Russia Feigns Finland Fear Amid Boundaries Clash
A Dilbertian dispatch notes Soviet Russia publics fear Finland may threaten to push its boundary toward the Urals. Moscow aims to collect naval bases on Finnish soil as a hedge against Western war while Hitler and Stalin may trade gestures of friendship.
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Soviet Russia
Finland
Urals
Helsingfors
United States
England
Hitler
Stalin
Europe
Russia
Moscow
Arrest of Des Moines man linked to Shueyville murder case
FBI arrested Charles Becicka 28 of Des Moines at the main post office on extortion charges tied to Wesley Novotny administrator of the estate of George Novotny. State detectives pursue a murder case in which George and his wife were killed at their farm near Shueyville.
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Des Moines
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Charles Becicka
Becicka
James Duncan
FBI
Bechka
Wesley Novotny
Curtis
Duncan
Novotny
George Novot
George Novotny
Becika
United States
Ottumwa
Ely
Stock
Capone Freed From Penitentiary After Tax Evasion Case
The U S Justice Department announced Al Capone was released to his family Thursday morning at Lewisburg Pennsylvania prison. An informant in Chicago said Edward J O’Hare supplied evidence that sent Capone to prison in 1951 and warned of possible further murders. The report ties to a federal account noting O’Hare's role and Capone’s threats.
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al Capone
U.S.A
Chicrago
Edward J. O'Hare
Capone
O'Hare
Chicago
Department of Justice
Washington
Lewisburg, Pa
United Press
Railroads see business boom easing need for subsidies
Senator Wheeler says railroads shift from famine to feast may reduce demand for government loans and subsidies. He notes potential rolling stock shortages if growth continues, while ARIO head J J Pelley argues repairs and new equipment will meet demand. Carloadings hit 861,198 in the week ending Oct 21, a high since 1930, with nine months net operating income at 355,009,000 versus 205,444,000 a year earlier.
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Washington
Wheeler
Mont
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
J. J. Pelley
Association of American Railroads
Pelley
Enduring faith and wisdom survive World War II fears
A meditation on Europe’s fate after another global war. The author warns civilizations may fall and property vanish, yet human resilience persists. Despite famine and death, science, art, faith, and love endure, guiding renewal and hope for a redeemed future.
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Europe
Russia
Germany
Austria
Caesar
Plato
Christ
Shakespeare
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
German pledge to fight until British power ends
German sources state Germany will wage war until British supremacy is destroyed. The move follows British and French rejection of mediation offers and comes after von Ribbentrop’s note to Belgian and Dutch officials. Nazi papers vilify the Allies in response to the peace appeal from Queen Wilhelmina and King Leopold.
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Berlin
Germany
Britain
France
Wilhelmina
Leopold
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Fuehrer
Great Britain
von Ribbentrop
Accountant Rechecks Figures and Lowers Kuhn Charges
New York prosecutors reduced Band Leader Fritz Kuhn’s larceny charges after accountant Benjamin Blattner revised his figures. Subtotals of $4,424.22 dropped to $674.73, changing two counts and lowering total alleged larceny and forgery from $5,641.24 to $1,891.75.
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New York
INS
Fritz Kuhn
Kuhn
Benjamin Blattner
Defense
Butler, Conservative High Court Judge, Dies
Associate Justice Pierce Butler of the Supreme Court died at 73 after a lengthy bladder illness. His death shifts the court’s balance toward Roosevelt appointees, with Butler noted as the court’s leading conservative dissenter alongside James McReynolds.
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United States Supreme Court
Pierce Butler
Roosevelt
High Court
Court of New Deal
White House
Supreme Court
Butler
Washington
James C. McReynolds
Butler family remains endure Saint Patrick’s Day birth on Northfield roots
Butler born in 1866 near Northfield Minnesota. Survived by widow Mrs. Butler and children Pierce Jr William Francis of St Paul Leo Margaret in Washington and Mrs Edward Dunn of Baltimore. Parents Patrick and Mary A. Butler noted.
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Butler
Pierce, Jr
William
Francis Butler
St. Paul
Leo
Margaret Butler
Washington
Edward K. Dunn
Baltimore
Northfield
Minn
St. Patrick’s Day
Patrick
Mary A. Butler
Ex-con Sampica Nabbed After Cedar Rapids Holdup
An ex-convict named Wilefred Henry Sampica, 42, was arrested near Dubuque by Sheriff Leo Eisbach four hours after a Cedar Rapids holdup. He admitted robbing Faud Carns, Culver Motors salesman, binding him with tape and stealing a 1938 Pontiac plus cash and items. Police found two revolvers, a wrist watch, jacket, dagger, billfold, and a vacuum cleaner in the car.
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Wilefred
Henry Sampica
Cedar Rapids
Leo J. “Tiny” Eisbach
Dubuque County
Cedar Rapis
Sampica
Faud R. Carns
Culver Motors Company
Carns
Eisbach
Dubuque
Henry Newsec
Fusbach
Walter Westmark
Esbach
Earl Stanley
Larry Condon
Pedestrian Rights At Intersections Spar In Iowa Letter
A Cedar Rapids reader complains about busy intersections lacking reliable signals. He notes pedestrians dodge cars during right turns and questions enforcement compared with Los Angeles and other Iowa cities where red light turns allow safer crossings with green signals.
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Cedar Rapids
Los Angeles
Iowa
Mercury Highest For Mid November In Many Years
Cedar Rapids and New Cedar Rapids enjoyed unseasonably high temperatures with a low of 32 at 8 a.m. and a high near 62 by 2 45 p.m. The mid November warmth surpassed recent years with Wednesday hitting 65 during a 2 to 3 p.m. period.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
Lone Bandit Steals Dollar From Idlewild Grocery
A lone bandit entered Idlewild grocery on Fifth Avenue SE near 6 p.m. Wednesday and demanded cash with a blue steel revolver. He fled after taking the proprietor Joseph F. Pycha’s single dollar, with no other cash taken and no accomplice observed.
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Joseph F. Pycha
Idlewild
Fifth Avenue SE
Pycha
75 Firms Finish Chest Canvass Boost Gifts
Seventy five business and industrial institutions reported completion of their 1940 Community Chest canvass at the first report luncheon. Forty firms showed increases over last year with some up to 150 percent, notably in industrial plants where employee giving rose significantly.
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Community Chest
Chest
Salvation Army
National Stores
Insurance
Mercantile
November 14 American Way volunteers report progress
Reports from captains and workers are being tabulated at Chest headquarters for a second report luncheon at the Chamber of Commerce Friday noon. General Chairman Roy E Choate urges campaign leaders to have workers complete assignments and submit reports to avoid confusion tied to the University of Iowa homecoming. Firms reported complete for both employees and executives as of Wednesday noon with honor roll eligibility listed at headquarters, Industrial A Iowa Manufac continues.
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Chest Headquarters
Chamber of Commerce
Roy E. Choate
University of Iowa
Industrial
Iowa
Romeo Wins Right To Court Juliet In Amicable Settlement
George Lowther III sought habeas corpus to access Eileen Herrick, daughter of Walter and Eileen Herrick. A New York State Supreme Court compromise dismissed the suit after a private hearing by Justice Isidor Wasservogel. The arrangement allows Lowther to see Miss Herrick and marry her after ten days of hospital rest, if she consents.
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NEW York
George Lowther, III
Eileen Herrick
State Supreme Court
Isidor Wasservogel
Walter R. Herrick
Eileen
George
Lowther
Miss
Reich Generals Would Oust Nazis and End War
Paris dispatch reports that many German generals believe Nazism is outmoded and could be replaced by a reconstruction regime aimed at ending the war. They say Germany might cede Bohemia Moravia Slovakia and Poland allow Austrian self determination and keep only the Sudetenland.
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Reich
Paris
Zurich
Switzerland
Germany
Bohemia
Moravia
Slovakia
Poland
Sudetenland
Shaw says air raid gas mask fits beard comfortably
London report notes George Bernard Shaw joked that his air raid warden provided a gas mask for his beard, finding it comfortable yet a nuisance to carry. The comment adds a light touch to wartime civic life.
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London
George Bernard Shaw
Hopkins Reported Slated For Navy Secretary's Job
Washington rumor says Secretary of Commerce Harry L Hopkins is eyed for the navy post if he recovers from illness. Roosevelt favors him as a trusted trouble shooter to lead the navy expansion, with Jesse H. Jones likely to succeed Hopkins at commerce if promoted.
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Mel
Washington
INS
Harry Hopkins
Navy
Jesse Jones
Harry
Hopkins
Mr. Hopkins
U. S
New Deal
Harry L. Hopkins
Jesse H. Jones
Social Security Board
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Commerce
Claude A. Swanson
Jones
Senate
Capitol Hill
RFC
Highway 261 to Iowa City to be opened Saturday
Cedar Rapids residents learn Highway 261 linking Mt. Vernon to Iowa City via Solon will reopen for traffic by Saturday. Crushed rock paving to finish detours, and 40 patrolmen will manage crowds with 15 stationed around Iowa City Friday night and more on Saturday to ease the post game crush.
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Iowa City
Highway Commission
No. 30
No. 6
Mt. Vernon
Solon
Commission
Notre Dame
C. A. Knee
State
Byrd Deserves Nobel Peace Prize Says Baer
Arthur Bugs Baer argues Admiral Byrd deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to discover land that no one wants to contest. The piece satirically credits Byrd with expanding peaceful exploration and reduces the claim to a commentary on territory and prestige.
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Byrd
Baer
Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Admiral Byrd
Mysterious Racecar Roars Through Bizarre Trade Notes
A quirky item notes a Massachusetts traffic trophy tied to a strike in Detroit. It mentions a midget racer weighing thirty five tons with a turkey claw trade in value. The admiral's next expedition will include a towing car and two explorers from a finance company.
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Detroit
Ademiral
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