Lindbergh Sets Sail for New York from Cherbourg
Colonel Charles A Lindbergh sailed Saturday from Cherbourg aboard the liner Aquitania for New York. He boarded quietly with unusual precautions to avoid notice, coming on deck unseen as observers reported no sighting of Mrs Lindbergh or the Lindbergh children. Direct messages from Cherbourg and Paris indicated he was alone.
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Cherbourg
France
Charles A Lindbergh
New York
Aquitania
Paris
Lindbergh
Jon
Land
Lindbergh urged to report on European military aviation
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics asks Lindbergh to return to the United States to provide a detailed report on European air power. Secretary John F. Victory notes Lindbergh sent reports months ago. Victory cites his departure from Cherbourg aboard the Aquitania as evidence he may attend later committee sessions. Senator Sheppard says he will consider summoning the aviation expert for testimony before the Senate Military Affairs Committee.
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Washington
INS
Charles A Lindbergh
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
United States
John F. Victory
Lindbergh
Cherbourg
France
Aquitania
Victory
Senate
Sheppard
Texas
Arms Laden Car Believed Left By Dickson’s Wife
Estelle Mille Dickson, wife of Benjamin Dickson, is arrested by federal agents. In St. Louis police found a car containing a small arsenal of guns and ammunition believed left in a rented garage by Estelle Dickson, the gun-toting widow of the slain desperado. Lieutenant Martin J. Flanagan said the gun cache was located after an anonymous tip.
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Dultin Washington
Justice Department
Estelle Mille Dickson
Benjamin Dickson
St. Louis
Estelle Dickson
Benny Dickson
Martin J. Flanagan
Dickson
Herring backs Wallace for 1940 presidency
Iowa Senator Clyde L. Herring pledged support for Henry Wallace if he seeks the 1940 presidential nomination. Herring said he would back the Iowa native if Wallace wants the presidency, calling him a cabinet member doing a great job.
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Washington
Clyde L. Herring
Iowa
Henry Wallace
Herring
Easter as Triumph of Life Over Death and Darkness
An essay celebrates Easter as an anthem of life prevailing over winter and death. It argues the glory of Jesus in bringing life and immortality to light, turning defeat into victory and guiding souls from mortality to worship. Copyright 1939.
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Jesus
Stark tipped Roosevelt on Pendergast tax case
Kansas City Governor Lloyd C Stark reportedly told President Roosevelt about a federal tax evasion probe leading to the indictment of T J Pendergast and R E O Malley. The charges involve evading taxes on 315000 dollars tied to a 1935 fire insurance rate settlement.
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Kansas City
Lloyd C. Stark
Roosevelt
T. J. Pendergast
Kansas City Star
Washington
Treasury
Stark
Pendergast
R. E. O'Malley
Star
Charles R. Street
Chicago
Grand Jury
The
O'Malley
Car Kills Crippled Father Delivering Easter Gifts
A handicapped 48 year old father from Lackawanna New York was fatally struck Saturday by a hit and run auto while returning home with candy and Easter bunnies for his five children. Detective Sergeant Thomas E. McFarland identified him as Joseph Pieczynski.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Thomas E. McFarland
McFarland
Joseph Pieczynski
Lackawanna
Iowa House and Senate clash over two year budget
Iowa House budget writers propose a biannual appropriation of 15.23 million dollars yearly, up 1.31 million from 1937, while Senate figures rise to 16.32 million. Discrepancies focus on mental hospital funding and educational institutions, with taxes and other revenues under consideration for next week’s budget battle.
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Des Moines
Iowa
House
Senate Appropriations Group
Senate
Highway Commission
Public Safety Department
State Tax Commission
Woodward
Glenwood
Board of Control
O. N. Hultman
Stanton
House Appropriations Group
University of Iowa
Iowa State College
Invasion Type Samples All Grabs Its Choice
A satirical note credits ARTHUR BUGS BAER with a fanciful invective on European invasion as the promenade militaire. It claims monarchs and great captains past, including Attila and Napoleon, as visitors to these weekending strolls.
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Ye Arthur
Bugs" Baer
Plea By Judge Reunites Parents Of Four Children
In Johnson County Iowa Judge James P. Gaffney urged reconciliation in a divorce case, addressing four children present in court. The conference led to dismissal and the couple committing to stay together for their four children, who waited in the corridor.
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Towacity
James P. Gaffney
Johnson County
Iowa
Police Heads Tackle Juvenile Problem in Cedar Rapids
Indications that action will be taken against juvenile crime appeared at the Cedar Rapids police station after a talk between Chief Bob Vlach and Chief of Detectives Earl Stanley. For the first time in local history a set of juvenile records was kept during March by the detective division.
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Cedar Rapids
Bob Vlach
Earl Stanley
Stanley
Vladh
Winch
Hoe
Big scale parole racket probed in Tennessee case
Tennessee officials opened a case history check of 500 paroled convicts after reports inmates bought release via ink erasure on records. Acting Warden Glenn Swafford said many records may be altered and trustees allegedly charged prisoners $10 to $150 for changes. A parole board date error prompted investigation.
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Nashville Tonn
Tennessee
Glenn Swafford
Swafford
Parole Board
Swattered
Fice
Candid camera boom at The Gazette downtown event
The Gazette runs candid camera portraits in the downtown district with Dan Kruidenier among the featured subjects Miss Clarice Konzen receives a free 7 by 9 sepia enlargement The camera team expects crowds to boost daily subjects to about 4 000 by Saturday Cards with photo returns rise past 300 by Friday Prints cost 25 cents for three copies.
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Gazette
Dan Kruidenier
Clarice Konzen
First Avenue E
Gazette Office
British cabinet leans to public pledge on Greece and Turkey
Eleven cabinet members favored a public pledge Britain will defend Greece and Turkey from totalitarian aggression in the Balkans. Prime Minister Chamberlain cut Easter holiday short to return to London for an emergency meeting amid Italy’s Albania move and German troop reports.
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Chamberlain
London
Neville
Neville Chamberlain
Scotland
Italy
Albania
Clement Attlee
John Simon
Exchequer
Paris
Mediterranean
Black Sea
Dardanelles
Nahan
Alia Dodecanese
Poland
Great Britain
Agence Radio
France
Pomerania
Siesta
Germany
Silesia
Bohemia-Moravia
Benito Mussolini
Rome
Chicagoan Charged With Reckless Driving After Collision
E C Novak of Chicago released on 30 bond to appear in police court next Saturday after booking for reckless driving at 1105 am Saturday. He collided with a machine operator Leslie Lange at Second avenue and Park Court SE. Passenger Tony Catanzaro suffered a head bump as the only casualty. Officers Duncan and Ahring said charge based on car positions after the crash and witness accounts.
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Cedar Rapidy News
E. C
Albanian Minister Seeks Protest Over Italian Invasion
Berlin AP report says Albanian minister Raoul Fico attempted to lodge a protest at the German foreign office against Italy's invasion of Albania but found no official to receive him. He sought a formal reply from Berlin.
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Berlin
Raoul Fico
Germany
Foreign Office
Italy
Italians Occupy Tirana Move To Set Up New Government
Italian troops seized Tirana the Albanian capital and began installing a government under Ciano with close Italian tutelage. Thousands watched as grenadiers arrived by air in a major aviation troop movement. The plan envisions Albania under Italy with foreign policy and defense dominated by Rome.
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Tirana
Albania
Ciano
Benito Mussolini
Zeg
Elbasan
Greece
Taranto
Adriatic
Italy
Halian
Victor Emmanuel
Ahan
Aiel
Grenaddiers
Mussolini
Zog
Balkans
Durazzo
Mountan
Zog Joins Wife and New Son in Florina as Italy Invades Tirana
King Zog I fled Albania with his wife and three day old son to Florina as fascist Italy seized Tirana. He joined Queen Geraldine who appealed to the world for aid from the hotel suite after a night escape with government members and a large escort.
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Zog
World
Florina
Greece
Zoz
Albania
Italy
Tirana
Zor
FCC Allows Intervention In Gazette Radio Station Plea
The FCC granted the Iowa Broadcasting Company of Cedar Rapids permission to intervene in The Gazette's Cedar Rapids radio station application. Iowa Broadcasting operates WMT. The FCC overruled its secretary's March 25 rejection of the WMT proposal.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Iowa Broadcasting Company of
Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
Iowa Broadcasting Company
FCC
Hull Denounces Italy Invasion Of Albania
Secretary Cordell Hull announced with President Roosevelt approval that Italy’s invasion of Albania violates peace and undermines economic stability worldwide. He warned the act threatens all nations and could trigger broader European crisis as Axis powers press for dominant influence.
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Washington
INS
United States
Italy
Albania
Stat
Cordell Hull
Rome-Berlin
Roosevelt
Hull
Warm Springs
Czechoslovakia
Memel
Thal
Italy advances in Albania as Zog flees capital
Reports from Tirana say Italian troops enter the Albanian capital while King Zog flees and his army is routed. Count Ciano accompanies the occupation into Tirana as Italy asserts its control.
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Associated Press
Tirana
Zog
Count Ciano
Rome
Mussolini
Athens
Geraldine
London
Chamberlain
Paris
Albania
Italy
Budapest
Balkan
Istanbul
Mediterranean
Gafencu
Berlin
Albaniia
European Front
Rome-Berlin
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