Halifax to Washington as British war aims spokesman
The piece argues Lord Halifax will go to Washington to promote British interests and defend anti appeasement policy while cautioning Americans against joining any war. It notes Knudsen Stimson Knox support, urges Congress to shape U S policy, and warns against diverting defense councils from production. It also reports Farm Bureau dissent in Benton County over repeal of neutral laws and Johnson act favoring Britain.
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Churchill
Washington
Lord Lothian
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Lord Halifax
England
America
Britain
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Knudsen
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Knox
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Congress
Farm Bureau
Ed O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Benton County
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Alleghanies
Manchester Bomb Fury Breaks Night Siege
The city of Manchester, England, faced its first large Nazi air raid as hundreds of German planes dropped incendiaries and high explosives Sunday night. Rescue efforts continued Monday for victims trapped in hotels and shelters as authorities assessed devastation across the industrial center. The raid coincided with reported attacks on Fort William aluminum works in Scotland and RAF operations against targets in Norway, Belgium, Germany, and Italy, with Swiss cities also hit.
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Gelsenkirchen
Mannheim
Germany
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Fiume
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Berne
Zurich
Free After 5-Year Fight By Daughter To Clear His Name
Detroit court frees Lonnie Jenkins after nine years of a life sentence for his wife’s murder. His daughter Helen Drake, who was 12 at the time of sentencing, led a five-year effort proving a handwriting note implicated Mrs. Jenkins. Federal examiners confirmed the handwriting match, prompting the ruling.
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Lonnie Jenkins
Helen Drake
Recorder’s
Christopher E. Stein
Jenkins
Penny Singleton Wins Final Divorce Decree
Hollywood star Penny Singleton known for Blondie films was granted a final divorce from Dr. L Iscroggs Singleton a dentist, on Sunday. The decree confirms the end of their marriage.
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INS
Penny Singleton
Blondie
Shirer Returns to New York Brimming With German Confidence
CBS continental manager William Shirer arrived in New York aboard the Excambion reporting German strength and confidence. He plans his first American CBS broadcast at 5:45 p.m. and looks forward to a Christmas reunion in Washington with family, including mother Mrs. J. T. Shirer and sister Josephine.
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William Shirer
CBS Continental
Berlin
Excambion
Hitler
Britain
Shirer
Iowa
CBS
Washington
J. T. Shirer
Cedar Rapids
Josephine Shirer
Lakewood
N. J
John
Securities and Exchange Commission
United States
Eileen
Geneva
Bandit Slain by Aged Iowan at Mount Auburn
Special to The Gazette reports a Mount Auburn gasoline station holdup ended when J P Harris a 71 year old Mount Auburn justice of the peace shot and killed bandit Robert Henry Kimery 24. Harris fired seven shots from a .25 caliber revolver after Kimery demanded cash and claimed blanks. The coroner's jury found Harris's action justifiable. Kimery's body lies at Fry funeral home Vinton.
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Here
Robert Henry Kinnery
Keystone
Kentucky
J P Harris
Harris
Kimery
John R. Burrows
T. R. Peterson
H. A. Hessenium
Grover Weise
Fry Funeral Home
John B Franklin
Burrows
Waterloo
Eden named foreign secretary amid shift toward tougher diplomacy
London AP reports Anthony Eden becomes foreign secretary, replacing Lord Halifax who moves to ambassador to Washington. Eden seen as more realistic about Russia and trade, with Halifax departing for the U.S. post. cabinet changes also hint at Lloyd George may join government.
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Anthony Eden
Russia
Lord Halifax
England
Washington
Eden
Halifax
Churchill
Chamberlain
Moscow
Foreign Office
Neville Chamberlain
Britain
David Margesson
Commons
David Lloyd George
No Foreign War Push Gains National Support
No Foreign War committee led by Verne Marshall launches a coast to coast appeal to fund a last ditch effort to keep the U.S. out of Europe’s conflict. A full page ad in about 50 leading papers asks Americans to write to President Roosevelt and lawmakers to preserve independence and resist interventionists, with early responses pouring into Cedar Rapids and New York HQs.
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Verne Marshall
Cedar Rapids
William Allen White
America
Roosevelt
Marshall
New York
Gazette
District of Columbia
Christmas as Fact and Faith in a Changing World
The essay argues that Christmas remains a real force beyond fear and cynicism. It portrays Jesus as bringing a higher harmony into human life, urging readers to reject the myth view and embrace Christmas as a day of divine poetry and social renewal ahead of a future guided by moral intelligence and goodwill.
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United Feature Syndicate
City Clears Fog After Weekend Snow Melt
Sun breaks through early fog as mild winter weather continues. Street driving improves after dawn, with fog lifting by Monday afternoon. Temperatures trend from a 26 degree Sunday low to 48 midafternoon, then down to 32 at midnight. Monday sees a 31 degree low and 45 degree afternoon high.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company
Britain Can Pay for Aid Says Marshall in Debate
Verne Marshall chairman of the No Foreign War committee argued Britain can finance aid for another year or more. Alexander Uhl and C Monteith Gilpin, editors of PM, joined on WMCA to discuss whether the United States should bear more help to Britain amid economic considerations and the war’s broader effects.
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Marshall
New York
Verne Marshall
No Foreign War Committee
WMCA
Alexander Uhl
C Monteith Gilpin
United States
Cedar Rapids
Gilpin
Germany
Uhl
Roosevelt Sets Fireside Talk On Present Emergency
President Roosevelt will address the nation Sunday night in a fireside chat about the present emergency. The White House announced the 8:30 to 9:00 p.m. broadcast over all networks, Iowa time, and the speech is expected to outline measures to speed up defenses and aid Britain and preview a program for Congress to be proposed when it convenes in five days.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Britain
White House
Iowa
Congress
British Submarine Swordfish Reported Lost
London reports the 640 ton submarine Swordfish is overdue and considered lost. The loss leaves 40 crew members' next of kin notified, marking it as the twenty first British submarine lost in the war.
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London
White Says U.S. Can Aid Britain Without Repealing Johnson Act
William Allen White, Kansas editor and head of the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, says his group opposes sending convoys to Britain and repealing the Johnson act on loans to debt defaulters. He urges keeping the country out of war and warns that arming behind the British fleet would invite Hitler’s victory.
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Great Britain
White
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Scripps-Howard
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Assembly Belt
Europe
Hitler
England
Churchill urges Italian people to oust Mussolini for peace
Prime Minister Winston Churchill appeals over Italian leaders to the Italian people, monarchy and army to cast out Mussolini and seek peace with Britain before British forces strike closer into Italy. He says Mussolini has driven Italy into war and aligned with barbarism, warning of British actions in Africa and the Mediterranean.
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