Allied Blockade Reported Aims At Baltic Ports
A British French warship squadron began a northern Russian coast blockade to prevent shipments to Germany and curb German access to Russian submarines. Rumors of a clash with the Soviet Arctic Navy circulated as neutrals fear escalation and Norway's coastline is cited as a likely escape route for German ships.
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Copenhagen
Berlingske Tidende
Arctic
Germany
Russia
Altmark
Norwegian
Norway
Murmansk
Hore-Belisha Urges Allies to Declare War on Reds
Former British war secretary Leslie Hore-Belisha urged an Allied declaration of war on Soviet Russia to aid Finland and shorten the European conflict. Speaking in Devonport, he called for sea air and land action to assist the Finns, declaring the Balean country faces a civilizational pass.
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London
INL
Leslie Hore- Belisha
Soviet Russia
Finland
Devonport
War Ministry
Finding Of Anti Flu Substance Reported
New York AP reports that Dr Thomas Francis Jr announced a discovery that the human nose secretes a substance that inactivates the influenza virus. This may mark a significant step toward conquering the disease that caused the 1918 epidemic death toll.
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New York
Thomas Francis, Jr
Roosevelt fishes with little luck aboard destroyer
President Roosevelt planned a day of fishing from the cruiser Tuscaloosa off an undisclosed Pacific island. He fished Thursday morning before Washington's Birthday program began and hooked only two small fish as seagulls snatched his catch.
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LANG
Pacific
Roosevelt
Tuscaloosa
Washington
John M. Redmond Former Cedar Rapids Mayor Dies at 80
John M. Redmond 80 a former Cedar Rapids mayor for two terms and former Linn County attorney died Thursday evening in a local hospital of coronary occlusion after a brief illness. He helped establish municipal ownership of the water works, a cash basis for city finances, and the commission form of government. Born in Syracuse in 1859 he later practiced law in Cedar Rapids and served as county attorney in 1890 91. He will be remembered as a state municipal law authority and for Cedar Rapids parks development.
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John M. Redmond
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Robins
Redmond
W. G. Haskell
Park Commission
Sixteenth Street
Third Avenue SE
Syracuse
N. Y
Iowa
Lisbon
Cornell College
University of Iowa College
Snow Turns to Storm Conditions in Cedar Rapids
Snow surged to storm proportions in Cedar Rapids with flurries turning heavy by early afternoon. The chamber Inskeep recorder logged 1 inch by 2:30 p.m. with temperatures ranging from 15 to 29 degrees as deeper cold forecasts hinted at more severe conditions.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company Recorder
Senators push parity payments amid defense funding clash
Senate farm leaders adopt spend now and save later approach to add 200 million dollars for parity payments to the house approved agriculture appropriation bill. Hearings on the measure set to begin Monday with Secretary Wallace as first witness.
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Washington
Senate
Russell
Appropriations
Wallace
Canadian Soldiers Fire Tear Gas Accident at War Secretary
In Aldershot England Canadian troops during a trench training drill mistakenly fired a tear gas bomb at War Secretary Oliver Stanley and his staff. Stanley and escorts without masks fled the gas cloud, eyes streaming, but none were seriously affected after eye bathing and a quick resumption of the inspection.
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Aldershot
England
Oliver Stanley
Stanley
Farmer Needs Restored Market Says MacNider
Special to The Gazette Davenport Iowa farmer advocate Hanford MacNider Mason City criticizes New Deal crop controls for harming agriculture arguing soil conservation is essential but government overreach raises costs. He warns farmers and workers alike suffer from new regulations and bureaucratic costs.
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MacNider
Gazette
Davenport
Iowa
United States
Hanford MacNider
Mason City
Washington
Iowa Club
Republican Party
Allied Forces Outrank Reich By Million And More In 1940 Survey
A Washington AP report cites an official survey showing Allied powers total trained military forces at about 8.5 million against Germanys 7.25 million. Britain and France hold a margin in land and air troops with naval superiority. Finland faces a 4 million Soviet army. The United States ranks 7th in army air forces and 3rd in naval strength.
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Washington
Great Britain
France
Germany
Britain
Near East
India
Finland
United States
Japan
Banality, Fear, and the Call for Creative Living
Dr Joseph Fort Newton argues that fear boredom and crowd mentality dull life and fuel conflict. He says true salvation lies in creative living and making beauty, resisting mass sameness and ready made culture. District by United Feature Syndicate Inc.
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Ruskin
Morris
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Youth 18 Admits Two Year Hardware Theft Ring
Police prepared to file break in and entering charges against Robert Miner 18 of 1006 Seventh Street SE in connection with a Harper MclIntire wholesale hardware warehouse thefts over two years. Two younger suspects 15 and 16 were turned to juvenile authorities.
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Harper-MclIntire
Sixth Avenue SE
Robert Miner
Seventh Street SE
Albert Arnes
Ralph Jackson
Barnes
Miner
Rosemary
Bette Giddens
Sterling
Rockford
Ill
Charles Anderson
Hardware Company
Man knocked down by backing car in Center Point road incident
Ralph Osborn suffered a skinned knee at 5 40 p m Thursday when a car driven by Donald O Connor backed across a sidewalk near a service station on Center Point road between Lake and avenues NE. Osborn refused hospital treatment.
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Ralph Osborn
Center Point Road
Donald O’connor
Weare Avenue
Lake Andavenues
O’connor
Osborn
Sumner Welles Plans Conference With Hitler In Europe Visit
Berlin report says United States Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles, en route to Europe to study war conditions, will hold a conference with Adolf Hitler upon arrival in Berlin. The disclosure came Friday.
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Berlin
United States
Sumner Welles
Europe
Hitler
Swedes Carry Water On Both Shoulders But Remain Thirsty
The piece compares Swedes forced to balance between England and Germany, always thirsty as every bucket is wrong. It likens European diplomacy to lion taming with Clyde Beatty carrying a chair into the cage without ever sitting.
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England
Germany
P. S
Europe
Clyde Beatty
British Seizure Of Mail To Germany Sparks Senate Debate
Senator Pepper claims British authorities seized American mail bound for Germany, estimating between 14 and 17 million dollars in cash found in Bermuda airport shipments. He cites Pan American Airways officials and says most envelopes lacked return addresses. The State Department rejects reports of force used in Bermuda.
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Washington
INS
Germany
Pepper
Fla
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Bermuda
Pan-American Airways
State Department
United States
Europe
America
Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Pittman
Nev
Senate Democratic
Azores Islands
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Bermuda Officials Refute Mail Seizure Report
British censorship authorities deny they seized United States mail from a transatlantic clipper plane by force of arms. The chief censor calls the tale of bayonet point removal utter nonsense and directs readers to continue on page 2.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
INS
United States
Anniversary of Soviet Army Offensive Rages on Finnish Front
Soviet troops on the Karelian isthmus marked the 22nd Red Army birthday with a heavy assault against Finnish defenses. Russian artillery pounded Viipuri as troops reportedly neared the city, while Helsinki reports noted intensified fighting amid a blizzard and growing volunteer supports for Finland.
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Helsinki
INS
Karelian
Red Army
Viipuri
Finland
Moscow
Carl Gustaf Mannerheim
Window Blast After Gas Spill At Ar mature Service
An explosion from a spark of an automatic heater ignited spilled gasoline at the Ar mature Service company on Sec ond avenue SE at 10 15 a m Friday blowing out the front window and causing interior damage. Five workers were in the room but none injured. Five fire units arrived and the blaze was extinguished in 20 minutes.
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Armature Service Company
Second Avenue SE
W. A. Nichols
Congress Allocates $50,000 More for NLRB Probe
A congressional committee probing the National Labor Relations Board was approved another $50,000 to continue its investigation. The House voted unanimously to add the funds, preventing an early end to the inquiry after the initial $50,000 grant.
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Washington
INS
Congressional Committee
National Labor Relations Board
House
Death Ring Figure Sentenced to Chair
Paul Petrillo a 44 year old South Philadelphia tailor and alleged witch doctor in an arsenic murder for insurance plot was sentenced to die in the electric chair. The defendant faced capital punishment after being found guilty of orchestrating the scheme with co conspirators.
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Philadelphia
Paul Petrillo
South Philadelphia
Friday
First Week Winners in $2500 Amateur Ad Writing Contest
Gazette readers will see the first winners Sunday as 27 ads are published from 26 advertisers with a $25 grand prize for the top entry. An all amateur field excludes newspaper staff and professional writers, with 131 prizes weekly until a $350 total grand prize is awarded.
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Gazette
British raids on German ships off Helgoland reported
RAF planes attacked German warships off Helgoland Tuesday night in a raid disclosed Friday. German raiders intersected British waters with air activity. one German plane was shot down after crossing the English coast. Casualties were reported only among damaged ships, with limited RAF losses.
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London
INS
Royal Air Force
Helgoland
Air Ministry
English
Helgo
Berlin
Helgoland Bight
Western Front
Gothic
Kinnairdhead
Aberdeenshire
Eire
British Coastal Command
British Air Ministry
Austria
Bohemia
Reich
1100 Mile Mercy Flight For Child
Margery Lundy four lay recovering from influenza in The Pas Manitoba as a pilot battled blizzards for 1100 miles on a mercy flight to Port Churchill and back to aid a child believed to have double pneumonia. The flight began Wednesday after a Winnipeg relay from Churchill on Hudsons Bay.
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Pas, Manitoba
Margery Lundy
Port Churchill
Winnipeg
Churchill
Hudson’s Bay
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