New York Waterfront Goes Mania as War Material Flows In
Giant trucks rumble along the New York waterfront signaling the lid is off on wartime shipments after President Roosevelt signed the neutrality law. Officials warn of congestion, plan cargo safeguards, and heavy security surrounds piers as wartime paraphernalia moves under cash and carry rules.
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New York
Europe
Roosevelt
Americas
Cornelius H. Callaghan
The
New York Maritime Exchange
New York Harbor
Manhattan
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Naval Intelligence, Customs, Post Office, Coast Guard
Treasury Department
Statendam
Washington
Battery
Neutral Nations Compete for U S Warplane Output
Small neutral European states seek to bolster defenses against aggression by securing United States built aircraft. Britain and France plan large orders totaling hundreds of millions, with Finland Belgium Holland and Sweden also placing orders. Officials say blank checks for production possible and total foreign orders may reach billions in the coming year.
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Washington
Finland
Belgium
Holland
Sweden
Great Britain
France
Parole Threat Punishes Foam Off Beer Incident
District Judge Lou Ladd warned John C. Meachem 23 that even blowing the foam off a beer could prompt parole revocation. Meachem had pled guilty to driving while intoxicated and was on a six month county jail term.
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Des Moines
Lou Ladd
John C. Meachem
Meachem
Business Men Cautious as War Orders Decline
Secretary of Commerce Hopkins reported a drop in rush orders for raw and semi finished materials since the war began. He noted a cautious, statesmanlike business attitude while October activity rose in major areas. The Chamber of Commerce said domestic demand drives current concern over inventory buildup, though inventories have been reduced after a long buyers market.
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Washington (Ap
Hopkins
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Chamber
City of Flint Enigmatic After Norwegian Stop
Reports from Berlin and Washington describe the City of Flint as an orphan under new neutral rules. The ship stayed lit and crewed by 41 Americans while speculation centered on sailing to Glasgow under convoy. German authorities seek damages claim over contraband and a Norwegian excuse cites a sick crewman, later challenged by a local surgeon.
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Ized
Berlin
Glasgow
Washington
Flint
Haugesund
Allison Sellars
Wilmington
Child Film Actress Caryll Ekelund Dies in Burns Incident
Hollywood dispatch reports four year old Caryll N. Ekelund who played Angel in Heaven in Bluebird died from burns after her dress caught fire from a jack o lantern Halloween night. She was in her room when the accident occurred and her mother Gladys Ekelund could not reach her in time.
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Hollywood
INS
Heaven
Caryll N. Ekelund
Shirley Temple
Gladys Ekelund
Caryll
Jamaica teacher to study cooking at William Penn College
Adlyn Kissoon from Jamaica came to William Penn College in Oskaloosa to learn American cookery on a year’s leave. she will return to Highgate Jamaica to teach girls at the Friends School. She notes Jamaican girls do no household tasks and explains coconut milk extraction.
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Oskaloosa
Adlyn Kissoon
Jamaica
William Penn College
Highgate
Friends School
Miss Kissoon
United States
Winners in Iowa Poetry Contest Announced
Iowa City attendees learned the fall poetry contest results at a state poetry society meeting. Place winners include Eleanore White Iowa City Mayor Moore Des Moines Raymond Kresensky Des Moines Zatha Pilson Weems Des Moines Gaylen Shannon Waterloo Sadie Seagrave Oakdale and Henriette Wolff Ionia who captured two places. Judge was Etta Jgsenhens Murfrey Lakeland Florida.
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Iowa City
Iowa
State Poetry Society
Eleanore White
Mayor Moore
Raymond Kresensky
Des Moines
Zatha Pilson Weems
Gaylen Shannon
Waterloo
Sadie Seagrave
Oakdale
Henriette Wolff
Ionia
Etta Jgsenhens Murfrey
Lakeland
Fla
Roosevelt Proclaims Combat Zones and Tightens Neutral Shipping
President Roosevelt, after signing the neutrality bill, delineates a combat zone spanning the Bay of Biscay to the Baltic and around Britain and Ireland, barring American ships from belligerent ports. Assistant Secretary Berle and Captain Schuirmann map a N Sea line, closing ports to submarines except in extraordinary cases.
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State Department
Roscoe Schuirmann
Navy
Bilbao
Spain
Bay of Biscay
Great Britain
Ireland
English Channel
North Sea
Bergen
Baltic Sea
White House
McNary
Ore
CST
United States
Shipping executives fret over Roosevelt wartime port ban
Victor J. Studman of Black Diamond Steamship warns of a potential $40 million annual drop in export shipping as the battle zone proclamation blocks European ports. He predicts foreign flagships may be chartered to ship cargo to South America or the Mediterranean, risking layoffs and sharp rate hikes. American Scantic Lines express disappointment over new restrictions on Denmark, Norway and Sweden routes. American Export Lines remains largely unaffected, with Casablanca and Marseille excluded but existing routes to Egypt and the eastern Mediterranean continuing.
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New York
Roosevelt
Atlantic
Victor J. Studman
Black Diamond Steamship Line
Rotterdam
Antwerp
Europe
Albert V. Moore
American Scantic Lines
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Copenhagen
Mediterranean
France
Marseille
North Africa
Egypt
Casablanca
Gibraltar
W. H. Cloverdale
Vinton Student Designs Iowa U Homecoming Badge
Karl Roseberg a graduate student in the graphic and plastic arts department from Vinton won the 1939 homecoming badge design contest announced by Prof. Louis C. Zopf. Sales will be run by Chi Omega Alpha Xi Delta and Alpha Delta Pi with badges starting before the Notre Dame Iowa game and Homecoming on Nov 18.
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Iowa City
Karl Roseberg
Vinton
Louis C. Zopf
Louis Zopf
Iowa
Chi Omega
Alpha Xi Delta
Alpha Delta Pi
Elizabeth Forester
Dayton
Maxine Schaeffer
Alliance
Neb
Ruth Hogan
Massena
Reich Press Raps US Arms Policy
Berlin reports Goebbels met with German press executives after Roosevelt signed the embargo lifting neutrality law. The Frankfurter Zeitung opened an anti US salvo noting arms supply hinges on Allied tonnage and industry efficiency. Nazi circles warned German naval forces would watch the City of Flint in the North Sea.
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Berlin
INS
Roosevelt
Goebbels
America
Frankfurter Zeitung
Flint
North Sea
Illian and Sioux City Bride Wed in Iowa City Ceremony
The October 14 wedding in Sioux City united Margaret Elinor Clary and Herbert J. Illian. Illian, an Associated Press correspondent and University of Iowa student, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Illian of Des Moines. Mrs Illian, a UI graduate and former Nebraska student, belongs to Kappa Alpha Theta.
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Sioux City
Margaret Elinor Clary
Herbert J. Illian
F. L. Ilian
Des Moines
First Congregational Church
Ilian
University of Iowa
Associated Press
Iowa City
Illian
University of Nebraska
Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority
Bicycle Rider Struck By Car Injures Leg
Lawrence Franks an 18 year old of 514 C avenue NE suffered a skinned right leg after a collision with a car at First avenue and Twelfth street East at 8 30 p m Saturday. The driver Thurley Mullinex 24 Springville said he turned left from First avenue into Twelfth street and did not see the bicyclist until it was too late to avoid the crash.
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First Avenue
Twelfth Street
Lawrence Franks
C Avenue NE
Thurley Mullinex
Springville
Mullinex
House Subcommittee To Study Tax Structure
The Ways and Means tax subcommittee will open a six week study of the federal tax structure Monday. Treasury experts are to serve as chief witnesses and tentative proposals for tax changes will be presented, though no definite recommendations are expected at this time.
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Washington
SNS
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Four Small Fires Prompted Cedar Rapids Fire Response
Negligible damage reported in four fires Saturday as Cedar Rapids units responded. At 11:45 a.m. crews fought clothes burning in a closet at 1036 Twelfth Street NE for 16 minutes. A grass fire at First Avenue and Nineteenth Street W burned 55 minutes from 2:55 p.m. A leaking sprinkler tank at Rosenbaum's on First Street and Third Avenue SE required 14 minutes of service at 3:11 p.m. A second grass fire at Fourteenth Avenue and Fourth Street SE lasted nine minutes starting 4:29 p.m.
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Cedar Rapids
W. M. Roseberry
Twelfth Street
First Avenue
Nineteenth Street
Rosenbaum’s
First Street
Third Avenue
Fourteenth Avenue
Fourth Street
Groceries Stolen From Car on F Avenue Bridge
Carl Ehrle of High Amana reported to police that between 1 and 9 p.m. on Saturday groceries valued at 2 dollars were stolen from his car parked on the F avenue bridge.
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Carl Ehrle
High Amana
F Avenue
Armistice Remembrance and World War I Unknown Soldier
The article recalls Armistice Day 1921 at Arlington Cemetery honoring the Unknown Soldier. It notes Briand Kellogg's treaty aims, English leaders’ hopes, and rising fears of renewed war, while praising veterans and the enduring duty of future generations to keep the faith. It laments the drift toward new global conflict despite peace efforts.
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France
Kellogg
Balfour
England
Atlantic
Pacific
America
North Sea
Memorial
Arlington Cemetery
Munich
Prague
Warsaw
Europe
Hitler altering tactics in west, Paris dispatch says
French dispatches reported a shift in German strategy with systematic Saar sector shelling and beyond frontier air raids. The high command seems to aim German strength at French forces holding Reich territory, notably the Saar mining district, after failed push to sway France from Britain.
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Paris
Saar
French
Adolf Hitler
France
Great Britain
Reich
Anti British Leaflets Dropped on French Troop Areas
German planes dropped anti British leaflets in Arabic and French on French colonial troops along the Maginot line on Saturday.
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Luxemburg
INS
Maginot Line
Faith in Flint captain despite wartime danger
Mrs. Joseph A. Gainard of Melrose praises her husband Captain Gainard of the City of Flint for surviving a German prize crew seizure. She notes his iron nerve, adventurous past, and calm approach while awaiting Norway’s transfer of command.
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Melrose
Mass
Ins
Joseph A. Gainard
City of Flint
Norway
Gainard
International News Service
Europe
Flint
United States
South America
Algic
Athenia
SEC Plans Drastic Shakeup for Holding Companies
The SEC weighs turning over enforcement to Congress in January to mandate a single integrated public utility system per holding company or seek clarifications of the existing statute. Section 11 of the 1935 law limits actions after 1938 to one integrated system, with possible exceptions for additional systems under certain conditions.
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SEC
Congress
Bellhop Seeks Texas Legislature Seat in Special Election
Fort Worth Texas ins report Bob Hatton a 23 year old hotel bellhop filed Saturday to run in the November 28 special election for a Texas legislature seat left vacant by W N Corry whose resignation to accept a post with the old age assistance commission followed by his job loss Corry now also a candidate for his old post Hatton is married with a three month old daughter and said a bellhop has more sense than some current lawmakers
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Fort Worth
Tex
INS
Bob Hatton
W. N. Corry
Old Age Assistance Commission
Corry
Hatton
Salvation Army Joins Community Chest Campaign
Salvation Army joins the Community Chest, reducing its fundraising load and aligning with the public welfare bureau. Donors will be asked to boost gifts to cover Army needs as no separate drive is held. The silver anniversary Chest campaign runs November 14 to 21 with full organizing staff to be announced.
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Salvation Army
Advisory Council
Community Chest
Army
W. E. Thompson
Chest
Public Welfare Bureau
Choate
Dies Estimates Subversives in U S At Seven to Eight Million
Cleveland AP Rep Martin Dies placed the subversive element in the United States between seven and eight million. He spoke at a patriotic peace rally sponsored by Ellis Judges and claimed testimony before the house and American committee showed 85 percent of National Maritime Union leaders to be communists and that half the leaders of the CIO were or sympathize with communism.
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Cleveland
Martin L. Dies
Texas
United States
Ellis Judges
House
An American Committee
Dies
National Maritime Union
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Capone Faces 350000 Tax Bill After Prison Release
AP reports the government plans to collect 350000 from Al Capone upon release from prison for unpaid income taxes during 1924 to 1929 plus interest and penalties. A civil suit would seek judgment, with possible asset search and questioning once Capone leaves Terminal Island near San Pedro. Previously ill, Capone's vacation may be disrupted by the collection actions.
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Chicago
al Capone
David Bazelon
Capone
Terminal Island
San Pedro
Calif
William J. Campbell
Department of Justice
Palm Island
Miami Beach
Fla
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