Washingtons farewell words echo in today’s policy debates
The piece recalls Presidents Washington and Roosevelt warning against sympathy for favored nations and entangling alliances. It cautions that such steps pull the U S into quarrels and foster jealousy and retaliation abroad. The column notes Congress moving toward expanded defenses amid saber rattling and flags Iowa lawmakers on naval base votes.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Hell
Sherman
Daladier Wins Chamber Confidence on Spain Recognition
Paris Daladier's government won a 323 to 261 confidence vote in the chamber as it seeks to recognize General Franco's Spain. The move clears the way for a cabinet decision on Monday to recognize the Spanish regime in coordination with Britain.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Daladier
Spain
People's Front
Franco
Chamber
France
Britain
Great Britain
Europe
Viscount Halifax
Premier Chamberlain
House of Lords
Chamberlain
Italy
Lord Halifax
Unemployment Estimate: 880000 Jobs Lost in January
Washington officials report 880000 non agricultural workers lost their jobs in January. Frances Perkins notes the large figure as part of labor market shifts and economic data released Friday.
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Washington
Frances Perkins
Savant Shuts Lab To Totalitarians
NEW YORK AP. Dr. P W Bridgman Harvard physicist announced through Science that his laboratory will be closed to visits by citizens from totalitarian states. He says the move aims to curb access to scientific information that could be misused by those states.
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New York
P. W. Bridgman
Harvard
Bridgman
Distressed British Ship Reaches Algerian Port
The British steamer African Trader carrying Spanish refugees reached Mersel Kebir harbor after distress signals were sent from 50 miles north of Cape Aiguille off the North African coast.
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Algiers
INS
Cape Aiguille
Mersel Kebir
Relief Seekers Speak: Five Years on Relief Ends
A former truck driver recounts hardship during the relief years, describing unemployment, hunger, and stigma. He praises the patient courage and kindness of people as conditions ease and work returns, noting widespread letters of despair and a search for honest labor.
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Nolly
Padre
Indictment Against W F Main Quashed in Houston
An indictment charging mail fraud against W F Main of Cedar Rapids Iowa and 14 others was quashed by Judge T M Kennerly for a technical defect. The case will be presented to the grand jury again Monday, said Assistant U S Attorney George John. Main and the others were indicted last year.
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Houston, Texas
W. F. Main
Cedar Rapids
T. M. Kennerly
United States
George John Said
Main
Court orders quash as indictment failed to charge US offenses
District Judge T M Kennerly sustained a defense demurrer and quashed the indictment on grounds it did not charge offenses under United States law. Defendants include W F Main Miss Jane Slavata E L Weidner J H Arnold Frank E Machen and others, many Cedar Rapids residents. The case alleges multiple companies operated to sell exclusive rights with 15 overt acts mainly in 1935 1936, including alleged fraudulent newspaper advertising mailed nationwide.
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Cedar Rapids
T. M. Kennerly
United States
W. F. Main
Jane Slavata
E. L. Weidner
J. H. Arnold
Frank E. Machen
H. A. Visel
O. F Troutman
Philip C. Ahsler
L. F. Underwood
Charles Holmes
K. R. Davidson
H. H. Trader
H. Pasteur
Charles Bobenmyer
E. L. Shaw
Main
Arnold
Machen
Miss Slavata
W. F. Main Company
Appleton Novelty Company
New Specialty Company
Machen’ Company
Standard Mercantile Company
Standard Manufacturing Company
Double Receipt of Relief and Age Pension Probe
The investigation targets whether old age pensioners also receive relief checks. Senate and House rush to conclude preliminaries as major social security reforms loom. A 50-50 financing plan for handicapped care and Townsend pension costs face scrutiny.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Harrisson
Miss
Senate Finance Committee
Lodge
Mass
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Social Security Board
U. S
House
Congress
Ways and Means
Paul Studenski
New York University
Altmeyer
Senate Committee
Pedro Candiotti Sets Open Water Time World Record
In Santa Fe Argentina Pedro Candiotti 48 claimed a world record after spending 100 hours 33 minutes swimming and floating with the current in the Parana river from San Javier, exiting Thursday night.
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Santa FE
Argentina
Pedro Candiotti
Parana River
San Javier
Franco Foresees 3 Front Attack on Madrid Valencia Almeria
Rome dispatches report that Generalissimo Franco expects a three front assault against Madrid Valencia and Almeria. The Rome papers publish the news with prominent headlines.
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Franco
Rome
INS
Madrid
Valencia
Almeria
Youngsters Of 1960 Will Get Jolt From Grandpas Wild Oats
Arthur Bugs Baer comments in a House of Commons exchange about extending credit for posterity. He likens the 1939 taxpayer’s burden to a hen about to run up a large feed bill, predicting 1960 youngsters will inherit a heavy debt.
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Grandpa
Y Arthur
Bugs” Baer
House of Commons
Senate passes curb on four agencies in Iowa government
The Iowa State Senate defeated a move to add the banking department to a reform bill targeting the highway commission motor vehicle department board of assessment and review and code editor. The measure would repeal their operating receipts allowances. Senator L H Doran urged including banking and proposed cutting the bank superintendent salary. Leadership warned against overloading the bill as debate continues.
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Des
Boone
Senate
Banking Department
Doran
D. W. Bates
Bates
State Banking Board
L. B. Forshng
Sioux City
Police Seize Tickets Nab Two Men In Lottery Raids
Cedar Rapids police raided two locations late Thursday and found thousands of unsold lottery tickets. J H Griffin and Joe Modracek pled guilty to selling tickets and were fined or jailed. Investigators described Griffin as a Cedar Rapids representative of a Chicago mob.
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Cedar Rapids
J. H. Griffin
Eighth Avenue SE
Chicago
Earl Stanley
Albert Wilson
Griffin
Bill Kudrna
Jack Haberle
Joe Modracek
Seventh Street SE
Modracek
H. R. Churchill
Hungary bans its chief Nazi party in crackdown
Budapest reports Hungary bans the Hungarists as a danger to public safety while joining the Rome Berlin axis. Foreign Minister Csaky signed the anti comintern pact with Germany Japan and Italy as observers attended. Premier Teleky praised Hitler's peace aims in parliament amid mixed Berlin reactions.
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Budapest
National Socialist Party of
Hungary
Germany
Italy
Japan
Count Stephen Csaky
Otto von Erdmannsdorff
Hajima ‘ Matsumiya
Omero Formertitini
Count Paul Teleky
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Debt Limit Increase Sought To 50 Billion As Debt Near 44 Billion
Washington reports President and Treasury officials urge Congress to raise the public debt limit from 45 to 50 billion dollars while the national debt nears 44 billion by June 30 1940. Morgenthau defends inflation fears and notes the dollar devaluation power as a tool.
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Washington
INS
Congress
of Treas
Morgenthau
Morgenthau Reverses Stance On Proposed Taxes
Washington reports the administration backed away from a prior tax plan after Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr. privately signaled heavy new levies to a House committee a month earlier. He then announced at a press conference that no new taxes are contemplated as the administration seeks business cooperation.
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Washington
LLP
Secretary of Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
House
Morgenthau
McCall Dies in Electric Chair After Final Defense Plea
Franklin Pierce McCall, sentenced for kidnapping and slaying five year old Jimmy Cash, faced execution in Raiford Florida. He read a four page anti capital punishment statement as guards prepared the chair, amid last minute appeals and pleas for mercy. He received visits from wife, brother, and uncle and sought spiritual comfort from a chaplain. Attempts to halt the execution failed as courts declined stay requests and doctors ruled on venereal disease claims.
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State Prison
Raiford
Fla
Franklin Pierce McCall
Jimmy Cash
McCall
Claudine
Byrd McCall
A. C. McCall
Leslie Shepherd
L. F. Chapman
U. S. Supreme Court
C. A. Arriett
Hugo L. Black
Felix H. Frankfurter
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Rufus E. Foster
President Roosevelt departs Virgin Islands amid naval games
President Roosevelt moves his flagship away from the Virgin Islands as naval war games in the West Indies enter a closely guarded final phase during the supposedly zero hour of defense tests.
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Miami
Fla
America
West Indies
Roosevelt
Virgin Islands
Penick and Ford Pledges Action to Stop River Pollution
Penick and Ford Ltd through plant manager Dr J Max Widmer promised immediate steps to permanently eliminate Cedar River pollution from the corn processing plant. The plan includes extending the storm sewer outlet 300 feet, preventing naphtha leaks, plugging sewer leaks, maintaining contact with the city council, and reporting storm sewage samples to the city engineer and state board of health.
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J. Max Widmer
Penick and Ford, Ltd
State Board of Health
Dr. Widmer
Penick and
Ford
Council
State Board’of Health
Unanimous Express
Thief Stole 25 Pigeons in Newton Bizarre Incident
Newton police report a thief stole 25 homing pigeons from Francis Sampson. Five birds have returned so far, leaving authorities puzzled by the rash act.
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Newton, Mass
Newton
Francis Sampson
Calready
Aerts Maree Feeds Steel Fae Ened Yetels
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a war genealogy update with names blurred. No clear events, dates, or affiliations are readable to form a dependable summary.
Nebraska Governor Orders Extradition of Arson Suspect to Texas
Lincoln Nebraska AP Governor Cochran extradited Christ Merkuri to El Paso Texas on arson charges. Merkuri faces joint prosecution with Tom Angelos while his attorney hints at a habeas corpus challenge. The governor said Texas courts must decide guilt or innocence.
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Lincoln
Neb
L. Cochran
Christ Merkuri
el Paso
Texas
R. O. Johnson
Merkuri
Nessett G. Kraschel
Iowa
Cochran
Cocheran
Courts of
William E. Clayton
Tom Angelos
Merkur
Johnson
Ole T. Naglestad
Sioux City
Joseph L. Kopf
Angelos
Naglestad
Stars and Stripes
Lee Basye
James Pontrale
Sam Galadis
Alex Keriakedes
P. H. Kosmos
Committee Cuts Roosevelt Budget in Treasury Post Office Bill
The house appropriations committee reported a 1.700 billion treasury post office bill, cutting 27.9 million from Roosevelt's request. This fifth major bill of the 76th Congress funds treasury and post office operations for the new fiscal year, with total spending rising 197 million over the current year. The treasury receives 809.6 million and the post office 790.8 million.
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Washington
LLP
House Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
Treasury Post Office
Treasury and
Post Office
Treasury Department
Jacobsen Votes With Dissent on Guam Item in Naval Bill
The House voted to remove a 6 million dollar Guam harbor dredging item from the naval base bill. Only Iowa’s Rep Jacobsen supported keeping the Guam provision, while Rep Harrington joined with seven Republicans to delete it, leaving the Iowa delegation largely aligned against the lone Democrat.
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Guam
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Pacific
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Clinton
Harrington
Sioux City
Thome
Martin
John W. Gwynne
Waterloo
H. O. Tatle
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Karl M. .le Compte
Corydon
C. C. Dowell
Des Moines
Ben F. Jensen
Extra
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