Roosevelt Seeks Further Reforms in Second Term
The nation enters Roosevelt's second term as he pledges broader reforms to harness government power against economic evils. He argues democracy must master economic forces, empower the public, and extend prosperity while safeguarding liberty. The address recalls constitutional aims and calls for continued progress without abandoning democratic principles.
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Scierce
Scence
The
Republic
United States
ITR7
Outlines Aims Yet to Be Achieved in Our Democracy
The passage critiques widespread poverty and deprivation in the United States, noting millions denied basic necessities, education, and opportunity. It emphasizes the gap between ideals and reality, urging action to elevate living standards and empower citizens.
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Ileclad
Netin
Reconsecration of Nation to Ideals Declared
A president vows to reconsecrate the nation to cherished ideals amid a changed era. He warns of forces that divide and unite nations as he pledges to lead the American people forward and seek divine guidance toward peace and justice for all citizens.
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Sur
United States
Roosevelt Inaugural Address Highlights
President Roosevelt reaffirms a pledge to lead Americans toward chosen progress while addressing inequality and the need for voting power to be placed with the people. He warns against comfort and timidity and calls for sustained democracy, restraint on power, and opposition to self interest and profiteering.
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Promised Land
Tarrva
United States
Auto strike parley breaks down at Zenith Detroit plant
General Motors workers idle as 60 of 650 at Zenith Carburetor plant stage a sit down. Company officials say wage demand talks near an agreement and the plant likely to reopen Thursday.
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General Motors
Zenith
Detroit
Temporari Iy
Pittsburgh Glass Strike Ends With Eight-Cent Hike
Glenn W McCabe, president of the Federation of Flat Glass Workers, announced a settlement ratified by Pittsburgh Plate Glass and Libbey Owens Ford employees. The agreement provides a flat eight cents per hour raise and permits immediate restart of production in plants serving the auto industry.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Glenn W Mce- Cabe
Federation of
Flat Glass Workers
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Libbey - Owens - Ford Company
CIO
McCabe
Pope Pius IX Weakens as Illness Deepens
Vatican dispatch reports Pope Pius XII growing weaker and in greater pain during Wednesday night. Cardinal Milani attended the bedside and given injections to ease venous circulation while doctors pressed on with care. The pope rested with sedative aid and his technicians avoided new procedures, per the official bulletin.
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Vatican City
Pius
Milani
Hangar and Airplanes Burn Near Sioux City
AP report describes a fire at Hanford Airlines at Rickenbacker airport near Sioux City destroying the hangar and several privately owned airplanes. The $50,000 loss estimate and rapid spread prompted firefighting efforts, but crews could not prevent the blaze from consuming structures before it was controlled.
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Stoun City
Hanford Airlines
Rickenbacker
van Stevens Ldd
Joss
van Toe
Stroenms
North Riverside
Stow Cate
Marion Boy Magician Delights Kiwanis Club
Marion youth magician performs a program at the Kiwanis meeting, wowing members with tricks rivaling professional magicians. The event at Montrose drew attention as a standout show by a local talent.
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Mayiwe Flack
Marian Seban
Kiwanis Club
Montrose
Maki Chet Se
Calm Farm Bureau Meeting Held In Des Moines
Moscow and Muscatine representatives attended with accompanist Mrs Roscoe Eliason Letts. Hardin county women placed second with Croot Carter Davis Bridgens. Winning men’s quartet members Ellickson Lomen Linnervold and Torgrim all from Decorah. Ed Oneal and Charles Finley headlined talks. Friday targets a state vice president election and a farm talent pageant.
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Moscow
Perry Davis
Muscatine
Roscoe Eliason
Letts
Hardin County
Clarence Croot
Town Falls
C . Carter
New Providence
Fred Mitchell
Margaret Bridgens
Eldora
E. H. Ellickson
Arthur Lomen
Willard Linnevold
Willard Torgrim
Decorah
Ed Onecal
Kraschel outlines emergency aid and road plan in Iowa speech
Gov Nels G Kraschel proposed a drought relief bill allowing counties to issue anticipatory warrants to fund seed loans for livestock farmers. He urged a secondary road program funded by a 2.6 million dollar total through federal and state matches, with county and highway user taxes supporting the effort.
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Des Moines
Nels G Kraschel
Iowa Farm Bureau
Kraschel
County Boards of Supervisors
Federal Rural Resettlement Administration
Kinschel
Arraign Two for Slaying at Manhattan Banquet
Two guests at a testimonial dinner in the Manhattan Opera House were arraigned on charges of killing Fironk Cher in front of about 700 attendees. Joseph Berger 29 and Gabrel Kiar 30 surrendered Tuesday while still in the dinner jackets. The incident occurred during a dispute over Cicero's boisterousness as Grover Wheeler’s former police commissioner tried to give a speech.
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Cher
Joseph Berger
Gabrel Kiar
Stobburg
Cicero
Grover
Iowa House Remains Split Over Patronage Posts
The Iowa House faced a partisan stalemate over remaining patronage for assistant chief clerk sergeant-at-arms and dozens of pages clerks and doorkeepers. Democrats and Republicans offered rival lists. a call of the house was demanded as adjournment loomed. An emergency bill to aid drought struck farmers in northwest counties was set aside for later action.
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Iowa House
E. A. Moore
Harlan
Leonard L. Moore
Bedford
B. B. Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
LaMar Foster
House
Gustave Alesch
Marcus
H. F
Hickenlooper
John Ryder
Dubuque
Thomas Stimpson
Anamosa
Coe Band Members Huddle In Pullman Cars In Washington
Coe College Military band huddled in Pullman cars a mile from downtown Washington during Roosevelt’s inauguration as they played cards shaved and walked to the Capitol. Band leader Vesely and press rep Mickel met Senator Herring before joining the group en route to the ceremony and a late dinner.
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Coe College Military Band
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
Stanley Vesely
E. P Mickel
C. L. Herring
Gazette
F. D. Pugh
Army
Roosevelt Inauguration paints hopeful image amid rain
The rain soaked crowd hears President Roosevelt deliver a concise inaugural address on the Capitol east front. He repeats the call Forward and praises the nation’s moral climate while promising that we will carry on with the New Deal.
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Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
America
Republicans Form Senate Committees Under Non-Partisan Banner
The Republican led Iowa senate committee on committees allotted 13 of 40 chairs to Democrats and kept several panels under minority control, said chair George Hopkins. He claimed the action refutes charges of partisanship as the chamber prepares to tackle 24 measures while the House awaits contests for seats and committee picks by Speaker Lamar Foster.
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DES Moines
Senate Committee On Committees
Democrats
Senate
George Hopkins
Guthrie Center
House
Lamar Foster
Retired Chase National Bank Executive Dies In Fall
Alfred C Andrews a 61 year old retired vice president of Chase National Bank died after falling from a fifth floor Park Avenue apartment window into the courtyard. A nurse had left him in his bedroom to prepare broth and found the window open upon returning to the room.
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New York
Alfred C Andrews
Chase National Bank
Park Avenue
Andrews
Paul Engle Says Long Haired Poet's Day Has Vanished
Des Moines AP notes the passing of the long haired poet as Paul Engle of Cedar Rapids addresses the Des Moines Women's club. He recalls his own background at Columbia and Oxford and claims modern verse uses the machine age and harsh language rather than daisies and moonlight.
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Paul Engle
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Engle
Columbia University
Oxford
Des Moines Woman’s Club
Bill Would Cut Iowa Income Tax for Lower Brackets
Des Moines AP reports two Democratic senators Harold Irwin and T F Driscoll filed a bill to replace deductions with exemptions. A single man would get a $1000 exemption and a married man $1800, lowering taxes for many with incomes around $3000, reducing a $48 yearly tax to about $14.
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Des Moines
Trolley Crews Battle Sleet to Keep Cars Moving
Crews of Cedar Rapids and Marion City Railway fought sleet to keep streetcar switches clear and lines open. By 1:30 pm most cars ran with difficulty. a Kenwood car burned out its motor and limped to the barns, a substitute car dispatched. Officials fear another freeze could tie up service like January 8 when most lines clogged.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion City
Kenwood
Iowa City
Kerosene Prices Set for Rise in Midwestern States
Standard On Campions of Indiana will raise all normal tank-wagon prices on Perfection kerosene in Thams Indiana Iown Kansas Michigan Minnesota Missouri North Dakota South Dakota and Wisconsin by three tenths of a cent per gallon effective Friday January 22. Subnoermal prices will rise correspondingly in the same area.
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Indiana
Thams
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Missour
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Mrs Stamats Recovering After Hospital Operation
Mrs Herbert S Stamats of 2131 Linden drive SE is recovering satisfactorily after an operation at St Luke’s Hospital on Monday. She is expected to be discharged to home by Friday, following an earlier report that mischaracterized the surgery as major and her condition as only fair.
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Herbert S Stamats
Linden Drive
St Lukes Hospital
Stamats
Andrew Jackson Jailed on Steadying a Radiu Charge
Andrew Jackson a 44 year old Black man was jailed Wednesday amid accusations he steadied a radiu. The brief item notes an arrest in New York with limited readable details and no further context.
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New York
Andrew Jackson
Das
Court House News: Jury Considers Savel Suit in 1934 Crash
A district court jury weighed a $5,000 personal injury claim by John Q. Savel against Martin D Vanourny and son Norbert after an Oct 20 1934 crash near North Liberty on highway 161. Judge James P Gaffney sent the case to the jury at 4:24 p.m. Also noted: wills admitted to probate for Mable L Curran and John Buresh, a partition stipulation filed, and a divorce granted to Zola Melsha from Leo Melsha with custody of a minor child.
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Martin D Vanourny
Norbert Vanourney
James P Gaffney
Williamsburg
Savel
Michael J. Costello
Norbert Vanourny
North Liberty
Vanourny
Costello
H C Ring
Zola Melsha
Leo Melsha
Mother and Baby Die in Kerosene Explosion
Ottumwa residents report a kerosene can explosion that set a three room home on fire. Mr Hallis Albertson and his six month old daughter Barbara Jean died in hospital from severe burns. The mother reportedly crawled back to rescue her child, and witnesses pulled them from the burning bedroom through a window. The husband works as an Ottumwa coal miner.
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API
Hallis Albertson
Barbara Jean
Albertson
Weeden Dickerson
Wallis Wins 2335 At Roulette In Monte Carlo Casino
Monte Carlo reports Mrs Wallis Warfield Simpson won 50 000 francs about 82 335 dollars while playing roulette Tuesday night at the casino. She was hosted in Cannes by Mrs Herman I Roger and accompanied by guests during a visit to the Riviera.
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Monte Carlo
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Simpson
Herman
Roger
Cannes
County Trunk Road C-C Established In Lann County
County authorities on Tuesday afternoon established County Trunk Road C-C. The new route runs about one mile from the junction of County Trunk Road to a point two and a half miles west of Coggon Pine, extending through Delaware and nearby quarters, marking a formal upgrade of local transport links.
Iowa Highways Covered by Ice and Sleet
A winter storm glazed central and eastern Iowa with ice and sleet on Wednesday while western parts saw snow. Forecasts warned of a severe cold wave with subzero temperatures. Major cities reported mixed precipitation and ice on roads as the state highway commission urged motorists to stay off highways.
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Central
East Lown
State Highway Commission
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Spirit Lake
Snowy West Union Sees Heavy Wind Drifts
Special to The Gazette. West Union reports several inches of snow Tuesday night accompanied by a south east wind. Roads were badly drifted and difficult to travel.
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the Gazette
West Union
Round Up Hoboes in Hunt for Kidnapper
Police in Tacoma Washington questioned a man as part of a kidnapping probe into 10 year old Charles Mattson. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer published alleged note texts from the kidnapper threatening the boy’s life and detailing ransom plans.
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Wash
Charles Mattson
Feacal
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
W. W. Mattson
Roosevelt In Pink Of Condition Starts Second Term
Washington report says Franklin D Roosevelt began his second term in fighting trim. He is described as slightly grayer with thinning temples but in the pink of condition, his health attributed to the pace and grind of his duties.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Ross T McIntire
White House
Births Report From Local Hospitals
Born to Mr and Mrs C F Ceyka at St Lukes hospital a son Jan 2. Frances Gep hart Rain becomes Mrs Ceyka. A daughter Jan 19 to Mr and Mrs Lawrence Henderson route 1 Mechanics title at Mercy hospital. Archie R Baker and wife of 2993 Thirty second street NEacon welcomed Roger Lee Jan 18.
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C. F. Ceyka
Avenue
St Lukes Hospital
Ceyka
Frances Gephart Rain
Lawrence Henderson
Mercy Hospital
Archie R_ Baker
Thirty-second Street
Neacon
Roger Lee
Des Moines Pastor Kenna Named Seattle University Temple Leader
Des Moines pastor the Rev James Brett Kenna was named minister of University Temple Methodist Episcopal church in Seattle in a Wednesday announcement. Kenna, formerly of First Methodist Episcopal Church in Des Moines, relocates to Seattle to lead the church.
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Portland
Ore
Apheimiment
James Brett Kenna
First Methodist Episcopal Church
University Temple Methodist Episcopal Church
Seattle
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