Iowa Governor Urges Efficient State Government and Budget Clarity
Governor George A. Wilson delivers a second biennial message urging restraint on spending and a simplified accounting system across all departments. The piece highlights the need for transparent comparisons of tax money spent, cites work by Iowa State College economists on hog production shifts, and notes concerns about federal farm programs altering Midwest agriculture and national discourse on policy criticism.
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George A. Wilson
General Assembly
Iowa
Washington
Axis Aim to Block Mediterranean Through Sicily Narrows
United Press reports a possible axis move to seal the Sicily to Africa corridor amid rumors Britain plans eastern Med operations. Goering’s dive-bombers attack the Sicily Africa gap while talks reportedly consider repurposing French bases from Toulon to Bizerte and Tunisia.
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Sicily
Great Britain
Mediterranean
Hermann Goering
Africa
Budapest
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Francois Darlan
Charles Huntziger
France
Toulon
Bizerte
North
Tunisia
Italy
Gibraltar
Pantelleria
Cape of Good Hope
Britain
Do Men Really Want Liberty and Who Preserves It
Dr Newton reflects on John Stuart Mill's 1860 warning that a people may freely lose liberty through indolence carelessness or cowardice. The piece argues nations crumble when citizens fail to defend rights and highlights the need for ongoing effort to sustain liberty. It cites fathers who earned freedom and cautions that devotion must continue to keep it.
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Newton
John Stuart Mill
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Mrs Dol ores Maldonado 89 dies in Albuquerque
Dolores Maldonado 89 of Albuquerque dies Tuesday leaving seven children 41 grandchildren 71 great grandchildren and 141 great great grandchildren in her large family. Her obituary notes extensive descendants and ties to local community.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Dolores M. Maldonado
Foreign policy clash over slackers and appeasers prompts tough tone
The debate frames slacker and appeaser labels as part of a harsh foreign policy battle, urging resilience and blunt rhetoric over cautious diplomacy. The piece sets a combative mood for policymakers facing criticism while defending decisive action.
Navy seeks authority to build 400 small vessels
The Navy urged Congress to authorize 400 small craft including sub chasers and torpedo boats with 280 urgently needed vessels. It sought 310.46 million dollars for construction and armament and 25 million for expanded shipyard facilities, mostly on the Great Lakes, to be ready within a year. The committee also endorsed a 300 million dollar increase to strengthen anti aircraft power.
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Washington
Navy
Congress
Samuel M. Robinson
Bureau of Ships
House Naval Committee
Great Lakes
New Move Against Czechs Threatened
London Czech circles said German authorities in Bohemia Moravia threatened new repressive measures. Baron Konstantin von Neurath, the German commissioner, warned he could use military force to break Czech resistance. Neurath summoned officers and civil servants to Prague residences to express dissatisfaction with autonomous government actions.
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London
Bohemia-Moravia
Konstantin von Neurath
Neurath
Prague
Cedar Rapids shows gain in business in 1940
Cedar Rapids industrial reports for 1940 show gains across building permits, clearing house receipts, telephone installations, electric usage, real estate transfers, and employment. Carloadings fell slightly due to trucking, export markets, and grain movement. December 1940 employment rose to 5,973 from 5,544 in 1939.
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Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce Industrial Bureau
H F Sundberg
Chamber of Commerce Traffic Bureau
Consolidated Business
Clearing House
Uniform Corn Loans Regulate Eastward Hog Shift
Economists link corn loan policy to a shift in hog production back toward Ohio Indiana and other eastern states. The article notes rising eastern corn output, predominantly from increased production in Illinois Indiana and Ohio, while Iowa lags. It discusses hybrid corn and government loans as key factors shaping the corn hog balance.
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Iowa
Iowa Agriculture
T. W. Schultz
O. H. Brownlee
Iowa State College
Ames
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Messrs. Schultz
Brownlee
AAA
Towa
Hlimois
New Subpoena Issued For Marshall In Election Probe
Justice Department officials said a new subpoena directed Verne Marshall, chairman of the No Foreign War Committee, to appear before a special grand jury probing campaign expenditures. The earlier summons served in New York was defective, naming Frank E. Cunningham instead of the present district court clerk Col. Charles E. Stewart.
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Washington
Justice Department
Verne Marshall
No Foreign War Committee
Marshall
New York
Frank E. Cunningham
Federal District Court
Col
Charles E. Stewart
Resignation of No Foreign War Committee Leader Cited
Verne Marshall comments on Dr Armstrong resigning as member and field director of the No Foreign War Committee in New York. Further details continue on page 2 column 1.
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Lindbergh
New York
Or. Armstrong
No Foreign War Committee
Verne Marshall
Pinkham Company Halts Certain Claims in FTC Settlement
The Federal Trade Commission said Lydia E. Pinkham Company of Lynn Massachusetts agreed to stop making specific claims about its vegetable compounds. The action follows a Wednesday settlement with the agency.
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Washington (Lp
Federal Trade Commission
Lydia E. Pinkham Company
Lynn, Mass
Nazi Economic Occupation Costs Czechs a Billion
Washington AP reports that Germany's economic occupation of Czechoslovakia cost the Czechs at least 1 billion dollars. Additional 100 million yearly tribute taxes support Germany's war effort. About 500,000 Nazis occupied key Czech positions, dominating banking, industry, and commerce via Aryanization and asset transfers. Equipment enough to arm 1.5 million and 1,500 planes were seized for German use.
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Washington
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Reich
Britain
Protectorate
Czech
Deutsche, Bank
Dresdener Bank
Bohemian Union
Escompte
Sudeten
Winter's icy Cedar Rapids slows daily life and travel
Cedar Rapids residents faced slick streets as ice and snow lingered. Pedestrians fell, cars skidded, and Silver Skates events were postponed. Mail carriers reported no injuries while routes slowed by half step ice. Driving conditions remained unsafe across the region and neighboring states.
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Cedar Rapids
Jack
The
Gazette
Automobile Club
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Nebraska
Chicago
Windy
Highway Patrol
East Side
No Foreign War Committee names new board of directors
Verne Marshall reduced staff by a third and announced a ten member board to remove the appearance of a one man committee. The reshaped board includes Bronson Batchelor and Mark M. Jones who will head the directorate, following resignations and estrangements among former backers.
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New York
Verne Marshall
O. K. Armstrong
Charles A. Lindbergh
Douglas M. Stewart
George Eggleston
Scribner's Commentator
Marshall
Bronson Batchelor
Mark M. Jones
Akron
National Association of Manufacturers
Jones
Batchelor
Wheeler Replies Bluntly On War Risk Of Aid To Britain
President Roosevelt accused critics of the aid to Britain plan of using false charges about it causing war. Senator Wheeler challenged the claim, saying the bill raises war danger and violated international law. Wheeler linked the debate to the Hague treaty while noting the bill’s power aims and political framing.
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Wheeler
Roosevelt
Mont
Britain
Edgewood Boy Brought to Hospital After Treacherous Ice
James Nading, 16, son of Mr and Mrs Earl Nading of Edgewood, underwent emergency appendectomy after a dramatic car journey begun at 4 p.m. The makeshift ambulance slid on icy roads and collided before they reached Central City. A second car was used to transfer the patient to St Luke's, arriving at 9 p.m. and the operation followed. The boy's condition Wednesday was listed as fairly good.
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James Nading
Earl Nading
Edgewood
James
St. Luke's Hospital
Young Nading
Central City
Mr. Nading
St. Luke's Operating Room
Ice Casualties Prompt Local Hospital Fractures
After icy conditions Tuesday a list shows 12 injury cases from St. Luke's and Mercy hospitals. Names include Antone Naska 47 with a left arm fracture, W Shaver 44 with a right wrist fracture, Helen Montague 47 with a right arm fracture, Mabel Smouse 508 A avenue NE with a left elbow fracture, Mrs Art Strutz 63 with a right shoulder dislocation, George W Frye 75 with a broken left shoulder, J T Barta 55 with a left wrist fracture, George W Eady with a fractured right leg, and Marvin Turner with a fractured left hip.
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St. Luke's
Antone Naska
Thirty-fourth Street Drive
Helen Montague
Watkins
Mabel Smouse
A Avenue NE
Art Strutz
Elmhurst Drive
Mercy Hospital
George W. Frye
Ninth Avenue SE
J.T. Barta
Third Street
George W. Eady
Fifth Avenue SE
Marvin Turner
Mt. Vernon
Hull urges lease lend act to aid Britain and curb aggression
Secretary of State Cordell Hull testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee urging Congress to enact unlimited supplies of war material for Britain and other nations resisting conquest. He warned a German-controlled Atlantic would threaten U.S. security and condemned Japan's expansion, urging self defense before it is too late.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
Congress
Britain
Atlantic Ocean
Believe 3 Youthful Minnesota Fugitives Took Cars In Flight
State police believe three youths from Red Wing Minnesota escaped from the boys reformatory and rode a trail of stolen cars across Iowa. The first car was taken in Elk River Minnesota and abandoned in Vinton. A Vinton car was left in Cedar Rapids and a car stolen in Cedar Rapids later abandoned in Crawfordsville. The youths were traced to Keokuk where a Crawfordsville car was left before they hopped a freight to Burlington. A stolen truck in Burlington was reported, and the trio remained at large as the trail seemingly ended.
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Red Wing
Minn
Iowa
Elk River
Vinton
Cedar Rapids
Crawfordsville
Keokuk
Burlington
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