Dean Rutledge as a Supreme Court candidate controversy
The piece discusses Dean Wiley B. Rutledge of the University of Iowa as a possible Supreme Court pick, noting loyalty to the New Deal as a priority and praising his intellect and family values. It contrasts him with Hugo Black and highlights support from friends who see him as qualified. It also covers a Sioux City hospital plan offering low cost service for 75 cents a month for individuals and $1.75 for families, extending up to 21 days per year, urging Iowa communities to monitor the Sioux City experiment.
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B. Rutledge
University of Iowa Law School
Roosevelt
Dean Rutledge
Law School
Hugo Black
Sioux City
Associated Hospitals Service Insurance Company
Onger
Sioux
Bandits Loot $30 000 in U S Notes From Norwalk Bank Messengers
Five armed men robbed two bank messengers of 30 000 to 40 000 dollars in federal reserve notes near the South Norwalk post office. Police Sergeant Toothill was struck, the bandits fled in a fast car, and state police units across Connecticut Massachusetts and New York joined a highway blockade hunt.
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Norwalk, Conn
INS
Federal Reserve Bank
John H. Toothhill
City National Bank of
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New York
O'Brian Faces Silence Over 134 Dollar Phone Bill
Rob ert E. O'Brian, former secretary of state of Iowa, defends fatigue as the reason for a 134 dollar long distance bill from his last weeks in office. He promises to discuss the charge after resting, and may reveal the Chicago contact and the purpose of calls if the business was public.
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Robert E. O'Brian
Towa
Mr. O'Brian
Illinois
Chicago
Iowa House Moves To Outlaw Night Lotteries Statewide
Lawmakers in Iowa introduce a bill to outlaw night and other lotteries after theaters and stores used prize drawings to attract trade. The push follows past court rulings under Ed O Connor and current clarifications to statute and the state constitution.
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Iowa
Ed O'Connor
Supreme Court
O'Connor
Des Moines
Abolition Move Advances After Planning Board Turmoil
The Iowa state planning board faltered without revenue and drew funds from a $500000 emergency conservation appropriation run by former Governor Krashel. Nels used none of it to better use, and praise was due for assisting the board despite critics. Senator Claire Dewey’s Wednesday tirade against the board was seen as weakness.
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Iowa State Planning Board
Kraschel
Nels
Planning Board
Claire Dewey
Clarification Sought on Diversion of Primary Road Funds
A group opposes diverting primary road funds to secondary road improvements without a cap. They support more secondary work but insist state honors bonds, meeting with the senate highways committee after recording in the governor's office last Monday and planning to pursue the full route to enforce the bond obligations to counties.
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Senate Highways Committee
Two Cedar Rapids School Board Members Seek Reelection
Declarations to seek reelection were filed by Mrs C. T Hickok and Harold R Trewin with the secretary of the Cedar Rapids board of education. Hickok, active since 1927, chairs the educational committee and has interviewed teachers and parents. Trewin, attorney, chair for the last two years, supports improvements in heating and athletic plants and cost-saving investigations. Election set for March 13.
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Cedar Rapids
Trewin
Benes Wins Warm Chicago Welcome During Lecture Visit
More than 5000 Chicago Czechoslovakians greeted exiled former president Eduard Benes on arriving for a three month University of Chicago lecture engagement. He stressed he came as a professor, not a politician, and voiced cautious optimism while discussingEuropean affairs in general terms.
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Chicago
Eduard Benes
University of Chicago
Benes
New York
Europe
State road funds show allocations for secondary and primary projects
The report notes an expanded program for secondary road improvement while not neglecting them. Last year counties received 6,186,500 dollars for secondary roads and 3,264,200 dollars were available in state funds for primary road construction. Primary road bond interest and retirement totaled 8,178,000 dollars, with an additional 5,720,750 dollars spent on maintenance administration engineering and inspection.
Dieting Dilemmas and The Call For Silence
A 1939 column jokingly weighs the woes of dieting and excess. It argues that diets remove choice but magnify appetite, urges keeping dieting private, and suggests a social diet of silence to avoid gossip and overstimulation. It cites Dr. Newton and Epictetus in a witty, reflective tone.
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Old Epictetus
Parley Called February Meeting Over River Pollution
Cedar Rapids officials schedule a 10 a m Friday February 24 session at city hall to discuss river pollution from the Penick and Ford sewer outlets. City Engineer Frank E Young and state health chief Dr A H Wieters will attend with representatives from Penick and Ford to present positions and study options afterward.
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Penick
Ford
Frank E. Young
A. H. Wieters
State Board of Health Sanitary Division
Young
Penick and Ford
Cedar Rapids Fish and Game Restoration Club
Perrick
Penick and
Firestone Increases Tire Prices Across Industry
Akron Ohio AP reports Firestone Tire and Rubber announces a price rise of about 2 percent with dealers predicting similar increases across the tire industry and other makers likely to follow.
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Akron, C
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Roosevelt urges steps to save energy resources policy
President Roosevelt asked Congress to study national energy resources for a coordinated policy and to push a federal state program to cut water pollution. He urged a central technical agency for pollution elimination and grants to link with public works. He outlined rules for oil and coal and a broad water power development plan.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
National Resources Committee
Federal Oil Conservation Board
Commission
Have You Farm to Rent Prompting Quick Ad Responses
Farmers seek settled leases by March 1 as Want Ads in The Gazette offer cheap rates. Fred Fisher of Marion notes a 5 acre farm for rent drew 40 inquiries in days, while other listings in Farmers Market Place sell stock machinery and supplies. Rent ads yield multiple calls, with examples near Cedar Rapids and additional farm listings on F.H. Avenue.
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Fred Fisher
R.F.D
Marion
Gazette
Prospectig
President Roosevelt to sail Caribbean cruise for naval maneuvers
President Roosevelt, recovered from influenza, clears his White House desk for a twelve day sea cruise aboard the Houston. He will view naval war games in the Caribbean, open the Golden Gate exposition by radio, and not name a Brandeis successor until after his return March 4.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Caribbean
White House
Florida
Houston
Key West
Louis D. Brandeis
Stephen Early
Marvin H. McIntyre
Naval Hospital
William Hassett
Early
San Francisco
Warm Springs
Accused Of Obtaining Money From Farmer To Back Race Horses
Sheriff arrest of Fred Fite on a district court bench warrant for cheating by false pretenses. Prosecutors say Fite obtained about $5,500 from Adolph Gustafson over three years with promises to split racing winnings. Fite claims his horses Monroe's Gift and Snake Eye earned about $33,000 on southern tracks. Bond set at $3,500. Fite jailed.
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Jim Smith
Fred Fite
Third Street NW
District Court Bench
Fite
Smith
G. K. Thompson
Adolph Gustafson
Covington
Gustafson
Thompson
Monroe
Gift
Snake Eye
Czech Groups Arrested in Anti Jewish Plot Probe
Prague Bruenn and Maehisch Ostrau saw over 100 suspects rounded up on charges of membership in illegal extremist societies The New Czechoslovakia Aryan Front in Czechoslovakia and The Flag police found broadsheets and explosives amid raids suggesting plans to incite demonstrations against Jews The case follows Nazi pressure on Premier Beran and fears of further German demands.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Aryan Front
Bruenn
Maehisch Ostrau
Hitler
Rudolf Beran
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Ernest Kundt
Republic
Beran
Sudetenland
Grounded airman survives blizzard ordeal in Idaho mountains
Roy Shreck 36 airport manager and weather bureau flyer survived three days in freezing wilderness after a plane crash in the Coppei mountains. He used his compass to guide a trek toward Spokane, crawled and waded through deep snow, and was rescued by farmer Nordall Amundson before reaching Couer d Alene. His frostbitten feet and exposure were treated after arrival.
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Spokane
Wash
Roy Shreck
Shreck
Weather Bureau
Coeur D’alené
Idaho
Coppe
Oiay
Nordall Amundson
Shreth
Amundson
Sheck
Wolf Lodge
Couer d'Alene
British Rearmament Fuels German Criticism of U S
London reports welcome Britain’s large arms drive while Voelkischer Beobachter in Germany blames the United States for raising international tension by selling war materials to Europe. Sir John Simon cites a 2.9 billion dollar defense plan with a 875 million rise. loan power to four billion.
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London
Britain
Germany
United States
Hitler
Voelkischer Boebachter
France
John Simon
Voelkischer Beobachter
America
Europe
Sir John
Heavy Snowstorm Delays Traffic in Cedar Rapids Area
A heavy snowstorm blankets Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas with nearly two inches of snow by mid afternoon. Reduced visibility and icy sidewalks threaten drivers and pedestrians. Temperatures rise from subfreezing lows to the upper teens as the day progresses.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Snow totals across Iowa report heavy fall in western regions
Des Moines area received two and a half inches while Council Bluffs logged six inches and southern Iowa recorded four inches as heavy snow continued to fall across most sections, according to the weather bureau.
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Des Moines
Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Storm Toll Rises Across States As Flood Warnings Stretch
A nor'easter left at least nine dead across Pennsylvania New Jersey and Alabama while heavy rains swelled rivers in New York North Carolina and the Carolinas. Forecaster Downs in Chicago said midwestern temperatures will rise near freezing by Friday and warned of another day of cold east of the Ohio valley.
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St. Lawrence Gulf
Midwest
U. S
H. A. Downs
Chicago
Ohio Valley
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Atlantic
Pinson
Ala
New York
Carolinas
Neuse
North Carolinas
Ohio
Senate approves RFC extension to June 1941
The Senate on Thursday passed and sent to the House a bill extending the life of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation until June 30, 1941.
Morgenthau Says Aid To French Air Pact At President's Request
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau testified before the Senate Military Affairs Committee that U S aid to a French air mission to buy American planes was given at the President's request He said Gen Craig opposed the French purchases but was overruled The testimony was part of the inquiry into a French air ministry official aboard a bomber that crashed on the Pacific coast Other officials described as appearing included War Secretary Woodring and State Dept official Yost The House passed a 376 billion emergency defense bill to raise army air strength
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Washington
Secretary of Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Marhn Craig
Army
Warren R. Austin
Morgenthau
Harry H. Woodering
Air Ministry
Pacific
Austin
Robert R. Reynolds
N. C
Treasury
Reynolds
Craig
Administration
Love
Johnson
Charles W. Yost
State Department
Woodring
House
Senate
Sheppard
You Cant Back Hoss To Hot Stove Then Make Him Sit Down
A satirical column by Arthur Bugs Baer criticizes political leadership and transparency. The piece references Hiram Johnson and open covenants, arguing the public deserves clear direction and accountability. It uses archaic phrasing and humorous analogies about oysters and secrecy.
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Hoss
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Cedar Rapids News
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RFC
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Bugs" Baer
Hiram Johnson
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