Factional Debate Over Aid to Britain Highlights US War Dilemma
A radio forum broadcast from Chicago Washington and Topeka featured Nye Connally Landon and Eichelberger opposing and supporting the lend lease aid to Britain. Nye charged the bill threatens peace while Connally urged action to counter Axis influence in the Americas. Eichelberger urged quick congressional action and warned against political maneuvering.
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Great Britain
America
Alfred M Landon
Gerald P. Nyesr
Clark Eichelberger
Committee
Tom Connally
D' Tex
Columbia Broadcasting
Nye
Connally
Washington
Landon
Topeka
Kan
Erchelberger
Chicago
Central America
Britain
Americas
United States
Voice of America
London
Roosevelt
Kansas
Thai Reports French In Truce Violation
Thai reports French tanks attacked Thai lines in the eastern front area despite a signed armistice. No casualties were announced though the assault failed to dislodge Thai defenders. Tokyo dispatches say troops should retire to last Tuesday positions and prisoners may be exchanged.
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Bangkok
Thailand
INS
Siam
Tokio
Dean Ladd to Speak at Crescent Lodge Meeting
Jason Ladd dean of the University of Iowa law school will deliver a Masonic address at Crescent Lodge No. 25 Monday night under the Moronic Service committee. Burton Saxton will introduce him as committee chairman.
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Jason Ladd
University of Iowa Law School
Crescent Lodge No. 25
Dean Ladd
Maronic Service Committee
Burton Saxton
Halifax Fears U S Aid Delay Halts British War Effort
Lord Halifax warned House Foreign Affairs Committee members that a sixty to ninety day interruption in American lease lend supplies could force Britain to deplete its stocks. He pressed for a timely timetable for aid as Hitler is expected to launch an invasion soon.
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Washington
INS
United States
Lord Halifax
Lo Bloom
N. Y
House Foreign Affairs Committee
America
Great Britain
Bloom
Capitol
George
Senate Committee
Hitler
England
Britain
Willkie Almost Loses Ride in London Bus Scene
Wendell L. Willkie faced a confrontation on a London bus as a girl conductor believed he was delaying boarding. He stood on the platform trying to pay the fare unaware the system collects after seating passengers. A push finally moved him aboard.
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Willkie
London
Wendell L. Willkie
Jessel Bride Says She Is Still Young Enough For School
Boston based report notes 16 year old Lois Jessel wife of comedian George Jessel plans to return to California after a night club contract was canceled due to a 16 year old age on Los Angeles statistics. She protests she is old enough to work and earn a living and will resume schooling.
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Jessel
Boston
INS
Lois Andrew Jessel
George Jessel
California
Los Angeles Bureau of Statistics
Department of Labor and Industries
Local Woman Injured In City Auto Crash
Mrs. O W Elmore aged 20 of 1419 Fifth avenue SE suffered a sprained back Saturday at 315 pm when the car she was riding in with her husband was struck at A avenue and First street NE by a car driven by Jim Bula of 1449 Bever avenue SE. Elmore told police he was south on First street, stopped for a sign, then turned east. Bula's car passed another vehicle and struck the rear of Elmore's car, spinning it. After medical care, Mrs. Elmore was taken home by her husband.
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O W. Elmore
Fifth Avenue
First Street
Jim Bula
Bever Avenue
Elmore
Bula
Iowa City Woman Anne Romaine Dies at 78
Mrs Anne M Romaine 78 longtime Iowa City resident died Saturday afternoon at a focal hospital She was born in Muscatine county in 1862 and married Walter R Romaine on December 27 1886 He died February 28 1940 Survivors include daughter Hazel Margaret sister Mrs Louis Hoffelder and brother William Ruess Funeral services are set for 9 am Tuesday at St Marys Church with burial in Mount Calvary Cemetery West Liberty
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Iowa City
the Gazette
Anne M. Romaine
Muscatine County
Walter R. Romaine
Hazel Margaret
Louis Hoffelder
William Ruess
West Liberty
St. Mary's Church
Mount Calvary Cemetery
National Defense Radio Class Begins February Eighth
The first class in the National Defense training course in radio theory and construction will meet next Saturday at 1 p.m. in McKinley high school. Prof E B Kurtz of the University of Iowa outlines a 18 week program meeting twice weekly with no tuition. Instructors include Theodore Hunter and John Jacoleto of Cedar Rapids. A certificate will be awarded by the Bureau of Education upon completion.
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National Defense
McKinley High School
E. B. Kurtz
Electrical Engineering
University of Iowa
University College of Engineering
Kurtz
Theodore Hunter
John Jacoletto
Cedar Rapids
London War Yet Lively Nightlife described by American girl
An American girl in London notes life goes on amid war. She visits clubs and hotels in a city under air raids, describing bright lights, cocktails, uniforms, and mink coats while bombs fall nearby and German raids continue. Frontline danger contrasts with nightlife enduring.
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London
Piccadilly
Leicester Square
New York
Ritz
Cavendish
Claridge
Mayfair
Germany
Dr Alexis Carrel Begins One Man Expedition Into Death Laboratory
Dr Alexis Carrel, 67, sails from Jersey City on the Siboney en route to Europe to study malnutrition and starvation effects on children. He plans to visit Spain first then France, aiming to observe disease spread and hardships from war induced hunger.
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Jersey City
Alexis Carrel
Europe
Carrel
Siboney
Spain
France
America
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Col
Charles A Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Albert Ebling
U S Aircraft Industry Aims for 37000 Planes by 1942
Col John H Jouett announced at the American Banking Institute banquet that the U S aircraft industry will meet its 37000 plane program by mid 1942 with monthly output rising from 700 in November to 900 in January and projected 2500 by mid 1942. Britain seeks 12000 more bombers and 400 American bombers have crossed the Atlantic safely.
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New York
INS
John H. Jouett
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America
American Institute of Banking
Jouett
Great Britain
Atlantic
England
GOP Leaders Tread Softly on Willkie Affair at Midwest Conference
Midwestern Republican leaders met to temper talk of opposing Wendell Willkie. Delegates privately acknowledged anger at Roosevelt lease-lead bill but urged restraint, while chairman aides stressed the issue should be handled by Congress. Nebraska committeeman G. E Carpenter apologized for premature publicities.
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Omaha
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Roosevelt
Robert McIlvaine
Joseph W. Martin
Mass
Martin
Washington
Nebraska
G. E Carpenter
McCormick
Britain
Harry Swan
Towa
Pan American Hints Non-Stop Atlantic Flights Next Year
Pan American Airways president Juan T. Trippe hinted that non-stop flights across the Atlantic may join regular schedules next year. The plan envisions land plane service at high altitude using sub stratosphere technology with a 500 passenger capacity and 5,000 mile range.
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New York
INS
Juan T. Trippe
Pan-American Airways
Atlantic
Trippe
Lisbon
Pan-American
Railroads Return Vast Land Area to U S Government
Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes announced that 75 railroads will convey 158,293,000 acres back to the federal government, a land grant return once described as the greatest real estate deal since the Louisiana Purchase. The government will cancel preferential rates in exchange for the titles ending a 90 year dispute over the bargain.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Louisiana Purchase
Seaboard States
Congress
Ickes
Local man learns lesson after police discipline wife
Owen Thomas aged 49 of 828 Fourth Street SW argued with his wife at a tavern over when to go home. He allegedly locked her out, forcing entry and throwing her out. Police removed him from bed and booked him on disturbing the peace charge.
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Owen Thomas
Fourth Street
Thomas
G O P Members Urge Lindbergh To Enter Politics
Republican lawmakers hostile to the current foreign policy urged Col. Charles A Lindbergh to run for Congress. They said a congressional seat would give him a platform to answer attacks and continue his antiwar stance. Rep. Knutson praised Lindbergh as a potential fit for Congress.
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Washington
INS
Congress
Col
Charles A Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Col. Lindbergh
Rep. Knutson
Minn
Knutson
Minnesota
House
Senate
Plans for Guard Mobilization and Induction Details
The article lists Cedar Rapids units to be inducted into the guard including Co. C 133rd infantry with 4 officers and 114 men, Headquarters detachment 133rd infantry with 1 officer and 26 men, Co. H 136th medical regiment with 10 officers and 77 men, division surgeon's office 34th division with 1 officer and 10 men, and anti tank company 185th field artillery with 3 officers and 84 men. The 136th medical regiment headquarters and surgeon's office staff arrive on the tenth, adding 13 officers and 10 men. Government and state issued gear will accompany the troops to Camp Claiborne. Cedar Rapids armory holds 77 rifles, 50 pistols, and 13 automatic rifles, plus other equipment. The anti-tank company lacks issued weapons and two Cedar Rapids units are noncombatant. all units have requisitioned needed gear for camp.
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Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Co. C
133Rd Infantry
185Th Field Artillery
136Th Medical Regiment
Camp Claiborne
Mrs. O. W. Bristol Dies at 57 in Marion
Mrs. O W Bristol 57 longtime Marion resident died at 5 p m Saturday in a Cedar Rapids hospital after Friday admission for heart trouble. She lived at 435 Eighteenth street and is survived by husband two sons George and Richard of Marion two sisters in Evanston Geneva NL and in California. Body pending word from California at Yocom funeral home.
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O. W. Bristol
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Eighteenth Street
Church slate announced for Lisbon meeting
John V. Kerwin of Mechanicsville and John E. McHugh serve as secretary and treasurer as the church in Lisbon names its officers for the second vice president and plans annual meetings on the second Tuesday in January.
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John’s Church
Lisbon
John V. Kerwin
Mechanicsville
John E. McHugh
Local Boys Build Snow Igloo in Beaty Yard
While European children sheltered in air raid zones, three local boys built a 10 by 11 foot snow house in the yard of Mr and Mrs Marion Beaty at 1604 Thirty fourth street SE. Frank Beaty age 15 Dick Beaty 14 with Dick Link 12 assisted in the igloo with a roof tall enough to stand under.
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Marion Beaty
Thirty-fourth Street
Frank
Dick Link
Clarence Link
Clerical Tests Draw 250 Applicants Across Iowa
About 250 eastern Iowa job seekers sat merit rating tests at McKinley school for social welfare and unemployment compensation posts. The sessions, overseen by W. L. Paxson, followed earlier exams for social welfare workers and executives, with additional tests held in Des Moines, Burlington, Council Bluffs, and other cities.
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Iowa
McKinley School
State Board of Social Welfare
Child Aid Division
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Social Welfare
W. L. Paxson
Mel Kinley
Des Moines
Burlington
Council Bluffs
Waterloo
Davenport
Dubuque
Fort Dodge
Mason City
Sioux City
Ottumwa
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Ric Bay Hich
C. Rapida
Bismarrk
Kansas City
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San Antonio
St. Louis
Lions
Cincinnati
Los Angeles
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Seattle
Death Laboratory
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DRY Cleaners
Third Avenue
DIAL
G.O.P
Craemer’s
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Craemer
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