Wisconsin and Iowa notes touch on loans and safety laws
Wisconsin HOLC loan holders push for a general strike on interest and principal until Congress acts. Iowa Safety Council backs compulsory vehicle testing and scientific intoxication proof with a Sioux City doctor voicing safeguards against misuse. Other items urge used car buying during National Used Car Exchange Week and critique rising naval expenditures as defense fiction.
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BRE
Wisconsin
Kenosha
Wisconsin Home Owners Loan Protective Association
Congress
Madison
State Tax Commission
Iowa
Death Of Soviet Writer CHARGES TIE GORKI TO PURGE TRIAL
A letter read at a purge trial describes Maxim Gorki dying as doctors administered injections to speed his death. Dr Levin and Dr Pletnev are accused of contributing to the writer’s death while Kremlin physicians debate treatment.
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Moscow
Maxim Gorki
Lev G Levin
Dmitri D Pletnev
Gorki
Bellostotzky
Kremlin
Andrew Vishinsky
Levin
Kremlin Hospital
OWA government rents vast Des Moines offices as growth outpaces space
The state pays $82,600 yearly in rent for privately owned Des Moines office space, at four percent on over $2,000,000. Building new offices could exceed this amount, yet demand for space continues as bureaus and departments expand far beyond self owned facilities.
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OWA
Des Moines
Woman Revolutionary Testifies in Moscow Treason Trial
Varvara Yakovleva former Russia finance commissar and first woman in the Soviet regime told judges of a plan to arrest and kill Lenin and Stalin. She said Nikolai Bucharin led talks to destroy top leaders at a 1918 meeting and that a witness confirmed orders to destroy. Bucharin denied speaking of killing, while others described a 1934 plan to arrest the Communist Party congress.
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Moscow
Russia
Lenin
Stalin
Varvara Nikolaevna Yakovleva
Republic of Russia
Yakovleva
Nikolai Bucharin
Jacob Sverdloft
Bucharin
Communist Party
Stukoff
Brest-Litovsk
Germany
Sverdloff
Leningrad
Stokoff
Buchanin
Madame Yakovleva
Plot to seize the Kremlin sparks nine year trial
Nikolai I. Buchanin testified as the trial of twenty one confessed traitors resumed. The plan to capture the Kremlin and topple Stalin began in 1929, described by the former Pravda editor. Prosecutor Vishinsky pressed for details of the revolutionary scheme.
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Moscow
INS
Kremlin
Nikolai I. Buchanin
Pravda
Tavestia
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Buchanin
Revenue Kept Low to Fund Expansive Political Pensions
The text notes a shift toward expanding political pay rolls and financing paternalism and rent real estate, implying revenue remains constrained to support growing government obligations and related expenditures.
Living Every Day a Pocket Book of Faith Philosophy and Fun
A compact daily talks collection created with reader input. The book blends faith philosophy and humor to offer brief essays on life, aiming to start each day with cheer and courage. It highlights Lincoln's motto on happiness and notes reader collaboration in shaping the content.
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Bill Nye
iCopyricht
Airliner missing sighted object sighted near Goat Mountain
Fresno AP report says rancher saw distant object resembling an airship near Goat mountain. Search party prepared to depart Monday to verify sighting and locate possible missing airliner components amid mounting uncertainty.
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Fresno
Calif
Goat Mountain
Dirlam Son Missing Aboard Disappeared Liner
Jay N Dirlam 55 dies in Mansfield of heart ailment while learning his two children Mary Louise 19 and J Tracy Dirlam 21 are missing on an eastbound TWA liner that vanished Tuesday night with nine aboard. Captain John Sears reports a possibly intact wreck found on a mountain near Bass Lake after clearing clouds. The plane departed San Francisco bound for Los Angeles, passing near a power house location where ranchers heard the last radio from Pilot John Graves.
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Mansfield
INS
Jay N. Dirlam
Mary Louise
J Tracy Dirlam
TWA
Tinental
Western Air Express
John Sears
Fresno
Sears
Bass Lake
San Francisco
Los Angeles
John Graves
Czech Trade Pact For Signature In Washington
In Washington a reciprocal trade treaty with Czechoslovakia, under negotiation for months, was to be signed formally Monday after noon. Details of the pact were withheld until the signature.
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Washington
Czechoslovakia
Tax Bill Faces Attack Over Punitive Surtax Claim
Washington reports two members, Representative Lamneck of Ohio and Representative Fish of Arkansas, denounce the tax revision bill's surtax on closely held and family corporations as discriminatory and unjust. The bipartisan coalition against the penalty tax appears to have failed.
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Bulletin
Washington
Lamneck
Ohio
House
INS
Fish
Publicity for Corporate Salaries Attack Linked to Roosevelt and Son
Rep Clare Hoffman charged President Roosevelt and his son James augmented salaries through off the books activities. He criticized publicity rules as a cure that worsens business confidence and delays recovery. The Senate Civil Liberties Committee reviewed the 1936 Remington Rand strike at Ilion New York with NAM and labor board findings on strike breakers and company actions.
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F.D.R. Washington
Clare Hoffman
Mich
Roosevelt
James
House
Fish
Remington - Rand
Ilion
National Association of Manufacturers
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
la Follette (P
Wis
NAM
Labor Relations Board
Walter B. Weisenburger
NA M
Citizens Committee
Thon
Labor Board
Frank Hutchinson Funeral Tentatively Set For Thursday
Funeral services for Frank D. Hutchinson 76 founder and former president of the Hutchinson Ice Cream company who died in Los Angeles last week are tentatively set for Thursday at 9 am in the Immaculate Conception church Cedar Rapids. Burial will follow at Mount Calvary cemetery with final arrangements pending body arrival.
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Frank D. Hutchinson
Park Terrace SE
The
Hutchinson Ice Cream Company
Los Angeles
Immaculate Conception Church
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Practical Home Gardening Guide Starts In The Gazette
Landscape expert Donald Gray says home gardening is simple and attainable. The Gazette begins a series on back yard gardens, guiding readers step by step starting on page 3.
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Donald Gray
The
Gazette
Nazi Arrest of Tennis Star Von Cramm Shrouded in Secrecy
Berlin reports Baron Gottfried von Cramm, Germany’s top tennis ace, was arrested on suspicion of moral delinquency. Police offered few details, noting secrecy surrounding charges, time, and place with possible detention at a hospital for cardiac neurosis during full investigation.
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Berlin
Gottfried von Cramm
Germany
von Cramm
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Government wins quick victory in 27h vote fraud trial
In Kansas City six defendants pled guilty or no contest as the government achieved an immediate victory in the twelfth election fraud trial opened Monday. Judges Bruno Nicoli and Frank G. Fellers pled guilty, joined by four others pled as no contest.
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Kansas City
INS
Bruno Nicoli
Frank G. Fellers
Margaret Jowell
Nina R. Fellers
Louise F Stroube
Dorothy Brown
Arnold Accepts Job Vacated by Jackson
Yale law professor Thurman Arnold accepted the administration's offer to head the anti trust division of the Justice Department. Attorney General Cummings sent the nomination to President Roosevelt for Senate confirmation. Arnold previously served in the department and on the Securities and Exchange Commission staff.
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Washington
INS
Thurman Arnold
Yale University
Justice Departments
Cummings
Roosevelt
Senate
Arnold
Yale
Securities and Exchange Commission
Robert I. Jackson
Yale Law Professor Denies Book Attacks American System
New Haven, Conn Professor Thurman Arnold denies that his book Folklore of Capitalism attacks American life or government. He says the Yale law professor views the work as a critical objective analysis published last year.
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New Haven, Conn
Ins
Thurman Arnold
Yale University
Spanish Rebel Cruiser Baleares In Mediterranean Battle Sinks
Loyalist ships and air power clash with insurgent force off Cartagena in a dawn clash that claims 200 lives aboard the rebel Baleares as Boreas, Kempenfelt, and Lepanto pursue the fleet. The Baleares fate remains uncertain but is believed sunk.
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London
Boreas
Gibraltar
Admiralty
Baleares
Barcelona
INS
Canarias
Libertad
Alonso
Kempenfelt
Lepanta
Iran Cartagena
Mediterranean Seacoast
Almirante Cervera
Miguel de Cervantes Libertad
Mendez Nunez
Sanchez, Barcaiziegui
Almirante Antequera
Lepanto
Cartagena
Cape Palos
Angle Parking on 3rd Ave Approved by City Council
The city council approved angle parking on Third Avenue SE from First to Fourth streets on the recommendation of Public Safety Commissioner W C Benesh. He cited a survey showing fifty more cars could be parked with angle parking and a small bus stop area. Police will inform motorists and supervise parking as soon as possible, likely Tuesday morning.
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Third Avenue
First Street
Fourth Street
Public Safety
W. C. Benesh
Benesh
Earmark for Mosquito Fleet Tests Under Review
The navy plans an eight million dollar test program for experimental air and surface craft as part of a fleet expansion bill. The project aims to develop a “mosquito fleet” of fast patrol boats and a dirigible for nearshore action, drawing on designs used by Britain Italy Germany and France. Proponents see value for canal and harbor defense while others remain cautious about the unconventional vessels and their role in modern sea warfare.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Britain
Italy
Germany
France
Panama Canal
Patman Bids Cap on Navy Expansion Profits
Representative Wright Patman of Texas announces an amendment to a billion-dollar naval expansion bill limiting profits to one percent amid ongoing defense funding debates.
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Washington
INS
Wright Patman
Texas
Belle Plaine Folk Injured In Auto Skid Ditch Incident
Mrs Lyle Wood and several others from Belle Plaine were injured when a car driven by Milo Stok skidded off a soft shoulder at Dead Man's Curve four miles west of here. Mrs Wood suffered multiple leg lacerations, Mrs Woods husband scratches, and Mrs Stok back injuries. All were treated at St Luke's hospital. The Stok vehicle was badly damaged.
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Lyle Wood
Belle Plaine
Milo Stok
Inghwas 30
Dead Man’s Curve
Here
Wood
Woods
Stok
Mr Stok
St Luke's Hospital
City council splits annual appropriation melon among funds
The city council read and filed for twenty days the annual appropriation melon totaling 1 325 541 dollars. Waterworks lead with 272 500 dollars up from 262 000. Public improvement 157 000, police 125 000, fire maintenance 142 051 down from 149 294. The fire budget includes a 17 294 39 adjustment to fund six new hires for the National Board of Fire Underwriters.
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L. D Burgus
Burgus
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Supreme Court shifts principles of government powers
The Supreme Court in a 5 to 2 ruling broadens taxation reach over federal and state governments, overruling Gillespie v Oklahoma and Burgette Coronado Oil and Gas Co. It allows federal tax collection on profits from Indian land leases and upholds a Mitchell penalty for tax evasion. The decision signals a major shift in fiscal authority between levels of government.
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Washington
INS
Supreme Court
High Court
Butler
McReynolds
Mountain Producers Corporation
Wooning
Jerse
Gillespie
Oklahoma
Burhet
Coronado Oil and Gas
Cuan Witch Oat
Okbaens
Mitchell
Riett
Charles E. Mitchell
Nitura Citys Bank of New York
Federade Commission
Sixth District Court
Goodvec
Roebuckh Wd Co
Vow Ee
Federation of
Cedar Rapids Weather Brighter With Mild Monday Skies
Fair skies and milder temperatures eased conditions in Cedar Rapids. Monday saw a 26 degree morning, rising through the day with a 27 degree afternoon reading and a chilly start easing as winds shifted. Wires still bore ice early, but service outages from Saturday were repaired, keeping roads generally travel friendly.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury Rest Org
Toata
Arenes Vuon
Cpime Bers
When Govt Wants News Of Itself It Catches A Spy
A humorous piece by Arthur Bugs Baer describes an intelligence scheme that uses captured spies to learn what America is doing. It notes five spies bagged last week, who report that the navy is strong, the army is decent, and the air force is excellent. The system is said to be costless, with Europe paying the spies’ expenses, and even a spy winning a prize for a photo contest of a U S submarine.
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the Times
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Air Force
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