Hitler Pressures Czechs to Break Soviet Pact, Seek German Order
Prague reports claim Adolf Hitler demanded Czechoslovakia renounce its alliance with Soviet Russia as a condition for peace. The government reportedly extended greater power to Germans within borders while considering autonomy moves. Berlin insists on German influence and warns of preserving ethnic Germans beyond borders.
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Praha
Czechoslovakia
Adolf Hitler
Soviet
Russia
Germany
Eduard Benes
Hitler
Benes
Milan Hodza
France
Austria
Berlin
Hodza
Reichstag
The Eternal Melodies in a Haunted Everyday Life
A reflective essay contemplates haunted existence and hidden intimations in daily life. It contrasts public fears with inner music and suggests that fleeting glimpses of the eternal shape our religion, with a 1938 copyright note attributed to Dr. Newton.
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Ife
Browning
Threat of Capital Sitdown Strike Over Tax Laws
Investment banker Maurice Wertheim warned the Senate Finance Committee a sitdown strike of capital would occur soon unless tax laws are changed. He testified amid hearings on a House approved tax revision bill, noting current policies deter investment in industry. P J Wood urged raising theater admission tax on tickets over 50 cents to boost government revenue.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Maurice Wertheim
New York
Wertheim
P. J. Wood
Columbus
Independent Theater Owners of Ohio
Pershing Not So Well After Grave Illness
General John J. Pershing, 77, World War I commander, is recovering from a grave illness and was described as not so well Friday night by Dr. Roland Davison. The physician said Pershing may have been pushing himself too hard to regain health.
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Tucson
Ariz
John J. Pershing
Roland Davison
Davison
Mortgage Bankers predict nationwide drop in new building volume
The Mortgage Bankers Association reports 1937 will be surpassed by a lower total of new construction this year despite government activity. 72 percent of surveyed builders expect a decline, with residential construction down 71 percent, varying by region from the East to the Midwest and South.
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Chicago
Mortgage Bankers Association of America
A. D. Fraser
Association
Far West
Mountain
Woman Injured When Car Hits Pole in Cedar Rapids
Mrs. E. N. Werner, 407 Third avenue SW, suffered a scalp laceration at 11 14 p m when the car she rode in, driven by Vaughn Stoddard, 213 Sixth street SW, struck a light pole at Second avenue and Third street SW. The pole broke about halfway up. Stoddard said he misjudged a driveway for the street while driving west on Second avenue and turning south into Third street. He took Mrs. Werner home, then her grandson transported her to Mercy hospital for treatment.
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E. N. Werner
Third Avenue
Vaughn Stoddard
Sixth Street
Second Avenue
Third Street
Stoddard
Mexico Expropriates Foreign Oil Firms in Crisis
Mexico under President Lazaro Cardenas expropriated the foreign oil industry and suspended gold and foreign exchange dealings in a decisive move amid a clash with U S and other investors. The action follows wage disputes and a stalled arbitration, signaling a major showdown between foreign capital and the Mexican government.
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Mexico City
Lazaro Cardenas
United States
Bank of Mexico
Josephus Daniels
State Department
Washington
Mexico
Cardenas
Want Ads Beat the Sunday Deadline
Local want ads preview for Sunday bring brisk responses. Listings include sold home furnishings and rental notices for a bungalow and a furnished or unfurnished apartment. Dial numbers accompany each item. You, too, can get results.
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314Th Ave
Stork Derby Prize Divided Among Quartet
Ontario supreme court Justice Middleton ruled the 500000 prize from Charles Vance Millar’s estate be shared by four Toronto mothers. Myrs, Annie Smith, Kathleen Nagle, Isabel MacLean and Alice Timlock will divide the prize for the most children born in ten years after his death on October 31, 1926. He rejected Pauline Clarke and Matthew Kenny claims citing illegitimacy and stillborn births respectively.
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Toronto
W. E Middleton
Ontario Supreme Court
Charles Vance Millar
Clarke
Kenny
Smith
Nagle
MacLean
Timlock
Tragedy on Millersburg Farm Ends in Double Loss
Rudolph Knipfer a 60 year old farmer near Millersburg died by self inflicted 12 gauge shotgun blast in his tractor shed His wife Mrs Knipfer suffered a stroke after learning of his death and died later that Friday The coroner ruled death by self action no inquest scheduled The couple leave eleven children five sons and five daughters with several relatives nearby including Harold Oliver Carl Leonard Herman Violet and others
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Millersburg
Rudolph Knipfer
Here
Knipfer
R Mahanna
John Schultz
Harold
Oliver
Carl
Leonard
Herman
Ruby
Grace
Violet
Williamsburg
Alfred Carlstein
Argo
Augusta Foubert
Seadlund Given 60 Days For Lindy Law Appeal
Federal Judge John P. Barnes set Seadlund’s execution for April 19 for the Charles S. Ross kidnapping slaying and granted sixty days to perfect an appeal challenging the Lindbergh law as unconstitutional. Seadlund remained defiant. his attorney Frederic Burnham requested 60 days to file a bill of exceptions.
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Chicago
LLP
John P. Barnes
John Henry Seadlund
Charles S. Ross
Seadlund
Barnes
U. S
Frederic Burnham
Lindbergh
Burnham
Bus Plunges Into Lake Near Falcon Killing 13
A bus leaving the highway near Falcon in Santa Clara province plunged 30 feet into a lake. Rescue parties searched for more bodies as the death toll reached at least 13 passengers.
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Havana
Ins
Falcon
Santa Clara
Hull Signals U S Will Not Recognize Austria Germany Union
Secretary of State Cordell Hull said the United States would not publicly recognize the legality of Germany’s annexation of Austria at least for now. He said the German embassy would be treated as Austria’s representative mission, while deferring broader questions of legality and focusing on practical commercial ties. Hull cited sanctity of treaties and non intervention as guiding principles amid concerns over Austria’s developments.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
United States
Germany
Austria
Edgar Prochnik
Hull
State Department
Non-Union Youth Orchestra Quiets Edict at Cedar Rapids Club
A Friday teen dance at the Cedar Rapids Country Club featured a non-union youth orchestra despite a union warning. Two Coe College students are among the players, with others from local high schools. The union had announced it would not permit non union bands at future events, prompting the club to book the junior party ensemble for the regular club dance. Prof. Joseph H. Kitchin leads the Cedar Rapids Musicians' Union.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids Musicians’ Union
Coe
Country Club
Musicians’ Union
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Union
Joseph H. Kitchin
Coe College Music Faculty
Next War Breakout Location Question by Bugs Baxter
Arthur Bugs Baxter argues the next war will begin where it breaks out first, comparing Europe to a torn coat seam. He predicts Poland will lead the invasion of other nations and criticizes Secretary Hull for strict neutrality, saying the U S won’t fight to “save democracy” again after 1917.
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Arthur
Bugs” Batr
Europe
Dictators Score New Victories Across Europe
European democracies concede ground as Czechoslovakia and Lithuania yield to pressure. Analysts warn of a looming anti Soviet bloc as Hitler's plans expand. Memel fate and broader unification threaten independence and regional balance. Swiss anxiety grows as German influence extends.
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Lithuania
Poland
Germany
Baltic
Memel
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Europe
Hitler
Name In Pocket Of Hiker Not His But Is Clue To Identity
Sheriff James TH. Smith tentatively identifies one hitchhiker killed Thursday on highway 149 as J. A. Alevizos of Omaha based on a pocket slip. The other victim is not Mike Makatas of Kansas City. Omaha authorities suggest the man may be Peter Patrikes, last seen in Omaha en route to Chicago. the clue emerged from a slip found in the hitchhiker’s pocket.
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James TH. Smith
Highway 149
Here
Mike Makatas
Kansas City
Kan
Omaha
Smith
J. A. Alevizos
Thirteenth Street
Peter Patrikes
Chicago
Alevizos
Kidnapper Arrest Ties to Peter Levine Case
Stanley Thomas Jasosky, 22, arrested and arraigned in Newark on charges of extortion for sending six ransom notes demanding a total of $180,000 in the Peter Levine kidnaping case. Notes dated March 2 and subsequent dates named Newark locations for payment. authorities held Jasosky on $25,000 bail as the investigation continues.
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Washington
Stanley Thomas Jasosky
Peter Levine
Department of Justice
Newark
WN. J
Stanley Thoms Jasosky
Murray Levine
Peter
Jasosky
G-men
New Rochelle
N.Y
Dusosky
Joseph Holland
Ludson County
West Market
High Streets
Levine
Lincicum Dies by Hanging in Linn County Jail
Lisyd Lincecum under sentence ends life in county jail after a ten year term for a statutory charge. Cedar Rapids man found dead in cell block No 7 by Harlan Snyder when his father was to visit. Coroner reports no inquest planned as police investigate alleged associations with Cedar Rapids boys.
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Lloyd Lincicum
Beverasenue
Fort Madison State Prison
W.C. Ring
Lincicum
Linn County
Lutile
Lincecum
BL. Knight
Mediitels
Cedar Rapids
Ring
Linerceum
Mason City
Britain Puts Optimism First Amid War Tensions
London report says Britain's cabinet feels no immediate general war threat and expects European tensions to ease soon. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain may address the House of Commons next week to clarify Britain's stance amid the PolishLithuanian crisis and German moves in Austria.
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London
United Press
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Britain
Europe
Chamberlain
France
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Aussia
War Avoided as Lithuania Accepts Polish Demands
Lithuanian government, in a noon note from the Lithuanian minister at Tallinn, agreed to establish normal relations with Poland and to send a minister to Warsaw by March 31. Poland tightened border readiness but Warsaw residents greeted the peace with banks and street tensions notably around the Jews.
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Warsaw
Poland
Lithuania
Tallinn
Esthenia
Jokubas Stanleduckis
Mist and Clouds Drift Over Cedar Rapids Weather
The report notes mist and gray clouds blocking the sun in Cedar Rapids Saturday. Temperatures rose from 44 at 7 am to 52 by 1 30 pm, with Friday reaching a record high of 76 at 3 pm. Drizzle occurred briefly Friday evening.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
Suspect Nabbed in Slaying of Treasury Agent
A posse of government officers and local police captured 31 year old George W. Tatum in connection with the slaying of treasury agent William F. Berry near Chattanooga. Berry was shot during a raid on a Marion county Tennessee still. another agent was wounded.
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Washington
INS
George W. Tatum
William F. Berry
Treasury
Chattanooga
Berry
Marion County
Tennessee
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