Payoffs Alleged in Des Moines Police and Liquor Raids
Des Moines civil service commission heard charges of a five thousand dollar weekly payoff in the police department and claims of favoritism in alcohol raids. Beer distributor Kenneth Sonderleiter testified of protection payments and noted a second bootlegger paying eight dollars weekly. The hearing follows the three forgotten men incident and ongoing probe with 30 to 40 witnesses interviewed.
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DES Moines
INS
Des Moines Civil Service Commission
Kenneth Sonderleiter
Commission
Garden City, In
Sonderleiter
Public Safety
Civil Service Commission
Floyd Hartzer
Punch Board
Charles Guth
Police Department
Prophets and their uncanny foresight in history
A reader asks about prophetic insight and foretold events. The piece cites Savonarola and Swedenborg as examples of accurate predictions and notes the humbling limits of human philosophy in explaining such gifts. It ends with a reflective, softly spoken view of life as an enchanted place.
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Savonarola
Florence
Swedenborg
John Wesley
Wesley
United Feature Syndicate. Inc
Shots Fired Near U S Ship In China With Envoy Aboard
In Shanghai on the Yangtze Saturday, several shots were fired near the U S S Luzon flagship of the Yangtze patrol where Ambassador Nelson T. Johnson was aboard with Rear Admiral William C. Glassford. It remained unclear if the gunfire targeted the Luzon or a nearby Japanese merchant vessel.
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Shanghai
Luzon
Wuhu
Nelson T. Johnson
U. S
China
Yangtze River
Johnson
William C. Glassford
United States Yangtze
Double Trouble in Huntington Fire
Fire at Marcus Holmes home in Huntington injures him after a roof fall and broken pump. Firemen arrived to battle the blaze as Holmes suffers severe burns but doctors expect recovery.
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Huntington, Ind
Marcus Holmes
Holmes
Japanese War Minister Rejects Peace Demand in Diet
In Tokyo the war minister Gen Shunruko Hata refused any halt to the war with China short of victory. He labeled the Chinese government pro communist and anti Japanese and urged continued war as a holy effort to extirpate that regime. He called for an anti comintern axis with Japan China and Manchukuo and economic cooperation.
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Tokio
China
Gen
Shunruko Hata
Hata
Diet
Frida
Takao Saito
Harvard
Takao
Minseito Party
Japan
Mitsumasa Yonai
East Asia
Manchukuo
Boy Hurt As Bike Slides Under Car
Cedar Rapids reports 11 year old Harold McIntosh of 1208 F avenue NE suffered head injuries when his bicycle slid under a car driven by Allie B Eastburn of 30942 Third avenue SE near the B avenue and Twelfth street intersection NE. He was taken to St Luke's hospital by Ambulance Service in a dazed condition but not believed to be seriously hurt.
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Cedar Rapids
Harold McIntosh
F Avenue
Allie B. Eastburn
Third Avenue
B Avenue
Twelfth Street
St. Luke's Hospital
Russians Ready Spring Offensives After Mannerheim Stand
Soviet forces renewed heavy shelling along the Mannerheim line while preparing for spring offensives. Helsinki reports fierce Karelian isthmus fighting with heavy losses, and Finns foresee further redeployments across northern fronts as Russia plans large-scale operations beyond the line.
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Helsinki
Ins
Mannerheim
Karelian
Red Army
Summa
January Sets New Record For Auto Accidents
January 1940 logged 104 auto accidents, the most in the local traffic department’s history, beating 80 in a 31 day period. Forty injuries and one death occurred among 104 incidents, with property damage in 69 cases and estimated losses near $10 000. Captain Gordon Hughes urged drivers to exercise greater caution in a public drive to reduce the toll.
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Gordon Hughes
Hitler Shrinks To Seclusion At Berlin Chancellery
BERLIN UP The war has turned Adolf Hitler into a virtual prisoner at the Wilhelmstrasse chancellery. He works 15 to 16 hours daily, eats a frugal diet, and limits sunshine and exercise. He has left Berlin only twice since Poland’s conquest, visiting Munich and frontline troops on Christmas. He wears a plain army uniform, sees Goering and other leaders each day, and concentrates on economy as industrial chiefs join daily conferences. He ends each day poring over front reports and government notes.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Wilhelmstrasse
Poland
Munich
Hermann Goering
Walter von Brauchitsch
Army
Erich Raeder
Navy
Walter von Reichenau
Hitler
Famous Poet Of Decade Ago Lives On Relief
Mary Caro lyn Davies, once a top poet and prominent figure in Who's Who, was found in a bare hall bedroom in New York living on weekly relief of $2.50. Suffering anemia and starvation, she weighed about 100 pounds at five seven, with neighbors recalling past fame including contributions to Saturday Evening Post Harper's Atlantic Monthly and several volumes of verse.
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New York
Mary Carolyn Davies
Miss Davies
Who's Who
Saturday Evening Post
Harpers
The
Atlantic Monthly
Hall
Italy Plans to Double Military Planes and Pilots
Rome AP reports Italy will at least double its military aircraft and pilot strength this year. General Francesco Piccolo, undersecretary for aviation, announced the plan. Current air force size is not officially known. estimates place planes around 4,000 and pilots between 10,000 and 18,000.
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Rome
Italy
Francesco Piccolo
Lorillard Tobacco President Is Dead
Mount Vernon New York David Haines Ball age 70 president of the Lorillard Tobacco Company died of heart disease at his home Saturday.
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Mount Vernon
N. Y
David Haines Ball
The
P. Lorillard Tobacco Company
Four Offices In Iowa Theater Bidg Robbed Of More Than $185
Thief forced office doors with a thin steel tool to steal over $185 from four safes in a downtown Iowa theater building Thursday. Offices hit were Whipple Insurance, Taylor and Taylor actuaries, Investors Syndicate, and O F Paulsen, with the Paulsen room 402 damaged. The robberies occurred at noon. detectives learned details and amounts, while the chief withheld reports earlier.
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Iowa
Whipple Insurance Agency
Taylor and Taylor
Investors Syndicate
O. F. Paulsen
Bureau of Investigation
Earl Stanley
Tom Condon
Paulsen
House Passes Slashed Farm Expense Bill
The House approved a $722.0 million Agriculture Department bill for 1941 after cutting about $67 million from Roosevelt’s recommended farm budget, prompting a clash with economy advocates. President Roosevelt urged restoration from Hyde Park but did not back the revised funding.
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Washington
House
Agriculture Department
Senate
Roosevelt
House Cuts 181 Million From Five Appropriation Bills
The article reports that the House has reduced 181,428,434 from five approved appropriation measures this session. Reductions apply across Deficiency defense Independent offices Treasury post office Urgent deficiency Agriculture.
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Washington
House
Treasury Post Office
Four Scions Cleared In Dies Committee Smear Prattle
Washington UPI reports the Dies committee exonerated four of six congressmen from collusion in forging letters aimed at smearing the Dies inquiry. The disputed letters allegedly sent to David Mayne were connected to William Dudley Pelley and the Silver Shirts.
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Washington
Legislative Representative
Labor
Dies Committee
Gardner Jackson
CIO
Joe Starnes
Ala
Rep
Martin Dies
Tex
Starnes
Frank Hook
Mich
William H. Larrabee
Ind
John M. Coffee
Wash
Robert Ramspeck
Abe Murdock
Utah
Larrabee
Coffee
Ramspeck
Hook
Joseph E. Casey
Mass
Dies
Congressional
Frank Keefe
Wis
Keefe
David Mayne
Mayne
William Dudley Pelley
The
Silver Shirts
Balkan Entente Break By Romania Report
Belgrade dispatch says Romania virtually cut loose from the Balkan Entente, signaling possible defection from the Anglo French bloc. Romanian Foreign Minister Grigore Gafencu issued a virtual ultimatum demanding support from Yugoslavia Greece and Turkey against German or Russian aggression as Balkans talks resume.
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Belgrade
INS
Rumania
Yugoslavia
Greece
Turkey
Grigore Gafencu
Turkish-German trade pact eyed after Halifax visit
London reports Viscount Halifax foreign secretary and Turkish ambassador Tewfik Rushdi Arax signed a commercial agreement on Saturday. Turkish sources say the pact may deepen losses of German markets in Turkey.
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London
Viscount Halifax
Tewfik Rushdi Arax
Turkey
Romania On Verge Of Abandoning En Tente Amid Pressures
The text describes Romania facing zero tolerance for direct or indirect aggression, a risk of abandoning the en tente, and viewing the Anglo French military guarantee as scraps of paper. After reviews and Friday official visits, the conference was set to address whether peace or war would follow. The scene shows southeastern Europe neutrals under heavy pressure from Anglo British Allies against a German Russian bloc.
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Romania
Europe
Britain May Send Troops to Dardanelles Reports Stir Little Entente
Unconfirmed reports circulated in Belgrade that Britain could send troops to the Turkish Dardanelles to strengthen its blockade and aid Turkey protecting the vital strait. No official substantiation was found, but the rumors intensified nervousness among delegates and observers at the little Entente conference.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Great Britain
Dardanelles
Turkey
Balkan Entente Formed For Defense Of Frontiers
United Press reports the Balkan Entente of Romania Yugoslavia Greece and Turkey was formed at Athens on February 9 1934 an alliance to defend World War I peace frontiers against revisionist Hungary and Bulgaria. Delegates include Grigore Gafencu Alexander Cincar Markovitch Sukru Saracoglu and John Metaxas.
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United Press
Romania
Yugoslavia
Greece
Turkey
Athens
Alexander
Balkan
Hungary
Bulgaria
League of Nations
Grigore Gafencu
Alexander Cincar- Markovitch
Sukru Saracoglu
John Metaxas
Mild Weather Boosts Shoppers as Snow Fears Remain
A mild spell drew shoppers to Cedar Rapids for bargain day offers while forecasts hinted at more snow. Temperatures rose to 31 at 1 pm after a low of 7 at 7 am, with Friday's high near 36 and a chilly fall to 14 by midnight as noted by Chambers Inskeep graph.
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Mercury
Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Debt Ceiling Yet Untouched Despite Plaster Weakness
Arthur Baer notes the debt ceiling not yet reached while warning of weak plaster in the house of finance. He mocks Morgenthau’s optimism about natural resources and stockpiled borrowing. He claims spending and lending may solve the problem, joking about the chicken and egg scenario.
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Arthur
Bugs” Baer
British fliers clash with German bombers off northeast coast
RAF fighters shot down two to three Heinkel bombers in a sea battle off the northeast coast. German raids on shipping continued as air battles unfolded over the sea and coast, with one Heinkel possibly crashing near a cottage in Yorkshire.
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London
Royal Air Force
Air Ministry
Tyne
Yorkshire
Graf Spee
Stanley vows to win war in steadfast address
Oliver Stanley, new British war secretary, delivered a hard line address in New Castle on Tyne asserting Britain must continue fighting Hitler and reject peace. He warned Germany would dictate terms leading to empire loss, a tiny island with no recovery. He warned hecklers would face concentration camp if peace favored the enemy.
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Eng
Britain
Oliver Stanley
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Hitler
Stanley
Germany
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