Alumni All Star Game Highlights Washington Fans Thanksgiving
A Washington high school alumni all star football game at Franklin Field on Thanksgiving produced tough moments for players. Bob Maresh led as signal caller with others like Ralph Mott and John Rodrigues in photos while Freddy Machen endured rough tackling. The piece notes lingering aches and bruises as the event unfolds.
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John Rodrigues
Ed Bednasek
Dick Casey
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Don Kinch
Bob O'Meara
Freddy Machen
Machen
Freddy
Sam Johnson
Bob Hunnicut
Reincorporation of Old Red Area Into Finland
The Finnish parliament passed a bill to reincorporate a western portion of the wartime gains from Russia under military occupation. The move reestablishes the old frontier west of the 1939 40 war line, with status of the area not clarified. Premier J W Rangell named.
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World's Fattest Lady Ruth Pontico Dies at 815 Pounds
Ruth Pontico known as Baby Ruth and the World's Fattest Lady died at Municipal Hospital Tampa. She failed to regain consciousness after surgery to remove a fatty tumor the size of a football from her left thigh. She was transported in a reinforced car and raised by a freight elevator.
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Frock From Cedar Rapids Red Cross Pleases Evacuee
Letter from Sylvia Malyneux a 10 year old English evacuee in North Wales thanks Cedar Rapids Red Cross organizers for a school frock. She says she is from Merseyside and hopes to return home after the war. Her teacher helps her write in Machynlleth.
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Mexican doctor accused of murder and bribery cover up
Judge Jesus B. Santos said he has a sworn statement from Highway Patrolman Andrez Ruiz alleging Dr. Arthur F. Torrance killed his bride of three weeks and bribed Ruiz into silence. Torrance is jailed for murder and Ruiz was questioned about blood on his uniform after accompanying the judge to the crime site.
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Andrez Ruiz
Arthur F. Torrance
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Japanese on Pacific coast largely steady amid US tensions
A San Francisco based INS survey finds most Japanese businesses on the west coast keep activity level with prior months despite Pacific crisis tensions. Banking is near standstill after July 25 freezing order. branch staff reduced or closed. imports and stocks have dwindled. Japanese farmers fare well except isolated Seattle truck farms. Japanese sentiment toward Americans remains fair, as the 40 year old San Francisco Japanese association urges coping strategies. Exclusive patent rights expire after 17 years.
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Pacific
Pacific Coast
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Japanese Association
Be Shifty Roosevelt Strategy Revealed in 1938 Documents
Washington dispatch notes President Roosevelt describing a two-front defense with a plan to "lick one of them first, then lick the other." The off the record remarks, part of a public release on his second term, touch on Germany, the Pacific, and domestic issues including Georgia power. He cites Commonwealth and Southern and comments on labor, taxation, and the Wagner Act.
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Opinion on education, war, and pacifism in a university setting
The author defends affordable college offerings to attract students while acknowledging failures. He endorses supporting a broad world organization for lasting peace, opposes pacifism that emboldens aggression, and argues citizens and immigrants owe defense duties. He mentions conscientious objectors, proposes bearing arms as a citizenship test, and discusses personal interests in gardening and geology.
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World Organization
U C T Entertains National and State Leaders in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids United Commercial Travelers host National Counselor Edward S. Morris of Kingston New York and Grand Counselor E J Mulgrew of Dubuque at a meeting next Saturday. Ladies auxiliary also entertains Grand Counselor Mrs Jean Feldman of Dubuque at the Montrose hotel with sessions from 4 p.m. banquet at 6 30 p.m. and a dance at 10 p.m. Reservations for the banquet urged.
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Glimpses of a traveler’s talk on geology and leisure
A conversation recounts summer travels in the Alps and Greenland crops up. The speaker recalls geologic wonders, expeditions, photography as a hobby, and a love for classical literature and music including Town City dinner music and university round tables.
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