Monopoly Probe Targets Morgan House Over AT&T Deals
Leon Henderson of the SEC leads a probe into Morgan interests and AT&T alleging monopoly over financial dealings. The inquiry questions if AT&T patrons are overcharged or under-served, with political aims noted. Traffic blockages and rail switch concerns prompt city action on street congestion and rail discipline.
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NE Banking House
Morgan
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Leon Henderson
Federal Securities and Exchange Commission
Henderson
United States
House of Morgan
Uruguay Debates Graf Spee Disposal After Damage
Uruguay gives Graf Spee 72 hours to leave Montevideo as government weighs disposal options. British pressure favors internment or departure while crew patches hull under watch. Funeral for 36 German sailors held with police precautions amid rising anti Nazi sentiment.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Graf Spee
Otto Langmann
Drunk Driving Charge After Cedar Rapids Crash
Henry Vaclav 20 Otis road route No 3 was arrested for driving while intoxicated after his car struck a parked auto on Third Street then hit a light truck, pushing it onto the sidewalk. Vaclav and two passengers Arthur Stevens 23 and Herschel Bean 18 were cited for intoxication with fines levied.
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Third Street
Eighth and
Ninth Avenues SE
Henry Vaclav
Vaclav
C. J. Haas
Arthur Stevens
Herschel Bean
Otis Road
Justice H.R. Churchill
O. D. Lloyd
Memorial Drive SE
Meryl Bowers
Toddville
Bowers
Stusak and
Parrish
Dan Turner's Alternative to Subsidies for Farmers
Farmers face government debt as a threat to subsidies. The piece questions continuing aid and asks what Dan Turner would propose as an alternative to ongoing subsidies and risk of national bankruptcy.
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Erty
Dan Turner
Two Iowa Hotel Men Die in Cedar Rapids Area Crash
A head on collision on highway No 6 two miles west of Wilton killed Marvin Nix of Des Moines and W K McBee of Mason City. Five Cedar Rapids residents were injured including Ray Ingham his wife and son plus Jay Ingham and Esther Smith. An inquest was planned for Friday.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Muscatine
Wilton
Marvin Nix
Des Moines
Boss Chain of Hotels
W. K. McBee
Mason City
Park Inn
Ray Ingham
Ray Lester
Jay Ingham
Esther Smith
Ingham
Iowa Electric Company
First Avenue E
Hershey Hospital
Inghams
Town Electric Company
Nix
McBee
W. S. Norton
Muscatine County
Braves Miner Saves Partner After Mine Blast Ordeal
LAS VEGAS NEV UP Carl Myers 30 said To hell with the medal when told he would be recommended for a Carnegie award for running past 10 dynamite fuses to rescue his partner Harry Reid 26 in an 85 foot shaft near Searchlight Nevada They lit fuses and fled Reid was knocked unconscious by a premature blast Myers carried him to safety and both survived minimally injured with Reid later recovering in hospital
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Las Vegas
Nev
Carl Myers
Harry
Myers
Harry Reid
Searchlight
Reid
Nabbed For Raising Figures On Soldiers Relief Rent Claims
Francis Smith of 903 Sixth Street SE was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Harlan Snyder at 11 a.m. Friday after allegedly altering pencil-written relief rent claims. County Attorney G K Thompson planned forgery charges as investigators found orders raised from $2 to $20 and $3 to $4, issued to Smith for rent.
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Linn County
Soldiers Relief Fund
Soldiers Relief
Francis Smith
Sixth Street
Harlan Snyder
G. K. Thompson
Smith
Guardianship Arranged for Injured Youth Without Parents’ Knowledge
Louis Brannaman, 19, was placed under guardianship on Nov 8 by Judge C J Unas after doctors pressured him to sign. The guardianship, arranged by Dr T L Wolfe and Dr J J Murphy, was done without parental knowledge following his Sept 14 bicycle accident near Mount Vernon.
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Cornell College
Louis Brannaman
Mount Vernon
Bert Brannaman
Lisbon
Louis
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
J J. Murphy
T. L. Wolfe
Henry Weseman
Brannaman
Wolfe
Weseman
Dr Murphy
C. J. Unas
Linn County District Court
Marcus
Eilers
Young Brannaman
George Liddle
Yessler, Liddle and Fahey
the Gazette
W. L. Fahey
Motor Vehicle Casualty Company of
Chicago
Fahey
Tilers
Finland pays U S debt installment in full
Finland, amid war with the Soviet Union, paid the regular semi annual installment of 234,693 on its debt to the United States. It was the only one of 17 indebted nations to meet its obligation in full and on time, leaving Finland owing 8,142,890. Hungary made a token payment of 9,826.16 on Dec 13.
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Washington
Finland
Russia
United States
Hungary
England at War and America Neutral Yet Prepared
A columnist contrasts American neutrality with the looming threat of global conflict. The piece urges vigilance against complacency and cautions that staying out of war tests resolve, unity, and moral responsibility as Europe faces the shadow of aggression.
Morgan Group Monopoly Over AT T Claimed
Washington an ins report cites a flat charge of a Morgan group monopoly over AT T financing. Leon Henderson testifies that JP Morgan & Co and Morgan Stanley led almost $2 billion in AT T bonds since 1906. He notes AT T assets now exceed $5 billion and questions the public interest of single bank financing.
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Washington
INS
J . P Morgan and Company of
New York
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Federal
Leon Henderson
Secures and Exchange Commission
Henderson
AT and T
Nazis Sink Their Ship Off Cape Town
The 2,889 ton German freighter Adolf Leonhardt was scuttled by its crew after being intercepted by a British warship off Cape Town. The action was officially announced Friday.
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Capetown
Ins
Adolf Leonhardt
Chances Of Budget Balancing Shrinking Rapidly, Baer Says
The writing mocks budget balancing as shrinking amid debt ceiling worries. It notes nearing the borrowing limit and jokes about a 1940 slogan of two pawn tickets per overcoat. A line on old age pensions hints at a future change starting next year.
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Baer
Mrs Judd Caught After Desert Trek
Winnie Ruth Judd, the so called trunk murderess who escaped from the Arizona state insane hospital on December 3, was captured on Main Street. She described wandering nearly 180 miles through the desert between Yuma and Phoenix, ending her flight in tears.
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Yuma, Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
Arizona State Insane Hospital
Yuma
Phoenix
Finland Pleads To Molotov For Resumption Of Talks
Finland’s Foreign Minister Vaino Tanner appealed via radio to Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov for a suspension of hostilities and resumption of negotiations on the principle of nations’ right to self determination. Tanner, who helped in Kremlin talks before the invasion, cited Soviet support for that principle. Helsinki notes mobilization nears total by calling up reserves representing about 10 percent of military-age population. He recalled Stalin’s ex‐pressed warning and said Finland remains open to peaceful talks, but will fight to the end if Moscow seeks conquest.
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Helsinki
Finlands
Vaino Tanner
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Tanner
Kremlin
Russia
Finland
Moscow
Stalin
Soviet Union
Finnish Army Breaks Russian Push in Karelia Front
Finnish forces on the Karelia isthmus halt a Russian river crossing after eight days of ferocious fighting. Soviet losses exceed two thousand with heavy Finnish casualties. both sides report grinding, costly combat as per Moscow radio.
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Karehan Ithmus
UPI
Karehan
Mannehean
Cedar Rapids Labor Body Protests Murphy Nomination
The Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor votes to send a protest to President Roosevelt against Attorney General Frank Murphy’s Supreme Court appointment. The move follows AFL head William Green’s letter condemning DOJ anti trust prosecutions of unions.
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Roosevelt
Frank Murphy
United States Supreme Court
Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor
William Green
AFL
Department of Justice
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Cedar Rapids Tribune
Iowa Labor Defense Program
J. C. Blodgett
Federation
A. A. Couch
State Federation of Labor
Iowa Labor Defense League
Iowa
Couch
Alleged con man Weil captured after four years
Joseph "Yellow Kid" Weil, famed Chicago swindler linked to luxury assets and a $600 rent debt, was seized by federal agents on mail fraud charges. He had evaded capture since a 1926 multi‑million-dollar naval robbery case, posing as Dr RE Doleane and living in a South Side room with London labels and a fleet of disguises. Two associates with prior prison terms were noted in the investigation.
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Chicago
Joseph
Yellow Kid
Richard E. Hampton
Harry Norris
Edmonds
Weil
Henry FE Reuel
Erith Imperial Owl Company
London
Cos
Edwin K. Walker Gray
van Dyke
Friday
Phisicias
Saat Weil
Dr RE
Doleane
Roosevelt Avoids Comment On Ickes McNutt Clash
At Hyde Park, President Roosevelt refused to comment on Interior Secretary Ickes criticism of Paul V. McNutt as a possible Democratic presidential candidate. He said he was too old to comment and that reporters would uncover the full story through gradual elimination. He also declined to discuss the Graf Spee battle with British warships off Uruguay.
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Hyde Park
N.Y
Roosevelt
Ickes
Paul V. McNutt
Washington
Graf Spee
Urue Fuay
Chamberlain Visits Troops In France
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain arrived in France to spend several days with British expeditionary forces. This marks his second trip to France since hostilities began, following an earlier visit for the first meeting of the supreme Allied war council.
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London
War Office
Neville Chamberlain
France
Chamberlain
Supreme Allied War Council
Christmas Toy Sale Opportunity in Want Ads
Sell outgrown or used toys and baby items for cash. Place ads in the Want Ad section's Sale Miscellaneous column. Call The Gazette at 2-1121 to reach an ad-taker. Sunday ads accepted. Saturday hours 8 AM to 8 PM.
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