Subversive groups blamed for undermining government
Commander P. Squyres of the Veterans of Foreign Wars urges Congress to deny alien organizations the right to assemble and deport subversive elements. The Cedar Rapids item recalls mob action concerns and calls for closer cooperation between society and police reporters. FHA loans in Cedar Rapids explained, with reasons why more are not available. Waterloo judge orders forfeiture of slot machines seized last April as part of a state crackdown. Cleveland report quotes National Grange leader L. J. Taber warning against doom talk and crepe-hangers. Chicago reports lifeguard exam failures as 700 applicants begin tests for summer beaches.
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Cott P. Squyres
Foreign Wars
Cetar Rapids
Iowa
Congress
Commander Squyres
Jersey
Gazette
Society
Poice
Twaterloo
Gr. Sager
Theazette
Waterloo
C. A. Fouts
Sioux City
Des Moines
Cleveland
L. J. Taber
National Grange
America
Washington
United States
Chicago
Benson Leads In Minnesota Primary Contest
Governor Elmer A. Benson regained the lead for the former labor nomination as returns from 2,521 of 3,739 precincts showed Benson at 153,339 to Petersen 148,805. The race featured a swing of Republicans and Democrats toward Benson amid rural and Hennepin county results, while Stassen led the Republican field and Nelson led the Democratic gubernatorial race. Continuous coverage noted Robbins and Olson era ties and Peterson’s past friction with Benson.
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Minneapolis
Elmer A. Benson
Minnesota
Roosevelt
Hjalmar Petersen
Benson
Petersen
Hennepin County
Victor Christgau
WPA
Christgau
Capitol Hill
Floyd B. Olson
State Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Harold Stassen
South St. Paul
George E. Leach
Martin Nelson
Austin
Leach
Stasson
Nelson
Harson
Northrop
Thomas Gallagher
Infested Trees May Be Declared Public Nuisance
Cedar Rapids city attorney Don Hines indicated a state entomologist found trees infested with tree killing insects that could be declared a public nuisance. Action could be pursued if a citizen or group files a complaint, with Harry Johnson handling prosecutions for ordinance violations. Infested trees, including canker worms and two lined borers, were reported city wide by parks commissioner Ed Stefan.
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Cedar Rapids
Don Hines
Hines
Harry Johnson
Ed Stefan
Park Terrace
Washington critics urge Chicago examiners to cap government
The speaker attacks self styled experts who claim total qualification to run government and economy. They accuse most of creating trouble rather than wealth and urge Chicago examiners to move to the capital to provide real service.
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Washington
Chicago Examiners
Accord Ends Mellon U S Tax Dispute
Washington tax settlement ends a long dispute between the federal government and the estate of Andrew W. Mellon. The Internal Revenue Service will accept 668000, covering 1931 tax deficiencies of 485809.49 and 182220 interest, with no further appeals by either side. The board of tax appeals previously found Mellon underpaid taxes but did not find fraud. The government had sought over 3 million in taxes and penalties.
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Washington
INS
Federal
Andrew W. Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Bureau
Board of Tax Appeals
Mellon
Great Britain
Bureau
Financial Advisers Meet to Reconcile Banking Policy Rift
President Roosevelt's key financial advisers held a late Tuesday conference at the Treasury in a last bid to end a long-standing feud over government banking policies.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
The
Treasury
Nazi orders halt anti Jewish violence in Berlin drive
Berlin reports that Nazi authorities have ordered an end to violent assaults in the campaign against Jews while passport checks and Aryanization of German business continue under economic ministry oversight. Independent party activists reportedly orchestrated shop damage, not police driven, amid a Reichsverbindung editorial justifying self defense against perceived Jewish influx.
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Berlin
Economic Ministry
Joice
Berlin relaxes rules for foreign Jews on property trade
The economy ministry exempted foreign Jews living abroad from strict property registration, prompting a protest from the United States after Goering announced the measure. Previously, Jews were barred from personal trading on stock exchanges and official markets.
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Berlin
Ministry of Economy
United States
Hermann Wilhelm
Goering
Forty Percent Bread Tax Burden Reported
W H Long of Chicago told the National Conference of Bakery Owners that forty percent of each loaf’s cost goes to government taxes, accounting for nineteen direct and indirect levies on a single loaf of bread.
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Chicago
INS
W. H. Long
National Conference of Bakery Owners
Seek to Raise Sunk Sleeping Car in Creek
In Miles City Montana AP reports searchers try to lift a sunken tourist sleeper from Custer Creek to recover twelve more victims of a railroad disaster. Twenty three of the thirty one known dead have been identified and two women remain unidentified.
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Miles City
Mont
Custer Creek
Wreck of Olympian Train Claims Multiple Lives in Montana
Searchers scoured the Yellowstone for bodies after the Olympian sleeper plunged from a flood weakened trestle. Twelve bodies were found, a woman died later in hospital, and a 50 mile downstream body drifted. Fern Beer of Centerville and Dorothy Debeer of Sioux City were named among the dead or missing. Dean Hanscom, a survivor, swam to safety after escaping through a window. Investigations by railroad and government officials followed the disaster.
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Miles City
Mont
Yellowstone River
Milwaukee Railroad
Fern Beer
Centerville
Dorothy Debeer
Sioux City
Custer Creek
Monay
Dean V. Hanscom
Cedar Rapids Sees 92 Degree Heat Record
The 1938 Cedar Rapids temperature reached 92 degrees at 2 PM marking a new high for the year. Earlier that day the record stood at 87 set at 2:30 PM on May 31, with a rapid rise from a 59 degree morning low to 81 by 10 AM and 91 by 1:15 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company
Spies Are Nothing To Worry About All Are Beautiful
In this 1938 column Arthur Baer argues the spy scare is unfounded noting beautiful spies visiting to learn about new air force gadgets. He recalls curiosity in Europe about Tom Edison’s 1918 poison gas and its destructive claims in a satirical tone.
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Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Europe
Tom Edison
Do Good as Art Not Duty in Everyday Living
T Paul argues virtue misused is worse than fault. Conscientiousness can become drab and smug. Joyful, skillful, artful doing good, not mere duty, reflects life at its finest as Jesus did.
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America
Jesus
Missing 18 year old girl sought in Weymouth swamp
In Hammonton New Jersey 500 searchers scoured snake infested swampland Tuesday for 18 year old Thelma Redfield missing since Sunday She is the daughter of a Woodbury railroad conductor Thelma was last seen in Weymouth wilderness as state troopers forest fire fighters and volunteers pressed on with the hunt
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Hammonton
N. J
INS
Thelma Redfield
Thelma
Woodbury
Weymouth
Redfield
Fonte Gale
Nazi spy network grows with indictments in New York
Berlin asserts no charges against German residents are proven while ANDBERT G NIXON reports that Nazi espionage has operated worldwide for more than five years. The FBI and Army Intelligence indict 18 individuals in New York for spying as Germany expands its covert operations across the United States and other powers.
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Berlin
INS
New York
Andbert G Nixon
Washington
Nazi Germany
United States
Air Corps
Germany
Federal Grand Jury
New York City
Nazi War Ministry
Hitler
America
Great Britain
France
Russia
Italy
Japan
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Army Intelligence Service
State Department
Camp Good Health Sees Over Half of Kids Gain in First Week
More than half of the fifty nine campers at Camp Good Health gained weight in the first week. The average gain was one pound, with an 11-year-old rising from 74 to 77 pounds. Seven children lost weight but staff say temporary loss is common during nutrient rich meals. Mrs Floyd Spear delivered 30 dozen eggs from the Stanwood Woman's club to nourish meals. Continued on Page 2.
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Camp Good Health
Floyd Spear
Stanwood Woman's Club
President Roosevelt declines film newsreel role
Hollywood report notes Samuel Goldwyn Inc sought to splice a newsreel of President Roosevelt into a film to portray him as a US senator candidate. A White House telegram politely refused permission to use footage, stating the President would not allow use of newsreel shots with professional actors.
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Hollywood
Samuel Goldwyn, Inc. Ltd
White House
Roosevelt
Goldwyn, Inc. Ltd
Authentc
Thomas Mintchell
U S
Congress
Marvin Mclntyre
Goldwyn
Stephen Early
Invasion Threat by Germany Czechoslovakia Says
Prague Czech foreign minister Kam il Krofta stated Germany openly threatened to invade Czechoslovakia as it did Austria. He cited Berlin’s May 19 denial while warning the German army would march if Prague could not keep order. The frontier remains mobilized amid political tension.
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HR. Knickcrerocker
Prague
INS
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Kamil Krofta
Krofta
Berlin
Veterans of Foreign Wars urges strict school bus laws
A resolution adopted by the Iowa VFW encampment at the Coliseum session urges legislation to prevent a Mason City school bus tragedy. It calls for school superintendents to appoint bus captains who exit at railroad crossings to verify clearance, and for more mature drivers who are fully responsible for mishaps.
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Cedar Rapids
Mason City
Iowa
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Resolutions
Coliseum
Marshalltown
Des Moines
Department of Iowa
Martin Vows Purge Of Reds In UAW
New York The CIO union led by Homer Martin pledges a complete purge of communist members from the United Automobile Workers. He vows to drive out alien forces blamed for sitdown strikes and contract violations, saying the union will split rather than let Reds stay.
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New York
INS
United Automobile Workers of America
Homer Martin
CIO
Automobile
Martin
Powers Agree On Scheme To End Civil War
European nations reached a definite plan to end the Spanish Civil War with the withdrawal of foreign volunteers under neutral supervision. France closed arms routes and Russia dropped objections, paving the way for commissions to operate. Britain will seek funding plans while presenting the proposal to Franco and the Spanish government for acceptance.
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London
Europe
International Non-Intervention Committee
France
Spain
Soviet
Russia
Italy
Great Britain
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Convention Crowd Marooned At Ball Park
About 100 spectators waited fifty minutes for buses after a Veterans of Foreign Wars drum and bugle corps event at Fallpark Cedar Rapids City Lines, Inc. failed to provide service Monday night. The company office was unmanned, prompting taxi rides or walking. Delegates and locals endured sore feet and frustration at the ball park loop until cabs arrived.
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Cedar Supids
Cedar Rapids City Lines, Inc
B Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Fallpark
Earl Gmelich
Chismore Keeps Nomination After Vote Recheck
Roy Chismore of near Coggan remained the Democratic nominee for Linn County third district supervisor after a canvass by the Linn County supervisors and faction representatives. The official tally showed Chismore leading Fred Stirm 260 to 255 across eleven precincts with Stirm absent for the check.
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Cedar Rankdx
Roy Chismore
Near Coggan
Linn County
Chilmore
Fred Stirm
Alburnett
Stirm
Otter Creek
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Aes Moines
Rapids
Theorrower
Teterson
Minnesota Farmer-Labor
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Mercury
T. Paul
Dr, Newton
Bulletin
Camp Show
Camp Good Health Fund
Ladies Auxiliary of
Veterans of the Thirteenth Engineers
Women's Forum
First Christian Church
Central City
Sunshine Mission
L. le Ccs
E.c
Coprricht
VEW
UAW
Ball Park
Chismore
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