Grim Keen Mountain mine disaster claims 45 lives
Forty five miners perished in the Keen Mountain mine of Red Jacket Coal Co as explosions engulfed the shaft. Rescue crews labored in 30 minute shifts to recover bodies, with authorities planning a full investigation into the blast and the mine’s new, up-to-date operations.
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Grundy
Keen Mountain
Red Jacket Coal Company
United States Bureau of Mines
Plain
Bill Smith
Bill
C. P. Kelly
State Department of Labor
False Alarm Sends Ten to Hospital in Brooklyn Incident
A Brooklyn false fire alarm on Friday sent ten people to hospital including two severely injured firefighters. A hook and ladder truck collided with a derailed trolley and split in half. Ten ambulances treated 18 injured on scene. Police have not identified the alarm source.
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New York
Brooklyn
Counter-Revolutionary Spies Detected in Moscow
Report from Moscow states nine alleged counter-revolutionaries, bourgeois Bükharinite spies and wreckers have been disclosed by authorities. The outlet labels those named as enemies of the state and promises further investigations and possible punitive actions.
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Moscow
Seta
Ita
Portraits of Faith and a Prairie Pastor’s Wisdom
A reflective piece praises a forgotten pastor from a white prairie meeting-house. It highlights his rugged yet gentle face, his artless sincerity, and spiritual insight. He taught that life’s worth lies in being good, not in fleeting moments, and shared memorable sermons on Lazarus and the feeding of the five thousand.
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Jesus
Lazarus
Rebels Strike In Three Sectors Near Teruel Front
Spanish insurgent forces under General Jose Varela burst government lines in three sectors northeast of Teruel in a rapid offensive aimed toward Castellon. Government troops counterattacked north of Castellon while insurgent battalions were ambushed in the Pyrenees. The Forty third division reestablished border communications and halted the insurgent advance at the front's northern wing.
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Hendaye
INS
Teruel
Saragossa
Jose Varela
Castellon
Varela
Pyrenees
Police Nab Four In Gambling Raid
Four men were arrested in a Saturday night raid at 1021 First Street SE Cedar Rapids. Paul Hostak 28 ran a poker game and faced two gambling charges with bond at 140 dollars. Others named were Bohumir Vacek 43 Jacob Pernicka 49 and William Barr 47. Detectives seized 3.80 dollars and two decks of cards.
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First Street
Paul Hostak
Hostak
Bohumir Vacek
Fourteenth Avenue
Jacob Pernicka
Fourth Street
William Barr
Kudina
Haberle
Wilson
Hrabetin
Weather forecast for Great Lakes and plains week
Weekly outlook covers the Great Lakes area and upper Mississippi valley to the northern and central plains. Expect occasional showers early week, generally fair later. Temperatures near or below normal overall.
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Chicago
Great Lakes
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
Danielsens fate under advisement in murder case
In Chicago Chief Justice Harrington moved the Teddy Danielsen Jr case to advisement after he confessed to stabbing his mother with a butcher knife. The 16 year old waived a jury trial as his father wept beside him. Prosecutors urged severe punishment while the defense sought mercy and a chance at life.
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Chicago
Cornelius J. Harrington
Teddy Danielsen, Jr
Criminal Court
Danielsen
Teddy
Master Printer Targeted in Easy Money Counterfeit Probe
Chicago authorities hunt a master printer tied to a $250 000 counterfeit AmEx money orders ring involving Bugs Moran and Frankie Parker. Moran Parker and others face forgery and conspiracy charges as investigators seek to locate the printer and determine how many fake orders exist.
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Chicago
George “Bugs” Moran
Frankie Parker
American Express Company
Daniel Gilbert
George
Bugs” Moran
St. Valentine’s Day
Gilbert
Pettengill Sees Garner Branch as 1940 Democratic Refuge
Rep. Samuel B. Pettengill of Indiana predicted on Saturday that a Garner branch of the Democratic Party would serve as a refuge in 1940 for all citizens who reject radical ideas and favor the American system. The remark, reported from Buffalo, frames Garner as a moderating current within the party.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Samuel B. Pettengill
Indiana
Democratic Party
Thomas Heads Party Despite Disagreement
Norman Thomas was reelected chairman of the Socialist Party executive committee in Kenosha Wisconsin amid opposition to parts of the majority report. Mayor Daniel W Hoan led a minority faction opposing affiliating with labor parties only where socialists could run against capitalist candidates. The convention endorsed labor unity themes while attacking Roosevelt's New Deal as war ready, and reaffirmed anti war stances from 1917.
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Kenosha
Wis
Norman Thomas
National Socialist Party
Thomas
Daniel W. Hoan
Milwaukee
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
New York
American Labor Party
Socialist Party
Cooperative Commonwealth
Roosevelt
St. Louis
Delaware 12-Year-Old Bride Committed to Industrial School
Almira Mae McCessney, 12, was committed indefinitely to the Delaware industrial school for white girls at Claymont after a tearful hearing. Her 37-year-old husband Samuel McChesney, a Rehoboth mechanic, cried as Judge Earle D. Willey ordered the separation and noted the marriage may be dissolved by the state supreme court.
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Georgetown
Del
INS
Almira Mae McCessney
Delaware Industrial School For
Claymont
Caleb M. Wright
Samuel McChesney
Rehoboth
Earle D. Willey
Almira
McChesney
Wilmington
Rehoboth Beach
Willey
Delaware Supreme Court
Mae Walls
Roosevelt approves tax agreement delaying final SenateHouse deal
President Roosevelt told Democratic leaders the Senate House conferees’ tax on undistributed corporate profits was acceptable. The Borah amendment likely to be dropped as negotiations pause to Monday, with expected settlements on estate tax pork levy and utility holding company liquidation.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Senate-House
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Capitol
White House
Congress
Borah
Idaho
Czech Policy Deemed Road to War by Nazi Leaders
In Carlsbad Czechoslovakia a warning links Prague's policy toward the German minority to a looming European war. Sudeten German party press chief Sebekovsky accuses Prague of moving non Germans into German areas for two decades. Nazi deputy Kundt says Sudeten German party will reject Hodza cabinet minority laws.
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Carlsbad
Czechoslovakia
INS
Sudeten German Party
M. Sebekovsky
Prague
Adolf Kundt
Czech
Milan Hodza
Baby Photograph Contest Entries Due Wednesday Noon
The Gazette invites Iowa residents to submit black and white baby photos of babies eighteen months or younger for Child Health day prizes. Photos must be four by six inches, taken after Dec 1, 1937, and include on the back the baby’s name age parents’ names and addresses and date taken. Entries must be postmarked by Tuesday midnight and received by Wednesday noon.
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Gazette
The
Iowa
Couly Health Day
Editors Reject Government Press Service As Dictator Ally
The American Society of Newspaper Editors at its convention denounced a government press information service as propaganda risk and a threat to free press democracy. It warned government control could silence criticism and darken public minds, urging protection of independent information agencies and opposition to propaganda as a state tool.
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Government
Washington
American Society of Newspaper Editors
America
Italy
United States
U S Opposes Ship Size Limits in London Talks
Washington reports formal notice to Britain and France rejecting any cap on battleship size unless Japan discloses plans. The U S reserves right to build super dreadnoughts of any size, while pledging no immediate move beyond the 45 000 ton limit amid a naval expansion bill before Congress.
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Washington
INS
United States
Britain
France
Japan
London
Senate
Congress
Reed dismisses spending plan as dope for the nation
In Chicago, former Senator James A. Reed likens President Roosevelts spending program to giving a race horse dope. He warns excessive borrowing will ruin the country, comparing taxation to taking money from private enterprise and hindering growth.
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Chicago
Sns
Roosevelt
James A. Reed
Washington
Missouri Elder Statesman
Reed
Mercury Dips As Cedar Rapids Sees Rain Arrive
A light rain cooled Cedar Rapids Saturday night while the day’s high reached 62 degrees at 4 pm. By 7 pm the temperature was 56, dipping to 50 by midnight as showers moved through the area.
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Coder Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Barton urges prison terms for officials using federal funds for politics
Washington AP Bruce Barton, a New York Republican, proposed federal penalties including penitentiary sentences for spending officials who influence politics with funds. He framed it as a safeguard against the $4.5 billion lending program. He would amend the corrupt practices act to cover such actions. He noted rural loan recipients sign pledges to support AAA. Democratic leaders allegedly pressed WPA workers to register Democratic by March 26 or risk losing jobs.
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Washington
Bruce Barton
Congress
New York
United States
Barton
Rural Rehabilitation Corporation
AAA
Philadelphia
Heal Split Between Farouk And Premier Heals in Cairo
A rift between King Farouk and Prime Minister Mahmud Pasha over cabinet inclusion of opposition groups was quickly healed. Officials gave no details but Mahmud was expected to remain in office, avoiding a cabinet resignation.
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Cairo
Egypt
INS
Farouk
Mahmud Pasha
Mahmud
Penn Governor Signals Earle on Water Woes in 1940
A 1940 political sketch warns Governor Earle may be targeted as trouble brews for the Democrats. The piece mocks GOP tactics and voter sentiments, likening Republicans to eager vendors seeking support and hiding risks in a tense national climate. Notable is the playful line about a possible “car” theme and the sharp political satire of the era.
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Earle
Secretaries Confession in Simons Bank Defalcations Case
Sandra Martin, 32, former secretary to French film star Simone Simon, confessed to stealing at least $16,000 from the star's bank account between June 12 and August 13, 1937. She spent the money on diamonds, furs, clothes, and furniture for her own use, with possible total losses up to $25,000.
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Hollywood
INS
Sandra Martin
Simone Simon
Miss Simon
Baron Fitts
Fitts
Miss Martin
Simon
Star
Europe
Los Angeles
John Klein
Klein
Federal FHA lauds Iowa loan surge in March
Federal housing officials cited an 18.5 percent rise in Iowa FHA insurance applications in March, totaling 472,050 dollars versus 398,480 dollars a year earlier. They attributed the gain to stimulus effects and noted spring building lags in the Midwest compared with other regions.
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Washington
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Iowa
Middle West
City of Salisbury Splits After Crash Near Graves Light
The British freighter City of Salisbury ripped apart after piling on a ledge at the harbor entrance. Its bow and stern vanished, but the pilot house remained visible as the crew, with valuable cargo of East Indian rep tiles and wild animals, went ashore near Graves light.
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Boston
Salisbury
Stow Harbor
Graves
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