House Debates Ban on Troop Deployments and Naval Repairs
The House, under a Democratic majority, defeats a plan to bar use of U S ports for repair of beligerent warships and rejects a Republican bid to require congressional consent before sending troops outside the Western Hemisphere. Rankin probes and Van Zandt reworks the amendment while a ceiling of 1.3 billion dollars is considered for military equipment in the emergency aid bill.
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Bulletin— Washington
House
United States
Washington
INS
Congress
Rep
van Zandt
Philippines
Jeannette Rankin
Mont
Landon Defends British Aid Bill Amid Senate Hearing
Former Kansas governor and 1936 GOP nominee Alf Landon urged subsidy for Britain funding, calling the aid bill a “guess and be damned policy.” He accused President Roosevelt of trying to gag Senator Wheeler and argued debate is being dampened by government propaganda. Landon favored a two to four billion direct subsidy via appropriation.
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Washington
AI M Landon
Roosevelt
Wheeler
Mont
Kansas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
America
Landon
Congress
Expect To Call Up R. O. T. C. Seniors After Graduation
Washington AP report says several thousand ROTC seniors will likely be called for duty after June graduation. The War Department requires a deferment decision a month before graduation. without deferment they face a year of officer training as second lieutenants in the reserve. Estimated 8,000 to 9,000 graduates would be affected, most being called.
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Washington
War Department
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Department
Coe College ROTC Seniors Likely Called to Colors in June
Maj. M. Flanagan, commanding officer, said Saturday that 23 senior ROTC members at Coe College will be called to the colors upon graduation in June. Four additional seniors are expected to be deferred for not yet reaching age 21. All 27 ROTC seniors have been recommended for commissions.
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Coe College
M. Flanagan
Cee
Flanagan
Boy, 3, Saves Baby From Fire
In South Bend Indiana three year old Russell Wilson Jr saved his one year old brother Richard from a house fire. A line of garments near the kitchen stove caught fire and fell into the crib. Russell pulled the child to the front porch and shouted for help as neighbors called the fire department. Richard suffered severe burns on arms and legs but survived the incident.
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South Bend
Ind
Russell Wilson, Jr
Richard
Russell
Britain Warns Bulgaria Over German Troop Passages
Reports from Istanbul claim Britain warned Bulgaria that allowing Nazi troops through would trigger British bombing of Bulgarian military targets. The note allegedly threatened RAF strikes on railways and communications if Sofia permits German penetration to attack Greece. Turkish press shifts to caution as Sofia rumors of Axis moves surface. Bulgarian train service toward frontiers cut by 30 percent amid prewar prep signs.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Britain
Bulgaria
Sofia
Greece
RAF
Aegean
Balkans
Where Kohlicek Boy Met Death
The sketch details a sleeping room above a cafe at 117 F avenue NW where Ralph Edward Kohlicek five suffocated last November. It lists items and actions: a dresser with five matches, a bed with ignited coverings, the cot, the broken door, the window fire sighting, hall doorway to stairs, and rescuers entering through a broken doorway in a failed effort to save the boy.
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Walter W. Bender
F Avenue NW
Ralph Edward Kohlicek
Cleo Darrow
Kohlicek
St. Lukes Hospital
B L Knight
Linn County Core
F W . Mulson
Knight
Wll
Temperature Rebounds After Overnight Cedar Rapids Dip
Cedar Rapids temperatures fell to eight degrees above zero at 7 a.m. Saturday then rose to 17 by noon and kept edging upward. Friday's high reached 24 between 2 and 3:30 p.m. while roads remained nearly normal with few slippery spots as a light breeze aided travel.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Iowa
Highway Patrol
Des Moines Sees Break in Iowa Cold Snap Forecast
Weather update from Des Moines notes a break in the cold snap with rising temperatures in western Iowa. Saturday temperatures ran about five degrees below normal and Iowa Falls posted a low of six above zero. The Saturday night forecast called for five below in the north half.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Iowa Falls
Laval Spurns Petain's Compromise Proposals
Laval rejects a proposed compromise to join the government as premier with a cabinet of his choosing. Petain discussed terms via Darlan after Laval returned from Paris. Aimed at forming a Laval led administration, the talks failed and a deadlock in French German relations persists.
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Vichy
France
Pierre Laval
Laval
Germany
Paris
Francois Darlan
Philippe Petain
Charles Huntziger
Marcel Peyrouton
Petain
Darlan
Darian
Reflections on Duty and Belief Across Time
A montage of aphorisms and quotes on duty, religion, society, and youth. Notable lines reference the level headed person, the dangers after triumph, love and marriage, political violence, Grover Cleveland, Goethe, Amos, and history as hope. Distinct quotes from Gilder, Mivart, Amos, and Goethe appear as observations.
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Newton
Europe
Watson Gilder
Grover Cleveland
St. George Mivart
Germany
Goethe
Amos
Dist'dty United Feature Syndicate. Inc
Parliament passes mobilization law to control industries
The lower house in Tokio approved measures under the national mobilization law granting sweeping control over industries and imposing severe penalties for disclosure of official secrets.
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TOKIO
Deny Report of U S Confer In Far East
United States naval circles deny a Tokio paper claim that Admiral Thomas Hart called a Far East conference. They say no U S naval representative is at Singapore and the Bangkok attache has no China duties. Reports tie naval moves to Thai French Indochina border tensions and possible Sino American conflict.
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Bangkok
Indo-China
Hanoi
Thailand
Senator Norris Seeks Defense Plants for Great Plains
Senator Norris of Nebraska urged more defense establishments for the Great Plains and nearby states saying he cannot understand why this territory has received little attention. He spoke on Saturday, urging federal action.
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Washington
Norris
Great Plains
Army plans 15 000 more planes as Congress sought
The War Department will seek more than 2 billion dollars to add about 15,000 aircraft to a 25,000 plane projected fleet. The plan splits into two 1 billion phase lifts, building 12,000 more planes and 3,600 bombers at plants in Tulsa, Kansas City, Fort Worth and Omaha.
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Washington
War Department
Congress
Tulsa
Okla
Kansas City
Kans
Fort Worth
Tex
Chicago Republican group repudiates Willkie
The Thirty eighth ward regular Republican organization in Chicago announced it no longer recognizes Wendell L. Willkie as titular head of the party citing his stand on the dictatorship bill. Chairman Lloyd Carson said 78 precinct captains supported the repudiation at a Friday meeting with about 600 in attendance. The resolution urges similar action by other groups nationwide.
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Chicago
Congress
Wendell L. Willkie
Lloyd Carson
Willkie
Churchill to Broadcast Sunday Speech Across Empire
Prime Minister Winston Churchill will deliver a radio speech to the empire at 9 p.m. Sunday 2 p.m. CST. The NBC and Columbia networks will carry the address in the United States.
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London
INS
Winston Churchill
Empire
United States
NBC
Columbia
Transient Hotel Fire in Dallas Claims Eight Dead
A Dallas fire at the Salvation Army lodge and mission killed eight men and injured 25 as transients crowded the building for warmth. Victims suffered severe burns after the delousing room fire trapped them on the second floor and some leaped from windows onto the street. Julius Benson, 45, worked to save three men before dying.
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Dallas, Texas
Salvation Army Men’s Lodge
Mission
Dallas
Ernest Pickering
Salvation Army
L. M. Funk
Julius Benson
Mabel Bender Admits Fire Started in Bedroom
Mrs Mabel Bender admitted to police and county officials that she started the fire in which her sleeping son Ralph Edward Kohlicek 5 suffocated on November 6. She was charged with murder in a true information filed by County Attorney W W Crissman.
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Cedar Raunds Sens
Mabel Bender
W W. Crissman
Walter W. Bender
Ralph Edward Kohlicek
C J Haas
Bender
Bank building sale ends with $153 025 bid accepted
A two day contest over the American Trust and Savings bank building sale concludes as Judge Haas directs acceptance of the American Building company bid at 153025. Ground transfer requires contract approval. first bid started at 150000, an interim bid of 152500 came from Orran and company, with names of backers undisclosed.
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Cedar Rapids News
American Trust and Savings Bank
C J Haas
American Building Company
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Don Barnes
A L. Smulekoff
Edwin C Evans
Frank C. Welch
Haas
D. W. Bates
Orran and Company
Bates
Moyne Named Secretary for Colonies in Britain
Lord Moyne was appointed secretary for the colonies on Saturday in London, indicating a key reshuffle in the British government. The move places Moyne at the helm of imperial administration amid ongoing colonial affairs.
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London
Lord Moyne
General Counsel Named For OPM
John Lord O'Brien of Buffalo North Carolina Attorney was named as general counsel of the Office of Production Management in Washington. He will advise on legal matters relating to wartime manufacturing and procurement programs.
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Washington
John Lord O'Brian
Buffalo
N. C
Friday
Ice of Production Management
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