Goofy Doings Help Ease Jitters in 1939 War Era
A humorous roundup notes odd incidents and absurdities from 1939 as a coping mechanism during war fears. Smeltzer misses thieves when a dog causes a shotgun mishap leaving 16 chickens dead, while trout fried by a high voltage line, pink elephants fading from drinkers, and other quips provide comic relief amid grim news.
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Chicago
Beast
Berne
Ind
John Smeltzer
Smeltzer
Cedar Rapids bachelor builds an all electric three foot doll house
Guy S Wright of 1202 Oakland road NE completed a three year miniature construction project gifting a fully wired colonial doll house to cousins Sally and Janet Jones on Christmas Day. The work included hand wrought light fixtures, a cedar shingle roof, brass lamp posts, a glassless paneled front, a brick like fireplace, and movable interior fittings.
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Guy S. Wright
Sally
Right
Janet Jones
Charles P. Jones, Jr
Cedar Rapids
Oakland Road
Park Avenue
Mr. Wright
Shirley Temple
Wright
Rumor Mobs Arrest in Bessarabia Province
In Bucharest authorities report the arrest of several persons in Bessarabia for circulating a rumor that Russia would invade Romania after conquering Finland. The announcement was made Saturday.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Bessarabia
Russia
Finland
Finns destroy Big Bertha in raid to halt Russian shelling
London Sunday Graphic recounts a Finnish volunteer squad deep into Russian territory to disable the Big Bertha gun shelling Viipuri. After intense hand to hand fighting, the team damaged the firing mechanism and withdrew, with many Finns not returning and Russians suffering unknown losses.
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London
INS
Viipuri
Sunday Graphic
Farmers To Keep Eye On Congress Wallace Comments
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace says farmers will watch Congress weather and prices. He notes Congress must make farm programs permanent and warns against general economy measures hamstringing farm prosperity. He favors a device like the farmers certificate plan, opposed by other administration leaders.
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Washington
INS
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Oelwein Wins 1940 Iowa Poultry Show
Oelwein was awarded the 1940 Iowa state poultry show at a Davenport meeting of the association executive committee. Des Moines submitted an invitation. Buchanan county 4-H judging team won first honors with Cedar second Scott third and Boone fourth. Roger Shares of Jesup led exhibition judging and tied for first in production judging with three others.
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Davenport
Oelwein
Association
Des Moines
Buchanan County
Cedar
Scott
Boone
Roger Shares
Jesup
Legion Of Decency Flags Gone With The Wind In Part
The National Legion of Decency rated Gone With The Wind as objectionable in part, placing it in Class B for films with some disapproval. MGM indicated the report would be reviewed as the studio considers a response.
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Legion of Decency
New York
INS
Gone With the Wind
National Legion of Decency
the Legion
Selznick
Selznick International
MGM
M. Hymann
Legion Report
New York Film Critics Circle
Delay Opening of New Radio System
Transcontinental Broadcasting said Saturday that the launch of its new network, set for January 1, has been postponed to February 1. The move affects the nationwide rollout and the startup schedule of the system.
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New York
Transcontinental Broadcasting System
Last voyage of American Scantia liner Scanpenn departs flag
Jersey City reports the American Scanti liner Scanpenn completed its last voyage under the American flag arriving from Copenhagen with 76 passengers. The ship is among 14 sold to Lloyd Braziliero line of Brazil for South American service.
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Jersey City
N. J
Copenhagen
Liord Braziliero Line
Brazil
Czechs Keep Spirit Up In Adversity Amid Breakup Of Czechoslovakia
From New York dispatches a briefing on the rapid dismemberment of Czechoslovakia as German protectorates replace Bohemia and Moravia, with Slovak independence, Hacha’s submission, and the emigration of Edvard Beneš in exile in London. The piece notes Allied guarantees to Poland and deeper steps toward war.
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New York
INS
Czechoslovakia
Reich
Britain
France
Bohemia and
Moravia
Neville Chamberlain
Great Britain
Munich
Bohemia
Sudetenland
Adolf Hitler
Poland
Germany
Austria
Prague
Berlin
Bratislava
Slovakia
Emil Hacha
Hacha
Hungary
Ruthenia
Carpatho- Ukraine
Agena
Bohemia - Moravia
Constantin von Neurath
United States
America
Ednasi Benes
London
Export-Import Bank Aids Paraguay Road Financing
The Export-Import Bank will discount notes Paraguay issues for a $3 million highway program. R. W. Hebard and Company will coordinate, with all foreign materials sourced in the United States and shipped on American flag vessels. The arrangement continues a collaboration to boost Paraguay’s productive capacity and trade with the U.S. through American manufacturer participation.
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Export-Import Bank
Paraguay
Washington
United States
Export-Import Bank of Washington
R. W. Hebard and Company, Inc
New York City
Republic of Paraguay
Hebard
Women Publisher Of Extinct Magazine Convicted Of Fraud
Catherine McNells, leader of Tower Magazines, Inc., was found guilty by a federal jury on seven counts of mail fraud for defrauding advertising clients of about 1 million dollars through false circulation reports. Her brother and brother-in-law faced the same counts. the comptroller pleaded guilty. Sentencing was set for January 15.
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New York
Catherine McNells
America
Tower Magazines, Inc
John
Joseph E. Flynn
E. Frederick Low
Clarence G. Galston
Mayor of Kansas City Postpones His Resignation
Bryce B. Smith delays resignation to sign judgment bonds for back pay to 1 541 city employees totaling 459000. After clashes with the Tom Pendergast democratic machine the mayor kept his post until next Wednesday to allow delivery of the bonds and avoid questions of illegality.
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Kansas City
Bryce B. Smith
Tom Pendergast
Smith
Republican Seems Congress Choice In Tennessee Election
John Jennings 59 of Knoxville led Hammond Fowler 15 121 to 9 954 with 242 of 267 precincts counted in the Tennessee 2nd district race. Uncounted boxes could not change the result, giving the Republicans uninterrupted representation since the Civil War after the death of Rep J Will Taylor.
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Knoxville
Tenn
John Jennings
Jennings
Hammond Fowler
Rockwood
J. Will Taylor
Austin urges $50 million loan to aid Finns
Senator Warren R. Austin of Vermont urged a $50,000,000 government loan to Finland and an amendment to the neutrality act to favor small republics under attack. He proposed that the neutrality act not apply to tiny republics thus attacked, enabling a flow of munitions to victims of aggression in American ships.
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Washington
INS
Warren R. Austin
Vermont
Finland
Russia
Hitler skips New Year reception for diplomats
Adolf Hitler will not hold his annual New Year's reception for the diplomatic corps this year. A visitors' book will be placed in the chancellery for signing by diplomats instead.
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Hitler
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Man escapes home fire loses wallet but keeps teeth
Frank Randles leaped from a window during a fire at his San Antonio home on Saturday. Firemen recovered his wallet from a burned shirt pocket. his false teeth rested safely in a bowl nearby, unscathed.
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San Antonio
Frank Randles
Floodlight House Building by Gene Stark in Marion
Clothing salesman by day and builder at night Gene Stark at 1060 Second Avenue Marion is constructing a four room house with bath and shingling roof since Sept 1. He works nightly at 961 A Avenue NW under floodlights and plans to finish in spring. Stark also built a trailer and garage as storehouse for materials and will handle all work except plumbing and gas furnace.
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Gene Stark
Second Avenue
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Gene
A Avenue NW
Minnnesota
Boxer Johnson Sues Hotel Over Race Discrimination
Jack Johnson, former heavyweight champion, files suit in Minneapolis claiming Russell hotel refused him a room due to his race. He seeks 608 dollars including 500 for the room, 100 for baggage, and 8 previously paid, while hotel manager says no reservation and that a room was under another name. Johnson is shown in a side show museum.
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Minneapolis
Russell
Jack Johnson
Johnson
Minnesota
J. T. Moran
Moran
Vandenberg Bailey Marriage Unites Two Warring Clans
Washington reports the marriage of Barbara Vandenberg Knight of Grand Rapids to John W. Bailey of Battle Creek, uniting the Vandenberg and Bailey families once divided by a heated political contest. Mrs. Bailey is the daughter of Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg.
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Washington
Barbara Vandenberg Knight
Grand Rapids
Mich
John W. Bailey
Battle Creek
Bailey family ties and political lineage in Michigan
In Michigan, Bailey is the son of the late John W. Bailey a four term Battle Creek mayor and 1928 senate candidate against Vandenberg. His mother Mrs Bailey was previously married to John Knight of Kalamazoo and divorced in 1935 before remarriage in 1937.
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Mich
Bailey
John W. Bailey
Battle Creek
Senate
Vandenberg
Accused In Lottery Costing Public Fifty Million
George Henry Garlick, 60, was arrested in Mount Dora as a suspect in a lottery scheme said to fleece the public of 50 million dollars. Investigators attribute the loss to the grand national horse race charity fund of Liverpool, England, with authority citing Federal Commissioner Alex Daley.
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Orlando
Fla
INS
George Henry Garlick
Garlick
Mount Dora
Liverpool
England
Tennyson Jefferson
Boston
Mass
Alex Daley
Court Hearing Set On Marsh Custody Modification
Hearing on Marvan N. Marsh’s bid to modify a 1938 divorce decree and gain custody of a boy was set for January 9 at 9 a.m. Judge C. J. Haas ordered a temporary injunction against removing the child from the court’s jurisdiction. The petition cites the boy may have lived in Chicago and now in Cedar Rapids. A December 5 replevin suit by Joseph Boxell for possession of an automobile was dismissed with prejudice. Gertrude Mitchell was the defendant.
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Marvan N. Marsh
Nina Marsh
C. J. Haas
Haas
Marsh
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Joseph Boxell
Ed Lundquist
Gertrude Mitchell
Court settles two 1930s suits in Haas courtroom
A 171.41 dollar account suit filed December 22 by Fay W Bailey against C C Jenkins was settled and dismissed with prejudice at defendant costs before Judge C J Haas. A 120 dollar landlord attachment case brought December 21 by Raymond E Wertz as assignee with L R Thompson and Cora Thompson as defendants has been settled and dismissed.
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Fay W. Bailey
C. C. Jenkins
C. J. Haas
Raymond E. Wertz
L. R. Thompson
Cora Thompson
Home Lumber seeks priority lien over Fowler Electric case
Alleging an identity of issues the Home Lumber company sues to assert priority in a $1602.65 mechanic's lien against Robert McKintyre and the McIntyre Construction company. Fowler Electric's $131.56 lien action is abated pending resolution of the Home Lumber case, with McIntyre and others named as defendants.
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The
Home Lumber Company
Robert McKintyre
McIntyre Construction Company
W. L. Fowler
Fowler Electric Company
Home Lumber
Robert McIntyre
Foweler
Inheritance Tax Receipts Filed for Two Estates
The State Tax Commission filed receipts totaling 2182.05 for estate of George M. Safford and 561.54 for estate of Marie Vondracek with Court Clerk Ed Lundquist on Saturday.
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State Tax Commission
George M. Safford
Ed Lundquist
Marie Vondracek
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