Congress Takes Responsibility for Relief Cuts
Washington reports show the Senate appropriations subcommittee backing the House WPA bill of 725 million with winter relief safeguards. White House letters pressure Congress to resist deep cuts, while talks of a 388 million two month compromise circle. WPA administrator Harrington warns 1,087,000 people could lose relief if the House cut stands.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations
House
White House
Congress
Stephen Early
Roosevelt
Senate
Col
F. C. Harrington
Iowa bill moves to replace gallows with electric chair
Des Moines AP The Bow ers bill to replace Iowa’s gallows with the electric chair is before the house judiciary committee after a half year of study by Rep. L. C. Bowers. He cites two double hangings at Fort Madison as motivation and cites Warden Glenn Haynes approving the switch and urges restraint of execution publicity.
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Des Moines
Bowers
Iowa
Gerent
L. C. Bowers
Kent
Union
House Judiciary Committee
Rep. Bowers
Fort Madison Stockade
Union County
Solon
Glenn Haynes
Gal Lons
Gas Co Audit Finishes. Council to Review Soon
City officials expect completed audit and appraiser's report to be presented at the next council meeting. McGladrey and Green handled the audit which was ordered by the city and funded by the gas company. The council will decide if gas rates are fair based on investment and operating costs.
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Hines
McGladrey
Green
Hopkins Assailed Over Iowa Primary Battle
Senator Gillette defends Hopkins and rejects outside meddling in Iowa voters. Holt accuses relief rolls of padding for political aims, citing rapid rolls growth in 1938 and linking it to election tactics while noting rising industrial output and falling unemployment.
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Gillette
Hopkins
Iowa
United States Senate
Legislative
Executive
Rush D. Holt
W. Va
Holt
Haley Sends Ten Dollar Conscience Fine After Near Collision
Hollywood comedian Jack Haley paid a $10 conscience fine to traffic court after a high speed incident that nearly caused a fender scramble with a woman and baby aboard. He asked Judge Byron Walters to treat the payment as a conscience traffic fine.
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Hollywood
INS
Jack Haley
Ladewhoes
Funay
Byron Walters
Haley
Two Babies Burned To Death In House Fire
A fire in St Paul at dawn destroyed a home injuring the parents and killing two children. An overheated stove caused the blaze. Victims were Peter age 2 and Diana age 3 months, children of Harold and Mrs Thone. Thone 29 suffered serious burns. his hair was burned off. Mrs Thone had severe burns and a back injury after leaping from a window.
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St, Paul (Ap
Peter
Diana
Harold Thone
Thone
Plans to Lift M and St L Receivership In Minneapolis
In Minneapolis representatives of the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad and its bondholders began shaping plans to end the 15 year receivership. RFC likely to report by Feb 1 favoring reorganization and loan to fund the plan, announced by Walter W. Colpitts, chairman of the general bondholders' committee.
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Minneapolis
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Minneapolis and
St. Louis
RFC
St. L
Walter W. Colpitts
New York
General Bondholders’ Reorganization Committee
Quins Decline $100000 Gate for New York World Fair
Callander Canada Canadian Press reports the guardians of the Dionne quintuplets refused a $100000 guarantee for the girls to appear at the New York World Fair, choosing not to travel to the event.
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Quins
Callander
Canada
Guardians of the Dionne Quintuplets
New York
Believe Dr. Schacht Ousted Over Spending Policy
London sources view the removal of Dr. Hjalmar Schacht as Reichsbank president as a prelude to a harder German monetary policy. He allegedly told Chancellor Hitler that Germany cannot sustain heavy spending on armaments and construction.
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London
Hjalmarchacht
Reichsbank
Hitler
Births Reported at St Luke’s and Local Hospitals
Mr and Mrs M C Pelumiaupt announce a daughter born at St Luke's hospital. Mr and Mrs G P Rylee report a daughter born on January 19. Mrs Charles Walsie welcomes a daughter born on January 20 at Merey osetia street.
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M. C. Pelumiaupt
Marion
St. Luke's Hospital
G P Rylee
St Take
Charles Walsie Gat
Merey Osetia
Roosevelt backs Guam defense bill as authorization not fund
President Roosevelt said he favored a 5 million dollar authorization for Guam defense improvements but that it did not guarantee fortification. He stressed the bill is an authorization not an appropriation and noted world conditions could change, potentially abandoning the program. He cited harbor deepening, marines’ berths, and plane landing facilities as included.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Guam
Fortifica
Congress
White House
Japan
Western Pacific
United States
China
Philippines
Farm Security Administration
Missouri
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
Man At Large Arrested Again After Previous Charges
A man previously charged with petty larceny was arrested again after pleading guilty and receiving a suspended sentence. Court records show no docket entries besides transcripts from Churchill's court. The county attorney notes Krizek still faces two petty larceny charges: gas theft and stealing a blanket from his rooming house.
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Peared
Justice Court
Churchill’s Court
Watsabaugh
Krizek
Committee Urges Two Millions To Fight Insect Pests
Washington IAP The house appropriations committee on Thursday recommended a 2 000 000 appropriation to fight emergency outbreaks of insect pests in farming areas this year. The sum is 1 300 000 less than the bureau of entomology and plant quarantine asked and approved by the budget bureau. The panel said the recommended amount plus 700 000 unspent from prior appropriations would total 700 000 more than the 1938 calendar year allotment.
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Washington -Iap
House Appropriations Committee
Bureau of Entomology and
Budget Bureau
Benny Trial Delayed One Week Over Smuggling Charge
New York AP reports the Jack Benny smuggling case in federal court will be postponed at least a week due to the absence of Assistant U S Attorney Joseph L. Delaney who left for California and will question several actors and actresses upon arrival.
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New York
Jack Benny
U. S
Joseph L. Delaney
California
Delaney
Beichert Found Not Guilty in Foster Father Murder
Redwood City jury acquits 19-year-old Richard Beichert after a three minute deliberation. Beichert had admitted shooting his foster father William Beichert after witnessing him assault his elderly wife, who later died from injuries.
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Redwood City
Califdne
Richard Beichert
William Beichert
Charcoal and Diamonds Both From Carbon Value Confusion
A fragment notes charcoal and diamonds arise from carbon yet diamond value is unclear. It claims diamonds of poor quality sell for more than 2000 per ounce while a ton of Pais SHRSOn is worth about 15 dollars.
Martin Ousts 15 High UAW Officers
The action ousts fifteen UAW officers and shifts board power as Martin seeks control. A coordinating committee and CIO intervention followed, with reinstatements later. nine members remain plus Martin. A Detroit convention is sought as Cleveland dates loom and Michigan influence is highlighted.
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Martin
UAW
Detroit
Cleveland
Michigan
Cracks Down on Liquor and Slots in Iowa Policy
A state crackdown details the Iowa liquor control act limiting alcohol sales and reiterates slot machine policies from the Mitchell era. The note elevates county attorneys and state law enforcement as the first line of defense and invites cooperation with the state bureau of investigation to enforce gambling and liquor statutes. It references a 1935 Sioux City graft probe with indictments but no convictions.
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John H. Mitchell
Everett
State Bureau of Investigation
Iowa
Sioux City
Betty Grable backs on Coogan return if he asks
Hollywood report says Betty Grable still loves Jackie Coogan and would rejoin him if he asked. They separated a year after marriage, with Grable living with her mother and Coogan at an uncle’s home. Grable says money issues and Coogan’s attitude hurt her. she would join him in a modest apartment and even accompany him on tours if invited.
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Hollywood
INS
Betty Grable
Jackie Coogan
Miss Grable
Lve
Coogan
Jackie
San Francisco
Protests over Democrats in Iowa House leadership
In Des Moines AP reports tension in the Iowa House as 19 Democratic members, including Gustave Alesch, challenge recognition by Gov. George A. Wilson. Alesch notes Democrats hold no committee chairmanships while Republicans control 53 of 89 chairs amid voter totals cited at 392,000 to 892,000.
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DES Moines
Ursday Oa
Gustave Alesch
George A. Wilson
Alesch
Esch
Cmichite
Eratic House
Iowa
Wilson
Nelson G. Kenschel
Leten Alesch
D. M. Taylor Named President of Cedar Rapids Country Club
D M Taylor elected by the Cedar Rapids Country Club board to serve as president for 1939. Karl P Blaise named vice president and Ben H Witwer secretary treasurer. Dr B J Moon retires as president. With the men’s grill completed, stag parties are planned. the first luncheon event is set for Saturday noon.
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D. M. Taylor
Cedar Rapids
Atlanta Man Named to O R C Board and May Move Convention
The Order of Railway Conductors board appointed J A Scott of Atlanta to fill a trustee vacancy after Charles E Stone’s resignation. A July meeting will decide if the 1940 convention will leave Cedar Rapids for a larger city amid housing limits, with 640 delegates and 330 auxiliary attendees counted. The convention typically lasts 12 to 14 days and draws over 2,000 visitors.
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The
Order of Railway Conductors
J. A. Scott
Atlanta
Charles E. Stone
Frankfort
Ind
Stone
O.R.C
Cedar Rapids
Women’s Auxiliary
Harry W. Fraser
Goes To Prison For Fatal Slap Of Baby
Ralph Koch 25 pled guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to one to 14 years for the death of his 4 month old son Ted after he slapped him when the baby cried. Judge Lindsay rejected probation and urged long imprisonment.
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Chicago
Ralph Koch
Ted
Criminal Court
William Lindsay
Capone Not Seriously Ill Despite Paraplegia Report
Capone is not seriously ill with paresis or partial paralysis and was visited last week by his wife. Mrs Capone and a brother spent an hour with the former Chicago gangster, recently moved from Alcatraz to Terminal Island prison. Visiting time for the month exhausted, prison director Edwin Lloyd said. James Bennett said Capone would have gone to the Springfield medical center if in bad shape.
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Los Angeles
Capone
Chicago
Terminal Island Prison
Alcatraz
Edwin Lloyd
James V. Bennett
Federal Prison Bureau
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Springfield
Germans Sentenced in Panama Canal Spy Case
Two German defendants in the Panama Canal spy case received two year sentences in Gamboa penitentiary after Judge Gardner denied a new trial motion. Hans Schackow and Ernest Kuhrig were sentenced. Fraulein Ingeborg Gutmann and Gesberg Gross remain to be tried separately. Defense plans an appeal in the New Orleans federal court.
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Gesberg Gross
Armed intruders flee after Mills woman screams
Denver AP report describes two armed men breaking into Miss Hazel S Mills apartment. Mills says she threw herself on the floor and screamed, frightening the assailants who pocketed their guns and fled.
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Denver
Hazel S. Mills
Kemmerer Reelected President Of Mutual Fire And Tornado Assn
I J Kemmerer of Independence was reelected president of the Mutual Fire and Tornado Association at a two day convention ending Thursday. Officers reelected included R S Brown Spencer secretary J Lindley Coon Cedar Rapids treasurer H C Doane Newton. S H Grove Humboldt was the only new director elected. Ninety six agents registered for the meeting.
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I. J. Kemmerer
Independence
Mutual Fire and Tornado Association
R. S. Brown
Spencer
J. Lindley Coon
Cedar Rapids
H. C. Doane
Newton
S. H. Grove
Humboldt
A. C. Taylor
Hayfield
C. J. Eatinger
Orient
R. A
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