Nazis Press Advance in Balkans Amid Romanian Deadlock
World attention centers on the Balkans as German troops move into Romania while Russia concentrates near the Romanian border. Baron von Killinger takes Bucharest post as Nazi influence grows, and King Boris deposes Bulgarian officers amid looming Axis plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balkans
Germany
Rumania
Russia
Danube
Baron Manfred von Killinger
Slovakia
Bucharest
Romania
Hitler
Boris
Bulgaria
Turkey
Greece
Albania
Santa Liberal This Year with Bicycles in Dubuque
In Dubuque more than 1060 boys and girls received bicycles from Santa Claus this Christmas. The event marks a busy season as many licenses for new bicycles have been issued since Christmas Day. In Lohrville northeast of here Oscar Griffee, a tenant farmer, escaped a fire set by a gas lantern while repairing a washing machine. His home and furniture were destroyed, and the dwelling belonged to the Lohrville Savings Bank.
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Santa Liberal
Dubuque
Lubuque
Santa Claus
Lourville
Oscar Griffee
Here
Kurt
Lohrville Savings Bank
Dubuque Civic Club Leaders Pick 1940 Outstanding Young Man
Du buque civic club leaders form a committee to select the 1940 outstanding young man to be announced at the Junior Chamber of Commerce Fourders Day dinner on January 15.
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Dubuque
Auto Crash Smashes Cedar Rapids Grocery Window
Cedar Rapids. Tom Haddy, a grocery store owner, was injured by flying glass when two cars collided in front of his shop sending one into the display window. Four passengers received minor cuts.
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Cedar Rapids
Tom Haddy
Haddy
Plane crash injures Mason City flyer near Eldora
Leon Frost, 32, of Mason City, was seriously injured when his Aeronca monoplane struck a power line pole and crashed into an adjoining field at Eldora. He was taken to a hospital with a long gasping wound across his face and part of an ear severed. Frost said he flew here to visit friends and dipped low to check directions before starting back.
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Prine Hiss
Eldora—Leon Frost
Mason City
Aeronca
Frost
Thief Wrecks Stolen Car Then He Escapes
A teenage thief stole one auto in Marshalltown and fled on foot after wrecking a second car at a telephone pole. Police chased the youth but he escaped by running away from the scene.
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Marshalltown
Bandit Shoots Bus Driver for Money Changer
Ottumwa city bus operator Kay Robinson, 45, was shot in the shoulder and seriously wounded when a young bandit hailed the bus and demanded the money changer. He fled on foot with cash as Robinson opened the door for a passenger. Passengers corroborate the account of the shooting.
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Ottumwa
Kay Robinson
Robinson
Former UI Professor in German Prison Report Emerges
Word reaches Iowa City that Ray Mond Brugere, former University of Iowa French professor, is alive in a German camp near Dresden. A lieutenant in the French army, Brugere was believed killed last spring. he writes from captivity that he was captured in the Ardennes on May 19. His wife awaits the birth of their son born May 11.
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Iowa City
Raymond Brugere
University of Iowa
Dresden
Brugere
Adolphe J. Diekman
University of Wyoming
Laramie
Ardenn Nes
Prairie Flower Baptist to Welcome New Pastor
United Presbyterian church heard two sermons by Rev. C. E. Strong of Prairie Flower Baptist Church northwest of Washington. Morning message focused on Closing Year Reflections, evening on He Obeyed the Vision. New pastor expected to begin with opening sermons next Sunday.
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United Presbyterian
C. E. Strong
Prairie Flower Baptist Church
Washington
Pledges More Help for Britain Seen Emergency Move
President Roosevelt expressed pleasure at broad support for his emergency aid pledge to Britain. White House secretary Early noted both Republican and Democratic leaders backed the stance. Berlin hinted Hitler may respond personally to Roosevelt's critique of Germany and allies. Purvis of the British Purchasing Commission was invited to a White House luncheon.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Britain
White House
Stelpen T. Early
Germany
Italy
Thexis
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Japan
Arthur E. Purvis
Eau
British Purchasing Commission
Roosevelt Calls United States to Arm for Democracy
In a stark wartime address President Roosevelt urges massive civilian effort to rearm and mobilize production. He argues starkly that aiding democracy faster prevents a broader war and insists the nation must be the great arsenal of democracy without business as usual.
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Germany
Roosevelt
Marshall Blames Roosevelt Bomber Flight Remark
Verne Marshall Cedar Rapids editor and No Foreign War chairman accused President Roosevelt of a bomber flight to Denver in a Sunday defense address. He charged the president urged weakening U S defenses by aiding European belligerents and called the speech a challenge to the axis powers.
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Cumberland, Md
Verne Marshall
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt
Denver
Trials Set in January District Court Docket
Notice lists a January term of trials across probate, law, and equity divisions. Cases include Estate of Lee Hanna claim by Emma Maxwell, Hopping v Burmeister, W T Rawleigh Co v Wood, Nickerson v Chorpening, and multiple civil actions such as King v Livezey and Hull Co-Op Gas & Oil Co v C M St P R R Co, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Hanna
Emma M. Maxwell
Law
Hopping
Burmeister
W. T. Rawleigh Co
Wood
Nickerson
Chorpening
Bruner
Benblossom
Lemley
Wessley
Delaney
King
Livezey
Hasty
Emde
Morrow
Miller
Colburn
Krabill
Jackson
Kallous
Crozier
Swartzendruber
Baird
Et al
McElhinney
Willits
Krumviede
R. R. Co
Hull Co-Op. Gas
Friese
Marhoefer
Wash
Fed. Sav
Loan Assoc
Moothart
Mouser
Schulty
Ferguson
Rittenhouse
Funeral services set for Mrs. Beckerman in Wellman
Mrs. Beckerman, born Catherine Elizabeth Green in Wellman in 1889, dies at her home four miles west of town after heart trouble. Funeral is Tuesday at 2 PM at Wellman Methodist Church, with Rev. P. M. Conant. burial in Wellman cemetery. Survived by husband William Eckerman, daughter Mrs. Jacob Litweiler, two grandchildren, three sisters, and an uncle.
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Wellman
William E.eckerman
Wellman Methodist Church
P. M. Conant
Bidwell Funeral Home
Beckerman
Here
Catherine Elizabeth Green
Wellman Ort
John Green
William Eckerman
Jacob Litweiler
Billy
Jimmy
Clarence Herr
Kinross
Jim Herr
Arthur Jones
Keota
William Eitermitler
Court Action to Cancel Pinis Citizenship Papers
United States District Attorney T E Diamond has filed to cancel the naturalization of George Christopher Pinis after he left for Italy in 1930 and now resides on Rhodes. The petition notes he gained papers in 1926 while living locally.
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Pinis
Sioux City
United States
T. E. Diamond
George Christopher Pinis
Italy
Rhodes
Seats Available at Midnight Show
The State Theatre announces that Liz Abner from the famous cartoon strip will be the feature picture for the New Year’s Eve midnight show, with plenty of seats available for patrons.
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Liz Abner
State Theatre
115th Man Joins Troop Completes 115-Man Roster
The 115th mechanized Iowa cavalry troop in the National Guard has reached its authorized strength of 115 men. the last enlistment occurred today with Captain Jay Brown confirming no further recruits will be accepted. Induction into federal service is set for January 13 at the armory, with later moves to Camm Bowls at Northwood, Texas, and replacements to be drawn from drafted men as needed.
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DPD
113Th Cavalry
Washington
National Guard
War Department
Jay Brown
Sigourney
Draf
Brown
118Th Cavalry
Teyvas
Northwood
Texas
Sear
New Year Gala Planned as Fox Theatre Opens if Needed
Annual New Years event described with readiness to open the Fox Theatre if required. Both theatres will showcase the same picture with festive accessories such as horns noisemakers serpents hats and other items to welcome the New Year.
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Fox
New Year Open House At Y Features Diving And Exhibits
The Y hosts two afternoon events starting 2:30 with YWCA and YMCA youngsters in beginner swims and exhibitions by top state divers Herman Doran Warren Goodwin and Tommy Goodwin. Life saving certificates are awarded to several members and Howard Little earns a field agent certificate. Evening program includes figure swimming by a girl team and a clown-added diving show plus a boys drill team.
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Y.W.C.A
Y.M.C.A
Herman Doran
Warren Goodwin
Tommy Goodwin
Life Saving Corp
Jean Atchison
Eleanor Tucker
Jim Gilchrist
Archie Buwer
Bill Burham
Don Klesey
Ellis Stoops
Douglas Dowell
Howard Little
National Board
House Committee
King
Audrey Hotle
Laurine Kiesey
Henrietta Stewart
Mary Voorhees
Caroleen Sartor
Robert Rohrer
John Gam
Clinton A
Dwight Harley
West Chester
Clifton
Washington
Charles Griffin
Paul Jordan
John Gamble
Bob Unsaker
Archie Kuwer
James Gilchrist
Bob Stockman
Leo Lewis
Hob Stockman
Kramer
Clinton
Peterson
Gene Trask
Jim Arnold
Everette Squire
New Years Observance Shuts Washington Retailers
Secretary O E Lehmitt reports many Washington retail firms will close Wednesday for the New Year holiday. Food stores, produce houses, and drug stores stay open. Lumber yards, barber shops, and most other shops close. restaurants keep usual hours. Post office also closes with no city or rural mail, stamps only morning window open. County offices close for the holiday as preparations begin for the new year.
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O. E. Lehmitt
The
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Schmitt
New United Presbyterian Pastor Leaves for Washington Today
Rev George Kerr accepts a call to the United Presbyterian church in Washington Iowa and leaves Downe City Nebraska today with his family. He will preach his first sermon in Washington the following Sunday and attend a New Year’s Day congregational dinner and reception. The Nebraska presbytery will meet in Omaha December 27 to dissolve Kerr’s pastorate here.
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George Kerr
United Presbyterian Church
Washington
Downe City
Nebr
Nebraska
Pawnee
Iowa
Kerr
Pawnee City
Omaha
Wawnee City
Pittsburgh-Xenia Theological Seminary
Pittsburgh
Penn
Nebraska Presbytery
Insurance Firms Share Farm Program Payments
The Agriculture Department disclosed that nine insurance companies each received more than $100,000 in government benefits for the 1938 farm program. Metropolitan Life led with $346,773, while Equitable Life of Des Moines totaled $110,934 and total 1% payments surpassed $160,000 for firms including federal land banks and state agencies.
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Washington, D. C
Agricultural Department
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of
New York
Five Sisters Die in Maine Fire at Store and Apartment
A blaze in Easton Maine destroyed a one and a half story wooden building housing a general store and an apartment. Dee 36 and five of her sisters perished along with a 19 year old housekeeper. Only Mr and Mrs Walter Smith and their son James 11 survived as the upper floor stairway exit was destroyed.
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Easton
Maine
Dee
Walter Smith
James
Carl Ellsworth Surrenders After Check Forgery Confession
Carl Ellsworth surrendered to Tama police and admitted forging checks at Aber, authorities said. The case centers on alleged counterfeiting activity tied to Aber and involved police questioning and a formal confession.
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Carl Ellsworth
Tama
Aber
Ancient London Fire Devastates Historic Landmarks
A nighttime raid on London ignited a three hour blaze across the ancient city center. Guild Hall and St Paul's Cathedral suffered damage as fires burned, with analysts suggesting Royal Air Force night fighters helped end the conflagration. The attack framed Roosevelt's vow to strengthen Allied war effort against Germany Italy and Japan.
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United Press
Roosevelt
London
Toda
Axis
United States
Italy
Germany
Japan
Mile Square
Britain
St. Paul's
Royal Air Force
America
Strike order withdrawn at Fort Wayne International Harvester plant
A strike order affecting 3200 workers at the Fort Wayne International Harvester plant was withdrawn at the request of U S labor conciliator David G Beadley. The walkout had been set for 10 a m as the plant produces truck parts for the war department and other defense construction projects.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
International Harvester Company
David G. Beadley
United States Department of Labo
War Department
Car crash on Wayland road injures no one
Delbert Mee Guire of Wayland drives into a county gravel truck driven by Ernest Ferguson of Wellman ten miles south of Washington on a Saturday afternoon. The truck was turning around on the road at the time. The car owned by George McGuire of Wayland suffered considerable damage with no injuries reported.
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Delbert MeeGuire
Wayland
Ernest Ferguson
Wellman
Washington
George McGuire
Ferguson Wins Decoration Prize for Christmas Display
Raymond Ferguson of Grinnell, formerly of Washington, won first in the Chamber of Commerce Christmas decoration contest. A 25 dollar prize electric rooster centerpiece stood among a high tree blaze, a pastoral store on the lawn with three shepherds and wooly sheep, bright house lighting, and two evergreen trees. Judges reported 19 entries and noted clear categories for home window and yard displays.
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Grinnell Herald Register
Raymond Ferguson
Grinnell
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Ferguson
Aberdeen search yields no trace of crimes involving Deen
Police pursue leads in Aberdeen but investigators report no evidence of the alleged crimes tied to the 38 year old Deen, leaving questions about the case unresolved.
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Deen
Aberdeen
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Baron von Killinger
Bandit
8.U.1
Mr. Roosevelt
Sweden
Great Britain
Marshall
Eckerman
Ble
Archie Huwer
Albert Shaw
Oakdale
Equitable Life Insurance Company of
Des Moines
Mili
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