Southern Impressions and Old South Reflections
The writer describes seasickness from long workdays, Mississippi fishing memories, and a resolve to slow down, then contrasts southern ease with northern anxieties about elections and New Deal policies. He notes planter attitudes to AAA crop curtailment, contrasts tobacco and cotton growers, and recalls Natchez antebellum homes and a memorial to Robert E. Lee.
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OTTON
AAA
South
North
Dixie
New Deal
U.S. Treasury
Fatal crash near Marion claims two Morley students
A caravan of Morley school band members returning from Iowa City collided with a westbound truck two miles east of Marion. Charles Fairbanks 49 and his son Kenneth 14 died in Mercy hospital Anamosa from chest and skull injuries. Three other students were injured in the crash and taken for treatment.
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Cedar Rounds
Morley
Marion
Charles Fairbanks
Kenneth
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Fairbanks
State Highway Commission
Dale Heffelfinger
Darrell Heffelfinger
Dale
Ronald Smith
Iowa City
Wsul
Perry Russell
John Vosburgh
Cedar Rapids
Jack Miller
Division Street
Dubuque
Russell
Kenneth Fairbanks
American Trust Dividend Checks Due Wednesday at 9
J R Drake on behalf of D W Bates, receiver, will begin issuing depositors dividend checks at American Trust banking rooms Wednesday at 9 am. The third 20 percent payment brings total to 80 percent of original deposits after a 50 percent prior payout. With 90 thousand cash on hand, court authority allows borrowing 40 thousand from Iowa banks at 3 percent interest to secure the pre Christmas dividend.
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Cedar Rapids News
Santa
Iowa
Typhoid Patients List Again Reduced
Cedar Rapids reports one more name removed from the city physician’s typhoid list, totaling 39. No new cases in ten days. Thirteen patients have cleared the first release test. a second negative test is needed for release.
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Cedar Rapida News
Worth a Five Week Absence Beneath a Lee Portrait
The passage lauds a figure who chose failure with honor over easy triumphs and who remains a model in life and death. It extols virtue wisdom and a lasting heritage more valuable than famed military victories, noting the portrait of Lee inspires readers during a prolonged absence of five weeks.
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Lee
Two Tory Types and Civilizational Gaps Explored
In Margaret Halsey’s diary style piece from 1938 she contrasts American and British Tories. She argues both sides avoid hard truths, while real leaders balance progress with practicality and patience.
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Argaret Halsey
England
Nazis Won't Block Legacies to U S
Germany assured the United States that exchange restrictions preventing removal of funds will be lifted for legacies due American citizens. American heirs of Germans who died abroad have faced access limits. Dr. Hans Thomsen delivered the message to Acting Secretary Welles, marking a notable diplomatic development amid trade treaty talks.
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Washington
Ins
Germany
United States
Hans Thomsen
Sumner Welles
Thomsen
State Department
Dieckhoff
Turkey
Temperature climbs in Cedar Rapids with afternoon high
The sun routed morning clouds in Cedar Rapids as the day warmed from a 21 degree low at 7 a.m. to 34 by 2 30 p.m. Monday’s highs included 29 at 2 p.m. and 27 at 7 a.m. before 26 at midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers
Commons Endorses Chamberlain Policy
Parliament backed Neville Chamberlain's European appeasement drive 340 to 143 amid cabinet rearmament rumors. The vote in London signals government support for the policy and paves the way for continued diplomacy in the tense prewar climate.
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London
INL
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Four Coast Guard Men Dead in Plane Crash Near Boerne
A coast guard plane crashed near Boerne Texas injuring none. four servicemen including Lieut Perry S Lyons hero of rescues died after directing the craft away from a village. Ensign C H Peague, Rupert M Germaine and George C Latham also perished.
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San Antonio
Tex
INS
Naval Board
Coast Guard
Here
Perry S. Lyons
Rupert Nt. Germaine
George C. Latham
C. H. Peague
U. S Navy
el Paso
Nazi Invites Yank To Dicker On Jews
London AP reports Field Marshal Goering invited American refugee office director George Rublee to Berlin to finalize Germanys financial plan for removing Jews from the country.
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Yank
London
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Tuecsday
George Rublee
International Refugee Office
Berlin
Germany
Mrs A W Lee Dies at 80 in Washington DC
Mrs. A W Lee of Cedar Rapids widow of the Lee syndicate founder and a Cedar Rapids pioneer died at 10 30 am Tuesday in Washington DC. Funeral services will be held here Friday at 2 30 pm at the First Presbyterian church. Burial at Oak Hill cemetery. She spent much time at a Whitefield New Hampshire summer home and in Washington with her daughter Laura Anna Lee. She supported Camp Good Health and the Public Health Nursing association. Born August 4 1858 she was Mary Ingalls Walker nicknamed Minnie.
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Cedar Rapids
A. W. Lee
Lee Syndicate
Washington, D. C
First Presbyterian Church
Lee
Robert Little
Oak Hill Cemetery
Second Avenue SE
Whitefield
N. H
Laura Anna Lee
Camp Good Health
Public Health Nursing Association
W. W Walker
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Minnesota Railroad
Mary Ingalls Walker
Minnie
Driver Rescues Self After Auto Plunges On Cedar River
George Pohorsky of the state conservation commission drove onto the frozen Cedar River near the Sheftie boat house at 1322 Sixth Street NW. The car broke through and sank ten feet, but Pohorsky emerged from the water, climbed onto the ice, and reached the shore. Workmen later began removing the vehicle from the river.
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Cedar Rancls
George Pohorsky
State Conservation Commission
Cedar River
Sheftie Boat House
Sixth Street
Pohorsky
Farmer Spokesman Warns Budget Cut Could Spark Revolt
M W Thatcher national representative of the Farmers Union warned after a Roosevelt conference that chopping 2.5 to 3 billion from federal appropriations would trigger a revolution. He urged a farm benefit program of 800 million dollars for the next year financed by higher income and estate taxes.
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Washington
M W
Thatcher
The
Farmers Union
Roosevelt
Shipwreck Survivors Led Toward Lituya Bay Rescue
Nels Ludwingson, freed from jail for drunkenness after knowing country, led sixteen shipwreck survivors toward Lituya Bay Alaska. Pilot Sheldon Simmons aided, two survivors evacuated, navy planes planned landing party from Sitka to establish camp at the bay. Survivors told of the Patterson wreck near December 11 amid gale winds and heavy surf with several deaths.
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Juneau
Alaska
Cape Fairweather Country
Lituya Bay
Nels Ludwingson
Sheldon Simmons
Patterson
Simmons
Ludwingson
Sitka Base
Cyane
Port Althorp
Blair McDowell
Seattle
Steve Johnson
Ketchikan
Indicate Drug Company Head In Chiang Deal
Federal authorities probes the Melkesson and Robbins leadership linked to Philip Musica alias F Donald Coster son amidst plans to sell 2 million rifles and 106 million rounds to a nation. Bruni and Wingersky testified as potential ties to Chiang Kai-shek emerged, while forged Dun and Bradstreet papers and missing assets were examined in the ongoing hearings.
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Chiang
New York
Philip Musica
F. Donald Coster
Melkesson and Robbins, Inc
Chiang Kai-shek
Gregory F. Noonan
Thomas A Bruni
Frederick Wingersky
Coster-Musica
New York Post
Bruni
Ben Simon
Bronx
McKesson and
Robbins
Murray
South
Melk Kesson and Robbins
Coster
Troonan
Dun and
Bradstreet
W W. Smith and Company
Smith Company
Noonan
Dun and Bradstreet
Farley May Concede Peru If Landon Rises
Column notes McCarthy style attacks on Democrats and cites Alf Landon's speeches in South America. It suggests Jim Farley may be forced to concede Peru along with Maine and Vermont. The piece mocks Republican policy on navy, Monroe Doctrine, advice to mothers, and a balanced budget.
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Jim Farley
Peru
Alf Landon
Arthur
Bugs” Baer
Mr. Landon
South America
Maine
Vermont
Charlie McCarthy
Mayor LaGuardia Attacked On City Hall Steps
New York AP reports Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia was assaulted by a heavyset man, later identified as James Hagan, as he mounted City Hall steps during an event. The mayor escaped injury beyond a red welt and recovered quickly, while bystanders and police restrained the attacker. Hagan was committed to Bellevue Hospital for psychiatric evaluation.
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New York
Hagan
LaGuardia
City Hall
Hagan Oon
Bellevue Hospital
Former Gov M Cray of Indiana Dies at 73
Kentland Indiana former Republican governor M Cray aged 73 died of heart attack at dinner Monday night at home near Kentland He served as Indiana governor from 1921 to 1924 and later served time in federal prison in Atlanta after a conviction for mail fraud He was paroled and received a full pardon from President Hoover in 1930.
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Kentland
Ind
Ean T McCras
Indiana
Hasome
McCray
Atlinta
Hoover
Compromise Plan Circulated At Pan American Conference
A compromise plan on continental solidarity circulated among delegates at the eighth Pan American conference in Lima. It aims to unite all 21 republics against aggression or political penetration by any nation and could be revised after chief delegates meetings. The draft strengthens consultation machinery for foreign ministers, seen as a slight U.S. victory in policy continuity.
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Lima
Peru
United States
Carlos Concha
Afranio de Mello Franco
Brazil
Argentina
Concha
Mello Franco
Washington
Sumner Welles
Alf M. Landon
Federal jury indicts medical association leaders in antitrust case
A federal grand jury indicted the American Medical Association, three professional societies, and twenty-one physicians for antitrust violations over a group health movement targeting low income workers. Lead figure Dr. Morris Fishbein, called the voice of American medicine, is among those charged.
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Washington
INS
American Medical Association
Medicine
Grand
Department of Justice
Morris Fishbein
Voice of American Medicine
AMA to defend anti trust case against medical groups
Dr Morris Fishbein said the American Medical Association will defend indictments under the Sherman law. The charges allege a conspiracy to hinder the Group Health association in Washington affecting about 2 500 members and 145 000 doctors nationwide. The case marks the first use of anti trust against the medical profession.
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Chicago
Morris Fishbein
The
American Medical Association
Washington
House of Delegates
Medical Association
Medical Society of the
District of Columbia
Hare Me Counts Medical Society
Houston
Texas
Washington DC
Group Health Association
Medical Society of
United States
American Medical
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