Byrd Defies Gold-Standard View of Prosperity and Debt
A critical column argues Senator Byrd opposes Eccles on pump priming and federal debt. It contends Byrd favors productive industry and wage security over mortgage-style growth, criticizing Roosevelt and Eccles for relying on borrowing for six years. References 1993 era policies and economic debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic
John Jones
Byrd
Messrs
Roosevelt
Eccles
Uncle Sam
Japs Demand U.S. Reveal Plans
Kokumin editors in Tokyo claim the United States plans to fortify Guam and Wake Islands to outflank Japan, prompting a clash over China policy. The piece warns a clash could erupt if Washington pursues arms to press open doors in China while Britain and France issue strong notes to Tokio.
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TOKIO
Kokumin
United States
China
Girim
Wake Islands
Pacihe
Roland of Guan
Sodoain
Japan
America
Guam
Wake
Apology for Errors in Gazette Coverage
In a column the writer admits mistakes and offers apologies for misidentifying a citizen as Wright instead of White and for errors about Jim Hughes. He notes Hughes survived a scare and remains active in public life while apologizing to Charlie Roy for not noting his 30 plus years with the Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilsend
Jim Hughes
City County Vets Age
Jim
Wright
First Avenue
Third Street
Charlie Roy
Gazette
Saloons and liquor by the drink in Iowa debate
Supporters push a measure to allow liquor by the drink arguing saloons should return and that river cities violate Iowa law. Critics note many taverns hold federal permits, claiming stronger local enforcement is needed rather than reopening saloons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Iawa
Roosevelt Aid Plan Faces Political Hurdles in Social Security Debate
A Social Security Board report urges eligibility for millions of low income workers while President Roosevelt backs higher grants to states, arguing costs are small and benefits are liberal. He warns high taxes burden job creators and criticizes critics with no business experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ixteen
Social Security Board
Roosevelt
Washington
Byrd Charges Eccles Rejects Budget Balancing Pledge
Sen. Harry F. Byrd charges Marriner Eccles rebuffed administration vows on budget balancing. Byrd accuses the Federal Reserve Board chairman of repudiating the spending policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harry F. Byrd
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Fairbanks Learns Intended Bride Vera Zorina Is Wed
Douglas Fairbanks Jr discovers Vera Zorina, star of I Married an Angel, is married to George Balanchine, the Russian ballet director. They wed secretly before Christmas, sparking a complex tale of engagement gestures and public appearances after Balanchine’s Florida trip.
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New York
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Vera Zorina
Zorina
George Balanchine
Fairbanks
Balanchine
Florida
Why fear drives mankind to drift in doom
In a 1939 column, Dr. Newton denounces fear as the engine of mass conformity and distrust. He contrasts reader fury with Swift's paradox of loving individuals, argues war fears fuel tyranny, and portrays a world spiraling through crises toward a dangerous, blind future.
Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Frankfurter Murphy Noms
The senate judiciary committee unanimously approved the nominations of Felix Frankfurter for associate justice and Frank Murphy for attorney general. Both nominations had prior unanimous subcommittee approval and now await full senate confirmation.
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Washington
Llp
Senate Judiciary Committee
Felix Frankfurter
Supreme Court
Frank Murphy
Senate
Frankfurter
Murphy
Wilson Lifts Veil of Capitol Secrecy in Bid Opening
Des Moines Gov George A Wilson opened the executive council meeting to the statehouse press and announced statewide bids for state department materials. Five Des Moines firms bid on four months supply of paper towels with a $1.73 per case contract for 350 cases awarded to Cotton Products Co. Reporters attended, a new practice after prior closed meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
INS
George A. Wilson
Executive Council
Statehouse Press Corps
Wilson
Amoun
Exec Council
Ross Ewing
Cotton Products Company of
Bonnet demands evacuation of foreign fighters from Spain
Paris reports French Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet urging the League of Nations council that foreign volunteers leave government Spain first, then insurgent Spain. He linked the move to stability, while Franco warned Spain must arm and France Italy clash over Africa influences.
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Geneva
Georges Bonnet
League of Nations Council
Spain
Bonnet
League Committee
Julio Alvarez del Vayo
Africa
France
Tunisia
Italy
Mediterranean
Mussolini
Chamberlain
Iberian Peninsula
Hitler
Germany
Left Lying In Street After Auto Strike
Roy Leeper 21 of 500 Fifth Ave SE Cedar Rapids was struck on Tenth Street at Fifth Ave SE by a model A Ford, left lying as occupants looked on and drove off. He was found more than 15 minutes later and taken to St Luke's hospital with a bruised stomach and later released. Police seek the driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Roy Leeper
Fifth Avenue SE
Leeper
Tenth Street
St. Luke's Hospital
Sheriff to Patrol County Night Spots After Weekend Drive
Sheriff Jim Smith launched a Sunday morning patrol and warned drinkers they may face jail if found transporting liquor to roadhouses or autos outside Cedar Rapids. Patrols between midnight and 5 am kept taverns orderly with only one arrest reported and license numbers logged to curb troublemakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Jim Smith
Perry Sheriff Named Chief of Highway Patrol In Iowa
Perry Sheriff C A Knee of Dallas County named chief of the Iowa highway patrol by Secretary of State Earl G Miller. Knee will replace Acting Chief E A Conley who becomes assistant chief after Tom Pettit declined the post. Knee, 51, longtime Dallas county sheriff and former Perry city councilman, is known for 1933 Barrow gang gun fight leadership and has held sheriff term five straight years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INS
Earl G Miller
State Highway Patrol
Miller
C. A. Knee
Perry
E A Conley
Conley
Tom Pettit
Sheriff Knee
Dallas County
Knee
T. Harry Vicker
Marvin Barrow
Barrow
Mell
Dexter
Congress to limit Roosevelt rearmament plan in House
Chairman Andrew May of the House Military Affairs Committee warned the administration that Congress will keep control over Roosevelt's rearmament program. He called billion dollar appropriations without strings war without limit and said the committee will approve President recommendations but impose limits on all proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Andrew May
House Military Affairs Committee
Congress
Roosevelt
May
Lindbergh branded a fascist agent by Soviet paper
Moscow dispatch says the Comintern English edition calls Lindbergh a reactionary fascist agent of Hitler and Chamberlain. It claims the elder Lindbergh would side with the people, while Lindbergh Jr. aids fascist Germany and the rich against the poor. It notes visits to the Soviet Union and Berlin and accuses him of provocation for fascist aims.
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Moscow
Communist Internationale
Comintern
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Hitler
Chamberlain
House of Morgan
Lindbergh
Lincoln
Soviet Union
Germany
London
Lady Astor
Czechoslovakia
France
Berlin
Goering
Warmongers
Council Opposes U S Move To Tax City Bonds
Cedar Rapids officials reject federal plans to tax municipal bonds incomes and salaries. City Attorney Don Hines warns bond tax doubles taxation and hurts taxpayers, while a municipal income tax would bankrupt many cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council
U.S
Cedar Rapids
Uncle Sam
Don Hines
Hines
Why Not Give U S Farmer Same Chance As Automobile Tire
Column criticizes government policy toward farmers. Arthur Baer argues farmers deserve equal treatment with car tires, noting vague references to corn referenda and apple recalls. The piece urges reducing intervention and allowing freer export world prices to help farmers, using humor and analogy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Farmer
Relief Expenditures Top Nine Billion for 1935 38
President Roosevelt told Congress that federal relief and work relief spending from April 8 1935 to December 31 1938 totaled 9 632 271 227 dollars. The act funded programs across highways housing public buildings recreation conservation and more with 10 349 125 793 in appropriations and 716 854 565 unspent at year end.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Iowa
F C Harrington
WPA
Ickies
PWA
Ickes
Indict Dodd for Hit Run Driving in Hanover Court House
Dr. William E. Dodd former U S ambassador to Germany was indicted by a Virginia grand jury on a charge of running down a five year old girl with his car then fleeing. Trial set for March 2 after plea of not guilty. Penalties range up to five years in prison or a 5000 dollar fine if convicted as felony. misdemeanor outcome possible with only a small fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover
INS
William E. Dodd
U. S
Germany
Virginia
Dodd
Cedar Rapids Hit By Fresh Cold Wave
Cedar Rapids reported a new cold wave Monday with a low of 4 above at 8 45 a m and a high of 29 at 3 p m. The day saw gray skies and intermittent snow flurries as a weekend of unsettled weather ended. The 24 hour low reached 13 at midnight Sunday. Temperature readings came from the Chambers Inskeep company thermometer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
Roosevelt Creates U S Real Estate Board
President Roosevelt told Congress he established a federal real estate board by executive order signed January 14 to study federal ownership and its tax impact. The board will review surplus properties, coordinate new holdings, and assess losses to state and local tax revenues. Federal parcels include Iowa with 35,632 acres valued at 25,676,699 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Hine
Secretary of
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Homer S. Cummings
Daniel Bell
Iowa
Roosevelt urges broad social security expansion and warns against panaceas
President Roosevelt asked Congress to widen the social security act including earlier old age benefits and broader protections for dependents and unemployment. He backed a Social Security Board report liberalizing the measure and urged merit systems for agencies handling funds while avoiding untried panaceas.
Roosevelt Reports Social Security Act in Full Effect
President Roosevelt details the social security act now in effect nationwide. He notes 2.5 million needy seniors the blind and dependent children receive aid totaling half a billion dollars annually. He cites 3.5 million unemployed drawing benefits of 400 million dollars last year and 42.5 million people in the federal old age insurance system as policyholders in a national program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Committee On Economic Security
Public Health Gains under Social Security Act
The article notes splendid accomplishments in public health vocational rehabilitation and maternal child welfare made possible by the Social Security Act. It expresses pride in progress since the act began operation and hints at more continuation on page 2 column 3.
Nabbed For Drunk Driving After Near Crash With Police
Earl Shorts, 33, living at 1324 Avenue NW, pled not guilty to operating a vehicle while intoxicated after a near crash with detectives Haberle and Wilson who pursued him from Avenue NW to First Avenue East. Bond set at $500.
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Cedar Rapids
Earl Shorts
Avenue NW
H. C. Ring
G. K Thompson
Haberle
Wilson
Sharts
A Avenue
Sixth Street
Eighth
Tenth
First Avenue
Ray Waller
C Avenue NE
Bruce
Dyson
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FTOW
Harry Buid
Marriner Eccles
Sivns
Dean Swift
John
Peter
Thomas
Sally
Susan
Sophie
DR. Newton
Frankfurter, Murphy
Capitol
Lerida
Francisco Franco
Duce
Bulletin
Barcelona
Flyer
Arthur
Bugs" Baer
F.D.R
U. S. Real Estate Board
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