Cedar Rapids Dentist Dies in Texas Shooting Suicide
Dr. O W Esslinger 47 Cedar Rapids dentist was found shot to death in his automobile trailer at a Texas tourist camp near San Antonio. Justice of the Peace ruled death by his own action in an inquest. He had recently sold his practice and planned to retire in Cedar Rapids. He leaves his parents and a brother. funeral services will be held in Sheffield.
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O. W. Esslinger
Second Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
San Antonio
Tex
Associated Press
Justice of the Peace
Otts West
Essling
Esslinger
John J. Klevenhagen
Joe Domingues
Mike Rule
California
H. L. Kennedy
Tripoli
C. W. Slattery
Slattery
Margaret Newell
Kanawha
Fenton
Northwestern University
Chicago
Sheffield
Canada
Montana
American Legion
Masonic Lodge
Mason City
John Esslinger
Donahey Rejects Ohio Favorite Son Bid for Dem nomination
Senator Vic Donahey declined to be Ohio's favorite son candidate for the 1940 Democratic presidential race calling acceptance subterfuge. He thanked party leaders but said he must reject the honor to avoid compromising his conscience. The Ohio committees recommended renomination of Roosevelt if he seeks it.
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Washington
Vic Donahey
Ohio
State Central and Executive Committees
Roosevelt
Donahey
Mr. Roosevelt
Mother 19 and companion face gun theft charges
Mrs. Albert Barnes a 19 year old mother of a 13 month old and 18 year old Betty Giddens were returned to Cedar Rapids from Sterling Illinois to face larceny charges tied to possession of four .22 rifles and two shotguns allegedly stolen from a hardware warehouse. Police questioned but did not obtain a confession and the women refused to explain how they acquired the guns.
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Cedar Rapids
Albert Barnes
Betty Giddens
Sterling
Earl Stanley
Barnes
Dixon
Mount Vernon
Sheep survive two day burial under snow in Pennsylvania
Burt Huffman’s 450 sheep were found alive in Waynesburg Pennsylvania after two days under the snow. Huffman said the flock’s breathing created air holes that kept the animals from suffocating.
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Waynesburg
Burt Huffman
Huffman
Japs Deny Peace Gesture To Chiang
Tokyo officials deny reports that Japan offered peace terms to Chiang Kai-shek's government in Chungking.
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Chiang
Tokio
Japanese War Office
Chiang Kai-shek
Chungking
British naval actions and Altmark dispute escalate global tensions
Allied and German forces clash as Britain reports sinking of the destroyer Daring with 157 dead and captures two German merchant ships. Norway considers appealing to international tribunals over Britain's seizure of the Altmark prisoners in Norwegian waters while listing alleged violations of neutrality.
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Oslo
Halvdan Koht
Norway
League of Nations
Britain
Koht
Norwegian
London
Great Britain
Germany
Admiralty
Daring
Parish Under Interdiction After Barring New Priest
In Cleveland Holy Redeemer parish is interdicted by the church, depriving members of sacraments except extreme unction. The action stems from a clash over the selection of a new pastor, with Archbishop Schrembs appointing Father Vincent Caruso and police aiding attempts to install him amid a snowball‑flinging crowd.
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Cleveland
Holy Redeemer
Joseph Schrembs
Martin Compagno
Father Compagno
Schrembs
Vincent Caruso
Father Caruso
Floyd L. Begin
Begin
Caruso
Knights of St. John
Knights of Columbus
Knights
Petition Circulated to Put Washington High Deed on Ballot
Cedar Rapids residents circulate a petition to place a ballot measure on the Washington High School deed to the city for $1 and other valuable considerations. The bid requires 50 qualified voter signatures under state law.
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Washington High
Washington High School
Cedar Rapids
Finns Claim Red 18th Division Is Annihilated
Helsinki reports the Russian Eighteenth Division, expanded to about 18 000 men, surrounded near Syskyjarvi and annihilated with most killed or taken prisoner. The Finns also claim two other divisions, the 163rd and 44th, wiped out in the same theater.
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Helsinki
Syskyjarvi
Lake Ladoga
Escape Choices Through Jane Austen Amid War Mood
A London editor debates fiction as wartime escape. He shuns humor and tragedy, favors Dickens and Thackeray, and ultimately chooses Jane Austen for her calm, humane stories where no one dies. The piece reflects diverse war mood refuge and individual taste.
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Ernest Jeffs
London
Jeeves
Dickens
Thackeray
Arnold
Jane Austen
Distr
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Snow Keeps Cedar Rapids Highways Slippery
More snow blankets Cedar Rapids with one and a half inches laid overnight and Monday. Temperatures ranged from 29 to 33 degrees as main roads were reported open but slippery, especially in the eastern part of the state. drivers urged to exercise extreme caution.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Automobile Club
Chambers Inskeep Company
Center Point Trucker Jumps From Path Of Train
Virle Augustine of Center Point escaped injury when his truck skidded into Rock Island passenger train No. 63 at a crossing two miles south of Palo. He brakes and veered left, then jumped clear as the locomotive struck the truck, damaging the motor and cab. The vehicle carried dynamite without caps and REA workers lunches.
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the Gazette
Palo
Rock Island
Virle Augustine
Center Point
Augustine
Harlan Snyder
Linn County Rural Electrification
REA
One in Four Do Not Dim Headlights On Night Drives
A survey by two highway patrolmen and a Gazette reporter in Cedar Rapids to Belle Plaine on highway 30 found 27 of 100 drivers fail to dim headlights. Seventy three dimmed as required, but ten were too bright or misfocused, four had one headlight out and 11 had no tail light. Patrolmen Swords and Cloud cite glare as a major safety deterrent under Iowa law.
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Gazette
Highway Patrol
Cedar Rapids
Belle Plaine
M. G. Swords
Harry Cloud
Iowa
Europeans Underground Fight For Breathing Space
In the piece by Arthur Bugs Baer, Europeans endure gas masks, submarines, and bombproof laundry bags as they retreat underground for relief from war. The question is whether this is silly or dignified.
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Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Europe
Republicans propose guiding principles for 1942 platform
A 28 000 word report titled A Program for a Dynamic America outlines 11 guiding principles for restoring balanced budgets and aiding industry. It calls for neutrality, free enterprise, defense, revised labor laws, farm market links, and reduced federal spending to balance the budget by 1942.
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Washington
Republican Party
Platform Committee
Program Committee
Glenn Frank
America
United States
Western Hemisphere
Congress
Senate
Labor Board
Des Moines Iowa man named assistant secretary of Chamber of Commerce
Bob Roberts of Des Moines a 1939 University of Iowa graduate is named assistant secretary succeeding John W. Beck. Roberts will head bureaus on Retail merchants and civic affairs and handle baseball drive promotion. He is engaged to Dorothy Ochsner of Fort Madison with a June wedding planned.
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Bob Roberts
Des Moines
University of Iowa
Chamber of Commerce
Roy E. Choate
Chamber
Roberts
John W. Beck
Drew Sporting Goods
Iowa
Pillsbury Military Academy
Owatonna
Minn
Bankers Life Insurance Company
Iowa City
Dorothy Ochsner
Fort Madison
Ochsner
Pass Bill To Give Incoming President Quick Budget Voice
The House passed a bill allowing new Presidents to skip the current January budget deadline. In inauguration years the budget would be due between January 21 and February 20, instead of January 3, aligning with the presidential transition.
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Washington
House
Senate
Service At Church Ends In Fisticuffs
In Indianapolis the Somerset Methodist church service ended in a free for all as deputies broke up a fist fight sparked by a policy dispute. Pastor Rev. D W Noble observed the conflict and the deputy preached a brief sermon on charity before worshippers reconciled.
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Indianapolis
Anthony Maio
Somerset Methodist
D. W. Noble
First Week Entries In Ad Contest At The Gazette
The Gazette invites amateurs to submit ideas for the $2,500 ad writing contest with 26 firms participating. Judges include Robert E. Yaw, Wallace Lyon, and Pauline Murray. Weekly prizes of $25 for top ads per advertiser will be announced Sundays, with final prizes of $200, $100, and $50 for overall merit.
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The
Gazette
Robert E. Yaw
Ambro Advertising Agency
Wallace Lyon
W. D. Lyon
Pauline Murray
Hutchinson Ice Cream Company
Robber Steals 17400 From Marshall Field Loop Store
A lone bandit corralled three Marshall Field and Company employees in an elevator at Chicago Loop store and robbed a portable safe of about 17400. He threatened guards, claimed confederates, and escaped among noon shoppers after stopping the elevator between floors.
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Chicago
Marshall Field and Company
Arthur Waiflein
Howard Sallows
Sallows
Four Hurt And One Driver Arrested In Auto-Truck Crash
Lawrence Alloway 25 of 1422 Fifth Street NW collided with a stalled auto transport on Highway 30 at Cedar Rapids edge injuring four others. Ray Gosnell suffered multiple injuries and lost teeth. Einar Myhre and Mrs. Lawrence Alloway also hurt. Alloway was jailed 30 days for reckless driving after admitting prior drinking.
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Cedar Rapids
Lawrence Alloway
Fifth Street
Indian Creek Hill
Highway No
Alloway
Larry Condon
Ray Gosnell
Thirteenth Avenue SE
Einar Myhre
Avenne NW
Mercy Hospital
Gosnell
Condon
H. R. Churchill
F D R In Pacific After Panama Stop
President Roosevelt moves south into the Pacific aboard the Tuscaloosa after inspecting the Panama Canal Zone defenses and discussing improvements with military and civilian officials. He plans to fish near the Pearl Islands and will inspect Pacific defenses on his return.
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Lang
Roosevelt
Pacific
Tuscaloosa
Panama Canal Zone
Atlantic
Pearl Islands
Balboa
Canal Zone
France Field
Atlantic Entrance
King Gustav Declares Sweden Will Not Intervene
In Stockholm the Swedish King Gustav proclaimed that Sweden will not use military force for Finland. He said Sweden has given voluntary aid but warned active intervention would draw Sweden into a larger continental war with Russia and other powers.
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Sweden
Gustav
Finland
Russia
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