War meeting rumors spark anxiety across Europe
Cable dispatches report a planned full dress conference between Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini with key aides in or near Brenner Italy or German territory. Talks feared to focus on German support for Italy in Greece and North Africa, possible Balkans moves, and air force aid from bases.
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Lovelorn Adviser in Matrimonial Turmoil
HOLLYWOOD AP reports M. Sayle Taylor known as the Voice of Experience faced legal trouble involving three wives. Wife two, Jessie, sued over alleged failed guidance to divorce and alienation of affection threats from wife one Pauline. A judge took over as Taylor promised to remarry wife two after settling tensions with wife one.
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the Voice of Experience
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Superior Court
Jessie W. Taylor
Voice
Pauline Taylor
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Punter
Mildred Tayor
French freighter Men Doza halted off Brazilian coast
The 8,199 ton French freighter Men Doza, attempting to run the British blockade to France, was reliably reported Saturday to have been halted and probably seized by a British warship off the lower Brazilian coast.
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Mendoza
France
Boredom in News and Culture a Daily Fatigue
Readers feel weary of routines and familiar figures from Hitler to Shaw and Wells. The piece argues boredom stems from repetitive voices and events, urging action or fresh perception to escape the malaise. It notes universal weariness with sermons, experts, and pundits, suggesting self-change as remedy.
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Buazle
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Duce
Bernard Shaw
Wells
United Feature Syndicate. Inc
Nazis Intern 3 000 British in Occupied France
Diplomatic sources report about 3000 British subjects, many women, interned in German occupied France with camps at Besancon and Le Bourget. Besancon holds men women and children, Le Bourget only men. Germany cites military necessity, a possible reprisal for Britons’ internments. About 1500 Britons interned in Germany, with many others at large.
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Central City Man Crushed To Death When Tree Falls
William E. Dowty, 52, of Central City, was killed when a tree he was cutting fell and crushed him. His wife spotted a snow black spot at 5 p.m. Dowty, born December 18, 1868 in Bloomfield, Nebraska, died near his home. Deputies and the Cedar Rapids coroner investigated. his body lay at Hatch funeral home awaiting arrangements.
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Cedar Rapids
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Hatch
Virginia Solon Urges War Action On Germany Now
Senator Glass of Virginia says declaring war on Germany is his personal view though he defer to policy experts in the state war and navy departments. He supports Roosevelt policy and seeks to join the foreign relations committee to shape Britain aid. Nye counters that 30 senators would back a war declaration if asked, but public sentiment shifts away from war.
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Great Britain
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Hull Lifts Ban On More War Materials
Secretary Cordell Hull announced general licenses allowing Canada export of key war materials. The list includes tungsten aluminum gasoline and oil production equipment and certain machine tools moving from specific licensing to general authorization.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
Canada
Nazis Renew Day Raids On British Isles
German bombers carried daylight attacks across the British Isles after a night raid on Swansea. London sirens sounded in daylight for the first time in days as single planes reportedly conducted reconnaissance over the capital. Other German aircraft were seen over eastern Midlands towns and along the coast. An Heinkel machine gunned a train and fields in the east, dropping bombs with no casualties. The RAF said it was striking Italian forces in the Mediterranean and hit Rhodes.
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London
England
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Heinkel
Old Man Winter Licks Cedar Rapids After Snowy Spell
Cedar Rapids awoke to thaw after three days of grit work as road crews cleared streets and spread cinders. Frigid conditions near minus 26 last year contrasted with a two below reading this morning. Ice iced over most of the state with no impassable roads though hills and curves remained slick in the Cedar Rapids area.
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Winter
Tand&am
Automobile Club
Free French Naval Chief Hurt Slightly in London Raid
Admiral Emile Muselier commander of the Free French Naval Force was wounded slightly in a German air raid on London He was dining at a London club the blast caused superficial lacerations though others were injured more seriously and he helped them after the attack.
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Emile Muselier
250 000 Will Pour Into Capital For 3rd Term Inauguration
Franklin D Roosevelt's third inauguration draws an anticipated crowd of 250000 or more in Washington. The Capitol plaza seats nearly filled, with stands for parade viewing and hotel rooms scarce as visitors arrive by rail, auto, and plane. Roosevelt plans a simple oath taking Monday noon on Capitol steps, with Marshall as grand marshal and a heavily military procession reflecting wartime priorities.
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Annapolis
George C. Marshall
Army Chief of Staff
Churchill appeals for weapons to defend Britain
In Glasgow Churchill called for an avalanche of United States arms in far greater quantities than Britain can pay for to thwart Hitler. Hopkins sat nearby as Churchill urged United States aid in weapons ships planes and guns to hold the front lines of civilization. He praised Roosevelt’s program of all aid to Britain and warned invasion danger remains if vigilance slips.
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Scotland
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Hitler
Hopkins
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Roosevelt
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City Receives $34 299 WPA Grant for Rock Surfacing
The Works Progress Administration in Washington approved a $34 299 grant to Cedar Rapids for the continuation of the streets rock surfacing program. The five year project, paused when funds ran out, uses county quarry rock to pave and improve streets and alleys.
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Cedar Rapids
Works Progress Administration
Washington, D. C
W S_ Jacobsen
Dave Williams
Auto Accidents On Uptake Again Three Hurt In 9 Mishaps
Nine traffic crashes reported on icy streets Friday with three injuries. Pedestrians were struck off crosswalks. George Douglas 79 from 516 McKinley St SE bruised hip after collision with Clifton Berggren 22 of 2101 Mount Vernon Rd SE as Berggren tried to enter a service station driveway on Tenth Street to avoid striking Douglas. Douglas treated at Mercy Hospital. Jim Smith 16 of 2523 Twenty sixth St SE suffered a head wound and pain.
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McKinley Street
Clifton Berggren
Mount Vernon Road
Berggren
Tenth Street
Fifth Avenue
Douglas
Mercy Hospital
Jim Smith
Twenty Sixth Street
Hull Denies British Pressure On U S War Declaration
Washington reports quote Secretary Cordell Hull denying Britain urged the United States to declare war on Germany. Hull says Britain had not made such suggestions directly or indirectly. The piece notes Churchill's Glasgow speech and Wheeler’s counterpoints about American pilots and sailors for 194.
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Len Wheeler
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England
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One Killed In Train Auto Crash Near Springville
One man died and another was seriously injured when an automobile collided with a Milwaukee line train west of Springville on highway 1A1. Virgil Leroy Emerson, 25, of 821 Second Avenue SE, died en route to Cedar Rapids from a basal skull fracture. Merle Plummer, 39, of 63 Circle Drive NE, was hospitalized with head injuries and probable skull fracture. The gas car and trailer operated from Cedar Rapids to Calmar. The car was moving east as the crossing was struck about 14 feet after brake application. Several prior crashes at the crossing were noted, but this was said to be the first fatality there.
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Milwaukee Division
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Anamosa
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Ray Wylie
Springville
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Gilbert Emerson
Olin
Ross
Seventh Avenue
Neta Workman
Second Street
Anthoni J Zariski
Gayda Claims US Seeks War Justification
Rome based editor Virginio Gayda in Il Giornale Italia accuses American interventionists led by Roosevelt of pressing Britain England and Italy toward action to justify a US war against the axis. He cites the Navy Committee report on the naval construction bill as contradicting the claim that Axis victory would endanger America.
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Roosevelt
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Italy
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Italia
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United States Senate Naval Committee
Britain
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Two Men Hurt as Steer Leaps From Ring at Iowa Livestock
At the Iowa Livestock Exchange on Twelfth avenue and Twelfth street SW two men were injured Friday afternoon when an unruly steer leaped from the sale ring and mauled them. John Bellow, 62, of Fairfax, suffered chest injuries while Steve McDonnell, 38, of Monticello, sustained bruises and lacerations on his left leg and arm. Both were treated and listed in good condition Saturday after being transported to St Luke's and Mercy hospitals respectively.
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Twelfth Street
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Fairfax
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Monticello
Bellow
St. Luke's Hospital
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Mercy
Knudsen backs lend measure in testimony on aid bill
In congressional testimony Defense Production Director William S. Knudsen urged rapid passage of the British aid bill. He warned that the United States would likely face war with the Axis powers again if Britain falls, acknowledging the high stakes of the aid measure.
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Kennedy to address nation by radio on war stance
Joseph P Kennedy will speak by radio at six tonight from Des Moines to clarify his position on the lease- lend aid to Britain. Knudsen testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, endorsing the administration bill but warning that full aid to Britain waits until late 1941 and only after wartime production ramps up. He noted progress is hampered by production delays, while stressing U.S. readiness and cooperation across labor, defense and naval agencies.
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Des Moines
Henry A. Wallace
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Tex
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Great Britain
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Lawrence F. Arnold
House Foreign Affairs Committee
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House
Sol Bloom
Wendell L. Willkie
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