Roosevelt policy stance triggers debate on force against Axis
An editorial in The Washington Post argues the United States should warn Hitler and Mussolini of a show of preponderant force rather than formal commitment to war. It notes Roosevelt’s press conference and quotes the Post on using force as the language dictators understand while warning of potential domestic costs if war erupts.
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Washington Post
Roosevelt
Post
United States
Hitler
Mussolini
Warm Springs
Germany
Italy
Europe
Great Britain and France Assert Naval Warning Across Europe
Britain and France rally armed might to deter totalitarian expansion in the Balkans. The French fleet joins British ships in the Mediterranean while Britain seeks commitments from Greece and possibly Roumania and Turkey. Chamberlain and Daladier push diplomacy as Mussolini reportedly pledges to respect Greece.
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London
Great Britain
France
Europe
Mediterranean
Balkans
Asks County City To Help Support Ambulance Service
Cedar Rapids news reports a joint city council and Linn county board meeting over emergency ambulance service. Officials acknowledge moral duty but deny legal obligation to any party beyond their own employees. Don Condon and Worth Averill push for $250 monthly from both governments.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Board of Supervisors
Court House
Don Condon
Harold Skinner
Condon
Worth Averill
Skinner
Averill
Commonwealth
London Sees Heat Wave With 73 Degree Noon Reading
Londoners complained of the heat on Wednesday as temperatures reached 73 at noon. Residents peeled off coats and vests while enduring the warm spell.
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London
Tirana Assembly Proposes Albania Crown for King Victor Emmanuel
The Albanian constitutional assembly adopted a resolution urging King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy to accept the crown. It proposed a protectorate style union with Italy while Albania retains a separate government and its flag. Italian troops advanced toward Bilishte near the Greek frontier.
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Tirana
Albania
Constitutional Assembly
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Galeazzo Ciano
Zog I
Ethiopia
King of
Britain to guarantee Greece Turkey aid Thursday
Britain expected to announce guarantees of aid against aggression to Greece and Turkey on Thursday as European powers discuss security. In Rome Greece accepts Italian assurances to respect independence and hails a new period of cordiality, while Paris signals a forthcoming French position and possible Mediterranean fleet moves. Albania’s assembly offers a crown to the Italian king for a personal union as major powers call up reserves to a WWI high.
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Associated Press
London
Britain
Greece
Turkey
Rome
Paris
Caladier
Toulon
Tirana
Italy
France
Poland
Netherlands
Coal Industry Shutdown Threat Shocks U S Labor War
John L. Lewis CIO chairman warned of a complete shutdown of the nations coal industry after contract talks with Appalachian soft coal operators stalled. A shortage and price rise were anticipated as negotiations hit a deadlock.
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New York
John L. Lewis
CIO
United Mine Workers
Coal shortage tightens government energy supply in Washington
The U S Capitol holds a five day coal stock and central heating for federal buildings has a ten day reserve. Negotiations to resolve the Appalachian field shutdown resume after March 14 amid rising industrial coal prices and widespread idle miners.
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Washington
INS
U. S. Capitol
Appalachian
Pittsburgh
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Colorado
Albania’s Queen Geraldine Recovers From Illness Crisis
LARISSA Greece AP reports Queen Geraldine of Albania has passed the crisis of a dangerous illness linked to her flight from Italian invaders. She was moved from a private villa to a hospital as her condition worsened. Her week-old son Skander is said to be in good health.
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Larissa
Greece
Geraldine
Albania
Little Hospital
Skander
Iowa House Approves State College Budgets Amid Attacks
Iowa lawmakers approved 1937 appropriations for the University of Iowa, Iowa State College, Iowa State Teachers College, and related institutions after a morning of budget-cut threats. Debates centered on hospital funding and relief charges with a 59 to 39 vote to reject further reductions.
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DES Moines
Tiowa
House
Appropriations Committee
University of Iowa
Iowa State College
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
School For the Deaf
Council Bluffs
University Hospital
Iowa City
Iow
Towa State
Vinton Blind School
Vinton School
University
Iowa State
Vinton
T Prentis
Mount Ayr
John Taxpayer
John Judson
Mar
Inheritance Gone Bride Learns Spreckels Heir Fake
A 26 year old San Francisco bride Margaretta Davis married six weeks to a man who posed as Claus Spreckels heir Nathan Desmond also known as George Bell. He faces vagrancy charges and possible marriage annulment as police uncover a fifty year old fraud linked to a $90 000 bank book and a $30 000 000 Spreckels claim. The case follows the death of Margaretta's father Col George Davis and a moonlit elopement to Portland then back to San Francisco. The bride remains under care for a nervous breakdown.
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San Francisco
Detention Hospital
Claus Spreckiles
Spreckels
George Bell
Nathan Desmond
Margaretta Davis
Miss Davis
Col George Davis
Presidio
Margaretta
George Davie
Bowers Davis
Coe College
R.otc
Cedar Rapids
Desmond
Claus Spreckels
Nob Hill
Shell
Portland
Leo K. Wilson
Detective novelist S. S. Van Dine dies in New York
Willard Huntington Wright known as S. S. Van Dine and creator of Philo Vance died in New York on Tuesday night after weeks of heart illness. His detective novels and six letter titled works brought wealth and many were adapted for films in Hollywood.
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New York
Willard Huntington Wright
S. S van Dine
Philo Vance
Hollywood
Torrio Sentenced to 2 1/2 Years in Tax Case
Johnny Torrio, once Chicago underworld boss, receives two and a half years in federal prison for failure to pay income taxes totaling 86 000 dollars from 1933 to 1935. He forfeits a 100 000 dollar bail posted by his wife and faces 10 years of probation after release. Co-defendants William Stackbower and James La Penna receive lesser sentences for related conspiracy counts.
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New York
Johnny Torrio
Chicago
William Stackbower
Prangster
James la Penna
Torrio
Candid Photo Subjects Named For Gazette Edition
The Gazette selects Cedar Rapids residents Charlotte Wing and Mrs Alice Snyder from downtown street corner snaps for publication today. Each will receive a gratis 7 by 9 sepia enlargement. those photographed get a card and, with 25 cents, three prints mailed or brought to The Gazette.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Charlotte Wing
Sixth Avenue
Alice Snyder
Blake Boulevard
Roosevelt Cites Editorial as Warning to Totalitarians
President Roosevelt tied his Warm Springs farewell to a warning that the United States would use moral if not physical force in any major war. An editorial in Der Angriff urged that only a show of preponderant force could deter dictators, noting the president’s reference to Western civilization and a potential world war.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
United States
Georgia
Berlin
INS
Paul Joseph Goebbels
der Angriff
Mr Roosevelt
Form Committee To Keep Out Of War
Rep Fish announces 25 current and former house members formed the National Committee to Keep America Out of Foreign Wars to counter war propaganda. Harold Knutson is listed as a member who opposed U.S. entry in World War I. Officers to be elected soon and a nationwide drive to form local chapters will begin.
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Washington
Fish
N.Y
House
National Committee
America
Harold Knutson
Minn
Golden Rule Reconsidered by Bernard Shaw and Gandhi
A reader questions literal obedience to the golden rule. The piece argues Jesus’ version means acting from our best self, guided by courage, justice, and wisdom, with imagination and tact, rather than mere reciprocity. It cites Gandhi and Shaw to support a principled, selfless standard.
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Gandhi
Dr. Newson
Bernard Shaw
Dasid Harum
Jesus
Shaw
Judge Thomas Resigns Amid DOJ Probe
President Roosevelt accepted the resignation of Federal Judge Edwin S. Thomas of Connecticut who faced a Justice Department probe. He was hospitalized just before a planned grand jury appearance amid investigations connected to Judge Martin Manton and the McKesson and Robbins scandal.
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Waslington
INS
Roosevelt
Cruge
Edwin S. Thoms
Connecticut
Department of Justice
Thomas
Martin T. Manton
U.S Circuit Court of Appeals
McKesson and Robbins
Motorist Charged With Drunk Driving After Oil Station Tip
Dillon Dil lon of 216 Fifteenth Street SE was charged with operating while intoxicated and fined 300 dollars plus costs after pleading guilty. His license is to be suspended. payment due by April 19. Raftis, 22, also pled guilty to intoxication and paid 25 dollars plus costs. Police found beer bottles and a half pint in the car.
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Bromley Dillon
Fifteenth Street
J. E. Heiserman
Dillon
G. KR. Thompson
State Motor Vehicle Department
Mount Vernon Road
Thirty-first Street
DeVore and
Raftis
Iowa Senators Clash Over State Institutional Report
The Iowa Senate divided along party lines over a report accusing conditions at five state board of control institutions of immorality and abuse. Republican and Democratic members sparred over firing board members and directing the governor to take action as the debate highlighted alleged malfeasance and negligence.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Board of Control
Board of Central
Gev
George A. Wilson
FH. Felton
Indianola
Harry C. White
Vinton
Frank M. Stevens
Garden Grove
Board of Control Committee
E. P. Donohue
New Hampton
Republican
CB. Hoeven
Alton
T. B Forstine
Sioux City
W. Henningson
Clinton
G. Il Parker
Independence
Senate Board of Cone Ties Committee
Stalin
Hamptrg
Leo Elthon
Ferite
L. Ho Daran (Ri
Boone
A. J. Shaw
Pocahontas
W. S. Beardsley
New Virginia
M. N. Geske
McGregor
Hugh Lundy
Albia
Ed Breen
Fort Dodge
H. D. Miller
Morles
Winifred Mighell
Holstein
P. Stewart
Maynard
Albina
Parker
Europe Wants To Do Business With Us But Gold Is Ours
A satirical note from 1939 mocks Europe seeking trade while claiming we hold the wealth and will not surrender cash. It references a figure named Samuel Leveer and a Dublin Jad piloting a ship, ending with the notion of barter or WYLst as options.
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Europe
Samuel Leveer
Dublin
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