Iowa voters seek intelligent neutrality in looming European talks
An Iowa writer urges Senators Gillette and Dickinson to avoid war entanglement and push for cautious, informed neutrality as rumors of a large international conference grow. He faulted Earl Hall and the state board of education over politics and past coal-buying schemes involving Arch McFarlane and Illinois outfits.
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Munich
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Dickinson
Earl Hall
Hall
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Hairman
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Kraschel
State Board of Education
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Arch McFarlane
Board of Education
Illinois
McFarlane
W. J. McChesney
Walter A. Jessup
Czechs' President Benes Resigns From Office
Czechoslovakia's President Eduard Benes resigned after leading since 1935. Premier Jan Syrovy will govern until a successor is chosen. The move follows Munich gave Sudetenland to Germany and shifts toward new neighborly policies amid ongoing occupation talks.
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Czechoslovakia
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Hungary
Former West Union Woman Found Dead in Local Hotel Room
Mrs Edna E. Bopp, 46, once of West Union, was found dead in an Allison hotel room at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Coroner Dr. B L Knight ruled death by self poisoning. an empty labeled bottle lay in a waste basket. Bopp, a maid, had been dismissed Monday and checked into the hotel soon after.
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Edna E. Bopp
West Union
Allison Hotel
B. L. Knight
Knight
Tom Condon
Bopp
Merger Plan Aims Dictatorship Says Dies Committee
John C. Metcalfe testified before the Dies committee that a movement seeks to unite Nazifascist groups in the United States into a third party to drive toward dictatorship. He named groups including the German American Bund and Silver Shirts, Russian National League, Mexican Gold Shirts, and a revived Ku Klux Klan.
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Washington
United States
John C. Metcalfe
Dies
Metcalfe
Newton Jenkins
Chicago
Herman Schwarzmann
Astoria
New York
Band Post
Germans Complete Zone 3 Occupation in Sudetenland
Carlsbad dispatch reports German forces completing occupation of zone No 3 as crowds clash with Czech and Jewish evacuees. Observers describe a 20 mile long motorized column of over 200 tanks and artillery moving eastward from Graslitz toward Carlsbad with troops engineers and communications personnel.
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Carlsbad
Sudetenland
Zone No. 3
Czechoslovakia
Graslitz
Adolf Hitler
Carlsbad I
Annaberg
Hitler
Germany
Mercury Eases Up After Summer Heat
Cedar Rapids sees a drop in temperatures after a heat spike with a high of 88 degrees on Tuesday afternoon. The thermometer eased to 66 degrees by 2:30 PM on Wednesday under clear skies, with morning lows near 59 rising to 64 by 10 AM and 70 at 1:30 PM.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company
Daladier Wins Full Fiscal Powers Amid French Mobilization
Paris editors report the senate approved Premier Edouard Daladier's plenary financial powers by 286 to 2 with two communists opposing. chamber votes were 331 to 78 with 204 abstentions. The move enables measures to stabilize the economy and may include revaluing Bank of France gold, while limits run to Nov 15 and require parliamentary ratification.
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Senate
Edouard Daladier
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Popular Front
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Chamber Financial Commission
Daladier
Paul Marchandeau
Trouble With Europe Is It Believes What Its Politicians Say
A humorous 1938 column by Arthur Bugs Baer critiques European politics and elections. It contrasts Europe’s political rhetoric with American voting habits, likening it to a game of tick tack toe where outcomes seem determined by bluff and polling.
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Europe
87 Year-Old Hicks Defies Age Living Alone in Iowa Home
Sarah Kelly Hicks, age 87, of Linn County, followed by a fall, is in St Luke's hospital. Independent and resourceful, she has dwelt 39 years in a Wilson avenue SW home, tending a garden, chickens, and income to buy staples. Neighbors distant, she still walks to town, roofs her property herself, as Gazette reporters observed from the yard and roof.
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Sarah Kelly Hicks
Linn County
St. Luke's Hospital
Independence
Mrs. Hicks
the Gazette
Gazette
Bank Messengers Robbed of $60,000 in Ottawa Heist
Two bandits armed with sub machine guns hijacked First National Bank messengers on a downtown Ottawa street. They escaped with an estimated $60,000 in the daytime robbery.
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Ottawa
First National Bank
Berlin Speaker Praises Mussolini in Christmas Peace Note
Berlin reports Adolf Hitler lauded Mussolini for aiding Germany in its first Christmas of peace since World War I during a speech at the Sportpalast. The Munich commission faces new hurdles over reparations tied to Sudetenland under the 1938 partition plan for Czechoslovakia.
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Adolf Hitler
Berlin
International Commission
Czechoslovakia
Foreign Office
Sudetenland
Principal Hallman Drives Franklin P T A Off Campus
Franklin high school disbands its P T A as Principal M S Hallman asserts control over parent school activities He rejects afternoon meetings and slips home to notify families enforcing a ban on sales while stressing equal office holding for parents and teachers The disbanding ends the group once the city’s largest P T A with former sponsor Miss Ruby Byers described as ending naturally under new conditions
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Franklin High School
P.T A
Franklin
M. S. Hallman
Hallman
Parent Teacher Association
Washington High School
P.T.A
Franklin P.T A
W. J. Barngrover
Yankees Beat White Sox In 9th? Box Score Recap
Box score shows New York Yankees against Chicago White Sox with Ruffing winning 9 Runs batted in for Dickey Gordon Hack two base hits Gordon Henrich Crosetti Hartnett sacrifice by Ruffing stolen base Dickey hits allowed 11 by Ieee time 1 53 umpired by Moran Rolls Sears Wubbard.
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Hack
Henrich
Crosetti
Hartnett
Ruffing
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Chicago
Lee
Dee
Ieee
Yankees
DiMaggio
Gehrig
Cavarretta
Herman
Selkir
Selkirk
Jurges
Hermans
Collins Reed
CUBS
Cavarrella
Reynolds
Mussolini Demands Immediate Anglo Italian Pact Action
London reports Premier Mussolini pressed Britain to apply the Anglo Italian agreement at once. He seeks recognition of Italy's Ethiopian conquests and warns of intervention in the Spanish Civil War if blocked. Ciano handed the demand to Lord Perth in Rome outlining Italy's terms and links to Munich pact.
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Ethiopia
Ilduce
Italy
Duce
Neville Chamberlain
Munich
Lord Perth
Rome
Galeazzo Ciano
Britain
Community Chest Final Report Push Under Way
Volunteers press for donations as final report approaches with a 6 p.m. dinner on Thursday at the Montrose hotel Ter race room. The gathering ends by 8:30 p.m. with workers paying for their own meals. The honor roll lists firms and organizations reaching or exceeding goals including Iowa Electric Light and Power, Coca Cola Bottling, The Gazette company, and others.
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Community Chest
Montrose
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Craemer'’s
Cedar Rapids Engineering Company
the Gazette Company
Higbee Shoe Store
R. D. Hunting Lumber Company
Luberger Company
Syndicate Clothing Company
Jack Yager Company
French Stamats Company
Kitterman’s
F. S. Mitralsky and Company
New Process Laundry
Troy Laundry
Coca Cola Bottling Company
Harper and McIntyre Company
Loose Wiles Biscuit Company
Security Laboratories
Concrete Products Company
Takin Brothers
Yankees Beat Cubs In World Series Opener At Wrigley Field
The New York Yankees defeated the Chicago Cubs 3 to 1 in the opening game of the World Series at Wrigley Field before 44,000 fans. Crosetti and Henrich contributed key at bats as the Yankees turned 12 hits into runs while Lee and Ruse sold pitched for Chicago.
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Bill Lee
Jack Rusesell
New York Yankees
Chicago Cubs
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