Massy echoes on civilization and war in Europe
The column rebukes Solini and Massy for blaming Western ignorance of civilization for Europe's woes. It cites Versailles, Munich, and Neville Chamberlain, arguing European misrule led to repeated wars and urging awareness of history's lessons amid current political tensions. A reader recalls Hiram Johnson’s antiwar stance and the Willkie campaign. A Polk County judge links divorce delays to draft fears.
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Europe
Versailles
England
United States
Wendell Willkie
Hiram Johnson
Hitler Hastes to Axis Talks at Brenner Pass
Berlin reports Adolf Hitler has left for a crucial axis meeting with Benito Mussolini, likely at Brenner Pass. Ramon Serrano Suner delayed departure from Rome as Spain edges toward closer ties with the German Italian Japanese bloc amid secrecy and Russian concerns.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Brenner Pass
Hitler
Mussolini
Ramon Serrano Suner
Spain
Rome
Virginio Gayda
United States
Axis
Be Quiet and Let God Heal Anxiety Inside
A reader asks how to stop restless worry. The author urges using fear as energy for good, building new mental habits through patience and practice, quietness, and inner listening to God. Prayer and calm faith lead to victory from within. Dist'd by United Feature Syndicate. DR. NEWTON.
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Mary Austin
Isaiah
God
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Roosevelt Plans Radio Address On U S Rearming
President Roosevelt will unveil a defense program narrative in a free half hour radio speech from Dayton on October 12 at 8 p m Iowa time. Early says no politics and the broadcast will reach Canada and Latin America. He will discuss the draft four days before registration and outline hemispheric defense as a common responsibility.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Western Hemisphere
Dayton
Stephen T. Early
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
Mutual Broadcasting System
Iowa
Early
Canada
Latin America
Hemisphere
Pittsburgh
Army
Lewis to Meet Willkie and McNary in Pittsburgh
CIO chief John L. Lewis is slated to meet Republican nominees Wendell L. Willkie and Charles L. McNary in Pittsburgh in a late Thursday session announced by H R Bankage on an NBC Washington broadcast.
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Washington
INS
Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
CIO
Wendell L. Willkie
Charles L. McNary
H. R. Bankage
NBC
Washington Thursay
British Say Suez Canal Kept Open
London reports that British navy and air force keep the Suez Canal open despite Italian naval and aerial opposition.
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Suez Canal
London
Great Britain
McGregor Wins Court Battle To Build Local Light Plant
A court decision denies Interstate Power’s injunction against McGregor Municipal Light Plant. Judge Goheen finds bids and contracts regular and that no fraud occurred. The town to sign with Electrical Equipment Co. for a $105,334 plant funded from earnings. power company to pay court costs.
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Mcgregor
Interstate Power Company
T H. Goheen
Calmar
Stipp
Perry
Daughter born to Lindberghs with health reported
New York AP reports Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Mrs Lindbergh welcomed a daughter at Doctors hospital. The child is their fourth and the first daughter, following the kidnapping and death of their firstborn in 1932. Mother Anne Morrow Lindbergh is the daughter of Dwight W. Morrow.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Doctors Hospital
Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
Dwight W. Morrow
U. S
Mexico
Englewood
N. J
Reds Take Second Series Game Behind Walters 5-3
Cincinnati pitcher Bucky Walters earned his first World Series win as the Reds tied the series with a 5-3 victory over Detroit. Walters held Detroit to three runs while yielding eight Reds hits off Rowe, including Jimmy Ripple’s two run homer in the third.
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Cincinnati
INS
Bucky Walters
Cincinnati Reds
Detroit Tigers
Jeaquete
Tigers
Walters
Schoolboy Rowe
Reds
John Gorsica
Rowe
Jimmy Ripple
Detroit
Bartell
McCosky
Gehringer
Greenhere
York
Campbell
Hilcoins
Tebbbetts
Gorsica
I Werber
M McCormick
Goodman
Selcoemeks
Ripple
Wilson
Donst
Myers
Gorsia
Walters Tills
Olf Rowe
Werber
Jonst
F. Meormick
Ormsby
Ballanfant
Baosh
Reds Take Lead With Ripple Homer In Cincinnati Rally
In Detroit and Cincinnati, Ripple hits a 375 foot homer for two runs after Goodmans bunt and York’s fielding error. Joost and Wilson make outs as Cincinnati leads. Detroit strands runners in the frame with Walters, Greenberg, and Campbell all going down.
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Detroit
Rowe
Bartell
Mike McCormick Gehringer
M McCormick
Cincinnati
Goodman
York
Rowe Frank McCormick
McCosky
Ripple
Reds
Wilson
Joost
Campbell
Walters
Gehringer
Greenberg
Myers
M. McCormick
Prosecutor Fines Himself for Overtime Parking in Cedar Rapids
Assistant City Attorney Jim Franken filed an information against himself for overtime parking on the Second Avenue Bridge in a two hour zone. He arrived before police court opened, paid a $2.50 fine, and said he was no better than any other offender.
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Jim Franken
Second Avenue Bridge
Murphy Davis
Franken
Jack Weiland
Weiland
Willkie Tour Sees Record Cleveland Crowd and Labor Speech
Wendell L. Willkie toured industrial cities in Ohio and Pennsylvania after denouncing the New Deal as unprepared for war. He pledged a labor-focused policy and promised to unleash America’s productive forces to defend the nation if elected, drawing a massive Cleveland turnout and estimates over 20 thousand in the arena.
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Willkie
Wendell L. Willkie
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Cleveland
Germany
Japan
Italy
United States
Roosevelt
New Deal
Adolf Hitler
America
Mrs. Isabelle Cook Favorite Dies at 78 in Rochester
Isabelle Cook Favorite 78, Cedar Rapids pioneer, died after long illness at a Rochester Minnesota hospital. Born August 23, 1862, she lived in Cedar Rapids, moved to Chicago in 1892, returned to Cedar Rapids in 1930. Survived by brother Robert S. Cook Cedar Rapids and sisters Mrs. William G. Dows Cedar Rapids and Mrs. Ed Smith Tampa. Funeral plans pending.
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Cedar Rapids
Isabelle Cook Favorite
Rochester, Minn
Favorite
J. S. Cook
Iowa
Chicago
Ward C. Favorite
Commonwealth Apartments
First Presbyterian Church
Robert S. Cook
William G. Dows
Ed Smith
Tampa, Fla
Three Certified As Eligible For City Building Inspector
Three candidates were certified by the civil service commission as eligible for appointment as city building inspector. Howard O. Graham James H. Lilly and B G Griffith were listed with addresses. Commissioner Wes Benesh will study qualifications before recommending. Graham and Lilly qualified under the soldiers' preference law. Six men took the civil service examination.
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Cedar Rapids
Howard O. Graham
Second Avenue SE
James H. Lilly
Sixth Avenue SE
B. G. Griffith
Avenue
Civil Service Commission
Wes Benesh
Graham
Lilly
Greek Italian Tension Rises as Troops Rush Frontiers
Athens reports Greece has rushed troops to the Albanian frontier after Italy moved impressive forces toward the Greek border, signaling renewed tension between the two nations and heightened regional concern.
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Athens
Greece
Italy
Britain to reopen Burma road for China on Oct 17
London reports Britain plans to resume the Burma road supply route to China on October 17. The move follows Japan's alliance with Germany and Italy and comes as Britain weighs oil credits from Burma to China. Officials see it as a signal in hardening toward Japan and potential Pacific defense coordination with the United States.
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London
Britain
Burma
Japan
Germany
Italy
Washingon
China
Yunnan
Adolf Hitler
Prague
Europe
Far East
United States
Pacific
Chungking
Chiang Kai-shek
Szechuan Province
Residents blame quarry blasting for home damage
Cedar Rounds News reports public safety commissioner Wes Bonesh blasted Concrete Materials and Construction for damage to nearby homes from a 6 30 pm blasting at their quarry on Pleasant Valley Avenue SW. Sewage plant workers said the blast was the strongest heard. officials discuss adherence to an earlier dynamite poundage agreement.
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Cedar Rounds
Public Safety
Wes Bonesh
Saok
Concrete Materals and Construction Company
Quaro
Benesh
Pleasant Valley Avenue
S. P. Moore
Harry Bellamy
King Thompson
Thompson
Moore
Bellamy
He's Lucky No Law Against Riding A Bike When Drunk
Augustine Perez pleaded guilty to drunkenness in police court and was fined 10 dollars plus costs after being picked up around 1 50 pm Wednesday on Second avenue and Fifth street SE. Desk Capt. Clift noted Iowa has no separate crime for operating a bicycle while intoxicated. Perez had fallen from his bicycle and could not continue. A 1939 drunken driving charge involving a car was dismissed when he paid costs and promised to dispose of the car.
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Cedar Rapids
Augustine Perez
Fifteenth Street SE
Jesse Clift
Iowa
Perez
Harold Prasil
Louie Louvar
Second Avenue
Fifth Street SE
End of trail for appeaser Chamberlain ends long era
London AP report on Prime Minister Churchill reshuffling the government after Neville Chamberlain resigns as lord president of the council and from the inner war cabinet. Bevin and Wood join the inner cabinet while Sir John Anderson takes Chamberlain's place in the war cabinet, with Morrison replacing Anderson and Bevin's rise seen as boosting Labor influence.
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London
Ville Chamberlain
Britain
Germany
Winston Churchill
Labor
Council
Norway
Chamberlain
Churchill
Authoritative Press Association
Europe
Herbert Morrison
Supply Ministry
Home Department
Home Security
Ernest Bevin
Kingsley Wood
John Anderson
Home
Anthony Eden
Alfred Duff Canper
Mbeaverbrook
Eden
Halifax
Duff Cooper
Beaverbrook
Anderson
Morrison
Sir John
Bevin
England
Wood
Haliefax
Laborite Creme
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