Army Air Corps Boost Sparks Budget Debate
The largest regular army appropriation since World War I nears 500 million with a 50 million push for army air corps expansion and 19.505 million for combat planes. Roosevelt ambassadorships and Bullitt influence frame doubts on Europe balance of power and air defense. Footnotes discuss liquor stamps, bootlegging links to federal protection, Hopkins economic policies, and the Supreme Court sitdown strike ruling.
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War Department funds set at 499 million in postwar bill
The House Appropriations Committee reported a 499 857936 money bill for the War Department for the year starting July. It funds 551 combat planes and 14 photographic planes immediate expenditure and outlines a path to 5 500 or 6 000 planes by 18 months. The measure includes 39 6 million above 1988 89 and anticipates Roosevelt supplementary estimates. Seacoast defenses and ordnance funding rise as federal defense programs expand.
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Understanding in daily life and wisdom from experience
A reader reflects on the sign brightening understanding, linking it to Proverbs and the pursuit of insight. Dr Newton explains understanding as discovering underlying causes, not just facts, with wisdom growing slowly through life and grace.
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Snow cleanup accelerates as mercury sinks to four above
Cedar Rapids and eastern Iowa push snow cleanup after a heavy blanket from Monday and Tuesday. By Wednesday afternoon temperatures rose from a low of 4 above at 7 am to 21 by 2:30 pm. Plow crews and extra workers cleared Town roads, with intercity bus schedules restored and rail lines plowed, aiding travel and access.
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Conclave Begins to Elect New Pope in Vatican
Cardinal O Connell of Boston arrives as Mundelein and Dougherty join the group in Rome. The 62 cardinals enter the secret conclave to start balloting for a successor to Pope Pius XI. a cloud of white smoke will signal a white smoke outcome.
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Senate unit drops incentive tax plan
Washington reports that a Senate finance subcommittee will file a forthcoming report stating special tax incentives should not be taken up by Congress now. The panel favors profit sharing as a general concept while noting practical questions about implementing broader incentives.
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Tobin Withdraws As A. F. L. Negotiator
Washington bulletin reports Daniel J Tobin president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and Chauffeurs withdrew as an AFL negotiator in Roosevelt labor peace conferences. The story notes an earlier related report on page 5.
Palm-O-Graphs feature begins today in Cedar Rapids Gazette
The Cedar Rapids Gazette launches Palm-O-Graphs a daily feature analyzing palm prints of famous people with 500 word personalized analyses and original palm prints and signatures. Celebrities from sports radio screen stage drama and literature will be showcased with unusual hobbies and life highlights.
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Terminate Iowa truck license reciprocity pacts urged
DES MOINES AP Secret ary of State Earl G Miller said he would ask the legislature to cancel all Iowa truck license reciprocity agreements. He cited losses of 1.5 to 3 million dollars yearly from out of state registrations and a plate switching racket uncovered near Council Bluffs and Omaha. Police arrested 39 truckers in the area as Miller warned of duplicate Nebraska plates and improper licensing that shift tax burdens to Iowa and Nebraska authorities.
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Reich Invincible In Air Goering Says
Goering declared Germanys air force unbeatable marking its Munich Conference impact and vow to strengthen amid arms race as the Luftwaffe marked its fourth birthday. A German decree frees artisans for new tasks while Das Schwarze Korps warns of labor shortages hindering reconstruction. Scrap iron drives yield 256000 tons for heavy industry as iron fences are replaced by wood.
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Hermann Goering
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NAB trio for trying to end press crusade
Mobile Alabama AP Sam Powe a noted political figure was jailed in a federal roundup of suspects said to be trying to disrupt the Mobile Press Register anti gambling crusade by pressuring an editor Powe a former fight promoter now active in city politics surrendered and posted a 10000 bond McKenzie couple George and Miriam were charged with conspiring to intimidate Henry Poward’s civil rights to free speech Ewald editor resigned after being lured to a home and beaten in a plot tied to higher ups in the lottery effort the paper vows to press its campaign against the racket
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President Sails For Port After 'Games'
NMIJAMT Florida dispatch notes President Roosevelt cruising the Gulf Stream toward Charleston aboard the U S S Houston with an official navy appraisal of the fleet s most serious war games in years He is expected to reveal results of the theoretical Atlantic sea engagement upon arrival at Charleston navy yard late Friday.
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Fear First Soviet Envoy To U S Is Purge Victim
London reports Alexander A Troyanovsky first Soviet ambassador to the United States has disappeared from Moscow and is believed purged by OGPU chief Yezhov. Once a czarist officer and Menshevik, Troyanovsky had risen in Stalin's circle and faced potential arrest delayed to avoid harming Soviet American relations.
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Dolores Ibarri blocks peace drive in Spanish war
In Paris and under republican circles officials report Dolores Ibarri known as La Pasionaria blocks efforts by France and Britain to end the Spanish civil war. She tells a French envoy that as long as ground exists the war will continue and pressures Negrin to keep fighting. Diego Martinez Barrio hesitates to assume presidency. election may be held March 7 if he declines.
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Breakin Reported 36 Hours After It Was Discovered
Cedar Phanics News reports a burglary to police 36 hours after discovery at 720 First Avenue Ww. The workshop, once Hartenberg company, held tools and materials owned by a mortgaged creditor. Worth about 300 dollars were taken, entry gained through a rear door per Bers Averill’s account.
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4 Coal Miners End Underground Strike at Hazelton
In Hazelton Pennsylvania 49 coal miners abandoned a sit down protest after Wolfe Collieries refused further compensation payments. They emerged from the 250 foot level after payrolls covering back wages past due since February were delivered. They planned to seek court relief to settle more than a year of unpaid wages.
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First Lady Quits DAR Over Marian Anderson Dispute
Washington substituted news confirmed that Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt has withdrawn from the Daughters of the American Revolution due to the organization's stance on Marian Anderson, the black singer.
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New York Kidnapping Case Shocks Father and Friends
Georde Katz learns his best friend Charles Mitchell and accomplices plan and execute a two hour kidnapping of Katz's son Michael on February 20. Mitchell Schwartz and Schwartz's sister Nellie Resnik were arrested after debt and gambling ties emerged. Katz believed Mitchell would lend the money, while investigators reveal internal motives and staged ransom acts. Katz, an accountant, and his wife Mrs Bessie Katz react as district attorney Geoghan outlines the case.
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Katy Gat
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Schwarte
Nellie Resmiek
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Resnick
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Katz
Bessie Katz
Lilian Beckitt
St Wenceslaus Reaches Class B Final in Dubuque Tourney
St Wenceslaus defeated St Clement's of Bankston 8 14 to advance to the Class B final of the Dubuque diocesan tournament. They will face the winner of Holy Family Mason City or Sacred Heart Monticello. Immaculate Conception meets Our Lady of Victory Waterloo in Class A final.
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Hamilton Can Have The States But Jim Wants
A satirical column cites Arthur Baer and Jack Hamilton about states versus post offices, mentions the G. O. YP. turning eighty and tied to a 1932 simmering pot with two chickens, and notes Sally Rand visiting Grover Whalen to discuss progress. It adds the school children naming the Perisphere and Trylon as the meatball and ice cream cone.
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