Immigration bill sparks calls for stricter rules and public reform
The piece notes a bill advancing in Congress to register aliens and tighten deportation rules, with expert estimates of immigrant gang activity and job competition. It also cites editorials urging civic groups to engage citizens in government and discusses Iowa tax policy and the Beatty Bennett act's impact on local levies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mursaay
United States
Northwestern University
Kenneth Colegrove
Chicago
Senate Debates Farm Bill Proposals In High Tension Vote
Senate opponents defeat the export debenture plan as part of a broad soil conservation subsidy bill. The chamber backs a dual subsidy system with state grants after two years and delays final passage until Saturday. Debates center on constitutional questions and a looming Supreme Court ruling on the AAA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Supreme Court
AAA
Norris
Seaton
Robinson
Neb
McAdoo
Calif
Dickinson
Iowa
Senator Connally
Tex
Hoover
Polk County to Seek State Refund for Pension Costs
Polk County Board of Supervisors planned to consider action to obtain a refund from the state for 31000 spent by the county pension board. The state supreme court held costs of county pension boards must be paid from the state pension fund. 6000 new pension checks are ready to mail once federal money arrives. Checks will be mailed when the money arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Polk County Board of Supervisors
County Pension Board
State Supreme Court
Polk County
Carl Burkman
Supreme Court
Byron G. Allen
Commission
Washington
Iowa
What is luck and how to be a luck bringer
A reflective essay on luck from a 1936 column. It contrasts mere fortune with a higher luck found in giving to others, citing Mark Twain and the book My Lady of the Chimney Corner. The mother explains luck lies not in gain but in what we can give.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward C. Elliott
Purdue University
Henry Clay
Eatwe
Iowa
Spencer News-Herald
The
News-Herald
Frarmers
Mark Twain
Alexander Irving
Alex
Jesus
Mrs Liggett Denies Naming Olson Mob in Walter Liggett Slaying
Mrs. Walter Liggett testified in district court that she never named Governor Olson or his mob as the killers of her husband Walter Liggett. She reiterated that Isadore Blumenfeld, known as Kid Cann, killed him and denied alleging Meyer Shuldberg’s involvement.
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Minneapolis
Walter Liggett
Olson
Isadore
Kid Cann
Governor Olson
Fred Pike
Kid Cannas
Pike
Meyer Shuldberg
Shuldberg
Chesapeake Brands, Inc
Blumenfeld
War fears rise as clashes loom in Far East frontier
Tokyo hardens defenses amid Manchukuo Outer Mongolian border clashes with Soviet forces. Japan rushes funds for mainland defense, expands air readiness, and tightens control in North China as Moscow accuses Tokyo of aggression.
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Far East
International News . Service
Tokio
Outer Mongolia
Moscow
Outer Mongolian
Manchukuo
Peiping
Kenji’ Doihara
China
Japan
Hopei- Chahar
INS
Olahudka
Lake Bor
Family Escapes Fire After Bedroom Window Burst Open
In Des Moines a family crawled through a bedroom window to escape a blaze that destroyed the interior of their home. Roomer Mark Johnson woke the Evans family, allowing them to flee with their two year old son.
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Des‘moines
Louis Evans
Mark Johnson
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1936
A summary lists a toll count for the year 1936 in Cedar Rapids detailing the number of accidents and the number of injuries and deaths, with the figure 29 appearing in the record.
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Cedar Rapids
Knife Used To Behead French King Is Sold
The auction sold the historic beheading knife for about 2,500 francs. Once used by Henri Sanson in the Place de la Concorde to execute Louis XVI, the weapon is now a display piece on a black base with authentication by Georges Lenotre and Frantz Funck Brentano.
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France
Georges -Lenotre
Frantz
Funck-Brentano
Henri Sanson
First Republic
Place de la Concorde
Planes Await End of Storms to Fly Suport to Towns
A fleet of ski-equipped planes sat grounded in Pierre and Rapid City South Dakota as a week of snow storms ended and arctic cold settled in. Gov. Berry had asked aid for eleven marooned towns. lines were down and no word came back. Rescue crews prepared with extra clothing, food, and fuel, awaiting a clear window to deliver relief.
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Rapid City
Local Co Granted Writ in Labor Case
Federal Judge George C. Scott in the northern district of Iowa issued a writ restraining the National Labor Relations Board from prosecuting its complaint against Iowa Manufacturing Co over the discharge of three employees last August. The order challenges the validity of the National Labor Relations Act citing Fifth and Tenth Amendment concerns and bars further action or interference with the company's business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Scott
Northern District of
Iowa
National Labor Relations Board
Scott
National Labor Relations Act
National Relations Board
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Paris Royalists Fight Cabinet Decree After Attack on Blum
Police raid royalist headquarters and homes seeking evidence after an amateur film captured the assault on socialist deputy Leon Blum. Blum is recovering from head wounds as royalists protest the dissolution order and plan demonstrations amid a tense political standoff with the cabinet and council of state weighing its legality.
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Paris
Leon Blum
France
Blum
Oques
Council of State
Des Moines Records Longest Cold Wave In 117 Years
Iowa’s ongoing cold wave, lasting 21 days from January 22 to February 11, averaged 1.9 degrees below zero in Des Moines, setting new sustained cold records. Charles D. Reed of the Weather Bureau noted the span surpasses all prior 117-year records, with older years failing to match the present period.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Federal Weather Bureau
Reed
Cold snap record question prompts Cedar Rapids data benchmark
A Des Moines average temperature of minus 1.9 degrees from January 22 to February 11 raises whether it surpasses the coldest spell in 117 years. The article asks how far back Cedar Rapids records must go to exceed this chill, hinting at a longer historical comparison.
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Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Winds Bottle Up. Iowa Roads Plagued By New Snow Blockade
Temperatures fell below zero across Iowa as winds blew out the deep drifts from last weekend's blizzard. Seventy five percent of newly opened trunk routes were blocked again, with only highway 34 remaining open. Many secondary roads and trains were stalled as the state faced renewed travel peril and two indirect deaths in Boone and other highways.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Highway Commission
Council Bluffs
Burlington
Boone
Billy Adreon
U S and Germany Reach Atlantic Air Service Accord
In Washington, American and German government representatives and the Reich Air Ministry agreed on reciprocal use of government air fields and transatlantic air service between Germany and the United States. The Lufthansa company has been in talks with the inter-departmental committee on civil international aviation to resolve organizing problems. The accord mirrors a December agreement between Britain and British airlines.
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Washington
Germany
United States
ThesGermansmission
Reich Air Ministry
Ministry of Posts
Lufthansa Company
Inter-Departmental Committee
British Air Lines
England
House Passes Record War Department Appropriation
The House approved a $545,226,000 war department appropriation bill on Friday night, carrying a record peace-time allotment for the army by a large majority. The measure, a sweeping defense funding package, reflects wartime priorities as Congress sets the federal defense budget.
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Bulletin. Co
Washington
War
Opened Highways Amid Snow Drift Hazards Near Cedar Rapids
Winter weather closes many routes as winds drive new snow into lanes. Linn and Jones counties report drifting while crews clear Nos. 20, 11 toward Waterloo and 161 in Linn. No. 30 remains passable to Clinton, with partial access west through Linn toward Benton.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Mercury
Cedar Rapids Automobile Club
W. D. Johnston
Linn- Jones County Division
Waterloo
Linn County
Clinton
Davenport
Benton
Belle Plaine
Creston Coal Raid Nets Twelve Men Arrested
Creston police and Burlington special agent Palmer along with city chief Cruzen arrested twelve men in a raid on coal piles owned by the Burlington railroad in East Creston. More suspects evaded capture as officers seized three autos and a truck. officials say the plan was premeditated and tied to a coal shortage funding issue.
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Creston
Meni Ands
Burlington
East Creston
C. Co. Palmer
Charles Cruzen
Bezaip
Altera
BRR Npiece
Thizs
Ray Tillotson
A “Harne
Edward Bierce
Hartman
William Ribby
Chet Raw
George-Nouvette Woyelise Laiagne Chute
Wimm
Earl Pets
Raid Nets Liquor At Iowa City Filling Station
Federal state and county officers seized 353 bottles of whisky and alcohol late Friday afternoon from a filling station one mile south of Iowa City. The liquor bore Illinois stamps and ranged in quarts pints and half pints. Mr and Mrs Charles Schmidt proprietors were jailed on bootleg charges pending arraignment Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Charles Schmidt
Air Liner Sets 234 MPH Record Between Cheyenne and Omaha
United Air Lines reports a transport plane covered the Cheyenne to Omaha route in two hours and one minute at an average 234 miles per hour. Five passengers and a crew of three flew under Chief Pilot George H Willingham with Co Pilot Harold L Baird. Louis Goldsmith previously logged 242 mph on a short Portland to route, with no passengers aboard, during a tornadic gale.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
United Air Lines
Omaha
George H. Willingham
Harold L. Baird
Louis Goldsmith
Portland
Ore
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Defense Fund
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