Debates on Bridges Browder Saboteurs and Neutral Policy
The column urges FBI scrutiny of Bridges Browder and un American activities and questions neutrality policy and the arms embargo. It cites government officials and a reader concern over sabotage, political motives, and the path toward involvement in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yen
Harry Bridges
James M. Landis
FBI
Roosevelt
J. Edgar Hoover
Bridges
Earl Browder
U.S. A
Roosevelt Says Extra Session To Tackle Neutrality Law
President Roosevelt indicated the forthcoming special congressional session will focus on revising the neutrality law. He said no immediate plan to curb wartime profiteers or extra war measures will be pursued at this time and plans remain peacetime oriented. He explained neutrality patrols extend offshore to gather information, not to redefine territorial waters, and noted he would not seek a deficiency appropriation in the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull
Europe
England
Germany
France
Washington
Poland
American
Roosevelt
Congress
Neutrality Patrol
U. S
Rhine
North Atlantic
United States
U. S. Maritime Commission
Religion and communism clash over life’s tragic questions
The sermon argues economic injustice does not explain life’s griefs Sickness sorrow sin and death remain problems under any system Religion, though criticized as narcotic by communism, is seen as brave faith that helps humans meet and defeat life’s deepest disappointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Weaving Motorist Nabbed Fined For Reckless Driving
Cedar ands News reports that HH Houston 40 of 1903 Fourth Avenue SE was arrested after patrolmen followed his weaving car for nine blocks from Third Avenue and Tenth Street SE to Mount Vernon Road and Nineteenth Street SE. He admitted drinking beer but was not intoxicated and was fined 25 dollars plus costs by Judge Powell.
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Houston
Fourth Avenue SE
Third Avenue
Tenth Street SE
Mount Vernon Road
Nineteenth Street SE
Thomas B Powell
Squalus sinking victims linger as sea may claim last body
In Portsmouth New Hampshire naval crews recover 25 of 26 Squalus victims entombed 115 days in the submarine. A body identified as Alfred Priester sat upright between a locker and torpedo tube as officers mourn the fate of the missing diver feared lost when a hatch remained open during salvage.
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Portsmouth
Naval
Naval Steel
Falcon
Alfred Priester
Rosedale
S. J
Charles B Momsen
Momsen
Navy Yard
Atlantic
Plans For Provisional Czech Regime Shape Up
Negotiations in London and Paris advance a plan for a provisional Czechoslovak government to be formed within ten days led by Eduard Beneš with Stefan Osuský as foreign minister and Ian Ingr as war minister. Britain and France may recognize the authority to issue passports and organize defense, while a Czech legion in France contemplates joining the Western Front. The Brith government aims to free Czechs from German rule and reconstitute the Czechoslovak republic.
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London
Paris
Czechoslovakia
Great Britain
France
Eduard Benes
Stefan Osusky
Ian Ingras
Edvard Outgata
Brno
Britain
United Press
Resmond Poincare
Czechoslovak Regation
Cognac
Czechoslovak Republic
Prominent Louisiana Quintet Is Sentenced
In New Orleans federal court Judge Wayne G Borah Friday denied five prominent Louisianans a new trial on mail fraud charges and imposed prison terms and fines. Seymour Weiss, Dr James Monroe Smith, Monte Hart, Louis C Lesage, and J Emory Adams received multi year sentences and hefty fines for involvement in the Bienville hotel furniture deal and related schemes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Wayne G Borah Finiday
Borah
Tletesman
Seymour Weiss
Huey Long
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Monte Hart
Bienville
Louis C Tlesage
Oil Company
J. Emory Adams
Exhibit Of Death Crash Cars In Greene Square Plan
Police, patrol and safety council plan to display two cars involved in a head on collision in Greene Square. Cedar Rapids man died and two Grand Rapids women were critically injured. Officials await attorney releases before hauling the cars to the site.
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Greene Square
Cedar Rapides News
Police Department
Highway Patrol
Linn County Safety Council
Cedar Rapids
Grand Rapids
Mich
Clifford Field
Don Sullivan
Ruth Sullivan
Jean Ann Fritz
Two Switch Crew Members Dismissed After Wreck Probe
Two Milwaukee road switching crew members were fired after an investigation into the Arrow derailment near Marion. Freight conductor Charles Goite and brakeman Dewey Eckhart faced termination following findings by interstate and Iowa commerce officials and railroad representatives. Both men can appeal to a railroad tribunal.
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Milwaukee Road
Marion
Chicago
Omaha
Charles II Goite
C Avenue NE
Dewey Eckhart
Goite
Eckhart
Interstate and
Iowa Commerce Commissions
Railroad
Cabell Resigns as Armour President
CHICAGO AP Robert H. Cabell resigned as president of Armour and Company on Friday and was succeeded by Executive Vice President George A. Eastwood.
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Cabell
Armour
Chicago
Robert H. Cabell
Armour and Company
George A. Eastwood
All City Schools Dismissed Amid Cedar Rapids Heat Wave
In Cedar Rapids the September heat wave prompts early school dismissal as temperatures hit 94 degrees by 1 pm and linger into the afternoon. Public and parochial schools close at 6 am notice, with clergy and officials reporting the action to students before noon dismissal. Weather records show four days above 90 degrees in Cedar Rapids, with historic highs cited by Chambers Inskeep Company records.
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Cedar Rapids
Arthur Demmes
Wat Point
Tam
Chambers
Chambers Inskeep Companys
Weekend cool front seen easing midwest heat
Frigid air and light showers move across the Rocks mountains and push toward Minnesota Iowa Nebraska Wisconsin and parts of Kansas by Friday night with relief expected through weekend. Forecaster C A Donnel of Chicago says temperatures in the plains will drop but remain hot in spots with highs from the upper 90s to over 100 until the front arrives.
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Rocks Mountains
Midwestern
Plains
U.S
C. A. Donnel
Chicago
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Kansas
Ulinos
Indiana
Michigan
Missouri
Donnel
Plains States
Christmas Parade Opens Holiday Shopping Season in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce merchants bureau will sponsor the annual Christmas parade marking the opening of the holiday shopping season. A Dec 1 date was announced after a prior proclamation. the parade contract has been signed and a 10 am Wednesday meeting at the chamber will discuss street lighting and decorations.
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Retail Merchants’ Bureau of the
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Wilson
Iowa
Roosevelt
Bureau
Steuben Society of America vows neutrality in foreign entanglements
NEW UAVEN Conn AP National Chairman Theodore H Hoffman says the Steuben Society of America, a group of American citizens of German extraction, will resist any attempt to drag the United States into foreign entanglements or wars.
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NEW Uaven, Conn
Theodore H. Hoffman
The
Steuben Society of America
Crew Lands After Tanker Torpedo Near Ireland
The crew of the British Influence were landed safely at Kinsale on Friday after the British tanker was torpedoed about 40 miles off the Irish coast on Thursday.
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Dublin
Irish
Kinsale
French Pound at Saar Prize From 3 Sides
Paris reports French forces press three sided assault on Saarbrucken as German positions retreat toward Trier. Berlin cites French withdrawals and heavy bombardment while Luxembourg moves residents from border. Saarbrucken remains contested with civilian flight.
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Saar
Paris
Saarbrucsen
Frontien
Sierck
Marselle
Saarbrueckern
Les
Germany
Sai Valles
Trier
Luxembourg
Trierles
Germiay
Saarbruecken
Armistice Rumor Ties Russia and Japan Trade War
Reports from Moscow say Soviet Russia and Japan reached an armistice on the Manchukuoan frontier ending years of border fighting. Observers expect a non aggression pact to follow, a diplomatic win for Adolf Hitler as efforts to sway Tokyo and Moscow continue amid Allied pressure.
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Moscow
Russia
Japan
Tokio
Far East
Pan Ocuasional
Adolf Uwitler
Sereh
Biddle and Envoys Enter Romania Amid Refuge Pleas
German backed reports say President Moscicki and Polish officials sought refuge in Romania as a new German drive aims to slice into Poland. Ambassador Biddle and wife with aides arrived in Cernaut to escape advancing forces, joining about 600 others in the diplomatic group.
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Berlin
INS
Nace Moscicki
Rumania
DNB
Pees Thompson Schule
Mas
Secretars
Marv Meeze
Hopkinsville
Russians Mobilize Massive War Effort Warily Reported
Moscow dispatches indicate mass mobilization with over two million under arms and a decree boosting reserves. The move, described by Soviet papers as a wartime buildup, expands troops on land and sea as the state underlines readiness amid ongoing conflicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Rush To Buy Food Boosts Employment In C. R. Plants
Cedar Rapids food firms report a buying wave boosting jobs with Quaker Oats adding about 400 workers in two weeks. General manager George Laird says no real shortage exists and overstocked supplies, with stocks already tight for cereals, spurred the surge. Total plant employment at Quaker Oats now around 1,100, up from normal levels, as production for a new season begins and later steadies.
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United States
Cedar Rapids
Quaker Oats Company
George Laird
America
Laird
Harry Palmer
Wilson and Campany
Russia-Axis Pact Realigns Europe Warned by Observer
Observer warns that a Russian move to seize Poland may trigger a widening war with the Allies. Britain and France protect Poland, but readings suggest Moscow plans westward actions including Finland Estonia Latvia and Romania with a Hitler Stalin collusion viewed as the ultimate catastrophe.
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Russia
Finland
Russi
Nazi Push Into Eastern Poland Declares Threat to Warsaw
Berlin reports say German armies drive into eastern Poland toward the Vistula front as Soviet Russia readies attack on Poland after mobilization. Warsaw reportedly encircled as Nazi advances breach central lines and Polish defenses withdraw toward the Pripet region.
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Berlin
Poland
Russia
Copentiagen
INS
Soviet
Vistula
Politikem
Brest-Litovsk
Lublis-Lwow
Censtral Rutno
Ramana
Warsaw
Fort Pit
Rome
Livon
Lemberat
Bucharest
Rumania
Paris
Lwow
Vna
Pripet
If This Isn't Our War Why Criticize Bugs Baer Asks
A terse column questions critics of the western front, arguing that war efforts differ and gains may be achieved if critics stop judging and let participants fight their own way. The writer likens the conflict to a western duel with a grizzly.
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Bugs" Baer
Paraguay Declares Neutrality in European Conflict
Paraguay formally declared neutrality in the European conflict on Friday, signaling a nonbelligerent stance and signaling diplomatic positioning amid global tensions.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
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