Hitler rises to lead an unsettled Germany amid crisis
The article surveys Adolf Hitler and Franz von Papen's roles in a shifting German leadership under President Hindenburg. It weighs whether Hitler acts as leader or symbol amid unrest and questions the regime's strength and labor opposition’s reaction. It also touches on European war debt, U.S. stance on debt relief, and Iowa City athletics ineligibilities.
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Franz von Papen
Emer
Hinden- Ys
Hitler
Labor
Germany
School Att General Rules Cedar Rapids School Savings Trust
Iowa Attorney General Edward O Connors ruling confirms Cedar Rapids public school savings are a trust in American Trust and Savings Bank and remain unaffected by the bank's new state banking law. The plan, overseen by Superintendent L A Andrew, keeps deposits separate from other funds and continues with Thrift de Posit books.
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Cedar Rapids
American Trust and Savings Bank
Edward O'Connor
The
Gazette
L. A. Andrew
David Bates
Albia
Andrew
O'Connor
Aaia SS
Johnson County
Iowa City
Two More Interim Tax Bills Passed By Legislature
DES MOINES AP reports Monday's general assembly session saw two more interim tax committee bills pass. The House approved a bill turning county overspending into a misdemeanor while the Senate backed a joint resolution to amend the constitution to eliminate the state census. the House also postponed indefinitely consideration of the J. W. Long auditors report.
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DES Moines
House
J. W. Long
Office of Auditor of State
General Assembly
Senate
Army Dredge Chinook Reported Lost At Sea
The Coast Guard was asked to search for the army dredge Chinook missing since Saturday after heavy winds and waves along the mid-Atlantic coast. The dredge was traveling to Norfolk from Delaware Capes, and the Army engineers could not confirm the number aboard, though it normally carries sixty to seventy workers and crew.
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Norfolk
Coast Guard
mid-Atlantic
Delaware Capes
Army Engineers Office
Bank to cancel two years interest on farm mortgage
LEMARS AP The Chicago Joint Stock Land Bank announced in LeMars that it will cancel interest for two years on a $15,000 farm mortgage and will apply the same procedure to other mortgages it holds.
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Lemars
Chicago Joint Stock Land Bank
Congress Passes LaGuardia McKeown Bankruptcy Bill
In Washington the House faced likely enactment of the LaGuardia McKeown bankruptcy bill for debtor relief as GOP leaders signaled support. A Senate panel heard that the Institute of American Meat Packerrs circulated 2 to 3 hundred thousand letters urging hog producers and brokers to oppose the domestic allotment plan. Swift testified the plan would raise ham and bacon costs by 100 percent and harm farmers, while urging restoration of urban buying power. Meanwhile farm loan chief Paul Bestor urged opposition to the Frazier mortgage refinance bill citing risks to the farm land bank and currency system including potential daily cash hog market destruction.
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Washington
Senate
Institute of American Meat Packers
G. F. Swift
Swift and Company
Institute
Agriculture Committee
House
Senate Agriculture Committees
Swift
Paul Bestor
Senate Finance Committee
Mills
Frazier
Farm Land Bank
Federal Reserve Systems
Solons Debate County Tax Budget Bills In Iowa
A joint Iowa House and Senate hearing delved into bills creating county tax budget commissions. Supporters say the plan lowers taxes and mirrors programs in other states, while school boards call it autocratic and fear reduced local control. Representatives Beatty and Bennett sponsor the measures amid strong opposition from local boards.
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Des Moines
House
Senate
Beatty
Sigourney
Bennett
Mapleton
William Albee
Muscatine
Charles Miller
Albia
School Boards Association of
Iowa
Beatty-Bennett
Albee
Beer Bill Returns to Senate Finance Committee Action
The Senate Finance Committee moved the Collier Blaine 3.05 percent beer and wine bill toward a favorable report after a brief session. The Volstead modification bill cleared 12 to 5 in executive session, with Smoot planning to submit the committee’s report Monday. The measure keeps a $5 per barrel tax projected to raise $125 to $150 million.
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Senate Finance Committee
Smoot
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Mills
Treasury
Watson
Indiana
Reed
Pennsylvania
Shortridge
California
Bingham
Connecticut
la Follette
Wisconsin
Hastings
Delaware
Harrison
Mississippi
King
Utah
George
Georgia
Walsh
Massachusetts
Barkley
Kentucky
Hull
Tennessee
Keyes
New Hampshire
Connally
Texas
Gore
Oklahoma
Costigan
Colorado
Daladier to Form New French Cabinet After Socialist Rebuff
Paris dispatch reports Edouard Daladier plans a completed cabinet to succeed Boncour with himself as war minister and prime minister. Names include Bonnet Chautemps Lamoureux Boncour Leygues Quequille and Eynac. Socialists refuse cooperation while protests erupt over proposed tax increases and levies.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
Socialist Party
Joseph Paul Boncour
Daladier
Albert Lebrun
Georges Bonnet
Camille Chautemps
Interior
Lucien Lamoureux
Paul Boncour
George Leygues
Henri Quequille
Agriculture
Laurent Eynac
Hoover accuses Congress of boosting budget figures
The White House accused Senate and House appropriations committees of adding 163 million dollars to the budget figures proposed by President Hoover. The statement notes increases in supply bills for the state justice commerce and labor departments and the independent offices bill, raising total recommended appropriations to 1.058 billion with permanent 81.1 million, plus deferments of 1.27 million.
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Washington
White House
Senate
House
Hoover
State, Justice, Commerce and Labor Departments
Independent Offices
House Appropriations Committee
House Committee
Local man's rabbits escape hotel in Kansas City chase
A. A. Krueger of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, brought pet Belgian hares Jack and Jill to a downtown Kansas City hotel. Jack bolted from the crate and disappeared after Jill fled into the lobby. Jill was recaptured, but Jack remains missing. Krueger described Jack with a pink nose.
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Kansas City
A. A. Krueger
Cedar Rapids
Jack
Jil
Jill
Mr. Krueger
Famed Surgeon William Taylor Dies in Dublin
Sir William Taylor 62 a prominent Irish surgeon and president of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland since 1927 died suddenly on Monday in Dublin announced by AP The physician was a leading figure in medical circles across the Irish Free State.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
William Taylor
Royal Academy of Medicine
Ireland
Briggs Co resumes Ford body production amid post strike tensions
Briggs Manufacturing resumed Ford automobile body production after a nationwide shutdown. About 1,000 workers were rehired Monday, including strikers and strikebreakers, with police guarding the plant to avert further violence. Chairman Connolly labeled the stoppage communist led and vowed no red flag at Briggs.
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Detroit
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Ford
William S. Connolly
Connolly
Briggs
Briggs Company
Mameof
Pes Sea
Roosevelt Birthday Cake Delights Warm Springs Guests
Mrs. Joe Felter baked a 13 pound angel food cake for President elect Franklin D. Roosevelt’s birthday at Warm Springs Georgia. The 96 egg cake was frosted with 700 sugar rosebuds and stood eight inches high. Roosevelt paused cabinet talks to attend the party and invited the Warm Springs colony to join.
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Cedar Rapids
Joe Felter
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Meriwether Inn
Warm Springs
United Press
Roosevelt
Westgate man held for murder in Downing case
Ernest Heller, 30, of Westgate, arraigned in superior court on a charge of murdering 80 year old farmer Ashley Downing near Westgate on January 4. Heller waived hearing, bound over to April grand jury without bond. Bloodstains on his clothing cited. he denies the crime while jailed after initial questioning.
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Oelwein
Ernest Heller
Westgate
Jay Cook
Ashley Downing
Heller
H. J. Nehring
Martin Cooney
West Union
Rich Anderson
Downing
Court Sets Aside Subpoena On Ford
Detroit circuit Judge Guy A. Miller set aside a subpoena served on Henry Ford in a counter-suit filed by the Sweeten Automobile Company of Philadelphia. The ruling was handed down Monday.
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Detroit
Guy A. Miller
Henry Ford
Sweeten Automobile Company
Philadelphia
First robin sighting reported near Cedar Rapids
E. L. Leach of 1025 Third Avenue SW said a robin was seen two miles east of the Cedar county line while en route to Cedar Rapids Monday morning, marking the season’s earliest sighting in the area.
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E. ©. Leach
Third Avenue
Leach
Cedar County Lne
Cedar Rapids
Hitler Named Chancellor of Germany
Berlin dispatch reports Adolf Hitler announced his appointment as chancellor in a proclamation to the German people. He hailed the move as the first step toward a Nazi Germany and thanked President Hindenburg for placing power in their hands. He praised youth and vigor as key to restoring Germany's greatness.
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Berlin
INS
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Paul von Hindenburg
von Hindenburg
Hitler Named German Chancellor In Surprise Move
Paris and Berlin report Hitler succeeds von Schliecher as chancellor after President Hindenburg selects a conservative cabinet. Papen Neurath and Hugenberg hold key posts as Hitler begins shaping a new government with Frick interior minister and Goering in a portfolio role. The move triggers wide attention across Europe as France monitors disarmament and the League of Nations amid Tory diplomacy.
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Adolf Hitler
Germany
Kurt von Schreicher
von Hindenburg
Franz von Papen
Konstantin von Neurath
Alfred Hugenberg
Hitler
Wiliam Frick
Hermann
Goering
Mrs. Carrell Sentenced in Manslaughter Plea
Mrs. Inez Carrell, widow, was sentenced to 1 to 14 years after pleading guilty to manslaughter for killing her three children to escape financial hardship. She drowned the children in a bathtub and tried to kill herself.
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Charleston
Til
Inez Carrell
Will Rogers on ambassadors and a budget bill
Will Rogers critiques the British ambassador as popular and the French envoy as in the dog house. He notes a senate debate where Senator Tydings proposes a bill banning government spending beyond revenue, which sparks strong opposition and accusations of treason and sacrilege.
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Santa Monica
Califf
Senate
Tydings
Mediation Plan For Farm Foreclosures Discussed In Des Moines
Des Moines lawmakers consider a state mediation plan to ease farm mortgage foreclosures. A Senate emergency legislation committee would appoint a state panel and county advisory groups to hear foreclosure evidence and report to district courts. Farmers Holiday leaders push bills for extended reply time and higher exemption for farm families.
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Des Moines
M. X. Geske
McGregor
Senate ‘Committee
Senate
Farmers Holiday Association
General Assembly
Wenner
Hicklin
Governor Bryan Forms Board To Reconcile Farm Debts
Lincoln Neb AP Gov Charles W Bryan launches a board of conciliation to mediate between farm debtors and creditors. The body includes State Tax Commissioner W H Smith farm organization leaders and banking leaders and may appoint advisory local committees to aid settlements to keep farmers on their land.
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Lincoln
Neb
Charles W. Bryan
W. H. Smith
Mayor Opposes Police Shakeup in City Council Session
The city council discussed a police department reorganization but took no action. Public Safety Commissioner Kruidenier proposed changes including a detective bureau with Sam Christiansen as head, to take effect Feb. 1, with Christiansen also serving as detective chief under Chief W. C. Benesh.
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Cedar Rapids
W. H. Stepanek
Public Safety
Dan Kruideniler
Kruidenier
Sam Christiansen
Council
Dan Kruidenter
Kruidenter
Sam _ Christiansen
W. C. Benesh
Bankruptcy Bill Passes House to Aid Debt Burdened Firms
The House approved the Mce Keown LaGuardia bankruptcy bill under extraordinary procedure by a 201 to 43 vote. It allows individuals and corporations to adjust debt with court approval, broadening reorganization options while limiting creditor consent requirements. The measure now goes to the Senate as leaders push rapid action to curb looming bankruptcies and aid farmers and railroads.
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Washington
House
Senate
Hoover
Halcyon
Aggreresa - Radios
Electra
Garner
Thomas D. Thacher
Thacher
Zoe
Lai
Tom’ Meeown
Daniel C. Hastings
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Sam Rayburn
Interstate Commerce Committee
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United States
Engineer of Freight Train Struck By Noted Theft
In Rome City Indiana investigators report a freight train lost its engineer after thieves tampered with a coupling during a water stop. As the train began moving the second section, coal was pilfered from cars left behind in the cut.
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Rome City
Ind
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