Wisconsin court bonds fuel state revenue drive
A Wisconsin court allows collection of $1,000 liquor-license bond forfeitures from convicts, potentially adding up to $1,000,000 to the state treasury. The piece also notes debates on pump priming, highway spending, and relief policy, with statewide responses including a county in Iowa County halting relief for newlyweds to curb costs.
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United States
Treasury
Wisconsin
Carl Rowe
Iowa County
Record Low Temperatures Slash Iowa as Subzero Bites State
Subzero cold drives Iowa to record shattering lows with Spencer and Mason City tied at 15 below. Des Moines hits nine below while other towns report seven to three below. Roads ice coated and dangerous with several snow bursts and multiple postponements in Iowa Wesleyan games.
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DES Moines
Mercury
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Spencer
Mason City
Keokuk
Washington
Centerville
Muscatine
Davenport
Dubuque
Iowa Wesleyan
Columbia
Dubuque University
Clinton
Ottumwa
Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
Iowa Highway Patrol
North Central
Winter Cold Wave Grips Midwest and West
International News Service reports a severe cold wave sweeping the west and Midwest with subzero readings in Chicago and Havre Montana. Indiana and Missouri see drastic drops from warm weekend highs to single digits yet relief is expected Tuesday as eastern areas remain warmer.
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International News Service
West
Middle West
Chicago
The
Mercury
Colorado
Montana
Wyoming
Havre
Mont
Cheyenne
Denver
Indiana
Kansas City
St. Louis
Springfield
Campaign rhetoric hints at power struggle and strikes
The text portrays Mr. Lewis vowing to resume a campaign for power through the CIO. It suggests his focus on enacting joblessness to pressure others, implying a strategy centered on strikes to force his demands.
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CIO
Where Are We Going Reflections on Peace and Humanity
President Conant in a speech laments global division and war after nations seek peace and relief from poverty. He insists on broader peace-sense, universal humanity, and the need to stretch minds beyond blood and race to foster unity, light, and love.
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Harvard
Hitler
Italy
Wells
UMW Ends Debate, Grants Unlimited CIO Support
The United Mine Workers authorized its officers to provide unlimited financial backing to the CIO drive to organize workers, nearly unanimous at the miners' convention. One delegate protested. the vote favored the program as William Green of the AFL criticized the move. A prior pledge to labor peace was made, including a plan to reunite with the AFL. A separate resolution condemned Senator Rush D. Holt as a traitor to West Virginia miners.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Union
Committee For Industrial Organization
CIO
Miners’ Convention
John L. Lewis
Miners’ Union
Joseph Frantz, Jr
Williams, Okla
Lewis’ Industrial Organization
Frantz
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Lewis
United States Senate
West Virginia
Holt
Count and Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow in Bombay
The Count and Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow arrived in Bombay and will spend a month touring India starting Monday, according to AP.
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Bombay
India
Firemen Push Wage Increase Before City Council
A two hour council session exposed negotiations for a fire department pay raise. Fire leaders led the talks while council members listened, challenging a claimed tacit understanding. Dennis Burgus and Jiruska pressed a separate consideration from police, citing past apprenticeship plans and budget figures.
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L. D. Dennis
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Andrew Coleman
Frank Jiruska
Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor
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Dennis
Burgus
League Triumvirate Doesn't Constitute Double Play Outfit
Arthur Bugs Barr mocks Eden Delbos and Litvinoff as a League Triumvirate in Geneva calling their motion a nondouble play. The piece jokes that one man carries the motion while the others broadcast from afar, highlighting backseat driving on a Swiss detour.
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Bugs" Barr
Geneva
Mr. Eden
Princess Juliana Birth Delights Dutch Nation
Princess Juliana announced the birth of a girl at Soestdijk palace as the Netherlands rejoiced in a proclamation from The Hague. The news notes the potential third successive female ruler and marks January 31, 1938, in royal colors of orange and blue.
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Amsterdam
The
Netherlands
Juliana
Soestdijk
Hague
Crown Princess Juliana Has Daughter in Netherlands
In Soestdyk Crown Princess Juliana has a baby girl, fulfilling her wish. She previously told a friend in a letter that she hoped for a son but would love a girl, noting Bernhard and the nation’s hope for a boy.
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Wisil
Soestdyk
Netherlands
Monda
Bernhard
Airl
Man Burned Using Gasoline To Start Stove Fire In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids resident Royal Guthrie at 509 K avenue NW suffered second and third degree burns to legs back eyes and right hand when gasoline meant for kerosene ignited after he struck a match to start a fire in a first floor room. Firemen treated him at St Luke's hospital then he was listed in fair condition. The blaze damaged a rug couch and wallpaper near the stove. Earlier and later incidents included a chimney fire at 1215 First street SW and a stove smoke pipe ignition at 1706 K avenue NE with no extensive damage.
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Cedar Rapids
Royal Guthrie
K Avenue
Guthrie
St. Luke’s Hospital
P. L. DeWulf
First Street
W. G Hottensen
Marines to Withdraw 1400 Enlisted, 85 Officers from Shanghai
The Navy department announced that two marine units totaling 1,400 enlisted men and 85 officers will be withdrawn February 18 from Shanghai where they have been on temporary duty.
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Washington
Navy Department
Shanghai
Structural failure blamed in Northwest crash near Bozeman
The air commerce bureau investigation found structural failure probable cause of the Northwest Airlines crash near Bozeman Montana on January 10th, killing ten people.
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Washington
Air Commerce Bureau
Northwest Airlines
Bozeman
Mont
Japan pledges punishment for officer in Allison incident
Tokyo says the officer commanding the unit and twenty soldiers will be court-martialed after the assault on John M. Allison at Nanking. The United States accepts the apology as satisfactory and Grew is pleased with the explanation.
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Japan
Kensuke Horinouchi
State Department
United States
Joseph C. Grew
Foreign Office
Japanese Spokesman Amends Nanking Slap Remark
A Japanese spokesman backs away from an earlier claim linking the slapping of John M. Allison, third secretary at the U.S. Embassy in Nanking, to his insolent attitude. He says the case arose from the bold provocation.
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Shanghai
John M. Allison
United States
Nanking
Allison
Your Little Man Has Had A Busy Day
Olive Roberts Barton, a nationally acknowledged authority on child training, offers practical guidance for tired restless or stubborn children. Her daily articles provide tips to ease parenting tasks and improve daily routines for parents seeking reliable advice.
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Raising a Family in Daily Life
A feature series explores every phase of family relationships from infancy through independence with daily releases and continued guidance. The article promises practical insights and practical tips across cradle to adulthood stages.
Reed Sworn In as Justice of the Supreme Court
Stanley Reed of Kentucky took the constitutional oath and seat on the Supreme Court as President Roosevelt’s second nominee. The ceremony occurred in Washington with Reed’s family watching as the tribunal began its work reading opinions and hearing arguments. Reed replaces the late Justice Sutherland, with Chief Justice Hughes administering the oath.
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Stanley Reed
Kentucky
Supreme Court
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Reed
Charles Elmore Cropley
Senate
Sutherland
Frank Key Green
Justice Stone
Justice Cardozo
Tribunal
Stanley, Jr
John
Glacial Cold Wave Halts Cedar Rapids Streets
Cedar Rapids faced a brutal cold snap over the weekend as a glacial sheet clamped the region. After a Saturday rain froze surfaces, temperatures plunged to nine below zero by Monday morning, delaying traffic and stalling travel. By Monday afternoon the mercury rose slightly to six above, with light snow and icy roads persisting.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Probe crash death of designer and wife in Arizona
Gerald F. Vultee, esteemed aircraft designer and Downey Vultee executive, and his wife Silvia Parker Vultee were found dead after their private monoplane crashed on Wilson Mountain near Sedona eight miles north of town. They had been missing since Saturday after noon on a flight from New York to Glendale. The plane burst into flames. a coroner's inquest was planned.
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Ariz
INS
Gerald F. Vultee
Glendale
Calif
New York
CCC
Wilson Mountain
Sedona
Vultee
Vultee Aircraft Division
The
Aviation Manufacturing Corp
Downey
Silvia Parker Vultee
Winslow
Two Million Signers Sought To Back Ford Attacks Protest
Dearborn residents launched a nationwide petition drive led by the Dearborn Pioneers club to gather 2,000,000 signatures defending Henry Ford against attacks by the CIO and Roosevelt administration officials. Signatures will be sent to President Roosevelt after collection. civic clubs veterans groups and chambers of commerce nationwide will assist.
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Dearborn
INS
Henry Ford
Roosevelt
High tribunal voids right to enjoin board actions
The U S Supreme Court ruled that federal courts lack authority to enjoin National Labor Relations Board hearings while allowing appeals of board orders in circuit court. The decision centers on Newport News Shipbuilding and Bethlehem plant cases, stressing no final order means no enforceable damage or court injunction.
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Supreme Court
National Labor Relations Board
Labor Board
Newport News
Va ) Shipbuilding Company
Bethlehem
Fore River
Mass
Circuit Court
Benjamin N. Cardoza
Louis D. Brandes
Brandeis
District Court
NLRB
Circuit Court of Appeals
Massachusetts Federal District Cour
First Circuit Court of Appeals
Fourth Circuit
High Court
Insurance Company Wins In High Court
The Connecticut General Life Insurance Co. won a U.S. Supreme Court appeal. The company argued that 26 percent California tax on reinsurance applies to business done wholly outside the state and challenged the tax as unconstitutional.
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Washington
INS
Connecticut General Life Insurance Co
Supreme Court of the United States
California
Intrastate Wire Tapping Declared Legal by Appellate Court
The first U S circuit court of appeals ruled 2 to 1 that tapping telephone wires on calls within a state is legal and not covered by a Supreme Court ruling banning interstate wire tapping. The decision contrasts with limits on interstate surveillance.
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Boston
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U. S. Supreme Court
France Plans Revision Of Naval Budget
Paris reports France has entered intensified naval building amid rapid policy shifts. Navy Minister William Bertrand announced that all 1937 estimates for French naval expenditures will be revised due to swift changes in world naval policy.
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INS
France
Navy
William Bertrand
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