Iowa Debate Over Representation and Voting Rights
The piece discusses reducing representation if voting rights are restricted to minority groups, with Senator Herring proposing excluding aliens from apportionment counts and AT TEX GRANTHAM urging use of the Fourteenth Amendment basis to cut seats for states denying male citizens over 21 the vote. It notes constitutional hurdles and the political likelihood before 1942.
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Haring
Congress
Herring
Iowa
United States
Tex Grantham
Republican State Central Committee
South
Washington
Senator Herring
Hitler Vows to Crush Democracies in New Year Proclamation
Adolf Hitler declares in a New Year Nazi party address that democracies and their financiers will be crushed and that Germany will fight to the end for victory. Italian fascist editor Farinacci names the United States as an enemy of Germany and Italy, urging a common front with Japan against the U.S. The Berlin Rome Tokyo axis press calls for US confrontation and criticizes Roosevelt's aid to Britain as undignified.
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Adolf Hitler
United States
Axis
Japan
Hitler
Germany
Roberto Farinacci
Regime
Fascista
Italy
Allies
Timely and Invaluable Assistance Noted in Times of Need
A brief tribute to timely and invaluable assistance during difficult times. The phrase underscores the importance of helping hands and swift support when challenges arise.
Masterpieces that wash our eyes and lift the soul
A columnist extols great works as eye washing wonders from Dresden Madonna to Beethoven Ninth and Lincoln Memorial. Jesus as Master and Masterpiece is praised for cleansing fear and sin, urging readers to study art and life to avoid spiritual blindness.
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Lincoln Memorial
Washington City
St. Paul
Bethesda
Jesus
Earth
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Bank Stock Assessment Funds Held Net Subject To Receivership Costs
Judge Haas ruled that stockholders’ assessment proceeds in Springville Savings Bank are not charged with receivership liquidation expenses. The decision holds that only reasonable costs directly incurred in collecting assessments may be charged to these funds, not general liquidation costs. The United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co. objected as sole creditor, arguing the funds are a trust for all creditors.
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Cedar Rapids News
C. J. Haas
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company
D. W. Bates
Springville Savings Bank
Guaranty Concern
Haas
Iowa
Supreme Court
Ford appeals NLRB ruling to Supreme Court
Ford Motor Company asked the Supreme Court to review a National Labor Relations Board order finding it violated the Wagner Act. The appeal comes from the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati which upheld the board’s decision against Ford.
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Washington
INS
Ford Motor Company
Supreme Court
National Labor Relations Board
Sixth Circuit
Cincinnati
Board Indies
London Nazi Invasion Plan Foiled by Firefighters
London reports indicate Sunday night German raid aimed to spark widespread fires as prelude to invasion. Weather and heroic firefighting supposedly thwarted the plan. two months of RAF strikes on invasion ports noted. King George expressed condolences to the City after heavy losses.
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London
Daily Mail
France
Holland
Belgium
Royal Air Force
Ting
The
Britain
King George
Sir George Wilkinson
United Press
Gala Celebrations Will Welcome '41 In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids gears up for New Year’s Eve festivities as residents plan celebrations from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. with dances, private parties, theater showings, and coast to coast radio programs. Hotels expect sellouts and restaurants brace for crowds while taxicabs increase staff through the night.
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Cedar Rapids
Virtually Personal Declaration of War, Wood Says Of Chat
Gen Robert E Wood chairman Sears Roebuck and acting national chairman America First calls Roosevelt fireside chat a virtually personal declaration of war on Germany He questions if new phrase implies fighting a last ditch war while unprepared Wood says America First will present non intervention program to Congress and notes rapid growth of active chapters across 15 eastern cities with 60000 volunteers The Roll Call of American Women merges with America First committee to boost efforts
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Robert E. Wood
Germany
Wood
Sears, Roebuck and Company
America First Committee
Congress
Roll Call of American Women
Italian Transport Is Reported Sunk
Reports from Belgrade say an Italian transport loaded with war materials for Albania was torpedoed by a British warship in the Adriatic and went down off Yugoslavia on Tuesday.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Albania
Adriatic Sea
White Board Opposes Peace Efforts Before Axis Fall
The Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies policy board in New York endorsed Roosevelt’s defense address and rejected any negotiated peace before Axis defeat. It denounced isolation and appeasement, pledged continued aid to Britain, and urged Congress to take greater responsibility in policy toward the Allies.
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New York
America
Roosevelt
Britain
Congress
Snow and Rain Make Cedar Rapids Roads Slippery
The waning year ends with wintry weather in Cedar Rapids as rain and snow decorate the streets. An inch of precipitation accumulates to .21 inches by mid Tuesday, with fresh snow causing slippery highways. Temperatures declined from 36 to 31 through the day, with readings near 32 at 10 am and 2:30 pm.
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Cedar Rapids
Whittier
Cedar Rapids Automobile Club
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Funeral services set for Omaha figure Frank J. Crawford
Funeral services were planned for Tuesday for Frank J. Crawford 96 a familiar Omaha figure who drew national attention by growing a new crop of hair at 88 and acquiring several new teeth after 90 the report notes.
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Omaha
INS
Frank J. Crawford
Wheeler urges rejection of mass hysteria in anti Roosevelt plea
Sen. Wheeler of Montana assails radio address and warns the United States is near war, urging immediate peace in Europe. He rails against aid to Britain and outlines eight points for a just peace including restoring borders, independence for France and others, and internationalizing the Suez canal while opposing reparations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Len Burton K. Wheeler
Mont
United States
Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
France
Holland
Norway
Belgium
Denmark
Alsace-Lorraine
Montana
Senate
National Radio Forum
Washington Evening Star
England
America
Boake Carter Joins The Cedar Rapids Gazette
Boake Carter, noted radio commentator and author, will begin daily column features in The Cedar Rapids Gazette on Wednesday. He commands millions of radio listeners weekly and has written four books including I Talk as I Please and Why Meddle in the Orient.
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Boake Carter
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Carter
John Q
Public Speaks
Hopson Guilty On 17 Counts In Utilities Fraud
A federal jury convicted Howard Hopson on 17 counts of mail fraud relating to a $20 million fraud scheme in the utilities empire he led. Co defendants Travis and Brownback were acquitted on the conspiracy charge. Hopson faces up to 85 years in prison and $17,000,000 in fines, with sentencing set for January 9.
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New York
Howard Hopson
Hopson
Charles M. Travis
Garrett A. Brownback
Alfred Coxe
New York Neurological Institute
Cox
United States District
Brownback
Travis
John J. Mange
Associated Gas and Electric Company
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Teddy Nelson Seeks Return Of Beloved Bear Stolen With Suitcase
A 3-year-old boy appeals for the return of his treasured teddy bear taken with his mother's suitcase at Union Station. Mrs. Alvin Nelson, 1515 Eighth Street SW, asks the thief to return the bear, valued by the family despite the other items. The plea seeks any hope for a Happy New Year for Teddy.
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Cedar Rapids
Alvin Nelson
Eighth Street
Union Station
Teddy Nelson
Teddy
Columbia Offers Marshall Radio Time Wednesday
The Columbia Broadcasting System scheduled Verne Marshall chair of the No Foreign War Committee for a 9 15 p m to 9 30 p m Wednesday broadcast Marshall editor of The Cedar Rapids Gazette said he could not obtain CBS time to answer Herbert Agar before Roosevelt's Sunday night address Agar editor of the Courier Journal and a defender of aiding the Allies urged more Britain aid CBS said a Marshall representative called for time but none was immediately available
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New York
Columbia Broadcasting System
Verne Marshall
No Foreign War Committee
Marshall
Cedar Rapids
WGN
Chicago
CBS
Herbert Agar
Roosevelt
Agar
Louisville
Courier-Journal
Italian Attacks Hit Greek and Allied Supply Centers
Italian warships shelled Greek and British supply depots along the coast in Greece and Albania while Italian aircraft bombed Salonika Preveza and airfields at Janina Kotzani according to a high command report.
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Rome
Salonika
Preveza
Janina
Kotzani
Nazi peace offer from 1939 rebuffed here
Sen. Burton Wheeler demanded the State Department release a privately relayed 1939 German peace proposal said to involve a White House conference with President Roosevelt as mediator. Verne Marshall of the No Foreign War Committee claimed the plan bore Nazi leaders initials and urged public disclosure amid the administration’s British aid policy debate.
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Hitler
English Channel
Rockies
Denver
Roosevelt
Wheeler
Washington
INS
Congress
Burton K Wheeler
Mont
State Department
No Foreign War Committee
United States
Department
W. R. Davis
New York
Verne Marshall
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Marshall
Field Marshal
Goering
Davis
White House
Iowa
Stephen Early
Berlin
Adolf Berle
Graziani’s Libyan Army Threat Reduced in Battle
A British army spokesman said Graziani’s forces in Libya are largely neutralized with most of his army killed or captured, signaling a significant setback in the campaign. The report notes heavy losses and reduced operational capability for Graziani’s troops.
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London
Rodolfo Graziani
Libya
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