Niemoeller and other voices in era of totalitarian challenge
The article contrasts Martin Niemoeller and other figures with the rise of Nazi control over the Protestant church in Germany. It notes Niemoeller's imprisonment for refusing to bend to the regime and discusses broader wartime and postwar political and economic commentary including Secretary Perkins defense of the CIO, Brookings Institution findings, tax dodging cases, and local efforts to fund a Cedar Rapids swimming pool.
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Adolf Hitler
Martin Niemoeller
Berlin
Niemoeller
Gestapo
Hitler
Germany
John L. Lewis
Missouri bosses named in vote fraud grand jury report
Federal grand jury in Missouri identified political bosses T. J. Pendergast and James M. Pendergast as backers of defense for more than 100 defendants in a vote fraud scandal. They were not named in indictments. Jurors traced funds for attorney retainers and bonds totaling 302 500 dollars with 8 648 75 in commissions, noting James Pendergast claimed sympathy for the accused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Missouri
T. J. Pendergast
James M. Pendergast
Grand Jury
Pendergasts
Tom J. Pendergast
Moe
Saya
James Pendergast
Irish Constitution Adoption Narrowly Backed in Irish Free State
Returns from Thursday's elections indicate adoption of a constitution that would grant the Irish Free State near independence by a three to two vote. The result signals a major constitutional shift for Dublin's political status.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
Mine Blast in Britain Kills Over Twenty, Traps Eighteen
In Chesterton Stoke on Trent England a fire after two explosions at Brymbo colliery killed more than 20 miners and left 18 trapped at the bottom of a pit. The dead include two government inspectors and two mine officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesterton
Stoke-on-Kent
England
Brymbo
Senate Passes Farm Tenancy Measure
Washington delegates report the Senate approved and sent to conference an $85,000,000 Bankhead farm tenancy bill aimed at helping low income families acquire farm ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
ULP
Papal throne adds two new assistant bishops
Vatican City announced the appointment of two bishops as assistant bishops of the Papal throne. Alexander MacGavick of La Crosse Wisconsin and Patrick MacGovern of Cheyenne Wyoming were named to the role on Friday.
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Vatican City
Alexander MacGavick
la Crosse
Wis
Patrick MacGovern
Cheyenne
Wyo
Facts and Faith Learn the Higher Kind of Truth
A reflection on fact versus value in life. The piece argues that hard truths alone fail to satisfy without faith hope and love guiding meaning. It asserts love loyalty goodness duty and justice are real as iron and potash and define a higher kind of fact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookings Institution
Harold Moulton
Weares
Thomas Gradgrind
Belore
Dashregister
Young Men's Bureau Launches Pool Fund
The Cedar Rapids Young Men's Bureau voted unanimously to set aside 1000 in a trust fund to back a planned modern swimming pool. The project aims to mobilize all local groups, with leaders saying it will be a shared civic effort not confined to the bureau.
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Young Men’s Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids
WPA
PWA
Young Men’s Bureau of
The
Bureau
Harry E. Boyd
Boyd
Actress seeks 100000 damages over Captains Courageous incident
Helen Gomméson filed a suit in Los Angeles claiming 100000 damages after her husband, a seaman, was washed overboard during filming the sequence for Captain Courageous. The action names MGM Studio as the defendant in the claim filed Friday.
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Los Angeles
INS
Helen Gomméson Friday
MGM
Russia and Japan end war scare with peaceful pact
After a three day crisis sparked by a Amur river clash, Japan and the Soviet Union reached a peaceful agreement. Ambassador Mamoru Shigemitsu and Soviet Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinoff announced the negotiations concluded with Russia withdrawing heavy troops from the disputed Amur islands and Japan pledging no new troop movements pending a diplomatic settlement.
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Amur
Far East
Japan
Russia
Europe
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Maxim Litvinoff
Shigemitsu
Litvinoff
Manchukuo
the Amur
Moscow
Three British Battleships Ordered to Mediterranean Front
The British admiralty ordered three of its largest battleships to rush to the Mediterranean as Mussolini massed forces off Spain. The move signals a shift as Europe's non intervention framework weakens amid the Spanish Civil War crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Mediterranean
Europe
Mussolini
Spain
Britain
Pay Day Triple Holiday Want Ads Push
Gazette Want Ads run three big days to reach readers with time and money for Saturday sale listings. ad-taker phone 2-1121 and Gazette office handle ads starting Saturday, with deadlines noon Saturday and 8 PM Sunday.
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Gazette
Gillette Open to Amend Court Bill in Des Moines Visit
Des Moines AP reports U S Senator Guy M. Gillette kept his mind open to amendments to a court bill as Senator Clyde L. Herring expressed support for a modified proposal adding one justice per year up to six. Gillette warned against any amendment compromising principle while declining to back the original plan. He noted he spoke with White House officials before leaving Washington and mentioned President Roosevelt’s absence from a Jefferson Island picnic.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Supreme Court
U. S
Guy M. Gillette
Clyde L. Herring
Gillette
Roosevelt
Congress
Cherokee
Washington
White House
Roose
Jefferson -Island
Jefferson Island
Estimates Point to Heavy Cut in Winter Wheat Crop
Private forecasters cut June wheat outlooks citing a 7 million bushel drop in winter wheat to 642 million. Spring wheat is seen at 229 million, unchanged from June 1, while private estimates exceed government figures by 54 million on the spring crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
U. .S. Department of Agriculture
C. Donovan
B. W. No
N. c. Murray
O. Cromwell
E. H. Miller
Two Trains Collide Injuring 19 in Evanston
Nineteen people were injured when two Chicago and North Western passenger trains collided in Evanston Illinois. Sixteen were admitted to St Francis Hospital with injuries including a woman who may die. three were taken to Evanston Hospital. Early reports said one train rear ended another.
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Evanston, Ill
Chicago and North Western Railway
St. Francis Hospital
Evanston Hospital
Roosevelt Signs Two Appropriation Bills
President Roosevelt signed two major appropriations bills granting 864.93 million dollars for the new fiscal year. The civil conservation corps railroad retirement board and other agencies not in regular supply bills receive 449.93 million dollars.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Civilian Conservation Corps
Railroad Retirement Board
Treasury urges immediate tax hikes to raise federal revenue
Treasury officials urged Congress to enact stopgap legislation to boost federal revenue by about 500 million dollars annually. The plan targets married couples, nonresident aliens with American ties, and trusts while downsizing depreciation credits and penalties on holding companies. Chairman Doughton postponed full action, planning a two week hearing and an executive session to determine next steps.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
Magill
Joint
Congressional Investigating Committee
Doughton
North Carolina
Rep. Fish
New York
Roosevelt
Reemmal
Texas
California
Louisiana
New Mexico
Arizona
Nevada
Idaho
Wall Street
Coughton
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr and Ethel Leave New York for Boston
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr and his bride Ethel du Pont left New York by car for their honeymoon on Friday afternoon. They had spent the previous night at the St. Regis hotel where staff kept their presence secret. The couple wed near Wilmington, Delaware, with a ceremony and reception at the du Pont estate.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Ethel du Pont
Boston
du Pont
Wilmington
Del
St. Regis
Baseball Scores From United Press National League
National League results include Brooklyn beating Philadelphia 3 to 6 in nine innings with Hamlin Phelps Mulcahy Jorgens and Grace contributing. Boston lost to New York 2 to 6 as MacFayden Hutchinson Lopez Hubbell Mancuso and Hartnett played. Pittsburgh defeated Chicago 7 to 8 with Lucas Todd French C Davis and Hartnett. American League games show Boston beating Ballasel pals 4 to 11 with strong hitting, New York losing to Washington 8 to 31, Chicago losing to St Louis 2 to 4, and Detroit vs Cleveland postponed due to rain.
Compromise Plan Lets Court Grow by One Justice Per Year
Washington senate leaders introduced a compromise bill to enlarge the Supreme Court. It allows four new justices in stages to 18, raises the retirement age proviso to 75, and permits one appointment per year until four additional judges join the bench. Four members exceed 75: Hughes Mc Reynolds Brandies and Sutherland.
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Washington
Llp
Administration
Senate
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Nct
Joseph T. Robinson
Charles E. Hughes
James C. McReynolds
Louis D. Brandies
George Sutherland
Sen. M. M. Logan
Sage
Carl Hatch
N. M
Wallace warns of possible 1938 wheat surplus
Secretary Henry A. Wallace told 31 state wheat farmers in Washington that a price depressing surplus may threaten 1938. Economists estimate a 200 million bushel carryover, with 1937 output around 850 to 880 million. Tolley said recommendations on 1938 wheat provisions were expected, review options include no acreage limit, corn-like limits, or diversion payments up to 30 percent of base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Congress
Agriculture Department
United States
Conference of Farmers
AAA
H. R. Tolley
Tolley
Earhart and Noonan Reported Lost Over Pacific Flight
Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan were feared to be floating in their plane east of Howland Island after sending a distress call to the Itasca, with only ninety minutes of fuel remaining. Coast guard efforts centered on Howland Island as searchers tracked signals and weather hampered rescue.
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San Francisco
Howland Island
Far Pacific
Amelia Earhart
Fr Noonan
Tropic Beasse
U. S. Coast Guard
Itasca
Coast Guard
Oakland
George Palmer Putnam
Guinea
America
Ite
U.S. Coast Guard
Roger B. Taney
Honolulu
Washington, D Cc
Pearl Harbor
Taney
Miss Earhart
Parker
The
Howland
Fred Noonan
Earhart land plane could float for days after water landing
An aviation expert, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Amelia Earhart’s land plane equipped with wing and extra gas tanks could float indefinitely if a safe ocean landing off Howland Island were achieved. He noted sealed tanks and venting meant to serve as floats in water.
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New York
Amelia “Earhart
Howland Island
Farm Woman Ends Life Over Pig Drowning Incident
In Sherrard Illinois Mrs Mary Agnes Little 47 drank poison after her daughter Mary let the family pet pig drown in a pail of milk. An inquest jury ruled death by own action in a fit of temper.
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Sherrard
Mary
Mary Agnes Little
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