West and East Side Schools Debate and Farmer Debt Drop
A reader questions school board fairness between west and east side schools citing facilities, while another critique argues editorials should address all readers. The piece cites an AP report noting U S farm mortgage debt has fallen from 11 billion in 1923 to about 7 billion, praising farmers for the improvement amid past fears of rural pauperism.
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West Side
East Side
Washington
AAA
Iowa
Union
Freedom of speech amid war era threats to liberties
The piece weighs American liberties under a European war backdrop and rising pressure from communists nazis and fascists. It questions the Iowa criminal syndicalism law defining criminal syndicalism as advocating crime or terrorism and notes the felony violation. It urges calm reflection on constitutional guarantees of free speech.
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United States
Iowa
CIO
Des Moines
Supreme Court Sets Limits on Free Speech in Crime Advocacy
Critics ask why saboteurs should be punished while protecting speech. The Supreme Court states there are bounds to free expression, even when discussing methods to reform conditions, and upholds legal penalties for promoting violence or terrorism.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court upholds California criminal syndicalism law
In October 1926 the high court ruled California's criminal syndicalism statute valid, finding it not vague enough to violate due process. The Whitney case, Charlotte Anita Whitney v People, involved a law similar to Iowa's, and the supreme court rejected Whitney's appeal against a California conviction, stating the statute does not violate equal protection.
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California
Charlotte Anita Whitney
Iowa
U. S. Supreme Court
Whitney
Senate Debate Limits Blocked Over Embargo Fight
Washington determined isolationists blocked a time limit on debate the Senate recessed to Monday. Senator Reynolds first tied the Athenia sinking to Soviet Russia while urging rapid action on repeal of the arms embargo. Vice President Garner urged a quick vote and possible daily sessions if needed.
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Washington
Senate
Robert R. Reynolds
N. C
Soviet Russia
Athenia
Barkley
Kentucky
McNary
Ore
Garner
Chamber
Reynolds
Russia
Germany
Britain
Hitler
Poland
Baltic States
Persia
Afghanistan
India
Europe
Andrews
Fla
Van Zeeland Seeks US Mediation Talks Amid WWII Tensions
London reports a neutral source says Paul van Zeeland hopes to meet with President Roosevelt to discuss potential mediation in the European war. Zeeland, in the US for refugee conference, says talks would be unofficial and could influence Hitler’s timing, with Berlin denying new peace offers.
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Paul van Zeeland
America
Roosevelt
van Zeelaaa
United States
International Committee On Refugee Problems
van Zeeland
Cordell Hull
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Fuehrer
Maginot Line
Oslo
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Finland
Belgium
Holland
Washington
Europe
Don
Berlin
Britain
France
Germany
Nazis Reds Agree On Trade Measures
MOSCOW AP reports an agreement in principle with Germany on measures to boost trade. About 300 Germans charged with espionage against Russia in 1936 had been released. Diplomatic sources also rumored Germany promised Turkey Mosul oilfields after the war if Turkey avoided an Allied pact.
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Moscow
Germany
Russia
Turkey
Mosul
Hitler's Pal Unity Freeman-Mitford Recovering
The Hon. Unity Freeman-Mitford, a close friend and admirer of Chancellor Hitler, is recovering after a serious illness in a Munich hospital, according to reports learned Saturday.
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London
INS
Unity Freeman-Mitford
Hitler
Munich
New Poland To Have Only Poles Faces Heavy Debt
Berlin reports a projected Polish territory shaped by five features: Poles only, smaller than pre 1914 Russia Poland, retaining Czestochowa and Krakow, a Jewish state within a state around Lublin, and a heavy burden to reimburse Poles displaced by German annexations. Hitler decrees annex areas and Germans move in, with Poland filled by refugees.
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Poland
Czestochowa
Krakow
Lublin
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Germany
Hitler
Pomorze
Posen
Upper Silesia
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Gotenhafen
Soviet Russia
Russia
Stanislawow
Lwow
Luck
Pinsk
Bialystok
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Kalisch
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Zichenau
Woman Risks Ocean To Save Daughter On Ferry
On a New York ferry bound for Brooklyn, Mamie Gunderson leaped overboard to save her 9 year old daughter Eleanor after the child fell from the forward deck. For about 15 minutes they floated in icy water before tug Norfolk deckhands George and Nick Nelson found them and pulled them aboard. Both were revived by artificial respiration after rescue.
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New York
Mamie Gunderson
Eleanor
Eastern Steamship Line
Norfolk
George Nelson
Nick Nelson
Irs. Gunderson
Arrest for drunken driving after near collision in Cedar Rapids
A pedestrian phoned Patrolman Milke when Elmer McCaw of 31942 First Avenue E drove from an alley onto Second Avenue SE and nearly hit several cars. McCaw 47 admitted drinking whisky and beer and was arrested for driving while intoxicated at 8 45 p m. at the police station a passerby led McCaw's car to the station.
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Milke
Elmer McCaw
First Avenue E
Second Avenue SE
First
Second Streets
McCaw
Gustav Adolf torpedoed off Shetland Islands
The Swe dish steamship Gustav Adolf was torpedoed off the Shetland islands Saturday. The crew of 19 was saved by the Norwegian steamer Biscay.
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Stockholm
Gustav Adolf
Shetland Islands
Biscay
College Football Scores From The Weekend
A roundup of football results including Ohio State over Minnesota 23 20 and Michigan 85 0 over Chicago. Other scores feature Nebraska 20 over Baylor and Oklahoma 27 over Kansas with many more games listed.
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Doe
Cornell
Ohio State
Minnesota
Northwestern
Wisconsin
Michigan
Chicago
Indiana
Illinois
Purdue
Michigan State
Notre Dame
Navy
Nebraska
Baylor
Oklahoma
Kansas
Drake
Iowa State
Penn
Harvard
Holy Cross
Brown
Yale
Army
Duke
Syracuse
Grinnell
Colo. Coll
Tennessee
Alabama
Methodist
Marquette
California
Wash
Assets seized from Ham and Eggs Plan HQ in California
Federal revenue officers raided the California Retirement Annuities associations state headquarters in Hollywood to collect social security taxes totaling about 10 thousand dollars. U S authorities said promoters earned more than 30 thousand dollars monthly and had refused tax payments. Willis Allen said 10 778 49 dollars would be paid under protest Monday as a suit to recover funds was planned.
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Hollywood
Pension Plan
Rogan
Willis Allen
Pension Group
Film Producer Alfred Goulding Jailed On Illegal Entry Charge
Alfred J. Goulding 53 a veteran film producer and director was remanded to the county jail on $500 bail after an immigration hearing was delayed until he can obtain counsel. He arrived in the United States from Melbourne Australia in 1912 and later visited England returning to Hollywood in 1938 on a three month permit. Goulding has completed a Laurel and Hardy comedy The Champ at Oxford and directed many film comedies.
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Los Angeles
Alfred J. Goulding
United States
Henderson
Goulding
Melbourne
Australia
England
Hollywood
New York
Oxford
Cedar Rapids Sees 70 Degree Day Before Cooling
Moderate to mild weather dominated Cedar Rapids on Saturday with a high near 70 at 4 p.m. The temperature slipped to 62 by 6:30 p.m. under fair skies and the overnight low reached 42 at 7 a.m.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
U S Safety Club Chief Fined for Highway Violation
Danbury Connecticut. Robert Thomas 54 of New York president of the Safe Driving Club of America was fined 193 dollars plus 6 50 costs in traffic court Saturday on a charge of violating rules of the road. He was originally charged with reckless driving for passing four cars in a row and forcing one off the highway.
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Danbury, Conn
Robert Thomas
New York
Safe Driving Club of America
Thomas
Davis Injured After Collision With Wire On Coe Field
Lloyd Davis aged 19 of 1315 Fourth Street NW was injured when he ran into a wire across Coe field after the Coe Cornell game. He suffered pelvic bone injuries and was taken by ambulance to St Luke's hospital at 4 30 p.m. His condition a fracture was not yet determined Saturday night and he remained hospitalized. He is a Franklin High School senior, son of Mr and Mrs Harold Davis.
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Lloyd Davis
Fourth Street
Coe-Cornell
Coe
Davis
St. Luke's Hospital
Harold Davis
Franklin High School
Baby Boy Saved From Freight Train By Firemen
In Springfield Illinois 20 month old Frank Console wandered onto railroad tracks as a freight train approached. Fireman Hartford Lewis crawled from the engine to push the child aside just as Engineer Obed Clark applied brakes. The engine stopped between the rails and the child was found unharmed. mother Mrs. Matthew Console witnessed the scene.
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Frank Console
Hartford Lewis
Indianapolis
Ind
Matthew Console
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Obed Clark
Lewis
Frank
War Tough If Rose Bowl Bid Its Prize At Stake
The piece discusses a warlike stance over a Rose Bowl bid with mock urgency. It mentions sugar bowls and cotton balls as odd props while claiming football players in the United States could whip the world and jokingly reserves sideline rights for the U S team.
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Rose Bowl
United States
Europe
Hitler Accelerates War Effort With Broad Naval Air Attacks
BERLIN reports Hitler ordered intensified navy and aerial attacks on all Allied merchant ships in convoys to Great Britain and France. He conferred with Franz von Papen, summoned Nazi leaders, and kept planes on reconnaissance for possible bombing raids. He also indicated plans to return Slovakian territories to Slovakia for historical reasons.
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Great Britain
France
Franz von Papen
Turkey
Rome
Moscow
Germany
British Isles
Hitler
Slovakia
Berlin
Poland
Fuehrer
Europe
von Papen
Britain
Roosevelt Son Receives British Second Lieutenant Commission
London reports Kermit Roosevelt, son of former President Theodore Roosevelt, has been awarded a second lieutenant’s commission in the British army. He previously served as a captain in World War I and was rumored to be pursuing British citizenship to join the ministry of shipping, with the commission possibly facilitating that path.
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London
Kermit Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Ministry of Shipping
Army
Este sinks after striking mines. 71 dead at sea
In Copenhagen the German patrol ship Este sank within moments after hitting three German mines. Of 76 crew, 71 perished. four survivors clung to a raft until rescue, and one man reached Moen after a ten hour swim. Danish planes aided, while the battle at sea continued with Allied and German forces engaging convoys and bombers.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Este
Moen
Baltic
Gehring
Inflation as War Finance in Germany Ahead of War
The Commerce Department reports Germany already relies on currency inflation to fund war, with August circulation rising to 13.303 billion marks and Reichsbank borrowings reaching 2.5 billion marks. It notes a shift to a wartime economy and rationing aimed at even stock distribution during expected prolonged conflict.
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Washington
INS
Germany
Commerce Department
Department
Reich
Reichsbank
Weekly Forecast for Upper Mississippi Valley
WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR Oct 16 to Oct 21 forecasts generally fair conditions with some precipitation late in the week. Colder temperatures expected Monday and Tuesday with below normal readings most of the rest of the period.
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Chicago
Mississippi Valley
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