No more tax burden or relief for Cedar Rapids family woes
A Cedar Rapids mother with six children is committed to the state hospital for the insane, highlighting poverty and unemployment impacts. The piece argues for public employment programs and employer collaboration to aid struggling families, condemning apathy toward national budget concerns and blaming business leaders for broader economic distress.
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Cedar Rapids
State Hospital For
Ickeses
Jacksons
Iowa's Unemployment Picture Misleading Says Column
The Iowa unemployment rate is 2.5 percent with only about one fortieth of residents wholly unemployed. The piece criticizes nationwide coverage that paints the state’s economy as dire, noting low joblessness, rural income for some farmers, and a large gasoline tax total of 15 million dollars in 1937.
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IOWA
District of Columbia
Admiral Says Yellow Yoke Must Vanish
Admiral Nobumasa Suetsugu says whites must be banished from Asia, declaring the yellow race will enjoy happiness and that the white yoke must go. He warns of a general conflagration and endorses drastic measures against Britain to break Chinese resistance.
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Paris
Ins
Japan
Asia
Nobumasa Suetsugu
Imperial
Tokio
United States
Suetsugu
Fumimaro Kohoge
Supreme War Council
Kaizo
Knickerbocker
Shanghai
H. R
Britain
Margaret MacDonald the Radiant Partner in Ramsay MacDonald’s Life
Obituary tribute to Margaret MacDonald, wife of Ramsay MacDonald, praised as a guiding spiritual force behind his political career. The piece lauds her charity, domestic devotion, and public memorial in Lincoln's Inn Fields, noting her influence and the couple’s enduring partnership.
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Ramsay MacDonald
Margaret
England
Newton
Lincoln’s Inn Fields
London
Ramsay
Margaret MacDonald
Pierre
Marie Curie
John
Ada Galsworthy
Robert
Elizabeth Browning
Weather Remains Bright And Mild In Cedar Rapids
The new year brings bright skies and mild winter temperatures in Cedar Rapids. Temperatures rose from 16 at midnight Monday to 24 by 7 am and 30 by 10 am Tuesday with a 34 degree reading at 2:30 pm. Monday peaked at 33 and dropped to 21 by 7 pm.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Canadian official Sir George Perley dies at 80
Ottawa Canadian Press reports Sir George Perley aged 80 died Monday night. Former Canadian high commissioner to London, he served in public life through the early decades of the century.
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Ottawa
George Perley
Canada
London
Pope Pius Suffers Severe Angina Attack
Pope Pius endured one of his worst angina attacks in recent weeks. His heartbeat fell dangerously low in the early hours before nurses administered amyl nitrate, an action Vatican officials credited with saving the Pontiff. By noon he had recovered enough to meet Ireland's vice-president in private audience.
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Vatican City
Vns
Pius
Vatican
Eire
Charges Kuhn, Loeb issued misleading bond prospectus
Senator Wheeler of Montana charged Kuhn, Loeb and Co. with issuing a false and misleading prospectus for Hudson Coal bonds in 1927. He said the circular hid coal holdings in Lehigh Valley railroad. Kuhn, Loeb partner Benjamin J. Buttenweiser defended the firm, citing extenuating circumstances.
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Washington
Mns
Kuhn, Loeb and Company
Hudson Coal Company
Wheeler
Montana
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Benjamin J. Buttenweiser
Admits Slaying Of Cashier At Theater
CHICAGO AP says Arthur La Frana, 24, confessed Tuesday that he shot and fatally wounded Jean Riley during a holdup at a north side theater on December 10. The cashier died from the wound in the incident cited by police.
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Chicago
Arthur la Frana
Jean Riley
North Side
Unemployment Probe Opens Amid Grim Economic Outlook
Washington reports show the Senate relief and unemployment committee hearing a suite of warnings about the unemployment surge. Federal figures indicate 800,000 jobs lost since October and 34.245 million employed by mid November with further declines foreseen. Isador Lubin cites autumn weakness in textiles and apparel. The investigation aims for fact finding with cross‑party cooperation to identify causes of the depression.
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Washington
INS
Senate Relief and Unemployment Committee
Isador Lubin
Labor Statistics
Lubin
Byrnes
South Carolina
Hatch
New Mexico
Bugs Baer Fears Trillions In Congress
Comic columnist Bugs Baer warns that the 1938 congress will be remembered as a five and ten style session spending on crop control highway building regional planning and reforestation. He quips about the progression from billions to trillions and notes the appropriations committee as the next step in the fiscal chain.
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Bugs Baer
Congress
Ford Official's Daughter Elopes With Russell Hughes
Ypsilanti Michigan Gertrude Bennett 17 daughter of Harry Bennett Ford Motor Company personnel director eloped with Russell Hughes from Auburn Indiana. The couple married Monday night by Justice Miles Baxter after obtaining a license. The Bennett home announced the marriage ending a statewide search sparked by kidnap fears. Leonard of the state police said the note to her sister indicated plans and that the license listed her father’s Detroit Edison employer.
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Ypsilanti. Mich
Gertrude Bennett
Harry Bennett
Ford Motor Company
Russell Hughes
Auburn
Ind
Bennett
Justice of the Peace
Miles Baxter
Don Leonard
Miss Bennett
Ford Company
Leonard
Gertrude
Detroit Edison Company
Hughes
Chicago
Here
I. A Royston
Billie
Esther
Loss of Book Off Panay May Force U.S. Code Change
A search was launched after the U S Navy’s general signal code book from the Panay, torpedoed and sunk in the Yangtze, vanished. Officials feared the volume could fall into Japanese hands, potentially forcing a revision of all naval codes. Divers reported low chances of raising the Panay due to mud and empty compartments.
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Shanghai
INS
United States Navy
Yangtze River
Panay
De Fontanges Deported To France After Shot Incident
Magda de Fontanges, the French girl who said she shot a former French ambassador over a broken friendship with Mussolini, was deported to France aboard the Champlain. Officials cited her father’s illness and her relinquishment of the appeal right. She had been released from Ellis Island on a $1,000 bond pending appeal.
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New York
Magda de Fontanges
Rome
Mussolini
France
Champlain
Paris
Charles de Chambrun
Mile
de Fontanges
United States
Ellis Island
Circuit Court of Appeals
Ten Die in Election Clashes in Jalisco State
Ten men were killed and several wounded in fighting over municipal elections in Jalisco, Mexico, according to dispatches from Guadalajara dated Tuesday.
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Mexico City
Guadalajara
Jalisco
Roosevelt’s conciliatory tone sparks mixed reactions in Congress
Washington AP report notes reaction to President Roosevelt’s message urging business cooperation to curb economic evils. Democrats praise its constructive tone while some Republicans call it conciliatory. Discussions loom on federal licensing bills and a looming monopoly inquiry, with mixed support from key leaders.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Congress
Senator McNary
Oregon
Representative Snell
New York
Ickes
Robert H. Jackson
Davis
Jackson
Woodruff
Mich
White House
John Wance Garner
William E Borah
Ida
Borah
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Wyo
Garner
Idaho
O'Mahoney
America
Glass on 80th birthday regrets radical changes
Sen Carter Glass of Virginia voiced regret on his 80th birthday about revolutionary changes in the administration of a once democratic government. The veteran lawmaker, longtime head of the appropriations committee, remains a key figure guiding the old Jeffersonian ideals and a move toward a more moderate program.
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Sen. Glass
Washington
Carter Glass
Virginia
Glass
Roosevelt
Senate
German Criticism of Roosevelt Address Sparks Berlin Rift
Berlin rebukes Roosevelt for criticizing dictatorships in his congress address. A semi official news agency accuses him of warmongering and downplays democracy as a home affair while noting Chicago implications. European democracies praise Roosevelts message as France and Britain acclaim his faith in democracy restoring peace.
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Berlin
INS
And
Information Service
Roosevelt
Congress
Chicago
London
Europe
League of Nations
France
Great Britain
Milk fund to supply 12 300 quarts to Cedar Rapids children
The Young Men's Bureau of Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce plans to distribute about 12 300 quarts of milk to underprivileged children within sixty days. Dr A R Menary city milk inspector and the Public Health Nursing association assist. About 410 pints will be delivered daily in January and February. Part of the $1 100 cost is funded by a Milk Fund benefit dance and Golden Gloves proceeds. Tom Woods chairs the milk fund committee with William Culver Kenneth Hastie Marvin Cobb and Ervin Stepanek assisting.
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Milk Fund Committee
Young Men’s Bureau
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commercce
A R Menary
City Milk Inspector
Public Health Nursing Association
Milk Fund
Young Mens Bureau
Tom Woods
Bureau
William Culver
Kenneth Hastie
Marvin Cobb
Ervin Stepanek
Farmers Gain Committee Control In Farm Bill Pact
A joint congressional panel reported agreement on two issues in drafting a single farm bill. It would give farmers full control to elect local county committees for the ever normal granary program and consider altering the dairy livestock amendment added to both bills despite administration opposition.
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Washington
Congressional Committee
House
Senate
Smith
Senate Agriculture Committee
Jones
Tex
House Agriculture Committee
Senate farm bill parity pay provisions face withdrawal
Washington reports that conferees opened their session amid expectations that costly parity payments will be dropped to meet budget limits. Roosevelt urged keeping the annual agriculture outlay near 600 million dollars as current programs run about 580 million. House and Senate figures clash over possible costs from 750 million to 1.5 billion dollars.
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Washington
Senate
House
Roosevelt
American Farm Bureau Federation
Black decries court in Indianapolis water rate ruling
Scathing dissent by Justice Hugo L Black attacks the Supreme Court’s Indianapolis water case decision. He says federal courts have no jurisdiction to overturn state rate rulings and warns the ruling may prolong the dispute for years. The decision upheld the Seventh Circuit and sent the matter back for further value assessment.
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Washington
INS
Hugo L Black
Supreme Court
Justice Black
State Public Service Commission
Indianapolis
High Court
Black
Indiana
New Deal
California Railroad Commission
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Vyskocil Fined for Leaving Scene of Auto Crash
Cedar Rapids janitor Henry Vyskocil aged 51 of 1601 I avenue NE pled guilty to leaving the scene of an accident without identifying himself. In Watsabaugh's court he was fined 75 dollars with all but 25 suspended, the case stemming from a December 13 hit on O H Baack near Sixteenth Street NE. He admitted beer consumption but denied intoxication. Continues on Page 2.
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Cedar Rapids News
Henry Vyskocil
I Avenue
Public
W. R. Watsabaugh
Vyskocil
Watsabaugh
G. K. Thompson
O. H. Baack
Eleventh Street
Baack
Richard E. Svoboda
Sixteenth Street
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Federal Relief Agency
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Bugs" Baer
Appropriations Committee
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