Economic Pressure On Nazis U S Commerical Attache Recall
Berlin United States hinted economic pressure might back Roosevelt's anti Semitic campaign condemnation. Douglas Miller American commercial attache in Berlin ordered back to Washington with no family by Jan 1. Robert M Stephenson acting attache for an indefinite period amid stalled talks on trade and barter system.
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Berlin
United States
Roosevelt
Germany
Douglas Miller
Fayette
Washington
U. S
Hugh R. Wilson
Wilson
Reich
Miller
Robert M. Stephenson
Nazi Funeral Honors Vom Rath in Dusseldorf Amid Threats
In Dusseldorf a state funeral honored Ernst vom Rath and other Nazi figures with Adolf Hitler’s note of resolve echoing earlier in 1936. Joachim von Ribbentrop and Ernst Bohle led the oration praising the embassy official as a blood witness while warning of continued battle against Jewry.
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Dusseldorf
Germany
Ernst Vom Rath
Adolf Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Reichsfuhrer
Gustloff
Hitler
William Gustloff
Switzerland
von Ribbentrop
Ernst Wilhelm Bohle
Organization
Bohle
Davos
Barcelona
Paris
Thanksgiving Dinner Want Ads Sell Turkeys and More
Cedar Rapids readers can reach thousands of families through the Want Ad section 33 offering turkeys ducks chickens geese capons and other fare for Thanksgiving. Dial 2-1121 to place a Want Ad to sell with savings of 25 to 40 percent per day for three to seven days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Everyday Living Reflections on Peace and Thought
A 1938 reflection collects aphorisms on peace, virtue, faith, and daily life. Notes Morley and Agtrey quotes, contrasts sermon dryness with insight, and warns against dogma while urging clear thinking and hopeful spirit.
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Hitler
Daladier
Chamberlain
Billy
James Agtrey
America
Czech Policy Tends to Totalitarianism
The Party of National Unity pledges control of the Czechoslovak government with a manifesto as parliament meets. It calls for anti Jewish emigration action, leadership of the state, new electoral laws, and propaganda promoting national religion and roles for women while forging closer ties to the Nazi orbit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Party of National Unity
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovak Republic
Railroads report October revenue drop across 92 lines
Preliminary figures from ninety two class one railroads show October operating revenues at 287 915 128 dollars, down from 306 731 524 the prior October. Freight, passenger revenues also fell from 250 632 926 to 237 355 480 and from 30 412 727 to 26 288 699 respectively, marking a 40.3 percent drop versus 1930.
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Washington
INS
Association of American Railroads
Britain and U S Near Concord on Jew Exit
Britain and the United States edge toward a plan to ransom German Jews and resettle them abroad in what would be a vast mass emigration. The scheme, proposed by Joseph Kennedy, foresees private funding and colonial lands to host 81,000 Jews with a five power directorate possible within two weeks.
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London
Great Britain
United States
Joseph Kennedy
Berlin
America
England
France
Germany
Inter-Governmental
Jew Committee
Lord Winterton
Netherlands
Brazil
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Tanganyika
East Africa
Kennedy
Lord Halifax
Britain
British Guiana
South America
New Guinea
Madagascar
Malcolm MacDonald
Colonial - Dominions
Stanley M. Bruce
Australia
Chamberlain Man Beats Laborite In By Election
Sir George Schuster national liberal and Chamberlain government candidate defeated Laborite George Jegers in a by election for the late J A Leckie seat, with complete returns announced Thursday in Walsall England.
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Walsall
England
George Schuster
National Liberal
Chamberlain
George Jegers
J. A. Leckie
Girl 13 Credited With Making Table Float In Air
A 13-year-old girl in Jonesville Louisiana, Alice Bell Kirby, is reported to move tables and float objects without contact. Witnesses include business leaders and educators, with skepticism easing after repeated demonstrations in darkness and daylight.
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Jonesville
Black River Bottoms
Alice Bell Kirby
Farmer Jean Kirby
Alice Bell
Kirby Farm
Here
Three New Bedford Men Survive Valencia Sinking Aboard Nantucket
In near freezing seas, three Valencia crewmen Jack Knutsen George Jacobson and Nels Adland of New Bedford were rescued aboard the lightship Nantucket after their dragger sank in a northwest gale Tuesday 25 miles southeast of the lightship. Captain Sigvart Knutsen died of exposure.
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Boston
New Bedford
Valencia
Nantucket
Jack Knutsen
George Jacobson
Nels Adland
Muriel Tellefsen
Sigvart
Official figures put Sen Gillette in lead by 2952 votes
Des Moines report confirms Guy M. Gillette won re election as U S senator by 2952 votes based on certified county returns. Gillette led with 413,859 to 410,907 for Leslie J Dickinson in 80 of 99 counties, with 19 counties remaining to be rechecked. Dickinson may seek a recount after all returns are finalized.
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Des Moines
INS
United States
Guy M. Gillette
Gillette
Lester J Dickinson
Dickinson
United States Senate
L. Carl Dickinson
Daughter Born To Egyptian Rulers
Queen Farida and King Farouk welcome their first child, a daughter, born Thursday in Cairo. The ceremony marks a historic milestone for the Egyptian royal couple as their family grows.
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Cairo
Egypt
Farida
Farouk
Thursday
Nansen Office Wins Nobel Peace Prize in 1938
OSLO AP reports the 1938 Nobel Peace Prize awarded Thursday to the Nansen Office for Refugees at Geneva for its work aiding refugees and promoting peace.
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Nansen
Oslo
Nansen Office
Geneva
Junior Leaguer Elizabeth Dorr Found Dead in Garage
The pajama clad Elizabeth Dorr age 23 a Junior Leaguer and Smith College graduate was found dead in her family garage in Springfield Massachusetts. Medical Examiner C J Downey ruled death by her own action due to poison.
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Springfield
Mass
Elizabeth Dorr
Smith College
C. J. Downey
AAA May Put Great American Public In Pastureland In 1940
A 1940 plan outlines crop rotation pushing farmers toward alfalfa and clover with reduced corn and wheat. The AAA proposes 712 million dollars in ten grants, largely as prizes for farmers with the whitest hands, amid critiques of agricultural policy and pests.
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AAA
Missing Boy Found After Night in Mine Waste Lands
Six year old Ivan Brooks Jr was found frightened but unharmed after 500 searchers scoured 300 acres of waste mine fields overnight six miles from home. He wandered through cold rough country before curling in a ditch then walking on at dawn. His dog returned home. He cried to go home to his mother.
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Jonesville
Alice Bell
If. W. Wright
Cathahoula Parish
Wright
Charles C Elkins
A .J. Brooks
Sicily Island
F. Ho Shiel
Alice Bells
Ivan
New $5 stamp released honoring Calvin Coolidge
Postmaster General Farley unveiled a new five dollar stamp on Thursday honoring former President Calvin Coolidge. The stamp marks a collectible issue for federal postal use and memorializes the late leader.
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Washington
Farley
Calvin Coolidge
Campus Quiz on Campus Customs in The Gazette
The Gazette’s society editor presents a campus quiz feature for eastern Iowa students. It covers clothes traditions fun and who’s who in colleges nationwide. The first exam results by two Cedar Rapids girls will appear in the women’s section next Sunday.
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Gazette Society
Iowa
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
South
Sunday Gazette
CIO delegates sidetrack Roosevelt third term pledge
Pittsburgh delegates to the Congress of Industrial Organizations Ad hoc debate over endorsing a third term for President Roosevelt was sidetracked by CIO leaders who promised a future resolution on administration and political subjects The convention heard criticisms of Mayor Hague and Texas CIO figures while adopting several pro New Deal resolutions and labor protections.
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Pittsburgh
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Roosevelt
CIO
Lee Pressman
Resolutions Committee
Martin Dies
Texas
House Committee
Frank ‘Tame-the-law " Hague
Jersey City N.J
Wood Carney
New Jersey
Hague
South
Iron River
Mich
Aransas Pass
Dadeville
Ala
Evarts
New Deal
A Follette Civil Liberties Committee
Senate
Fear Boy 5 Missing Week in Kidnapping Search
Douglas Aria reports a large search of Bucket canyon and surrounding area for a missing five year old boy. Sheriff Pratt coordinates volunteers from the local community and state resources amid sub zero weather and reports of possible kidnapping and false leads.
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Douglas Aria
Bucket Canyon
Cherry
Pratt
Sma
Wes
Pruitt
Wild Cansen
Hin
Arizona State Preon
Huaelino
CCC
Lauren N Hass
Mercury In 50s Under Misty Sky
A misty sky held the day with temperatures rising to a peak of 54 at 1 30 p m and slipping to 53 as clouds persisted. Readings show a low of 35 at 5 am and 41 at 10 am with Wednesday’s late day high of 50 giving way to 42 and 40 later that night per Chambers Inskeep records.
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Chambers Inskeep Company
Worry Puts Jewett In Psychopath Ward
Norman L. Jewett, 50, of Denver, was placed in a psychopathic ward for observation in Los Angeles as worry over his daughter’s involvement with a white leader of Father Divine’s cult sparked the decision.
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Los Angeles
Father Divine
Norman L. Jewett
Denver
Grabin Murder Trial Near End
The Charles Grabin case near Ely is nearing its conclusion with only the final state argument by County Attorney G K Thompson left. Grabin 60 a farm hand claims self defense contending Ed Skalsky 55 approaching with an axe when Grabin fired a .38 pistol on the Skalsky farm September 28. Skalsky employer was killed in the yard conflict after hog cholera remarks and a chair slam.
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G K Thompson
Charles Grabin
Ely Farm Hand
Grabins
Carl Hendrickson
C J Haas
Grabin
Trade treaties seal new US UK and Canada ties
Washington reports the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada concluded trade pacts to lower barriers and expand flows. Key provisions include auto, wheat, meat, fruit, and clothing concessions for the US, with Britain gaining tariff relief on woolen goods and textiles. The agreements cover about 40 percent of world trade and 60 percent of US commerce with enhanced access for American autos and farm products.
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Washington
United States
United Kingadom
Canada
Cordell Hull
White House
Roosevelt
America
United Kingdom
MacKenzie Kinig
United Kinedom
Ronald Tondsov
Arnold EK
Overton
British Board of Trade
Iritish
Europe
Witness Says Michigan Senator Stanley Novak Communist
Richard Eagar a Detroit auto worker told the House committee on un American activities that Stanley Novak newly elected Michigan state senator is a communist He said the Turnstedt GM union is controlled by communists and that Walter Reuther the West Side local president is a revolutionary socialist.
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Washington
Richard Eagar
Detroit
House Committee
Stanley Novak
Michigan
Novak
Eagar
UAW
General Motors Corporation
Walter Reuther
West Side
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Jerry Hays
Mercury
Cedar Rounds
Jewett
Cedar Naples
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