. Evans
Twins Born A Year After Triplets In Hartington Nebraska
A year to the day after giving birth to triplets, Mrs. John Feilmeier welcomed twins a boy and a girl, born Friday the thirteenth at Sacred Heart hospital Yankton South Dakota. The couple lives two miles east of Hartington. The twins weigh 6 pounds 14 ounces and 6 pounds 4 ounces, increasing their brood to 14 children. The earlier triplets Alice Ann and Agnes were born at home.
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Neb
John Feilmeier
Here
Sacred Heart Hospital
Yankton
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Ann
Agnes
May calls repeal of Johnson act to aid Britain
Chairman Andrew J. May of the House Military Affairs Committee denounced the Johnson act and announced plans to introduce a repeal bill on January 3. He urged Britain receive munitions and credits as needed, arguing aid is self defense and warning against Britain’s defeat.
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Andrew J. May
House Military Affairs Committee
Great Britain
Congress
England
United States
Congressional Legislative Drafting Service
William H King
Utah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Britain
House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Mass
Sol Bloom
Foreign Affairs Committee
Car Skids Into Path of Eastbound Streamliner
Paul Pillasch of 449 Eighth Avenue SW escaped injury when his car skidded into the path of an eastbound Los Angeles streamliner at Eighth Avenue and Fourth Street SE. The grill was torn off and the car spun but was cleared as the train halted. Pillasch did not see the warning signals until entering the crossing.
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Paul Pillasch
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City of Los Angeles
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Temperature Traces Erratic Line Then Moves Up Slightly
An overcast sky affected Cedar Rapids temperatures Saturday with erratic nightly movements. Readings fluctuated from 18 Friday high to 10 PM low, then 12 at midnight and 14 early morning, 12 again later, and 18 at 10 am with 22 at 2 pm. Iowa highways were spotted with Saturday traffic, Cedar Rapids Automobile Club reports.
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Chambers
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Automobile Club
Princess Marie dies at 64 in Athens
Princess Marie, 64, aunt of King George II, died Friday of heart disease at the home of Crown Prince Paul in Athens, marking a royal death in the Greek royal circle.
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Marie
George II
Prince Paul
Flandin Succeeds Laval as French Foreign Minister in Petain Shakeup
In a Vichy cabinet upheaval Marshal Petain ousted Laval from government roles and named Pierre Etienne Flandin as foreign minister. Laval’s arrest was discussed as Petain declared the change would not alter relations with Germany. Marcel Peyrouton became interior minister and ordered a communications blackout as the move unfolded.
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France
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Pierre Laval
Adolf Hitler
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Laval
Pierre Etienne-Flandin
Hitler
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Versailles
Council of Ministers
Paul Baudouin
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Ripert
Jacques Chevalier
Bern
Europe
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Berlin
Maxime Weygand
Africa
Marcel Peyrouton
Peyrouton
British drive Italian army from Egypt to Libyan front
British forces claim to have driven the main Italian army from Egyptian soil to the Libyan frontier in a six day offensive. RAF fighters and bombers backed Wavell as 26,000 Italian prisoners were taken and eight Italian divisions shattered. Front reports say pursuit along the Sollum to Bardia line and light British casualties.
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Egypt
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Archibald Wavell
RAF
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Mussolini
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Italy
Maletti
Free France
Libya
Regular Reserves Ordered to Action by War Department
The War Department ordered mobilization of 28 739 regular army reserve corps members by February 15. Non dependent reservists will be called in installments across nine corps areas. those with dependents or in key industries will be discharged. Established in 1938, the reserve comprises honorably discharged veterans who volunteer for four year terms and can be recalled in emergencies. They receive pay and can train new recruits while in active service.
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War Department
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