Hitler and Queen Elizabeth Named Personalities Of The Year In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids residents vote Hitler as Man of the Year for relentless ambition and world impact. Nile Kinnick follows. Stalin appears with reservations. Women largely favor Hitler and Queen Elizabeth wins Woman of the Year by a wide margin, with Eleanor Roosevelt second.
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Hitler
Queen Elizabeth
Cedar Rapids
Adolf Hitler
der Fuehrer
Nile Kinnick
Iowa
Miracle Men
Americe
Tony
Josef Stalin
Stalin
Europe
Thomas Dewey
Winston Churchill
President Roosevelt
Eddie Anderson
England
Eleanor Roosevelt
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
Mrs. Roosevelt
Bette Davis
Kitty Foyle
Christopher Morley
Kinnick
Queen Wilhelmina
Coe College Sends Record Debating Delegation to Illinois Invitational
A large Coe College contingent will depart by bus at 5 am January 12 for Normal Illinois to compete in the eighth annual invitational at Illinois Normal University. Sixteen Coe debaters cover championship and other divisions while judges accompany them to the event and decisions will be given in championship groups.
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Coe
Normal
Ill
Illinois State Normal University
Middlewest
United States
Coe College
Adele Weymouth
Rockford
Ottumwa
George Briggs
Eagle Grove
Pete Narey
Spirit Lake
Peggy Howland
Independence
Wilma Wykle
Cedar Rapids
Ross Bennett
Bob LaFontaine
Russell Jones
Sac City
Barbara Eder
Freeport
Illinois
Alvin Hurtt
Ernest Mickel
Coe Department of Publicity
J. Dale Welsch
Goering Accused of Secret Agent Contact
The London Daily Sketch says Goering faced charges of insubordination after allegedly contacting a British secret service agent. A planned meeting on the German Dutch border at Venlo was blocked by Himmler, tying the incident to the Venloo shooting and Munich beer hall bombing.
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London
INL
London Daily Sketch
Amsterdam
Hitler
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Germany
Goering
Venico
Heinrich Himmler
Himmler
Venloe
Munich Beer Hall
Bridges Opens Drive for Republican Nomination
Senator H Styles Bridges of New Hampshire launched his New England campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. He attacked the New Deal in the opening remarks on Saturday, signaling a challenge to the incumbent administration.
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Boston
Sen
H. Styles Bridges
N. H
New England
Labor Ballot Will Test Boss Theory Of Fair Treatment
Labor union organizers begin a vote among Endicott Johnson Shoe workers to decide union affiliation or remain non union. The ballot tests George F Johnson’s claim that treated fairly workers do not want unions amid Johnson’s illness and a history of non disruption. The company long funded welfare programs and recreation facilities for employees.
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Labor
Binghamton, N. Y
LLP
Endicott-Johnson Shoe Manufacturing Company
National Labor Relations Board
Boot and Shoe Union
American Federation of Labor
CIO
George F. Johnson
Johnson
Europe War Costs Put At 150 Million Daily
Paris reports best estimates put Europe’s war costs at about 150 million dollars daily beyond normal budgets. Britain allocates 33 million, France 20 million, Germany Russia and others combined about 30 million, with Britain alone spending 10 million daily on munitions. French parliament approves a war budget of 1.773 billion dollars, roughly double last year’s civil budget.
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Paris
Europe
Great Britain
France
Germany
Russia
Finland
Britain
Wheels Barrow Across U S To Lift Mortgage
Hugh Hood a 46 year old Scot pushed a wheelbarrow from Los Angeles to San Francisco to secure the cancellation of a mortgage on two New York City lots. The owner promised to cancel the mortgage if Hood reached San Francisco within seven months. Hood completed the trip just four days before the deadline.
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Los Angeles
Hugh Hood
New York City
Oil Could Be Made From Rotten Organic Material
At the American Geological Society closing session, MIT geophysicist Clark Goodman reported that man made oil is a scientific fact though not yet commercially feasible. He cited Dean Lind of the University of Minnesota for a process turning decayed organic material into petroleum via radioactive elements.
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Minneapolis
Minn
American Geological Society
Clark Goodman
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Goodman
Dean S. D. Lind
University of Minnesota
Dean Lind
Legion Objectives Promote Americanism for 1940
National Commander Raymond J. Kelly of Detroit outlined the main objectives for one million American Legion members in 1940. He spoke in Los Angeles and planned a vacation stay there as he continued the campaign.
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Legion
Los Angeles
INS
American Legion
Raymond J. Kelly
Detroit
It Happened Last Week By Bob Estabrook
The 1939 year end reflects turbulence and mixed progress. U S plans to aid Finland with 44 of 54 planes, while naval and shipping moves test neutrality. Roosevelt weighs third term timing and religion ties for peace, as Russia and Finland clash and Vatican envoy Myron Taylor shifts diplomacy.
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Bob Estabrook
United States
U. S
Finland
Washington
United State Lines
Roosevelt
Coast Guard
Weather Bureau
Catholic Church
Myron C. Taylor
Vatican
Belgium
Joseph E. Davies
Hull
House
Australia
Europe at War Dominates Christmas News Across Fronts
Italian volunteers rise for the Finnish cause while Stalin’s forces threaten invasions of India and Afghanistan. Goering vanishes from public view amid rumors of a German reshuffle. Hitler endures a bitter front line Christmas as battles continue and a deadly earthquake claims 60 000 lives.
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Stalin
India
Afghanistan
Germany
Hermann Goering
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Goering
Hitler
Ukraine
Christ
Blakeslee Elected President Elect of AAAS
Dr A F Blakeslee of the Carnegie Institute of Washington at Long Island New York was elected president elect of the American Association for the Advancement of Science at its 105th annual convention in Columbus Ohio.
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Columbus
INS
A. F. Blakeslee
Carnegie Institute of Washington
Long Island
New York
American Association For the Advancement of Science
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