Senate condemns bombing while world battles inaction
The column notes the U S Senate passed a resolution condemning the bombing of civilians but avoids naming Japan or Franco forces to respect neutrality laws. It contrasts beheading sentences in Manila with Western restraint and questions who profits from persistent barbarism. It cites Kraschel’s prosecution saga and a labor faction rebuke in Council Bluffs. It ends with WPA art debates and Gallup polling on spending.
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United States Senate
Japan
Spain
Manila
P. I
Fregallup
Congress
Roosevelt
Gallup
House
Senate
Asks Hague Be Held In Contempt
In Newark New Jersey Morris L Ernst counsel for CIO and ACLU in the free speech suit against Mayor Hague asks the judge to hold Hague in contempt for an out of court statement to reporters after leaving the stand The court will consider affidavits on Tuesday while Judge Clark outlines contempt procedures and the potential impact on the case.
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Newark
N. J
Morris L. Ernst
CIO
American Civil Liberties Union
Frank Hague
Jersey City
William Clark
Hague
Ernst
Hensmen
New York
Clark
Jersey City Mayor Labels Bridges an Unwanted Communist
Newark New Jersey Mayor Frank Hague testified in a free speech trial that he studied radical leaders based on nationwide reports about CIO clashes and civil liberties. He described Harry Bridges, Pacific coast maritime union leader, as an undesirable communist not to be tolerated in Jersey City. Evidence cited included newspaper articles pamphlets and books.
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Newark
N. J
INS
Frank Hague
Jersey City
CIO
Hague
Harry Bridges
Pacific Coast
John A. Matthews
Bank Bandits May Have Stolen Car At North Liberty
Cedar Rapids reports a car matching the North English robbers description with Illinois plates was stolen Thursday night at North Liberty and later abandoned in Iowa City. Sheriff says it headed east on Highway 149 toward Iowa City as suspects diverted onto a dirt road. The North English bank was robbed at noon yielding $905.
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Cedar Rapids
Third Avenue SE
Homestead
North English
Illinois
North Liberty
Highway Patrol
Iowa City
Highway 149
Highway 6
North English Bank
Life saver dies at 95 in Madison Wisconsin
Captain Thomas Isabel longtime UW boat house chief credited with saving more than 600 lives on Lake Mendota died Friday at age 95 in Madison Wisconsin.
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Madison, Wis
Thomas Isabel
University of Wisconsin Boathouse
Lake Mente
Kraschel censured by Iowa labor group at stormy convention
The Iowa Federation of Labor passed a harsh resolution criticizing Gov. Nelson G. Kraschel for employing nonunion workers on the state payroll. The 62 to 30 vote followed a personal appeal by Kraschel during his address. A milder, unnamed resolution failed. Copies were ordered to local unions. The governor defended his staffing, citing a preexisting employee and a soldiers' preference act. Opponents argued there was more than one nonunion worker at the statehouse and accused Kraschel of breaking a pre election promise.
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Nels
Council Bluffs
Iowa Federation of Labor
Nelson G. Kraschel
A. A. Couch
Des Moines
Resolutions Committee
Kraschel
Statehouse
B. E. Syester
The
Electricians’ Union
Leo Quinn
Syester
Couch
Roy Standard
Burlington Central Labor Union
Burlington
Cedar Rapids Seeks State Rebuild of Bad Highway Paving
Cedar Rapids city council adopted a resolution Friday to request the state highway commission repave six street sections including U S 151 and U S 30 corridors. The plan, under a new law, allows reconstruction within city limits and would be considered for next year’s appropriation if approved. City Engineer Frank Young listed projects on several state and U S routes for commission review.
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Cedar Rapids
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Frank Young
First Avenue
Tenth
Twentieth
Center Point Road
First
Tenth Street
Mount Vernon Avenue
11Th Avenue
Fifteenth Street
C Street
Thirteenth
Sixteenth Avenues
Fifteenth Streets
Twenty-first Avenues
Cedar Rapids Sees Mild Sunny Spell With Rising Temps
Cedar Rapids enjoyed bright sunshine and pleasant temperatures for a second day. The day began at 57 degrees at 6 am, rose to 70 at 10 am, and reached 78 by 2 30 pm. Thursday peaked at 74 between 3 and 4 pm with 66 by 7 pm and 58 at midnight according to Chambers Inskeep records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
FDR Attends Sun's Wedding Amid Travel Turmoil
President Roosevelt completed his trip to attend the wedding of his youngest son John to Anne Lindsay Clark in Salem Massachusetts. Train schedules were disrupted as secret service and police coordinated the President and wedding party while the Potomac docked near Nahant for pre nuptial festivities. Crowds gathered at Salem station as the President arrived to join the ceremony preparations.
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Salem
Mass
INS
Congress
Roosevelt
John
Anne Lindsay Clark
Secret Service
Potomac
Nahant
Salem Railroad Station
Roosevelt bows out of John Roosevelt Anne Lind wedding
New York AP reports President Theodore Roosevelt will not attend the Nahant wedding of John Roosevelt and Anne Lind say Clark. Other Roosevelts invited are Kermit Roosevelt and Mrs Edith Roosevelt, who also will not attend due to business age and health. The president leaves Washington after adjournment of Congress and will join the Potomac for plans surrounding the ceremony and pre wedding events with about thirty guests aboard the yacht and at a country club dance.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
John Roosevelt
Anne Lindsay Clark
Nahant
Kermit Roosevelt
Edith Roosevelt
Kermits
Roosevelt
Harvard
Residence Fire Well Under Way When Discovered
A basement blaze at 348 Seventh Avenue SW spread through walls and into the second story of W. R. Fair's house. Fire Chief E P Kohout said defective wiring likely started the fire. The Fairs were away at a lodge meeting. no injuries or casualties among firefighters.
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Cedar Rounds News
E. P. Kohout
W. R. Fair
Seventh Avenue
Fair
Be Good to Live Long and Be Prosperous
A satirical 1938 reflection by Dr. Newton on moral living and public virtue. It condemns hollow cheerfulness, private self interest, and sentimentality while urging standards, active public engagement, and practical goodness. It mocks evasive motive and highlights the tension between personal happiness and societal usefulness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darling
Amaron
Mt. Peevish Park
Failureville
Woman Realtor Sentenced 10 to 15 Years for Slaying Partner
DETROIT AP Mrs Edith Mae Cummings was killed by a pistol wound in a Belleville Michigan ravine. The defendant Mrs Julian Barker a former wealthy Detroit real estate operator was sentenced to 10 to 15 years in the Detroit house of correction for the fatal shooting amid a dispute over real estate deals and related fraud indictments in Kentucky.
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Detroit
Julian Barker
Detroit House of Correction
Edith Mae Cummings
Cummings
Belleville
Mich
Thestate
Barker
Kentucky
Congress Adjourns After Heated Roosevel t Debates
Washington AP Five hundred members of the 75th Congress left for home after weeks of wrangling over Roosevelt proposals. The Senate and House approved the President's relief and public works program totaling 3.753 billion dollars but vetoed a bill to extend low interest farm loans. A filibuster blocked a proposal to fund the Senate lobby committee. Senator BurkeNeb. con-
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Senate Lobby Committee
Burke
Press freedoms fight colors final week of session
Representative John Taber charged the Seventy fifth congress appropriated over 13 billion dollars to abridge press freedom a claim vehemently denied by Chairman Minton. The senate stayed in session late as galleries erupted in applause and President Roosevelt praised the session’s constructive legislation for the people.
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Washington
Llp
John Taber
N.Y
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Minton
Senate
House
Bankhead
Roosevelt
Garner
Seventy Five Blankets Donated To Camp Good Health
Cedar Rapids The Gazette reports 75 new cotton blankets in Indian designs arrived at Camp Good Health to warm and comfort 59 undernourished handicapped children aged 6 to 12. The program emphasizes rest balanced meals and close supervision as nurses aid recovery. Donations fund maintenance costing about $5 weekly per child.
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Camp Good Health
The
Public Health Nursing Association
Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Nurses Association
Camp _ Good Health
Camp Good Health Fund
the Gazette
Iowa
Heiress Gives Up Million To Marry A Clerk
Rosemary Webster 21, a New York and Stamford socialite, renounced a million-dollar inheritance to wed Paul Gilson 23, a Canton welfare home clerk. They married quietly at the brother’s home after weeks of planning as detectives tried to intervene. Rosemary had vanished from St. Lawrence University campus before her impending degree.
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Rochester
N. Y
Rosemary Webster
Miss Webster
David TH. Webster
New York
Stamford
Webster
Pauls
Gilson
St. Lawrence
St. Lawrence University
Slap Ban On Gambling Games At Carnival
County Attorney G K Thompson asked Chief Detectives Earl Stanley and Sheriff James H Smith to order Royal American Shows at Cedar Park to close gambling games. Thompson verified reports that paddle wheels and similar games were gambling violations. A Friday conference with Mayor Hahn and officials prepared actions to enforce the state law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
G. K. Thompson
Earl Stanley
James H. Smith
Cedar Park
Thompson
Stanley
Smith
Frank K Hahn
Public Safety
Wes Benesh
Harry Johnson
McCall Sped Secretly to Raiford State Penitentiary
Franklin Pierce McCall, condemned for the kidnaping and killing of Jimmy Cash Jr., was moved secretly from Dade County jail to Raiford State Penitentiary to prevent mob violence. His attorney seeks commutation to life, arguing the death penalty targets predatory criminals, while his wife visited before sentencing.
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Miami
Fla
Franklin Pierce McCall
Little Jimmy Cash, Jr
Dade County
Raiford
C. A. Averitt
Florida
McCall
H F. Atkinson
Fred P. Cone
W. F. Blanton
G. A. Worley
Freight Loadings Rise 10 Percent in Week
The Association of American Railroads says 553,854 cars of revenue freight were loaded in the week ending last Saturday. This shows an increase of 51,230 cars or 10.2 percent from the prior week, a drop of 196,646 or 26.2 percent from a year ago, and a decrease of 381,728 or 40.8 percent since 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Association of American Railroads
Hull declares Reich liable for Austrian debts under international law
Secretary Hull announced the United States rejects Germany’s claim of nonliability for Austria's debts. A note to Germany dated June 9 asserts Germany, by absorbing Austria, assumes its debts and liabilities. Austria’s public debt to the U S totals 24 million plus sizable private loans. The note calls for Germany to honor obligations under law and equity. Observers see a widening anti Jewish drive as measures spread to schools and hospitals.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
United States
Germany
Reich
Hull
Hugh R. Wilson
Austria
Walther Funk
Reich Insurance Board
French Parliament Adjourned by Decree Rule in Effect
Paris reports the government adjourned parliament until November granting rule by decree without chamber interference. Edouard Daladier announced the decree closing the session and dismissing deputies as communist demands over non intervention in Spain could surface again.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
National Defense
Chamber of Deputies
Reluctant Reflections on Recession and Revival
A satirical column by Arthur Bugs Back reflects on Congress spending and economic mood. The piece lampoons politicians embracing costly measures while aging policy lags, comparing today’s downturn to past cycles and warning against overreacting to the slump.
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Iowa Pwa
Ickes
Heaven and Earth
Department of Justice
Ottumwa
Ozarks
Missouri
Federal Bureau of Fine Arts
Short
WPA
Fine Arts Bureau
Morris Ernst
Gov
Towa F
FDR
Sun
Teddy
White House
Union
DR. Newton
Soluns
Campbell
Trenton
Cedar Rapids Jolly Dozen
Coca Rapids Townsend
Booster Club
Fidelity Life Ass'n
Arthur
Bugs
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