Readers react to world crises and U.S. policy debates
American letters reflect concern over Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia, and Asia as Roosevelt warns of involvement. Editors note disturbing letters that focus on outside events more than U S issues, criticizing press for not taking a stronger stance on fascism, communism, and civil rights.
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Roosevelt
Father Coughlin
OME
Germany
Italy
Spain
Russia
China
United States
Accused Federal Judge Manton Resigns After Dewey Charges
Martin T. Manton, senior judge of the Second U.S. Circuit, resigns after District Attorney Dewey accuses him of taking more than 400 000 in loans from litigants. Attorney General Murphy says he was assured of the resignation after meeting with Manton in New York.
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Bulletin
NEW York
Martin T. Manton
U. S. Circuit Court
Thomas E. Dewey
Washington
Frank Murphy
Martin T Manton
Second
United States Circuit Court
Murphy
Manton
Readers weigh Spain war and U S isolation in letters
A set of letters questions U S involvement in Spain as Mussolini and Hitler back Franco, while urging focus on domestic problems. Writers defend capitalism’s record, warn against war to aid oppressed abroad, and call for job creation for Americans before aiding Europeans.
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Mussolini
Italy
Germany
Spain
Hitler
Russia
Franco
France
Judge Manton Resigns Amid Ethics Charge Probe
Chairman Hatton W. Sumners said Judge Martin T. Manton of New York submitted his resignation amid a looming House Judiciary probe into charges raised by District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey. Dewey alleged Manton took money tied to matters before his court. Attorney General Murphy said he was reviewing the allegations.
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Washingtonaup
Hatton W.sumners
Texas
House Judiciary Committee
U. S
Martin T. Manton
New York
Sumners
Thomas E. Dewey Sumners
Manton
Grand Jury
Dewey
House of Representatives
Frank Murphy
Wilson
Appeals Court
Supreme Court
Judge Manton to Hold Press Conference Later Monday
New York AP reports that Judge Martin T. Manton of the federal circuit court of appeals stayed in his chambers at the federal building and refused interviews with reporters. An aide said a press conference would be held later in the day.
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New York
Martin T. Manton
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal Building
Difficulties in Government Protection Spark Debate
The text argues that those who least support government safeguards often demand the most from it. It notes prominent New Deal supporters sometimes pay workers less than critics, highlighting a pattern where those who take most from government fail to appreciate its protections.
U S To Honor Roosevelt At Birthday Balls
Washington expects more than 1 million dollars to be raised as Americans join over 10 000 birthday balls nationwide for infantile paralysis research and care. TV stage stars join Washington events while Roosevelt plans a radio address at 10 30 PM CST.
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Washington
Roosevelt
CST
National
Columbia
Mutual
White House
Cuff Link Gang
Mr. Roosevelt
Andrea Leeds
Eleanor Powell
Mitzi Green
George Brent
Ralph Bellamy
Jean Hersholt
Luise Rainer
Errol Flynn
Lil Damita
Paul Whiteman
Plot to overthrow Siam’s 13 year old king quelled
In Bangkok AP report says a plot to topple Siam’s 13 year old King Ananda was crushed with over fifty senior army officers arrested. One officer killed while resisting arrest and another died by his own hand. Rebels aimed to assassinate leaders and restore Prajadhipok to the throne. Prajadhipok abdicated in 1935. regency administered during Ananda’s minority.
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Bangkok
Siam
Ananda
Prajadhipok
Anda
Switzerland
Cairo
Egypt
Conservative Spending Principles From Bugs Baer
Arthur Bugs Baer satirizes a conservative economist in congress who favors borrowing over restraint. He contrasts a cautious stance with others who advocate larger outlays and dismisses concerns about future debt as a distant worry. The piece uses humor to critique fiscal conservatism.
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Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Congress
Supreme Court rejects TVA power challenge by 14 utilities
In a five to two decision Justice Roberts says the private power companies lack standing to challenge TVA power program. Court upholds competition, allows TVA dam construction and surplus power sales. Justices Butler and McReynolds dissent. Reed did not participate. The ruling preserves TVA operations and related issues for reargument later.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Tennessee Valley Authority
Roberts
Tennessee Valley
Butler
McReynolds
Reed
TVA
Federal District Court
Sokols Give 500 To Help Sudeten Refugee Children
Cedar Rapids news reports a $500 donation from the Cedar Rapids Sokol gymnastic society and the Sokolice Renata Tyrs auxiliary to aid Sudeten refugee children. The gift from treasury funds was announced by Dr. Thomas Suchomel at a party honoring Frank Machovsky and wife on their twenty fifth anniversary. Miss Katherine Danko of Chicago praised the local gift as first to respond to the relief appeal.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids -Sokol Gymnastic Society
Sokolice
Renata Tyrs
Thomas F. Suchomel
Frank Machovsky
Machovsky
Sokol Hall
Ie Treasuries
Katherine Danko
Chicago
Danko
Miss" Danko
Sokol. ‘Union
Betty Prewer
American Sokol Union
Joseph Kos
National
Unlimited Aid To France And Britain Urged
Roosevelt endorsed plan to rewrite the neutrality act to allow Great Britain and France to obtain unlimited war materials from U.S. airplane and munitions factories if war threats rise, while keeping the United States formally neutral. A secret draft, said to have White House approval, would be submitted to Congress as part of a broader strategy to deter Axis aggression.
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Washington
INS
Congress
Great Britain
France
America
United States
Roosevelt
Hitler
Mussolini
State Discontinues Mulberry Building Lease Over Rent
The Iowa state executive council will not renew the Mulberry building lease housing the liquor control and conservation commissions. The $30,000 annual rent on a property valued around $400,000 prompted Gov. George A. Wilson to call the rent excessive, noting past costs like replacing seventy one joists. The council opted to seek cheaper quarters rather than extend the lease, with a May 1 expiration and a 90 day notice period already elapsed.
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Des Moines
State Executive Council
Liquor Control and Conservation Commissions
Herring Motor Company
Clyde L. Herring
George A. Wilson
Wilson
Iowa farm prices show big gains in January reports
Federal statistician Leslie Marl notes gains in Iowa farm prices for the month ending January 15. Cattle lead with a 60 cent rise from 7.90 to 8.50 per hundredweight, grain prices continue an upward trend from December, and hogs follow the grain price upswing.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Federal Bee
Leslie Marl
Carl
Woman Dies After 35 Day Religious Fast Observation
Shreveport La AP The Shreveport Journal reports Mrs Lavada Smith 44 year old housewife died Sunday after an unbroken fast of 35 days undertaken after she saw a vision and the Lord told her fasting would cleanse her sins During the fast her weight dropped from 180 to 75 pounds until hospital doctors forcibly fed her but she collapsed on Saturday and died
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Shreveport
Shreveport Journal
Lavada ‘Smith
Great Lakes Region Hit by Severe Storm
A severe blizzard driven by north winds crippled the Great Lakes area. Chicago and Detroit faced heavy snow, with multiple elevated train crashes, fatalities, and numerous injuries as transit halted. Snowdrifts four to six feet closed streets and delayed travel. schools closed and air travel suspended.
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Great Lakes
International News Service
Chicago
Detroit
Ilinois
Illinois
Debunkers and Heroic History Clash in Patriotism Debate
Dr Howard Jones argues against the cynics who deny romance in American history, asserting Washington, Lincoln and others prayed and endured crises. The piece defends a noble roster of heroes and condemns dehumanizing, false scientific history as dry and colorless. Copyright 1939.
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Howard Jones
Harvard
Washington
Valley Forge
Sheridan
San Juan Hill
Lincoln
Pleads Guilty In Gambling Case On Condition $50 Fine
Earl Elliott of 121 Fifth Street NE faced three years of police scrutiny over alleged gambling house operations. In a Monday police court, Elliott pleaded guilty to operating a gambling house and received a $500 fine, halved to $250 after negotiations. The case featured conflicting statements from detectives and Elliott's counsel regarding the agreed fine of $50, with a citation that he could not pay the amount immediately.
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Earl Elliott
Fifth Street
Pande
Bill ‘Kudina
Jack Haberle
Clexit
Farr
Stanley
Detecstives
Johnson
Elliott
Punchboard Taken. One Man Arrested in Market
George Berry aged 42 of 1005 Fifth Avenue SE was arrested at 10 30 a m Sunday by Detective B L Marshall who confiscated a punchboard in Berry s food market Berry is charged with keeping a gambling device The board offered 3000 chances on a $30 radio at five cents a punch Berry to appear in police court Tuesday.
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Cedar Rapids
George Berry
Fifth Avenue SE
B. L. Marshall
Berry
Berry Ye
Tuesay
Drop Count in WPA Fraud Case Reduces Defendants
In Albuquerque 72 indicted for New Mexico WPA fraud were reduced to 35 as Judge Colin Neblett dismissed conspiracy charges against 10 of the 45 in court. Dismissals came on a government petition. several witnesses for the state may have been among those freed. Joseph Martinez was among those dismissed. The trial proceeds with 35 remaining defendants and juror examination begins.
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Albuquerque
N. M
INS
New Mexico
Federal
Colin Neblett
Everett Grantham
Joseph Martinez
United States
Dennis Chavez
Neblett
Florida Brokerage Accounts Revealed in Kriebs Case
Federal agents disclosed Kriebs held a Florida brokerage account with about 14 500. Pensacola bankers and others traced more funds recovered from Kriebs defalcations, totaling 60 800. He admitted taking 83 000 and will be arraigned in Des Moines federal court.
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Find Kriebs
Florida
Des .Moines
INS
Coulter
Federal
Buréat of
Des
Moines
Mondlay
Pensacola
Fla
Harolda Kreibs
DeWitt
eThis
Hitler Defends Austria Move and Warns Western Powers
Berlin reports Hitler, marking Nazi rule’s six years, condemns Bolshevism and lauds the Spain insurgents. He asserts Germany acted to establish self determination in Austria and Czechoslovakia, accuses the western world of interference, and notes recent gains in incorporating Austria and the Sudetenland into Greater Germany.
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Slovakia
Hitler
Spain
Fuehrer
Reich
Mith
Mussolini
Europe
Austria
Sudetenland
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Reichstag
Woodrow Wilson
Swiss Mobilization Decree Issued Ahead of Hitler Speech
The Swiss government issued a mobilization preparedness decree Monday night to call out troops in full war equipment at a moment’s notice and keep them under arms as long as needed amid rising threat. The measure came just before Adolf Hitler began his Reichstag address.
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Basle
Switzerland
INS
Kidnappers Sentenced to Electric Chair in New York
Demetrius Gula and Joseph Sacoda both 27 were sentenced Monday to be electrocuted the week of March for the kidnapping of Arthur Fried a 32 year old White Plains New York businessman.
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New York
Demetrius Gula
Joseph Sacoda
Arthur Fried
White Plains
N. Y
Rented Ad Fragments Highlight Misread Listings
Fragmentary OCR text shows scattered notes about renting a farm and a second day of advertisement run. Names and locations are unclear, but references imply a tenancy inquiry and repeated rental ads in a 1386 Hinkley NM area.
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Barger
Hinkley
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