Lindbergh neutrality stance stirs debate as Britain comments
The column discusses Lindberghs neutral stance drawing international reaction including Britain and officials in Washington. It notes potential U.S. risk in European war dynamics, Canada relations, and calls for considering real neutrality policy amid rising tensions. It also references Iowa’s crime law and a 1859 Swede and German timber families whose sons later born in 1871.
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Americas
Europe
Britain
Washington
North
South America
Lindbergh
Canada
Iowas 1920 law over I W W ties to Haywood movement
The narrative traces two Iowa families with immigrant roots and links to the Industrial Workers of the World led by Big Bill Haywood. It notes Haywood’s move to Russia after sedition conviction, his death in 1928, and a Cedar Rapids case where Henry Town was arrested under the criminal syndicalism statute as a lone disseminator of sabotage literature.
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Iowa
St. Louis
Montezuma
CIO
United States
Big Woods
Great Lakes
Wisconsin
Michigan
State University
Chicago
West Adams Street
Industrial Workers of the World
Big Bill Haywood
Haywood
Bond
Russia
Cedar Rapids
Pact With Turkey Signals Russian Diplomatic Reach
Reports from London and Moscow say Russia and Turkey may have signed a pact to keep Turkey neutral unless provoked, with access to the Black Sea and Dardanelles. The accord, though hinted, would be less sweeping than Moscow sought. Final details awaited official confirmation amid Finland talks and broader European war diplomacy.
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Moscow
Russia
Turkey
Baltic
Black Sea
London
INS
Dardanelles
Sukru Saracoglu
Kremlin
Turkish statesman may visit Berlin for talks on alliance
A Turkish statesman may travel to Berlin for negotiations to improve Nazi Turkish friendship, as reported Saturday night in Nazi quarters. Cont'd on Page 2, This Sect.
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Berlin
Sink Belligerent Vessels In Safety Zone Urges Pepper
Senator Claude Pepper calls inter American naval forces to sink submarines and warships entering the 300 mile safety zone. He urges intensive patrols and internment of violators while the Panama conference warned belligerents.
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Washington
Claude Pepper
Fla
Pepper
United Press
Panama
Chicago Weekly Weather Forecast for Oct 16 Week
Weather outlook for Oct 16 week across the upper Mississippi valley. Generally fair with a rain period later in the week. Warmer start, cooler by Wednesday, warmer again Thursday, then colder toward week end.
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Chicago
Mississippi Valley
Finland Eyes Early Peace With Soviet Russia
Helsinki reports indicate Finnish leaders seek a quick peaceful settlement with the Soviet Union. High-level talks pause as Paasilkivi return prompts questions about concessions on the Aaland islands and eastern Gulf endgame.
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Helsinki
Finland
Russia
Aaland Islands
Moscow
J. K. Paasilkivi
Gulf of Finland
Leningrad
Kronstadt
Gulf of Bothnia
Sweden
Paasikivi
Fijas J. Erkko
United States
Erkkoe
Europe
Sally Rand Files Bankruptcy Plea
Sally Rand filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in federal court in San Francisco under the name Helen Gould Beck. Debts total $54,631 with assets of $8,067. Her 1937 gross income was $127,183 but net income was only $1,042 and debts included medical services for her dog and furnishings for the Gay Paree show at the Golden Gate exposition.
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San Francisco
INS
Sally Rand
Helen Gould Beck
Golden Gate Exposition
Nazis boast 86 000 tons sunk in British ships
Berlin claims 86 000 tons of British warships destroyed in six weeks of war after the Royal Oak sinking. British authorities deny damage beyond the Royal Oak and Courageous losses. Royal Oak casualty figures given, with survivors listed as search continues.
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Berlin
Royal Oak
Germany
Courageous
Ark Royal
Hood
England
Soviet
Russia
Reich
High Command
London
Great Britain
W G. Benn
Secretary of the Admiralty
Admiralty
Jutland
Kidnaped Boy Found Safe At Home In Virginia
A 24 hour search in Galax Virginia for 10 year old Guido Vaughn ended when the boy was found asleep in his own bed at home. Bloodhounds and Boy Scout volunteers assisted as neighbors joined the search after a reprimand for a minor misdeed. The child had slipped back into the house unnoticed.
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Galax
Guido Vaughn
Motorist Returns After Striking Pedestrian in Cedar Rapids
Charles Patman, 66, Route 1, suffered a fractured left leg after being struck by 17 year old Harry Mote on O avenue near Ellis boulevard. Patman was treated at St Luke's and then transferred to an Iowa City hospital. Mote reported seeing a mailbox or rock before turning back to find Patman injured.
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Cedar Rapids
Charles Patman
Harry Mote
Nineteenth Avenue
O Avenue
Ellis Boulevard
Mote
St. Luke’s Hospital
Iowa City
British Plan to Build Canadian Industrial Empire for War
Wall Street sources report Britain aims to spend up to 3 billion dollars to create in Canada a vast industrial realm to supply war needs for a long conflict. Plans call for Canadian factories owned by U.S. subsidiaries with financing via British loans and profits over years.
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Isle
New York
Wall Street
Canada
Britain
Wall
Great Britain
United States
British War Supplies Commission
U. S
General Motors
Consolidated Aircraft
Washington
Land
France
U.S
England
Peace Mission Rumors Tie Goering Visit to Rome
Reported in Rome that Field Marshal Goering will meet with Mussolini and Count Ciano to discuss an extended peace plan with Italy as mediator. Italian press signals Mussolini may mobilize diplomatic forces to halt the war and avert a total Nazi offensive while Italy drafts views for London envoy Bastianini.
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Rome
INS
Goering
Italy
Mussolini
Galeazzo Ciano
Hitler
Nazifuehrer
London
Giuseppe Bastianini
Cedar Rapids Weather Warmed After Saturday Dip
Temperatures peaked at 47 degrees by 4 p.m. in Cedar Rapids and fell to 25 degrees overnight the season's low. By 6:30 p.m. the reading was 37 and at midnight 33 after a late night warmup to 31 earlier in the morning.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Mercury
Lithuania Ratifies Soviet Lithuanian Mutual Assistance Pact
In Kaunas the sejm unanimously approves the mutual assistance pact with the Soviet Union. Russia gains strategic bases while Lithuania regains its former capital Vilna as part of the agreement.
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Kaunas
Lithuania
INS
Sejm
Russia
Vilna
Football Scores From Various Games Today
Michigan defeated Iowa 27 to 7 while Cornell routed Beloit 33 to 6 and Harvard overwhelmed Chicago 61 to 6. Other contests included Notre Dame 20 So. Methodist 19, Oregon 6 California 14 Stanford 14 Navy 6 Dartmouth 6 Penn 6 Yale 6 and Army 6.
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Michigan
Iowa
Dee
Monmouth
Cornell
Beloit
Purdue
Minnesota
Ohio State
Northwestern
Nebraska
Iowa State
Harvard
Chicago
Notre Dame
Army
Columbia
Navy
Dartmouth
California
Ilinois
Penn
Yale
Tulane
Fordham
Oregon
U S Senator Proposes Seizing Allied Possessions
Senator Ernest Lundeen urged during the neutrality debate that the United States seize British and French West Indies unless war debts are repaid. Col. Lindbergh’s plan to differentiate weapons drew sharp censure from peers. Debate also touched on potential cessions and military routes, provoking strong opposition from several senators.
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Washington
ULP
Ernest Lundeen
Minn
Senate
United States
French West Indies
Tom Connally
Tex
America
Charles A Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Key Pittman
Nev
Foreign Relations Committee
British
Porto Rico
Legislators Reject Bill Over Armory Lease and Machines
In Des Moines the legislative interim committee reversed the state executive council on a 1 035 payment for four calculating machines for the Mount Pleasant insane hospital. The panel also backed disapproval of funding for the Waterloo armory lease approval by the council.
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Des Moines
Legislative Interim Committee
State Executive Council
National Guard
Waterloo
Frank Watkins
Mount Pleasant Insane Hospital
Board of Control
First Move Up To Allies
Berlin editorial in the Frankfurter Zeitung says Germany will wait for Britain and France to initiate total war. It asserts Germany will respond blow for blow if attacked and notes Chamberlain has toned down war aims by omitting demands to abolish the Nazi regime.
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Berlin
INS
Germany
Frankfurter Zeitung
Chamberlain
Hitler Heads West as Keitel Takes Command on Front
Reports from neutral observers say Adolf Hitler and General Wilhelm Keitel are establishing headquarters on the western front with Keitel in personal command. War observers speculate a possible German offensive as patrols see activity around Saarbrucken and the Saar and French forces strengthen positions before winter.
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Paris
Adolf Hitler
Wilhelm Keitel
Western
High
Saarbruecken
Zweibruecken
Saar
France
Warndt
Rhine
Moselle
Germany
Man Arrested for Overcrowded Front Seat Driving
Wilbur Williams of Tula Oklahoma, 41, was jailed on a reckless driving charge after being stopped on Third Avenue between Second and Third Streets SE for rear seat overcrowding. He failed to post a 30 bond set by Judge Powell, and a state charge for more than three persons in the front seat was filed by Patrolman Gilroy. Williams claimed Cedar Rapids residence and Johnson County license.
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Bill Remington
Third Avenue
Second
Third Streets
Wilbur Williams
Tula
Okla
Thomas B Powell
Williams
Gilroy
Cedar Rapids
Johnson County
British Paper Flags Lone Eagle's Speech
The Sunday Express in an early edition called Lindbergh’s radio remarks a sign his pride has been inflamed by Hitler. It criticized his praise of Canada and labeled him an admirer of Nazi strength and potentially adopting the Hitler mindset.
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Lone Eagle
London
INS
Hitler
Lindbergh
The
Sunday Express
Charles A. Lindbergh
the Express
Canada
Hungarians Arrive in Moscow for Talks
A Hungarian diplomatic mission arrived in Moscow on Saturday for talks with Russian leaders. The purpose of the visit was not announced.
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Moscow
Those Southern Teams Are Tougher Than A Gangster's Moll Now
The piece contrasts Southern college football squads with earlier eras noting Alabama Mississippi and Texas teams are tougher. It recalls Pittsburgh signaling weakness and a shift from the east. The tone mixes colorful sports rhetoric with regional brag.
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Dixie
Alabama
Mississippi
Texas
Aangster
Berlin Battles Night of Anti Aircraft Fire Over City
Berlin defense units fired on an unidentified high altitude plane twice on Saturday night as searchlights swept the capital. Reports from Hamburg noted no enemy planes found. Berlin radio suspended broadcasts for over two hours due to disturbances and blackout regulations were tightened amid wartime preparations.
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Berlin
Actio
Durin
United Press Corresponden
Hamburg
Ther
Adolf Hitler
Potsdam
Prosecution Promised for False Fire Alarm Vandals
Police vowed full prosecution for vandals who triggered three false fire alarms within 15 minutes. Each false alarm carries a $100 fine. city fires crews responded from multiple stations after the first alert at Third Avenue and Tenth Street SW. Two fires were also logged that day, an overheated furnace and an open flame barrel on Seventh Avenue.
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Cedar Rapids
Third Avenue
Tenth Street
First Avenue
Fifth Street
C Avenue
Seventh Avenas
H Street
Enegine
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