Voice from the House on War and Prices in 1917 Debate
The excerpt recalls Fred A. Britten’s 1917 appeal against war while urging today’s Congress to heed public sentiment. It warns against specious reasoning that ties U S security to Britain and notes President demands for a $35 billion defense plan. It discusses agricultural pricing, loans, and the need for policy to protect farmers in a war economy.
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Congressional
Fred A. Britten
Illinois
House of Representatives
United States
Europe
Congress
Britten
America
Washington
Senate Agricultural Committee
Bulgaria to join Axis rumor sparks Balkan fears
Reports from Vienna suggest Bulgaria may join the Axis within days as German troops mass near Sofia and Bucharest. British warnings to Bulgaria loom over possible diplomatic break, while Cripps travels to Ankara to align Turkey on Balkan options amid Axis counter moves.
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Bucharest
Sofia
Bulgaria
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Britain
London
Vienna
Temperature Rises After Severe 7 Degree Low
Cedar Rapids area ends February with a sharp warm up after a record low of 7 degrees. Friday night stays cold around 12 degrees with clear skies and a brisk sun lift temps to 32 by early afternoon. A rapid climb followed a frigid night as the mercury rose from single digits to the 20s and 30s. In Decorah, the government station reported thirteen below zero Friday morning.
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Mercury
Chambers
the Gazette
Decorah
Seven Missing After U S Army Bomber Crashes At Sea
An Army bomber from the 99th bombardment squadron based at Rio Hato crashed near Bruja Point off the Panama Canal Zone. Seven crew members are listed as missing: Lieut. Jack L Schock Lieut. MacBartlet Stephenson Lieut. Reuben Wayne Sergt. Elmo Solberg Sergt. Arthur Zence Corp. Frank T Waclawski Pvt. Norman Cohen. Observers say the plane caught fire in flight and no parachutes were found.
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Jack L
Schock
New Ulm
Minn
MacBartlet Stephenson
Lancaster
Reuben Wayne
Loma
Colo
Elmo Solberg
Rich Lamb Valley
Mont
Arthur Zence
Brooklyn
N. Y
Frank T. Waclawski
Utica
Norman Cohen
Rochester
99Th
Rio Hato
Taboga Island
Canal
Pacific
Driver Nabbed After Collision Is Fined $50 on Drunk Charge
Cedar Rapids reports three accidents Thursday night with one drunkenness charge and one operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated charge. Roy Lukanitsch, 31, YMCA, was fined $50 and costs for drunkenness in police court Friday after midnight collision on Tenth street and First avenue E when his car allegedly backed from a parking spot and rammed Leonard Hanson, 18, of 182 Thirteenth avenue SW. Hanson rode with Robert Suchomel, 18, and Don Kimball, 18, both of 1301 C street SW. Continuous coverage on page 2.
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Cedar Rapids
Roy Lukanitsch
Y.M.C.A
Tenth Street
First Avenue
Leonard Hanson
Thirteenth Avenue
Robert Suchomel
Third Street
Don Kimball
C Street
Han
Hangs Motionless Hours Under Coal Mass Saves Lite
TALLULA Sr James Light a railroad worker was buried to the neck under a coal hopper and clung to a ladder for two hours. He avoided movement, aided by a timber wall built around him as workers dug him out with all trains halted. He suffered only minor bruises.
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Tallula, Sr
James Light
Light
Wheeler denounces lease bill in four hour Senate blast
Senator Burton Wheeler assailed the British aid lease bill as a threat to national defense and a path to dictatorship. He warned the President could aid belligerents, seize ships, and deploy American vessels, arguing the bill would undermine Congress war powers and risk war. He claimed the public opposes the measure and cited unnamed deceivers behind its passage. The speech closed leaving the bill to further debate.
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Washington
Burton K. Wheeler
Mont
Wendell L. Willkie
Bill Wheeler
Senate
Montanan
South America
Wheeler
U S Steel Supply Seen Ample for War and Aid
President Roosevelt cited a survey by Gano Dunn showing the United States would have a surplus steel capacity of 10 to 14 million tons in 1941 and 2 to 6 million tons in 1942, with total reliable capacity about 87.5 million tons. The report, updated quarterly, indicates no immediate steel priorities and notes potential minor bottlenecks in ingots or coke, solvable by flexing demand and diverting coke from heating uses.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Gano Dunn
New York
Office of Production Management
Dunn
Alfonso XIII Dies in Exile in Rome After 45 Years Reign
In Rome Alfonso XIII the former king of Spain died at 54 in his exile hotel room after a week of heart attacks. He faced a planned burial in Rome with temporary rites by command of General Franco, while his queen Victoria and children were at his side.
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Alfonso XIII
Spain
Rome
Ins
Francisco Franco
Alfonso
Juan
Victoria
Don Juan
Don Jaime
Beatrice
Padre Ulpiano Lopez
Maria Cristina
Turin
Lock and key image fools preacher in Wonderland tale
A preacher writes that a sermon about a locked up figure seeking a key, inspired by a memory of a picture, was later found not to exist in Lewis Carroll or Edward Lear works. He recalls suspects from Morley to Sherlock Holmes and asks readers for help solving the missing image mystery.
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Looking Glass
Lewis Carroll
DR. Newton
Edward Lear
Chris Morley
Sherlock Holmes
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Standish Vereker Found Dead With Army Revolver
London report says Second Lieut Charles Standish Vereker 29 son of Gen Viscount Gort was found dead Thursday with an army revolver nearby. The U P dispatch notes he served in the British expeditionary force in Flanders and the death was disclosed Friday.
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London
Charles Standish Vereker
Viscount Gort
Flanders
Newly Decorated House Swept By Fire In Cedar Rapids
Fire gutted a two story home at 159 A avenue NE owned by Mrs Anna Stout destroying most possessions. Fire officials said redecorating was complete just days earlier and the loss was put at substantial figures with furniture valued around 2500 dollars. Neighbors spotted smoke about 830 am prompting an alarm and rapid response from multiple engine companies and a ladder truck.
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Anna Stont
Avenue
E P Kohout
Cedar Rapids
Avenue NE
J. R. Hardbit
Stout
Harbit
Waterloo
Plot Against Mussolini Reported by Albanian Prisoners
Italian prisoners in Albania say a broad plot against Premier Mussolini involved military men civilians and fascist party members. Several officers on the Albanian front have been arrested for treason according to the prisoners in Athens reporting.
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London
INL
Albania
Mussolini
Athens
Fascist Party
Bethlehem steel strike ends as government plan endorsed
Nine thousand workers at Bethlehem Steel Lackawanna plant resume production of 250 million dollars in defense orders after a two day strike. CIO SWOC hails the settlement as a major labor victory. The plan, urged by the Office of Production Management, calls for reinstatement of all workers and a conference to resolve issues with officials. Police used clubs to support shift changes amid earlier tensions and violence.
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Lackawanna, N. Y
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Cio-Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Office of Production Management
OPM
Herbert
Lehman
New York State
Warisnegn
Edward Fentwisle
Buffalo
National Labor Relations Board
Duplex Fire in Harviell Claims Six Lives
An explosion from a wood burning stove started a blaze that destroyed a duplex in Harviell Missouri, killing six people. Fire officials reported the device caused the deadly house fire and investigated possible contributing factors.
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Harviell, Mo
Ins
Seven candidates in race for two C R School Board seats
Nomination papers filed as the March 10 election deadline passed. Seven candidates seek two vacancies: incumbent Ernest H. Kosek Arthur Bye Mrs L D Dennis James Beagle and three newcomers William McCall III L T Mitchell and Mrs LeNora Vex Schuknecht. Voters will also decide on selling the old Jefferson school building on A avenue NE.
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Cedar Ronds News
William McCall
First Avenue W
L T. Mitchell
First Avenue F
The
Home Lumber Company
LeNora Vex Schuknecht
B Avenue NW
L. C Schuknecht
Ernest H. Kosek
Arthur Bye
L. D. Dennis
James Beagle
Independent School District
Jefferson
Board of Education
Roosevelt Cuts Engagements To Rest From Cold
President Roosevelt shortens schedule and withdraws to his study to recover from a severe head cold. The White House reports he will rest and resume duties when he feels better.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Tears Shed As 5 000 See More Guard Units Leave
In a peace time mobilization 120 members of Company C and 35 members of the 133rd infantry headquarters detachment boarded five Pullman cars at Union station for Camp Claiborne Louisiana after a 30 minute farewell parade through 5 000 spectators. Mothers sisters and daughters sobbed as guardsmen departed for a year of service amid mixed anxiety and mirth.
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Cedar Rapids
National
Southland
133Rd Infantry
Union Station
Camp Claiborne
Diplomatic Clash Deepens Over Indo China Frontier
Paris reports France defers reply to Japan on Thailands frontier dispute as Tokyo weighs forceful action. French ministers seek conciliatory message to Japan to avert new hostilities in Indo China, with an extraordinary cabinet gathering planned for Saturday.
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Vichy
France
Thei
Council of Ministers
Japan
TOKIO
Thailand
Indo-China
Domei
Tandera Saigon
Indo- China
Dateline
Charles Arsene
U S Consulates In Italy Sicily Shut
Rome dispatch reports the American consulates in Palermo Sicily and Naples were closed Friday at the request of the Italian government keeping officials away from the offices due to the request by Rome.
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U. S
Italy
Sicily
Rome
Palermo
Naples
Ten Dollar Reward for Paper The thieves
The Gazette company offers 16 to anyone providing information leading to the arrest and conviction of those stealing Cedar Rapids Gazette copies from subscribers porches or newspaper boxes. Reports indicate frequent thefts especially of Fridays and Sundays editions.
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The
Gazette Company
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Ganette
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