Unbelievers and armament talk fill weekend commentary
A baccalaureate sermon condemns atheism while Lutherans critique reliance on self pity. Mussolini and Hitler are cited on armament, with England's rearmament shaping EU sentiment. Iowa highway figures show slow progress but a catalyst in Cedar Rapids prompts state-wide road work. Townsend cash flow falls, Townsend illness on hold, and a humorous library call ends with a prison break suspect requesting transport.
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Fred Emerson
Chicago
Emerson
Carfare
Cedar Rapids
State Hospital For
Independence
Fort Madison
Iowa
Truce Ends Lansing Labor Holiday Violence
A UAW cap iron workers truce with Capitol City Wrecking Co ends a Lansing labor holiday that shut down business. Negotiations begin Tuesday at 10 am after the jail release of five pickets and a confrontation with Michigan State students in East Lansing.
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Lansing
Mich
United Automobile Workers
Capitol City Wrecking Company
E. de Witt Rathbun
Rathbun
Lester E. Washburn
UAW
Capitol City Company
Thomas J. Bailey
Michigan State College
East Lansing
Red” Cedar
Robert S. Shaw
The
State College
Capitol Lawn
Washburn
Tax on First Sales To Finance Soil Payments
Rep. Hildebrandt proposed a tax on the first sale of 12 farm commodities to fund soil conservation payments to county associations. Rates include wheat 50 cents a bushel, corn and rye 40 cents, oats and barley 30 cents, hay 5 dollars a ton, cotton tobacco and rice 5 cents a pound, cattle hogs and sheep slaughter 3 cents a pound. Buyers would collect the tax on domestic and imported goods, with beneficiaries limited to 110 percent of their paid taxes.
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Washington
Fred H. Hildebrandt
S. D
Congress
Soil Conservation Associations
Brennan, "Graft" Defendant, Dies
James E. Red Brennan, a defendant in the 1935 Sioux City graft trials, died Monday from streptococci poisoning after months of illness. He had long been involved in liquor and slot machine rackets and faced multiple arrests.
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Sioux City
INS
James E. “Red” Brennan
Truck drivers nabbed for heavy loads by patrol
Atlantic AP state highway patrolman K M Lochner arrested about 40 truck drivers Monday for carrying loads heavier than their licenses permit.
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Atlantic
K. M. Lochner
Jordantown winds of life storm through a humble town
Dr Newton reviews Josephine Johnson’s Jordantown, a tale of a diverse border town buffeted by four winds of desire, necessity, passion, and power. The piece traces hunger, greed, and violence amid a tempest of social forces, ending with a glimmer of love and a hint of spiritual renewal.
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Josephine Johnson
Jordantown
Jesus
Silk Workers Strike Threat Looms in 20 Weeks
In Los Angeles a Hollywood theater manager and a renowned musician were cleared of a criminal assault charge by Patricia Douglas 20 after a studio party for film salesmen a month earlier. Douglas testified in the district attorney’s office that the man accused was not involved and apologized for his involvement.
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Los Angeles
Hollywood
Patricia Douglas
Senators Gillette Borah Press Fresh Blow Against Monopoly
In Washington on Monday Senators William Borah and Guy Gillette urged steps to curb monopoly. Borah backed closing interstate channels to products from firms with child labor or poor wage standards while Gillette called for amending anti trust laws to stop any firm from absorbing a competitor and to end domination of grain terminals and siphoning from farm crops. He cited a trade commission report showing farm income gaps and urged action to narrow the consumer farmer price gap.
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Washington
William E. Borah
Ida
Guy Gillette
Congress
Borah
Gillette
Senate
Trade Commission
Former Kaiser Not Ill Says Doorn Marshal Office
Paris reports claiming the former German ruler fell seriously ill are denied by the court marshal at House Doorn. The statement came Monday to refute rumors circulating in the French press.
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Amsterdam
Paris
House Doorn
Senators unveil new judiciary plan amid court expansion talks
Roosevelt aides discuss a compromise to expand the Supreme Court with age limits and annual appointment caps. Senator Robinson and House Chairman Sumner weigh the measure as the Senate Judiciary Committee prepares an adverse report.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Supreme Court
Capitol Hill
Democratic
Sumners
Texas
House
Judiciary Committee
Robinson
Arkansas
Justice van Devanter
Senate Judiciary Committee
Father of 10 year old killed by dog calls for breed extinction
Dr. Jean Bremond father of Marianne Bremond asks the hospice at a Swiss St Bernard monastery to stop breeding after his daughter was fatally mauled by dogs during a ski trip. He suspended legal action if monks ended the breeding. reports say some dogs were shot or sent away, which monks deny.
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ST. Bernard
Switzerland
Marrianne Bremond
Marianne
Jean Bremond
Nation Will Travel Heat Wave Route To Security
Arthur Baer notes a seven minute eclipse and compares it to congressional shadows on the White House. He suggests heat wave tactics to secure compliance before adjournment, urging opponents to perspire into signing papers. He also notes looming war debts due next Monday and prior years’ obligations.
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Congressional
White House
Auto Over 50 Foot Drop In Indiana
Five Gary residents were badly injured and two likely fatally hurt when their car plunged over a 150 foot embankment on highway 10 near Greeley Indiana. Longino Rivas and the six month old child suffered fractured skulls at Mercy hospital Dubuque. Mrs Rivas crawled to a nearby farm to raise the alarm before collapsing. The group had been visiting Minnesota.
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Gary
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Here
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Mercy Hospital
Dubuque
Amelia Earhart reaches Africa after record eastward Atlantic crossing
Amelia Earhart Putnam lands in St. Louis Senegal aboard her Flying Laboratory after a 1900 mile Atlantic crossing from Natal Brazil in 13 hours 22 minutes. She contemplates the next leg across central Africa and weighs Sahara or coastal routes with Air France bases.
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Africa
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Natal
Brazil
Jean Batten
England
Maryse
Bastie
France
Equator
Air France
Ocean
Central
Sahara Desert
Fort Lamy
Khartoum
Algeria
Miss Earhart
Atlantic
Electra
Montevideo
Fear of Catholic property seizure looms in Nazi crisis
William Shirer notes Berlin fears Hitler may confiscate Catholic property as Goebbels stokes tension after Fulda hospital seizure. Catholic leaders cite the action amid Munich priest arrests and pending reaction to Sunday demonstrations.
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Berlin
Hitler
Propaganda Goebbels
Fulda
Order of Brothers of Mercy
Munich
Ten-year-old Okoboji boy injured after milk truck accident
La Verne Daley, 10, son of Mr and Mrs Jay Daley of Okoboji, suffered serious injuries Monday when he was knocked from a milk truck on Lakeshore road near Arnolds Park.
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LaVerne Daley
Jay Daley
Okoboji
Lakeshore Road
Here
Jean Harlow Dies at 26 in Los Angeles
The platinum blonde film star Jean Harlow died at 1 37 PM CST at Good Samaritan hospital after cerebral edema followed acute uremic poisoning. Dr. Fishbaugh said intensive treatment including transfusions and oxygen were used. Her mother Mrs Jean Bello was at her bedside.
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Jean Harlow
Good Samaritan Hospital
E. C. Fishbaugh
Jean Bello
Harlow
Fewell
William Powell
Miss Harlow
Clas Gable
Morgan Blames Government for Tax Evasion Policy
J P Morgan blamed Congress and the government for lawful tax evasions after returning from England aboard the Queen Mary. He said taxation is a legal issue, not a moral one, and urged Congress to reform the tax law. He added that taxpayers are justified in acting within the law, and that Congress must correct its mistakes.
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Congress
J. P. Morgan
England
Senate
Baseball Scores and Pairings From National League Card
National League results show Pittsburgh and New York split games with tight margins while Chicago and St Louis share matchups in the latest league card. Detroit and Cleveland posted victories as New York and Boston reported close scores amid a busy schedule.
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National League
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New York
Brandt
Bowman
Todd
Gumbert
Mancuse
Probing Strike Interference In Mails Is Demanded
Congressional inquiry into alleged interference with the mails by steel strike leaders was demanded in both houses. Senator N Eat on urged federal troops to protect the mails if needed, while Senator Bridges clashed with Post Office defense. The debate referenced Grover Cleveland and Pullman strikes as precedent. The National Labor Relations Board later expressed sympathy with union demands for a signed agreement.
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Senate
Naneaton
Michigan
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Alben Barkley
Kentucky
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Vandenberg
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Pullman’ Company
National Labor Relations Board
Roosevelt
Roose
House Group OKays Tax Evasion Probe
The House Rules Committee approved a presidential plan for a congressional inquiry into tax dodging while rejecting a Treasury proposal to publish specific tax evasion cases and to hold public hearings. A joint inquiry was authorized with a compromise allowing publication only by vote of the investigative panel.
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House Rules Committee
Roosevelt
Treasury Department
House
William
E. Borah
Idaho
Senate
Senate-House
Borah
Treasury
Joint Investigating Committee
PWA extended two years with $40 million fund boost
Washington report says the House extended the Public Works Administration for two years and approved a $40 million increase in the revolving fund to about $210 million. Approval now moves to the Senate with a July 1 expiry unless acted.
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House
Public Works, Administration
Senate
PWA
Windsor and Windsor Send Gifts to Jardine
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor sent Rev. Robert Anderson Jardine cufflinks worth 100 dollars as thanks for helping marry them. Dudley Forwood visited Wassere leenburg castle from Vienna to discuss finances and future press relations. The couple then wrote 28 hand letters to friends and tended the castle garden with scythes and hoes.
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Noetsch
Austria
Duchess of Windsor
Robert Anderson Jardine
Dudley Forwood
Wassereleenburg Castle
Vienna
Mons
Windsoe
Jury orders hold on driver in Drain death probe
Iowa City AP A Johnson county coroner s jury found Dr Charles L Drain head of the University of Iowa bureau of dental hygiene was killed when his car was struck by O C Sorlien an insurance agent from Mason City The jury said Sorlien drove recklessly and apparently under the influence and should be held for further investigation The death occurred Saturday evening after the collision four miles north of Iowa City on highway 161 Eight witnesses testified including Mrs Mable Holt and Robert Byers 19 of Sloan Ia as key witnesses
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Johnson County
Charles L. Drain
University of Iowa Bureau of Dental Hygiene
O. C. Sorlien
Roscoe, Ayers
Tom Davis
Elmer Anderson
Sorlien
Mason City
Drain
University Hospital
Highway 161
George Callahan
Mable Holt
Robert Byers
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