Campaign fund norms and political shifts noted in Iowa
The piece surveys long standing campaign fund practices by state employees, calls for a ban led by Senator E P Donohue from New Hampton, and notes changes in political influence as R Stanley High falls from advisory status. It also reflects on Keith Vawter chautauqua fame and the decline of Chautauqua circuits. It ends with a light remark on bond ads and a line about bananas.
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Des Moines
E. P. Donohue
Donahue
New Hampton
Eugene J. Feuling
Feuling
Keith Vawter
Mr. Vawter
Deny Forced Flights In Storms At Aviation Safety Parley
Heated exchanges at the government aviation safety conference centered on alleged orders to fly in bad weather. Capt Eddie Rickenbacker challenged claims by Airline Pilots Association president David L Behncke that some flights were forced despite pilots' judgment. Behncke defended the affidavits while acknowledging such cases were not widespread. The clash followed cautions that a single crash costs airlines millions in losses and litigation.
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Washington
INS
Eddie Rickenbacker
Eastern Airline
David L. Behncke
Airline Pilots’ Association
Behncke
Rickenbacker
Dc. R. Smith
American Airlines
Smith
Chicago
Edgar S. Gorrell
Air Transport Association
Four Officials in a Gridiron Standoff
A viewer ponders the chaos if fans demanded extra officials and the right to choose or rewrite rules midgame. The piece weighs crowd influence against established officials and the integrity of play.
Questioning Supreme Court Expansion and Judge Age
The text questions President Roosevelt seeking authority to add six officials to the court and imagines a litigant asking a judge over 70 to resign mid trial, exploring the impact of age on judicial decisions and court staffing.
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Roosevelt
Air crashes blamed on pilot error and ground staff
The air commerce bureau in a tentative analysis blames four of five recent crashes on pilot errors with supervisory ground personnel also at fault in three cases. Weather ice and radio range reception are noted as contributing factors. Data is lacking for the Western Air Express crash near Salt Lake City on December 15.
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Washington
Air Commerce Bureau
Western Air Express
Salt Lake City
United Airlines
Newhall
Calif
Dickinson Undergoes Operation In Capital
Former Sen. Lester J. Dickinson of Iowa is reported in satisfactory condition after abdominal surgery at George Washington University Hospital Friday for an intestinal infection. Attendants said he spent a comfortable night. the operation was performed by Dr. Charles Stanley White.
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Washington
Lester J. Dickinson
Iowa
George Washington University Hospital
Dickinson
Charles Stanley White
Arms Race Blocks Wilkins Polar Plan
Sir Hubert Wilkins said the British arms race blocks another under-ice North Polar expedition this summer. He sails for New York seeking a British submarine, claiming shipyards are too busy to build one.
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Wilkins Polar
London
Sir Hubert Wilkins
New York
Britain
Nct
Unusual wholesome love tale sparks readers and critics
A review praises a novel about a couple who fall in love at first sight and remain faithful, contrasting it with prevalent post war cynicism. The critic laments modern rot and infidelity while defending a clean, happy story as a rare bold choice, noting the tension between good and evil in life.
Linn flood fund reaches $19 627 in relief drive
Linn county Red Cross relief total reached 19627.35 with $1000 more sent to St Louis for disaster aid. Donations from many groups pushed the fund toward immediate flood relief use as Boy Scouts collected 55.48 in downtown boxes and big gifts came from Hanford post American Legion drum corps and others across Cedar Rapids Anamosa Mt Vernon and Patch Grove Wisconsin.
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Linn County
American Red Cross
Metta A. Burd
St. Louis
Arthur Walbrand
Red Cross
Minneapolis
Hanford Post No. 5
American Legion
Lodge Hvezda
Lodge Zofie
C. D
J. F. Heathel and Company
Quaker Oats and Light Company
Iowa Machine Company
Royal Neighbors of America
Quasqueton
Liberty Camp
Anamosa
Mt. Vernon
Katz Auto. Parts Company
Bohemian National Cemetery Association
Crusaders Circle of King’s Daughters
Three Link Circle of Cedar Rebekah Lodge
Standard Oil Company
Kenwood Presbyterian Women’s Club
Hanley-Ariss
The
Patch Grove
Wis
Mussolini Son Marries Orsola Buvoli in Rome Ceremony
Lieut Vittorio Mussolini, 21, son of Premier Benito Mussolini, wed Miss Orsola Buvoli 23, in a St Joseph parish church ceremony. The couple planned a lakeside honeymoon before returning to Villa Colonia in Rome. The event drew thousands of fascist supporters and high officials including the premier.
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Rome
Vittorio Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
Orsola Buvoli
St. Joseph
Lake
Venice
Colonia
Vittorio
United States
Mussolini
Bruno
Balilla
Air Force
Old Man Winter Dips Cedar Rapids Temperatures
Cedar Rapids experienced a sharp temperature drop from 28 degrees at midnight Friday to 4 above zero by 7 am and 3 above by 10 am Saturday. Recovery was slow with 7 degrees by 1 45 pm and 25 degrees from 3 pm to 7 pm, per Chambers Inskeep records.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Chet Whitney Injured After Street Car Collision
Chet Whitney, 50 year old pioneer actor and film director, was critically injured in Santa Monica when he stepped from behind a street car and was struck by a car. He was reported near death.
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Santa Monica
Calif
INS
Chet Whitney
Girl Attacked On Bridge Identifies Suspect
A 19 year old girl crossing the Second avenue bridge en route home from a dance was accosted and slugged at midnight Friday. She identified Roy Gibson 39 of 600 Fourth avenue SE as her assailant to police two hours later. Gibson was arrested intoxicated at Union Station after purchasing a one way ticket to Burlington. He admitted the attack Saturday morning. The crime is listed as criminal assault.
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Second Avenue Bridge
Mary Stevenson
Third Street
Roy Gibson
Fourth Avenue SE
Prasil
Union Station
Burlington
Gibson
Earl Stanley
Miss Stevenson
Stanley
G. K. Thompson
Stevenson
Memorial Building
First Street
Second Avenue
Haberle
Moore
Iowa House Battles Over Slot Machine Ban
Des Moines Iowa. With many members absent the Iowa House aborted a Saturday vote on Rep L C Bowers bill to ban slot machines and make them illegal except for vending or service use. The measure failed 52 to 13 and will be reconsidered Monday with full membership expected. Bowers would require officers to prove gambling use to confiscate machines.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa House
Rep
L. C. Bowers
Kent
Bowers
Romeo Ends Strike As Love Flies Away
Harold Hulen, 35, ends a three day sit down strike for love after Miss Florence Hurlbut, 20, escapes from his apartment to New York. She slips from a bedroom window, boards a Kansas City plane to New York, leaving him chained to a radiator as he waits for a marriage decision.
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Excelsior Springs
INS
Florence Hurlbut
New York
Harold Hulen
Hulen
Miss Hurlbut
Crawford
Helen
Hope for GM Strike Settlement Dimmed by Evacuation Action
In Flint General Motors considered an evacuation injunction against a third sit-down group at Chevrolet plant No. 4 while Detroit reports deadlock after 25 hours of talks with the United Automobile Workers over union recognition as sole bargaining agent.
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Flint, Mich
INS
General Motors
Chevrolet
Detroit
Corporation
United Automobile Workers
Murphy
Detroit auto strike talks inch toward settlement under Murphy
In a secret midnight session Gov. Murphy led fourth day negotiations with GM executives and CIO leader John L. Lewis to reopen strike closed plants by Monday. Roosevelt’s influence noted as talks continue amid Flint police writs and 4000 national guardsmen awaiting outcome.
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Detroit
INS
Frank Murphy
General Motors
Murphy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Gov. Murphy
Roosevelt
William S. Knudsen
G-M
John L. Lewis
CIO
Flint
Thomas Wolcott
Wolcott
Lewis
Knudsen
James F
Hickenlooper's 3-Year-Old Attends Iowa House Session
Cedar Rapids Republican Rep. B. B. Hickenlooper hosted his wife and two children at the Iowa House session. David, 3, explored desks and objects near his father while the clerk read bills, drawing amused reactions from neighbors who joked about a potential young legislator in the making.
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Des Moines
B. B. Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt court reform poll signals House support
A Washington poll of Senate and House judiciary committees shows House Democrats leaning toward President Roosevelt’s plan to expand the Supreme Court to 15 justices, with six over 70 retiring as a potential hurdle. Senate support looks doubtful though both chambers favor retirements to avoid salary cuts and faster decisions.
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Washington
INS
Senate
House Judiciary
House
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Funeral Services For Keith Vawter Sunday
Funeral services for Keith Vawter who died Friday at his Marion home will be held Sunday at 2 30 p m in Turner chapel conducted by Rev Irving E Wade of Marion and J A Dillinger of Des Moines Burial will be in Cedar Memorial Cemetery Dr Dillinger state secretary of the Disciples of Christ and a longtime friend will give the funeral address Friends may call at the Vawter home 890 Central avenue Marion until 11 a m Sunday
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Keith Vawter
Marion
Turner Chapel
Irving E. Wade
J. A. Dillinger
Des Moines
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Dillinger
Disciples of Christ
Vawter
Central Avenue
Bodies recovered as flood wreck kills Louisville residents
In Louisville, two steam shovels unearth eight bodies believed dead after a gas explosion sparked by floodwaters. Police estimate seven or eight more remains amid the ruin of a Floyd and Market street building. Fifteen hurt as crews, WPA workers and wreckers comb debris through the night. Names of four missing: Hawkins, Bacon, Breckenridge, and Mrs. McCrawley.
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Louisville
William Schmidt
WPA
Robert Hawkins
Joseph Bacon
Mohler G. Breckenridge
Rose McCrawley
Floyd and
Market Streets
Busi— Wee
Chain Grocery
Morris L Cooke Resigns as REA Administrator
Morris L. Cooke resigned from the rural electrification administration on Saturday. President Roosevelt accepted the resignation.
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Morris L. Cooke
Washington
LLP
Roosevelt
Senate Panel to Seek Supreme Court Views on Court Changes
Senator Van Nuys says the Senate Judiciary Committee will invite Supreme Court justices to testify on President Roosevelt's judiciary reform plan. He wants the court's members to appear before the committee. House Judiciary Committee may begin hearings next week on the court reorganization plan, said Chairman Sumners.
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Washington
INS
Senate Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
van Nuys
Indiana
House Judiciary Committee
Sumners
Texas
Roosevelt proposes sweeping Supreme Court reform plan
President Roosevelt urges to overhaul the federal judiciary and enlarge the Supreme Court from nine to as many as fifteen members. Congress faces a bitter, party line clash as Republicans resist a court packing claim while many Democrats and some progressives back the proposal. The core fight centers on allowing the president to appoint six new justices, a battle that will shape the rest of his program.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Congress
Court
Senate
Berah
Johnson
Norris
Glass
McAdoo
White House
Mr. Roosevelt
Treasures of Darkness opens in The Junior Gazette
The first issue announces a mystery serial titled Treasures of Darkness in the new For All Young Iowans page. It invites readers to try the magic stunt after learning the method and to read the rules for contributions and submit literary or artistic works. The Junior Gazette will appear every Saturday and starts today.
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