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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1938

Page

14

Whittemore Bank Bandit Receives Life Sentence

Lloyd D. Mussulman 28 of Elmore Minnesota pleaded guilty to entering the Whittemore Farmers State Bank with intent to rob. A 21 year old girl and a bank barrier door thwarted the attempt. He was sentenced to life in the state Reformatory at Anamosa after arrest near Elmore and confessions to the holdup. He had prior bank robbery parole history and a 1934 commuted sentence.

Algona Lloyd D. Mussulman Elmore Minn Whittemore Mussulman F. C. Davidson Emmetsburg Whittemore Farmers,State

Herring Delays Pick on Nebraska Power Probe

Senator Herring of Iowa said he cannot reply until after the holidays to Senator Bridges request for a joint investigation of the Nebraska public power situation. He has seen the letter and exhibits but needs time to study them, citing his duties on the profit sharing committee.

Washington Senator Herring Iowa Bridges NHH Nebraska Ridges Herring Profit Sharing Committee

Bridges renews call for investigation into private power deal

Bridges said an inquiry was needed into a proposed purchase of Nebraska private power properties by public districts financed by public power authorities. Herring doubted Bridges could substantiate his charges and accused him of acting as a spokesman for public utilities. Bridges’ letter to Herring followed that remark.

Bridges Nebraska Pwaal Herring

Morgenthau Continues China Credit Push Amid Japanese Protest

Secretary Morgenthau announced new credits to China despite Tokyo protests. He extended indefinitely an expired agreement to loan China dollars, joining a $25 million Export-Import Bank loan for trucks and materials. Morgenthau cited China's gold holdings as security to borrow dollars for purchases in the United States.

Washington Morgenthau China Tokio Hachiro Arita

Slovaks Break Off Hungarian Border Demarcation Talks

PRESSBURG Slovakia Premier Tiso ordered the Slovak border commission to halt frontier demarcation talks with Hungary after clashes between Slovak troops and Hungarian terrorists.

Pressburg Slovakia INS Tiso Slovakian Border Commission Hungary

Radio program schedule echoes era variety across stations

The page lists extensive evening and daytime radio lineups with NBC blue and red networks, CBS and local stations WBBM KMOX WCCO, featuring stars like Helen Menken, Edward G Robinson, Benny Goodman, John Barrymore, Amos n Andy, Gene and Olive, and Oratorio broadcasts, plus farm and homemaker features and talks from 6:00 to 11:00 PM and beyond.

NBC Blue Mr Keen Blue Network Helen Menken CBS WBBM Kimidox Johnny Edward G. Robinson Claire Trevor KMOX WCCO al Jolson Wee WHO We. the People WNAQ Benny Goodman Bob Hope M.c WMAQ Jean — Wersholt Uncle Ezra Jimmie — Fidler Amos Andy Charles Baum Orchestra Glenn Miller Low Breeze Artie Shaw Barry Kaye Wiers Hans Other Wite Josh Higgins Bill Wonman In White David Harum Lorenszo Jones Ae Widder Brown Nbci Kitty Keene NBC! Who Mary Margaret McBride Vcco Woc National Farm and Home Hour Betty Crocker Mary Marlin Berlin Germany Tnbc blue_ network Ma Perkins Pepper Young Guidine Light Stela Dallas Vie and Sade Hannah Captain Maden Dick Trecy Hoar Wingons Kmox CO Tommy Dorsey Paul Whiteman Wbcco Town Hall Tonight John Barrymore M. c Kyser Gene Arnold Abe Lyman

Herring Declines Iowa Democratic Parley Attendance

Senator Herring will not attend the Des Moines meeting called by Governor Kraschel citing his work with the profit sharing committee in Washington. He urges Iowa Democrats to survey reasons for losses in small groups before a general gathering and notes mixed views on WPA, spending, and the administration.

Washington Herring Iowa Des Moines Kraschel Profit Sharing Committee Supreme Court Roosevelt

U S Turkey Trade Pact Signals Expanded Exchange

Washington announces a new bilateral trade pact with Turkey based on unconditional most favored nation treatment and free exchange. The agreement aims to include mutual tariff concessions on as yet unspecified products and is expected to be signed formally in January as the U S seeks to counter German influence.

Washington United States Turkey Australia State Department Germany

Wallace Sees Stronger Crop Control Act Next Year

Secretary Henry Wallace said farmers favor New Deal crop control and expect the act to be strengthened and improved in 1939. Refenda among cotton, tobacco, and rice growers showed 76.5 percent support for marketing restrictions among 1.6 million producers, with cotton in two thirds approving quotas.

Wallace Washington LLP Henry A. Wallace AAA

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