Congressional reaction and Iowa legislature loom in Roosevelts plan
The piece notes mixed congressionals reactions to the President's lease lend plan and warns of power over national policy. It discusses Iowa's forty ninth general assembly facing a strong Republican majority and the need for self discipline and leadership. It also suggests centralizing roadhouse licensing to curb drunk driving and comments on fashion experts predicting a future “dream girl.”
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Senate committee likely to back war supply loan bill
A Saturday poll showed eight of twenty one members on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee favoring the administration plan to give President Roosevelt broad power to send war supplies to nations resisting aggressors. Support is expected to grow with new appointees and possible votes from uncommitted members. The House moves first and aims to keep the bill under Bloom’s Foreign Affairs Committee, while Senate opposition forms led by Senator Wheeler plans to amend to require security for future payments and perhaps seize foreign property interests.
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Gillette Claims Both Parties Violated Campaign Rules
Senate committee head Gillette says evidence shows Democrats and Republicans surpassed the 3 million spending cap by devices to raise and spend funds. He cites large contributions to many committees and incomplete expenditure reports totaling over 21 million, with Illinois Democrats to provide state-organization records. Reynolds testifies he lent Illinois Democrats 25000.
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Inauguration Parade Focuses On Modern Army Equipment
Washington AP reports a smaller 7000-strong parade for Roosevelt's third term with emphasis on modernized army gear. Tanks and combat vehicles will be shown alongside 200 army and 80 navy aircraft in an air show if weather allows.
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Candy Waste Leads To Safe-Opening Attempt In Peoria
A cooperative watchdog fed candy to lure a dog kept quiet for two hours while William Pueschel and Lewis Bowen tried to crack a local filling station safe. Police chased their car and captured them after the failed attempt.
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U S and Britain Set Bases in Western Hemisphere
Secretary Hull announced agreement on eight American air and naval base sites on British possessions in the western hemisphere with 99 year rent free leases to follow after a American mission resolves technical details. Construction has begun at Newfoundland and surveys are underway in Bermuda Bahamas Jamaica Trinidad St Lucia Antigua and British Guiana.
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Landon warns war risk to nation and democracy
Alf Landon argued that U S entry into the European conflict would cause greater calamity than a German victory. He warned of economic and political turmoil and potential dictatorial powers, while opposing federal oil controls and asserting England’s success alone would not assure U S security.
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Only Way Bugs Told Debate Sides Apart
A Bugs Baer column mocks public debates over the war where booing confuses sides. The piece notes loud talk over themes, private quarrels in public, and the fragility of free speech tied to megaphone size. A tomato and ketchup splash end the scene as inaugurals loom.
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Decorah Man Leads New U S Battleship
Washington reports the 35000 ton battleship North Carolina to be placed in full commission April 11, two months ahead of schedule. It will be first US battleship commissioned since 1923 and joins the fleet in July under Capt Olaf M Hustvedt of Decorah Iowa.
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Plane Strike Threat Ends In Compromise
New York AP reports a threatened strike at the Fairchild Airplane and Engine plant was settled by compromise. Workers will consider this week ratification of a proposed contract that ends a dispute over production of $7,750,000 worth of military aircraft engines.
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Marshall Speaks Tonight on There Shall Be Peace
Verne Marshall, chairman of the No Foreign War Committee, speaks on There Shall Be Peace over Mutual Broadcasting Sunday 10 15 to 10 30 p m Iowa time. The Lost Battalion hall New York City originates the program carried by 185 stations.
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Wheeler Gillette To Debate Backers On Air
Senator Wheeler of Montana plans two radio discussions on presidential policy and the lease lent bill. He joins a University of Chicago round table on The President Speaks at 1 30 pm Iowa time on NBC with WMAQ Chicago and the American Radio Forum at 7 pm on Mutual. Senator Gillette of Iowa debates opposing partisans Josh Lee of Oklahoma and Ernest Gibson Jr of Vermont.
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Temperature Drops Sparking Skaters Hope for Ice
Cedar Rapids news notes a rising chance of silver skaters as temperatures fall below freezing. Saturday saw a high of 35 that cooled to 31 by 7 30 PM and 30 by 11 PM with clear skies and a forecast of warming on Sunday.
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Geneva records five air alarms in one night
In Geneva five air raid alarms were sounded in a single night setting a Swiss record as waves of unidentified planes were sighted over the western tip of the country. Reports from Bern suggested planes were heading toward Italy and back with Turin named as a bombing target, implying British involvement.
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Laurel Remarries His Second Wife
Laurel and Hardy star Stanley Laurel, 50, remarried his second wife Virginia Ruth Laurel in Las Vegas. The couple, once divorced on incompatibility claims, said they were thrilled to renew their marriage vows on Saturday.
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Sectioned Sunday Index and Page Listings
The Sunday index lists multiple sections including Tate news panes Walter Wierhell pare It Happened Last Week Boske Carter pare and various page references across sports social and state news with surrounding notes on schedules and features.
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Cost of food rising in five week survey
A Labor Department survey shows food costs rose 14 percent in the five weeks ending Dec 17 across 54 cities. An average family of four spends about $19 weekly, now $0.24 per week higher than a year ago, with butter, potatoes, chickens, milk and vegetables driving the increases.
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US Ambassador Leahy Confined by Severe Cold in France
In Vichy France Admiral William D Leahy the United States ambassador was confined to bed Saturday with a severe cold yet continued his duties while propped with pillows.
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Inflation Fears Shadow Defense Plans Warns University Leader
Dean Chester Phillips of the University of Iowa cautions that price inflation threatens national defense aims. He argues inflation harms mobilization by delaying work, provoking strikes, and eroding real gains after conflicts end, with costs borne by salaried workers and general prosperity.
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Joe Penner Played Title Role While Needing Care
Philadelphia dispatch reports Joe Penner died from a cardiac collapse while acting in Yokel Boy. An autopsy by Dr Charles A Moriarty found he was in poor health and should have been under medical treatment. Penner may have concealed his condition from his wife.
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Soviet Pact Seen As Nazi Price For Sparing Balkans
Washington sources say the enlarged Soviet German trade pact would benefit Turkey and Bulgaria as oil metals cereals and fibers flow to Germany in return for halting or delaying a Balkan push toward the Dardanelles. Britain may gain from Moscow and Berlin settling economic issues while Germany risks naval moves toward Suez.
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London Bombers Test New Incendiary Charge At Night Raid
London endured a night raid using a new incendiary bomb that splintered into several flame points after impact. Molotov clusters and high explosives preceded the fire bomb wave as Civilian Fire Spotters, wardens, and volunteers battled blazes in multiple districts. A subway entrance suffered a direct hit amid heavy casualties while rescuers worked amid bloodied asphalt and debris.
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Dr. Emanuel Lasker Dies Famed Chess Champion
New York AP reports Dr. Emanuel Lasker aged 72, renowned chess expert and author, died at Mt. Sinai Hospital on Saturday from uremic poisoning. He won the world chess championship in 1894 and held it until 1921 when he lost to Jose Capablanca.
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Won't Indict Wife in Secret Service Agent Death
Jefferson county grand jury did not indict Mrs. Robert E. Perry, wife of a slain Secret Service agent, after reviewing the murder case in Birmingham. The decision comes after the grand jury convened Saturday to weigh charges.
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