Time to take the profit out of war calls for conference
President Roosevelt urges a conference to draft laws curbing war profits, focusing on munitions makers and profiteering during the last war. The piece recalls wartime financing, false prosperity, and calls for action to prevent future profit motives from driving conflict. It also covers unemployment relief efforts in Cedar Rapids and proposed remove of local re employment offices by Des Moines officials.
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Roosevelt
American Legion
Cannes
Betsy
Roosevelt seeks bill to curb war profits and mobilize resources
President Roosevelt urged a group of federal and industrial leaders at the White House to draft legislation removing profits from war and ensuring orderly mobilization of manpower and resources in future conflicts. Senate munitions investigators criticized the move as an attempt to restrict inquiry while Baruch headed the conferees. The probe will continue as industry leaders weigh the plan and wartime profits are examined.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Congress
Senate Munitions Investigating Committee
Gerald P. Nye
N. D
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Senate
Nye
Baruch
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Bernard M. Baruch
New York
War Industries Board
Wilson
Senate Munitions Committee
Army
Navy
Vandenberg
Irenee du Pont
Munitions Investigating Committee
Nye and Son
Arthur Vandenberg
Mich
Job Insurance Plan Left To Congress
New York report states the administration will seek only general unemployment insurance from Congress while individual states decide the specific type of insurance. Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins indicated the approach on Wednesday.
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Congress
New York
LLP
Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkins
Stein to Skip Iowa City Appearance
Gertrude Stein, famed for her literary methods, will not appear in Iowa City after officials of the Times club received a telegram on Wednesday announcing the change in plans.
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Miss Stein
Iowa City
Gertrude Stein
Times Club
Local official transfers raise questions in Cedar Rapids
The speaker questions motives behind moving Mr. Moore from the local re employment office to Burlington. They ask why Cedar Rapids remains uninformed about the reasoning and who is driving the change, challenging the justification that his experience is needed elsewhere.
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Cedar Rapids
Moore
Burlington
Baruch Pushes Excess Profits Tax and Price Freeze Plan
Bernard Baruch, Roosevelt adviser, favors a high excess profits tax and a nationwide price freeze to curb war profiteering. He warns against postwar inflation and urges swift action with Nye’s munitions committee. He envisions an emergency body to manage war economic controls.
Iowa May Check Own Corn Hog Contracts
Des Moines AP report notes possible auditing of next year’s Iowa corn hog contracts locally before forwarding to Washington. Des Moines officials L S Hill and Leslie M Carl discuss establishing an auditing unit in the old federal building. Unclear procedures remain as decentralization moves away from county submissions to Washington.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Washington
Federal
L. S. Hill
Leslie M. Carl
Federal Statistician
AAA
State Board of Review
Norway Postmaster Named Acting Head in Norway
The Post Office Department announced Vivian Meridith of Norway, Ira., as acting postmaster in Norway.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Vivian Meridith
Norway
Ira
Sunlight motor powered by simple four-egg plate
In a New York demonstration Ellis Manning showed a blocking layer cell that converts visible light into DC electricity. The device, about the size of a finger, ran a motor when placed under a 50-watt lamp and under sunlight produced more power, converting roughly two percent of incident light.
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Howard W. Blakeslec
Associated Press
NEW York
New York Electrical Society
D.C
Ellis L. Manning
General Electric Company
Manning
Agienian
Earth
Burns Assured Speaker Nomination After Rayburn Withdrawal
Representative Joseph W. Burns of Tennessee appears set to become speaker as Sam Rayburn withdraws from the race. Burns claims he has sufficient votes to prevail while a competitive fight for Democratic floor leadership intensifies.
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Washington
Joseph W. Burns
Tennessee
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Rayburn
Congress
Burns
Murphy Backs Up Herring In Demand For Cattle Buying
DES MOINES Iowa Senator Louis J Murphy of Dubuque joined Governor Clyde L Herring in appealing to Secretary Henry A Wallace to resume federal drought cattle buying in Iowa Murphy wired Wallace urging the program return Herring said state officials push for a federal cattle allotment explaining funds were not set aside to buy cattle above market price and AAA rules require feed within 100 miles though Iowa lacks such feed nearby He expressed hope for some form of federal cattle buying program for the state
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Des Moines
INS
Clyde L. Herring
Louis J. Murphy
Dubuque
Henry A. Wallace
Iowa
Murphy
Wallace
Herring
AAA
Towa
The Big Fellow Within Us Says How To Live
A meditation on two selves the surface self and the deeper Big Fellow guiding daily life. Lincoln spoke of the angel of our better nature guiding restraint and kindness. The author urges asking each day if the Big Fellow was with us and if we did the big brave thing.
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Lincoln
Labor Board Orders Reemployment Of Newsman Jennings
The National Labor Board reaffirmed its decision to reinstate Dean Jennings of the San Francisco Call-Bulletin's news staff. It rejected protests by Donald Richberg and Blackwell Smith and gave the paper ten days to reinstate Jennings or submit evidence on his departure context.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
San Francisco
Jennings
National Labor Board
Newspaper Industrial Board
Thug Plays Classics As Mates Rob Home
In Mokena Illinois a long haired bandit played Rachmaninoff and Liszt while three accomplices ransacked Frank Living’s home taking 90 dollars two fur coats and a shotgun. Living was tied to a chair during the robbery and remarked it wasn’t very good.
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Mokena
Ill
Rachmaninoff
Liszt
Frank
Seizure at J L Farmer Canning Plant Ties up Liquor
Police raid the J LeRoy Farmer Canning company at 415 Twelfth avenue SE Cedar Rapids and seize liquor equipment a gambling setup and a stock of brands. Officers bought five pints of Meadowbrook whisky for ten dollars then obtained a search warrant and found a bar slot machine and reward devices in a basement corner. J LeRoy Farmer was taken to the county attorney but not arrested. he cited a letter from Harold M Cooper chairman of the Iowa liquor control commission and 200 seals.
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J. LeRoy Farmer Canning Company
Twelfth Avenue SE
Meadowbrook
Canning Factory
California
J.leroy Farmer
Canning ‘Company
G. K. Thompson
Thompson
Des Moines
Uquor
Earl Stanley
Ray Tapper
Farmer
Gazette
Cooper
Harold M. Cooper
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
J. LeRoy Farmer
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Mr. Farmer
Hi. M. Cooper
Warden Uses Christmas Boxes to Accept Prisoner Contraband
Warden Frank D. Whipp at Joliet state penitentiary set decorative boxes in the yard with signs inviting inmates to deposit contraband. A Christmas dinner and cigars were promised if the grants included guns knives razors and blackjacks. Guards were told to avoid the area to let prisoners discard weapons.
Soviets Seek Tom Mix for Moscow Appearances
The Soviet Union is negotiating with film star Tom Mix for personal appearances in Moscow, a development disclosed Wednesday by Hollywood sources.
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Soviets
Tom MIX
Hollywood
Soviet Union
Moscow
List of Dead in Lansing Fire Disasters at Kerns Hotel
Fire disaster at the Kerns hotel in Lansing yields a death list with identified victims including Rev. George Korteling of Cedar Rapids Iowa and Mrs. Korteling, plus lawmakers Rep Henry Howlett from Howell Michigan Rep John Goodwine from Marlette Rep Vern Voorhees from Albion Israel Wishneff of Los Angeles Charles Parker Otisville and Donald Sias of Midland. One unidentifed body is named and five others remain unidentified.
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Lansing
Mich
Ins
Kerns Hotel
George Korteling
Cedar J Rapids
Cedar Rapids
Henry T. Howlett
Howell
Strohm urges tighter fire rules for Iowa hotels
Des Moines AP reports state fire marshal John W. Strohm called for stronger hotel fire prevention regulations in Iowa after Lansing Michigan's hotel blaze. He plans to brief the legislative interim committee and push for stricter standards beyond basic fire escapes extinguishers and illuminated exits.
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DES Moines
Iowa
John W. Strohm
Lansing
Mich
Strohm
New Staff Named for Local Job Office Reorganization
Des Moines announces a complete personnel change at the National Re employment office 318 Third street SE with Benjamin W. Robinson named manager Cedar Rapids Lloyd C Grover as assistant manager Nile W Jones senior interviewer Edna G Westerstrom junior interviewer L Moore moves to Burlington Colette Cullen named junior interviewer Mason City Floyd Parke named senior interviewer Sioux City Parke ranks seventh on the state list Wenig says Moore is the most experienced employment manager in Iowa edge of shift noted at press time
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Third Street
Des Moines
Frank E. Wenig
Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
Benjamin W. Robinson
Iowa City
Lloyd C. Grover
Waterloo
Nile W. Jones
Edna G. Westerstrom
L. Moore
Twenty-ninth Street
Burlington
Colette Cullen
Fourteenth Street
Mason City
Floyd Clark Parke
Sixth Street
Typographical Union
Sioux City
Parke
Wenng
the Gazette
Moore
Iowa
Nis
McCormack Seeks Democratic Floor Leader Post
Rep. John W. McCormack of Massachusetts announced his candidacy for the Democratic floor leader of the House. He enters the race as a potential speaker contender.
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Washington
INS
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
House
Cedar Rapids Minister and Wife Likely Victims in Lansing Fire
Police tentatively identified Rev. George Korteling and his wife Alice as victims of a Lansing hotel fire after they were reported missing from Cedar Rapids. The couple had been visiting Michigan and were last known to be headed for Cedar Rapids from Fairgrove. Their daughter Ruth works in Providence and a brother serves as a missionary in India.
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George Korteling
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Alice
Lansing
Mich
David ~ Turner
Turner Mortuary
Floyd W. Estes
Nash
Korteling
Cedar Rapids
Kort
the Gazette
Arthur Korteling
Fairgrove
Kortelings
Ruth
Providence
R. I
India
Oelwein
Creston
Southwest
Chicago
Hope College
Holland
Rutgers Seminary
New Brunswick
N. J
Fire kills dozens in Hotel Kerns disaster at Lansing
In Lansing Michigan officials probe a hotel fire that left at least twenty three dead and possibly more. Police say charred remains lie in a warehouse morgue while other victims died from injuries after leaping or drowning. Investigations continue into how the blaze started and spread.
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Lansing
Mich
Hotel Kerns
Michigan
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Labor Board
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J. L. Farmer Canning
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