Cooperatives vs. profits debated at Ames speech
Eduard Lindeman of the WPA told the Country Life Institute at Iowa State College that cooperatives will replace monopolies and profits in the U.S. economy. Critics question financing, tax bases, and the impact on public jobs as they warn of higher consumer costs and a weakened capitalist system.
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Works Progress Administration
Eduard C. Lindeman
Iowa State College
Ames
Country Life Institute
America
Washington
Congress
Lindeman
National Association of Credit Men
Henry F. Heimann
Hermann
Lindemans
Roosevelt Announces $3.75 Billion Economic Drive
President Roosevelt outlined a $3.75 billion program to stimulate commerce and aid the needy at Hyde Park. He cited improvements in industry and agriculture and defended the current business climate. In New York networks announced a fireside chat Friday night from 8:30 to 9 p.m. CST.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
New York
INS
Senators and parents clash over wealth and child rearing
The piece cites Daniel Webster on oppressors and wealth by urging prudent restraint on banks and corporations. It then quotes Dr Lois Murphy of Sarah Lawrence on child development, arguing adults often mismanage children and that early guidance shapes future society. It notes Red Stirm losing the Third Linn County district Democratic nomination to Roy Chismore Coggan, predicting a new supervisor.
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Lois B. Murphy
Sarah Lawrence College
Murphy
The
State University
Red Stirm
Linn
Roy Chismore
Coggan
Chismore
Stirm
Board of Supervisors
Roosevelt Sketches Road to Recovery with Relief Bill
President Roosevelt, relaxed in a two page statement on the signing of the vast relief bill, predicted a recovery and hinted at a Friday fireside radio chat. He cited a Commerce Department estimate placing national income near 60.0 billion dollars this year, five billion above prior guesses, and discussed loan and spending provisions shaping a federal local partnership.
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Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Commerce Department
White House
Congress
Boy Walking Along Road Hit By Auto in Cedar Rapids
Junior Miller aged 5 of Summit avenue SW was struck by a car driven by Emil Lillick 47 of 1507 second avenue SE at 6 15 p m Tuesday on C street and Bowling Hill SW. He was taken to Mercy hospital with a bad head cut but not serious injuries.
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Cedar Rapids
Junior Miller
Summit Avenue
Emil Lillick
Second Avenue SE
C Street
Bowling Hill
Mercy Hospital
County supervisors pay and duties raise questions
Supervisors are to manage annual expenditures around 1.2 million and run county business for five dollars a day plus mileage. The writer notes the Third district job seems undervalued and mocks the First district supervisor in Cedar Rapids for his antics.
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Chismore
Stirm
Cedar Rapids
PWA allocates 41 million in grants for 291 projects
The Public Works Administration began its 1938 spending with 41,632,717 in grants and 9,021,000 in loans for 291 projects. Howard A. Gray, assistant administrator, said the projects total 92,520,374 in construction with 45 percent grants and 55 percent loans. Southbury Connecticut leads with a 2,576,000 grant for school construction.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
Howard A. Gray
Gray
Southbury
Conn
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
PWA
Cedar Rapids Sets New Heat Record At 94 Degrees
Cedar Rapids reached 94 degrees at 2 30 p m marking a new heat record for the year as humidity and a morning shower influenced the day. The previous record was 92 set Tuesday and tied at 1 15 p m Wednesday, with a Monday high of 88 followed by a 68 overnight. Summer officially began Tuesday evening according to local records.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Ser
Chambers
Hold No One Guilty In Railroad Wreck
Miles City Mont A coroner s jury verdict reported 30 victims of the Olympian wreck on the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul line were killed accidentally at Prairie county Montana during flood waters at Custer creek bridge. The 25 identified and five unidentified persons died between midnight June 18 and 1 am June 19 1938. The jury led by Foreman J W Burnbull found no one to blame.
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Miles City
Mont
Terry
Prairie County
Montana
Milwaukee
Custer Creek Bridge
Custer Creek
J. W. Burnbull
P. F. Schultz
Ladd, Ill
Yellowstone River
Sidney
Dorothy Debeer
Sioux City
Fallon
Sioux City man fixes watch to Journal clock
A Sioux City resident was seen Tuesday adjusting his watch to the large clock thermometer outside the Sioux City Journal building. Officials note the incident may be attributed to heat or humidity and possibly alcohol.
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Sioux City
Four Plead Not Guilty in Spy Inquiry
Four defendants facing federal espionage charges pled not guilty in New York. Each was held on 25 000 bail with trial set for August 1. Bench warrants were issued for fourteen others, largely believed to be abroad in Germany. Named defendants include Johanna Hofmann Guenther Rumrich Erich Glaser and Otto Voss. Voss faces a general conspiracy indictment and a substantive case alleging transmission of defense information to Germany.
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NEW York
Vincent L. Liebell
Germany
War Ministry
Johanna Hofmann
Nazi spy octopus entangles U S defense sites across nation
Documentary evidence, in crack proof vaults of War and Navy intelligence, links an international Nazi espionage ring directed from Berlin to agents at key defense points from New York to Hawaii and the Panama Canal Zone. Sabotage ties loom as Douglas Aircraft plant at Santa Monica faced halted planes and a B-18 crash in Illinois prompts board inquiry into possible sabotage. A navy yard fire aboard a battleship undergoing modernization adds to the mystery.
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Washington
INS
Continental
United States
Hawaii
Panama Canal Zone
International News Service
War and Navy Departments
Berlin
New York
Army
Douglas Aircraft
Santa Monica
Calif
Illinois
Navy
New York Navy Yard
Clinton Man New State Commander Foreign Wars Vets
Ted R. Long of Clinton was elected state commander of the Iowa Veterans of Foreign Wars as the group swiftly chose a full slate of officers in about fifteen minutes. Long was installed immediately after the vote, with no opposition, as retiring Commander Alex Miller called for extra nominations that never materialized. Other officers elected included M. E. McKinney of Fort Dodge, senior vice commander, J. D. Smith of Red Oak, junior vice commander, E. G. Smith of Des Moines, reelected quartermaster adjutant, W. H. Irving of Atlantic, chaplain, and Dr. R. J. Brunner of Des Moines.
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Cedar
M. E. McKinney
Fort Dodge
J. D. Smith
Red Oak
E. G. Smith
Des Moines
W. H. Irving
Atlantic
R. J. Brunner
Des
The Boy Who Found Music in Wood and Love
A fablelike piece tells of a boy who loves music but cannot play it. He learns violin making from Amati in Cremona, discovering that the song in the heart matters most. Stradivarius becomes famed for violins shaped by love, as all crafts echo music in the world.
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Amati
Cremona
Italy
Antonio Stradivarius
Stock Market Rise Reaches Third Day
New York AP reports Wall Street bulls extended a brisk advance for the third consecutive day. The broad buying movement lifted share prices to their highest level since mid March, reflecting renewed confidence and broad participation across securities.
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New York
Wall Street
Bishop Shayler Marries Frances Millbank in Los Angeles Honeymoon
LOS ANGELES INS reports Bishop Ernest W Shayler aged 70, retired from Omaha, Nebraska, married Frances B Millbank active in local social clubs in LA for 30 years, and the couple were on a honeymoon today.
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Los Angeles
INS
Ernest W Shayler
Omaha
Neb
Frances B. Millbank
Countess Babs Seeks Ward of Court Over Son
London report on a rift in the life of Countess Kurt von Haugwitz Reventlow formerly Barbara Hutton. She sought a Bow Street order to proceed with legal action regarding her son Lance amid claims of a kidnapping threat and disputes over his education. The Danish husband was not present.
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London
INS
Kurt von Haugwitz-Reventlow
Barbara Hutton
Woolworth Millions
Draf Bow Street
Theodore Wary
Lance
London Daily Mail
Bow Street
Haugwitz
Sir Patrick Hastings
High Court
Games and Circus Planned For Health Camp Children
Camp Good Health in Cedar Rapids plans more active games for underweight and malnourished children plus a Friday circus by staff. campers craft with orange crate wood and new tools while girls braid rugs and do spatter printing. donations fund maintenance through The Gazette.
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Craemer’s
Newman's
Armstrong’s
Camp Good Health
The
Public Health Nursing Association
Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Camp Good Health Fund
the Gazette
Iowa
Single Raider Sinks Pair of British Ships
In Valencia Spain two British vessels were sunk by a Jone sky raider continuing attacks on foreign shipping in government Spain ports. The Sunion a 3054 ton ship burned for hours before sinking while the Thorpeness a 4789 ton freighter carrying 7000 tons of grain was torpedoed and lost with all 32 crew aboard including a German observer for the non intervention committee.
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Valencia
Spain
Sunion
Thorpeness
Non-Intervention Committee
Norman Gouter
Southampton
Alexander Baillie
Seattle
William Kermode
Tarragona
Britain backs US disarmament invite in Commons
London reports Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain told the House of Commons Britain will respond to any invitation from the United States on disarmament. He said Britain is in full sympathy with American sentiments on the issue.
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London
INS
Great Britain
United States
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Britain
Fight Broadcast To Start At 8 O'Clock
New York AP says Clem Mc Carthy will narrate round by round the Louis Schmeling heavyweight title fight tonight with Ed Thorgerson delivering in-between commentary on WEAF WJZ NBC networks direct from ringside. Start time was set for 8 pm CST but may begin 30 minutes earlier due to foul weather and possible showers after sundown. Louis weighed 198 and Schmeling 193 at the official weigh-in with Louis the betting favorite.
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NEW York
Clem McCarthy
Ed Thorgerson
WEAF
WJZ
NBC
Mike Jacobs
Louis
Schmeling
Man Guilty in Cliff Death of 13 Year Old Boy
Alpine Tex. A district court jury convicted 27 year old Francis Marion Black Jr. of murdering 13 year old Marvin Noblett by pushing him from a 400 foot Agua Frio cliff during an outing. Jurors ruled Black must die in the electric chair.
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Alpine
Tex
Francis Marion Black, Jr
Marvin Noblett
Agua Frio
Black
San Antonio
Injunction Restraining CIO In Maytag Strike
Newton Iowa judge Frank Bechly issued a temporary injunction restraining CIO members from interfering with workers seeking to return to the Maytag Washing Machine plant. The ruling bars congregating near the plant with intimidation or coercion while allowing a reasonable number of pickets at each factory entrance.
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Newton
Frank Bechly
CIO
Maytag
Bechly
Governor Kraschel rejects arbitration in Maytag dispute
Des Moines AP reports Governor Nelson G Kraschel denied Newton CIO leaders a request to name a board of arbitration to settle Maytag labor difficulties. He said the move is futile due to doubtful legality and employers' refusal to accept an arbitration board decision.
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Des Moines
Nelson G. Kraschel
Newton Cio
Board of Arbitration
Arbitration Board
Admitted Looting Drug Store and Cars Theft Case
Three car thefts and a break in at the J. J. Roushar drug store in Victor were cleared up Wednesday with the arrest of Oscar Perrigo and Jerry Woolery. They pled guilty to larceny of a motor vehicle and received ten year sentences to Fort Madison. The loot included a cash register, cameras, watches, cigars, and other items.
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J. J . Roushar
Victor
Stearns and
Perrigo
Woolery
Fort Madison Penitentiary
H. C Ring
Milford Engelbert
Marengo
Victor Breakin
Stanley
Engelbert
Iowa River
Homestead
Marion
Mullin
Seventh
Eighth Avenues
Eighteenth Street SE
C. Ray Chandler
Nineteenth Street SE
Joe Drakos
Johnson Avenue NW
Chandler Driveway
Republicans Still Want To Know News Of Secret Politics
Article by Arthur Bugs Baer discusses Republican demands to know secret political news while Democrats oppose wire tapping. It argues the issue reflects partisan interests and privacy rights, noting the evolving stance of the party and the public figure metaphorically as an ostrich. Copyright 1938.
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New York State
Aerlinense
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Regent Park
England
C. D
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U.S
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Cedar Rapids News
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Condon
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