French Election Ends Campaign as 10 Million Cast Ballots
In Paris, the bitter campaign ends with a slim leftist Popular Front lead expected. About half of France’s 611 deputies are chosen Sunday, runoffs set for May 3 if no majority is reached. Police guard polling sites as voters weigh Germany danger, Italy sanctions, and Spanish civil war echoes.
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Katherine Mansfield and the truth in art by Dr Newton
The piece reflects on Katherine Mansfield’s life and voice after her death, praising her ardor for life and the unique truth she expressed in fiction. It quotes her belief in truth as the artist’s purpose and urges readers to seek personal truth beyond self.
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Katherine Mansfield
London
Tuscany
Tchekov
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Princeton Club Seeks Boondoggle Ideas in Mock Contest
The Stephen K. Little republican club at Princeton University announced a contest for new boondoggle projects aimed at promoting extravagant, futile social legislation under the guise of emergencies. Rules require projects to spend over a billion dollars and to veil political aims. Winning undergraduates receive two five dollar prizes.
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Princeton
N. J
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Stephen K. Little
Hopkins
Washington
More Cities Adopt Daylight Saving Time This Year
A survey shows many U S and Canadian cities moved clocks to daylight saving time at 2 AM, despite laws in New Hampshire and Connecticut. Massachusetts follows daylight rules. Rochester N Y resists the time shift but adjusts schedules to gain more daylight.
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Canada
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Rochester
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Percy Hammond Dies At 63 Noted Drama Critic
New York AP report states Percy Hammond, 63, drama critic for the New York Herald Tribune, died at Rockefeller Institute Hospital after illness from pneumonia. A Cadiz Ohio native, he joined the Tribune from the Chicago Tribune in 1921 and earned a reputation as an urbane reviewer and stylist.
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Percy Hammond
New York Herald Tribune
Rockefeller Institute Hospital
Cadiz
Hammond
Chicago Tribune
Business Leaders To Debate New Deal At Washington Meeting
About two thousand chamber executives head to Washington for the twenty fourth annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. They will dissect the New Deal and its effects on business and propose remedies to federal policy makers.
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Cordell Hull
Daniel Roper
U. S. Tariff Commission
Robert L. O’brien
Central City Woman Hurt In Prairieburg Accident
Mrs. Minnie Fenstermaker 42 of near Central City suffered a probable skull fracture and head and hand lacerations when a horse and buggy she rode was struck by a truck driven by Sylvester Holub of Central City a mile west of Prairieburg. She was taken to St Luke's hospital and remained unconscious with serious condition Sunday.
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Central City
Prairieburg
Sylvester Holub
Fenstermaker
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll For 1936
A Cedar Rapids toll for 1936 appears in a clipped local item. The notice references a vehicle charge and the city authority handling the levy. Details remain sparse in the readable text.
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Cedar Rapids
Manslaughter Verdict In Slaying Of Decorah Man
William N. Grimm a former WPA financial director was found guilty of third degree manslaughter in the Decorah slaying of Clair E. Larsen. The verdict carries a two to four year sentence. Grimm will be sentenced April 27 in La Crosse.
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Larsen
Minnesota
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Indiana Judge Proposes No Divorce Week and Reform Plan
Evansville Indiana Judge Benjamin J Buente of Vanderburgh County Superior Court announce the first week in June as no divorce week to highlight marriage permanence. He urged Congress to pass a uniform marriage and divorce law and outlined eleven proposals from age limits to interstate child support.
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Buente
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Neosho man uncovers 1880 $10 gold piece in yard
Foster Evans found a gold coin dated 1880 while digging a rabbit dish bed in his backyard in Neosho Missouri. The discovery was made during routine yard work and highlights a notable historical artifact unearthed locally.
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Neosho
Foster Evans
Ethiopia War Dispatches Claim Italian Setbacks at Harar
Reports say Ethiopian forces checked Gen Graziani’s drive toward Addis Ababa as Italian pilots suffered losses and crews landed behind lines. Mussolini warned Britain over Suez disruption while Haile Selassie reportedly fled or was killed, with officials relocating to Djibouti.
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Roosevelt to Accept Nomination June 27 in Philadelphia
President Roosevelt will accept the renomination at an outdoor demonstration on June 27 at Franklin Field on the University of Pennsylvania campus. Postmaster General Farley announced Barkley as temporary chairman and keynoter with Robinson as permanent chairman. Governor Earle will welcome delegates and Mayor Wilson will extend the city’s welcoming remarks.
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Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Barkley
S. Davis Wilson
Quiz Doctors On Medicine Social Phases
The American Foundation surveys medical men with 20 years’ experience to gauge directions for reform of U S medical care. Leaders like Elihu Root John G Winant Curtis Bok and Robert A Millikan discuss aims as Esther Everett Lape outlines methods. Responses vary and reveal careful, thoughtful views on future organization and government role.
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Elihu Root
John G. Winant
Curtis Bok
Robert A. Millikan
Ogden Reid
Thomas W. Lamont
Esther Everett Lape
Foundation
Medical Inquiry
New York
American Foundation Studies In Government
Gazette farm section features world and local news
The Sunday Gazette 48 pages plus 16 color comics includes a special farm section edited by Ray Anderson with articles on farm economics, hog populations near Cedar Rapids, moon sun-spot crop effects, livestock imports, soil conservation, farm equipment trends, tariff impacts, AAA wool pricing, 4-H and women’s farm activities, and a regional real estate convention page.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids
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Iowa
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McIntyre
Edgar Guest
Jay Sigmund
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the Gazette
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Roosevelt Appeals for National Coalition to Support New Deal
President Roosevelt urged a national coalition of farm and industry to push forward New Deal aims. Speaking to the National Democratic Club and via radio six weeks before conventions, he defended costs, stressed farm city partnership, and warned against inflation while boosting purchasing power. He praised New York leadership and dismissed critiques from Alfred E. Smith and critics of the recovery plan.
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Davenport Police Face Death Claimover Brother
Frank O. Matteson alleges police caused the death of his 72 year old brother Jacob Matteson by placing him in a jail cell on a cement floor after a Friday gutter sighting. Jacob had been ill with pneumonia and fainted on his way home. A post mortem reportedly found death from a fainting spell, not drunkenness.
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Davenport
Jacob Matteson
Frank O. Matteson
Jacob
Weather Outlook for Chicago Region April 27 to May 2
The outlook covers the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and the northern and central Great Plains. Local showers expected in the far south Monday with little or no precipitation otherwise. Temperatures near or below normal overall.
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Mississippi
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Great Plains
King Fuad I Receives Emergency Blood Transfusion
King Fuad I of Egypt, critically ill with necrotic stomatitis, underwent an emergency blood transfusion at Koubbeh palace near Cairo. Severe hemorrhages worsened his condition as eminent physicians led by Italian Prof. Cesare Fragoni treated him after a pleurisy attack in January 1934 weakened his heart.
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Koubbeh
Cesare Fragoni
Roosevelt speaks at Jefferson Day dinner in New York
President Roosevelt addressed the Jefferson Day dinner in New York, saying it is a pleasure to be welcomed at his home state. The report notes the speech continues on the next page.
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