Uruguays Answer To Graf Spee Nears Sunday Sail
The Uruguayan government gave Captain Hans Langsdorff until 5 p.m. Sunday to sail or face internment as the Graf Spee sits in Montevideo harbor awaiting a decision. British forces, including Ajax Achilles and Exeter, gather offshore while German submarines patrol the estuary. The ship is being inspected and repaired, with reports of armor work and gun cleaning aboard.
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Achilles
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Protects Money So Well He Forgets It
Cedar Rapids reports a man named J Edward Witte of Wheatland lost a wallet he kept under his bed at the Montrose hotel. A linen change by a room boy led to the disappearance of a ten dollar bill two ones and a note for sixty nine dollars. Detectives could not recover the money before Witte left Friday for Arizona.
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Cedar Rapids
J. Edward Witte
Wheatland
Mr. Witte
Montrose Hotel
Plain speech and simple words guide honest news writing
A historical meditation on plain language in journalism urges reporters to avoid pomp. It contrasts simple terms with lofty ones and defends direct, clear prose as the best way to convey truth about God, life, home, faith, and death.
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God
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Sanyo Maru Sails Against British Blockade Test Case
The Japanese steamer Sanyo Maru sailed for Japan with nitrate machinery from Germany, defying the British export blockade. Japan plans to challenge the blockade, hinting at counter-measures if intercepted, while Britain weighs allowing the voyage to proceed.
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Rotterdam
Japan
Germany
Great Britain
Finn General Predicts Year War in North
Finnish General Kurt Wallenius said fighting will last at least a year as Finnish troops defend the Karelian isthmus and brace for renewed Russian pressure. He noted heavier snow benefits Finland's defense and that Soviet forces, though strong in numbers, lack capable pilots and reliable tanks.
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Helsinki
INL
Kurt Martti Wallenius
Wallenius
Suomussalmi
Finland
Cedar Rapids Stores Extend Evenings For Christmas Shopping
The Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce retail merchants bureau announced that most stores will stay open until 9 p.m. from Monday, December 18 through Saturday, December 23 to aid Christmas shoppers.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Retail Merchants Bureau
U S Tax Probers Check On Group Backing M Nutt
Federal probe focuses on Indiana Democrats led by Frank McHale linked to McNutt campaign. Investigators examine political contributions profits in liquor business and Two Per Cent club funding from state employees. No indictments planned yet as taxes owed are assessed with possible penalties.
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INS
Internal Revenue Bureau
Indiana
Frank McHale
McHale
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
Uncle Sam
Sam
Department of Justice
E. Greenlee
Internal Revenue
Hoosier State
Greenlee
International News Service
Graf Spee Captain Recalls Battle Near Shore
Capt Hans Langsdorff gave the first authoritative account of Wednesday’s 14 hour battle with three British cruisers off the Brazilian coast. He said fuel shortages forced a defensive stance and that Exeter Ajax and Achilles pressed the fight, causing heavy damage and many deaths aboard the Graf Spee.
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Clark details high salaries at Royal Union Life
Washington AP. E. W. Clark former Iowa insurance commissioner testified before a monopoly subcommittee that officers at the defunct Royal Union Life received 1,219,649 dollars in salaries expenses and commissions from 1927 to 1931. He named A. C. Tucker Charles E. Bowers and F. L. Tucker as top recipients. He said the payments followed an exam showing deplorable management.
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Washington
E. W. Clark
Mason City
Iowa
Royal Union Life Insurance Company
Clark
A. C. Tucker
Des Moines
Charles E. Bowers
F. L. Tucker
Dan Turner
California
Texas
Bowers
Finland Asks League To Stop Lariat Ruse For Rope
The piece reports Finland asking the league to end the lariat tactic and to be given a rope. It notes sympathy in the dictionary but no library exemption, and calls for men munitions and food. It critiques petitions signed by monsters and jokes about committees.
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Arthur
Bugs” Baer
Finland
The
League
Extra Christmas Cash via Sunday Gazette Want Ad
Buy and sell list promotes quick cash for used toys skates bicycles trains nursery furniture clothing instruments and more. Call 2 1121 before 8 tonight to place a Want Ad and attract cash buyers ahead of Christmas.
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Sunday Gazette
Actress Lola Laszlo Dies In Plunge From Banker's Suite
Hungarian actress and night club singer Lola Laszlo 21 died early Saturday after plunging from a tenth floor hotel suite occupied by Baron Frederick von Oppenheim in New York. Detectives found no note or evidence of planned self harm. the baron planned to leave for Cologne with his wife. Laszlo, daughter of playwright Aladar Laszlo, had arrived in the U.S. last March and performed at a Hungarian restaurant in New York City.
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New York
INS
Lola Laszlo
Baron Frederick von Oppenheim
Lola
Aladar Laszlo
Cologne
Germany
Miss Laszlo
United States
Budapest
America
Scarlett's Vivien Leigh announces engagement to Laurence Olivier
Newark report says Vivien Leigh Scarlette O Hara from Gone With The Wind announced her engagement to Laurence Olivier. She arrived by plane at Newark after the Atlanta premiere and said they will marry as soon as possible.
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Newark
N. J
INS
Vivien Leigh
Scarlett O'Hara
Laurence Olivier
Newark Airport
Atlanta
Springlike 53 Is Registered Today
The weatherman notes a warm Cedar Rapids weekend with temperatures rising from 35 to 53 by early afternoon. Friday highs reached 48 with a late evening drop to 37, while the midnight readout stood at 39 on the Chambers Inskeep recorder.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company
Raid in Fen Ghua Kills Chiang Kai-shek's First Wife
Chinese reports say Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's first wife, the former Miss Mao, was among several killed in a Japanese air raid Friday at Fenghua.
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Shanghai
Chiang Kai-shek
Miss Mao
Fenghua
Soviet Union Fails League Petition and Exits Covenant
Tass reports that Russia rejects League of Nations after expulsion, denouncing it as a tool of British and French policy. The communiqué claims Britain and France forcefully maneuvered the council vote and lauds Russia's freed hands and moral high ground while criticizing imperialist rivalries.
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Russia
League of Nations
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League
Soviet Union
Britain
France
Finland
League Council
Ingham Boy Hurt In Crash Near Wilton
Ingham 14, son of Mr and Mrs Ray Ingham of 2010 First avenue E suffered a fractured right femur and minor injuries in an auto crash near Wilton Thursday night. He was brought to St Luke's Cedar Rapids from Hershey Muscatine by ambulance and listed in fair condition Saturday. Fellow passengers Jay Ingham and Esther Smith were treated and released.
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Ray Lester Ingham
Ray Ingham
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Des Moines
Mason City
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
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Muscatine
Ingham
Jay Ingham
Esther Smith
Mount Vesuvius Staging Eruption
London dispatch from Naples reports Mount Vesuvius preparing to erupt with neighboring residents to be evacuated as authorities finalize preparations.
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London
Mns
Mount Vesuvious
Naples
Italy and Germany Agree to Avoid New Disputes for Years
Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano told the chamber that Italy remains out of the European war by agreement with Germany. He cited the Milan conference last May and said both nations aim to complete internal reconstruction and military preparations over three to four years.
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Ciano
Chamber of Fasces and Guilds
Milan
Italans
American Reds Oppose Germany Boycott Policy Shift
The American Communist Party, once intensely anti Nazi, urged members to drop the German goods boycott. William Foster, national chairman, said the boycott originated in Russia to prevent war but failed due to opposition from British and French imperialists and their social democratic lackeys.
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New York
INS
Communist Party
William Foster
Russia
Roosevelt Reviews New Peacetime Defense Budget
President Roosevelt studied a new record peacetime budget for national defense at Hyde Park, with plans to submit it to Congress next month. The budget aims to strengthen military readiness and national security.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Congress
Mrs Judd Reveals Slaying Details After Years
Winnie Ruth Judd spoke to Sheriff Newman and reporters in Phoenix detailing for the first time the 1931 trunk murder of Agnes Leroi and Hedvig Samuelson. She claimed self defense and said an accomplice helped dispose of the bodies after an eight year silence.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
Yuma
Arizona Hospital For the Insane
W. C Judd
Santa Monica
Arizona
Miss Samuelson
Indictments in Bookinga Corp Subversion Probe
A federal grand jury indicted Bookinga corporation of New York and three officers for failure to register under the alien propaganda act and criminal conspiracy. Witnesses refused to talk. Attorney General Murphy and aides pressed the anti subversive drive.
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INS
Federal
Bookinga Corporation of
New York
Grand
State Department
Corporation
Bookniga Corporation
Dies Committee
Russia
United States
Peyton Gordon
Frank Murphy
Murphy
Freddie Bartholomew Wins Ruling in Suit to End All Suits
Hollywood report states Freddie Bartholomew won a temporary injunction from Superior Judge Emmet H Wilson, stopping his parents Cecil L Bartholomew and three lawyers from pursuing lawsuits. The suit seeks to end all pending actions, with damages and fees claimed by the Bartholomews.
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Hollywood
Freddie Bartholomew
America
Emmerit H Wilson
Cecil L. Bartholomew
Freddie
Atlanta Hails Gone With Wind Opening
The Atlanta audience of 2300 gave a festive reception to the world premiere of Gone With The Wind as Hollywood’s Civil War saga drew cheers. The three hour and forty seven minute film thrilled viewers who toasted the epic’s portrayal of the cotton era and Confederate memory.
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