Debated Pay Gap Between Cedar Rapids Teachers and Police
A critical letter argues teachers are underpaid compared with police, noting teachers work long hours and earn less while police risk their lives. The piece defends teacher thrift and cites ongoing concerns about state planning board and its research on tenancy, highways, care of the mentally ill, and hospital operations.
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Cedar Rapids
State Planning Board
Des Moines
Planning Board
Retrenchment and caution in public legislation urged
The editorial argues for careful gradual retrenchment and thorough fact finding in state law making. It asserts committees cannot replace full data collection, notes relief fraud probes in Rockford Illinois, and questions punitive focus on tavern operators versus higher officials misusing relief funds. Taxpayers deserve prudent, well researched policy.
McGregor Fire Deaths Claimed Eight In Sudden Blaze
A coroner jury ruled the McTaggart Flanders fire caused eight deaths by suffocation amid dense smoke in a McGregor brick building. Victims included four children and a CCC worker, with $10,000 in damages. The blaze started behind the structure, likely from a burned mattress, and rapid flames overwhelmed trapped residents.
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the Gazette
McGregor
McTaggart-Flanders
E Leslie Spaulding
Harvey Marlett
CCC
Charles Long
Marlett
Charles
Robert
William
Long Shirley Mae Warmouth
Rockford, Ill
Hopkins Narrowly Confirmed Amid Senate Protest
Vice President Garner moved to confirm Harry L. Hopkins as secretary of commerce but faced near disruption from Senator McNary. McNary urged delay and more discussion of the president's choice as the vote loomed.
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Washington
INS
Garner
Senate
Harry L. Hopkins
McNary
Oregon
Hopkins
Bulletin— Washington
Harry Hopkins
Commerce
Grateful for Relief Money Amid Widespread Handling
The narrator remarks on abundant relief funds and many handlers, suggesting gratitude that misuses are not greater. The terse comment implies concern over the complexity and oversight of aid distribution.
Ten Survivors Of Air Mishap Nearing Shore
The Esso Baytown carried ten survivors of the Cavalier toward New York harbor after clinging to life belts for hours amid a gale. Five men and five women were rescued, while three others perished. Capt. Alderson remained in critical condition. survivors were in fair shape overall.
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New York
INS
Esso Baytown
Sandy Hook
New York Harbor
Coast Guard
Imperial British Airways
Atlantic Ocean
Cape May
N. J
M. R. Alderson
Airways
Civilians Ordered to Flee Barcelona as War Looms
The Spanish government declared a state of war around Barcelona as insurgent forces threatened the capital. Premier Juan Negrin said ministers would stay to defend the city and the nation. The decree outlines prevention, alarm, and martial law stages amid ongoing civil conflict.
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Hendaye
France
Barcelona
Juan Negrin
Nab Driver Twice In Succession: He Draws $100 Fine
Cedar Rapids新闻 reports Leonard L Brennaman of Marion fined $100 and costs in police court for reckless driving after being clocked at 70 mph on First Avenue from Twentieth to Twenty-third streets. He was arrested Sunday by Patrolmen Hanna and Stodola, then stopped again on the east edge of Kenwood. He had been clocked at 55 mph and released on bond.
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Cedar Rapids
Leonard L. Brennaman
Marion
Brennaman
Hanna and Stodola
First Avenue
Twentieth
Twenty-third Streets
Kenwood
Stock Market Breaks Sharply Amid War Scare Selling
New York stocks slid on Monday as major averages dropped one to five points from their lows. Dealers reported heavy selling tied to September war scare concerns and final prices near the session lows.
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New York
Civilian Conservation Corps Man Dies When Tractor Crashes
Virgil K. Flynn 26 of Toledo Iowa and a CCC member stationed at Iowa City died when a tractor he operated overturned and rolled 75 feet down a steep embankment into Lake MacBride. The accident occurred on his first day on the job as he pulled logs on frozen ground near the hillcrest. Sheriff Don McComas investigated the scene. Flynn was married.
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Iowa City
Virgil K. Flynn
Civilian Conservation Corps
Lake Macbride
Flynn
Don McComas
McComas
Toledo
Drunk Driving Case Ends With Guilty Plea
Adolph Sobehart, 48, of 526 Sixth Avenue SE, a city water works employee, pled guilty to reckless driving after the state's case for operating a vehicle while intoxicated was punctured before testimony could begin. He was fined 100 dollars and costs by Judge H. C. Ringcee. Sobehart and two intoxicated companions were reportedly picked up near Fourth Street and Fourteenth Avenue SE about 12:20.
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Cedar Rapids
Adolph Sobehart
Sixth Avenue SE
City Water Works
Sobehart
H. C. Ringcee
Carl Hendrickson
Ed Fordyce
Lobehart
Fourth Street
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Republicans Afraid All Will Be Gone When They Get In
Commentator Arthur Bugs Baer notes critics fear sweeping federal programs will vanish after a change in party control. He jokes about massive projects like a Florida canal and Guam defenses, while noting GOP resistance to slowing but not stopping spending.
Visioned trip ended in snow vanish mystery
Pittsburgh AP reports 61 year old Mrs. T. P. Hueskins wandered from Tarentum after a Bible vision warned of her son’s need. She carried a half gallon of gasoline toward a stranded vehicle and was last seen two hours later as rescuers scoured creeks and woods. Detectives speculate she may have been buried by snow drifts as plows cleared the area.
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Pittsburgh
T. P. Hueskins
Hueskins
Tarentum
Rowland Turner
Youngstown
Turner
Nebraska Utilities Deal Appears Off
Iowa Nebraska Light and Power said it withdrew from selling its electric properties to the Nebraska Little TVA. The action ends negotiations that would have gave big Nebraska hydroelectric districts control of private power companies in the state.
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Lincoln, Neb
Iowa-Nebraska Light and Power Company
Nebraska Little Tva
Nebraska
Bridges Attack Is Unsubstantiated, Perkins Says
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins told the House Committee on un American Activities that it offered no evidence to support its claim that Harry Bridges, a West Coast labor leader, urged government overthrow.
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Washington
Frances Perkins
House Committee On un-American Activities
Harry Bridges
Reservists Reported Called Up in Italy
Rome reports from several foreign sources that a large body of reservists, likely the class of 1901 men aged 38, have been called to service. The move is described as precautionary amid fears of nationalist conquest in Catalonia.
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Rome
Catalonia
Star's Mate Dies As Opera Star Tries Transcontinental Dash
Metropolitan Opera star Lotte Lehmann races by train from Spokane to Utica to reach husband Capt. Otto Krause, 56, a retired Austrian officer, at a private tuberculosis sanatorium near Saranac Lake. Krause died Sunday as Lehmann neared his bedside, prompting Great Northern officials at Fargo to delay a train 15 minutes so she could phone for an update.
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Saranac Lake
N. Y
Otto Krause
Lotte Lehmann
Metropolitan Opera
Krause
Madame Mann
Utica
Spokane
Wash
Fargo
N. D
Great Northern Railroad
New Spirit for a New World in 1939
In a 1939 column, DE. Newton reflects on Washington and Jefferson guiding ideals, urging independence from entangling alliances, equal justice, fair trade, and friendship with all nations, warning against imported feuds and the need for renewed national spirit.
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Europe
Republic
Congress
Washington
Jefferson
Cedar Rapids Gazette scoops McGregor fire tragedy and rescue
The Gazette led Sunday with exclusive coverage of the McGregor fire that killed eight shortly before midnight Saturday. It also reported the rescue of ten survivors from the Cavalier flying boat with rapid production and wide circulation across Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns.
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Cedar Rapids
McGregor
Ed Dose
Gazette
Marion Rischmueller
Elmer Wickham
Supervi- Mee
Clyde Markham
Oelwein
Marquette
Postville
Luana
Monona
Froelich
Roosevelt urges careful study of unit health report
President Roosevelt urges Congress to study a comprehensive long range health program to be financed by 1949. The plan, opposed by the American Medical Association, includes state health insurance and hospital expansion along with child welfare and diagnostic centers. Hopkins nominated as secretary of commerce.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
American Medical Association
Wagner
N. Y
Start Proceedings To Refinance First Ave Bridge Bonds
The city council instructed City Attorney Don Hines to begin issuing about 205000 in short term bonds to refinance the remaining indebtedness on the 1919 First Avenue Bridge built at 400000. Chapman and Cutler approved the plan. The aim is to retire the debt in five years to save interest costs.
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First Avenue
Don Hines
Hines
Chapman and Cutler
Chicago
L. D. Burrgus
Peter Pan's Daughter Sparks Spirited Romance on Page Seven
A lively feature titled Peter Pan's Daughter opens on page seven with a romantic, adventurous tone. The story promises light drama and charming character dynamics suited to a weekend read.
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Rockford
Ill
M’gregor
Edward Rhomberg
Clayton County
Dr. Rhomberg
Long
Eldon Staples
Junior O'Neill
Bulletin
Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Florida
Guam
Nebraska Utilities
Italy
Star
Newton
Congress of the
United States
Committee On Economic Security
Cedar Rapids News
Peter Pan
Daughter
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