Finland Soviet talks fail to reach common basis in Moscow
Helsinki reports indicate no accord found after an hour of talks with Stalin Molotov and Finnish delegation. Inner cabinet reviews Paasikivi report and debates whether to stay in Moscow or recall envoys, signaling a deterioration in negotiations with Soviet Russia over bases.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Moscow
Russia
Kremlin
Josef Stalin
Viacheslaff M. Molotoff
J. E. Errko
J. K. Paasikivi
Paasikivi
Governors motion on salaries for state workers sparks debate
The piece argues for raising wages of low income state employees in addition to university and college officials. It notes workers in buildings, grounds, hospitals and public property are underpaid, urging Congress to consider broader pay increases amid rising defense spending and national security debates. It criticizes elected leaders for neglecting necessary wages while expanding military budgets and taxes.
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Wilson
The
State University
Towa State College
Towa
Congress
Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Trucks banned on 218 during Iowa game traffic
Highway patrol announced trucks will be barred from highway 218 between Cedar Rapids and Iowa City from 10 am to 12 midnight Saturday to ease game day congestion for the Iowa Notre Dame matchup. Sgt Clarence Day warned firms to reroute. a special Sixteenth Street route via Hawkeye Downs will connect motorists to the highway, with a patrolman at the junction.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Sergt
Clarence Day
Highway Patrol
Sergeant Day
Wes Benesh
Sixth Street
Hawkeye Downs
Twenty Seven Men Missing From British Ship Northern Rover
London, AP. Four officers and 23 men are missing on the H. M. S. Northern Rover, an auxiliary naval vessel. The ship, long overdue at its base, is believed lost. The 655 ton Northern Rover served as a stream trawler before being taken by the Royal Navy at the start of the war.
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London
Admiralty
Royal Navy
Belgians Intern British Aviator Near Courtrai
A British airplane landed near Courtrai close to the French frontier on Friday and the pilot and craft were interned by Belgian authorities.
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Brussels
Courtrai
Gazette Want Ad Office Hours For Sunday Ads
Announcement that the Gazette Want Ad department will be open Saturday from 8 AM to 8 PM to receive Sunday Want Ads Dial 2 1121 and ask for an ad taker. The note mentions Iowa victory celebration and encourages submitting ads before going to the game.
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Iowa
The
Gazette Want
Dial
Netherlands Belgium brace for frontier clash flood waters rise
The Netherlands set guards along a flooded water line after a gun battle near Venloo at the Dutch Belgian frontier. Belgian ministers planned talks in Berlin while Belgian troops dig new eastern trenches and transit controls tighten. Reports differed on casualties as both sides accused the other of aggression.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Venloo
Germany
Maastricht
Belgium
Preparations Build For Chest Campaign Kickoff
Leaders and workers gather in a Chamber of Commerce meeting to receive final instructions for the Community Chest drive. The annual kickoff breakfast is set for Tuesday at 7 30 am with Roy Choate as general chairman and speeches planned by Karl Blaise and Jack Shepard.
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Community Chest
Chamber of Commerce
Roy Choate
Karl Blaise
Public Welfare Bureau
Choate
Jack Shepard
Roosevelt weighs human and ship angle in registry shift
President Roosevelt said transferring eight United States Lines vessels to foreign registry is legal but under study for human and property impact. He urged congress to place seamen displaced by the shifts under social security programs and explored training programs with the Maritime Commission paid by the government. He discussed using idle U S ships for strategic material moves and rubber for tin trade with Britain, and noted uncertainty over final decisions while warning fewer jobs may remain for American seamen whether or not transfers occur.
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Federal Maritime Commission
Roosevelt
Washington
Europe
Senate
Iowa
United States Lines
North Atlantic
Congress
U. S Lines
Lfe
Maritime Commission
Great Britain
East Indies
British Isles
United States
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Cavern Mine Disaster Kills Five Workers in Wyoming
Mrs. Lee Stackhouse barely escaped when the mine roof collapsed at Muddy Creek. Five men including operator Stackhouse and crew members Sammy Valdez Bill Haywood Raymond Potter and Wesley Messing were killed. Rescue teams and volunteers arrived from Rawlins after her warning.
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Bill Haywood
Raymond Potter
Wesley Messing
Brave Brooklyn Firehouse Dog Dies After Ten Years of Service
In New York AP report, a brown mongrel named Nigger served as mascot for engine company 203 in Brooklyn for ten years. He earned three medals for lifesaving and was struck by a speeding car on Thursday night, dying at the firehouse while firemen tended him.
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NEW York (Ap
Brooklyn
Broken Home Blamed For Start On Road Of Crime
Postville bandit Carroll Berres 23, an escaped Wisconsin convict, blamed a broken parental home for his crime arc after fatally shooting Town Marshal Elmer Lennon. Wounded in a gun duel he sought hospital care, and planned transfer to Anamosa reform school. He spoke of his family turmoil and failed attempts at work before drifting into crime. He recalled a stint at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee extension division and a first theft in Chicago, indicating a life of crime began two years earlier.
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Edward 7. Burdick
Postville, Jr
Carroll Berres
Wisconsin
Elmer J Lennon
Postvall
Waukon
Anamosa
Marshal Lennon
Berres
Mmother
Hisunion
O. Smith Manufacturing Company
West Allis
Wis
Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin At Milwaukee
Chicago
North Avenue
Paullina Street
Wei
Everyday Living Fragments on Happiness and Habits
Fragmented reflections on patience, alertness, happiness, and social behavior. Observations compare wants and fulfillment, bore tendencies, optimism versus pessimism, and the dynamics of relationships with humorous quips and aphorisms. Distracted by daily life, the piece ends with a note from United Feature Syndicate.
Britain Orders Tools From U S For Wartime Production
London reports Britain's wartime mass order for machine tools has been placed in the United States. The director general of munitions production said Britain also seeks aircraft in large numbers along with general ammunition and raw materials.
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London
INS
Great Britain
United States
Britain
Fashion Note Warns Women On Gas Mask Eye Makeup
London report says the Ministry of Home Security cautioned women about the effects of gas mask eye makeup including non water proof mascara, advising removal and safe alternatives amid wartime precautions.
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London
Ministry of Home Security
Milburn Fined After Cedar Rapids Crash Injuring Two Women
Ted Milburn, 29, of Rockford Road SW, was fined 25 dollars and costs after a Friday police court plea of not guilty in a crash at Tenth street SE and a Chicago bound turning car. Two women, Leona Bremmer and Barbara Hoss, both of Chicago, were injured with knee and facial injuries. Counihan testified she drove south on Tenth Street SE when Milburn’s northbound car turned into her path toward a filling station.
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Chicago
Ted Milbuen
Rockford Road
Goldie Coumhan
Chiuiver
Ou Milburneyas
CIA
Tenth Street
Third Avenue
Wdtrat
Muilburtt
Thomas B Powell
Leona M. Bremmer
Barbar Hoss
Miss Counihan
Weather forecast for Iowa-Notre Dame game Saturday
Des Moines reports a cold wave with temperatures from 20 to 25 degrees in eastern Iowa on Saturday morning rising above freezing by kickoff. Fans are urged to wear overcoats and blankets with over shoes or woolen socks as rain fell Thursday night across much of the state.
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Des Moines
INS
Weather Bureau
Iowa-Notre Dame
Iowa City
Knoxville
Chariton and
Lamoni
Albia
Marshalltown
Burlington
Waterloo
Davenport
Dubuque
Weather turns colder in Cedar Rapids after heavy rain
Friday brought clear skies and a sharp temperature drop in Cedar Rapids after nights of soaking rain totaling .87 inches. Temperatures fell from a Thursday high of 67 at 4 pm to 52 pm, 44 at midnight, and 33 by 9 am, with the Cham bers Inskeep company recorder showing 38 at 1 15 pm and 36 by afternoon.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company
Mercury
Holt to oppose Roosevelt third term in Senate record
Senator Holt of West Virginia announced on Friday his plan to ask the Senate at the next session to go on record against a third term for President Roosevelt. The move signals Republican aligned opposition and aims to shape the political debate ahead of a potential third term bid.
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Washington
Holt
W. Va
Senate
Roosevelt
Grand Jury Urges Driver Caution To Safeguard Children
The Linn county grand jury urges drivers to protect children on streets and highways after the October 5 crash on highway 30 near Cedar Rapids that killed 7 year old Harold Comley. It notes driver responsibility and that warning signals are not enough for child safety. Kelsey, 69, of Belle Plaine, had his license suspended after vision tested at 19 percent. The county attorney says a reckless driving charge could not be sustained.
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T B Kelsey
Belle Plaine
Harold Comley
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Grand
Combs
Edgewood
Kelsey
C. 2 Haas
G RK. Thompson
Keley
Grand Jury
Arand Urs Iscof
Opimtoen
Inghwass
Police seize pinball machines tied up in court case
Cedar Raundy News reports police hauled four 100 pound pinball machines to the county court to be used as evidence in a legality hearing. Justice Churchill delayed the hearing for more time to prepare. Police custody of the machines continued as defense lawyers challenged the search warrants and a demurrer was requested.
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HR Chuschills
Justice Churchill
Edo Foredyce
Churchill
G. P Linville
Armistice Day Ceremonial Planned on Cedar Rapids Plaza
Patriotic groups join Cedar Rapids in a Saturday Armistice Day tribute from 10:55 to 11:00 a.m. Maj. Walter A Meyer leads Hanford post No. 5, with Coe College ROTC and band, 133rd Infantry units, Iowa National Guard, naval and veterans organizations participating. A 11-bomb volley begins at 10:45 a.m., colors advance at 10:55, national anthem, volley salute, and taps follow.
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Cedar Rapids
Walter A Meyer
Infantry Reserve
Hanford Post No. 5
American Legion
Coe College
133Rd Infantry
Iowa National Guard
Naval Reserve
United Spanish War Veterans
World War Veterans
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Officers Reserve Corps
Record yield per acre surpasses all previous years in Des Moines
Des Moines reports a 1939 corn crop averaging unprecedented per acre yields across most counties, with an estimated total of about 404 236,000 bushels on 615 bush-els per acre. State and county figures show the crop surpassing 1912 1920 and 1932 records, though some western areas faced heat damage. The estimate reflects November 1 conditions and suggests higher average field sizes and quality overall.
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Des Moines
Leslie M Carl
Federal Agricultural Statistigan
Iowa
Grain and potato harvest estimates from Washington state
Washington crop forecasts show corn and potato production in the millions of bushels with totals for wheat and other staples. The report cites statewide estimates, with figures suggesting large yields and ongoing revisions as more data become available.
Charge Of Murder Lodged Against Slayer Of Marshal
Grand jury action tops the week as killer of Postville marshal Finer Lennon is charged with murder. The suspect, Berres, bound over after a preliminary information following a gun battle in Postville and a pursuit to New Albin. He admitted being in Postville and firing on officers. home in West Allis, Milwaukee suburb.
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Wackon
Grand Jury
Benes
Wise
Minder
Finer J. Lennon
Postville
Berres
Miamakee
Jum
Lennon 53
Lanse
Frank Ryan
New Albin
Mississippi River
Lansing
Thigh
Arthur Jacobson
Jacobson
West Allis
Milwaukee
Ambers
Lakes In Parks Sailors Sail American Boats
Article humorously notes park lakes as the sole place for U S sailors to sail American boats. It laments Panama's boat access and critiques embargo repeal. It compares Congress to a permissive woman, and warns business war materials delivery remains illegal.
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U. S
Park Lakes
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