Senate Urges U.S. to Own War Munitions Plants
A Senate munitions committee report urges government ownership of arms production to curb profits and foreign influence. It criticizes private manufacturers for corrupt practices and argues ownership could halt arms sales abroad and support naval expansion. A minority fears political pressure to keep plants running.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Munitions Committee
America
United States Army
Navy
Senate
Gerald P. Nye
N. D
Bennett Champ Clark
James P. Pope
Ida
Homer T. Bone
Wash
Walter George
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
Warren Barbour
N. J
War Department
United States
J.P. Morgan and Associates
Eugene Grace
The
du Ponts
U. S
Wisdom and character in everyday living ideas
The piece argues that wisdom comes from disciplined will, environment, and spiritual insight. It contrasts dull mediocrity with moral passion, notes faith as action, and urges appreciating uniqueness in friends. Dr Newton reflects on optimism, friendship, and how daily language shapes us.
Farm Family Uses Town Jail As Hotel In Perry Mo
The Joseph Murphy family stopped at the Perry jail for shelter after leaving their farm home. The jail doors were not locked and they stayed briefly while seeking a rental house. The family included ten children and their situation prompted the temporary use of municipal facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry, Mo
Perry
Joseph Murphy
Murphy
Indictments Sought in Hamm Kidnapping Case
A federal grand jury in St. Paul will seek seven indictments for the 1933 abduction of William Hamm Jr. for a $100,000 ransom. Six suspects are jailed or imprisoned. Alvin Karpis remains at large. New arrests include John Peifer Edmund Bartholomew and Charles Fitzgerald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Jury
George F. Sullivan
U. S
John Peifer
St. Paul
Edmund C. Bartholmew
Bensenville
Ill
Charles Fitzgerald
Los Angeles
Mrs. Henry Wood Seeks Republican Secretary of State Nomination
Mrs. Henry Wood of Moville Woodbury county leader in agriculture and politics announced she would run in the June primary for the Republican nomination for secretary of state. The widow represents a life insurance firm and is vice-chairman of the county GOP committee. She is a noted platform speaker active in farm women groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Wood
Sioux City
Moville
Woodbury County
Wood
Life Insurance
Republican Committee
Lawyer Predicts Broad Kidnappers Network Behind Lindbergh Case
Bernard J. Finnigan, a Chicago lawyer aiding Governor Hoffman’s inquiry, predicts arrests of the “real kidnappers” within weeks. He claims a hidden $5000 ransom cache found in New York will unlock new evidence and expose multiple plotters beyond Bruno Hauptmann. Finnigan cites ongoing leads and says more ransom bills will surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bernard J. Finnigan
Harold G. Hoffman
Finnigan
Gov. Hoffman
New Jersey
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
New York State
Stephen Spitz
Spitz
Trenton
N. J
Hoffman
Geoghan Seeks Indictment in Wendel Kidnapping Case
District Attorney F X Geoghan of Kings County seeks an immediate indictment of Martin Schlossman 30 who confessed to participating in the Paul Wendel kidnapping a key Lindbergh case moment. He indicates the probe points to New Jersey politicians as hoax accomplices. The grand jury may indict one two or more persons Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
F. X. Geoghan
Kings County
Martin Schlossman
Paul Wendel
Lindbergh
Wendel
New Jersey
Old House Occupied By Fifteen Tenants Damaged By Fire
Fire at 509 B avenue NE destroyed the roof and much of the second floor of a rambling frame house converted to a rooming and apartment building. Fifteen tenants were displaced as crews fought the blaze believed sparked by chimney embers or possibly from a kitchen. No loss estimate yet. property owned by Cedar Rapids Building and Loan Co. Firefighters also tended grass fires nearby on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Building and Loan Company
C Avenue
Milwaukee Tracks
North Western Tracks
K -Avenue
Eleventh Street
Boots Stastny Killed In Crash Near Hot Springs
J B Boots Stastny 60 retired Cedar Rapids fire captain died Monday morning in a crash 18 miles north of Hot Springs Ark Mrs Stastny is seriously injured The couple had wintered in Hot Springs for health reasons and were returning home The other driver R O Jones of Atkin Ark suffered cuts and leg fractures and was held under technical arrest at a Hot Springs hospital The Stastny family is prominent in Cedar Rapids with Stastny a long time No 4 fire station captain and later a theater fireman whose home was a community gathering place The son Lester flew to Hot Springs to handle arrangements for his father and mother’s care
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B
Boots” Stastny
C Street
Hot Springs
Ark
Stastny
Lester
City Officials Propose Increases To Salaries
The mayor introduced three ordinances to raise salaries for the city solicitor from 3000 to 3600, assistant solicitor from 1400 to 1800, and water works superintendent from 4050 to 4500. Final action by the council is due in a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Frank K. Hahn
Legal Department
Italian soldiers vow to defend Lake Tana against Britain
Rome dispatches report fascist secretary Achille Starace presided over a solemn oath by Italian troops occupying the shores of Lake Tana. He named an eminence over the lake Mussolini Peak and declared the waters would be spilled with blood of any who would seize them. Soldiers answered in unison Yes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
INS
Italy
Lake Tana
Britain
Achille Starace
Mussolini
Starace
Duce
Hitler narrowly escapes injury during Berlin birthday parade
In Berlin a mass parade for Adolf Hitler's 47th birthday caused a fatality and injuries as a child was killed and others hurt. The chancellor avoided danger when his car swerved to miss a running child, while a tank chain snapped injuring bystanders on the Charlottenburg bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Ins
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Hitler
Tiergartern
Charlottenburg Bridge
Forgotten Woman Blocks Sanity Test In Jail
In Chicago, Daisy Tegtmeyer nicknamed the forgotten woman remains in county jail for over two years after refusing a mental examination. Judge Daniel Trude ordered an test for habeas corpus but she refused to cooperate, citing distrust of her sister in Brooklyn as motive. The exam was blocked, and the writ could be dismissed if not completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Daisy Tegtmeyer
Daniel Trude
Mother
Mercury records 78 degree high on Monday in 1936
The temperature peaked at 78 degrees by 12 30 p m Monday, surpassing the prior 77 degree mark set on March 23. Readings fluctuated through the day from a low 24 a m to 72 by 4 p m, with a late drop to 55 at midnight as charts tracked the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Italians Advance Prompt Ethiopian Capital Defense
Addis Ababa braces as government orders gun cotton stores moved to destroy bridges on routes to Dessye. Natives flee panic as foreigners seek refuge in legations. Americans, Britons, and other nationals gather at safer zones while Ethiopian rallying cries urge a final stand for liberty amid new Italian columns advancing northeast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addis Ababa
Dessye
Cascades
Italians Press Forward in Ethiopia War Drive
Italian armies pushed in six columns across northern and southeastern Ethiopia toward Addis Ababa and the Addis Ababa Djibouti railway. The advances aimed to crush Haile Selassie loyalists as Mussolini vowed a turning point for a first class colonial power. An Italian holiday featured Rome’s 2 689th birth and celebrations at Geneva.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa-Djibouti
Harar-Jijiga
East Africa
League of Nations
Geneva
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Great Britain
Europe
Italy Britain clash over poison gas use at Geneva council
At the League of Nations council meeting on the Italo Ethiopian crisis Anthony Eden called for continued sanctions and potential extension of penalties. Italian delegate Baron Pompeo Aloisi protested and demanded discussion of alleged Italian gas use alongside Italian atrocities. The council suspended to prepare a declaration, with a Monday night finish anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
INS
Italy
Britain
League Council
Anthony Eden
League
Baron Pompeo Aloisi
Eden
Rome
Aloisi
Ataturk Moves Troops Dardanelles Amid League Critique
Alice Longworth notes Europe overuses crisis language while treaties are revised without a conference. She cites Kemal Ataturk occupying the Dardanelles demilitarized zone echoing Mussolini and Hitler. She questions the League of Nations efficacy as sanctions on Italy are delayed into May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Europe
Turkey
Kemal Ataturk
Dardanelles
Mussolini
Hitler
League of Nations
Italy
Moose River Rescue Hope Fades For Two Trapped Men
Rescue crews exhausted after eight days underground near Moose River Nova Scotia await a shaft blast on promise of freeing two men still alive. Dr D E Robertson and Charles Scadding above ground hold out while Herman Magill is dead. The two trapped men communicate via a miniature microphone asking when blasting will occur and if they will be freed today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moose River
N. S
D. E. Robertson
Charles Alfred Scadding
Toronto
Sioux City Bank Bandits Abduct Four Officials
Four armed bandits robbed the Morningside State bank in Sioux City at 2 30 p m abducting four bank officials and employees The loot was estimated but not confirmed with authorities The bandits fled east on highway 141 toward Denison in a car with an Indiana license One shot was fired at an assistant cashier but missed Mrs Rose Bagley a teller ducked under the counter and the tear gas release failed to operate leaving her inside the bank
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Morningside State Bank
John Scott, Jr
W. L. Ayres
Ira Hubbard
James David
Denison
Indiana
Donal Nissen
Rose Bagley
Arabs and Jews Clash in Palestine Rises Tension
In Jaffa and Tel Aviv clashes between Jews and Arabs leave several dead and many injured. Rioting spreads after weekend violence as Arabs threaten a general strike to halt Jewish immigration. A Briton shot at by Arabs was mistaken for a Jew amid the unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
INS
Jaffa
Tel Aviv
Palestine
Townsend Convention Set for July 3 to 5 in Kansas City
The Townsend national convention will be held at the municipal auditorium in Kansas City on July 3, 4, and 5. City Manager Henry F. and Dr. Frank Dyer of Los Angeles, Townsend convention secretary, disclosed the plan after a Monday conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Townsend
Kansas City
INS
Municipal Auditorium
Henry F
Frank Dyer
Los Angeles
Townsend Organization
Miners Trapped 180 Hours in Nova Scotia Mine Rescue Nears End
In Moose River Nova Scotia miners clawed toward the surface as two men faced possible death while a third man was already dead after 180 hours entombed by a rock slide. Rescue teams worked through a dangerous abandoned shaft as rising water and cold threatened survivors. Doctor D E Robertson and Alfred Scadding held on with aid from brandy and soup while awaiting a perilous exit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moose River
N. S
F. D. Henderson
D. E. Robertson
Toronto
Alfred Scadding
Herman B. Magill
Eddie
Mrs. Robertson
Cumberland County
Scadding
Also Mentioned on This Page
U.S
Senate Group
RAPS
DR. Newton
Hamm
Schlossman
Cedar Rapids News
Boots’ Stastny
Fuehrer
Legation
Cornelius van H. Engert
Bhlata Tekala
Aduwa
United Press
Debra Brehan
Rodi River
Alice Longworth
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Magill
Robertson
Bulletin
Cedar Rapids Auto
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!