Army Bomber Victims In Crash At Uniontown
At least seven men died when a twin engine bomber exploded and disintegrated in a rainy night crash near Uniontown Alabama. The wreckage covered a sixty acre area as investigators found no sabotage signs and identified several crew members among the casualties.
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Uniontown
Ala
Warren A. Maxwell
Maxwell Field
Montgomery
Maxwell
Hamilton Field
Calif
Mitchell Field
March Field
Warren Wunderlich
Hamilton
Reiber
Ruebe
Frank Glass
Christmas Eve Magic and Renewal in Quiet Faith
A reflective Christmas Eve meditation describes the hour as unreal yet real, stirring humility, hope, and childlike joy. It envisions weary adults softened by candles and carols, bonds of love healing old hurts, and a hopeful harmony beyond a dark world.
Christmas Baskets Aid 850 Needy Families in Cedar Rapids
The Christmas basket exchange served 850 families this year the largest in its history an increase of 244 from last year. By Friday night 57 remained unserved including 25 uncertified and 32 with incomes. Supervisor Sadie Warner estimates over 3400 needy individuals benefited this season, assuming about four persons per family.
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Cedar Rapids
Christmas Basket-Clearing House
Exchange
Sadie
Warner
Poland Protest Demands Czechoslovak Halt to Terrorism
Poland issued a sharp note to Prague demanding immediate cessation of alleged Czechoslovak terrorist activities along the border. Poland warned of counter measures if not stopped. In retaliation, 100 Czech residents in Poland were expelled to Czechoslovakia amid rising tensions.
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Warsaw
INS
Poland
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovak
Ruthenia
Motorist Nabbed For Drunk Driving Following Collision
Cedar Rapids police arrested Guy DeWitt, 34, of 1700 First Avenue West, for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after a rear collision with F. D. Miller, 3432 First Avenue East. A full bottle of brandy and part of another bottle were found in the car.
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Cedar Rapida News
Guy DeWitt
First Avenue W
F. D. Miller
First Avenue E
DeWitt
Miller
Juneau County Offers Old Jail By Bid
The Juneau county board in Maulton Wisconsin plans to build a new jail and offers the current facility for sale by auction. Bonds are being issued to finance the construction and the old jail will go to the highest bidder.
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Maulton
Wis
Juneau County
Coalition forms to block Hopkins confirmation as commerce secretary
A Republican Democrat coalition forms to defeat President Roosevelts nomination of Harry Hopkins. Bailey McNary and Vandenberg press for hearings to probe WPA politics and charges of election influence. Hopkins takes oath, Harriman to head business council, Ropers resignation effective, Bailey expected to push full inquiry.
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Senate
Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
Commerce
Hopkins
Oval
Roper
Commerce Department
Business Advisory Council
W. Averill Harriman
Harriman
Union Pacific
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
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Tennessee
Pennsylvania
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Texas
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Works Progress Administration
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Dre
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N. C
Copeland
Commerce Committee
WRA
Clark
Vandenberg
Mich
WPA
Lewis
Hoover
Madrid Faces Grim Christmas in War Hardship
Madrid's residents endure a cheerless holiday with scarce essentials. Civilians lack food, heat, and basic supplies. rations limit bread to two ounces daily and even tobacco is unavailable, forcing improvised meals and scarce comforts.
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Madrid
Ins
Spain
Judge says Syrian boy Fred Abdnour became citizen in 1934
Judge Thomas B Powell in Cedar Rapids ruled Fred Abdnour has been a U.S. citizen since Sept 25 1934 along with his mother Mrs Rachide Shada. The decision affects a deportation order issued March 22 1939 for illegal entry. The hearing noted derivative citizenship through his mother’s naturalization under the 1922 act.
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Cedar Rapids
Shakespeare
Thomas B Powell
Superior Court of
Fred Abdnour
United States
Judge Powell
Department of Labor
Powell
Fred
Rachide Shada
Tenth Street SE
Shada
Durisch
Chicago
Sam
Canada
Pope Attacks Italian Government in Holiday Message
In a Christmas Eve audience with the College of Cardinals the 81 year old Pope denounced Italy's stance toward Catholic Action and criticized anti Semitic decrees while lamenting the appearance of the swastika in Rome and reaffirming that Catholic Action is not political. He praised Cardinal Schuster and urged world peace.
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Vatican City
College of Cardinals
Catholic Action Organization
Lateran
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Rome
Holy
Pius
Cardinal Schuste
Italy
Murderous suicide ends Christmas for Point Marion girls
In Wayne County near Waynesburg Pa Ralph Moody 35 shot and killed his ex wife Virginia Moody then killed himself after wounding her. The couple had a troubled marriage and two daughters Irene 12 and Resha 10 witnessed the tragedy as their mother died and their father killed himself.
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Waynesburg
Point Marion
Ralph Moody
Moody
Virginia Burns Moody
Mrs. Moody
Resha
Irene Moody
Nightly Cedar Rapids Temps Dip After Snow
After light snow, Cedar Rapids saw overcast skies and a drop in temperature. The thermometer fell from 24 at 1 a.m. to 16 by early morning, with a high around 32 near 1 p.m. and 24 again by 7 p.m. on the Chambers Inskeep recorder.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers -Inskeep Company
Generations of Roosevelts Mark Yuletide
Four generations of the Roosevelt family will open Christmas season with ceremonies at Lafayette Park. At 4 pm President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt will light the national tree, with a 4:11 pm radio broadcast. Family festivities follow at the White House including Dickens readings and stockings.
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Roosevelt
C. S&s T
James Roosevelt
Lafayette Park
White House
Roosevelts
Charles Dickens
J R. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Hall Roosevelt
James
Franklin D., Jr
Commerce
Harry L. Hopkins
Diana
Harry Hooker
University of Virginia
Franklin, Jr
Franklin D. Roosevelt, III
Ethel du Pont
Sara
Kate Roosevelt
No New Typhoid Cases Reported In Two Weeks
City physician Dr. V. H. Hasek announced there were no new typhoid cases in the last two weeks and the total on record by Saturday stood at 25, with two new cases reported during the period.
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Cedar Rapids
V. H. Hasek
Teacher Snaps Note Demanding Candy Bribe at School
In Peoria Illinois an AP report describes a teacher seizing a note from a student who tried to tear it up. The note read sign this and bring five cents to school to buy the teacher a box of candy, aiming to smooth over a prank in the classroom.
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Peoria, Ill
Pardoned murderer Jesse Adams freed from Fort Madison
DES MOINES Iowa governor Kraschel granted a pardon to Jesse Adams a Sioux City man who had been serving a life term for first degree murder at Fort Madison. Adams had his sentence commuted to thirty years then released on parole before a second life sentence was upheld by the courts.
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Sneelal
Des Moines
Kraschel
Jesse Adams
Sioux City
Fort Madison
Adams
Iowa Supreme Court
Iowa Governor Pardons Ten In Christmas Clemency Move
Gov Kraschel granted full pardons to Wayne Wellman and Robert McElroy of Ottumwa restoring citizenship after parole. The same action commuted life terms for Ralph Stewart and others. details include locations Chariton and Leighton and crimes such as first degree murder and bank robbery.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Nelson G. Kraschel
Wayne Wellman
Robert McElroy
Ottumwa
Farmers’ Savings Bank
Leighton
Wellman
State Reformatory
Russell E. Wellman
Phoenix Trust Company
McElroy
Walter McElroy
Dan Hamilton
Reformatory
Clyde L. Herring
Ralph Stewart
At Chariton
Enough European Peace Is Around For 6 Or 7 Wars
An essay by Arthur Rugs Haer reflects on European peace and the potential for conflict, linking global hunger and marching influence to how much earth can be covered in a day. The tone muses on Christmas wishes free from burdens like import duties and spies as 1938 closes.
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Arthur “Rugs” Haer
Cedar Rapids Veteran Music Teacher Dead
Cedar Rapids marks the death of Prof E. A. Leo veteran music teacher aged 84. He directed choirs in Immaculate Conception and Grace churches and led the Philharmonic Singing Society of 200. Funeral at Turner chapel Monday with Elks lodge honoraries.
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Cedar Rapids
E. A. Leo
Third Avenue SE
Leo
New York City
Midwest
Des Moines
Rockford
New York
Marion
Immaculate Conception
Grace Church
Philharmonic Singing Society
Greene's
Opera House
Elks Club
Luter
Episcopal Church
Sarah Wilson
Carl Leo
Milwaukee
James E Leo
Chicago
John
Ralph Leo
Johanna Baptistella Leo
Mercy
Turner Chapel
Robert Little
The
Elks Lodge
Holiday Travelers Throng Marks Busy Christmas Ebb
A record crowd travels toward hometown reunions and white Christmas prospects across many states. Snow and ice from coast to valley create peril on roads as bus and rail traffic runs 10 to 15 percent above last year. Pennsylvania Railroad logged 735 trains into NYC Friday, 125 above normal amid strong shopping volumes and near 1987 figures in New York merchants.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Mississippi Valley
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York City
Berlin Puts Ickes Incident Behind Diplomatic Row
A Nazi propaganda spokesman said the Ickes incident is closed diplomatically after the United States rejected Germanys protest over Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes remarks. The report notes German anger, Ribbentrop honors, and German press calls it an open feud with America.
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Berlin
United States
Interior
Sumner Welles
London
News Chronicle
Germany
Harold L. Ickes
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Hiroshi Oshima
Reich
Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Pittman
America
Boy Dies After Fall While Seeking Santa
In Fitchburg Massachusetts a 4 year old boy Gordon Daigle died after falling at the foot of the stairs while his parents trimmed a Christmas tree. His skull was broken and he did not survive.
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Fitchburg
Mass
Gordon Daigle
Santa Claus
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