Justice Department Purge Undercuts Key Posts
Washington observes a sweeping shakeup at the Department of Justice as only a few top positions will remain filled by current occupants after 30 days. Attorney General Murphy reshapes staff with replacements from Three sources including Justice Douglas and White House legal aides, amid a broad purge tied to reform.
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Justice Department
Frank Murphy
Sam Whitaker
Reten
Joe Keenan
Cummings
James W. Morris
Iin
Brien McMahan
Douglas ‘Corkoran
John Rogge
Carl McFarland
Norman Tittel
R Rosevelt
Carusi
Mennen Williams
Murphy's Guberna
Murphy
St. Francis
Supreme Court
Bill Douglas
White House
Crusader types favored in new justice department say prosecutors loom
The article names Tommy Corcoran and Murphys list of associates noting Dewey as a possible Republican nominee. It highlights David Schenker as Corcorans top pick for criminal division and points to his role in the Pecora and anti monopoly probes. Rogge received the appointment instead.
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Coster-Musica
Whitney
Dewey
Corcoran
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Investment Trust
Pecora
Schenker
Criminal Division
Murphy
Rogge
Douglas
Garner Brains Behind 1940 Plan Quietly Driving Bid
The Garner for 1940 effort blends political amateurs with sharp seasoned minds led by Vice President hopefuls. Texas power brokers Rayburn Hatton-Sumners and Jesse Jones loom as eventual supporters while Thurman Arnold pushes civil suit penalties under anti-trust law. A senator notes the President’s mark on the court with Frankfurter Douglas Reed and possible Black involvement lingered as a possibility.
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Rayburn
Hatton Sumners
Jesse Jones
Lone Star
Supreme Court
Frankfurter
Douglas
Reed
Black
Candid Camera Adds Two Leading Women
Candid Camera Productions adds two more young women to its Cedar Rapids stage lineup. Mildred Kalik of 1218 Seventh Street SE and Hazel Mangold of Coggon parade as new leading ladies. Members submit 25 cents to The Gazette to join, with publication offering featured star status and enlargements for framed keepsakes.
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Cedar Rapids
Mildred Kalik
Seventh Street SE
Hazel Mangold
Coggon
The
Gazette
Haegg awarded curb and gutter contract by city council
A contract for curb and gutter, not sanitary sewers, was awarded to Haegg Construction by the city council on a bid of $7,066.50. Work includes C streets SW from 16th Ave to 22nd Ave, Tenth St SE from 12th to 14th Ave, and 14th Ave SE from 10th to 11th St.
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Haegg Construction Company
K Street
Sixteenth Avenue
Twenty-second Avenue
Tenth Street
Twelfth
Fourteenth Avenue
Tenth
Eleventh Streets
School Board Finance Committee To Select Accountants For Audit
The finance committee will select accountants to audit the school district books under the optional audit law. The board also approved a $3,100.50 bill for grading Franklin school athletic field and authorized a $26,800 summer maintenance plan. The Czech school board may hold classes June 19 to July 21 in Hayes school rooms. The secretary was told to ask Witwer Grocer to keep trucks off Grant school grounds.
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Hayes
Kutchera Sodding and Fuel Company
Franklin School
Joseph Suma
Witwer Grocer Company
Grant School
School Cafeterias Shift to Per Diem Pay Basis
cafeterias were placed on a per diem pay basis beginning September 1 moving away from previous salaried or contract structures. This change affects payment for meals preparation and related duties across school sites.
Federal Reserve reports record deposits in member banks
The Federal Reserve Board announced deposits in member banks reached a peak of 16.7 billion dollars, the highest on record, surpassing the 1936 high by about one billion. Loan and investment activity fell to near low levels, with steel and auto sectors stagnating. Wage standards remained steady since 1937, livestock and dairy prices hit multi year lows, while wheat prices stayed flat domestically due to export subsidies and loan programs.
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Washington
Board of Governors
Federal Reserve System
Steel and Automobile
Chicago
How Family of 5 Can Eat Well On $12 a Week
The plan aims to feed two adults and three children with a balanced diet for about 12 dollars weekly. Menus and recipes cover daily meals ensuring calories protein and essential minerals to maintain energy and health.
Menus for Wednesday From Stewed Prunes to Iced Tea
The listing details a Wednesday menu including stewed prunes and apricots, hot muffins, bacon, coffee for adults, milk for children, tongue sandwiches, cole slaw, baked macaroni and cheese, buttered lima beans, tomato and cucumber salad, bread and butter, canned plums, iced tea for adults, and a daily milk allowance of eight quarts. It specifies portion sizes and ingredients for each dish.
Daily dairy rations and 1938 aviation stats summary
The note outlines daily dairy allowances for fresh milk butter and evaporated milk plus a suggested contact for Meta Given booklets and the Community Nutrition Service dial 5515. It also cites Civil Aeronautics Authority figures for 1938: 10 000 certified planes and 1 159 uncertified planes with under 300 commercial airlines.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Community Nutrition Service
Dial
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Barrymore Returns to Stage After Illness in Chicago
John Barrymore came back to the stage in Chicago after nearly a week in bed and delivered a lively performance despite his illness.
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Chicago
John Barrymore
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