Roosevelt presses plan amid Supreme Court clash
The White House press conference confirms President Roosevelt will push his methods to bypass the court with a special message to Congress. Opposition to the plan grows as lawmakers weigh a retirement bill for justices and a looming funding gap. Iowa debates tax refunds and a $12 million school aid request from the general fund.
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Roosevelt
Supreme Court
White House
Congress
House
White House Blocks Court Retirement Bill Debate
Chairman Hatton W. Sumners said the White House intervened to halt plans to bring up his bill. The measure would grant the attorney general special appeal rights in constitutional cases in federal courts.
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Washington
Hatton W. Sumners
House Judiciary Committee
White House
Attorney General
Lent Reform and Real Commitment Call for Deeper Faith
In a reflection on Lent, Dr. Newton argues the season should reveal more than sentiment. He challenges readers to align inner faith with costly action, addressing personal sins and social wrongs including war and injustice.
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Jesus
Kingdom of Heaven
State Patrol hunts red haired woman linked to Mattson kidnap
Washington state investigators seek a red haired woman as a possible companion of a man jailed in the Mattson kidnapping case. The suspect, identified as James G McDonald alias H A Post, was in Tacoma Dec 21 to 26 and claimed multiple alibis. Authorities compare him to a FBI description and note conflicting statements from police and the suspect.
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Seattle
State Patrol
William Cole
William Mattson
Tacoma
Cole
Steilacoom
Charles Mattson
Charles
W. W. Mattson
William
Muriel
Virginia Chatfield
Mattson
H. A. Post
San Quentin
Calif
James G. McDonald
San Quentin Penitentiary
California
Washington State Police
A. E. Kuehl
McDonald
H. A. Pot
New Jersey
Murphy Keeps GM Strike Talks Open in Flint Maneuver
Detroit reports Gov Frank Murphy pressed to keep peace as GM and UAW negocia tions extended a third hour without a near settlement. The union reportedly offered a limited bargaining concession for all 20 plants on strike, which GM refused. Murphy summoned Col Joseph H Lewis and the National Guard to monitor Flint tensions as talks continued.
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Detroit
Frank Murphy
Motor City
Flint
General Motors Corporation
United Automobile Workers
General Motors
Murphy
Col
Joseph H. Lewis
National
Linn Flood Relief Fund Tops Twenty-One Thousand
The Linn county chapter of the American Red Cross reports flood relief contributions surpassing 21,000 dollars. By Wednesday the total reached 21,008.41 with 8.41 dollars still held back for headquarters in St Louis. Donations from Cedar Rapids groups and radio station WMT push the effort, while ongoing contributions are expected as offices closed.
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Linn County
American Red Cross
Red Cross
St. Louis
Metta A. Burd
Jewish Ladies Aid Society of
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Woman’s Club
United Commercial Travelers
Cedar Rapids Council
Beta Delphian Chapter
WMT
Elutatani Camp Fire Group
Picayune School
Greene’s Grove Ladies Aid
Associa
Roosevelt urges new Midwest economy to save bread basket
President Roosevelt appeals to Congress for a long range plan to revive the Great Plains economy. A regional Midwest authority would coordinate federal, state, and local efforts, with resettlement, surveys, and land purchases to counter drought and soil erosion in Montana Texas and nine other states.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Midwest
Great Plains
Mid-West
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Kansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Texas
Plains
House Extends Roosevelt Yankee Trade Powers
Washington. President Roosevelt wins House approval to extend for three years his Yankee trading powers. The vote was 284 to 0 after Republicans and Rep. Lemke pressed to curb the president’s ability to negotiate foreign pacts without immediate congressional ratification. The bill now goes to the Senate where further efforts to limit executive authority are expected. Lemke denounced the policy as selling agricultural markets abroad.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
William Lemke
N. D
Union Party
Congress
Senate
Lemke
Henry Ford
General Motors
Belle Bever Led Cedar Rapids News Editorial Realm
The passage recalls Belle Bever as society editor and real boss of Cedar Rapids newsroom, with Cyrenus Cole as editor and Fred Lazell city editor. Bever dictated from a dusty Third Street room, wrote news longhand, and uncovered more stories than any staffer, while a young writer recounts becoming a cub reporter.
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Cedar Rapids
Belle Bever
Cyrenus Cole
Fred Lazell
Miss Bever
Third Street
Belle
Cedar Rapids Society
Kraschel Urges Immediate Unemployment Law Revisions
President Roosevelt aside, Nels Kraschel warns lawmakers that March 1 is the deadline to appoint a permanent unemployment compensation board. He urges an immediate review of the unemployment insurance law to determine imperative revisions, arguing the administering board should understand the law it enforces.
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Roosevelt
Nels Kraschel
Kraschel
Iowa lawmakers urged to rewrite rushed 1935 law
The piece criticizes past legislators for blindly passing a Washington bill and urges the current assembly to quickly fix inconsistencies and errors in the law before 1936. It warns that delaying could jeopardize millions in revenue from Iowa employers and notes the governor's push for an admin authority amid the flawed statute.
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Washington
General Assembly
Iowa
Senator Dewey Pushes Citizen Only Unemployment Bill
Washington senator Claire Dewey introduces a bill limiting unemployment compensation to native born or naturalized citizens. He criticizes noncitizens for occupying jobs and consuming public relief funds. He claims many aliens may work here to support relatives abroad.
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Claire Dewey
Washington County
Iowa
Dewey
United States
Iowa Labor Council Targets Unified Employer Tax
Nother Bill would remove governmental encouragement for stable employment and require all employers to be taxed equally. The labor legislative council, with representatives from unions allied to the Iowa Federation of Labor, advocates uniform taxation.
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Nother
Labor Legislative Council
Iowa Federation of Labor
House OKs voluntary retirement bill for Supreme Court justices
The House approved a bill allowing voluntary retirement of supreme court justices at age 70 on full pay. Support spanned both parties, with a 315 to 75 vote. The measure heads to the Senate where its fate was unclear.
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Washington
House
Sumners
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Senate
House considers 70 year retirement for Supreme Court justices
Washington reports the House debated a bill to allow Supreme Court justices to retire at age 70 with full pay for life. Judiciary chair Hatton Sumners defended the plan as common sense and denied it aimed at paving way for retirement of specific justices. Critics argued the move echoes executive overreach and warned of dangers if Congress loses power.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Supreme Court
Rep. Hatton W. Sumners
Texas
Judiciary
Temperature Drops To Winter Record Of 10 Below Again
The Cedar Rapids low reached 10 below zero at 7 am on Wednesday, tying winter records set on January 9 and 23. A bright sun lifted temps to 5 above at noon and 14 by 2:30 pm, with Tuesday's high at 7 above and other readings noted by Chambers Inskeep company records.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Unemployment Benefit Incentives Spark Fairness Debate
The December law offers tax incentives to employers whose workers do not seek unemployment benefits due to enforced idleness. Employers with fewer unemployment claims would be taxed less after payments reach a basic aggregate, raising questions about fairness and burden distribution.
Prairie state lawmakers seek 5 million fund to fight pests
A proposed 5 million revolving fund would aid immediate pest and disease control including grasshoppers chinch bugs and Mormon crickets in Iowa and neighboring states. The fund administered by the Bureau of Entomology would roll over unspent balances each year and support ongoing infestations.
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Washington
Prairie State
C. J. Drake
Iowa
Guy Gillette
William L. Nelson
Columbia
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine
Strikers Close Second Nash-Kelvinator Plant
Detroit INS reports that after a near settlement announcement strike pickets closed the Nash-Kelvinator Kelvinator service plant in Detroit Wednesday. About forty pickets barred entry, the plant was ordered closed. 135 workers employed. Settlement of the eight day old Plymouth road plant strike was near, with talks possible this afternoon. Sit down strikers remained inside Plymouth plant behind locked doors.
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Detroit
INS
Nash-Kelvinator
Kelvinator
Plymouth Road
Matthew Smith
Plymouth
Japan Marks 2596th Anniversary of Founding Empire
Tokyo residents celebrate the 2596th anniversary of the founding of the Japanese Empire by Emperor Jimmu in a daylong observance with ceremonies across the capital. Officials note national pride and cultural heritage in the commemorations.
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Tokio
Japan
Jimmu
Seize Nickel Slot Machine In Coggon Case
Sheriff James H. Smith and Deputy Sheriff Dick Payn seized a nickel twin jackpot slot machine Tuesday from the W. C. Trefz garage in Coggon. The device will face confiscation proceedings and was stored at the county jail. Trefz was away in Rochester, Minnesota.
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James H. Smith
Dick Payn
W. C. Trefz
J .Coggon
Smith
Trefz
Rochester
Minn
End of Brooklyn hospital strike settles on wage allowance
The sit down strike by maintenance workers at Izrael Zion hospital in Brooklyn ended after the hospital agreed to a $15 monthly allowance for all maintenance employees.
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New York
INS
Izrael Zion Hospital
Brooklyn
Cedar Rapids independents lead Iowa retail gain in 1936
Cedar Rapids twenty four independent stores report 8 percent higher 1936 sales totaling 4 940 300 up from 4 573 600 in 1935. Iowa bureau data shows lumber and building materials up 18 percent, department stores up 9 percent, drugstores up 8 percent, groceries up 2 percent, hardware up 7.4 percent, and furniture up 5.6 percent.
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Cedar Rapids
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Washington, D. C
Iowa
Funeral Services For Belle Bever In Cedar Rapids
Miss Belle Bever pioneer Cedar Rapids newspaper woman dies in Des Moines. Funeral services led by Dr. A A Brooks at Turner chapel scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday. Burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Relatives from Des Moines and Omaha gathering at Bolton home.
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A. A. Brooks
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Belle Bever
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel
Miss Bever
Des Moines
Preston Daniels
Oak Hill Cemetery
Daniels
Jean Daniels
W. H. Fones
Malcolm V. Bolton
First Avenue
Mr. Daniels
Ill Fated Pilot Was Veteran Flyer
Pilot A R Thompson, header of United Airlines flight over San Francisco Bay, was a veteran with more than 10 000 flight hours. He ran a Salt Lake City flying school for fourteen years and piloted the Los Angeles to San Francisco mail run since 1933. He was a widower with two children Tommy 10 Janet 8.
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Los Angeles
Calif
A. R. Thompson
United Airline Transport
San Francisco Bay
Skyways
Salt Lake City
Cheyenne
San Francisco
Tommy
Janet
Sioux City Legislator Seeks Legal Slot Machines Bill
Sioux City representative John W. Moore filed a bill to legalize slot machines and punch boards in Iowa with a state tax up to 500 dollars per device. The proposal follows an earlier bill outlawing slots, and outlines annual taxes for various machines, plus confiscation for unpermitted operation.
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Sioux City
Moore
Youth 19 slain in Kentucky mine war near Pineville
Bennet Musick, 19, son of M A Musick UMW representative in Harlan County, was shot to death in the Bloody Harlan coal fields. The elder Musick said the bullets were meant for him. Judge James M Gilbert vowed a full investigation after L T Arnett reported the shooting.
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Pineville
Bennett Musick
M. A. Musick
United Mine Workers
Harlan County
Harlan
Musick
James M. Gilbert
Bell Counties
L. T. Arnett
District 19
The
Sheldon Dies Longtime Allegheny Steel Leader
Harry E. Sheldon, 75, longtime president of Allegheny Steel, renowned for stainless steel production, died at home after a several month illness in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
Harry E. Sheldon
Allegheny Steel Company
Liner crashes into San Francisco Bay killing crew members
Three bodies recovered from the luxury airliner that crashed in San Francisco Bay. The victims include stewardess Ruth Kimmell pilot A R Thompson and co pilot Joe De Cessaro. Rescue workers pulled the plane from the water noting the cabin roof torn away. Coroner Crosby said no survivors were expected and believed all missing crew members were accounted for.
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San Francisco
INS
San Francisco Bay
Ruth Kimmell
A. R. Thompson
Joe de Cessaro
William Crosby
Think Plane Crash Caused By Failure Of Man Or Machine
Washington UPI Air Commerce Bureau Director Eugene Vidal stated preliminary findings point to man error or mechanical failure as the San Francisco crash cause. Weather and navigational aids were reported normal, with Major R W Schroeder ordered to lead the field investigation in San Francisco.
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Washington
Air Commerce Bureau
Eugene Vidal
San Francisco
West Coast
Department of Commerce
Airline Inspection Service
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Iowa Council For Better Education
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Hunt
Slayer
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Linn
Cedar Rapids News
Mussolini
Lamneck
Ohio
Cox
Georgia
Rankin
Mississippi
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Stalin
Strikers
Coggon
C. R
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Doolin
Millsfield
William Reed
Oakland
United Airline
Rodgers Meyer
Ridgewood
N. J
M. Lorge
Hauser Boulevard
Mark Fontana
J. F. Gilmore
Santa Fe Avenue
R. Margaroni
San Bruno
H. B. Friedlander
East Twenty-fifth Street
John Grennan, Jr
Berkeley
Cal
Kentucky
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