Herring Vetoes Homestead Bill in Iowa Vote
Gov Clyde L Herring vetoed House File 88 the homestead exemption measure citing 14 reasons. He argues the bill lacks permanent policy and revenue and would force borrowing or stamped warrants to cover state costs. The veto notes inadequate relief funding and lost federal Civilian Conservation Corps money. Continued on page 3.
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Des Moines
Clyde L. Herring
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Iowa
Civilian Conservation Corps
Roosevelt Plans Major Work Relief Fund Expenditure
The Day in Washington reports President Roosevelt outlining how to spend the 4.88 billion work relief fund. Perkins meets rubber firms to resolve the Akron strike as Biddle urges abandoning Section 7A for a Wagner bill.
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THE
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Perkins
Akron
Francis Biddle
Two Minds in Conflict Dreamer and Schemer Unite in Lincoln
The essay contrasts abstract and concrete minds the thinking and scheming, noting the thinker seeks truth and beauty while the schemer pursues power and profit. It cites invention and science benefiting humanity when minds unite as in Lincoln, warning that glorifying scheming lowers life. Lincoln embodies both insight and political tact.
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Lincoln
Draft drastic U S neutrality policy shifts debate
Washington debates drastic neutrality measures as Congress weighs legislation to pull profits from war and bar U S credit to belligerents. Diplomats doubt feasibility of Nye plan, fearing broad suspension of commerce if Europe enters wide war. Continued on Page 21.
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Washington
Congress
Europe
America
Nye
Standard Oil of Indiana Raises Gas Prices in Eight States
Standard Oil of Indiana announced a three tenths of a cent per gallon rise in tank wagon and filling station prices for all gasoline grades. The increase, tied to higher wholesale prices, applies in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and North and South Dakota.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Michigan
Iinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
North
South Dakota
Silver Price Boost Tied to Wheeler Bill Advances in Senate
The Senate agriculture committee approved the Wheeler mandatory silver purchase bill by a lopsided vote to inflate the currency and build a silver gold reserve. Administrations move to raise domestic silver prices lifted overnight market levels from 64.64 to 71.11 cents per ounce, signaling a future monetary policy shift and potential silver free coinage.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Wheeler
Mont
Senate
United States
Roosevelt
Treasury
German door open to France Berlin circles say
German government circles Thursday stressed that a standing invitation to France exists and doors will be left open for a Laval Berlin visit to discuss European crisis. Officials say a Hitler Laval meeting could aid peace more than Laval Moscow talks, while armament policy remains unchanged favoring bilateral non aggression pacts.
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Berlin
Ins
Pierre Laval
France
Laval
Adolf Hitler
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Danzig
Hitler
Russia
Reich
East Germany
Germany
Stresa
Iowa State Reports New Acid to Prevent Rickets
Detroit dispatch reports at the American Institute of Nutrition meeting a new acid to prevent rickets announced by Lester Yoder and B H Thomas of the Iowa agricultural experiment station. The acid is produced by digesting cholesterol with a clay called fuller’s earth.
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Iowa
Detroit
American Institute of Nutrition
Lester Yoder
B. H. Thomas
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Winter Wheat Crop in Town to Exceed 1934 Record
Des Moines AP reports Iowa April 1 estimates show the winter wheat crop at about 4,736,000 bushels, nearly 75 percent above 1934's 2,750,000. Leslie M. Carr notes the 1935 yield around 14 bushels per acre with 78 percent crop condition, down from 81 percent last year. Pastures lag after 1934 drought and grazing, and rye stands at 90 percent.
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Des Moines
Leslie M. Carr
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Iowa
United States ‘Department of Agriculture
Washington
Senate Defeats Port of Entry Truck Measure
In Des Moines the Iowa Senate voted 22 to 25 against a truck regulation and port of entry bill after two days of debate. A proposed amendment to remove the port of entry provisions failed, defending a plan to set up registration stations on highways near borders to tax and inspect trucks and buses.
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Des Moines
Senate
Senate Committee On
Vincent Harrington
Sioux City
Garritt E. Roelofs
Sioux Center
State Railroad Commission
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Harrington
John K. Valentine
Centerville
Senate Committee On Motor Vehicles
Aschenbrenner
Bell
Driscoll
Geske
Grunewald
Irwin
McArthur
Malone
Mason
Miller
Moore
Mullaney
Reese
Schmidt
Stevens
Decatur
Wapetto
Valentine
Byers
Calhoun
Donohue
Knudson
Nelson
Anderson
Chrystal
Dore
Fisch
Goetsch
Sievers Pendray
Shangie
Beardsley
Berg Billingsley
Corwin
Dewey
Hopkins
Hush
Husted
Kimberly
Millhone
Parker
Pase Rhi
Roelofs
Shaw
Stanley and Son
Iowa
Recall Likely for Verne Marshall in Iowa Grand Jury Case
Verne Marshall editor of The Cedar Rapids Gazette faces further questioning as grand jury reconvenes in Sioux City. Prosecutors confirmed a Friday session, with key witnesses including Gazette staffers Battin and the printer Stevens who alleged protection payments. The probe spans police, beer parlor operators, and bondsmen as it continues through the week.
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Sioux. City
Verne Marshall
Cedar Rapids
Wv. F. Wheelock
Leo Perleth
John Kline
Kline
W. W. Stevens
Stevens
Polk County Grand Jury
Subpoena Issued for Gagen in Sioux City Graft Probe
Special Prosecutor Jesse Marshall moved to compel Des Moines bondsman Joe Gagen to testify before the grand jury probing a Sioux City protection payoff. Gagen had appeared in a closed session before the legislative investigating committee in Des Moines. The testimony is also under review by a Polk County grand jury in Des Moines.
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Sioux City
INS
Jesse Marshall
Joe Gagen
Des Moines
Grand
Gagen
Legislative Investigating Committee
Polk County
Legislative Committee
Verne Marshall
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Walgreen Withdraws Niece From University of Chicago
Charles R. Walgreen withdrew his niece Miss Lucille Norton 18 a Seattle freshman arts student from the University of Chicago to remove her from communist influences. The action announced to Dr. Hutchins and the board with undisclosed contents and Hutchins confirmed the basic facts were true.
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Chicago
Charles R. Walgreen
Midwest
University of Chicago
Lucille Norton
Seattle
Wash
Robert Maynard Hutchins
Norton
Hutchins
Dust Cloud Sweeps Across Central States Immobilizing Travel
Dark brown dust blanketed the Midwest from Texas to the Great Lakes hampering transport and crops. Kansas wheat suffered a record low forecast while Louisiana strawberries and other crops were damaged. Rain fell in the Northwest easing drought but improving crop prospects in Minnesota and the Dakotas.
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International News Service
Mid-West
Texas
Great Lakes
Louisiana
Tennessee
Kentucky
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Missouri
Iowa
Ilinois
Pana
St. Louis
Chicago
Memphis
Tenn
ST. Paul
Minnesota
Dakotas
Dust Storm Paralyzes Southwest Kansas Town in Daylong Darkness
In Garden City and surrounding counties the worst dust storm of the year chaos spreads across seven states. Black dust clouds choke the region as roads halt traffic, trains halt, planes grounded, schools close, and businesses limp. Residents mask faces, and visibility drops to near zero while a topsoil blizzard covers farms and towns. Continued on Page 9.
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Garden City
Kan
Lns
Kansas
Colorado
Oklahoma
Texas
Nebraska
New York
California
Liberalize Seed Loan Rules In Iowa
Washington reports the Agriculture Adjustment administration will liberalize seed loan rules in Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan and Iowa. Rep Bernard J Gehrmann says the changes raise the seed loan maximum from 3 to 4.50 per acre and allow feed and hay crops not intended for sale to be used as collateral.
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Washington
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Iowa
Agriculture Adjustment Corporation
Bernard J. Gehrmann
Gehrmann
California House Passes State Income Tax Measure
In Sacramento the California Assembly approved a state income tax by 70 to 5 despite industry threats to move. The bill, backed by Governor Merriam, taxes at one third of the federal rate, with a Senate fight anticipated.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Frank Merriam
Senate
Thirteen Die As Freighter Harmey Founders Near Portland
In Kingston Jamaica reports say the Norwegian freighter Harmey sank about 20 miles southeast of Portland Point. Thirteen men died and five survivors were rescued over two days.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Harmey
Portland
Town Convict Held After Running Gun Fight Chase
State Patrolman C. M. Parker said L. Carl Evans and George Sawyer with Isabelle Gerber fled a gunfight in Kirksville. Evans admitted kidnapping Earl P. McCarron in Madison, Wisconsin, and stealing his car. Sawyer denied the confession. The trio, escaped Iowa penitentiary convicts, planned to flee to Mexico, were stopped near Brookfield after circling the town square with lights out. Mrs. Gerber claimed to be Evans fiancee and said they planned to marry in June.
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Kirksville
C. M. Parker
L. Carl Evans
George Sawyer
Isabelle Gerber
Evans
Sawyer
Earl P.mccarron
Madison
Wis
McCarron
HOLC
Iowa
Gerber
Muscatine
Fort’ Madison
Parker
Mexico
My ‘Parker
Macon
Brookfield
Florida House approves two year delay on public debts
In Tallahassee Florida the House passed 86 to 5 a bill creating a two year moratorium on public debt with courts allowed to levy bond retirements only on ability to pay. The measure aims to curb excessive taxes by bonding companies on municipalities counties drainage and school districts and now moves to the Senate under suspended rules.
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Tallahassee
Fla
House
Senate
Illinois House defeats sales tax hike bid in vote
Springfield report The Illinois House of Representatives defeats a bill to raise the state sales tax from two to three percent by a 56 to 52 vote. The measure needed 102 votes for emergency passage to raise about 26 million dollars annually for unemployment relief.
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Springfield
Illinois House of Representatives
Townsend Lundeen Plans Lose in Test
In Washington the House defeated the Townsend old age pension and Lundeen unemployment insurance blocs 188 to 54 in a test vote just before adopting a rule for twenty hours of general debate. Liberal groups opposed the rule to keep anti administration substitutes in play. The Lundeen plan would fund a minimum $10 weekly for all jobless and tax to raise $8 billion annually. The Townsend proposal calls for $200 monthly to all over 60.
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Washington
Townsend Old Age Pension
Lundeen
Townsend and
Plan to enforce peace through force at Stresa conference
Reports from Stresa Italy describe a peace plan to defend European stability using force against aggressors. It would threaten combined military action, apply economic and moral pressure, and possibly create a league backed mutual assistance pact open to Germany and others. Poland opposes the Eastern pact while Laval in Berlin signals talks with Germany.
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Stresa
Italy
Europe
Britain
France
Poland
League of Nations
League
Germany
INS
Strésa
Pierre’ Laval
Berlin
Russia
Geneva
Mussolini
Urge Al Smith To Run For President
New York AP report says former Governor Alfred E. Smith was publicly urged to seek the 1928 Democratic nomination. Smith declined to discuss the matter and said he had nothing to say when asked if he would run.
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New York
Alfred E. Smith
Smith
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Red” Brennan
Jim Pontrale
James L. Kilgallen
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Te Bury
H. R. Knickerbocker
al Smith
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