Panay reels spark debate on war mood and Mussolini pitch
The Panay film footage in Cedar Rapids and nationwide contradicted Japan’s claim of an accidental bombing, boosting antiwar sentiment while backing a stronger navy. Monday dispatches from China record 500000 Chinese troops retreating as civilians suffer under Japanese advances. Mussolini appeals to priests for larger Italian birthrates to build battalions, labeled as dangerous rhetoric by critics. Dean Hew Roberts urges US universities to teach democracy as dictators exploit schools. Secretary Robert O’Brian, a Methodist and former Morningside president, declines Iowa political and school posts amid a Kraschel-linked crisis. his political stance remains paradoxical. Democratic fundraisers report sizable city dinners netting hundreds of thousands for the campaign.
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Japan
Cedar Rapids
China
Shanghai
Nanking
Robert O'Brian
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Iowa
O'Brian
Sioux City
Kraschel
Miller
Morningside College
Tsintao Lifts Flag To Signal Its Submission
Japanese navy occupied Tsingtao a rich Shantung port with no resistance. A white flag signaled surrender while landing parties moved in and China’s garrison had left ten days earlier. Foreigners warned to seek safety as Japan takes over administration.
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China
Flagstaff Hill
Shantung Province
Japan
Shatzekow
Paes
Tsingao
Tsingsiao
Tientsin
Conference to Chart Japan China Policy Under Hirohito
An imperial conference was convened to meet with Emperor Hirohito to decide formally Japan's policy toward China. Such gatherings are rare, previously held during the 1894 Chinese war era and the 1904 Russian-Japanese war crisis.
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TOKIO
Hirohito
Japan
China
Sino-Japanese War Estimated Cost At Seven Billion Dollars
Shanghai's Eastern Daily News estimates the Sino-Japanese war has cost seven billion dollars, with about five billion borne by China and nearly half of China’s losses from property destruction.
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Shanghai
Eastern Daily News
the News
China
Iowa Boys Embrace Fun and Jobs, Doubling NYC Crowd
New York City's crowd was matched by Iowa players who freely spend on enjoyment and work, showing a shared appetite for lively experiences and labor. The passage highlights a lively contrast between urban energy and Midwestern eagerness to work for fun.
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New York City
Iowa
The Song Within Each Soul Inspires True Fame
An old tale contrasts Shekhar and Pun darik the poet and the king garland. Shekhar loses pride yet finds his soul as the unseen princess vindicates his intimate song. The piece urges each person to sing their God given song without seeking fame, for true reward lies in inner harmony.
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Shekhar
Pundarik
Victor
Snow and Cold Hit Midwest as Storm Moves East
A storm center over Alberta and Saskatchewan shifts southeast bringing more snow and record cold to north central states. J R Lloyd of Chicago predicts snow in the Great Lakes area Tuesday and Wednesday with lower temps to follow. Fort Dodge Iowa saw eight inches of snow. Chicago reports 4.9 inches. Wausau Wisconsin hit 20 degrees below zero. Dakotas quoted 34 above normal later in the week with limited melting.
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Saskatchewan
J. R. Lloyd
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Great Lakes
Lloyd
North Central
Fort Dodge
Midwest
Wausau
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Waterloo
Charles City
Atlantic
Pacific
Dakotas
Bismarck
Alabama Senator Dixie Graves to resign her seat
Washington reports Sen. Dixie Bibb Graves of Alabama is resigning her seat. Rep. Lister Hill, the Democratic nominee for the post, is to be appointed to succeed her.
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Dixie Graves
Washington
Dixie Bibb Graves
Ala
Lister Hill
Woman May Be Given Supreme Court Position
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt weighing a possible woman nominee to the Supreme Court to replace Justice George Sutherland. Candidates discussed include Florence E. Allen and Solicitor General Stanley Reed, with others like Frank Murphy and Frank R. McNinch noted. Public hearings and thorough background checks are emphasized to avoid past controversy.
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White House
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Michigan
Frank R. McNinch
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M. M. Neely
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Man Found With Arm Badly Torn By Shotgun Fire
Charles Paustian aged 45 of 1042 Eleventh street NE was found by his wife on Monday near noon on the kitchen floor with his left arm torn by shotgun fire. He was weak from blood loss and said he had been on the floor about an hour and a half. Detectives investigated the incident as authorities applied a tourniquet and he was taken to St Luke's hospital for treatment.
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Eleventh Street
Paustian
St.Luke's Hospital
Military B 17 Sets Record Cross Country Flight
Langley Field Va Army officials credit a Boeing B 17 flying fortress with the fastest transcontinental flight. Lieut Col Robert Olds and six crew members completed an 11 hour 1 minute record from March Field to Langley after a 13 hour 27 minute return earlier in the week. The bomber averaged about 250 mph flying mostly above 11 000 feet. Crew included Maj Edwin R McReynolds First Lieut Robert F Travis First Lieut Edwin L Tucker Sgt James J Beatty Sgt William H Dodson and Pvt Joseph H Walsh.
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Army
Robert Olds
Marchfield
Calif
California
Olds
Edwin R McReynolds
Robert F. Travis
Variation From 3 To 10 Below Zero In Cedar Rapids
Powdery snow fell as sub-zero temperatures gripped Cedar Rapids on Monday. A four inch snow cover and fog kept readings variable with lows from 3 to 10 below at 5 to 6 am, then rising to 1 above and 19 by afternoon.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Gas Company
Chambers Inskeep Company
FDR to Ask Congress for Submarines Destroyers Instead of Battleships
President Roosevelt plans to urge a national defense boost via a large aircraft program and expanded submarine and destroyer construction. The move, likely adding 100 to 200 million dollars to the defense budget, aims to strengthen navy air and underwater forces and the light surface fleet. Swanson’s annual report shows the U.S. lags rivals in submarines and destroyers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Secretary of Navy
Claude A. Swanson
United States
Nodmaking Says Lawmakers Vote By Nod
A facetious critique notes lawmakers move in a predictable pattern like gingerbread figures. The piece mocks Congress lining up for executive support with each action treated as a vote of confidence. It references entangled bids for influence and improvised political tricks.
Du Pont presses plan to clear business fog in 1938
Lammot du Pont, head of E. I. du Pont de Nemours, told the Senate unemployment committee the firm will spend about $35 million on 1938 plant improvements and urged reform of the capital gains tax, labor laws, and the Robinson-Patman act. He outlined four factors sustaining what he called a thick fog over business and warned that 1938 sales and employment would come under renewed pressure amid a severe recession.
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Lammot du Pont
E. I. du Pont de Nemours Co
Senate
du Pont
James F. Byrnes
S. C
Byrnes
E. I. du Pont de Nemours
Hull Says Orders Is Basis Of American Concern With China
Secretary of State Cordell Hull told the senate in a letter that American concern in the Far East centers on maintaining orderly international relationships. He said the United States values peaceful means to preserve orderly processes in a region home to about half the world’s population, surpassing trade, investments, and even welfare of Americans in China.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
Senate
John N. Garner
Hull
Far East
United States
China
Ten share Lindbergh kidnap reward in N J split
Governor Hoffman distributed the New Jersey $25,000 Lindbergh baby killer reward among ten recipients. Walter Lyle received $7,500, William Allen $5,000 for finding the body, and William Strong and William F. Cody $2,000 each for checking the ransom bill. Bruno Hauptmann was executed in 1936 for the crime.
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N. J
Harold C. Hoffman
New Jersey
Walter Lyle
New York
William Allen
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Mount Rose Road
Hopewell
Home
William Strong
William F. Cody
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hauptmann
Principles of NRA May Get Revival In Act
Washington reports a possible revival of NRA style codes in a new national wage and hour bill. The plan envisions industry self regulation under government supervision, with a wage floor and hours ceiling to be set by a compromise framework. President Roosevelt discussed benefits with southern governors, signaling a path toward revived code system under a broader wage hour approach.
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Washington
INS
Rosevelt
Roosevelt
White House
Court Signals Fast Scrutiny Of Holding Co Test
The Supreme Court agreed to speedy consideration of the Electric Bond and Share Co test of the 1935 Holding Company Act. Arguments set for February 7 as government attorneys stress wide implications. The same session denied review of a $2,000,000 tax assessment against Armours Securities Inc. linked to Alfred I du Pont family.
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Supreme Court
Securities and Exchange Commission
Armours Securities, Inc
Alfred I. du Pont
Board of Tax Appeals
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Sioux City Man Fined 1000 Under State Beer Law
C B Warden known as Jack Oakie and Jack Warden was fined 1000 by Judge F H Rice for illegal sale of liquor in a case tied to a federal probe reporting 62000 dollars of illegal liquor sold in July and August last year. Warden paid the cash penalty. Evidence from the Iowa liquor control commission and Alcohol Tax Administration supported the case.
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C. B. Warden
F. H. Rice
Warden
Jack Oakié
Jack Warden
M. E. Rawlings
Woodbury
Rawlings
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Federal, Alcohol Tax Administration
Administration blocks war referendum vote in House
The administration forces blocked a move to force the Ludlow war referendum resolution to the floor and kept the controversial measure bottled in committee for the rest of the congressional session. Roosevelt warned the resolution would cripple the President in foreign relations and invite further complications.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Lawmakers Vote on Ludlow Amendment Motion
Washington lawmakers split along party lines on the motion to force House consideration of the Ludlow amendment. Democratic ayes included Biermann and Eicher while Republicans Dowell Gilchrist Gwynne and Thurston voted yes. Democratic moes Harrington and Wearin are listed among the opposing side.
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Biermann
Eicher
Jacobsen
Dowell
Gilchrist
Gwynne
Thurston
Moes
House Votes To Refuse Discharge On War Resolution
The house rejected a motion to discharge the rules and judiciary committee 209 to 188. President Roosevelt warned against the amendment while Speaker Bankhead and Majority Leader Rayburn urged caution, claiming it could push the U.S. toward war. A steering committee drafted a Monroe doctrine safeguarding measure to let Congress declare war if a western hemisphere nation is invaded.
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Rules and Judiciary Committee
Roosevelt
William B Bankhead
Congress
Bankhead
Sam Rayburn
United States
Congress of the
Rayburn
Spee
Linn Democratic Committee Denies City Election Slate
Linn county democratic central committee met on Monday and passed a resolution denying any plan to sponsor or endorse any candidate for Cedar Rapids municipal offices. Chairman Joseph Mekota said the county party disavows involvement and notes reports of younger Democrats acting independently. Wayne Boland confirmed hearing rumors but stressed the county committee does not approve such actions.
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Democratic Central Committee
Democratic Party
Cedar Rapids
Joseph Mekota
County Central Committee
Wayne Boland
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