Letter on wage justice for Iowa state workers
A college graduate, paid 16 cents an hour and earning 90 dollars a month, laments low wages for public employees in Iowa. He urges legislators to fund raises for state workers instead of only expanding institutions, calling for attention to the underpaid, overworked public staff. He notes the mismatch between expansion plans and real worker conditions.
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Iowa
Iowa House of Representatives
House
Washington
Des Moines
Soviet Trial Reveals Plan to Aid Japan and Kill Stalin
Seventeen ex Bolsheviks confess at Moscow trial that they schemed to aid Japan in a US war and to assassinate Josef Stalin. The indictment links Germany Poland and Japan to a broader conspiracy with figures like Karl Radek and Rudolf Hess while alleging plans for arson and germ warfare to cripple Soviet resources.
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Moscow
INS
Japan
United States
Josef Stalin
Gregory Zinovieff
Alexei Kameneff
Hess
M. Knyazeff
Red Cross
Knyazeff
The House of God in the City of Man
A reflective meditation on an ancient house standing amid a changing metropolis. The House of God remains steady as palaces rise and fade, offering healing to the burdened and inviting seekers toward peace, wisdom, and eternal truths beyond fleeting progress.
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House of God
Man
House of the Eternal
Nine Hurt In Los Angeles Trolley Crash
Nine persons were injured in a crash between two street cars in Los Angeles. Both cars were wrecked as freezing weather and a smoky pall from nearby citrus grove smudging obscured visibility. One car could not stop on ice covered tracks due to faulty brakes.
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Los Angeles
INL
RFC Extension Bill Heads to White House for Signature
The RFC extension bill approved by both houses went to President Roosevelt for signature. Congress also extended the commodity credit corporation the electric farm and home authority and the export import bank. Leaders plan a vote by Wednesday on a $790 million relief package and a $50 million crop production loan fund. Senate investigators examine alleged labor espionage ties to government contracts. War and Justice units deny involvement. The reciprocal trade agreements with 15 nations remain under House Ways and Means review as hearings continue.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Congress
White House
Roosevelt
House
Commodity Credit Corporation
Electric Farm and Home Authority
Export-Import Bank
Buchanan
Tex
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
National Metal Trades Association
L. A. Stringham
Civil Liberties Committee
Justice Department
Army
War and Justice
Association
Ways and Means
Francis B. Sayre
GM Union Labor War Talks Echoed by Murphy Return
Detroit governor Frank Murphy said new plans for peace in the GM UAW dispute would likely yield a settlement, as GM and union leaders returned from Washington with no breakthrough. Knudsen and Martin accompanied Murphy, with non-strikers to be put back to work in 26 plants to build inventories.
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Detroit
INS
General Motors Corporation
United Automobile Workers Union
Michigan
Frank Murphy
Washington
Murphy
William S. Knudsen
Homer Martin
Knudsen
Roosevelt
White House
Frances Perkins
John L. Lewis
CIO
The
Auto Union
Fisher
Flint
Flint Alliance
Antistrike Group
Richard T. Frankensteen
ICG Blames Train Spacing For Fatal Chicago Crash
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that lack of proper train spacing caused the Chicago Rapid Transit collision on November 24. Ten people were killed when a North Shore and Milwaukee train failed to stop in time and hit the train ahead. The commission urged an immediate block signal upgrade, rapid removal of wooden cars, and prohibition of wooden cars on steel underframe trains.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago Rapid Transit
Chicago
Chicago North Shore and
Milwaukee Railroad
Cabinet Quits as Japan Debates Army Rule
Japan's cabinet resigned amid pressure over army influence. General Terauchi refused to resign, leaving the army in control questions to a parliament dominated by Minseito, with Emperor Hirohito ordering Premier Hirota to stay on until a successor is chosen.
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Tokio
INS
Japan
Juichi Terauchi
Harakiri
House of Representatives
Minseito
Diet
Hirohito
Koki Hirota
Insurgents Bomb Madrid American-Owned Building
Insurgent artillery bombarded the American owned telephone building on the Grand Via in Madrid scoring 10 direct hits on the city’s skyscraper and killing about 20 people. Fire rages on the fourth floor as rebels shell from third to eleventh floors wrecking switchboards and lines including press and dining areas where correspondents report on Madrid’s siege.
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Madrid
Grand Via
International Telephone and Telegraph Company
Britons Ordered to Leave Malaga
The British government ordered the evacuation of all British nationals from Malaga and announced the consulate will close due to advancing insurgent forces and rising danger to the city.
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Malaga
London
INS
Linn County Red Cross Flood Relief Quota Set
The Linn county chapter of the American Red Cross seeks 1045 as its flood relief quota responding to national requests for emergency aid for victims across eight states. Contributions are accepted at the Y M C A and Red Cross office, with early donations already received from Cedar Rapids residents.
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Linn Red Cross
Ohio
Mississippi River
Linn County
American Red Cross
National Red Cross
S. R. Hawkins
Red Cross
Federal
J. W. Francis
Cedar Rapids
Cary T. Grayson
Kenneth E. Cornell
United States
State Farm Bureau urges aid for ten farm seekers
The Iowa Farm Bureau federation urged state and national legislation to assist ambitious young men and tenants to acquire family-sized farms. The resolutions call for long-term leases, special loans, homestead tax relief funded by three-point tax proceeds, and tax exemptions for farm inputs. They also back AAA programs, soil conservation, and rural road work, while opposing higher gasoline taxes for other uses.
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Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Corr
AAA
Soil Conservation Service
Farm Credit Administration
Mercury drops to 10 below in Cedar Rapids winter cold
The thermometer fell to 10 below zero Saturday at 7 am in Cedar Rapids, the coldest mark this winter and the third straight morning of subzero weather. It earlier dipped to 8 below on Dec 7 and rose to 10 above by 1:30 pm, while previous days logged 3 above, then 2 below and 6 below by midnight. Thunderous sun drove the rebound.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company Instruments
Cincinnati
W. C. Devereaux
Kentucky
Clera County
Aurola
Flood Relief Drive Amid Widespread American Flood Crisis
Washington lays out a Red Cross fundraising plan to mobilize 3,700 chapters for 2 million dollars to aid 280,000 homeless in flood regions. Regions from Indiana to Ohio report rising homeless totals, with Cincinnati and Louisville highlighting severe damage and shortages. Works Progress Administration readies 50,000 relief workers.
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Associated Press
Washington
Cary T. Grayson
Red Cross
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Indianapolis
Indiana
Nashville
Tiptonville
Middle Tennessee
Cincinnati
Ohio
Louisville
Chicago
Works Progress
Wheeling
W. Va
Portsmouth
ST. Louis
Illinois
Arkansas
Missouri
Powder Blast Kills 3 In Illinois Home
Fairview Illinois AP report says a keg of blasting powder exploded at the Albert Taylor residence during dinner, destroying the house and fatally burning Lloyd 6 Winnifred 8 and Hiram 22. Father Albert 61 and mother Edna 57 were critically injured, with siblings Ernest 26 Evelyn 15 Harold 13 Helen 12 and Faye 10 less seriously hurt. Hiram died helping others escape then seeking aid at a neighbor’s house.
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Fairview
Ill
Albert Taylor
Lloyd Taylor
Winnifred
Hiram
Graham Hospital
Canton
Edna
Wilfred
Ernest
Evelyn
Harold
Helen
Faye
Charles Elliott
Senators to Report Crop Loan Measure
Washington report states the Senate Agriculture Committee voted to report favorably a $50 million seed and crop production loan bill. Chairman Ellison D. Smith of South Carolina sponsors the measure, mirroring last year’s bill with two changes: individual farmer borrow limit up to $600 and interest rates reduced from 12 1/2 percent to 4 1/2 percent.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Ellison D. Smith
S. C
Prince Michael in Grave Condition After Operation
Crown Prince Michael of Roumania underwent emergency appendectomy and remained in grave condition. King Carol was summoned to his bedside as doctors reported a relapse with rising fever. Princess Helene cried by his bed and asked the king to hurry from Bucharest.
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Florence
Italy
Michael of
Roumania
Carol
Michael
Helene
Bucharest
Spain Charges Nazi Planes Bomb Base
Valencia AP report states Almeria Port authorities under the socialist government say seaplanes bombed the Roquestas government air base on the southern Mediterranean coast.
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Spain
Valencia
Almeria
Roquestas
Mediterranean
Roosevelt Seeks 92 Million for Red Cross Flood Aid
President Roosevelt issued a proclamation asking Congress to authorize a minimum relief fund of 2,000,000 for Ohio and Mississippi valley flood victims. The flood disaster expanded across twelve states with over 280,000 homeless and 20 dead, as Red Cross and other agencies rushed supplies and a special train and boats mobilized to aid evacuees. Weather threats and rising waters continued to threaten Cincinnati and surrounding areas, with tens of thousands still displaced and fuel and food supplies strained.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ohio
Mississippi
American Red Cross
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Coast Guard
Cincinnati
Atlantic Coast
Red Cross
Illinois
West Virginia
Kentucky
Missouri
Pennsylvania
Arkansas
Wheeling
W. Va
Pittsburgh
Allegheny
Monongahela
Portsmouth
New Boston
Coughlin To Give His Talks Twice Starting Sunday
Father Charles E Coughlin resumes Sunday broadcasts on WOR and a list of stations delivering his address in two parts. He will speak for an hour from 2 to 3 p m CST on WCAU WJR WAAB WEAN and WICC and then from 7 to 7 30 on WOR CKLW KSO WMT KOIL and VIOL.
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NEW York
WOR
Charles E. Coughlin
WCAU
WJR
WAAB
WEAN
WICC
CKLW
KSO
WMT
KOIL
VIOL
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Jan Yindrich
Cedar Rapids News
Hich
Lowedar Raide
Mount
Owa
Aek Ity
Ce Oo
Angeles
Charles City
Xis
Graneisco Des Quainss
Acer
State Bureau
Prince Michael
Ohio River
Coughlin
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