Plan of Parley 16 Backed by Roosevelt Supporters
Raymond M. Schwartz publicist and secretary for an all party progressive coalition announced the plan for a June 28 to 30 conference drawing about 1,000 leaders from 35 states. He stressed no third party will be created and that the movement aims to bolster Roosevelt in 1940, with Garner forces possibly backing any split. Garner has not spoken publicly, believing a statement could embarrass Roosevelt.
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New York
Raymond M. Schwartz
John N. Garner
Roosevel
Democratic Party
Roosevelt
Dallas
Tex
E. B. Germany
Texas Democratic Executive Committee
Garner
Ickes
Albuquerque
N. M
Garner seeks 1940 nomination. New Dealers adopt wait-and-see stance
Washington reports Vice President Garner may run in 1940. Democratic backers say no decision from President yet, so discussion on other candidates is premature. Garner supporters plan active delegate campaigns in state primaries and conventions next year. his name likely appears in 12 primary states.
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Washington
Garner
Britain quietly mobilizes forces for emergency call up
London reports a staged mobilization raising potential armed strength to about 900,000 by late summer. Army reservists train in two batches from June 15 and August 15 for up to three months while a conscript 20 to 21 year old class begins six months service. About 200,000 prospects fit for active duty, with 40,000 to 50,000 due July 15. Territorial strength nears 430,000 as regulars total around 190,000 and reserves 140,000. All reserves and territorials may be called up at short notice.
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London
Great Britain
War Office
Territorials
Home Guard
India
Coe College Announces Scholarship Prizes and Awards
Scholarships and numerous prizes awarded at Coe College graduation exercises itemize winners by prize name and recipient including Knox prize Dora Jane Hamblin for top freshman-sophomore rank, Bauder and Eder for Bever oratorical prizes, Bauder for Murray Fuller prize, and many discipline specific honors across Alpha Gamma Delta Alpha Xi Delta Chi Omega and other societies plus department honors in music art journalism and physical education with recipients from Cedar Rapids Bedford Freeport and other communities.
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Coe
Knox
T. M. Sinclair
James Knox
Dora Jane Hamblin
Bedford
Cedar Rapids
Frank E. Bauder
West Union
Barbara Jean Eder
Freeport
Ill
Murray-Fuller
Alpha Gamma Delta
Patricia Salter
Alpha Lambda Delta
National
Elizabeth Ann Coe
Davenport
Alpha Xi Delta
Richard Wubacek
Russell E. Jones
Sac City
Eugene LeClerc
Manchester
Lois McCaleb
Vinton
George Masterson
Chicago
Evelyn 1
Parman
Omaha
Lorraine Rawlings
Council Bluffs
John R Schwenke
Sigourney
Kathryn Show
Newton
J. Donald Weimer
Adele L. Weymouth
Rockford
Lois E. Harris
Carrie L. Mack
Marbelle V. Fuller
Chi Omega Sorority
Ruth Kirkpatrick
Keota Courtney
S. G Courtney
Courtney
Alfred F. Sammet
Crawford
George E Crawford
Coe College
Martha F Leksa
DeElda Elwood
Crescent
Keota
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Wilfreda Hauser
Betty Jane Levien
Wyoming
Erskine
A. W Erskine
Milford Mills
Arthur W. Erskine
Department of Physics
Arthur F Vetter
Calamus
Hanson
Marion C. Hanson
Ruth Hanson
Pasadena
Calif
Department of Physical Education
Vernan Hanold
Preston Kappa Delta Sorority
Department of Speech
Marion E. Bailey
Elkader
Knolk
Carol Jones Knolk
San Antonio
Texas
Nancy Jane Lower
Oak Park
Physical Education Department
Frank Scheible
Mulsow
F W. Mulsow
Robert W. Baker
Carl Schurz
Goethe
Barbara Selzer
Homestead Phi Sigma Tata
Kathryn H Engle
Mary Virginia Pooley
Greene
Anna M. Tamarrn
Highwood
Planned Economy Criticized In Senate Speech
A senator denounced a planned economy as an expansion of government that would threaten individual freedom. He warned that total government costs already exceed national wealth and that funding such a system would require heavy debt, risking repudiation and collapse. He urged thrift and caution over massive expansion.
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Republic
Commencement address extols self reliance over government
Senator Burke urges restraint in government aid and warns it weakens initiative and democracy. He lauds Christian colleges and church backing as social capital, and counsels graduates to face New Frontiers with courage. The program was led by Dr. Ben H. Peterson with the procession and diploma awards.
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Presbyterian Church
Christian Church
Burke
Christian Colleges of America
Ben H. Peterson
Choi
Gage
Alfred Nickless
First Presbyteriary Church of
Davenport
Senator Burke
Coe Faccult
Alfred W. Meyer
Eleanor Taylor
Paul Schumann Ray
Income Tax Returns Rise In 1937 With 12 Cities Leading
Treasury data show 12 leading cities filing 30 percent of all individual income tax returns for 1937, totaling 1,975,943 of 6,398,541 nationwide. New York topped with 715,244 returns, followed by Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Cleveland, Baltimore, Milwaukee, and Boston, with state and other cities bringing the rest.
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Washington
Treasury
New York
Chicago
Cook County
Detroit
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Cleveland
Baltimore
Milwaukee
Boston
Iowa
Des Moines
1938 Airline Mileage and Fatality Trends
In 1938 domestic airlines expanded aircraft mileage by 3 percent and passenger mileage by 18 percent while fatalities fell by 33 percent, indicating improved safety amid growth.
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Boom
Garner Sileht
Britain
Poor PA
Claude Callan
Ben
Mississippi River
Pacific Ocean
Willie Willis
Malis S
Natises Memody
Pelly
Stetetel
Frigidaire
Proof Sells
General Motors
Checker
General Motors Frigidaire
First Street
America
Ralph Guldahl
Bob Hamilton
Bob
Ralph
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