Hitler proclaims friends in Russia Italy and Japan
Adolf Hitler warned of defeating foes and claimed unity with Soviet Russia Italy and Japan. He asserted God backs Germany and lauded leadership while denouncing Chamberlains and Churchill. He linked Providence to his survival and stressed living space without specifying war aims.
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Munich
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Russia
Italy
Japan
Fuehrer
Reich
Hitler
Hausbrauhaul
Burgerbrauhaus
United States
Sumner Welles
Europe
Winston Churchill
France
God
Soviet Russia
London
Berle Sees U S Promoting World Peace Through Trade
A. A. Berle Jr. told the National Farm Institute in Des Moines that the United States aims to show a peaceful life, curb imperial expansion, and reopen beneficial trade. He praised reciprocal trade pacts as key to economic peace and stressed cooperative peace among American republics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berle
U. S
Des Moines
A. A. Berle, Jr
United States
National Farm Institute
Europe
Fishing President Reports Fair Catch
President Roosevelt fished in tropical Pacific waters off the Panamanian coast aboard the U S S Lang and reported a fair catch. The presidential party ended fishing before the Tuscaloosa steered toward the next-to-last Pacific anchorage ahead of transiting the Panama Canal back to the Atlantic.
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U. S. S. Lang IN the Pacific
INS
Roosevelt
Panamanian
U. S. S. Tuscaloosa
Pacific
Panama Canal
Atlantic
Crowe Regains Sight After Cataract Operation
Robert E. Crowe former Cook County State's attorney and chief justice of the criminal court returned to his Chicago office Saturday with his sight restored after a January 10 cataract operation.
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Chicago
INS
Robert E. Crowe
Cook County
Criminal Court
Crowe
Local Civic Meetings and Community Events Prompt programs
City Civic club meets Monday at 8 pm in C S P S hall with refreshments to follow. Townsend club No 4 meets Monday at 7 30 pm in city hall council room. First aid class for women begins Feb 26 at 7 30 pm in a basement post office room. W A Miller and Joe Langr travel to Chicago for a brief business trip. George B Healey to Palm Beach Fla for a managers meeting of Union Central Life. Dr B L Knight to speak at Rotary luncheon in Roosevelt hotel on horse sense in autos. Cedar Rapids lodge No 278 A O U W to hold 7 30 pm meeting at Sokol hall with program and refreshments. Two Cedar Rapids boys aged 13 and 12 detained after being arrested for stealing a flashlight at Sears Roebuck. Kappa Phi Kappa initiates Maurice Flack and Charles Kos at Dr Paul C Greene home Thursday. Nineteen Boy Scouts and ten fathers attend troop 4 dad night at Harrison school. Hobby show prizes: William Lawrence first Alvin Kutchera second Thomas Kehn third.
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Harrison School
William Lawrence
Alvin Kutchera
Thomas Kehn
Brotherhood of Railroad Employes Meet Held at Sokol Hall
The local order will hold a special meeting Monday at 7 30 p m in Sokol hall with Mr Eulert national assistant secretary to preside.
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Order of the Brotherhood of American Railway
Sokol Hall
Eulert
Members to receive 25 year service pins at meeting
Five members will be presented with 25 year service buttons and will be recognized. A social time follows the business session and members may bring friends.
Indian Chief White Feather to speak at 7 45 Sunday
Indian Chief White Feather will speak at Sinclair Memorial Presbyterian Church at 7 45 Sunday evening instead of 8 15 as announced in Saturday's paper. Chief White Feather is a descendant of Sitting Bull.
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White Feather
Sinclair Memorial Presbyterian Church
Chief White Feather
Sitting Bull
Purse Lost at Bishop's Cafeteria Saturday Evening
Miss Mary Lanning reports the loss of a small black purse containing fourteen dollars from her pocket while working at Bishop's cafeteria between 4 and 7 30 p m Saturday. Police are notified.
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Bishop’s
Mary Lanning
Fifteenth Avenue SW
Haying composition by William Keehn to be aired on WOI
William Keehn, a McKinley high school graduate from Cedar Rapids, will broadcast his piece Haying on station WOI at the Iowa State College in Ames. The English department sponsors the 3:45 p.m. Monday March 4 program.
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Haying
William Keehn
McKinley High School
Cedar Rapids
WOI
Iowa State College
Ames
College Department of English
Car motor fire causes minor damage to owner George Burger
A short circuit in wiring damaged the car motor owned by George Burger of Marion while parked at Eighteenth avenue and Ninth street SW. Fire units 2 and 5 responded, extinguishing the blaze in 29 minutes after the 6 39 p.m. alarm Saturday.
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George Burger
Marion
Eighteenth Avenue
Ninth Street
Lawyer roles with Chamber of Commerce discussed in Linn County event
A. L. Taylor executive secretary of the Chamber of Commerce spoke at a Linn County Bar association meeting in the Roosevelt hotel Saturday noon. He outlined Chamber activities in community life and spoke in place of Dr. Edward Files who could not attend.
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Chamber of Commerce
A. L. Taylor
Linn County Bar Association
Roosevelt Hotel
Taylor
Edward Files
Take It Easy Safety Film Shown at Chamber Monday
The public is invited to view the safety motion picture Take It Easy at 10 30 a m and 7 30 p m Monday at the Chamber of Commerce under the Cedar Rapids City Lines. Motor Coach Employer union members will attend in bodies with evening, morning and night driver groups present.
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Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids
Missing overshoes and oxford shoes found in Foote car
A car owned by H. D. Foote at 415 Fourteenth Street SE was found with two pairs of overshoes and black oxford shoes left inside after a loop parking Saturday evening. Police urge the owner to identify the items at the station, stressing the danger of going without footwear in subzero weather.
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H. D. Foote
Fourteenth Street SE
Reserve Officers Reassigned to 349th Infantry
Reports from Cedar Rapids area indicate reserve officers relieved from third infantry assignments and reassigned to the 349th infantry. First Lieut Ray M. Lee Corcorah, Second Lieut George B. Dougan Traer, Second Lieut Donald F. Neider Iowa City, Second Lieut Bernard L. Smith Cedar Rapids, Second Lieut Carl H. Wall Cedar Rapids, Second Lieut Harold K. Wolfe North Liberty. Corps area service command assigns Capt John C. Barton Independence to 1722 Station hospital.
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Cedar Rapids
Third Infantry
349Th Infantry
Ray M. Lee
Decorah
George B. Dougan
Traer
Donald F. Neider
Iowa City
Bernard L. Smith
Grande Avenue
Carl H. Wall
Ninth Avenue
Harold K. Wolfe
North Liberty
Corps Area Service Command
1722 Station Hospital
John C. Barton
Medical Reserve
Independence
When He Gets Mad He's Hard To Scare
In Chicago Samuel Feinberg head of a salvage firm faced a stickup during a telephone call. He was attacked when a gun pressed to him and fled with his companion after he knocked the weapon away. His daughter Evelyn fainted on sight. Feinberg shrugged off praise and said he was just mad.
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Chicago
INS
Samuel Feinberg
Evelyn
Feinberg
Definite Levine Kidnap Suspect Reported
Federal authorities report a definite suspect in the Peter Levine kidnapping and murder case on the second anniversary. The only known detail is the suspect is said to be serving a prison term for attempted blackmail.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Peter Levine
Reavis AP Correspondent Dies Credited With Kellogg Pact
AP editor and Paris bureau chief Reavis died at 46 after surgery to remove an abdominal blood clot. He inspired the Kellogg Briand pact outlawing war, with the French government later noting his behind the scenes role in the agreement praised by diplomats and historians.
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Man Reavis
Associated Press
Post Graduate Hospital
Paris
Reavis
Vienna
United States
America
Briand
France
Europe
State Department
Washington
Coolidge
Jane Addams
Chicago
Kennedy Sails To Resume Duties as U S Ambassador
U S ambassador to Great Britain Joseph P. Kennedy sailed from New York on the Manhattan radio-equipped liner to resume his post. After three months in the U S he refused to discuss European war chances and said the United States should stay out of war. He noted his family remains in this country, except Rosemary Kennedy in London.
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New York
INS
Joseph P. Kennedy
U. S
Great Britain
United States
Manhattan
State Department
Cordell Hull
Roosevelt
Kennedy
Europe
Rosemary
London
National Bank Assets Hit Record At Year End 1939
Washington announced that the closing of 1939 saw record assets for active national banks in the United States and possessions at 35.319 billion dollars. Deposits rose about 632 million from September, while assets increased by roughly 634 million across 5,195 banks.
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Washington
INS
Preston Delano
United States
Possessions
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City Briefs
South Side Civic Club
C. S. P. S. Hall
Bungalow
Townsend Club No. 4
City Hall
Post Office
W. A. Miller
Thirty-fifth Street
Joe Langr
Fourth Avenue
George B. Healey
Palm Beach, Fla
Union Central Life Insurance Company
B. L. Knight
Rotary Club
Fred Carstens
Sears Roebuck
Dee Beta Alpha
Kappa Phi Kappa
Maurice Flack
Charles Kos
Paul C. Greene
C Avenue NE
Gazette
Levine
Dies
AP Paris
Aristide Briand
U. S. National Bank
Checker Electric Supply
Otpoint Refrigerators
Towa
Mt. Vernon
Beal
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