Plan Aims at Coordination of Power Resources
Assistant Secretary of War Louis Johnson announced a two year 1 billion dollar per year national defense power program to coordinate power resources. The plan seeks feeder lines between utilities and cities to prevent bottlenecks and quickly mobilize if facilities are cut off.
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Washington
Louis Johnson
Roosevelt
Johnson
National Defense Power Committee
Seaboard
Basil Manley
Federal Power Commission
Interior
Ickes
Charles Edison
William O. Douglas
Securities and Exchange Commission
Frederick A. Delano
National Resources Committee
Baltimore-Washington
Birmingham
Ala
Boston- Bridgeport
Lost and Found ads help recover valued possessions
The Gazette urges readers to place Lost and Found ads in its columns to quickly reunite with lost items such as watches rings purses and pets. A small ad cost is negligible compared to the item’s value and readers can call 2 1121 to place an ad.
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The
Gazette
Dies Rallies for Continued Hearings on Subversive Activities
Washington reports Chairman Dies of Texas refused to suspend hearings of the House committee probing un-American activities. He called a Friday session off due to a missing witness, rejected a pre election pause urged by Dempsey and Healey, and defended the panel as fair while asserting the need to expose subversive activity regardless of political fallout.
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Washington
Llp
House
Dies
Texas
Dempsey
N. M
Heal
Dempsey and Healey
Sam
Republic
U S Traffic Deaths Decline 21 Percent in Nine Months
The National Safety Council reports 1938 nine month traffic fatalities totaled 22 130, down 5 820 or 21 percent from last year. September deaths were 2 950, versus 3 640 a year ago, with Pennsylvania and Michigan leading state reductions and several cities recording no September fatalities.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Milwaukee
Wis
Dallas
Tex
Evanston
Ill
Iowa
Weather Man Is Kindly Disposed
Cedar Rapids experienced mild weather in October with a warm day on Thursday reaching 59 degrees at 4 30 p m. Readings from Chambers Inskeep records show a 37 degree low at 1 a m and a high of 68 at 2 40 p m on the same day.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Czechoslovakia and Hungary Move Toward Peaceful Cession
Hungary accepts Czechoslovak offer to cede about 3860 square miles with a Hungarian majority in a bid for quiet settlement. Both governments agree to immediate talks for Czech evacuation and Hungarian occupation arrangements.
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Budapest
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Prague frontier troop buildup reported by News Chronicle
Prague correspondent says the government officially announced German forces concentrate along the southern Czechoslovak frontier near Jindrichuvv and Wradec and along the Prague Vienna railroad. Reasons for the concentration are unknown.
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London
News Chronicle
Prague
Jindrichuvy and
Wradec
Prague-Vienna
Arbitration proposals in Danube border dispute unfold
Czechoslovakia seeks full mediation by German Italian panel to resolve eight disputed districts while Hungary presses for occupation and plebiscites in Slovakia and Ruthenia. Border residents and Czech troops remain on alert as talks continue.
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Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Slovakia
Ruthenia
Komarna
Danube
Benes Plans Chicago Visit When Health Allows
Eduard Benes former president of Czechoslovakia cabled University of Chicago President Robert Hutchins that he will teach as a three month visiting professor as soon as his health permits. He is resting in England while preparing his democracy course.
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Chicago
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Robert M. Hutchins
University of Chicago
Benes
England
Explorer of Alaska Wilds Frustrates Dying Mother's Call
Chicago radio enthusiasts strive to reach Henry Walther 24 in a King Cove area camp on the Aleutian Peninsula after his mother Alice Walther 65 lies dying of cancer. They relay messages via short wave stations from Skagway to Perryville and land lines to Juneau in a race to deliver word before it is too late.
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Alaska Wilds
Chicago
Alice Walther
King Cove
Aleutian Peninsula
Alaska
Civilization
Perryville
Walther
Skagway Station
Rowland Long
Skagway
Long
Henry Walther
Moth
Present
Joe Crosson
Northwest
Wiley Post
Will Rogers
Post
Crosson
Viola
U S Supply Of Ready Cash At All Time Peak
Washington AP The nation's supply of ready cash rose to a new high of 57 7 billion including about 6 7 billion in currency and the rest in deposits Lendable deposits stood at 3 28 billion vs normal needs 500 million Deposits and currency have expanded by 1 billion since June 30 amid foreign money flows The administration lowered barriers to lending but loans by banks eased slightly with some recovery signals over the four weeks
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Washington
Federal Reserve
Yeggs Loot Chandler And Lampert Offices For 32.60
Cedar Rapids police report two more break ins bringing this week’s total to three. Thieves gained entry at the Chandler company and the Lampert Lumber firm, taking about 32.60 in cash and altering desks and vaults. Detectives note the Chandler vault was opened by someone familiar with its lock.
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Cedar Manids
Cedar Rapids
Yeggs
Chandler Company
First Avenue W
Lampert Lumber Company
E Avenue NW
Lumber Company
H. T. Barry
Helen Chada
First Street
Mark Brodie
Auction Seaman's Envelopes Fetches 20 English Pounds
A federal courthouse auctioneer selling goods left aboard ships by 209 dead or deserting seamen paused on a case. An envelope labeled foreign money was sold to an unidentified man for $10. He opened it to find 20 English pounds which he exchanged Friday for $95.40.
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New York
Opera Star Martini Judges Mock Campus Court Kiss Coeds
Nino Martini Metropolitan Opera tenor and accompanist Miguel Sandoval faced a kangaroo campus court at the University of Iowa during men's week. Martini was found guilty for wearing a necktie and was sentenced to remove it and kiss the first two coeds brought in, Martha Lois Koch and Clara Jane Gottsch. Sandoval pled guilty and received leniency.
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Nino Martini
Iowa
Iowa City
Metropolitan Opera
Miguel Sandoval
University of Iowa
Weck
Martini
Sandler
Martha Lois Koch
Evansville
Ind
Clara Jane Gottsch
Shenandoah
Pi Beta Phi Sorority
Sandoval
Six Boy Scouts narrowly escape when car hits freight train
Six Troop 14 Scouts bound for a Court of Honor at Franklin School were uninjured after their 1929 sedan collided with the Marion Transfer freight train on Milwaukee tracks at Twentieth Street. Driver Joseph Knowles, 17, was treated for shock. the car was towed to a junk yard.
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Jocal
Marion
Milwaukee
Twentieth Street
G Avenues
Franklin School
Joseph Knowles
Oakland Road
Bob Knowles
Louis Trzil
Kenneth
Donald Netolicky
Robert Schomberg
Knowles
Germany and Poland pause Jewish deportations amid negotiations
Berlin reports no final agreement on deporting Polish Jews as talks continue with Warsaw. Germany vows to return deportation trains and restore evacuees to their homes after Poland seeks passport stamp deadlines. Foreign offices note handling under citizenship laws, while Vienna sees arrests of foreign Jews including Poles and Czechoslovaks.
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Berlin
Warsaw
Foreign Office
Germany
Poland
Cologne
Austria
United States
Vienna
WPA Grants 148 975 For Linn Road Work
A 148 975 WPA grant to Linn county funds a blanket road project lasting over a year. County Engineer W B Behrens says the award is Linn county s largest single WPA allotment and funds labor costs for 300 workers on steel bridge painting culvert extension stone crushing and erosion control tasks.
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Linn County
Washington, D. C
W. 11. Behrens
WPA
Behrens
Pershing Returns to U S After Illness Visit
Gen. John J. Pershing is back in America in improved health after three months in Europe working as chairman of the battle monuments commission. He plans to go to Washington soon and declined to comment on international affairs.
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New York
INS
John J. Pershing
America
Europe
Battle Monuments Commission
Washington
Doris Kenyon Weds Chicago Businessman Albert Lasker
New York report states silent film star Doris Kenyon married Friday to Albert D. Lasker a Chicago businessman. The ceremony details are not provided in the brief notice.
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New York
Doris Kenyon
Albert D. Lasker
Chicago
Plotter Foiled by Mother-In-Law of John Roosevelt
Lynn Massachusetts police arrested a 35 year old shoe worker for a series of poison pen letters to Sally Clark Roosevelt and other officials. The arrest followed a tip from Mrs FL Waren Clark Nahant mother in law of John Roosevelt s youngest son who spotted a social security number and alerted authorities.
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Lynn
Mass
FL Waren Clark
Nahant
Sally Clark
John Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Charles F. Hurley
J. Fred Manning Sally
New York
Clark
Gazette Editor Talks on Decency in Government Tonight
Cedar Namds News reports Verne Marshall editor of The Cedar Rapids Gazette will broadcast at 8:00 p.m. on WMT KMA and KSO from Des Moines. He plans pointed remarks about state administration and will address why The Gazette campaigns for decency in government.
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Gazette
Verne Marshall
The
Cedar Rapids
Capone Prepares for Alleged Alcatraz Release
In San Francisco SNS discloses Al Capone nearing release from Alcatraz on January 19 after settling two income tax claims and a $30,000 government fine. He seeks to avoid a contempt sentence in Illinois and must clear funds due to property holdings before release. His attorneys are negotiating further government settlements amid lingering legal pressures.
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San Francisco
Sns
Scarface al’ Capone
Alcatraz
Cook County
Illinois
Chicago
Capone
Florida
Big Rally Planned For Hickenlooper Wednesday Night
Cedar Rapids residents honor B. B. Hickenlooper as he returns after six weeks on the campaign trail as Republican nominee for lieutenant governor. A Greene square concert will precede a torchlight parade to Memorial Coliseum where a large rally is planned with Hickenlooper and other county candidates.
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Cedar Rapids
B. B. Hickenlooper
Greene Square
Memorial Coliseum
Hickenlooper
Bombing foray kills missionary child in Tungpeh
Phoebe Nyhus, three, daughter of Arthur Nyhus of Fertile Iowa, was killed when Japanese planes bombed Tungpeh in Henan province on October 24. Her mother Mrs Nyhus and an eight-year-old daughter Ruth were wounded. The Nyhus family serves with the Lutheran Brethren mission as Tungpeh displayed the American flag. General Chiang Kai-shek vowed Japan war would continue relentlessly.
Mrs Nyhus Related to State Senator Elthon of Fertile
The article notes that Mrs Nyhus, 37, appears to be related to State Senator Leo Elhon of Fertile, but the exact relationship is not yet clear. She is described as the daughter of Fertile merchant A. A. Elthon.
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Nyhus
Leo Elhon
Fertile
A. A. Elthon
Japan Warns France Over Arms to China and Potential Moves
Tokyo says Premier Konoye warned France Japan may take measures if arms flow to China continues. Paris protests by Yotaro Sugimura and Konoye’s envoy, with Asahi condemning open doorU.S. insistence. Date of reply to Grew unclear, but likely soon as Far East shifts with new Chinese regime.
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TOKIO
Foreign Office
Frday
Prince Konove
France
Japan
China
Hainan
South China
Yotaro Sugimura
Paris
Konoye
Charles Arsene Henry
Asahi
Far East
United States
Washington
Joseph C. Grew
Generalissimo
Budget balance by 1941 predicted by Bugs Baer
By 1941 the budget will be balanced on one toe like a ballet dancer. Motor-car industry says good times ahead with dashboard lighter warranties. Sloan and Ford expand staff. finance companies hire more. The 1929 downturn is past and rosy views prevail.
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Ford
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