Farm aid plan expands acreage for soil conservation program
The Department of Agriculture advances a 470 million program to place 10 million acres under specified conservation use in nine north central states. Farmers may receive 5 to 20 dollars per acre depending on land productivity. county associations will set basic acreages after evaluating 1935 plantings and soil productivity.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington
Corn Belt
Wallace
AAA
Britain invites German counter proposals on Locarno plan
British officials announced they invited Adolf Hitler to present counter proposals to the Locarno accord. Eden offered to meet Hitler’s envoy and may travel to Chequers or return to London to discuss the plan. France outlined five concessions tied to the four power proposal and noted shifts in troop withdrawal and mutual defense terms.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Reichsfuehrer
Rhine
Eden
Baldwin
Anthony Eden
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Hitler
Locarno
Chequers
Stanley Baldwin
France
Great Britain
Belgium
Italy
Iowa fish and game report reflects leadership change
The old Iowa fish and game commission ousted Wes Baur after 21 years of service as superintendent of state fisheries. The conservation commission says they wanted a leader with more executive experience. Baur previously ran the Spirit Lake pike hatchery and is praised for deep knowledge of Iowa's fish and waters.
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Iowa Fish and Game Commission
The
Conservation Commission
Wes Baur
Baur
Spirit Lake
Iowa
State
Governor Herring Praises Highway Crew Teamwork
Governor Herring quotes Kipling while congratulating Iowa highway commission crews for opening, reopening, and reopening highways during relentless blizzards. He lauds the everlastin team effort and notes Roosevelt will decide federal works program costs based on private enterprise.
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Herring
Kipling
Highway Commission
Iowa
Unemployment Debate and Economic Recovery Critique
The piece argues against claims of recovery while 12,000,000 remain unemployed. It criticizes politicians including the Farleys and others for promising miracles and urges business leaders to save the country, suggesting harsh caution toward opponents.
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Farleys
Germany to oppose foreign policing zone at London council
Berlin declares it will fight proposals for a western frontier policing zone at the League of Nations meeting in London. Adolf Hitler rejects Locarno powers plan after talks with advisers.
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Berlin
INS
League of Nations Council
Germany
London
Adolf Hitler
House Burglar Targeted Watches In Cedar Rapids
Police investigated the Cedar Rapids home of William Hubacek on Highland Drive NW after a burglar gained entry with a skeleton key. The thief stole a $35 pocket watch, a $7 wrist watch and a $2 pocket watch.
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William Hubacek
Highland Drive
Naval Pact To Be Signed March 25
London delegates accepted the draft at the naval disarmament conference and agreed to finalize the treaty with signatures on March 25. The accord among Great Britain France and the United States provides for qualitative limits on naval construction.
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London
Great Britain
France
United States
Hauptmann admits seeing Condon before and after Lindbergh kidnapping
In Trenton New Jersey prosecutor report Hauptmann execution scheduled for March 31 says Hauptmann admitted to defense counsel that he had seen Dr John F Condon before the ransom payment on City Island and again after Condon delivered the 50000 payoff at St Raymonds Cemetery The governor seeking to verify Condon contact planned talks in New York City and with Condon himself if possible
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
John F. Condon
C. Lloyd Fisher
Hauptmann
Harold G. Hoffman
Condon
City Island
John
St. Raymond’s Cemetery
New York
Bronx
Joseph Anthony Perrone
Soviet Troops Said in Czechoslovakia Report
Rome dispatch claims Soviet concentrations are in Czechoslovakia prepared for war. Barracks and fortifications rise between Trencin and Piestany about 120 miles northeast of Vienna. Airport at Piestany rebuilt for Czechs and secret bases built at Szob and Komarno. Czechoslovakia has a mutual aid pact with the Soviet Union.
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Rome
INS
Czechoslovakia
Budapest
Il Tevere
Trencin
Piestany
Vienna
Szob
Komarno
France
Americans In Chinese Red Zone Reported Safe
Americans Mr and Mrs Claude Thomas missionaries from Wheaton Illinois and Brackney Pennsylvania and their two children remained at Hungtung in Shansi province cut off by communists according to a Saturday report. The American embassy said they were unharmed.
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Shanghai
Claude Thomas
Wheaton
Ill
Brackney
Hungtung
Shansin
Now White and Rudy Are Both Winners in Broadway Feud
New York reports that Rudy Vallee and George White were ruled to remain within contract terms after a late night arbitration. Vallee announced retirement from the cast of White's Scandals, while White agreed to continue the show if Vallee exits. The tribunal dismissed the clash as non breach. The feud had roots in a Washington tryout where pay cuts sparked the dispute.
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New York
INS
Rudy
Vallee
George White
American Arbitration Tribunal
White
Rudy Vallee
Washington
Farm Benefit Averaged Fixed At 310 An Acre
Washington dispatch outlines a two year soil conservation program replacing the AAA. Farmers may receive ten dollars per acre on up to 15 percent of base acreage for diverting soil-depleting crops to conserve farming and an additional one dollar for using soil-building crops or pasture under certain conditions.
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Washington
AAA
Henry Wallace
Wallace
H. R. Tolley
Donors To Red Cross Fund Grateful City Spared Flood
Gratitude pours into Linn county Red Cross as Cedar Rapids escaped a spring flood. By 11 30 a.m. $180 25 donated with $34 50 in pledges toward a 1305 Linn county quota. Newman store employees gave 15. WPA workers contributed 1 each. Local residents gave 25 or 50 cents. County quotas listed for Marion Mount Vernon Springville Lisbon Central City and Coggon.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Red Cross
Newman’s
Marion
Mount Vernon
Springville
Lisbon
Central City
Coggon
Boy on Roller Skates Struck by Truck Injures 13 year old
Richard Egan 13 of 808 Seventh Street SW suffered fractures to both legs and cuts after being struck by Cullen Peal 23 of 528 Seventh Avenue SW at Seventh Avenue and Seventh Street SW Friday at 7 30 p m He was taken to St Luke s Hospital Peal said he had the green light The boy said there were no lights until near the south side of the intersection Police also noted witnesses Lawrence Williams and Arley Gragy supported the same account H Wiehe 402 Dunreath Drive NE injured his left hand when his car overturned while avoiding a collision with A L Hendryx 500 Nineteenth Street SE and was taken to St Luke s Hospital.
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Richard Egan
Seventh Street
Seventh Avenue
Cullen Peal
Peal
St. Luke’s Hospital
Pea
Lawrence Williams
Arley Gragy
H. Wiehe
Dunreath Drive
C Avenue
Nineteenth Street
A. L. Hendryx
Wiehe
Hendryx
Ethiopians Claim Sweep At Amba Alagi Front
Reports from Addis Ababa say Ethiopian warriors achieved a sweeping victory against Italian troops on the Amba Alagi northern front with Emperor Haile Selassie said to have actively participated. Dispatches from Asmara note Italian planes bombed military buildings around Harar.
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Addis Ababa
Amba Alagi
Haile Selassie
Rome
Asmara
Eritrea
Harar
Ethiopia
Lewis Fights For Relief Probe In Senate Shakeup
A Senate committee on expenditures in executive departments gains power over a relief investigation. Chairman J Hamilton Lewis wins support to probe WPA and FERA amid combat with opposition. New members Key Pittman and Alben Barkley join as the panel reshapes the resolution and scope.
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Washington
LLP
Senate
J. Hamilton Lewis
Lewis
Committee On Audit and Control
Joseph T. Robinson
James J. Davis
Robinson
Key Pittman
Nev
Committee On Foreign Relations
Alben W. Barkley
Banking, Finance and Interstate Commerce
Davis
WPA
WDA
FERA
Roosevelt Relief Budget Row Sparks Washington Debate
President Roosevelt’s relief message claims budget estimates allow deficit reductions while Republicans call it fictitious. Analysts note the soldiers bonus and farm program push the deficit toward 5.5 billion if cashable bonds are exchanged by June 30, with timing shifting much of the burden to next year. Democrats classify the bonus separately and cite new taxes to offset it, while administration figures keep the current year deficit near 3.23 billion.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Congress
Runaway Boy Keeps The Police Guessing
Alvin Larson, an 11 year old runaway, confused Cedar Falls, Waterloo and Cedar Falls police Saturday morning by giving multiple stories about his identity and home. He was found at Union Station in Cedar Falls by North Western railroad special agent Mike Gerstenberger at 4 am. Larson supplied several false addresses before authorities chose to contact his Cedar Falls parents directly.
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Alvin Larson
Cedar Falls
Waterloo
Union Station
Mike Gerstenberger
North Western Railroad
Larson
Cedar Rapids Reports Spring Warmth and Windy Showers
Temperatures rose through the day with 32 degrees early morning, 43 at mid morning, and a high near 57 by mid afternoon. A light shower and gusty winds occurred early Friday evening, followed by a cooling pattern to 40 by midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Roosevelt allocates 25 million for WPA flood repairs
President Roosevelt on Saturday ordered 25 million dollars to the Works Progress Administration to repair or replace public property and utilities damaged by floods. The funding comes as he delays Florida vacation to oversee flood relief efforts and follows an earlier emergency allotment of 18,411,633 dollars issued February 29.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Works Progress Administration
Florida
White House
Congressmen Hurry Home To Survey Floods
Congress plans urgent flood relief measures as the house halts major bills to assess damage from widespread flooding. Delegations from affected states travel to survey needs, with proposed appropriations from 5 million to 1 billion dollars for rehabilitation and flood control across multiple agencies and rivers.
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Washington
INS
House
Rep. Goldsborough
Maryland
Goldsborough
Wilson-Copeland
War Department
Overton
Mississippi River
Interior Department
Ohio
New York
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio Valley
Fourth Jury Weighs Fate in Lamson Murder Trial
A Santa Clara County jury of seven men and five women deliberated on the murder charge against David A. Lamson for the bathtub death of his wife Allene Thorpe Lamson at their Stanford home Memorial Day 1933. The panel stood two to ten for acquittal as verdicts possible range from first degree murder with death to manslaughter. Previous trials ended in partial verdicts, mistrial, or acquittal. The trial judge moved the jury after rumors of eavesdropping.
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San Jose
Calif
David A. Lamson
Allene Thorpe Lamson
Lamson
Stanford University
Memorial Day
Supreme Court
J. J. Trabucco
Santa Clara County
Three Inches Snow Falls In West Pennsylvania
Hartford in Connecticut faced heavy rains as nine people were feared dead and more than 50 city blocks flooded up to 25 feet deep. Local authorities warned of further destruction as waters rose across the Connecticut valley.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut Valley
Middletown
Quinebaug
Danielson
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Wheeling
Floods Ravage Hartford Area as Ohio Crest Recedes
Storm warnings along the North Atlantic coast slow relief efforts as the Connecticut river floods Hartford and Middletown with 37.5 foot crest. Death toll reaches 167 with nearly 300000 homeless across 11 states while Pittsburgh area struggles with outages and snow worsens disease risk.
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Associated Press
North Atlantic
Pittsburgh- Johnstown
Wheeling
Connecticut River
Hartford
Middletown
Des Moines Docket Shows Graft Case Appeals Motion
M E Rawlings Woodbury county attorney filed Saturday motions with the supreme court for dismissal of appeals in a graft case. The moves target Walter Maley Ray Harrison Joe Gagen T L Taggart and 26 others after Judge Earl Peters refused to quash indictments. Court records indicate such motions are customary while appeals are pending.
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DES Moines
M. E. Rawlings
Woodbury County
Supreme Court
Earl Peters
Walter Maley
Ray Harrison
Joe Gagen
T. L. Taggart
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Hague Court of International Justice
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West
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Huntington
W. Va
Pomeroy
Point Pleasant
Gallipolis
Marietta
Cincinnati
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