Controversy over Coralville dam project and progressive education
The piece argues the Coral Illo dam project lacks justification and advanced political pressure to begin federal construction. It also condemns Davenport’s embrace of progressive education, linking it to radical groups and a broader attack on traditional schooling, citing Harold Rugg and the Massachusetts inquiry. It highlights highway safety concerns in Iowa and criticizes shoulders on roads as inadequate.
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Coralillo
C P Gross
US Army Engineers
Wilson
Fred Everett
Iowa
Fred White
Krumroy
Gasoline Fire Threat in Flooded Wilkes-Barre Area
Report describes 300000 gallons of burning gasoline spreading over a flood zone near Kingston as Susquehanna river waters rose. Tanks from American Oil and Atlantic Refining exploded, flames reaching 200 feet, but fire faded as water advanced. No injuries reported amid evacuations and bans on smoking and fires.
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Wilkes-Barre
Kingston
American Oil Company
Atlantic Refining Company
Atlantic
Flood Waters Swell Across Six States Leaving Destruction
United Press reports spring thaw and heavy weekend rains flooded six eastern states and California. Rivers rose, displacing over 10,000 people in Wilkes-Barre area. Property damage ran into millions with 21 deaths nationwide and multiple states hit including Connecticut New York New Jersey Pennsylvania West Virginia and Ohio.
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United Press
California
Susquehanna River
Wilkes- Barre
New England
Middle West
Ohio River
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Wilkes-Barre
Michigan
Reed backs reform group in Kansas City vote
In Kansas City the first election since Boss Tom Pendergast’s prison sentence saw Democrats appealing for Roosevelt support. Former Sen. James A. Reed, backed by Pendergast for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1928 and 1932, endorsed the rival reform group with sharp criticism of Rep. Joseph Shannon.
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Kansas City
Tom Pendergast
Roosevelt
James A. Reed
Pendergast
Joseph. B. Shannon
Reynaud Plans Radio Speech to United States
Paris reports Premier Paul Reynaud will deliver a radio speech to the United States on Wednesday at 5 p.m. CST, as announced Monday. The address aims to convey messages of wartime policy and Allied resolve amid growing tensions.
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Paris
Paul Reynaud
United States
A Decade of Doom or Dawn as War Shadows Rise
A reflective column by DR NEWTON, District by United Feature Syndicate, warns that the new decade may bring terror and deprivation through lies, profiteering, and violence. Yet it offers hope that learning and renewal will rise, citing Rome and Europe’s recovery as precedent and urging faith that “when it is dark enough we can see the stars.”
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Europe
God Is Not
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Peak Russian Arms Budget Before Parliament Approval
Russia seeks a defense appropriation totaling 57 billion rubles, announced by Finance Commissar A. G. Zvereff. The budget shows a 16.1 billion ruble increase from last year, covering newly incorporated Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic territory and protecting strategic links to Leningrad and Murmansk.
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Moscow
Russia
Supreme Soviet
U.S.S R
Red Army
Finland
A. G. Zvereff
Soviet Union
Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic
Andre Zhdanoff
Politbureau
Foreign Affairs Commission
Leningrad
Murmansk
Congress Will Use Red Ink In Giving Books Transfusions
A satirical column by Arthur Bugs Baer comments on Congress's overspending. It suggests that legislators tossed billions with reckless abandon and likens future deficits to red ink transfusions for the books. The piece invokes Thomas Jefferson’s debt remark in a wry closing nod.
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Congress
Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Africa
Allies plan total blockade to pressure Germany in spring
United Press reports Allied leaders, after last week's London war council, aim for a total blockade to curb Germany while avoiding a full-scale war. Britain and France favor economic pressure and reluctance to open a new front, targeting neutral European states and pressuring them to cut trade with the Reich. Churchill signals restraint toward Italy, Japan, and Russia if they cooperate.
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Supreme War Council
London
Europe
Germany
Winston Churchill
Jord
Admiralty
Italy
Japan
Russia
Hitler
Western Front
North Sea
Balkan
Siegfried Line
Reich
Bready Refuses Apology To Teachers Over Rugg Issue
The Cedar Rapids preacher spoke at St Pauls Methodist church claiming he will not apologize to eight local science teachers for a sermon six weeks earlier. He argued schools belong to the people and warned against totalitarianism, citing Professor Rugg and ownership as a defense of liberty. He warned that private ownership may be threatened in the next decade and urged citizens to defend the ownership line against political slavery.
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St. Paul's Methodist Church
Charles J . Bready
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Rugg
Columbia University
Bready
Gazette
Europe
Ihe
Coralville Dam Project Up for 1.5 Million in Damage Plan
Washington AP reports a Senate appropriations subcommittee added 1.5 million dollars for the Coralville dam project as part of a flood control and Canal Zone locks funding package. The panel also boosted overall flood control to 100 million and rejected a separate 15 million Canal Zone start-up item.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations
Panama Canal
Coralville, Ta
Thomas
Okla
Cedar Rapids Weather Sees 59 Degree High
Sunlight and mild temperatures marked Cedar Rapids weather as the day warmed from a 35 degree low at 7 am to 59 by 2 30 pm. Sunday’s low was 39 before a peak of 69 at 2 pm with 55 at 7 pm and 45 at midnight on the Chambers Inskeep thermometer.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers
Buckner Marriage to Heiress Revealed in Danville
New York report says Adelaide Moffett a society singer married William P Buckner Jr February 8 in Danville Virginia. The couple kept the union secret until Sunday night and Buckner is noted as a playboy and convict in the Philippine band swindle.
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New York
INS
Adelaide Moffett
William P. Buckner, Jr
Danville
Standard Oil
Nazi-Russian Campaign Against FDR Reported
A Senate source says the U S government has evidence of Russo German cooperation to discredit President Roosevelt. Plans include Moscow and Berlin attacks to portray the administration as guiding America into war and internal anti Roosevelt propaganda via the German American Bund and related groups. The drive targets J Edgar Hoover and the Federal Bureau of Investigation as an American ogpu under the President.
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Washington
INS
U. S
Roosevelt
Senate
Berlin
Moscow
United States
Berlin-Moscow
Communist Party
Bund
Federal Bureau of Investigatioon
J. Edgar Hoover
Ogpu
May Return Warning Whistles To Fourth Street Flagmen
Cedar Rapids News reports flagmen at Fourth Street rail crossings may regain warning whistles for pedestrians and motorists after a conference between Police Traffic Captain Gordon Hughes and Michael J Kelly. Rock Island officials sought permission to equip flagmen again, citing safety concerns and a past ban under the Rock Island rules.
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Cedar K Rapids News
Fourth Street
Gordon Hughes
Michael J Kelly
Rock Island
Kelly
C J Brown
Kansas City
C B Murray
Nelly
Hughes
Gertrude Goodhue
Firms Face Wage Probe Even If No Complaint Is Made
Washington AP reports the wage hour division will inspect firms for possible minimum wage violations regardless of complaints. Administrator Col. Philip B. Fleming said the policy protects compliant employers amid a growing field force and prior practice based on competitor complaints.
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Washington
Philip B. Fleming
Fleming
Horlick Dies in Racine at 65
William Horlick Jr elder son of the Horlick malted milk founder died in Racine Wisconsin at age 65. The obituary notes his connection to the fortune built by the Horlick company and marks his passing as a significant local figure in the Wisconsin city.
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Racine, Wis
William Horlick, Jr
Horlick
World to End Radio Stunt Stirs Philadelphia
Publicity director of the Franklin Institute announced a Martian invasion end time at 3 pm Monday creating a citywide panic. The stunt was designed to promote a planetarium show and was connected to Orson Welles inspired broadcasts.
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Philadelphia
The
Franklin Institute
Jake
Wagner Schlesinger
Fels Planetarium
William A A Castellini
Institute
Castellini
Vlach to Stay On Job Until Stanley Returns
Police believe the new chief may be named this week as Safety Commissioner Wes Benesh asks retiring chief Bol Vlach to stay on until Chief of Detectives Earl Stanley arrives from Florida. Stanley departs Tuesday with Patrolman Pete Funcke to bring back Danton O Laughlin from an army post near Miami. O Laughlin is wanted for car theft. Vinch planned to leave Monday when his term ends but agreed to stay until Stanley's return to keep department manpower adequate. Department members view Vlach’s Saturday extension as a sign Stanley will be appointed.
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Wes Benesh
Benesh
Bol Vlach
Earl Stanley
Florida
Stanley
Pete Funcke
Danton O'Laughlin
Miami
Lumber Truckers Strike In Cedar Rapids
About 20 lumber truck drivers from local No 238 of the Teamsters walked out Monday against 10 of Cedar Rapids' 12 lumber dealers. The strike was peaceful with no violence as police responded to two yard incidents. Union secretary I D White cited demands for a $2 weekly wage rise to $28 on a 48 hour week, a paid vacation after 43 weeks, and continued 65 cents an hour for broken work. Home Lumber officials said they were surprised by the strike and favored meeting terms.
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Teamsters Union
Cedar Rapids
Limback
Williams and Hunting Yard
I D. White
Hugh Harrington
Home Lumber Company
Harrington
Iowa
British Denies Turkey Open Dardanelles Passage
London officials denied that Turkey agreed to let British warships pass the Dardanelles. A government spokesman said Britain remains bound by the Montreux convention of 1936 and will not authorize such passage.
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London
INS
Turkey
Dardanelles
Britain
Plan to use surplus food stamps aids Cedar Rapids area
Cedar Rapids and Linn county will become the fourth area in Iowa to use federal surplus food stamps. Secretary Wallace announced the plan to help needy families, with orange stamps for purchases and blue stamps for surplus commodities. The program targets 10,500 county residents and involves local grocers, banks, and a Cedar Rapids office to certify and distribute stamps.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Iowa
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Washington
Gazette
Clyde L. Herring
Associated Press
Wallace
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Ralph S Headley Field
Chicago
Pere Sons
Headles
Headley
County Board of Supervisors
Mildred Hunt
Des Moines
Sioux City
Davenport
P F. Keehn
Roosevelt Delays Trip Due to Flu and Weather
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt postponed a ten day trip after medical advice and bad weather at Warm Springs Georgia. The White House confirmed he has had intestinal influenza for three weeks but is now considered in satisfactory condition.
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Washington
INS
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
White House
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