Masked Bandit Foiled In Whittemore Bank Try
An attempted holdup at the Farmers State Bank in Whittemore was foiled when bank president Frank Bestenlehner scared off a masked man with a revolver. The youth, about 23 or 24, fled south on Highway 44 toward Minnesota after a brief stand at the front door. Police alerted. similar Iowa bank robberies have ended with arrests this year.
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Bestenlehner
Annette Bestenlehner
BestenIehner
Whittemore
Minnesota
Kossuth
Iowa
Listen for the Still Small Voice in Everyday Living
A pioneer tale recounts a wagon journey where a baby is lost and adopted by an Indian tribe. The story follows the boy grown among woods, later educated in a city, who senses sounds others miss, illustrating that all hear what they listen for and echoing a spiritual message.
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Asil Matthews
New York City
Jesus
Threatening Note Forces Picketing Priest at Ohio Parish
Picketing parishioners at St. Barbara’s church parish house heightened vigilance after Father Simon Borkowski received a mailed threat from New Norway demanding he leave and warning of vandalism. The priest, a 17 week “prisoner” in the parish house, has resisted a transfer to St. Nazianz, Wisconsin, as loyal parishioners protest.
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LCAN
Mich
St. Barbara's Church
Simon,Borkowski
Borkowski
New Norway
St. ‘Nazianz
Wis
Judges Named For Iowa Vote Contest Hearing
Three district court judges were appointed by Chief Justice E A Sager to hear the election contest filed by Secretary of State Robert E O Brian against John F Wessels. The judges must set a hearing date within 20 days of the contest notice with a latest possible date two days after the term ends. O Brian is contesting Wessels election to the short term secretary of state post created after a January 1937 appointment following Mrs A Miller s death.
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DES Moinesins
E. A. Sager
Iowa Supreme Court
Robert E. O'Brian
John F. Wessels
S. A. Clock
Hampton
H. J. Mantz
Audubon
A. B. Lovejoy
Waterloo
O'Brian
O’brian
Wessels
Alex Miller
Jdst
Bugs Baer on U S Foreign Policy Goes Places
Column by ARTHUR Bugs BAER notes a new foreign policy that can go places and do things. It contrasts past stumbles in Cuba Aguinaldo and Sandine with a quiz about sending troops, referencing Columbus and messages to Garcia.
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Bugs Baer
U.S
Arthur
Bugs" Baer
Aguinaldo
Sandine
Cuba
Garcia
National debt hits new high as per capita rise is reported
Washington reports a record surge in the national debt with a per person figure near 303 dollars. New bonds worth 730 million dollars increased total government obligations, while year to date spending topped four billion. War debt from European nations also surged past two billion, with Finland shown as the only payer. Interest now exceeds one billion annually, and deficits are funded by borrowing after tax receipts lag.
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Washington
Treasury
United States
Finland
Herbert Hoover
State Department
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Italy
Hungary
Poland
Esthonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Roumania
Jugoslavia
Russia Says Japan Fishing Concessions Row Ends in Victory
Moscow reports a diplomatic win as Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinoff rejects Japan’s demand for an immediate long term fisheries treaty. Japan’s Ambassador Shigenori Togo had promised to guarantee payment for Russia’s share of the Chinese Eastern railroad if concessions were given. A temporary one year accord was proposed, contingent on installment payments on the railroad.
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Moscow
Russia
Japan
Foreign Office
Maxim Litvinoff
Shigenori Togo
Togo
Litvinoff
Woman blinded since youth regains sight in Seattle eye operation
Mrs. Mary Olthof, 63, born in Holland, received a delicate eye operation by Seattle specialists and for the first time in life saw people, grandchildren, cows, and the world. The procedure, performed with partial anaesthetic, followed years of hardship and devotion to regain sight.
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Seattle
Wash
Mary Olthof
Holland
Olthof
Mrs Olthof
America
Chooses Death Not A Cripple s Life For Child
New York AP report on William Lewis deciding his cancer stricken daughter Dorothy will die rather than risk a crippled life. Doctors warned amputation offers only a slim chance of cure within several years while saving the leg would leave her disabled. Lewis cites medical opinion and overwhelming evidence for seeking the best chance of full health.
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New York
William Lewis
Dorothy
Brooklyn
Lewis
Suspicious Fire Destroys Armour Building During Strike
Fire swallows a three story Armour and Company storage building as strike tensions flare. Police report an explosion heard before the blaze as arson is suspected. The CIO strike targets Armour Swift Wilson and Cudahy Meat Packers with Amalgamated locals seeking bargaining deals.
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New York
Armour and Company
George T. ‘McAleer
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Armour, Swift and Company
Wilson and Company
Cudahy Packing Company
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers
American Federation of Labor
Joseph Belsky
International
Amalgamated
CIO
Armour and Cudahy
Swift
Ponder Britain As Temporary Refuge
London United States and Great Britain weigh allowing a number of Jewish refugees to seek haven in England until they can join U S immigration quotas. Home Secretary Sir Samuel Hoare informed the House of Commons Thursday.
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London
INL
United States
Great Britain
England
Samuel Hoare
House of Commons
Scouts Denounce Purge Demand Against Jews
A Dies committee probe reveals a Militant Christian Patriots letter calling for Jewish youths to be expelled from the Boy Scouts of America. Dr. James E. West testifies the Scouts welcome all faiths and races despite the anti Jewish push. The inquiry winds down as lawmakers debate future funding and judicial reporting.
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Washington
Boy Scouts of America
Dies Committee
James E. West
New York
Scouts
West
Christian Patriots
Pasadena
Calif
Scout Movement
Joe Penner
Penner
Dies
Interior
Ickes
Labor
Perkins
Works Progress
Hopkins
Dempsey
N. M
Healey
Mass
Congress
Lithuania Accepts German Autonomy for Memel Territory
Kaunas sources said Lithuania plans to accept Germanys view on Memel governance. The German interpretation seeks full autonomy for Memel and a German resident as governor, shaping the administration of the region taken after World War I.
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Kaunas
Lithuania
Germany
Memel
Ideal Christmas Gift Item Mentioned for Subscriptions
The note suggests a subscription presented as an ideal Christmas gift. It emphasizes giving a fitting Christmas card with each subscription, framing the offer as a thoughtful seasonal present. The phrasing implies a promotional angle for a holiday gift package.
U S Plans Unified Pan American Peace Pact at Lima
At Lima, the United States proposes a 12 page plan to unify all Pan American peace and arbitration agreements into a single constitution of peace for the western hemisphere. The plan limits changes to arbitration and follows Argentine shifts in negotiating positions.
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Lima
Peru
Cap
United States
Western Hemisphere
Argentina
Brazil
City Lines Adds Four Larger Buses
Cedar Rapids City Lines announced the addition of four 26 seat buses on Thursday. One bus arrived that day and the remaining three are expected within the week. The larger buses will gradually replace the smaller fleet.
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Cedar Rapids City Lines, Inc
Bluecher Assigned to Soviet War Office
London Daily Herald reports in Moscow that Vassily Bluecher former commander of Soviet Far Eastern forces now serves in the Soviet war office. He reportedly has been stripped of marshal rank and the move seems to end rumors of his arrest.
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London
INS
Vassily Bluecher
Russia
Soviet War Office
London Daily Herald
Moscow Dispatch
Bluecher
Typhoid Fever Cases Down to 47 in Cedar Namds
The Cedar Namds outbreak shows progress with no new cases on Thursday and two more releases. The total on record stands at 47, and the health board asks citizens to report any unrecorded cases to DrVon Hasek or Mayor Frank KO Hahn with name and address.
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Board of Health
von Hasek
Frank KO Hahn
President Praises Jefferson at Rite
President Roosevelt dedicates a $3,000,000 Jefferson memorial site on the tidal basin south bank. He lauds Jefferson for shaping democratic government and cites his roles in the Declaration of Independence and religious freedom along with duties in forming a practical democracy. The groundbreaking follows long debate including cherry tree preservation concerns.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
United States
Virginia
Lincoln
Tidal Basin
Resignation of Commerce Head Accepted by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt accepted the resignation of Secretary of Commerce Daniel Roper effective December 23 citing impelling personal reasons. The move follows Attorney General Cummings and signals possible succession talks centered on Harry Hopkins. Secretary Ickes declined to run for Chicago mayor emphasizing loyalty to the New Deal and urging a liberal presidential candidate in 1940.
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Commerce
Daniel C. Roper
Interior
Harold Ickes
Chicago
Washington
Roosevelt
Daniel Roper
White House
Roper
Cummings
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Interior Ickes
Ickes
Democratic Party
Guild Suggests Neutral Talks With Hearst Chiefs
The American Newspaper Guild urged settlement talks between managements of the Chicago American and the Herald and Examiner and Guild representatives at a neutral location. Don Stevens, the Guild’s executive secretary, sent the proposal to Hearst papers owned by William Randolph Hearst.
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Chicago
American Newspaper Guild
Chicago Evening American
The
Herald and Examiner
Don Stevens
Guild
Congress of Industrial Organizations
William Randolph Hearst
Seven Above Zero In Cedar Rapids
A Cedar Rapids weather brief notes a bright sun and a frigid start with a 6 am temperature of 7 above zero. The 2:30 pm reading reached 32 while prior days saw 23 at 3:30 pm, 14 at 7 pm, and 8 at midnight per Chambers Inskeep company records.
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Cedar Rapids
Chamebers
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