Senate Approves $930 Million Bill For CWA Relief
The Senate and House move toward final passage of a $930 million bill to extend public works and relief programs. Senate action follows minor changes and expected quick agreement, amid debates on paternalism and New Deal policy. A Des Moines tax bill clash and NRA code reopenings loom as Johnson calls for nationwide code reviews in March. Fossilized political theater, veteran benefits compromises, and a Stavisky scandal echo the era’s fiscal tensions.
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ENATE
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Paris Riots Kill Cop as Communists clash with Police
Bloodshed flared in a north Paris working quarter as communists battled police. A policeman was killed and hundreds wounded amid fires at St. Joseph and St. Ambroise churches and a siege of the city hall area.
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Paris
Place de la Republique
St. Joseph
St. Ambroise
Press freedom urged as key to peace by journalism dean
Dean Carl W. Ackerman of Columbia pressed American publishers to demand a free flow of information from foreign sources. He warned censorship leads to war and praised U S journalism under Roosevelt for truthful reporting and cooperation with the administration.
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Carl W. Ackerman
Columbia School of Journalism
Ohio Newspaper Association
Europe
United States
Roosevelt
Germany
Labor foreman discharged for taking gifts from employee
Clyde Allbright a labor foreman in the University of Iowa buildings and grounds department was fired after an attorney general office investigation found he accepted gifts from employee John Volker. The gifts included two $10 donations a turkey and a slab of bacon found on his desk on two occasions. Volker, once a bank janitor, had said his wife feared losing his job over the issue.
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Clyde Allbright
University of Iown
Attorney General's Office
Albright
John Volker
J M. Fisk
Volker
W. J. Mc Chesney
First National Bank
Dillinger Plea for Life Term Rejected at Arraignment
John Dillinger, public enemy No 1, was returned to Crown Point jail to await March 12 trial for killing Patrolman William Maloney during a bank robbery. His offer to plead guilty for a life sentence was refused by State’s Attorney Robert G. Estill after Friday arraignment.
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Ind
John Dillinger
Midwest
Dillinger
William Maloney
Chicago
Robert G. Estill
Army may award planes by negotiation after bid questions
Army officers told the House Military Affairs Committee that the army might reject all bids and award $7.5 million of airplanes by negotiation. Changes in specifications reduced speed, range, and altitude, raising fears of inferior planes.
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Army
House Military Affairs Committee
McSwain
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James
Mich
Harry H. Woodring
H. C. Pratt
Secretary of War
Pratt
Woodring
B. D. Foulois
Foulois
Bremer Tells Own Story Of His 21 Day Kidnapping
Edward G. Bremer, 36, a banker, described his 21 day ordeal after kidnapping in a guarded interview at his father Adolph Bremer's home. He recounted being abducted near Summit school on January 17, restrained, beaten, and held as ransom while federal investigators widen the manhunt for the $200,000 gang.
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ST. Paul
Edward G. Bremer
Adolph Bremer
Bremer
H. T. Nippert
Summit School
Nyatemen
Nyatemen : ‘Nippert
Edward
History as bunk and propaganda across nations
The author argues that history is often distorted to serve political ends. He cites Italy, Russia, Germany, and Britain, noting fascist mythmaking, nationalist legends, and biased schooling. The piece warns that truth will emerge only after a cleansing of false narratives.
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Henry Ford
Napoleon
Italy
Russia
Germany
H. G. Wells
Fletcher Bill Seeks Broad Crackdown on Stock Exchanges
A proposed measure by Senator Fletcher calls for strict limits on margins raising the standard from 30 to 60 percent and banning pools and manipulative practices. Rep. Rayburn counters with a flexible margin plan aimed at protecting investors while maintaining market liquidity. The administration supports action with penalties up to 25 000 dollars and 10 years imprisonment, and FTC oversight.
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INS
Fletcher
Florida
Senate Banking Committee
Rep. Rayburn
Texas
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Rayburn
Pietcher
Federal Trade Commision
Senate
White House
Federal Trade Commission
Trade Commission
Herring seeks two mill levy to restore bank deposit fund
Des Moines Iowa governor Clyde L Herring announced plans to push a two mill state tax levy next week to aid the sinking fund for public deposits. He says the levy could generate about seven million dollars to unlock funds tied up due to bank closings, plus fifteen million from quick assets and potential borrowing of three million from federal or private markets.
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Des Moines
Clyde L. Herring
Tris
Herring
Men Should Benefit Greatly From Cooking School Lessons
Emancipator of man the husbands of women attending the last session of the four day Cooking school at the Paramount theater Friday morning will give to Teacher Edna M Ferguson. Their luncheons this week which may have been a little tardily and sketchily put together by housekeepers who didn't want to miss a single minute of the valuable lessons in cookery will be forgiven when these husbands learn they have been emancipated from the evening dish drying ritual. Miss Ferguson opened the last class of her successful week of homemaking instruction with a lesson on dish washing.
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Edna M. Ferguson
Miss Ferguson
Cary Grant Weds Virginia Cherrill at Westminster
Cary Grant and Virginia Cherrill, noted film actors, wed Friday at the Westminster register office. The couple took a boat train to Plymouth and will sail together to the United States.
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London
Cary Grant
Virginia Cherrill
Westminster
Plymouth
United States
Prince Alexis Mdivani and Barbara Hutton Arrive for Honeymoon
Prince Alexis Mdivani and heiress Barbara Hutton arrived in Peiping on their honeymoon voyage around the world after a stop in Tientsin.
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INS
Prince Alexis Mdivani
Barbara Hutton
Woolworth
Mdivanis
Tientsin
Senate Defied MacCracken Ordered Arrest in Contempt Row
Washington reports William P. MacCracken Jr defied the Senate over the air mail contract probe and was ordered arrested. The case centers on alleged removal of data from his files after subpoenas. Col. Britten and Gilbert Girvin joined in arguing Senate lack of jurisdiction. Continued on Page 4, Column 5.
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LLP
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Hoover “Little Cabinet
United States Senate
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Jurney
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Hogan
District Supreme Court
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Britten
Hanshue
Givvin
Black
Girvin
Supreme Court
Col. Britten
Johnston And Smith Convicted Of Bank Funds Misuse
Alvanley Johnston, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and C Stirling Smith, president of the Standard Trust bank, were found guilty by a jury in Cleveland on misapplying $450 000 of bank funds and making false entries. James H Cassell was acquitted.
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Alvanley Johnston
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
C. Stirling Smith
Standard Trust Bank
James H. Cassell
Brotherhood
Farmers Organize Cedar Rapids Production Credit Group
Preliminary organization of the Cedar Rapids Production Credit association, a subsidiary of the Production Credit corporation of Omaha, was completed Friday afternoon with fifty farmers from Linn, Benton, Tama, Johnson, and Iowa counties. Capitalization set at 80000 dollars, three quarters by Omaha and one quarter by borrowers, with loans via the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Omaha. Four directors elected: W. J. Breakenridge, Roscoe B. Blinks, Henry Grunewald, and A. Everitt Hursh. A Johnson county director may be named later. the group is one of seventeen units planned in Iowa.
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Production Credit Corporation of Omaha
Linn, Benton
Tama
Iowa
Johnson Counties
Omaha Corporation
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Omaha
Cedar Rapids
Breakenridge
Mr. Blinks
Grunewald
Mr. Hursh
J. D. Misbach
Williamsburg
L. J. Meyer
Earl W. Morse
Marengo
Arthur Pundt
Homestead
J. D. Hayes
Toledo
Harry Lichty
Charles A. Gary
Montour
R. C. McElhinney
Dysart
Joe Chezik
Cedar Rapids Association
Omaha Credit Corporation
Henry Eichling
Roosevelt halts all air mail contracts and orders army aid
President Roosevelt and Postmaster General Farley cancel every domestic air mail contract effective midnight February 19 citing fraud or collusion. The army will provide pilots planes and fields for mail routes while plans for a civilian air mail service are explored. General MacArthur says the army is ready and resources include over 1200 flying officers and 1500 to 1700 planes.
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Senate
William P. MacCracken, Jr
MacCracken
U. S
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Cummings
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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U. S. Flying Service
United Aircraft Stock Falls After Mail Contract Cancellation
Air mail contracts were cancelled by Washington prompting United Aircraft to drop more than four dollars in minutes on the San Francisco exchange. The stock later closed at 29.12 in New York, slipping to about 25 in San Francisco. Aviation Corporation touched 8.50 in Wall Street trading.
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New York
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