Public utilities under fire from Washington and local critics
W E Kearns of Marion accuses Washington experts of planning to ruin private utilities by promoting government ownership. The letter argues state constitutional protections and local tax contributions from Linn county utilities, with about 1 000 employees and extensive tax payments, would vanish if federal control expanded. It asserts government ownership shifts taxes onto citizens and would end local services.
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Marion
E Gazette
J. Kearns
Iowa
Gazette
Kearns
Hinker's Dam
Washington
Wes
W. E. Kearns
Onsider
Linn County
Fall of British Pound Shocks World Markets
Gold soars to a record high while the pound sterling sinks amid Britain abandoning the gold standard. Gold trades near 74 percent above parity, with the pound at a record low and silver rising. Investors await funds and policy actions as French, British, and American officials remain silent.
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London
Great Britain
New York
Britain
American Control Fund
United States
Equalization Fund
Ask 100000 For Weed Eradication
Washington AP reports Secretary Wallace will be urged to recommend a 100000 appropriation to fund federal state cooperation against bindweed in Nebraska. Rep. McLaughlin and Rep. Gillette said officials assured the measure would be recommended. The plan would let federal agencies work with states on new weed control methods.
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Washington
Wallace
McLaughlin
Neb
Nebraska
Gillette
Paul Appleby
Bureau of Plant Industry
Congress
Elderly Insurance Man Plunges to Death in Albany
An elderly man, tentatively identified as Simon L Nusbaum an Albany insurance man, fell from the 15th story of a bank building on Saturday. The body struck the roof of a nearby one story structure.
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Albany
N. Y
INS
Simon L. Nusbaum
Justice Holmes Losing Slightly in Life Battle
Washington reports say Oliver Wendell Holmes, former supreme court justice, is weakening while battling pneumonia at his home. Doctors, including Drs. Longcope and Ecker, say his condition is troubling given his advanced age as oxygen is supplied to ease breathing.
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Washington
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Supreme Court
Thomas A. Claytor
Longcope
Holmes
Claytor
Midwest Farmers Repay Million In Loans
Belogan president of Omaha Federated Land Bank announced that farmers across Iowa Nebraska Wyoming and South Dakota repaid over 1 million dollars on mortgage loans in the last three days of February The February mail brought 429000 in payments keeping 40 accountants busy overnight Most remittances included principal payments though the law waives principal due until July 1938 if interest and taxes are kept current
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Omaha
P. Belogan
Omaha Feder Land‘sbank
Iowa
Nebraska
Wyoming
South Dakota
Hogan
Alyce Jane Ready For Her Operation
Alyce Jane McHenry a 10 year old Omaha girl awaiting surgery to correct an inverted stomach was in good condition and smiling while reading fan mail on Saturday Dr Philemone Truesdale postponed a diet change as preparations began for the Monday operation in Fall River Mass
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Fall River
Mass
Alyce Jane McHenry
Dr. Philemone
Truesdale
Chicago Milk Pact Suspended by AAA
The American Association suspended the Chicago milk license agreement after a request from the Pure Milk association led by 18,000 members. The group argued the license plan raises prices for farmers less than its impact, reducing the base on which the $2.20 per hundredweight bottle price applies. The move saves about $10,000 monthly and does not change the current 11 cents per quart price before April 1.
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Chicago
AAA
Henry A. Wallace
Pure Milk Association
Wallace
Don Geyer
Geyers
Geyer
Airplanes Win Over Ships in Greek Battle
Government planes bomb rebel warships to restore Venizelos to power in a pivotal aerial clash. The rebel fleet, including the cruiser Averoff and several destroyers, faced a government air force of about 70 planes aided by four destroyers. The conflict saw intense sea and land fighting as Venizelos declared seclusion, martial law was proclaimed, and moves to derail the rebellion were pursued through ultimatums and naval actions at Salonika.
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Athens
Eleutherios Venizelos
Averoff
Hell
Eee
Demistachas
Colialexis
Aegean
Cyclades
Crete
Venizelos
Canea
Greece
Salonika
Demand for autos exceeds production in U S
Detroit reports demand for motor vehicles outstrips supply as producers curtail output for various reasons. Cramp's Reports notes shortages in low price plants due to failures in raw material delivery. Rumors say one producer may add two or three new models in coming weeks.
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Detroit
Cramp
South Dakota Man Crushed Under Car
OKOBOJO, S. D. AP E. H. Garrett 46 former state representative from Sully county was crushed to death at his farm home near here Saturday under an automobile he was repairing. The car fell while Garrett was underneath. His widow survives.
The Trouble with the World Too Much of Everything
Reader argues that society suffers from overproduction crowds selfishness and excess in religion books movies and media. He urges a focus on love service wisdom and homegrown culture over cheap entertainment and noisy opinion in a 1936 reflection by DE Newton.
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Myich
War Fears Grow as Buell Says US Near War
Raymond L. Buell, president of the Foreign Policy Association, warned Chicago that war is closer to the United States than since 1917. He faulted Roosevelt policy and Latin American setbacks, urged policy change to avoid distancing the United States from Cuba and Chaco, and cautioned that naval and air expansion risks a Japan conflict with mutual disaster.
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Chicago
Raymond Leslie Buell
The
Foreign Policy Association
United States
Roosevelt
Buell
Chicago Council of Foreign Relations
Latin America
Chaco
Cuba
Orient
Stimson
Japan
Europe
Free Theater Tickets Announced Daily Want Ads
Daily want ads publish names of winners receiving free theater tickets this month. Read the listings to see if your name appears among the daily draws.
Relief Grants Cut as Funds Face Shortfall in Senate Deadlock
Washington reports the administration sharply cut 21 million relief payments as a looming funds shortage tightens the federal relief chest. The $4.88 billion program remains stalled in the Senate with governors pressing for faster disbursement and a shift of construction work relief costs to states.
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Washington
Senate
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Chamber. I
2396 Persons Selected for Subsistence Homestead Residents
Secretary Harold L. Ickes announced 2 396 people forming 555 families are approved as residents of the fourth subsistence homestead projects. The sites are in Illinois Indiana Mississippi Pennsylvania Tennessee Texas and West Virginia as part of the federal rural rehabilitation program.
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Washington (Lp
Harold L. Ickes
Illinois
Indiana
Mississippi
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Texas
West Virginia
Temperature Drops Saturday Night in Cedar Rapids
Temperatures fell under fair skies in Cedar Rapids after a high of 50 degrees reached at 2 pm, tying the year's high. Readings from Chambers Inskeep showed 38 at 7 pm and 35 at 9:30 pm as the night cooled.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep
School Boy Drowns After Ice Edge Slip in Chicago
Chicago report says Robert Morris an 11 year old pupil drowned Saturday after slipping from a high ice bank into Lake Michigan at the water's edge. Local authorities investigated the accident and recovered the body.
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Chicago
Robert Morris
Lake Michigan
Ickes Charges Law Violations At Boulder Dam
PWA Administrator Ickes said evidence of law violations by Six Companies at the Boulder Dam project has reached pro portions and ordered chief investigator Louis Glavis to supervise the case on site. Payrolls showing dual sets were seized by the Nevada district attorney as the grand jury probes other PWA irrigation irregularities in Texas.
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Companies
Inc
U. S
Nevada
PWA
Ickes
Threats Target Hauptmann Trial Witnesses In New York
Police protected three friends of Violet Sharpe after a vindictive unsigned letter threatened their lives. The trio Catherine Miners Ernest Billes and Elmer Johnson had testified at the Bruno Hauptmann murder trial in Flemington. Miller sought a permit to carry a revolver in Hackensack New Jersey.
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New York
INS
Violet Sharpe
Bruno
Richard Hauptmann
Flemington
Catherine
Minners
Lodge Anniversary Bring Hundreds From Several States
Palacky lodge No 630 Chicago led a large multi state celebration for Jan Hus lodge No 5 I O O F marking fifty years. Attendees from Iowa Minnesota and Illinois joined the Jan Hus event at the C S P S hall while Palacky drill teams conferred first second and third degrees on a class of sixty five. Otto Kerner Jr son of Illinois attorney general attended among Chicago delegates.
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Palacky Lodge
Chicago
Iowa
Minnesota
Illinois
Jan Hus Lodge
Otto Kerner, Jr
Kerner
John Fucik
Cedar Rapids
Fucik
Frank
Thomas Vrba
Noble Grand
Frank Kanak
John Sedenka
Wesley Blazek
Frank J. Dvorak
Mount Vernon
William Neill
Milton
Lindbergh ransom money mystery outlined by AP report
A 1935 AP summary details the Lindbergh ransom funds still unaccounted for. It lists amounts tied to Hauptmann and various exchange points, notes theories on where the $30,285 went, and cites federal and internal revenue officials debating whether the bills were destroyed or still in circulation.
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Pat McGrady
Asociated Press
Hauptmann
J. Faulkner
Manufacturers Trust Co
Chemical
Bx National Bank
New York
Total Ransom
Treasury
Department
John F. Condon
Internal “Revenue ‘Department
Federal Reserve Banks
Hugh MacQuillan
Internal’ Revenue. Department
Louisiana Phone Rate Cut Ordered by Public Service Commission
Senator Huey Long announced a $600,000 reduction in Louisiana telephone rates after the fourth special session. The Public Service Commission ordered the cut, Long serving as counsel for the commission. The telephone company paid $30,000 for the investigation under a law Long helped pass, which requires utilities to cover investigation costs.
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Baton ‘Rouge
LLP
Huey Long
Louisiana
Louisiana Public*service Commission
Long
Commission
Weather outlook for March 4 to 9 in central plains and Midwest
AP reports rain in the south and snow in the north across the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. Temperatures stay near normal but turn quite cold midweek with renewed cold spell toward week’s end.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
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