Constitution Education Course in New Deal Era
The Cedar Rapids context shows a $200,000 appropriation to spread the Constitution’s story nationwide through one room schools. Advocates note the project will promote understanding of the Constitution, its origins, and its influence, while critics warn of partisan propaganda shaping civic knowledge.
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Pabuu
wiTict mm
Supreme Court
Congress
Congressional
Messrs
Tugwell
Wallace
Ezekiel
Cedar Rapids
America
New Deal Court Fight and Farm Land Trends
A 1935 reflection notes the Supreme Court may strike down New Deal acts and argues public vote did not directly approve them. It highlights the Omaha land bank selling 242 farms in six months totaling about 1.5 million dollars, with 75 percent buyers farm owners. The bulletin shows 74 bank farms returned to private owners in June and warns against a land rush sparking a new boom or bust.
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Roosevelt
Federal Land Bank
Omaha
Omaha Institution
Eighth Land Bank District
Land Bank
New Deal Bloc Favors Dole's Return
A Washington report shows a New Deal bloc backing a return to dole style relief due to high job program costs. Officials cite 1933–35 federal handouts at 2.91 billion dollars and looming 5 billion dollar 1935–37 totals amid 20.5 million on relief rolls and 14 million after one year of work programs.
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Washington
Dole
Roosevelt
Congress
Hopkins
Civil Works Administration
Works Progress Administration
New Deal
WPA Wage Policy in Iowa Aligns With Prevailing Rates
State Administrator L. S. Hill eases WPA pay to mirror prevailing wages in active communities. He raises rates but cuts hours, arguing relief workers should not inflate private payrolls. Government seeks subsistence incomes while private employers must absorb unemployment solutions. 42 million jobless.
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Works Progress Administration
Iowa
L. S. Hill
Uncle Sam
Warren J. Duffey Dies at 50 in Toledo Home
Ohio Congressman Warren J. Duffey a Democrat from Toledo died at his residence after a lingering illness. He was 50. Duffey recently left St. Vincent's hospital and had prior treatment at a naval hospital in Washington for a liver disorder.
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Warren J. Duffey
Ohio
Toledo
Toledo, O
INS
Duffey
St. Vincent's Hospital
Naval Hospital
Washington
Joliet Beer Drivers Strike Shuts Local Breweries
Joliet Illinois workers at Acme Citizens and Pioneer breweries walked out amid 100 degree heat. Pickets guarded plants as drivers sought Teamsters union representation. No violence reported.
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Joliet, Ill
Joliet
Acme, Citizens
Pioneer
Teamsters’ Union
Nations break pledges but treaties still matter in world order
A 1936 column warns the world is littered with broken pledges as nations fail to honor treaties and disarm. It argues such failures stem from unjust terms and urges realistic reforms to preserve law, confidence, and civilization.
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United States
Germany
China
Japan
Abyssinia
Italy
Rhine
Cadman Undergoes Emergency Surgery In Plattsburgh
Dr. L. G. Barton said the Rev. Dr. S. Parkes Cadman is in critical condition after an emergency operation for a ruptured appendix at Champlain Valley hospital. The 71 year old Brooklyn preacher completed a peace address before collapsing.
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Plattsburgh
N. Y
L. G. Barton, Jr
S. Parkes Cadman
Brooklyn
Barton
Cadman
Champlain Valley Hospital
French Government Withdraws Plan to Nationalize Bank
Paris reports Premier Leon Blum's socialist government abandons a bill to nationalize the Bank of France. A milder form would keep regents like the Rothschilds and De Wendels in control to maintain credit. The plan to nationalize the munitions industry is also trimmed after industrialist opposition.
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Paris
INS
Leon Blum
Bank of France
Rothschilds
de Wendels
Landon urges Kansas lawmakers to craft social security grant
Gov. Alf Landon asked a special Kansas session to draft a constitutional amendment granting power for social security to fit federal aid plans. He urged a simple grant of power, avoiding details, to let the legislature submit the measure to voters while balancing state and local care for the needy.
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Topeka
Kan
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Republican Party
Congress
Landon
Gov. Landon
Mrs Shine Sentenced in Elkader Slaying Case
Pearl Shine 28 receives life in Rockwell City prison for complicity in the murder of Dan Shine aged Littleport farmer. Maynard Lenox 19 gets 40 years at Fort Madison for his role. Jim Hines and Albert Cornwell are suspects. Cornwell faces a murder charge.
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The
Gazette
Elkader
Pearl Shine
Rockwell City
Maynard Lenox
Fort Madison
Dan Shine
Littleport
W. L. Eichendorf
Jim Hines
Albert Cornwell
Manchester
Lenox
Shine
Cornwell
Debt grows to 304 billion from 100 loan in 39 years
San Jose, Calif. WPA project writers report a man who borrowed $100 in 1897 at 10 percent monthly compound interest left for 24 years and returned to find his debt at $304,840,332,685.16, having paid only $19.36 to date.
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San Jose
Calif
INS
WPA
California
Treasure hunt looms as Iwers heirs seek will set aside
In Tipton Iowa Henry Iwers left a 350000 estate to Louis and Margaret Voss. Seventeen relatives plan to challenge the will claiming incompetence and undue influence. A hearing was held and a new search of the 880 acre farm is anticipated after the ruling. An autopsy on Iwers is authorized to investigate his death. Louis and Margaret Voss welcome the move.
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Tipton
Henry Iwers
Iwers
Louis
Margaret Voss
J.C. France
Voss
Henry
William
John
Hans Iwers
Cedar County Board of Supervisors
State Board of Health
France
Ivers
Davenport
Scott County
Marion C. Hamiel
Vosses
Stolen 1931 Chevrolet Recovered in Mapleton Chase
Police bulletin reports the 1931 Chevrolet stolen from Allen Motor Co. in Cedar Rapids found in Mapleton and held by the Mapleton marshal. No arrest then. Later a suspect, Albert Frost of Marshalltown, jailed in Chicago for a car with Linn county plates. plates traced to F. J. Hoglan of Cedar Rapids who reported them stolen. Frost to be returned to Marshalltown.
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Cedar Rapids
Allen Motor Company
Mapleton
Sioux City
Chicago
Albert Frost
Marshalltown
Linn County
F. J. Hoglan
Fourth Avenue SE
Frost
Truck Driver Hurt After Collision With Street Car
L. E. Nagle of 860 First Avenue E suffered head injuries at 10 45 p.m. Monday when his truck struck a street car on Center Point Road NE near the Milwaukee tracks. He was treated at St. Luke's hospital and released with no fracture. LeRoy Jayne, 24, of 1028 Fifth Street SE, received first aid for a left elbow injury after bumping his arm on a car door and was discharged.
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L. E. Nagle
First Avenue E
Center Point Road
Milwaukee Tracks
Nagle
St. Luke’s Hospital
LeRoy Jayne
Fifth Street SE
Roosevelt weighing Farley leave of absence over cabinet post
President Roosevelt to announce whether Postmaster General James A Farley will take a paid leave of absence to lead the Democratic national campaign. A White House session with Farley ended without a firm decision as observers expect a leave of absence rather than resignation. The plan includes campaign efforts, a speaking tour, and possible leadership choices for the campaign headquarters.
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Washington
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Farley
White House
Alf Landon
Topeka
Maine
Campobello
N. B
John Ringling Wins Divorce Decree In Three Year Fight
Sarasota Floridas circuit court judge signed a final divorce decree for John Ringling from Emily Hang Buck Ringling after a three year legal battle dating to July 26 1933.
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John Ringling
Sarasota, Fla
Ulp
W. T. Harrison
Emily Hang Buck Ringling
Florida
Forest Fires Ravage Wyoming and Montana Fronts
Gray smoke drifted over northern Wyoming and southeastern Montana as over a thousand firefighters battled multiple blazes. Ten new fires sparked by lightning spread across the Ashland division of the Custer national forest, thirty miles southwest of Absarokee, Mont. Earlier, 100 firefighters quenched a fire that burned eighty acres of timber near Absarokee.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Wyoming
Montana
Powder Dry
Ashland
Custer National Forest
Absarokee
Mont
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll For 1936
A brief civic record notes the Cedar Rapids auto toll figure for 1936 alongside statistics on accidents injuries and deaths. The entry lists 257 as the relevant count reflecting the era’s transportation toll.
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Cedar Rapids
Wheat Prices Dip After Heavy Profits in Heat Wave
Wheat futures on the Chicago board of trade rose early on a flood of buy orders but closed down as traders took profits from the prior surge. Prices remained the highest since 1934 amid a drought and heat, while Minneapolis and Kansas City markets showed mixed results and cattle deliveries rose in drought-stricken regions.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Northwest
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dakotas
Montana
Heat Peak Strikes Cedar Rapids as Iowa Endures Heat Wave
Destructive heat grinds through Cedar Rapids and eastern Iowa with no relief in sight for at least two days. Thermometers climbed to a record 108, reading 104 at 1 pm and 107 at 2:45 pm, while nights stayed warm. The heat threatens crops, gardens, and lawns despite a light breeze. The low dipped to 72 at 6 am Tuesday, up from 69 the prior Tuesday.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Ruth Bryan Owen Engaged to King’s Bodyguard Captain
Ruth Bryan Owen, the United States minister to Denmark, is to marry Capt Boerge Rohde, kammerjunk er to King Christian. Rohde, 42, travels to the U S to join Mrs Owen within days as she returns to campaign for Roosevelt and the Democratic ticket.
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Copenhagen
Ruth Bryan Owen
United States
Denmark
Christian
Boerge Rohde
Ruth Owen confirms engagement to Danish guard Kapitan Rohde
Ruth Bryan Owen the minister to Denmark confirms by telephone engagement to Kammerjunker Kapitan Boerge Rohde of the Danish king lifeguards. She says he will arrive soon and plans for marriage are indefinite. She would not comment on resignation.
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Washington
Ruth Bryan Owen
Denmark
Kammerjunker Kapitan
Walter Scheve Beheaded for Espionage Conviction in Berlin
Berlin security authorities report Walter Scheve, 24, was executed by beheading at dawn Tuesday after a formal conviction for espionage. The case underscores wartime secrecy and harsh penalties imposed by the regime.
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Berlin
INS
Walter Scheve
Drought Measures Alter Soil Program In Midwest
The AAA announced changes to the soil conservation program to maximize forage preservation in drought areas across North Dakota Montana and Wyoming. Farmers may follow modified rules while retaining subsidy options, with original guidelines still available for severely damaged farms. A White House drought conference was called by President Roosevelt to discuss aridity and high temperatures as officials name emergency areas.
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Washington
AAA
White House
Roosevelt
Weather Bureau
North Dakota
Montana
Wyoming
George E. Farrell
Western Regional
Rexford G. Tugwell
Aubrey Williams
Works Progress
J. B. Hutson
Jesse W. Tapp
Agriculture Department
Record Heat, Crop Losses Spark Farm Belt Plea to End Curbs
A drought scorching five states drives Farmers National Holiday Association to urge President Roosevelt and Agriculture Secretary Wallace to lift production limits as temperatures soar past a century in many towns. The weather bureau warns no relief is near while crop losses push toward 300 million dollars and prices rise.
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Chicago
Middle America
Farmers National Holiday Association
Roosevelt
Wallace
Weather Bureau
McIntosh
S. D
Mercury
Dakotas
Michigan
Rain Prayer by Navajo Sage Brings Downpours Across Reservation
In Ganado Arizona AP reports Beninie, a Navajo medicine man, led the Najad akinth rain ritual on the vast 15 million acre reservation. The ceremony followed by heavy rain across drenched sections and scattered showers elsewhere, as tribespeople hail the ancient rite.
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Ganado
Ariz
Beninie
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