Senator Reynolds Reverses War Vote On Lease Lead Bill
Senator Reynolds of North Carolina announced on the Senate floor that he will vote against the lease lead bill, saying it risks moving the country toward a war not ours. He now views the measure as defending the British empire at the expense of Americans and U S taxpayers.
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Reynolds
North" Carolina
Senate
British Empire
United States
Pears
Congress
German Troops Enter Spain to Aid Reconstruction
German detachments from the occupation army in France crossed into Spain on a mission to aid hurricane wrecked Santander. The five units include field hospital, ambulance, technicians, sappers, and a motorized column with a field kitchen expected to distribute 30 000 rations daily to Spaniards in need.
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Madrid
Spain
France
Santander
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Ramon Serrano Suner
Germany
Eberhard von Stohrer
Serrano Suner
Linn County Draft Quota Set at 20 for March
Linn county draft boards receive a total of 20 men called for March with the Marion group reporting March 6 and Cedar Rapids contingents sworn in March 7. Marion expects enough volunteers to meet its five man quota while Cedar Rapids will draft some. East side board quota is nine and west side six with draftees chosen late next week.
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Linn County
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Marion Board
East Side
West Side
U S Destroyers Operating Around British Isles
London based AP reports all U S destroyers given to Britain are in waters around the British Isles and have been mostly engaged in anti submarine operations.
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London
Britain
United States
British Isles
Expulsions From Soviet Communist Central Committee Mark Shakeup
Maxim Litvinoff, longtime Soviet foreign commissar, plus two others, were expelled from the central committee for failure to discharge obligations. V. G Dekanozoff replaces Litvinoff as other members are demoted or named alternates, with Ivan Maisky named alternate to Dekanozoff amid signs of policy shifts.
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Moscow
Maxim Tuitvinoff
Soviet Union
Commuunist Party
Litvinoff
V. G Deknozoff
Germany
Communist Party
Ivan Maisky
London
Dekanozoff
Central Committee
Maisky
Brick Toss Strikes Iowa City Bus Strike Causes Injury
Mrs Harold Merrifield received facial cuts when a brick shattered a bus window during a strike by 15 drivers and mechanics against Henry Negus Iowa City Coach Co. Negus planned full service to resume Friday with non union hires while police watched for further disturbances.
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Iowa City
Harold Merrifield
Henry Negus
Iowa City Coach Company
Negus
P. J. Shea
Charles W. Harness
State Department of Labor
Banks And Public Offices To Close Saturday In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids banks and most public offices will close Saturday in observance of George Washingtons 209th birthday with a long weekend. Courthouse and city hall offices and many federal agencies will be closed. some offices like social security and internal revenue will not operate. The Morris Plan company closes all day. post office keeps regular Saturday hours. Chamber of Commerce and Town employment service stay open. the war department office in the federal building will be open briefly Saturday morning.
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George Washington
Cedar Rapids
Social Security Board
Farm Security Administration
Internal Revenue Office
United States Clerk’s Office
National Youth Administration
Works Progress Administration
Morris Plan Company
Chamber of Commerce
War Department
Federal Building
Greek Envoy Denies Asking U.S. Aid
Washington dispatch reports Greek minister to the United States Cimon Diamantopoulos denied he appealed for American aid for Greece before the crisis intensified. He stated he acted within routine channels and had no request for imminent assistance.
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U. S
Washington
INS
Cimon Diamantopoulos
United States
Pro-America speakers urge killing lease-lead measure
A Cedar Rapids mass meeting of about 2,000 condemned the lease-lead bill as dictatorial and war provoking. Dr. John O'Brien and Verne Marshall urged opposition to U S Senate measures edging America into Europe’s war and urged support for antiwar senators while calling for peace and aid to Britain through humanitarian help.
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Roosevelt
Hull
John O’brien
University of Notre Dame
Verne Marshall
No Foreign War Committee
Memorial Coliseum
Cedar Rapids
Senate
O’brien
Herring and Gillette
Iowa
Walter George
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
America
Europe
Wheeler
Johnson
Vandenberg
Nye
Clark
Taft
Open Door Of Car Leads To Arrest For Motor Theft
Everett Robinson, 24, of 1414 Tenth street SE, was arrested after a foot chase by Patrolmen Harley Simon and Jake Stusak around 11:35 p.m. Thursday for allegedly stealing an electric motor from L. B. Gregson’s car. He confessed after being overhauled near Ed Thomas’s car. charged with larceny from an automobile, jailed pending arraignment.
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Cedar Rapids
Everett Robinson
Tenth Street SE
Harley Simon
Jake Stusak
L. B. Gregson
Seventh Avenue SE
Simon
Stusak
Ed Thomas
Seventh Street SE
Robinson
Thomas
Gregson Machine
Earl Stanley
Potato Ban Ordered in Paris by German Officials
Vichy France AP dispatch reports that Paris authorities under German administration ordered a 40 day potato shortage after disorders in the central market area. This action aims to curb unrest and secure food supplies amid occupation conditions.
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Vichy
France
Paris
Powers Race To Bolster Positions In Global War Prep
Berlin reports say Germany plans a simultaneous Mediterranean strike alongside invasion of England as major powers rush to reinforce positions for spring offensives. Budapest notes German troop movements into Bulgaria, with broader war-readiness across the Middle East Balkans and Far East.
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Berlin
INS
England
Mediterranean
Dienst Aus
Britain
Far East
Middle East
Balkans
Anthony Eden
Sir John Dill
Imperial War Staff
An Airman's Letter to his Mother
A reader-friendly profile of a RAF airman's intimate wartime letter to his mother. It praises the letter's simple, lucid style and the high faith that sacrifice brings meaning, contrasting with earlier war poetry and noting its potential to become a historical classic.
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R.A.F
Rupert Brooke
Churchill
DR. Newton
England
Jesus
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Ex King Alfonso Suffers Worsening Health Crisis
In Rome doctors report former King Alfonso of Spain in serious condition from heart and nervous ailment. He has not taken natural food for 36 hours and is being sustained by injections as authorities monitor his status.
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Rome
Ins
Alfonso
Spain
Curie Brother Dr Jacques Curie Dies at 86
Dr Jacques Curie, 86, brother of Pierre Curie and pioneer in radium research, died Friday in Montpellier.
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Vichy
Jacques Curie
Pierre Curie
Montpellier
Mott Defends Newspapers Against Ickes Attack
University of Iowa journalism professor Frank Luther Mott rejects Harold Ickes claims that newspapers serve elites. He argues newspapers never control electoral outcomes and urges a truly free press to maintain public trust in democracy. The talk followed Roosevelt’s 1932 election coverage.
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Frank Luther Mott
Iowa City
University of Iowa School of Journalism
Mott
Roosevelt
Ickes
Roosevelt nominates Boal to Nicaragua and Frost to Paraguay
President Roosevelt named Pierre De L Boal of Pennsylvania as minister to Nicaragua and Wesley Frost of Kentucky as minister to Paraguay. The nominations were announced Friday in Washington.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt Friday
Pierre de L. Boal
Pennsylvania
Nicaragua
Wesley Frost
Kentucky
Paraguay
Roosevelt bemoans disclosure of Marshall testimony hurtful to defense
President Roosevelt said the leak of what was meant to be secret Senate testimony by General George C. Marshall harmed national defense and raised ethics and patriotism questions for editors broadcasters and reporters. He stressed it should be kept secret in wartime and warned reporters not to misread his stance.
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George Marshall
Senate
Roosevelt
Marshall
U. S. Pacific
Washington
George C. Marshall
Army
National Defense
Marshalls
M Roosevelt
General Marshall
Associated Press
Senate Military Committee
Pacific
United States
Cold snap ends as Cedar Rapids warms after three days
Forecast for Cedar Rapids and vicinity calls for mostly cloudy skies with partial sun later. After three days below zero the temperature rises from three degrees at 3:30 a.m. to 11 by 9:30 a.m. with a 20 degree high expected in the afternoon.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Mercury
Backseat Drivers Take Warning
Perce Alexanderson of Phoenix was fined 25 dollars for reckless driving though not driving at the time of a collision. The automobile salesman was guiding a novice motorist when the highway patrol arrested Alexanderson. He pled guilty.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Perce Alexanderson
Highway Patrol
Alexanderson
British Bombers Flown From U S To Far East
Washington reports the British embassy says aircraft are being flown from the U S West Coast to reinforce forces in the Far East including Singapore. Details on numbers types or routes are not released. Britain also shifts air units to Africa Greece and the Pacific amid global tensions.
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Washington
Far East
United States
Singapore
Consolidated
Lockheed
San Diego
Hawaii
London
Britain
Africa
Greece
Coun
Gillette Warns U S. Liberty at Risk in War Aid Debate
Sen Guy M. Gillette,, Iowa, in a Senate clash denounced the aid-to-democracies bill as paving the way to American involvement in a foreign war. He warned against surrendering defenses to aid Britain and urged no declaration of war unless Britain fights our war. The debate centered on Roosevelt’s power and the danger of “the international poker game of power politics.”
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United States
U. S. Postal Service
Germany
Italy
Senate
Roosevelt
Washington
Liberty of America
Guy M. Gillette
Iowa
Britain
America
Gillette
Congress
Cuilette
Great Britain
Europe
Asia
All That Glitters premieres in Cedar Rapids Gazette
A new serial romance titled All That Glitters by Anne Tedlock Brooks begins today in The Cedar Rapids Gazette. The first installment appears on page 10, inviting readers to follow the romance daily.
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South
Anne Tedlock Brooks
Cedar Rapids
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