View on last school election and Blodgett defeat
A Gazette reader criticizes tactics used against J. C. Blodgett in the school board race won by Mrs. C. T. Hickok and Harold Trewin. The letter defends Blodgett, denounces gutter politics, and notes Trewin sponsored removing prejudiced periodicals from schools while superintendent and board remained uninformed.
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J. C. Blodgett
Board of Education
C. T. Hickok
Harold Trewin
Blodgett
The
Gazette
Hickok
Mr. Trewin
Washington High School
Supreme Court of the United States
Trewin
Deamer
Germany May Send Envoy To Parley
The League of Nations invited Germany to attend sessions on the Rhineland crisis with Britain France and Belgium signaling a provisional military understanding. Berlin dispatches suggest Hitler will accept the invitation on an equal basis despite German troop presence.
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Great Britain
France
London
League of Nations Council
Germany
Rhineland
Belgium
Reich
Hitler
Britain
Berlin
Methods Used to Defeat Blodgett Raise Questions of Motive
The speaker questions the tactics used to defeat Blodgett claiming lies about him and deliberate charges were used to bar his election to a new board. The motives cited include protecting schools from disaster and pressuring Superintendent Deamer to secure defeat.
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Blodgett
Deamer
Re-elected members defend integrity amid school board pressure
The speaker commends Hickok and Trewin for re-election and accuses others of spreading lies about Blodgett. He questions the motive behind the rumors and suggests a deception aimed at protecting a smooth school administration.
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Hickok
Trewin
Blodgett
Deamer
Education Board and Superintendent Face Embarrassment Risk
A newly elected board member presses the superintendent to assume full responsibilities, while the board and superintendent are urged to cooperate to protect students from subversive propaganda and excessive mechanization.
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Board of Education
German Officials Comment on Nations Invitation Language
Berlin officials scanned the invitation to the London Rhineland crisis negotiations and criticized its wording. One foreign office official called it dry and strictly business while another offered a different view.
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Berlin
M Ae
London
Rhineland
France presses League to force Germany out of Rhineland
London dispatch reports France using League of Nations backing to demand Germany withdraw troops from the Rhineland. France Belgium and Britain seek immediate support and possible economic penalties if Germany refuses. A 48 hour window is set for Hitler to choose defiance or compromise.
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London
France
League of Nations
Germany
Rhineland
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
League of Nations Council
Belgium
Three Inch Snow Melts As Cedar Rapids Warmth Returns
Cedar Rapids felt a brief winter hold on Friday night with a three inch snow blanket and about .30 inch of precipitation. By Saturday morning the sun had melted much of the snow as temperatures rose from 25 at 7 am to 36 at 10 am, with clouds increasing and a high near 37 at 4 pm.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
League invites Germany to London session on Rhineland crisis
The League of Nations Council invites Germany to attend the London session at St James Palace on March 16 to examine communications from France and Belgium regarding alleged violations of the Locarno and Versailles treaties. The invitation follows prior telegrams and canceled Geneva meetings.
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St. James’ Palace
Flandin
Paul van Zeeland
Belgium
Anthony Eden
Great Britain
Germany
Rhineland
Berlin
League
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
League of Nations
France
London
INL
League of Nations Council
Council of the
Treaty of Locarno
Council
Joseph A. C. Avenol
Geneva
Reich
Versailles
Italians Push Wedge Toward Lake Tana Area
Rome AP reports a western fascist column advancing into the Ethiopian Sudan frontier driving toward Lake Tana and the British sphere. An advance guard nears Nogara near the Tana region while air raids hit Ethiopian concentrations north of Gondar.
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Rome
Lake Tana
Great Britain
Nogara
Ethiopia
Sudan
Encetab
Gondar
Takkaze
Tzellemti
Asmara
Eritrea
Missing Heiress Grace Wahlen Searched Across Iowa
Ocean Park heiress Grace Wahlen 57 vanished after receiving threats. Police learned she once taught in Waterloo Iowa and was the sister of George Meyers. her widow former husband A W Owne identified her maiden name as Grace Meyers. The $40 000 estate heiress disappeared a week ago prompting a cross state search.
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Ocean Park
Calif
INS
Grace Wahlen
Iowa
Waterloo
A. W. Owne
Grace Meyers
George Meyers
West Seventh Street
Wahlen
Woman Seeks Divorce After Abusive Husband Trial
Edith Allen told Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat in the District of Columbia supreme court of repeated abuse by her husband, including kicks and burns, strangulation, and tying knots in her pajamas. The judge granted her divorce petition.
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Washington
Edith Allen
Alfred A. Wheat
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Ad-takers swamped but extended hours for Sunday Want Ads
Call The Gazette to place Sunday Want Ads. A larger staff will be on duty until 8 PM tonight to receive orders. Dial 2-1121 or visit the Gazette office for assistance.
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Gazette
Meteor Flashes Across Six Eastern States Crashes Crater Sought
A brilliant meteor streaked across six eastern states at 2 46 am thrilling hundreds of witnesses from Connecticut to Massachusetts. Despite searches near Trenton and Newark no crater or debris was found and scientists suspect the meteor disintegrated in the atmosphere.
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New York
Connecticut
New York State
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Massachusetts
New York City
Philadelphia
Newark
Trenton
Paterson
New Brunswick
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bed
Earth
Group Favors Tax Exemption of Reserves
Washington reports a week of behind closed doors debate leaves tax relief plans unclear. A House tax subcommittee tentatively backs a 15 to 55 percent tax on undistributed profits to fund Roosevelt farm and bonus programs, aiming for about 620 million dollars, while resisting processing taxes seen as risky in a campaign year.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Sociologists Oppose Death For Feeble Minded Children
Chicago AP reports sociologists across the nation opposed executing hopelessly feeble minded children. Most of thirteen experts commented on Dr. Laughlin of Williamette University suggesting humane euthanasia for classed hopeless cases, with five proposing birth control as an alternative.
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Chicago
S. B. Laughlin
Williamette University
Talmadge Loses- In Money Battle
In Atlanta a three judge superior court ruling restricts Governor Eugene Talmadge by blocking withdrawals from state funds without an appropriations bill. The decision constrains J. B. Daniel and George B. Hamilton and four depository banks, affecting over $2.5 million in state funds.
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Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
Depostone
J. B
Tobe) Daniel
Talmadge
George B. Hamilton
Five Arbitrators Call Both Sides In N. Y. Strike
New York five man panel appointed by Mayor LaGuardia set a Saturday trial for employers and unions in a 40 000 worker strike. Investigators questioned William Demarest and James Bambrick as Bambrick said AFL unions would meet Monday to push landlords to reinstate strikers before arbitration.
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NEW York
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
LaGuardia
William D. Rawlins
Real Estate Advisory Board
William C. Demarest
James J. Bambrick
Building Service Employes’ International Union
Pelham St. George Bissell
Lincoln Cromwell
Brooklyn
Raymond V. Ingersoll
Hugh Robertson
A. A. Berle, Jr
Bambrick
American Federation of Labor
Siberian Border Clash Intensifies Far East Tension
Moscow reports a new Siberian border incident raising Russia Japan friction. A Japanese Manchukuoan detachment fired thirty shots at Soviet workers digging along the Amur River inside Soviet territory, described as vicious and provocative. Five Japanese soldiers allegedly crossed into Soviet territory to inspect the excavation.
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Moscow
Siberian
Russia
Japan
Kabarovsk
Amur
Lloyds Offer Odds War In Europe At Least Six Months Off
London based Lloyds quotes that a European war is at least six months away with odds of 914 to 1 against. They list French troops entering the Rhineland within three months at 4812 to 1 against. Lloyds had refused to quote odds on a European war two days earlier.
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Lloyd’s Offer
Europe
London
Lloyd’s
Rhineland
Linn Democrats laud New Deal and name delegates
The Linn County Democratic convention drew nearly 300 of 349 delegates to elect 65 to the state convention in Des Moines on April 3 and to applaud the New Deal. Prof. C F Littell of Cornell praised administration gains for farmers and labor, warned of wealth-backed opposition, and criticized some newspapers for anti Democratic bias. He conceded administration errors and urged persistent campaign work.
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Linn County
Des Moines
C. F. Littell
Cornell College
Littell
Republican Party
AAA
Middle West
Mrs. Turner Injured After Fall From Moving Auto Near Charles City
Mrs. David Turner of Cedar Rapids was seriously bruised and cut when she fell from a rapidly moving car at 55 mph near Charles City while returning from Minneapolis. Driver was Mrs. R. H. Pickford. passengers included Mrs. Edward Winslow and Mrs. Roy Alt. X rays showed no internal injuries or fractures.
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Cedar Rapids
David Turner
Twenty-first Street
Charles City
Minneapolis
R. H. Pickford
Turner
Edward F. Winslow
Roy Alt
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll Noted for 1936 Schedule
A 1936 Cedar Rapids toll plan is highlighted with details on collection and administration. The notice outlines applicable toll rates and enforcement dates affecting motorists in the city.
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Cedar Rapids
Relief Plans May Cut Relief From 7 Month Bill to 1 Billion
Washington sources report leaders urge President Roosevelt to trim next week's relief proposal to one billion dollars for seven months after July 1, with a possible total of 1.125 billion until February 1, 1937. The plan targets job creation mainly through the Works Progress Administration, limiting heavy public works and other costly projects. Democratic lawmakers urge delaying the relief request until after tax legislation moves forward, while Roosevelt plans to present by Thursday before a Florida vacation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Works Progress Administration
Public Works Administration
Capitol Hill
Florida
Girl Works Racket At Second Doctor's Office
Miss Eva Muller and Miss Peggy Brown report losing small sums to a young woman using a recurring ruse at doctors offices. The impostor asks about a missing mother to explain an advance appointment and leaves with the money after convincing the secretary.
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Eva Muller
Fourth Street
Dows
Peggy Brown
Sixth Avenue SE
Miss Brown
Paramount
Miss Muller
Mrs Borg Granted Custody Of Child In Chicago Case
A Chicago court awarded 19 year old Mrs Juanita Borg custody of her 15 month old baby boy while her father in law was found to have attempted to obtain guardianship. Judge Feinberg said Borg sought to live through others and noted the mother was devoted to her child. The mother cried that Borg interfered in her marriage and vowed to do anything for her baby.
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Chicago
Love
Juanita Borg
George W. Borg
Borg
Marshall Borg
River Crest Reaches Cedar Rapids Water Stage
River stage held at 9.3 feet Saturday fore noon per Iowa Windmill and Pump Co. report, matching the high mark listed in The Gazette. An about two inch rise Friday evening then leveled, with indications crest reached Cedar Rapids and a gradual drop expected unless further rainfall occurs upstream.
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Iowa Windmill and Pump Company
Cedar Rapids
Flood Threat Looms After Heavy Rain Across Northeast
Rain forecasts warned of rising floods across New England and parts of Canada with about 50 dead and 10 000 displaced. The Merrimac isolated Concord 3000 families fled to higher ground while Hartford river levels kept rising and rail service halted. WPA crews aided cleanup as army planes contemplated ice jam bursts and reserves stood ready.
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Boston
Canada
New England
Merrimac
Concord
N. H
Hudson Valley
New York
Coast Guard
Salem
Mass
New
Haverhill
Lawrence
Quebec Flood Disaster Claims Eleven Lives
Thawing rivers flooded over 2000 square miles in northeastern Quebec, sweeping through villages along the St. Francis Ste. Anne Jacques Cartier and St. Maurice rivers. In La Martine and St Tites des Caps homes were wrecked, families lost members, and several children perished as floods and landslides struck.
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Quebec
St. Francis
Ste. Anne
Jacques Cartier
St. Maurice
Elzear Buteau
la Martine
Buteau
Henry Duclos
St. Tites Des Caps
Duclos
Borah to Enter California Republican Primary
Idaho Senator William E. Borah announced he would enter the California Republican primary and planned a speaking campaign in Ohio Illinois and Pennsylvania as part of a West Coast push ahead of the primaries.
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Washington
William E. Borah
Idaho
West of the
Rockies
California
Borah
Ohio
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Civil Vacation Bill Signed By Roosevelt
President Roosevelt signed two bills giving liberalized vacations and sick leave to all civilian federal employees. The measures expand benefit rights for government workers and set new standards for annual time off and illness absences nationwide.
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Roosevelt
Washington
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Far East
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G.O.P
Govt
Cedar Rapids News
Charles D. Huston
Internal Revenue
Moving Auto
Mrs. Borg
Sen. Borah
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