Telegrapher Halpin Retires After 51 Years of Service
L F Larry Halpin 67 of 1731 Fourth Avenue SE retires from a 51 year telegrapher career to care for his three month old grandson after his son and daughter in law vacation. Born in Ireland 1872 he married Jessie Lilly in 1906 and worked for B C R N Rock Island lines Cedar Rapids Des Moines.
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L. F
Larry” Halpin
Fourth Avenue SE
California
Mr. Halpin
Ireland
America
Vinton
Oelwein
Jessie Lilly
Cedar Rapids
Lawrence J. Halpin
Eighteenth Street
Frances Halpin
James Leo Halpin
Rock Island Lines
Des Moines
W. G. Haskell
Hungarians to Waive Meat on Mondays and Fridays
The Hungarian government decreed on Saturday that Hungarians must not eat meat on Mondays and Fridays starting January 1. The rule applies nationwide and marks a new dietary directive issued by authorities.
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Budapest
Hungary
Firemen Stand By as House Burns Over Billing Dispute
In Haverstraw New York two village fire departments argued over a $400 bill for damages to their equipment. They responded to a blaze in an unincorporated area between the villages and watched the house burn. Four families lived there. The dispute concerns whether Haverstraw township owes the villages for past firefighting losses.
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Haverstraw
N. Y
West Haverstraw
Fairhaven
Silver May Line for Cans Shrugging War Costs
Metals expert E. T. Thum, in Cleveland, says silver could replace tin in cans if tin imports are blocked by war. The switch would add less than a third of a cent to each can, making silver a potential necessity during the European conflict.
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Cleveland, O
E. T. Thum
Linn County Supervisors Close Records on 1939
Linn County supervisors spent a forenoon closing the 1939 records and marking the end of nine years of service for Chairman Fred Stirm. Clarence H. Petty succeeds Stirm on the board, with financial questions unresolved regarding a $1,000 Cedar Rapids assessors office expense claim.
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Linn County
Fred Stirm
Alburnett
Clarence H. Petty
Viola
L. D. Burgus
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt to Deliver Annual Message to Congress in Person
President Roosevelt will address the Seventy sixth Congress in a joint session Wednesday at 1 p.m. CST. The address will outline world peace efforts, U.S. neutrality policy, and calls for Western Hemisphere unity amid European conflict. Budget plans, tax increases, and New Deal spending cuts are expected, with relief and public works economies to avoid debt expansion.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Seventy-sixth Congress
House
Senate
Europe
United States
Bankhead
White House
Congress
Iowa Farmers to Attend Jackson Day Dinner in Support of AAA
A group of Iowa farmers announced that 100 or more will attend the Jackson Day dinner in Des Moines on January 8 to show support for the AAA farm program and demand its continuation by the Democratic party. State Senator Earl Dean said the AAA has been nonpartisan and warned against anti farm group efforts. Henry A. Wallace will headline the event with other farmers named from Letts Delta Salix Onawa and Afton.
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Des Moines
Iowa
AAA
Earl Dean
Mason City
Dean
Republican Party
Agricultural Committee
Henry A. Wallace
Democratic Party
Ralph G. Lowe
Letts
Clarence L. Rice
Delta
Steve Cleary
Salix
Ed Rawlings
Onawa
P. Donahue
Afton
Beardsley Urges Law Schools To Teach Tomorrow's Law
President Charles A. Beardsley of the American Bar Association urged Chicago attendees on Saturday that law schools must stop teaching the law of the day before yesterday and start focusing on the law of tomorrow to prepare graduates for future challenges.
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Chicago
First Lady Declines News Guild Presidency Bid
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt refused the nomination for president of the American Newspaper Guild saying the role requires full time commitment. The Denver unit proposed her name.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
American Newspaper Guild
Denver
Oil drilling resumes at Phillips No. 1 Creston well
In Creston Iowa the Phillips No 1 oil test well resumed drilling on Saturday after a ten day shutdown caused by a caving hole at a depth of 1264 feet. Local details note the restart of operations and the ongoing test program.
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Creston, Ia
Creston
FHA Expands Iowa Low Cost Housing Program
Des Moines AP confirms FHA will broaden 1940 lending to small Iowa towns and rural areas. Loans up to 2500 dollars with 5 percent down, payable up to 15 years, and simplified design standards allow modest homes in nonurban areas.
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DES Moines
O. H. Brandt
Federal Housing Administration
Iowa
Brandt
Iowa State Health Department
Native L L White Named General Manager Of C N W Railroad
L L White native of Cedar Rapids who began with Rock Island in this city was appointed general manager of the Chicago and North Western effective January 1. He succeeds Harry Eicholtz who retires. White held roles at Rock Island Davenport Des Moines Manly and Erie before becoming C N W’s top executive. His mother long lived in Kenwood Park living with him now, per Mike Kelly.
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L. L. White
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island Lines
Chicago and North Western Railroad
Harry M. Eicholtz
Mr. White
Kenwood Park
Mike Kelly
Rock Island
Nazis Claim Sinkings Show German Naval Power
Berlin reports that a German U boat torpedoed an armed British freighter and a Queen Elizabeth class battleship west of Scotland in the Bay of Biscay. The agency says the action proves German naval strength beyond the North Sea while London denies any freighter loss and notes casualties on the battleship.
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Berlin
Bay of Biscay
Scotland
North Sea
London
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