Protestants to vote on church status under Hitler regime
In Germany 40 million Protestants will vote by ballot on the church becoming part of the Nazi state and on endorsing Hitler's blood purge in the pulpit. The vote also contemplates whether the Old Testament should be rewritten. A prelude is resignation of the church administration committee.
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ERMAN
Hitler
Nazi Committee For
Farm Security Administration
Department of Agriculture
Farm Security Corporation
Union Renews Bargain Demands In GM Talks
The UAW and General Motors opened behind locked doors as the union seeks sole representation of GM workers beyond the 17 plants closed by strikes. Lead demands include a six hour day a 30 hour week and reinstatement of unjustly discharged workers with staged subcommittees possible.
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Detroit
INS
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors Corporation
John Brophy
CIO
John L. Lewis
G-M
Martin
Budget request tops 28 million for next two years
Gov Kraschel asks legislature to appropriate 28,664,564 for state operating expenses in the coming biennium an annual increase of 1,238,919. Bills totaling nearly 50 million have been introduced and duplications may trim it somewhat. Lawmakers face a long hard winter and taxpayers will pay the bill.
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Kraschel
Runciman visit hints at German credit deal with U S
London intrigue centers on a potential US backed credit of up to 1 billion dollars to Germany. Germany’s faltering economy could force Hitler toward war if aid fails, while Europe may favor a soft debtor willing to accept repayment risk.
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London
Runciman
White House
New York
Washington
United States
Germany
Hitler
Europe
Roosevelt plan to dissolve judiciary faces lawmakers critique
Attorney General Cummings defends the president against attacks on the Supreme Court overhaul plan. He says the only apostasy would be breaking faith with the people who trust him. The piece notes questions about electoral authorization for executive control and references Carter Glass's Senate remarks.
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Cummings
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Carter Glass
Senate
Linn County Bar committee study on superior court
A Linn County Bar association committee studied the superior court and submitted recommendations about its present and potential functions. The report argues the court could provide greater value to the community and relieve the district courts, urging active public consideration.
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Linn County Bar Association
Superior Court
Bar Association
Dafoe Improves After Influenza Attack in Toronto
Dr. Allen Roy Dafoe physician of the Dionne quintuplets, is reported improved in a Toronto hospital after a severe influenza attack. He fell ill while driving from his Callander home and was moved from a hotel room to hospital where Dr. Cordon Cameron said he may stay about a week.
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Toronto
Allen Roy Dafoe
Dafoe
Callander
Cordon Cameron
The Crucial Call to Kindness in Everyday Life
Dr Newton reflects on kindness as life’s final joy and religious duty. Citing Jesus and St Paul, he urges practical compassion over empty prayers, noting little acts can heal a cruel world and curb hate. He cites Boswell on Dickens era charity and urges consistent enacting of kindness.
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Dr. Johnson
Taylor
Boswell
Strand
Jesus
St. Paul
God
Man Held on Second Degree Murder Charge in Infant Death
Clyde Proctor 27 held on second degree murder after confessing he shook to death a 15 month old infant son of Mrs. Thomas Hinkley in Oneonta New York. Prosecutor said Proctor claimed the baby bit him when he picked it up to stop it from crying and he shook it.
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Oneonta
N. Y
Clyde Proctor
Joseph Molinari
Molinari
Proctor
Thomas Hinkley
Frank N. Horton
Hinkley
Four Men Robbed At Cedar Rapids After Party
Four men from Central City and Alburnett were robbed in Cedar Rapids after a night out at Collins beer parlor and a residence. A billfold containing $65 in cash and two checks totaling $1 211.16 was stolen from A H McGuire route 1 Central City. Suspects include Chester Timm Howard Davidson and F W Keller. The case involves encounters with four Negro individuals at various downtown locations. The report continues on page 2.
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Central City
Alburnett
Cedar Rapids
A. H. McGuire
Chester Timm
Howard Davidson
F. W. Keller
Collins Beer Parlor
Third Street
Walter Blakey
Thirteenth Avenue
Grover Culp
Eighth Street
George Tatum
Fifteenth Avenue
Orthea Hicks
Tenth Street
Jess Taylor
Second Street SE
McGuire
Taylor
Fred Turner
Senate clash over court plan stalls Roosevelt reform
Washington reports show Senator George of Georgia opposing the plan to enlarge the Supreme Court as unwise and harmful to judicial independence. Senate leaders push quick action on a retirement bill to let justices retire at seventy with full pay, with McCarran backing passage and Borah seeking changes to raise the retirement age and drop recall provisions. House delays action until after Senate moves, aiming to influence the president's appointment strategy.
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Washington
George
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
INS
Administration
Senate
House
High Tribunal
Senate Judiciary
McCarran
Nevada
William E. Borah
Idaho
Borah
Penningroth And Sadowsky File For Board Of Education
Penningroth and Sadowsky filed nomination papers Tuesday to seek reelection to the Cedar Rapids board of education. Incumbents with terms expiring this year, they join E R Moore whose decision remains undecided. Moore and Sadowsky have each served twelve years. Penningroth seeks a second three year term.
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Reelectic
Cedar Rapids Board of Education
Charles Penningroth
Joseph Sadowsky
C. D. Hedberg
Penningroth
Sadowsky
E. R. Moore
Church Victory Marks Hitler's First Major Defeat
Berlin reports indicate Adolf Hitler regained control over the Evangelical church electorate by ordering an election of a general synod. Hans Kerrl would direct church affairs under church leadership, while pastors already oppose Kerrl's plan and resist state control.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Reichsfuehrer
Hans Kerrl
Germany
Kerr
Kerrl
Fortescue Reynolds Marriage Fractures Publicly
Julian Louis Reynolds announced that his wife Helene Fortescue Reynolds has left him and he will not pay her debts. The couple wed last July and prior gossip linked the family to a Hawaiian assault case. The altercation started with a drunken truck incident and rumors of hush money, later settled.
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New York
Julian Louis Reynolds
Tobacco
Helene Fortescue Reynolds
Reynolds
Thalia Fortescue Massie
Ten Thousand Dollar Registered Mail Pouch Stolen
A bag of registered mail valued at 10000 dollars was stolen from a mail truck under unclear circumstances four years ago. The theft was revealed on Tuesday in Boston.
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Boston
Make Believer Love to Start in The Gazette
The Cedar Rapids Gazette will publish Make-Believe Love by Evelyn Shuler starting next Friday. The romantic novel follows Patsy Cornwall loved by two men and torn between a father's dying wish and intense passion, promising drama and emotion from chapter one.
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Cedar Rapids
Evelyn Shuler
Patsy Cornwall
Farley Receives Star-Studded Eulogy Dinner Farewell
Postmaster General James A. Farley nears retirement after a $10 per plate testimonial in which about 2,000 Democrats led by President Roosevelt dined and cheered. He contemplates spring resignation for private work while remaining national committee chairman and potential 1938 New York governor candidate.
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Washington
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
Farley
New York
Winter Snow Blankets Cedar Rapids as Temps Plunge
A 2.5 inch snow blanket fell on Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas while temperatures dropped from 32 at noon to 20 by early Tuesday. Sun returned later as the day warmed to 28, with one-quarter inch of precipitation reported. State crews cleared highways and city snowplows operated overnight. railroads reported no trouble.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
State Highway Commission
City Street Department
Organize For Dairy Cattle Exposition In Cedar Rapids
Preliminary plans for the second annual All Iowa Dairy and Junior Livestock exposition outline a September 6 to 10 schedule at Frontier park Cedar Rapids. Premiums total 6800 with higher prizes for distant entries and top parish shows winners advancing to state awards. Organizers include state breeders associations 4 H leaders and the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce with Clare Marshall as committee chair and multiple regional representatives.
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Frontier Park
Cedar Rapids
Charles D. Moore
Iowa Jersey Breeders’ Association
Iowa Holstein Breeders’ Association
Iowa Brown Swiss Breeders’ Association
Iowa Guernsey Breeders’ Association
Iowa Milking Shorthorn Breeders’ Association
County Agricultural Agents
Iowa
Belle Plaine
W. D. Kennedy
William Quarton
Ralph Clements
Frank Katterjohn
Joe McCormick
Mussolini Breaks Ground On Rome Subway Project
Premier Benito Mussolini, in fine condition, swung a pick to inaugurate work on Rome's three mile subway for the 1941 exposition. He spoke to workers and handed money as the $11,000,000 line began construction with a target completion date for the exposition.
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Il Duce
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Mussolini
Nations approve plan to halt volunteers to Spain by Saturday
Twenty six nations backed a neutrality committee proposal to stop volunteers and munitions reaching Spain by midnight Saturday Feb 20. Enforcement begins March 6 with Portugal treated separately. French volunteers surge to Madrid while Italians and Germans weigh limited involvement.
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London
Neutrality Committee
Spain
France
Italy
Portugal
Madrid
Franco
Roosevelt outlines four point plan to aid farm tenants
President Roosevelt told Congress a broad four point program to help tenants become owners, provide loans and guidance, retire land not suited for farming, and cooperate with state agencies. The plan aims to raise living standards and security for low income farm families and includes creation of a Farm Security Administration.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Wallace
Senate
Farm Tenancy Committee
House
Delay in lone bid for old post office building
Cedar Rapids reports no decision yet on the sale of the old post office and federal building. John Wagner appraised the property for the federal government but withheld the figure. A single bid of about 100000 was in the board’s hands awaiting action in Washington.
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Old Post Office
Space Control Advisory Board
Washington, D. C
John Wagner
Wagner
Federal Space Control Advisory Board
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