Roosevelt Withdraws Amlie Nomination to Interstate Commission
President Roosevelt plans to withdraw Thomas R Amlie from consideration for the Interstate Commerce Commission after senate opposition and a subcommittee review. Amlie faced charges of un American economic doctrines and past support for socializing industry.
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Washington
INS
White House
Roosevelt
Senate
Thomas R Amlie
Interstate Commerce Commission
Amlie
Senate Interstate Commerce
House
Amilie
Neutrality debate colors Easter comment and policy
Roosevelt hints at fall return if no war while debates over the Pittman resolution unfold. The piece weighs neutral sellings of arms and food to belligerents, arguing for or against cash-and-carry and the risk of drawing the U S into Europe s war without domestic troops. A Gallup poll shows broad support for aiding England and France but opposition to using the U S Army in another war.
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Aster
Italy
Albania
Mr. Roosevelt
Uncle Sam
England
France
Alania
Roosevelt
Senate
Europe
Pittman
Paul Mallon
Germany
Hitler
Mussolini
Washington
Warm Springs
Gallup
United States
Petitions Won’t Reopen Marion Bingo Games
County Attorney G. K. Thompson said petitions from 57 Marion business houses and 200 residents cannot reopen the bingo game closed ten days ago. He urged petitioners to address the legislature, noting petitions cannot change the law.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
G. K. Thompson
Thompson
Mother Rescues Baby From Fire After Husband Fails
In Omaha parents Carl E. Schulz and his wife awoke to smoke from a nursery day bed. He could not reach their 18 month old son Donald Gene as fumes rose, but his wife rushed in and saved the child, emerging semi conscious. The child was taken to a hospital in serious condition. The mother had just returned from a hospital stay a week earlier.
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Omaha
Carl E. Schulz
Donald Gene
Schulz
Taxi Strike Ends in Des Moines Drivers Return
Eighty six Yellow Cab drivers in Des Moines, on strike since March 26, will resume work Tuesday. The company is the city’s only taxi service. Settlement terms were not immediately available.
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Des Moines
Yellow Cab Company
Cab Company
Jones Very Saintly Poet of Salem in Emerson Era
A snapshot of Jones Very seen by Emerson as the hermit thrush of literature. The Salem poet pried at souls with a single question about surrender to God's will, unsettling ministers yet praised by Emerson for spiritual sanity. A reflective piece on a life devoted to a single 'largest thing' known.
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Boston
Jones Very
Emerson
Thrush
Salem
Dante
Jones
Brother
Tomery
Old Salem
Iowa Senate Resumes Secret Hearing On Board of Control
The Iowa Senate recessed after adjournment to hold an executive session at 1 30 p m to review the board of control investigation findings. Senator E P Donahue urged the move and indicated the board may be allowed to present its side in the afternoon session.
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Iowa
Senate
Board of Control
Des
Donohue
Main enters innocent plea to mail fraud charges
Willard F. Main of Cedar Rapids Iowa and fourteen co defendants pleaded not guilty before federal Judge James Allred in Houston Texas. They were indicted in Harris County for selling confectionary vending machines in a manner violating mail fraud statutes. Trial set for June 5.
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Houston
Tex
Willard F. Main
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
James Allred
George John
United States District Attorney
Harris County
Allred
Iowa House Votes Two Mills On Property Tax Levy
In Des Moines the Iowa House GOP majority voted to cap the state property tax levy at two mills, citing concern over potential tax increases contained in the proposed state budget.
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Iowa
DES Moines
Republican House
East Favours FDR Dewey or 40 Race
A 1940 presidential nomination poll by International News Service shows East voters backing Franklin D Roosevelt and Thomas E Dewey as top choices. Roosevelt leads among Democrats with 36.5 percent, Dewey dominates the Republican field with 46.5 percent, while others trail. The survey notes it reflects public support, not convention votes, and indicates Democrats await Roosevelt’s clarity on 1940.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Dewey
International News Service
John N Garner
Thomas E Dewey
New York
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Robert H. Taft
Ohio
Herbert Hoover
Arthur H. James
Pennsylvania
Garner
Cordell Hull
Secretary of Commerce
Harry L. Hopkings
James A. Farley
Bennett Clark
Missouri
Herbert H. Lehman
Joseph P. Kennedy
Vandenberg
Taft
Hoover
James
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Fiorello la
Racketeer Torrio Pleads Guilty In Tax Case
Johnny Torrio last of the prohibition racketeers pleaded guilty to evading more than 86 000 dollars in federal income taxes. His brother in law William Stackbower and James La Penna also pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges as the trial resumed before Federal Judge John W. Clancy.
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New York
Johnny Torrio
William Stackbower
James Lia Penna
John W. Clancy
Clancy
Torrio
Stackbower
la Penna
Torino
al Capone
Underworld
John D'Agostino
Louis G. la Cava
U. S
Seymour Klien
Klein
D'Agostino
la Cava
Wallace Testifies On Isolation Outlay
Secretary Henry A. Wallace told a Senate Appropriations subcommittee that an isolationist policy would require large subsidies to domestic consumption and surplus storage of farm products, with costs lower than war.
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Wallace
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
United States
Senate Appropriations
Smiles Win For Mother And Daughter In Candid Photos
Mrs. John Kadlee and her daughter Joanne at 1940 Park Avenue SE are chosen for publication from The Gazette’s downtown candid camera selection. Florence Rehbehn of Tipton joins the pair for an all female panel. Special sepia enlargements 7 by 9 go to those pictured, with free prints for city residents who call The Gazette office.
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John Kadlee
Park Avenue SE
Joanne
The
Gazette
Florence Rehbehn
Tipton
Kadlees
Cedar Rapids
Gazette Office
Roosevelt to lead on new neutrality policy amid European tensions
Washington officials pressed President Roosevelt to draft a fresh neutrality stance as European troubles grow. Hull and Morgenthau met the President at Union Station after his Warm Springs vacation to discuss urgent policy, while lawmakers debated extending cash and carry before May 1. Lindbergh may testify as Congress weighs arms restrictions and commerce rules.
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Washington
Warm Springs
J. John
Mr. Roosevelt
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Congress
Europe
Hull
the Treasury
Morgenthau
Union Station
White House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lindy
Widow of Dickson Waives Extradition
Mrs Estelle Dickson widow of Benny Dickson gunman slain by federal agents in St Louis waived extradition and agreed to go to Sioux Falls South Dakota to face robbery charges arraigned before a US commissioner Monday in Kansas City AP report
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Kansas City
Estelle Dickson
Benny Dickson
Stt. Louis
Sioux Falls
S. C
U. S
Checkup On Foreign Aid In 1776 Reveals Visit Due No Zogs
A 1939 Bugs Baer piece critiques foreign aid in 1776 with ironic tone. It mentions King Zog, an American girl as Queen Zog, and a slogan challenge while joking about box tops and alphabetical sympathy.
Fascists Charge U S Sought Intervention of Britain and France
A Messagero editorial claims the United States urged Britain and France to intervene against Italy over Albania. Virginio Gayda warns the U S to mind its own business and cautions France and Greece about Italy, while Mussolini’s controversial Tirana visit rumor lingers in Rome.
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United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Albania
Messagero
Britain
Virginio Gayda
Giorvale di Italia
Greece vows to defend independence and safety of citizens
Athens reports Premier Metaxas stated Greece has all means to assure national independence and integrity. He urged the people to go about their business while the government remains vigilant to guard safety and honor.
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Athens
Premie
George Metaxas
Greece
Metaxas
Four Die As Taxi Strikes Interstate Bus Head On
Easter Sunday crash on highway 75 two miles north of Mondamin Iowa killed four taxi occupants, Floyd Fann 40 Omaha Mary Poppe 43 Omaha Raymond Gus Fallmer 28 Mondamin and Mrs Mattie Fallmer 58 Mondamin. Pauline Stone 24 Percival injured. bus driver A L Wilkins Sioux City aided by guard rail. Sheriff says taxi veered out of control. taxi telescoped the bus.
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Mondamin
Here
Floyd Fann
Omaha
Mary Poppe
Omahia
Raymond
Gus) Fallmer
Mondamin Fallmer
Mattie Fallmer
Council Bluffs
Pauline Stone
Percival
C. A. Bullis
Logan
A. L. Wilkins
Sioux City
Marian Anderson Likely to Sing for King and Queen at White House
Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt said Marian Anderson, the Negro contralto barred from Constitution Hall, will probably sing at the White House during the royal visit. Plans include a program of distinctive American music, though official invitations were not yet extended.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Marian Anderson
Constitution Hall
White House
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Great Britain
Roosevelt
D.A.R
Miss Anderson
Britain to Guarantee Greece and Turkey Independence
London reports say Britain and France foresee Italian plans to push through Greece toward Salonika. The cabinet moves to guarantee Greece and Turkey independence and recalls Parliament to discuss responses to Italy’s invasion of Albania.
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London
Italy
Greece
Salonika
Europe At A Glance By The Associated Press
London reports Chamberlain warned Mussolini Britain would view any attack on Corfu as a pretext for war. Cabinet meets urgently as emergency naval orders are issued and Britain pledges to guarantee Greece and Turkey. Albania pledges loyalty to Mussolini and accepts Italian rule. Greece readies to defend territory as Albanian royal refugees flee. Italy reinforces troops in the Dodecanese as Mussolini delays a Tirana flight. France works with Britain and may join demonstrations to bolster eastern allies.
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Gayda
United States
America
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Haly
Greece
Great Britain
Tirana
Mussolini
Rome
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