Reciprocal trade treaties debated in 1936 campaign
Hull treaties face GOP fire as Alf Landon targets them in Minnesota speech. The plan to extend the reciprocal trade act to 1940 wins support from Iowa senators while Vandenberg and Borah oppose. Farmers favor the treaties for direct Washington benefits despite potential losses. Cedar Rapids school election sees low turnout. March 8 vote to fill three board seats as Moore retires.
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Cordell Hull
Alf Landon
Minneaplis
London
Iowa
Washington
Cedar Rapids
E. R. Moore
Charles Penningroth
Joseph Sadowsky
Moore
Parent-Teacher Association
Detroit Dime Store Sitdown Strikers Demand Union Recognition
In Detroit the first all female sitdown strike at a 5 and 10 store escalated as 250 girl clerks barricaded doors and 200 customers were effectively imprisoned. Organizers pressed for union recognition, a 10 cent hourly wage raise, overtime pay, uniforms, free lunches, and no discrimination, with support from A F L organizer A F Loew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
F. W. Woolworth
Loew
Mayer
Moore Departs Board as Iowa City School Finances Shine
R MOORE leaves the board after 12 years with strong credit for prudent school district finances and personal administration. His retirement heightens the need for careful selection of new members as tensions over board direction surface.
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R. Moore
Moore
Prohibition Era Figure Dr. Clarence Wilson Recovering
Dr. Clarence True Wilson, a leading prohibition era figure, was reported recovering Saturday from a paralytic stroke suffered Thursday night. His son-in-law Dr. Charles C. Petheram said the right side remains paralzed but improvement is noted and full recovery is expected.
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Portland
Ore
Clarence True Wilson
Charles C. Petheram
Salesman Roosevelt Defends Trusted Wares Amid Imitations
The piece notes Roosevelt's sales tours of the previous year and his claim that only his wares are trustworthy while all others are imitations despite long-standing service elsewhere.
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Roosevelt
Strangers poem prompts readers to judge self and seek grace
A reader letter in Everyday Living debates self judgment versus divine judgment. The author notes the need to live rightly before God, while two readers offer contrasting views of self-respect and piety. The piece ends with reflections on Jesus judgment parables and humility.
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God
Court Proposal Friends Seek To Compromise
Washington leaders urged a compromise on Roosevelt's court enlargement plan as opposition grows. Proposals include naming two new justices instead of six, with Donahey opposing and Smathers and Pope expressing support. The split reaches 36 opposed, 28 in favor, while 32 have not declared. The Senate majority needed is 49.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Senate
Vic Donahey
Ohio
Buckeye
William H. Smathers
N. J
James P. Pope
Idaho
Donahey
Congress
Thin Snow Mantle Covers Cedar Rapids in Light Flurries
A thin mantle of new snow settled over Cedar Rapids during a calm Saturday, with no wind. Temperatures fell from a high of 27 to 23 by 10 p.m., readings from Chambers Inskeep company indicate as flurries continued.
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Ormer
Los Angeles
California
Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company
Dr Dafoe Leaves Toronto Hospital
Dr Allan Roy Dafoe the Dionne quintuplets' physician departed Toronto hospital where he had been confined since February 15 with influenza and traveled to Callander.
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Toronto
Ont
Allan Roy Dafoe
Callander
New Mexico Legislature Mulls Mandatory Lobbyist Uniforms
Members of the New Mexico legislature on Saturday sponsored a proposal to label lobbyists with uniforms bearing the initial L on the back.
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Sante FE
N. M
New Mexico
Posse Hunt Slays Child Kidnap Case in Argentina
Thousands of men rode the pampas north of Buenos Aires in a hunt for the Gor dillo gang blamed for the kidnapping and killing of 2-year-old Pereyra Iraola a heir to a cattle fortune. The nude body was found in a cornfield near La Sorpresa amid strangulation and injuries. Authorities kept silent on ransom notes and parental contact.
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Buenos Aires
Pampas
Mar del Plata Hospital
Weather Outlook for Chicago March 1 to 6 1937
The AP forecast covers the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. Early week looks fair then unsettled conditions bring precipitation around midweek. Temperatures near normal at the start and middle, turning colder toward the end of the period.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Suspect Held in Sioux Falls Powder House Slaying
William Nesbeth was held for questioning in the New Year’s Eve powder house blast that killed Harold Baker near Sioux Falls South Dakota. Nesbeth was arrested in a downtown hotel and waived extradition. He is charged with involvement in a five ton dynamite plot tied to a $38,000 jewel burglary in Sioux City Iowa. Mrs Helen Sieler, a wounded companion, identified the trio. Police expect Nesbeth to be returned to South Dakota with officers from Iowa and South Dakota.
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Oklahoma City
William Nesbeth
Harold Baker
Sioux Falls
S. D
Nesbeth
Emmitt Drane
D. F. Brown
Baker
Sioux City
Lee Bradley
Harry Reeves
Nesbeth and
Bradley
Helen Sieler
Crane
South Dakota
Iowa
C. C. Bledsoe
Fred Searls
South Dakota Department of Justice
Leo Naughton
Reading Picks and Society Notes Across Cedar Rapids
A collage of features and column teasers charts life in Iowa towns. Hollywood looks, Penny Pioneers lunch plans, chefs club survey, co-eds in sports, Swedish hosting, blondes vs browns, auctioneers tales, Broadway mischief, snow and janitor talk, perfect husband myths, four leaf luck, and March moving trends are teased with page references.
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la Hollywood
Greta Garbo
Gary Cooper
Charlies Laughton
Edgewood
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
U. S
West Liberty
West Branch
Broadway
Harry E. Boyd
Cedar County
Iowa
Mystery Woman Sought After Berlin Slaying
Berlin police grilled John J. Hughes son of a New York lawyer after he shot 82 year old merchant Oskar Hoffman claiming self defense. Detectives pursued a possible German sweetheart referred to as a mystery woman who might illuminate the motive.
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Berlin
John J. Hughes
New York
Oskar Hoffman
Hughes
Hoffman
Sweetheart
Lines Tighten On Far Flung Strike Fronts
Embattled unionists massed at factories coast to coast as sit down strikes spread. In Detroit workers at Ferro Stamping routed non union staff injuring a woman and two men while Gov. Murphy dispatched labor officials to aid negotiations. About 30,000 workers were idle across roughly 50 plants including Thompson Products and Canada Dry. Pickets surrounded Fansteel in North Chicago as forces faced warrants for conspiracy. Douglas Aircraft and Northrop plan reopenings amid mounting labor disputes affecting 6750 employees. Security tightened as Minnesota and Minneapolis substations received scrutiny and mediation efforts began. Vandals interrupted support efforts late in the report.
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Ferro Stamping Company
Detroit
Frank Murphy
G. A. Krogstad
Canada Dry Ginger Ale Company
Thompson Products, Inc
Fansteel Metallurgical Corporation
Chicago
Ill
Union
Committee For Industrial Organization
Douglas Aircraft Corporation
Santa Monica
Calif
William Busick
United Automobile Workers Aircraft Division
Northrop Corporation
Douglas
Northern States Power Company
Minneapolis
Perkins
Francis Haas
Takes Him 28 Years To Bring Back Pound Of Liver From Store
Twenty eight years after a mother sent her son Charles to fetch a pound of liver the man returned with the liver and a wife. He came from Anchorage Alaska where he had lived for years. Mrs Emva Simms of Aleppo Pennsylvania had heard from him only once since the errand was set. He wrote he hadn’t forgotten the task and would someday complete it.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Emva Simms
Charles
Butcher’s
Anchorage
Alaska
Robbers Stop Car For Jewelry Heist In Chicago
Two well dressed men forced a car to the curb near a night club in Chicago and robbed Mrs. Percy Moore of 1050 in jewels and a mink valued at 1400 as she returned home early Saturday.
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Chicago
Percy Moore
Open verdict in Pearson slaying in Palm Springs
Coroner jury at Banning returned an open verdict in the Humphrey Pearson slaying case. The jury could not determine the cause of death beyond a gunshot wound under undetermined circumstances. The Riverside inquiry continues as witnesses described a Palm Springs party at the couple’s villa.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Humphrey Pearson
Banning
Hollywood
Riverside County
Desert Playground
Pearson
Faces Manslaughter Charge After Wife's Blizzard Death
Louis Richardson a rancher near Albion, Montana, faces a manslaughter charge for letting his wife venture out in a blizzard where she froze to death. District Attorney Gordon Berg said Richardson is bound over for trial next fall on criminal neglect. He is free on 1500 dollars bond after sheriff's deputies recovered the woman's body about seven miles from home four days after she disappeared January 19 during the storm.
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Ekalaka
Mont
Louis Richardson
Albion
Gordon Berg
Carter County
Richardson
Berg
James Armstrong
Jane Withers Hurt In Auto Collision
Hollywood reports child star Jane Withers was thrown through a windshield when her mother's car collided with another vehicle. She suffered a cut above the eye and head bruising. Mrs Withers and the other driver Arley Blood were involved with Blood absolved of blame.
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Hollywood
Jane Withers
Duke's Anger Drives Royal Jewelry Return Talks
Crown disputes souring Edward's exile in Enzesfeld castle prompt talks of restoring Queen Victoria and Queen Alexandra jewels to the duke. A settlement may include 600000 to 700000 in value and a life pension plus a working capital grant for investments. Edward seeks Duchess rank for Mrs Simpson after marriage.
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Cannes
France
Edward
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Queen Victoria
Queen Alexandra
Duke of Windsor
Alexandra
Victoria
The
United Press
Enzesfeld
Austria
Mrs. Simpson
King George to decide on Edward financial settlement talks
London reports say King George VI plans an early decision on Edward VIII's finances. Negotiations at Enzesfeld Austria between Edward and the Duke of Kent shape a royal civil list review. Edward would receive 125000 pounds cash and a 20000 pound annual pension, with the king likely assuming the annual pension and others seeking larger capital payments.
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London
George VI
Edward
Enzesfeld
Austria
Duke of Kent
George
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