Political Machines and Constitutional Guardrails
The piece contrasts presidential opposition to Reorganization Bill with lobbyists and Ed Eicher in Washington County while contending that the Roosevelt faction shapes opposition. It then probes Kansas City politics under Tom Pendergast, detailing vote-smoothing tactics, precinct work, and rewards for supporters, and compares Cedar Rapids Center Point voting turnout to argue machines influence turnout. It closes with a St Paul minister linking Hitler to Versailles and debating divine justice and force.
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Ed Eicher
Washington
Washington County
Eicher
Kansas City
Center Point
Cedar Rapids
ST. Paul
Hitler
Germany
Public Enemy Hanley Jailed In Cedar Rapids
Hanley 34, long sought public enemy for two Midwest kidnappings, was flown to Cedar Rapids and placed in a solitary county jail cell after arriving by train with 6 FBI guards. The capture ends a three year search. Hoover announced Hanley made a full confession.
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Joseph Hanley
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Union Station
Iowa City
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hanley
George C. Scott
Walter R. Hutchinson
United States
E G. Dunn
Mason City
Hutchinson
Des Moines
Tom Pirnie
Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Hoover
Otterville Farmer Held In Raid For Alcohol Seizure
Cedar Rapids News report says Glen Smith, a farmer near Otterville ten miles northwest of Independence, was arrested at 5 pm Thursday by Buchanan county officers and federal agents for violating the internal revenue act after fifteen gallons of alcohol were found in his basement. A 12 gauge sawed off shotgun was seized. Smith, arraigned later before U S commissioner Edward J. McPartland, admitted prior time served.
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Cedar Rapids
Glen Smith
Otterville
Independence
Buchanan County Sheriff's Office
Federal Alcohol Tax Unit
Smith
Edward J. McPartland
United States
Final outcome after the tyrants’ exhausting efforts
A reflective piece questions the world’s fate after endless tyrannical attempts to correct wrongs. It ponders collective exhaustion and future place in history, hinting at uncertainty about peace and justice in a tired global order.
Senate leaders unite to back one tax bill aim
In Washington Republican and Democratic leaders in the Senate formed a harmony coalition to push passage of the Senate Finance Committee's five billion dollar tax bill by next week. Minority Leader McNary and Chairman Harrison called the meeting to oppose weakening changes and favor quick approval.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
McNary
Oregon
Harrison
Mississippi
Finance Committee
G. O P
Harrison-McNary
Roosevelt
Vatican Says Austrian Bishops Acted Without Holy See Approval
L Osservatore Romano reports the Austrian episcopacy drafted and signed a declaration praising Nazism without Vatican consultation or approval. Cardinal Innitzer and five prelates asserted loyalty to Germany, reading the message in Austrian churches on the day of the Austro German union referendum.
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Vatican City
L'Osservatore Romano
Vatican
Theodore Cardinal Innitzer
Vienna
Austria
Germany
L’osservatore
Holy See
Driving Teacher Pleads Guilty For Passing Red Light
Frank Zupa pleaded guilty in New York traffic court and was fined ten dollars for passing a red light. Magistrate Burke inquired about his occupation and Zupa replied that he is an auto instructor who teaches people how to drive.
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New York
N. Y
Frank Zupa
Burke
Zupa
Farm youth killed under tractor near Buffalo Prairie
Raymond Elliott age 16 was fatally injured when dragged for hundreds of feet beneath a tractor while plowing at a Buffalo Prairie Illinois farm. Police and rescue units responded to the accident scene.
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Buffalo Prairie, Ill
Raymond Elliott
Loyalist Troops in France Seek Immediate Return Home
Spanish loyalist soldiers in southern France after a Catalonia flight pressed to be repatriated as cabinet ministers consider bringing them back to fight. General Juan Gallol led the request with the loyalist government offering to cover transport and sustenance in France.
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Paris
France
Foreignn Office
Pyrenees
Barcelona
Juan Gallol
10Th
Marcelino Pasqua
Pasqua
Insurgents Seize Lerida Positions in Northeastern Spain
Reporting from Zaragoza the insurgent commanders claim control of Lerida and readiness to occupy the provincial capital after sweeping the Segre valley. General Juan Yague’s forces press an encircling advance through olive groves and hills, while a new government line ten miles east slows the push. Government losses are described as unusually heavy.
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Zaragoza
Spain
Lerida
Segre
Juan Yague
Barcelona
el Caudillo
Fran
Lambertsens Hurt In Crash Near Newton
Mr. and Mrs. Harry F. Lambertsen 46 of 148 Thirty-second Street NE were badly injured in a head on collision fourteen miles east of Newton on highway 6. They were en route to Avoca to bid on a sewage disposal plant and were taken to Grinnell hospital. The other car was driven by Mrs. Frank Root of Des Moines. Mrs Root and Mrs Lambertsen were seriously injured including a possible skull fracture and broken leg and shoulder respectively. Two clubwomen riding with Mrs Root were also injured but later released. The cause of the accident was not determined.
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Cedar Rapids
Harry F. Lambertsen
Thirty-second Street
Stark Construction Company
Newton
Avoca
Lambertsen
Grinnell
Frank Root
Des Moines
Iowa City
Root
S. E. Lincoln
Nathan W. Keith
Grinnell Hospital
Everyday Living Quote on Virtue and Courage
A 1938 copyright piece reflects on happiness through virtue and action. It contrasts making God a religion with religion a guide, cites Stephen Girard on deeds, and Advocates using faith love and joy to heal fears. It ends noting worry hinders action.
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Stephen Girard
Earl D. Hardwick Ends Life by Shooting
Earl D. Hardwick 61 a Rock Island railroad engineer was found fatally shot in his basement at 3 10 p m Thursday by his wife who had left for a club meeting. He had been ill since March 19 and despondent over his inability to work a 32 caliber revolver with three shells was found near the basement steps.
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Earl D. Hardwick
Rock Island
Park Avenue SE
Hardwick
Classified Ad Snippets For Sale And Rent
Mixed listing notes two 9x12 Wilton rugs sold in good condition and a store for rent at 1124 8th St SE. The ad mentions fox terrier puppies and a Crescent address with a phone number not provided.
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Marante
8Th St. SE
House 15 Tied in Knot Over Dictator Bill
Protesters clash with supporters as the administration's reorganization bill faces delay tactics in the House. Speaker Bankhead notes a 206 to 139 vote to proceed with debate, with action possibly deferred until next week.
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HOUSE
Dictator Bill
Bulletin— Washington
Bankhead
Washington
O'Connor
Rules Committee
Sweeney
Ohio
Telegram barrage over government reorganization bill sparks House debate
Rep. Michael Stack denounces bypassing the government reorganization bill as debate spills into a week or month. Cochran seeks five hour limit amid a flood of telegrams that totaled about 45,000 deliveries to lawmakers. Speaker Bankhead calls the telegram surge a healthy sign while noting Alabama signals were not among the messages.
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Washington
Michael J. Stack
House
Congress of the
United States
Sweeney
Cochran
Senate
Bankhead
Alabama
Motorist In Crash Fined $25 For Reckless Driving
De Los Gardner 19 of Springville was fined $25 and costs after a crash on Third Street near Eighth Avenue SE in which a parked Weaver Witwer Hilltop Farm truck sustained damage. Police found four fifths of a quart of blackberry wine in Gardner’s car. he claimed only beer had been consumed. An unidentified girl fled the scene. Vine Shepherd witnessed the crash and notified police.
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Cedar Rankers
de- Los Gardner
Springville
Weaver Witwer
Hilltop Farm
Third Street
Eighth Avenue SE
Young Gardner
Midway
Gardner
Vine Shepherd
Negro
Eleventh Street
William Shepherd
Hilltop
Shepherd
Senate Grants RFC Broad Lending Powers For Loans
The Senate approved a bill giving the Reconstruction Finance Corporation expanded authority to lend to businesses and to states for public works. It would authorize about 1.5 billion dollars in long term loans and allow self liquidating or other projects with repayment prospects. The measure now goes to the House for consideration.
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Washington
Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
House
Glass
Jesse H Jones
REC
Garner
Death Toll From Serum Epidemic Rises to Nine
In Orlando a strange epidemic believed to be lockjaw from a cancer treatment serum rose to nine deaths. Mrs yd Morrison, 49, died at Orlando Hospital early Friday, followed by C S Pore, 62. Pore was first casualty. Edward Bolteron, former IH executive, remains in critical condition.
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Orlando
Fin. C
MNS
Yd Morrison
C. S Pore
Pore
Edward Bolteron
International Harvester Corporation
Su Lin the panda dies at Brookfield Zoo
Su Lin, one of two baby giant pandas at Brookfield Zoo, died suddenly on Friday. Early reports cited a stick lodged in her throat as the cause, with throat trouble described as a quinsy like complication.
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Su-Lin
Chicago
Brookfield
Flood Threat Follows Twisters in Missouri Region
Flood danger rose Friday in southeastern Missouri as reconstruction crews worked through the midwest after tornadoes that killed thirty six and caused about two million dollars in damage. In the Missouri bootheel region the St Francis and Black rivers threatened trouble, but crest arrival is expected next week. High water danger eased in Arkansas.
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Associated Press
Missouri
Missouri “Boothee
St Francis
Black
Arkansas
Tornado toll rises as guards patrol South Pekin
South Pekin Illinois faced looting fears as National Guardsmen patrolled the stricken town after tornadoes killed twelve people and caused about 2 million dollars in damage.
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South Pekin, Ill
South Pekin
Cold Cedar Rapids Day Ends With Mild Readings
Friday's weather in Cedar Rapids stayed above freezing with a 31 degree start rising to 36 by mid afternoon under breezy cloudy skies. Rex Conn Linn county agent reports frost near Jordan's Grove and light freezing widespread, with ground near Central City Alburnett and Fairfax frozen about a half inch.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Cedar Rapids Gas Company
Chambers Inskeep
Walker proposes 25 percent telephone rate cut nationwide
The FCC released Commissioner Walker's report urging a 25 per cent rate reduction for Bell system phones without cutting earnings and calling for broad regulation of AT and T. President Gifford called the idea absurd and unfair, while colleagues split on the approach and whether regulation should tighten.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Paul Walker
American Telephone and Telegraph Ca
Walter S. Gifford
A. T
Communications Ecommission
Walkers
House
Senate Interstate Commerce Committees
Commission
Congress
Walker
T. A Mo Craven
Craven
Gilford
Bell System
Cedar Rapids Named Top Spot in Forbes Business Map
Cedar Rapids is listed in Forbes April 1 issue as a top U S site for concentrating sales activities collections and promoting other business operations. It centers the second best high spot territory with sixteen nearby cities and shows a smaller decline than other large territories.
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Cedar Rapids
Forbes Magazine
United States
Fear Of Retaliation Delays The Big Fight
Arthur Rugs Baer notes the delay of a major confrontation due to fear of retaliation. He remarks on April fooling illusions, Wall Street turmoil, Europe’s political heat, and dictators shadow boxing on balconies as part of a dated, satirical defense essay from 1938.
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Wall Street
Europe
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Thomas Pirnie
Sixteenth Street SE
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Denver
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Bill Paxton
Cheyenne
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Teruel
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R.R
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Reorganization Committee
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N.Y
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