New Deal raises fears of constitutional change and tyranny
A Washington writer warns that a Roosevelt victory could lead to a constitutional amendment erasing states rights in the name of social security. The piece criticizes the New Deal convention as dominated by federal employees and party officials, labeling the campaign as demagogic and unsettling. It contrasts Browder's communist bid with Roosevelt’s push and deplores political hysteria and tyranny rhetoric on all sides.
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Roosevelt
United States
Germany
Russia
Italy
Philadelphia
Europe
Mr. Roosevelt
Democracy
ORTY
Farley
Earl Browder
White House
Browder
Farmers’ Organizations
Lemke
Congress
Zioncheck Returns to Capitol Office Amid Custody Standoff
Rep. Marion A. Zioncheck forcibly escaped a Maryland sanitarium last Sunday and returned to his Capitol office Monday noon, triggering jurisdictional deadlock as Maryland seeks assault charges and a possible lunacy hearing. Capitol police maintain authority while District of Columbia officials confer with Gallinger hospital officials and the district attorney.
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Washington
Marion A. Zioncheck
Maryland
Zioncheck
Charwoman
Congress
Gallinger Hospital
Capitol Police
Pamela Young
Leslie Garnett
Metropolitan Police
Capitol
Kenneth Romney
District of Columbia
George E. Allen
Gallinger
Free Delays Grand Jury Presentation Until Fall
Sioux City attorney Fred A. Free named by A G Edward L. O Connor to probe liquor and graft says he doubts presenting evidence to the grand jury before September The district court has not reconvened the May term grand jury and Free will await the regular September term His private investigators continue gathering evidence of a liquor protection ring and possible political ties He will not say if the probe will extend beyond Sioux City to other cities in the state.
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Des Moines
Fred A. Free
Sioux City
Edward L. O’connor
Free
Fame and the lure of power in everyday life
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin argues many would trade for his job for its name and power, yet fame is fleeting. The piece contrasts craving public notice with the joy found in genuine work and moral deeds, citing Disraeli Dickens and ancient wisdom on unknown virtue.
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Stanley Baldwin
Disraeli
Dickens
Roosevelt spending reaches twenty five billion through 1933 1936
Rep. John W. Taber charged the Roosevelt administration has spent about 25 billion dollars since March 4, 1933, lifting government liabilities to 40 billion. He warned of large deficits unless relief costs are cut and cited treasury gaps and rising government payrolls from 1930 to 1936.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
John W. Taber
New York
House Appropriations Committee
Taber
Congress
Treasury
Farley
France near showdown of radical groups across the Riviera and Paris
Paris reports a widening clash of factions as a general hotel workers strike paralyses the Cote dAzur. De la Rocque launches a French Social Party while Jacques Doriot forms the French Popular Party in Saint Denis, signaling a bolshevik revival and rising anti Moscow sentiment.
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Paris
INS
Riviera
France
Cote d’Azur
Maurice Thorez
Popular Front
Communist Party
Thorez
Marx
de la Rocque
Francois Casimer de la Rocque
Champs Elysses
Saint Denis
Jacques Doriot
French Popular Party
Moscow
Doriot
Third Internationale
Bailiwick
Corn Belt Dividend Payment To Start Wednesday Morning
Ten per cent dividend checks totaling about $60,000 will be available to depositors at the Corn Belt Savings bank in Cedar Rapids starting Wednesday morning. The payout follows district court authorization and raises the total dividend to 60 percent.
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Cedar Rapids News
Corn Belt Savings Bank of
Cedar Rapids
American Trust and Savings Bank
Ben 5
Summerwill
Examiner-In-Charge
District Court
Dean Pleads Guilty in Cult Slaying
Dayton Dean, identified by Black Legion as their trigger man, pled guilty to kidnapping and murdering WPA worker Charles A. Poole on April 12. Circuit Judge Joseph A. Moynihan deferred sentencing, referring the case to the probation department.
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Detroit
Dayton Dean
Black Legion
Charles A. Poole
WPA
Joseph A. Moynihan
Poole
Dean
Insects Ravage Northwest Crops. Loss Estimated At 100 Million
A United Press survey finds 18 states harmed by plague and drought as crops valued at least 100 million dollars lie ruined. Rain fell over the weekend with uncertain impact, arriving too late or too lightly to save dried and stripped fields.
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Chicago
United Press
McCarl to retire. calls for federal agency reorganization
Washington (INS) Comptroller J. R. McCarl announced plans to retire Tuesday night after 15 years in office and resume his law practice. He urged Congress and Senator Byrd to pursue a thorough reorganization of federal agencies to cut duplication, save money, and consolidate functions. He warned several emergency agencies are loosely set up and tax costly, advocating transfer of their core duties to regular, streamlined agencies.
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Washington
INS
J. R. McCarl
McCarl
Roosevelt
Comptroller General
Byrd
Virginia
Congress
Beer permit for Arends delayed by county attorney in Iowa
County Attorney G. K. Thompson told the city council that he plans to prosecute John Arends for liquor violations after affidavits alleged sales by Arends and his bartender. Arends’ Class C permit was held pending further investigation as the council denied his license last week amid protests from two applicants.
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Sixteenth Avenue SW
G. K. Thompson
Arends
Thompson
Council
Iowa
Geneva Evers
Mount Vernon Avenue
Dave Cohen
A Avenue
Jay Davis
J. C
L. F. Guttenfelder
Pullman
Don Hines
Rates Boosted for Cedar Rapids Meat Freight Movements
ICC examiners recommended narrow upward tweaks to freight rates for fresh meat and packinghouse products from interior Iowa and southwestern Minnesota points, opposing broad increases from Missouri River points while proposing specific penny adjustments for Cedar Rapids Ottumwa Waterloo Mason City Des Moines Austin Faribault Albert Lea and Des Moines. The recommendations are tentative and await ICC action.
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Washington
Iowa
Minnesota
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cedar Rapids
Ottumwa
Waterloo
Mason City
Des Moines
Austin
Fariba
Mississippi River
Albert Lea
Faribault
St. Paul
Missouri River
ICC
Parching Wind Sets Cedar Rapids Heat Record
Parching wind drives Cedar Rapids to 102 degrees at 1 pm, a new year to date high. Clouds reduce temp to 101, then 97, then 98 as humidity rises after a morning shower of .03 inches. Previous high was 99 set Friday and Saturday. heat persists with sunny but hot conditions.
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Mercury
Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Roosevelt summons Horner and Murphy for luncheon talks
President Roosevelt invites Illinois Governor Horner and Michigan Governor Murphy to a White House luncheon as possible strategy talks for his re election. The meeting follows a breakfast with Governor Lehman and fuels speculation of further talks with Democratic leaders. White House aides offer no political statements beyond noting discussions of convention events.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Henry Horner
Illinois
Frank Murphy
Michigan
Philippines
White House
Herbert H. Lehman
New York
Lehman
Marvin H. McIntyre
Benes Quits Nations League Presidency
Geneva, United Press reports President Edouard Benes of Czechoslovakia formally resigned Monday as president of the League of Nations Assembly citing reasons related to health and duties.
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Benes
Nations League
Geneva
Edouard Benes
Czechoslovakia
League of Nations Assembly
Mother Slain in Hotel as Boy Describes Killer
A 7-year-old boy in a near north side Chicago hotel described a “big black man” choking his mother Florence Thompson Castle 24. Police questioned Robert “Bud” Taylor 30 and Sid Schaps 35 as they investigated a scene where a brick weapon and blood were found beside Mrs Castle in bed on the Devonshire hotel fifth floor.
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Shirley Ann Manning
Joe E. Manning
Thirty-third Street
Cedar River
High Rock
Roy Gordon
Thirtyfourth Street
Chicago
Near North Side
Florence Thompson Castle
Black Legion
Robert “Bud” Taylor
The
Devonshire
Sid Schaps
Castle
Jimmie
Schaps
Lake Michigan
Bud” Taylor
Devonshire Hotel
East
Ohio Street
Michigan Avenue
Loop
James Castle
Bud” Castle
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H. L. Lockhart
Knight
Melvin Dinnell
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Jimmie” Thompson
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