Bank and court actions urged in Iowa City receivership probe
The piece reports that the Johnson county bank receivership case opens a broader push for state actions in multiple communities including Oskaloosa Des Moines Ottumwa and Tipton. It underscores calls for a full airing of bank receiverships overseen by the attorney general and the banking department and suggests appointing a special assistant AG to push investigations and court actions.
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Everett
Floyd Philbrick
Tow City
Banking Department
Wilson
Iowa City
Leeway For Ships Approved In Principle By Democrats
Thirteen Democratic members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee accept in principle a formula to modify restrictions on American shipping under the neutrality program. They plan another meeting to discuss amendments, with lifting of limits in the Pacific and South Atlantic and continued arms ban in certain waters. The group, led by Sen Tom Connally, stressed no final amendments yet and noted areas to be affected include the Pacific, China Sea, Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, and parts of the South Atlantic.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Roosevelt
Europe
United States
Democratic Committee
Pacific
South Atlantic
Washington
Tom Connally
Tex
Connally
China Sea
Indian Ocean
Arabian Sea
Bay of Bengal
Program Administration
Kes Pittman
Alben W. Barkley
Chinde Pepper
Pat Harrison
Miss
Frederick van Nuys
Ind
James FE. Murray
Mont
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Wash
Theodore F. Green
Joseph
O Connor
House
Senate Committee
Pittman
Clark
Ieader
Reynolds
N. C
Pener
Harrison
State Plans Further Action In Iowa City Bank Receiverships
The Iowa justice department pursues further court action on receiverships of closed Town City banks handled by examiner Ben S Summerwill. An upcoming Johnson county filing will seek sums due from a $3 000 compromise settlement in a $16 000 claim against Orville and Mattie Simmons and Simmons Motor Co. The department hints at actions in Farmers Loan and Trust bank receivership and notes Summerwill’s stake in Iowa Apartments Inc. Audits by bankers await completion before further steps.
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Attorney General
Iowa Apartments
Ben S. Summerwill
Farmers Loan and Trust Bank
Summerwill
I Cedar Rapids Bank
Des Moines
State Department of Justice
Cedar Rapids
Orville
Mattie
Attorney Generals Office
Farmers Loan and Trust
Philbrick
Department of Justice
Johnson County
Jong
Justice Department
Department of Banking
Roosevelt backs Baltic confab in Stockholm neutrality plea
President Roosevelt endorses Nordic nations Norway Denmark Sweden and Finland as they open a Baltic neutrality conference in Stockholm. He, with 20 American republics, sends a message to King Gustav V affirming U S support for neutrality and order under law guiding the western hemisphere coalition.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Finland
Stockholm
Gustav V
Argentina
Gustav
G. F. Cave Arrested For Drunk Driving
G F Cave, 50, of 1017 Second Street SW, Cedar Rapids, was lodged in the county jail at 12 05 am Wednesday by highway patrolmen on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Cave was found alone behind the wheel in a private drive near an embankment during a turn. The matter was referred to County Attorney G K Thompson on Wednesday forenoon.
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Cedar Rapids
G. F. Cave
Second Street
Cave
G. K. Thompson
Temperature Reaches 78 Degrees in Cedar Rapids
A bright sun and warm breeze pushed Cedar Rapids temperatures from a 36 degree low at 3 a.m. to 39 by 7 55 a.m. and 78 by 2 30 p m. After Tuesday's 53 at 3 30 p m the mercury fell to 37 at 9 30 p m but rose to 40 at midnight on the Chambers Inskeep recorder.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company
Turkey Rejects Russian Demands Boosts Allied Side
London dispatch notes Turkey's refusal to accede to four last minute Russian demands shifts balance in the Black Sea Balkan eastern Mediterranean area toward Britain France and Romania and away from Germany Russia's terms included naval restrictions and pact clauses. Premier Refik Saydam announced the talks failed and warned Turkey's security and pledged alliances were incompatible with new Russian proposals.
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London
Black sea-Balkan
Mediterranean
Turkey
Great Britain
France
Rumania
Germany
Russia
Italy
Britain
Dardanelles Strait
Black Seas
Moscow
Scandinavian Rulers Meet Mediation Talk In Stockholm
Scandinavian rulers and Finland met in Stockholm for talks on mutual defense and war mediation. King Gustav invited King Haakon Denmark's Christian and President Kyosti Kallio to discuss neutrality, independence, and mediating steps to end the war. The Berlin dispatchs noted possible approaches to Roosevelt or Mussolini.
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Stockholm
Finland
Gustav
Sweden
Haakon
Norway
Christian
Denmark
Kyosti Kallio
Berlin
Roosevelt
Mussolini
Sven Hedin
Hitler
Royal Palace
Three Cedar Rapids Women Injured In Vehicle Collision
Three Cedar Rapids women were injured, one seriously, when their car collided with a truck at the Forest drive and Linden drive SE intersection at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. Driver Bob Glass, 20, said bushes and a hill obstructed view. he lacked a chauffeur’s license and was turned over to the highway patrol.
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Forest Drive
Linden Drive
Cedar Rapids
Gordon Hughes
E P Boynton
Blake Boulevard
Thomas Ro Wariner
Sherman Yates
Esther McCandless
Bob Glass
Eighteenth Street
Yates
St. Lukes Hospital
Glass
Highway Patrol
Royal Oak Death Toll Put At 810
The admiralty announced that 810 men died when the battleship Royal Oak was sunk at Scapa Flow and 424 survived. Combined with the Courageous loss of 578, total deaths in the two attacks reach 1,388.
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Royal Oak
London
Scapa Flow
Admiralty
Courageous
Property Owners To Pay 65c More On $1,000
Cedar Rapids property owners will pay 65 cents more on each $1,000 of assessed valuation for 1939 general taxes, with Cedar Rapids school district residents facing $46.45 per $1,000 of valuation for 1939 payable in 1940. The net levy increased from 1,862 to 2,042, largely due to higher relief demands, while state and local levies shift across county, city, and school districts. Audited figures cover 73 school districts, 19 townships, and 16 cities with boards to approve the totals.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert M. Vesely
Marion
Board of Supervisors
Creed of a Gracious Minister Inspires Daily Devotion
A Life Creed of Dr Newton, praising Charles Medbury as a longtime friend and preacher, emphasizes service to humankind. The text presents a vow to help the fallen, respect all people, avoid offensive speech, and dedicate life to ministry, echoing a democratic, compassionate spiritual ethic. Distribution via United Feature Syndicate.
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Trav
Distrss United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Bugs Baer on Aliens Trapped in the United States
The piece mocks people aligning with alien groups while living in America, arguing their loyalty is unclear. It compares wartime training in the U S to a hen house in a flood, and it ends with a vivid image of being high and dry with nowhere to lay an egg.
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Bugs
Baer
U.S
Europe
America
Briton Questions German Peace Propaganda Claims
London reports Neville Chamberlain told Parliament Germany had not replied to his rejection of Hitler’s peace terms and instead pushed propaganda. He noted neutral press largely supported allied aims, and he doubted German success. He cited German aircraft losses and submarine toll, with continued attacks on British ships.
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London
Germany
Neville Chamberlain
Adolf Hitler
House of Commons
Berlin
France
Chine Bertamalee
City orders shrubbery to be trimmed at hazard sites
City officials launch a crackdown on overgrown shrubs obscuring drivers views after a Tuesday Forest and Linden collision. Police leaders Vinch and Hughes map violations on the east side and will issue 10 day notices to listed owners. If untrimmed, city crews will trim and bill the owners with funds from a park appropriation.
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East Side
Forest and Linden
Bobo Vinch
Gordon Hughes Wednesdas
Ed Stefan
Hughes
Public Safety
Wes Benesh
Stefan
Park Fund
Soviet Bribery Scandal Leads to Firings at Ford Rouge
Forty Soviet engineers and eleven “local communists” were expelled from Henry Ford’s River Rouge plant on bribery and propaganda charges. Ford officials say engineers studied U.S. production methods with permission of Henry Ford, tied to Amtorg. The communists served as interpreters and were accused of leafleting during a 1957 CIO UAW riot. Russian presence at Rouge dates to 1930 with a 1937 noted expansion.
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Detroit
INS
Henry Ford
River Rouge
Mina Ford
Norvel Marlett
Ford
Autosioy
Amtorg Corporation
Marilett
CIO
United Automobile Workers Union
Marlett
Rouge
Extradition Papers For Gallogly Signed
Gov. W. Lee O'Daniel signed extradition papers for Richard Gallogly, a fugitive from a life sentence for murder in Georgia.
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Gallogly
Austin
Tex
W. Lee O'Daniel
Richard Gallogly
Georgia
Liners aid folk as UK ships sink in Atlantic storm
Reports from New York and Boston detail the heavy North Atlantic storm action. The American liner President Harding crews and passengers rushed medical aid after two British vessels, the Yorkshire and City of Mandalay, were sunk by a U-boat. Rescue efforts deployed as the Inde pendence Hall and other vessels aided survivors and two coast guard cutters moved to assist distressed ships.
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U.S. Maritime Commission
Wednes
Independence Hall
Yorkshire
City of Morndales
France
London
Mandalay
India
Liverpool
Newgoun
C.F Melkenuzie
Brideaus France
USS Coast Guard
North Atlantic
President Harding
James E Roberts
Harding
UC S$ Line
Boston
Heron
New England
St. Johns
Newfoundland
Coast Guard
Hamilton
St John
Mackay Radio
Cape Race
Blairbeg
U.S Coast Guard
Duana
Five Die In Powder Plant Blast At Eldred Plant
Five employees were reported killed when an explosion wrecked the National Powder company plant near Eldred Pennsylvania. The blast shook the district and was heard seven miles away at Duke Center, leaving nothing but a hole in the ground.
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Eldred. Pa
National Powder Company
Duke Center
Cedar Rapids Named One of Ten Outstanding Business Cities
Forbes Magazine lists Cedar Rapids among ten cities noted for outstanding business improvement. The group includes New York Providence R I Omaha Hartford Conn Springfield Mass Fall River Mass New Bedford Mass Manchester N H and Decatur. The report says current business in these cities compares more favorably with last year than at any time since May 1937.
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Cedar Rapids
Forbes Magazine
New York
Providence
Omaha
Hartford
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