Two Leaders Weigh War and Peace Across Europe
A pair of leaders in Munich and Rome shape Europe’s fate as they decide whether war or peace will prevail. The piece reflects on Roosevelt Wilson era warnings, Versailles outcomes, and the danger of power brokers steering nations toward conflict while denying responsibility. It cites German press, Wilson’s peace efforts, and the evolving balance of power amid postwar tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich
Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Wilson
Versailles
Italy
Court Rules On Aliens and Farm Act Quotas Backed
Washington court rulings uphold deportation limits for members of organizations seeking to overthrow the government and sustain provisions of the 1938 agricultural adjustment act to fix national marketing quotas for major crops to reduce surpluses. Justice Robers wrote the 6 to 2 decisions. dissents by Butler and McReynolds.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Owen D. Robers
Pierce Butler
James C. McReynolds
High Tribunal
Joseph George Strecker
Hot Springs
Ark
Communist Party of
United States
Strecker
Harry Bridges
Bridges
Communist Party
Roberts
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Mud slide blocks Highway 30 east of Cedar Rapids
A 500 foot mud slide from a frost-hardened bank along Highway 30 about four miles east of Cedar Rapids blocked one lane and forced a temporary detour. A ten man crew cleared the obstruction as the slide spread across the road shoulder and pavement.
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Cedar Rapids
Highway Commission
W. D. Johnston
Fischer Named Head of Iowa Public Safety Department
Karl W Fischer of Vinton is appointed by Gov. George A Wilson to head the new Iowa public safety department. His four year term pays 4000 dollars annually and requires Senate confirmation. The merger combines the highway patrol, bureau of investigation, fire marshal, and other inspection services.
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Des Moines
Karl W Fischer
Vinton
George A. Wilson
State Department of Public Safety
Fischer
Senate
Wilson
State Highway Patrol
State Bureau of Investigation
Republican
Highway Patrol
Secretary of State
Bureau of Investigation
Subpoena Issued for Boy Scouts Leader in Missouri Life Case
Walter W. Head of St. Louis, president of General American Life Insurance and head of the National Council of Boy Scouts of America, was subpoenaed to testify before a federal grand jury. Officials indicated the probe may concern phases of the Missouri Life Insurance reorganization years ago, including its sale to General American by R. Emmet O'Malley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Walter W
St. Louis
General American Life Insurance Company
National Council of Boy Scouts of America
Missouri Life Insurance Company
Missouri Life Company
General American
R. Emmet O'Malley
Weaving Motorist Pleads Not Guilty To Drink Driving
Charles D. Waterbury, 34, of 1017 Second Street SW, charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, pled not guilty before Judge J. E. Heiserman. Bond was set at 1000 and not posted by noon. Waterbury was arrested on First Avenue W about 1 am Sunday after police reported weaving vehicle. Mrs Waterbury claimed she was not driving and said he had been drinking whisky.
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Cedar Rapids
Charles D. Waterbury
Second Street
J. E. Heiserman
Waterbury
Bruce and
Dyson
First Avenue
Five Cent Street Car Ride Out Of War Zone
A 1939 column by Arthur Bugs Baer mocks US war anxieties and debt totals. He jokes that a five cent street car ride could remove one from the capital war zone, noting Europe’s heavy debts and congressional resistance to war.
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Capital War Zone
Pennsylvania Avenue
Roosevelt withdraws Amlics nomination to interstate commerce panel
President Roosevelt formally withdraws Thomas Amlics nomination to the interstate commerce commission after a letter charging that opposition in the Senate made confirmation impossible. Amlics cited lack of eagerness in defending minority representation as the motive for requesting withdrawal.
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Washington
Rooosevelt Monday
Thomas R Amlice
Interstate Commerce Commission
Amlie
Senate
Roosevelt
Mr. Amlie
Interstate Commerce
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Amilie
Not a Golden Hair Was Gray on His Crucifixion Day
A reflective reminiscence on mortality, faith, and the courage of sacrifice. The author recalls a city burial scene, a mother’s living flower at a child’s grave, and Longfellow’s nameless Civil War grave, arguing life’s deeper intuitions outlast argument and death.
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Jogie
Newport News
Longfellow
Union
Hitler to be made honorary citizen of free city of Danzig
Danzig residents learned from newspapers that Chancellor Hitler would be made an honorary Danzig citizen on Thursday, his fiftieth birthday. Business continued as usual in the largely German and Nazi dominated community despite agitation for the city's return to Germany.
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Free City OF
Danzig
Hitler
Germany
Free
Dressed For Chilly Day in Gazette Candid Camera
The Gazette features candid camera shots of William J. Lana and Jack O'Brien modeling overcoats. Each subject receives a 7 by 9 enlargement and a 3-picture set for sending 25 cents to The Gazette with the photo card.
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Gazette
William J. Lana
Green Avenue NE
Jack O
Avenue
Lana
O'Brien
Tornado Toll Rises Across Five Southern States
Tornadoes ripped five southern states Sunday causing over 40 deaths and more than 170 injuries. The worst toll was Center Point Arkansas where at least 20 died after a church massacre of mourners. Other fatalities were reported in Texas Oklahoma Louisiana Alabama and Arkansas.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Alabama
Arkansas
Center Point
Collins
Ark
Thomas West
Center Pout Church
Pipe Creek
Gladewater
Athens
Tillar
Caplan
New Orleans
L. W. Bell
Center Point Area
Floods Kill and Floodwaters Rise Across Ohio Valley
Heavy rains caused four drownings and four traffic deaths over the weekend as floodwaters swelled the Wabash and White rivers above flood stage. A flood forecast for the Wabash below Logansport warned of widespread inundation while thousands of acres remained underwater and the Ohio river reached flood level in places.
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Indianapolis
Ohio Valley
Wabash River
Logansport
Ohio
Turkey Joins British French Front In War Effort
London records report Turkey has joined Britain and France against aggression in a decisive wartime bid. Russian ambassador Ivan Maisky will depart Tuesday for Moscow to participate in renewed Anglo French Russian talks seeking immediate adherence to the allied front.
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London
Turkey
Germany
Ivan Maisky
Moscow
Soviet Leader Kalinin Congratulates Roosevelt on Peace Move
President Mikhail Kalinin sent a message to Franklin D Roosevelt expressing cordial congratulations and sympathy with his peace appeal to Germany and Italy. Kalinin said the initiative would find ardent response in the Soviet socialist union and affirmed a desire to preserve universal peace.
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Moscow
Mikhail I. Kalinin
Roosevelt
Germany
Italy
Soviet Socialist Union
Russia shifts to peace front talks with Litvinov
Maisky will serve as consultant to Maxim Litvinov in negotiations with Sir William Leeds as Russia joins the peace front. The departure signals a decisive stage in bringing Russia into the alliance and haste is urged. Details indicate a continuing basis for talks.
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Russia
Maisky
Maxim Litvinoff
William Leeds
F D R Plea Based On Fuehrer World Rule Aim
Dispatch from Paris via KNICKERBOCKER INS reports Hitler threatening the Western Hemisphere. Roosevelt allegedly received a verbatim monologue detailing plans to conquer Europe and impose a Greater German federation including Poland Yugoslavia Bulgaria Greece and Turkey by autumn.
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Paris
Ins
Adolf Hitler
Western Hemisphere
Europe
Roosevelt
Hitler
Fuehrer
Czechoslovakia
Fucher
Bohemia and
Moravet
Slovakia
Poland
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Greece
Turkey
Boy 6 Rescues Brother From Fire in North Russell
In North Russell New York a six year old boy Weldon Reed saved his six year old brother Warren from a house fire. He awakened to flames and carried his brother to safety through the blaze applying ointment to his own burns.
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North Russell
N.Y
Cap
Halstead Reed
Weldon Reed
Warren
Weldon
Italian Press Clamps Roosevelt Appeal as Act of War
Italian papers raid President Roosevelt’s plea for guaranteed peace as an act of war. I Messaggero calls the message an act of war while Il Popolo di Roma mocks it as publicity hungry and ignorant. Goering departs Rome after talks with Mussolini on axis strategy.
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Roosevelt
Rome
Mussolini
Berlin
I Messargero
Hitler
Ethiopia
Austria
Caccoslovakia
Albania
Il Popolo di Roma
Hitler summons Reichstag for April 28 session
Berlin AP dispatch reports Adolf Hitler calls the Reichstag to meet on April 28 to deliver his formal reply to President Roosevelt’s peace appeal. German officials say the move aims to reveal the Fuehrer’s position in the name of the German people amid mounting Allied pressure.
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Berwlin
Hitler
Reichstag
Roosevelt
Come Munique
Fuehrer
Mitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Austria
Foreign Office
Fobbentrop
Grigore Gafencu
Crisis at a Glance Roosevelt Peace Plea Sparks Europe
Berlin reports Hitler to address Reichstag after Roosevelt peace message described as important. Rome hosts Goering Mussolini and Ciano discussing replies. London notes Soviet envoy heads to Moscow for peace front talks. Gibraltar sees Italian troops in Spain and heavy Mediterranean activity. Moscow extends Kalinin’s congratulations to Roosevelt. Washington reports broad solidarity among American nations backing Roosevelt.
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Berlin
Hitler
Reichstag
Roosevelt
Rome
Goering
Mussolini
Ciano
London
Moscow
Gibraltar
Italy
Portugal
Spain
Mediterranean
Malta
Kalinin
Rooseevelt
Washington
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League of Nations
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Hungary
Rumania
Bremen
Highway 30
Kare W. Fischer
U. S. Boy Scout Council
Quilty
Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Christopher Columbus
DR Newton
Jack O'Brien
Dixie
Associated
Mrese
Knickerbocker
Boy
Brother
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