Farm tenancy debate and bank-led farm sales in Iowa
Henry Adams, Iowa lawyer and agriculture expert, weighs farm tenancy as a state issue in this issue. A Ray Anderson farm page article reports Bankers Life Insurance of Des Moines and National Life of Vermont partnering with the federal Farm Security Administration to sell farms to chosen buyers with no down payment and no payments for five years. An aside narrates Earl Tisher, famed bricklayer, still working at an old pace, claiming humor and longevity as keys to endurance. The state auditor disputes Boone county auditors’ private review of county books, citing a law mandating state audits, hinting at broader audit-law tensions.
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Bankers Life Insurance Company of
Des Moines
National Life Insurance Company of
Vermont
Federal Farm Security Administration
Adams
West Side
Third Avenue
Earl Tisher
C. B. Akers
Boone County Supervisors
Akers
Booney
White House Palace Guard Aims to Oust Farley
Washington reports say a New Deal faction in the White House has launched a purge against James A. Farley from the cabinet and the Democratic National Committee chairmanship. Joseph P. Kennedy is named as a likely successor to head the party if Roosevelt seeks a third term. Farley, loyal but troubled, faces pressure after Roosevelt’s surprise 1940 term move and McNutt’s elevation to federal security administrator.
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INS
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
White House
Democratic National Committee
Democratic High Command
Farley
Jim
Joseph P. Kennedy
New Deal
England
National Committee
Mr. Roosevelt
Paul V. McNutt
Weekly Forecast for Upper Mississippi Valley July 17 22
Weather outlook for July 17 to 22 in the upper Mississippi valley calls for generally fair skies most days. Scattered thundershowers are possible in the northern portion early in the period. Temperatures should be mostly above normal, with cooler reads near or below normal in the north late in the week.
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Chicago
Mississippi Valley
Mercy plane crash details released after Atlantic sinking
U S coast guard V 164 eight ton hospital plane carrying three men perished after rescue of a seaman from the Atlantis offshore ketch 150 miles southeast of New York. Pilot Lieut William Lee Clemmer and aviation pilot John Radan Jr died along with George Priest an Atlantis crew member.
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New York
U. S. Coast Guard
Atlantis
Here
George Priest
Falmouth
Mass
Priest
William Lee Clemmer
Hewlett, N. Y
John Radan, Jr
Bessemer
President Roosevelt pressed to reinstate John Lewis in AFL
Senator Styles Bridges accuses Roosevelt and Perkins of frantically seeking John L. Lewis's return to the AFL to influence from within. Bridges, speaking in Ashland Kentucky, says the CIO chief could bore from inside the federation.
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Ashland
Styles Bridges
N. H
Roosevelt
Perkins
John L. Lewis
CIO
American Federation of Labor
Elliott Roosevelt Attacks Father Coughlin on Air
Elliott Roosevelt denounces Father Charles E. Coughlin on a Mutual network broadcast urging on air rebuttal. He warns radio code may affect the priest as he projects Coughlin into the 1940 campaign and calls for accurate statements and removal of false fiction references.
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New York
INS
Elliott
Roosevelt
Saturday Night
Charles E. Coughlin
Detroit
Elliott Roosevelt
Church At Heart
Mutual Broadcasting Network
Father Coughlin
Royal Oak
Stassen Calls Conference In WPA Mixup
Gov. Harold E. Stassen moved to pace a peaceful settlement of the Minneapolis WPA strike crisis as Mayor George Leach warned of inviting regular U S army troops if violence continues. A peace conference was set for 10 am Monday with WPA officials and labor leaders.
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Harold E. Stassen
George Leach
U. S. Army
Stassen
WPA
Congress
Roosevelt
James E. Murray
Mont
Senate
Third Term Idea Cast in Roosevelt Debate
San Francisco notes Robert H. Jackson warned that Roosevelt’s ideas may endure regardless of a possible third term. He stated the President might not want a third term, but the administration’s achievements already shape national life and removing them could cause disorder.
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San Francisco
INS
Roosevelt
Robert H. Jackson
The
United States
Commonwealth Club
Jackson
Last Desperate Rescue at Davin Mine in Kentucky
Rescue crews entered the Davin mine of Ruckman Coal to check for survivors among 28 entombed miners after a Friday night dust explosion. Nine were believed dead, with 19 others announced earlier as lost. experts searched for any sign of life amid gas and deteriorating conditions.
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Davin
Ruckman Coal Company
T. C Powell
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Norton
Burleigh Fugate
Kentucky
Burleigh
Ned
James
Wes
University of Illinois
Boys Aid Camp Fund Candy Sale Ends Today
Three boys held a candy stand raising 2.36 for Camp Good Health. Tommy Doherty Jim Johnson and Gary Starry ages 4, 4, 4 contributed homemade candy from donated mother supplies. Campaign ends today with late gifts acknowledged by The Gazette Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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Boys Aid
Tommy Doherty
Longwood Drive
Jimmy Johnson
Dunreath Drive
Gary Starry
the Gazette
Camp Good Health Fund
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Annie Rooney
Lou
William Powell Returns to Studio After Ill Health
Hollywood reports William Powell, after more than a year away due to illness, is back at the studios and ready to resume filming.
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William Powell
Hollywood
INS
Carl Fisher Miami Beach Builder Dies
Carl G Fisher 65, pioneer of the automobile industry and creator of the Indianapolis motor speedway, died Saturday at St Francis hospital Miami Beach after a gastric hemorrhage. He promoted Miami Beach since 1921, dredged land, built hotels, and helped develop roads including the Lincoln and Dixie highways. Born in Greensburg Indiana 1874, Fisher rose from salesman to auto industry leader and real estate magnate.
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Miami Beach
Carl G Fisher
St. Francis Hospital
Fisher
Montauk
Long Island
Greensburg
Ind
Motor Speedway
Indianapolis
New England
Florida
Lightning Breaks Cable. Power Out Several Minutes
A lightning strike hit Iowa Electric Light and Power feeder cables in Cedar Rapids shortly after 2:15 a.m. Saturday. Crews began repairs at 3 a.m. and aimed to finish by Sunday morning. An emergency circuit supplied all power. a fault on Sixth Street caused a brief outage and half the Second Avenue boulevard lights stayed dark Saturday night pending repair.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Allan 2B
Hird
Sixth Street
Second and
Third Avenues
Second Avenue
Fifth
Tenth Street
Mercury Is Erratic Saturday Afternoon in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids weather report shows a fluctuating Saturday with a high of 84 degrees at 2 and 4 pm, dipping to 81 at 2:30, then 78 at 7 and 70 at 9. After an early morning storm, the temperature rose from 65 at 9 am to a warmer afternoon.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers
Answer To Farm Tenancy Problem
A plan lets selected Farm Security Administration clients buy specified farms in southern Iowa from National Life Insurance of Vermont or Bankers Life Insurance of Des Moines with no down payment or mortgage payments for five years. Ray Anderson, Gazette farm editor, explains this practical approach to land ownership on page 2 section 4.
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Farm Security Administration
Iowa
National Life Insurance Company of
Vermont
Bankers Life Insurance Company
Des Moines
FSA
Ray Anderson
Gazette Farm
Big 4 Packer Strike Considered at Packingtown Rally
Federal probes into violence in the meat packing industry follow a Friday shooting of PWOC district director Herbert March and threats to auxiliary Bishop Bernard Sheil. PWOC delegates meet in Packingtown to discuss a strike against Armour and Co and potentially extend to Wilson Cudahy Swil t firms if national contract demands are not met.
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Catholic Church
Department of Justice
Herbert March
Packinghouse Workers’ Organizing Committee
Bernard J. Sheil
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Sheil
PWOC
Armour and
Armour
Big Four
Wilson
Cudahy
Swilt
Rudolph Sikora Granted Divorce In Chicago Case
Rudolph J. Sikora, 32, was granted a divorce from Margaret Sikora, 23, after a prior incident in which he shot and killed Edward Solomon on August 22. Sikora had claimed desertion as the ground for divorce and was acquitted of murder by a criminal court jury on October 21, which concluded he acted to protect the sanctity of the American home.
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Chicago
Rudolph J. Sikora
Margaret Sikora
Edward Solomon
Sikora
Move On Foot To Drive Chamberlain Out Of Office
London rumor mill swirls around a political crisis that could topple Neville Chamberlain’s government unless Winston Churchill is brought into the cabinet. The drive is framed as a test of Britain’s resolve against aggression amid Danzig and war debt tensions with France and the United States.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Lord Beaverbrook
Sunday Express
Great Britain
France
United States
Russell's Gar Reported Seen in Emmetsburg
Emmetsburg Iowa AP Sheriff Montgomery and officers pursued a car with Oklahoma plate V 935 linked to the Russell kidnapping case. A Chicago report tied Bud Egholm to an identical plate, while a woman said she rode briefly with the driver before being dropped off near town.
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Emmetsburg
Palol Alto
B F. Montgomery
Iowa
Oklahoma
Jack Russell
Russell
William Hamilton
University of Kansas
Hamilton
Kansas
Illinois
Montgomery
Ed Khiel
State Highway Patrol
Des Moines
Chicago
Hhnois
Frank Mech
Egholm
Kivel
Arline Schuler
Brmetsburg
Wlvel
Miss Schuler
Here
First of Britain's Conscripts Reporting for Service
London AP reports 34 000 militiamen, Britain's first peacetime conscripts, reported for service Saturday. Recruits traveled by limousine bicycle and rail to camps as families said good bye. Authorities ordered kindness and warned against rudeness or bullying. Recruits will receive six months training.
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London
Britain
Citizen Army
Chowder Of Mr Murphy To Be Free Of Overalls
A quirky note by Arthur Bugs Baer comments on Washington handling of the WPA. The piece suggests the WPA is the wrong vehicle for a hitchhiker to seize control and warns against meddling with the situation.
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WPA
Shirrington
Mr. Murphy
Arthur
Bugs" Baer
Murphy
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