GOP policy committee praised for opposing the three p's
A Cedar Rapids editorial laments three p's of government and urges a GOP policy committee to craft constructive opposition. It applauds Dave McCreery for joining, recalls Wrights and figures on pacifism, notes Japan's Panay attack as deliberate, and urges farm and industry price controls while warning against overproduction.
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Jack Garner
Carter Glass
GOP
Iowa
Dave McCreery
Alburnett
Dave
House Passes Housing Measure Amid Senate Hurdles
The House approved Roosevelt backed housing legislation to liberalize the FHA act and expand mortgage insurance and lower down payment requirements. A key Oregon amendment to insure up to 90 percent on rural mortgages passed 61 to 58. The measure extends FHA insurance to rural loans, reduces down payments, and aims to spur multi family construction for low income groups. The Senate heads to action Monday with the anti lynching bill controlling the agenda.
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INS
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Cawait
Willwae
Ee Dy
Oregon
Housing “Administration
Mott
FHA
Federal Housing Administration
Barclay
NLRB to Subpoena Ford Telegrams in Labor Case
ST. LOUIS AP attorneys for the national labor relations board said they will subpoena all telegrams and other correspondence of Ford Motor company related to labor questions at its St. Louis assembly plant.
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ST. Louis
National Labor Relations Board
Ford Motor Company
Cedar Rapids Post Office Extends Hours for Christmas Mailing
Cedar Rapids post office opens from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. today to sell stamps and accept insured parcel post packages, with no money orders issued. The move repeats last year’s plan to ease Christmas mailing and ensure early gift delivery.
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Robert Lubbock
Cedar Rapids
Liberty and security in peril a nation asks
Dr Newton reflects on whether the love of liberty survives amid fears of security. He cites Valley Forge hardships from Captain Jacob Bowers’s Orderly Book, recalling Washington’s weary army wintering at Valley Forge in 1777 as Brandywine and Germantown losses loomed, soldiers exhausted, scant supplies, and a Congress in flight.
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Valley Forge
Jacob Bowers
Washington
Brandywine
Germantown
Whitemarsh
Philadelphia
Congress
Susquehanna
Youths At Fort Madison For Car Theft Case
Three youths and a girl faced theft charges in a Fort Madison incident. Elden C. Stout Kay Booth Ray Thompson and Charlene Battey pled guilty to possession of a stolen vehicle and received ten years at Anamosa reformatory. Police traced the group to Nesper’s car after earlier thefts in Des Moines and El Dora, with the sedan abandoned between Marion and Cedar Rapids.
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Walter Nesper
Twenty-third Street
Anamosa Reformatory
Elden C. Stout
Kay Booth
Rex Parker
Ray Thompson
Charlene Battey
Cedar Rapids
Nesper
Fort Madison
Battey Girl
Stout
Des Moines
Thompson
Booth
Eldora
Marion
Rebel Key Point Last Defenses Fall At Teruel
Madrid reports that Teruel last defenses have collapsed before a government offensive. A final assault was planned after civilians could evacuate. Ten POWs were moved into Teruel with safety promises for civilians and insurgents leaving before 9 am. Eyewitnesses described fierce battle in a blizzard with high winds and deep snow.
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Madrid
Teruel
Spain
Army High Command
Roosevelt To Meet Utility Men Tuesday
President Roosevelt will resume conversations with prominent utility men on Tuesday, an official announcement stated Saturday. The meeting aims to discuss war emergency measures and cooperative efforts between government and essential services during the national crisis.
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Roosevelt
Washington
INS
New Clues in Alcatraz Escape Hunt Spurs Search
San Francisco reports new clues in the Alcatraz escape case of Ted Cole and Ralph Roe. A Marin county truck driver claimed two men tried to seize his truck near Richardson Bay Friday night, a life raft with an air tank was found in the bay, and a rogue current from the Golden Gate Bridge era project is said to sweep toward Sausalito. Authorities widened the manhunt to inspect autos and freight units across northern California.
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Ralph Roe
Oklahoma
Alcatraz Island
James A. Johnston
Golden Gate
Marin County
John Santos
Richardson Bay
Prison Island
Golden Gate Bridge
Alcatraz
Sausalito
Cole
Roe
Bay
Santos
G-men
California
Nazi Suspect Healey Found in Chicago as Robinson Link Emerges
Raymond J. Healey, an American nazi organizer, was found in a north side Chicago apartment hotel after initially denying his identity. Photo comparisons with the Soviet prison detainee known as Donald L. Robinson led to his admission, intensifying reports that Healey resembled the mystery man.
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Chicago
Raymond J. Healey
Donald L. Robinson
North Side
Healey
Release Suspect In Mattson Case
Hans Kissling was released after proving he was in Minnesota when Charles Mattson was kidnapped and killed in Tacoma Washington. Police in Freeport Illinois questioned William Seaman, 25, of Green Bay Wisconsin as another suspect in the same case.
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Chicago
INS
Hans Kissling
Charles Mattson
Tacoma
Wash
Minnesota
Freeport
William Seaman
Green Bay
Wis
Weekly Forecast Chicago Dec 20 to 25
Weather outlook for Dec 20 to 25 covers upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and northern and central Great Plains. Generally fair at start with precipitation mid and late week, temperatures normal or higher overall.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
Ambassador Robert Bingham Dies in Baltimore
American ambassador to Great Britain Robert W. Bingham died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore at 6 21 p m aged 66 after months of illness Hodgkins disease was given as the cause he had undergone exploratory surgery earlier in the week and a subsequent abdominal inflammation was disclosed Kennedy named his London successor Bingham left behind a widow and three children Robert Worth Henrietta and George Barry Bingham His long public career included roles as Louisville mayor and Jefferson county prosecutor and he held posts with the court of St James the Smithsonian and several corporations and colleges.
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Robert W. Bingham
Great Britain
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Bingham
Johns Hopkins
London
United States
Jefferson County
Kentucky
Louisville
Jefferson Circuit Court
Roosevelt
Court of St. James
American Creosoting Co
Postmaster General Extends Santa Claus Postmaster Term
Oscar L. Phillips who plays St Nick in Santa Claus Indiana was reappointed postmaster for another four years. The decision came from Postmaster General Farley and was announced Saturday in Washington. Phillips has served as postmaster while playing the Santa Claus role.
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Washington
Oscar L. Phillips
St. Nick
Santa Claus
Ind
Farley
Candid Camera shoppers urged to identify selves for tickets
A Gazette Candid Camera feature invites shoppers identified in the back page social photo to claim two complimentary tickets to the State theater. L. J. Nilles at The Gazette business office will issue the passes, with Ray Vernimont confirming the offer.
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Gazette
Sunday Gazette
State Theater
L. J. Nilles
Gazette Business
Ray Vernimont
Widow Admits Slaying After years of abuse in Milwaukee
In 1924 Vincenzo Alleruzzo was killed. his wife Ida claimed self defense. Her brother DAndrea initially confessed for her, then implicated their Milwaukee ally. Maria DAndrea later charged her husband, who was arrested, and DAndrea finally admitted shooting Vincenzo, saying his sister pushed him to take the blame.
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Vincenzo Alleruzzo
Ida
D'Andrea
Vincenzo
Milwaukee
Maria D'Andrea
Adolph Kraemer
Chicago
Pastor Goes To Pen To Begin Life Term For Slaying
The Rev C E Newton was taken to Menard prison to start a life sentence for the hammer killing of Mrs Dennis Kelly, his devout friend and co worker in Paris Missouri. Handcuffed but smiling he said he was anxious to be taken to prison since his murder conviction on November 24. He had been jailed since July 14 when Mrs Kelly’s body was found floating in the Mississippi River.
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Ill
C. E. Newton
Southern Illinois Penitentiary
Menard
Dennis Kelly
Paris
Cold Cedar Rapids Weekend Stays Just Below Freezing
Cloudy Cedar Rapids night sees temperatures hover under freezing with icy roads eased by sand and ashes. Early morning reading dropped to 24 degrees, climbed to 28 by afternoon and held at 28 into night.
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Cedar Rapids
Bombing Crisis Deepens Rift in Tokyo Leadership
The Panay bombing crisis seems to fracture Tokyo's militarists from government leaders, with internal clashes between army navy and moderate business elements at a cabinet meeting. Emperor Hirohito is to receive a report on a new China policy and the Panay incident details, as U S Ambassador Grew’s communication is studied.
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INS
Panay
Japan
Hirohito
Army
Navy
Son of Heaven
Roosevelt Gratified By Restraint Shown In Crisis
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt expresses gratification at the calm restraint shown by the American public amid the crisis following the Japanese attacks on the Panay and three U.S. tankers on the Yangtze. He credits the restraint with aiding diplomats of both nations in pursuing a peaceful solution.
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INS
Roosevelt
U.S. S
Yangtze
Victims Seek Full Panay Benefits Bill Introduced
Washington veterans group backs a House bill by Chairman Gasque to grant full wartime pension benefits to Panay bombing victims in China. Benefits would aid the families of those killed by Japanese bombing and those with disabilities.
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INS
U.S. S. Panay
China
House
Gasque
South Carolina
House Pensions Committee
Lewis Is Named Defendant in 859000 Lawsuit
In Du Quoin Illinois John L Lewis president of United Mine Workers is named defendant in a 859 750 damages suit filed in Pinckneyville by George W Powell attorney for Progressive Miners of America. Other defendants include Ray Edmund head of the miners district and Majestic mine operator Peabody Coal Chicago. The suit accuses a conspiracy to force mine workers into the UMW and claims 190 former employees lost jobs costing 4525 each for the unemployment period.
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Lewis Organization
UMW
Majestic
One Interpretation Of Laissez-Faire Not Doing A Thing
Arthur Baer explains laissez faire as freedom to act with non interference in economics and fair field for industry. The liberal view is to do nothing at all, with sang froid and casualness, a borrowed French term reflecting broad national usage in 1937.
Death of Panay Victim Elevates Tension in Shanghai
Shanghai Sunday report notes armed Japanese tried to remove telegraph gear from the city office, halted by American marines. After a tense exchange, they were allowed to proceed. The Panay bombing last Sunday is cited as a catalyst. W H Hulsebus of Canton Ohio dies in a naval hospital. Two US warships head toward Tsingtao, as Rear Admiral Yarnell postpones Manila departure.
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Yarnell
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Manila
Warships Sent Delayed By Tsingtao Crisis In China
Dispatches report ships sent due to the Tsingtao situation with the Augustin departure for Manila postponed. Panay bombing aftermath sparked new Japanese investigations while wounded Americans endured poor care along the Yangtze. Victims include Ensminger and Carlsen.
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