Public schools libraries and churches stand against communism
The piece defends First Presbyterian Church, the public library, and Washington High School as symbols of an open free society. It denounces Stalinist influence in the United States via CIO leaders in Newton Iowa, references the Wagner Act, and questions how education fails to curb anti government sentiment.
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Third Avenue
First Presbyterian Church
Fifth Street
Greene Square
Washington High School
Cone Stalin
Stalin
United States
St. Louis
CIO
Iowa
New York
Roosevelt third term claim stirs 1940 race talk
Rep. Dewey Short accused President Roosevelt of aiming for a third term and launching a nationwide campaign to fuel support. New Deal aides denied the charge, noting his stated retirement plans, while Senate probes into Kentucky and other races added to the intrigue.
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Rep
Short
Missouri
Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Dewey Short
New Deal
Hyde Park
Senate Campaign Investigating
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Kentucky
McNutt
Indiana
Frederick van Nuys
Four Killed In Auto Collision Near Greenup Illinois
Lieut John Babillus of Cedar Rapids injured in a crash at a highway intersection near Greenup Illinois as four people die and four more are hurt. Babillus on two weeks active duty at Fort Riley Kansas with Collins Radio may visit his mother in Terre Haute Indiana after his tour. The other car carried Ernest Stanford and seven others from Charleston Illinois. Deceased include Mrs Florence Kline Stanford and Mrs Clara Stanford plus Sarah and Helen Stevens. Critically injured are Ernest Stanford wife Clara, their daughter Florence, Evan Willis and Alfred E Wilson. Injured were taken to a hospital in Effingham Illinois.
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Cedar Rapids
John Babillus
C Avenue NE
Greenup
Hil
Babillus
Collins Radio Company
Fort Riley
Kaw
Terre Haute
Ind
Ernest Stanford
Charleston
Florence Kline Stanford
Flora, Ill
Clara Stanford
Sarah Stevens
Helen
Clara
Florence
Evan Willis
Brownston
Ill
Alfred E. Wilson
Thebes
Effingham
Iil
Fragmentary Soviet Influence Claims in St Louis Narrative
A fragment discusses alleged Soviet agents in the United States and mentions a communist from St Louis observing nearby civic landmarks including a church across the avenue a library across the street and a school across the park while pondering them.
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Dustry
Stalin
United States
St. Louis
President Roosevelt sails for fishing trip from San Diego
President Roosevelt began a sea fishing voyage aboard the cruiser Houston after endorsing U S Senator McAdoo in Los Angeles. A security incident occurred near San Clemente as Sheriff Jackson and agents detained and released William N Bond a Pasadena area official claiming friendship with the President. Senator McAdoo joined Roosevelt in Los Angeles and San Diego with Mrs McAdoo present during civic center dedications. Bond claimed ties to White House staff and McAdoo and said he wanted to shake hands. The President noted McAdoo’s treasury secretary role in Wilson’s administration during a San Diego speech.
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San Diego
Calif
Roosevelt
Houston
U. S
William G. McAdoo
Los Angeles
Jackson
Secret Service
William N. Bond
Chamber of Commerce
Altadena
Pasadena
Bond
White House
McAdoo
Civic Center
Senator McAdoo
Baby Scalded Two Weeks Ago Dies in Marion
Sondra Ellen Krizek, 20 month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert Krizek of route 2 Marion, died at 6 30 pm Saturday from burns suffered when she backed into a pail of scalding water two weeks earlier. She is survived by her parents and grandparents Mrs and Mrs Charles Krizek and Mr and Mrs Joseph Pelisek of Cedar Rapids. Body sent to Polansky funeral chapel for funeral arrangements.
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Cedar Rapids
Sondra Ellen Krizek
Albert Krizek
Marion
Charles Krizek
Joseph Pelisek
Polansky
Wimbledon Mystery Murders Wife Identified as Rose Atkins
Scotland Yard identified the victim as Rose Muriel Atkins in the center court mystery murder near Wimbledon. Police hunted a man seen near two cars by the shadowy lane, with investigators noting blunt tool wounds and possible transportation of the body from a van to the tennis club area.
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Wimbledon
England
Scotland Yard
Rose Muriel Atkins
Center Court
All-England
Buk
Delucca Escapes by Jumping Overboard at Nahant
Herbert Delucca 18 of North Bergen New Jersey fled a larceny warrant by stripping to his bathing suit and swimming into the Atlantic at Nahant Massachusetts. Patrolman George Burnett chased, swam and brought him ashore.
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Nahant
Mass
Herbert Delucca
North Bergen
N. J
Delucca
Atlantic
George Burnett
Hopkins Defends WPA Against Coercion Claims at Chautauqua
Relief Administrator Harry Hopkins rebutted critics by arguing WPA is freer from political coercion than large private firms. He outlined federal policy lines on government business, labor policy, and relief, and said relief funding fuels jobs not a dole while noting local discrimination should be addressed locally.
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Chautauqua
N. Y
Harry Hopkins
WPA
Hopkins
Works Progress Administration
Chautauqua Institution
Cornon-The-Cob
Four-motored bomber crashes off Cherbourg harbor
A large four engine naval sea plane bomber carrying fourteen aviators crashed on rocks at Cherbourg east harbor Saturday. One crew member was killed and the rest were seriously injured.
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Cherbourg
France
Sufferer's Life Saved By Trip Of 8 000 Miles
Alick Mortimer Watkins 27 traveled 8000 miles from Melbourne to Rochester Minnesota for Mayo Clinic surgical aid. Surgeons cut away a half inch casing of the pericardium heart to relieve calcification. The operation took four hours and included four ribs removed. recovery was rapid and Watkins expects a normal life.
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Rochester
Minn
Alick Mortimer Watkins
Mayo Clinic
Watkins
Melbourne
Australia
Altick W. Watkins
Held For Drunken Driving After Crash Injuring 2 Persons
Donald Osborn 28 of Twenty seventh avenue SW route 3 was charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after a collision on Center Point road with a Re Hable Transfer truck driven by Walter Smith. Osborn and his passenger Donald Markham were injured and treated at Mercy hospital. Osborn attempted to flee while Markham received care. A quart bottle half full of whisky was found in Osborns car.
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Cedar Rounds
Donald Osborn
Seventh Avenue SW
Route 3
Center Point Road
I and J Avenues
Osborn
Walter Smith
Sixth Avenue SE
Donald Markham
Sixth Street
Mercy Hospital
Markham
V. H. Hasek
al Mikota
Hepzibah Menuhin Marries Lindsay Nichols in Los Gatos
Hepzibah Menuhin wed Lindsay Nichols, a young Australian sheep rancher, in Los Gatos Saturday night. Menuhin has long performed as accompanist to her renowned brother Yehudi Menuhin in major concert venues worldwide.
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Los Gatos
Caif
Hepzibah Menuhin
Yehudi Menuhin
Lindsay Nicholas
Count Haugwitz-Reventlow Reveals Wealth Strain Behind Barbara Hutton Divorce
In a rare interview, Count Court Haugwitz-Reventlow cites Barbara Hutton’s £40 million Woolworth fortune as a barrier to a happy marriage. He says money didn’t matter to him, vows to protect her from publicity, and hopes to safeguard their son Lance’s education amid a Danish divorce.
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Godfrey Winn
London
Ins
Count Court Haugwitz-Reventlow
Barbara Hutton
Barbara
America
Lance
Hebrews defend homes in Holy Land amid Arab attacks
American Jewish settlers in Ainshashophet south of Haifa repelled a Friday assault by about 90 Arab brigands with no casualties reported. More than 1,000 shots exchanged, one attacker killed, several wounded. bleibt authorities issued arms to Kiriathelahu residents as tensions rise near Safed and Haifa following a bomb attack killing 12 Arabs and wounding 29.
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Jerusalem
Ainshashophet
Haifa
Kiriathelahu
Safed
Palestine
Mount Asama Erupts Near Summit as Climbing Party Approaches
In Japan Mount Asama, the country’s most famous active volcano, erupted while about thirty climbers neared the summit. Underground rumblings shook the area and dense smoke with ash fell on nearby resort towns. It was unclear if any climbers were caught in lava flows.
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Tokio
Mount
Asama
Japan
Queen Marie Leaves for Sinai After Illness
Queen Marie of Roumania, recently treated in Germany, arrived Saturday at Kernauti en route to Sinai the Roumanian royal family’s country seat. A communique said her condition is good but she will need a long rest.
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Bucharest
Ins
Marie of
Envoys In Portugal Face Impending Trouble
Reporter Arthur Baer notes diplomats in Portugal facing imminent friction as tensions rise. He quips that Gibraltar’s aging fortifications may fail under air power, likening the rock to a bowling ball needing a brake lining. He references quick strikes by land or air as Paul Revere figures.
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Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Portugal
Rock of Gibraltar
Czechoslovakia accuses Germany of brutal interference
PRAHA Czechoslovakia charged Germany with brutal and disturbing interference in negotiations with its German minority. The government said foreign propaganda threatened these talks while preparing for a decisive cabinet meeting Monday to clear the way for minority negotiations.
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Prauwa
Czechoslovakia
Germany
DNB
Eduard Benes
Federal Prisoners Transferred From Dubuque Jail
Three federal prisoners were moved to Linn county jail in Cedar Rapids from Dubuque Saturday afternoon by Deputy United States Marshal E Bergemeyer. They received six month sentences on April 26 in Dubuque federal court for illegal possession of liquor. Prisoners are Joseph Herri 65 Louis Reuter 38 and Ed Smith 51 all of Dubuque.
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Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
United States
E. Bergemeyer
Linn County
Dubuque County
Joseph Herri
Louis Reuter
Ed Smith
North Western Railways Attacks Railway Labor Act Tactics
Chicago and North Western Railway filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission arguing that National Adjustment Board rule interpretations raise operating costs. It defends a reorganization plan with fixed annual charges of 3,782,390 dollars, including payments, to justify limited fixed charges.
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Washington
Chicago and North Western Rail Way Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Adjustment Board
Guardsmen Deployed to Halt Arizona Prison Escape Wave
Sixty Arizona national guardsmen under four officers were rushed to the Florence state prison by Governor R C Stanford to stop a prison escape surge. In the past month twenty convicts escaped after stabbing a guard and killing a deputy sheriff. Half remain at large as soldiers in four hour shifts train machine guns on convicts in a tent encampment before the administration building.
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Florence. Ariz
INS
Arizona
Stanford
Roumanian Flier Plans 5500 Mile New York to Bucharest Hop
Detriot dispatch reports Capt. Alex Papana completing final tests on a silver monoplane built by Barkley-Grow. He plans a 5500 mile nonstop flight from New York to Bucharest with an estimated 31 hour duration and a 33 hour fuel reserve. Papana will depart New York after favorable conditions and thorough checks.
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Detroit
Alex Papana
New York
Bucharest
Barkley-Grow Aircraft Concern
Papana
Japan Allows Gradual Return of Americans to Occupied China
The state department said Japan promised a gradual reinfiltration of Americans to properties in Japanese controlled Chinese territory. Ugaki noted returns would be allowed only if no hindrance to military operations occurs. He cited 35 permits issued to missionaries and physicians in Nanking and limited permits to Sohchow and others, with some discrepancy between consular records and Japanese-issued permits.
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Washington
State Department
Japan
United States
Kazushige Ugaki
Joseph C. Grew
Tokio
Lower
Yangtze Valley
Yangtze
Ugaki
University of Shanghai
Nanking
Standard Oil
Texas
Soochow
Shanghai
Heat Drops After Cedar Rapids Thundershower
Cooler weather is expected in Cedar Rapids and area after a Saturday night thunderstorm. The high reached 93 at 2 PM, then fell to 90 by 6 PM and 84 an hour later. By 10:30 PM the temperature was 68 with 0.16 inch rainfall. The low Saturday morning was 67 at 7 AM.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Weekly Forecast for Midwest and Plains Regions
Weather outlook calls for a moderate start to the week across the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and the northern and central Great Plains. Temperatures rise to warmer levels with a chance of one or two shower periods later in the period.
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Chicago
Upper
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
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