Testimony Shifts As U A W Sit-Downs Reported
Senate civil liberties panel airs harsh views of industrialists aided by undercover agents while three GM employees and U A W organizers describe nonunion workers blocked from jobs. The piece also rebuts calls to reprint the Constitution and condemns neglect of epileptics and feeble minded in mental health and education debates.
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Senate Civil Liberties Committee
General Motors
John L. Lewis
United Automobile Workers
Townsend Convicted for Defying House Subpoena
Federal jury in Washington deliberated one hour and found Dr. Francis E. Townsend guilty of contempt for wilfully leaving a House investigating committee hearing and not returning. Two former aides pled guilty earlier, with fines and suspended sentences. Townsend faces up to 1000 dollars fine and a year in jail.
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Washington
Francis E. Townsend
House of Representatives
Townsend
House
Clinton Wunder
John B. Kiefer
Peyton Gordon
Dubuque County Seizes Slot Machines in Police Raids
Authorities report four weeks ago seized twenty slot machines in five Dubuque County raids. Sheriff raids since then brought in more machines. The slot machine syndicate, tied to racketeers, had thrived locally but is losing Des Moines contacts as raids continue under a new Department of Justice administration.
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UNK
Dubuque County
Des Moines
State Department of Justice
Chain store tax debates and Bullitt alert on arms race
The piece notes new tax bills targeting chain stores in Des Moines after a court invalidated prior legislation. It discusses how merchants seek protection from chains while chains lower costs to aid masses. It also covers Ambassador Bullitt's Paris address, Roosevelt’s OK, and Western diplomacy on armament amid Hitler.
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Nother
Des Moines
Supreme Court
Bullitt
Washington
Paris
Roosevelt
Europe
White House
England
France
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Uncle Sam
Hitler threatens to nationalize German auto industry over price
Hitler pledges to nationalize the German automobile industry unless it builds better cars for less money to crush imported machines. He notes auto sales have tripled since 1933 but only one in 50 Germans owns a car versus one in five Americans, and credits the U S industry with lifting morale despite state interference.
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Hitler
Reichsfuehrer
Germany
United States
Craemer Family Urged Help Locates Son En Route to Florida
Cedar Rapids director Nicholas P. Craemer was found by Arkansas police in Marion, headed from Memphis to Florida after his mother in Hollywood, Florida fell gravely ill. Information from the Memphis and Cedar Rapids Chambers of Commerce aided the search, with the son arranging a flight to Florida.
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Memphis, Tenn
Chamber of Commerce
Nicholas P. Craemer
Cedar Rapids
Florida
Memphis
Craemer
Joseph Studer
Mary Jo
Nicholas Craemer
H. N. Craemer
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
A. L. Taylor
Memphis Chamber
Tennessee Chamber
Dickinson Condition Clearly Satisfactory After Second Operation
Washington AP reports former Iowa Senator L J Dickinson is in satisfactory condition after a second abdominal operation at George Washington Hospital. Dr W A Bloedorn conducted the procedure following the first operation about two weeks earlier.
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Washington
L. J. Dickinson
Iowa
W. A. Bloedorn
George Washington Hospital
Dickinson
Woman Mayor Wins After State Supreme Court Ruling
Daytona Beach Florida Irene Armstrong defeated an ouster attempt as the state supreme court upheld her position against removal by former Governor Dave Sholtz. The ruling preserves Armstrong as mayor after Wednesday's decision.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
INS
Irene Armstrong
Daytona
State Supreme Court
Dave Sholtz
Make Your Neighbors Happy by Mind Your Own Business
A 1937 essay argues that to create a happier world we must stop judging others and focus on our own conduct. The author contends genuine service comes from humility not coercion, urging personal improvement as the path to communal well being.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Louis Stevenson
Missing 10 year old girl spurs UK river search
Divers comb the River Idle for Mona Tinsley believed kidnapped and murdered. Police press murder charges against 45-year-old Frederick Nodder held on abduction, remanded for trial March 9 in Birmingham. Nodder says he met the girl and took her, then sent her home by bus.
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Nottingham
Eng
Mona Tinsley
England
Newark
W. E. Tinsley
Frederick Nodder
Nodder
Birmingham
Retford
Mona
Everett A. Colson Dies Advisor to Selassie
Everett A. Colson, longtime confidant and adviser to Haile Selassie, died Tuesday night after a European breakdown last year. He had been hospitalized in Washington for several weeks.
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Everett A. Colson
Selassie
Washington (Ap
Haile Selassie
Italy
Ethiopia
Europe
George Washington Hospital
Senate Debates Court Retirement Limit Law Blocked
Objections by Senators King and McNary halted action on a House bill allowing Supreme Court justices to retire at 70 with full pay. Sen Rush D Holt publicly opposed the President’s judiciary plan, joining 35 lawmakers opposing the program and advocating a constitutional amendment. He cited farmers as broadly opposed, noting West Virginia has over 400000 farmers.
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Washington
King
Utah
McNary
Orc
Senate
House
Supreme Court
Rush D. Holt
W. Va
Holt
West Virginia
Senate gridlock as 34th senator opposes court plan
Washington Unrestricted debate on President Roosevelt's Supreme Court enlargement proposal was assured after Maryland Senator Millard E. Tydings publicly opposed it. With 34 opposed, cloture cannot be invoked and final action remains doubtful as hearings are set to begin March 9 before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Senate
Millard E. Tydings
Maryland
Henry F. Ashurst
Arizona
Senate Judiciary Committee
Tydings
Congress
Ed Lowe Drops Out Of School Race In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids candidates for the board of education show one withdrawal and one new filer. William McCall, railroad employee of 1116 First Avenue W, files papers. Edward E. Lowe, 330 Twenty Fourth Street NE, withdraws after his name was advanced by supporters. Filing deadline is noon February 26. election set for March 8.
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Board of Education
William McCall
First Avenue W
Railroad Employe
Edward E. Lowe
Twentyfourth Street
Paul N. Clark
Lowe
Lindberghs Land At Bombay India
Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh arrived in Bombay at 1 p.m. following two days of uncertainty after secretly leaving Jodhpur on Monday.
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Bombay
India
INS
Charles A. Lindbergh
Jodhpur
Miners at Five Churches Mine Threaten Death by Hunger Strike
Four hundred miners barricaded themselves deep in the Five Churches coal shaft near Budapest vowing death by starvation unless an 80 percent wage increase is granted. Troops seal entrances as pumps are destroyed and food is cut off to starve the strikers.
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Budapest
Hungary
INS
Five Churches
Five Royal Oak crewmen hurt in Valencia bombardment
The Royal Oak suffered shell splinter injuries to five crew members including several officers during Spanish insurgent air raids on Valencia. The shell from a government anti aircraft gun wounded Captain T. B. Drew and three other officers and a seaman. all were not incapacitated and the ship sailed for sea.
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London
Admiralty
Royal Oak
Valencia
T. B. Drew
Government and insurgents clash over Pinzarron hill front
Government militiamen and insurgents fought for 20 hours to control Pinzarron hill on the Jarama river front. Government troops held much of the summit but faced sustained machine gun fire from a house held by insurgents, preventing immediate occupation.
Wallace approves higher milk price for Dubuque producers
Agriculture Secretary Henry A. Wallace announced a price increase from $1.90 to $2.30 per hundredweight for class one milk in Dubuque territory under the federal marketing plan. The higher price becomes effective March 1.
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Washington
Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Dubuque
Wallace
Mercy death bill killed in Nebraska legislature
Lincoln AP reports the nation's only bill to legalize mercy death for incurably ill adults was killed by the single chamber on Tuesday in Lincoln Nebraska.
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MERCY
Lincoln
Neb
Chrysler May Negotiate With UAW Officials
Walter P. Chrysler chairman of Chrysler Corp urged UAW officials to confer with two members of the companys executive committee on the unions request for a collective bargaining conference.
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New York
Walter P. Chrysler
Chrysler Corporation
United Automobile Workers
Massive Sitdown Strikes Hit U S Factories From Coast to Coast
Pickets block plant gates in Massachusetts and New England as unions press wage gains and recognition. United Shoe and Leather Workers win 15 percent raise at over twenty plants. 80 Douglas Aircraft sit-downs in Santa Monica and 800 at Crowell Publishing slow operations. Gov Horner pursues talks on Fansteel Metal strike as broader U S labor unrest continues.
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Massachusetts
United Shoe and Leather Workers Union
New England
William B. Mahan
Electric Boat Company
Groton
Motor Industry
General Motors
United Automobile Workers
Walter F. Chrysler
Detroit
Douglas
Douglas Aircraft Company
Santa Monica
United Automobile Workers of America Union
Crowell Publishing Company
Springfield
Henry Horner
Illinois
Cedar Rapids School Election Registration Deadline
All Cedar Rapids voters must register at the city clerk in City Hall by Friday night to be eligible for the school election on Monday March 8. Registered voters from the last general election may vote if their address is unchanged. New residents must register. six months Iowa residence and three months Linn County required.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Linn County
Quiz Suspect In Cleveland Torso Slaying
Cleveland detectives questioned a man about the eighth torso slaying since 1934 and the disappearance of Anna Zibert. They matched descriptions to the victim found on the Lake Erie shore and checked Flavia Pillot as a possible eighth victim. Police reported no charges yet against the suspect.
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Cleveland
Anna Zibert
Lake Erie
Zibert
Thomas Latkovich
Samuel R. Gerber
Flavia Pillot
Canton
John
Miss Pillot
William Sargent
Farm Youth Pleads Guilty to Helen Moyer Murder
Alexander Meyer a 20 year old farm youth pled guilty to the attack slaying of Helen Meyer 16 and was remanded to Chester county prison without bail. He was taken from the county prison to the office of Justice of the Peace R Jones Patrick for the hearing with Detective Francis Grub testifying.
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West Chester, Pa
MNS
Alexander Meyer
Helen Meyer
Chester County
Reform School
Office of Justice of the Peace
R. Jones Patrick
Francis Grub
Meyer
Court Dismisses Peggy Garcia Suit Against Dave Rubinoff
In New York Supreme Court Justice Salva granted a motion to discontinue Peggy Garcia 500000 breach suit against radio violinist Dave Rubinoff after Garcia testified about her 1925 marriage to Taylor Vance Guinn. The minutes will go to District Attorney Dodge for review amid questions of possible extortion. Peggy’s father testified she was likely born January 6 in Bedford City Virginia. the case ends with the jury dismissed.
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NEW York
Peggy Garcia
Dave Rubinoff
Supreme Court
Salvatore A. Cottillo
Bernard Sandler
Sandler
Peggy
Taylor Vance Guinn
Cottillo
Jusethe Cotillo
William C. Dodge
Euegene Finnegan
Miss Garcia
Justice Cotillo
Virginia
Egg
Guinn
Salem
Cornelius H. Taylor
WPA
M. P. Rucker
Bedford City
Roper Defends Against Sit-Down Strikes
Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper stated that any sit-down strike attempting to seize private property is serious and will not likely endure in the courts. He spoke as an individual, not as an administration official, amid limited cabinet commentary on the issue.
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Washington
Daniel C. Roper
Frances Perkins
General Motors
Miss Perkins
Roosevelt
Weather Remains Crisp As Snow Removal Continues
The article notes continued cold and light snow with a low of 8 degrees at 7 am and a high of 26 by 4 pm. Snow began again by 2:30 pm Wednesday causing patchy road conditions while main highways stayed open. Cedar Rapids city crews added eighty workers to standard snow removal efforts.
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Mercury
Iowa
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Saws Structural Failure Cause Of Frisco Bay Crash
Washington AP says J Mon roe Johnson on Wednesday called the crash in San Francisco Bay due to a structural failure. Eleven died as a motor detached from the plane far from the wreck site. Investigators cite a fractured propeller as a potential cause. Further motor examinations planned.
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Frisco Bay
Washington (Ap
J. Monroe Johnson
San Francisco Bay
Johnson
Secretary of Commerce
Air Commerce Bureau
Air Commerce
Senate Bills to Fight Insects and Plant Diseases
Washington lawmakers advance a bill to provide a yearly $5 million appropriation to combat insect pests and plant diseases. The measure, sponsored by Senator Guy M. Gillette of Iowa, moves to the House for consideration.
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Washington
ULP
Senate
House
Guy M. Gillette
Iowa
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