Colorado GAI Player Shot in Lovers Quarrel
Walter Lyons star full back at Colorado State College was shot twice and wounded after telling his fiancée they no longer loved each other. Lois Vannersdel, 19, fired a .38 revolver at him during a confrontation at her apartment before a trip for a Thanksgiving game. Neighbors intervened as Lyons wrestled for the weapon.
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Fort Collins
Colo
Walter
Bud” Lyons
Colorado State College
Lyons
Lois Jeanne Vannorsdel
Albuquerque
University of New Mexico
Mount Harris
Miss Vannersdel
Birth Announcements for Local Families
Daily Record reports newborns at St. Luke's Mercy and Mercy hospitals. A six pound ten ounce boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Kirkland of Chicago on November 28. Bernice Bauman Kirkland is from Cedar Rapids. A daughter arrived at St. Luke's for Mr. and Mrs. Rex Powell of 1110 E Avenue NW on November 30. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kinse of Tipton on November 29 at Mercy hospital, and another son to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Skala of 1242 Maplewood Drive NE on November 29.
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W. S. Kirkland
Chicago
Kirkland
Bernice Bauman
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s Hospital
Rex Powell
E Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Paul Kinse
Tipton
Frank Skala
Maplewood Drive
Notable Iowa Names Linked in Cedar Rapids Notices
The list includes Jesse P. Caudill and Leah Zieg enhorn from Muscatine, Harry F. Hargens and Eva L. Glass from Monticello, Lowell R. Weede and Mary Jane Tiernan from Cedar Rapids, Porter Vig and Irene Sherrets from Cedar Rapids, Thomas Raymond Horan of Waterloo and Anna Louise Byrnes of Cedar Rapids, Paul E. Brown and Alicin Jakoubek, both of Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse P. Caudill
Leah Ziegenhorn
Muscatine
Harry F. Hargens
Eva L. Glass
Monticello
Lowell R. Weede
Mary Jane Tiernan
Cedar Rapids
Porter Vig
Irene Sherrets
Thomas Raymond Horan
Waterloo
Anna Louise Byrnes
Paul E. Brown
Alicin Jakoubek
Death notices for Miss Sorenson and infant son in Denver
Miss Mary Esther Sorenson aged 29 daughter of Mrs Anna Bruce of 3325 Southland Street SW died at Wheatridge sanatorium near Denver Colorado on November 28. The day old son of Mr and Mrs Keith Day of 500 Third Avenue SW died in a local hospital at 4 pm on Wednesday.
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Mary Esther Sorenson
Anna Bruce
Southland Street
Wheatridge
Denver
Colo
Keith Day
Third Avenue
Daladier Pushes War Powers Extension In France
Daladier asks for an extension of full wartime powers with a plan to adapt budgets and laws for national defense. He notes the American neutrality, says arms from American soil aid justice and liberty, and urges quick parliamentary debate and ratification within a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daladier
Britain
France
Linn Coroner Urges Car Changes For Safety
Linn County coroner Dr. E L Knight of Cedar Rapids urges radical car design changes to reduce fatalities. He proposes a full around bumper, turtle shaped body, a detachable windshield, a flexible steering wheel, and obstruction free panels. Knight also calls for an AMA committee to study auto accidents and possible driver tests after crashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Iowa
Journal of the
American Medical Association
E. L. Knight
Cedar Rapids
Knight
AMA
Lima County
Fishbein
Reds Hit at Finns by Land Sea and Air
Soviet forces crossed the border after amassing troops in the Karelian isthmus. In Helsinki suburbs raiders triggered anti air defenses as thousands sheltered in trenches. Molotov denounced Finland in a Moscow radio speech while Moscow warned of Finland's hour of revenge and diplomatic ties were severed.
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Helsingfors
Karelian
Baltic
Europe
Finland
V. M. Molotoff
Moscow
Molotoff
Soviet Union
Russia
Soviet Republic
Leningrad
Baron A. A. S. Yrjoe-Koskinen
Karel
Soviet Denials Shadow Finland Border Crisis
The Soviet government accused Finland of provocations and readied forces, citing Finland's small standing army and threats to Leningrad. Diplomatic ties were severed after Finland’s note proposing troop withdrawals and border arbitration went unanswered by Molotov.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finland
Russia
Leningrad
Red Army
Navy
Farm Worker Survives Buzz Saw Accident Near Scottsbluff
Wells Harshberger, a farm worker, escaped a deadly buzz saw when torn clothing wrapped around the saw shaft and halted the blade. He suffered a bruised arm but credited luck and timing for his survival in the Nebraska incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scottsbluff
Wells Harshberger
Harshberger
Police chief offers no overtime parking tickets for holidays
Lafayette Indiana police superintendent Edward J. O Connor announced that officers will not issue tickets for overtime parking from now until December 25. He says the plan aims to encourage shoppers and boost the Christmas season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Ind
Edward J. O’connor
Missing Rawalpindi Officers and Crew Declared Lost
The admiralty announced that 39 officers including the captain and 226 men of the armed merchant cruiser Rawalpindi are missing after the ship, a 16 697 ton vessel, was sunk off Iceland on November 23 following a battle with the German pocket battleship Deutschland. Capt. E C Kennedy had been reported rescued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Admiralty
Rawalpindi
Iceland
E. C. Kennedy
Six pedestrians killed as Warsaw shelling collapse
In Warsaw a house that had been shelled during the German siege toppled, killing six pedestrians and injuring others as rubble fell on the street.
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Warsaw
Upturn Reported In U S Traffic Deaths
The National Safety Council warns of a sharp October rise in traffic deaths with potential for a worse December. It cites 32,400 deaths nationwide in 1938 and 3,410 deaths in October 1939, noting 21 states had higher October deaths than a year earlier while 19 states fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Chicago
National Safety Council
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Colorado
Daily Record
Linn
B. L. Knight
Grankulla
Legation
Ministry of Defense
United States
Ernment
Laurence A. Steinhardt
Foreign Office
Vladimir Potemkin
Baron Arno Ysjoe-Koskinen
Koskinen
Potemkin
Amaz Men McCabe
DOWS
Vewman’s
Mary Miles
Aggistone
Santa
St. Nick
Newman
Toytown
Newman's Toytown
Third Fleet
Armstrong
PARTY
Kaynee Tweeduroy
Hockmeyer
Gordon
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