Spring Warmth Returns as Cedar Rapids Breaks Sunlit Calm
Bright sunlight advances spring in Cedar Rapids as temperatures rise from a 24 degree midnight low to 64 by Sunday afternoon. The Cedar River crested at 8.4 feet Sunday and was falling Monday while ice breakup continued downstream. Daytime highs hovered around 47 to 64 with mild winds.
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Cedar Rapids
Baston Ge
Washington
Mount Ayr
Tampa
Sioux City
New Orleans
Omaha
Galveston
Charles City
Los Angeles
Des Moines
San Francisco
LaCrotte
Seattle
Dubuque
Havre
Davenport
Detroit
New York
Chambers Inskeep Company
Cedar River
Iowa Windmill and Pump Company
Birth Announcements From Mercy and St Luke's Hospitals
At Mercy hospital a son to Mr and Mrs Donald Kassner Marion March 18 a son to Mr and Mrs William Dale 1820 E avenue NW March 18 a son to Mr and Mrs Harry O Deen Marion March 18 a daughter to Mr and Mrs Joseph George 837 Second street NW March 18 a daughter to Mr and Mrs Ernest Brazeal 1221 B avenue NW March 19 a daughter to Mr and Mrs Joseph Ehrenberger 516 Tenth avenue SE March 19 a son to Mr and Mrs Charles King Marion March 19 At St Luke's hospital a son to the Rev Mr and Mrs James H Blackstone Jr 1921 Fourth avenue SE March 19 At home a son to Mr and Mrs Robert McCoy 124 Fourth avenue SW March 16
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Mercy Hospital
Donald Kassner
Marion
William Dale
E Avenue NW
Harry O’deen
Joseph George
Second Street NW
Ernest Brazeal
B.avenue NW
Joseph Ehrenberger
Tenth Avenue SE
Charles King
St. Luke’s Hospital
James H Blackstone
Fourth Avenue SE
Robert McCoy
Fourth Avenue SW
Multiple speeding and fire incidents plus local deaths and custody ruling
The report lists speeding fines for several individuals including Robert W. Peet and Amanda Barham and notes a 30 day floater for Tom Goodwin. It records shays of grass fires, a roof fire, a reckless driving postponement, a grass fire near Nassau Street, and a series of death notices including John W. Louvar and Lizzie Stepmyre. It also notes a custody ruling by Judge Moffit transferring Helen Hamilton’s custody to Mrs. Hamilton following a cruel and inhuman treatment finding. It closes with a marriage detail dated March 25 1931 at Vinton.
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Robert W. Peet
Martelle
Jerry Rasmussen
Maquoketa
Amanda Barham
Third Avenue
David Trosman
Cedar Rapids
Dale D. Dorgelch
Anamosa
Tom Goodwin
Quincy
Joe Chavez
Avenue NE
George Taylor
First Avenue E
Don Himes
Helen Hamilton
Patrick T. Hamilton
John T. Moffit
Benes Denounces Provisional Rule in Broadcast Roundtable
Benes denounces Hitler's regime as a brute force rule during a university broadcast. He urges the United States to prepare for a battle of spirit against the sword, warning the world faces danger beyond war and the destruction of liberty and morality.
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Adolf Hitler
United States
Benes Voice Warns of Czech Fate and World Peace
In a Washington speech, Jan Masaryk and others cite a dictator regime based on force and deceit. Benes denounces aggression toward Czechoslovakia, warns of ongoing war in Europe, and pledges to fight for freedom until peace and honor are restored.
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Europe
Czechoslovakia
Dr. Benes
United States
Czech
Germany
Washington
Lincoln
Benes
Benes Brother Safe In Prague
Rep. Adolf Sabath says a state department briefing confirms Vojta Benes and his daughter Alice are safe in Prague. The department is working to obtain visas for their safe transfer to Switzerland.
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Washington
Adolf Sabath
JIL
State Department
Vojta Benes
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Alice
Prague
Switzerland
Douglas Nominated for Supreme Court Seat
The article traces Douglas youth from Whitman College scholarship to living in a tent while studying, then teaching at Yakima High School after earning a Phi Beta Kappa key, and finally moving east to study law at Columbia University. He rode freight trains and traveled in search of opportunity and education.
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Manhattan
Douglas
Mildred Riddle
Yakima
Columbia Law School
Law Review
Wall Street
Columbia
Nicholas Murray Butler
Law School
Hutchins
Yale Law School
Yale
Department of Commerce
University of Chicago
Yale Law Review
Joseph P. Kennedy
Great Britain
SEC
Kennedy
Commission
James M. Landis
Roosevelt
Washington
Old Guard
Senate Judiciary
Ashurst
Arizona
Hatch
New Mexico
Whitman College
Yakima High School
Columbia University
Britain seeks united front as Nazi expansion grows
Britain plans communications with Russia, Poland, and southeastern Europe to form an anti aggression bloc. Chamberlain notes no written ultimatum was given to Dr Hacha before Bohemia and Moravia became a German protectorate. The cabinet held long emergency meetings to plot approaches to Roumania Jugoslavia Turkey Greece and Bulgaria in a tightening alliance.
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Berlin
Moscow
Warsaw
Roumania
Jugoslavia
Turkey
Greece
Bulgaria
Chamberlain
Britain
Germany
Czechoslovakia
House
Defense Services
Russia
Chain Store Tax Debate Moves in Senate
The senate discusses revising how chain store stocks are assessed with proposals for a special committee to draft a new bill. Boone backs immediate action on a graduated tax up to 550 dollars per store, tied to total U S stores owned, prompting concerns from L H Doran about broad economic impact on merchants.
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B. Hickenlooper
Doran
America
Breen
Hartfords
Barbara Huttons
Cromwells
Doris Dukes
G. R. Hill
Clarion
Hill
Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Senate
L. H. Doran
Boone
Towa
United States
Donohue
Nore
Memel Crisis and Nazi Diplomacy Under Scrutiny
Report outlines discussions between Von Ribbentrop and Urbsys on Lithuania's Europe role amid Memel tensions. Hitler returns to Berlin to a mass welcome as Goering signals continued wartime posture and postpones Reichstag plans while vacationing in Italy and the Riviera.
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Memel
von Ribbentrop
Urbsys
Lithuania
Europe
Nazifuehrer
Berlin
Czech
Vienna
Linz
Wilhelmstrasse
Hermann Goering
Hitler
Great Britain
Reichstag
Italian Riviera
Committee 3 Given Neutrality Measure.
The article notes that Committee 3 presented a neutrality measure. Pittman states he did not consult the President while drafting his bill and says aiding France and Britain was not a factor. Former President Hoover favors a peaceful policy over force in foreign affairs.
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Pittman
France
Britain
Hoover
Riverside
Calif
United States
Debt limit boost isn’t sought now
The article explains that President Roosevelt and Secretary Morgenthau oppose extending the emergency financing powers, warning that keeping the $30 billion debt cap would curb the fiscal program. They note current bonds total $28.17 billion with $1.83 billion remaining under the limit, risking inability to issue new bonds after September and forcing short term borrowing and higher interest. It also covers tax revision plans tied to revenue projections and the stance of industry groups on boosting levies to offset losses.
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Morgenthau
Treasury
Roosevelt
National Association of Manufacturers
United States Chamber of Commerce
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Ma Peters AG
H Avenue NW
George A. Jirouch
van Vechten Park
K and
J Avenues
Nineteenth and
Twentieth Streets
Nassau Street
Nineteenth Street
C Avenue
Joseph Corroo and
Marjorie Jungbluth
Milwaukee
John W. Louvar
Shueyville
Lizzie Stepmyre
Ninth Street
Howard E. Lester
Third Street NW
Theodore J. Fuehr
B Avenue NE
Joe Navratil
Third Street
Veterans Hospital
George William Fowler
Margaret Finnegan
James Finnegan
F Avenue NW
Joseph Jiruska
Bever Avenue
Napoleon
History of People
Benes Brother
Supreme Court
Coats
Craemer
Iowa
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