Roosevelt fireside chat stirs debate on spending cure
A debate follows Roosevelt’s fireside chat as critics question whether borrowing trillions can cure economic delirium. The piece weighs the plan against past spending, notes the president’s conciliatory tone, and contrasts optimistic hopes with concerns about debt, solvency, and practical impact. A reader from Iowa City critiques reporting on professor Ise’s remarks, calling for fair coverage.
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Roosevelt
Oosevelt
Rebels Reach Mediterranean Sea in Franco Drive
Insurgent forces led by General Miguel Aranda overran the coastal front near Villaroz and reached the Mediterranean south of Vinaroz, severing government Spain's links to Barcelona Valencia and Madrid. A second surge moved toward Benicarlo as another column captured Calig.
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Hendaye
France
Miguel Aranda
Villaroz
Catalonia
Spain
Irun
Francisco Franco
Aranda
Vinaroz
Barcelona
Valencia
Madrid
Vinarez
San Mateo
Cherta
Tortosa
Ebro
Mallorca
Balearics
Bonicarlo
Benicarlo
Seco de Benicarlo
Calig
75 Year Old Meets Half Sister for First Time
At Kyle near Austin Texas 75 year old Mrs Laud Miller Ibs of Santiago California meets her 95 year old half sister Mrs Augusta Wiegraffe for the first time. The sisters are descendants of Rev L K Ervenberg founder of the Prince Solms colony at New Braunfels. The story began when a San Antonio newspaper article about the Wiegraffe family reached Mrs Ibs by mail two years ago.
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Austin, Tex
Ins
Kyle
Here
Laud Miller Ibs
Santiago
Calif
Mathilda Ibs
Augusta Wiegraffe
Ibs
L. K. Ervenberg
Wiegraffe
Prince Solms
New Braunfels
Tex
Ervenberg
Mexico
California
San Antonio
Train runs down car at grade crossing near Decatur
Three people died and a fourth was critically injured when a passenger car was struck by a train at a grade crossing three miles west of Decatur Alabama. The Friday incident was reported by United Press.
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Decatur
Ala
Here
Honest column defends capitalism and democracy woes in colleges
The column asserts an honestly administered capitalist system and democracy face threats from some faculty in colleges and universities. It pledges to expose subversive methods and teaching wherever found to protect the system. It notes Professor Ise is male.
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Iowa City
Jetter
John Ise
University of Kansas
Ise
The Cross and Courage in a Silent World
A meditation on Christ’s crucifixion as a symbol of suffering and mercy. It contemplates how a biography of Newton becomes theology, portraying the crucifixion as a revelation beyond understanding and a source of spiritual strength amid unimaginable pain.
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Christ
Newton
WPA Rises Ban On Workers Testimony In Omaha Case
In Omaha, WPA workers and officials were freed to testify before a grand jury after Washington lifted a ban that had barred appearances. District Judge Fitzgerald had threatened contempt for refusals. U S Attorney Votava said the Omaha WPA has no secrets and declined to reveal the investigation’s nature. The county attorney’s office was undecided on new subpoenas.
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Omaha
Neb
INS
Fitzgerald
WPA
Washington
United States
Joseph Votava
Rain and Humidity Rise Over Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids reports heavy overcast weather with afternoon rain. Temperatures fall from 78 to 76 between 1 15 p m and 2 45 p m, after an early drizzle of .03 of an inch. Overnight lows rose to 68 after a start at 61. Thursday’s high reached 74 later easing to 65 by midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Charlie McCarthy Insured For Five Thousand Dollars
Hollywood dispatch reports ventriloquist Edgar Bergen revealed that the life of Dummy Charlie McCarthy is insured for $5000. The policy covers loss in automobile, train or plane accidents, fire, tornado, theft, landslide, or kidnapping.
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Hollywood
Charlie McCarthy
Edgar Bergen
Charlie
Senate panel accuses big employers of thwarting labor inquiry
The senate civil liberties committee reported that large employer associations have stripped files and doctored books to thwart investigations into their labor activities. Senator La Follette asked for $60,000 to continue the inquiry, with a target completion by January 15. The panel warned that record-keeping has shifted to book- cooking and secrecy, hindering government oversight and possibly signaling the need for stronger labor laws.
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Washington
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Senate
la Follette
Wis
Daladier Wins Labor Stand as France Orders Strike End
Paris reports end of widespread strikes in France's metallurgical plants after Premier Edouard Daladier secured union acceptance to resume work by next Tuesday. Government, backed by communists and socialists, warned it may use force if plants do not reopen. Daladier shifts foreign policy toward Britain and Italy, signaling rapid changes and closer Anglo-French defense cooperation.
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Paris
INS
France
Edouard Daladier
Dala
Dier
Daladier
Georges Bonnet
Britain
God S Son and the Skull-Shaped Hill Poem
An editor notes reprinting Jay Sigmund’s Good Friday poem from The Gazette. It urges readers to pause in their rounds and reflect on Christ’s crucifixion, urging a moment of prayer despite busy lives. The piece emphasizes the day’s distinct sacredness and invites inner contemplation over loud rituals.
Holy City Leads Mourning Of Crucifixion On Good Friday
Jerusalem led Christendom in mourning with thousands visiting the Chapel of Calvary as Good Friday rites began amid structural damage to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Vatican City reported Pope Pius praying privately while Britain deployed armed police along the Via Dolorosa and the burial procession prepared for late evening rites.
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Jerusalem
Holy City of
Christ
Old City
Chapel of Calvary
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Vatican City
Pope Pius
Holy Father
St. Peter's Basilica
Rome
Via Dolorosa
Calvary
Holy Land
Chapel of
St. Mary
Toledo Bank Sues Welle for 18000 Over Bank Funds
The National Bank of Toledo filed suit Friday against P C Welle former cashier and his wife Lena seeking 18000 and an accounting. It alleges Welle defrauded 420, negligence caused losses, improper monthly interest charges, and improper transfer of stock. A writ of attachment and temporary injunction were granted by Judge B O Tankersley in Vinton.
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the Gazette
Toledo
National Bank of Toledo
P. C Welle
Lena Welle
Welle
Clarence
P. C. Welle
Tama County
B. O. Tankersley
Vinton
Toledo bank embezzlers released on bond in federal case
Clarence Henry Welle, 25, of Toledo, jailed since April 8 after arraignment before Edward J. McPartland on a 4500 dollar embezzlement charge at the National Bank of Toledo, posted 5000 dollar bond with two private sureties. William Kaliban, 37, former assistant cashier, charged with 7000 dollars embezzlement remains in custody. Both pled not guilty, waived preliminary hearing, and were bound over to the federal grand jury.
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Clarence Henry Welle
Toledo
Linn County
Edward J. McPartland
United States
National Bank of Toledo
McPartland
William Anthony Kaliban
Nothing Stolen In Fowler Co And Oil Station Breakins
Three breakins were reported to police Thursday and Friday at two oil stations and the W. L. Fowler Electrical company. No items were taken. Russell Ard heard glass breaking at the Shell station and saw a man outside before notifying police at work. Patrolmen Cunningham and Bukacetk investigated and John Abraham was notified. The Purity Oil station at 725 Third street SE also was broken into and detectives Haberle and Wilson investigated.
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Cedar Rapids
W. L. Fowler Electrical Company
Second Avenue
Russell Ard
Eighteenth Street
Wilson and Company
Shell Oil
Eighth Avenue
Third Street
Ard
Cunningham
Bukacek
John Abraham
Purity Oil Company
Haberle
Wilson
20000 Houses In Tokio Inundated
About 20,000 homes in Tokio were flooded Friday after the Sumida and other rivers burst their banks due to a heavy rainstorm, inundating a wide area. Local authorities warned residents and mobilized emergency services to assess damage and assist affected neighborhoods.
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Tokio
INS
Sumida
Machinery Set In Motion For Recovery Plan Aims
Washington reports President Roosevelt's $6.65 billion recovery program driving rapid actions. Measures include sterilized gold release by the treasury boosting credit, faster RFC loaning to railroads and industry, SEC help for small business in stock and bond issues, study of bank regulation consolidation, anticipated Fed action to free idle funds, and plans for new federal borrowing to fund relief and PWA. House appropriations committee to begin hearings on $1.25 billion relief for seven months starting July 1 as the treasury injects $1.392 billion in sterilized gold into the credit structure.
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Hursday
Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
SEC
FDIC
Comptroller of the Currency
Federal Reserve Board
PWA
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Center Point Students Reject School Board Peace Plan
Center Point high school pupils rejected a compromise proposal from the school board in an informal vote. A student spokesman said they had not achieved their aims. The action followed the board accepting resignations of Supt Finch L Wagner and Sarah Wilkinson. Edna Robinson and Mary Thomas had already been denied reelection along with Alfred Pierce, the coach. Dr C E Liabo, school board president, issued a formal statement as the strike continued.
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Gazette
Center Point—Defiant
Center Point High School
the Gazette
Edna Robinson
Mary Thomas
Alfred Pierce
C. E. Liabo
Cedar Rapids
Liabo
Rail unions refuse wage cuts amid mediation threat
Washington reports rail labor leaders refuse voluntary wage reductions for about 1,000,000 workers and rebuff a move to enforce pay cuts under the railroad mediation act. The Association of American Railroads warns carriers will push machinery to impose wage reductions if talks do not proceed, with executives likely to stand firm against lower pay. President J. J. Pelley notes the economic plight of the industry.
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Bulletin
Washington
Friday
Association of American Railroads
J. J. Pelley
Association
President Roosevelt seeks taxes on future bonds and salaries
President Roosevelt announced plans to urge Congress to tax income from future government bond issues and government salaries. He wants to remove exemptions on bond issues and subject salaries to federal and state taxes, estimating about 155 million dollars yearly in extra revenue if all securities and salaries were taxed. He also proposed consolidating bank examinations and streamlining securities regulation, with continuation on page 2.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Roswell Magill
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Treasury
Magill
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Comptroller of
Securities Commission
Ex-Hitler aide Hanfstängl notes arrival in New York
Ernst F. S. Hanfstängl, once close associate and foreign press chief for Adolf Hitler, was registered at a New York harbor hotel club after a tourist-class Atlantic crossing from Europe, despite reporters aboard the ship.
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INS
Adolf Hitler
Ernst F. S. Hanfstaengl
Harvard Club
Europe
Dictators Pick Up Their Own Options In Spite Of Limits
France voted a dictator for a six week trial amid comments that dictators pick up their own options. Daladier is called a financial dictator needing to peg the franc to borrow on it. The piece uses a biting comparison to selling a moose on the hoof and a bear in a hollow tree.
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Bugs" Baer
France
Daladier
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