Roosevelt proposes three new federal agencies realigning government
President Roosevelt asked Congress to create a federal security agency a federal works agency and a federal loan agency while moving the budget bureau and other offices under White House control The plan promises annual savings of 15 to 20 million dollars and would take effect in 60 days unless disapproved He argues the reorganizations will strengthen democracy and improve peace time governance
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Social Security Administration
Budget Bureau
Central Statistical Board
National Resources Committee
White House
Trengthening
Treasury Department
President’s Planning Agency
Federal Employment Stabilization Office
Commerce Department
Federal Security Agency
Social Security Board
US. Employment Service
Labor Department
Office of Education
Interior Department
U. S. Public Health Service
National Youth Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Federal Works Agency
Bureau of Public Roads
Agriculture Department
Public Buildings
Treasury Procurement Department
National Park Service
U. S. Housing Authority
Public Works Administration
Works Progress Administration
Works Projects Administration
Loan Agency
Nuremberg
Henderson
Hitler
Fuher
Czechoslovakia
von Ribbentrop
Wilhelmstrasse
Voelkischer Beobachter
Haiti
San Domingo
Beobachter
Jolly
Fuehrer
Dominican Republic
West Indies
Lundeen
Minnesota
United States
Greenland
Netherlands
Panama Canal
Reichstag
Britain Hikes Taxes to Fund Defense Budget
London reports Chancellor Sir John Simon will raise taxes on horsepower tobacco sugar and estates to cover a total government outlay of 6.61 billion dollars this year with defense needs reaching 3.15 billion. He warns the deficit may grow beyond 3.15 billion though basic income tax remains unchanged.
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London
John Simon
House of Commons
Britain
Simon
Sir John
Cops Faith Shaken By Reuaffable Boy Pickup
Cedar Rapids police recount a 10 year old boy previously befriended after stealing a bicycle. He was detained again after admitting stealing seven dollars from a Hill Oil station cash drawer on Saturday. Juvenile authorities take the case to try to influence his view of justice.
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Hill Oil Company
Ninth Avenue
First Street
Duce Advises Hitler Against War Move
London report says Benito Mussolini urged Adolf Hitler to refrain from any new military coup likely to draw Europe into war. Field Marshal Hermann Goering carried Mussolini’s message from Rome to the Fuehrer, recalling Mussolini’s role in prompting the Munich conference during the 1938 Czechoslovak crisis.
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London
INL
Benito Mussolini
Health leaders urge merging to resist government control
Rev Paul R Zwilling of St Louis warned Iowa Hospital Association delegates to unite health agencies and oppose government takeover. Read by Rev G T Notson due to Zwilling illness, the address argued private practice would vanish and cited Washington DC death rates from cancer heart disease pneumonia tuberculosis alcoholism and syphilis as failing health metrics.
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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
Netson
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Committee On Health and Welfare
Samuel G. Pet
Nelson
London envoy snubbed as post resumes diplomacy
Berlin reports say Sir Nevile Henderson, returning to Berlin, faced delays and a snub from Adolf Hitler ally Joachim von Ribbentrop despite claims the ambassador’s post has no special significance. Germany planned Hitler speech coverage with offices closing early.
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Berlin
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Nevile Henderson
Britain
Henderson
Germany
Czechoslovakia
von Ribbentrop
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Miller
London
Sir Nevile
Hitler
Roosevelt
Fugitive Paul Pierce Captured in Henderson Restaurant
Paul Pierce, 30, who escaped Indiana state prison on Feb 20 while serving a life term for the murder of Indianapolis policeman Orville Quinnectt, was captured in a Henderson Kentucky restaurant Monday night.
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Henderson, KY
Paul Pierce
Indiana
Orville Quinnectt
Indianapolis
Alburnett Woman Severely Burned in Bonfire Explosion
Mrs W B Andrew, 68, was badly burned when dynamite caps exploded in a bonfire she built in her yard. She suffered deep facial and body wounds and was taken to St Luke’s hospital Cedar Rapids after first aid. A second accident nearby saw Burgie Martin, 32, run over by a tractor on a farm near Alburnett with shoulder injuries but minor damage due to soft ground.
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The
Gazette
Alburnett
W. B. Andrew
Andrew
Adams
Central City
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
the Gazette
Leiserson Nominated to Succeed Donald Smith on NLRB
President Roosevelt nominated William M. Leiserson, veteran labor economist and longtime head of the national mediation board, to replace Donald Wakefield Smith on the national labor relations board. Senate confirmation sought amid clashes over NLRB personnel and Wagner act revisions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
William M. Leiserson
National Mediation Board
Donald Wakefield Smith
National Labor Relations Board
Leiserson
Senate
NLRB
Leisersons
Smith
American Federation of Labor
Mediation Board
Nras National Labor Board
Petroleum Labor Policy Board
Labor Department Division of Labor Administration
Men’s Clothing Industries Boards of Arbitration
Rochester
N. Y
New York
Baltimore
Chicago
Fire In Paramount Pharmacy Causes Minor Damage
A small fire of undetermined cause broke out at the Paramount pharmacy at 125 Third avenue SE at 11 43 pm Monday. The blaze confined to a shelf end of the prescription booth with ammonia water and acetic acid bottles spilled. Firemen broke the glass and extinguished the flames with a small amount of water.
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Cedar Rapids
Paramount
Third Avenue SE
Ray Nansen
Europe Eases Tension Without Securing Safety
The piece notes European tensions easing without stronger security, with diplomats returning to work and subject to sudden changes. Balkan nations are depicted as wary, comparing their fate to mud turtles eyeing a grim tomorrow.
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Arthur
Bugs" Baer
Europe
Balkan
Prejudice Against a Third Term Said To Prevail
Cambridge AP dispatch quotes William Allen White editor of the Emporia Gazette saying the U S public would fear a Roosevelt third term as the nation s major prejudice surpassing race or religion He predicts WPA changes if anyone other than Roosevelt wins in 1940 and notes Republican gains in the Midwest with Roosevelt gains limited to cities with Tammany like machines
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Cambridge
Mass
William Allen White
Emporia
Kan
Roosevelt
White
WPA
Tle
Midwest
House Labor Committee Backs White Collar Wage Act Exemptions
The House labor committee moved a bill to exempt higher paid white collar workers from hour limits under the wage hour law and extend broad exemptions for agricultural workers. The draft would also ease rules on Puerto Rican industry and exclude rural telephone operators and telegraph delivery boys from the act.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Public Works Hits Record First Quarter 1939 Spending
Public works construction reached a record 801 million dollars in Q1 1939, the Public Works Administration reported. The PWA accounted for about 40 percent of outlays while private contracts totaled 209 million, 27 percent below last year’s first quarter.
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Washington
Public
Public Works Administration
PWA
Iowa House Hears Need for State Capital Improvements
The Iowa House approved a 775 600 capital improvements bill including a 250 000 women's gymnasium for Iowa State College in Ames. The measure funds Mount Pleasant and Glenwood mental hospitals, a Soldiers home powerhouse, and 4 H dormitory at the state fairgrounds, with 900 and 500 inmates cited at Mount Pleasant and Glenwood.
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Des Moines
Towa State College
Towa House
Ames
Senate
Senate-House
Philip F. Roan
Fort Madison
Iowa State College
Soldiers Home
MuarrYyalltown
G T Kuester
Cass
Appropriations Committee
House
Mount Pleasant
Glenwood
Vanguard Of U S Fleet At Panama
The first ships of the United States fleet, bulk moved from the Atlantic to the Pacific on April 15, arrived at the Panama Canal on Tuesday.
Candid camera prints offered to Cedar Rapids pair
A photo deal lets couples get three prints for 25 cents by sending a card from the candid cameraman and the payment to The Gazette. Mr and Mrs John Finson of 350 Third avenue SW are included and a 7x9 sepia enlargement is mailed to them and to George S Neff of 344 Thirteenth street Marion. The stunt has become a citywide fad with thousands playing along.
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the Gazette
John Finson
Third Avenue
George S. Neff
Thirteenth Street
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Dooley on Sin as News in Everyday Life
The essay argues sin is news while virtue goes unseen. editors chase sensational crimes and scandals, whereas ordinary good acts, marriages, and honesty rarely appear. If vice dominated headlines, reporters would seek cheerful scenes like a faithful couple, honest cashier, or fulfilled obligations.
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Dooley
Hennessey
Mr Dooley
Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Ohio
Chain Store Tax Drive Falls in Iowa House by Two Votes
DES MOINES AP The Iowa House failed to suspend rules 60 to 33 to bring the chain store tax bill for debate or defeat. Rep Herman Knudson assailed independent merchants and IBMs as Judas Iscariots accusing funds of $5 to $100 each to promote unconstitutional 1935 legislation. He charged self serving promoters milking merchants for their own benefit.
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DES Moines
Iowa
House
Senate
Herman Knudson
Mason City
Iscariot
Cerro Gordo County
Iowa Governor Removes Three State Board Members
Governor George A. Wilson ousted three members of the Iowa state board of control effective May 1 after a senate investigation criticized the board. The removal followed a 29 to 17 senate vote to confirm the action. The board, overseeing fifteen state institutions, faced calls for overhaul amid allegations of neglect and poor service at the state facilities.
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Des Moines
George A. Wilson
State Board of Control
Harry C. White
Vinton
Frank M Stevens
Garden Groves
E. H. Felton
Mianola
George Parker
Independence
Board of Control
Soldiers Orphans
Darvenpot
Toledo
Cherokee
Glenwood
Bond of
Penitentium
Fort Madison
Reformatones
Anamosa
Rockwell City
Elda
Mitchellville
Woods Ward
Oakdale
Marshalltown
Mount Pleasant
Clarinda
Senate
Iowa Board of Control protests Gov Wilson over removal hearing
Des Moines AP reports Chairman Harry C. White says Gov George A Wilson refused evidence from more reliable witnesses in removal proceedings. White cites a letter from April 17 requesting a hearing with counsel and the chance to examine witnesses and present evidence. He claims state institutions under control are in better shape despite funds being only about half sufficient.
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DES Moines
Harry C. White
Iowa Board of Control
George A Wilson
White
Bride of Three Days Found Dead in Suspected Suicide
Mrs Genevieve Reither aged 24 died after drinking a poison potion. Her husband Eyal Reither 42 said they eloped last Saturday at Dubuque Ta and could not explain the death. He told police they were married only three days.
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Chicago
Mns
Genevieve Reither
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