Finland Acknowledges Foreign Aid In Stand On Mannerheim Line
Finnish Field Marshal Mannerheim declared foreign help has arrived and will continue to assist. He urged the army to stand firm on the new defenses and assured that the enemy cannot break the line by wearing down his offensive power with reinforced positions and continued aid from abroad. He called Finns to unite and endure for victory.
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Helsinki
Baron Mannerheim
Finland
Mannerheim
Cedar Rapids Man Held on Wallet Theft Charge
Cedar Rapids resident Lloyd Warren Carpenter, 31, was returned from Waterloo after arrest on a larceny charge. He allegedly admitted to taking a wallet from Joe Shala of 912 Sixteenth Avenue SE containing about 160 dollars, though Carpenter said the amount is disputed. Police noted a prior 1932 arrest for a similar alleged theft.
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Lloyd Warren Carpenter
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Carpenter
Bob Vlach
Jesse Clift
Joe Shala
Sixteenth Avenue SE
Shala
Four hurt in east Atalissa auto collision
Special to The Gazette. At about 7 30 p m Saturday a half mile east of Atalissa on U S highway 6 a two car crash left Mrs Barbara Schmall 45 of Moline Ill seriously injured and three others with minor injuries. The vehicles involved were driven westbound with Mrs Schmall a passenger. Mrs Schmall sustained a compound fracture of the left leg fracture of the left arm major head injuries and possible internal injuries. Ahlforth of Moline suffered lacerations and Mr Wolf of Atalissa plus daughter Marilyn suffered bruises. The injured were treated at a West Liberty physician's office and Mrs Schmall was later taken to the Moline City hospital by Snider ambulance.
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West Liberty
Barbara Schmall
Moline
Ill
Atalissa
U. S. Highway No. 6
State Highway Patrol
Ivan Wolf
Carl Joe Ahlforth
Schmall
Howard Ecker
Ahlforth
Wolf
Marilyn
Snider Ambulance
Moline City Hospital
Cedar Rapids Stays Mild Overnight With Slow Temp Drop
Temperatures in Cedar Rapids stayed moderate Saturday night. The high reached 42 degrees by noon under a warming sun, then cooled to 33 by evening, hovered near 32 to midnight, and slipped to 32 at 11 p.m. and 32 at midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
British Captain Reg Mehegan Dies in Boxhill Mine Disaster
The British steamer Boxhill struck a mine on the northeast coast near Hull December 31 and sank within minutes. Reginald Mehegan, brother of John Mehegan of 2023 Grande avenue SE, was on the bridge and is presumed lost while signaling. He had survived three torpedoings in World War I and served as chief safety engineer for the Iowa Mutual Liability Insurance. His sister, Mrs. William Townsend of New York City, relays the sorrowful account, noting Reg’s wife Doris awaited him in Hull and that the family holds him in high esteem as a generous man who faced war’s perils with courage. The tale closes with ironic tragedy as Reg’s brother-in-law once married the widow of a World War I army officer, now widowed again as his second husband is killed and his son enters service.
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Reginald Mehegan
Boxhill
John Mehegan
Grande Avenue SE
Mehegan
William Townsend
New York City
Iowa Mutual Liability Insurance Company
Reg
S.S. Boxhill
Hull
Doris
Capt. Mehegan
Namesake Of St Nicholas Enrolled In Seventh Grade Pup Goes To Coe
Nicky the pit bulldog owned by William Norris has become a sophomore at Coe College after entering seventh grade in 1930. The dog attends classes, sits in vacant seats, visits other rooms, and even attends chapel when Bill Norris is away, proving a steadfast student and family helper.
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St. Nicholas
Coe
Nicky
William Norris
Linden Terrace SE
Chi Beta Phi
Bill Norris
Franklin School
McKinley
Northwestern Military Academy
Alton
Ill
Bill
H. M. Gage
History
Dean Myron Koenig
Coe College
Parking Limits Enforced On City Bridges Monday
Traffic Captain Gordon Hughes announced that enforcement of the two hour parking rule begins Monday on the First Second and Third avenue bridges and adjacent streets. Signs are up in the listed blocks though Fifth street from Third to Fifth avenues SE awaits signs. No cars were parked on the First Avenue bridge by 8 30 a m Saturday after signs were posted Friday.
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Gordon Hughes
Third Avenue
First Street
First
Second Avenues
Fifth Street
A Avenue
Third
Fifth Avenues
Hughes
First Avenue Bridge
Reds Shoot At Own Plane By Mistake
In Tallinn Estonia Soviet ships in the harbor opened fire on one of their own airplanes by mistake on Saturday. No damage was reported and no injuries mentioned.
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Tallinn
Estonia
Not Having Paraded For 8 Years G O P Is Rusty
By Arthur Bugs Baer. The Republicans will hold their presidential convention in Philadelphia. Democrats say the cradle of liberty is just right for Tom Dewey who can stand a little more rocking. Democrats claim they will march better than the rusty grand old party in the aisles.
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G.O.P
Bugs
Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Philadelphia
Tom Dewey
Grand Old Party
Democrats Celebrate Eight Years of Parades
A brief report notes the Democratic side marking eight years of parades as part of their public celebration and political morale. It emphasizes organized processions and public displays without detailing specific events or dates.
Fires Roar Through Nanning. Chinese Suspect Japanese Departure
Reports from Kwangsi province say enormous fires rage in Japanese held Nanning sparking belief among Chinese residents that Japan may soon withdraw from the city seized last November.
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Chungking
Kwangsi
Nanning
Man Found Sitting In Parked Car Booked For Intoxication
State highway patrolmen jailed Eldon Jaggers, 32, of Apple River Illinois at 8 45 Saturday night on intoxication charges. He was found sitting in a coupe on the shoulder of Highway 30 nine miles west of Cedar Rapids and said he had attended a hog sale and drank five to six beers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldon Jaggers
Apple River
Ill
Jaggers
Britain Accelerates Army Registrations For Young Men
London AP reports the Ministry of Labor announced that men who turned 24 in 1939 and those who reached 20 between January 1 and March 9, 1940 must register for military service on the earlier date three weeks ahead of the previous schedule.
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London
Ministry of Labor
Wheeler Won't Enter Primaries Against Roosevelt
Sen. Burton K. Wheeler of Montana announced he will not file in states where Roosevelt is on the ballot. The move clears the anti third term field for Vice President Garner while confirming Wheeler remains a serious 1940 candidate. Wheeler urged a candidate who can unite liberals progressives and urban labor support.
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Washington
Burton K. Wheeler
Mont
Roosevelt
John N. Garner
James A. Farley
Massachusetts
Farley
Wheeler
Pennsylvania
Nebraska
Ohio
Garner
California
Illinois
Wisconsin
Robert H. Taft
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Michigan
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Taft
Dewey
Democratic Party
Weekly Forecast CHICAGO Weather Outlook
AP reports the week ahead in the Upper Mississippi valley with precipitation in the south and east early in the week and again midweek, accompanied by moderately cold temperatures. Northern Great Plains expect generally fair skies with a light midweek disturbance and cold conditions.
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Chicago
Upper
Mississippi Valley
Great Plains
Index of sections and page numbers in the newspapers
A catalog listing sections and page numbers across editions including National Local Junior College Festival Wagsgin tails It Happened Last Week Editorials Harry Boyd Walter Winchell Edgar Guest Poem Backyard Skaters Always In The Groove Big Ten Basketball Forest Field and Stream Jones County Champions Movie's Ma Joad Want Ads Fingerprint from Iodine Strike Scenes Hog and Husband Callers Flowers and Gardens Forecast of Events School Cafeterias At The Theaters Radio Programs Building News Financial News Business Review
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Harry Boyd
Walter Winchell
Iowa
Washington
Edgar
Big Ten
Forest
Jones County
Roosevelt Ends Cruise Secrecy Confirmed Canal Inspection
President Roosevelt will arrive at the Panama Canal Zone early Sunday to inspect Atlantic side defenses. He will confer with General van Voorhis and military and civilian officials. the trip aboard the Tuscaloosa with destroyers Lang and Jouett sailed from Pensacola toward Panama. Weather was calm and sunny at 85 degrees, with a minor scare when a tanker briefly blocked their path.
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U. S. S. Lang
Roosevelt
Canal Zone
Atlantic
Panama Canal
Edwin M. Watson
van Voorhis
Watson
Pacific
Tuscaloosa
President
Lang
Jouett
Caribbean
Nicaragua
Pensacola
Fla
Panama
Cape San Antonio
Cuba
Nabbed in Florida on local charge of leaving with car
Sheriff and Lakeland police reported Fred Wyatt, wanted in Linn County for larceny by embezzlement of mortgaged property, was arrested in Florida on a warrant issued by Justice Churchill. Extradition will be pursued as Wyatt resisted surrender. The case follows his disappearance last autumn with a car mortgaged to Cedar Rapids bank with George Oxley as guarantor.
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Cedar Rapids
Jim Smith
R. V. Hutchingson
Lakeland
Fla
Fred Wyatt
Linn County
H. R. Churchill
Florida
Wyatt
Smith
Hutchingson
George Oxley
Marion
Boy to Walk Despite Birth With One Leg
Donald Eugene McWain, born with one leg last Sept 11 in Dawson Nebraska, is expected to start walking at age one. An adjustable artificial leg has been ordered for him. his parents are Roy and Mrs McWain, the father works as a railroad section worker.
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Dawson, Neb
Donald Eugene McWain
Harlan S. Heim
Humboldt
Roy H. McWain
Dawson
British Destroyer Frees British Prisoners In Altmark Raid
A Norwegian fjord clash underlines fears of neutrality loss as the British destroyer Cossack, acting on orders from the London admiralty, penetrates Norway’s neutral belt and boards the Altmark to free about 300 British prisoners. The incident triggers global protests and heightened war tensions.
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London Admiralty
Cossack
Norway
Altmark
Gjessingfjord
Norway warns Germany over Altmark raid impact on waters
Oslo reports Foreign Minister Halvdan Koht says Germany has no right to wage war in Norway’s territorial waters after Britain’s Altmark raid. Berlin protests demanding prisoner return and compensation. Britain defends invasion as lawful and warns potential safeguards against further neutrality violations. Germany threatens neutral ships as war aims sharpen.
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Oslo
INS
Halvdan Koht
Germany
Norway
Britain
Reich
Altmark
Judges Named For Ad Rite Contest First Entries Due
The Gazette names judges Robert E. Yaw Wallace Lyon and Pauline Murray to select 131 weekly prize winners in the $2,500 Ad Rite contest. First week winners announced Feb 25. Entries must be postmarked by 5 p.m. Wednesday from amateurs only with no prior advertising experience.
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Cedar Rapids News
Robert E. Yaw
Ambro Advertising
Wallace Lyon
Yaw
Lyon
Murray
Gazette
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