Kennedy interview stirs war debate in Boston area
The ambassador to Great Britain Joe Kennedy faces criticism after a Boston interview in which he questioned fighting Hitler and warned of democratic decline if the United States enters the war. Kennedy later said his remarks were garbled, while President Roosevelt pushes the war as a defense of democracy amid national debt and inflation concerns. Endicott Willkie hails a strong campaign speech stressing unity against minority opposition.
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Joe Kennedy
Boston
England
United States
Kennedy
Hitler
Great Britain
Boston Globe
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Roosevelt
Joe
Aving
America
Bank
The
Gazette
Colon
R. Kennedy
R. Roosevelt
YJ Kennedy
Lindberg
Lindergh
Lindbergh
Lone Eagle
Ambassador
Rooseelt
Sam
Court
Missing Kohlicek boy to be exhumed for autopsy
The 5 year old Ralph Edward Kohlicek who died in a fire room was ordered exhumed for autopsy by Judge Frank Bechly in Washington Ia. Dr Ben L Knight Linn county coroner will perform the autopsy aided by local and Washington physicians. The body was buried Friday in Elm Grove cemetery Washing ton. The mother and stepfather Mabel Bender and Walter Bender remain in jail on charges tied to a concealed public safety item found in their car.
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Ralph Edward Kohlicek
Mabel Bender
Frank Bechly
Montezuma
Washington
Elm Grove
G. K. Thompson
Linn
Richard A. Stewart
Washington County
Stewart
Ben L. Knight
Knight
Thompson
Dean W. J. Teeters
The
State University
Iowa City
Striving to Do Little Things for Brighter Living
A quoted verse and reflection by a London friend and the princess royal praise small acts. The piece urges serving others, spreading happiness, and lighting paths through kindness. It cites Jesus’ daily deeds and a Russian tale of a girl seeking a sweet named hope through good deeds. Dist by United Feature Syndicate.
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London
England
DR. Newton
Jesus
Dist’d
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Private White House talk ends Mallon press access
In a private conference Mallon was warned he could not publicize what was said and left with the impression he could not attend Roosevelt press conferences due to alleged inaccuracies in his column. After word of his penalty spread, a White House aide reportedly backed down and said Mallon had misinterpreted the President’s instructions, a claim dismissed as baloney.
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White House
Paul Mallon
Mallon
Roosevelt
Washington
Monticello Men Find Wrecked Army Plane Body In Spirit Lake
Monticello hunters found wreckage of a U S Army plane and the body of Lieut Robert M Prange 22 pilot on Spirit Lake near Stony Point in a bay on the lakes east side The body was frozen and could not be recovered Two other crewmen Lieut G Smith 26 and Private Anthony J Cerrato 22 were identified Officials at Scott Field said the men were on a cross country flight for navigation training The wreckage lay in slush ice about 15 feet from shore and rescue work was hindered by a blizzard and bitter cold
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Spirit Lake
Robert M. Prange
Stony Point
B. W. Jones
Charles Lepley
Scott Field
Belleville
Ill
Prange
Clinton
Anthony J. Cerrato
Canton
Hoover says Republicans must oppose centralization of power
Former President Herbert Hoover in a Monday AP interview warned that Republicans have a national duty to oppose a drift toward centralization of power in the national government. He framed the issue as a defense of limited government while urging party unity.
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Los Angeles
Herbert Hoover
Willkie Urges Constructive Opposition After Election
New York report says Wendell L. Willkie urged his millions of supporters to keep fighting for campaign principles as a constructive opposition. He proposed five immediate steps to curb inflation and fix economic errors and rejected uniting the party by forming a cabinet with Republicans.
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New York
Wendell L. Willkie
NBC
CBS
MBS
Willkie
Iowa Corn Yield Matches State Record This Year
Des Moines report shows Iowa farmers average 52 bushels per acre, tying the all-time record on Nov 1 basis. Leslie M. Carr notes the 1940 corn crop at 394,166,000 bushels, down from October’s 440,800,000 and far below last year’s 503,776,000 as harvested area shrank from 9,688,000 to 8,816,000 acres.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Leslie M. Carr
Agriculture department estimates 1939 grain production
The 1939 corn crop is forecast at 2,433,525,000 bushels, down from 2,619,137,000 last year but above the 1929–38 average. Wheat production totals 792,332,000 bushels, oats 1,218,273,000, barley 308,021,000, rye 37,452,000. October crop prospects improved over prior period. corn yield per acre is projected at 28.2 bushels versus 29.5 in 1939.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
The
Agricultural Marketing Service
Europe In Turmoil As Rights Clash With Autocracy
A column by Arthur Bugs Baer decries Europe’s political rift and rising autocracy. He likens Europe to tearing awnings in high wind and notes Russia performing a formal dance on a wobbly stage. He warns that one man rule is dangerous and cites U.S. constitutional checks while reflecting on party strength and voter realities.
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Arthur
Bugs” Baer
Europe
Repair Storm Damage As Gale Slackens
Near zero weather grips eastern Iowa as Tuesday crews repair damage from Monday’s 50 mile wind. Debris clears, telephones restored, and windows, poles, and roofs reported across Rock Island and Cedar Rapids with federal agents investigating recent explosions in New Jersey area plants.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Rock Island Railroad
First Avenue
Fourth Street
Rock Island
West Union
Loop
Explosions Hit Three East Coast Factories In Death Toll Rise
Powerful blasts struck three plants Tuesday in the eastern United States. At United Railway Signal in Woodbridge New Jersey, Trojan Powder at Siples Station near Allentown Pennsylvania, and American Cyanamid at Edinburg Pennsylvania. The explosions killed at least 13 and injured many more.
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United Railway
Woodbridge
Ino
Siples
Edinburg
Jersey City
State Island
Raritan Bay
Burton Explosives
Allentown
Cap
FBI
National Defense
United Railway Signal Corporation
N. J
Trojan Powder Company
Siples Station
American Cyanamid and Chemical Corporation
Dies orders probe teams to explosive sites in three states
Chairman Martin Dies of the special House committee on un American activities ordered investigators dispatched to Woodbridge New Jersey New Castle Pennsylvania and Allentown Pennsylvania where explosions occurred earlier Tuesday as part of the inquiry.
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Washington
INS
Martin Dies
Special
House Committee
Woodbridge
New Castle
Allentown
Kennedy Denies Giving Interview With Boston Paper
Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy publicly denied giving an interview to a Boston newspaper and repudiated quoted words. He said his remarks were off the record and would not be printed. He acknowledged speaking to Louis M. Lyons but insisted no statements were meant for publication.
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New York
INS
Joseph P. Kennedy
Boston
Kennedy
Louis M. Lyons
England
United States
Lindbergh
Boston Globe
Lyons
Waves Block Rescue of Marooned Hunters in Miss River
A strong wind and five foot waves hampered rescue efforts for duck hunters marooned along the Mississippi Monday. One man drowned, two more believed dead, seven rescued from Polk Island. Names include Leonard Reynolds of Muscatine and William Kronfeldt of 50, with others missing or rescued near Burling ton and Dallas City during the blizzard.
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Polk Island
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Muscatine
Little Dasher Island
Burlington
Louis Tubbs
Ralph Sells
Oquawka
Norman Childers
Fort Madison
Naval Reserve
Arvella Young
Dubuque
William Kronfeldt
Davenport Ducksmen Mired as Army Refuses Rescue Boat
United States Army Engineers at Rock Island rejected requests for a heavy rescue boat to reach stranded duck hunters on Mississippi islands near Davenport. Five men spent Monday night ashore on an island near Montpelier unable to reach the mainland as strong winds and 10 foot waves churn the river and threaten continued isolation.
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Davenport
INS
United States Army Engineers Office
Rock Island
Mississippi River
S. H. T. Warren
Montpelier
Freezing Midwest Weather Kills Many and Wrecks Property
Freezing weather spread across the middlewest after furious gales battered the region. At least 24 deaths reported and scores injured with extensive property damage. Temperatures plunged below zero in the Dakotas, Montana, and Wyoming as sub freezing conditions continued.
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Dakotas
Montana
Wyoming
Hitler and Molotov Hold Berlin Talks at Reichskanzlei
Adolf Hitler and Soviet Premier Foreign Commissar Viacheslav Molotov met for a long conversation at the Reichskanzlei in Berlin on Tuesday afternoon, according to the official German news agency.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Viacheslaff M. Molotoff
Reichschancellery
Boy Murray Upshaw Jr Found Dead After Four Days Missing
Murray Upshaw Jr. was found dead a mile and a half from his home near Cartersville after a days long search. The body lay face down under a pine tree. no signs of violence were found, leading officials to believe death resulted from exposure during his four day disappearance. The search was renewed when the family dog Nicky returned home alone.
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Murray Upshaw, Jr
Joel Parker
Parker
Upshaw
Murray Upshaw
Pine Log Mountain
Upshaw Farm
Nicky
Linn County Club to Continue Under New Name
David G. Bleakley announces Linn county unit will keep operating under a new name yet to be chosen. He states the group remains non partisan with primary aims to preserve liberty democracy and the American way of life. Original charter members stay. any member may withdraw.
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Cedar Rapids News
Wendell Willkie
David G. Bleakley
Linn County
Linn County Club
Merchants National Bank
Telephone
Bleakley
Adolph Boyson Hit By Car In Crossing Street During Storm
Three storm related accidents in November add to the city's motor mishap tally. Adolph Boyson of Fairview farm was struck at Third Avenue SE by Lorraine Walker of Ely while crossing with the light, suffering a fractured right hand and taken to St Luke's hospital before release.
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Adolph Boyson
Fairview Farm
Boyson
Lorraine Walker
Ely
Third Avenue SE
Third Street
West Cross Walk
St. Luke’s Hospital
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Second Avenue
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Grande Avenue SE
Rose Marie Blomquist
Seventh Avenue SE
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