Roosevelt intercedes in GM sit down strike showdown
Indications of presidential intercession emerge as Knudsen and Lewis meet in Detroit at Governor Murphy's request. Workers resist Gadola court order, while Dorothy Thompson warns democracy rests on human reason and collaboration, contrasting with calls to power and coercion.
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Roosevelt
General Motors
William Knudcon
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Detroit
Murphy
Knudsen
Gadola
Carter Glass
Dorothy Thompson
Germany
Roosevelt Aims at 5 billion public works plan flood control included
Rep. William Lemke proposed a twenty year national water conservation program totaling 10 billion dollars. President Roosevelt backed a six year federal construction program of about 5.01 billion dollars to fund hundreds of projects nationwide including flood control reservoirs along the Ohio basin and other river systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William Lemke
N. Ds
Union Party
Roosevelt
Congress
National Resources Committee
Ohio
Army Engineers
Miami
Muskingum
Corps of Engineers
Sanger Raises Alarm On Birth Control Debate In Chicago
In Chicago, Sanger argues that 25,000,000 population rise over eighteen years came mainly from the lower classes creating a surplus of common labor. Her stance on birth control draws sharp reaction as she predicts a national need to address the unfit and dependent groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanger
Chicago
Sang‘r
Speak Hard for Relief and Religion in Tough Times
Commentary on moral choices during crisis, citing Mrs. Sanger and Jr. E. Stanley Jones. Discusses flood relief efforts in Linn county and Red Cross response, praising local generosity while urging self-financed cleanup before federal funds. Debates whether states should show own funds before Treasury aid, referencing Senators Bailey and Robinson and Arkansas projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey
North Carolina
Robinson
Arkansas
Arkansan
Carolina
Ashington
Stormy Weather Delays Balloting In Shipping Strike
In San Francisco AP reports stormy weather delayed ballot distribution for the Pacific Coast maritime strike. Ballots for the International Longshoremen's Union and other unions were postponed, delaying the planned noon Wednesday tabulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Northwest
San Diego
International Longshoremen’s Union
Roosevelt urges vast public works plan for Mississippi basin
President Roosevelt's message to Congress backs immediate construction and studies on flood control and water conservation. Key items include expanding the 9-foot Mississippi navigation to Minneapolis with 36 dams and locks and numerous Iowa projects for flood control and sewage treatment across several towns.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Congress
Missouri River
Minneapolis
Iowa-Cedar
Des Moines-Skunk River
Mississippi
Decorah
Dry Run
Iowa River
Cascade
North Fork
Maquoketa River
Green Island
McGregor
Anamosa
Dyersville
Elkader
Independence
Manchester
Maquoketa
Monticello
Central City
Fredericksburg
Hawkeye
Tripoli
Faribault
South St. Paul
West St. Paul
Minn
Houston
Lewiston
Owatonna
Kellogg
Kellogg, Minn
Cedar Rapids Weather Reaches 27 Under Cloudy Skies
Under an overcast sky Cedar Rapids temperatures rose to 27 at 2 30 p m after reaching 25 at noon. Tuesday peaked at 16 at 3 p m with a night low of 12 from 7 p m to 7 a m. Readings from Chambers Inskeep company recorded the day creep upward with 15 by 9 30 a m.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Lower Towns Watch Cairo Battle River
Cairo Illinois reports a major flood as the Ohio and Mississippi rivers swell. President Roosevelt's flood commission led by Harry Hopkins and Gen. Edward Markham arrived to inspect the levee. The flood toll rises with 395 deaths, 1,000,000 homeless, and $500 million in damage as Paducah and Louisville face severe impacts.
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Cairo
Ill
INS
Roosevelt
Special Flood Commission
Harry Hopkins
Edward Markham
Ohio River
Ohio
Mississippi
Hickman
New Madrid
Paducah
Louisville
Pittsburgh
Gulf
Exoneration Demanded By Mary Minter In Taylor Murder
Mary Miles Minter called on District Attorney Baron Fitts to either prosecute or exonerate her in the William Desmond Taylor case. She rejected rumors of a nightgown with MM initials and disputed links to Taylor’s death. Only Edward Sands remains a suspect as authorities review the long unsolved shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Mary Miles Minter
William Desmond Taylor
Taylor
Miss Minter
Eugene H. Marcus
Fitts
M.M.M
Dennis Gage Deane-Tanner
Deane-Tanner
Sands
Troopers Nab Suspect After Radio Broadcast
State Highway Patrolmen Kemler and Matias detained Eldon Johnson, 28, of Sedalia Missouri, after noting a stolen car’s license number from a state police radio alert at noon Wednesday. Johnson, wanted in Keokuk for a worthless check and in Quincy Illinois for auto theft, was stopped near Anamosa as the second eastbound car matched the broadcast.
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John Kemler
William Matias
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Eldon Johnson
Sedalia
Johnson
Keokuk
Quincy
Ill
Highway 161
Anamosa
Matias
Kemler
Rail executive Lionel Probert dies at 53
Lionel Charles Probert, 53, vice-president of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, died of pneumonia in a Los Angeles hospital Tuesday night.
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Los Angeles
Lionel Charles Probert
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
A Dreaded Peek at a Warless, Yet Uneasy Future
A 1937 excerpt by Dr Newton imagines a future up to 4000 with warless 1960s, three hours work, compulsory education, and total social planning. It predicts fascist America, communist rest of world, enforced birth rates, and a single global race by 4000, with science shaping human nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Catholics Open 33rd International Eucharistic Congress
Thousands of Catholics from many nations gathered in Manila for the opening day of the thirty third International Eucharistic Congress. Dennis Cardinal Dougherty of Philadelphia delivered the salutation as Filipinos and visitors prayed and prepared, while Manila was festooned with flags and candlelit windows.
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Manila
P. I
INS
Globe
Dennis Cardinal Dougherty
Philadelphia
Doctor killed by kidnapper confesses in Willow Springs
Robert Kenyon, 20, confessed to kidnapping and killing Dr. J. C. B. Davis, 67, whose body was found 14 miles south of Willow Springs near U. S. Highway 63. A first degree murder charge is expected to be filed in West Plains, and notes and handwriting evidence linked to the ransom demand are cited. Police say Kenyon acted alone and led agents to the body after 18 hours of questioning.
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Willow Springs
INS
Robert Kenyon
J. C. B. Davis
B. Marvin Casteel
Missouri Highway Patrol
West Plains
Castell
U. S. Highway 63
Earl J. Connelly
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Kenyon
Connelly
Dr. Davis
State Highway Patrol
Shank Found Shot In Omaha Hotel
Rudolph E. Shank a 45 year old railroad mail clerk from Cedar Rapids Iowa was found shot in his Omaha hotel room Tuesday night. A note in his belongings suggested self inflicted death due to ill health and his condition was described as slightly improved the next day. The maid summoned the janitor who found him in bed in his nightclothes with a service pistol beside him.
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Omaha
Rudolph E. Shank
Seventeenth Street
Cedar Rapids
Harry Green
Shank
Fred McCauley
Railway Mail Worker Shank Dies In Suspected Suicide
Shank, long employed by the railway mail service in district No. 2 with Chicago headquarters, lived in Omaha but worked Chicago to Omaha. He recently was in poor health and reportedly returned to work after a month’s layoff. Local workers could not explain his act. He has a wife and daughter believed to have gone to Omaha.
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Shank
Railway Mail Service
Chicago
Omaha
Linn Red Cross Flood Fund Reaches Over 18306 Dollars
Linn county chapter of the American Red Cross reports 18306.55 raised for flood relief by Wednesday noon. The St. Louis Red Cross has received 16500 from Linn donors, while the Salvation Army aids with clothing. Refugees exceed 774612, camps are moved to smaller centers, and warehouses are set up in Columbus Cincinnati Nashville Knoxville Indianapolis St Louis.
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Linn County
American Red Cross
Salvation Army
Red Cross
St. Louis
The
Columbus
Cincinnati
Nashville
Knoxville
Indianapolis
Linn
Springville
Fortune Found With Aged Relief Recipient In Spokane Shack
Police uncovered 42000 dollars in currency hidden in tobacco cans in the shanty of Elizabeth Miller a 75 year old on relief. She was brought to the station after being found half starved and incoherent about a robbery and had 100 dollars on her. Searches revealed more money and even chickens in the shack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Elizabeth Miller
Bleakley Probes Inconsistency in City Zoning Plan
David G. Bleakley former city solicitor attacked the city plan commission at its meeting contending zoning on First Avenue E near Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets splits houses into class A and class B. He urged rezoning along the east side of Eighteenth street from First to A avenue to 110 feet deep but the zoning committee reported unfavorably.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David G. Bleakley
City Plan Commission
Bleakley
First Avenue
Eighteenth Street
First
Committee On
Kate Terry Loomis
Eighteenth
Nineteenth Streets
New Mable Ad Stimulates Hunt In Mattson Case
G men renew search efforts after a new Mable ad appears in a Seattle paper seeking tips in the kidnap slaying of 10 year old Charles Mattson. Dr W W Mattson of Tacoma, father of the victim, had earlier used Mable Ann ads after the Dec 27 abduction, activity that ceased when the boy's body was found near Everett weeks later.
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Seattle
INS
G-men
Charles Mattson
Mable
Ans
W. W. Mattson
Tacoma
Wash
Mattson
Everett
Peace parleys resume between Lewis and GM chief
Detroit reports that John L. Lewis and General Motors executive vice president William S. Knudsen resumed peace talks at 3 01 p m EST. Gov Murphy ordered Sheriff Wolcott to delay evictions of death stand sit down strikers while talks continued, with workers occupying two Fisher Body plants.
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Detroit
John L. Lewis
William S. Knudsen
General Motors
INS
Frank Murphy
Michigan
Thomas Wolcott
Flint
Fisher Body
Murph
Wolcott
Paul V. Gadola
Detroit Auto Strike Truce Talks in Secret Parley
Governor Murphy says a truce is expected in secret talks between General Motors leaders and the United Auto Workers. Knudsen, Lewis and Murphy planned another meeting today as courts delay eviction of sit-down strikers in Flint. No arrests expected today, with further legal steps required before evictions.
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Detroit
INS
Frank Murphy
General Motors
United Auto Workers Union
Flint
John L. Lewis
CIO
William S. Knudsen
G-M
Roosevelt
Knudsen
Lewis
Gov. Murphy
George Murphy
Murphy
Michigan
Homer Martin
UAW
James F. Dewey
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Ickes
Public Works Branch
Mrs. Sanger
Jr. E. Stanley Jones
Upper
Mississippi Basin
Mercury
Cedar Rapids News
Battle River
Mary Minter
RAIL
DR. Newton
Watertown
N. Y
Leona Roshia Backus
Stanley Backus
Angie Kellogg
Harold Porter
Jefferson County Children’s Court
Miss Kellogg
Ozark
G Men
Nathan Massie
Otto Viets
R. E. Shank
G M
Fisher
Recorders Court Building
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