Roosevelt limits on PWA funds for private utilities debated
Washington AP reports Senate Majority Leader Barkley says President Roosevelt would not allocate PWA funds to build public utility plants competing with private systems unless private utilities first offer to sell at a reasonable price. Debate centered on a proposed amendment to restrict PWA allocations and extend relief spending.
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Washington
Barkley
Senate
Roosevelt
Senate Appropriations Committee
PWA
Bankhead
House
Rayburn
Appropriations Committee
Public Works
Wanted 9 Coupes 1936 Ford V-8 Deluxe Coupe Ad
Inga B Tapper reports that 10 calls followed a Gazette Want Ad offering a 1936 Ford V-8 deluxe coupe. One buyer emerged. nine potential buyers remain watching for another coupe for sale. Dial 2-1121 to place your for sale ad.
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Inga B. Tapper
Forest Drive
Gazette
the Gazette
Russia Drops Objection To Spanish Plan
London reports Soviet Russia withdrew objections to Britain's plan for evacuation of foreign volunteers in the Spanish civil war. Britain seeks peaceful settlement with possible talks between Barcelona and Burgos reps as Neville Chamberlain orders renewed diplomacy across Spain Czechoslovakia Germany and France to safeguard peace.
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London
Great Britain
Russia
Britain
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Neville Chamberlain
Spain
France
Europe
Barcelona
Burgos
Convicted man nabbed after bank threat in Buffalo
Police seized a former convict amid a threat to blow up a downtown bank unless paid $10,000. Detective Sergeant Thomas G McGreevy reported two sticks of dynamite and a bottle with an unidentified fluid on Dino de Else, 32, whose Huntsville Texas penitentiary discharge was found.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Thomas G McGreevy
McGreevy
Dino de Else
Huntsville
Tex
Treasury plans no new borrowing in June 15 operation
Secretary Morgenthau said the treasury will borrow no new money in June 15 financing, replacing maturing securities instead. He noted a $1.4 billion gold desterilization credit reduces immediate need, though future spending may require about $2 billion in borrowing. He also said $618 million in notes maturing June 15 will be exchanged for new securities and announced a plan to cut short term bills from $1.5 billion to $1.3 billion by August 31.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Treasury
City to gain 10993 for highway work in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids City Council unanimously approved a contract with the state highway commission yielding 10,993.50 this year instead of the usual 3,993.50. A 7,000 grant carries strings to repair streets where street car tracks will be removed, with resurfacing planned on First to B avenues in Tenth street NW and First avenue paving from First street E to First.
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Cedar Rapids
State Highway Commission
First
B Avenues
Tenth Street NW
Tenth
Eighteenth Streets
B Avenue NW
First Avenue
First Street E
Kaufman Estate Tax Paid on Cedar Rapids Heirloom
In Des Moines Iowa State Treasurer Leo J Wegman reported an inheritance tax of 2254 dollars was paid on a 22547 dollar taxable estate belonging to the late A S Kaufman of Cedar Rapids.
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Des Moines, In
INS
A. S. Kaufman
Cedar. Rapids
Leo J. Wegman
Japan agrees to most restitution demands in China
Washington reports Japan will return American property including Shanghai mission assets and permit the return of missionaries to Nanking. An interdepartmental committee will visit central China to assess occupancy and negotiate satisfactory adjustments for American owners. Consul Frank Lockhart confirms passes issued for Americans to resume posts in Nanking.
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Shanghai
Southern Baptist Mission
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Nanking
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Tokio
Foreign Office
University of Shanghai
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S. E. Conybeare Dies Former Cedar Rapids Resident
Samuel Eugene Conybeare 53 general manager of Armstrong Cork companys industrial division Lancaster Pa died at Lancaster after a three week illness Born Oct 22 1884 in Chicago son of late Dr Samuel Conybeare former Central Park Presbyterian pastor He moved to Cedar Rapids in 1902 and graduated from Coe College in 1906 Also pursued graduate work at the University of Chicago The obituary notes his early journalism work during Coe College days
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Cedar Rapids
Samuel Eugene Conybeare
Armstrong Cork Company
Lancaster
Mr. Conybeare
Chicago
Samuel Conybeare
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Coe College
Chicago University
Coe
Conybeare
Pons and Kostelanetz Wed in Norwalk Marriage
Opera star Lily Pons and conductor Andre Kostelanetz wed in Norwalk after obtaining a license. They went to Probate Judge Louis Goldschmidt who waived the five day wait to allow immediate marriage. Pons said she was 33 and Kostelanetz three years older.
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Norwalk
Conn
Lily Pons
Andre Kostelanetz
Silvermine
Louis Goldschmidt
Connecticut
Kostelanetz
Indict Mrs LeGare On Kidnapping Count
Lockport New York report states Anna LeGare 41 former North Tonawanda tearoom operator was indicted on a kidnapping charge tied to the disappearance of 4 year old Betty Jane Hobbs. The indictment was handed down late Thursday by a county grand jury.
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Lockport
N. Y
Anna LeGare
North Tonawanda
Betty Jane Hobbs
Six Miners Dead and Six Hurt in Underground Blast
Six miners were killed and six injured in an anthracite mine explosion a mile underground in Pittston Pennsylvania. Two men were reported missing after the blast.
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Pittston
Great Things Are Done When Men and Mountains Meet
The essay urges that Everest challenges are not merely physical but spiritual. It argues people seek liberation of the soul by confronting mountains, imagining conquest of the inner self beyond mere data gathered from flights over peaks. Dr. Newton reflects on mountains as inner thresholds guiding humility and exaltation.
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William Blake
Everest
Sinai
Olivet
FCC Commissioner cites doctored records and lobby influence
FCC Commissioner George Henry Payne testified before the House Rules Committee about doctored FCC records and alleged excessive lobby influence by chain broadcasting firms. The panel planned a congressional probe into monopolistic radio practices and FCC activities, with Payne ordered to return in a closed session to name names.
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Washington
INS
Federal Communications Commission
Commission
House Rules Committee
FCC
George Henry Payne
Payne
Two Democrats Compete For Senate In Iowa Battle
In Iowa Des Moines Otha Wearin fights to win the Democratic senatorial nomination with campaign stops across Davenport Clinton Dubuque and Town City while incumbent Guy M Gillette backs his renomination after a favorable meeting with Governor Kraschel.
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Des Moines
Otha D. Wearin
Iowa
Mississippi River
Davenport
Clinton
Dubuque
Town City
Louis J Murphy
Guy M. Gillette
Murphy
Kraschel
Open Drive To Ban Ransom Payments
A bipartisan Senate push seeks to make ransom payments illegal. Senators Ashurst of Arizona and Capper of Kansas sponsor similar bills arguing that outlawing payments would curb kidnappings and reduce incentives for large demands.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Congress
Ashurst
Arizona
Senate Judiciary Committee
Capper
Kansas
Hopeful Council Plans PWA Pool Bid For Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids leaders pressed ahead with a PWA pool plan despite low optimism. City Engineer Frank Young to draft a Washington DC sketch for grant consideration while Mayor Hahn orders a prompt application. The council seeks at least one pool, leveraging existing PWA sketches for two possible sites.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank Young
Washington, D. C
PWA
Frank K. Hahn
Ed Stefan
Stefan
Hoover Takes Reins in Gash Kidnap Search
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover arrived in Florida to command the hunt for five year old Jimmy Cash. He flew to Miami with Clyde Tolson and may stay several days as authorities pursue leads and questioned suspects. Reports of a ransom case have intensified the search despite heavy rain.
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Hoover
Princeton
Fla
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Florida
Jimmy Cash
Miami
Clyde Tolson
FBI
House panel approves Walsh bill on NLRB compliance
Washington The House Judiciary Committee approved the Walsh bill requiring government contractors with contracts of 2000 or more to comply with National Labor Relations Board orders or face blacklist. The action followed a secret session and targets all federal contracts above the threshold.
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Washington
INS
House Judiciary Committee
Walsh
National Labor Relations Board
Camp Good Health aids 79 children. 36 still need support
Seventy nine physically handicapped Cedar Rapids children from needy homes are guaranteed at least three weeks at Camp Good Health. However thirty six remain without provision and some of the 115 initially recommended need longer camps. Pearl, weak and undernourished, shows the ongoing struggle of families with limited funds. Public Health nurses hope to improve her strength this summer. Donations support the Camp Good Health Fund at The Gazette Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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Cedar Rapids
Public Health Nursing Association
Pearl
Camp Good Health
Camp Good Health Fund
The
Gazette
the Gazette
Iowa
Convict Woman Land Baron on Slaying Count
Detroit news reports Mrs Julian Barker convicted of manslaughter in the January shooting death of her longtime friend Mrs Edith Cummings near Belleville in a land dispute. Jury of four men and eight women returned the verdict after deliberation. Judge Ira Jayne said sentencing would occur within a week, with potential imprisonment up to 18 years.
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Detroit
Julian Barker
Edith Mae Cummings
Barker
Kentucky
Private Experts Forecast Record U S Wheat Crop
Chicago based private crop experts forecast the 1938 U S wheat harvest at a record 1 077 000 000 bushels, up from 1 009 000 000 in 1915. They project winter wheat at 810 000 000, near the 1938 winter peak, with spring wheat at 267 000 000, boosted from 1937 and the 1928 32 average.
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Chicago
United States
Roosevelt Urges Broad Learning for Naval Graduates
President Roosevelt told Annapolis graduating midshipmen to study modern civilization along with naval training. He recalled Theodore Roosevelt on a conservation bill defeat and joked about a constitutional amendment requiring visiting all 48 states. He also reflected on his own wartime service record.
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Annapolis
Roosevelt
Naval Academy
Navy
Theodore Roosevelt
Congress
Teddy Roosevelt
Union
Academy
Mercury Presses To Summer Heat In Cedar Rapids
Temperatures jumped to summer levels in Cedar Rapids as the day warmed from 58 at 6 a.m. to 76 by 10 a.m. and 81 by 2 30 p.m under a fair sky. The prior day reached 76 at 3 p.m. with 73 at 7 p.m. and 62 at midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Oil Firms Fined in Midwest Gas Margin Case
Federal Judge Patrick T. Stone fined thirteen major oil companies and eleven officials $360,000 and $25,000 costs after pleas of nolo contendere. Eight firms and officers, facing trial Sept. 26, refuse pleas. Names include Socony-Vacuum, Standard Oil of Indiana, Shell, Phillips, Ohio Oil, and Globe Oil successors.
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Madison Wis
Patrick T. Stone
Midwest
Stone
Madison
Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., Inc
Charles E. Arnott
Wadhams Oil Co
A G. Maguire
Milwaukee
Standard Oil Co
Indiana
Amos Ball
Chicago
Cities Service Co
Empire Oil and Refining Co
Harry D Frucauff
Tulsa, Okla
Cities Service Oil Co
Continental Oil Co
Edward Ikharstedt
Denver
Pure Oil Co
G. C. Morris
Shell Petroleum Corp
Alexander Fraser
St. Louis
Sinclair Refining Co
J. W. Carnes
New York City
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp
Robert W. Mec-Dowell
Tulsa
Phillips Petroleum Co
Frank Phillips
Bartlesville
China and Russia Sign Pact in Moscow Deal
A Riga dispatch in the Daily Mail reports that China and Russia signed a pact in Moscow. Russia would provide additional aid to China in exchange for exclusive Russian privileges in China.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Riga
China
Russia
Moscow
Spending Lending Is The Three Plums On U S Slot Machine
A 1938 column by Arthur Bugs Baer lampoons stimulus spending and lending debates as a slot machine jackpot of paternal prodigality. The mock prose links government borrowing to waste, likening it to burning candles and spreading jam on toast as a single bread.
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U. S
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