06 Mar 1937
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1937
Page
1
The article recalls Franklin D Roosevelt addressing a 1000-strong banquet, pledging frank talk on reorganizing the judiciary and urging national unity among executive, legislative, and judicial branches. It notes his frank remarks contrasted with prior omission and addresses reactions to Hoover era analogies and current politics.
The Iowa House voted 102 to 2 with four absent to approve the Senate homestead tax relief bill after days of debate. It preserves a $2,500 homestead exemption, reallocates funds for direct relief and old age assistance, and applies state residency rules for recipients. Contention centered on which plan best aids rural residents and whether nonresidents should be excluded from benefits.
Washington reports the United States will sever its final diplomatic relations with Haile Selassie's government. Secretary Hull states no recognition of Italy's conquest. Ambassador Engert departs Addis Ababa for reassignment. Consul Hughes remains three weeks to inventory the legation.
Berlin reports the German foreign office states the LaGuardia and Hitler attacks are closed after full regrets from Washington. Nazi press, led by Goebbels Der Angriff, keeps railing against LaGuardia and Lehman and calls for direct US action to silence the mayor.
The United States apologized to Germany for Mayor Fiorello La Guardia's remarks about Adolf Hitler. State Department official James C. Dunn told the German embassy that the comment was inappropriate and not representative of U.S. policy.
Budapest US reports Premier Koloman Daranyi ordered immediate confiscation of all Nazi newspapers amid rumors of a coup. Authorities cited maintaining peace and order as a priority. The unrest followed the sudden departure of German Minister Dr Hans Georg von Mackensen from Budapest.
Chicago taxi drivers from Yellow and Checker voted a city wide strike at a 600 person meeting. They spread word through Chicago to all 6 000 drivers about upcoming meetings and strike demands including 40 percent commissions and free gasoline. Victor Hirsch urged nonviolence and cab owners were told to park their cars in private garages or company garages.
German film star Marlene Dietrich filed first papers at the federal court naturalization department in Los Angeles and took the oath of allegiance. She will be eligible for full citizenship in two years.
John L. Lewis calls an executive council conference to form a committee for industrial organization and seek to enroll 1,250,000 textile workers. CIO campaign fees loom as labor tension grows with AFL President Green opposing full war.
Carnegie Steel leaders push a new strategy opposing John L. Lewis in a battle over unions. The four member committee rejects the existing company union and forms the American Union of Steel Workers, while William Green of the AFL declines to advise.
Delois F. Teed 40 a federal relief administrator for Butler County died in his Poplar Bluff Missouri office on Friday the day a threatening letter warned him to leave town within seven days Department of Justice agents said the note was received a week earlier Teed had given a copy to authorities Coroner Grover Greer suggested worry from the warning may have contributed to a fatal heart attack found in his pocket
A 1937 essay argues life’s purpose is goodness. Quoting Dr Frank Singer H G Wells and a theologian, it holds that living well means being good and promoting goodness in society through intelligent moral action. The church aids this by fostering virtue.
Edward, Duke of Windsor, and Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson plan immediate marriage once the decree nisi becomes final. A close friend cited April 27 as the key date with plans to honeymoon near Arondstein, Austria. Simpson will move her effects from Cannes to Enzesfeld this month as legal experts note the final divorce could come within days of April 27.
Berlin dispatch quotes Field Marshal August von Mackensen telling Hitler Youth in Saxony that war between Germany and Soviet Russia is inevitable. He warned youths to expect service in the German people's army as the world situation worsens and the east is described as godless.
President Roosevelt urged passage of his judiciary reorganization program in a radio address to Democratic victory dinner guests and signaled a nationwide fight to enlarge the Supreme Court. Opponents planned Senate hearings with witnesses including Norman Thomas and notable women, and pressed measures to curb executive branch commentary on legislation. Cabinet members were expected to speak publicly in support as Congress remained in session.
Detroit workers at 40 Woolworth stores win wage gains and hours after a weeklong sitdown strike by 150 in the main Detroit store. Women get 14.50 weekly minimum, five cent raise, 48 hour week. men in bakery and kitchen roles receive raised minimums. Strike payout set at 50 percent of lost salary. six months duration.
Margaret Eustice II and her mother were arraigned after being returned from Clinton. They were taken from a train to a waiting car in a wheelchair and appeared before Judge Frank Padden after a conference with Assistant State's Attorney Wilbur Crowley. The case was continued until March 19 when five other defendants will be arraigned.
Paris reports cabinet measures move France toward a technical gold standard with a balanced budget and a large defense loan. Export of gold remains prohibited while free internal gold trade resumes, aiming to restore faith in the franc amid broader European rearmament pressures.
A sharp earthquake was felt in Salinas California at 4 30 am Friday with no damage reported. Local residents felt the tremor across the area and authorities reported no injuries or structural harm.
The House passed a $526.6 million navy supply bill, rejecting amendments from small navy forces and a bid for a world disarmament conference. The measure now goes to the Senate after defeating proposals to cut funds or limit fleet maneuvers and shipbuilding.
The House debated an arms conference and a naval expansion bill moving to the Senate. Key figures included Umstead proposing talks with six nations to curb the arms race while others argued for a strong policy and warned against premature conference.
Martha Selbergoff, a servant, sues Allan A. Ryan Jr for 100000 damages in New York Supreme Court. She accuses the financier of three attacks at his city home amid claims of violent and ardent love. Affidavits were filed with a bid to reopen the case.
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