Dutch premier says peace door not closed despite rumors
The Netherlands after reviewing British and French mediation replies stated the peace door remains open. Prime Minister Dirk Jan de Geer, in his first radio address since last summer, dismissed uneasiness and warned against alarming rumors about immediate dangers for the Netherlands amid Russia Finnish peace talks.
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Hague
Wilhelmina
Holland
Leopold
Belgium
Ane Ee
Dirk Jan de Geer
Daten
de Geer
Cedar Rapids Community Chest drive urged for 1939
Long reader letter and city column describe Cedar Rapids 1939 Community Chest preparations, calling for support to fund nine welfare agencies. The piece emphasizes citizen duty, humanitarian goals, and the role of institutions as bulwarks for democracy amid global tensions. It also discusses debates on war, education, and citizenship.
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Cedar Rapids
Community Chest
Spaak Warns on Neutrality Mindset and Western Front Tensions
Foreign Minister Spaak returned from Breda after talks with Dutch counterpart van Kleffens on British and French replies to a joint peace message. De Geer urged calm, saying Netherlands mobilization measures are defensive and not signs of increased threats. Dutch anxiety grows over German troop concentrations near borders as Britain risk lingers. US Minister Gordon met Queen Wilhelmina with undisclosed purpose.
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Brussels
Paul-Hanri Spaak
Breda
Netherlands
E.N van Kleffens
de Geer
Holland
Germany
Maginot Line
Britain
Legation
United States
George A. Gordon
Wilhelmina
Britain Hails Churchill Speech as End of Peace Hope
London reports that Churchill labeled Hitler a cornered maniac and declared war ongoing until victory. British and Dutch Belgian peace efforts seen as dead as Churchill warned against peaceful appeasement. King George had earlier urged peace on reasonable terms, but Churchill’s stance overshadowed any chance for negotiated settlement.
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London
Winston Churchill
Jord
Admiralty
Adolf
Cologne
Churchill
George
Great Britain
Leniency Shown Mrs Love in Shoplifting Case
Mrs. Lillian Love of Kansas City Missouri pleaded guilty to larceny by shoplifting. Judge C J Haas fined her 200 dollars plus costs and sentenced her to six months in county jail but allowed release after 30 days on good behavior and remaining out of town. The state recommended leniency and the fine was paid.
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Cedar Naples
Lillian Love
Kansas City
C. J. Haas
Love
Patricia
Col. G
Painter Suffers Serious Injuries After Ladder Fall
H R Eveland aged 58 of 1608 Sixth avenue SE a house painter fell 20 feet from a ladder onto a cement driveway at 2027 Bever avenue SE at 9 am Monday. He suffered a broken back a fractured right wrist and fractured left elbow. He was rushed by ambulance to Mercy hospital in fair condition Monday afternoon.
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Cedar Manpids
H. R. Eveland
Sixth Avenue SE
Bever Avenue SE
Eveland
Mercy Hospital
Germans Over Paris For First Time No Bombing
German planes flew over Paris for the first time since the European war began, triggering an air raid warning and sheltering Parisians from 4:20 to 5:15 a.m. No bombings were reported as anti-aircraft fire drove the aircraft back toward Belgium. Front reports noted increased activity with recon patrols, light artillery, and occasional German observations around the Saar and along the Maginot line. French forces claimed several German prisoners after a western Vosges engagement.
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Paris
INS
Belgium
Rhine
Saar River
Vosges
Maginot Line
Siegfried Line
Pirmasens
Teaching American Freedom Through Classroom Debate
The text critiques educators for insufficient effort to teach about fundamental freedoms. It notes disagreement among educators on why freedoms work or fail and how that disagreement confuses students. It argues the U.S. job is to understand, teach, and exemplify American ideals.
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America
Thousands celebrate Hawkeye victory at Iowa City
IOWA CITY Thousands of University of Iowa students ignored classes after the Hawkeye football team's 7 to 6 win over Notre Dame. They gathered at Old Capitol and outside coach Eddie Anderson spoke to the crowd, urging team spirit and promising they would never quit.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Hawkeye
Notre Dame
Iowa
Law
Medical
Edward N Anderson
Iawa
Anderson
Field House
Jimmy
After This by Ryland Kent: voyage into the afterlife
A boat-load of people from a bishop to two gangsters is blown up and wakes in the unseen. Each man moves toward his own place based on moral development and affinity with others on his level. The tale emphasizes accountability and spiritual gravity with a notable chapter about two young lovers. Edna Millay’s recent quote frames death, and the piece ends with attribution to United Feature Syndicate.
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Theodore Dreiser
Swedenborg
Ryland Kent
Judas
Edna Millay
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Shetlands Bombed by German Planes
London reports German planes bombed the Shetland Islands on Monday. The admiralty announced no damage was done in the strike.
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London
Shetland Islands
Admiralty
Trucker Faces Two More Charges For Coal Peddling Deals
Earl Wilson, a mine-to-you coal trucker, appeared in Justice H R Churchill's court on a defrauding charge. He was released after agreeing to deliver another ton of coal to George H Owen Jr and Lyle Raftis. Ford, state inspector, says Wilson violated Iowa coal merchandising laws by not issuing sales slips and misrepresenting the source as Mystic mines when it came from Angus mine near Oskaloosa. Constable Bill Fleming sought Wilson as Ford warned buyers to beware of nonslip deliveries.
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Cedar Rounds
Earl Wilson
H R&r Churchill
Churchill
Wilson
George H. Owen, Jr
Lyle Raftis
Sixth Avenue SE
R. B. Wolfe
Mount Vernon
R OD. Ford
State Inspector of Weights and
Iowa
Mystic
Angus
Oskaloosa
Bill Fleming
Ford
Children Killed As Mine Sinks Liner
The British liner Sirdhana of 7745 tons was sunk by a mine off the Singapore waterfront. Eleven passengers were killed, most of them children, while nine Asiatics were listed as missing.
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Singapore
Sirdhana
Next Time Diplomat Starts A War Let Him Stay On Scene
A satirical piece by Arthur Bugs Baer argues that diplomats provoke wars without cause and should remain at the scene once a conflict begins. It urges changing the approach to diplomacy by letting the diplomat stay where the war unfolds and returning home only after addressing the reason.
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Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Mass Training Of U S Troops Begins Across Posts
Nine army posts in the south and northwest start mass training as 40 000 troops form the nation s first unified fighting force since World War I. Five streamlined infantry divisions one cavalry division and auxiliaries undergo four months of field maneuvers under a national emergency.
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Washington
Roosevelt
de Soto National Forest
Mississippi
Fort Benning
Congress
Army
National Guard
Waa
Pickpocket Nabs State Treasurer's Funds at Iowa Notre Dame Game
Cedar Rapids report places G. C. Eagles Tow's state treasurer at the Iowa stadium where a pickpocket lifted an amount estimated between 30 and 50 dollars. The guest, former Mason City bank president, stayed with Moray Eby and heard the incident mentioned by Eby who noted the 47000 attendance and the smooth theft.
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Cedar Rapids
G. C. Eagles
Tow
Notre Dame
Bagley Agaa
Bagley
Mason City Bank
200 Workers To Begin Chest Drive Tuesday
One hundred volunteers will meet at 7 30 am Tuesday at the Chamber of Commerce to kickoff the Community Chest silver anniversary campaign. The goal is 91200 to be raised by November 21. Final instructions and supplies will be issued at the breakfast.
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Silver Annie Versary
Chamber of Commerce
Volunteer drive kickoff at Chamber of Commerce
The American Way volunteers prepare to open the campaign with Karl P Bluse presiding and Roy E Choate delivering the kickoff talk. Breakfast and luncheon meetings are planned for volunteers raising pledges for Community Chest agencies including the Boy Scouts Campfire Girls and Salvation Army.
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Karl P Bluse
Publielfare Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Roy E Choate
Choate
Wall Finance
Community Chest
Comemunity Chest Fund
Boy Scouts
Camphire Girls
Community House Home To Aged Women Publi Health Nursing Association
Salvation Army Sunshine Mission
Young Mens Christian Associaten
Young Women's Christian Association
Chicago Woman Kills Self After Failing Jail Sentence Vacated
Katherine Cochran, 43, died by suicide in Evanston after learning the 30 day jail term for drunken driving had been vacated. She had been in distress over illness fear of blindness and disgrace from the sentence and left notes to her sisters and the coroner expressing despair and a wish to join her husband Robert who killed himself in 1938 after a failed punt business.
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Chicago
Katherine Cochran
Robert
Pittsborgh
Cochran
Chivato
Anna L. Hayes
Sububa
Waffie
Bremen Sighted Near Swedish Waters Movement toward Germany Reported
Fishermen in Swedish territorial waters reported seeing the German luxury liner Bremen moving toward Germany, the Dagbladet newspaper said Monday.
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Stockholm
INS
Bremen
Germany
Dagbladet
Capone Released From Prison Regarded Frail and Secret
CHICAGO (INS) Al Capone has been released from Terminal Island California but is described as a sick and broken man. He is to spend months in a hospital in the east recuperating from illness while under technical custody until Wednesday when his income tax evasion sentence ends. He will see only family members, with brother Ralph at his side, and will not return to Chicago or Palm Island Florida until recovered. The transfer was kept secret for fear of attack.
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Europe
Chicago
INS
al Capone
Terminal Island
Calif
Chicago Herald-American
Capone
Grim Alcatraz Piisom
San Francisco Bay
Palm Island
Miami
Fla
Washington, D. C
Mem
Bers
Ralph
San Pedro
Hoyt King
Federal District Court
Finland Tells Moscow Talks Ended Amid Territorial Demands
Finnish Foreign Minister Erkko announced the recall of the Moscow delegation after Finnish-Soviet negotiations ended without a deal. The Red Fleet reportedly demanded four concessions including a base on Hango, coastal fortifications, and frontier revisions that would isolate Finland from the Arctic, while Finland offered concessions on the Karelian isthmus but rejected Hango and Petamo terms.
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Wellingfors
Finland
Kremlin
Helsingfors
Erkko
Moscow
Red Fleet
Organ O
Russia
Hango Peninsula
Finsland
Gulf of Finland
Byverko
Humatioktishinds
Gulf
Kronstadt
Hogland
Seskar Lavassan
Tritters
Sredni
Petsamo
Arctic
Karelian Isthmus
Leningrad
Hango
Pete Samo
Cedar Rapids among cities with October business gains
Cedar Rapids was listed among 38 U.S. cities posting the largest October increases in business activity in a Brooke, Smith and French monthly survey of 147 trading centers. The report shows 73 areas up, 17 unchanged, and 57 down from September, naming Aberdeem, Akron, Allentown, Altoona, Atlanta, Augusta, Beaumont, Camden, Canton, Chattanooga, Cleveland, Dallas, Duluth, Erie, Evansville, Fargo, Flint, Fresno, Grand Forks, Huntington, Indianapolis, Jackson Miss, Jacksonville, Kalamazoo, Macon, Miami, Minot, Saginaw, Scranton, South Bend, Springfield Mo, Tampa, Washington DC, Wheeling, Williamsport, Worcester, Youngstown as among the top gains.
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Cedar Rapids
United States
Department of Brooke, Smith and French, Inc
Detroit
New York
Aberdeen
Akron
Allentown
Altoona
Atlanta
Augusta
Beaumont
Camden
Canton
Chattanooga
Cleveland
Dallas
Duluth
Erie
Evansville
Fargo
Flint
Fresno
Grand Forks
Huntington
Indianapolis
Jackson
Miss
Jackesonville
Kalamazoo
Macon
Miami
Minot
Saginaw
Scranton
South Bend
Springfield
Tampa
Washington, D. C
Wheeling
Williamsport
Worcester
Youngstown
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Jimmie
Prasser
Kinnick
Prasse
DR. Newton
Shetlands
U.S
General Staff
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TREAS
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Coraunite Chest
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Santo Domingo
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