Old Age Aid Policy Sparks Moral Dilemma In Iowa
A veteran Iowa columnist weighs the state aid program for the elderly, praising administration by Byron G. Allen while detailing a visit with a young couple facing poverty. He questions where lines should be drawn on relief, family responsibility, and the cost of multi generational support under the pension system.
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Iowa
Byron G. Allen
Des Moines
Barney Allen
T. A. Molien
Cedar Rapids
Allen
Mike
Barney
Chamber Probes Business Lag At Grass Roots Inquiry
The U S Chamber of Commerce launched a grass roots inquiry to find why business lags despite available resources. It urged 1,100 local chambers and 500 affiliated groups to survey 1,000,000 members on factors from agriculture to taxation.
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Washington
INS
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
National Chamber
Chamber
Widow Seeks End to Redfern Search Plea Broadcast
In Schenectady New York Mrs Gertrude Fox widow of expedition backer asks rescue crew to call off the hunt for missing flyer Paul Redfern. The plea was broadcast on short wave from British Guiana where the American rescue party has been searching since Saturday. Her husband Dr Frederick J Fox who sailed with the expedition recently died of jungle fever.
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Schenectady
N. Y
INS
British Guiana
Paul Redfern
Gertrude Fox
Frederick J. Fox
Mercury Reaches 44 Degrees Under Clear Saturday Skies
In Cedar Rapids, skies were fair as the day warmed from a 32 degree low at 6 a.m. to a high of 44 by 5 p.m. The temperature remained mild into the night, with little wind and calm conditions reported across the region.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
About Prayer in Everyday Living and Letters From Readers
A column titled About Prayer features reader letters praising prayer’s value in daily life. A scientist recounts how making “contact” through aviation and radio transformed his life, describing personal struggles and a shift in perspective. The piece invites further reader reflections.
Arrests Predicted In Spy Cleanup Bulletin
Federal agents detained a red haired German girl and two men in New York as suspects in an international spy ring trading U S military secrets. The trio faces espionage charges with bail set at 25000 each as more arrests are expected and a federal grand jury action is likely. Reed Vetterli cited decoded messages showing sales of Panama Canal Zone secrets and other sensitive data.
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New York
United States
U. S
Isaac Platt
Lamar Hardy
Reed Vetterli
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U. S. Army
Panama Canal Zone
Uncle Sam
Atlantic
Pacific
Suspected thieves tied to $250000 GE loot case
In Los Angeles seven men were jailed on grand theft suspicions after allegedly looting GE warehouses of goods valued at 250000 over ten years. The group underbid GE for southern California contracts while using GE products. Detective confession by one suspect led to arrests, naming Charles Frank Lavergne Ellis Frederick Schiebel Leslie A Moss Olaf Cervine and Leslie Cervine.
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Los Angeles
General Electric Company
General Electric
California
L. F. Thomas
Art Seth
Charles
Frank
Lavergne Ellis
Frederick Schiebel
Leslie A. Moss
Olaf
Leslie Cervine
De Valera doubtful on British accord after London talks
Dublin Prime Minister Eamonn de Valera returned from negotiations in London and expressed extreme pessimism about reaching an agreement with Britain on Ireland. He admitted efforts to solve the partition deadlock between Northern and Southern Ireland had failed so far. The conference would be concluded by the opening Monday.
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Dublin
Eamonn de Valera
London
de Valera
Northern
Ireland
Batista cracks down after Cuba revolutionary plot arrest
In Havana Col. Fulgencito Batista moved fast after arresting twenty seven suspects in an alleged anti government plot. Secret service raided Havana homes uncovering propaganda tied to a Brooklyn address and possible U S confederates. Authorities denied armed uprising plans.
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Havana
INS
Fulgencito Batista
Cuba
Batista
United States
Brooklyn
Ditch Digger, 23, Sings Family Out Of Impoverishment
A WPA ditch digger's son from a nine child poverty family soared to fame at the Hippodrome Opera in La Traviata. Jerry Cardinale 23 won a private tutoring path from Alfredo Salmaggi after an audition turning a dire home life and relief into a hopeful future. The family traveled from a Ninth Avenue tenement to witness his success with about 4000 opera fans cheering.
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New York
Hippodrome Theater
Jerry Cardinale
WPA
Cardinale
Alfredo Salmaggi
Hippodrome Opera
Salmaggi
Ninth Avenue
Concord Bill Mathues Becomes Father for 17th Time
Gradyville Pennsylvania reports eighty three year old William Concord Bill Mathues upset on Saturday about becoming a father again for the seventeenth time. The elderly man, known locally by the nickname Concord Bill, expressed mixed emotions as family welcomes another child.
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Gradyville
Wiliam “Concord
Bill” Mathues
Ile
France backs foreign policy with 439 to 2 vote
The French chamber of deputies endorsed the government's foreign policy by 439 votes to two, backing alliance with Britain and cautious dealings with fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. Foreign Minister Delbos pledged fulfillment of Czechoslovak commitments while warning against Danubian hegemony. Prime Minister Chautemps argued for continued ties, collective security, and fidelity to the League of Nations.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
France
Britain
Italy
Germany
Hitler
Yvon Delbos
Czechoslovakia
Danubian
Camille Chautemps
Great Britain
League of Nations
League
Europe
O Connell Urges Suspension Of Helium Shipment
Rep John M O Connell urges Interior Secretary Ickes to halt 17 900 000 cubic feet of helium destined for German interests arguing the volume exceeds civilian needs and may violate the helium act. Ickes responds questioning the congressman's grasp of the facts in sharp exchange published by O Connell.
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Washington
INS
John M. O'Connell
R. I
Interior Ickes
O’connell
Ickes
O'Connell
Icke
Weekly Forecast for Feb 28 to Mar 5 in Central U.S.
Chicago AP outlines the weekly outlook covering the Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and northern and central Great Plains. Expect little precipitation with temperatures near normal or above in most areas through the period.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
Japan Hints Plan to End World Ship Frenzy
TOKIO AP Foreign Minister Koki Hirota told parliament that Japan’s naval policy remains unchanged since the Washington treaty's abrogation and aims to stop the naval arms race by appealing to fairness. He denied intent to join a building race while warning of prepared defenses amid tensions over China and mobilization debates.
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Japan
Tokio
United States
Great Britain
Koki Hirota
Hirota
Mitsumasa Yonai
House of Representatives
House
Foreign Office
North China War Zone
Nazis in Styria challenge Schuschnigg in Graz
From Graz, Styria, Nazi activists defy Austrian chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg by posting pamphlets demanding free Nazi faith, demonstrations, and the end of acts against Nazi officials, while calling for dissolution of opposing parties and permanent lifting of the public meetings ban. They claim the times of anti-German terrorism are past.
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Vienna
Styria
Kurt Schuschnigg
Schuschnigg
Austria
Graz
Hans Schmid
McCall Enters Cedar Rapids School Board Race
William McCall of 1116 First Avenue W enters the Cedar Rapids school board race. He joins incumbent Hoadley and Ernest Koseck vying for two vacancies. McCall, a Spanish War veteran and Presbyterian, has previously campaigned for a board seat.
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Cedar Rapids
William McCall
First Avenue W
French Didn't Know Bullitt's Harangue Was 140 Years Old
Bill Bullitt, valedictorian for the class of 1798, delivered Washington's farewell speech to the French as if it were his own impromptu address. The piece notes the speech’s age and suggests it could have fit topics like war debts with minor changes.
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Bullitt
Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Bill Bullitt
Washington
Bill
Pershing Weakens as Death Seems Near in Tucson
General John J. Pershing, 77, lay in a coma as doctors reported no nourishment and kidney failure. Despite earlier heart stimulant action, his condition deteriorated Saturday night with family at his bedside, including May Pershing, Francis Warren Pershing, Frank Pershing, and aide Master Sergeant C. C. Shaeroe.
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Tucson
Aziz
John J. Pershing
General Pershing
Ariz
INS
Pershing
Ronald Davison
America
Frank Pershing
Davison
May Pershing
Francis Warren Pershing
C. C. Shaeroe
Judge voids four PSC orders on Wisconsin Bell rate cuts
Circuit Judge A C Hoppmann ruled four Wisconsin public service commission orders for statewide reduction in Wisconsin Telephone local service rates illegal. The decision, if not overturned, would save the utility about 4.78 million dollars placed in a fund for possible repayment to 250000 subscribers and prevent a permanently annual cut of about 863000 dollars. The PSC spent years in studies and hearings before the ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Public Service Commission
A. C. Hoppmann
Wisconsin Telephone Company
Bell System
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Rrr Ee
Collision Hits Burlington Train Killing Five Workers
A rear-end crash at a cross-over near West Burlington involved a Burlington and Quincy freight train striking a work train of 300 shop employees. Five workers were killed and several others injured, with 3,000 spectators at the scene as rescue efforts unfolded and a formal investigation was ordered for Sunday.
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Burlington
Chicago
West Burlington
Ottumwa
Galesburg
William Powell
Ill
E. A. de Vilbiss
al Lang
L. B. Williman
P. D. Kerr
Ben Gardner
Man Dies Suddenly In Doctor's Office
J A Meeker aged 56 of 217 Seventh street SE died of a heart attack in a physician's office at 4 40 p m Saturday after a side pain prompted a visit. Dr R E Munden deputy coroner ruled the death a heart attack and no inquest would be held. Survived by daughter Mrs Gladys Epperson of Waterloo with no Cedar Rapids relatives. Body was taken to the funeral home.
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J. A. Meeker
Seventh Street SE
Meeker
R. E. Munden
Core Oner
Gladys Epperson
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
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