Iowa House debates marriage exams and road funds
The Iowa House passes a bill requiring physical examinations for marriage prospects amid heated debate. Lawmakers clash over a $134 O'Brian telephone bill and funding for the attorney general's office. The local option liquor bill stirs fear and pressure from constituents as lawmakers dodge positions. Legislation on independent audits and state payroll patronage prompts calls for better state audits. A plan to divert 15 percent of motor license fees to secondary roads threatens primary road funding levels.
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O'Brian
Fred Everett
Department of Justice
Executive Council
State University
Dennis Kelliher
Fort Dodge
Auditor’s Department
Auditor's
Britain Doubles Armaments Borrowing Power
Britain will double its borrowing limit to finance rearmament from 200 million to 400 million pounds. Sir John Simon said a bill would legalize the increase to meet defense spending, with projected 1939-40 expenditures about 532 million pounds. Chamberlain noted Spain terms sponsorship ended and referenced Munich pledges by Hitler to withdraw volunteers.
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London
Britain
John Simon
House of Commons
Sir John
Chamberlain
Spain
Barcelona
Italy
Adolf Hitler
Munich
R. T. H. Fletcher
Hitler
Calls Anglo-Nazi Friendship Only Hope Of Europeans
Berlin reports Sir Nevile Henderson the British ambassador urged Anglo German friendship as Europe’s only viable path. He noted Britain’s naval strength and Germany’s military power could form a cooperative basis rather than conflict, stressing geography as key to politics.
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Berlin
INS
Europe
Nevile Henderson
Germany
Foreign Office
Britain
Reich
Great Britain
Fleming To Direct Gone With Wind
Hollywood. Film production of Gone With the Wind continues with Victor Fleming as director after a two year delay for a leading lady. Producer David O Selznick announced Fleming's appointment at International Studios.
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Hollywood
Victor Fleming
Fleming
David O. Selznick
International Studios
Road funding split seeks speedier secondary aid
The bill aims to fix the money limit and speed up secondary road aid while preserving primary road funds. It notes $78,000,000 in outstanding primary road ponds and proposes matching federal funds from the treasury to support secondary road funds beginning in 194%.
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Ney
The Wise Man Wonders at Life and Knowledge
The article reflects on Socrates and ancient wisdom, noting that true knowledge is limited and mystery accompanies every discovery. It argues science explains use but not ontology, questions what life and matter truly are, and calls for humble worship before the imperfect edge of understanding.
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Socrates
Tennyson
Jesus
New York Mother Attempts Subway Stickup For Milk
Mrs Cusack a WPA worker’s wife used a toy pistol to rob a change booth at a subway station after her husband gave $3.75 for groceries. She threatened a ticket agent and a collector before a motorman and bystanders helped subdue her. Police charged her with assault and robbery.
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New York
Mary Cusack
WPA
Sarah McGrath
UH Sophomore Rescued After 26 Hours on Leadge
Robert Glover, 20, a University of Hawaii sophomore, clung to a dangerous Kalauau mountain ledge for over 26 hours. He fell from a shortcut path between two waterfalls, about 400 feet above the base, with most of his clothing torn away. Rescue crews retrieved him Tuesday night.
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Honolulu
T. H
INS
Kalauau
Robert Glover
University of Hawaii
Re. Zeveranh Ee
Sharp Debate Flares Over Defense Bill
Washington debate over Roosevelt’s defense program grew heated as Congress considered the army’s share of a 552 million dollar package. France and Britain boosted orders for warplanes, while a naval panel rejected trimming Guam from defense plans and debated Florida base sites.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
France
Great Britain
House Naval Committee
Pacific
Guam
Iowa House Completes Action On Three Health Measures
The Iowa house approved a test for venereal disease at the first obstetric visit with a 91 to 6 vote. An amendment required the child’s father to be tested if the mother tests positive. A third bill makes it a misdemeanor to ignore regular treatment reporting. All measures move to the senate.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Cooper
Dietz Goode
Hermsen
Johannes
Yager
Isabel Elliott
Bronson
Senate
Grill Ranking Democrat On Contract Deal
Lawrence W. Chip Robert, secretary of the Democratic National Committee, was en route to Atlanta to testify before the House economy investigation committee on a contract that paid his firm a commission for procuring federal funds for Georgia. Braswell Deen described the 1938 contract under which Robert and Company earned five percent for professional services and an additional 0.75 percent for preliminary sketches and plans submitted to PWA officials in Washington for a hospital improvement program.
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Atlanta
Lawrence W
Chip” Robert
Democratic National Committee
Roberts
Washington
House “Economy” Investigation Committee
House
Delacy Allen
Georgia
Braswell Deen
State Public Welfare Department
Georgia National
Deen
Robert and Company, Architects
Robert
Welfare Department
Robert Firm
PWA
Bandits loot Blackstone Hotel in Miami Beach
Six bandits armed with sub machines guns and revolvers held up the Blackstone hotel in Miami Beach just before dawn on Wednesday. After tying a clerk two Negro employees and four guests they opened twelve safety deposit boxes and stole cash and jewels estimated at 150000 to 200000. Police and coast guard launched an intensive search within an hour.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Blackstone
Coast Guard
Alfred Stone
Insurgents Move Toward Central Spain Amid Loyalist Offensive
Reports from PERPIGNAN indicate Spanish nationalist troops massing from Catalonia for an operation toward central Spain while Madrid endures sporadic artillery fire. Loyalist foreign minister Julio Alveaz del Vayo arrived in Paris and pressed Manuel Azana to travel to Madrid to sign decrees.
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Perpignan
Spain
Catalonia
Madrid
Julis‘Alverez del Vayo
Paris
Manuel ‘Azana
del Vayo
Williams shotgum slaying killer dies in Missouri
Jefferson City AP reports John Fy Williamson, a poker-faced backwoodsman, died in Missouri's lethal gas chamber on Wednesday for the 1935 slaying of a farmer.
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Jefferson City
John Fy Williamson
Missouri
Argentina Cuts U S Purchases As Trade Rift Grows
Argentina's finance minister Pedro Groppo announced a sharp cut in imports from the United States to restore prewar levels, signaling Britain and Germany may gain more business. The move, affecting about 31 million dollars, reflects tensions amid buried policy differences and stalled sanitary trade ratification.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
United States
Germany
Great Britain
Pedro Groppo
State Hull
Groppo
Britain
Washington
Congress
Missing aviator wanders three days in snow to reach Coeur dAlene
Roy Schreck a Spokane weather flyer missing since Sunday walked into Coeur dAlene on Wednesday reporting he survived three days and nights in heavy timber along a 5 000 foot ridge near Wolf Lodge 25 miles east. He said he kept moving to avoid freezing after losing the plane compass in frigid snow that sometimes covered his head.
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Coeur D'Alene
Idaho
Roy. Schreck
Spokane
Coeur d’Alene
Schreck
Wolf Lodge
Here
Juggling Nation Jackpot Button Return Preview
A fragmented piece by Arthur Bugs Baer hints at luck with juggling and coins, mentioning buttons and jackpots. It references a playful, chaotic scene of mischief and entertainment with mixed garbled phrases and incomplete lines.
Goebbels Beaten by Goering’s Men Report Emerges
F Wilhelm Sollman, ex German cabinet member now teaching in Wallingford, told the Women's University club that Goebbels was beaten by Goering’s personal bodyguard. Sollman cited an unimpeachable Reich source and said Goering retaliated after Goebbels blamed him for riots.
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Philadelphia
F. Wilhelm Sollman
Gustav Streseman
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Sollman
Pendlehall
Wallingford
Women’s University Club
New York
London
Goebbels
Lida Baarova
Berlin
Goering
der Angriff
Reich
Iowa House Passes Homestead Credit Bill forUse Tax Funds
Des Moines Iowa The Iowa house approved a bill to divert use tax receipts to fund full homestead exemption credits leaving a shortfall of about 50 000 dollars for the homestead credit fund The measure would allocate revenue to counties for secondary roads A separate proposal would impose a five cent per pound tax on lard substitutes with under 75 percent animal fat to raise 500 000 to 600 000 dollars annually for rural roads and farm aid Governor George A Wilson heads the state and highway patrol wage and promotion reforms seek seniority and merit based appointments
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Des Moines
Iowa House
George A. Wilson
Edward J. Morrissey
Valeria
Morrissey
Highway Patrol
Charles H. Scholz
New Hampton
Novak Testifies as Cedar Rapids Cops Get Free Beer
A three man civil service commission heard Patrolman Frank J. Novak appeal his dismissal from the Cedar Rapids police force. Novak claimed he was never drunk on duty though he admitted drinking beer on several occasions. Testimony wrapped up with transcripts to be prepared for review.
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Civil Service Commission
Frank J. Novak
Cedar Rapids
E. E. Lowe
Barney McPartland
Chester Myers
Superior Court
City Hall
R. J. Vlach
Novak
Three Detuces
Hrabetin
Civil Service
Myers
Don Hines
Vinch
First Avenue
First Street
Grand Hotel
Beeson Urges Probe of County Supply Purchases
Cedar Rapids report by C. L. Beeson details a haphazard buying system in Linn county causing an overstock of soaps chemicals disinfectants and insecticides. The study cites 67 full and partial barrels in jail coal and boiler rooms and outlines five steps to tighten supervision including board signing of purchases 25 or more and a custodian records book. Fourteen unpaid invoices from firms like Hillyard Sales Acme and Churchill are listed with firm responses noted.
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Linn County
Happy Hunting
C. L. Beeson
Cedar Rapids
New First District
Beeson
Fred Stirm
Alburnett
Elmer M. Seevell
Marion
Board of Supervisors
Ina Voice
Hillyard Sales Company
St. Joseph, Mo
Acme Chemical Company
Milwaukee
Higley Chemical Company
Dubuque
Churchill Manufacturing Company
Galesburg, Ill
Universal Laboratories of
St. Louis
Churchill
Hillyard Sales
Hige
Holm Injured in New Liquor Mishap at Fair
Eleanor Holm and three other swimming girls were scratched by glass when a champagne bottle shattered during a dedication at the world’s fair. Iodine covers their legs as the party awaits public appearances, noting Holm’s past dismissal from the Olympic team for drinking.
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New York
Eleanor Holm
Miss Holm
Grover A. Whalen
The
Fair Corporation
Holm
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William D. Leahy
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