British say war rules supersede neutrality act
British embassy officials said Great Britain believes war rules override the Neutrality Act. They asserted domestic laws cannot immunize shipping from seizure and that contraband patrols aim to stop goods reaching Germany. Officials noted potential questions if a belligerent ship ordered a U.S. vessel into a combat area and whether shipmasters could be punished.
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Washington
Great Britain
Europe
Germany
Britain
Suits Filed By Miami Official Dropped
Miami official Thomas Grady had three damage suits totaling 2.6 million dollars dismissed after charges of extortion linked to a rate dispute. The accused officials were acquitted and a recall election unseated Mayor Robert Williams and two commissioners. Grady’s lawyer did not state a reason for dismissal.
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Miami, Fla
Thomas E. Grady
Miami Daily News
Florida Power and Light Company
Grady
Bryan C. Hanks
Power Company
Robert R. Williams
James M. Carson
Prefixes Trimmed Life Term For Two Ohio Girls
Cleveland AP report details how a two letter prefix added by a reporter to court papers reduced a life sentence to 14 months for burglary of an inhabited dwelling. Judge Day condemned the error and, with prosecutor and clerk, corrected the wording.
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Cleveland, C
Frank S. Day
John Rees
Cleveland News
Day
Independents Open Convention Monday in Des Moines
W F Powers secretary of the Independent Business Men's association of Iowa said reservations have come from nearly every county for the convention opening in Des Moines Monday. About 10 000 independent Iowa merchants are expected to attend with principal addresses by Congressman Patman and former Minnesota governor Theodore Christianson.
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DES Moines
W. F. Powers
Independent Business Men’s Association of Iowa
Iowa
Right Patman
Tex
Theodore Christianson
Minnesota
Grange Leader And Wife Injured In Car Crash
J. J. Martin of Watertown South Dakota and his wife were injured late Friday when their car sideswiped a Marshalltown fruit company truck on highway 64 near Melbourne. Mrs Martin suffered a fractured left collar bone and Mr Martin a facial cut and bruising. The Martins were returning from the National Grange convention in Peoria where Martin held national posts.
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Marshalltown
J. J. Martin
Watertown
S. D
South Dakota Grange
Melbourne
Martin
Marshalltown Fruit Company
Ferdinand Schofield
Schofield
Martins
Convention of
National Grange
Peoria
Mr. Martin
National Organizaon
Frank Carideo to Speak at South Side Banquet December 14
Frank Carideo, famed Iowa backfield coach and Notre Dame legend, will headline the South Side Civic Club banquet at C.S.P.S. hall December 14 at 6 30 p.m. The event honors Iowa football and local sports leaders, shows Iowa Minnesota film, and expects 400 attendees with $2 admission. Dinner is free to ticket holders. Tickets available after the club meeting.
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Frank Carideo
South Side Civic Club
Iowa
Notre Dame
South Side
Cedar Rapids
Carideo
Knute Rockne
Lumir Striesky
H. L. Feiereisen
T. F. McPartland
Frank J. Trcka
H. B. Garrison
Louis Broulik
T.F. McPartland
No Comeback in Newberry Christmas Seal Query
Mrs. Frank D. Mower chairs the Newberry Christmas seal sale when a reader questions the 1948 seal design. She forwarded the letter to Rockwell Kent, the designer, who replied by asking the reader if they have ever seen an angel, clarifying the artistic intent.
Two Drowned After Grounded Destroyer Near Norfolk
Two men died when two small boats capsized during floating operations linked to the grounded destroyer Yarnall off Lynnhaven near Norfolk. Yarnall drifted aground after SOS calls around 3 30 a m as floating operations from USS Texas wrapped at 8 30 p m.
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Norfolk, Va
VA. S
Yarnall
Lynnhaven
Norfolk
Atlantic Squadron
U.S.S. Texas
850 Inmates Threatened by Spectacular Boston Fire
More than 850 Charlestown state prison inmates faced danger when a massive blaze swept a nearby pipe plant fueled by flammable materials. Fire units responded with 60 pieces of apparatus as inmates and residents fled amid heavy smoke, while convicts aided firefighters from the prison workshop roof. Spectators numbered over 50,000. damage totals were not yet known.
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Boston
INS
Charlestown State Prison
New England Pipe Supply Company
Francis Lanagan
Iowa Sees 4000 TB Cases Amid Declining Deaths
Des Moines reports estimate 4 000 tuberculosis cases in Iowa as deaths drop to a record low. Dr. Walter L Bierring notes active cases exceed 4 000 based on national index, while Christmas seal funds support the rural case-finding program in 77 counties. The effort, joint by the Iowa Tuberculosis Association and health department, aims to advance disease control.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Walter L. Bierring
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Health Department
Bierring
NAZI Planes Bomb British Warships
German high command boasted a submarine success and claimed a 7,000 ton English warship was sunk while Britain faced air reconnaissance over northwest Germany. German press urged neutral ships to avoid the British Isles as Germany planned to starve Britain by turning its blockade against the island. Local western front activity described as minimal with limited artillery fire.
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Air Ministry
Germany
Britain
British Isles
Schlesische Zeitung
Breslau
England
Nebraska Truckers Demand Ickes Fired
The Nebraska Commercial Truckers association passed a resolution calling for Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes to be removed from office. They condemned his recent remarks about trucks and said his lack of knowledge about U.S. industries is inexcusably unforgivable.
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Lincoln, Neb
Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Nebraska
Nebraska Commercial Truckers Association
Ickes
282 Football Fans Return On Special
A 282 passenger Chicago and North Western football special arrived in Cedar Rapids at 10 50 p m Saturday after a 7 7 tie at Dyche Stadium. Fans chanted and exited in order, with no trouble. Iowa buttons were visible as celebrants stepped from six cars. An earlier trip carried excursionists from Evanston to Chicago for dinner before the return.
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Chicago and North Western
Cedar Rapids
Northwestern
Dyche
Evanston
Chicago
Iowa
Building Trades Picket SearsRoebuck Store
Picketing of the Sears Roebuck store began Saturday by the building trades council of the A F L C I O. Joe Prochaska president of the plumbers union said non union plumbers electricians and sheet metal workers were being arranged to install equipment. M E Feiden store manager claimed installations follow customers’ wishes and local employees were not involved. Many sales are FHA financed.
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Sears Roebuck
Building Trades Council
A. F
Joe Prochaska
Plumbers Union
M. E. Feiden
Feiden
Thieves Strike Twice for Chamois Skins at Western Auto
Police pursue a thief after a second theft at Western Auto on Second Street SE. Four French chamois skins were reported missing from a rack at 5 30 p.m. A witness described the suspect as a tall man about six feet, 165 to 170 pounds. Earlier, 11 skins were stolen Thursday night.
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Second Street
M. O. Stevens
Stevens
Dutch Protest To Reich On Arrests
The Netherlands government protested to Germany over the Venloo incident on November 9 in which German police agents seized four men at the frontier during a shooting affray. The protest asserts Gestapo officers crossed into neutral Dutch soil to make the arrests.
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the Hague
INS
Netherlands
Germany
Venloo
Gestapo
Holland
Ernest L. Rogers Dies Local Hardware Merchant
Ernest Lionel Rogers 71 longtime owner of E. L. Rogers Hardware died at home after a brief illness. Born April 17 1868 in Clayton county Iowa he founded the store in Cedar Rapids in 1905. Survived by wife Lola daughter Lola and brother Frank Earl Rogers. services pending at Turner chapel.
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Ernest Lionel Rogers
E. L. Rogers
C Avenue
Mr. Rogers
Clayton County
Iowa
McGregor
Britt
Cedar Rapids
First Street
Second Avenue SE
Lola M. Rockwell
Sheldon
Rogers
Knights of Pythias
Turner Chapel
Corn Crop Loans and Government Seals Shrink Acreage
The government reports an Oct 1 corn carryover of 561 million bushels versus a 10 year average of 212 million. About 257 million bushels from 1938 are under CCC loans at 57 cents per bushel, potentially adding 250 million bushels to reserves. AAA administrator R. M. Evans notes corn belt acreage reduced from 52 million to about 90 million under the program.
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Commodity Credit Corporation
R. M. Evans
AAA
Strikers Reject Boss Offer to Run Mines
In Kirksville Missouri three CIO organizers called an offer by two operators to let striking miners run their mines for a test period impractical After the UMWA reps rejected the plan Emmett Corrigan said he would abandon his mine Joe Blacksmith and his sons prepared for an extended shutdown Miners walked out two months ago seeking pay rise from 3 20 to 5 daily
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Kirksville
CIO
United Mine Workers of America
Emmett Corrigan
Joe Blacksmith
Joe, Jr
Tony
Industrial League To Stage Christmas Pageant On Dec 17
The Allied Industrial league will present a Christmas pageant at Memorial auditorium at 2 30 p m Sunday December 17. The Quaker Oats chorus directed by Harold Reeves rehearses Mondays at 7 30 p m at the Quaker plant and invites industrial singers. Cast will be drawn from Penick and Ford Welch Cook Bears Quaker Oats Iowa Electric Light and Power La Plant Choate Manufacturing Wilson and Co and The Cedar Rapids Gazette with J Wilfred Lattner of Quaker Oats directing.
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Allied Industrial League
Memorial
Quaker Oats Company
Harold Reeves
Quaker
Penick and Ford, Ltd., Inc
Welch Cook Bears Company
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
la Plant-Choate Manufacturing Company
Wilson and Company
Cedar Rapids Gazette
The
League
J. Wilfred Lattner
Funeral services for Mrs Ida C Root at Moon chapel
Funeral services for Mrs Ida Clarissa Root who died at 415 Thirty third street NE will be held Monday at 11 a m at Moon chapel with Rev Thomas C Collister in charge. Burial follows at Oak Shade cemetery Marion. Friends may call at the chapel. Surviving relatives include a sister Mrs C W Sutliff of Marion.
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Ida Clarissa Root
Thirty-third Street
Moon Chapel
Thomas C. Collister
Oak Shade
Marion
C. W. Sutliff
Funeral services for Mrs Lucy A Crouch
Funeral services for Mrs Lucy A Crouch, who died at her daughter’s home at 119 Eighth Street NE, will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in Moon chapel with Rev M B Green officiating. Burial is in Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Lucy A. Crouch
Midge Hunter
Eighth Street NE
Moon Chapel
M. B. Green
Oak Hill Cemetery
Funeral services for Robert Er wood at St Patrick's Church
Funeral services for Robert Er wood who died Saturday morning will be held at 9 a.m. Monday at St Patrick's church with Rev D J Lenihan conducting a requiem high mass. Burial will be in Mount Calvary cemetery. The Rosary will be recited at the family residence by the 1935 St Patrick's school graduating class at 2 p.m. today, by the Knights of Columbus at 7 p.m. and by the Rosary society unit at 8 p.m. The body will be moved from Teahen funeral home to the residence this morning for calling hours. Pallbearers include William Shanahan Donald McDermott Joseph Spaight Jean Kovarik Robert Carnes and Rollo Carnes. honorary pallbearers are Donald Griffin Robert Dolan John Alden and John McGilli cuddy.
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Robert Erwood
St. Patrick’s Church
D. J. Lenihan
Mount Calvary Cemetery
D Avenue NW
St. Patrick's School
Knights of Columbus
Rosary Society of
War refugees boost New York luxury scene amid ratcheting demand
Wealthy European and Latin American refugees flood Manhattan bars and theaters since Europe’s war began. Furs, diamonds, and gourmet nightlife surge as émigré elites from France, Austria, Canada, and Cuba buy luxury goods, filling Plaza and Ritz hotels while velvet ropes go up at clubs and venues.
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Ritz
Paris
New York
Europe
Manhattan
South America
America
Walter Hoving
Fifth Avenue Association
Fifth Avenue
Coutourier
Bronss
North America
Monte Carlo
el Morocco
Versailles
Rainbow Room
Gene Jtry
Purdue Debaters Defeat Iowans On Govt Ownership
Purdue University negative debating team defeated the University of Iowa arguers on the railroads ownership issue before 100 plus high school debaters and coaches. The event was part of the Iowa High School Forensic League institute directed by Prof. A. Craig Baird with participants from Wilson High Cedar Rapids Oelwein Iowa City High and Washington high schools.
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Iowa City
Purdue University
University, of Iowa
Iowa High School Forensic League
A. Craig Baird
University of Iowa
Iowa
Wilson High
Cedar Rapids
Oelwein
Iowa City High School
Washington High School
Chinese deny Nanning occupation by Japanese forces
Chinese officials denied Saturday night that Japanese forces occupied Nanning the capital of Kwangsi province.
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Chungking
Nanning
Kwangsi Province
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