Britain says war rules override neutralty act
British officials stated the laws of war supersede U S neutrality rules. They argued American ships cannot be immunized from seizure by domestic law and noted questions about penalties if a belligerent ship ordered a U S vessel into a combat port. British authorities stressed contraband patrols aim to block goods to Germany, not seize neutral shipments for Britain.
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Washington
Great Britain
Germany
Britain
Damages Dropped In Miami Rate Suits
Three damage suits totaling 2.6 million dollars filed by City Rate Consultant Thomas E. Grady against the Miami Daily News Florida Power and Light and a citizen group were dismissed at Grady’s lawyer request. Grady and other officials faced recall election fallout with Mayor Robert R. Williams and two commissioners losing their offices.
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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
TwoLetter Prefix Cuts Girls Life Sentence to 14 Months
In Cleveland a reporter revealed a clerical error where a two letter prefix added to the phrase inhabited dwelling changed a life sentence for burglary into 14 months. Judge Frank S Day approved the adjustment after the oversight was exposed by journalist John Rees.
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Cleveland
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 from nearly every county indicate about 10 000 independent Iowa merchants will attend the convention in Des Moines Monday The program will include 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
Tight Patman
Tex
Theodore Christianson
Minnesota
Grange Leader and Wife Injured in Collision
Watertown South Dakota Grange state master J. J. Martin and his wife were injured 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 bruises. The truck driver Ferdi Schofield escaped injury. The Martins were returning from the National Grange convention in Peoria where Mr. Martin serves as a national officer.
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Marshalltown
J. Martin
Watertown
S. D
South Dakota Grange
Melbourne
Martin
Marshalltown Fruit Company
Ferdi Schofield
Schofield
Martins
National Grange
Peoria
Mr. Martin
National Organiza
Frank Carideo to Speak at South Side Civic Club Banquet
Frank Carideo former Notre Dame star and Iowa backfield coach will be principal speaker at the South Side Civic Club third annual civic banquet at C S P S hall on December 14 at 6 30 p m. The event honors Iowa gridmen and local sports leaders with motion pictures of the Iowa Minnesota game and a $2 admission. An expected attendance of 400. Tickets available at the club meeting and from members.
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Frank Carideo
South Side Civic Club
Iowa
Notre Dame
South Side
Cedar Rapids
Carideo
Knute Rockne
H. B. Garrison
R. M. Vesely
M. F. Mitvalsky
Fred C. Henson
Louis Broulik
Frank J. Treka
H. L. Feiereisen
T. F. McPartland
L. W. Striesky
Robert M. Vesely
Lumir Striesky
Frank J. Treeka
No Comeback Head of Angel Angers Sealed Inquiry
Mrs. Frank D. Mower of Newberry South Carolina chairs the Christmas seal sale when a reader questions if the year’s seal depicts an angel. She forwarded the inquiry to Rockwell Kent the designer who replied Have you ever seen an angel.
Two Drowned During Grounded Destroyer Operation
Two small boats capsized during floating operations around the grounded destroyer Yarnall off Lynnhaven Virginia. Two sailors were reported drowned though their identities were not released. The Yarnall, a re commissioned Norfolk unit of the Atlantic squadron, drifted aground after SOS calls at 3 30 a m. Saturday.
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Norfolk, Va
U.S.S. Texas
Jarnall
Norfolk
850 Inmates Threatened By Major Factory Fire
Boston inmates at Charlestown state prison faced peril when a spectacular blaze at the nearby New England Pipe Supply plant swept smoke toward the prison. More than 850 inmates were moved to cells as 60 fire apparatus overwhelmed the flames, while 26 convicts aided the firefighters from the prison roof. Nearby residents fled with valuables as the fire raged Saturday.
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Boston
INS
Charlestown State Prison
New England Pipe Supply Company
Francis Lanagan
Iowa Estimates Four Thousand TB Cases in State
Des Moines reports that between four and five thousand tuberculosis cases exist in Iowa despite a record low death toll last year. Dr. Walter L. Bierring cites active cases over 4,000 and notes the Christmas seal drive funds the rural case-finding program aiding disease decline.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Walter L. Bierring
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Health Department
Bierring
German War Activity Aims at Starving Britain
Allied and German reports describe air reconnaissance over northwest Germany and claims of a sinking by a German submarine. German press argues neutral shipping must avoid the British Isles as Berlin intends to turn the tables on Britain by starving England. Western front notes show only local scouting and light artillery.
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Air Ministry
Germany
Britain
British Isles
1914
Reich
Schlesische Zeitung
Breslau
England
Nebraska Truckers Demand Ickes Be Fired
Nebraska Commercial Truckers Association adopted a resolution condemning Harold Ickes for his highway blasting remarks. They labeled his knowledge of American industries as me rry and unforgivable and urged his removal from office amid national highway concerns.
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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 Chicago and North Western football special carried 82 excursion passengers from six coaches to Cedar Rapids arriving at 10 50 p m Saturday after an earlier outbound run from Northwestern s Dyche stadium Evanston. The Iowa 7 Northwestern 7 tie sparked cheers and mild disorder as fans disembarked showing Iowa buttons and leaving the train on schedule.
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Iowa
Picketing Sears Roebuck Store By Building Trades
The building trades council of the A F L picketed the Sears Roebuck store on Saturday. Joe Prochaska, president of the plumbers union, charged that installation work was being done by non union plumbers electricians and sheet metal workers. M E Feiden, store manager, said arrangements followed customers wishes and that store employees were not involved. Feiden added many sales are FHA financed.
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Sears Roebuck
Building Trades Council
A. F
Joe Prochaska
Plumbers Union
M. E. Feiden
Lorl
Feiden
More Chamois Skins Are Stolen From Store Rack
Western Auto at 422 Second Street SE reported a second theft of chamois skins within two days. Four French chamois skins were taken from a rack about 5 30 p m on Saturday. A witness described the thief as about six feet tall and 165 to 170 pounds. Earlier, 11 skins were stolen Thursday night according to police reports.
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Second Street
M. O. Stevens
Stevens
Dutch Protest To Reich Over Nov 9 Arrests
The Netherlands protests to Germany over the Venloo incident where four men were seized at the frontier during a shooting affray. Dutch officials argue Gestapo agents 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 in Cedar Rapids
Ernest Lionel Rogers 71 longtime proprietor of the E L Rogers Hardware died at home after a brief illness. He founded the Cedar Rapids store in 1905 and lived at 1856 C avenue NE. Survived by wife Lola, daughter Lola, brother Frank Earl Rogers. son Bide preceded in death. Funeral to be in Turner chapel with time to be announced.
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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
Government slashes corn crop acreage and offers loans
The Oct 1 carryover stands at 561 million bushels, far above the 10 year average of 212 million. About 257 million of the 1938 crop are under CCC loans, with loans of 57 cents per bushel likely adding 250 million bushels to reserves. AAA Administrator R M Evans notes corn belt acreage has fallen from 52 million to about 90 million acres.
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Commodity Credit Corporation
R. M. Evans
AAA
Striking miners reject test mine operation offer
In Kirksville Missouri three CIO organizers called an operator proposal impractical after UMWA members walked out two months ago over pay. Emmett Corrigan said he would abandon his mine while Joe Blacksmith and family prepared for an extended shutdown as miners seek augmenting pay from 320 to 5 dollars per day.
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Kirksville
CIO
United Mine Workers of America
Emmett Corrigan
Joe Blacksmith
Joe, Jr
Tony
Industrial League Christmas Pageant Slated for Dec 17
The Allied Industrial League will stage a Christmas pageant at Memorial Auditorium at 2 30 p m on Sunday December 17. The Quaker Oats company chorus directed by Harold Reeves rehearses Mondays at 7 30 p m at the Quaker plant and invites industrial singers to join. Cast will be chosen from Penick and Ford Welch Cook Bezis Quaker Oats Iowa Electric Light and Power La Plant Choate Manufacturing Wilson and The Cedar Rapids Gazette. Director is J Wilf Lattner of the Quaker Oats pany.
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Allied Industrial League
Memorial Auditorium
Quaker Oats Company
Harold Reeves
Quaker
Penick and Ford, Ltd., Inc
Welch Cook Bezis Company
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
la Plant-Choate Manufacturing Company
Wilson and Company
Cedar Rapids Gazette
The
League
J. Wilf
Lattner
Quaker Oatspany
Funeral services for Mrs Ida Clarissa Root
Funeral services for Mrs Ida Clarissa Root will be held at Moon chapel Monday at 11 a.m. with Rev Thomas C Collister officiating. Burial is in Oak Shade cemetery at Marion. A sister Mrs C W Sutliff of Marion survives. week’s Gazette note of a brother is corrected.
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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 in Moon chapel at p.m. Rev M B Green in charge. Burial follows at Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Lucy A. Crouch
Midge Hunter
Eighth Street
Moon Chapel
M. B. Green
Oak Hill Cemetery
Funeral services for Robert Er wood
Funeral services for Robert Er wood, who died Saturday morning, will be held at 9 a.m. Monday at St. Patrick's church. The Rev. D. J. Lenihan will preside. burial follows at Mount Calvary cemetery. Rosary at the family home is set for 2 p.m. today, with Knights of Columbus and Rosary Society groups participating. The Teahen funeral home led the transfer to the residence for calling hours. pallbearers include William Shanahan and others.
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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 Combus
Rosary Society of
War Refugees Credit Boom Hits New York Luxury Scene
Wealthy European and South American refugees flood New York bars and hotels since September's war outbreak. Furs and luxury goods sales rise as counts, millionaires, and exiles splurge. Velvet ropes go up at clubs like Stork and El Morocco amid crowded Plaza and Waldorf Astoria, while jewelers report strong demand for gems.
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Ritz
Paris
New York
Europe
Manhattan
South America
America
Walter Hoving
Fifth Avenue Association
Fifth Avenue
Coutourier
North America
Stork
Monte Carlo
el Morocco
Versailles
the Plaza
Waldorf-Astoria
St. Regis
Ritz Tower
Ritz-Carlton
Savoy Plaza
the Hudson
Gene
Purdue Debaters Defeat Iowans On Govt Ownership
Purdue University negative debating team defeated University of Iowa arguers on the motion government should own and operate railroads. The audience included over 100 high school debaters and coaches at the Iowa High School Forensic league institute directed by Prof. A. Craig Baird with students from Wilson Cedar Rapids Oelwein Iowa City and Washington high schools.
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Iowa City
Purdue University
University of Iowa
Iowa High School Forensic League
A. Craig Baird
Iowa
Wilson High
Cedar Rapids
Oelwein
Iowa City High School
Washington High School
Chinese Deny Nanning Occupation By Japan
Chinese officials stated Saturday that Japanese forces had not occupied Nanning the capital of Kwangsi province, denying reports of a seizure and maintaining control in the area.
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Chungking
Nanning
Kwangsi Province
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Ida C. Root
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