Reform proposals and political tensions across the era
Cavalry officers praise work and ballot limits while opposing vote bribery. Bridges champions communism as more for the masses and faces a secret hearing. Readers discuss tower costs boosting home building, contract labor, and WPA funding concerns. Roosevelt sells papers and addresses as senators debate a $250 million relief bill. Bailey criticizes debt and spending while Iowa seeks fireproof social welfare housing.
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Iowa
Social Welfare Board
Kraschel
Townsend To Fight Jail Sentence After Confab With Attorney
Dr. Francis E. Townsend 71, old age pension movement leader, vows to fight to a finish to avoid jail for contempt of Congress after a conference with attorney Elisha Hanson. Townsend had planned to serve 30 days for walking out of a House investigation. Hanson to file a Supreme Court petition within two weeks seeking review.
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Washington
Francis E. Townsend
Old Age Pension Movement
House of Representatives
Townsend
Elisha Hanson
Supreme Court
Townsend Pension Movement
United States Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Hanson
Townsend Organization
Judge Frees Youth Whose Eyes Were Hurt By Tear Gas
Special to The Gazette West Union Judge W L Eichendorf released Donald Morrison of Oelwein after finding his condition serious and discharging him from custody. Morrison had been held on a peace bond after a ten day sentence for intoxication. Tear gas reportedly fired in his cell caused injuries that eye specialists say may take a year to assess for vision recovery.
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West Union
W. L. Eichendorf
Donald Morrison
Oelwein
Morrison
Fayette County
Oelwe
A. J. Kutschat
Red Cross Urges Bombing Abatement in Spain
The international committee of the Red Cross urged insurgents and loyalists in Spain to refrain from bombing civilians and non military objectives. It called for an immediate reciprocal agreement to ensure protection of non combatants.
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Geneva
INS
International Committee of the Red Cross
Spain
Des Moines Town Faces New Deal Bureaus Invasion
The article notes how the F D R 1932 33 program spawns numerous federal agencies in Des Moines with an interim committee fearing many may become permanent burdens while hoping some emergency offices depart for better quarters.
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Landford
Des Moines
House and Senate clash delay $250 million relief bill
The House rejected Senate amendments to the $250 million deficiency relief appropriation and sent it to conference. The changes could push presidential action into next week and expand WPA powers while removing relief for certain aliens. The bill aims to aid about 2.5 million on WPA rolls through June 30, with 100,000 to 200,000 more likely to be added after Roosevelt signs. The Senate then moved to 1939 funds for independent agencies and debated a $2,763,000 TVA dam project in Kentucky, Barkley’s home state.
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Washington
House
Senate
Bailey
N. C
WPA
Roosevelt
Tennessee Valley Authority
Kentucky
Barkley
Chinese Protest Nazi Recognition
HWANKOW (UP) The Chinese protested to Berlin Thursday against announcement of Germanys recognition of Manchukuo.
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Hwankow
Berlin
Germany
Manchukuo
Japs Seek Source Of Chinese Attack
Shanghai dispatches report Chinese planes intercepted thirteen Japanese bombers sixty miles northeast of Canton with two shot down. Japanese raids targeted Foochow and Lishui on the southeast China coast while advancing near Lunghai in central China. Guerrilla fighting persists in Shantung peninsula as Japanese forces occupy Jihhaohsien. A high official suggested the bomber pilots may be foreigners. Reports also note claims of Russian and American pilots aiding Chinese forces.
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Shanghai
INS
Canton
Hong Kong
China
Formosa
Foochow
Fukien
Lishui
Chekiang Province
Central China
Nanking
Lunghai Railway
North China
Yangtze River
Shantung Province
Jihhaohsien
Shantung Peninsula
Tokio
Kyushu Hit By Air Raid Warnings Over Chinese Attacks
AP reports Kyushu, Japan's southern main island, issued air raid warnings for hours as Chinese bombers moved over the China Sea. The alerts followed a Chinese squadron's bombardment of Formosa, marking the first air attack Japan has endured.
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Tokio
Japan
China Sea
Kyushu
Formosa
United Front on Spain Volunteers Reported Between Duce and Hitler
Germany accepted the British plan for withdrawal of foreign volunteers from Spain as a sign of Axis solidarity. The move followed Eden’s resignation, with Goering and Ribbentrop to meet in Rome to discuss Chamberlain’s peace efforts, including Ethiopia recognition and Libya troop reductions.Italy confirmed acceptance of the volunteer formula and sought guarantees for the Suez canal and Mediterranean balance, while barring belligerent rights to Spanish insurgents.
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London
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Rome-Berlin
Germany
Spain
Italy
Neville Chamberlain
Anthony Eden
Lord Plymouth
Ernst Woermann
Chamberlain
Rome
London Daily Telegraph
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Ilduce
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Goering
Poland
Britain
Earl of Perth
Il Duce
Lord Perth
Ethiopia
Mediterranean
Libya
Egypt
Suez Canal
Ciano
Bari
House of Commons
Trade Union Council
Council
Labor Party
Eden
Lords of Speech in American life by Beck DeWitt Jones
A survey of great orators from Patrick Henry to Woodrow Wilson, classifying born and made speakers, and contrasting past dramatic eloquence with modern directness. It notes how rhetoric shapes action, cites Lincoln and Webster, and laments the drift toward harsher, hypnotic lures seen in Hitler’s speeches while urging return to humane, humorous tones.
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Beck Dewitt Jones
Patrick Henry
Woodrow Wilson
Clay
Prentiss
Beecher
Grady
Bryan
Choate
Everett
Webster
Lincoln
Wilson
Hayne
Freeport
Brooks
Temple
Shakespeare
Hitler
British envoy Perth Salutes Fascists Stir Labor Strife
London reports protest from labor circles after Lord Perth British ambassador to Italy gave the fascist salute on departing Rome Wednesday. The incident sparks diplomatic and political backlash amid rising tensions between fascist Italy and socialist labor groups.
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London
INS
Lord Perth
Italy
Rome
Linn County Old Age Help Praised By Allen
Cedar Rapids News notes Allen of Des Moines lauded Linn county old age assistance office as highly efficient and among the better urban offices in the state during a two day visit with T A Moilien. He praised low overhead and studied field problems typical in the unit’s work. Continued on Page 8 Col 7.
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Cedar Rapids
Byron G. Allen
Des Moines
Iowa
Linn County
Allen
WPA Okays Street Car Track Removal Project
Cedar Rapids city council received approval from the Iowa WPA for removing a portion of unused street car tracks and repaving. Work to start Friday with 20 to 25 relief workers, estimated initial costs of 5000 dollars from the repair fund, and a WPA contract around 16000 dollars. Rails will be removed and stored for now. total eventual cost 50 000 to 250 000 dollars depending on street treatments after removal.
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Wenty
Josiah Bailey
North Carolina
Bailey
Joe
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Wpa
Frank Young
Third Street
F Avenue
First Street
Linn County Relief Office
Young
WPA
Solon Charges 05 15 Double Cross Victim
Washington AP Rep Kopplemann says Britain has doubled crossed the United States by backing dictatorships while testifying against a 1.5 billion naval expansion before the House Naval Committee. Other lawmakers blame England, warn of gas masks and civilian shelters, and call naval plans archaic amid neutrality act criticisms of Japan.
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Washington
Kopplemann
Conn
Great Britain
United States
House Naval Committee
Neville
O'Malley
Wis
Albion
Rep
Southoff
Roosevelt
Japan
Secret army air corps inquiry voted by house panel
The House Military Affairs Committee, in a unanimous vote, authorized a 13 member subcommittee led by Rep. Harter to launch a secret investigation into the entire army air corps. Sessions will be closed to the public with witnesses Gen. Malin Craig Maj. Gen. Oscar Westover and Brig. Gen. H H Arnold expected. The inquiry aims to gather intelligence on air strength of other powers and assess conditions for strengthening the service before adjournment.
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Washington
INS
United States
House Military Affairs Committee
Army Air Corps
Rep
Harter
Ohio
Malin Craig
Oscar Westover
Air Corps
H.H Arnold
Extend CIO Accord With Jones Laughlin Steel
An exclusive bargaining contract between Jones and Laughlin Steel, the nation's fourth largest steelmaker with about 20,000 employees, and the CIO's Steel Workers Organizing Committee was extended for another year after a three hour conference in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
CIO
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Handmade Rainbows to Start Tomorrow in Gazette
The Gazette will serialize Handmade Rainbows by Mrs. Harry Pugh Smith starting tomorrow. Readers know her from Jewels For His Crown and Hearts Walking, and the opening chapters invite new and returning fans to follow the new work.
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Harry Pugh Smith
The
Gazette
Czechs Ready To Resist Nazi By Any Means
Webb Miller reports from Prague that Czechoslovakia will resist Hitler by any means, diplomatic or military, and has Paris assurances France will aid if Germany attacks. The nation rejects a protectorate over Germans abroad and notes a close Franco Czechoslovak alliance. Political calm masks strong resolve.
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Webb Miller
United Press European
Prague
Czechoslovaka
Adolf Hitler
France
Miller
Czechoslovakia
Hitler
Paris
Germany
Weather warms with rising highs in Cedar Rapids
Clouds roll over Cedar Rapids as temperatures climb from 20 at 7 am to 30 by 1 15 pm and reach 32 at 2 45 pm. Wednesday's high was 33 at 3 pm, with cooler readings later. Scattered snowflakes appeared Wednesday night.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Mexico Denies Iron Deposit Deal With Japan
Washington report says the Mexican embassy denied that Mexico received concessions from Japan for development of iron deposits in western Mexico. The denial contrasts with earlier speculation about a potential minerals agreement between the two countries.
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Washington
INS
Mexico
Japan
Pickets Tie Up Hall Plant as CIO Union Strikes
Tension grows at Hall Manufacturing as United Production Workers union 453 CIO affiliates resume picketing after eviction by district court. Guards and detectives observed as superintendent Joe Repstein and maintenance man Louis Terwilliger were denied access, with line rules extending to nearby Castone Systems operator George Wilhelm.
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Hall Manufacturing Company
United Production Workers Union 453
CIO
District Court
Charles J. Haas
Louis Terwilliger
Terwilliger
Joe Repstein
Repstein
George Wilhelm
Castone Products Company
Hall
Wilhelm
U S Lawmakers Question U S Propaganda Campaign Plans
House Thursday heard Rep. Taber of New York urge President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull to state whether this government began an international propaganda campaign when Interior Secretary Ickes was allowed to broadcast a speech to the British Isles last week.
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Washington
INS
House
Rep. Taber
New York
Roosevelt
Hull
Interior Ickes
British Isles
Hitler Agrees To Respect Austrian Independence
Vienna Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler has agreed to respect and preserve Austria's independence, Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg told Parliament. He said the government remains dedicated to the 1934 constitution, seeks a unified front of Austrians, and aims to rebuild welfare and daily life while honoring the Austro German accord of July 11, 1936. The Berchtesgaden visit is cited as a milestone toward peace.
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Vienna
Schuschnigg
Schuschnige
Reichstag
Maximilian
Berchtesgaden
Austria
Neutral Ambassador Must Run With Hate, Chase With Hounds
A 1838-era column by ARTHUR Bugs BAER jokes that a neutral ambassador must run with the hare and chase with the hounds, stay in the middle, and be all things to all men without meaning to any. It mocks diplomacy as a gentleman handing back a battered hat after an election bet.
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Arthur
Bugs” Baer
Ambassador Kennedy
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