Pittman Favors Export Embargoes on Japan
Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Key Pittman says he will seek committee approval for export embargoes on Japan at the proper time. He reports no information that Japan has ceased violating rights in China and notes the 1911 trade treaty expired January 26 1940.
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Washington
ULP
Key Pittman
Nev
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Japan
China
United States
Tokio
Joseph C. Grew
Pearl River
Pittman
Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
City Gears Up for New Year Celebration
Saturday night quiet gives way to New Year festivities as cities plan relaxed alcohol rules and law enforcement emphasizes safe behavior. Times Square in New York and Chicago’s Loop host events while police offer rides and railways prepare special return services to help revelers get home safely.
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Times Square
New York
Republicans Back Senate Ratification of Trade Pacts
In Washington, Rep Martin Mass backs Senate ratification of trade agreements when the renewal vote on the trade act comes up. He says Republicans are committed to ratifying pacts like treaties, warning the administration may face trouble in both houses. The act expires June 12 unless renewed, while current agreements stay in force if not abrogated. Speaker Bankhead signals early House action to extend the program.
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Washington
Martin
Mass
House
Senate
Congress
State Department
Bankhead
Bridges to seek naturalization after Landis report
Harry Bridges, California CIO director, cleared of communism by Dean James Landis, said he will seek American naturalization immediately. He praised the Landis report as a labor victory and urged employers to negotiate with unions to speed industrial peace, hoping slanders against him will end. The decision removes deportation risk but leaves the Pacific coast controversy over Bridges.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
California
CIO
Dean James Landis
Harvard Law School
Landis
Bridges
Australia
Pacific Coast
Cedar Rapids Lodge Votes on New Officers Installation
Cedar Rapids lodge No. 141 1.C.C.F. will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. Special Deputy H. P. Krogh and his staff will install the new officers.
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Cedar Rapids Lodge No
1.C.C.F
H. P. Krogh
Woman's Missionary Society Meeting at Mrs Gautsch Home
The Woman's Missionary Society of the First Evangelical Church will meet Friday at 2 p.m. at the home of Mrs. L. F. Gautsch, 263 Highland Drive NW.
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Woman’s Missionary Society of the First Evangelical Church
L. F. Gautsch
Highland Drive
Birth of Donna Mae Ziemer in Mercy Hospital Iowa City
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Ziemer of Solon Iowa a daughter Donna Mae on December 22 at Mercy hospital in Iowa City. Mrs. Ziemer was formerly Miss Bernice Jedlicka of Solon.
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Lloyd Ziemer
Solon
Donna Mae
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Ziemer
Bernice Jedlicka
Linn County Receives New CCC Quota For Camp Departure
Linn county is allotted a CCC quota of 14 workers who will leave Wednesday for a camp not yet designated. Applicants are told to report at the county relief office in the courthouse early Tuesday. Young men between 17 and 23 years old will be considered if employment need is shown.
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Linn County
CCC
Country Relief Office
Rings Lost At Hotel Roosevelt In Minneapolis
Marie VanHouse of Minneapolis reported to police on Saturday that she misplaced two rings in a washroom at Hotel Roosevelt. She said she removed them to wash her hands and forgot them when leaving, then returned 45 minutes later to find them gone. rings valued at 150 and 75 dollars.
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Marie VanHouse
Minneapolis
Hotel Roosevelt
Miss VanHouse
Watch Night Service Shifts to Regular Evening Program
A special musical program set for 10 o'clock Sunday night at the Church of God on L avenue and Eighth street NW will be included in the regular 7 30 p m evening service. Afterward an informal watch night gathering for church members and friends will be held at 1338 Sixth street NW, the pastor Rev R N Coolidge announces.
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Church of God
L Avenue
Eighth Street NW
R. N. Coolidge
Sixth Street NW
Ladder slips cause hip fracture at Shaffer residence
Walter Atherton aged 67 of 1336 I avenue NE suffered a fractured left hip at 1 35 p m Saturday when a ladder he was using slipped on the cement floor of the Van Vechten Shaffer residence 2001 Linden drive SE He was taken to St Luke s hospital by the Ambulance Service Attendants described his condition as fair He was climbing to the left of the garage when the ladder slipped.
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Walter Atherton
I Avenue NE
van Vechten Shaffer
Linden Drive
Shaffer
Atherton
St. Luke's Hospital
Civil War Peril Looms Over Ireland Crisis Deepens
Dublin moves to crush an incipient Irish Republican Army revolt as 28 tons of stolen ammunition remain missing. Police raid a Rathmines house seize a radio station and arrest four including John Plunkett, brother of 1916 rebel Joseph Plunkett. Prime Minister de Valera calls an extraordinary session of Dail Eireann to seek emergency powers amid fears of attacks in Fermanagh and Tyrone and possible British intervention.
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Dublin
INS
Eire
Ireland
Fort Phoenix
Rathmines
John Plunkett
Joseph Plunkett
Eamon de Valera
Dail Eireann
Fermanagh
Tyrone
Northern Ireland
de Valera
Great Britain
Britain
Northern Counties
Muscatine Woman 15 Held By Police Here
A Muscatine woman, 15, was detained by police after charges traced to a Christmas shopping spree on an Iowa City account. Items include sterling table wear, imported luggage, a lamp, linen, pipes, a golfing set, suits, watches, and an electric shaver. Officials said restitution plans and continued investigations followed.
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Iowa City
Condon
Hagemeister
Killian
Muscatine
Held In Probe Of Farm Lightning Rod Theft
Hubert Wood aged 24 of 1518 Sixth Street NW was arrested after lightning rod equipment was removed from a barn and corncrib on an unoccupied Aaron Beatty farm between Beverly and Fairfax. Wood allegedly planned to sell the copper at a junkyard and faces possible malicious injury to a building charge. A 17-year-old youth believed to have accompanied him was not held and must report to the county attorney.
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Hubert Wood
Sixth Street
Larry Condon
Billi Kudina
Aaron Beatty
Beverly
Fairfax
Condon
Wood
Harper Farmer Loses Fingers In Grinder Incident
Earl Striegel, 50, of near Harper Iowa, lost three fingers on his right hand and sustained severe hand injuries while operating a feed grinder Saturday afternoon. Doctors at Washington County Hospital hoped to save the thumb and a badly broken finger. Striegel is the father of six.
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the Gazette
Washington
Earl Striegel
Harper
Washington County Hospital
Striegel
Armstrong Divorce Sparks Reno Marriage Plans
Robert Armstrong, the movie actor, divorced Gladys Du Bois Armstrong in Reno Nevada and announced plans to marry Claire Louise Armstrong of New York and Reno, with a marriage to occur Sunday night.
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Reno, Nev
Robert Armstrong
Gladys du Bois Armstrong
Claire Louise Armstrong
New York
Reno
Social security Board Estimates 900000 Share Benefits in 1942
The Social Security Board estimates 900,000 people will share more than 100 million dollars distributed next year under the revised law. First checks go out Feb 1 for January, with monthly benefits for a family reaching up to 50 or 60 dollars, aiming to keep families from relief rolls.
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Washington
Social Security Board
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Altmeyer
London Radio Station Used By Nazis
A secret high powered radio station operated from the German embassy in London kept the Berlin government in minute-to-minute contact with Britain up to the war declaration. Installed when Joachim von Ribbentrop was ambassador, the short-wave set could reach the United States and South America, and its use breached diplomatic trust.
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London
INS
Berlin
Great Britain
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Hitler
Ribbentrop
Whitehall
United States
South America
Funeral services for Claus Lueders in train collision
Claus Lueders 517 B avenue NE was killed early Saturday when his car was struck by a North Western train at First street and J avenue NW. Funeral services set for 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Teahen funeral chapel by Rev. Frank Ward. Burial in Linwood Cemetery. Viewings Sunday 7 to 9 p.m. at Teahen and Monday anytime.
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Claus Lueders
B Avenue NE
North Western
First Street
J Avenue NW
Teahen
Frank Ward
Linwood Cemetery
Arthur M. Ritchie Former Rock Island flagman dies at 87
Arthur M. Ritchie forty year Sinclair Packing employee and Rock Island flagman died Saturday after a lingering illness at 1127 Eighth St SE. Born November 4 1857 in Bangor Ireland he came to Cedar Rapids in 1883 from Staten Island New York. Surviving are sisters Maude Scott and Elizabeth Gawley of Chicago a nephew Robert Adams and nieces Helen Guess Emeline Nemec Florence Challis Lucille Friend and others. Funeral Tuesday 2 30 p m at Turner chapel with Rev August Cramer officiating burial in Linwood cemetery.
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Arthur M. Ritchie
Rock Island Crossing
T. M. Sinclair Packing Company
Eighth Street
Mr. Ritchie
Bangor
County Down
Ireland
Cedar Rapids
Staten Island
New York
Eliza Jane
Maude Scott
Elizabeth Gawley
Chicago
Robert Adams
Helen Guess
Emeline Nemec
Florence Challis
Tipton
Lucille Friend
Japan
Chigo
Ritchie
Sinclair Memorial Church
The
Foresters of America
Turner Chapel
August Cramer
Linwood Cemetery
Funeral services for Mathias Pisarik near Ely
Funeral services for Mathias Pisarik who died Friday at his home two miles east of Ely will be held at Rogers Grove church at 2 pm today conducted by the Rev Ludvik Burian. Burial follows in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the Brosh chapel.
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Mathias Pisarik
Ely
Rogers Grove
Ludvik Burian
Brosh
Mrs Eliza beth Kirkpatrick Funeral Services
Funeral services for Mrs Eliza beth Kirkpatrick aged 3920 E avenue NE will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Monahan funeral home conducted by Rev Frank Ward. Burial in Shiloh cemetery. Friends may call at Monahan funeral home Monday afternoon and evening.
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Elizabeth Kirkpatrick
E Avenue NE
Monahan Funeral Home
Frank Ward
Shiloh
Soviet Army 15 Routed Amid Frontline Shifts and New Tactics
Reports describe heavy Soviet setbacks with 145000 enemy casualties, 180 aircraft down, and 342 tanks captured or destroyed as Finnish skirmishes deepen along the isthmus. Moscow drafts Siberian units while Finns push skirmish gains beyond previous fronts.
British Look For Real War With Reich By Spring
Britons foresee the start of real war with Germany by early spring and expect a conflict lasting six months to three years or more. Despite heavy sea tolls and hardships, confidence in ultimate victory remains high as Britain and France plan a broader war program. Tax increases and early food rationing are announced as more men are called to service.
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London
Germany
Britain
France
Iowa Missouri Boundary Swap Near Keokuk
The Des Moines river shift alters the state line near Keokuk. Iowa gains 325 acres formerly Missouri and cedes 200 acres to Missouri, with the change taking effect January 1 after approval by both legislatures and Congress.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Missouri
Lee County
Mississippi
Keokuk
Congress
State Bicycle Champion Of 1890 Dies At LeMars
Charles Louis Von Berg 75 Le Mars farmer and 1890 Iowa state bicycle race champion died at his home Saturday. A former government scout he knew Buffalo Bill Cody and other frontier figures. He participated in early bicycle racing circuits and was respected for his athletic legacy in Le Mars.
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LE Mars
Charles Louis von Berg
Iowa
William “Buffalo Bill” Cody
Break in Allied Ties with Moscow Foreshadowed in Europe
Diplomatic circles scrutinize a possible Allied split with the Soviet Union as Britain prepares to publish a white paper on failed Anglo French negotiations with Moscow and Sir Hubert Gough urges a European moral crusade against Russia. The moves follow Soviet Finland invasion and concerns over Nordic stability and neutral opposition to Moscow.
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London
Moscow
Russia
Europe
William Seeds
Leeds
Foreign Office
Hubert Gough
Fifth Army
Britain
Iraq
India
Finland
Balkans
League of Nations
Slayer Of Mother Weds After Hospital Release
Joseph H. Person 47, once confined after insanity acquittal in the slaying of his mother, married Anne Byquist on Dec 23 at Nashua Iowa. The Little Brown Church in the Vale officiated. Police found his mother Christine beaten to death April 28. Person was unconscious beside her. Psychiatrists cited pathological low mood from delusions of financial trouble.
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Minneapolis
State Hospital
Rochester
Joseph H. Person
Anne Byquist
Nashua
William Kent
Little Brown
the Vale
Person
Miss Byquist
Christine Person
Injured Driver Claims Wheel Lock Sparking Park Mishap
Abraham Mashman 24 of Kansas City suffered a chin cut when his car hit a parked vehicle opposite the police station at Third Street and Second Avenue SW. The parked car belonged to Lyle Brown of 1211 Fourth Street SW. Mashman said a wheel locked, causing the crash.
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Abraham Mashman
Kansas City
Third Street
Second Avenue
Lyle Brown
Fourth Street
Loop
Mashman
Vatican publishes golden book on Allied Holy See diplomacy
The Vatican released a golden book compiling official documents on Allied and Holy See diplomatic actions from the past year, including Pope Pius XII’s peace efforts. The publication was announced Saturday in Vatican City.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Holy See
Pius XII
Regime plans 60-40 religious mix in liquor law disputes
Former Cedar Rapids boy and Grinnell graduate John F Chapman now Business Week foreign editor expects critical Far East developments in weeks ahead. He warns the United States will be in the thick of a crisis as the 28 year old trade pact with Japan expires January 26 boosting talk of a showdown. Chapmans view follows Japan's reaction to perceived American mistreatment of interests in the Orient.
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Ohn F. Chapman
Cedar Rapids
Grinnell
Business Week
Far East
United States
Japan
Chapman
Orient
James Roosevelt denies rumors on Hollywood plans
ROM HOLLYWOOD carries a mimeographed note from James Roosevelt son of the President. He says erroneous unauthorised reports claim his company will make four pictures next year, that he will leave Hollywood to help his father’s campaign, and that his plans involve divorce. He states the company will produce only two films and he has not been asked to assist.
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ROM
Hollywood
James Roosevelt
James
Jimmy
Perkins Statement Challenged by Green Over Year Review
Green assails Miss Perkins for omitting key facts in her report on the 1939 fiscal year. He notes CIO refused to resume negotiations after April and that AFL offered to meet anywhere with CIO, but Lewis rejected both the President’s and Perkins’ appeals.
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AFL
CIO
Miss Perkins
Green
Lewis
Dr. Gage to Speak at Linn County Women’s Democratic Club
Dr. Harry M. Gage president of Coe College will address the Linn County Women’s Democratic Club Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the Hotel Roosevelt. He will give a non political talk on Our International Relations. Musical numbers by Otto Thoennes and Teresa Naso Meci. The public and all committee members are invited.
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Harry M. Gage
Coe College
Linn County
Women's Democratic Club
Hotel Roosevelt
Otto Thoennes
Cedar Rapids
Teresa Naso Meci
Marion
Democratic Committee
City Improves Infrastructure and Reduces Debt in 1939
City records show major 1939 projects including the $135000 incinerator plant and the $40000 Third Avenue widening. Other gains include sewer and curb work, dirt road improvements, curb parking removals, storm sewer surveys, a $30000 exposition hall, and bond retirements saving $16656. Public safety upgrades add fire shop, signals, police cars and bikes. Parks receive lights and facilities, waterworks expand mains and hydrants, and feeder lines around Bever Park total $17540.
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Third Avenue
Fourth Street
Cedar River Bridge
Public Improvements
Johnson Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Seventh and
Eighth Streets
Bowling Street
C Street
Cedar Rapids
Hawkeye Downs
First Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Fifth Street SE
Ellis Park
Sinclair
Whitlam Park
Farm Union To Fight For Certificate Plan
Salina Kansas AP John Vesecky national president of the Farmers Union said the organization would oppose any compromise in the income certificate plan for parity payments to farmers drafted by the union. He valued Secretary Wallace’s support but feared a sliding scale of benefits might be removed, eliminating the act’s primary benefit.
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Salina, Kan
John Vesecky
Farmers Union
Vesecky
Wallace
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N. Y
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McNary
Oregon
Mrs. Kirkpatrick
Helsinki
Salla
Mannerheim
Reich
Iowa-Missouri
LeMars
Minn. Hospital
Little Brown Church
Greelings
Paige
Perkins
Women’s Democratic Club
Dr. Gage
Rvice
HG Fussell
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