Russians Break Through to Viborg After Siege Tactics
Finnish troops northeast of Lake Ladoga report annihilation of the Thirty-fourth Moscow tank brigade with about 2,050 Russian deaths. The Soviet advance pushes toward Viborg as Finns retreat along the Viborg Vuoksi railroad line, preparing scorched earth defense and hoping to blunt the push on the Karelian isthmus. The Arctic front shows halted activity at Nautsi as reinforcements gather in Murmansk.
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Lake Ladoga
Moscow
INS
Viborg
Finland
Mannerheim
Karelian
Vuoksi Lake
Arctic
Nautsi
Petsamo
Murmansk
Sleet Turns Cedar Rapids Streets Into Ice Then Slush
Snow-like sleet hammered Cedar Rapids Saturday morning and iced streets. By noon the ice melted to slush, pedestrians faced headaches while motorists were urged to exercise extra caution on wet highways. Temperatures ranged from 29 to 31 degrees with precipitation totaling .21 inch by 1:30 PM.
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Cedar Ranida
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Automobile Club
The
Mercury
Chambers
Benn escapes workhouse by pledging sobriety
In Pittsburgh, 42 year old William A. Benn avoided a workhouse sentence after pledging in court that he would quit drinking. He asked the judge for one last drink, saying he felt ill, but the judge denied the request.
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Pittsburgh
William A. Benn
The Preacher as a Dangerous, Inspiring Figure
A reflective piece on preaching as a perilous yet essential craft. It argues oratory’s exaggeration can mislead yet moral passion drives sermons, citing Plato Emerson Socrates and St Paul, while praising the speaking man who guides hearts toward God. Distri District by United Feature Syndicate. Inc.
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Plato
Pericles
Socrates
Emerson
George Eliot
St. Paul
Distri'ct
United Feature Syndicate. Inc
Last-minute registrations push Cedar Rapids totals
City Clerk L J Storey reported 1052 new registrations and 1764 changes of address after Friday’s 9 p.m. deadline. About 339 new registrations were recorded that day including women changing names. Eligible voters will participate in the school election March 11, city primaries March 12, and the municipal general March 25.
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Cedar Repids
L J. Storey
Five die in Worcester blaze destroys five story apartment
Four women and a man were killed in a three alarm fire that leveled a five story Worcester apartment building in the city center early Saturday. Fire crews battled the flames as residents fled the burning structure, with authorities confirming multiple fatalities and ongoing investigations into the cause.
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Worchester, Mass
The Story of Democracy Begins Next Week in Cedar Rapids Gazette
A noted feature titled The Story of Democracy will start in the Cedar Rapids Gazette next Monday. The promotion urges families to read the series as it unfolds in upcoming issues and explores civic themes.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Navy Locates British Ship Southgate in Safe Condition
The British freighter Southgate, which flashed a submarine attack Friday night, was located by navy planes and reported in no apparent danger. US submarines in the Caribbean defense area were near to assist, with uncertainty about whether an attack occurred or a misreading by a peaceable submarine.
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Navy
Southgate
Navy Department
W W. Bradley
McLeish
San Juan Porto Rico
United States
Atlantic
United States Army
Carribean
Coast Guard
San Juan
Stephen B Cook
US. Navy
S.S.S
San Juan Harbor
Motorist In Crash Fined For Having No Driver's License
Irving Fitzpatrick, 20, of 2117 Mount Vernon avenue SE, was fined $5 and costs after a midnight crash at First avenue and Fortieth street EB when his car skidded into a westbound truck driven by L. Marburger Coggan. Fitzpatrick had no driver's license and blamed icy streets. Neither driver was injured.
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Cedar Rapids
First Avenue
Fortieth Street
Irving Fitzpatrick
Mount Vernon Avenue
Justice H.R. Churchill
Fitzpatrick
L. Marburger
Coggan
French Artillery Disperses German Patrols Near Vosges
In Paris a military informant said French artillery dispersed two German detachments attempting to breach advance lines in the Lauter sector and west of the Vosges mountains. Bad weather limited patrol operations across most areas.
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Paris
Lauter
Vosges Mountains
Note Reveals Surveyors Faced Inevitable Death With Calm Deliberation
HOPEDALE Labrador UP A party of men set out to examine a cabin 28 miles back in the wild interior where three men are dead. The note found pinned to a body says the dying men left 180 for the finder and asks urgent reports to government, promising payment for services. The plane CF BND rests on a large lake northwest of here as inquiries continue.
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G. N Davidson
J C Cote
Joseph Feeteau
James McNeill
Davidson
Montreal
Cf-Bnd
Northwest
Here
Nazis Strike At Allied Shipping
German air raiders struck British shipping lanes as RAF fighters repelled two off the Scottish coast. A steamer reported bombing and machine-gunning by a crizi plane, driven off by a warship before British phines arrived. German reconnaissance flights over Berlin drew anti-air craft fire, but the air ministry said the fire missed. Leaflets and parachute flares dropped over Berlin asserted continued Allied air presence.
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London
North Sea
Germany
Berlin
Air Ministry
Reich
Parolee Drops Revolver Before Cedar Rapids Arrest
John McKee also known as James Mack, 68, was held for investigation on a warrant charging threatening to commit a public offense. He discarded a loaded .38 revolver on the pavement as patrolmen nabbed him on Fourth Street SE. Detectives questioned him. police recovered the gun and waited on further charges. McKee, paroled from Fort Madison in October after nine years of a 25 year burglary sentence, claimed he was beaten by the complainant.
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Cedar Rapids
McKee
W. A. Ball
C. A Childers
H Avenue NW
Childers
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Philippines Was A Swell Spot To Send Ambitious Politicos
By ARTHUR Bugs BAER, the piece jokes about sending ambitious politicians to the Philippines as a cure for overreach, noting four years in the orient slows aggressive youth and questions the cost of empire while recalling Pacific control by Los Angeles harbor authority.
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Philippines
P. S
Western Ocean
Pacific
Los Angeles
Two Men Hurt In Lisbon Collision On No 30
Two motorists were injured in a crash on highway No 30 near Lisbon on a wet curve. Howard Kamberling of Mount Vernon and M E Jenkins of 2130 Mount Vernon avenue SE were taken to St Luke hospital. Kamberling suffered shock and possible internal injuries, Jenkins had cuts and possible fractures.
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Howard Kamberling
Mount Vernon
M. E Jenkins
Mount Vernon Avenue
George Graver
Lisbon
St Luke Hospital
Jenkins
Khamberling
Iowa-Nebraska
Duro Company
Dayton
Ohio
Clinton
Jim Smith
Chamberling
Clayton Nesley
Belgian and Nazi Airships Clash Over Belgium
Two Belgian pursuit planes were shot down on Saturday with one pilot killed and another seriously wounded in a clash over Belgium with a German bomber. The incident drew a rapid protest from the Belgian government over a grave violation of neutrality. In unrelated accidents, three Belgian planes crashed and one pilot was killed.
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Brussels
Belgium
Hope for No Bust in Debt Taxes Grows
Washington AP reports congressional leaders end two months in session with rising hopes to avoid higher taxes and a debt hike. They cut Roosevelt budget by about 290 million, aim to shield farm benefits, and discuss funding shifts, trade program renewal, and Census changes amid election pressures.
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Roosevelt
Barkley
Wentucks
Senate
Chamber
Congress
Burkley
Dog Guides Police to Slain Man Identity
In Chicago a small mongrel dog aided officers by leading them to a deceased man on a city street. The police could not locate papers on the body until the dog obeyed the command to go home and led them to neighbors who identified the victim as Ray Patty, aged 57.
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Chicago
INS
Ray Patty
All Amateurs Have Equal Chance In Contest
Hundreds of Gazette readers learn how easy it is to write ads and many win prizes. The second group of 131 winners will appear Sunday. The grand prize of 25 dollars will be printed separately with a double-page layout of 26 ads from each firm. Amateur entrants compete against no pros. judging focuses on idea, not technicalities.
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Gazette
The
Two Cedar Rapids Councilmen Run Unopposed in Primary
In Cedar Rapids the commission form of government yields L. 12 Burgus and Dave Wailham unopposed for two-year terms as Council members. The primary filing closed Friday, with write-in chances debated by the City Attorney. Other incumbents and candidates compete in contested races for public safety, mayor, and park commission posts.
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Willams Rn
Hines
Public Safety WC
James W. Beagle
L Whelan
Clarence Llickes
IL Stepanek
Dale C Allison
Frank Hahnes
Ed Stefan
Charles Kosek
Farmers Park
Population shown for Cedar Rapids in new directory
Cedar Rapids and nearby areas tally 65 289 residents per the 1940 Polk directory estimate based on a fall canvass of homes. The figure marks a substantial rise since 1930, with 9000 more people and a 36.09 density. The directory lists homeowners, addresses, and occupations, plus residence telephones. Distribution to subscribers began Friday by Police Company Chapin and will continue into early next week.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
RL Polk and
Campas
Chapin Danville Tt
Directore
Nest
Congress Liable For Canal Lock Action Debate
President Roosevelt returning from a Panama Canal inspection urged Congress to bear responsibility for any decision delaying a third set of locks. He criticized House appropriations cuts of 85 percent, saying withholding funds transfers blame to Congress. Preliminary work has progressed to allow starting construction of the locks this spring. The House committee had rejected an immediate 15 million dollar cash outlay and a 99.3 million dollar contract authorization.
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Presidential Special
Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Panama Canal Defenses
Congress
House
Charged With Drunk Driving After Crash
T P Donnelly 31 of 1256 Second Avenue SE was arrested for driving while intoxicated after his car collided head on with another at 615 Second Avenue SE at 5 30 p m Friday. He pled not guilty in district court and posted 500 bond. The other driver was R W Deaver of 1745 K Avenue NE. Witnesses said Donnelly tried to flee after the collision and a whisky bottle was found in his car.
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Cedar Rounds
Second Avenue SE
T P Donnelly
C. J. Haas
Donnelly
R W. Deaver
K Avenue NE
Hitler Says Democracies Hinder Peace Says Welles
Berlin dispatch reports Adolf Hitler told Sumner Welles that any lasting peace in Europe must reflect Germanys terms and spheres of influence He questioned US neutrality and warned that Britain aims to crush Germany He asserted Germany fights to establish a stable peace and opposes the Versailles injustices He pressed questions on US attitude and allied sympathies.
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Fuehrer
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Sumner Welles
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Welles
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Dbriton
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Germany
Jobs advertised for spring repairs and decorating
Springtime is repair time for painting, papering, decorating, carpentry, upholstery, repairs, or odd jobs. The Gazette Want Ads reach Cedar Rapids readers. Start your Want Ad in The Sunday Gazette by 8 o'clock tonight.
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