Roosevelt Sees 1940 Recovery Through Next Summer
President Roosevelt cites optimism from top economists forecasting continued fall recovery gains with little change into summer 1940. Backlogs in steel and durable goods and wartime buying support the outlook while March inventories may exceed normal consumption. The Chamber of Commerce advocates strengthening economic defenses and growth as exports rise with Latin America and neutrals. About 1.5 million previously unemployed or relief recipients have moved to payrolls.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Commerce Department
Federal Reserve Board
Treasury
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
United States
Labor Department
Iowa High Court To Rule On Blood Intoxication Test
The Iowa supreme court will decide if a blood test showing intoxication may serve as evidence in a drunken driving case. Critics say it makes the defendant a witness against himself, with debate noting Iowa lacks constitutional self incrimination protection. The Hamilton county case of Clarion Weltha, a Randall garage operator, who was convicted of manslaughter after a fatal accident, prompts the issue.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Hamilton County
Clarion Weltha
Randall
Turkey and Romania Reach Trade Pact Negotiations
Turkish and Romanian negotiators completed a trade pact draft aimed at boosting commerce between the two countries by about 60 percent, with details reported as having been wrapped up Saturday night in Ankara.
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Ankara
Turkey
INS
Local Cedar Rapids Girl Escapes Athenia Tragedy Rumor
Miss Rae Frost of 136 Twenty third Street Drive SE Cedar Rapids recalls narrowly missing the Athenia torpedoing vow she didn’t mail a letter to speed her passage. She describes crew and passenger efforts during the Duchess of York voyage, the storm, and her courage amid war time Scotland and Edinburgh leading to war duty plans.
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Athenia
Naomi Doebel
Scotland
Rae Frost
Cedar Rapids
Edinburgh
Miss Frost
E. A. Frost
Twenty-third Street Drive
President Harding
Jean McLeod
Montreal
Jean
Bers
Atlantic
Robert Crawford
Crawford
United States
Red Cross
Detroit
Des Moines Man Fatally Wounded Hunting Quail
Harley Lugar, 38, a Des Moines brick layer, was fatally wounded while hunting quail on a farm three miles east of Derby. Authorities said Lugar was accidentally shot by hunting companion Hjalmar Bergdahl, 43, also of Des Moines.
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Derby, Jr
Harley Lugar
Des Moines
Here
Lugar
Hjalmar Bergdahl
City Briefs Highlights Local Club Meetings and Events
Townsend club No 3 meets Monday at 7 30 p m in the memorial building council room. D of H Mothers club gathers Thursday at 2 p m at 629 Twenty ninth Street SE to collect canned goods for a needy family basket. A city wide Hi- clubs film night features We Drivers at 7 30 p m Monday at the Y M C A led by William Culver. First Lutheran senior Luther league hosts an anniversary banquet Wednesday at 6 30 p m with Rev D A Loferski speaking. Luther league president William Faye of Muscatine among about 40 attendees.
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Townsend Club No. 3
Memorial Building
D. of H. Mothers Club
General Motors
William Culver
The
Culver Motor Company
D. A. Loferski
St. John’s Episcopal Church
First Lutheran Church
Luther League
William Faye
Muscatine
Linn County School Music Festival Set For April 10
The Linn County Schoolmasters club announces the 1940 Linn county school music festival on April 10 with an all day program at Springville and another site to be announced later.
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Linn County Schoolmasters Club
Linn County
Springville
St Pauls Pioneers Elect Club Officers
The St Pauls Methodist Pioneers Friday night elected Craig Tenny president Harvey Niles vice president Emil Christie recorder Frank Machen crafts manager and David Coffing athletic manager Philip Mitchell and Richard Hart are advisers The regular meeting will be Tuesday at 7 pm at the church.
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St. Paul’s Methodist Pioneers
Craig Tenny
Harvey Niles
Emil Christie
Frank Machen
David Coffing
Philip Mitchell
Richard Hart
Death Toll Rises From Dutch Liner Explosion
Survivors recall the Simon Bolivar disaster as lifeboats launched after a mine strike. Captain Voor spur of the line killed on the bridge amid oil slicks and chaos as 80 were in the sea. Admiralty says German mine aimed to destroy shipping. victims include an 11 month old and a grieving child.
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Voorspur
Simon Bolivar
J. H. Winsters
Admiralty
Sedlacek Named Census Area Manager for Iowa
Milo Sedlacek of Cedar Rapids is named area manager for Iowa in the upcoming decennial census with office in Cedar Rapids. Ross Ewing of Des Moines named as the other state area head. The pair joins 150 officials in a Washington training program with salaries from 175 to 350 dollars monthly.
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Milo Sedlacek
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Iowa
Washington
William L. Austin
Census Bureau
United Press
Ross Ewing
Des Moines
Sedlacek
F. J. Wallace
Glenwood
Nic LeGrand
Burlington
Ewing
Austin
War Secretary Belisha Visits British Troops in France
War Secretary Leslie Hore-Belisha visited front line troops in France and witnessed mock battles in muddy fields behind blockhouses. He inspected tanks stores of shells and pill boxes and chatted with soldiers who asked when the war would start. He noted Christmas leaves may come if no western front offensive develops.
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France
Leslie Hore- Belisha
Belisha
Carl Krebs Reelected As Iowa Florists Leader
J S Wilson of Des Moines was reelected president of the Iowa Florists association. Carl Krebs of Cedar Rapids and R S Herrick of Des Moines were also reelected to vice president and secretary treasurer posts.
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Des *Moines
J. S. Wilson
Des Moines
Iowa Florists Association
Carl Krebs
Cedar Rapids
R. S. Herrick
Cornerstone Of Library To House Roosevelt's Papers
Hyde Park. The Roosevelt Memorial Library cornerstone lay ceremony announced for 2 p.m. Sunday. The 350000 library will house 6,000,000 pages from Roosevelt's state political and personal papers and open to the public about a year after completion.
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Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
INS
New York
Wabc-Cb8
W4jznbc
Wor-Mbs
Roosevelt Memorial Library
Archibald Macleish
U. S
R. D. W. Connor
Frank C. Walker
Frank R. Wilson
Paul V. McNutt
Hassett
Hudson River
Hudson Valley
Dutchess County
Martial Law For Czechs as Hacha Plea Declared
A Czech government leader Hacha urged calm as barricades rose and German forces tightened control in the protectorate. He warned demonstrations threaten the status granted by Hitler and urged obedience to the authorities amid reports of executions and a prisoner situation.
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Hacha
Czech Unity Party
Castle Lana
London
Jan Masaryk
Republic
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Nazi warning over Czech protests endangers protectorate status
Berlin report notes Nazi officials blame demonstrations for 12 executions this week and warn the Czech protectorate could be abandoned if unrest continues. President Emil Hacha is quoted condemning the acts as the result of small, irresponsible groups.
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Emil Hacha
East Coast Ship Strike Ends After Two Weeks
New York reports the two week longshoremen strike that halted coastwise shipping has ended on Saturday. Union leaders and shipping firms agreed to terms ending the dispute and resuming freight handling and vessel docking along the coast.
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New York
World's Fair Receipts Pass Without Widespread Counterfeit
The secret service reported that 25,780,127 people spent 93,772,195 at the New York World's fair and only 1,376.20 of the money found was counterfeit.
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Washington
Secret Service
Deaths Mrs Barbara Steffa Funeral Services Today
Funeral services for Mrs Barbara Steffa wife of Ralph Steffa will be held at 2 p m in the Turner chapel with Rev C H Hook in charge. She had been in ill health for several years and friends may call at the chapel.
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Barbara Steffa
Ralph Steffa
C Avenue NE
Turner Chapel
C. H. Hook
Miss Eliz a Beth Shearer Funeral Held at 2 PM
Funeral services for 91 year old Miss Eliz a Beth J Shearer were conducted by Rev Robert Little in Turner chapel at 2 p m Monday. Burial followed in the Shearer family lot at Oak Hill cemetery.
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Elizabeth J. Shearer
Turner Chapel
Robert Little
Shearer
Oak Hill Cemetery
Dr James Monroe Smith Moved From LSU Sanatorium
Dr James Monroe Smith former LSU president was taken Saturday from the Lady of the Lake sanitarium in Baton Rouge to Angola state penitentiary hospital. Surgeons say he improved enough after attempting suicide by slashing his foot to endure the journey.
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Baton Rouge, la
INS
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Lady of the Lake Sanatorium
Baton Rouge
Angola State Penitentiary
Smith
Angola
Court approves disposal of Libby stock in antitrust case
The Justice Department calls the court order disposing of 28 million dollars in Libby, McNeill and Libby stock a major antitrust victory. Judge Thomas Jennings Bailey issued the order, finalizing 19 years of litigation stemming from Swift and Company and other packers. The decree, from 1920, barred ownership in canned goods and related firms. Swift and Company controlled most Libby stock, with a trustee later tasked to sell it at a reasonable price.
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Washington
Justice Department
Libby, McNeill and Libby
Swift and Company
Thomas Jennings Bailey
Department
Canning Company
Des Moines Steel Worker Fatally Injured in Auto Crash
Robert Van Ginkle age 47 a steel and iron worker was fatally injured when struck by an automobile across the street from his home in Des Moines Saturday night.
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Des Moines
Robert van Ginkle
Steel and Iron Worker
Czechoslovak Legation Lowers Flag in Mourning
The Czechoslovakian legation in Washington lowered its flag to half mast on Saturday to mourn nine Czech students executed in Prague by Nazi authorities, signaling grief and international concern.
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Washington
INS
Legation
Prague
Urges Chest Teams to Drive for Goal
Notes listing multiple businesses and public entities across Mercantile groups and city, county, and federal offices. Mentions collaborations between local stores, service firms, and public employes in Linn County with references to Memorial Coliseum and county offices and organizations.
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Mercantile E
Barron Motor, Inc
Coryell Corp
Handler Motor Co
Standard Oil Co
Thorpe
Tubbs Standard Service
Mercantile F
Big Shoe
Dolly Hat Shop
Fanny Farmer
Goodrich Silvertown
Lerner’s
Leber’s
Montgomery Ward Co
National Cash Register Co
W. D. Hanna Co
Morris Plan
Peoples Savings Bank
Commercial-Life Insurance
American Mutual
American Red Cross
349Th Infantry
U. S. Deepartment of Agriculture
Linn County Soil Conservation
Ambulance Service Co
Chamber of Commerce
County Home
Suneshine Mission
Cedar Rapids Symphony Broadcast Monday Night
The Cedar Rapids Symphony orchestra under Prof Joseph H Kitchin will broadcast on WMT Monday from 9 to 9 30 pm The program includes Stradella Overture Yon Flotow Bonare in F major Handel Allesro Waltz Tales From the Vienna Woods and Strauss
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Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Joseph H. Kitchin
WMT
Vienna Woods
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