Democrats Pick July 15 For National Convention In Chicago
James A. Farley announced the Democratic National Convention will open in Chicago on July 15. He noted Republicans planned their Philadelphia nominating meeting for June 24 and said Democrats expect to win in November. Farley cited travel on July 4 as a reason for the date.
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Coral Gables
Fla
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Chicago
Farley
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Republicans Set Phila Nomination Convention for June 24
Republicans decide to hold their national nominating convention in Philadelphia starting June 24 to publish Glenn Frank’s 1940 platform report. Controversy within the party includes Negro rights concerns led by Robert P. Church who urged a $100,000 unit to study and publicize race issues and New Deal effects. A convention arrangements committee led by Ralph E. Williams will form subcommittees and select a temporary chairman and keynote speaker.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Glenn Frank
Chicago
Roosevelt
Robert P. Church
Memphis
R. R. McLane
Nashville
Tennessee
National Committee
Ralph E. Williams
Oregon
Williams
Phillips becomes head of Railway Labor Executives Assn
J. A. Phillips of Cedar Rapids, president of the Order of Railway Conductors, was elected chairman of the Railway Labor Executives Association at its annual Washington, D. C. session. He served as vice-chairman for four years and succeeds George M. Harrison of Cincinnati. The association includes 20 railway employee organizations, excluding the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
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J. A. Phillips
Cedar Rapids
Order of Railway Conductors
Railway Labor Executives Association
Washington, D. C
Associated Press
Phillips
George M. Harrison
Cincinnati
Ohio
Brotherhood of
Yeggs Torch Open Iowa Bank Safe in Austinville
Robbers used an acetylene torch to cut through three inch steel at the Austinville Savings Bank and removed an undetermined amount of cash. Entry was made through the front door between 2 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. They also stole several ten gallon cream cans filled with water to keep the metal cool during the safe cracking. Austinville lies in Butler county about 35 miles west of Cedar Falls.
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Austinville
Yeggs
Butler County
Cedar Falls
Higher British Taxes Forecast by Sir Samuel Hoare
Notting ham England SA fact: Lord Privy Seal Sir Samuel Hoare warned that wartime costs require higher taxation beyond the already heavy 42 percent income tax. He urged voluntary rationing to aid export expansion and said taxpayers will not shrink from further sacrifices.
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Nottingham
England
Germany
Sir Samuel Hoare
Sir Samuel
Cedar Rapids Weather: Sunshine Lifts Mercury into 40s
Cedar Rapids saw a sunny split with clouds as the day warmed from 32 at 7 am to 42 by noon and 40 by 1 30 pm. Friday's high held at 33 from midday into night while the new day began at 34 at midnight on the Chambers Inskeep recorder.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Bugs Proposes Dining Service for Every Rowboat
Arthur Baer writes of a Navy windfall of 966 million and 128 million vanished in transit. He envisions silver dining service for all rowboats and rafts while defense funding and moonlit Potomac sails remain in view. He jokes that the army will share in government funds even as officers wear sailor hats on payday.
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Potomac
Russia Claims Mannerheim Line Pierced In Fierce Battle
Soviet communiques said red Army forces broke Finnish first lines along the Karelian isthmus and occupied 161 positions. Helsinki reported mass air activity with 100 Russian bombers over southern Finland as the long Karelian front battle intensified.
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Heim
Helsinki
Viipuri
Karelian
Finland
Tampere
Mannerheim Line
Finland Allies Aid Deal Reported In Helsinki
A Stockholm dispatch says unconfirmed reports in Helsinki claim an Allied Finnish aid agreement could be signed soon. Leaders Ryti and Tanner were said to consider flying to London for talks with Chamberlain, though Tanner denied plans. Finland reportedly faces urgent aid needs.
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Denmark
Stockholm
Finland
Folkets Dagblad
Helsinki
Risto Ryti
V. A. Tanner
London
Neville Chamberlain
Sweden
Tanner
United Press
Ryti
Altmark Captain Reports Unarmed Crew Massacre at Sea
The Altmark captain describes a pre dawn encounter with two British destroyers in Norway's Rosing Fjord. He says the British boarded the ship, seized control, and fired on the crew, leaving many dead or wounded. He claims unarmed sailors were shot in close quarters during and after the forced grounding and boat launch.
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Berlin
INS
Norway
Rosing Fjord
Norway raps British rescue of Britons from Altmark
Norway protested to London accusing British warships of violating Norwegian neutrality by entering Osund to rescue British seamen from the Altmark. The communique said six British ships took part, with one destroyer reentering Osund to remove the men, while German casualties were reported as eleven wounded ashore.
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Norway
London
Oesund
Altmark
Great Britain
Admiralty
Farm family man found shot at home near Louisa
Harry Ray Lutz 44 a well known farmer residing at Shiloh corner near Louisa on highway No 11 was found dead at 5 30 p m Friday in his home. The body lay over a shotgun with the shot entering the head through the left eye. Deputy coroner Dr Terrall said suicide likely. No note or motive apparent. Wife found him after returning home and entering with a hired man’s key. He was last seen at 1 30 p m stating he would go to Cedar Rapids for a stock sale.
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Cedar Rapids
Harry Ray Lutz
Shiloh Corner
Louisa
John J. Terrall
Motorist In Triple Accident Fined For Reckless Driving
Olaf Negaard 30 of Deer River Minnesota was fined 25 dollars and costs for reckless driving in police court on Saturday. The charge stemmed from a triple collision on Mount Vernon avenue SE that involved Robert P. Anderson of Dixon Illinois and a machine driven by L N Rahn of Lisbon. Negaard failed to appear Friday and was later arrested after a tip he would flee.
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Cedar Rapids
Thomas B. Powell
Olaf Negaard
Deer River
Minn
Negaard
Robert P. Anderson
Dixon
Ill
Anderson
Mount Vernon Avenue
L. N
The Philosopher Who Wasn’t A Philosopher
An essay recalling Dr Samuel Johnson and Oliver Edwards who noted cheerfulness as a practical philosophy. It contrasts solemn theories with a laughter filled habit of mind and wonders how true happiness shapes daily life.
Germany to wage unrestricted submarine warfare
Berlin sources on Saturday announced that German U boats would sink British and French ships on sight without warning in response to Churchill's pledge to arm allied vessels. The statement, tied to the Altmark incident, limits armed sinking to enemy ships in convoy or entering a port, and says neutrals remain spared unless in convoy or port.
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Admiralty
Winston Churchill
Germany
Norway
Altmark
Norwegian
Cossack
Churchill
France opens war materiel stocks to aid Finns against Russia
Military sources report France has started releasing war material from national stocks to assist Finland in its fight against Russia. The move signals Paris support amid ongoing hostilities and broader Allied assistance in the Baltic region.
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France
Russia
Gazette Ad-Rite Contest Invites Ad Ideas From Readers
Twenty six merchants sponsor an eight week Ad-Rite contest inviting readers to submit poems slogans letters cartoons essays or ads. Prizes awarded weekly to best ideas with no bias. Enter by sending ideas to the Ad-Rite Editor at The Gazette.
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Rescue of 326 British Seamen From Altmark Arrives in Leith
A large crowd welcomed rescued British seamen in Leith after the destroyer Cossack retrieved them from the Altmark in a Norway raid. Sailors described two to four months aboard the Altmark and starvation. The youngest rescues included Thomas Hunter, 16, and the convoy returned by 4 p.m. with ambulances parked to rush men to hospitals.
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Leith
Scotland
Cossack
Norway
Altmark
James Wilkinson
Graf Spee
Lascar
British Isles
Thomas Hunter
Newton Beach
Local Women With Rifles Held After Sterling Call
Cedar Rapids detectives probed a possible Iowa gun theft ring after two women Betty Giddens and Mrs Albert Barnes were found with two rifles and a shotgun in Sterling. Checks showed missing firearms match stock at Harper-McIntire.
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Cedar Rapids
Sterling, Jr
Betty Giddens
Albert Barnes
Fifth Avenue SE
Iowa
Illinois
Earl Stanley
Bill Kudina
Sterling
Linn
Harper-McIntire Hardware Company
Mount Vernon
Bucher
Steve Stolba
Rockford
Dixon
Roosevelt Placed On Nebraska Primary Ballot
Democratic National Committeeman James C. Quigley filed petitions in Lincoln to place President Roosevelt on the Nebraska primary ballot for April 9 seeking a third term. No presidential approval is required.
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Lincoln, Neb
Democratic National
James C. Quigley
Roosevelt
Nebraska
Daring British Raid Ends with Altmark Sinking Off Norway
British destroyers enter neutral waters and force the German auxiliary Altmark ashore on the Norwegian coast. Four Altmark crew killed, five wounded, 300 to 400 British seamen rescued. Cossack and Ivanhoe area actions. prisoners taken aboard and sailing to Leith. Royal Navy orders cited despite Norwegian protest.
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Admiralty
Norwegian
Cossack
Leith
Scotland
Bergen
Germany
P. L. Vian
Drunk man fined after attempt to enter car
Joe Powers, 31, of 805 Thirtyfifth Street NE, was fined 25 dollars and costs for intoxication in police court after being arrested at 2 a.m. trying to get into his car on First Avenue between First and Second streets E. Police tied the incident to a report by L. F. Topinka, 2004 C Street SW, who said a car nearly struck him near the Strand Theater on Third Street SE and provided the license numbers matching Powers' vehicle. Powers denied driving at the time.
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Joe Powers
Thirty- Fifth Street
First Avenue
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Second Streets
Powers
L. F. Topinka
C Street
Strand Theater
Third Street SE
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