Senators Call Shakeup in Air Commerce Bureau After Crash
The Senate special committee urged personnel changes in the air commerce bureau following the Cutting crash. It faulted radio division workers for neglect and criticized Rex Martin for lacking leadership. Eugene Vidal was described as amiable but not forceful enough to enforce schedules. Secretary Roper was reproved for granting equal powers to three subordinates, hindering cooperation. The three man directorate was labeled a defect needing remedy.
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Washington
Bureau of Air Commerce
Senate
Bronson Cutting
New Mexico
Rex Martin
Martin
Eugene Vidal
Secretary of Commerce
Roper
Checks Issued Here For All Wet Bonds Turned In For Cash
Cedar Rapids news reports the final 135 checks for adjusted service bonds were mailed Saturday after a Tuesday start. About 1,376 of roughly 2,200 veterans had turned in bonds. remaining payments will be delivered or claimed, with ongoing certification 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at post office room 2 basement.
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Cedar Rapids
Senate approves Walsh Healey bill on government contracts
The Senate passed and sent to the White House the Walsh Healey bill imposing regulations similar to NRA codes on holders of government contracts in a sudden maneuver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
LLP
Senate
White House
Senator Johnson Convalescing From Serious Illness
Senator Hiram Johnson, longtime California senator, is convalescing at his home from a serious illness. His son Hiram Johnson Jr. flies from San Francisco to reach the bedside. Commander John J. O Malley of the Navy Yard medical staff supervises his care.
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Washington
Hiram Johnson
California
Hiram Johnson, Jr
San Francisco
John J. O’malley
Washington Mavy Yard
The Polar Privacy in Life and Faith
A meditation on human limits in desire and understanding. The essay argues no person can be all we need and a lifelong bond cannot suffice for true completeness. Only God fully knows us, and the lasting relationship is with the divine. Copyright 1936.
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George Eliot
Phillips Brooks
Emily Dickinson
God
Landon to Be Welcome in Estes Park a Mountain Pageant
Governor Alf Landon arrives in Denver at 7 30 a m and travels by cavalcade of 2000 riders to Estes Park for a summer retreat at McGraw Lodge. Local officials and the state Republican committee arrange a grand welcoming procession and formal greetings.
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Estes Park
Colo
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Chamber of Commerce
High Mountain
Landon
C. N. Rockwell
McGraw
Denver
Republican Party
Ed C. Johnson
Neue
Arkansas town bakes at 107 degree heat record
A high of 107 degrees was recorded in Jonesboro Arkansas on Saturday marking an extreme heat event for the region as residents faced sizzling conditions across the area with little relief in sight.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Campaign fire centers on James Farley in 1936 race
Third party and Republican strategy push Postmaster General James A. Farley to the forefront of the 1936 presidential campaign as Democrats nominate Roosevelt and Garner. Farley faces left and right attacks over patronage and policy while Lemke Coughlin back a union party challenge.
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Lyle
Wilson
Philadelphia
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
Prairie States
Roosevelt-Garner
Cleveland
Public Works Administration
Garner
Alf M. Landon
Topeka
White House
Farley
Landon
Frank Knox
Lemke
Coughlin
Union Party
Washington
Democrats Set 2 Million Goal for 1936 Campaign
Philadelphia AP James A. Farley, D N C chairman, fixed a 2,000,000 fundraising target for the 1936 campaign and noted it matched 1932 spending. He predicted a million people would attend Roosevelt nominator rallies nationwide next Saturday night June 27 as the President accepts renomination at Franklin Field. Tickets cost 1.0 each with proceeds to the national committee.
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Philadelphia
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Franklin Field
Five Injured In Auto Crash West Of What Cheer Iowa
OSKALOOSA AP Five persons were injured in an automobile collision eight miles west of What Cheer Iowa late Saturday night. C E Courtney of What Cheer drove one car with a serious arm injury. Passengers in the other car driven by Jeff Tolles of Oskaloosa included Mr and Mrs L M Tolles of What Cheer and Mr and Mrs Ira Tolles of Lacey with minor injuries.
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Oskaloosa
What Cheer
C. E. Courtney
L. M. Tolles
Ira Tolles
Lacey
Jeff Tolles
WPA Workers Listen to Hopkins Broadcast in Linn County
About 250 Linn county WPA workers attended a 3 PM broadcast in the old federal building with national administrator Harry Hopkins leading a Q and A on WPA plans after July 1. Foremen reported workers reactions and a follow up interview plan to gauge enthusiasm or opposition.
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Harry Hopkins
WPA
Linn County
Federal
Hopkins
L. S. Hill
Iowa
Des Moines
National Headquarters
Sixteenth Body Found in Bronx Building Collapse
The sixteenth victim was recovered from the wreckage on Saturday night as six feet of debris remained to be cleared. About a dozen workers were hospitalized with two in serious condition after the Mosholu Parkway collapse in the Bronx. Authorities probe the cave in that left the building unfinished Friday with roof and seven floors gone.
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New York
Mosholu Parkway
Bronx
Lemke Promises Fighting Campaign for Union Party
Rep William Lemke presidential candidate of the Union Party pledged a campaign as vigorous as La Follette 1924 in an interview with United Press He aims to speak in every state force open money issue and broaden liberal reforms while running for re election to the House and supporting currency expansion and a minimum pension of 60 a month for those over 60 The plan centers on toppling 100 reactionaries in Congress and liberalizing House rules
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Washington
William Lemke
Union Party
Robert
Bob’ LaFollette
United Press
Lemke
House
Former Ocean County Freeholder Dies Listening to Fight
Charles A. Allen aged 66 of Cassville New Jersey died of a heart attack Friday night at home while listening to a broadcast of the Louis Schmeling fight. Allen formerly served as Ocean county freeholder.
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Lakewood
N. J
Charles A. Allen
Ocean County
Cassville
Louis Schmeling
Sunday School At Health Camp Opens Season
Children at Camp Good Health will hold their first Sunday School services of the season. Catholic church attendees will be transported from the camp to Cedar Rapids at 9 a.m. Two classes meet at the camp lodge with Mrs. Vogel Schell Harley and Miss Helen Fisher teaching. Vivian Smith nurses and plays piano. Sunday school papers supplied by St. Paul’s Methodist church. Rising hours unchanged.
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Camp Good Health
Cedar Rapids
J. H. Bormann
Camp Lodge
Vogel Schell Harley
Helen Fisher
Vivian Smith
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
House Banking Committee Drops Wagner Housing Bill
Washington D C The House banking committee voted to table the Wagner housing bill of 460 million dollars despite White House urging. Speaker Bankhead indicated passage in the House under suspension of rules was unlikely. Chairman Stagg of Alabama led the session.
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Washington
Ins
Roosevelt
House Banking Committee
House
Bankhead
Banking Committee
Stagall
Alabama
White House
Weather forecast for Chicago and central plains
The period June 22 to 28 will see rain in Chicago and the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys with cooler spells possible. Elsewhere the week trends drier with temperatures mostly above normal, especially in the south.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri Valleys
Great Plains
Riots in Paris as Rightists and Reds Clash on Champs Elysees
In Paris clashes between leftists and Croix de Feu rightists erupted on the Champs Elysées and Place de l Opera. Police dispersed the fighters with batons as orders to dissolve the Croix de Feu were carried out by Premier Leon Blum.
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Paris
Croix de Feu
Place de L’opera
Champs Elysees
Broad Street
Leon Blum
Democratic Farm Tenancy Plank Heads Toward Platform
Reported in Washington that Democratic platform planners are adopting a farm tenancy plank led by Iowa House members. The plank would pledge continued federal credit facilities to aid distressed farm owners and extend credit to qualified tenants to become farm-home owners.
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Washington
House
Edward C. Eicher
Iowa
Democratic House
Philadelphia
Robert F. Wagner
New York
Convention Resolutions Committee
House Group
Red Menace Warning Sparks Letter Box Alarm
Firefighters responded to a box alarm at Second avenue and First street SE Saturday afternoon. They found an unidentified woman attempting to post a letter in an alarm box despite the box not being painted red or bearing the Fire Alarm inscription.
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Cedar Rapids
Second Avenue
First Street
Asia Reports Storm Wind Near Texas Coast
The steamship Asia recorded winds of 40 to 45 miles per hour and a 29.56 inch barometer off the Texas coast near the storm center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Asia
Texas
Amana cabinet maker becomes factory head under new setup
In the Sunday Gazette a feature highlights Amana's oldest cabinet maker rising to a factory head role after restructuring. The issue also previews items from a broad local and national agenda including world and state news, Ed gar Guest poems, and Crawford-era society notes.
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Amanas
Sunday Gazette
Amana
Daniel P. Marshall
Marion
Court House
Terhune
Josephine Culbertson
Dr James Mason Dies AMA Leader at 55 in Seattle
Dr James Tate Mason 55 Seattle physician and head of the American Medical Association dies at Virginia Mason Hospital after a long illness. He suffered a blood clot in the right leg on April 6 and later had his leg amputated. Survived by widow married in 1910 and three children James Tate Jr Mary Virginia and Frederick De Wolfe Mason.
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Seattle
James Tate Mason
American Medical Association
Virginia
James Tate, Jr
Mary Virginia
Frederick de Wolfe Mason
Corporation tax provisions in new revenue bill outlined
Washington AP reports key corporate tax provisions awaiting President Roosevelt's signature. Normal tax on net income ranges from 8 percent on the first 2000 to 15 percent on amounts over 40000. Surtax on undistributed profits starts at 7 percent and scales to 27 percent on higher brackets. Dividends are taxed at 4 percent for qualified payments.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress Ends After Filibuster Defeats Major Bills
The 74th Congress adjourned sine die after key bills were filibustered. Senator Holt yielded for adjournment, while the House quickly followed, ending the Guffey Vinson coal control fight and killing the food and drug bill. Senate rejected the Frazier Lemke debt refinancing plan and debated inflation policies late.
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Washington
Holt
W. Va
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Robinson
Arkansas
House
Senate
Roosevelt Congress
Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
Guffey- Vinson
Food and Drug Bill Is Killed by House Vote
The controversial food and drug bill died when the House rejected a division of advertising control between the Agriculture Department and the Federal Trade Commission. The three year old bill faced opposition led by Chairman Rayburn of Texas in the Interstate Commerce Committee.
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Washington
House
Agriculture Department
Federal Trade Commission
Rayburn
Tex
Interstate Commerce Committee
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