Pension reform proposal aims at restricting legislative pensions
The Iowa House adopts a constitutional amendment to deny pensions to anyone but the aged, the blind, and veterans. Rep Earl Fishbaugh leads the measure to shield taxpayers from political pension pressures and ensure direct public voice before pension laws pass. The piece then critiques refugee intake, welfare for aliens, and federal control of education, urging limits on propaganda and federal influence.
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Iowa
House of Representatives
Page County
Earl Fishbaugh
Uncle Sam
Economists Call to End Roosevelt Monetary Powers
Four economists from the Economists' National Committee on Monetary Policy urged Congress to repeal the President's monetary powers including devaluing the dollar and silver purchases. They condemned bi metalism and fixed gold content as threats to business confidence and warned against unlimited silver coinage as chaotic and harmful.
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Washington
INS
Congress
Roosevelt
National Committee On Monetary Policy
Edwin Walter Kemmerer
Princeton University
Walter E. Spahr
New York University
Frederick A Bradford
Lehigh University
Benjamin H. Beckhart
Columbia University
House Coinage Committee
Kemmerer
United States
Faith as the life principle and path to meaning
A meditation on faith as the engine of knowing and living. Faith is not denial of evidence but action despite difficulty, a leap beyond facts to truth, enabling courage, purpose, and growth. It urges meaning through belief, love, and security.
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Lord Kelvin
Coe College Freshman Named to Naval Academy at Annapolis
Robert Hansen of Coe College, son of Mr. and Mrs. A J Hansen of Wyoming, was appointed to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis by Rep. W. S. Jacobsen. Albert Eddy, son of Mr. and Mrs. A C Eddy, was named first alternate. Eddy is a Franklin High School football star who graduated in January. Hansen, born December 27 1920 in Denver, was valedictorian at Wyoming High School in 1938 and is a Coe student working as a hotel grill bus boy. He plans to report for physical exams in June after preliminaries in Des Moines. The second alternate is Robert N. Kellenberger of Davenport. the first alternate is Phil C. Murray of Clinton.
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Robert Hansen
Coe College
A J. Hansen
Wyoming
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
W. S. Jacobsen
Albert Eddy
A.C. Eddy
Daniels Street
Eddy
Franklin
Hansen
Denver
Colo
Wyoming High School
Coe
Roosevelt Hotel Grill
Coe Military Band
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Des Moines
Woman with Broken Back Walks On Until Hospital Visit
Mrs. Lucinda Barnett, 70, of Ottumwa, suffered a broken back in a fall more than a week ago but continued walking normally until she was admitted to a local hospital Tuesday. Doctors said the injury affected bone tissue and did not reach the spinal cord.
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Ottumwa
Lucinda Barnett
Iowa House Approves Cigaret Tax Measure to Curb Bootlegging
The Iowa House passed a senate cigarette tax measure 92 to 5 adding a one mill per cigarette stamp for manufacturers and distributors before state entry. The move aims to curb bootlegging and boost annual revenue from about 1.8 million to 2.6 million dollars.
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Des Moines
Iowa House
Senate
Iowa
House
Towa
Britain Readies Field Force for Any European War Scenario
Britain now has a trained field force ready for any eventuality of war in a European theater. War secretary Leslie Hore-Belisha disclosed this Wednesday while presenting the army estimates to the House of Commons.
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London
INL
Great Britain
Leslie Hore-Belisha
House of Commons
Labor rivals soften veto on CIO unity plan
Washington reports indicate the American Federation of Labor has modified its unconditional rejection of the CIO proposal to unify labor under one umbrella. The peace talks move to New York with plans to resume Friday night to evaluate the CIO plan for an American Congress of Labor. Frances Perkins said progress is being made and noted she had seen parts of the plan. Tobin of the Teamsters joined the AFL negotiators as talks shift from the White House to the labor department.
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Washington
Labor
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
New York
CIO
American Congress of Labor
Harry C. Bates
A. F
John L. Lewis
White House
Department of Labor
A F. of L
Federation
Two Women Plant Eleven Bad Checks At Cedar Rapids Stores
Cedar Rapids police investigated a scheme by two women who circulated eleven worthless checks at local shops last Saturday. Checks totaled 102 dollars, with about 75 dollars cash allegedly taken. stores included O Mears, the Syndicate, Killians, Dixie Frock Shop, Martins, Three Sisters, Ritz Hat Shop, Craemers, and Newmans. Detectives expect the suspects to have fled Iowa.
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Cedar Rapids
Guaranty Bank
Betty Cline
Evelyn Armstrong
Earl Stanley
Iowa
Dr. Frank S. Skinner Die d Marion Physician at 66
Dr. Frank S. Skinner 66 longtime Marion physician died about 3 p m Tuesday at his home 1820 Eighth avenue Marion after a brief illness. Born Cedar Rapids Sept 27 1872 he studied at Coe College and Rush Medical College Chicago graduating 1897. He practiced in Marion since then and served over thirty years on Linn county commission on insanity. Continued on Page 2 Col 2
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Frank S. Skinner
Marion
Eighth Avenue
Skinner
Dr. Skinner
Cedar Rapids
George R
Anna Coleman Skinner
New York
Coe College Academy
Coe College
Rush Medical College
Chicago
Linn County
Commission On
Grand Jury Votes Secret Indictments in Linn County
The Linn county grand jury reported to Judge J E Nesserman at 3 pm Wednesday and returned two indictments. Both were kept secret pending arrests. One case charges N D McNeil with embezzlement, the other accuses John D Welsh. A preliminary case filed Jan 30 and Jan 16 were continued for further investigation.
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Linn County
Grand Jury
J E. Nesserman
N. D McNeil
John D. Welsh
Searles Dairy Fined for Selling Grade A Milk Without Permit
H. G. Hoyt, manager of Searles Dairy, pays $50 fine and costs after pleading guilty in police court to selling grade A milk without a permit. Earl Kessler, a relief driver, arrested delivering improperly labeled milk in Cedar Rapids. City dairy inspector Dr. A. R. Menary confirms Searles has no license to sell Grade A milk.
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H. G. Hoyt
Searles Dairy
Hoyt
Earl Kessler
Zika Avenue NW
Searles Company
A. R. Menary
Hines and
Burke
Eighth Street
Kessler
Dr. Menary
Cedar Rapids
Menary
Searles
Hopkins Promises Action Behind Administration Sincerity
Secretary Hopkins said the administration will back up cooperation pledges with concrete steps in recovery efforts. He dismissed claims of a business appeasement stance and outlined ongoing tax revision talks with Undersecretary Hanes amid projected income gains for 1938.
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Washington
Hopkins
Des Moines
Iowa
Morgenthau
Pannaceas
John W. Hanes
The
Treasury
WPA
Roosevelt
Hanes
Bill To Fix Basic Pay For Firemen Police Withdrawn
Des Moines Iowa Senate bill to set minimum pay for city firemen and policemen at 150 to 175 dollars a month in cities over 10 000 population was withdrawn by Sen F C Byers and others. Sponsors said several cities objected due to tax increases.
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Des Moines
F. C. Byers
Cedar Rapids
Senate
Neutrality Act Rapped and Army BillApproved
President Roosevelt criticized the Neutrality Act as ineffective for peace after the Senate passed 77 to 8 the 2358 million Army expansion bill. Administration leaders urged revising the act to allow discrimination against agressor nations, with May 1 expirations and a constitutional amendment previously sidelined.
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Senate
House
Roosevelt
Hull
Iowa Senate Defeats Public Safety Act Fight
Des Moines reports the Iowa Senate voted 14 to 30 to keep a provision barring state patrolmen from labor disputes unless the governor or a mayor requests. Republican organizers defeated a plan to limit the new public safety department to the highway patrol and commerce commission.
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Iowa
Senate
Coalition
Bulletins
Des Moines
Public Safety Department
Highway Patrol and Commerce Commission
Democrats
W. S Beardsley
New Virginia
Beardsley
State Bureau of Investigation
Ed Breen
Fort Dodge
Harold D Smith to Head U S Budget Office
Harold D Smith Michigan state budget director will become federal director of the budget on April 15, succeeding Daniel W Bell who has served as acting budget director since Lewis Douglas resigned. Bell will become an assistant to the secretary of the treasury and may return to the treasury as commissioner of accounts and deposits. Smith is connected with Attorney General Frank Murphy and has worked with Detroit municipal research and consulting.
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Washington
LLP
Harold D Smith
Michigan
White House
Daniel W. Bell
Actng
Lewis Douglas
Roosevelt
Bell
Secretary of the Treasury
The
Treasury
Smith
Frank Murphy
Bureau of Municipal Research
Detroit
Merrill Admits He And Toby Wing Wed
Newark AP Dick Merrill admitted Tuesday night his long rumored marriage to dancer Toby Wing. He said the marriage was performed last June at Tia Juana Mexico. He dodged other questions on arrival at Newark airport after a flight from Miami for Eastern Airlines.
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Newark
Dick Merrill
Toby Wing
Tia Juana
Mexico
Newark Airport
Miami
Eastern Airlines
Madrid Loyalist Chiefs Surrender in Madrid Uprising
Madrid news reports General Miaja's defense council wins control as loyalist army chiefs tied to the communist uprising surrender. Rebels facing ultimatum surrender as bombardment and street patrols continue. two planes observed over Madrid and a white flag rises on the outskirts.
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Miaja
Defense Council
Madrid
Josefia
National Defense
Miaga
Francisco Franco
Ciudad Real
Toledo
Negrin
Viaias
Macid
Miaja Defense Council
Valencia
Baer Sees G. O. P. Phoenix Rising From Ashes
Arthur Bugs Baer argues the Republican Party is reviving like a phoenix from ashes though the piece blends metaphor with speculation about Hoover and Alf Landon. The column reflects era political commentary.
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Baer
G. O. P. Phoenix
Arthur “Bugs” Baer
G.O.P. Phoenix
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Cedar Rapids News
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A. F. of L
Daniel J. Tobin
Teamsters
F. S. Skinner
Jourts
Harold D. Smith
Merrill
Bullitin
Hendaye
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Spain
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Hoover
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