Hitler Threatens New Four Year Reich Dictatorship Push
In a rapid Reichstag session Hermann Goering chairs as Hitler’s dictatorship is extended for four more years. The dictator enters to a wary world noting Germany’s stance on economic co operation and rejected peace hopes. He taunts opponents, defends brutal policies, and warns that war remains probable while keeping the enemy at the door.
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Reichstag
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Germany
Russia
England
der Fuehrer
Hitler
Defense dikes raised hastily by 120000 men
In a rapid response to a flood emergency, 15 coast guard boats reached Hickman Kentucky 35 miles from Cairo Illinois. Some 5000 residents and refugees hid behind levee walls as Mississippi floodwaters neared the top. Engineer L A Roper said the flood might be held for now but warned no 48 hour forecast.
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Cairo
Ill
Hickman
Mississippi
L. A. Roper
United States
Alesch pushes reform to curb graft and speed trials
Representative Gustave Alesch of Plymouth County advocates sweeping court and judiciary reforms aimed at nonpartisan judicial elections, stronger perjury laws, higher bar admission standards, and allowing twelve juror verdicts with eleven agreeing. He cites graft investigations in Sioux City and Des Moines as proof that justice can be cheated when politics interferes.
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Gustave Alesch
Plymouth County
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Alesch
Sioux City
Iowa
Mong
Des Moines
Death of Prof Bohumil Shimek Ends Notable Iowa Career
The University of Iowa chemist and engineer Professor Bohumil Shimek, a key figure in botany zoology and geology, dies after a long career of scientific service. His work earned national recognition and benefited thousands of Bohemians through his devoted study of nature.
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Bohumil Shimek
University of Iowa
Two Cedar Rapids Women Delayed By Car Trouble
Two Cedar Rapids women struggle to reach home after midnight as motor trouble and necessary repairs delay them in a downtown garage.
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Cedar Rapids
Weather forecast promises rain across Atlantic states
The weather bureau Saturday night forecast general rains throughout the north and middle Atlantic sections during the next 24 hours adding to the flood problem.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
North
Middle Atlantic
Capehart Building Collapses in Portsmouth Floods
The Capehart building in downtown Portsmouth collapsed Saturday night after ten days of flood water exposure. It housed Lewis Furniture Company warehouse with stock valued at about $25,000 inside.
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Portsmouth
Capehart
Lewis Furniture Company
Mississippi Flood Spurs Massive Defense Effort
Tremors added risk as 120000 soldiers labored to construct flood defenses against the Mississippi surge sweeping southward and the Ohio River flood threat in the upper region.
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Mississippi
Ohio
Revised Mississippi forecast lowers New Orleans stage
Government meteorologist W F McDonald revised the lower Mississippi River stage forecast downward after the Bonnet Carre spillway opening. In New Orleans the predicted stage dropped to 19 feet from 21 feet, affecting flood outlook and river operations.
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New Orleans
Mississippi River
W. F. McDonald
Bonnet Carre
McDonald
Mississippi Flooders Fear New Wave Of Destruction
The flood toll rises with at least 425 lives lost and 1,250,000 left homeless as rising Mississippi waters threaten the south. An earthquake tremor near Tiptonville is blamed on shifting ground undermined by floods, recorded by St Louis University instruments. Desperate levee defenses from Cairo to New Orleans face immense pressure as the Ohio floods join the Mississippi.
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Nent
Mississippi
Memphis
Southland
Tiptonville
Tenn
St. Louis University
James M. MacElwain
Geophysics
Mississippi Battle Front
Cairo
New Orleans
Ohio
Steal 70 Boats Used For Flood Relief
Lieutenant Colonel Earl Major of the 375th field artillery reserves said on Saturday that about seventy power boats used in flood relief and rescue work had been stolen in Louisville Kentucky. The boats were employed to haul supplies after rescue missions.
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Louisville
Earl Major
375Th Field Artillery
Youth voices clash with elders over modern life
Readers debate youth awakening and responsibility in a discussion touching Lady Astor and Dr Newton. They argue about sympathy for young people, education versus character, and past hardships after the Civil War. The letter column notes varied reader perspectives and hints at continued discussion on page 4.
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Lady Astor
DR. Newton
South
County Flood Relief Fund Reaches Over $14 000
Cedar Rapids reports Linn county Red Cross flood relief fund totaling 14133.29 with 13000 sent to St Louis for supplies. Clothing donations fill Salvation Army and Y M C A depots as residents aid flood victims. A Winnipeg donor, William S. Tomlinson, gives 100 dollars to support relief efforts.
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Cedar Rapids
Mississippi River
United States Army
Linn County
Red Cross Flood Relief Fund
Red Cross
St. Louis
Salvation Army Hall
Seventh Street
Percy Stevens
Rapids Chevrolet Empany
First Avenue SE
Boy Scouts
Quaker Oats Company
Bob Smythe
Winnipeg
James E. Bennett and Company
W. H. Jump
Jump
Weather Outlook Chicago February 1 to 6
The forecast covers the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys with generally fair conditions early. Expect precipitation around Tuesday night or Wednesday and again southward Thursday, then fair weather returns toward the end of the period with temperatures near or below normal.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Water hijacking prompts armed guards for Paducah relief
Reports of water hijacking near flooded Paducah Kentucky led to armed guards accompanying water and food trucks bound for the town. State patrolmen with shotguns rode atop large trucks delivering fresh drinking water as flood victims demanded water and threatened to seize loads.
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Nashville, Tenn
Paducah
Kentucky
Nation celebrates Roosevelts birthday with nationwide fundraisers
President Roosevelt, turning 55, spoke by radio to thousands at birthday balls across the nation. Funds from the events aid the fight against infantile paralysis, benefiting Warm Springs and children's hospitals nationwide. Hollywood figures including Robert Taylor Jean Harlow and Joe E Brown attended in Washington and other cities.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ohio
Mississippi
Warm _ Springs foundation
Dancer Accepts Settlement From Musical Star Over Theater Fall
Etna Ross, a blonde dancer, agreed to accept 3000 dollars from Oscar Shaw, the musical comedy star, for injuries she said occurred four years ago in a San Diego theater when Shaw tickled her causing a fall down stairs. She had sued for 50000 dollars.
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New York
INS
Etna Ross
Oscar Shaw
San Diego
Shaw
Du Pont backs Sloan in GM strike stand
Pierre S. du Pont chairman of Du Pont, owner of about a quarter of GM common stock, voiced unqualified support for GM policies in the nationwide auto strike. Alfred P. Sloan Jr. denied Perkins assertions and said the main issue remains the withdrawal of sit down strikers from GM plants. Sloan detailed a Washington conference with Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins and the ensuing events.
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Washington
Pierre S. du Pont
E. I. du Pont de Nemours Company
General Motors Corporation
General Motors
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
Frances Perkins
Miss Perkins
Sloan
Secretary of Labor
Murphy
Hitler Seeks Anti Red Pact And Offers Peace To France
Berlin reports Hitler in a Reichstag address repudiating the war guilt clause and proposing a new anti Soviet axis. He placed the reichsbank and railroads under state control, rejected colonial demands, and signaled overtures to France while pledging Belgian and Dutch territorial integrity. He urged isolation of Soviet Russia and claimed Germany will enter no treaty with Eden’s Britain.
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Hitler
France
Paris
William Shirer
Universal Service
Berlin
Germany
Reichstag
Reichsfuehrer
Britain
Soviet
Russia
Belgium
Holland
Spain
Kroll Opera House
Anthony Eden
Eden
Hauptmann Counsel in Insane Hospital
Edward J. Reilly chief defense counsel for Bruno Hauptmann in the Lindbergh case was admitted to Brooklyn state hospital for the insane on an emergency basis. Doctor Sherman cited a nervous breakdown from worry over domestic troubles and the trial.
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NEW York
Edward J. Reilly
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Brooklyn State Hospital
M. Mortimer Sherman
Brooklyn
Reilly
Hauptmann
Bruno
Helen Reilly
Sherman
New Yorker
South Dakota House kills death sentence bill
The South Dakota House of Representatives on Saturday voted 52 to 45 to adopt the unfavorable minority committee report and kill the capital punishment bill for murder. The measure had earlier passed the Senate.
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Pierre
S. D
South Dakota
House of Representatives
Minority Committee
Senate
Reading Must Be Fun Despite Odd Nonsense Page Scribbles
A collage of quirky snippets from various pages notes odd claims about reading, cats wandering into celebrity homes, sleep tricks, and stars in planning for a Gone With The Wind adaptation. It mixes light lifestyle items with colorful headlines about entertainment and daily life.
Reserve Boost Ordered to Curb Credit Expansion
The Federal Reserve Board on Saturday ordered a 33 1-3 percent increase in reserve requirements for member banks. The change removes 1.5 billion as a credit base, preventing a potential 30 billion expansion, with about 500 million in excess reserves to finance recovery while keeping easy money conditions. Chairman Marriner S. Eccles said it enables credit control, rate stability, and discouraging speculation, with deadlines set for March 1 and May 1 to raise reserves across deposit types and city classifications.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve System
French Wheat Price Boost Opposed By Wheat Office
Paris reports the French national wheat office opposed the government plan to raise the official grain price. It argues farmers already receive about 60 percent above world wheat averages. due to small harvests overproduction has faded and France may need to import around 30 million bushels to maintain its war reserve stocks.
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Paris
France
Dallas Man Held on Extortion Charge After Guilty Plea
Walter Dunnahoo, 29, an unemployed civil engineer, pleaded guilty to using the mails in an attempt to extort $15,000 from Dallas banker Robert L. Thornton. He was arrested by local authorities and federal agents and is held on $25,000 bond in Dallas, Texas.
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Dallas, Tex
Walter Dunnahoo
Robert L. Thornton
Dallas
Dunnahoo
Department of Justice
Thornton Civic
Two Chicagoans Burned in Wreck Near Sterling Ill
Special to The Gazette reports a head on collision on highway 30 six miles west of Sterling Illinois. Leonard Parker 26 Worthington Nathan Hunter 47 Cascade and Clem Koppes 35 Cascade identified among five burned men. Ridenour 26 Manchester severely burned Leaped into a ditch. Victims include Julius Kaplan 24 Chicago Fred Porter 39 Chicago. The Cascade Motor Express truck owner George Wassnaar rushed to Sterling. Pasker son of Worthington was among the dead or injured.
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the Gazette
Cascade
Associated Press
Sterling
Ill
Leonard Parker
Worthington
Nathan Hunter
Clem Koppes
George Ridenour
Manchester
Iowa
Chicago
Cascade Motor Express
Julius Kaplan
Fred Porter
Confections Cabinet Company of
Ridenour
Pasker
Truck Express
Hunter
Koppes
WPA
George Wassnaar
H. L. Petit
John Koppes
Lucille
Sue
Joseph
Roy
Fred
Nancy Hunter
Dewey Hunter
Henry Pasker
Clem Wilhelm
Sam Ridenour
Nebraska to consider mercy death bill next week
Dr. Inez C. Philbrick, former University of Nebraska physician, announced Saturday night a bill to legalize euthanasia mercy deaths in Nebraska and said it will be shown in the legislature next week.
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Lincoln, Neb
Inez C. Philbrick
University of Nebraska
Nebraska
Snon
Winter Closes Icy Jaws On City Again
Cedar Rapids faces freezing temperatures as wind chills push readings below zero after a day peaking at 35. Saturday night brings a rapid plunge from 17 at 7 pm to 12 at 10 pm with cloudy skies and intermittent snow. Des Moines reports similar drops toward record lows amid sleet and snow.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
Des Moines
Iowa
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