Southern cooking and juicy steaks on a southern road trip
The author recounts a road journey through the south tasting steaks and meals at tourist camps from Arkansas to Florida. He notes the hunt for prime cuts and good cooking, finds better meat in mobile and Florida camps, and warns readers that eager claims may vary by camp while praising some spots and advising openness to new experiences.
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American Mercury
Isabelle Post
Isabelle
Middle West
New Orleans
Biloxi
Gulf
Florida
Mobile
Tallahassee
Miami
Atin
Inlet Village
Baldy’s
Georgia
Tennessee
Indiana
Frankfurter Named to Supreme Court in Roosevelt Nominations
President Roosevelt named Felix Frankfurter to be associate justice, filling Cardozo’s vacancy. The liberal Harvard law professor, 56, from Vienna, joins the court as Frank Murphy and Hopkins receive key posts. Nominations include Black and Reed, reshaping the high court while remaining largely liberal.
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Washington
Felix Frankfurter
Massachusetts
Harvard Law School
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Benjamin N. Cardozo
Frankfurter
Vienna
Austria
Harvard
Cardozo
McReynolds
Butler
Hugo L. Black
Alabama
Willis van Devanter
Wyoming
Stanley Reed
Kentucky
George Sutherland
Utah
New York
Hughes
Stone
James Pope
Idaho
TVA
Temperature Drops From 52 To 31 As Warm Wave Ends
Cedar Rapids records a thaw ending as daylight dims under heavy clouds and light precipitation. Temperatures fall from a January high of 52 to 31 by mid afternoon, with a prior peak of 52 at 9 p.m. and 44 earlier, per Chambers Inskeep recorder.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company
Murphy Welcomes Probe of His Record as Governor
Franklin Murphy sworn in as attorney general says he would welcome an investigation of his record during the 1937 sitdown strikes in Michigan when he was governor. He spoke in Washington about reviewing past actions at the time.
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Washington
Frank Murphy
Michigan
Peabody mayor fires landlord two days into term
Joseph B. O'Keefe, inaugurated as Peabody mayor, dismissed his landlord WPA Coordinator John Pendergast two days after taking office. The mayor cited a rent increase last year as the reason for the firing.
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Peabody
Mass
Joseph B. O’keefe
WPA
John Pendergast
Pendergast
Western Steaks Reach Middle West Butcher Shops
Local butchers in the middle west express desire to serve western style steaks that were slaughtered in nearby ranching regions. The idea aims to bring familiar cuts to regional diners and revive interest in regional beef varieties.
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Middle West
RCA Directors Charged Over Asset Waste in Stockholder Suits
Present and former RCA officials and directors face charges of negligently and fraudulently permitting asset waste in three stockholders suits filed in New York Supreme Court. Complaints accuse failure to recover 2,000,000 RCA shares tied to General Electric and Westinghouse in 1932, amid alleged patent rights terminations. Loss figures cited include $80 million in one case and $250 million in another. 40 individuals named in the Druckerman suit.
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NEW York
Radio Corporation of America
Supreme Court
General Electric Company
Westinghouse
Rose Druckerman
RCA
Druckerman
General Electric
George Saieve
Poland’s Foreign Minister Meets Hitler in Berchtesgaden
Josef Beck, Poland’s foreign minister, visited Berchtesgaden for a high level conference with Adolf Hitler. Also present were Nazi foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and the Polish and German ambassadors to Poland amid tense ties and signs of Poland drawing closer to Soviet Russia.
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Berlin
Josef Beck
Poland
Berchtesgaden
Adolf Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Germany
Russia
Roosevelt push renews fight over neutrality law revision
Congressional debate sparked by President Roosevelt’s call to revise the neutrality act. Senator Pittman signals no plan to name aggressors. Senator Nye endorses amending cash and carry and Spanish embargo repeal. Debate centers on avoiding aid to aggressors while maintaining nonintervention policy.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Spain
Nye
Germany
Italy
Act To Regain Pay Wrongfully Drawn By Iowa Guardsmen
The acting comptroller general says steps are underway to recover pay wrongfully drawn by an unnamed Iowa national guard unit. Auditors found signature and payment discrepancies on drills and the 1936 encampment, with an officer admitting substitutes were used to fill camps. The matter is referred to the War Department for action.
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Washington
Richard N. Elliott
Iowa National Guard
General Accounting Office
Treasury
Guard
Inheritance Tax Paid for Cedar Rapids Estate
Des Moines AP reports the state treasurer received 2180 in inheritance tax from the 75750 estate of Wilhelmina Junkerman of Cedar Rapids.
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Des Moines
Wilhelmina Junkerman
Cedar Rapids
Two truths from life that time has tested
An aging writer shares two enduring lessons: nothing new under the sun and that sorrow will pass. He recalls personal trials, learning to accept each day, find fresh flowers along the way, and seek a renewed heart each morning. The piece emphasizes simple, timeless wisdom.
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DR. Newton
Motorist Hurt In Crash Fined For Drunk Driving
A. W. Merrill, 40, Route 2 Cedar Rapids, pled guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He was fined 300 dollars plus costs, with a 90 day jail sentence if unpaid. Merrill was arrested after his car hopped the curb and crashed into a tree at E and C avenues. He suffered a severe head cut treated at the station. A citizen reported the accident.
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A. W. Merrill
Route 2
Cedar Rapids
H. C. Ring
Merrill
E and
C Avenues
Fourth and
Fifth Streets
Central City Man Hurt In Collision
Clark Powers 29 of Central City suffered serious fractures of the left arm when his car collided with another vehicle owned by Dale Lone 21 of Marion on Highway 13 two miles north of the No 151 junction near Marion. Fog reduced visibility and Powers was treated at St Luke's hospital Cedar Rapids then taken to Iowa City hospital. The Luwe car occupants all from Marion escaped injury. Clare Moore and Malcolm Dunn of Central City accompanied Powers and were unhurt.
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Clark Powers
Central City
Dale Lone
Marion
No. 151
Powers
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Luwe
James H. Smith
Roosevelt thanked by Chamberlain in London for democracy aid
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain formally thanked President Roosevelt for his Congress speech praising American democracy. British officials called the message a pivotal move, contrasting Roosevelt's stance with appeasement. European reaction varied from praise to denunciation by Nazi and fascist presses.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Congress
Chamberlain
United States
Washington
Manchester Guardian
Zeitung Am Mittag
Germany
Wall Street
President Roosevelt Shifts Quarterback Role to Congress
President Roosevelt signals Congress will carry the ball toward recovery as he outlines a conciliatory, nonmandating program. He will still propose plays but defer actual action to lawmakers, reflecting opposition gains and a shift from bold reform to consolidating past gains. The railroads issue remains unresolved as Congress holds the initiative.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Legislative Branch
Hunted Man Returns to Penitentiary After Long Flight
Russell Griffin, a parole violator who spent two years with the St. Joseph Missouri police department, was recaptured in Lincoln Nebraska after eighteen years of freedom and returned to the state penitentiary.
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Lincoln, Neb
INS
St. Joseph, Mo
Russell Griffin
State Penitentiary
Nebraska
Emigration Planned for 10,000 Czechs to South America
Prague reports the ministry of economics announces arrangements to emigrate 10,000 Czechoslovaks, including Aryans and Jews, to South America in the near future. The plan flags the stamp of government coordination and wartime context.
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Prague
Southere
Ica
Ministry of Economics
Rebels Smash Both Ends of Catalan Defense Line
Franco forces report breaking the loyalist Catalan line at Borjas Blanca and advancing on all sectors. Barcelona calls up men born in 1922 and the first quarter of 1942 to bolster defenses, with warnings about fifth column threats and efforts to increase war production.
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Hendaye
Francisco Franco
Borjas Blanca
Barcelona
Catalonia
National Popular Front Committee
Hhe
Money Bag And Change Stolen From City Lines Bus
Frank Jones driver reports a money bag and changer containing $12 in small change were stolen from a City Lines bus on Center Point road route Wednesday evening. Jones left the bag in the bus while he entered a filling station at J avenue and Center Point road NE. no passengers were on board.
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City Lines
Center Point’ Road
Frank Jones
Third Street
Jones
J Avenue
Center Point Road
John Roosevelt Receives Promotion at Boston Store
John Roosevelt, youngest son of the president, was promoted again in a Boston department store. He moved from a clerkship last August to a sales position this Thursday. None confirmed an increase in his weekly pay of 18.50 dollars.
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Boston
INS
John Roosevelt
John
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Budget Sees New Peak Debt in 1940 Plan
President Roosevelt unveils a multi billion dollar 1940 budget with an estimated deficit of 3.33 billion and public debt near 44.46 billion. Defense costs top 1.6 billion and relief programs demand about 1.5 billion for the year starting July 1, as calls grow for modest tax increases and permanent Civilian Conservation Corps renewal.
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Washington (Ap) Co
Roosevelt
Congress
Treasury
Civilian Conservation Corps
National Banks Call for Year-End Condition Check
Washington based report states the U S comptroller of the currency issued a call for the condition of all national banks as of the close of business December 31. The action seeks a formal summary of each bank’s financial status and reserves for the year end.
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Washington
INS
U. S. Comptroller of the Currency
Iowa Banks Asked For Year End Condition Report
State Superintendent D. W. Bates issued a call for the condition of all Iowa banks through December 31. The order covers 546 banks and trust companies operating in the state.
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Des Moines
INS
D. W. Bates
Iowa
Congress opens amid blaze of glory arson suspicions
Arthur Baer describes Congress opening in a dramatic display that hints at arson. Lawmakers test allegiances like wary boxers as Friday brings another appropriation for the perpetual emergency fund, while critics compare the need to a longstanding rice diet in China.
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Perpetual Emergency Fund
Congress
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