Milk Fund total grows as public donations flow in
Current Comment reports the Milk Fund total reaching 4 074 14 with 55 added on Tuesday. It rebuts a claim that funds go to the county relief office, noting every penny buys milk for needy children under distribution by Dr A R Menary. Local gifts include Iowa Mutuals employees 30 Roosevelt high school class 12-A and other small contributions. The piece also touches on national politics, radio debates, and remarks by Representative Blanton in a broad editorial roundup.
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A. R. Menary
Jowa Mutuals
Roosevelt High School
L. D
General Dodge Circle
U. S
Masonville Catholic Church
Ashley Chapter
Demand Monarchy Return In Greece Heir Georges May Be King
Greece moves to restore the monarchy after Venizelos collapse. A royalist surge praises King George and the Duke of Kent as potential rulers. Tsaldaris and Kondylis back royalist rally. business leaders favor Kent tie to Britain.
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Greece
Duke OF Kent
Belgrade
Ins
Georges
Prince George
Britain
George II
Duchess of Kent
Marina
George
Duke
Nicholas
Kondylis
Toleration and the dangers of intolerance in a changing era
Dr. Newton argues that intolerance remains a threat in modern regimes from Mexico to Russia and in emergent states like fascism and communism. He warns that coercion replaces debate, and only the union of love of truth with love of man yields true toleration and liberty.
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Johnson
Mexico
Russia
Simon and Hitler Set Meeting Date in Berlin
London announces that the postponed talks between Foreign Secretary Sir John Simon and Reichs leader Adolf Hitler will take place in Berlin on March 24, following diplomatic uncertainty. The foreign office confirmed the arrangement Wednesday.
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London
John Simon
Reichsleader
Adolph Hitler
Berlin
Foreign Office
Low Mood Address Urged amid Unclear Context
The text notes a need to act on the low mood present, asserting there is no doubt that something had to be done. It suggests a recognition of depressive mood without providing specifics or outcomes.
Plain speaking and a lingering mood in 1932 campaign
The passage recalls the 1932 campaign mood, blaming the Hoover era and Republicans for the downturn, noting a push for a New Deal as people’s mood did not improve. It argues similar harsh rhetoric could spark political upheaval again, warning against empty promises and ghost-like unkept pledges.
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Hoover
Hurst and MacDougall Attack Radio Pugilists on Air
Fannie Hurst and Alice Foote MacDougall condemn Huey Long General Hugh Johnson and Father Coughlin as publicity seekers who taint free speech with loud radio rhetoric. They contrast Roosevelt’s noble use of radio with a three ring circus on the air and call for public repudiation of the trend.
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Johnson
Coughlin
Long
Tadio
New York
INS
Huey Long
Hugh S. Johnson
Charles E. Coughlin
Fannie Hurst
Alice Foote MacDougall
Miss Hurst
United States
Gen. Johnson
Father Coughlin
Utilities Bill 10 Center of House Fight
Washington AP reports a parliamentary twist as a senate investigation into utility company propaganda moves forward while House sponsors prepare a counter assault on the Rayburn bill abolishing public utility holding companies. Debates center on drafting claims and potential public ownership of utilities.
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Washington
Senate
Norris
Neb
House
Federal Trade Commission
Roosevelt
Ae Eunema
Watene
Commerce
de Ee
Rep. Cooper
Ohio
Benjamin Cohen
The
PWA
Congress
Ben Cohen
Cooper
Federal Power Commission
Philip H. Gadsen
Committee of Public Utilities Executives
Robert Healy
Securities Exchange Commission
Greek Rebels Report Ongoing Fighting on Greco Bulgarian Border
Reports from Petrich on the Greco Bulgarian border say heavy fighting resumed between Greek rebels and government forces near Siderokastron. Artillery and rifle fire were heard between 3 pm and 6 pm local time as frontier authorities received word that the 22nd infantry regiment of the rebel fourth army corps refused to surrender.
Sioux Falls Strike Ends In Compromise
Sioux Falls five day strike at John Morrell plant ends as 600 workers accept a company proposed settlement. Thirty strike leaders charged with destruction and intimidation will be dismissed pending a hearing before the national labor board.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
John Morrell Packing Plant
National Labor Board
Robot Airplane Tests Prove Success by Army
The Douglass monoplane piloted by a robot and crew tested off Oakland California. Capt. Clayton Bissell said the robot worked perfectly in a 170 mile sea voyage before turning back. The three hour flight passed near the Republic and Shoshone in fog and included Capt. Alfred Hegenberger and Eugene Vidal assessing instruments.
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Oakland
Calif
INS
Clayton Bissell
United States Army
Pacific
War Department
Department of Commerce
Bissell
Republic
Coast Guard
Shoshone
Alfred Hegenberger
Eugene Vidal
Hegenberger
Hawaii
Inent Aviation
Farm Holiday Act Upheld by Federal Judge in Missouri
United States District Judge Merrill E. Otis ruled the Frazier-Lemke amendment to the federal bankruptcy act, which grants a five year moratorium on farm debts, constitutional. The memorandum opinion was issued in the case of Harry Jones, a farmer near St. Joseph, who sought relief by petition under the new amendment.
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Kansas City, Mo
Frazier-Lemke
United States
Merrill E. Otis
Harry Jones
St. Joseph
Coroner rules Matuchuks' deaths murder and suicide
Coroner Charles E. Irwin officially ruled Mrs Mary Matuchuk's death Sunday a murder and her former husband Fred Matuchuk's death Monday a suicide. Both suffered razor wounds during a quarrel at 1004 Sixteenth avenue SE Cedar Rapids. No inquest will be held.
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Cedar Rapids
Charles E. Irwin
Mary Matuchuk
Esband
Fred Matuchuk
Sixteenth Avenue SE
Oelwein Man Dies After 161 Crash Near Cedar Rapids
Glen White a 31 year old Oelwein automobile salesman died at 1 35 am in a local hospital from injuries after a car driven by Allen C Zell overturned on highway 161 eight miles south of Cedar Rapids Tuesday night. Mrs Katherine Martin and Dorothy Silveria were injured in the crash with White. Miss Silveria from Cheyenne Wyoming was visiting Mrs Martin. Zell manager of an Oelwein store suffered facial bruises. Sheriff James H Smith state patrol handled the crash report and victims were taken to Mercy and St Luke's hospitals.
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Glen White
Oeelwein
Allen C. Zell
Oelwein
Cedar Rapids
White
Katherine Martin
Fourth Avenue SE
Dorothy Silveria
Miss Silveria
Cheyenne
Wyo
Mrs. Martin
Zell
Mercy Hospital
British author Strachey fights U.S. deportation in Chicago
Evelyn John St Lee Strachey a British author vowed a last ditch fight against deportation as an alien communist. He posted a $500 bond and appeared before immigration inspector Fred Schlotfeldt while Liberal defense backed by the American Civil Liberties Union prepared for a Thursday hearing.
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Chicago
Evelyn John St. Lee Strachey
London
Cleveland
Fred ‘J. Schlotfeldt
Fred J. Schlotfeldt
Strachey
The
American Civil Liberties Union
I: Branch
Liberties Union
American Civil.Liberties Union
United States
Robert Morss Lovett
University of Chicago
Prof
Lovell
Marx
Clarence Darrow
Magnet Saves Man's Eye in GE Experiment
In Gloversville New York a GE developed giant magnet saved Anthony Kittenger age 65 by pulling out a steel sliver half an inch long embedded in his eye. The sliver flew from a metal wedge as he drove into a block of wood.
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Gloversville
N. Y
General Electric Company
Anthony Kittenger
Kittenger
Paris Officials weigh action over German air force
Paris officials in consultation with Rome and London consider steps against Germany for its admitted air force. Goering announced a formally organized air force and civilian aviation under Reichswehr control, seen as a defiant reply to Britain’s white paper and a violation of the Versailles treaty.
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Germany
Great Britain
France
Rome
London
Reich
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Air
Reichswehr
Goering
Versailles
Smere
Ring
Rhode Island Milk Case Denies Federal Power Over intra state Trade
In Providence Judge Letts rules the national adjustment act cannot regulate business conducted solely within Rhode Island. He rejects inter state interpretation and supports intrastate limits citing state rights and economic freedom. In New Jersey Judge Fake also blocks NRA enforcement against Acme Inc stating two governments exist and NIRA cannot regulate intrastate commerce.
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Providence
R. I
Ira Lloyd
E' Letts
Agrilius
Johngton
Thurston Helgerton
Albert L. Latham
North Smithfield
Rhode Island
Letts
Congress
Palatine
Collins
U. S
J. Howard McGrath
AAA
Newark
N. J
INS
NIRA
Guy L
NRA
Acme, Inc
Metal Fabricators
Jersey City
Fake
Acme
New Jersey
Hurley Urges Confiscation of War Profits
Former War Secretary Patrick J. Hurley told the Senate Munitions Committee that government seizure of war profits should be enacted to fund the treasury. He argued Congress can powerfully redirect profits arising from war to the United States treasury, noting constitutional questions but believing action possible in wartime.
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Washington
INS
Patrick J. Hurley
Hoover
Senate Munitions Committee
Hurley
Congress
Treasury
United States
White Line Transfer Wins Liquor Trucking Contract
Des Moines firm White Line Transfer was awarded the liquor trucking contract from central warehouses to state stores on the lowest bid with one exception. Curtis M. Hart testified before a legislative committee as part of ongoing investigations. The 1934 contract, signed May 11, extended to June 1, 1937, and later altered to a 75-25 split between White Line and Brady Transfer after Merchants Transfer declined to participate.
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Des Moines
White Line Transfer Company
Curtis M. Hart
Commission
Hart
Floyd A. Page
Denison
Larry E. Stone
Stone
White Line
Merchants Transfer
Brady
Fort Dodge
Merchants of
Grant Wood Elected to National Academy of Design
Washington AP Grant Wood of Cedar Rapids Iowa was named one of three new members of the National Academy of Design. The academy, founded in 1825, selects artists who have distinguished themselves during the prior year.
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Washington
Grant Wood
Cedar Rapids
National Academy of Design
Academy
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