Destiny and the Star of World Power Shifts to America
The essay argues that world power has moved from Europe to the United States, marking a pivotal, omen-like shift in global leadership. It traces a two thousand year arc of rising centers of gravity and asserts America’s pivotal role in World War I and its responsibility to maintain peace, while questioning European disbelief.
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Estiny
Europe
America
Egypt
Holy Roman Empire
England
Napoleon
Great Britain
League of Nations
Wilson
U S Ships Race to Liner Iroquois After Raeder Warning
U S navy and coast guard units sped toward the mid Atlantic to meet the liner Iroquois after a German admiral warned she may be sunk near the American coast. The White House said Raeder's claim was an act of comradeship and offered no proof.
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Washington
U. S. Navy
Coast Guard
White House
Berlin
Erich Raecder
United States
Raeder
A. E. Schrader
Raecder
Athenia
Ireland
England
Germany
Reich
Raeher
Britain
France
William Sentner Guilty Of Advocating Criminal Syndicalism
William Sentner of St. Louis CIO official was found guilty by a district court jury in Montezuma for advocating criminal syndicalism tied to the Maytag strike in Newton last summer. Judge W. C. Cooper set October 20 for sentencing, with potential penalties up to 10 years in prison and a $5,000 fine.
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Montezuma
William Sentner
St. Louis
CIO
Sentner
Maytag
Newton
W. C. Cooper
Luther M. Carr
Jasper County
Wise little prayer for reasonable living and kindness
This homey prayer urges largeness of heart in helping others and gentleness in speech. It emphasizes understanding others, avoiding unkind silences, and bringing sunshine into cloudy places by living with compassion and fairness.
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Jesus
Wordsworth
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Community Chest Sets 1940 Goal for Nine Agencies
Mrs. Alice Kirwin announces the 1940 Community Chest target of 91200 at a High Twelve club meeting in the Roosevelt hotel. The plan adds the Salvation Army and covers Public Health Nursing, Y M C A, Y W C A, Boy Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, Home for Aged Women, Community House, and Sunshine Mission.
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Boy Scouts
Camp Fire Girls
Home For Aged Women
the Community House
Sunshine Mission
Kirwin
Public Welfare Bureau
Twelve Senators Offer To Accept Embargo Retained In Neutrality Plan
A group of twelve Senate opponents of the administration neutrality bill signaled willingness to accept revised legislation that keeps the arms embargo and requires cash payments for most belligerent purchases. Senator Borah said the group opposes repealing the embargo and argues restrictions can be kept while retaining the embargo. The list includes Borah Johnson Downey Danaher Overton Bulow La Follette Vandenberg McCarran Nye Shipstead and Holt.
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Washington
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Johnson
Calif
Downey
Danaher
Conn
Overton
Bulow
S. D
S. D. la Follette (P), Wis
Thomas
Utah
Prospect Place Donated to Sisters of Mercy in Cedar Rapids
Dr Margaret Sherlock Pilcher of Joliet Illinois has given Prospect Place a 40-room residence at Ninth Street and Sixteenth Avenue SW to the Sisters of Mercy to run a convalescent hospital for Cedar Rapids residents. Opening is planned for next year depending on financing and arrangements.
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Cedar Rapids
Margaret Sherlock Pilcher
Joliet
Prospect Place
Ninth Street
Sixteenth Avenue
Sisters of Mercy
Mount Mercy Junior College
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Oelwein
Kalispell
Mont
Sherlock
Iron Lung Mother Dies After Paralyzed Birth Mother
Mrs Gert rude Epstein 22 an infantile paralysis victim who gave birth to a baby daughter in an iron lung at Mount Sinai hospital died Friday Physicians cited heart paralysis as the cause The infant was reported doing well at the time of reporting
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Chicago
Gertrude Epstein
Mount Sinai Hospital
Chandler to succeed Logan as Kentucky governor and U.S. senator
Gov AB Chandler will resign Monday and be appointed United States senator by Lieutenant Governor Keen Johnson who will then succeed to the Kentucky governorship. The high level source disclosed on Friday.
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Chandler
Logan Frankfort
AB. Chandler
United States
Keen Johnson
Britons On Iroquois Tip Called Absurd Denial
London reports quote Admiralty sources dismissing a German tip that the liner Troquois would be sunk to fulfill a British plot. The Iroquois carried 566 Americans from Ireland and Liverpool amid war flight concerns. Officials said Raeder’s warning could hinder repatriation of Americans still in Britain.
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London
Admiralty
Washington
United States
Troquois
Cobh
Ireland
Liverpool
Erich Raeder
Berlin
Athenia
Germany
Joseph P. .Kennedy
Raeder
United Kingdom
The
Atlantic
Seven-Year-Old Struck by Car On Lincoln Highway
Cedar Rapids seven year old Harold Comley was critically injured Thursday near Cedar Rapids after being struck by a Belle Plaine driver on the old Lincoln highway. The boy suffered multiple fractures and a skull injury. his sister was present. The driver, T B Kelsey, said he traveled 30 miles per hour and was not detained.
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Harold Comley
Albert Comley
Cedar Rapids
Lincoln Highway
T. B. Kelsey
Belle Plaine
Kelsey
Jim Smith
Comleyv
Mercy Hospital
Comley
Edgewood — School No. 1
Helen
Mullin
Burke
Smith
Temperature Rises Rapidly To 78 Mark
Cedar Rapids temperatures climbed to 78 as a bright sun melted an overnight setback. A line advanced from 43 at 7 am to 66 by 10 am and 78 by 2 30 pm with Thursday's high 69 between 3 and 4 pm and 61 and 51 later at night.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Senators Will Take Either Side Or Both Sides
The piece notes that senators argue neutrally like a tug of war with two gals and will take either side or both. It cites a loud visitor ejected from the gallery on Wednesday who said the argument reminded him of being at home.
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Baer
P. S
Allied Powers Reject Nazi Peace Proposals
London reports the ministry of information says no peace terms are acceptable unless they free Europe from aggression. Paris notes France and England will wage total war if Germany seeks European hegemony, as Premier Daladier addresses the senate committee.
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London
Ministry of Information
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Fuhrer
Ger
Paris
France
England
Germany
Edouard Daladier
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Daladier
Adolf Hiller
Reichstag
Senate Committee
British Officials Reject Hitler Peace Promises
British officials say Hitler offers no real peace basis and demand more than words. The ministry cites past German assurances as worthless and notes Hitler’s claim of humane warfare is disputed by parliament and U S ambassador reports. Chamberlain’s war cabinet will likely debate the proposals as unacceptable and the public remains skeptical.
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French Republic
Hitler
Bids Soon Sought On Cedar Rapids Marion 4 Lane Highway
Mayor John Pazour of Marion said bids will be sought this month for a four lane highway from Cedar Rapids to Marion. Chief Engineer F R White of Ames reports plans will be finished this fall with work to start next spring. Cedar Rapids council has not received the plan details. The project has long been desired by city officials and the chamber.
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Cedar Rapids
John Pazour
Marion
F. R. White
Ames
A. A. Hurst
Maquoketa
Highway Commission
First Avenue
Thirtieth Street
Chamber of Commerce
Hitler offers peace talk to avert wider war
In a lengthy Reichstag address Adolf Hitler proposes an international conference and armaments limits to create a security framework. He warns that rejection would trigger a renewed western front war and widespread devastation, and calls for border readjustments and a new Polish state under his terms.
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Berlin
Britain
France
Europe
Germany
Africa
England
Hitler
Kroll
Fuhrer
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Fuehrer
Hitler urges European peace conference with German Russian alliance
In a long address Hitler proposed a conference to define armament limits and a universal regulation. He urged disarmament, a prohibition on poison gas, and a new European order including German Russian cooperation and colonial retention while pledging neutrality for several neighbors. The plan stresses British German understanding and a defined sphere of influence to avoid future conflict.
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Germany
Russia
US. S. R
Josef
Stalin
Europe
Poland
Conference of Nations
Reich
Denmark
Belgium
Yugoslavia
Hitler
Hungary
Slovakia
Rumania
Britain
France
Cary
Germans in Prussian Sector Occupation Reported
Paris reports German troops crossed the East Prussia frontier and occupied a small corner of former Polish territory between Germany and Lithuania. The sector is said to be awarded to Soviet Russia under a partition agreement, per a Berne received in Paris Friday report.
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Paris
INS
East Prussia
Germany
Lithuania
Sia
Berne
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Boy
Cedar Rapids News
Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Fuher
C. R
Italy
Red Cross
Soviet
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