Iowa Republicans face primary driven convention impact
The piece critiques Iowa Republicans, noting conventions will craft the platform while the primary drives candidate scrambling. It laments dwindling caucus interest, cites Cedar Rapids caucus locations as mostly private homes, and questions the value of scientific social programs in shaping responsible citizenship. It also profiles Walter J. Cummings and John R. McCarl, outlining salaries and influence.
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Iowa
Tom
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Navy official Henry L Roosevelt dies suddenly
Henry Latrobe Roosevelt 56 Navy chief and acting secretary during Secretary Swanson illness died late Saturday of an acute heart attack after treatment for intestinal influenza. The White House said physicians reported improvement earlier that day. He was cousin to President Roosevelt and will be interred at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Washington
Henry Latrobe Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Arlington
National Cemetery
United States
White House
Navy
Philadelphia
C. F. Mitchell
Baltimore
Naval Hospital
Navy Department
Adolphus Andrews
Andrews
Swanson
Washingtons enduring character as nation’s tribute
In a 1936 tribute, Dr. Newton extols George Washington as the supreme exemplar of character over mere deeds. He contrasts Washington’s quiet nature with the genius of contemporaries like Madison, Hamilton, Franklin, and Jefferson, noting that only Washington’s strength and integrity endured beyond time.
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Washington
Alexander
Evershades
Marshall
Madison
Hamilton
Franklin
Jefferson
Cedar Rapids Public Schools Reopen After Snow Block
Cedar Rapids public schools will reopen Monday morning after a closure caused by last Tuesday's snow and blocked traffic. Coal supplies were conserved to meet emergencies, with five carloads given to dealers last week in addition to four carloads on February 10 for relief orders. Shipments are now arriving regularly and no shortage exists at any school.
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Cedar Rapids
C. D. Hedberg
Board of Education
Hedberg
Couzens Probes Cummings RFC Salary Ties
Sen James Couzens says he will seek RFC records to verify reports that Walter J Cummings the Democratic National Committee treasurer is paid more than 90000 from New Deal appointed posts He notes Cummings chairs Continental Illinois Bank and Trust and is a railroad trustee New Deal links cited in Chicago report Cummings denies comment when informed of probe claim
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Walter J. Cummings
Democratic National Committee
Continental Ilinois Bank and Trust Company
Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Cummings
Washington
Railroad
Sam
James Couzens
Mich
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Continental Il
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James’ Couzens
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Pershing Elected to Moral Academy Seat
General John J. Pershing of the United States was elected Saturday to the academy of moral and political sciences in Paris. He fills the seat left vacant by the death of Jose Yves Limantour former Mexican finance minister.
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Paris
John J. Pershing
United States
Academy of Moral and Political Sciences
Jose Yves Limantour
Finance
Mexico
British Move Fears on Italy Germany Alliance Talk
Rome reports stir diplomatic circles as Britain seeks to block an Italian alliance with Germany Austria Hungary and Poland. Sir Eric Drummond travels to Vienna for dental work while speculation links his past League aid to Austria. Italy’s northern Ethiopia advance prompts talks of oil embargo at League sanctions committee meeting on March 2.
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Poland
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Ethiopia
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League of Nations
Amba Alaji
League of Nations Sanctions Committee
Mussolini
Turkey Gehrke’s Hibernation Ends With Wife’s Death
Watertown Wisconsin report states Arthur E. Turkey Gehrke ends his twenty winter bed rest as his wife Grace Gehrke dies at home after collapsing from a heart attack while reading. She had cared for him and the tavern during his long illness.
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Watertown
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Arthur E
Turkey
Gehrke
Grace Gehrke
Roosevelt Tax Plan Expected Next Thursday
Washington AP dispatch reports White House plans to present tax recommendations soon with a meeting tentatively set for February 27 after Roosevelt returns to Hyde Park New York. Officials expect Congress to receive proposals next Friday or early the following week and bring them to the floor after two weeks of hearings.
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White House
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Cambridge
Mass
Congress
Supreine Courts
End of month cold wave brings warmer forecast for Chicago
The official forecaster said the month long cold wave in the middle west has ended. No U S city reported sub zero temperatures Saturday. Temperatures were expected to rise with Chicago forecast to top 32 degrees Sunday. Light snow was anticipated in northern states.
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Chicago
United States
Army Planes Begin Long Mass Flight From Brownsville
Twenty one U S army planes, part of a mass flight to Panama, took off from Brownsville Texas at 1 30 p m Saturday. The formation included ten bombers and eleven pursuit planes. Earlier departures were forced back by bad weather south of Brownsville.
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Tampico
Mex
Temperatures Stay High in Cedar Rapids Saturday
Cedar Rapids recorded continued high temperatures on Saturday with a day peak of 26 degrees from 3 to 5 pm and a late reading of 23 at 7 30 pm under clear skies. The evening temperat ure dropped to 22 above by 9 30 pm according to Chambers Inskeep company readings.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
Village blacksmith Frank White dies in Rokeby
Frank Deroid White, 80, longtime Rokeby village blacksmith for 25 years, died Saturday. He had worked at the forge for 72 years, passing after a life spent at the Anapolis area shop.
The Whispering Drum Mystery in Cedar Rapids Gazette
In The Cedar Rapids Gazette readers meet Captain James Carnahan and Josephine Gaines as childhood friends reunite at Aunt Sarah Lattimer’s ailing home. A hidden menace clouds their love and a legendary Whispering Drum, unseen for six decades, haunts the Lattimer household. The opening chapters promise a different, unique mystery by Raymond Knott.
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James Carnahan
Josephine Gaines
Sarah Lattimer
Lattimer
Farley Calls Roosevelt Saviour Of US In Radio Address
Postmaster General James A. Farley, at a Kansas rally on the farm belt platform, praised Franklin D Roosevelt as rescuing America from Hoover era panic. He argued the New Deal revived democracy, critiqued Hoover and the Liberty League, and defended national credit to aid schools and the hungry, urging voters to back Roosevelt.
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President Roosevelt to Speak on Radio Sunday
President Roosevelt will deliver a 15 minute address Sunday evening at 7 p m over the Columbia and National Broadcasting chains. He will be introduced from Chicago by General Charles G Dawes and speak from Hyde Park New York on The American Good Brother, in a program arranged by the national conference of Jews and Christians in connection with Brotherhood.
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Roosevelt
Columbia
National Broadcasting
Twin Boys Have 12 Fingers Apiece
MALONE New York AP The Roadway twins born January 24 amid the year’s worst blizzard each have twelve fingers. Both boys possess one extra digit on each hand and are described as perfectly formed and healthy.
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Royal Roadway
Love Life of Hitler Supposedly Published in Paris
Paris police seized the Le Journal literary supplement after a two part feature titled Hitlers Secret Loves alleged Hitler’s prewar Vienna romance with the daughter of a rich Jewish merchant, plus claims of engagements to Jenny Hang and Erna Hanfstaengel. The German embassy deemed the piece offensive.
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le Journal
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Foreign Office
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Jean Tenes
Vienna
Iin
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Hanfstaengel
Harvard
Ais Beet
Pangborn Plans World Flight Record Attempt
Clyde Pangborn, famed globe circling aviator, announced Saturday his plan to attempt a new world flight record. He aims to complete a 25,000 mile journey in four days and ten hours, with a test flight to Russia planned for next June. The route would start at Daytona Beach Florida, then Newfoundland Iceland the Scandinavian countries and on to Russia with refueling stops.
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Globe
Russia
Daytona Beach
Fla
Newfoundland
Icelad
Du Pont Denies Extortion Claim Over Tax Settlement
Pierre S. du Pont, Wilmington industrialist, answers the government suit seeking 617316 dollars in extra income taxes. He contends the case aims to force a settlement by extortion and questions the revenue commissioner's denial of deducting nearly a million dollars in charitable contributions for 1929.
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Wilmington
Del
Pierre -S. .du
Pont
U. S
Board of Tax- Appeals
Washington
Woodrum Emerged as Possible Comptroller General Nominee
Washington circles report President Roosevelt weighing Rep. Clifton A. Woodrum of Virginia for the United States comptroller general post. The 15 year term would begin after John R. McCarl’s June 30 expiration, with the office sole in fixing government expenditures. Woodrum, a Roosevelt ally since 1932, has served in the House since 1923 and has been a longtime Roosevelt administrator spokesman.
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John R. McCarl
Roosevelt
Mr. McCarl
Washington
Nebraska
Norris
McCarl
INS
Capitol Hill
Clifton A. Woodrum
Virginia
United States
Woodrum
House
House changes Ire Democratic Senate Chiees
Washington AP reports the House revised the administration’s half billion soil conservation subsidy bill, sending it to conference. Sen. Smith and Senate sponsor Bankhead clash over tenant rights and subsidies while conferees named to negotiate. The measure would pay up to 500 million in subsidies to farmers to remove land from production and promote soil fertility.
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Smith
Senate
Bankhead
McNary
Merve
Oregon
Ee Smith
Garner
Murphy
Town
Pope
Idaho
Capper
Kan
Weather Chicago forecast period February 24 to 29
AP weather bulletin outlines a forecast for the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and the northern and central Great Plains. Temperatures near normal or above in southern areas with less severe cold in northern zones. Frequent precipitation expected, except in extreme south sections.
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