Japan-Soviet Talks and Axis Plans in War Dispatch
Japanese Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka plans urgent talks in Berlin and Rome with Hitler and Mussolini to coordinate an axis blitz against Britain and to pursue a Soviet non aggression pact. Germany readies Balkan offensives while Greeks resist Italian demands and prepare defenses amid dispatches from Madrid and Casablanca.
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Japan
Yosuke Matsuoka
Berlin
Rome
Moscow
Benito Mussolini
Matsuoka
Yugoslavia to Sign Nonaggression Pact With Germany
Belgrade reports indicate Yugoslavia will sign a non aggression treaty with Germany in Berlin on Tuesday. Diplomatic circles also anticipate assurances that any German action against Greece will not threaten Yugoslavia, with talks touching closer political and economic ties between the two nations.
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Yugoslavia
Germany
Belgrade
Berlin
Greece
Paul
Romania
Bulgaria
Prince Paul
Dragisa Cvetkovic
Italy
Roosevelt allegedly sought to keep Yugoslavia from axis
Budapest dispatch by Magyar Szo claims President Roosevelt tried to keep Yugoslavia out of the axis. State Department officials dismiss the report as unknown. The piece cites a personal message to Yugoslav minister Fotitch and a meeting at Berghof with Hitler. Continued on page 2.
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Budapest
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Roosevelt
Magyarsag
Washington
State Department
Special Service
United States
Dragila Cvetkovic
Alesander Cincar-Markovic
Berghof
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Constantin) Fotitch
Sumner Welles
U. S
Berlin
Eight Punchboards Seized At Tavern Fined
Cedar Rapids news reports Central Park tavern manager Joe Dytrt fined $25 and costs for maintaining a nuisance after detectives seized eight jackpot punch boards. Bill Dutrt, father of the defendant, posted $15 of the fine to be suspended pending destruction order. Detective Byron Marshall and a federal agent, while probing another case, found the boards at about 10 a.m. Friday.
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Cedar Rapids
Joe Dytrt
Central Park
Bill Dutrt
Byron Marshall
Blizzard Hits Eight States In New Atlantic Winter Storm
A fierce blizzard swept eight states along the middle Atlantic seaboard causing city traffic stoppages in New York and Philadelphia. Snow exceeded a foot, rails ran few trains, and ships were held offshore while pedestrians faced hazards. The storm recalls 1888's great blizzard, whose anniversary is March 12, though this gale covered a smaller region.
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Middle Atlantic Seaboard
New York City
Philadelphia
Atlantic
German Claims Major British Shipping Losses
German sources report 18 British ships sunk by air and sea, including two destroyers, totaling 79,800 tons. Torpedo boats allegedly accounted for 45,600 tons, with DNB updates revising the toll upward to 37,000–38,400 tons and 12 ships sunk off the southeast coast. Allied aircraft losses included one bomber and one fighter. Sunderland damaged. airfields and factories in South England and near Newark and Bristol hit. No enemy raids on Friday on Germany or occupied territories.
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Berlin
DNB
High Command
North Sea
England
Newark
Bristol
Germany
Italy Admits Cruiser Sunk in Mediterranean
Rome reports the sinking of an Italian warship described as medium tonnage in the Mediterranean from an unknown cause. The official high command confirmed the loss on Saturday, noting the vessel’s size suggests a cruiser in the range of smaller warships.
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Rome
Mediterranean
High Command
F R Wallace And Wickard On Air Eight Anniversary
President Roosevelt Vice president Wallace and Secretary Wickard will speak in a special broadcast at 8:45 PM CST marking the eighth anniversary of the farm program. The NBC Blue CBS and MBS networks will carry the program.
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New York
Roosevelt
Wallace
Agriculture Wickard
Nbc-Blue
CBS
MBS
Arrested and fined for reckless driving in 45 minutes
Don Abernathy of 328 Third street SE was arrested at 740 am for reckless driving after four officers spotted him speeding on First avenue. Judge Harry S. Johnson fined Abernathy $25 plus costs at 8381 am in police court.
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Cedar Rapids
Wheels of Justice
Don Abernathy
Third Street
First Avenue
Abernathy
Fourth Street
Second Street
Harry S. Johnson
Link Belt Income Soars Despite Tax Hike in 1940
Link-Belt and Link-Belt Speeder in Cedar Rapids report 1940 earnings of 2,514,381 dollars or 3.37 a share, up from 1,733,059 dollars or 2.23 a share in 1939. President Alfred Kauffmann notes taxes rose from 382,063 to 1,343,185 dollars, while property and equipment spending reached 1,120,935 dollars. The firm makes machinery for material handling and predicts continued growth.
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Chicago
Link-Belt Company
Link-Belt Speeder Corporation of
Cedar Rapids
Alfred Kauffmann
Kauffmann
Seattle Hosts First Big City Air Raid Drill
A 10:30 p.m. blackout practiced in Seattle with 100 ARP wardens patrolling streets and guards at water edges. Observers hailed the drill a complete success despite unavoidable moonlight, lighting up Boe ing and Todd Seattle yards, while radio descriptions warned of danger and the public sang to blackout dances. No crimes were reported and reporters light-proofed their offices though a mother complained of waking her baby.
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Seattle
Puget Sound
Coast Guard
United States
Boeing Aircraft
Todd- Seattle
Lake Washington
National Defense
London
Eleven Commandment Prompts Truce in Scottish Feud
In 17th century Scotland Presbyterians and Episcopalians feud, Archbishop Asher visits incognito to Samuel Rutherford. During a morning service Rutherford jokes the eleventh commandment is loving one another, forging a temporary peace and friendship between rival factions.
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Scotland
Asher
Anworth
Samuel Rutherford
Rutherford
Jesus
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Coast Guard searches Lake Michigan for missing Dornbos tug
The U S coast guard said Saturday it began a search for the 50 foot diesel powered fishing tug Dornbos reported missing in Lake Michigan.
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Chicago
U. S. Coast Guard
Dornbos
Lake Michigan
Removal of Italian War Chief Heard
Reports circulated Saturday that Gen. Uso Cavalleroa chief of the Italian general staff was relieved of command in Albania for failing to stop Greek advances. Gen Luigi Geloso would replace him as commander of the Italian Eleventh Army in central Albania. A war communique said 1,050 Italians were captured Friday and that Greeks dislodged Italians from fortified positions with Italian aviation aiding bombing of battlefield targets.
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Athens
Greece
Uso Cavalleroa
Albania
Luigi Geloso
Cavallero
Ubalda Soddu
Soddu
Sebastiano Prasca
West Side Board Names 9 Men For March 17 Draft
Nine men including one volunteer will depart March 17 for Des Moines to fill the west side draft board No 2 quota. Volunteer George Edward Close of 625 First Street SW leads a slate that includes Edward James Picdla u Lloyd Joe Rozek Adolph Jerome Kobylak Everett Emanuel Sterns Keson Nosek Edwin Thomas Kral Rugh Willis Reinier and Harold Hudson Dennis from Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids News
Des Moines
Charles Kosek
George Edward Close
First Street
Edward James Picdlau
First Avenue
Lloyd Joe Rozek
Eighteenth Avenue
Adolph Jerome Kobylak
Hamilton Street
Everett Emanuel Sterns
Keson Nosek
E Avenue
Edwin Thomas Kral
Third Street
Rugh Willis Reinier
Sixth Street
Harold Hudson Dennis
Eleventh Street
Reward Offered for Cedar Rapids Gazette Thefts
The Gazette company will pay $10 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those stealing copies of The Cedar Rapids Gazette from porches or newspaper boxes. Many complaints report thefts, especially Friday and Sunday issues.
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The
Gazette Company
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Gazette
Bulgars Join Greek War Effort Frontier Bands Fierce comitadjis mobilize
Reports from Budapest say Bulgarian comitadji bands are crossing into the Macedonian frontier to join Greek forces against the Germans. Thousands organize guerrilla groups while former leaders and exiled chiefs return to organize operations.
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Budapest
Mihailoff
Comitadjis
Yugoslavia
Iowa Senators Split Votes On Lease Lead Bill
In Washington Senators Clyde L Herring and Guy M Gillette of Iowa prepared to split their votes on the lease lead bill. Town sentiment shown in letters is more than three to one against the bill. Gillette's office notes mail for and against has fluctuated with opposition ranging from three to one to five to one. Herring's aides report a sharp upturn in support from Iowans but say opposition remains at least three to one.
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Washington
Clyde L. Herring
Guy M Gillette
Iowa
Herring
Senator Gillette
Woman Injured When Car Crowded Into Pole
Mrs F J Kimes of 1124 Center Point Road NE suffered two broken tibias and a head bump when a car turning from FB Avenue onto Center Point Road NE crowded her southbound vehicle into a telephone pole around 2 pm Friday. The other driver fled the scene. Mrs Kimes went by bus to a doctor, then was taken home by the physician.
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Cedar Rounds
F. J. Kimes
Center Point Road
FB Avenue
Kimes
E Avenue
Baby Tumbles From 2nd Floor Window In Center Point
Dale Kouba a 16 month old son of Mr and Mrs Harold Kouba of Center Point fell from a second story window about 4 30 pm Friday suffering bruises to the head. He dropped about 10 or 12 feet and was taken to St Luke s hospital where attendants reported his condition as fairly good Saturday morning.
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Cedar Rapids
Dale Kouba
Harold Kouba
Center Point
Sun Breaks Through As Cedar Rapids Warms
The Cedar Rapids forecast notes fair Saturday night and Sunday with warmer conditions. The sun broke through dense overcast lifting the temperature to 43 degrees at 2 p.m. after a morning low of 21, with Friday’s high at 42 and a night drop to 25 by midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
Opposition to lease lend bill yields to administration victory
Senate votes 56 to 33 to pass the aid bill after rejecting an amendment restricting transfer of naval vessels and planes to Britain. Leaders warned further amendments could scuttle the measure as debates continue toward final passage and a White House request.
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Britain
Senate
House
White House
Walsh
Navy Administration
Barkley
George
Foreign Relations Committee
Wheeler
International News Service
Greece
Robert A. Taft
Charles W. Tobey
N.H. Taft
United Kingdom
Canada
Tobey
Caribbean
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