Iowa safety department gains support amid budget debate
Amid legislative debate in Des Moines re the Wilson administration plan to merge safety functions the Senate backed a key measure allowing the attorney general to call up to six criminal investigators. critics warned of costs and power shifts while amendments protected agriculture inspectors. Representative Collins urged cautions on armament spending and the state auditor's independent audit bill faced a last stand in the House with audits by private firms touted as cheaper.
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Ows
Highway Patrol
Department of Safety
Senate
Wilson
Earl Miller
Department of Agriculture
Mark Thornburg
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
State House
Anamosa Reformatory
Motor Vehicle Department
Miller
Bureau of Investigation
Fred Everett
State Commerce Commission
U.S. Brazil Sign Sweeping Economic and Defense Pact
The United States and Brazil signed a broad accord for economic cooperation and mutual defense against Nazi influence. The agreement includes a $20 million Export-Import loan, additional loans to boost American sales, creation of a Brazilian Central Bank, technical aid for non-competitive products, and potential naval transfers.
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Washington
INS
United States
Brazil
America
Oswaldo Aranha
Germany
Europe
Cordell Hull
Aranha
Central Bank of
United States Federal Reserve Bank
Stabilization Fund
Department of Agriculture
Hull
Roosevelt
South America
United States Navy
Rio de Janeiro
Italy
There’s no one to blame but myself for being too good
The column argues that no one is ever too good or too kind to others. True goodness requires discernment and honest rebuke when needed. It cites Jesus and St. Paul on doing good, noting kindness should not become smothering or foolish. Endorses purposeful charity, even at personal cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Jesus
Snake Found Inside Hen Egg in Meeses, South Carolina
Mrs. Donnie Williams, while preparing supper at home, cracked a fresh hen egg and discovered a snake three inches long inside.
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Meeses
S. C
Donnie Williams
Senators Harrison and Cooper Press for Government Economy
Senator Harrison of Mississippi and Representative Cooper of Tennessee met with President Roosevelt at the White House to urge spending reductions as essential to boost business confidence. Fiscal officials say the new budget director Harold D. Smith will not alter policy, directing questions about spending elsewhere.
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Washington
Harrison
Senate
White House
Roosevelt
Rep
Cooper
Tenn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Hatch
Harold D. Smith
Michigan
Smith
Lansing
Mich
Victim of Wyoming Rail Wreck Dies
Henry Sauer of Seattle, among 26 injured in the Pony Express wreck near Bosler Wyoming on February 24, has died from complications. He was the sole fatality. other victims were released from hospitals.
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Laramie
Wyo
INS
Henry Sauer
Seattle
Union Pacific
Bosler
Public Safety Bill Moves Toward House Action Friday
Iowa Senate approved a measure to consolidate enforcement and inspection functions into a single public safety department under Gov. George A. Wilson. The bill would merge 275 officers from six departments and grant general police powers to highway patrol. House plans swift Friday consideration amid contentious debate over industrial dispute wording.
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DES Moines
Highway Patrol
Earl G. Miller
Iowa Senate
Public Safety Department
George A. Wilson
Dean W Peisen
Eldora
Public Safety
Senate
Beardsley
Breen
Geske
Gillette
Moore
Baldwin
Bekman
Benson
Berg
Byers
Corwin
Dewey
Donohue
Doran
Edwards
Elthon
Evans
Faul
Forsling
Hart
Harvey
Henningsen
Hill
Hoeven
Hopkins
Hirsted
Kirketeg
Lee
Levis
Lundy
Martin
Mighell
Mowry
Pelzer
Schadt
Shaw
Smith
Stewart
Talbot
Vrba
Zeigler
Augustine
Cromwell
Dean
Ellis
Guernsey
Miller
Parker
Stalin
Whitehill
Highway Patrolman Arrests Driver After Cedar Rapids Crash
West Liberty patrolman John Schneider visited Cedar Rapids and arrested Edward Nutt 36 of Waterloo on a reckless driving charge after Nutt's car struck a parked vehicle on Thirteenth street. E E Nichols 39 of Waterloo was jailed for intoxication. Both pled guilty. Nutt fined 100 dollars and costs Nichols 10 dollars and costs.
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John Schneider
West Liberty
Cedar Rapids
Edward Nutt
Waterloo
Nutt
E. E. Nichols
Nichols
Schneider
Thirteenth Street
C Avenue
First Avenue
Tax theater tickets five cents on bank night bill
Des Moines report says the house ways and means committee backed a bill to tax theater tickets by five cents on bank night. Rep. William Judd proposed the measure and committee also urged passage of a sales tax reporting bill requiring retailers to remit all tax collected.
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Des Moines
House
Ways and Means
William Judd
Clinton
Giants Set to Face Court in Libel Case Over Tall Men
In St Joseph Missouri two giants Robert Wadlow and Texas Jack Earle prepared for a court showdown to resolve Wadlow’s libel claim seeking 100000. The case hinges on whether Wadlow’s abnormal growth affects his personality while Earle is presented as normal and capable.
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ST. Joseph
Jonathan Swift
Robert Wadlow
Texas Jack Earle
Wadlow
Charles Humberd
Giant
Earle
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Sreake
Missouri
Humberd
American Medical Association
Medical Journal
Cop Miscast Ought To Be Professor
Pulaski Virginia AP police chief M C Pierce reported his car missing then found it parked on a downtown street. He recalled parking it there three days earlier in a humorous miscast that prompted the misplaced vehicle alert.
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Pulaski, Va
M. C. Pierce
Widow seeks 200000 for Cavalier death
Katharine Miller of Lincoln Nebraska sues British Imperial Airways in admiralty in federal court for 200000 damages for the death of her husband Donald Walters Miller in the Cavalier disaster. The suit claims 30 acts of negligence including failure to equip the plane with carburetor de-icers proper gauges life preservers and adequate dispatch from Port Washington and asks 110950 for loss of baggage.
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NEW York
Theodore Jeerman
Katherine Miller
Lincoln
Neb
Donald Walters Miller
Admiralty
British Imperial Airways
British Imperial
New York-Bermuda
Miller
Imperial Airways
Port Washington
N. Y
Alderson
Counterfeits Found Hidden At Golf Course Fortunes
Chicago detectives indicted Frankie Parker and August Englehart after a Secret Service inquiry tied a buried cache at a Tam o Shanter course to $80 000 in fake bills linked to Count Lustig. Callaghan traced a reef of clues from letters to a tree and a green hole dig unearthed 894 counterfeit $20 notes from three jars. Parker denies involvement and awaits bond set at $15 000.
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Federal
Frankie Parker
August Englehart
Chicago
Terminal Island Federal
California
Thomas J. Callaghan
U. S. Secret Service
Callaghan
Englehart
Europe
Victor Lustig
Lustig
Alcatraz Island
New York
Parker
Arnold Becker
Becker
Joliet
Third Arrest In Murder By Car Foreseen
NORWALK Ohio AP The arrest of a third person in the death of Carl Schlett 29 labeled a bizarre murder by automobile is expected State Highway Patrolman Ray Abrams Blonde Colleta Schlett 28 widow and Harold Hastings 35 a neighbor remain jailed on first degree murder charges. Investigators say a third person is involved and Hastings claims he drove to a Sandusky casino the night of the death and returned to the casino before reporting a truck accident. Prosecutor Rex Buley notes Schletts policies offered 12500 death benefit and were discussed in Hastings presence.
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Norwalk
Carl Schlett
Ray Abrams
Coletta Schlett
Harold Hastings
Sandusky, O
Abrams
Schlett
Russell Ramsey
Hastings
Sandusky
Schiett
Ramsey
Iin
Jin
Ramses
Donna Jem
Stephen S Ringholtz
Rex Biuey
Sehlett
Three Vinton Men Injured in Highway 30 Collision
Cyril Franck, 19, of Vinton, suffered a probable brain concussion and facial injuries when his car collided with a Des Moines truck near the Atkins corner nine miles west of Cedar Rapids on highway 30 at 1130 p m Wednesday. He and Mr and Mrs George Turner of Vinton were taken to St Luke's hospital by ambulance. The Thorpe Well Drill Co truck, driven by Marvin Orth, was not damaged and Orth reported no injuries.
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Cyril Franck
Vinton
Atkins Corner
Cedar Rapids
George Turner
Franck
Turner
St Luke's Hospital
Thorpe Well Drill Company
Des Moines
Marvin Orth
Fanck
Orth
Pledges Hearings On Referendum Scheme
Washington reports strong Senate opposition to repeal of the neutrality act and to a public referendum on wartime decision making. Senator Hatch promises hearings while Nye plans to shift Guam control to the interior department amid broader foreign policy backlash.
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Washington
Senate
Hatch
N.M
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Congress
Lewis
Navy
Guam
Nye
N. D
Pacific Island
Interior Department
Navy told to retaliate in sub attacks during Spanish crisis
Madrid reports Loyalist radio says communist movement crushed. London says Foreign Secretary Halifax instructed the navy to retaliate against submarine attacks on British ships aiding the loyalist blockade of Spain and to defend vessels even inside territorial waters.
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Madrid
Loyalist
Defense Council
London
Viscount Halifax
Spain
House of Lords
Francisco Francos
Lord Halifax
Franco forces near Madrid ready for 24 hour ultimatum
Nationalist troops under Gen Francisco Franco move closer to Madrid as loyalist forces under Gen Jose Miaja abandon positions on the Madrid front. Reports say Franco may deliver a 24 hour ultimatum or open a full offensive, while artillery and air action intensify near Canilleras.
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Hendaye
Francisco Franco
Madrid
Franco
Jose Miaja
Valencia
Alcante
Canilleras
Miaja
Senate Should Order Chutes With Planes, Bugs Baer Insists
Bugs Baer argues the Senate should order parachutes if it approves 6000 planes citing the next war will be fought in the air. He warns of a flooded mine near Scranton as a dramatic image and advocates broadcasting from a safe place as a guest artist.
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Senate
Bugs’ Baer
Scranton
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