School boards urged to hire lively teachers for happy school life
A State health note urges town boards to provide attractive energetic teachers who inspire students even if not beauty pageant worthy. The piece recalls teachers who engaged pupils though not all were cheerful, contrasting with dour educators. It also highlights Iowa high school girls basketball drama in Des Moines and a player who played while sick.
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State Department of Public Health
Iowa
Des Moines
Substitution Rumor Clouding Haynes Warden Job
A Des Moines report says a petition with about 75 names urged E. D. Lee be appointed as Haynes replacement at Fort Madison. Col. Glenn C. Haynes, in poor health, is noted for a strong wartime record and a solid warden tenure, with resignation seen as possible when duties fail.
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Glenn C. Haynes
Iowa State Prison
Des Moines
Wilson
E. D. Lee
Haynes
Iowa
France
Col. Haynes
No Man's Land
Fort Madison
Allies Ponder Entrance Into Red Finn War
AP dispatches report Sweden urges Allies to send a full army corps to Finland or stop aid. Britain frees 13 Italian ships and coal tied to a blockade dispute. Talks in Moscow and Helsinki on a peace move expected by early next week. Finns claim a foothold on Viipuri bay as fighting persists. Ribbentrop heads to Italian talks while Italy pledges non belligerence. Welles in Paris demands safeguards for free trade amid the war.
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London
Sweden
Finland
Britain
Stockholm
Moscow
Helsinki
Viipuri Bay
Berlin
Hitler
Reich
von Ribbentrop
Rome
Italy
Paris
United States
Welles
Woman killed as horse hurled from trailer in Iowa crash
Miss Susie Allely, 57, of Montezuma, died after a horse was thrown from a trailer in a collision on highway 63 south of Montezuma. Her brother Ed Allely and sister Jennie Allely were also injured. the trailer driver Kenneth Fisher, 24, Toledo, said he swerved to avoid pedestrians.
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Montezuma
Susie Allely
Miss Allely
Ed Allely
Jennie Allely
Highway 63
Here
Fred Cochran
Allely
Kenneth Fisher
Toledo
Allery
Jennie
Cochran
Fischer
Press Stance on Government Racketeering in Troubling Times
The text urges the press to uphold its vital role amid widespread political and governmental racketeering, emphasizing the media's essential duty during these trying times.
Welles Seeks Elimination of Tariff Barriers With France
In Paris Sumner Welles outlined a three point plan to remove international tariff barriers and promote fair trade. The proposal calls for eliminating excessive barriers accepting non discriminatory accords and creating credit and exchange mechanisms to ease global commerce.
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Paris
Finance Ministry
United States
Sumner Welles
Europe
Roosevelt
Welles
Finance
Paul Reynaud
London
Motorists Charged With Intoxication After Two Crashes
Cedar Rapids police charged two drivers with intoxication after separate Saturday night crashes. John Kilberger, 51, and Don Harrison, 30, were arrested though no injuries occurred. Kilberger's auto allegedly struck Bill Phelan's vehicle on Second Street SW. Phelan did not testify. Kilberger was detained at Harper Auto Refinishing after the incident.
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Cedar Rapids
John Kilberger
Third Avenue
Don Harrison
Second Avenue SE
Kilberger
Bill Phelan
First Avenue E
Second Street
Second
Third Avenues
Phelan
Harper Auto Refinishing Company
Fifth Avenue
Steve Stolba
Kil
City Clerk Rules Absentee Ballots For Primary
City voters may cast absentee and disabled ballots for the Tuesday city primaries at the city clerk office in City Hall up to 5 p.m. Monday. City Solicitor Don Hines ruled the term election day refers to the election in which the voter will cast a ballot, so Monday's school election does not affect the city primary absentee or disabled ballots.
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Cedar Rapids
Don Hines
L. J. Storey
Storey
Hines
Cedar Rapids School Board Election Set for Monday
Polls open 7 a m to 7 p m Monday for a three member Cedar Rapids board of education. Five candidates compete: incumbents J K von Lackum Blodgett and Charles Penningroth and challengers Warren Smith and Andrew Petersen. Incumbents Herold Trewin Mrs T Hickok H H Hoadley Ernest Kosek terms not expiring.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids Board of Education
J. K. von Lackum
J. C Blodgett
Charles Penningroth
Warren Smith
Maple Drive
Andrew Petersen
Fifth Avenue
J. von Lackum
Blodgett
Federation of Labor
The
Gazette
Penningroth
Smith
Quaker Oats
Petersen
Western Union Telegraph Company
Herold Trewin
Flying Farmer Of Lone Tree Buys Plane And Sister Fluently Soars
Eugene Wiese of Lone Tree bought a two seat cub monoplane last December and now his sister Mrs. Alice Reilly soloed after eight hours of instruction. They plan pleasure trips with the old man as next possible passenger. The farm hangar and runway are planned near Iowa City. The sister aims for the New York world’s fair this spring and the grandfather may fly next.
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Lone Tree
Eugene Wiese
Alice Wiese Reilly
Flyer Reilly
Farmer Wiese
Iowa City
Materialistic history teaching questioned in critique of Rugg text
A critic argues that Harold Rugg’s social studies materials push a Marxian view by emphasizing class war and money over ideals. Examples from America's March Toward Democracy suggest the Constitution creators favored profit and central power, shaping children’s views.
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Hildren
Harold Rugg
Teachers College
Columbia University
Rugg
America
Legless Rebel Wins Struggle To Fly Plane
George Copping, a legless former Marine Hospital patient, climbs into a small red monoplane and flies for the first time in years to qualify for a private pilot license. Once crippled by illness, he endured amputations and layoffs, later regaining mobility with artificial limbs and WPA work.
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Seattle
George Copping
U. S. Marine Hospital
Neutrality Lessons From Ocean Travel Laughing Advice
Arthur Bugs Baer muses on neutrality with travel humor after watching the Queen Elizabeth enter harbor. The piece notes a first class passenger misses the boat and quips about liners and submarines in a witty column style.
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Arthur “Bugs” Baer
British Release 13 Italian Ships And Coal Cargoes
London announces release of 13 Italian vessels and full cargoes held in the Downs. Italy to return empty ships from Dutch or Belgian ports and will send no more ships for coal. Von Ribbentrop heads to Rome as Britain’s export blockade issue shapes diplomacy.
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Great Britain
Italy
Downs
Foreign Office
Dutch
Belgium
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Benito Mussolini
Rome
Britain
Germany
von Ribbentrop
Sunday Dispatch
Body Found in Blazing Cottage Living Room
Special to The Gazette. 86 year old Christian Ruch daschel a prominent retired farmer was found dead in the burning living room of his five room cottage in Postville under circumstances indicating murder. Clothes burned off a deep head wound and a bloody stove wood piece pointed to a struggle. Neighbors reported flames at about 7 30 p m and found the body on a cot. Authorities ordered all bodies kept out of sight and fingerprints taken from objects in the home as the investigation continued.
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Postville
Christian Ruchdaschel
Mark Platt
Ruchdaschel
Allamakee
John P. King
William Ryan
Charles Boyden
Woman Stricken See Illness and Missing Theatre Cash
Mrs. H A Sodini about 50 Montrose hotel found wandering on First avenue and Third street near midnight. She was taken to St Luke's hospital after an undetermined illness and $200 in a cigar box was missing from theater receipts. Police investigate slugging and pilfered cash as detectives question taxi drivers and City Lines buses.
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H. A. Sodini
Montrose Hotel
St. Luke's Hospital
First Avenue
Third Street
Sodini
Trand
Dan Kruidenier
Montrose
Cardinal OConnell Ordered to Remain in Florida Indefinitely
Cardinal O'Connell of Boston, felled by a mild bronchitis, was ordered by his doctors to stay in Florida indefinitely. The decision came after stringent medical advice, delaying his travel plans.
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Miami
Fla
Ins
O’connell
Boston
Florida
Sunday Index Section Overview
The page outlines four sections with multiple page allocations from sections on late news elmer man of God waggin tails editorials and more. It lists special features such as 40 Years Ago Edgar Guest Poem Iowa in Washington and various columns and ads across sections 1 2 3 and 4.
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Elmer
Man of God
Harry Boyd
Walter Winchell
Edgar
Iowa
Washington
Weissfeldl
Liberty
Death Term Clause Invoked Against United Light Power
The SEC uses the death sentence clause of the Public Utility Holding Company Act to force integration of North American Company and United Light and Power. North American serves nine states with electricity and seven with gas. United Light and Power covers many Midwestern and Southern states. They must respond by April 18 with hearings tentatively set for May 8.
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Securities and Exchange Commission
Public Utility Holding Company Act
North American Company
United Light and Power Company
Cedar Rapids Gas Company
SEC
North American
Illinois
Michigan
Ohio
Iowa
Missouri
Virginia
Kansas
Maryland
Wisconsin
District of Columbia
Minnesota
Nebraska
Texas
Oklahoma
Indiana
West Virginia
South Dakota
Weekly Forecast for Chicago and Regions
AP forecast notes a week starting Monday with generally fair weather in the Upper Mississippi Valley and temperatures slightly below normal. Cloudiness increases and temperatures rise slowly with likely snow on Thursday or Friday. Northern Great Plains expect considerable cloudiness with light rain or snow and near normal to slightly above temperatures toward week end.
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Chicago
Monay
Mississippi Valley
Great Plains
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