United States Faces Flood of Propaganda War Debate
A Cedar Rapids column questions American gullibility in education and media during wartime. It cites Pierre de Lanux and Harold Rugg, questions the Allied stance, and urges awareness of economic interpretation urged in Cedar Rapids schools and national policy.
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United States
Pierre de Tanux
Ministry of Information
France
Monsieur de Laaux
Cedar Rapids
Harold Ruge
Supreme Court
Harold Rugg
Hendrik van Leon
Goodwin Wins Iowa Sixth District Special Election
Robert K. Goodwin of Des Moines defeated Byron G Allen by more than a two to one margin to fill the unexpired Dowell term. The turnout exceeded 30 000 in Polk County with Goodwin carrying every county. Dowell died February 4 and rural voting was light due to muddy roads. Republicans hailed the victory as a sign of a nationwide GOP comeback ahead of 1940.
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Iowa
Cassius Dowell
Des Moines
W. J. Goodwin
Dowell
Barney Allen
Nels Kraschel
Barney
Ed Breen
Washington
Corn Belt
Robert K. Goodwin
Redfield
C C Dowell
Goodwin
Byron G Allen
Allen
William Klein
Polk County
John Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Ditter
National Republican Congressional Committee
Holland
E. H. Birmingham
Democratic State Central Committee
Garland ashes to be scattered in Wisconsin
Hollywood AP reports author Hamlin Garland who wrote the Middle Border trilogy died Monday in Hollywood. Funeral services are set for Thursday followed by cremation. His ashes will be carried to his birthplace West Salem Wisconsin to be scattered on a hillside.
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Hollywood
Hamlin Garland
Wisconsin
Prairies
West Salem
Wis
Clouds Hide Sun After Spring Hint
Cedar Rapids records show bright morning sunshine giving way to high cloudiness by afternoon. Thermometer readings rise from 25 at 7 a.m. to 38 by noon and 35 by 2:40 p.m., with Tuesday's high reaching 32 between 4 p.m. and 4 p.m.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Bartley Mine Blast Likely Caused by Faulty Equipment
Secretary Ickes released a Bureau of Mines report Wednesday attributing the Bartley West Virginia mine explosion on January 10 that killed 91 men to sparks from faulty electric equipment.
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Washington (Ap
Ickes
Bureau of Mines
Bartley
W. Va
Star recalls filming horror role and makeup nightmare
An actor describes a three minute performance that felt eternal while filming a makeup heavy scene. He recounts layers of grease and dark streaks, a dry tongue, and multiple takes before delivering a line. He declines to view the finished film.
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Newton
China
United Feature Syndicate. Inc
Dewey Farm Policy Talk Broadcast From Lincoln Coliseum
Thom as E. Dewey arrives in Lincoln for a major campaign address on national farm policy. About 8,000 supporters are expected at the University of Nebraska coliseum to hear his first statement, to be broadcast on the NBC blue network at 8 30 p.m.
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Lincoln
Neb
Thomas E. Dewey
University of Nebraska Coliseum
New York
NBC Blue
Soviet Romanian Non-Aggression Pact Hinted In Bucharest
Dispatch from Bucharest reports the Soviet foreign minister Molotov may visit to sign a Soviet Romanian non aggression pact. The article cites fears of Soviet designs on Bessarabia and ties to Balkan peace efforts amid German plans.
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Viacheslaff
Molotoff
Russia
Bessarabia
Rumania
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Romania
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Europe
Reich
Poland
Moscow
Latvia
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Esthenia
Finland
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Balkans
Italy
Britain
France
Greece
National Council
Japan
United States
The Ideals of Democracy and the After Deluge
Leonard Woolf argues in After the Deluge that political institutions economic structure and social ideas shape civilization. He warns Marxian influence has dimmed democracy turning it into a hollow phrase used to mask socialism. Continued on Page 3 Col 2.
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Leonard Woolf
Foud
Plan For Tiwo County Nurses Adopted By Board
Linn county supervisors voted unanimously to hire two public health nurses in cooperation with the state and Red Cross for 1940. Eighteen local officials supported the plan. 17 favored two nurses over one. A total $4,800 is available including state and Red Cross matching funds. salaries are $150 monthly. One nurse is selected. the other to be chosen by a county committee.
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Linn
Cedar Rapids
County Board of Supervisors
State
Red Cross
Linn County Red Cross Chapter
Highway Patrol Relay Delivers Life Saving Serum
Des Moines Public Health Laboratory sent serum to St Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids to treat Russell Sheppard a 21 year old truck driver from Manchester with a dangerous bloodstream infection. Patrolmen across the state coordinated a cross county relay delivering the serum by 3 30 am after Des Moines ran out of the supply. The patient showed improvement by morning with his condition listed as fair.
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Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
St. Lukes Hospital
Russell Sheppard
Manchester
Sheppard
Laval
Dubuque
F G Rice
St Lukes
Paul Stephen
Carl F. Jordan
State Health Department
Rice
Highways Patrol
Novel Tallgren
Ins
Tian
Halloren
Harold Part
Charles Woods
Carl
Grinnell
Jordan
CE Foote
Health Department
Whon
Woods
Parr
Hallgren
St Luke's
Mo O
Health Department Distret
Frank D Sheppard
Fichteenth Street
Surplus Of Women Confrants U S Figures Show
New York AP reports American women are healthier than men across life stages. Metropolitan Life Insurance data through 1937 show wide gaps in death rates, with men aging from birth to old age dying more than women. The trend predicts a growing surplus of women.
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New York
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Sub Rammed Save Crewmen in Dutch Collision
The Netherlands submarine O-11 was rammed amidships by the tug Amsterdam in the Nieuw Diep on Wednesday. All but three of the roughly 30 crew were saved after a rapid rescue involving naval officers who freed the bow torpedo chamber occupants. Salvage work began immediately.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
British seize fuel aboard eight Italian ships in wartime
Britain moves to detain cargoes on eight Italian merchant vessels bound for Germany or under German control, taking ships into contraband status after Rotterdam clearance. The action aims to enforce a broader blockade against German exports, with Italian protest and a potential compensation mechanism for Italy after the war.
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London
Great Britain
Merit
Rotterdam
Mahan Reguire
Vmareh
Britain
Downs
Kentish
Ministry of Economic Warefare
Italy
Demonstrators Rally Before British Consulate in Florence
In Florence a large crowd of high school and university students gathered before the British consulate in an anti British protest as war tensions rose following the Ethiopian conflict. The event marked the first anti British demonstration in the city in weeks.
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Florence
Italy
Wedneadas
Overtime Parking Convictions Rise in Cedar Rapids February
Cedar Rapids police bureau figures show February convictions for overtime parking rose with 287 summonses issued. Of those, 108 paid fines, 39 excused by court or city attorney, 140 excused by police, while January had 31 of 273 fines collected and 154 excused by police.
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Bureau of Identification
Cedar Rapids
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