Valentine Declines Run for Governor in Democratic Primary
Centerville district attorney John K. Valentine announced he will not seek the Democratic nomination for Iowa governor in the June 3 primaries. He said he must continue his law career and serve as U S district attorney, ending months of party promotion by Herring.
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Des Moines
John K. Valentine
Centerville
Federal District Attorney
Southern
Iowa
Noi
Clyde JL. Herring
Herring
Valentine Drum
Ed Breen
Fort Dodge
Valentines
United States
Valentine
State Tax Commission
Senate
Democrat Hatch
Senator Herring
Hatch
John Valentine
U. S
John
John Inew
Ixtraschel
Hatch law irks federal payrolls campaigned bans
Editorial notes resentment over the Hatch Act extension fought in the Senate. Iowa Senator Herring attacks anti political aims while John Valentine faces possible gubernatorial candidacy amid party machine tensions. A separate piece discusses utility rate petitions and calls for common sense in rate decisions. Virgil M Hancher declines consideration for university presidency amid campus faculty warfare and factions threatening leadership stability.
Boy 5 Injured When Hit By Car in Cedar Rapids
Five year old Richard Lovelett son of Mr and Mrs Roger Lovelett of 723 C avenue NE suffered facial cuts and bruises after being struck by a car driven by Myrtle Popelka of 1825 Eighth street NW. The accident occurred at A avenue and Eighth street NE as the car traveled west. The boy was taken to St Luke's hospital for observation. no bones were broken and the driver was not held.
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Richard Lovelett
Roger Lovelett
C Avenue
Myrtle Popelka
Eighth Street
A Avenue
Iowa faculty strife signals need for new president
Amid widespread concern in Iowa about acuter faculty differences, speculation grows that President Hancher will not publicly respond. The issue arises as talks demand the board of education address internal conflicts that should be handled by the board rather than by a single president.
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Iowa
Washington
Hancher
State Board
Senate Finance Committee Approves Trade Program
The Senate Finance Committee voted 12 to 8 to approve the House backed trade agreements program for three more years beyond next June 12. The measure would extend tariff concessions to signatory and allied nations. An amendment requiring Senate ratification of all future pacts failed 11 to 9. A separate proposal to require majority approval in both houses was defeated 12 to 8. An effort to give agriculture and commerce secretaries joint power failed 13 to 7.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
State Department
Congress
Key Pittman
New
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Wyo
Robert M la Follette
Wis
Agriculture and Commerce
Cordell Hull
Dutch Martial Law Extension Planned at The Hague
The Hague AP reports a royal decree extending martial law to a larger portion of the Netherlands is in preparation and to be announced Friday. The move aims to tighten emergency powers amid ongoing unrest.
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Netherlands
Frida
Vows of love and a leap from a Detroit hotel
A 28 year old former Geraldine Kenyon of Pontiac, known as Johanna Stoddard, registered as J Stoddard in a downtown Detroit hotel before leaping from the seventeenth floor. Inspector Whitman identified the victim, found with $450 cash and $250 travel checks, lipstick graffiti Exit smiling, and a note to William S Paley apologizing and expressing love amid ailing health. Paley acknowledged prior contact and love letters but said she had no radio talent. The death buttoned a dramatic sequence tied to a personal note dated March 8, ending with Goodbye darling Johanna.
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Detroit
J. Stoddard
New York City
John O Whitman
Geraldine Kenyon
Pontiac
Mick Whitman
Bourque
William SS. Paley
Columbia Broadcasting System
New York
Paley
Johanna Stoddard
Bill
Tomas
Motorist In Crash Had No License
A crash at Tenth Avenue and Third Street SE at 4:15 PM Thursday involved Robert Boone and Fred Couser. Boone, 28, of 1117 Twelfth Avenue SE, was fined $5 plus costs by Justice 11 Ro Churchill for driving without a license. No injuries were reported. Boone was driving a car owned by Lumir Miller of 1207 Fifth Street SE, which Miller had left for service. Boone was returning to the station with polishing cloths at the time.
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Tenth Avenue
Third Street SE
Robert Boone
Nerro
Twelfth Avenue SE
Fred Couser
Third Street
Boone
Ro Churchill
Lumir Miller
Fifth Street
Miller
School Board Weighs Rugg Textbooks for Scrutiny
Cedar Rapids school directors, after mounting criticism, plan strict review of Harold O. Rugg textbooks before further editions join the curriculum. A majority threaten removal if charges of un Americanism prove true, aiming to test implications for seventh to ninth graders and guard against perceived propaganda.
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Harold O. Rugg
Columbia University Teachers College
Boards of Education
Cedar Rapids
America
The Story of Democracy summary fragment
A fragment from Hendrik Willem van Loon’s Story of Democracy discusses how democracy arose from early human safety needs. It traces prehistoric individualism, hunger, and danger, noting early humans lived as wanderers in caves before forming united fronts for safety. (Continued on Page 5, Col 4)
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Hendrik Willem van Loon
Wurer
Tragic red tape blocks shelter for needy girl
Edgar Dewitt Jones recounts a timid midwest girl's desperate plea for aid at a home for "Friendless Girls." A year apart, rigid rules deny shelter, showing how inflexible admission criteria can deny real help. The piece argues for trusted kindness over strict policy.
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Edgar Dewitt Jones
Middle West
BR Newton
United Feature Syndicate. Inc
Wind tops truck in Corsicana injuring fourteen men
A strong Friday gust toppled a truck carrying 14 men in Corsicana Texas. Five of the injured were hospitalized with unspecified injuries.
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Corsicana
Tex
Believe Duce Accents Britain's Offer To Supply His Goal
London dispatch reports Italy ordered two steamers to head to northeast England to load British coal as Britain seized eight Italian ships for transporting German coal. Mussolini resisted but reportedly accepted Britain’s pledge to supply Italy with coal to meet national needs.
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London
INS
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Italy
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Rome
England
Mussolini
Italia
Chicago Police Paid by Casket Co to Break Strike
The National Labor Relations Board charged Chicago police were paid by the Chicago Casket company to break a strike in 1936, alleging involvement in quelling labor unrest and influencing union activities.
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Chicago
INS
Chicago Casket Company
NLRB
Three Women Die In Crash On Highway 30 East Of Logan
Three women were killed and two men injured when a car crashed into a parked truck on Highway 30 near Logan. Victims included Lida Barlow of Miss Valley and Martha Booth of Logan, with Frances Culliver of Modale among the deceased en route to hospital. Carl Bair of Modale was crushed, and Lann Gras of Logan suffered severe injuries. Investigation noted the truck and car collision with a cattle truck stopped for tire changes. an inquest is planned.
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Here
Lida Barlow Abhout
Massons Valley
Frances Culliver
Modale
Martha Booth
Culler
Nise Culler
Vis Booth
Council Bluffs Hospital
Ars
Barton
Carl Bair
Pnard
Mercy Hospital
Counen Bluffs
Lann Gras
Aperior
Paredesla
Karten
Jefferson
Linn Farmers Decline To Observe AAA Anniversary
Linn County farmers gather in various Iowa counties to mark the seventh anniversary of the AAA. A Cedar Rapids farmer reports not observing the event in Lanndahn Wara while Paaneer chairmen hint at a new county program. Charles Keller near Central City is named as a potential investor, while Dania Peller declines to organize action. Linecours Farm Bineant arm Bure officials of midwestern states urge participation and the anniversary celebration aims to avoid partisanship.
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Towa
AAA
Lanndahn Wara
Charman
Linecours
Bure Ote Orers
Recerds
Marek & Aneniversary
Roosevelt to mark seventh anniversary of New Deal farm program
The president will address the nation in a 1030 to 11 pm broadcast marking seven years of the New Deal farm program. Stations WON Chicago WCCO Minneapolis WHO Des Moines and WMT Cedar Rapids plan to carry the speech with a Jenkins Larkins fight scheduled for that hour but will transcribe and rebroadcast the president’s remarks.
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Aridre
Piidas
Darmer
Chicago
WCCO
Minneapolis
WHO Des Monties
WMT
Cedar Rapids
Jenkins-Larkins
Weather swings to spring side in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids saw a springlike day with temperatures climbing from a 20 degree low at 7 am to 38 by 10 am. The afternoon rose to 44 at 12:30 pm and 43 at 2 pm, with a Thursday peak of 46 from 1 to 2 pm. Evening warmth faded to 81 by 7 pm and 25 at midnight according to Chambers Inskeep.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Eraph
British Planes Fly Over Poland In Longest Scout Journey Of War
Royal Air Force reconnaissance planes flew from England over Poland and Austria and Czechoslovakia, the first time British aircraft crossed Poland. The mission, starting in England and ending in France, covered about 1500 miles and included dropping leaflets on Posen, 50 miles east of the German frontier. Meanwhile German bombers hit the Italian steamship Amelia Lauro off England’s east coast, killing one crewman and wounding three as 26 others were rescued.
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London
Royal Air Force
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Germany
North Sea
Air Force
Posen
United Press
France
England
Amelia Lauro
Finland Would Fight On Over Peace Terms With Russia
Reports from New York Oslo and Helsinki indicate Finland rejects terms from Russia as unacceptable. Finns fault the proposals as insufficiently honorable while seeking aid from Scandinavia and Allies. Field Marshal Mannerheim reportedly holds final peace decision with abroad support seen as decisive.
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Finland
Scandinavia
Russia
Hanke
Karelan
Oslo
Tyidens Teen
Vriday
Mannerheim
Royal Suite In First Lifeboat On Queen Elizabeth
The world’s largest fugitive sails the Hudson aboard the Queen Elizabeth, 85,000 tons of haunted ship. The columnist quips of a perilous voyage, imagining a Bremen return but focusing on the royal suite now in the first lifeboat amid wartime fear and evasive seas.
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First Lifeboat
Hudson River
Queen Elizabeth
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