Broadcasts to be licensed under government order
The piece notes that from next November U S broadcasting firms must obtain annual government licenses to promote international goodwill and cooperation It reflects on how the Federal Communications Commission issues directives and suggests the speech by the President toward Hitler and Mussolini could be reviewed for such licenses The column also mocks labor department cost claims about the South and discusses government price controls on milk and other commodities including potential wider regulation by Congress The piece cites Supreme Court decisions on censorship and civil liberties and ends with Roosevelt Garner politics and the draft Roosevelt movement context
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United States
Federal Communications Commission
Commission
Hitler
Mussolini
Killed In Crash On Wedding Trip Mrs Frances Roth Radford
Frances Radford 34 of Woodward Oklahoma died in a head on crash 30 miles northeast of Woodward while returning from Cedar Rapids where she wed last week. Her husband Frank Radford escaped with minor injuries and helped notify relatives. Frances Roth Radford a Cedar Rapids native and Washington High and Cedar Rapids Business College graduate had worked in Tulsa and Woodward. She leaves parents Louis and Mrs Roth and three sisters and a brother. funeral set for Wednesday in Cedar Rapids with burial in Linwood Cemetery.
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Woodward
Okla
Cedar Rapids
Frances Radford
Louis Roth
Bever Avenue SE
Frank Radford
Oklo
Radford
Akron
Firestone
Arkansas City
Kan
United States Soil Conservation Commission
Tulsa
Frances Tetzlaff
Fred Tetzlaff
Denver
Washington High School
Louis Roth, Jr
United States Navy
Navy
Lake Erie
W. D. Hatch
Miami
Fla
Tom Rattenbury
Mayme E. Roth
Roy Radcbaugh
First Avenue
Colson T. Sleight
Fifth Avenue
Claude C. Roth
Bever Avenue
Mation H. Williams
First Christian Church
Turner Chapel
Linwood Cemetery
Witnesses From 17 States Called In Main Trial
Federal court in Houston gathered fifty eight witnesses from 17 states to testify in the Willard F. Main conspiracy case. The charges allege use of the mails to defraud in promoting coin vending machines. The indictment cites false pretenses including 120 percent money back guarantees, promised retrurns, exclusive territory, and credit sales tied to cash purchases.
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Houston
Tex
Federal District Court
Willard F. Main
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Douglas McGregor
George John
Clarence Kendall
Main
Jane E
Coe Goals 2 Million Drive For Ten Years
Coe college plans a ten year, 2 million dollar campaign to fund a liberal arts building, remodel aging structures, beautify the campus, curb operating deficits, and expand scholarships. President H M Gage spoke at Sinclair Memorial hall outlining alumni and Cedar Rapids citizens as majors supporters and noting a 1940 completion of an alumni appeal. Details to follow.
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Cedar Shauids
Coe College
H. M Gage
Sinclair Memorial Hall
Gage
Cedar Rapids
Coe
House Refuses Wage Amendment Vote in Congress
In a surprise move the House on Monday rejected amendments to liberalize the wage hours act by 67 to 110. The decision appears to sidetrack the legislation for this session of Congress.
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Washington
INS
House
Congress
FTC Blames Car Makers For Unfair Dealer Deals
The Federal Trade Commission accuses General Motors Chrysler and Ford of imposing unfair trade conditions on dealers and aiding finance firms to defraud buyers with exorbitant charges. It urges itemized invoices and removal of transportation markups, calling these practices unjustifiable impositions on consumers.
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Washington
INS
Congress
Federal Trade Commission
General Motors Corporation
Chrysler Corporation
Ford Motor Company
Chamberlain answers in Commons on Thetis sinking
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain told MPs that the submarine Thetis sank after two forward compartments flooded through a bow torpedo tube. He denied the vessel was overloaded and defended declaring a full public inquiry beyond a secret Admiralty probe. Johnson of Cammell Laird echoed the water-entry cause.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Liverpool
R. S Johnson
Cammel Laird, Ltd
Chamberlain
J. J Davidson
Laborite
Johnson
Rittenmeyer Hurt in Highway 74 Crash with Cable Truck
Frank W. Rittenmeyer 57 of 631 Twenty third Street SE suffered chest injuries and a facial cut when his car collided with a cable truck driven by Hilbert Dice of Tipton on highway 74 north of Bennett. Mrs Agnes Kubasa 49 and her daughter Mary Ann 14 riding with him also injured. All three taken to St. Lukes Hospital. Mary Ann released after treatment for bruises. Dice uninjured. Rittenmeyer car badly damaged.
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Cedar Namds News
Frank W. Rittenmeyer
Twenty-third Street
Hilbert Dice
Tipton
Bennett
Agnes Kubasa
Thirty-first Street
Mary Ann
Rittenmeyer
St. Lukes Hospital
Mr. Rittenmeyer
Broadcasters challenge FCC limit on international program content
The National Association of Broadcasters urged the FCC to drop a new regulation effective Nov. 1 that would require international stations to air programs promoting goodwill and cooperation. President Neville Miller argued the rule infringes free speech and U.S. policy, calling for hearings for fourteen stations and testimony on the policy. The FCC announced license renewals and renewed scrutiny from Congress over the measure.
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Washington
National Association of Broadcasters
Federal Communications Commission
Frank R McNineh
FCC
Neville Miller
The
Broadcasters’ Association
Miller
Latin America
Inter National Broadcasters
Congress
McLeod
Mich
House
Roosevelt
Frank Baldwin Reappointed Cedar Rapids Postmaster
Frank B. Baldwin Cedar Rapids postmaster since January 18 1935 was renominated Monday by President Roosevelt. He has served as a holdover since January 18 1939 when his commission expired at the end of the four year term. His nomination has been sent to the Senate for confirmation.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank B. Baldwin
Roosevelt
INS
Senate
Camp Good Health Fund aids Cedar Rapids boys
A plea from Cedar Rapids for donations to the Camp Good Health Fund to feed and care for two physically handicapped boys, Jimmy and Jack, after their mother’s death. The campaign highlights community support from Local Union 18619 workers and St James church volunteers, with camp setup underway and first admissions planned next week. Donations to The Gazette Camp Good Health Fund are welcomed.
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Jimmy
Jack
Camp Good Health
The
Public Health Nursing Association
Cedar Rasids
Camp Good Health Fund
Union 18619
Penick and Ford, Ltd. Inc
St. James Church
Henry Roth
Frank Grothe
Harley Wilson
John Burge
A. G. Charter
Ray Gosner
Frank Dulin
Earl Farley
C. E. Gill
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Planned Economy Critique at Coe Commencement
Senator Edward Ro Burke of Nebraska warned 117 Coe College graduates of a looming shift toward production for use over profit, urging leaders to prove that an economy can be profit driven yet free of greed. He urged citizens to remain devoted to individual freedom as the Constitution’s founders intended. The address was followed by honorary degrees for Burke and Mabel Lee.
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Cedar
Uaplis News
Edward Ro Burke
Nebraska
Coe College
Sinclair Memorial Chapel
Nebraska Democrat
New Deal
United States
Burke
Coe Arthur Poe
Board of Trustees
Mabel Lee
Coe
University of Nebraska
George W Bryant
S W. Stookey
Senator Burke
Alice Page
Lee
Anna Tamarri
Anna M. Tamarri
Highwood
Ill
Elizabeth Ann Coe
Davenport
Phyllis Bixler
Clarence
Mary Virginia Pooley
Greene
Edwin J. Hembera
Martha Leksa
Virginia Gae Stevens
Merwin Woodward
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Cum Laude Graduates Were Rachel Austin, Althea Daleske
Decilda Elwood
Jane Huston
Marion Bailey
Elkader
Cleo C Byers
West Branch
R. Aviel Cross
Waterloo
Edith Lockwood
Marion
John P. Mansfield
Ogden
Irenne Marie Teets
Milledgeville
Arthur F Vetter
Calamus
H. M. Gage
Coc
Do Not Be Angry With Me Brother a Gift of Kindness
Dr Newton reflects on Tolstoy and Galsworthy to explore human pity and self interest. A beggar’s plea and a girl’s reaction reveal how true care arises when pride yields to generosity. The story contrasts fakery with genuine compassion and questions our inner focus on self.
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Tolsto
Galsworthy
Tols‘toi
From Now On We ll Get Old Gracefully And Minus Rebates
Arthur Bugs Baer riffs on the Townsend plan and congressional votes with sharp punchlines. The piece lampoons cost estimates, debates, and the unbuilt plan as it parodies a score of 302 to 97 and a misfit metaphor about mortar in blueprints.
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Arthur
Bugs Baer
Townsend
Congress
Boss Pendergast Suffers Serious Heart Attack in Prison
Thomas J Pendergast, the former Kansas City political boss, has suffered a rather serious heart attack at Leavenworth federal prison where he is serving 15 months for income tax invasion. He is in dangerous condition and was transferred to the prison hospital after the Sunday incident. No further details were available.
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Washington
Thomas J Pendergast
Kansas City
Leavenworth Federal Prison
Pendergast
Jewish Refugees Off Florida Coast on St Louis
More than 900 German Jewish refugees aboard the liner St Louis drifted along the Florida coast for a fourth day. Cuban authorities signaled willingness to consider a temporary haven proposal, while Miami authorities investigated unconfirmed reports of a dock. Coast guards watched the vessel as Hamburg American lines and Havana officials clarified positions.
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Bulletin
Havana
INS
St. Louis
Miami
Fla
New World
Germany
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Third Street
Miami Beach
Wilhelm Schroeker
St .Louis
Coast Guard
Schroeker
Havana Harbor
Federico Laredo Bru
Hamburg
High Tribunal Lets Milk Price Controls Stand
The Supreme Court, in a 5 to 4 ruling, upheld the Roosevelt administration’s plan to stabilize the milk industry by fixing minimum prices and equalizing payments to producers. In a separate decision, it found Jersey City’s ban on public meetings unconstitutional, ruling authorities cannot block CIO gatherings in streets or parks to prevent unrest.
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Supreme Court
High Court
New York
Congress
Black
Douglas
Roosevelt
Washington
Frank Hegue
Jersey City
CIO
Director of Public Safety
Hague
McReynolds
Butler
Frankfurter
Douglis
Roberts
Stone
Reed
Hughes
Pruly
Federal Circuit Court
Philadelphia
Boston
McReynolds Butler
Federal District Court
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
New York City
Miss Reynolds Butler
Justice Reed
Burke backs Garner for 1940 presidency
Senator Edward R Burke of Nebraska praised Vice President John Nance Garner as best suited to lead the nation, saying Garner has broad support in Congress and common sense. Burke, labeling himself a progressive conservative, argued for a leadership shift next term and endorsed Garner wholeheartedly.
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Cedar Rapidy News
Edward R Burke
Nebraska
Coe College
John Nance Garnter
Garner
Lam
Congress
Burke
Clear And Warm Weather Continues In Cedar Rapids
Clear skies dominated Cedar Rapids with rising temperatures. The day reached a high near 84 degrees by mid or afternoon, then cooled to the 60s by midnight. A lower morning reading hovered around the upper 50s. Weather details reflect typical spring warmth in the region.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers-Inskeep
Res
Aim
Ea Tay
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Department of Labor
Dixie
Labor Department
Ballyhoo
Nother
Frank Hague
Norman Thomas
Guedays
Jack Garner
Raymond Schwartz
Texas
Frances Roth Radford
Oklahoma
W. F. Main
Thetis
F. W. Rittenmeyer
Frank Baldwin
Westminster Church
Raps
Dr. Josliie Vort Nlason
DR. Newton
Boss Pendergast
Tub
Sen. Burke
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