Roosevelt outlines drastic realignment to run federal agencies
President Roosevelt asks Congress for a sweeping plan to create three new federal agencies to coordinate social security, works programs, and government loans. He also would shift the budget bureau and other bodies to White House control, estimating annual savings of 15 to 20 million dollars. The proposal, to take effect in 60 days, aims to strengthen democracy and improve efficiency amid calls to reform federal operations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Budget Bureau
Central Statistical Board
National Resources Committee
White House
Treasury Department
President’s Planning Agency
Federal Employment Stabilization Office
Commerce Department
Federal Security Agency
Social Security Board
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Federal Works Agency
Bureau of Public Roads
Agriculture Department
Public Buildings
Treasury Procurement Department
Building Management
National Park Service
U. S. Housing Authority
Public Works Administration
Works Progress Administration
Works Projects Administration
Britain Boosts Defense Budget After Tax Hikes
London reports Chancellor Sir John Simon raising tobacco sugar estate and other taxes to fund an expanded defense program. Total outlay for the year reaches 6.61 billion dollars with defense at 3.15 billion, funding a doubled territorial army amid ongoing armament race. He warns the deficit may widen beyond 20.5 million but expects revenue gains from taxes to fall short of last year.
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London
John Simon
House of Commons
Britain
Simon
Sir John
Health reform call at Iowa hospital meeting targets uniting health agencies
Rev. Paul R. Zwilling urged Iowa Hospital association delegates to merge health interests and resist government control. His paper, read by Rev. G. T. Notson due to Zwilling’s illness, warned that government could replace private practice. He critiqued Washington health outcomes and cited higher death rates from cancer heart disease pneumonia tuberculosis alcoholism and syphilis.
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Paul R. Zwilling
St. Louis
Evangelical Deaconess Home
American Protestant Hospital Association
Iowa Hospital Association
Zwilling
G. T. Notson
Sioux City
Nelson
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Committee On Health and Welfare
Samuel G. Pettengill
Ribbentrop Snubs Henderson As Post Resumes In Berlin
Britain’s ambassador Sir Nevile Henderson returns to Berlin but faces a cool reception from Joachim von Ribbentrop. Berlin delays a meeting while Hitler prepares a Friday Reichstag address and Voelkischer Beobachter mocks Roosevelt amid anti Roosevelt campaigning.
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Joachim von Ribbentrop
Nevile Henderson
Britain
Henderson
Germany
Czechoslovakia
von Ribbentrop
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Hitler
London
Nevile
Roosevelt
Alburnett Woman Severely Hurt In Bonfire Explosion
Mrs. W. B. Andrew aged 68 was badly burned when dynamite caps exploded in a bonfire in her backyard. She received extensive cuts to the face neck chest arms and upper abdomen and was taken to St Luke's hospital Cedar Rapids after first aid. The caps were in a basket in the Andrew garage and investigators believe dynamite caused the blast.
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Andrew
Adams
Central City
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Alburnett
Mrs. Andrew
Cops Faith in Boy Shaken After Second Pick Up
A 10 year old, befriended by police after stealing a bicycle, was picked up again on Saturday for taking seven dollars from a Hill Oil cash drawer. Police turned him over to juvenile authorities who will press the lesson that justice is not always kind.
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Hill Oil Company
Ninth Avenue
First Street
Mussolini Advises Hitler Against War Move
London report says Mussolini urged Hitler to avoid any new military coup likely to spark a European war. The Premier's message, conveyed by Hermann Goering during a Rome visit, recalls Mussolini's role in prompting the Munich conference amid the Czecholslovak crisis last September.
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London
INL
Benito Mussolini
Fugitive Paul Pierce Captured in Henderson Restaurant
Paul Pierce, 30, who escaped Indiana state prison on Feb 20 while serving a life sentence for murder of Indianapolis officer Orville Quinnett, was captured in a Henderson Kentucky restaurant Monday night.
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Henderson, KY
Paul Pierce
Indiana State
Orville Quinnett
Indianapolis
Leiserson Nominated to National Labor Relations Board
President Roosevelt nominates William M. Leiserson to succeed Donald Wakefield Smith on the NLRB. Leiserson, 56, is a veteran labor economist and former head of the national mediation board, with long experience in industrial relations. Confirmation to the Senate is awaited amid partisan battles over NLRB personnel and Wagner act revisions.
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LLP
Roosevelt
William M. Leiserson
National Mediation Board
Donald Wakefield Smith
National Labor Relations Board
Leiserson
Senate
NLRB
Smith
American Federation of M Labor
Mediation Board
NRA
National Labor Board
Petroleum Labor Policy Board
Labor Department Division of Labor Administration
Hee
New’s Clothing Industries
Rochester
N. Y
New York
Baltimore
Chicago
Fire At Paramount Pharmacy Damages Limited
A small fire broke out at the Paramount Pharmacy located at 125 Third Avenue SE in Cedar Rapids just before 11:43 p.m. Monday. The blaze caused limited damage, confined to a small section of shelving. ammonia water and acetic acid, along with several medicine bottles, spilled as heat blew corks. Ray Hansen, night employee, heard a hissing sound, evacuated, and firefighters contained the flames with minimal damage.
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Cedar Rapids
Paramount
Third Avenue SE
Ray Hansen
Tremen
Europe Eases Tension Without Gaining Security
Arthur Bugs Baer notes Europe eases political tension like a snapping suspender button, relieving pressure without boosting security. The piece frames the shift as a delicate, limited easing rather than a substantive strategic change.
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Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Europe
Diplomats Return to Work Amid Uncertain Notice
Balkan nations resemble mud turtles as they await tomorrow's menu to see if Chesapeake ter rapin stew will be served. Regardless of judgment they fear being used in the plan.
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Balkan
Farm Tractor Accident Near Alburnett Injures Martin
Alburnett area report: Martin, 32, was run over by a tractor on Calvin Martin’s farm one and a half miles south of Alburnett. The machine passed over his leg and shoulder, cut his hand, and bruised his shoulder. Soft ground prevented more serious injuries.
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Alburnett
Burgie Martin
Calvin Martin
Prejudice Against Roosevelt Third Term Seen Widespread
William Allen White, editor of the Emporia Gazette, told Cambridge reporters that the American people share a major prejudice against a third term for Roosevelt. He warned that if someone other than Roosevelt wins in 1940 the WPA could be altered, and he noted GOP gains in the Midwest while Roosevelt gains were limited to certain cities with Tammany-like machines.
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Cambridge, Mass
William Allen White
Emporia
Kan
Roosevelt
White
Midwest
House Labor Committee Advances White Collar Wage Act Exemption
The House labor committee reported a bill to exempt higher paid white collar workers from hour limits under the wage hour law and to broaden exemptions for agricultural workers. The measure would also ease restrictions on rural telephone operators and telegraph delivery boys and liberalize Puerto Rican industrial work rules.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Public works outlay hits 1939 first quarter peak
Public works construction reached a record 801 million dollars in the first quarter of 1939, the Public Works Administration said. The PWA program accounted for about 40 percent of total outlay while private contract awards totaled 209 million dollars, down 27 percent from the same period in 1938.
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Washington
Public
Public Works Administration
PWA
Iowa House Approves Capital Improvements Plan
The Iowa House approved a $775,600 capital improvements bill with 62 votes to 39, despite opposition linking funds to an ISU coed lobby. The plan funds a $250,000 women gymnasium at Iowa State, mental hospital upgrades, a Marshalltown powerhouse, and Mount Pleasant Glenwood fire safety work. Senate action pending. passage could risk dying with the session.
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Des Moines
Iowa State College
Iowa House
Ames
Senate
House
Philip F. Roan
Fort Madison
Marshalltown
Mr Dooley on Sin as News and Virtue as Rule
The piece argues sin makes headlines while virtue goes unreported, presenting a cheerful view that good living is ordinary and crime or vice is exceptional. It cites editor logic and examples to claim optimism underlies journalism and society.
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Hiniver
Mr. Dooley
Mr. Hennessey
Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Ohio
Vanguard Of U. S. Fleet Arrives At Panama Canal
The first ships of the U S fleet reached the Panama Canal on Tuesday after being ordered from the Atlantic to the Pacific on April 15. The movement concentrates most of the fleet near the Pacific coast and signals a strategic redeployment.
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U. S
Panama
Candid camera prints offered to Cedar Rapids residents
The Gazette invites couples to mail 25 cents and a card from the cameraman to receive three prints of their photo plus a 7x9 sepia enlargement. John Finson and George S. Neff are named among participants. The stunt has become a widely played Cedar Rapids pastime with broad public engagement.
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the Gazette
John Finson
Third Avenue
George S. Neff
Thirteenth Street
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Chain Store Tax Drive Fails In House By 2-Vote Margin
DES MOINES AP Chain store tax forces failed by two votes to force House action on the chain levy measure after a heated debate. The House voted 60 to 33 to withdraw the bill from the sitting committee, ending another bid to bring the measure to a floor vote. Independent merchant Rep Herman Knudson denounced opponents as Judas Iscariots and accused the Independent Business Men's association of milking merchants with 5 to 100 dollars.
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Des Moines
Iowa
House
Senate
Herman Knudson
Mason City
Independent Business Men's Association
Iscariot
Cerro Gordo County
Iowa Governor Remov es Board of Control Members
Governor George A. Wilson removed three members of the Iowa board of control effective May 1. Harry White Frank Stevens and E H Felton faced a senate investigation and were replaced amid criticism of state institutions. Roy Pullen seated to succeed White. Stevens and Felton to be succeeded later.
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Wilson
Fred W. Everett
White
Stevens
Felton
Executive Council
Senate
Roy Pullen
Spencer
Board of Control
Iowa board chief accuses governor of defying evidence request
Des Moines reports that Chairman Harry C. White of the Iowa board of control says Gov. George A. Wilson refused evidence from reliable witnesses in the board removal proceedings. White notes a prior request on April 17 for a hearing with counsel and examination of witnesses, all reportedly denied. He claims state institutions under board control are in better shape than ever, despite limited funding.
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DES Moines
Harry C. White
Iowa Board of Control
George A. Wilson
White
Bride of Three Days Dies by Own Action
CHICAGO in MNS Mrs Genevieve Reither 24 died after drinking a poison potion. Her husband 42 said they eloped last Saturday in Dubuque Iowa and she seemed happy and could not explain her act.
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Chicago
Mns
Genevieve Reither
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