War news and political stances dominate Iowa Chronicle column
The piece surveys European war developments and propaganda risks as Germany and Britain clash, then shifts to Iowa politics with Senator Gillette's neutrality debate stance and President Roosevelt era security aims. It also exposes a graft-like case from Eldora involving James Harris, a barber at the state training school for boys, his theft links, and court outcomes.
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OOE
Gazette
James Harris
Eldora
Harris
Polk County
Anamosu
Pell County
Iowa Board of Control
Hardin County
Horris
Aniamosa
Opposition to combat zones provisions in neutrality bill
Senate opponents warned that designating combat zones in neutral waters could grant the president too much discretion. The debate focused on shipping restrictions and amendments to curb credits to belligerents and the reuse of old securities, with concerns about cash and carry aiding aggressors.
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Washington
Senate
Hiram Johnson
Calif
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pittman
Wnev
Gillette
Soviet Reaffirms Pledge To Supply German Allies
Izvestia reported the Soviet Union remains neutral in the European war but reaffirms its vow to supply raw materials to Germany. The paper noted the expanding naval warfare has driven a considerable strengthening of the Soviet fleet, with unclear plans for Baltic cooperation.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Germany
Izvestia
Sea Guard Finds No Sign Of Stricken Ship After Fire
A Norwegian coast guard vessel searched the scene of a fire and explosions at sea near Kristiansand but reported no sight of a stricken ship or any survivors.
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Kristiansand, Norway
Coast Guard
State teacher’s gravity of crime questioned
The discussion centers on a state employed educator who teaches respect for law yet commits a grave offense himself. The speakers express unequivocal agreement that the act is profoundly serious, regardless of technical details. The text emphasizes the contradiction between duty and violation.
One Day at a Time in Song of Years Style
A reflective meditation on living day by day drawing from Jeremiah Martin’s tale in Song of Years and George Herbert. It urges forgetting yesterday, embracing today, and trusting God for tomorrow’s fresh start.
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Jeremiah Martin
George Herbert
Jesus
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Reed Attacks U S Role in Shipping Neutrality
Former U S Senator James A Reed of Kansas City told the Mississippi Valley association dinner that the United States acts like an international coward in neutrality plans. He condemned proposals to curb American shipping in European war zones and asked why a sea built nation must hide from the seas God laid out.
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Jowans
Congress
Hitler
United States of America
Gillette
Lindbergh
America
ST Locuis
United States
James A. Reed
Kansas City
Reed
Mississippi Valley Association
Plane Missing After British Recon Flights Over Germany
The air ministry announced that several British planes conducted daylight reconnaissance over western and north western Germany on Monday and that one aircraft did not return.
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London
Air Ministry
Germany
Loudest Fog-Horns Don’t Clear Fog, Baer Says
The piece notes extensive debate and uproar over the war while asserting the loudest fog-horns do not clear fog. It questions European actions and likens the scene to a gymnasium brawl with humorous contrasts.
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Baer
Arthur
Dogs
Nazi Attack In West Signals Long-Awaited Dutch Drive
Hatched plans show Hitler aims to push from the Maginot line through Holland and Belgium to strike England. Paris observers note 65 German divisions along the western front with reserves, marking a major shift from peace offensives to aggression.
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West
Netherlands
Hitler
Luxembourg
Holland
North Sea
Cleves
Eupen
Moselle
Maginot Line
Western Front
Poland
Aircraft Seen Heading For Nazi Shipyards By Bombers
Several planes crossed the frontier toward Emden naval yards and heavy explosions were heard from the area. Observers could not positively identify the aircraft but suspected British bombing craft returning the Nazi raid on the Firth of Forth. The planes were seen again heading north toward Borkum island.
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Winschoten
Holland
Emden
Firth of Forth
Borkum
No Attack on Emden Reported by German Authorities
Official German quarters said no air or sea attack hit Emden or its coastal sector. Wilhelmshaven Bremerhaven and Norden adjacent towns lay east and north of Emden. The only major British air assault early in the war targeted Wilhelmshaven and Cuxhaven, with reports of damaged warships. Shrapnel bursts from land batteries greeted planes at the frontier, but the aircraft appeared to escape the fire.
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Europe
London
Hitler
Berlin
INS
Emden
Wilhelmshaven
Bremerhaven
Wiel
Cuxhaven
Harold Eggleston Named Streets Commissioner in Cedar Rapids
Harold Eggleston, 37, of 3513 First avenue E, a city employee for seven years, was appointed streets commissioner Tuesday to succeed Walter E. Marile who died Oct. 7. The temporary appointment, allowed by civil service law, lasts until a formal eligible list is produced or for up to 90 days. Eggleston, a five year foreman, was chosen by Commissioner Dave Williams and approved by the city council. The civil service list expired last April and no new exam was given due to no vacancy, per Ed Lowe, civil service chairman.
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Cedar Rapids
Harold Eggleston
First Avenue E
Walter E. Marile
Civil Service Law
Eggleston
Mason City
Dave Williams
Ed Lowe
Civil Service Commission
Temperature Dips to 26 as Cold Night Persists
A cold night in Cedar Rapids saw a low of 26 at 3 30 a m followed by a daytime rise to 52 by 2 30 p m The same day reached a 52 degree peak at 2 30 p m with a 39 degree reading at 7 p m and 30 at midnight according to Chambers Inskeep readings.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Cedar Rapids Masons Earn High Degrees in D C
Three Cedar Rapids men among prominent Masons elected to high degrees Tuesday by the supreme council of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite in the southern jurisdiction. Harry A. Palmer M M Thompson Fred Killen and William Joseph Kueman received Knights Commander or honorary thirty third degrees for service in Masonic and Shrine organizations. Palmer is past grand master of the Grand Lodge of Iowa and active in Mt Hermon lodge Apollo Commandery and Kadosh. Thompson is Mt Hermon present master of Kadesh and Shrine potentate of El Kahir temple. Killen is secretary of Williams and Hunting and former Bruce chapter wise master. Kueman of North English also elected knight commander.
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Cedar Rapids
Washington, D. C
Supreme Council of
U.S. A
Palmer
Mt Hermon Lodge No
Grand Lodge of Iowa
Apollo Commandery
Jis
Kadosh
Iowa
Thompson
Mt Hermon Lodge
Kadesh
el Kahir Temple
German delegation arrives in Moscow on repatriation talks
Berlin reports the German delegation reached Moscow to discuss the repatriation of Germans in Russia. The talks with Russian officials aim to coordinate life and transfer plans for ethnic Germans abroad.
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Berlin
DNB
Moscow
Russia
Berlin Says Poilus Stage Big Retreat
The German supreme command announced that French troops have evacuated most of the German territory they occupied outside the Siegfried line and fallen back across the border. The communique reports a British base raid on Rosyth, claims hits on two British cruisers and two pursuit planes, and cites Royal Oak and Repulse losses in Scapa Flow. It notes North Sea and Baltic shipping losses and suggests Nazi air power is shifting to attacks on Britain.
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Comand
Siegfried Line
Wirth
Forth
Royal Oak
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Seathend
North Sea
Baltic
Atlantic
Germany
Rosyth
Scotland
Firth of Forth
British Isles
Edinburgh
Cook Sentenced to Die for Slaying of Former Dancer
DeWhitt Clinton Cook, 20, parolee from an Iowa reform school, was sentenced in Los Angeles to die in the gas chamber at San Quentin for the murder of Anya Sosyeva, a former Vollies dancer, on the Los Angeles City College campus last Feb 24. Judge Thomas Ambrose also gave 23 years to life on charges of brutal assaults on two other women.
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DeWhitt
Clinton Cook
Irowa
San Quentin Prison
Anya Sosyeva
Vollies
Los Angeles City College
Thomas Ambrose
Britain Delays Retaliation Citing Civilian Morale Needs
International News Service outlines why Britain delays punitive actions after the Courageous and Royal Oak sinkings. The piece argues civilian morale must be strained before severe measures, noting Edinburgh residents watched raids calmly and air raid preparations faltered as morale remained intact.
French Hold Off German Drive East of Saar Front
French say a major German offensive of more than 10,000 men per division broke on a 20 mile sector east of the Saar but was halted by French artillery and machine guns. The attack crossed into French Apach briefly before stalling north of the town as Maginot line defenses held.
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Saar
Germiners
Moselle
Apach
Luxemburg
Maginot
War Ministry
Fleming to lead Wage Hour Division after Andrews
Col Philip Fleming named to succeed Elmer Andrews as head of the Wage Hour division. Andrews resigns effective Monday and will join the Reconstruction Finance Corporation staff. Fleming, district engineer for the army in Saint Paul Minnesota, will head the agency under an acting administrator until fully ready.
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Elmer F. Andrews
Philip Fleming
Army Engineers
White House
Andrews
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Fleming
Army
St Paul Minn
Secretary of Labor
Acing Wageehour
Stephen Early
Congress
Burlington
Col Philip Fleming
Elmer Andrews
Mollie Fleming
J J. Fleming
Knights of Columbus
Iowa
J. J. Fleming
Order
Col. Fleming
Reds mass on Hungarian line report
Paris dispatch says Soviet troops mass on the Hungarian frontier and Russian engineers fortify the Russo German demarcation line in Poland, with reports reaching Paris from Bucharest on Tuesday.
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Paris
Poland
Bucharest
Thrifty Scots Raid Crash Sites After Luftwaffe Raids
In Edinburgh supporters of rationing scoured the coast after German air raids. After the planes departed, small boats reached bombed areas to salvage fish and other wreckage from the sea caused by explosions.
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Edinburgh
Famed British Naval Base Targeted in Orkney Air Attacks
The Admiralty said a second air raid over Orkney islands occurred from 12 30 pm to 2 30 pm Tuesday with no British injuries. A German plane was said destroyed. German bombs damaged Iron Duke at Scapa Flow and Royal Oak was sunk by a submarine last Saturday. Four enemy planes took part in Tuesday raid, reportedly near Scapa Flow.
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Orkney Islands
Scotland
Admiralty
Scapa Flow
Royal Oak
Lord Chatfield
Defense Coordination
House of Lords
Orkney Island
Jutland
Winston Churchill
Chatefield
Tribute to German U-boat commander praised for Scapa Flow defense
A Tuesday tribute in London honored the German U boat commander who sank the Masonve II and the MS Rosal Oak. Lord Chatfield, minister for coordination of defense, acknowledged the commander's achievement in sparking improved Scapa Flow defenses.
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London
INS
Gicit Brittain
Rosal Oak
Chatfield
Scapa Flow
Uboat Sinks Royal Oak at Scapa Flow
Lord Chatfield and Winston Churchill described a German U-boat attack on Scapa Flow. The Royal Oak was torpedoed twice, sunk at 1:30 a.m. Saturday with many officers and men drowned. A German plane was shot down near the Yorkshire coast and air defenses were activated along the eastern coast.
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Lord Chatfield
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Royal Oale
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