First Woman in Cabinet and Other Political Observations
A newspaper column surveys early cabinet appointments noting Mrs Paul Wilson as labor secretary designate, Frances Perkins as de facto labor head, and Daniel Roper as commerce secretary amid a balanced diverse cabinet. It also comments on state education politics, milk inspection issues, and a call for governance cost cuts and hospital oversight.
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Cabinel
Paul Wilson
Labor
Frances Perkins
Detroit News
Board of Education
Iowa Board of Education
Phillips Named Undersecretary of State for Roosevelt
William Phillips of Beverly Massachusetts chosen by President elect Roosevelt as undersecretary of state. The veteran diplomat will be first lieutenant to Secretary Hull and act in his absence. Phillips previously served 1922 to 1924 as undersecretary and was ambassador to Belgium.
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Washington
William Phillips
Beverly
Mass
Roosevelt
Hull
Belgium
Phillips
William R. Castle, Jr
Hoover
Joseph P. Cotton, Jr
Norman H. Davis
Europe
Davis
Stimson
State Department
American Foreign Service
Harvard
J. H. Choate
London
Far East
Netherlands
U. S
Canada
Congress
Hull-Walcott
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Cermak Doctors Say Mayor Will Live
Miami AP reports Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak’s doctors stated he would live barring unforeseen circumstances. The five-physician team noted improvement, including pneumonia subsiding and better heart action, with increasing oral intake.
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Miami
Fla
Anton Cermak
Chicago
Giuseppe Zangara
Cermak
Frederick Tice
Zangara
Roosevelt
Tice
E. C. Nichols
Karl A. Mayer
Brookhart Blocks Prescription Bill
Senator Brookhart of Iowa objected to Blaine of Wisconsin and blocked Senate consideration of the Celler bill to remove prescription restrictions on wine and spirits by physicians. The measure had passed the House.
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Washington
Ulp
Brookhart
Iowa
Blaine
Rep
Wis
Senate
House
Return of Boettcher Seen Within 24 Hours
Denver AP reports negotiators have set a 24 hour window for paying a $60,000 ransom and releasing Charles Boettcher II in an unnamed city. Two alleged abductors, identified to police, rejected the father’s offer to pay after his son’s safe return. No release location is specified and sightings of aircraft over Sidney, Nebraska, triggered police searches that found nothing.
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Denver
Colo
Clarles
Boettcher
Claude K Boettcher
Sidney
Neb
Nothng
Parole Possible in Cedar Rapids Boy Deportation Case
The immigration board may parole 10 year old Fred Abdnour with guardianship by his mother, Rachel Shada. Federal deportation orders are halted as Rep. Cyrenus Cole furnishes Cedar Rapids information and Iowa courts seize custody to prevent removal.
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Harry E. Hull
Cyrenus Cole
Fred Abdnour
Cedar Rapids
Washington
Cole
Frank Hayes, Jr
Omaha
Joseph Kacere
Immigration Service
el Paso
Tex
Hayes
Youne Abdnour
Father Kacer
de C
Fred
Arianne
Immigration ‘Board
Immigration
Cyrenus .Cole
Abdnour
Rachel Shada
Mexico
Iowa
Hull
United States
State of Iowa
District Court of
Linn County
Atherton B. Clark
Fred Shada
America
Senate Votes On Grain Pit Fight Facts Request
The Senate approved the Wheeler resolution asking Secretary Hyde for information about his suspension of Chicago board of trade requirements last October and the consequent sharp drop in grain prices on the exchange.
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Washington
LLP
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
Hyde
Chicago Board of Trade
Roosevelt expected to call Congress. Perkins appointment disputed
President elect Roosevelt plans a special session likely starting March 20 to consider labor policy. William Green of the AFL criticized Frances Perkins selection as secretary of labor, arguing she lacks labor experience and representation. Green stressed labor’s need for a labor-focused secretary with understanding of collective bargaining and industrial relations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Green
National League of Women Voters
Woman's Party
Frances Perkins
Labor Post
Labor
Department of Labor
Secretary of Labor
Japs Capture Key Objectives In Jehol Campaign
Reported by the Associated Press the Japanese army overran two major defensive barriers around the Jehol capital and seized Lingyuan and Chihfeng. The Chinese government at Nanking protested Britain’s arms embargo, arguing it aids Japan while China relies on foreign war materials.
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Associated Press
Jehor
Lingyuan
Chihfeng
Epee
Ieading
Jehol
Nanking
China
Great Britain
Japan
Wallace Aims To Boost Farm Buying Power
Des Moines Iowa AP Henry A Wallace newly named secretary of agriculture tells readers of Wallace's Farmer he expects significant progress for farm buying power under a progressive administration He honors his father Henry C Wallace and compares the task to fighting a forest fire citing tariff walls and debt as obstacles to be overcome.
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Des Moines
Henry A. Wallace
Roosevelt
Farm Magazine
Wallace
Farmer
Henry C. Wallace
Harding
Coolidge
Washington
United States
Japs Not To Quit Arms Conference
Japan will not withdraw from the world arms conference, informs Arthur Henderson, president of the conference, in Geneva. The statement came Wednesday as tensions over arms control remained high.
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Geneva
Japan
Arthur Henderson
Senate Prober Sues Huey for 900000 in Damages
Samuel T. Ansell, former counsel for the senate committee probing the Overton Louisiana election, sues Senator Huey Long in the District of Columbia Supreme Court for 500000 in slander damages plus 250000 for actual damages and 250000 punitive damages, alleging public slander in Long’s February 21 senate speech.
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Washington
Samuel T. Ansell
Senate Committee
John H. Overton
Louisiana
Huey Long
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Army
Long
Senate
Ansell
Rental Wanted Ad Seeks 24 Houses For Rent Listings
The Gazette ran a rental want ad seeking vacant houses apartments or rooms. Twenty five responses came in one tenant rented while twenty four await other landlords to advertise. Dial 2 1121 to place ads with special rates for 3 day and 7 day runs. A strictly modern six room home with double garage and large yard is advertised at 180 J St SW.
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the Gazette
Congressional Action on Bankruptcy and Cotton Bills
Congress enacted broad measures to ease debt for cities farmers and railroads. It pushed a moratorium for defaulting debtors and set terms for bankruptcy reform and cotton price support while leaving banking emergency steps unfinished.
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Washington
LLP
Congress
Roosevelt
Hoover
McKeown-LaGuardia- Hasting
rouEn
Cos Courts
Cone
Mount
Senate
Hull-Walcott
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Rotation Plan For Police Force Goes Into Effect
Wholesale rotation of police officers began at headquarters as the 4 pm to midnight shift moved to 8 am to 4 pm for a month. Assistant Chief Sam Christensen leads the old day force, with Joe Kudina as sergeant. Captain Al Mikota starts the new night shift with Steve Stolba as sergeant. John Cook’s duties are assigned to Sergeant Jess Clift while he is off.
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Cedar Rapids
Sam Christensen
Joe Kudina
al Mikota
How Shall We Keep Lent
Dr Joseph Fort Newton laments that Lent has become a social escape rather than spiritual discipline. He urges repentance for war racism religious bigotry and industrial injustice, warning against easy edification and calls for genuine inner renewal leading to a radiant Easter.
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Joseph Fort Newton
Goering claims communist plot to ignite civil war in Germany
Berlin reports say Wilhelm Goering announced police seized documents from Liebknecht Haus revealing plans for a coordinated communist revolution. He described a scheme of armed uprisings, hostage taking, and terror to overthrow Hitler regime, with Feb 22 and Feb 27 dates cited.
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Berlin
Germany
Wilhelm Goering
Prussia
Goering
Liebknecht Haus
Adolf Hiteler
Reichstag
Liebeknecht Haus
Armed posse closes in on fugitive at Illinois farm
A fifty-strong posse of deputy sheriffs and farmers surrounded a farm home near Depue Illinois to capture Lawrence Fox an escapee from a state asylum in Moline Fox shot Deputy Eugene Flaherty wounding him then fired from the house as authorities with armored cars and gas bombs closed in Fox 65 years old had escaped from the asylum a month earlier.
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Depue, Tl
Lawrence Fox
Moline
Springfield Repeals State Search and Seizure Act
In Springfield on Wednesday the House voted 120 to 25 to repeal the state search and seizure act and then began consideration of a bill to repeal the state prohibition act.
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Springfield
Heiress Aldine Younger is Dead in Pontiac Case
The 23-year-old heiress Aldine Younger was found dead near Pontiac after a midnight party. Ashere Earle Bentley, son of a former Pontiac mayor, was detained after admitting to driving with Younger and claimed she left the car on the way home. The death and missing details spurred an autopsy and investigation.
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Pontiac
Ill
Aldine Younger
Ashere Earle Bentley
William Bentley
Heckman
Bentley
Miss Younger
Chicken With Four Legs Walks Backward In Kansas City
Mrs. A Yokum of Kansas City reports a Rhode Island hen that lays a brood with one chick walking backward and forward with equal ease due to having four legs. The double tread chick is among the hatch.
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Kansas City, Mo
Corn Auction Sparks $33 Per Bushel Surge in Clear Lake
In Clear Lake Iowa Democrats and Republicans raised corn to $33 a bushel at a mid street auction led by Sheriff Jack Robinson. The grain stored in circulating cribs fetched bids of $16.50 and $30 with added bids sending corn to President Roosevelt and President Hoover.
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Clear Lake
Iowa
Corn Exchange Bank
Jack Robinson
George Sheridan
Roosevelt
Sam Kennedy
Axel Thompson
Hoover
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Wilson
Daniel Roper
Woodrow Wilson
Frank
Senator Walsh
Montana
Mr. Roosevelt
E. G. Liebold
Henry Ford
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Sore Pye Betenes Szar-Jessup
State Board
A. R. Menary
DR. Menary
Menary
University Hospital
Iowa City
Pottsville
Senate Banking Committee
al Smith
AID
Boy Alien
Bulletin
Perkins
Huey
Frank Murphy
Detroit
House Judiciary Committee
McLeod
George W. Norris
Judiciary Committee
Fiorella LaGuardia
N. Y
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Hindenburg
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