General Who Differed With Hitler Is Out
Berlin AP report notes a purge of officers clinging to pre Nazi era views. Hitler replaces Ludwig Beck with Franz Halder as army chief and promotes Wilhelm Keitel to colonel general, while Gerd von Rundstedt succeeds by von Beck. Naval shifts name Rear Admiral Hermann Boehm as fleet commander.
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Berlin
Army General Staff
Hitler
Franz Halder
Ludwig Beck
Fedor von Beck
Gerd von Rundstedt
Wilhelm Keitel
Hermann Boehm
Halder
von Bock
Czechoslovak Sudetenland
Becklong
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Benes vows Czech democracy despite German pressure
In a vivid speech, Mr Benes defends democracy as the only path for Czechoslovakia, denounces Munich pact as a step toward war, and predicts dictatorship if the world fails to resist Nazi aims. An expected 1 000 crowd will hear him at Co S P S hall, with a Roosevelt hotel banquet prior. Gov Kraschel may attend.
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Force
England
Benes
Germany
H. R. Knickerbocker
International News Service
Gazette
Knickerbocker
Co. S. P. S. Hall
Roosevelt Hotel
Nels Kraschel
Forgetful Halloween Fire Wounds Two Teens in Chicago
In Chicago a homeowner who forgot it was Halloween fired at youths tearing down his fence. James Durkin, 17, was shot in the spine and John Conlon, 22, was shot in the side. The shooter William Berger, 29, surrendered to police saying hoodlums had bothered him for months and damaged his tires. He claimed he lost his head after the incident.
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Chicago
James Durkin
John Conlon
William Berger
Hickenlooper to be welcomed at big rally Wednesday
B. B. Hickenlooper returns to Cedar Rapids after six weeks of campaign activity for the lieutenant governorship on the Republican ticket. Alfred Mueller joins the parade from Greene Street to Memorial Coliseum with bands plus a 8 p.m. rally where candidates are introduced by Carl Hendrickson.
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B. B. Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
Hickenlooper
Greene's Square
Memorial Coliseum
Coe College
Alfred Mueller
Davenport
Second
Carl Hendrickson
Linn County
Republican Central Committee
Hick
Hendrickson
Dies and Anderson Clash Over Congressional Hearings
In a radio exchange Dies and Anderson debated the Dies committee investigations. Dies claimed administration officials and editors sought to undermine the probes while Anderson defended the hearings as fair though flawed. Both pressed for witness access and questioned credibility and motives behind accusations of treasonous actions.
Dies cites New Deal appointees in probe of broadcasts
Representative Dies defended his inquiry into alleged "smearing" of the New Deal and said he relied on New Deal appointees for investigations. He claimed Mutual station cancellations were limited to five of 108 and would air recorded transcripts later. He disclosed a $335,000 bridge project in his district was rescinded Oct. 25 and suggested retaliation amid ongoing inquiries through December.
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Partmental
New Deal
Dies
New York
Washington
South
Rail wage row prompts Pelley six point plan and talks
The coal board urged a fiscal review and railroad wage talks drift toward a peaceful settlement. About 900000 union workers threaten a strike after pay cuts but cannot walk out until November 28 under the Railway Labor Act. President Roosevelt backs legislative aid for carriers and proposes a joint labor management committee to draft remedial measures.
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Labor Management
Roosevelt
Pelley
George Harrison
Railway Labor Executives’ Association
Labor and Management
Railroad Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Enochs
Third Ave. Suit Defends Haegg Contract in Cedar Rapids
Amended injunct ion petitions join Haegg Construction as a defendant with the city of Cedar Rapids and its council over the Third avenue SE widening project from the bridge to Fourth street. Plaintiffs seek to void the contract and obtain a temporary injunction after ten days notice. They allege illegal provisions and bid restrictions favoring Haegg, protest PWA sign rules and wage clauses, and urge separate bids for rail removal and paving. They claim city tracks and paving belong to the city and accuse an oral wage scale agreement of prearranging the award.
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Third Avenue
Fourth Street
Fidelity Realty Company
Elmer A. Higley, Inc
Haegg Construction Company
City of
Cedar Rapids
Haegg
PWA
Daily Iowan writers tout Hawkeye fire at Co nopus luncheon
Daily Iowan staff members at a Conopus club luncheon deflected credit for the new energy in the Hawkeye football program. Sports editor J Dennis Sullivan stressed it was a joint effort with James Fox and Maxine Reams noting their roles and reactions amid campus publicity.
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Daily Iowan
Conopus
NEW Fire
Hawkeye
University of Iowa
J. Dennis Sullivan
Sullivan
James Fox
Maxine Reams
Mooney
Iowa
Miss Reams
W. W. Reams
Eighteenth Street SE
Fox
W S. Jacobsen
Clinton
John Redmond
Cedar Rapids
City Briefs and Personals Highlights Local Happenings
Haircuts 25c at Hanna Barbers in Omaha and Belle Plaine pair J. T. Wallace Jr. and Gayle Malcolm wed by Justice Churchill. First United Presbyterian hosts 35c fried chicken supper. Ahepa Cedar Rapids chapter meets 8 p.m. at Moose hall. John Dobry pleads not guilty to reckless driving. hearing set Nov. 2. Tehel family in NYC for American Battlers of America convention. Abe Hamed's car damaged after striking wagon during Halloween prank. Knights of Columbus hold semi monthly meeting. Art Taylor to entertain with youth group. Community House trainer Dr. A. G. Canada speaks on Destroying the Works of the Devil. afternoon services 2:30 p.m. through Friday. Dr. Canada accuses church of neglecting salvation.
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Knights of Columbus
Art Taylor
A. G. Canada
Elizabeth Luft Demonstrates Sweater Washing at Craemer’s
Miss Elizabeth Luft from Lux Laboratories Cambridge mass will give store demonstrations on washing sweaters at Craemer’s on the main floor through Saturday with access via the Second Avenue entrance.
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Craemer’s
Lux Laboratories
Cambridge
Mass
Elizabeth Luft
Craemer
Second Avenue
City Plans Water Main Extensions on Center Point Road NE
City council approves waterworks purchase of a carload of assorted water pipes for main extensions and connections on Center Point Road NE as contracts are made with property owners.
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Center Point Road
Well drilling permit approved for Nolan in Woolworth alley
Charles D. Nolan Cedar Rapids well driller wins city council permission to drill a well in the alley between Second and Third avenues at the Woolworth store rear. He is prohibited from drilling on Sundays and after 10 pm to curb complaints.
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Charles D. Nolan
Cedar Rapids
Second
Third Avenues
Woolworth
Nolan
Philippine student speaks on Jose Rizal to Wilson Hi Y members
Juan Aguas a Philippine student at Coe college addressed 25 members of the Wilson high school Hi Y club at the YMCA club rooms Monday evening following Clark Beems the first speaker. Aguas described the life of Jose Rizal the Philippine hero who died for liberation from Spanish rule. An open forum followed with questions about Philippine sports and other customs.
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Juan Aguas
Coe College
Wilson High School
Y.M.C.A
Clark Beems
Aguas
Jose Rizal
Republic Steel Strikers Ordered Back After Plant Ejection
A CIO official said 46 Republic Steel workers ejected from the Upson Nut division plant were recalled to work under a National Labor Relations Board order. B J Damich, field director of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee, claimed the move followed a clash with workers who had not joined the 1937 steel strike and blamed the incident on hired gangsters.
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Cleveland (Ap
CIO
Republic Steel Corporation
Republic
National Labor Relations Board
B. J. Damich
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Upson
Damich
Two Newborns Reported in City Birth Notices
Born to Mr and Mrs Charles H Leininger Jr at St Luke s hospital on October 31 a son and born to Mr and Mrs Lawrence Barcus at Mercy hospital on November 1 a daughter born to 35 Fourteenth avenue in the city per local birth notices.
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Charles H. Leininger, Jr
310Th Avenue
St. Luke's Hospital
Lawrence Barcus
Fourteenth Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Rules Daily Papers Subject To Pay Act
Andrews defended the Pay Act for newspapers amid intrastate commerce concerns. He noted section 13 A 8 exempts small weekly papers with county circulation under 3 000. He indicated a potential hearing on overtime for reporters on continuous assignments and said only three wage-hour complaints have been received, from West Virginia Kentucky and the District of Columbia.
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Andrews
Congress
United States
West Virginia
Kentucky
District of Columbia
Seek To Save Dog Held Prisoner Thirteen Days
Clarksburg West Virginia residents followed a rescue effort as mountaineers blasted a cave on Spelter mountain to free Sport a brown and white beagle trapped thirteen days in a fissure while likely chasing quarry. The dog is a familiar hunting companion to many locals eight miles from town.
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Cave
Clarksburg
W. Va
Spelter Mountain
Sport
Spelter
Iowa City Farm Dinner Draws 1000 Business Men Guests
About one thousand Iowa City business men and Johnson county farmers are set for the annual farmers business men dinner at 6 30 p m Tuesday in the Iowa City community building. Proceeds go to the county 4 H clubs and the program features music and impersonations by local students and groups.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
University of Town
Arthur Brent
M. M. Crayne
Liley Larson
Ronald van Arsdale
Marriage Licenses Granted in Iowa Towns
Glen Dean Herbert and Dollie Mae Weilbrenner both of Bloomfield issued license. Ivo Dugan and Bertha Billie Shepherd both of Cedar Rapids issued license. J T Wallace Jr of Omaha and Gayle Malcolm of Belle Plaine issued license.
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Glen Dean Herbert
Dollie Mae Weilbrenner
Bloomeld
Ivo Dugan
Bertha Billie Shepherd
Cedar Rapids
J.T. Wallace, Jr
Omaha
Gayle Malcolm
Belle Plaine
Halloween Night Chaos in City Streets Causes 60 Plus Detainees
Police corralled about sixty youths after midnight as pranks escalated. Reported incidents include shattered porch barriers, stolen tires, broken lights, and tossed refuse. By morning, patrols continued to recover mislaid items and clear the scene, with Witters injured in an early assault during the fracas.
Chamberlain Bids For Reich Amity Amid Turmoil
Chamberlain warned that guarantees from the big four on the reorganized Czech Republic hinge on solving the minorities question. He noted no immediate moves exist for Far East action against Japan and left Ulster's vote on joining the Free State to local settlement.
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Czech Republic
Germany
Poland
Hungary
Far East
Ireland
Ulster
Free State
Paroled for Forgery After 30 Years at Fort Madison
Earl J. Wilson, 31, Cedar Rapids, freed from a 30 year forgery term at Fort Madison penitentiary by the state board of parole effective Dec 1. He was jailed in Linn county Jan 19, 1931, on three forgery counts based on Cedar Rapids Engineering Co checks. One forged S. H. Maxon, another C. C. Budd, and a third L. N. Iverson. He pled guilty and avoided a harsher charge of aggravated robbery tied to a 1930 home break in at Joseph Weaver’s residence. Diamonds valued at $650 were not recovered. Also paroled was Oakley Allen Cross, 27, convicted for robbery in Linn county with an indeterminate term begun Nov 5, 1936. He allegedly snatched a purse from Miss Bertha Kacera Oct 29, 1936.
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Earl J. Wilson
Cedar Rapids
Fort Madison
State Board of Parole
Des Moines
Wilson
Linn County
Cedar Rapids Engineering Company
S. H. Maxon
C. C. Budd
Earl Stanley
Oakley Allen Cross
Cross
Bertha Kacera
Fourteenth Street
Fifth Avenue
Third Street SE
W H Martin a Cedar Rapids musician ends life in Waukegan
William H. Martin 29 a Cedar Rapids area musician and accordion instructor was found dead by suicide in his Waukegan Illinois home. An inquest attributed death to self inflicted cause with letters suggesting financial worry. He lived eight months in Cedar Rapids played with several orchestras taught music and planned a studio and was to join the Hillbillies on November 8.
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William H
Bill
Martin
Waukegan
Associated Press
Dispatch
Cedar Rapids
Musicians’ Union
The
Hillbillies
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Ad
A 35 cent box promises healthy kidney and bladder activity and rapid relief from waste build up. The ad claims the capsules are safe and harmless original Haarlem oil capsules from Haarlem in Holland and notes symptoms like nighttime bathroom visits backache moist palms puffy eyes and scanty burning passage.
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Haarlem
Holland
Sees Press Control As Intelligence Blackout
Hugh Baillie president of United Press associations warned Tuesday that any control license or restriction on the American press would cause a blackout of intelligence in the United States. He said such actions would limit world vision and create a new dark age through distorted lenses.
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New York
IIP
United States
Hugh Baillie
United Press Associations
Baillie
Landon Advises Two Elections Decide Form Of Govt
Alf M. Landon declares the next two elections will test whether the U S remains a democracy or becomes a fascist state. He criticizes the administration’s economic policy and urges Oklahomans to back Republican candidates Glasser and Armstrong in key races. New Zealand plans over 100 million dollars for forests mines and land settlement next year.
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Landon
Bartlesville
Oklo
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Congress
A. M. Armstrong
New Zealand
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Michigan
Flint
Frank Murphy
Coal Board
Third Ave
Dr. Scholl
Scholls Zino
Hanna Barbers
Second Ave
J. T. Wallace, Jr
Justice I. R. Churchill
First United Presbyterian
Moose Hall
John Dobry
Twelfth Street SE
William Tehel
Third Street
New York City
Abe Hamed
M Avenue NW
Alburnett
Wilson Hi-Y
Steel Workers Dust Strikers Labor Board
Bedlam
Bob Vlach
Eighth Avenue
Fifth Street
L Street
al Mikoia
Cedar Falls
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Forest Drive
Bever
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Licht
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de- Forest
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Oakland Road
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Davente
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Razel Drive
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Treet Nr
Chamberlain
Reich Amity
W.H. Martin
Haarlam
Meen's
Meen
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Polla
Lux
Miss Luft
Lux Company
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