Changes In Soil Program Announced In Washington
Acting BAA Administrator Howard R Tolley announced major changes in the oil conservation soil building program. Revisions include partial payments for those below minimum soil conserving acres, scaled payments based on soil conserving land, altered crop classifications for truck farmers, inclusion of orchards and vineyards, and a rule allowing multiple farms to join as one. The plan also details payment splits in the east central region and authority to withhold grants from discouraged practices.
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Washington
BAA
Howard R. ‘Tolley
Tolley
East Central
Secretary of Agriculture
The Lost Art of Good Talk in Busy Times
A reflection on how modern life undervalues meaningful conversation. The piece cites Johnson and Boswell as models of spirited discourse, laments the hurry culture, and urges adults to share knowledge and fellowship rather than chase constant activity.
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Johnson
Edmund Burke
Wilkes
Garrick
Shakespeare
Horace
America
England
Old England
Boswell
John Wesley
Better Homes Show Closes After Five Evenings
The Cedar Rapids Better Homes Show and Appliance Exhibit closed Saturday night after five evenings. Thousands from Cedar Rapids and surrounding territory viewed the display of modern building materials and home appliances. Thirty six merchants cooperated with the federal housing administration to stage the exhibit at Memorial Coliseum. Sponsors said interest in home construction and appliances was greater than in recent years.
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Cedar Rapids
Woman kills tavern partner in St Louis dispute
Eli V. Idicak, 48, was shot and killed Saturday night in St Louis by widow Inez Wallace. The two had been partners in a tavern business and had a quarrel, police said.
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ST. Louis
Eli V. Idicak
Inez Wallace
Rappings Heard From Men Entombed In Moose River Mine
In Moose River Nova Scotia three men trapped by a cave in were believed alive as a tube sunk to 141 feet carried cocoa and brandy to them. Distinct rappings were heard at 12 30 a m prompting renewed hopes amid rising flood dangers.
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Moose River
N. S
D. R. Sutherland
Middle Musquodoboit
Michael Dwyer
Guffey Coal Law Blocked in Colorado Fields
A temporary injunction suspended the Guffey coal act in northern Colorado Saturday. Eleven operating companies received the order from U S District Judge J Foster Symes pending a final ruling. The suit alleges the 15 percent levy is invalid and unconstitutional.
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Denver
INL
Colorado
United States District
J. Foster Symes
Star Freddie Bartholomew Guardianship Battle Heating Up
In Los Angeles, Freddie Bartholomew’s mother Mrs. Lillian May Bartholomew petitions to vacate the October guardianship granted to Miss Millicent Bartholomew. She alleges she learned of the arrangement too late and that guardianship, earnings, and custody were mishandled, with Freddie living with his aunt in Hollywood. Freddie, born 1924 in London, faces a court fight as his parents seek to reclaim guardianship.
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Los Angeles
Freddie Bartholomew
Star
Lillian May Bartholomew
Freddie
Millicent Mary Bartholomew
United States
Berengaria
Miss Bartholomew
William Alfreig
Scarsdale
N. Y
Hollywood
David Copperfield
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Turkish Action on Dardanelles Aids Russia
Washington reports Kemal Ataturk arms the Dardanelles demilitarized zone in violation of Lausanne, seen as bolstering Soviet defense. The move may turn the Black Sea into a Russo Turkish lake, with limited access for other powers in wartime.
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Washington
Kemal Attaturk
Dardanelles
Russia
Black Sea
State Department
England
Turkey
Attaturk
United States
Italy
Greece
Mediterranean
Britain
Japan
Moscow
Angola
Paris
Voroshiloh
Editors Condemn Seizure of Wires
Washington editors condemn blanket seizure of private communications as a violation of constitutional rights. A series of resolutions urges cooperation with law enforcement to protect investigations and press freedom, plus an updated slate of officers for the American Society of Newspaper Editors.
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Washington
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Senate Lobby Committee
Walter M. Harrison
Daily
Oklahoman
J. Noel Macy
West Chester County Publishers, Inc
New York
Verne Marshall
The
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Marvin H. Craeger
Milwaukee Journal
Grove Patterson
Toledo Blade
A. H. Kirckhover
Buffalo Evening News
Levellon Brown
Providence Journal
Wallace seeks quick action on AAA list order
Wallace urged rapid approval of the Vandenberg resolution for publicity of AAA payments over 10000 amid concerns over leaks and missing files. He spoke with Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Ellison D. Smith and pressed for next week if possible.
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Wallace
AAA
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Vandenberg
Arthur Vandenberg
Mich
Ellison D. Smith
S. C
Senate Agriculture Committee
Big Bill Thompson Threatens Third Party In Illinois
Chicago ap William Hale Big Bill Thompson said he would lead a third party in Illinois this summer and possibly run for governor countering Republican nominee C Wayland Brooks and Democratic Governor Henry Horner. He promised to expose GOP insiders and suggested airing dirt to shake up the party.
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Big Bill Thompson
Illinois
Chicago
William Hale
Big Bill
Thompson
C. Wayland Brooks
Henry Horner
Baldwin Plea to Hitler as Europe Seeks Peace
The United Press reports Europe’s quest for immediate peace faced setbacks. Mussolini insisted on retaining conquered Ethiopian territory, while Geneva negotiators referred the dispute to the council. Baldwin urged Hitler to cooperate for peace and possible sanctions to deter future aggression amid ongoing Ethiopian fighting near Harar.
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United Press
Europe
League
Geneva
Italy
Ethiopia
Mussolini
Council
Stanley Baldwin
Adolf Hitler
Baldwin
Rome
Harar
Addis Ababa
Baldwin pleads for Hitler to avoid war and join collective security
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin urged Adolf Hitler to abandon the nazi regime and work with nations to deter aggression. He said Britain would refrain from coercive actions that could trigger war, while hinting that united military sanctions may be needed. He criticized the League’s failure over Italy and Ethiopia and said Britain would not close the Suez Canal without broader support.
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Bewdley
England
Stanley Baldwin
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Baldwin
Britain
Germany
Bewdley Conservative Association
Worcestershire
Italy
Suez
League of Nations
Ethiopia
Suez Canal
Boy Hurt Riding City Waterworks Turntable
Robert Petersmith 14 suffers severe flesh injuries to his left leg when he slips from a turntable at the city waterworks clarifier and is pinned beneath it. He is hospitalized at St Luke's with leg flesh torn from the bone. he and companions climbed a four foot fence to access the area. The turntable moves about seven feet per minute.
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Robert Petersmith
Henry Petersmith
Fourteenth Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Petersmith
Shaver Park
Weather outlook for Chicago region April 20 25
Weather outlook forecasts little precipitation across the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and the northern and central great plains. Temperatures are expected near or below normal in the north and near or above normal in the south.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
Louis Howe Dies Longtime Roosevelt Adviser
Louis McHenry Howe longtime adviser and secretary to President Roosevelt died at Naval Hospital at 1110 pm after a prolonged illness. The White House announced he died peacefully in his sleep from heart and chest complications. Mrs. Roosevelt informed Mrs. Howe and no funeral arrangements were set. Howe, 64, had lived at the White House and faced illness since last year with several near recoveries. He was moved to Naval Hospital after August last year and visited by the President recently.
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Washington
Louis McHenry Howe
Roosevelt
Naval Hospital
White House
Willard Hotel
Stephen Early
Howe
Air Heroine Breaks During Questioning in Uniontown
Miss Nel lie Granger 23 a Transcontinental and Western Air stewardess broke under questioning in Uniontown hospital after the Sun Racer crash on April 7. She answered for eighteen minutes then screamed "Someone took a picture" as a photographer’s flash appeared. Investigators from the department of commerce concluded the interview and prepared to report to the Bureau of Air Commerce in Washington.
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Uniontown
Nellie Granger
Transcontinental and
Western Airlines
TWA
Miss Granger
Here
Dennis Mulligan
W. W. Schroeder
Department of Commerce
Boiler Blast Injures Dozens At New York Cafeteria
In Rector's cafeteria on Broadway and Fiftieth Street a boiler exploded injuring more than twenty people. The blast sent glass windows into the street and shook the nearby Majestic dance hall crowds. Police investigated and no cause was established.
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New York
Rector
Broadway
Fiftieth Street
Druggist Kills Bandit in Chicago Robbery
Charles Lin demeyer a Chicago druggist shot and killed a bandit who had held him up and robbed him of 25 dollars. The bandit remains unidentified.
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Chicago
Charles Lindemeyer
Luciano Faces Indictments In Prostitution Racketeering Case
New York police nominate Charles Lucky Luciano as top racketeer. He pleads innocent to four counts of compulsory prostitution and is jailed in Brooklyn on $350000 bail. He is expected to be re-indicted on at least 50 counts, with trials likely in early May.
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NEW York (Ap
Charles
Lucky) Luciano
New York Police
Supreme Court
Philip J. McCook
Luciano
Brooklyn
New York
Lucky” Luciano
Little Rock
Ark
Middlewest
Acketeer
Thomas E. Dewey
Sean
al Caponé
Alscatraz
Dewey
Unione Sicialiano
Dutch Schultz Flegenheimer
Long New York
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Hitler
Cedar Rapids News
Louis Howe
Louis M. Howe
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Hot Springs
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Grand Central Station
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