Roosevelt seeks half million for study of economic power
President Roosevelt urged Congress to fund a 500000 study on concentration of economic power and its impact on competition. He proposed bank holding company controls, branch limits, and prohibitions on banking enterprises borrowing from or selling securities to owned banks. He urged gradual separation of banks from holding firms and denied intent to pursue reckless trust busting, aiming to preserve private enterprise.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Department of Justice
Federal Trade Commission
Justice Department
Securities and Exchange Commission
Mr. Roosevelt
Vote 15 Per Cent Reduction In Pay For Rail Workers
The Association of American Railroads adopted a resolution to serve notice of a 15 percent wage cut effective July 1 for all labor classes. The cut aims to save $250 million annually, citing revenue loss and higher operating costs from reduced traffic, diverted shipments, and a freight-rate rise.
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Chicago
Association of American Railroads
Railway Labor Act
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cedar Rapids Named Among Top US Business Spots
Cedar Rapids is listed by Forbes in the May issue as a leading center for concentrating sales, collections, and promoting business operations. The city heads the second best high-spot territory in the United States, with eighteen nearby cities in the same territory.
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Cedar Rapids
Forbes Magazine
United States
Cedar Rapids Warm Spell Lifts Mercury to 67
Cedar Rapids enjoyed springlike conditions Friday as the sun broke through late clouds and the thermometer climbed to 67 at 2 40 p.m. after a 46 a.m. low. Earlier readings ranged from 62 at 2 a.m. to 49 by midnight, per Chambers Inskeep readings.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
Labor Will Fight Out Says O R G Head
J A Phillips president of the Order of Railway Conductors pledged unity of railroad labor against a proposed wage cut of 15 percent on July 1 by the American Association of Railroads. He cited Washington efforts for a broad federal aid program to aid workers, questioned the railroads plan, and blamed reduced business volume rather than wages for financial strains. He noted the B and O’s fixed charges at 30 million dollars annually.
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Cedae
American Association of Railroads
J. A. Phillips
Order of Railway Conductors
Washington
Mr. Phillips
Phillips
Britain and France set wall to Nazi expansion
Britain and France agreed on a western demarcation from France through Belgium and the Netherlands to form an uncrossable barrier against Nazi expansion. They vowed immediate Allied response if Germany invades Holland or Belgium, including air and ground forces, with a unified command across land sea and air and economic aid to Czechslovakia.
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London
Ins
Germany
France
Great Britain
Europe
Britain
Belgium
Netherlands
Switzerland
Neville Chamberlain
Edouard Daladier
Downing Street
Holland
United Services
President Roosevelt heads a week long cruise to nowhere
President Roosevelt will leave Washington Friday night for a seven day voyage aboard the new cruiser Philadelphia. He will board at Charleston, S C on Saturday. The trip is described as a cruise to nowhere with no fishing plans and friends expect him to read reports and correspondence while cruising off the southeastern coast.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Capital
Philadelphia
Charleston
S. C
Call Back Love Feature Opens Next Monday
A page from the life of child star Jenny Lane anchors Margaret Grant story Call Back Love in The Gazette next Monday. The novel follows film folk and friends in Hollywood and portrays the perils to married life in America's film capital.
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Jenny Lane
Margaret Grant
Gazette
Hollywood
Capital of America
Center Point Barred from Contests Over Student Strike
The Linn County Schoolmasters association barred Center Point athletic teams from schedules with twelve other schools for one year citing the strike atmosphere and prior issues. They may seek Iowa High School Athletic action to remove Center Point from the state group. Center Point students are also barred from the Linn County Invitational Music Festival in Cedar Rapids on May 8.
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Alburnett
Linn County Schoolmasters' Association
Center Point High School
Kenneth Wilson
Schoolmasters’ Club
Center Point
George A Brown
Iowa High School Athletic Association
Iowa Association
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Fitch I Wagner
Center Paint
Jetter
Schoolmasters’ Association
Finch J. Wagner
Iowa
Linn County Schoolmasters’ Association
Colum
The Value of Struggle in Character Building
A Dr Newton essay argues that deliberate hardship strengthens character. He cites an Emperor moth’s failed softening as a cautionary tale and lauds Johnson, poverty, and adversity for forging resilience. The piece urges readers to embrace struggle, calling it the path to true strength and wisdom.
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Dr. Johnson
Breaks 40 Day Fast For Hay Fever With Milk Drink
DETROIT AP George Mc Kenna a 44 year old filling station operator drank a half glass of milk Friday morning and broke the 40 day fast he hopes will free him from hay fever. Gaunt and hollow eyed McKenna said I am weak very weak but there is no pain and I am convinced tT have driven all the impurities from my body. He would follow a milk diet for fifteen or twenty days before attempting solid foods. His weight has dropped from 150 to 90 pounds.
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Detroit
George McKenna
Mc- Kenna
McKenna
AAA FIGHTING BACK AGAINST FARM REVOLT
The AAA launched a counter campaign to quell corn belt protests against a new crop control plan. Field meetings aim to rally farmers behind the program which sets a 40,491,000 acre corn allotment for major producing states, about 15 percent below last year. Wickard defended the plan, blamed spellbinders, and noted that only compliant farmers can receive maximum soil conservation and loan benefits.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Mid-Western States
Claude R Wickard
North Central Division
Corn Belt Liberty League
Wickard
Roosevelt proposes broader social security act benefits
President Roosevelt urges the social security board to study ways to liberalize the act and start old age insurance payments earlier than 1942. He calls for a sound plan to extend coverage and provide larger benefits for retired workers, widows, and children of deceased insured persons, with recommendations to Congress in January.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Arthur J. Altmeyer
The
Social Security Board
Altmeyer
Congress
Tam
Roosevelt’s Tense Talk Stopped Pacific War Crisis
Elmore Leffingwell recalls a 1907 San Francisco education board segregation clash that drew a Japanese protest. With the Panama Canal unfinished and U S Pacific power limited, Roosevelt summoned city officials to the White House and urged them to rescind the order to avert war threats from Japan.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Japan
Panama Canal
West
Elmore Leffingwell
Leffingwell
San Francisco
Washington
Elihu Root
Golden Gate
Roosevelt
Board of Education
White House
Right of Way to Floor Denied Wage Hour Bill
Washington AP The House rules committee rejected move to bring the revised wage hour bill to the floor despite Roosevelt urging enactment. The panel voted 8 to 6 against allowing debate, signaling near death for the measure this session after two days of hearings defending wage and hour reforms.
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House Rules Committee
Roosevelt
House
Hearigs
Imd
Iowa politics and La Follette third-party hopes in 1940s
Iowa political leaders weigh a possible Progressive Party coalition to secure a third place on the November ballot. The discussion includes reactions to La Follette’s Madison visit and cautious talks of reform, with farming factions considering a coalition to elevate the Progressive ticket while major parties hold sway.
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Iowa
Theodore Roosevelt
Wilson
Bob la Follette
Gaverino
Phil
Coolidge
John Wo Dasts
la Follette
Madison
Wisco
Nelson GG Kraschel
la Follettes
Kinsehel
Iowa farmer-Tabor
Progressive Party
Publishers Laud Anti Lobby Unit Keeps Press Free
The American Newspaper Publishers Association applauded a citizens group led by Frank F. Gannett for fighting lobbying and condemning a senator’s committee. A second resolution denounced labor boards as violating press freedom, and the group praised the Supreme Court for striking down a restriction on a free press. James G. Stahlman was reelected president with McCarrens, Dean, and Parks also reelected or elected to key posts.
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New York
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Citizens’ Group
Frank F. Gannett
New York State
United States
Elk
Labor Relations Board
Supreme Court
James G. Stahlman
Nashville (Tenn.) Banner
Advertising Club of
John S. MecCarrens
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Walter M. Dean
Jersey City
N. J
Jersey Journal
John S. Parks
Fort Smith
Ark
Times- Record
Veto Chesapeake Plan Sparks Rail Control Fight
Cleveland AP reports Robert R. Young refused Thursday night to accept a peace plan proposed by New York banking interests in the battle for control of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad.
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Cleveland (Ap
Robert R. Young
New York
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
La Follette Progressives Target Midwest States
Governor La Follette and aides outline a plan to organize a progressive party across Iowa California Illinois the Dakotas Minnesota and Nebraska. He spoke on CBS from Des Moines and planned Cedar Rapids visits to court farm labor and political allies while study of state election laws to hurdle ballot access continues.
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Wis
Philip F. la Follette
Iowa
California
New Progressive Party
Wisconsin
Illinois
Dakotas
Minnesota
Nebraska
New York
la Follette
Des Moines
CBS
Cedar Rapids
Farm-Labor Party
Progressive Party
Raymond Haight
Progressive
Diabel
La Follette Plans Cedar Rapids Rally For New Party
Gov La Follette will address a Saturday rally at the Shrine temple in Cedar Rapids as he promotes a new third party with ties to former labor and progressive groups. Associates say covert efforts target pivotal states with influential backers, while La Follette criticizes Roosevelt and calls for public ownership of money and credit to secure a guaranteed income and freedom of conscience. The movement aims to build groundwork in small, private meetings. (Continued on Page 2, Col. 3.)
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Cedar Rapids
Shrine Temple
Labor Party
Progressive League of Towa
West
New York
California
Secretrnes
F.D.R
la Follette
Roosevelt
Swiss Take Mountains Out Of League Of Nations
Article by Arthur Bugs Baer humorously notes Switzerland removing its mountains from the League of Nations, claiming echoes not unanimous and leaving the League without a home office. The piece mixs satire about teague and snuff manufacturers' noses and ends with a quip that the League never truly started.
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Bugs” Baer
League of Nations
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