Weather and obituaries mark April 17 1939 Daily Record
Sunday and Monday rain drenched Cedar Rapids and area with 1.5 inches measured. temperatures ranged from 34 to 49. Snow flurries mingled with rain on Monday. Obituaries note Pheba Ann Wright 73 and Martha Ann Elliott 85 dying in the week. births listed at St Luke's Mercy Mercy Mercy hospital and local homes in Marion and Des Moines region.
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Cedar Rapids
Boston
Pheba Ann Wright
E Avenue NW
Martha Ann Elliott
Owen N. Elliott
Vernon Drive
St Luke's Hospital
Glenn Lange
Marion
Burdette Hanna
C. M. Fadness
Sherman Street
Mercy Hospital
Charles Day
B Avenue NE
Charles Harbert
Local residents named in four partnerships
Milford C Harting of Mount Vernon Hollis P Booth of Cedar Rapids Marcus Sheel Jr of Dysart and Leona Schild of Belle Plaine are listed as participants in a forthcoming arrangement.
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Milford C Harting
Mount Vernon
Hollis P. Booth
Cedar Rapids
Marcus Sheel, Jr
Dysart
Leona Schild
Belle Plaine
Speeding fines set for six motorcyclists in Des Moines
L H Weissman Chicago Rus sell Hansen Des Moines Harold De LaMater Milan Freese and Paul Shimek were fined $10 and costs for speeding. The last three were arrested while operating motorcycles.
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L. H. Weissman
Chicago
Russell Hansen
Des Moines
Harold de LaMater
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Milan Freese
Cold Stream Avenue
Paul Shimek
Ellis Boulevard NW
Fischer Appointed Public Safety Head
The attorney general's department announces Fischer as head of public safety, moving the fire marshal from governor supervision. A Benton county native and former clerk of court, he has long served in Republican circles and the American Legion. He is married with five sons and a daughter.
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Attorney General's Department
Fischer
Charles R. Fischer
Onawa
Iowa State Safety Council
Eagle Grove
Air Service
Twenty
Reed Landis
Army of Occupation
Rhine
Germany
Middle West
University of Iowa
Benton County
Republican Central Committee
Republican State Convention
American Legion
Billy Myers Sustains Injury in Reds Opener
Billy Myers Reds shortstop was taken to a hospital with a possible brain concussion in the second inning of the season opener against the Pirates after Cincinnati built a 2 0 lead in the first frame.
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Cincinnati
Billy Myers
Cincinnati Reds
Reds
Pittsburgh Pirates
Return of Fleet to Pacific Sparks War Alert
President Roosevelt ordered the fleet back to the Pacific amid reports from European capitals that Hitler planned a rapid new war, aiming to strike in French Indo China, the Dutch East Indies and British Malay states. The move serves as a warning to Germany and Italy while preserving an Atlantic squadron to guard against raiders.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Pacific
Hitler
Atlantic
Japan
Europe
Indo- China
Dutch East Indies
United States
U S
New York
State Department
White House
Mussolini
Albania
Danzig
Poland
England
France
Indo-China
The
East Indies
America
Philippines
Tribunal ruling on quotas and aliens debated
A court decision on deportation of a non naturalized alien linked to the communist party stirred debate. A dissent urged upholding the government’s bid for Strecker’s deportation while bridges future cases hinge on court review. The tribunal also backed temporary Edison rate fixes in York PA despite New Deal calls to overturn old yardsticks. Justice Frankfurter and Black dissented.
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Communist Party
Strecker
Bridges
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
Edison Light and Power Company
York
New Deal
Frankfurter
Black
Roosevelt’s Reichstag message draws reaction from Europe
German press cites Roosevelt’s dramatic note as a theatrical trick. Voelkischer Beobachter questions the White House while Der Montag claims London and Paris sparked the move. Rumors persist of potential Danzig reincorporation and Poland’s likely response, amid British pledges of aid.
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Treat
Munich
von Ribbentrop
Roosevelt
Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Rome
London
Paris
Germany
der Montag
White House
Danzig
Berlin
Poland
Reich
Great Britain
Clipper Home Line Ready for Service
Pan American Airways stated it was ready to begin regular transatlantic passenger service pending government approval. The Yankee Clipper landed after an 11 017 mile Europe flight returning near schedule with 22 aboard and fuel use within expected limits. Capt Harold Gray marked his 34th birthday with passengers aboard.
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Baltimore
C. H. Schildhauer
Pan-American Airways
Pan- American
Europe
Schildhauer
Harold E. Gray
Atlantic
Gray
Pacific
Four Bills Target State Institutions Evils in Iowa
DES MOINES UP four senate board of control measures would curb immorality drunkenness cruelty and mismanagement at three mental hospitals and orphans homes in Davenport Toledo Eldora Mitchellville and Davenport Soldiers Orphans home The proposals enforce convict labor limits uniform bookkeeping rules misconduct rules and dismissal for violations to protect wards and curb abuse.
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Des Moines
Senate Board of Control
Senate
Davenport
Toledo
Board of Control
Eldora
Mitchellville
State
A. J. Shaw
Pocahontas
John Berg
Cedar Falls
Parolee Confesses Brutal Attack on Sponsor’s Wife
Vivian Denton 17, a parolee from St. Charles school for boys, confessed to beating Metta Christensen 77 at the Christensen farm near the school. Denton was jailed in Kane County. a murder charge possible if Metta Christensen dies. Denton was turned over to police by a friend who sheltered him.
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Chicago
INS
Vivian Denton
St. Charles School
Chris Christensen
Christensen
Metta
Kane County
Delton
William Ruf
News Papers Attack Roosevelt Peace Proposal in Spain
In Burgos Spain newspapers condemn President Roosevelt's peace proposal calling it grotesque and provocative of war. The dispatch notes the harsh reaction from Spanish press and the broader international skepticism toward the plan.
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Burgos
Spain
Roosevelt
Wilson and Versailles era echoed in today’s political tone
The piece contests postwar order and fears new acts by Hitler and Mussolini threaten peace. It recalls Woodrow Wilson’s league idea and warns that without broad world guarantees, liberty nations may face renewed aggressions. It notes soil conservation bill passage amid political debate and amended provisions.
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Bagdad
North Sea
Fersia
Hitler
Mussolini
Wilson
Hitler's plan for a Western world domination in 1939
A 1939 account describes a Nazi war strategy with Hitler seeking a quick victory in Europe, a pax Germanica, a naval buildup, and coordinated attacks with Japan and former Allied fleets. It notes shifting UK policy toward Munich and the fear the United States might not be swayed to intervene.
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Japan
America
Pacific
Britain
France
Mary
Atlantic
Roosevelt
Neville Chamberlain
Munich
Hitler
Sudetenland
Europe
United States
Iowa House Reconsiders State Gymnasium Funding
Iowa lawmakers debated 1.566 million dollars in capital improvements for state institutions with focus on a 300000 dollar gymnasium for Iowa State College coeds and a 75000 dollar 4 H building. The measure, backed by economy advocates, passed 64 to 39 on reconsideration and was to resume later.
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DES Moines
Towa State College
Iowa House
House
Philip Roan
Fort Madison
David A. Dancer
Lamont
J. A. Lucas
Bedford
Elmer A. Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State
Soviet Pact Looms as Britain France Weigh War Front
Paris reports that Britain France and Russia may seal an air pact to form a peace front against aggressor nations. Russia could supply Poland and Romania with munitions and air power, while 2.5 million Russian troops stand in the background.
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Poland
Rumania
Britain
France
Russia
Paris
Romania
Hitler
Daily Mail
Berlin
The
Daily Express
Esthenia
Latvia
Lithuania
Johaan Laidoner
Tallinn
Edward Smigly-Rydz
Turkey
Roosevelt hits at Amlie's opponents
Amlie accuses opponents of branding him a communist and anti Christ to derail his confirmation. He says a reactionary press and a political cabal turned Senate hearings into a witchcraft trial and asserts the American Liberty League would suppress democracy for dissenters.
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Senate
American Liberty League
Thomas Jefferson
Benetit Franklin
Abraham Lincoln
Snowstorm Sweeping Eastward Into Iowa
An April snowstorm and freezing temperatures swept the plains headed into Iowa. Estherville Cherokee and Forest City felt snow with drifting and a 30 degree low in Estherville, while Keokuk Burlington Dubuque and Davenport reported heavy rain totals.
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Des Moines
INS
Great Plains
Iowa
Estherville
Cherokee
Forest City
Nebraska
Cheyenne
Wyo
Burlington
Mercury
Keokuk
Dubuque
Davenport
Roosevelt Set to Broadcast Parole Speech Tonight
New York AP reports all radio networks will air the important message by President Roosevelt to the national parole conference in Washington at 5 p.m. Iowa time. The two day conference of federal state and local officials aims to coordinate prison parole systems.
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New York
Roosevelt
Washington
Iowa
Last Rites for Earl Coughlin Gazette Sports Editor
A large gather from Cedar Rapids and beyond attends the St Matthew's church service for Earl Coughlin Gazette sports editor who died Friday. Delegations from the University of Iowa Coe college and many sports writers and coaches pay tribute with prayers and flags at Mount Calvary cemetery.
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Earl Coughlin
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
St. Matthew's Church
J. D. Kearn
Earl
Cedar Rapids Gazette
St. Matthew’s Church
Mr. Coughlin
Leo Taylor
Bert McGrane
Tony Cordaro
Des Moines Register
John O'Donnell
Davenport Democrat
Leo Kautz
Davenport, Times
Edwin Moore, Jr
Waterloo Courier
Leyland Shelley
Associated Press
Des Moines
Eddie Anderson
University of Iowa
E. G. Schroeder
Glenn Devine
Jim Harris
Frank Carideo
George Bresnahan
Ted Swenson
Rieke Truckers Strike Spreads to Cedar Rapids
Two Rieke transfer truck drivers in Cedar Rapids joined a Monday strike alongside workers in Burlington and Chicago. H W Rieke of Burlington said the firm is making no attempt to operate. Union claims back pay is due for contract scale not paid, denied by Rieke.
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Burlington
Washington
Chicago
Rieke Transfer Company
Cedar Rapids
Third Street
H. W. Rieke
Associated Press
Rieke
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