Finland and Allies Face Push by Soviet Forces
The piece argues that Soviet forces overpower Finnish troops and warns against U S funding for Finland, claiming it risks broader war. It criticizes British French support, urges American restraint, and condemns government flood control spending in the Tennessee Valley. It touts press freedom and questions Chattanooga’s civic boom tied to federal spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stalin
Knox
Kremlin
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Finland
England
France
United States
Tennessee River Valley
Tennessee
Tennessee Valley
Chattanooga
Herf
Europe
Washington
Germany and Britain Tilt Over World Stranglehold Policy
Berlin reports say Joachim von Ribbentrop told Sumner Welles Britain’s economic dominance must be ended before any peace talks. He argued England controls key routes like Gibraltar and Suez and uses censorship and economic pressure to keep others in submission. The discussion set the stage for a wider postwar plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Britain
Roosevelt
Adolf Mhitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Sumner Welles
Hull
von Ribbentrop
Ribbentrop
Welles
Bermuda
United States
Europe
Asia
England
Gibraltar
Suez Canal
Bohemia and Moravia
Czechoslovak Republic
Poland
France
Leap Year Baby Born in Cedar Rapids at St Luke's
David Harlan Appleby, born Thursday at 8:20 p.m. at St Luke's hospital, is Cedar Rapids’ only Leap Year baby. He weighs 6 pounds 11 ounces and is the first child of Donald W. and Mrs. Appleby of 2163 Twentieth Street NW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Harlan Appleby
David
Cedar Rapids Hospitals
Donald W. Appleby
Twentieth Street
St. Luke's Hospital
March First Day Wavers Between Lion and Lamb
Cedar Rapids records show March arriving with mixed weather. Clouds favored the lion side while temperatures rose from 31 to 40 degrees F by mid afternoon. The Chambers Inskeep recorder notes normal road conditions with occasional ice and a 39 degree peak around late afternoon.
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Lion
Lamb
Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company
Accused of Raising Relief Coal Order
Clarence Edgington 29 of 50315 J avenue NW pled not guilty before Judge H C Ring to uttering a forged instrument. He is held in Linn county jail with a 1500 dollar bond. The county social welfare department noted a coal order rising from 56 to 556 dollars and 1 ton, and the matter was ordered submitted to the Linn county grand jury. Edgington was arrested by Sheriff Jim Smith and Deputy Harlan Snyder. Officials say he did not alter the order. He worked on WPA at 52 dollars monthly and received a half ton relief order paid from his next paycheck.
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Cedar Nayplds
Clarence Edgington
J Avenue NW
H. C. Ring
Linn County Grand Jury
Edgington
G. K. Thompson
Jim Smith
Harlan Snyder
Edging
Editor’s Federal Appointment Ties to Newspaper’s Collapse
The editor, who received a federal post in Washington, left the paper to take the job and later claims the failure was due to TVA enemies targeting his publication. Critics doubt the alibi, suggesting deeper political motives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ers
Washington
TVA
Italian Ship Mined Off North Sea Reaches Suffolk Coast
Two lifeboats from an Italian steamer mined in the North Sea arrived at the Suffolk coast bearing 14 men one dead and others suffering exposure. Survivors say 11 crewmen are missing and a coastal lifeboat searches for them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
North Sea
Suffolk Coats
Britain Seizes German Coal Imports Amid Italian Aid Plan
Britain extends blockade to German coal exports and imports with a midnight enforcement. It expects to cut 5 to 6 million tons annually. Italy may receive British coal to replace German supplies as discussions in Rome seek payment arrangements.
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London
Britain
Haly
Germany
Italy
Rotterdam
Ialy
Rome
I Ialy
Trals
Italy Moves to Counter British Coal Blockade Threat
Rome reports Italy responding to British threats to blockade coal shipments from Germany as tensions rise in European trade and energy relations.
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Rome
Germany
Hitler's Lucky Month Recalls March Nazi Campaigns
Berlin reports mark the start of Hitler's so called lucky month with a string of March actions. The piece notes remilitarization moves and territorial seizures including Austria, the Rhineland, Czechoslovakia, Memel, and Danzig with Poland rejecting a German plan, leading to war. The overview references Goering's air force and the 1939 Prague and Bohemia Moravia developments.
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Berlin
U. S
Sumner Welles
Austria
Sudetenland
Memel
Hermann Goerng
Rhineland
Versailles
Germany
Francisco Franco
Burgos
March
Europe
Seiss Inquart
Kurt Schuschnigg
Hitler
Jitter
Vienna
Austrian
German Reich
Konrad Henlein
Toops
Prague
Bohemia- Moravia
Poland
Danzig
Curmo
Nazi Raiders Again Strike British Coast
German aerial forces attacked coastal shipping and a British convoy off the Yorkshire coast. Royal Air Force squadrons responded as ships endured bombardment and fires, with several merchant vessels sunk or set ablaze. The attack began at dawn with heavy anti aircraft fire reported along the Essex to Thames estuary corridor. British night sorties then overflew Berlin and northern ports, including Hamburg and Lubeck, with naval bases at Cuxhaven and Brunsbüttel cited.
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London
England
Royal Air Force
Berlin
Yorkshire
Air Ministry
Berlig
Frisian
Niel
Lubeck
Hamburg
Bremen
Hanover
Cuxhaven
Brunsbuttel
Elbe
Where Else But Here A Poem On The Free Press
A poem read during Musical Americana honors the free press and Truth. It proclaims liberty rests on knowledge and an independent press as citizens pledge to defend press freedom and resist tyranny through informed action and vigilance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westinghouse Electric
United States
Communist Movement
Fairfield Man Killed After Dancing Dispute
Elmon Harter, 37, was shot and killed in Fairfield after a dispute in a tavern party of four. Lee Williams of Ottumwa and Mabel Murdy, 35, Ottumwa, were detained earlier. Williams went home with Murdy but she was released. Williams remained jailed as investigators pursued the fourth participant.
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Herbert Goodale
Lee Willams
Ottumun
Mabel Murdy
Ottumwa
Harter
Walliams
Mrs Murdy
Sheriff Goodale
Williams
Wife Says James Roosevelt Twice Pled For Divorce
Mrs Betsey Cushing Roosevelt testified at her divorce trial that she would divorce James Roosevelt after long strained relations. He twice pleaded for a divorce but was refused. The case was accelerated when no contest was filed, but continued until Monday due to the illness of Mrs Roosevelt’s brother Henry Kirk Cushing, a key witness.
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Hollywood
Llp
Betsey Cushing Roosevelt
James Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Henry Kirk Cushing
Petersen Files Candidacy For Cedar Rapids School Board
Andrew Petersen, longtime Western Union chief operator in Cedar Rapids, filed his papers for the school board Friday. He has resided in the city 35 years and owns property, with filing closing Friday noon ten days before the election. Other candidates include Dr. J. K. von Lackum, J. C. Blodgett, Charles Penningroth, and Warren Smith.
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Cedar Rapids
Andrew Petersen
Fifth Avenue SE
Western Union Telegraph Company
Petersen
Old
Grant High
Masonic Lodge
K. of P
J. K. von Lackum
J. C. Blodgett
Charles Penningroth
Warren Smith
Trouble and Faith—Lessons From Adversity
A reflective piece argues hardship shapes understanding and faith. It cites Job and a cruciform hope, asserting adversity reveals truth, resilience, and the need for religion in a troubled world.
Next Ad Rite Contest Winners Named Sunday
The weekly Ad-Rite contest in Cedar Rapids will announce 132 prize winners this Sunday. Judges Robert Yan Wallace Lyon and Paulie Murray meet tonight to decide the week’s best ads from entries received by 5 pm Wednesday. Amateur entrants may join without obligation and late ads roll into the next distribution.
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Guaselte
Cedar Rapids
Sudays
Robert E Yan
Ambro Advertisme Agency
Wallace Lyon
Wood Lyon Agency
Paulie Murray
Hutchimson Ice Cream Company
Let Your Lawyer Answer The Bell Says Bugs Advises
A provocative alert urges citizens to let lawyers handle census questions and avoid answering doorbell inquiries. The note argues the public should reveal personal details to a lawyer, claims Republicans will return to power, and warns against outsiders answering the door from now until December.
Russians Close on Viipuri as Finns Brace for Fall
Soviet forces press a three-sided assault on Viipuri with heavy aerial bombing and a land drive from the Mannerheim line. Finnish communique says the city is near encirclement while air battles kill and wound civilians and defense planes.
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Helsinki
Russia
Red Army
Viipuri
Viipuri Bay
Viipur
Inas
Hirgest
Mannerheim
Tatpaloe
Fourth Candidate Files for Public Safety Post
Clarence Hickey 1016 Maplewood Drive NE proprietor of the Melrose dairy filed papers Friday for the March 12 city primaries. He joins R L Whelan James W Beagle and W C Benesh in the race. Hickey, married father of one, has lived in Cedar Rapids 18 years and holds memberships in the Eagles Moose and Macabees.
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Cedar Rapids
Commissioner of Public Safety
Clarence Hickey
Maplewood Drive
Melrose Dairy
R .L. Whelan
James W. Beagle
W. C Benesh
Hickey
The
Eagles
Moose and Maccabees
W. H. Stepanek
Frank Hahn
Dale C. Allison
Ed Stefan
Charles Kosek
L. D. Burgus
D. L. Williams
Thomas B. Powell
Superijor
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Reich
Louis PT. Lochner
Alexander Kirk
Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Cedar Rapids News
U.S
Cedar Napits News
AIM
America
Lowan
Fairfield
West Outskirts
Newton
Arthur
Bugs" Balr
Karelian
Vipuris
Thurstan
Leningrad
Mannerheim Line
Vupurt
Virpur Falls
Ithmus
Petsamo
Toevenjaerst
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