National defense push and internal threats in Roosevelt era
The piece surveys President Roosevelt's call for unprecedented peacetime defense boosts and analyzes internal enemies cited by critics. It notes figures like Earl Browder and Harry Bridges, Nazi and fascist influence, and suggests inquiries into internal threats alongside external defense needs.
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Roosevelt
Browder
Dies’ Committee
Washington
United States
Congress
Roosevelt Plans Unprecedented Peacetime Arms Build
President Roosevelt reportedly plans to urge Congress to authorize a major peacetime buildup, including an army air force of about 10 000 planes and expanded naval strength. The plan calls for new air bases, greater industrial capacity, and schooling for 100 000 pilots and 125 000 mechanics to support a rapid mobilization effort.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
United States
Army
Navy
Air Force
Earl Browder
Stalin
CIO
Browder
National Guard
Civil Aeronautics Authority
National Youth Administration
War Department
Air Corps
Defining a Gentleman Through Strength and Integrity
The essay argues that a true gentleman is not weak or merely courteous to all, but a strong, principled man who stands by his standard despite offense. It contrasts meekness with moral force, citing Jesus and Newman to show gentleness must include resolve and virtue.
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Jesus
Newman
Kingsley
Typhoid Releases Trim Cedar Rapids Cases
Cedar Rapids public health records show 21 typhoid patients remaining after a two day Christmas holiday release surge. City physician Dr. V H Hasek reports four final releases reduced totals from 27 to 23, with two more cases released on Tuesday.
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Cedar Rapids
V. H. Hasek
Elliott Roosevelt Criticizes Mexican Oil Expropriation
Elliott Roosevelt, son of the President, denounced Mexico for expropriating oil properties and selling oil abroad. He argued the United States must act beyond words, citing conflicts between the Monroe doctrine and the good neighbor policy while noting Texans feel directly affected by Mexico's move.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Elliott Roosevelt
Mexico
United States
Texas
Mexican Supreme Court
Favorable U S Trade Balance Tops Since 1921
U S trade balance reached 1.036 billion dollars by end of November with exports totaling 2.825 billion and imports 1.789 billion for the first eleven months of the year. The export surplus was the highest since 1921, though 1928 exceeded 1 billion. Grain movements in 1938 were the largest since the 1920s, and agricultural exports rose about 65 million despite lower raw cotton values.
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Washington
INS
United States
Department of Commerce
British Isles
Europe
Commerce Department
Legislature May Seek To Cancel Office Building Lease
Des Moines legislative retrenchment committee member Rep. Dewey Goode questions a Des Moines lease for the state board of assessment and review offices. He says the lease lacked committee approval and publicity and notes the council approved it on November 28. He argues the state could rent space much cheaper elsewhere and challenges the governor’s favorable rate claim.
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Des Moines
Dewey Goode
Bloomfield
State Board of Assessment and Review
Goode
State Executive Council
Executive Council
Kraschel
Board of Assessment
Ford Motor
Hopkins Works Private Industry Plan to Fight Unemployment
Secretary of Commerce Hopkins considers a nationwide drive to place millions of jobless people into private sector positions. The program, run with the business advisory council and other groups, would reach all cities and towns and start within weeks, aiming to leverage spring economic momentum.
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Washington
Hopkins
Business Ieaders
New York
Commerce Department
Business Advisory Council
Busness Advisory Council
Daniel Cooper
W Averell Harriman
Union Pacific Railroad
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
Tydings
King
Utah
Local Officials Urged to Bid on Prisoners in Arkansass
Cedar Rapids residents Leslie Coon and James Hendricks, known to police, are sought by Sheriff Marion Anderson of Hot Springs Arkansas after arrest on car theft charges in Iowa. Authorities seek possible payments for the pair to aid investigations into additional Cedar Rapids thefts, with telegrams exchanged among Iowa Missouri FBI agents and local officials.
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Cedar Rapids
Leslie Coon
Third Avenue SW
James Hendricks
Marion Anderson
Hot Springs
Ark
Iowa
Missouri
FBI
Anderson
Coon and Hendricks
Earl Stanley
G K Thompson
Trio of Newsmen Catch 2 Escaped Convicts Near Gretna
In subzero weather Douglas county officers arrested two of four fugitives from a Christmas night jail break on a Gretna area farm. Paul Romano surrendered after wandering from a straw stack. Phil Erwin was found in a haymow with a leg wound. Newsmen aided by police located the other two fugitives nearby as a large manhunt continued.
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Omaha
Douglas County
Gretna
Paul Romano
Ralph Hickey
Hickey
Phil Erwin
Missouri State Penitentiary
Marion Brown
Fred Roberts
George Cockerill
Foster May
George Sedlacek
Ernie Jones
May
Trial Set On New Motion For Col Moe Snyder
Los Angeles senator sentencing postponed as Col Moe Snyder known as The Gimp faces a new trial motion by lawyer Jerry Giesler over his conviction for shooting Myrl Alderman husband of his former wife Ruth Etting. Judge Thomas L Ambrose reschedules for January 5 to hear arguments.
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Los Angeles
INS
Col
Moe
Snyder
Jerry Giesler
Myrl Alderman
Songbird
Ruth Etting
Thomas L. Ambrose
No Santa for Maine and Vermont Says Baer
A 1938 column by Arthur Bugs Baer asserts there is no Santa for Maine and Vermont, contrasting with Virginia and West Virginia. The piece satirically notes sleigh bells year round mark the states as unfooled or odd.
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Santa
Vermont
Maine
Baer
Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Virginia
Santa Claus
Robbins Reappointed Chairman of Des Moines Federal Home Loan Bank
Col. C. Robbins of Cedar Rapids, longtime attorney for the American Life Convention, has been reappointed chairman of the federal home loan bank at Des Moines. The bank serves thrift and home financing groups in Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, North and South Dakota, with E J Russell of St Louis named vice-chairman and E A Purdy of Minneapolis reappointed public interest director for four years.
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Col. C . Robbins
Cedar Rapids
American Life Convention of
Chicago
Coolidge
Federal Home Loan Bank
Des Moines
Federal Home Loan
Bank Board
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
North Dakota
South Dakota
Robbins
E J Russell
St Louis
E A, Purdy
Minneapolis
Winter Cold Grips Cedar Rapids After Christmas Wanes
Cedar Rapids experiences record low temperatures and heavy wind with two inches of snow. Temperatures drop from 32 at 10:30 am to zero by midnight, then rebound to 1 above by 2:30 pm, as icy highways and slick sidewalks challenge motorists and city crews.
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Cedar Nanlids
Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Chicago
Lisbon
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Automobile Club and Highway Commission
Iowa faces first severe cold wave of season
Des Moines dispatch reports the first severe cold wave of the season hit Iowa on Tuesday with continued coverage on later pages. The article notes plunging temperatures across the state and forecasts further drops as officials issue winter readiness advisories.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Pope Named TVA Chairman Likely After Renomination Loss
President Roosevelt reportedly intends to appoint Senator James P. Pope of Idaho as chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority after his renomination defeat. Pope, a New Dealer ally, would replace Arthur E. Morgan and may win Senate confirmation with minimal opposition, aided by Norris of Nebraska backing the TVA act.
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United States
Frank Murphy
Michigan
Washington
Murphy
Homer Cummings
Roosevelt
Idaho
Pope
White House
Tennessee Valley Authority
Arthur E. Morgan
Hopkins
CIO
Ins
Capitol
James P. Pope
Morgan
TVA
David Lilienthal
Harcourt A. Morgan
D. Worth Clark
Senate
Norris (I
Neb
Railway tunnel collapse in Korea kills thirty nine workers
In southeastern Korea, a railway tunnel under Keisho Hokudo province collapsed on Tuesday, claiming the lives of thirty nine laborers and trapping others. Rescue crews worked through the debris to reach survivors and assess damage.
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TOKIO
Keisho Hokudo
Korea
Wallace files plaint against grain concerns
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace charged Cargill Inc and the Cargill Grain Co with violating the commodity exchange act. Four officers named face possible removal of all trading privileges on U S contract markets if found guilty.
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Washington
Secreary of
Wallace
Cargill, Inc
Minneapolis
Cargill Grain Company of
Illinois
J. H Mes Millan, Jr
E J. Grimes
Julius Hendel
Philip C. Sayles
United States
Chicago
Minneapols Chamber of Commerce
Commodity Exchange Administration
Cargill
Chicago Board of Trade
Commodity Exchange Act
Board of Trade
McMillan
Four Men Arrested in Blackmail Case Tied to Coster Scandal
Acting U. S. Attorney Gregory F. Noonan announced the arrest of four men Tuesday on charges of blackmailing Philip Musica who posed as F. Donald Coster, president of McKesson and Robbins. One defendant is described as a disbarred attorney. authorities did not release names. Police were asked to book them immediately on federal criminal code violations.
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New York
U. S
Gregory F. Noonan
Philip Musica
Swindler
F. Donald Coster
McKesson and Robbins, Inc
Noonan
Four Children Die In Log House Fire Near Huntington
Four children aged eight months to six years died when a two story log house burned near Huntington. The parents Mr and Mrs John Garthee suffered severe burns to hands and face while trying to save them. The mother escaped unharmed. Garthee placed one child in a closet as he fought to reach the others, but the child fled back into the flames and perished.
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Huntington
W. Va
John Garthee
Garthee
F. X. Schuller
Schuller
Riverside Family Injured In Texas Car Crash
A party of five from Riverside Iowa traveling to Dallas were injured when their car collided with another near Caddo Mills Texas. Injured were Mr and Mrs John Soukup and their sons John and Bobby all of Riverside, and Edmond Gaten of Iowa City.
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Greenville, Tex
INS
Dallas
Riverside
Caddo Mills
Tex
John Soukup
John
Bobby
Edmond Gaten
Iowa City
Delegates At Lima Sign Declarations
Delegates of the American republics at Lima Peru affixed signatures to 130 resolutions and declarations adopted by the Pan American conference at the closing ceremonies of the eighth meeting.
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Lima
Peru
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