Persevering Youth Braces for College Amid Hardship
A McKinley area youth who lost his father as a child and watched his mother work to support the family is highlighted for steady effort. He juggled early jobs, saved for college, and continues to work during holidays, aiming to succeed despite economic pressures. The piece contrasts his resilience with broader calls for action against hardship and criticizes government paternalism.
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McKinley
McKinley High
Ames
Two Boys Rescued From Cedar Lake Ice Rescue
Cedar Rapids story details how George Niedermayer and Frank Niedermayer, ages 9 and 5, were saved after falling through ice on Cedar Lake. Driver Joe McMann, aided by County Engineer William Behrens, freed George after multiple immersions, using a plank and improvised rope to reach the boys.
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George
Frank
Christ Niedermayer
Lake Avenue NE
Joe McMann
Lake Avenue
Cedar Lake
Twelfth Street
Ronnie Snyder
Harold Snyder
Frank Niedermayer
McMann
William H. Behrens
Niedermayer Brothers
Below Sets New Winter Record Here
Prompted by a cold wave, Cedar Rapids hit a new winter low of 9 below at 7 30 a m Friday. The Chambers Inskeep recorder showed 4 below at 9 30 a m despite sun. The day’s high reached 6 above by 2:30 p m with earlier low of 8 below Tuesday.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Leroy K Smith Named Corporate Manager at FCIC
The board of directors of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation on Friday named Leroy K. Smith of Lamar Nebraska as corporation manager.
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Washington
LLP
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Leroy K. Smith
Lamar, Neb
Cold wave not as severe as forecast across Iowa
Iowa failed to reach the predicted severe cold with many areas near or below zero. Minimums Friday ranged from 1 below in Des Moines to 9 below in Mason City and Dubuque, with snow reported only in Dubuque Mason City and Charles City and warmer temps projected for weekend.
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Iowa
Mercury
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Mason City
Charles City
Weather Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Mississippi River
Davenport
Keokuk
The
Highway Patrol
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Marshalltown
Iowa Falls
Waterloo
Spirit Lake
Spencer
Washington
Clinton
Muscatine
Sioux City
Mothers Offer To Face Chair In Sons Stead
Five grieving mothers with twenty seven children offered their own lives in exchange for their sons on death row at Sing Sing for a detective’s holdup slaying. They blamed slum conditions and seek a 300000 name petition to Governor Lehman for clemency with a January hearing set.
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New York
Sing Sing Prison
Arthur Friedman
Philip Chalef
Dominick Guariglia
Isidore Zimmerman
Joseph O'Laughlin
Lower East Side
Lehman
Albany
Max E. Halpern
Washington, D. C
Michael Foley
Department
Boys Committed To State School For False Fire Alarms
Judge Thomas B. Powell ordered two first time offenders committed to the state training school at Eldora while warning that repeat offenses will send others to Eldora. Cedar Rapids fire department costs from false alarms totaled 1750 dollars this year and endanger lives and property.
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Eldora
Thomas B. Powell
Powell
Cedar Rapids
Arrow Distilleries Seeks Court Halt of Permit Suspension
Arrow Distilleries Inc of Peoria asks the Supreme Court to enjoin a 30 day suspension of federal liquor permits by the FAA. The suit challenges the 1935 alcohol act as unconstitutional while alleging violations of federal and state law for shipping misbranded whisky and selling liquor in Iowa. The FAA cites misbranding labels incomplete books and shipments to a Kentucky wholesaler as the basis for the suspension following hearings in midwestern cities including Newton Iowa.
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Washington
Illinois
Iowa
Supreme Court
The
Arrow Distilleries, Inc
Peoria
High Court
Federal Alcohol Administration
FAA
W S. Alexander
Alexander
Newton
Kentucky
Can Hold Up Buds Growth Then Renew It
Richmond scientist Dr. John D. Guthrie described a method to halt bud growth and revive it on demand, potentially saving growers millions by preventing frost damage. The process, developed at Boyce Thompson Institute, also promises large storage savings for potatoes. Potatoes treated with potassium nepthalene acetate stayed dormant until exposed to ethylene chlorohydrin to sprout.
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Richmond
Ins
American Association For the Advancement of Science
John D. Guthrie
Boyce Thompson Institute of
Guthrie
Townsend plan shift to $60 pensions debated in Congress
Movement leaders including Rep. Joe Hendricks and Rep. Ralph Brewster plan to promote a modified Townsend old age pension bill in the Seventy-sixth Congress. The bill would impose a 2 percent transactions tax, funding $50 to $60 monthly pensions for those over 60, affecting up to 10 million people.
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INS
Joe Hendricks
Fla
Ralph Brewster
Maine
Townsend
Hendricks
Brewster
F. E. Townsend
Weatherman J R Lloyd Fails to Wear Rubbers
Chicago weatherman J R Lloyd is home with a cold when a cold wave hits the city. He forgets his rubbers but continues to report on the weather.
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Chicago
J. R. Lloyd
SEC To Seek Strict Regulation of Investment Firms
The Securities and Exchange Commission will urge strong federal rules for investment companies with assets over 4 billion dollars after a two year inquiry. Proposals include prohibiting officers from borrowing or trading in firm securities, mandating registration, simplifying capital structures, and federal audits. The report also notes earlier documents showing asset declines since 1929 and calls for hearings into McKesson and Robbins accounting lapses and the auditing firm Price Waterhouse.
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Securities and Exchange Commission
Congress
Commission
J. Sisto
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
SEC
McKesson and Robbins, Inc
Price, Waterhouse and Company
McKesson and Robbins
Philip Musica
F. Donald Coster
Adrian C. Humphreys
The Teachable Moment of a Small Kindness
A London paper recounts a warm tale from 1938 about a young theology student on a train who helps a Russian immigrant girl find her stop. Their brief exchange, aided by a shared orange gift and simple gestures, restores his faith and leaves a lasting glow of kindness.
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Philadelphia
Bootler
Theologue
Butler
Pittsburgh
Weither
Federal aid totals 136 million for highways
Secretary Wallace distributed 136 million dollars in federal highway aid for next fiscal year. Funds cover principal highways feeder roads and grade crossing work with a 1 to 1 state match, except grade crossing alone. State figures are listed by trunk highways secondary roads and grade crossing totals.
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Washington
Wallace
Courtney Enters Democratic Mayoral Primary Against Kelly
State's Attorney Thomas J. Courtney entered the Chicago mayoral race in the Democratic primary with the slogan Chicago needs a change opposing Mayor Edward J. Kelly.
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Chicago
Thomas J. Courtney
Edward J. Kelly
When It's Time To Pay Fiddler We'll Invent A New Dance
A Bugs Baer humor piece notes the 1938 budget crisis and the nation’s, and by extension the world’s, reaction. The author jokes that the fiddler will be paid when due and a new dance will be invented to cope with financial strain.
Diplomats Near Break As US Germany Split Deepens
Berlin moves toward definite rupture with the United States after an official declaration that hope for improved relations is futile. The German ambassador to Washington may not return as recalled envoys await consultation and debate an economic appeasement in the coming year.
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United States
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Hans Heinrich Dieckhoff
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Third Reich
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Sen
Key Pittman
Nev
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hugh R. Wilson
Dieckhoff
Reich Plans Parity With Britain On Submarines
Germany informed Britain Friday night of seeking parity in submarine strength. The 1935 naval treaty granted Germany 35 percent of Britain's fleet but 45 percent for submarines, a provision now invoked. Germany also plans to boost cruiser numbers amid rising Soviet tonnage as a British naval mission arrives to discuss the move.
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