Rachie book and New York invocation spark debate on world ethics
Minneapolis lawyer Elias Rachie dedicates a book to educators arguing for rebuilding society on Bible home and town meeting and replacing pagan ethics with Christian ethics. A New York invocation appeals to 100 000 readers for illumination peace and cooperation. Both items contrast with common panaceas and prompt reflection on applying Christian ethics to global issues.
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University of Minnesota
Rachie
Continents
League of Nations
Death of Edward F Winslow Reminds of Public Service
The obituary notes Edward F Winslow's death leaves friends with deep sorrow and highlights his Mayflower lineage and tolerance. It also urges GoOP Citizens to vote for Harold Trewin and Mrs. C Hickok for re election to the school board, emphasizing public support and civic duty.
Hoover Blames New Deal For Tax Burden And Unemployment
Former President Herbert Hoover told the Young Republican League of Colorado that the New Deal failed to re employ the jobless and would raise taxes. He warned of a creeping planned economy threatening liberty and predicted more taxes for the common man, urging vigilance as 11 6 million remain unemployed. He cited European methods and defended limited government regulation while defending free speech.
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Colorado Springs
Herbert Hoover
New Deal
Republican League of Colorado
Congress
America
Hoover
European powers react as Hitler arms Rhineland move unfolds
France mobilizes regiments toward the Rhine border while Hitler declares the Rhineland a return to German fatherland. The League of Nations calls urgent talks as Mussolini negotiates Africa peace terms and Britain seeks calm amid regional turmoil.
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Rhine
Hitler
Rhineland
Mussolini
Italy
Africa
League of Nations
Ethiopia
Lake Tana
Cal Coolidge Admits Public Life Is Behind Him
In a late interview Cal Coolidge says the era is beyond him and his time in public affairs is past. He notes he would not know how to handle the new fangled things in government. He comments that civilization has been swung off course by powerful currents of evil.
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Calvin Coolidge
Mr. Coolidge
Shaw on Grand Canyon and fixed truths of religion
George Bernard Shaw visited the Grand Canyon and spoke of religion as unchanging while science evolves. The canyon, mountains, sea and stars move people to renewed understanding of immutable power and give meaning to life.
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Grand Canyon
George Bernard Shaw
Shaw
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 VP in charge of sales and promotion for William Wrigley Jr. Company chewing gum makers.
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Crown Point
Ind
Dorothy Lee
A. Gordon Atwater
Chicago
Atwater
William Wrigley, Jr
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1936
A brief notice lists a toll schedule for Cedar Rapids related to the 1936 period. The item specifies charges and dates for vehicle fees assessed in the city.
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Cedar Rapids
What Ails Us Today A Reader Seeks Spiritual Outlet
A thoughtful reader asks why modern life feels out of tune and upset. Dr. Newton argues the era is deeply religious but starved for proper outlets, leading to inward turmoil and hypocritical posturing as people seek religion without discipline. Copyright 1936.
Doubt over gunman identity in South Dakota prison break
State and county probe the South Dakota penitentiary escape in which three died and four were injured. Authorities question Harold Carrier and his alleged brother while examining a youth who claimed to be Claude Carrier and consider sending the gunman's fingerprints to Washington for a criminal history check.
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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 mobilizes one hundred local business leaders at a Monday luncheon at Hotel Montrose. The effort targets 1,600 members for the Chamber of Commerce and a $40 000 fund to boost industrial and social progress, with chair Arthur Poe presiding and A L Killian and S E Coquillette speaking.
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Cedar Rapids
Montrose
Chamber of Commerce
Arthur Poe
C. W. Cottingham
Henry Files
A. L. Killian
S. E. Coquillette
Greater
Kenneth Lindsay
Horace G. Hedges
Mark Anderson
F. C. Chambers
William C. Crawford
Carl N. Ettinger
H. R. Green
J. M. Grimm
Arthur Huntington
M. V. Kehoe
John A. Limback
H. L. Nehls
E. M. Pinney
P. C
Boy, 2, Run Over By Train Emerges With Minor Cuts
In Washington AP report a two year old boy named Jimmy Seis was struck by a locomotive and eight freight cars in Baltimore and Ohio rail yards. He remained unconscious briefly before surviving with two scalp cuts and a bruised cheek after the train passed.
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Washington
Jimmy Seis
Baltimore and Ohio
Jimmy
Voters to Elect Two to School Board Monday
Voters will elect two three year terms to the board of education and name a two year term for the treasurer. They will also vote on granting authority to sell abandoned school properties Washington Adams and Madison. Polls open 7 am to 7 pm with precincts as in other elections. Incumbents Harold Trewin and Mrs. C T Hickok seek seats joined by four challengers. O A Kearney seeks re election as treasurer unopposed.
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Board of Education
Harold Trewin
C. T. Hickok
J. C. Blodgett
F. L. Bokerney
William McCall
Alex Sampson
George Vavra
Fire threatens Washington Navy Yard and gas tanks
A Saturday night blaze estimated at 200000 dollars menaced the Washington Navy Yard and a major gas tank site. The fire destroyed the Galliher and Klimkiewicz lumber yard covering nearly a city block and was brought under control by local firefighters in about ninety minutes.
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Washington
Navy Yard
Galliher and Klimkiewicz
New York Strikers Hit Hotels and Theaters in Weekend Drive
In New York, service strikers organized walkouts at about fifty hotels and tightened picket lines at apartment houses to disrupt weekend business. Theaters and night clubs reported a noticeable drop in weekend reservations as performers and patrons faced reduced access.
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New York
Gotham
Stenographer and War Veteran Found Shot Near Bloomfield
Bert Brannock, 46, World War II veteran, and Miss Millicent Jamar, 28, stenographer, were found shot to death in Brannock's car northwest of Bloomfield. Brannock had a bullet wound in the temple. Jamar was shot in the forehead. A pistol with two empty shells lay between Brannock's feet. Brannock had suffered a nervous breakdown. friends say Jamar refused his marriage offers due to her mother's objections.
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Bloomfield
Bert Brannock
Millicent Jamar
Brannock
Ary Thompson
Frank A. Brannock
Jamar
Thompson
Weather Outlook For Chicago March 9 To 14
The forecast covers the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. Generally fair in the south portion most of the week with snow or rain in the north portion on Monday and again Wednesday. Temperatures to fluctuate but stay near or above normal.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Wallace urges soil plan at farmers meeting
In Chicago secretary Henry A. Wallace asks Midwest farmers to implement the new soil conservation act, says it will resemble the final draft and requires careful execution. He warns repeal could return farmers to the 1932 regime and urges holding this act until tariff and corporate issues are resolved. About 300 attendees hear the talk.
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Chicago
Midwest
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Perge
AAA
Supreme Court
Big Boys
Abandon Homes In Floyd River Basin As Flood Rises
Families in the northeast Sioux City area evacuated their lowland homes as the Floyd River rose, with 55 to 60 people moved to Salvation Army shelters or friends’ homes. Meteorologist G K Greening warned of continued rise toward a crest late Sunday, prompting Swift & Co to move stock from basements as a precaution.
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Sioux City
Floyd
Salvation Army
G. K. Greening
Merrill
James
Greening
Floyd Valley
Swift Packing Plant
Technical Workers Charge WPA Wrecks Wages
An inquiry into the effect of PWA on civil service standards and private wage rates was asked of Harry L. Hopkins by unemployed engineers and professional men in New York City. They contend the Works Progress Administration is undermining civil service standards and depressing wage rates for technical men in private employment.
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Washington
PWA
Harry L. Hopkins
New York City
Works Progress Administration
British peace hopes jolted by Soviet block on Hitler move
London reports that Britain faces a setback as the Soviet Union may veto Hitler’s bid to join the League of Nations. Moscow demands a Russo-German non aggression pact and other security guarantees before withholding its opposition. Soviet officials denounce Hitler for excluding Russia from his olive branch.
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Hitler
Reichstag
France
Soviet
Russia
Germany
League of Nations
Duce
Britain
Copsright
London
Great Britain
International Chess Board
Soviet Union
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
der Fuehrer
Geneva
Rhineland
League Council
Moscow
League
Berlin
Jubilant Germans Parade to Defy Versailles Critics
In Berlin crowds celebrated Hitler’s Rhineland move with a torchlight march past the Brandenburg Gate. The rally honored Hitler Goebbels and other Nazi leaders as 25 000 troops crossed into the demilitarized zone. Goebbels called it a gesture of peace in a radio broadcast.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Rhineland
Brandenburg Gate
Wilhelmstrasse
Thefuehrer
Hitler
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Goebbels
Germany
Europe
France ready to use army to force German Rhine evacuation
Paris officials said France would first use peaceful League of Nations methods to compel Germany to withdraw troops from the Rhine but would employ military force with allies if needed. A fresh frontier fortification order garrisoned the northeast sector.
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Europe
Paris
League of Nations
Germany
Rhineland
France
League
Pittman Opposes Debt Commission
Sen. Pittman of Nevada, chair of the foreign relations committee, voiced total opposition to creating a commission to negotiate new war debt settlements. He said any reopening of the debt question should come only at the request of debtors, a stance that aligned with what appeared to be the administration’s outlook.
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Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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