Declaration on war guilt and the lessons of Versailles
An INS dispatch frames Hitler as the aggressor and notes global belief in Prime Minister Chamberlain’s claim that one man bears responsibility. The piece argues against repeat punitive terms and urges leaders to pursue lasting peace by addressing resources and hatred, warning that a future Hitler would emerge if peace terms repeat past mistakes.
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INS
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Germany
Chamberlain
Versailles
Cedar Rapids Faces Driving Dangers on Wider Third Avenue
The city’s new three and four lane streets invite faster travel but motorists still drift between lanes. Experts urge driver education and lane markers to boost safety and maximize benefits from widened thoroughfares.
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Third Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Italy’s stance in war hints at Nazi strategy
The piece analyzes Italy’s nonparticipation in early war actions and asks if Mussolini aims to keep a buffer, limit Britain and France aid to Poland, or perhaps switch sides for a price. It notes Hitler’s reaction and questions whether Mussolini’s distance signals a real rift with Germany.
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Italy
Great Britain
France
Poland
Hitler
Germany
Austria
Mussolini
Duce
Italy and the evolution of alliances from WWI to 1939
The passage outlines Italy’s shifting alignments from the Triple Alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary in 1914 to joining the Allies in 1915, driven by strategic goals and promises in Dalmatia, Trentino, and Tyrol. It notes Franco-British naval leverage, later disputes over promises, and Mussolini’s 1938–39 aims involving Savoy, Nice, Corsica, and access to routes via Africa and the Suez region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Rome
Great Britain
Europe
Mediterranean
Trentino
Cisalpine
Tyrol
Dalmatia
Adriatic
Turkey
Smyrna-Adalia
Africa
France
Wilson
Caporetto
Albania
Britain
Yugoslavia
Savoy
Nice
Corsica
Il Duce
Tunisia
Djibuti
Suez Canal
Ethiopia
War names tax the reader with hard to spell places
A columnist laments wartime naming fatigue, noting више locations from Manchuria to Poland strain readers with difficult spellings. The piece mocks endless foreign toponyms and lists places and leaders like Moscicki and Smigly-Rydz, urging names easier to pronounce.
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Manchuria
Addis Ababa
Djibuti
Gojjam
Kokfara
Haile Selassie
China
Suiyuan
Quotable quotes on society and liberty from notable figures
A collection of sayings from Pope Pius XII, Dewey, Elizabeth Reynard, Carrie Hughes, Henry Ford, Rayford Gif ford, F H La Guardia, Lawrence Tibbett, Avery Coonley, Walther von Brauschitsch, I Arthur Ganger, Marjorie Hillis, Eduard Lindemann, Victor Nef, and Vilhjalmur Stefansson. The statements cover justice, education, democracy, war, liberty, spending, nightlife, and humanity.
Iowa in Washington focuses on Bridges bid and Eicher SEC ties
Elie Hudson Coleman in Washington backs Senator Bridges for the Republican nomination with Rep. Hawks as campaign manager and secretary to his team. Former congressman Ed Eicher, now SEC member, explains action plans from Munich crisis to current corporate reorganizations and future regulations.
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Charles Hawks, Jr
Horicon
Wis
H. Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Hawks
Washington
Bridges
Coleman
Lloyd Thurston
Iowa
Senate
Sen. Bridges
Wisconsin
Business
Professional Women's Club of
Capitol Hill
Earlene White
The
National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Ed Eicher
Congress
Roosevelt
Securities and Exchange Commission
Falls
Job
SEC
Jerome Frank
Eicher
Commission
Munich
Eichers
West Chester
S. W. Livingston
Betty
Parsons College
George Washington University
American Bar Association
San Francisco
Illinois Bar Association
Rockford
Maloney
House of Representatives
Barkley
Iowa Politics and Rumors in the 1940 Race Echo
Iowa Democrats fear a second world war would boost Roosevelt to a third term while Republicans cite 1916 as a close call. The piece notes a $2,090 mystery in the driver license division, liquor commission turnover, neutrality debates by Senator Guy Gillette, and other state administrative quarrels as 1940 campaign chatter. Ed Birmingham shifts to the bull market after war is declared.
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D* Moines
Iowa
Roosevelt
Wilson
Charles Evans Hughes
Hughes
Golden Dome
Statehouse
Public Safety Department
Dean H. H. Kildee
Iowa State College
Eastern Insurance Company
Hartley
Ed Birmingham
Sioux City Livestock Commission
State Social Welfare Board
State Tax Commission
Ask at Your Own Risk as Edgar A. Guest
The speaker chides a caller who demanded a long answer. He recalls meeting on the street and warns the listener about the time spent and the tales yet to tell. The verse frames a witty exchange about questions and delays.
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Edgar A. Guest
Gossip and society notes clash with wartime era
A column mixing rumors about racing, broadcasts, marriages, and theater unfolds. Names include Liz Whitney, Kaltenborn, George Goman, Grace Callender, Milton Berle, Sophie Tucker, Harold Ross, Ted Rio-Rito, and Damon Runyon. Comps also report clerks organizing against Sunday work in retail.
Bohemian Hall Sale Talks With Fay Brothers Lumber
The Bohemian Reading society negotiates with Fay Brothers Lumber Co for sale of its hall at First Street and Fourth Avenue. Built in 1869 the hall cost $4 000 not including stage and furnishings. The society earned large sums from the building but gave most to charity.
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Bohemian Reading Society
Fay Brothers Lumber Company
First Street
Fourth Avenue
Slough Draining Plan Offered by Alderman Haskell
Alderman Haskell presents a plan to drain the big slough north and east of the B C R and N shops by a 2000 foot sewer into the river. A leading physician calls the slough a menace to city health.
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Alderman Haskell
Birthday Party for Verne Marshall at Ten Years Old
Mrs H L Marshall hosted a August 30 birthday party for her son Verne with games and refreshments. Guests included Mary Hageman Bessie Rudolph Bessie Holtman Gladys Young Marguerite Huston Alice Howe Margaret Fitzgerald Hazel Little Nellie Fosmire Mabel Endicott Mary Montieth Ada Remington Maggie Marshall Paul Huston John Huston Harold Cooper Hoyt Young Keith Young Allen Endicott Herbert Newton Richard Jacobson Harold Lyman Mills Agner Jack Hageman Clare Mar Bratt Clifford Haines of Arcana. Judge Hubbard traveled to Bloomfield to hunt prairie chicken with Judge Trimsie. A business delegation from Sioux Falls led by Col. Melvin Grisby met President Ives of BCR and N to discuss Cedar Rapids route extension from Sioux Falls. Sinclair kindergarten at 813 Third Avenue prepares for another season with remodeling and same staff. Mrs R H Kirk is principal. Metropolitan Opera Company opened a week at Greene’s Opera House August 28.
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H. L. Marshall
Verne
Mary Hageman
Bessie Rudolph
Bessie Holtman
Gladys Young
Marguerite Huston
Alice Howe
Margaret Fitzgerald
Hazel Little
Nellie Fosmire
Mabel Endicott
Mary Montieth
Ada Remington
Maggie Marshall
Paul Huston
John Huston
Freddie Schumacher
Harold Cooper
Hoyt
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Vatican
Ohio
Pope Pius XII
Dewey
Carrie Hughes
Henry Ford
Raymond H. Gifford
National Association of Meat Cutters
F. H. LaGuardia
New York City
L Lawrence Tibbett
Walther von Brauschitsch
Broadway
I. Arthur Ganger
New York
Central Park Casino
Marjorie Hillis
Eduard Lindemann
New School For Social Research
Victor Nef
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Arctic Explorer
ED Hadley
Gazette
Ashington
Elsie Hudson Coleman
National Association of State Securities Commissioners
Skytop
J. D. Ross
Bonneville Dam
Pacific Northwest
Ross
John Hanes
Treasury
Hanes
Interstate Commerce Commission
Utility Holding Company
Chandler
Capitol Currents
John H. Chapman
Associated Press
W. L. Curtis
Dick R. Lane
National Alcohol Beverage Control Association
Bernard E. Manley
Guy Gillette
Edger A. Guewt
Walter Winchell
Daily Mirr
Liz Whitney
Henry
Saratoga
Winnie Gardiner
Babs
Florida
CBS
Kaltenborn
Yurrop
George Goman
57Th Street
Grace Callender
James Callender
Fredericksburg
Reno
Jack Osterman
Mary Daly
Park East Hospital
Milton Berle
International Casino
Feller
Lice Duer Miller
Teddy Ultrah Mahanah
New Yorker
Harold Ross
Denver
Ted Rio-Rito
George White
White
George Browne
Dalzell
Thomson
Actors’ Unions
Ralph Whitehead
AFA
Sophie Tucker
Sophie
Roland Young
Deb Jane McLane
Washington Hall
George Raft
Mildred MacCollum
Raft
Barren Kriendler
52Nd Street
Ann Miller
Damon Runyon
Mister
Kuhn
Band
Pelley
Earl Browder
Mittee
Uncle Sam
White House
FDR
Warm Springs Foundation
James J. Maubka
Long Houra
Bualenessa
W. L. Pope
Ed Gavin
James Snyder
Judge Hubbard
Bloomfield
Judge Trimsie
R. R
Sioux Falls
Melvin Grisby
Rough Riders
City
Ives
Sinclair
R. H. Kirk
Metropolitan Opera Company
Greene's Opera House
John
Gurner We
Advan
Banid Troe
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