Current Comment on Chemidlin and War Tax Policy
The piece notes Paul Chemidlin receives the Legion of Honor for his injuries in a bomber crash in Los Angeles and questions U.S. recognition alongside ongoing Franco-American talks. It then shifts to Ed Williams a dairyman who died debt-free after decades of farming in Oregon, reflecting on a life tied to milk delivery and family. It previews political debate on government spending and national debt limits amid a looming European conflict.
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French Legion of Honor
Paul Chemidlin
Chemidlin
French Air Ministry
Los Angeles
Army Air Corps
Roosevelt
War Department
Legion of Honor
California
Washington
France
M. Chemidlin
Ed Williams
Mr Williams
Linn
Benton County
Fourteen Families Escape Fire at Cedar Rapids Apartment
A three story apartment building at 527 29 Sixth Ave SE Cedar Rapids burned early Friday 14 families escaped with no injuries. Fire started in a kitchen cabinet of Wesley Albrecht and spread through walls as smoke filled the building. Firemen treated an injured firefighter. cause undetermined though suspected spontaneous ignition. Building owned by T H Goodridge.
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Sixth Avenue SE
Rudolph Hanson
Charles Lee
Lee
Hanson
Wesley Albrecht
Chicago
Ben Benish
E. P. Kohout
Lumbago
Iad
Paul Gardner
Melvin C
Bud” Thompson
No. 1 Company
T H. Goodridge
Will Try Again For Cedar Rapids School Board Race
William McCall filed his declaration of intention to run in the March 13 election for Cedar Rapids school board. He will run alongside incumbent Harold Trewin and Mrs. C. T. Hickok. The filing deadline was Friday noon. Hickok has served 11 years, Trewin six.
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William McCall
First Avenue W
Cedar Rapids
McCall
Milwaukee Railroad
Harold Trewin
C. T. Hickok
Mr. Trewin
Wall Street sees rosy rail outlook in national industry
New York AP reports The Wall Street Journal notes railroads appear ready to regain primacy as the premier customer of American heavy industry after a lengthy period of financial retrenchment.
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Wall Street
New York
The
Wall Street Journal
Spending Orgy Warns Against Lifting 45 Billion Cap
The speaker assails federal budget plans and emergency agencies, urging Senator Harrigan to resist raising the 45 billion dollar limit. He condemns universal cash aid, calling it paternalism and warning that unchecked spending will persist, with 20 million people benefiting from government assistance.
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Washington
Harrigan
Cheer Up Padre A Wise Long View By Dr Newton
A 92 year old writer advises Padre to stay hopeful amid dictators and turmoil. The letter reflects on life, aging, faith, and learning to balance suffering with optimism. It praises resilience, humor, and calm as one approaches twilight, with a prayer to keep teeth and faith intact.
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Padre
Tam
Senators oppose debt limit raise amid calls for tax cuts
Chairman Harrison and House counterpart Doughton urged Morgenthau to propose a rapid tax elimination plan to aid recovery. They warned of economic confusion if spending continues and debt grows, and urged an economy program with no tax hikes or debt-limit increases.
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Waitington
Harrison
Miss
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Robert L. Doughton
House
Ways and Inecuns Committee
Secretary of Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Congressional Committee
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Harry L. Hopkins
Fire Devastates Queen Hotel in Halifax Toll Fears Rise
Halifax fire crews comb the Queen Hotel ruins after a blaze trapped guests and destroyed adjacent buildings. Police report twenty five missing and seven unidentified bodies recovered while two hospitals treat twenty injured including two firefighters. Fire marshal J A Rudland leads the inquiry as damage tops eight hundred thousand dollars.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
J. A. Rudland
Legion founder dies in Cleveland at age 59
Col. Hubert J. Turney a Cleveland attorney and one of the founders of the American Legion died Thursday night at age 59. He helped establish the veterans group in its early years and served in its leadership.
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Cleveland (Ap
Hubert J. Turney
Cleveland
The
American Legion
Make Money This Weekend in Want Ads
The Big Sunday Gazette announces weekend earning opportunities with ads to sell trade rent or buy. Courteous experienced ad-takers will be on duty from 8 AM to 8 PM Saturday to help prepare result-getting Want Ad. Dial 2 1121 to phone your ad.
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Big Sunday Gazette
Illness Keeps 800 Local Students Out Of School
A survey by Arthur Deamer, superintendent, shows influenza and severe colds sidelined about 800 city students Friday about 8 percent of enrollment. Absences ranged by school with McKinley 175 absent and Franklin 240. Roosevelt and Wilson fared better as Johnson and Jackson reported scattered cases.
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Arthur Deamer
McKinley School
Franklin
Roosevelt and
Wilson
Johnson School
Jackson School
Kenwood
Arthur and Buchanan
O R C President Named U S Delegate to Geneva Rail Parley
J A Phillips of Cedar Rapids president of the Order of Rathways Conductors is named by President Roosevelt as one of three U S delegates to a Geneva preparatory conference on rail transport for the international labor office. He will represent rail labor as officials from the government and railroads also attend. The meeting aims to draft a convention to be ratified by 57 league nations, binding like a treaty. Phillips departs Cedar Rapids for Washington then New York to sail to Europe aboard the U S Manhatan.
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Harrison
Iie
Congress
J A Phillips
Cedar Rapids
Order of Rathways
Cordell Hull
Roosevelt
United States
International Labor Office
Geneva
Switzerland
Phillips
League of Nations
Otta S Beyer
National Mediation Board
E J Mee Clees
International Labor Organization
League Council
Washington
New York
U . S . Manhattan
Europe
Edison Partner Barney Maisonville Dies at 91
Barnabe Barney Maisonville, once Edison’s partner and longtime helper for the Detroit Port Huron Grand Trunk railroad route, died Friday in East Windsor Ontario at age 91. He counted Henry Ford and Ty Cobb among his friends and aided Edison to pursue tinkering.
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East Windsor
Ont
INS
Thomas A. Edison
Barnabe
Barney" Maisonville
Edison
Detroit-Port Huron Grand Trunk
Henry Ford
Ty Cobb
New Pontife Makes World Peace Appeal
Pope Pius XI, newly elected head of the Catholic Church, broadcast a plea for peace from the Sistine Chapel. He spoke of mutual understanding and cordial collaboration among nations, called for world peace, and addressed non Catholics, noting the coronation date of March 12.
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Pope Pius XI
Catholic Church
Sistine Chapel
Pius
Pearce
St Peter
Pope Pius
College of Cardinals
First Lady Roosevelt Proves White House Not Jail
In six years, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt has kept a busy pace, embracing travel and public work while curbing some activities. She accepted an invitation to christen a large transatlantic plane and plans a seven year lecture tour, maintaining a public role without surrendering her autonomy.
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White House
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Atlantic
America
Roosevelt
American Friends Service Committee
Kentucky
Sweden
Crown Princess
Shirley Temple
New York
National Education Association
Bund Leader Faces Court In Probed Activities
New York groups head Kuhn whose Goran American Bund activities are under court scrutiny. Magistrate Jeanette Brill released him with bail waived as investigators probe alleged funding from writings and emblems sales. Names of subpocous and German associates connected to the Deutscher Wochenund Beuban press are listed in the probe.
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Fiirsz Kuhn
Jeanette C. Brill
Joseph Goldstein
Brill
Kahn
Kuin
Dasvestigatons
Willian Boere
Dud
Orycee Talons
Bund
Ats S Salts and
Tay Pews
Vierjean Pront Fm
Non
Deutscher Weckiuf Und Beubanter, Organ
Oof
Tie Bund
Child Meets Unknown Parents After Navy Service
Four year old child begins acquaintance with her biological parents for the first time. Her father was killed in service in the US Navy, and the tale follows the mother and child’s efforts to connect years after the war.
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Pal
Huss Biaday
Donegan
Philippe
United States
Roosevelt to Attend Opening Peace Conference
Secretary Frances Perkins announced President Roosevelt will participate in the opening peace conference between the Congress of Industrial Organizations and the American Federation of Labor. A preliminary meeting of opposing labor group leaders is set for Tuesday morning. Perkins aims to persuade Dan Tobin to join the federation negotiating panel after Tobin declined. Thomas A. Rickert will replace him on the committee.
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Washington
Frances Perkins
Roosevelt
Congress of Industral
American Federation of Labor
Miss Perkhins
Fey
Neeat Ytay
Mattees
Miss Perkins
van Shenae
Datiel
Teban
Teamsters Union
Pas Dent
Tobin
William Green
Thomas A. Rickert
The
United Garment Workers
State withholds Des Moines building rent payment
Des Moines rent totaling 369334 for January and February was held up by acting state comptroller Fred Porter. An attorney general’s opinion was sought after questions arose about the legality of a lease extended by the former State Executive Council for quarters used by the Board of Assessment and Review. The interim committee had not approved the extension as required by law. Senator J. L. Doran sought guidance on whether the rent could be legally paid.
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Des Moines
INS
Fred Porter
Porter
Renerral
Legislative Interm Committee
State Executive Council
Executive Council
Board of Assessment and Review
Sen
JL. H. Doran
Boone
Count Court awards custody to Haugwitz-Reventlow in Switzerland
London AP reports Count Court Haugwitz-Reventlow, estranged husband of Barbara Hutton, won custody of their son Lance. The separated couple had apparently agreed. Lance, nearly three, stays with his father in St Moritz, Switzerland, since January.
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London
Count Court Haugwitz-Reventlow
Barbara Hutton
Woolworth
Lance
St. Moritz
Switzerland
War Bill Passes House With Record Victory
The House approved a large army and naval appropriation bill by an unprecedented margin with no amendments. Debate centered on foreign propaganda and vigilance against war pressures as senators and representatives urged support for rapid military expansion.
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Benigis
Gage
Lotarst
Vlad
J Buell Snyder
War Department
House
Miller
Nye
Rules Do Not Permit Firemen Over Hats Joke
A Kentucky judge rules there is no crime in cussing on the phone if intent is clear in a humorous note about a man sending away firemen to his burning house because they lacked hats. The anecdote questions the judge's decision with a satirical tone.
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Ky Arthur
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