House Bills Tie Hospital Costs to Counties in Iowa
Two measures from the house appropriations committee shift hospital patient costs to counties for Woodward and Glenwood while requiring each county to pay for patients at its other four hospitals. The bills, aimed at removing Glenwood and Woodward from state funding, await further discussion Monday as beer legislation advances with limited amendments.
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Des Moines
Woodward
Glenwood
House
House Appropriations Committee
H. E. Morrow
Hopkinton
Harold B. Claypool
Williamsburg
It’s a crackpot world and we must hold fast
A reader reflection on the fractured world facing modern fears. Bernard Shaw and Kipling are invoked as voices of caution and resilience. The piece urges inner strength, spiritual life, and the capacity to endure calamity without losing hope. It cites a book titled Religion Says You Can and ends with a 1939 copyright notice.
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Padre
Bernard Shaw
DR. Newton
Lee
Kipling
Kitty Carlisle Named Best Dressed Woman in National Poll
New York AP reports Kitty Carlisle tops a national poll of leading designers as best dressed woman. Other winners include Bette Davis in screen and Joan Blaine in radio, with several prominent figures across society, debutante, business, sports, and opera categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kitty Carlisle
Ginger Rogers
Alfred Gwynn
Vanderbilt
Bette Davis
Joan Blaine
Cobina Wright, Jr
Benny Venuta
Yolanda
Osa Johnson
Fernanda Wanamaker Munn
Adam Gimbel
Rose Bampton
Alice Marble
No Time To Smile as Chamberlain Heads to Cabinet
Prime Minister Chamberlain left Birmingham in a glum mood to attend an emergency cabinet session in London. When pressed for a photo, he said there are occasions when one cannot smile and this is one of them.
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Birmingham
England
Chamberlain
London
Six Bodies Recovered From Alaska Air Wreck
In Juneau Alaska a Coast Guard cutter Haida removed six men from a Marine Airways plane found on Grand Island near the beach The crash is described as Alaska s worst air disaster The aircraft missing since February 12 lay in trees 200 yards from shore Victims were carried on stretchers to the beach and then to the Haida Pilot Alonzo Cope and five passengers were likely killed outright after a crash from about 1000 to 1500 feet.
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Juneau
Alaska
Coast Guard
Haida
Marine Airways
Grand Island
Charles Ashby
Alonzo Cope
Skeleton Key House Prowler Nets $13 Third Haul
The Cedar Rapids thief, using a skeleton key, rifled a purse at the Max Bromwell home 352 Twenty-first St SE between 7 and 9 15 p m Friday evening gaining $13 in cash and a pack of cigarets He had previously stolen 150 and three packs of cigarets in earlier jobs this week In all cases entry was by key and only money or tobacco was taken Detectives also investigated a Linn County Grain company office break in at 1011 Eighth Ave SW Saturday where 50 cents were missing after a window pry top safe untouched.
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Cedar Rapids
Max Bromwell
Twenty-first
Linn County Grain Company
Eighth Avenue
Rooster Leads Hens to Death in Wisconsin Fire
A rooster reportedly lured about a hundred hens back toward Maurice Smith's burning poultry house in Lake Mills Wisconsin. While the hens fled to safety, the rooster returned, and the hens then followed.
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Lake Mills
Wis.ap
Maurice Smith
Roumania Deliberates Risky Spot as German Demands Grow
In Bucharest Roumania faces pressure from Germany amid an eastward push. King Carol and the crown council studied trade and military risk after Gaf encu and Berlin negotiators described as demanding sweeping economic cooperation.
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Bucharest
Roumania
Germany
Carol
Crown Council
Grigore Gafencu
London
Berlin
Helmuth Wohlthat
23 Year Old Woman Becomes Rising Criminal Lawyer
Estelle B Barb a 23 year old New Yorker has quickly built a criminal law practice. In eight months she has won all but one of her jury criminal cases including two counts dismissed from a three count indictment. She aims to succeed at the bar while pursuing other legal fields.
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New York
Estelle
Gold Key of Philonomic Council
Clarence Bea
Earl Rogers
Bill Falon
To Face Reckless Driving Charge For Hitting Parked Car
George Taylor of 1215 First Avenue E was released on 105 dollar bond after a reckless driving arrest. Earl Wood of 1424 First Avenue E reported his car struck from the rear at 7 10 pm while parked. Wood suffered a wrenched neck and refused to testify on a separate drunk driving charge. Taylor claimed temporary stun and denied drinking. he is set to appear in police court Monday.
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Cedar Rapids
George Taylor
First Avenue E
Earl Wood
Taylor
Wood
Milke
Stodola
They Should Finish Job Plant Paper Money At Annapolis
A columnist argues for burying paper money at Annapolis as a way to reset the monetary system, recalling past metal and shell payments. The piece critiques money as merely a medium of exchange and reflects 1939-era economic satire.
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Annapolis
Mrs Kirwin Named Secretary of Public Welfare Bureau
Mrs Carl Kirwin is appointed permanent secretary of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce Public Welfare Bureau effective Monday. The bureau handles Community Chest funds and serves Chest agencies. her duties include studying community welfare needs and interpreting welfare work to social agencies. She will be available to assist Chest agencies and comes after three years of bureau and Chamber study. She is a 1929 University of Wisconsin graduate in social service work with extensive welfare experience in camp administration relief work in Wisconsin Louisiana Idaho New York and Cedar Rapids. She moved to Cedar Rapids in 1934 as county relief supervisor and became Linn County director of relief in 1936.
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Carl Kirwin
Public Welfare Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Kansas
Idaho
New York
Wisconsin
Louisiana
Linn County
Wisconsin University
Alpha Kappa Delta
Phi Beta Kappa
Daladier Secures Confidence as He Seeks Dictatorial Powers
In Paris, Premier Edouard Daladier won a 334 to 258 confidence vote in the chamber as he pushes for an emergency decree granting secret and sweeping defense powers until November 30. The measure would let the Council of Ministers rule by decree on defense matters, mobilize reserves, extend the work week, rewrite pacts, buy war materiel, and conscript industry.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
Chamber of Deputies
Daladier
Council of Ministers
Albert Lebrun
Dadadier
Paul Reynaud
France
Pontiff Pius XII Meets Italian Foreign Minister Ciano
Pope Pius XII received Count Galeazzo Ciano, Italian foreign minister and Mussolini’s son in law, in a formal audience. It was the first official contact between the new Pontiff and a member of the Italian government.
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Rome
Pius XII
Galeazzo Ciano
Mussolini
Count Ciano
Chamberlain Shifts Policy After Czechoslovakia Crisis
British prime minister Neville Chamberlain signals a break with appeasement after Hitler tears up Munich and occupies Czechoslovakia. The move aims to raise Anglo French ties, speed rearmament, and consider conscription, with a potential push toward a British expeditionary force and closer Moscow and Musso lini overtures.
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Ty Weder Miller
London
Neville Chamberlain
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Czechoslovak Republic
Chamberlain
Germany
Britain
Soviet Russia
Moscow
France
Berlin-Rome
Benito Mussolini
Europe
Britain and France Reject German Rift Over Czechoslovakia
London reports Britain and France will not recognize Germany’s seizure of Czechoslovakia. Ambassador Henderson recalled. Coulondre questioned in Paris. Halifax consults Anglo allied ambassadors. King Carol fears Nazi pressure on Romania and considers rallying Poland Bulgaria Greece Turkey and Yugoslavia if backed by Britain France and Russia.
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London
France
Berlin
Czechoslovakia
Foreign Office
Nevile Henderson
Coulondre
Viscount Halifax
Great Britain
United States
Russia
Herbert von Dirksen
Halifax
Britain
Henderson
Chamberlain
Bucharest
Germany
Roumania
Evening Standard
Carol
Few More Days Till Spring Rental Want Ads
Vacant properties should be advertised now as families move on April 1. They will look in The Gazette Sunday Want Ad section for new homes. Call the Want Ad department before 8 tonight at 2-1121 to reach an Ad-taker.
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The
Gazette
Want
Germany Promises Sharply Repudiates British French Notes
Berlin officials vow the British and French condemnations of the Czechoslovak absorption will be met with the sharpest repudiation. Baron von Neurath named reichs protector of Bohemia Moravia with Prague residence and veto power over acts there.
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Berlin
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Adolf Hitler
Vienna
France
Britain
Mitler
Baron Konstantin von Neurath
United States
von Neurath
Bohemia- Moravia
Hitler
Hungary
Roumania
Elmuth Wohlthat
Bucharest
Stumner Welles
Chamberlain
Birmingham
Europe
Munich
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Prague
Europe At A Glance: Protests to Berlin Over Czechoslovakia
United Press reports Britain and France mobilizing protests against Czechoslovakia annexation and rumors of US and Russia nonrecognition. Roumanian sources claim a German plan to dominate Roumania. Bucharest and Berlin deny. Paris recall of ambassador nears. Daladier seeks dictatorial powers and wins confidence 334 to 258. Berlin readies reception for Hitler on Saturday night.
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United Press
London
Britain
France
Hitler
Berlin
Czechoslovakia
United States
Russia
Roumania
Bucharest
Paris
Daladier
A J Smith Home Damaged By Flames
Fire caused by a chimney spark damaged half the roof and attic at the A J Bert Smith home 2257 Mt Vernon road SE on Saturday at 1130 am Firemen vented and confined the blaze Captain Bill Holmes of No 1 junior company aided salvage and hose work for Kohout Chief The Holmes family resides at 369 Forest drive SE
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Cedar Rapids News
A. J
Bert” Smith
Mt. Vernon Road
Bill Holmes
No. 1
E. P. Kohout
Holmes
Stewart Holmes
Forest Drive
Treasury imposes 25 percent penalty duties on German imports
The U S Treasury announced new penalty duties averaging 25 percent on hundreds of German goods entering the United States starting April 23. The move follows withdrawal of favored nation tariffs for Czech-German occupied territories and is tied to German export subsidies. If subsidies are confirmed, duties may exceed 25 percent with possible refunds or additional charges.
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Washington
Treach Ury
United States
Czechoslovakia
Treasury Department
The
Treasury
Customs Bureau
Germany
Frank Murphy
Europe
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Bugs" Baer
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West Point
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