Iowan Highly Qualified GOP Delegates Told
Col Hanford MacNider of Iowa was nominated by Verne Marshall at the national Republican convention as a candidate to lead a nationwide mobilization against what supporters call national ruin and dictatorship. Marshall praised MacNider as a consistent Republican leader with a broad base of support and a strong foreign policy stance.
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Philadelphia
Col
Hanford MacNider
Iowa
Mason City
Verne Marshall
Cedar Rapids
Marshall
MacNider
Canada
American Legion
Legion
Mac Nider
Frank F. Merriam
California
Fred P. Mann
North da
How They Voted On First Ballot
From convention hall Philadelphia a district by district tally shows Dewey leading in many states with large totals in Illinois Ohio New York and Pennsylvania. Willkie Gannett and Taft appear as runners up in various states while minor votes for MacNider Vandenberg Hoover Martin Bridges James Brooke Puerto Rico and Alaska are listed in scattered totals.
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Alabama
Dewey
Taft
Arizona
Gannett
Arkansas
Willkie
California
Vandenberg
MacNider
McNary
Hoover
Martin
Bridges
Colorado
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Delaware
Florida
James
MacNider Gears sDeries
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Capper
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Dewey & Nebraska
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Robert A. Taft
Wendell L. Willkie
Thomas E. Dewey
Arthur James
Herbert Hoover
Alf M. Landon
Willekie
Soviet Demand For Territory To Be Granted
Bucharest reports Romania accepted Russia's ultimatum seeking vast territorial concessions. Russia demands Bessarabia Bukovina and control of Constanta with bases on Danube ports. Ukraine majority areas cited. Axis officials supposedly consent as Germany Italy urged yield to keep Turkey out and secure Soviet aid.
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Russia
Transylvania
Hungary
Rumania
Romania
Soviet Union
Carol
Bessarabia
Bukovina
Black Sea
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Braila
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Germany
Reich
Roosevelt to name Tobin as executive assistant
Washington reports President Roosevelt plans to appoint Daniel J. Tobin head of the AFL Teamsters as an executive assistant. The move follows his earlier naming of Sidney Hillman of CIO to the national defense council.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Daniel J. Tobin
AFL Teamsters Union
AFL
Sidney Hillman
CIO
Seein
National Defense Council
Willkie Sees Hoover Desire for Republican Nomination
In Philadelphia Wendell Willkie said Hoover had long desired another Republican nomination. He stated his assumption aligns with Hoover's actions and public statements as the campaign develops.
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Philadelphia
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Wendell Willkie
Herbert Hoover
Downtown Cedar Rapids plans 250 car parking plaza
A citizen committee recommended converting two blocks bounded by Third to Fifth avenues and Fourth to Fifth streets into a landscaped off street parking plaza to be built on the Washington high school site. The plan includes a 20 foot park border, hedges, benches, lighting, and 14 rows of 7 foot wide stalls for over 250 cars.
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Cedar Rapids
Fifth Avenues
Clare Marshall
Paul N. Clark
W. F. Shadle
Joe McCormick
Frank C Welch
William C. Crawford
Jess Kitterman
C. C. Loomis
van Vechten Shaffer
Citizens Committee
Plan Commission
Don Vines
Washington High School
Greene's Square
Reflecting on Sympathy and Moral Duty in Hard Times
A reader letters column discusses the limits of human sympathy for distant suffering and the need to act. It cites Boswell and Johnson on empathy, notes the burden of cruel events, and recalls Pilate and Jesus as symbols of sorrow and conscience. Distr'dt by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.
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Boswell
Dr. Johnson
Johnson
Pilate
Jesus
Distr
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Tay lor Is Recovering After Vatican Operation
Myron C. Taylor, Roosevelt's personal representative at the Vatican, is reported to be doing well after an operation. The notice came Thursday.
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Rome
Myron C. Taylor
Roosevelt
Vatican
Peace Moves Sensational Report on German Offer to England
New York AP reports that major business and financial sources with European ties received authentic information through neutral channels that Germany made sensational peace overtures to England. The offer would leave Britain with about 95 percent of its empire while internationalizing Gibraltar and the Suez Canal.
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New York
Europe
Germany
England
Gibraltar
Suez Canal
Indiana Democrats Renominate Sherman Minton
In Indianapolis the Indiana Democratic convention renominated United States Senator Sherman Minton by acclamation after endorsing President Roosevelt for a third term.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
United States
Sherman Minton
Ardent
New Dealer
Roosevelt
GOP Platform Proclaims Peace Preparedness and Two Term Limit
Philadelphia dispatch reports the Republican convention endorsing a peace and preparedness platform. The delegates condemn the Roosevelt administration, criticize the New Deal, and push a constitutional amendment to prevent a President serving more than two terms.
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Philadelphia
Republican Party
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
GOP
United States
Republican platform pledge from national convention
Platform text presented in Philadelphia reaffirms the Constitution’s preamble goals. The resolutions committee outlines the party’s principles including forming a more perfect union establishing justice domestic tranquility common defense welfare and liberty for current and future generations. The document was delivered at Independence Hall with continuation noted on the next page.
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Philadelphia
Republican Party
United States
Verne Marshall Praises Hanford MacNider at GOP Convention
Verne Marshall of The Cedar Rapids Gazette extols Hanford MacNider at the Republican national convention broadcast nationally. He cites MacNider’s antiwar stance, proven republicanism, business success, and war record, urging a change of leaders to oppose Roosevelt’s alleged drive toward dictatorship.
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Verne Marshall
The
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Judge Thomas Powell Dies After Illness
Thomas Brundize Powell longtime Cedar Rapids superior court judge died at 2:50 am Thursday at University Hospital Iowa City at age 62 after a brief illness from bronchiectasis. He began law practice in 1901 after earning a LLB from Iowa University and a BoA from Denison. Powell served in World War I with War Camp Service and led the local draft board legal advisory before his 1922 appointment by the governor.
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Thomas Brundize Powell
Cedar Rapids
University Hospital
Iowa City
Restorative Sunbaths Help 74 Camp Health Children
Seventy four youngsters rested in sunbaths at Camp Good Health to aid malnutrition recovery. The Public Health Nursing association arranged the sessions, with 15 minutes on backs and 14 minutes on fronts. Report notes children growing browner as health improves. (Continued on Page 12, Col. 6.)
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Camp Gond
Public Heath Nursing Association
Leche Acquitted of State Charges in Louisiana
Richard W. Leche former Louisiana governor was acquitted on state charges he ran a confidence game and used false pretenses to obtain funds tied to Louisiana Tech construction. He still serves a ten year federal sentence after a mail fraud conviction.
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Richard W. Leche
Louisiana
Thursday Stand
Louisiana Tech
Leche
Iowa Delegation Faces Musical Sabotage at Convention
In Philadelphia AP report, after Hanford MacNider of Mason City Iowa was nominated, the Iowa delegation sang a cornfield tune while the convention organist played a competing song, creating a disrupted harmony and light sabotage atmosphere.
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Philadelphia
Hanford MacNider
Mason City
Iowa
Taft, Willkie Rise in N Y Delegates as Ballots Begin
An early tally at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia shows Dewey 362 Taft 190 Willkie 106 MacNider 34 Vandenberg 78 and other favored sons scattered. With 501 needed for nomination the convention recessed for two more ballots and a dinner break.
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Une
Dewey
Taft
Willkie
MacNider
Vanedenberg
Convention Hall
Frank Gannett
Rochester
Gannett
Gan
Hepburn In Sanatorium Ill In Battle Creek
Premier Mitchell Hepburn of Ontario was reported ill from nervous strain and bronchial problems Thursday while resting in a Battle Creek sanitarium, Michigan. The illness prompted medical care and precautionary rest.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Mitchell Hepburn
Ontario
Creek Sanitarium
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