Red Cross appeals amid flood crisis and European peril
The article details widespread Floods in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys, urging Red Cross relief contributions from Linn County. It also reports Premier Blum offering economic help to Germany to avert war, linking Franco German relations to broader European tensions and the Spain conflict with Russia.
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Ohio
Mississippi River
United States
Red Cross
Evansville
Linn County
American Red Cross
Cedar Rapids
Meira Burd
Hitler calls Reichstag to meet Saturday in Berlin
Adolf Hitler moved to solidify one man rule and outline four years of Nazi power. He will address the Reichstag with domestic decrees and likely set the 1937 foreign policy course. France offered aid if Germany shows will to cooperate on world peace. Blum urged cooperation but rejected bargaining. Germany and Italy pledged to embargo foreign volunteers in Spain.
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Rance
Blum
Great Britain
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Herr Hitler
France
Spain
Mussolini
Italy
England
Russia
The
Spark
Berlin
Derfuehrer
Paul von Hindenberg
Reich
Anthony Eden
Europe
Eden
Dardanelles
LYONS
Leon Blum
Reichsuehrer
AAA Rule Outlaws Unadapted Clover Seed
A 1937 AAA rule bans un adapted clover or alfalfa seed from outside Canada. The notice to Rex B. Conn, Linn county soil conservation secretary, says use of such seed disqualifies land from payment for diversion conversion or soil building and marks it as soil depleting.
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Cedar Rapids News
Canada
AAA
Rex B. Conn
Linn County Soil Conservation Committee
Pope Pius XI Rests Easy Under New Sedative
Vatican sources say Pope Pius XI rested better with a powerful new sedative easing his pain. Doctors ordered the treatment to keep him alive as world celebrates the nineteenth centenary of St Paul conversion. The Pope still suffers though shows improved rest compared with recent nights.
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Pope Pius XI
Vatican City
Pius XI
St Paul
Vatican
Britain and United States near reciprocal trade accord
Washington officials announced that the United States and Great Britain are close to starting negotiations for a reciprocal trade agreement. Secretary Hull and Walter Runciman indicated talks on improved commercial relations may begin soon, with Runciman delaying his Washington visit to Wednesday afternoon.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Hull
Walter Runciman
British Board of Trade
Runciman
White House
Roosevelt
Senate
Britain
Attorneys File For New Trial Of Albert Cornwell
Attorneys for Albert Cornwell a Manchester junk dealer convicted in the marriage murder of Dan Shine Littleport farmer filed a motion for a new trial citing 31 errors in the recent trial He is awaiting sentence.
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Eleader (Ap
Albert Cornwell
Manchester
Junk Daler
Dan Shine
Littleport
Cornwell
Robert Burns Birthday Revered in Homely Lyrical Tribute
A 1937 tribute extols Robert Burns as a singer of liberty and labor, praising his compassionate view of humanity and nature. It portrays Burns as a fearless, poor poet whose songs carry yearning, joy, and sorrow, and envisions his gifts bringing light to dark places around the world.
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Robert Burns
Burns
Scotland
Weather chiefs cite clash of polar and tropical air for freak winter
Government meteorologists say persistent clashes of cold dry polar air and warm moist tropical air caused sub zero temperatures and record floods from the west to the central east. They note January precipitation in the Ohio river basin ran two to six times normal with some stations at 23 inches of rain.
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Washington
Tropics
R. Hanson Weightman
United States
R. J. Martin
Weather Bureau
Ohio River Basin
Johnsonville
Tenn
Martin
Arkansas
Missouri
Indiana
W. J Moxom
Schroeder And Prof Updegraff Absent From Iowa City
University of Iowa athletic director Dad Schroeder and board chair Clarence M Updegraff were missing in Iowa City on Monday while sources say a secret Sunday meeting in Updegraff’s office prompted their absence. Probers noted the two planned tours to contact prospective coaches.
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Iowa City
Dad" Schroeder
University of Iowa
Clarence M. Updegraff
Updegraff
Perkins Invites GM UAW Officials to Talks on Labor Strike
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Frances Perkins asked General Motors and United Automobile Workers to meet in her office at 11 a.m. Wednesday without conditions, while John L. Lewis demands “good faith” before attending. GM officials in New York and Detroit weighed the summons as Lewis directs the union action from Detroit.
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Washington
Frances Perkins
John L. Lewis
General Motors Corporation
Congress
Labor Department
Perkins
General Motors
United Automobile Workers of America
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
Automobile Concern
New York
William S. Knudsen
Detroit
Lewis
John Brophy
Homer S. Martin
United Automobile Workers
Wyndham Mortimer
United Press
Madame Perkins
GMC
Frank Murphy
Flint Alliance
UAWA
Martial law debated as Cincinnati floods stretch city limits
Gov Martin E L Davey proposed martial law in flood struck Cincinnati but City Manager C A Dykstra and Mayor Russell Wilson opposed it saying it was unnecessary. The disaster command plan invoked a disaster dictator with autocratic power amid a 60 plus foot Ohio River crest. Sixty five thousand homeless crowded churches and relief centers as eight deaths were reported and drinking water grew scarce and polluted.
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Cincinnati
Martin EL. Davey
C. A. Dykstra
Russell Wilson
Dykstra
Ohio
City Manager Granted Autocratic Power During Water Crisis
In a special meeting the city council gave C. A. Dykstra, the city manager, autocratic authority to direct operations and impose restrictions as needed. Water supply was his first concern with one hour daily service announced, while the health department warned the dwindling supply was unsafe and must be boiled for safety.
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C. A. Dykstra
Health Department
Floods Strain States as City Proclaims Martial Law
The Ohio River flood crisis spreads across 25 square miles with 65 000 homeless. Louisville under martial law as Gov Chandler appeals for federal troops. Red Cross aids refugees, relief funds allocated, and mass evacuations continue across Kentucky Indiana Illinois and Missouri.
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Louisville
A. B. Chandler
Roosevelt
Fe Werc
Ohio
Portsmouth
Red Cross
Columbus
Harleston
New Madrid
Bird's Point
Mississippi
Frankfort
Evansville
Ind
Ohio River
Memphis
Cairo
Shawneetown
Pittsburgh
Washington
House Approves Seed and Crop Loan Fund
The House passed a 50 million dollar seed and crop production loan fund bill for 1937 and sent it to the Senate. Farm-area members argued the fund would keep thousands of farm families off relief rolls. Loans up to 400 dollars at four percent to buy seeds crops and feed. Farm Credit Administration to issue loans secured by first liens on crops and stock.
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Washington
House
Senate
Farm Credit Administration
Bandit Nets $2,000 At Minnesota Bank
A tall bandit robbed the First National Bank in Shakopee Minnesota forcing three employees to the floor. He escaped with about $2,000 after a time lock foiled vault entry, fleeing in a car driven by a companion east of St Paul.
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Shakopee, Minn
First National Bank
Shakopee
St. Paul
Louisville Flood Crisis Pushes for Federal Martial Law
Gov. A B Chandler ordered federal martial law for Louisville as two thirds of the 330 000 population evacuated. Mayor Neville Miller and Gen. William K Nay lor urged Roosevelt to appoint a federal military governor and send troops. Ohio River and Beargrass Creek floodwaters rise. crest forecast 58.1 feet by Tuesday night. previous record 46.7 feet in 1884.
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Louisville
A. B. Chandler
Frankfort
Roosevelt
Neville Miller
Miller
William K. Naylor
Fifth Corps
Ohio
Ohio River
Weather Bureau
Kentucky flood wipes out state reformatory inmates
Twelve convicts at the Kentucky state reformatory were confirmed dead and many more unaccounted for after the worst flood in Kentucky history. Widespread damage and chaotic conditions were reported from a large stockade on a hill as officials continued to assess casualties.
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Ohio
Kentucky
Mississippi
Cairo
Ill
Frankfort
Kentucky State Reformatory
Seize Liquor and Slot Machines At Milford Night Club
State agents raided the Green Mill night club near Milford and confiscated more than 20 quarts of sealed liquor four slot machines and liquor dispensing equipment early Sunday.
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Milford
Green Mill
Here
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