Audit Failures and Bank Accountability in Iowa
A reader questions how a Iowa bank teller embezzled $188000 before detection and urges the state banking department to focus on meaningful audits. The piece argues audits should confirm depositor balances and call for stricter oversight to protect depositors and public funds. It notes reform is needed as current audits are costly and largely ineffective.
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Iowa
State Banking Department
State
California
Federal Deposit Insurance
Chicago
Des Joines
Iowa City
Ribbentrop in Moscow to negotiate amid war talks
German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop flew to Moscow with experts for talks reportedly about Poland and possible Turkish discussions. British denounced any peace deal framed in Moscow, while rumors swirled of a potential Italian mediation and Vatican stance.
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Berlin
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Moscow
Russia
Poland
Ribbentrop
Sukru Saracoglu
London
INS
Great Britain
France
Vatican
Ivan Maisky
Viscount Halifax
General Chairman Named for Cedar Rapids Chest Campaign
Roy E. Choate, president and general manager of La Plant Choate Manufacturing, was named general chairman for the Cedar Rapids Community Chest drive set for November 14 to 21. He urged city wide cooperation from industries, retail firms, and individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy E. Choate
la Plant- Choate Manufacturing Company, Inc
Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
Choate
Manufacturers Bureau of the
Chamber
Manufacturers Bureau
Weather warms after cool Cedar Rapids night
Cedar Rapids saw temperatures fall to a midnight 39 and a 6 am minimum of 38. Bright sun lifted readings to 57 by 10 am and 69 by 2 30 pm. Tuesday peaked at 52 from noon to 1 pm before slipping to 46 by 7 pm.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Bremen Believed In Russia Churchill Says Bremen in Northern Port
London United Press Churchill told Parliament that the German liner Bremen was believed to be in a northern Russian port. The disclosure came as Britain and its allies pursued updates on Axis shipping.
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Bremen
Russia
Churchill
London
Winston Churchill
The
Admiralty
House of Commons
United Press
Warsaw
Exchange Telegraph
Exchange Telestank
Belgian Denies German Troop Massing Near Aachen
Brussels AP reports the Belgian information ministry denied reports of German troop concentrations at Aachen near the Belgian frontier. The denial cited 'a good source' for the claim and emphasized no such buildup was observed.
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Brussels
Belgian Information Ministry
Aachen
Aix-la-Chapelle
Legion For Neutrality No Arms Embargo Stand
The American Legion at its twenty first annual convention in Chicago endorsed peace and neutrality and urged Congress to steer U S policy. It voted to withdraw from the Federation and asked Congress to stay in session to expand armed forces as needed to preserve neutrality.
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Qyrom
Gazette
United States
Germany
Europe
Legion For Neutrality
Chicago
American Legion
Congress
America
Legion
INS
Boston
The
International Federation of Allied War Veterans
Stephen A. Chadwick
Roosevelt
Committee On Foreign Relations
Ray Murphy
Ida Grove
Leonard Olsen
Illinois
Resolutions Committee
Chadwick
Bergdoll Admits Secret U S Returns and Hidden Gold
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, WWI draft dodger, testified at a court martial that he secretly visited the United States in 1929 and 1935, stayed years each time, and that about 160000 dollars hidden in a Philadelphia mansion was moved to Wenger bank. He detailed travel using aliases and said his latest return was voluntary.
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New York
Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll
United States
Germany
Montreal
Joseph Amann
Bennett Nash
Bremen
Rouses Point
N.Y
Nash
John Sparks
Europa
Nash ”Y
Grand Central Station
Philadelphia
Bersdoll
Emma C Bergdoll
Wenger and Company
The World War Echo of Spengler and the Rise of Caesarism
The piece reviews Oswald Spengler’s century old forecast in The Decline of the West and argues that modern dictatorship may be arising. It warns of Caesarism as a mass leader using demagogy to seize power, favoring bloodline xenophobia and tribal aggression as society’s scourge.
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Oswald Spengler
Spengler
Lawton
Caesar
Danes Feature Syndicate
Russian Steamer Metallist Sunk Near Esthonia
Soviet government reports the steamer Metallist torpedoed and sunk by an unidentified submarine near Esthonia. Soviet patrol ships rescued 19 crewmen. five sailors are missing.
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Moscow
Metallist
Esthonia
US fleet halves for secret sea battle drill
San Pedro reports the US fleet split into two forces for a secret battle practice at sea on Wednesday. The mock combat test involved maneuvering ships and coordinating gunnery drills amid tense wartime expectations.
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San Pedro
Calif
United States
U S Proposes Ocean Patrol for Western Hemisphere
The Inter American Neutrality Conference weighs a U S plan to patrol waters around the Americas to protect shipping from belligerents, excluding Canadian waters due to Canada’s war status. Cuba and the United States sponsor the plan with Argentina Uruguay and Brazil backing aid. Leopold Melo signals other proposals while study continues. The patrol could be conducted jointly or individually around the Caribbean and approaches to the Panama Canal.
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Panama
United States
Sumner Welles
Canada
Cuba
Argentina
Uruguay
Brazil
South America
Leopold Melo
Welles
Canal Zone
Caribbean Sea
Atlantic
Pacific
Panama Canal
American
Dolan Fined $100 for Reckless Driving After Crash
Paul F Dolan 25 of 926 Favenue NW was arrested at 1 30 am after his car hit a parked truck owned by Frank Pusateri 729 Fourteenth street SE and left the scene. He admitted drinking but was not charged with drunken driving. Judge Thomas B Powell fined him 100 dollars plus 2 dollars costs.
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Cedar Rapids
Paul F. Dolan
Favenue
Frank Pusateri
Fourteenth Street SE
Dolan
Dick Staves
Fourteenth Street
Pusateri
Walsh and
Shannon
Avenue and
Tenth Street
al Mikota
Thomas B. Powell
Hitler Forms Military Rule in Polish Territory
Berlin AP reports Reichsfuhrer Hitler set up a military administration for occupied Poland and appointed Col. Gen. Gerd von Rundstedt as head, consolidating German military governance.
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Hitler
Berlin
Reichsfuhrer
Gerd von Rundstedt
French artillery hits German Siegfried Line in 25 mile front
Paris dispatches report French artillery wiped out portions of the Siegfried line between Merzig and Saarbruecken as heavy bombardment roared along a 25 mile front. German counterfire and air battles were noted while French air power aided artillery accuracy.
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Paris
Merzig and
Saarbruecken
Saar
Palatinate
Merzig-Saarbruecken
Biddle To Continue Mission In France
Paris reports that the United States authorized A J Drexel Biddle ambassador to Poland to persist with his diplomatic mission in France. He and North Winship set up a temporary Polish embassy at the U S embassy after fleeing Warsaw, with plans to follow the new Polish government to a French provincial center.
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Paris
J. Drexel Biddle
United States
Poland
France
Biddle
North Winship
Slogan to Keep Us Neutral On One Side Wanted
Wartime column notes a search for a neutral slogan as slogans like making the world safe for democracy and the war to end wars fill walls. The piece humorously mentions slogan makers working late after a game of checkers with jumping beans in a haunted castle setting.
Britain plans higher taxes in wartime budget
Chancellor Sir John Simon presented a supplemental war budget predicting a 35 percent income tax assessment from July 1 and a total outlay near 2 billion pounds for the year. He warned the credit of 500 million pounds may not cover all needs to March 1940 and proposed large defense loans and tax increases to fund a three year war. Berlin reports Warsaw capitulation expected around September 29 amid heavy bombardments and sieges as civilians suffer including water shortages and hospital losses.
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London
Britain
John Simon
Simon
Navy to Move Vessels to Hawaii for Training and Decentralization
The Navy will shift a sizable force of ships to Hawaii amid European war and Far East tensions. An official said the move aims to train and decentralize the fleet with no ulterior motive, aligning with a long-studied plan to station a scouting force in the Pacific. The main battleship fleet remains on the Pacific coast after an Atlantic cruise cut short by Roosevelt's order.
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Washington
Pacific
Roosevelt
North Sea
Scotland
Wilhelmshaven
High Command
All Agree Plane-Warship Battle Fought Who Won
New York report on the first clash between warships and bombing planes since the European conflict began. Britain and Germany give opposite outcomes with Britain denying hits and casualties while Germany claims the carrier was sunk and a battleship struck.
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New York
London
Berlin
North Sea
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Balkans
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Propaganda Foundation
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Roy Ef, Choate
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Pennsylvania Station
Trenton
N. J
Stacy Trent
Civi Defense
Harry Weinberger
U. S
Iedmechshafen
Western Front
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Rhine
Arthur
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Winan
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