DIVERS SEARCH FOR DROWNED MEN AFTER FISHING BOAT COLLIDE
Inland Waterway hunt for ten drowning victims continues with one more missing feared dead after the fishing boat Southland and tug Escape collided eight miles from Beaufort North Carolina. Eight victims were Black, two white, both ships owned by firms in New York and North Carolina. Coast guardsmen lead the relays as bodies are sought from the submerged cabins. The Southland carried 300000 menhaden valued at about 200000 dollars and was bound for Wilmington Delaware while the Escape tug towing an barge remained intact.
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Beaufort
N. C
Southland
Charles Fulcher
E. J. Fulcher
Salvay Process Company of
New York
Ethyl Corporation
Wilmington
Del
Caveret Fish and Oil Company
Morehead City
U. S. Manufacturers Barred From Flying Planes Across Border
Washington reports that American plane makers were advised they cannot fly military planes directly from factories across the Canadian border. No formal rules exist but neutrality law requires title transfer before departure, allowing delivery only to border points where ships, trains, or trucks move the aircraft into Canada.
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Washington
State Department
Department
State Department plan blasted as trickery by Lokalanzeiger
Berlin reports Lokalanzeiger denounces the United States state department announcement that planes built for the Allies could be flown to the Canadian border and then shipped into Canada as the shabbiest trickery. The paper says it is an evasion of law and a stealthy surrender to circumvention.
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Berlin
United States State Department
Canada
Lokalanzeiger
Misty Weather For Grid Games
Cedar Rapids weather greeted football fans en route to Iowa's stadium with persistent mist and gloom. Temperatures slipped from 47 at midnight Friday to 43 by 10 am with 2 pm at 45 and Friday’s high around 55 at 3 30 pm then 46 at 7.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Mercury
Chambers
119 Year Layoff In Dixie Gives Miners a Lunch Hour
By Arthur Bugs Baer. The piece notes a long layoff for Georgia miners linked to diversifying farming and a reference to old gold mining in Georgia from 1820. It implies no new gold rush as the ground is tied up, humorously calling it the longest lunch hour in 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie
Georgia
Half a Christ Not Enough in Modern Religion
A reader laments religion's failure to reshape group life and urges a full Christ beyond private comfort. The piece questions church fragmentation and global conflict, noting Wells on Galilean reach and calling for united effort despite fear and doubt. Dr Newton signs off.
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Church
Wells
United Feature Syndicate Inc
Reckless Driving Charge Stemming From January Accident
Hubert Wood 24 of 1518 Sixth Street NW was arrested on reckless driving after a Friday morning collision at Twenty first Avenue SW and Eleventh Street. Wood’s car struck W D Canterman’s truck, sending it into a post. Three injured including Wood, three year old Sandra Bean, and Canterman. Wood booked to appear Monday.
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Cedar Rapids
First Avenue
Eleventh Street
Hubert Wood
Sixth Street
Ahring
Wood
W. D. Canterman
Ninth Street
Sandra Lee Bean
Jay Bean
Twenty-first Avenue
Conterman
Bremen Sold to Reds for Arctic Run Launch
Copenhagen reports say the German luxury liner Bremen was transferred to Russian ownership on November 7 as part of a Russo German charter and will soon sail Murmansk to New York. Another Nazi liner, New York, reportedly evaded British warships and reached a German port after a zigzag Atlantic voyage.
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Copenhagen
INS
Bremen
New York
Atlantic
United States
Greenland
Arctic
Germany
British Detain 33 U S Vessels in Sept to Nov Delays
Washington reports 33 of 48 American steamships detained by Britain since Sept 1 The French halted 10 vessels Germany four The I C White in Caribbean near Barranquilla later allowed to proceed Most ships later released after state department pressure and cargo paper clearance Delays shortened from weeks to four days and even 24 hours by November, with many vessels choosing belligerent ports for examination.
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Washington
INS
U. S
Germany
I. C. White
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Barranquilla
Colombia
State Department
Department
Black Diamond Lines
New York
International News Service
Stokowski Collar Loosens During Philadelphia Concert
At the Academy of Music in Philadelphia Leopold Stokowski had his collar come loose with a pop during a Friday concert. The collar flapped for about five minutes causing a murmur among the audience, but the performance continued and Stokowski repaired it during intermission. The incident drew chat but did not derail the program, a rare moment reminiscent of Beecham losing a suspender button at a peak of a crescendo.
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Philadelphia
Leopold Stokowski
Philadelphia Orchestra
Academy of Music
Stokowski
Academy
Thomas Beecham
Homecoming crowds fuel Iowa Minnesota football game
IOWA CITY AP crowd of 50 000 gathered for the University of Iowa Homecoming game against Minnesota. More than 6 000 Minnesota fans made the trip as special trains and buses arrived from several states. The bustle included politicians veterans and alumni roaming the streets while security kept traffic moving amid festive revelry.
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Minnesota
Iowa City
Iowa
Middlewest
University of Iowas
University of Minnesota
Milford
Match Touches Off Explosion In Kansas City Temple
A match lit by an employee searching for coins in the basement of the Grand Avenue temple caused an explosion that injured 15 and killed 23 year old Mrs. Lee R. Wardwick, daughter-in-law of Fire Chief T. J. Hardwick. Leonard Steele, 19, elevator operator, said coins rolled under a table and a match was struck. Fire officials suspected gas as the blast source. the investigation continued.
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Kansas City
Grand Avenue Temple
Lee R. Wardwick
T. J. Hardwick
Leonard Steele
Mr. Mustaine
U. S. Colleges Show Upturn Finances 1938 39
The U S Office of Education reports improved finances for about 330 colleges and universities in 1938 39. Student collections rose about 8 percent and government contributions nearly 1 percent, while private gifts for current use climbed 9 percent. Revenue from related activities grew 24 percent, though endowment income fell.
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Washington
United States Office of Education
Penny payments mark 450 visits for license in Spokane
Fay Smith walked into the auditor's office and dumped 450 pennies on the counter. They represented 450 visits by her fiancé, Ernest Faler. He left a penny each time he called to pay for the license.
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Spokane
Wash
Fay Smith
Ernest Faler
Missouri Mail Theft In Style Of James Boys
Masked bandits robbed the Burlington station at Monroe City Missouri early Saturday taking seven U S mail pouches including three locked leather bags. Authorities doubt large sums were taken as no payrolls were due and at least three bandits fled with mail from two trains. Station Master A G Squires reported a three minute raid with a sawed off shotgun and two revolvers used to threaten staff and seize first class mail.
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Monroe City
Burlington
U. S
James Brothers
Missouri
Tom Spalding
A. G. Squires
Squires
Chrysler Car Tieup Longest On Record
DETROIT UP The Chrysler corporation production shutdown reached its forty fourth day on Saturday to set a record for an automotive labor dispute though negotiators signaled progress toward a settlement. The prior longest stoppage was General Motors 1987 sitdown, ending after forty three days.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
General Motors
Capone Ready to Quit Says Brother in Baltimore
John Capone, brother of the bedridden Al Capone, tells reporters the once-powerful gangster is ready to quit crime. He calls Capone cheerful, not drinking or gambling, and notes plans for potential discharge to Miami if allowed, as doctors discuss treatment for paresis.
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Baltimore
Scarface
al Capone
John
Villanova
Chicago
Capone
Pital
John Capone
Alcatraz
California
Joseph Moore
Moore
Miami
Fla
Doomed Boy Hopes For Blood Transfusion Victory
In St Cloud Minnesota 6 year old Norman Dolinshki with acute lymphatic leukemia received a blood transfusion from Lorraine Olive of Minneapolis. Doctors awaited developments with a one in a million chance of survival as Norman rallied briefly asking to go home and eat.
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ST Cloud
Minn
Norman Dolinshki
Lorraine Olive
Minneapolis
Norman
Miss Olive
Boy 13 Hero After Father Killed In Store Hold Up
Pasquale Addante, 13, shot and wounded a bandit who killed his father Vito Addante, 32, during a Feb 4 hold up at their Chicago grocery. The boy, sitting with his family, sprang into action, firing multiple shots as the bandit fled, later seeking hospital aid. Police search for the wounded suspect.
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Chicago
Vito
Addante
Pasquale
Wilbur Barnwell
Barnwell
Addlante
Rose
Alfred
Lucy
Provident Hospital
Albert Booth
Booth
Elizabeth Shearer 91 oldest native-born Cedar Rapids resident dies
Elizabeth Shearer 91 longtime Cedar Rapids resident and believed oldest native-born resident died Friday at a local hospital after a long illness. Survived by four nieces and numerous cousins, funeral conducted by Rev Robert Little at Turner chapel with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Shearer parents John Lo and Elizabeth Weare Shearer came to Linn county in 1839 and settled near Marion township before moving to Cedar Rapids in 1842.
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Elizabeth J Shearer
Cedar Rapids
Warrier S. Allard
Datflus
Tex
Selah S. Keister
Sharon Springs
N. Y
Mary S Markham
St Petersburg
Fle
Catherine S. Gilmore
Algon
Anna C Wilson
San Francisco
Mark Morton
Lake Forest
W H Hubbard
Chicago
Otter Creek
Marion Township
Cedar River
British Try To Raid Nazi Naval Center
Berlin report says three British planes attacked Wilhelmshaven railily, but anti aircraft fire and German pursuit planes thwarted them. Communique notes limited reconnaissance actions in the west, with conflicting reports on damage to a German pocket battleship.
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Berlin
Army High Command
Wilhelmshaven
Mike Hyland New s Club President
Mike Hyland of Tama, a University of Iowa graduate, was elected president of the university’s club. One hundred twenty five members attended the meeting with Dr. Lawrence Block, Willis Glassgow, and Dr. Wayland Hicks named vice-presidents and Eric Wilson reelected secretary treasurer. Former Iowa Town football coaches Jesse Hawley and Mark Catlin spoke.
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Iowa City
Mike Hyland
Tama
University of Iowa
Bert Jenkins
Cedar Rapids
Lawrence Block
Davenport
Willis Glassgow
Wayland Hicks
Sioux City
Eric Wilson
University of Town
Jesse Hawley
Mark Catlin
Deny New Move By Lowland Monarchs
The Hague and Brussels both deny that Queen Wilhelmina and King Leopold asked Scandinavian nations to back a new peace proposal. The denials followed simultaneous announcements reporting the approached nations were considering cooperation.
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Hague
Netherlands
Brussels
Belgium
Wilhelmina
Leopold
Rebellion 9 Smashed as Reich Leaders Crackdown
AP dispatch reports martial law in Prague districts and mass executions of nine anti German ringleaders amid a broader crackdown. Berlin and Prague sources claim order is restored. Czech colleges closed for three years and students face labor assignment in camps.
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Prague
Greater Prague
Pragueland
Skladno
Beraun
Horchowitz
Berlin
Czech Republic
Protectorate
Eduard Benes
DNB
Prague described under worst terror since German occupation
London dispatch says Prague Saturday faced the worst reign of terror since German troops occupied Czechoslovakia last March. Ten thousand Nazi S S troops described, with continuation noted on page 2 column 1.
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London
INS
Prague
Daily Express
Gereman
Czechoslovakia
S. S
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