Roosevelt Budget Boom and Warplane Plans Spark Debate
The column analyzes Roosevelt's defense budget growth and executive allocations, arguing Congress must decide defense needs. It notes plans for 9 000 to 10 000 new war planes, asserts tensions with the War Department and Johnson for defense build up, and questions the general staff’s involvement in air corps expansion.
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Congress
Noel
ARMY
War Department
General Staff
Louis Johnson
Army Air Corps
Johnson
Air Corps
Benny and Chaperau Plead Guilty in Smuggling Case
Albert Chaperau pleaded guilty to smuggling and conspiracy charges connected with Jack Benny and George Burns. Benny claimed innocence and posted bail as his Hollywood trial date neared. Burns, Lauer, and others faced separate indictments, while Chaperau faced possible eight-year term and a $20,000 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Albert N. Chaperau
Jack Benny
Benny
Chaperau
George Burns
Burns
Allen Burns
Hollywood
Mary Livingstone
Elma Lever
Supreme Court
Paris
Lauer
Murray Hulbert
State Department
Nicaragua
United States
California
Federal Grand Jury
Grand Jury
New York Cafe Society
Money Borrowed for Relief Spent on Army and Navy
An NEA analysis by John T. Flynn shows national defense expenditures from 1933-34 to 1939-40, noting that the President used relief funds and borrowed money rather than tax dollars. It argues defense spending rose each year, totaling nearly seven billion, with Congress not fully controlling appropriations.
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John T. Flynn
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Congress
Flynn
Defense
Army
Navy
Treasury
NEA Service. Inc
Cyrus Metcalf Funeral to Be Held Thursday
Funeral services for Cyrus Metcalf 617 First Avenue E who died of a heart attack Tuesday will be at Westminster Presbyterian Church at 2 p m Thursday. Officiants are Rev F H Ward and Rev James H Blackstone with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. pallbearers named Galbraith Thompson Bowker Hooper Kikendall Sherrard. Body to be moved from Beatty Chapel at 7 p m Wednesday to the family home for callers.
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Cyrus Metcalf
First Avenue E
Westminster Presbyterian
Jack Hooper
James Kikendall
H. E. Sherrard
Beatty Chapel
Facing Death a Daily Thought and Quiet Faith
A reader questions normalcy of fearing death after age forty and shares gradual acceptance through stories about Death, a Scottish saint, and a doctor’s dog. Dr Newton counsels trust in a higher Master, noting preparedness comes from faith and courage in the face of mortality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Death
Gilbert
Hopkins Defends Beliefs Before Senate on Commerce Nomination
Harry L Hopkins faced tough questions from the Senate Commerce Committee as he defends his New Deal relief record and views. He denied socialist party membership, rejected a quoted vow to tax and spend, and said he would not repeat political speeches if given the WPA post again.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
New Deal
Senate Commerce Committee
Senate
Arthur H Vandenberg
Mich
Socialist Party
Roosevelt
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
White House
WPA
Hopkins
Bailey
N. C
North Carolina
Marion Man Killed When Car Hits Pole
J A Conaway 63 of 983 Twenty second street Marion was killed instantly when his car crashed into a telephone pole on First avenue East in the 3800 block. Passenger Leola Emerson Kennedy 30 of Olin suffered a deep gash and bruised hip. Conaway died of a broken neck per county coroner Dr B L Knight. Kennedy taken to Marion then Cedar Rapids for treatment. Conaway’s body to be buried in Corning.
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J. A. Conaway
Twenty-second Street
Marion
First Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Leola Emerson Kennedy
Olin
Conaway
Windsor Tavern
Cours
Des Moines
Mary Conaway
Anamosa
K. P. Hall
Lodge
Taylor County
F. E. Conaway
Paullina
L. E Conaway
Los Angeles
R. B. Conaway
Melbourne
Ivan Beck
Red Oak
Ben
Denver
Earnest
Little Rock
Lula Bryant
Detroit
Corning
Reformatory
Knights of Pythias
Executed In Dynamite Deaths Of 3 Children
Miller Tollett, 28, was executed for the dynamite deaths of three girls in Tennessee. Convicted with three others of bombing the Gouge home near Elizabethton in January. Gouge's children Sonia 9 Luena 7 and Roma Jean 5 were killed. Gouge had admitted shooting Tollett's brothers, later acquitted.
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Nashville
Tenn
Miller Tollett
Tollett
Harmon Gouge
Elizabethton
Gouge
Sonia
Luena
Roma Jean
Navy Planes Reach Coco Solo Non-Stop Flight
The first squadron of 48 United States Navy bombing planes completed a non-stop flight from San Diego to Coco Solo Panama. The first nine planes landed at 1 07 p m followed by 11 more in half an hour and the remaining squads in order. Three planes landed in the Gulf of Fonseca off Nicaragua. The flight was otherwise uneventful.
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Coco Solo
C. Z
San Diego
Calif
United States Navy
Gulf of Fonseca
Nicaragua
Kraschel Cuts Ten Years Off Acerra's 20 Year Sentence
Des Moines Iowa Governor Kraschel halves the 20 year term for Joseph Acerra a Chicago man convicted of beating and robbing Lizzie Cairns 69 in Jefferson Iowa in 1936 He reduces the larceny sentence from 15 to 5 years and preserves a separate 5 year sentence for assault Acerra had already faced an executive clemency denial and a parole board inquiry followed by political pressure from Italian American groups and a Polk County Republican official.
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DES Moines
Nelson G. Kraschel
Joseph Acerra
Chicago
Acerra
George Biggs
Lizzie Cairns
Jefferson
Arthur T. Wallace
Polk County
Republican Central Committee
E. R. Moore
Cedar Rapids
Wallace
Moore
Republican Party
Kraschel
Iowans Pay Higher Federal Taxes in 1938
Des Moines report by Internal Revenue Collector Charles D. Huston shows Iowa’s federal tax intake rose 7.4 percent to 24.75 million in 1938, with estate taxes more than doubling to 2.27 million. Corporate income tax brought in 4.39 million, personal income tax 5.51 million, and social security receipts reached 4.35 million.
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DES Moines
Charles D. Huston
Internal Revenue Collector
Jake Ruppert Near Death As Yankees Owner Fights Illness
New York AP report says Col. Jacob Ruppert 71, beer and baseball magnate, lies near death at his Fifth Avenue home after a long battle with phlebitis. Rousing from a semi comatose state he told aide Albert Brennan he plans to recover. Babe Ruth expressed regret over Ruppert's illness as Ruppert's fortunes, including a $35 million brewery business and large real estate holdings, place him among top American fortunes.
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NEW York
Jacob Ruppert
Fifth Avenue
New York Yankees
Albert Brennan
Brennan
Ruppert
Babe Ruth
Yankees
Ruth
Rupper
Astor
Australia Brush Fires Claim Dozens Across South
Melbourne dispatch reports fires in southern Australia rage over wide regions for a third day with at least 20 deaths and fear for many more missing or unaccounted. Authorities warn the blazes threaten towns and farms, forcing evacuations as firefighting efforts intensify.
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Melbourne
Australia
Put Your Last Resort First
A Gazette Want Ad can quickly fill vacant rooms or apartments. Mrs. Mary Bittner reports renting her vacant unit after placing a Gazette Rental Want Ad, bringing 15 prospective tenants to view the property. An advertised act two large room with a sink costs $25, no other roomers, call 2-4348.
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Gazette
Mary Bittner
Fifteenth Street
Civil War Veteran Eugene Allen Dies at 90 in Cedar Rapids
Eugene Allen, among Cedar Rapids last Civil War veterans, died at 4 30 am after a month long illness. A buildin contractor for over fifty years and a lifelong Christian, he joined the Union army at 16 in 1864 and served with Sherman. He voted for Lincoln in 1864 and led the G A R post 235 as commander. He attended Gettysburg last summer and died after a lifetime of military ceremony and public service.
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Eugene Allen
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Allen
James H Goodhue
Allen
Gettysburg
Gouveneur
St. Lawrence County
Wisconsin
Christian Church
Co. I
Twelfth Wisconsin Infantry
Sherman
Lincoln
Grand Army of the Republic
T. Z. Cook
Hungary Mobilizes Border Forces After Clash With Czechoslovakia
Budapest dispatched two battalions of armed ex servicemen to Munkacs amid new border clash claims. Prague warns of invasion risk as Hungary demands satisfaction for recent bombardment losses. Prague reports an 80 strong Hungarian assault near Bervingkoil.
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Budapest
Munkacs
Hungary
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Bervingkoil
Oliphant, Adviser of President, Dies at 54
Herman Oliphant general counsel of the treasury and close adviser to President Roosevelt died at Naval Hospital at 9 30 a m after a week long heart ailment. He was known for his reputed authorship of the controversial undistributed profits tax and was widely consulted by the President on numerous matters.
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Washington
Herman Oliphant
The
Treasury
Roosevelt
Oliphant
Naval Hospital
British Visit to Rome Spurs Italy France Tension
Diplomatic circles in Berlin report support for Italy's Mediterranean aims as Chamberlain arrives in Rome. Mussolini and Ciano greet the British leader while Paris seeks to limit concessions amid Munich echoes. Observers warn of strains on the Britain France alliance over Mediterranean and Spanish issues.
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Berlin
Italy
Mediterranean
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Neville Chamberlain
Rome
Germany
Mussolini
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Chamberlain
Viscount Halifax
Duce
Paris
Daladier
Bonnet
France
Senate Panel Advances Pope to TVA Board Seat
The Senate Agriculture Committee approved James P. Pope former Idaho senator for a TVA board of directors post. The panel also backed Francis W. Reicheldefer to replace the late Willis R. Gregg as director of the U S weather bureau.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
James P. Pope
Idaho
TVA Board of
Francis W. Reicheldefer
Willis R. Gregg
U. S. Weather Bureau
Weather roundup for Cedar Rapids area
Skies are fair with cool temperatures in Cedar Rapids. The Chambers Inskeep thermometer records show 24 at 10 am, 26 at 7 am, 26 at 1 15 pm, and 27 at 240. Tuesday’s high reached 40 at 3 30 pm, dipping to 30 by 7 pm and 28 at midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers
Health Champ Snouwaert Dies at 16 in Indiana
Thomas Snouwaert of Tippecanoe county, once named healthiest 4 H club boy, died Tuesday night from scarlet fever and diphtheria after a five day illness in Lafayette Indiana.
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Lafayette
Ind
Thomas Snouwaert
Tippecanoe County
Pork Barrel Parsley Cleaned Out By Bugs Baer
Cartoon satire complains the pork barrel is nearly empty except parsley. It lampoons the appropriations committee giving sunglasses to night watchmen and jokes about Finland, Carter Glass, and political waste in 1939.
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Committee On Appropriations
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Munich
Chamberlain Cadke
Peuneos
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TVA
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Bugs" Baer
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