Iowa oil graft probe stalled as officials miss deadlines
The Iowa executive council ordered 437 gallons of worthless motor oil returned to Des Moines from highway patrol stations. Attorney General Fred Everett promised action 14 months ago, but no investigation has started, despite available evidence and a June pledge to appoint a special assistant. The oil may still be used for chinch bug control by the agriculture department.
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Iowa Executive Council
Des Moines
Robert E. O'Brian Thoreby
Fred Everett
Wilson
Sioux City
Highway Commission
Highway Patrol
Everett
Outfit
Republican
Chicago
Attorney General's Office
Capitol
Executive Council
Department of Agriculture
Czechs Move To Mobilize Worldwide Forces
The Czechoslovak government in exile led by President Eduard Benes plans immediate mobilization of Czechs and Slovaks in Britain France and dominions to fight with Allied armies. Gen Sergej Ingre is named commander in chief. Britain and France recognize the committee as representatives of the Czech people.
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London
Great Britain
France
Britain
Sergej Ingre
Cechoslovak
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Adolf Hitler
Benes
Viscount Halifax
Canada
Australia
United States
Ingre
Jan Sramek
Czechoslovak National Committee
Eduard Outrata
Stefan Osusky
Czecho
Everett for Attorney General Faces Scrutiny of Delay
The piece argues public confidence rests on cleansing graft and incompetence in government. It focuses on Everett's strong candidacy for attorney general and questions why the executive council delays seeking explanations after his ascent.
Thoughtful Clerk Proves Stranger. Store Loses Ten Dollars
In Cedar Rapids at Montgomery Ward on a busy Thursday afternoon clerk Miss Imogene Hays thanked a man she believed to be an employee for offering to make change for a $10 bill. The man did not return, and Katherine Gerlach, a file clerk, reported a customer purchased a small item and the $10 bill went missing after the man who seemed to be a coworker left with it.
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Montgomery Ward
Imogene Hays
Katherine Gerlach
Miss Hays
Movement of Nazi Fleet Is Rumored
Paris based Le Temps quotes a reliable source that the German fleet has departed Hamburg with half to the Baltic and half toward the North Sea.
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Paris
le Temps
Hamburg
Baltic Sea
North Sea
Demanding Accountability in Government
The text condemns entrenched graft in public life, noting how elected officials often abandon early stance against corruption once in office, undermining confidence in democratic government. It highlights the need for ongoing vigilance and integrity from leaders.
Made Good This Time Dick’s Final Sacrifice Story
A father recalls his son Richard from Upper Iowa and Smith College, who barely thrived in school but finds purpose in World War I. At Argonne he is mortally wounded after praying with his father, who learns the boy finally made good in spirit. The piece ends urging readers to pray and strive to make good when tested.
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Upper Iowa University
Smith College
Dickey
Richard
Philadelphia
the Argonne Forest
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Resignation of Hanes Accepted
President Roosevelt accepted the resignation of John W. Hanes undersecretary of the treasury effective December 31. Hanes, who left a New York brokerage to join the SEC and later served Morgenthau, said government work gave him clearer view of problems and his plan to return to private business.
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Washington
Roosevelt
John W. Hanes
The
Treasury
Hanes
New York
SEC
Morgenthau
Drunk man wrecks car after fleeing officers in Carlsbad
In Carlsbad New Mexico a tipsy reveler left a cafe and jumped into a police scout car. He sped off before officers could stop him and wrecked the vehicle three blocks away. No injuries reported.
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Carlsbad
N. M
Roosevelt Faces Billion-Dollar Federal Deficit Forecast
Washington sources say President Roosevelt will propose about 9.25 billion dollars in outlays for FY starting July 1 1940 with revenues near 6.3 billion leaving a deficit around 3 billion. Defense costs rise while relief and public works face cuts WPA enrollment falls to 2.12 million. Treasury and budget officials refine figures before next week’s budget book.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Budget Bureau
Treasury
Army
Navy
Four Missing Flight Passengers In Alaska Blizzard
Four persons including a mother and her 15 month old baby were marooned in a downed plane on Alaska's frozen tundra north of Nulato. Pilot Fred Chambers reported the craft near the Nulato river in zero degree weather as searchers from Mirow Air Service, led by Hans Mirow, hunted through blizzard conditions. Chambers and crew maintained hope while the mother and child stayed safe in the cabin.
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Alaska
Nulato
Here
Fred Chambers
Chambers
Mirow Air Service
Hans Mirow
Nulato River
Yukon
Walter Hall
Jack Jefford
Christmas Retail Trade Shows 10 Percent Gain in Cedar Rapids
A Cedar Rapids survey of merchants finds Christmas retail trade this year about 10 percent higher than 1938 with gains ranging from five to thirty percent. Several stores note last year’s peak gains, but most report maintaining 1938 volumes despite one fewer shopping day due to Christmas Eve on Sunday and holiday Monday.
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Cedar Rapids
Winter Enters Cedar Rapids With New Four-Degree Low
Cedar Rapids sees winter debut forcing the temperature to four above zero at 6 am. The day features sunrises and sunsets around 7 39 am and 4 46 pm with a daytime high near 26, then 17 and 11 later in the day. Astronomical estimates place winter entry at 12 06 pm Iowa time.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Chambers
Reich Staking All On War Says Goebbels Speech
Berlin reports Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels declares Germany stakes all on the war in a Friday speech. He says this is not a trivial conflict and promises a quick decision on Germany’s future, either relinquishing great power status or achieving victory.
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Berlin
Germany
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Roosevelt Considers Federal Small Hospitals Plan
President Roosevelt proposed a plan for the federal government to fund small community hospitals in poor areas while allowing communities to maintain them. The plan, costing about 150000 dollars per hospital, would keep title with the federal government and serve about 100 beds in two wings for white and Negro patients, with administration, clinic, operating room, and lab.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wagner
N.Y
Harrison
Miss
Perts
Lost Items Ad Request for Saturday Gazette
If you lose a Christmas package purse glasses watch or any item while shopping call 2 1121 before noon Saturday and place a Lost Want Ad in The Saturday Gazette.
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Saturday Gazette
All But 25 On Christmas List Assured Of Gifts
Needy individuals on the Christmas exchange list are nearly fully provided for with baskets and gifts for Christmas. About twenty five families remain, including older couples and some younger couples with babies. People may obtain names from the Christmas exchange office at the Chamber of Commerce by Saturday noon and can donate cash or food for distribution through the Sunshine Mission and the Salvation Army on the weekend.
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Christmas Exchange
Santa Claus
Christmas Exchange Office
Chamber of Commerce
Sunshine Mission
Salvation Army
Girl Injured When Car Hits Fire Plug
Seven year old Marion Von Lackum suffered bruises around her left eye and cheekbone when a car driven by her mother Mrs J I K Von Lackum 326 Twenty third street drive SE rolled into a fire plug on B avenue between Twenty second and Twenty third streets NE at about 2 pm Thursday. Mrs Von Lackum said she started to pull away as her children talked to her and did not see the hydrant on a steep grade. The hydrant remained undamaged.
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Marion von Lackum
J IK. von Lackum
Twenty-third
B= avenue
Twenty-second
von Lackum
B Avenue
Sabotage Indicated In U S Ship Fire
New York AP Officials of the Shepard Steamship company said their Wind Rush freighter passenger steamship was ablaze in the Caribbean with circumstantial evidence of sabotage. Master Harris M. Jones reported a mysterious fire in hold number 3 under control en route to Cristobal. Otis Shepard cited labor troubles at the line.
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New York
Shepard Steamship Company
Caribbean Sea
Line
Harris M. Jones
Number 3
Cristobal
Canal Zone
Otis Shepard
Independent Fellow Is One Fired From Both Parties
The piece defines an independent fellow as a politician fired from both parties, contrasts him with the Old Guard, and labels a progressive as one who looks forward while sliding backward. It frames independent figures as the cream of the political crop and a new classification in politics.
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Baer
Fire destroys Cedar Rapids Farmer Canning Co. warehouse at Marengo
Fire at the J LeRoy Farmer Canning Co. warehouse in Marengo destroyed a brick and concrete building housing 48 000 cases of canned corn valued at 58 000. Loss estimated 75 000 to 100 000 with insurance covering the damage. building damaged but factory intact. Fire discovered around midnight, reactivated by 5 am, furnace heated, origin undetermined.
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Marengo
J. LeRoy Farmer Canning Company
Cedar Rapids
Burglar Saws Desk and Steals Cash from Two Firms
Thief entered through a back window at 306 First Avenue E, sawed open a steel desk and took about $150 from Shoppers Service and Johnson Nut company. Investigators estimate nearly $227 in change was taken from the Nut company till. a few cents scattered on the floor.
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Shoppers Service
Johnson Nut Company
First Avenue E
Nut Company
Hr. Foreman
J Ward
Ward
Nab Two Heslops For Wire Theft Attempt At Downs
Robert Heslop 25 and Paul Heslop 27 were arrested near Hawkeye Downs after police found copper wire cut from the grandstand and a hacksaw with wire fragments in their vehicle. Chief Earl Stanley said they face larceny charges. the brothers deny involvement, claiming they came to collect a bottle of whisky.
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Hawkeye Downs
Robert Heslop
Sixth Street SE
Paul Heslop
Eighth Avenue SE
Paul
Anamosa
Earl Stanley
Funcke
Kofron
L. DeFrance
Heslop Brothers
DeFrance
Funeke
Heslops
Grandstand
Paul Hessop
Hessops
Nazi Naval Chief Resigns After Spee Scuttling Report
London reports Grand Admiral Erich Raeder handed his resignation to Hitler over the Graf Spee scuttling. The Daily Express cites an unquestionable source, but Berlin officials say they know nothing of Raeder’s resignation.
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Spee
London
INS
Erich Raeder
Germany
Hitler
Graf Spee
London Daily Express
Amsterdam
Raeder
Berlin
Finns Launch Counter Attack on Karelian Isthmus Front
Reports from reliable sources Friday night say Finnish troops opened a counter attack on the Karelian isthmus as Soviet air raids hit Helsinki and other targets. Recaptured Savakoski, deep German-style? The Finnish claim a patrol reached 30 miles behind Russian lines in the Salla sector. Russian losses include bombed Helsinki hospitals. claims of a sunk cruiser Kirov emerge amid harsh winter conditions hampering tanks.
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Helsinki
Red Army
Karelian
Workers
Lake Ladoga
Salla
Petsamo
Finnssh
North Central
Ro- Vaniemi
Savakoski
Finland
Kirof
Tallinn
Estonia
Leningrad
Red Arctic Drive Halted as Winter Grips Front
Reports from the far northern Finnish front Friday suggest Russia may have abandoned any offensive plans for the near term. The note indicates a pause in Arctic operations with continued coverage on Page 2.
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Red
Copenhagen
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Welkin
Mr. Everett
Cedar Rapids News
DR. Newton
WPA
F. C. Harrington
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Reich
Goebbels
U.S
Cedar Ravids News
Cedar Rapards
U. S
Art
Bugs” Baer
Smithsonian Institution
Farmer Canning Co
Cedar Rounds
Downs
Olio Kunsinen
Terijoki
Rome
Reuter
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