Censorship, Mooney, and Iowa politics stir journal notes
A column laments press secrecy over wartime arms sales to France and attacks Mooney’s desertion from socialism. It praises Iowa’s 48th General Assembly, predicts debate over a chain store tax, and argues for consumer protections and organized lobbying. The writer cites Des Moines activity and a Cedar Rapids chain grocer circular.
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Iowa
House of Representatives
Des Moines
General Assembly
Bbill
Deterding Dies Oil Monarch Whose Reach Shaped Global Power
Sir Henri Deterding, Netherlands born oil magnate known as the Rocke feller of Europe, died at 72 in St Moritz Switzerland. He led Royal Dutch Shell, opposed Standard Oil since 1897, and built a 200 company empire with 40 000 employees.
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ST. Moritz
Switzerland
Henri Deterding
Rockefeller
Europe
Deterding
Rockefeller Standard Oil
Sir Henri
Monster
Royal Dutch Shell Petroleum Company
Henri
Basil Zaharoff
Scapa Flow
George V
George
Meeting of church group raided by detectives and cop
A raid by four detectives and a policeman interrupted a Bethel M. E. church youth meeting at 509 Ninth Avenue SE Cedar Rapids. Art Taylor, a Negro social worker, said eight youths planned to enter a Des Moines tourney and play bridge. no gambling evidence was found and the raiders departed. The raid was claimed to be based on supposed gambling information.
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Des Moines
Minneapols
Cedar Rapids
Ninth Avenue SE
Art Taylor
Bethel M. E. Church
Sergt. Cunningham
Taylor
Kudina
Haberle
Wilson
Fears for Pitcairn Island Safety in Silent Locale
Pitcairn Island, home to 215 descendants of mutineers, has been silent on air lanes for two weeks. British authorities sought contact through radio operator Andrew Young in Honolulu, who has not answered for a fortnight, prompting safety fears amid past supply shortages and isolation.
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Honolulu
T. H
Pitcairn Island
South Seas
Bounty
Suva
Fiji Islands
Iingi
Andrew Young
Pitca
Young
Pitcairn
Arizonan seeks to be declared Charley Ross
Gustave Blair a 69 year old carpenter filed a case in Maricopa county to be legally declared Charley Ross the boy kidnapped from Germantown Pennsylvania in 1874 Blair says his investigation proves he is the missing Ross and he has lived with an adoptive father who later told him he was Charley Ross the originally kidnapped four year old son of Christian K Ross the case follows decades of unanswered mystery
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Phoenix
Ariz
INS
Gustave Blair
Carpenter
Maricopa County
Charley Ross
Germantown
Ross
Loyalist Move Toward Transferring Spanish Capital to Valencia
In Franco’s advance toward the French frontier, Spain’s government, temporarily at Figueras, appears to plan moving its capital back to Valencia. Officials, refugees and government rumors cite talks with Britain, while Negrin’s aims include independence, popular government, and war liquidation for reconstruction. Insurgent air attacks press northern Catalonia as roads to France clog with evacuees.
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Roosevelt
France
War Department
Uncle Sam
Army Air Corps
White House
Perpignan
Figueras
Francisco Franco
Valencia
Gerona
le Perthus
Barcelona
London
Great Britain
Negrin
Cortes
Spain
Catalonia
Mercury Drops From 33 Degree High In Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids area saw a warm surge with a high of 33 degrees at 4 p.m. Saturday. By 9 p.m. temperatures fell to 18 as the day ended, ending a steadier climb from 6 above zero Saturday morning. Fair weather prevailed.
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Mercury
Budapest Declares Martial Law in Anti Nazi Move
Premier Bela Imredy proclaimed martial law across Hungary on Saturday night to suppress pro Nazi, anti Semitic extremists blamed for a bomb incident. The action signals drastic European tensions and aims to curb violent factions.
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Budapest
INS
Bela Imredy
Europe
Hungary
Hungary orders Moscow legation closed in Soviet dispute
The Hungarian government on Saturday ordered the immediate closure of its legation in Moscow. The Polish legation in Moscow will temporarily handle Hungarian affairs in Soviet Russia, in retaliation for Moscow's decision to close its legation in Budapest and conduct relations via a third power's diplomats.
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Russia
Moscow
INS
Soviet
Hungary
Soviet Union
Budapest
Budapest synagogue attack spurs martial law order action
An attack at a Budapest synagogue injures fourteen worshippers, ten seriously. In response, Premier Imredy imposes martial law and suppresses the nationalist Magyrsag for eight weeks after it criticized the cabinet for slow concessions. The bold move provokes widespread speculation.
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Budapest
Magyrsag
Imredy
Hungary
Three Killed in Hallway Gun Battle In Tenement
In Binghamton New York a jilted suitor Paul Charaski 42 was killed by bystand Er John A Griffin and Officer George Weslar after Charaski forced entry to Mrs Sophie Besneski's home and fired on pursuing police and a girl. Charaski died from a police bullet after tear gas was used.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Paul Charaski
George Weslar
John A. Griffin
H. F. Fitzgerald
Sophie Besneski
Fitzgerald
Charaski
Griffin
Weslar
Fascists Vow No Retreat in Spain Fight
Rome reports the fascist grand council declared Italian volunteers will not abandon the Spanish struggle until Franco’s victory. Mussolini will push for a complete insurgent win while refraining from detailing demands on France.
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Duce
Italy
Rome
Franco
Hitler
Reichstag
France
Mussolini
Grand Council
Supreme Defense Commission
Europe
Germany
Relazioni Internazionali
Roosevelt
United States
Foreign Office
Rhine
America
Ohio Flood Threat Eased by Cold as Areas Rebound
The Ohio Valley from Pittsburgh to Louisville faced relief as freezing temperatures slowed tributaries. The flood toll rose to 20 deaths in two days with thousands displaced in Kentucky West Virginia and Tennessee. Officials warned of landslides. Kentucky Governor Chandler sent highway crews and National Guardsmen stood by as the Ohio River rose toward a crest of about 56 feet.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Louisville
U. S
West Virginia
Kentucky
American Red Cross
Washington
Tennessee
W. K. Evans
Middlesboro
A. B. Chandler
Licking
Cumberland
National
Maj
Frank S. Lebknecker
Frankport
Huntington
W. Va
W. C. Devereaux
Carrollton
Joint group backs new welfare setup in Iowa
The Iowa joint legislative council endorsed Senate File 111 to create a state department of public welfare and consolidate welfare functions. A part time advisory board with a full time director would replace a three person full time board, with a new state administrator paid 4800 dollars yearly.
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Des Moines
Joint Legislative Council
Department of Public Welfare
Senate
House
Raymond Sayre
Ackworth
State Farm Bureau Women’s Work and Legislative Council
Dean C. N. Barrows
Simpson College
Indianola
State Department
House Consolidation Committee
Farnell Returned to Fort Madison on Parole Violation
Jean Farnell, 48, was sent back to Fort Madison penitentiary on parole violation charges. His mother, Mrs Kate eam on pale, lived near the penitentiary and sought parole for him, while Farnell had been sentenced in Scott County in 1924 to life for assault with intent to commit rape. former Governor Clyde T. Her ring commuted his sentence to 40 years and he was paroled in June.
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Des Moines
Jean Farnell
Fort Madison
Kate Eam
Itentiary
Farnell
Scott County
Clyde Ti. Herring
Weather Outlook For Upper Mississippi And Missouri Valleys
Forecast for February 16 to 17 1939 calls for rather frequent precipitation. Temperatures near normal in the south and generally below normal in the north.
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Cricago
Mississippi
Missouri
TVA to buy Commonwealth and Southern electric properties
The Tennessee Valley Authority and local agencies will acquire all Tennessee electric properties of Commonwealth and Southern for 78.6 million dollars. The deal excludes water, ice, and transportation assets and follows a Supreme Court move ending legal challenges. Major units include Tennessee Electric Power with Nashville and Chattanooga affected. negotiations cover Mississippi and Alabama as well.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Tennessee Electrical
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
Norris, Tenn
David Lilienthal
Supreme Court
Wendell Willkie
Federal
Geity
The
Tennessee Electric Power Company
Nashville
Chattanooga
Mississippi
Alabama
TEP
Loftiest World Building Slated for Wrecking Ball
Chicago's capital building, once the tallest in 1892, faced demolition as plans to raze it were announced. The Woolworth building in New York later surpassed it with 22 stories, earning admiration from crowds.
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Chicago
SNS
Woolworth
New York
Antony and the Missing Ear Delusions in 1939 Column
Arthur Baer riffs on Julius Caesar and public secrets with a jokey take on Marc Antony and the Senate. The piece lampoons guessing games and national discourse, invoking ears and dissent in a playful, era voice.
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Pitcairn Group
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Supreme Defense Council
Tevere
West “Virginia
Alate Aod Relief Commission
Point Pleasant
Ohio River
Kanawha
Ft. Madison
Commonwealth
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