Britain Breaks Diplomatic Ties With Romania
British action to sever relations with Romania follows reports of massive Nazi troop movements into Romania and Bulgaria. Germany is said to have 400 000 to 500 000 troops near the Slovakian frontier and hundreds of thousands already in Romania, with technicians flowing into Bulgaria as possible advance guards. Sir Reginald Hoare will leave Bucharest with his staff as tensions rise in the Balkans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Kuh
United Press
London
Grea
Britain
Rumania
Germany
Bulgaria
Balkans
Romania
Statinn
Reginald Hoare
Bucharest
Winston Churchill
Zurich
Authenti
Heare
Wits
Fair Weather and Rising Temperature Forecast
Fair weather with rising temperatures was forecast for today by federal meteorologists. Minimums generally above normal across the state with a few readings noted in Council Bluffs and Davenport. skies cloudy in the extreme east and clear elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Tawa
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Tewa
Fresto
Towwi
Quads Making Normal Progress at St John’s Hospital
Fargo reports Brown quadruplets show normal progress in private nursery. Dr. J. F. Hanna says they feed well and appear healthy. The babies, born to Mrs. Nick Brown last Thursday, lack names but are expected to be named soon. They receive alternate water and milk feedings every two hours.
Supreme Court rules against Ford Motor Co in labor case
The Supreme Court refused to review a National Labor Relations Board order against Ford Motor Co. upholding findings that Ford coerced and intimidated employees at River Rouge and Highland Park plants in 1937. Ford must cease anti union conduct, reinstate 230 discharged workers with back pay, and stop threatening organizing rights. no official comment issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
National Labor Relations Board
Ford Motor Co
Ford
CLO Automobile Workers
High Court
River Rouge
lHighland Park
Mich
Aet
Death of ex Senator Reed Smoot in Florida
The body of former U S Senator Reed Smoot, age 79, who died in St. Petersburg after heart and kidney issues, will be shipped to Salt Lake City. He had come for recuperation after a fall and was under care of his stepson Dr W T Sheets. his wife was present at death.
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St. Petersburg
Fla
Pec
United States
Reed Smoot
Salt Lake City
Smeot
W. T. Sheets
W. T. Sheets. Mrs. Smoot Was At His Bedside When He Died. Smoot
Senate
Smoot
Wrong View On Hostess Qualification In Army Camps
About 3,000 of the 10,000 women who applied for hostess jobs at army camps in Omaha Nebraska have been laboring under a false impression of the hostess role. The army announced the position requires administration experience, personnel handling, food knowledge, and ability to coordinate soldiers off duty activities. Only about 250 strong applicants met the requirements, while 600 had some understanding and the rest misunderstood the job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Petain Names Darlan As His Right Hand Man
Marshal Petain elevates Admiral Francois Darlan to vice premier and foreign minister, sidelining Pierre Laval and signaling a possible Laval return later. Darlan also assumes the navy portfolio, with Lavals old posts reshaped as part of weekend political shifts that could affect German French negotiations.
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Petain
Darlan
Ralph Heinzen
United Press
Vichy
France
Marshal Philippe Petain
Francois Darlan
Pierre Laval
Laval
Darian
Navy
Germany
Pierre - Etienne Flandin
Marcel Peyrouton
German Planes Hit Iceland As War Moves Westward
Berlin reports German reconnaissance planes roared over Reykjavik Iceland about 1000 miles from North America. British pursuit planes on the ground at Reykjavik were destroyed claimed by German high command.
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Berlin
Reykjavik
Iceland
North
Creeland
Denmark
Germany
Teetland
British Isles
Teet Land
Scotland
North Atlantic
Teeland
Luftwalle
Portugal
Britain Bombards Genoa Italy in Naval Show of Force
British warships and Royal Air Force planes struck Genoa and Leghorn Pisa targets in a coordinated wartime bombardment. The fleet, led by Maliya Renown Ark Royal and Sheffield, fired hundreds of tons of shells at docks refineries and rail yards to display sea power along the Genoa Leghorn rail corridor and the broader France Africa route.
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Sidney J. Williams
London
Britain
Genoa
Italy
Germany
Mediterranean
France
Africa
Royal Air Force
Leghorn
Pisa
Spezia
Sicily
Thaly
Milaya
Renown
Carerier
Ark Royal
Sheffield
Aly
Maliuya
Malaya
Ther Taredis
Phiinay
Sundary
Quler
Guoddancraft
Loghetn
Aod
Piso
Specia
Rex
Rome
Bologna
Venice
British aid would lead US into war says Hart
Merwin K. Hart testified before foreign relations committee that passage of the British aid bill could draw the United States into war and spark a fascist or communist government here. He urged continuing aid to Britain while stressing US defense as paramount. Hart warned of lower living standards and political upheaval if the bill passed.
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Hart
William H. Lawrence
United Press
Washington
Merwin K. Hart
New York
Foreign Relations Committee
United States
New York State Economic Council
Britain
Hark
Tomerow
Wendell L Willkie
James B. Conant
Harvard Unity
Senate
Menmmune
Wallace
Hopkins Leaves Britain for Lisbon Embassy Mission
Hari Hopkins, personal friend of President Roosevelt and recent emissary in Britain, departs for Portugal this afternoon. He plans to connect with the Yankee Clipper in New York for the return trip, continuing his unofficial liaison role.
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UPS
Hari Hopkins
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Portugal
Teddy
New York
Willkie Returns From Britain Pressing Aid Debate
Wendell L. Willkie returns from Britain to Washington and tells the senate foreign relations committee that aid to Britain may keep the US from war, while withholding aid could draw the nation into conflict. He spent hours with Churchill Attlee Eden Beaverbrook and endorses the lease lend bill.
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New York
CUP
Wendell L. Willkie
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Great Britain
Willkie
United States
Britain
Winston Churchill
Clement R. Attlee
Privy Seal
Anthony Eden
Lord Beaverbrook
Churchill
Iowa House okays half tax on sealed corn debate
After nearly three hours of debate the Iowa House narrowly adopted a plan to reduce by half the tax assessment on sealed corn. The vote was 56 to 40 as supporters claimed a partial victory for an amendment to exempt such corn from taxes.
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Mouse
Maines
House
Kenry W
Burma
Allison
Man Dies In Industrial Accident In Cedar Rapids
Elbert Le Roy Andrews 27 died from suffocation after being buried by several tons of sheet steel at the La Plant Choate company plant in Cedar Rapids Iowa. Workers freed him after 25 minutes but he died at the scene as steel toppled and pressed on his chest. Deputy Coroner Fred W. Mulson said the pressure prevented breathing.
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Cedar Rapids
Elbert le Roy Andrews
Andrews
la Plant Choate Company
Fred W. Mulson
Bank Robbery Hits Adna Savings Bank in McIntire
A $200 cash theft occurred today at Adna Savings Bank in McIntire Iowa after 2 p.m. A 6 foot 2 inch to 6 foot 3 inch heavyset man entered, attempted the safe but the time lock blocked him, and he escaped in a gray coupe with cash from the drawer as cashier R D Williams and assistant Grace O'Brien watched. The incident marks the bank's third robbery in three years.
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Grace O’brien
Williams
Cedar Rapids Couple Pleads Time On Murder Charges
Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Bender of Cedar Rapids were granted until Thursday to enter a plea in the murder case connected to the death of their 5 year old son Ralph. The couple, 32 and 30, previously confessed to plotting to kill the boy by setting him on fire and locking him in an upstairs room on November 6. They were arraigned before Judge H. C. Ring as attorney Jim Patterson and Linn County Attorney W. W. Crigsman asked for time and agreed to the court terms.
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Cedar Rapids
Walter W. Bender
Ralph Wohhook
Jim Patterson
W. W. Crigsman
Linn County
Review of the war situation is presented
United Press war expert J W T Mason reviews Axis defeats in the Mediterranean and North Africa extending to the second battle of France. He notes Petain’s refusal to restore Laval signals Vichy resilience and rising German caution over risking the French fleet and colonial forces.
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U. S
J. W. T. Mason
United Press
Mediterranean
North Africa
France
Marshal Petain
Pierre Laval
Adolf Hitler
Vichy
Europe
Hitler
Petain
Berlin
Axis
Laval
Darlan
Paris
Lavalles
Pierre Fuenne Flandin
Uehrer
Flandin
Flandin Mens
Certs
Durlan
Legal Counselor to London Seen as New Ambassador Move
Government sources disclose a shift of Robert P. Murphy from Vichy to London as chief counsel of the embassy in Britain. Murphy, a veteran foreign service officer, will join the embassy staff to handle practical legal matters and coordinate with British and French officials on diplomatic exchanges and security policy.
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Washiretan
Fem Benning
Yo Cohen
Rod Attornex
Sind Formoer
Cercorum
London
Aimbasendar
Wiobur
Diple
State Department
Walt
Robert PL. Murphy
Vichy
Lordon
Cohen
Fe Weer
New Dent
Leketiae
Amd Exchange
Secial Seclurity
Corcarep
Winton
Tere
Sugh
Warneedert
Murphy
Oman
Lifenuine Corps
Africa
United States
Dakar
Tunis
Coonfer
Maxime Weygands
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N. L. R. Board
Big Auto Co
Flovida
Gerlin
Fliegel
Hii
Jost
Hopkins
Lisbon
Towa
State Department of Agriculture
Frank Byers
Robert Munver
Lions City
Frans D. Manning R. Davernort
Ise
Tegessors
Rammissaian
Eltytier
McIntire Bank
Bandit
Mrs. Bender
Flea
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