Iowa Farm Bureau Opposes Punitive Taxes on Chain Stores
Commentary questions federal price fixes and New Deal policies as the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation denounces punitive taxes aimed at chain stores. It analyzes a Des Moines bill to raise old age pension maximums and argues higher taxes would worsen general living standards and burden citizens.
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Thurman Arnold
United States
Mr. Arnold
Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Arnold
Washington
B Ll
Prosemore
Iowa
Lawmakers Push State Aid Shift From Families
Opinion argues a bill adopts state paternalism by exempting aged indigents’ children and relatives from support duties. It warns Iowa legislators risk Marxian style government and socialistic weakening of the national spirit, urging scrutiny of motives.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Rebels seize Badalona and push from Barcelona
Reuters by Larry Allen reports insurgent troops advancing from Barcelona to Badalona as crowds celebrate end of hunger and bombardments. General Franco's forces press north along the coast toward Gerona and Figueras while loyalist leaders face dissolution and potential court martials in Catalonia.
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Barcelona
Badalona
Catalonia
Gerona
Figueras
France
Franco
Jose Davila
Insurgents Take Barcelona and Hold Occupation
Insurgents claimed rapid control of Barcelona after air bombings devastated the port and suburbs. An 18 000 strong public order corps moved to restore city functions as government forces retreated toward the French frontier. Celebrations and banners marked insurgent victory while officials met to discuss the situation.
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Barcelona
Corps of Public Order and Police
Negrin
Juan Negrin
Per- Pignan
Figueras
Madrid
Spain
Valencia
Teruel
Sagunto
Moore testifies on Acerra case before Iowa Senate panel
E R Moore of Cedar Rapids, Republican on the state board of parole, testifies before Senate judiciary committee No 1 about the Acerra case. The panel weighs abolishing the parole board and shifting duties to the board of control and the attorney general as it reviews clemency practices under former Gov Kraschel.
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Nelson G. Kraschel
Kraschel
Acerra
Joe Siegel
Chicago
Lizzie Cairns
Jefferson
Siegel
Sioux City
Shaw
Moore
Farm program anger grows as Iowa AAA criticized
The piece denounces the Iowa state AAA as a self governing, Washington directed body that silences farmers. It cites Muscatine and Tama county cases, calls for elected state committee members, and warns the program risks disintegration without farmer control and democratic reform.
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AAA
Muscatine County
Iowa
Henry Wallace
Washington
Iowa Daily Press Association
O. D. Klein
Muscatine
Klein
IDPA
State Committee
Fred Roewe
Laurens
Laurel Dieterich
Brooklyn
Harvey Hazen
Denmark
Roeve
United States Chamber of Commerce
Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
State
AAA Committee
M. D. Wilson
Roosevelt
Thieves Loot Desks Of Four Teachers At Franklin High
Cedar Rapids police report four Franklin high school desks broken into Thursday night. Thieves entered by breaking glass at the north door and accessed four rooms in the same manner. A total of $1.50 was taken from teachers Elizabeth Burianek, Gertrude Reuter, Edith Howe, and Faith McMurray. Head custodian Joe Liskowski found the break at 6:30 a.m.
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Franklin High School
Jim Bailey
Elizabeth Burianek
Gertrude Reuter
Hague Carries CIO Fight To Supreme Court
Jersey City Mayor Frank Hague said he would take his battle with the CIO to the United States Supreme Court after deciding Friday to pursue the case beyond local and state courts.
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Hague
CIO
Jersey City
N. J
INS
Frank Hague
United States Supreme Court
Britain And France Aid Prague Refugee Relief Pact
Britain and France agreed to give Czechoslovakia about 37.36 million dollars as an outright gift and to send an equal sum for refugee care. The aid is guaranteed by both governments for Prague and its displaced population.
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Britain
France
Prague
Hon
Czechoslovakia
Joan
Wallace backs new accounting system for debt control
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace endorsed a federal accounting system to shrink the national debt. The proposal appears in his book Paths to Plenty from the National Home Library foundation and marks the first cabinet endorsement of President Roosevelt's plan. He argues government borrowing should fund recoverable assets like bridges and roads, with taxes to accompany continued spending.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
National Home Library Foundation
Roosevelt
Congress
Roosevel
Hitler orders generals to brace for trouble in 1939
London based News Chronicle cites Berlin dispatch claiming Chancellor Hitler urged army commanders to prepare for a decisive year of misery in Europe. The report notes strained relations and signals Germany may be ready for a spring showdown.
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London
INL
Hitler
London News Chronicle
Berlin
News Chronicle
Germany
No Will for Self to Philadelphia Case Opens
AP report notes J. Jozeph George known for drawing up wills for others. After his death his estate worth about 50 000 dollars faces questions as to whether he left a will for himself.
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Philadelphia
J. Jozeph George
Senate probes French plane digger deal inquiry ordered
The Senate Military Affairs Committee opened a broad inquiry into the proposed sale of about 600 American military airplanes to France. Chairman Morris Sheppard requested questions for Treasury, War, and other officials to clarify the financing and authorization, amid concerns over foreign access to secret equipment.
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Washington
Senate Military Affairs Committee
France
Roosevelt
Morris Sheppard
Texas
Treasury
Heniy Morgenthau
Harry Woodring
Sheppard
United States
Shéppard
Sydney M. Kraus
Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
Los Angeles
Paul Chemidlin
Air Ministry
United States Air Corps
Bennett C. Clark
Liberty, Courage, and Vigilance in Nineteenth-Century Speech
The excerpt argues liberty demands active defense not nostalgia, urging citizens to value constitutional rights, debate, and lawful order. It cites Washington and Adams to warn against complacency and despotism, stressing renewed effort to safeguard freedom.
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Maxwell Anderson
Valley Forge
Washington
John Adams
Museum of History
Driver of truck fined in Cedar Rapids crash case
The driver of a truck involved in pinning 11 year old Devota Coghlan for 45 minutes on January 16 in Merito Drive SE received a $100 fine plus costs. The sentence was suspended on payment of costs and surrender of the chauffeur’s license for 30 days after a guilty verdict by agreed facts. The driver had pleaded not guilty at arraignment January 17 and remained free on $110 bond.
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Bruce
Brazanskd
Zugot
B ‘Avenue NE
Devota Coghlan
Brazatski
Public Hearing Ordered on Amlie Selection
Washington AP report says a public hearing was ordered on President Roosevelt’s appointment of Thomas R. Amlie to the interstate commerce commission. A Senate subcommittee will conduct hearings after the full committee met in a closed session and Wisconsin’s legislature adopted a resolution calling Amlie a communist and protesting the appointment.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Thomas R. Amlie
Wisconsin
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wheeler
Mont
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Amlie
Penick and Ford start $100000 storage building
Excavation has begun on a new storage building at the Penick and Ford plant. A. W. H. Lenders says Lightner Brothers will construct a 100 by 200 foot reinforced concrete facility with three floors. Total cost with fittings will be about $125,000, and occupancy is planned for May.
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Penick and Ford
A. W. H. Lenders
Lightner Brothers
Leinders
Senate Fails To Boost Relief Bill To $875 Million
Administration efforts to raise the WPA relief fund failed 47 to 46 in the Senate. Key votes from Iowa’s Gillette and Herring against the increase, with Roosevelt urging $875 million. The House had approved $725 million, while the Senate added a contingency for emergency funding and prepared further amendments.
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Washington
Senate
Gillette and
Herring
Iowa
Roosevelt
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Economy Now Is Like Wearing Last Year's Feathers
Article by Arthur Bugs Baer railing at economic woes with a humorous metaphor about a car repossessed and red ink in the hubs. It mocks Congress factions and compares budget restraint to wearing old feathers and a nest.
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Baer
Congress
Nantes
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