Hitler's Austrian seizure frames wartime choices for democracies
The piece argues Hitler's annexation of Austria intensifies global conflict and tests British appeasement under Chamberlain, while condemning dictatorship and praising the American press as a bulwark. It warns democracies must defend freedom of the press and resist demagogic threats to liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Hitler
Austria
Schuschnigg
Europe
Japan
Asia
Italy
Africa
Plan Cedar County Oyster Suits ACCUSATIONS AGAINST FOUR MEN REVEALED
Cedar County grand jury report charges four current board members with misconduct from 1935 to present. The panel cites unrecorded meetings and improper purchases including a tractor and dairy barn project. J. H. Maurer cleared. ouster proceedings likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
Cedar County Board of Supervisors
Ray A. Potter
John P. Jensen
West Liberty
Fred G. Daut
Wilton Junction
Louis Hansen
Stanwood
G. D. Goldsmith
Clarence
J. H. Maurer
Grand Jury
Howard B. Hamilton
Potter
J. C. France
John T. Moffit
William Trede
Durant
Board of Supervisors
Allis-Chalmers
Maurer
W. C. Fairley
Mechanicsville
Cedar County
McIntyre Leaves $114000 Estate In New York
O. O. McIntyre, noted columnist, left an estate of at least 114000 with no will, as disclosed by an affidavit filed by his widow. The report from New York says the estate size is min 114000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
O. O. McIntyre
Weather forecast for March 14 to 19 across midwest valleys
AP reports a mixed forecast for the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. Frequent precipitation is expected with temperatures near or slightly below normal in the north and partly above normal in the south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Okay I Suggest We See More Kindness in Life
A reader argues against fixed moral decline and calls for optimism. The writer notes constant change in society, cites Scripture, praises increasing kindness, and praises young people’s readiness to carry on. He recalls a 1910 sermon from his hometown and contrasts it with the present view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Cedar Rapids School Election Set For Monday Vote
Voters will cast ballots Monday from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. for two board of education seats and a special proposition on Elm Park lands sale. Candidates are H. H. Hoadley, Ernest Kosch, William McCall, and Alexander Sampson. Hoadley seeks reelection. Ervin F. Stepanek runs unopposed for school treasurer for a two year term starting July 1.
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Cedar Rapids
Board of Education
Elm Park
H. H. Hoadley
Ernest Kosch
William McCall
Alexander Sampson
Hoadley
Youth Wounded by Gun In Pocket May Be Life Paralytic
George William Elmore, 17, of 2538 Ellis Boulevard NW, carried a loaded pistol in his breast pocket. A .22 caliber bullet penetrated to the brain area and nicked the spinal cord during an accidental discharge as he bent to pick up a toy in his yard. He underwent surgery at St Luke's hospital and was reported in critical condition with paralysis likely permanent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
George William Elmore
Ellis Boulevard
St. Luke's Hospital
Sair
Elmer
James Bailey
Temperature Peaks at 68 as Spring Weather Touches City
Citizens saw a Saturday swing in Cedar Rapids as the mercury rose to 68 at 4 p.m., a yearly high, then fell sharply to 55 by 5 p.m. and 42 at midnight. The Chambers Inskeep recorder tracked the rapid drop despite clear skies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapide News
Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Eighteen Condemned to Death in Russian Treason Trial
In Moscow the mass treason trial results declare eighteen defendants sentenced to death by firing squad. Three, Rakovsky Pletnev and Bessonov, receive clemency or lengthy terms while Bukharin Yagoda and Krestinsky face execution unless clemency is granted. Bukharin retracts parts of his earlier confession.
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Moscow
INS
Russia
Christian G. Rakovsky
Britain
France
D. D. Pletnev
S. A. Bessonov
Berlin
Pletnev
Rakovsky
Bessonov
Central Executive Committee
Nikolai I. Bukharin
Henry C. Yagoda
Secret Police
Nikolai N. Krestinsky
Bukharin
Fourteen Candidates Run In Cedar Rapids City Primary
Cedar Rapids faces its smallest field in years as fourteen candidates compete Tuesday to earn spots in the March 28 final for mayor and four commission seats. For mayor and public safety commissioner only two candidates exist per race, while three other races will trim candidates. Mayor Hahn faces Currell. Public Safety Commissioner Benesh runs against Whelan. Park Commissioner Stefan draws three challengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Public Safety
Frank K. Hahn
J. Fred Currell
W. C. Benesh
R. L
Doc” Whelan
United States
Ed Stefan
Crabb Confesses Slaying Of Bride
Pekin Illinois AP Sheriff Ralph Goar said James Crabb 24 confessed to killing his bride Betty Crabb 19 after a party on March 1 Crabb claimed the shooting was accidental in a statement dictated from custody over ten hours earlier Crabb had married five weeks before her death and was a banker's son from the area
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Ralph Goar
James Crabb
Betty Crabb
Crabb
Tazewell
Goar
Harrison urges broader tax relief and flat capital gains rate
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Harrison of Mississippi called for drastic tax relief beyond the house plan to spur investments and thaw credit. He urged killing the undistributed profits tax and replacing it with a flat corporate levy, while proposing a flat about 15 percent capital gains rate on long term property sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
House
Senate
Finance Committee
Elmer Johnson Enters Republican Race For State Rep
Cedar Rapids attorney Elmer A. Johnson, a one term Iowa legislator in the Forty fifth general assembly, announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for state representative in the June primaries. He left the legislature after his first term in 1935 saying citizens must act against alarming government trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer A. Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Johnson
Forty-fifth General Assembly
Two Local Youths Try March Swim In Cedar River
Two local youths Edward Knoebel 16 of 620 Seventh street SE and James Dutton 18 of 407 Sixth street SW swam in the Cedar River near the county jail on Saturday afternoon. They said the water was still cold but the air felt warm and they likely were the first to swim this year.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Edward Knoebel
Seventh Street
James Dutton
Sixth Street
Perkins Daughter Wed in New York
Susanna Wilson daughter of Frances Perkins and Paul C Wilson married Saturday to David Meredith Hare a prominent New York photographer in a New York ceremony.
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New York
Susanna Wilson
Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkins
Paul C. Wilson
David Meredith Hare
Open House at Tom Holbert Farm Urges Run for Iowa Governor
In Greeley Delaware county hundreds of home folks packed the Holbert farm for an open house and informal talk on a possible Republican bid for Iowa governor. Father Hammill announced candidacy while Holbert, a self described rank amateur, asked the crowd if he is needed and whether to enter the race. More than 300 signatures pledged support to run and work for him if he runs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Holbert
Greeley
Delaware County
Holbert
Mr. Holbert
John M. Hammill
St. Mary’s
Edgewood and
Iowa
Peleus
Britain weighs armed aid over Czech threat
In Rome the fascist grand council approved Hitler's nazification of Austria. London reports Hitler’s seizure of Austria puts Czechoslovakia at risk and the British cabinet may offer armed aid to France if the republic faces invasion. France demands to defend democracy.
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Rome
Italy
Adolf Hitler
Austria
London
Czechoslovakia
Great Britain
France
Germany
German Leader Faces Ten Year Peace Pact Offer
London reports German Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop told Saturday night that Chancellor Hitler would seek a ten year peace pact with Europe if German minorities and colonies are resolved. Britain warns Hitler to keep hands off as France braces with Maginot Line troops and Leon Blum shifts toward a people’s front cabinet amid cabinet formation troubles.
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London
INS
Hitler
Europe
Joachim von Ribbentrop
France
Maginot Line
Leon Blum
National Union
People's Front
Blum
U S Declines To Intervene In Central European Crisis
The United States rejects intervention in Europe while urging focus on Asia. Officials meet with British and French ambassadors at the state department. Senators McNary and Bridges warn Pacific tensions threaten American peace, not Europe.
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Washington
INS
United States
Asia
Europe
Ronald Lindsay
Rene Saint-Quentin
State Department
Tull
Slitler
H. Dieckhoff
Pacific
Charles L. McNary
Oregon
Il. Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Far East
Senate kills Mooney pardon resolution in California
In Sacramento the California senate defeated by an almost unanimous voice vote an assembly approved resolution to pardon Tom Mooney, convicted in the 1916 San Francisco parade bombing. The rules committee had reported unfavorably and moved to table. only a few members opposed. The assembly still had a separate pardon request before it, which the senate did not concur with.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Calif
California Senate
Assembly
Tom Mooney
San Francisco
Senate
W. P. Rich
Rules Committee
Frank F. Merriam
Mooney
Man Struck By Car In First Avenue Accident
William Loan aged 63 of 529 Fifth Street SE was injured in a daytime crash on First Avenue at Thirty first Street SE when he stepped into the path of Emil and Mrs Shull’s car. He suffered facial and head lacerations and abrasions and was taken to St Luke's hospital by the Shulls. He stood with Miss Lona Chapek at the curb prior to the impact.
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Cedar Rapids
William Loan
Fifth Street
St. Luke's Hospital
Emil Shull
Fourteenth Street
First Avenue
Thirty-first Street
E. Loan
Lona Chapek
Third Avenue
Shull
Mrs. Shull
Hitler completes pan German union as Vienna falls
Adolf Hitler declares the Austro German union from Linz balcony as Nazi forces seize Vienna. German troops tanks and planes move to redraw Europe amid arrests and political takeovers across Austria. Diplomats warn of broader conflict while Seyss Inquart proclaims treaty annulment.
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Vienna
Adolf Whitler
Austria
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Linz
Hitler
Europe
Fuehrer
Mitler
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
St. Germain
Czechoslovakia
Reich
Italy
Brenner Pass
Death of Lyda Roberti Shocks Hollywood
Actress Lyda Roberti a Polish born star died after a heart attack in Hollywood. She had curtailed her film work in recent years due to frequent heart troubles and was under medical care when stricken Friday night, with Dr Myron Babcock reporting the severe attack and treatment.
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Hollywood
Lyda Roberti
Myron Babcock
Miss Roberts
With Representation Or 'With None Of It Taxation Always Same
A satirical piece by Arthur Bugs Baer notes taxation changes with representation but jokes both stay untamed. It cites Ben Franklin and suggests a bad show profits from free entry and paid exit.
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Arthur
Bugs" Baer
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