Pittman to Push Export Bans on Japan
Senator Key Pittman chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said he would urge the panel to authorize export embargoes on Japan at the proper time. He noted no indication Japan would stop violations in China and discussed progress with Japan on trade issues as the 1911 treaty nears expiration January 26 1940. The administration seeks removal of trade discriminations while conversations continue in Tokyo through Ambassador Grew.
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Washington
Key Pittman
Nev
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Japan
China
United States
Tokio
Joseph C. Grew
Pearl River
Pittman
Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Sol Bloom
N. Y
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Republicans Urge Senate Ratification Of Trade Agreements
Rep Martin of Massachusetts said Republicans will back senate ratification of trade pacts when the renewal of the trade act comes up. He warned continuation will be difficult in both houses without such qualification. The act expires June 12 unless renewed and existing pacts stay in force otherwise. Speaker Bankhead signaled an early House push to extend the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Martin
Mass
House
Senate
Congress
State Department
Bankhead
New Year Celebrations Quiet Across Cities
Saturday night passes with subdued New Year’s Eve in many cities as authorities ease restaurant limits for the holiday. Times Square and Chicago’s Loop plan major celebrations. Police offer rides to avoid drunk driving and railroads schedule owl service to shuttle revelers home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times Square
New York
Bridges to Seek U S Naturalization After Landis Report
Harry Bridges, California CIO director, cleared of communism by Dean James Landis, says he will seek American naturalization immediately. He calls the Landis finding a victory for labor and urges employers and unions to negotiate toward industrial peace, hoping disproved slanders are dropped. The decision removes deportation fears but won’t end Pacific coast controversy from the 1934 San Francisco general strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Harry Bridges
California
CIO
Dean James Landis
Harvard Law School
Landis
Bridges
Australia
Pacific Coast
Ardekan Temple to Install 1940 Officers at Pythian Hall
City briefs note that Ardekan Temple No. 234 D O K K will install its 1940 officers at Pythian hall Wednesday at 8 p m with other business to follow Cedar Rapids lodge No 141 1 C C F will meet Tuesday at 8 pm new officers to be installed by Special Deputy H P Krogh and staff the women's missionary society of the First Evangelical church meets Friday at 2 pm at the home of Mrs L F Gautsch 263 Highland drive MW plus a birth notice Donna Mae daughter born to Mr and Mrs Lloyd Ziemer of Solon IA at Mercy hospital in Iowa City Mrs Ziemer formerly Miss Bernice Jedlicka of Solon.
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Ardekan Temple No
D.O. KK
Pythian Hall
Cedar Rapids Lodge No
1.C.C.F
H. P. Krogh
Woman’s Missionary Society of the First Evangelical Church
L. F. Gautsch
Highland Drive
Lloyd Ziemer
Solon
Donna Mae
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Ziemer
Bernice Jedlicka
Linn County Gets New CCC Quota for Camp Move
Linn county is allotted a quota of 14 CCC workers who will depart Wednesday for an undetermined camp. Applicants should report Tuesday morning at the relief office in the courthouse. Young men aged 17 to 23 will be considered if they can show employment need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
CCC
Country Relief Office
Rings Lost in Hotel Washroom Incident
Marke VanHouse of Minneapolis reported losing two rings worth 225 dollars in a hotel Roosevelt washroom. She removed the rings to wash hands and forgot them, returning 45 minutes later to find them missing. One ring valued at 150 dollars and the other at 75 dollars.
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Marke VanHouse
Minneapolis
Hotel Roosevelt
Miss VanHouse
Church of God to host special music move to evening service
A special musical program planned for 10 o clock Sunday evening at the Church of God on 6 avenue and Eighth street NW will be included in the regular 7 30 evening service. After the service an informal watch night gathering will be held at the home of Rev R N Coolidge pastor located at 1338 Sixth street NW.
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Church of God
6 Avenue
Eighth Street NW
R. N. Coolidge
Sixth Street NW
Walter Atherton Hurt in Garage Ladder Fall
Walter Atherton age 67 of 1336 I avenue NE suffered a fractured left hip when a ladder slipped on a cement floor in the Shaffer garage at 1 35 p m Saturday. He was taken to St Luke s hospital by ambulance service and listed in fair condition.
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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 In Crisis
Dublin moves to crush an incipient Irish Republican Army revolt amid fears of civil warfare. Police raid Rathmines house seize an illegal radio station arrest four men including John Plunkett. De Valera calls extraordinary session to grant powers as tensions with Northern Ireland rise.
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Dublin
INS
Eire
Ireland
Fort Phoenix
Rathmines
John Plunkett
Joseph Plunkett
Eamon de Valera
Fermanagh
Tyrone
Northern Ireland
de Valera
Britain
Northern Counties
Muscatine Woman Held After Christmas Fraud Case
A Muscatine woman, Mrs Hagemeister, is held by police here after charging 481 to an Iowa City account for items from local stores. Portable merchandise included a sterling table set, imported luggage, a lamp, linen, two pipes, a golf set, suits, watches, a shaver and clothing. Police retrieved some items, while others may be missing. restitution promised.
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Iowa City
Condon
Hagemeister
Killian
Muscatine
Farm Lightning Rod Theft Probe Leads to Arrest
Hubert Wood aged 24 of 1518 Sixth Street NW was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon and Detective Bill Kudina after lightning rod equipment was removed from a barn 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 charges. A 17 year old who may have accompanied him was not held but ordered to report to the county attorney.
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Hubert Wood
Sixth Street
Larry Condon
Bill Kudina
Aaron Beatty
Beverly
Fairfax
Condon
Wood
Harper Farmer Loses 3 Fingers In Grinder
Earl Striegel a 50 year old farmer near Harper lost three fingers of his right hand and suffered severe hand injuries while operating a feed grinder on Saturday in Washington Iowa Doctors at Wington county hospital hoped to save the thumb and badly broken first finger Striegel is father of six children.
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the Gazette
Washington
Earl Striegel
Harper
Wington County Hospital
Striegel
Armstrong Divorce Sparks Plan for Reno Nuptials
Actor Robert Armstrong announced Saturday his divorce from Gladys Du Bois Armstrong and said he will marry Claire Louise Armstrong of New York and Reno Sunday night.
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Reno, New
Robert Armstrong
Gladys du Bois Armstrong
Claire Louise Armstrong
New York
Reno
Social Security Board Estimates 900000 to Share Benefits
The Social Security Board estimates 900000 people will share more than 100 million dollars in benefits next year under the revised law. Checks begin February 1 for January payments to retired elderly workers and families. Benefits may reach 50 to 60 dollars monthly for a family, aiding self-reliance and reducing relief rolls.
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Washington
Social Security Board
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Altmeyer
Funeral services for Claus Lueders to be held Tuesday
Claus Lueders of 517 B avenue NE was killed early Saturday when his car was struck by a North Western passenger train at First street and J avenue NW. Services will be at 1 30 p m Tuesday in the Teahen funeral chapel with Rev Frank Ward officiating. Burial will be in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call 7 to 9 p m Sunday or anytime Monday at the Teahen chapel.
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Claus Lueders
B Avenue NE
North Western
First Street
J Avenue NW
Teahen
Frank Ward
Linwood Cemetery
Teahen Chapel
Retired Rock Island flagman Arthur Ritchie dies in Cedar Rapids
Arthur M. Ritchie age 85, longtime Sinclair Packing employee and former Rock Island crossing flagman, died Saturday at 1127 Eighth Street SE after a lingering illness. Born November 4, 1857 in Bangor Ireland he came to Cedar Rapids from Staten Island in 1883. Survived by sisters Maude Scott Elizabeth Gawley and many relatives. Funeral Tuesday 2:30 pm Turner chapel with Rev. August Cramer, burial Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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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
Ritchie
Sinclair Memorial Church
The
Foresters of America
Turner Chapel
Funeral services for Mathias Pisarik at Rogers Grove Church
Mathias Pisarik died Friday at his home two miles east of Ely. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 pm today by Rev. Ludvik Burian at Rogers Grove church, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the Brosh chapel.
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Mathias Pisarik
Ely
Rogers Grove
Ludvik Burian
Brosh Chapel
Mrs Eliza Beth Kirkpatrick Funeral
Funeral services for Mrs Eliza Beth Kirkpatrick of 3920 E Avenue NE will be held at Monahan Funeral Home at 2 PM Tuesday conducted by Rev Frank Ward. Burial is in Shiloh Cemetery. Friends may call Monday afternoon and evening at the Monahan funeral home.
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Elizabeth Kirkpatrick
E Avenue NE
Monahan Funeral Home
Frank Ward
Shiloh
Secret London Nazi Radio Station Revealed
London officials disclosed a high powered radio station run from the German embassy to monitor Britain’s moves up to the Sept. 3 war declaration. Installed during von Ribbentrop’s ambassadorship, the short wave system could reach the United States and South America, raising breach of trust concerns.
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London
INS
Berlin
Great Britain
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Hitler
Ribbentrop
Whitehall
United States
South America
Soviet Army 15 Routed in Ishtmus Battle Front
Reports say the isthmus fighting intensifies as Soviet units retreat and others move up under artillery cover. Finnish command claims 145000 Soviet casualties with 342 tanks and 180 aircraft lost, while Finns claim gains in northern penetrations and disrupted Soviet lines.
Iowa Missouri boundary swap near Keokuk takes effect
Des Moines reports a boundary adjustment between Iowa and Missouri along the Des Moines river below Keokuk. About 200 acres shift to Iowa and 325 acres to Missouri due to river course changes, endorsed by both states and approved by Congress and the President, taking effect January 1.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Missouri
Lee County
Mississippi
Keokuk
Congress
State Bicycle Champion Of 1890 Dies At Le Mars
Le Mars Iowa AP Charles Louis Von Berg 75 former Iowa state bicycle race champion in 1890 died at his home Saturday He was a one time government scout who knew William Buffalo Bill Cody and had ties to the era sports and frontier history.
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LE Mars
Charles Louis von Berg
Iowa
William “Buffalo Bill” Cody
Break Likely in Allied Ties With Moscow Studied in London
London observers weighed a possible rift between the Allies and Soviet Russia as British and French impatience grew. The move came with Sir William Seeds leaving Moscow and a forthcoming white paper detailing failed British French talks on a Soviet pact, alongside Sir Hubert Gough urging a European moral crusade against Russia.
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London
Moscow
Russia
Europe
Willam Seeds
Lady Seeds
Foreign Office
Hubert Gough
Fifth Army
Britain
Iraq
India
Finland
Balkans
League of Nations
British Look For Real War With Reich By Spring
Britons expect the start of real war with Germany by early spring and foresee a conflict lasting from six months to three years or more. Despite heavy toll at sea and disruption, confidence in ultimate victory remains high as taxes rise and food rationing begins soon. More men will be drafted to the colors in the coming weeks.
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London
Germany
Britain
France
Green
Perkins
United States
Slayer Of Mother Weds After Hospital Release
Joseph H. Person, 47, a Rochester state hospital patient declared not guilty by reason of insanity in the slaying of his mother, married Anne Byquist at Nashua Iowa nine days after leaving the hospital. The Rev. William Kent performed the Dec 23 ceremony at the Little Brown Church.
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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 Says Wheel Locked In Parked-Car Crash
Abraham Mashman, 24, of Kansas City, suffered a chin cut when the car he was driving collided with a parked vehicle owned by Lyle Brown at Third Street and Second Avenue SW. Mashman claimed a wheel locked, causing the crash while Brown was in the loop district.
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Abraham Mashman
Kansas City
Third Street
Second Avenue
Lyle Brown
Fourth Street
Loop
Mashman
Vatican issues golden book on Allied Holy See diplomacy
The Vatican released a golden book containing official documents on diplomatic activities between the Allies and the Holy See during the past year, including Pope Pius XII's peace efforts, disclosed on Saturday.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Holy See
Pius XII
Current Comment on Politics and Hollywood Rumors
The piece notes a shift in liquor dispensation staffing from Democrats to a Republican majority plus other faiths. It cites Pee F. Chapman foreseeing Far East crises and a Japan trade renewal deadline of January 26 intensifying tensions. It also reports James Roosevelt denying rumors about his film plans and involvement in his father's re election.
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Hollywood
James Roosevelt
James
Jimmy
Green Attacks Perkins On Peace Talks Report
AFL critic Green challenged Perkins review of peace negotiations, claiming she omitted that the CIO ended talks last April and refused renewal. He said AFL and CIO did not resume talks after invites were rejected, and that Lewis declined both the President and Perkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AFL
CIO
Miss Perkins
Green
Lewis
Dr. Gage to address Linn County Women’s Democratic Club
Dr. Harry M. Gage president of Coe College will speak at the Linn County Women’s Democratic Club on Wednesday at 8 p.m. at Hotel Roosevelt. The talk titled Our International Relations is non political. Musical numbers by Otto Thoennes and Teresa Naso Meci will entertain. All Democrats and community men and women 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
Cedar Rapids City Improves Roads and Services in 1939
After closing 1939 operations the city lists major projects including an incinerator plant costing about 135000 and a Third avenue widening project of 40000. Other items include sewer work on Johnson avenue, curb and gutter on K street, road maintenance, storm sewer surveys, fire department shop upgrade, traffic signals, police cars and motorcycles, park improvements, and waterworks mains and hydrants totaling several expenditures and bond retirements.
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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
Kiwanis Club
Daniels Park
Bever Park
Farm Union To Fight For Certificate Plan
Salina Kan AP John Vesecky national president of the Farmers Union opposes any compromise in the income certificate plan for parity payments. He fears sliding scale provisions favoring small producers could be removed, erasing the act’s primary benefit.
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Salina, Kan
John Vesecky
Farmers Union
Vesecky
Wallace
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Minn. Hospital
Little Brown Church
Pee F. Chapman
Grinnell
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Orient
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