Recession spending split over pump priming debate
Washington survey finds strong support for government spending to offset recession though leaders split on pump priming use. Iowa moves to formalize bank rights. Iowa Supreme Court delays integrated bar plan amid Breen opposition. Townolla administrator Allen fights federal efforts to regulate aged care. a Chicago financier theft case ends with a $450,000 loss.
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Isely
Iowa Supreme
Supreme Court
Iowa
State Bar Association
Japan's Leaders Move to Brief Emperor on Crisis
Japan's cabinet, led by Premier Konoye, prepares to present a plan to Emperor Hirohito to meet with army and navy leaders to fix future China policy and address demands for redress after attacks on American and British ships.
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Tokio
INS
Japan
Hirohito
Fumimaro Konoye
China
United States
Britain
Japan Told of Confirmed Gunfire on Yangtze Survivors
Washington reports official US confirmation that survivors of four American vessels sunk by Japanese war planes on the Yangtze above Nanking were machine gunned. The note was sent to Tokyo for a formal protest as officials await an official report from George Atcheson.
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Washington
INS
United States
Yangtze River
Nanking
Panay
Joseph C. Grew
Tokyo
Foreign Office
Japan
Shite Department
George Atche
Group Approves Housing Measure in Banking Committee
Washington report says the House Banking and Currency Committee approved the housing bill with several amendments. The measure is tied to President Roosevelt's housing program and aims to expand lending and home construction nationwide.
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Washington
House Banking and Currency Committee
Housing
Reveeveit
Within Us A Higher World Behind The Inner Self
The piece argues great artists sense an inner force that may seem written through them by an unseen hand. It contrasts baser impulses with a sacred inner world, claiming future marvels lie in the undiscovered country of the soul and in the unguessed powers of the human mind.
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Emerson
Tennyson
Shots Fire Flares UAW Ford Strike at Kansas City Plant
Shots were fired from cars carrying Ford workers near the Kansas City plant after bricks were hurled at caravans by suspected UAW supporters. Police arrested six UAW men for questioning and seven men plus a woman for picketing as shootings occurred at three points near the plant.
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Kansas City
Ford Assembly
United Automobile Workers
UAW
Ford Service Workers
Ford
GOP Completes Selection Of Its Program Committee
ST. LOUIS INS The Republican executive committee completed the program committee for planning the 1938 congressional elections. The group will include about 150 members and an announcement was expected Thursday. The chairman role has been agreed on but not announced until acceptance is confirmed.
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ST. Louis
INS
Republican Executive Committee
King and Queen in Trafalgar Square Car Crash
King George and Queen Elizabeth were shaken as their car collided with another in Trafalgar Square while returning to Buckingham Palace from a charity event. No injuries were reported.
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London
George
Elizabeth
Trafalgar Square
Buckingham Palace
Wallace Claims Farm Bloc Ignores Opposition Pushes Farm Measure
Senate farm bloc bets on final vote to push a sweeping farm program despite Secretary Wallace warning compulsory controls verge toward fascism. The chamber adopted a committee amendment and set spending caps, with costs estimated between 500 million and 1 billion dollars and administration expenses limited in Washington and states.
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Washington
INS
Henry Wallace
Senate Farm Bloc
Senate
Agriculture Committee
Roosevelt
Senate‘ Farm
Appropriations Committee
Wallace
American Farm Bureau
Chicago
Bureau
Hatch
New Mexico
Monticello Native Who Started Phrase The 400 Is Dead
Cecil Jerome Allen 69 longtime Sun society editor and co creator of the term the 400 died Thursday in New York. Born in Monticello Iowa he moved to the city as a boy and began as a Times reporter before joining the Sun where he was society editor for 35 years until a heart attack ended his life.
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New York
Cecil Jerome Allen
The
Sun
Ward McAllister
McAllister
Allen
Monticello
Towa
Times
Thirteenth Baby Dies Of Strange Malady In Chicago
In Chicago at St. Elizabeth's hospital nursery the thirteenth infant death from an unidentified illness occurred when Jerome Jarosz returned to the hospital and died before a transfusion could be arranged. The baby had left Nov. 30 and seven days later the disease struck again. Three babies remain under treatment.
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Chicago
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Jerome Jarosz
Hutton Receives Full Authority Over Iowa Conservation Dept
Governor Kraschel announced that Director M L Hutton will have full authority over the Conservation Department personnel including hiring and firing. Verne Petersen was named state boat inspector and Thomas L Manley field assistant, each paid 1800 dollars yearly. The move aims to allow duties to be adjusted without political influence.
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DES Moines
Nelson G. Kraschel
State Conservation Commission
M. L. Hutton
Verne H. Petersen
Clear Lake
Thomas L. Manley
Bondurant
Lands and Waters
Conservation Commission
Conservation Department
Kraschel
County attorneys back ban on bank night scheme
Des Moines AP reports Iowa county attorneys favor a state act banning bank night and similar gift schemes. A resolution from the Iowa County Attorneys Association calls on the attorney general to draft a bill for the Forty eighth general assembly. Noted committee members include Virginia Bedell Spirit Lake C H Fishburn Muscatine Carl Conway Osage Willis Glassgow Shenandoah and George Allen Onawa. The group says bank night harms public morals, fuels gambling, and undermines law enforcement.
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DES Moines
Iowa
State County Attorneys Association
Forty Eighth General Assembly
Virginia Bedell
Spirit Lake
C. H. Fishburn
Muscatine
Carl F. Conway
Osage
Willis A. Glassgow
Shenandoah
George E. Allen
Onawa
Williamsburg Man Chases Thieves On Bus Stop
Claude Huxford of Williamsburg Indiana chased two men who ran off with his bag at a Davenport bus stop. He followed six blocks, aided by police, leading to the arrest of Charles Mc Daniel and Lee Fisher. The travelers bag, valued at 150 dollars, was recovered and the pair received 30 day jail terms.
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Davenport
Claude Huxford
Williamsburg
Chicago
Huxford
Charles McDaniel
Lee Fisher
McDaniel
Fisher
John Bezdek Dies by Self-Inflicted Gunshot Near Paris
John Bezdek 60 a Cedar Rapids painter fatally shot himself with a 12 gauge shotgun at Wes Kubek farm home near Paris Indiana Thursday at 12 10 pm. Ill health for ten years and living on Kubek farms for recovery noted. Deputy coroner Dr R E Munden said no inquest.
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Cedar Rapids
John Bezdek
Eighteenth Avenue SW
Wes Kubek
Paris
Bezdek
Minnesota
South Dakota
R. E. Munden
Countess Renounces U S Citizenship For Europe
Countess Haugwitz Reventlow former Barbara Hutton renounced her American citizenship in New York and sailed for Europe after a day visit. Her dual Danish-US status caused legal complications for her and child, prompting the renunciation to simplify matters.
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New York
Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow
Barbara Hutton
White and Case
Oe Street
Woolworth Five
Europe
Europa
Franklyn, Hutton
Bondy
White
Case
Barbara Haugwitz
Reventlow
United States
United States‘district Court For
Count Haugwitz-Reventlow
Des Moines Unions Picket Soil Office and Randolph Hotel
Two Des Moines buildings faced pickets by local unions led by the Hotel and Restaurant Employees Tavern Employees Engineers and Building Service Employees AF L affiliates. The protest targeted a non union contract at Forty Second Street Electric and a closed ballot at Randolph hotel where 11 of 65 staff favored AF L membership.
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DES Moines
United States Soil Conservation Office
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
The
B. of E. Be Ee
Engineers and Building Service
All American Federation of Labor
Randolph Hotel
E. E. Syester
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Forty Second Street Electric Company
E. A. Boss
A. F. of L
Solons Favor New Spending By Government
Washington AP reports Senator Bailey of North Carolina helped author a ten point recovery program proposal. Congress shows strong support for resuming government spending on a modified scale to spur business activity. A coalition effort to shift Roosevelt policy faces GOP suspicion and is described as faltering after McNary’s cautious stance.
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Washington
Senator Bailey
N. C
Senate
Congress
Roosevelt
G.O.P
Charles L. McNary
United States
McNary
Seratok Wold
Dmit
Gerry
Ice Sheet Eases as Iowa Warmer Weather Melts Some
Above freezing temperatures in parts of Iowa Thursday softened much of the state ice sheet. Overcast skies kept sun hidden and temperatures stayed near but below melting. Continued cloudiness was forecast for Friday. The union bus depot reported most highways remained icy but most buses were on schedule.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Union
Weather hazards cause deaths and delays across eastern states
Snow sleet and rain slow traffic from Buffalo to Pennsylvania and New York. Seven deaths tied to slick roads and walks, while upstate regions endure heavy snow. A thaw eases trains and roads in the Metropolitan area as warmer air moves in from the Gulf and Pacific to melt glazing.
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Ee 7
Buffalo
N. Y
Pennsylvania
New York
Middle West
Weather Bureau
Gulf
Pacific
Argentine Wheat Crop Seen Shrinking In Year
The Argentine bureau reports wheat output at 191.984 million bushels for this year, down from 249.193 million bushels last year. The Argentine agriculture ministry says grain crop production will be much lower than in recent years.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Argentina
Ministry of Agriculture
Pair of Felons Missing From Alcatraz Island Prison
Two Oklahoma felons, Ralph Roe and Theodore Cole, vanished from Alcatraz Island during a fogbound night escape, authorities say. Warden James A. Johnston led the manhunt while officials consider whether an actual escape occurred as confusion surrounds roll call absences and possible mainland pursuit.
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Thorsday
Alecatrax
Penitentaary
America
Deve Il’s
Sam Francieese- Bay
James‘a. Johnioten
Alcatraz
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Therssey
Maleaing
Johnston
Oklahoma
Coast’ Guard
Ala
Ralph ‘Roe
Theodore Cole
Athenes
China Is World's Largest Punchboard Essay
By Arthur Bugs Baer the piece critiques diplomatic conduct with satirical notes. It references historical events Lexington and Bunker Hill and humorously laments modern interactions in public life.
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China
Bugs" Baer
Oriental
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