Roosevelt calls emergency parley to salvage leadership
President Roosevelt summons a White House conference of Democratic chieftains to back drastic steps aimed at restoring his Capitol Hill dominance and tackling the recession. Leaders plan to push the 1.5 billion Reconstruction Finance Corporation loan bill via suspension of rules, with rail loans anticipated after signing.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
White House
Capitol Hill
House
Warm Springs
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Rayburn
Senate
TVA
Bankhead
Garner
Eet Moter
Gilbertsville
102 Year-Old Civil War Vet Gets 1938 Car Plates
Xenia Ohio reports 102 year old John Lafferty, one of the nation’s oldest motorists, purchased his 1938 license plates on Saturday night and predicted he would be back again next year.
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Xenia, O
INL
John Lafferty
Trouble in Europe a Gift to Uncle Sam
Column by Arthur Bugs Baer notes President Hoover warns Europe will cause trouble for the United States, joking that rising business will require a bigger complaint department. The piece plays on old-time political humor about Europe's impact on America.
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Europe
Uncle Sam
Inner stability in a high tech age echoes ancient wisdom
A reader questions relying on Jesus for modern life while a columnist argues that truth is timeless. Despite advances in science and industry, the core problem remains attaining inner stability and ethical living. The piece reflects on humility, mercy, and justice amid rapid change.
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Greece
Jesus
Building trades renew agreements in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor reports all building trades except stationary engineers have renewed contracts with contractors on the same terms as those expiring March 31. No wage changes and working conditions unchanged. Engineers seek a higher scale. current rate is 1.05 per hour. Other unions retain 1937 scales including electricians 1.25, asbestos 1.37, cement finishers 1.1245, scaffold 1.25, iron 1.30, lathers 1.25, plasterers 1.25, laborers 62.25, plumbers 1.25, painters 1.0214, sheet metal 1.10, carpenters 1.10, bricklayers 1.4214, tile 1.25, terrazzo 1.25, machine men 0.80, plaster mortar makers 0.7714, mortar makers 0.70, machine rack drillers 0.75, teamsters various. Boilermakers seek 1.25 up from 1.25. no agreement yet.
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Cedar Rapids
Mason’s
Kansas City
Frank T. Goerdt
Building Trades Council
Fred Brink
Walter Shadle
Fred Burwinkle
Ernest St. Germain
William Dochterman
Pete Whittemore
Snyder Suicide Confirmed By Coroner In CO Poisoning
Howard B. Snyder, 46, of 820 Ellis Blvd NW, was found dead in his garage with the car exhaust, a suicide ruled after Dr. F W Mulson reported a blood carbon monoxide level above ten percent. Coroner Dr. B L Knight noted two percent CO would be fatal and said the body lay near the right rear fender. battery dead, gas tank empty. Snyder was Earl D. Hardwick’s brother in law.
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Cedar Rapids
F. W. Mulson
Howard B. Snyder
Ellis Boulevard
B. L. Knight
Snyder
Earl D. Hardwick
One Hundred Thousand Chinese Troops Trapped in Shantung
Shanghai dispatch reports ten Chinese divisions cut off in a southern Shantung triangle formed by Linyi Taierchwang and Tsaochwang. Japanese forces claim 17 days of operations with Linghsie and Kuanchuang fallen, while Chinese air attacks on Taierchwang failed and the south wall held, delaying a move toward the Grand Canal and Lunghai railway.
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Shantung
China
Linyi
Taierchwang
Tsaochwang
Peiping
Juichi Terauchi
North China
Grand Canal
Lunghai
Suchow
Cranks Auto In Reverse Dents Two Porches In Davenport
Cyril Leeney of Davenport unknowingly drove a parked car in reverse, backing into two porches on Ninth Avenue SE between Fifth and Sixth streets. The car struck 828 Fifth Street SE and 810 Fifth Street SE before stopping, causing damage he agreed to cover with the homeowners.
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Cedar Rapids
Cyril Leeney
Davenport
Cyril
Ninth Avenue SE
Fifth
Sixth Streets
Fifth Street SE
Leeney
Jack McGillicuddy
E Avenue NW
Starrett Receives Front Crest After Horse Kick Accident
Hollywood actor Charles Starrett is recovering after being kicked by a horse during a scene. Officials report he was not seriously injured and continue filming as he recuperates.
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Hollywood
INS
Charles Starrett
Starrett
Hitler Seen Visiting Pope as Vatican Eyes Settlement
Vatican insiders predicted a May visit by Adolf Hitler to Pope Pius XI in Rome to seal a German Vatican accord amid talks on revising the concordat. A Vatican radio rebuke over Austria’s annexation and a Jesuit critique aimed at Cardinal Innitzer spurred hopes for a settlement ahead of Mussolini talks.
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Adolf Hitler
Pius XI
Vatican
Holy See
Nazi Germany
Hitler
Aussia
Reich
Rome
Mussolini
Reichswehrer
Germany
Austria
Theodore Cardinal Innitzer
Gazeta Polska Decries Czechoslovakia as Communist Center
Warsaw reports a Gazeta Polska push accusing Czechoslovakia of serving as the central European communist headquarters. The paper claims Prague hosts western Europe offices after Berlin and urges Poland's government to warn Prague and nearby Czech districts they serve as bases against Poland.
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Czechoslovakia
Gazeta Polska
Foreign Office
Central
Europe
Western
Prague
Berlin
Czech
Poland
Temperature Drops Back To 25 Degrees In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids saw a partial recovery to 36 degrees by mid afternoon on Saturday before retreating to 31 and then 25 degrees near midnight. Overnight it remained cold with scattered clouds and fair conditions overall.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Schuschnigg’s 9 Year Old Son Said Detained in Austria
Paris Figaro reported Austrian sources say former chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg’s nine year old son is held in a house of correction by Nazi German authorities to pressure the former leader to sign documents.
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Paris
Ins
Figaro
Kurt Schuschnigg
Austria
Schuschnigg
Czechs Agree to National Municipal Elections
Prague reports Czechoslovakia concedes to Sudeten German leader Konrad Henlein by ordering nationwide municipal elections. President Beneš to issue amnesty decree for political offenders, focusing on Sudeten Germans. Elections slated May 15 to June 12 in about 11,000 communities.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Konrad Henein
Henlein
Edouard Benes
Adolf Hitler
Austria
O Connor Expects To Quit This Week
Comptroller of the Currency J F T O Connor said he expects to leave the post this week and return to California to pursue the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Roosevelt had urged him to stay until April 1, but O Connor previously announced his plan to depart.
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Washington
INS
J. F. T. O'Connor
California
O'Connor
Mr. Roosevelt
Two Hurt in Head-On Crash Near Lisbon Iowa
Cedar Rapids Newa Thomas Longerbeam, about 60, and Carl Whitman, 37, both farmers near Lisbon, were injured in a head-on collision on a county road south of Lisbon. Longerbeam had facial cuts. Whitman had facial cuts and a fractured kneecap and was hospitalized at St Luke's in Cedar Rapids. Deputy Larry Condon investigated.
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Cedar Rapids
Newa
Thomas Longerbeam
Carl Whitman
Lisbon
Longerbeam
Whitman
St. Luke's Hospital
Larry Condon
Britain Italy May Sign Pact In Two Weeks
London sources say Prime Minister Chamberlain aims to seal a British Italian friendship pact within two weeks to ease tensions since the 1935-36 Ethiopian war. Insurgent gains in Spain raise hopes for a swift Franco victory, while domestic opposition seeks arms for the Republic and a general election remains possible.
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Neville Chamberlain
Rome
Spain
Britain
Italy
Francisco Franco
Mediterranean
Europe
Franco
Gandesa
Barcelona
Valencia
Chamberlain
Labor Party
House of Commons
Magazine Item Reunites Pair After 17 Years
Ernest E. Mattice, a Denver salesman, travels to Sumner Mississippi after learning his brother Jack is alive. The brothers, separated since 1920s, reconnect following Ernest's 1936 conviction and 1937 exoneration amid two confessions.
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Magazine Item
Denver
INS
Ernest E. Mattice
Sumner
Miss
Jack Mattice
Ernest Mattice
Taw
Detective
Mississippi
Sergt. Lee Raedel
Denver Police Force
Mattice
Frank Neill
Earl “Bud” Parker
Coughlin Plans New Broadcast Against Roosevelts Bill
Detroit church leader Father Charles E. Coughlin announced on Saturday he will deliver a third attack on President Roosevelt’s governmental reorganization bill in his Sunday afternoon radio program.
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Detroit
INS
Charles E. Coughlin
Roosevelt
Einstein and Robertson claim new law of gravitation expands relativity
Princeton cosmologists Albert Einstein and H P Robertson announce a new gravitation law extending general relativity. They say it allows weighing stars and mapping orbits, enabling tidal effect calculations between double stars with unprecedented precision using relativity methods.
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Einstein
G. B. Lal
Princeton, N. J
INS
Albert Einstein
H. P. Robertson
Princeton University
Princeton
Robertson
AFL Calls Split with Labor's Non-partisan League
American Federation of Labor leaders urged withdrawal from Labor's Non-partisan League and to form rival non-partisan committees. The six point program includes withdrawing from the league, cutting financial support, vetting Labor nominees, and backing labor friendly candidates regardless of party.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Labor
League
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Green
A. F. of L
Not Attacked Just Mad At His Automobile
Enos R. Prickett of Lambertville Michigan, 39, caused a Toledo scare when police found his blood stained car on the Wabash railroad right of way with 15 apparent bullet holes. Investigators determined the marks were made by a crank during an enraged attempt to crank the car, not a gun attack.
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Toledo, Ohio
Enos R. Prickett
Lambertville
Mich
Toledo Police Department
Prickett
British Czechs Acknowledge Austrian Coup Recognition
Britain and Czechoslovakia formally recognized Germany's annexation of Austria and will soon establish consulates general in Vienna, noting the move in a dispatch from Vienna.
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Vienna
INS
Great Britain
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Austria
Abandoned Car Sparks Missing Women Search in Pecos
A Pecos search party of over 100 men and cowboys failed to find Mrs. Hazel Frome and her daughter Nancy after their abandoned car was found on a lonely road. Sheriff Roberson suspects murder as the FBI joins the case and a new hunt is planned with all available men.
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Pecos
Tex
INS
CCC
Hazel Frome
Nancy
Here
Louis Roberson
el Paso
Roberson
International News Service
FBI
Heberer- Lorius
Albert Heberer
George M. Lorius
East St. Louis
California
Dallas
Frome
Balmorhea
Weston G. Frome
San Francisco
Frome Auto
Chrysler Seeks Court Uphold New Dealer Contracts
Chrysler Corporation asks a District of Columbia court for a declaratory judgment validating its dealer contracts nationwide. It argues the financing clause requires dealers to use a financing company charging interest no higher than one recommended by Chrysler, not mandating a specific financier. Attorney General Homer Cummings is named as respondent in anticipated Sherman antitrust action. B E Hutchinson, Chrysler vice president, notes the clause ties dealers to financing at acceptable costs, not to a particular finance firm.
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Washington
INS
Rysler Automobile Corporation Fin
District of Columbia
Homer Cummings
Chrysler Corporation
B. E. Hutchinson
Chrysler
Weekly Forecast for Midwest Valleys
Chicago AP reports the period April 4 to 9 will start fair, with showers midweek and later. Warmer Monday, temperatures near or above normal for most of the week. Weather outlook covers the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys.
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Mississippi
Missouri
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