Press Freedom Under Public Scrutiny In Washington And New York
Iowa newspaper men report editors fear infringements on free speech while publishers condemn government interference. They condemn the inquisition of the Black Senate committee and warn against news shaped by political power. Bewildered thinking is Public Enemy No. 1.
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Paper Man Home
United States
Iowa
Washington
New York
Piffle
Berlin
Hitler
Nebraska professor shoots colleague then kills self
Professor John P. Weller 40 a University of Nebraska foreign languages instructor shot Dr. Harry Kurz head of the department on campus and then killed himself. Regents had ordered Weller released last week and Chancellor Burnett said his instruction and relations were unsatisfactory. Kurz survived the initial wound and later described Weller’s threats.
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Kurz
Weller
Foreign Languages Department
Stanford University
Knox College
Galesburg
H. Saenz
Dr. Kurz
Nathan Allen
University Hall
H. H. Golden
Palmer
Department
Chelsea
Mass
Stanford
Texas
Tennessee
New York
Iowa Farm Vote and November Prospects
The piece argues the farm vote will decide November in Iowa and hinges on a federal farm program. It suggests Republicans must show merit or an alternative to Democratic relief to avoid weak prospects for a GOP comeback. The text notes Iowa voters weigh farm policy heavily.
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Iowa
Washington
New York
G.O.P
Farmer faces rising taxes amid national debt burden
The excerpt argues that United States farm values totaling about 33 billion dollars are offset by the national debt and could be wiped out by current administration expenditures. It warns farmers about direct and indirect tax increases and questions the source of relief payments amid fiscal strain.
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United States
Iowa Primary Sparks National Attention Ahead of Vote
Republicans and Democrats foresee Iowa results shaping the national race. Brookhart, a Maryland resident with a New Deal job, is seen as an administration target in the GOP Senate contest as funding rumors surface in Washington.
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Feastern
Iowa
Brookhart
Dickinson
Maryland
Washington
Mine victims improve after 10 days entombment
In Halifax Nova Scotia Dr D E Robertson and Alfred Scadding were pulled from the Moose River gold mine after ten days entombed and both were reported in very good condition in a Victoria hospital bulletin issued Monday confirming continued rapid recovery progress.
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Halifax
N.S
INS
D. E. Robertson
Alfred Scadding
Moose River
Victoria Hospital
Gazette Want Ads Deliver Results This Week
Before 11 A.M. Monday twenty seven people called the Gazette Want Ad department and canceled their ads because the ads had brought results Sunday. Now is the time to advertise as more readers buy Want Ads and advertisers gain better results than any time this year. Dial 2-1121 Ad Taker.
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The
Gazette Want Ad_ department
Shakespeare Birthday Revered as Life’s True Celebration
A reflection on William Shakespeare praising his mind, spirit, and universal relevance. The piece extols his courage sanity and charity as guiding virtues, notes his ability to mirror life’s comedy and tragedy, and calls him a master of life who embodies a spirit beyond words.
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Shakespeare
Ben Johnson
Morley
Emerson
Goethe
A W H Lenders Injured In Horse Accident
A W H Lenders general manager of the Penick and Ford plant suffered a fractured right leg near the hip when the horse he was riding on Cottage Grove avenue SE reared and fell on him Sunday noon. He was taken by ambulance to St Luke s hospital.
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A. W. H. Lenders
Grande Avenue SE
Penick and Ford
Cottage Grove Avenue SE
Probe demanded into University of Chicago student death
Chicago AP report says Benjamin Elboom questions the death ruled as self inflicted by 21 year old Jack Schiffer. Police Sgt James Sullivan said Schiffer stabbed himself with a 12 inch surgeon knife after hours of smoking and staring at a skull in Hitchcock Hall. The body was found by roommate E T Baumgart, with the knife dislodged beside him.
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Chicago
Jack Schiffer
University of Chicago
James Sullivan
Benjamin Elboom
Elboom
Sullivan
Schiffer
Hitchcock Hall
E. T. Baumgart
Italian Column Starts From Dessye for Ethiopian Advance
Dessye Ethiopia INS reports the Italian army launches the largest motorized column yet in the Italo Ethiopian war, leaving Dessye at dawn to push toward Addis Ababa. A native corps detachment is within seventy miles of the capital, with no anticipated Ethiopian resistance expected as repairs to the main highway continue.
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Dessye
Ethiopia
INS
Addis Ababa
Italian Drive Deepens South Ethiopia Front Strongholds
Italian forces seized three Ras Nassibu fortifications near Daggah Bur and Sasa Baneh as General Graziani's troops assault southern Ethiopia. Frusci center column reached Hamanlei 20 miles from Sasa Baneh with heavy casualties, while Dago Modo fell and Guagado was captured as the Ethiopian right wing buckled. The dispatches call it the fiercest fighting of the southern front with native troops sometimes suffering up to forty percent losses.
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Rome
INS
Ras Nassibu
Daggah Bur
Sasa Baneh
Rodolfo Graziani
Frusci
Hamanlei
Dago Modo
Guagado
Ethiopian Emperor Returns to Addis Ababa as War Looms
Emperor Haile Selassie arrived in the capital to defend against advancing Italian forces. An Italian leaflet dropped on the city warned that resistance was useless and urged Ethiopians to desert the emperor. Crown Prince Asfaou Wosan had reached Addis Ababa about a week earlier.
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Addis Ababa
INS
Haile Selassie
Asfaou Wosan
Roosevelt Seeks National Approach to Flood Control
President Roosevelt urged flood control be treated as a national issue in a message to the rivers and harbors congress. Senator Robinson backed creating a national agency to design a nationwide flood control program.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Robinson
Escape Attempt Ends in Death at Alcatraz Cliff
San Francisco AP report says prisoner Joe Bowers age 40, a mail robber, died from a broken neck after a 60 foot fall during a futile escape attempt at Alcatraz Federal Prison as guards fired at him.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz Island
Joe Bowers
Dr. John Ridlow Dies Veteran Orthopedic Surgeon
Newport Rhode Island AP reports Dr. John Ridlow aged 83, a widely known orthopedic surgeon, died Monday at Newport Hospital. His career spanned decades with prominence in regional medicine.
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John Ridlow
Newport
R. I
Newport Hospital
First Holdup Of Year Here Nets Robber Only 50 Gents
A Cedar Rapids report details the year’s first holdup near Third street and B avenue NE. Paul Werner and Miss Helen Carney were threatened by an armed bandit who stole 50 cents. The suspect is described as about 25, tall, slender, in a dark brown suit with dark wavy hair and no hat. Additional incidents included a $15 loss by LeRoy Jayne to a woman at Joyland ballroom and a coat theft from Harold Fahrenham at Abram's beer parlor. A woman stole $5 from Miss Helen Branson, who also found $3 remaining in the room.
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Paul Werner
Sixth Avenue
Helen Carney
First Street
Third Street
B Avenue
Werner
Miss Carney
LeRoy Jayne
Route Four
Joyland Ballroom
Jayne
Fifth Avenue
Second Street
Harold Farhnham
Avenue NE
Im Abram
Farhnham
Fahrnham
Helen Branson
Tenth Street SE
Senate Debate on AAA Cash Sparks Party Row
In Washington the senate heatedly debated the Vandenberg resolution requiring publication of all AAA farm benefit payments over $10,000. Senator Robinson condemned it as a political gesture while Senator Vandenberg defended the move, aiming to expose how a billion dollars was spent by Secretary Wallace.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Vandenberg
Robinson
Ark
Mich
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Wallace Formalizes Switch to Democratic Party
Wallace, former secretary of agriculture under the New Deal, officially changed his party from Republican to Democratic. A filing with Polk County Auditor Ernest Olmsted recorded both his and his wife’s allegiance. Iowa Democrats had discussed naming Wallace as a delegate at large, but his office indicated he did not favor the role.
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Des Moines
Henry A. Wallace
New Deal
Polk County
Ernest Olmsted
Iowa
Wallace
Washington, D. C
Washington
Chill Rain Brings Needed Moisture to Cedar Rapids
One-eighth inch of moisture fell in Cedar Rapids on Monday as temperatures climbed from a morning low of 45 to 57 by 1:15 p.m. The rain stopped mid morning then returned in the early afternoon before cooling to 56 by 2:30 p.m. Sunday’s sky was mainly cloudy with a high of 60 at 11 a.m. and a low of 50 at 5 a.m. The chart data comes from Chambers Inskeep company records.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company
French Shares Slump After Leftist Gains
Paris reports show Bank of France shares sinking to their lowest since 1918 as socialists and communists gain at the expense of rightist parties after Sunday elections. Bond and stock declines sweep French markets amid fears of franc devaluation and leftist policies.
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Paris
INS
Bank of France
Bank of Paris
Credit Lyonnaise
Schneider Et Cie
Popular Front
American Exchange Fund
Chamber of Deputies
Italy
Wallace Rate Order on St Joe Stockyards Upheld
The Supreme Court upheld Secretary Wallace's $2,743,000 valuation on the St. Joseph Missouri stockyards property and his order reducing service charges. Justices delivered twelve unanimous opinions as they opened the final week of arguments before summer adjournment. Still awaited is the decision on the Guffey coal case.
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Washington
Wallace
St. Joseph, Mo
Supreme Court
Guffey
New York
Federal District Court
International Business Machines Corporation
New York City
Idaho
Oregon Shortline Railroad Company
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Ohio Utilities Commission
Illinois
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1936 Revised
A Cedar Rapids notice details adjustments to the 1936 auto toll schedule. Officials outline new rates affecting vehicle owners and city transportation funding.
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Cedar Rapids
Alice Longworth on Puerto Rico and US policy
Alice Longworth criticizes Puerto Rico’s two weeks notice two weeks pay dismissal citing uncertainty over motives. She questions the good neighbor policy and warns of implications for Alaska Virgin Islands and other territories while noting no independence movement in Puerto Rico.
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Washington, D. C
Puerto Rico
Americas
New Deal
Alaska
Virgin Islands
Texas
Florida
Alice Longworth
King Fuad I Faces Critical Throat Infection
Cairo report says Egypt’s King Fuad I is sinking after a dangerous throat infection. He fell into a coma and courtiers called his case hopeless though earlier he was said to be holding his own and lucid. The royal family has been summoned to his bedside.
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Cairo
Ins
Fuad I
Egypt
Life Of Pension Chief Threatened
Des Moines reports threats against Byron G. Allen Iowa old age pension commission er and Leonard Wilson investigator. A guard was provided after letters threatened to blow you off your front porch and take you for a nice long ride. Believed sent by disgruntled pension applicants denied pensions.
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United Press
Des Moines
Byron G. Allen
Iowa
Leonard Wilson
Snell attacks tax bill in House debate
In Washington Republican Leader Bertrand H. Snell tears into the $803 million tax plan during a House debate. He blasts new taxes as wasteful boondoggling and warns the measure would crush small businesses while Congress fights over budget promises and Roosevelt administration appropriations.
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Snell
Bill
Washington
Bertrand H. Snell
N. Y
Roosevelt
United States
Rep
Vinson
House
Ways and Means
Congress
La Follette to push tax hike for under 50 000 income
Senator Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin announced plans to amend the tax bill with higher normal and surtax rates for individuals earning under fifty thousand dollars. He did not specify exact rates but said the proposal aims to boost levies in the lower income brackets.
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Washington
Robert M. la Follette
Wis
la Follette
Democrats Seek Tax Gap Fix On 100 Million First Year Lag
In Washington Democratic tax leaders proposed an amendment to the budget tax bill to close a potential 100 million lag in 1937 first year revenues. The plan would require stockholders to pay income tax on 1936 corporate dividends even if declared after January 1 1937. Doughton is expected to offer the rider with Democratic support. Leaders forecast passage by Thursday.
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Washington
House
Treasury
Doughton
Robert L. Doughton
Ways and Means Committee
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