Nazis Plan No Further Peace Moves
Berlin sources say Germany accepted Britain and France challenges and would act if the other side initiates talks. The foreign office notes a limited German stance, with no plan to retreat or seek conciliations toward France, while France retains border heights near Luxembourg. Turkey may become a pivot as Izvestia cites Soviet praise for Turkey joining Britain, suggesting shifts in the Dardanelles balance.
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Berlin
Germany
Great Britain
France
Adolf Witler
Foreign Office
DNB
Luxemburg
Warnat
Nezis
Turkey
Poland
Izvestiu
Russia
Moscow
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Tevestia
Mediterranean
Soviet Union
U.ssr
Britain
Javestia
Italy
Ussr
U.S.S.R
Ankara
Seeing the Good in Life Behind the Faults
A reflective column on fault finding. It cites Emerson and Matthew Arnold to illustrate how some people obsess over cracks in life. The piece urges cultivating a habit of noticing and praising goodness rather than magnifying flaws, warning that fixation breeds unhappiness and “cracking” from within. It ends with a call to praise rather than criticize.
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Emerson
Matthew Arnold
Arnold
Stevenson
Matt
Iowa
Distray United Feature Syndicate. Inc
British Aircraft Fend Off Planes Attacking Convoy
In the North Sea a British convoy was attacked by enemy aircraft Saturday afternoon. British fighters responded after a signal, the air ministry said, and the escort vessels opened fire. Our fighters inflicted casualties on the enemy.
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London
North Sea
Air Ministry
Slingshot Artist Sparks Window Breaks in Denver
Police were dispatched to West Third Avenue and Santa Fe Drive on two nights after reports of a slingshot artist breaking windows. Officers were struck by rocks but no suspect was found.
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Denver
West Third Avenue
Santa Fe Drive
Four Hour Night Battle Sinks Emile Misnet Vessel and Heronspool
George Marc enape, a surviving British crewman, recounts a four hour night duel with a German submarine off the Irish coast. The Uboat sank the French tanker Emile Misnet and the freighter Heronspool, after a long chase in which the crew defended themselves with a single battery, escaped in two lifeboats, and watched the ships disappear as the sub lingered nearby.
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Emile Misnet
Associated Press
George Marcenape
New York
George Naredsnape
Irish
Ireland
Montreal
Senate Debate on Embargo Repeal Reaches Final Stages
Senator Reynolds accuses Soviet Russia of guilt in Athenia sinking while the Senate moves toward a final vote on repealing the arms embargo. Pittman says the administration has reached its limit on modifications to cash and carry and shipping rules. Borah and Barkley discuss a White House transcript from a neutrality conference, with bets that nothing will come of it.
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Washington
LLP
Senate
Key Pittman
Nev
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pittman
William E. Borah
Ieaho
House
Roosevelt
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Borah
Barkley
France Says No Large Offensive This Year
Paris reports a French military expert stating the high command withdrew on the western front this week after deciding a major offensive is not possible at this time of year. Weather shows steady cold rain as the front line notes a quiet night, patrol activity, and harassing artillery fire in communique No. 95.
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Paris
Petit Parisien
High Command
Wave Smashes Liner injuring many rescue by U S vessel
New York The President Harding bore the brunt of a giant 100 foot wave amid a hurricane off mid Atlantic late Tuesday night injuring 73 passengers and crew including 25 stretcher cases. One crewman Paul Johnson died as the ship battled 110 mph winds. Professor Louis Mwartinski of Michigan plans to petition Congress over warnings and bookings under consular control. Captain Batson of a torpedoed freighter praised Captain Roberts for seamanlike handling. The article notes weather reporting gaps and mentions the ongoing continuation.
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New York
United States
Harding
mid-Atlantic
Louis Mwartinski
University of Michigan
Paul Johnson
Sidney Edward Batson
Heronspool
James E. Roberts
Roberts
Captain Batson
Injured Driver Trapped After Highway Crash In Cedar Rapids Area
Arthur C. Winne, 62, of Sik, was critically injured when his 1931 coupe slid off Highway No. 30 and struck a culvert east of Cedar Rapids. Delivery driver Heath Smith, 100 yards behind, rescued him and removed teeth from Winne’s throat to save his life. Smith reported the car ran at about 40 mph before losing control. Winne was taken to Mercy hospital with brain and chest injuries, lacerations, a lip wound, and shock. condition slightly improved but serious. Winne is a Linn County Safety council member.
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Cedar Navids News
Cedar Rapids
Arthur C. Winne
Grande Avenue Sik
Winne
Heath Smith
Sixth Avenue
Smith
Mercy Hospital
Larry Condon
Linn County Safety Council
Bodies and survivors toll from Atlantic torpedo attack described
A freighter Independence Hall rescued 284 survivors after torpedoing of the City of Mandalay and Yorkshire on a Bordeaux to sea voyage. One man missing from Yorkshire and several from Mandalay were reported, while a grieving widow watched her husband’s body sent to sea. Two orphans Hazel Armstrong and Kenneth Armstrong were among survivors, as the ship carried 409 aboard beyond its capacity.
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Bordeaux
France
Independence Hall
Gironde
Yorkshire
City of Mandalay
Siven
City of
Mandalay
C.J. Mackenzie
Wes
Amercan
Mackenzie
Mirrat
Hazel Armstrong
Kenneth
Wickham
England
Fortune teller tale ends in murder suicide near Seattle
In Seattle a fortune teller’s warning drove Mrs. Al Powers to deadly jealousy of barber husband Powers. After a violent attempt to kill him, she shot herself and their seven year old daughter Dorothy Palmer in Powers’ car outside his home. Police traced eleven months of turbulent marriage and a recent divorce before Friday’s double tragedy.
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Seattle
Wash
al Powers
Powers
Mrs. Powers
Those Finns Really Are Tough If Bugs' Information Correct
By Arthur Bugs Baer the piece notes Finns and Nordics are hardy and resilient, citing the Scandinavian nations Sweden Denmark Norway and Finland as united in toughness. It mentions Finland facing trouble over debts and a humorous line about a Finn fighting a grizzly before removing mittens.
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Bugs
Arthur
Bugs" Baer
Papal Protest Over German Poles Reported
Vatican says Pope Pius XII instructed Monsignor Cesare Orsenigo to protest to the German government over treatment of Catholics in occupied Polish territories. A detailed report from Polish ecclesiastical authorities cites closures of 117 religious houses and churches, arrests of members, warnings to priests, and restricted pastoral activities of seven bishops.
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Vatican City
Pius
Monsignus Cesare Orsenigo
Berlin
Ger
Poland
Germany
Seret Monsignory
Orsenige
Holy See
Ecclesiastical Authoriies
Mons
Orsenigo
Vatican
Thompson spots bank slip error and saves 100050
Dick Thompson, a Boone senior in the University of Iowa College of Commerce, alerted the bank to a slight misprint on a draft worth $100,050. The bank thanked him for correcting their error after he sent back the incorrectly drawn instrument.
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Iowa City
Dick Thompson
Boone
Thompson
College of Commerce
University of Iowa
Cedar Rapids Football Tragedy Austin Williams Dies After Injury
Cedar Rapids high school student Glenn A Williams dies from a skull fracture sustained in a game between Roosevelt and West Highs Friday night. Williams, 16, from UT First Avenue, collapsed after an on field incident involving linemen and a blocked hole. He remained unconscious at a Waterloo hospital with injuries to the skull base and top. He was a sophomore leader and active student, with funeral arrangements set for Beatty chapel Monday afternoon. He is survived by his parents, brothers Everett and Donald, and grandparents Alo and Mrs T D Bowers.
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Cedar Rajids
Cedar Rapids High School
Glenn A Williams
Glenn Williams
Presbyterian Hovsital
Waterloo
Roosevelt High School
West High of
Waterlo
Willams
Bo Taylor
Sophv
Roosevelt
Ben Haddad
Williams
Tastar
Ncme
Walliams
Willems
Clark Cooper
Cooper
Fred Winter
Wineter
WB Kluss
Elim
Rooevelt
Fred J. Whites
Cedar Rapids
Kluss
Wiliams
Onis
Tia Vee
Fisedas
Beatty Funeral Home
Beatty Chapel
Tn Brothers
Everett
Donald
Alo
Mrs T. D. Bow
Romanian Military Tribunal Sentences 38 Jews for Propaganda
A military tribunal in Cernautit Romania on Saturday imposed prison terms on 38 Jewish individuals accused of disseminating communist propaganda. The ruling followed a rapid trial process with authorities presenting evidence of political messaging deemed subversive.
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Cernautit Rumania
APJ
Bankheads’ Rural Relief Push Could Prolong Session
In Washington the Bankheads of Alabama pressed for at least 50 million dollars in emergency farm relief for 29 states, signaling a possible clash with President Roosevelt’s plan to keep a limited special session to neutrality measures. The drive followed drought and flood impacts, with 115,000 more farm families seeking aid.
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Alabama
Congress
Bankhead
House
Farm Security Administration
Gress
Senate
Rep
Woodrum
House Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
War Department
Navy
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