Building a case for ethical revival in a troubled era
A reflective column links Verne Marshall and a New York invocation to a broader plea for Christian ethics as a path to peace. It questions whether a league of nations guided by faith, not force, can avert war while noting public confusion and calls for civic duty.
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New York
Rachie
League of Nations
Calvin Coolidge
Mr. Coolidge
Goo
Board of Education
Harold Trewin
T. Hickok
Hoover criticizes New Deal as failed to create jobs in Colorado Springs
Former President Herbert Hoover told the Young Republican League of Colorado that the New Deal would burden taxpayers and fail to reemploy the jobless. He condemned planned economy, warned of repudiation or inflation, and urged free speech while urging regulatory action on business.
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Colorado Springs
Herbert Hoover
New Deal
Republican League of Colorado
Congress
American Federation of Labor
What Ails Us Today and the Call for Religion
A reader asks why modern life feels off and out of tune. The piece argues repressed religion fuels inner conflicts and restless dissatisfaction, noting people crave spiritual support but fear discipline and commitment. Dr. Newton comments on society’s paradox and longing for inner peace.
Dorothy Lee Marries A. Gordon Atwater in Crown Point
Dorothy Lee, 25 year old film actress, wed A Gordon Atwater, 28, of Chicago, in Crown Point Indiana. Atwater serves as assistant to the vice president in charge of sales and promotion for the William Wrigley Jr. Company, chewing gum manufacturers.
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Crown Point
Ind
Dorothy Lee
A. Gordon Atwater
Chicago
Atwater
William Wrigley, Jr
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1936 Accidents and Injuries
The report shows a tally from 1936 for Cedar Rapids road tolls with 110 accidents and 57 injuries. No deaths are listed in the provided figures.
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Cedar Rapids
Doubt over identity of felon in South Dakota prison break
Sioux Falls AP reports state and county probe the bloody Friday jail escape at the South Dakota penitentiary. Authorities question the gunman who claimed to be Claude Carrier as Harold Carrier and his brothers face scrutiny. fingerprints to be checked with justice department.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
South Dakota
Tom Berry
Louis N. Crill
Burlingame
Kan
Claude Carrier
Harold Carrier
Claude
Carrier
Crill
Baker
Department of Justice
Washington
Forward Cedar Rapids Drive Starts Monday
A Cedar Rapids community drive under the slogan Forward Cedar Rapids will open at a Monday luncheon at the Hotel Montrose. One hundred business and professional men aim to recruit 1,600 members for the Chamber of Commerce and raise a $40 000 operating fund to finance an industrial and social program.
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Cedar Rapids
Montrose
Chamber of Commerce
Arthur Poe
Cottingham
Henry Files
Killian
Coquillette
Greater
Kenneth Lindsay
Horace G. Hedges
Mark Anderson
F. C. Chambers
S. E. Coquillette
William C. Crawford
Carl N. Ettinger
H. R. Green
J. M. Grimm
Arthur Huntington
M. V. Sees John A. Limback
H. L. Nehis
E M. Pinney
W. K. Roth
P. C. Rude
Elmer A. Runkle
A. L. Smulekoff
Benjamin M. Tait
F. C. Welch
J. Max Widmer
Manufacturers Bureau
L. F. Prior
Boy 2 Survives Train Runover With Minor Cuts
In Washington AP report Jimmy Seis a two year old wandered into Baltimore and Ohio railroad yards and was struck by a locomotive and eight freight cars He was unconscious between the rails and later treated at a hospital with two small head cuts and a bruised cheek, mother reunites with him at the scene
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Washington
Jimmy Seis
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Jimmy
Voters to Elect Two to School Board Monday
Voters will choose two board members for three-year terms and a treasurer for two years. They will also decide whether the board can sell abandoned school properties Washington Adams and Madison. Polls open 7 am to 7 pm with precincts similar to past elections.
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Board of Education
Harold Trewin
C. T. Hickok
J. C. Blodgett
F.L. Bakerney
William McCall
Alex Sampson
George Vavra
McCall
O. A. Kearney
Education Authority
Washington
Adams
Madison
Navy Yard Fire Threatens Munitions Stock and Gas Tank Site
A $200,000 blaze near Washington Navy Yard and a major gas tank installation menaced the area Saturday night. Firefighters contained the fire within about ninety minutes after discovering it, though the Galliher and Klimkiewicz lumber yard was destroyed, spanning nearly a city block.
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Washington
Navy Yard
Galliher and Klimkiewicz
Mother Turns to Arson to Shield Her Children
In Chicago a 38 year old nurse and psychiatrist Isabel Devlin Berrell confessed setting eight fires in her apartment building to protect her children from roistering parties. She told Assistant State's Attorney she started the blazes because of drinking and noise, calling the fire department at times and attempting to extinguish fires herself. She was arrested after a blaze left her inside with a kerosene can.
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Chicago
Mns
Isabel Devlin Berrell
Gordon Nash
Weather outlook for March 9 to 14 in Midwest valleys
Chicago area forecast shows generally fair conditions in the south portion during the week with snow or rain in the north portion on Monday and Wednesday. Temperature changes frequent with readings near or above normal overall.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Farmers Hear Wallace Plea For Soil Plan
Chicago AP Wallace urges farmers and officials to back the soil conservation act new in effect for 1936 planting plan. He cautions against repeal and warns of a return to 1932 if restrictions persist. About 300 attendees vow to push the act with corn belt regulations drafted in two and a half days.
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Chicago
Midwest
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Abandon Homes As Floyd River Rises In Sioux City
In northeast Sioux City families in the Floyd river lowlands evacuated Saturday night as the rise continued. About 55 to 60 people left homes with Salvation Army help, while Swift & Co moved stock from basements as meteorologist G K Greening warned of a crest likely late Sunday.
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Sioux City
Floyd
Salvation Army
G. K. Greening
Merrill
James, Ja
Greening
Floyd Valley
Swift Packing Plant
Technical Workers Charge WPA Wrecks Wages
Representatives of unemployed engineers and professional men in New York City urged Harry L. Hopkins to probe how the works progress administration affects civil service standards and private wage rates. They argued the WPA undercuts civil service and exerts a dangerous influence on technical men's pay.
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Washington
PWA
Harry L. Hopkins
New York City
Works Progress Administration
French Move Girds Rhine Frontier Amid Hitler Rhine Reentry
In a tense European stance, France orders full war-strength garrison along the Rhine as Hitler’s troops enter Rhineland. The League of Nations convenes for an urgent session to address Germany’s Locarno repudiation while Mussolini contemplates Africa peace terms with potential gains in Lake Tana. Britain seeks calm as diplomats clash over enforcement and alliance responses.
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Geneva
Council of the
League of Nations
Germany
Rhine
Hitler
Rhineland
League“Of Nations
Mussolini of
Waly
Africa
Italy
Nay
Lake Tana
Dis
Europe
France
Britain
Mediterranean
Egypt
Stanley Baldwin
Fuhrer
Reichstag
Soviet
Russia
Reich
Duce
Great Britain
Ethiopia
Britain Sees Soviet Block on Hitler Peace Move
British officials react to Germany’s call for a peace league as the Soviet Union may block Hitler’s offer Moscow demands a Russo German non aggression pact and Soviet security assurances before abstaining from league decision. Continued on Page 2 this Sec.
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London
Britain
Germany
Soviet Union
Geneva
Rhineland
Russia
League Council
Moscow
League
Hitler
Berlin
Jubilant Germans Parade After Rhineland Move
Berlin reports jubilant crowds celebrating Hitler’s order to move about 25 000 troops into the demilitarized Rhineland. Nazis filled the streets with torchlight processions as Goebbels proclaimed the action a gesture of peace while denouncing Versailles restrictions.
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Conyright
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Rhineland
Brandenburg Gate
Wilhelmstrasse
Thefuehrer
Hitler
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Badenweiler
Wilhelm Square
Horst Wessel
Goebbels
Germany
Europe
France Warns It May Use Army If Needed on Rhine
Paris said France would deploy its forces with allies to force Germany to withdraw from the Rhineland after exhausting peaceful avenues under the League of Nations. Military authorities ordered fortifications along the northeast frontier garrisoned with full troop quotas as the government pledged to press Germany to remove troops from the region. Officials added Paris would seek action via the League to apply economic pressure.
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Europe
Paris
League of Nations
Germany
Rhineland
France
League
New York Strikers Strike Hotels and Theaters
New York strands weekend business as building service strikers walk out at about fifty hotels hitting Gotham hotel and theater districts. The action aimed at disrupting weekend receipts and affecting transient business in the city.
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New York
Gotham
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