Congress to strengthen army air corps as independent unit
Rep J Mark Wilcox announced a bill to make the army air corps an independent branch under the War Department with a chief of army aviation. He also urged a $70 million chain of frontier air bases and outlined six major bases plus two supply bases to boost the air strength beyond 1,550 planes.
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Washington
Army Air Corps
Congress
J. Mark Wilcox
Fla
House Military Affairs Committee
War Department
Frontier
Army General Staff
Wilcox
Army Aviation
Secretary of War
Air Corps
Navy
Air Force
General Staff
Special Army Board of Selection
Atlantic
Pacific
Alaska
Appalachian Mountain
Rocky Mountains
Army
Explosion rocks city as crowds flood streets
A massive blast devastates an explosive depot crater 35 feet long 25 feet deep and 25 feet wide. Deputy Weidenbach reported signs blown down a mile away and estimated damage around 5000 dollars. Downtown and outlying areas react as investigators tally stock, powder, and dynamite on site. Deep Rapids reports continue.
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E. H. Weidenbach
Explosion Damage Reported Far From Site
The blast fractured windows twenty miles away and was felt in Pipestone fifty-one miles distant and Doon Iowa forty miles away, indicating broad shock.
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Pipestone
Doon
Coralville Man Shot by Rock Island Policeman
Coralville resident Clark McGinnis was critically wounded after a 1:30 a.m. clash with Rock Island officer Orville Bryan who said McGinnis attempted a holdup. McGinnis fled, Bryan fired into the air, then twice at his back as he fled.
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Rock Island
Clark McGinnis
Coralville
Orville Bryan
Bryan
McGinnis
Canadian Legion to Reorganize Frontiersmen Unit
Capt H M Morrison of Winnipeg plans to revive the Legion of Frontiersmen in Canada. The organization, once active during and after World War I, was founded in London about 30 years ago by a former Royal Northwest Mounted Police member.
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Winnipeg
Man
Canada
Legion of Frontiersmen
Britain
H. M. Morrison
London
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Firefighter Dies After False Alarm in New Jersey
Fireman Thomas Heagney left his sick bed to watch his company respond to a false alarm. He rushed to the roof of his home, toppled off, and later died at a hospital. The fire call proved to be a false alarm.
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Weehawken
N. J
Thomas Heagney
Europe Eyes Hitler as New Year Opens
As 1937 begins Europe watches Berlin and Hitler amid fears of renewed tensions. Germany proclaims strength, faces foreign policy risks with Russia and Britain, while Hitler pursues rearmament and alliances in a year of political and economic strain. Strong entities include Germany, Hitler, Mussolini, Britain, France, Moscow, Spain, Ethiopia, Italy, Japan.
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Europe
Hitler
Moscow
Berlin
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Germany
Bismarck
Russia
Great Britain
Reich
Stresemann
France
Mussolini
Rhineland
Belgium
Britain
Versailles
Kiel Canal
London
Paris
Poland
Kaiser
Italy
Japan
Count Ciano
Berchtesgaden
Ethiopia
Franco
Spain
Austria
Danube
Mediterranean
Tokio
Wilhelmstrasse
Rome
Burgos
Madrid
Cadiz
Nazi Party
Barn and Shed Burn on Otis Road Farm
Fire destroyed a barn a machine shed on Louis Jakoubek’s Otis road farm known as the old Christie place south of the city. Cedar Rapids station 4 firemen saved the house and hog shed after three hours of effort. Ten tons of hay and two to three tons of straw and harness were lost. Fire likely started in the haymow. Well water was pumped via booster to aid salvage.
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Louis Jakoubek
Christie Place
Otis Road
Cedar Rapids
Uick
Doze-No-Me Neck Wear Promises Awakening Alarm
Columbus with UPS reports Carl E. Brown has patented a device named Doze-No-Me worn over the Adam’s apple. When a nodding chin triggers a top button, a bell alarm sounds to awaken nearly all sleepers except drunks and deaf persons.
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Columbus, O
Carl E. Brown
Five Injured In Auto Accidents New Year’s Eve
Five persons were injured in auto accidents on New Year’s Eve and early Friday. One victim, Rudolph Snenicka, was hit by a hit-and-run driver at 2 15 a.m. at Twelfth avenue and Second street SE. Others bruised included R E Pierson and Ches ter Anderson in a rear end collision on First avenue and Twenty first street NE. Laura Waters suffered multiple injuries on Third avenue, and Emma Pfeffer was bruised crossing Sixth street from east to west. Police report the hit and run driver fled after the impact and weather did not cause additional mishaps.
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Rudolph Snenicka
Cedar Rapids
Twelfth Avenue
Second Street SE
Lnenicka
Johnson County
C. S. P. S. Hall
R. E. Pierson
Ellis Boulevard
Chester Anderson
Cottage Grove Avenue
Anderson
Pierson
First Avenue
Twenty-first Street
Laura Waters
Des Moines
H. A. Visel
Windemere Apartments
Third Avenue
Twelfth
Fourteenth Streets
Visel
St. Luke’s Hospital
Emma Pfeffer
Sixth Street
Collins Radio Wins 6000 Contract For State Police Radio
DES MOINES AP The state attorney general office announced Collins Radio Company of Cedar Rapids won a 6000 contract for a new state police radio transmitter at Des Moines. The 1000 watt station will replace the current 400 watt system and the AG seeks FCC approval to raise power.
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Des Moines
Collins Radio Company, Inc
Cedar Rapids
Edward L. O'Connor
Attorney General
Federal Communications Commission
Merchants Report Business Gains Across 1935 Holiday Season
Retailers describe strong year end sales with 18 to 20 percent annual growth. Diamonds and watches in demand. cameos and yellow gold rise in popularity. Jewelry firms note upticks in weddings and radio demand. home appliances and furniture show strong recovery post-1930s lull. December sales peak before a resilient post Christmas lull.
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Cedar Rapids
Wilson Named Agriculture Under Secretary as RA Reassigned
Roosevelt shifts Resettlement Administration to the Agriculture Department effective January 1. M. L. Wilson becomes under secretary, succeeding Rexford Tugwell who resigns to join American Molasses. W. W. Alexander becomes RA administrator and Harry L. Brown takes the assistant secretary post. Wilson, 51, a Montana expert and former university professor, led agricultural economics at Montana and helped draft the original agricultural adjustment act.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Resettlement Administration
Department of Agriculture
M. L. Wilson
Montana
Agriculture
Rexford Tugwell
Columbia University
Tugwell
American Molasses Company
Wilson
Harry L. Brown
Georgia
State Extension Service
University of Montana
Cass County
Iowa
Iowa State College
University of Nebraska
Nebraska
New Deal
Supreme Court
The
Canada
Europe
Illinois hunt widens as kidnap case nears break
Reports say a crucial development is expected any hour as authorities trace a swarthy gunman who abducted a boy last Sunday. Intermediaries close to Dr. William W. Mattson hint the ransom of 28000 dollars may be paid and contact with the kidnapper established.
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Mattson
Gus B. Appelman
William W. Mattson
United Press
Seattle Times
Mabel
Ann
Col. Appelman
Alice Longworth on China and U S misunderstandings
In a column Alice Longworth notes how a U S official or Chinese dictator might seek lunacy commissions or confession to shift blame. She contrasts American claims of infallibility with Chinese leaders confessing errors until a council resolves disputes.
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Ashington
Republic
China
America
Alice Longworth
Stolen Boy Fears Rise as Family Seeks Kidnapped Child
Five days after the abduction of a boy, the Mattson family and friends hold a vigil at home. Federal agents and police manhunt the kidnapper while ransom was discussed. some fear foul play while others remain hopeful for the boy’s safe return.
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Mattson
G-men
Mattsons
Fisher Resigns From RFC Board
President Roosevelt accepted the resignation of Charles T. Fisher Jr of Michigan as a director of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Fisher will become banking commissioner for Michigan under Governor Murphy and begins the new post Friday. He previously served as RFC Detroit branch assistant manager and later manager before moving to Washington.
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Washington
Roosevelt Friday
Charles T. Fisher, Jr
Michigan
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Fisher
RFC
Frank Murphy
Detroit
New Year Festivities Roar From Miami To Moscow
The piece surveys year end celebrations from Miami’s bustling night spots to Harlem jam bands and Trinity Church services. It notes liquor flows, hospital cases, and contrasts Soviet Russia gaiety with Duke of Windsor’s exile. It also covers greetings from George and Hitler and Somoza’s inauguration in Nicaragua.
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Miami
New York
Manhattan
Old Trinity Church
Harlem
Elora
Ont
Connors
Joseph
Patrick
Soviet Russia
Moscow
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Cannes
George
British Empire
Germany
Nicaragua
Anastasio Somoza
Juan B. Sacada
Philippines
Commonwealth
Manuel Quezon
President of Fayette County Bankers Assn Dies in Hawkeye
Joe Goff 40 cashier of Citizens Savings bank at Hawkeye and president of the Fayette County Bankers association died Thursday afternoon at his home. He had worked at the bank forenoon and had lunch. His widow and two children survive. Funeral set for Sunday at the Swea City Methodist church.
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West Union
Joe Goff
Citizens Savings Bank
Hawkeye
Fayette County Bankers Association
Methodist Church
Swea City
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