Financiers pledge aid as Ford meets Roosevelt at White House
Sixteen top industrialists and financiers pledged cooperation with President Roosevelt to aid industrial recovery. Attendees included Owen D. Young General Electric chairman and Winthrop Aldrich Chase National Bank chairman. The pledge followed a luncheon at the White House with Henry Ford Edsel Ford and Marriner Eccles present.
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Washington
Henry Ford
White House
Roosevelt
Roper
Say.g. Hall Roosevelt
Ford
Edsel
William J. Cameron
Ford Motor Company
Marriner Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Mr. Roosevelt
Chase National Bank
Communists Accuse Propaganda Drive On Lending Plan
Representative Michener read to the house a letter from John C. Storm of New York City describing a circular distributed by the communist party on New York docks urging letters to the President and Congress in support of the spending and lending program.
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Washington
Michener
Mich
House
John C. Storm
New York City
Communist Party
New York
New York State
Plainfield Students End Protest Over Teacher's Dismissal
Plainfield high school students resumed classes after ending a Wednesday protest against the dismissal of Physical Education Instructor W. Clifford Cook.
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Playfield
N. J
Plainfield High School
W. Clifford Cook
FCC Refuses Telegraph Rate Hike After Vote Split
The FCC denied a 15 percent domestic rate increase requested by Postal Telegraph-Cable, Mackay Radio and Telegraph, Western Union Telegraph, and RCA Communications. Five commissioners voted against, two supported a temporary one year rise. An official report and order will follow.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Postal Telegraph- Cable Company
Mackay Radio and Telegraph Company
California
Delaware
Western Union ,Telegraph Company
RCA Communications
Yeggs Batter Another Safe in Cedar Rapids Heist
Cedar Rapids police report a gang cracked two safes Monday night and Tuesday at local businesses. They battered a safe at the Vondracek daily, 185 Sixteenth Avenue SW, but failed to open it, stealing $1.40 from the cash register. Detectives Kudina and Wilson investigated with patrolmen Hines and Weiland. A Linn County Grain Company safe was later found to have $47.57 missing, corrected from an earlier $22.57 after bookkeeper verification.
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Cedar Rapids
Vondracek
Sixteenth Avenue
Cash
Hines
Weiland
Kudina and Wilson
Linn County Grain Company
Charlie Chaplin Discoverer Michael Selwyn Dies
Michael Selwyn, 66, a member of a renowned theatrical family and credited with discovering Charlie Chaplin, died Tuesday night after a long illness. His tip led to Chaplin's film contract after Chaplin performed in A Night in an English Music Hall at $60 a week.
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New York
Michael Selwyn
Charlie Chaplin
Selwyn
Japs Seize British Vessel on Yangtze Front
British steamer Tungwo seized by Japanese at Yangtze mouth as troops boarded with bayonets wounding Chinese crew. Nipponese claim Tungwo fired first and would be detained briefly, later promised release by high Japanese authorities.
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Shanghai
INS
Japan
Great Britain
Yangtze River
Tungwo
Frank Says Public Concern Causes Economic Crisis
Chicago date line reports Dr. Glenn Frank, chairman of the Republican program committee, attributed a groundswell of skeptical concern over Roosevelt administration policies to the national economic crisis. He stressed the concern was not partisan and spoke at a Passavant hospital benefit.
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Chicago
Glenn Frank
Republican Program Committee
Roosevelt
Frank
Passavant Hospital
Cub reporter Ray Flemming Stumbles on Waterfront
St. Petersburg reporter Ray Flemming, covering the waterfront for a local paper, fell in on his first day on the assignment. The incident highlights the caution needed near waterfront areas in St. Petersburg.
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ST. Petersburg, Fla
Ray Flemming
St. Petersburg
Plan return of quintuplets to family in Ontario dream home
Judge J A Valin outlined a plan to reunite the Dionne quintuplets with their parents in a modern country home on farming land near Corbeil. The guardians envision a full education program and lavish facilities while maintaining protection with a seven foot steel wire fence at the Dafoe hospital. The quints' bank balance exceeds half a million and monthly expenses total over two thousand for upkeep and schooling.
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North Bay
Ont
Ins
J. A. Valin
Board of Guardians
Papa
Mama
Dionne
Dionnes
Valin
Oliva Dionne
Quints
Judge Valin
Dionne Committee of Guardians
Allan Roy Dafoe
Percy D. Wilson
Ontario
Papa Dionne
Dafoe Nursery
Corbeil
Dafoe Hospital
Anglo Eire pact narrows dispute to partition issue
Dublin reports Prime Minister Eamon de Valera says the new Anglo Eire agreement removes major matters of dispute and isolates the partition issue as the sole remaining obstacle to a final reconciliation between Ireland and Britain.
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Dublin
INS
Eamon de Valera
Call Back Love opens in The Cedar Rapids Gazette
Margaret Grant presents a serial tale set in Hollywood tracing Jenny Lane, a child star whose rise tests her parents' marriage. The gay racing story follows life behind the scenes as Jenny seeks happiness amid fame and fortune. Opening chapters arrive in Monday's Gazette.
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Margaret Grant
Cedar Rapids
Hollywood
Little Jenny Lane
Jenny
Gazette
Beauty, Thorn and Rose in Life Lessons
A reflective essay on Lincoln Wedgwood and the value of beauty in work and character. It recalls Josiah Wedgwood cultivating a garden around his pottery to inspire better work and fairness. The piece urges planting flowers in lives, tending them, and seeking inner beauty through love and service.
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Tle
Lincoln
John Wesley
Josiah Wedgwood
Wedgwood
Socrates
Betimes
Landon’s Father Dies at 81 in Kansas City
John M. Landon, 81, oilman turned Kansas investor and father of Alf M. Landon the 1936 Republican nominee, died of heart disease in a hospital. He had a string of heart attacks last week. Alf Landon was at his bedside.
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Kansas City
John M. Landon
Landon
Pennsylvania
Kansas
John Landon
Cleveland
Alf Landon
Mercury Stays Up After Warm Day in Cedar Rapids
Clouds and sun battled for the afternoon in Cedar Rapids as temperatures hovered around the low 80s. Readings touched 83 at 12:30 p.m., 80 at 1:30 p.m., and 82 at 2:30 p.m., with a warm humid breeze. The morning started at 62 and rose to 75 by 10 a.m., while Tuesday peaked at 84, tying the year’s high first reached on March 21.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
British bid for oil boycott over expropriations
London reports Britain urged a boycott of oil from wells expropriated by Mexico until the properties dispute with British companies is resolved. Foreign Undersecretary Richard A. Butler announced the stance in the House of Commons.
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London
Mexico
Richard A. Butler
House of Commons
Seven miners killed in Pottsville gas explosion at St Clair mine
A gas explosion and ensuing fire in the St Clair Coal Company mine near Pottsville, Pennsylvania killed seven miners and injured eleven. Rescue teams recovered six bodies within seven hours as crews battled black damp. one body remained buried under coal. Names of the dead include Frank Montgomery and Paul Sikra, all residents of St Clair, with Michael Terris of Port Carbon among the injured. Andrew Potts, mine fire boss, was critically burned as he prepared to enter the tunnel when the blast occurred.
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Pottsville
St Clair Coal Company
Frank Montgomery
Paul Sikra
Vasil Holovak
Luke Chuckran
Richard Barnes
St. Clair
John
Michael Terris
Port Carbon
Andrew Potts
Number Nine
Mammoth
Jevel
Pennsylvania
No Bar To Buying TVA Area Power Properties
David E. Lilienthal, TVA director, told reporters after a White House meeting that no in superable difficulties exist to purchasing private power properties in the TVA area. He cited three weeks of round the clock negotiations with Memphis Power and Light, a subsidiary of Electric Bond and Share, and said prospects for an agreement or for an agreement to disagree were good.
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Washington
David E. Lilienthal
Tennessee Valley Authority
Roosevelt
TVA
Lilienthal
White House
Memphis Power and Light Company
Electric Bond and Share
Navy seeks to set up three sea air bases in Pacific
The navy asks Congress for immediate authority to establish three strategic oceanic air bases at Midway Island, Kaneohe Bay Hawaii, and Kodiak Alaska to combine air and sea control. Funding of 6.52 million is proposed for base facilities, with additional 10.65 million for Pearl Harbor yard upgrades.
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NAVY
Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Congress
Pacific
Midway Island
Kaneohe Bay
Hawaii
mid-Pacific
Kodiak
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Honolulu
Coco Solo
Canal Zone
Pearl Harbor
Swanson
Carl Vinson
Georgia
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Senate
Vinson
Navy Department
Midway Islind
Roosevelt early labor policy hints from 1933 press confabs
Transcripts released ahead of Roosevelt state papers show the 1933-34 approach to labor and management. The president highlighted wage versus income and cited a Detroit machinist paid 1.25 dollars an hour, noting 650 dollars yearly, stressing income over hourly pay. He backs collective bargaining and discusses wage structures for the auto industry.
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Washington
President Roosevelt
New York
White House
Roosevelt
Detroit
Strike Ends as Unionists Become Gar Wood Stockholders
Seven hundred United Automobile Workers members were made stockholders in Gar Wood Industries Ince after a two day strike at two Wood plants. Gar Wood will cut his 50 000 salary by 50 percent to aid operation of the plan and workers receive 20 percent of dividends. The four point pact includes no wage cuts and full union recognition.
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Detroit
SNS
United Automobile Workers Union
Gar Wood Industries, Ince
Puot
Gar Wood
UAW
William L. Munger
Bohn Aluminum and Brass Company
Tornado Strikes Lone Star Country School Killing Three
A tornado wrecked the Lone Star country school at Oshkosh Nebraska killing Mary Zorn eight Ellen Brown eight and Jean Zorn ten and injuring five others. Among eight pupils one boy escaped unhurt and the teacher also was hurt. In a separate incident searchers found John Barnard three after a dust storm near Bridgeport Nebraska in a half mile from home. Nearby near Draw Texas a tornado killed three people Mrs V O Caswell M B Walters and George Walters and left several injured.
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Oshkosh
Neb
Ins
Lone Star Country School
Mary Zorn
Ellen Brown
Jean Zorn
John Barnard
Bridgeport
Draw
Texas
V.O Caswell
M. B. Walters
George Walters
Nazi Order Grants Goering Right to Seize Jewish Property
Berlin report says Field Marshal Goering issued a decree giving the Nazi regime power to use Jews assets for the four year plan. Jews must register holdings above 5,000 marks within Germany and foreign Jews must register German holdings by June 30. Penalties include prison or fines and possible 10 year terms plus confiscation.
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Berlin
Hermann Goering
Germany
Goering
Pedestrian Struck by Car Injures Teen in Cedar Rapids
Gilbert Van Antwerp, 16, of 3121 Grovecourt NE, suffered a fractured left leg after being hit by Marvin D. Bailey, 26, as he crossed the 2900 block of First Avenue E Tuesday at 9:20 p.m. Bailey said glare from oncoming lights prevented a timely stop. Van Antwerp was taken to Mercy Hospital in good condition Wednesday.
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Cedar Rapids
Gilbert van Antwerp
Grovecourt
Marvin D. Bailey
Y.M.C
First Avenue
Bailey
van Antwerp
Mercy Hospital
Governor ousts Margiotti names Goodrich as new attorney general
Gov George Earle removes Attorney General Charles Margiotti after he demanded a grand jury probe into claims that Pennsylvania legislation was bought. Dean Herbert Goodrich of the UPenn law school is named to replace him and to pursue arrests if evidence warrants. Deputy Fried man Wymard and Publicity Director Lingreen are dismissed. Margiotti urged to submit evidence to Col Wilhelm, which he refused.
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Harrisburg
Charles J. Margiotti
Pennsylvania
George H. Earle
Earle
Herbert F. Goodrich
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Maregiotti
Margiotti
People of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
Margioth
Edward F. Friedman
Norman L. Wymard
Leonard R. Lingreen
Col. C. M. Wilhelm
State Motor Police
Wilhelm
Capital
Richard J. Beamish
Mansfield rivers and harbors bill clears House
The House on Wednesday approved the Mansfield rivers and harbors act authorizing projects with an estimated cost of 34 million dollars.
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Washington
INS
House
When Peace Becomes Too Expensive We Must Go To War
A satirical piece by Arthur Nugs Baer argues that when peace costs too much, war becomes appealing. It mocks wartime budgets and diplomacy while noting England's large budget and the nation’s "patriotic deficit" in a wry 1838 copyright framing.
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John W. Hanes
Securities and Exchange
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FCC
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Yangtze
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DR. Newton
Alf M. Landon
Britain
Blast Rocks
TVA Area Power
Bulletin
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Arthur H. Vandenberg
United States
U.S
Secretary of Navy
Claude A. Swanson
F.D.R
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David L. Lawrence
Ralph M. Bashore
Lawrence
Matthew H. McCloskey
L Bashore
McCloskey
Arthur
Nugs” Baer
England
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