Buds and bombs collide in springtime statements
A reader letter column contrasts Iowa’s early spring with war horror in Barcelona and Spain. It condemns the brutality of fascist actions and urges liberty without bloodshed while urging Poland’s president and U S budget concerns, rail against planned economy, and calls for responsible relief oversight in Scott County Illinois amid debate over public aid and taxation.
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Pring
Iowa
Barcelona
Europe
Spain
England
France
Mussolini
Hitler
Roosevelt Gives Morgan Tight Deadline Over TVA Row
President Roosevelt told TVA Chairman Arthur E. Morgan to withdraw charges or resign. Morgan was given until 2 30 p m Tuesday to offer reasons against executive action, with a suspension or removal possible if he fails to comply. Morgan had accused colleagues of dishonesty and malfeasance and pressed for a congressional probe.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Arthur E. Morgan
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
White House
Morgan
Congress
Marvin H MelIntyre
Stephen Early
Mogan
McIntyre
Chain Bank Officer Critically Injured in 100-Foot Drop
Richard C. Lilly, 54, president of the First National bank and vice-president of a top chain bank system, was critically injured when his car plunged from a high bridge in St Paul. Police say he dozed at the wheel while returning home after a bridge party.
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ST. Paul, Minn
INS
Richard C. Lilly
First National Bank
Lilly
No Recommendation On Equal Rights Resolution
The senate judiciary committee voted 9-9 to report without recommendation a joint resolution for a constitutional amendment granting equal rights to women. Sens Townsend and Burke pushed the measure for senate action as they saw fit.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
John G. Townsend
Del
Edward R. Burke
Senate
Showgirl Wilfred W. R. Hearst's Son to Wed
New York UP reports on Broadway showgirl Hope Chandler about to marry David Buddy Hearst, 22, son of William Randolph Hearst. Chandler is about 17 or 18, announced Monday that the wedding is planned soon.
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New York
Hope Chandler
David “Buddy” Hearst
Wiliam Randolph Hearst
Postcard Message Advocates Honest Communication
An unsigned or pseudonymous letter is criticized for anonymity and fake names, while a well written postcard message is praised for dignity and relevance. The writer urges real names and addresses, asserting honesty in addressing a situation that needs attention.
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John Smith
Fight Fear By Positive Inner Habits In Bible Guidance
A 1938 guidance piece suggests fear can be managed by positive use of scripture rather than fighting the fear directly. It cites Psalm 23 and the Lord's Prayer as repeated affirmations to build inner defense, emphasizing habit formation and self-training to gain steadiness against nocturnal terror.
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Tere
First Day Of Spring Puts Cedar Rapids At 84 Degrees High
Cedar Rapids records a new year to date high of 84 degrees by 2 30 p m as spring arrives. Sunday sparked outdoor activity with a 76 degree high matching the prior peak and reminding residents that winter lingered only briefly. The day began at 34 degrees with a low overnight and climbed through a 53 7 a m to 59 by midmorning before the 84 degree afternoon high.
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Cedar Rapids
the Weatherman
The
Mercury
Chambers
Loyalists Halt Insurgent Advance Near Barcelona Front
Loyalist forces including the American brigade held a two week insurgent push along a 55 mile front near the coast and Aragon. With 150000 insurgents involved, fierce battles formed as Franco sought a split of loyalist Spain. At least 10 percent of the American brigade were killed, while loyalists regrouped and prepared new defenses after halting the advance.
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Barcelona
INS
Sierra
Mediterranean
Aragon
Francisco Franco
Spain
British consul urges nationals to leave Barcelona before Penelope arrives
The British consul-general urged all nationals to depart Barcelona by Wednesday as the Penelope cruiser is set to arrive. Latest casualty figures from last week’s air raids show 834 dead and 1,279 wounded.
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Barcelona
Penelope
Britain seeks U S aid in Mexican stand off
Britain presses for U S pressure on Mexico to pledge no oil shipments to enemies in wartime and suggests peso devaluation to satisfy workers. London considers United States participation, with Ambassador Lindsay to Washington. Britain weighs broader moves with Italy, Czechoslovakia, and Spain amid ongoing international crisis.
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London
INS
Britain
Europe
Mexico
United States
Ronald Lindsay
Washington
Foreign oil firms to sue Mexico over seized properties
In Mexico City foreign oil companies plan injunctions as the first move in an effort to recover 400 million dollars in oil properties seized by the government. Diplomatic steps are expected next as American business interests report losses from the gold and foreign exchange decree issued with the seizure. Food hoarding rises and prices surge as the decree takes effect. Ambassador Daniels notes the oil firm action and that more details follow on page two.
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Mexico City
Josephus Daniels
Liner Berengaria Quitting Service
The Berengaria, the world’s third largest liner, is withdrawn from service by Cunard White Star after 26 years. Three fires in two months and an estimated 2 million dollar reconditioning cost led officials to retire the 52,000 ton vessel once a major Atlantic passenger ship.
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London
INS
Berengaria
Leviathan
Majestic
Cunard
White Star Line
Atlantic
Line
Austrian Rotarians Quit Amid Nazi Takeover
Chicago dispatch reports that eleven Rotary clubs in Austria have disbanded after Adolf Hitler seized control, announced by Chesley R. Perry, international secretary of Rotary.
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Chicago
INS
Austria
Adolf Hitler
Chesley R. Perry
Poland Prompts Frontier Tactics Amid Border Settlement
Warsaw reports show protests shouting annex Lithuania while officials move to normalize Polish Lithuanian relations. About 100000 Polish troops were withdrawn from the border after Lithuania capitulated to the ultimatum. most stay near Vilna, ready to respond if talks fail. Police detained 435 rioters seeking seizure of Lithuania as right wing papers press for broader terms including a Memel naval base and tariff union. A Polish diplomat will visit Kaunas to arrange a permanent ministry by March 31, with a technical commission inspecting torn rail lines on the frontier.
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Warsaw
INS
Lithuania
Vilna
Kaunas
Poland
Memel
Hull denounces Barcelona air raids by rebel forces
Secretary of State Cor dell Hull joins Britain in condemning the bombing of civilian Barcelona by rebel air forces in Spain. He stresses the humanity rule against civilian-targeted bombardment and says the United States has no official communication to Spain. Hull voices horror at the casualties among noncombatants and hopes civilian centers will be spared in the future.
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Washington
INS
Cordell Hull
Great Britain
Barcelona
Spain
Hull
America
House Passes Bill Extending Pensions to Veterans’ Kin
The House on Monday passed and sent to the Senate a bill extending pensions for veterans widows and orphans to over 7 100 families at a first year cost of 1 651 500. One vote against blocked general pensions by voice vote. The measure lowers disability from 20 to 10 percent, applies to deaths from any cause, and was introduced by Chairman John E Rankin of the House Veterans Committee.
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Washington
House
Senate
John E. Rankin
House Veterans Committee
Garbo Stokowski marriage rumor flies from Rome
Ravello, Italy report says Greta Garbo and Leopold Stokowski left by car for southern Italy. London dispatch says the London Daily Telegraph reports they will wed this week at Taormina Sicily, citing a reliable Swedish official in Rome.
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Ravello
Italy
Greta Garbo
Leopold Stokowski
London
INS
London Daily Telegraph
Rome
Taormina
Sicily
Old raft voyage ends in raft crash on Susquehanna
In Williamsport Pennsylvania AP report, six men are missing or dead after the 112 foot raft carrying 51 passengers struck a bridge pier on the Susquehanna River during a reenactment voyage. The craft toppled into murky water as six men including W C Van Scoyce and others were unaccounted for, with coroner awaiting investigation and plans to resume after repairs.
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Williamsport
Pia
Susquehanna
W C van Scoyce
Philadelphia
Joy Uider
Thomas Proffitt
Chester
C F Taylor
Burgess
Montgomery
H C Conner
Harrisburg
Levy
Bud Conner
Glen Campbell
Thomas C Brandon
Susquehanna River
William R Remsnyder
London New Zealand Flight Record Set at Four Days Eight Hours
Flying Officer A E Clouston and Victor Rickets of the London Daily Express marked the London to Auckland flight in four days eight hours, breaking the previous record held by Miss Jean Batten at ten days twenty one hours.
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Auckland
A E. Clouston
Victor Rickets
London Daily Express
Jean Batten
Will We Get Into New Strife We’ve Never Failed Yet
Europe ships gold to America for safety while Uncle Shylock is a shaky bridge. The piece recalls 1917 and the risk of entering conflict, referencing Newt Baker and a persistent appetite for war and danger.
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Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Europe
America
Shylock
Austria Faces World’s Worst Pogrom Amid Nazi Rise
Paris dispatch notes in Vienna and across Austria 800000 non Aryan people seek safety as Reichs leader Hitler’s terror spreads under Nuremberg laws. Intermarriage with Jews common among elites. fear grows as plebiscite looms. Rabbi Stephen S Wise warns democracies against aiding fascist doctrine.
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Paris
Ins
Austria
Vienna
Berlin
Frankfort
New York
Stephen S Wise
Bond reduction for four W F Main associates in mail fraud case
At a session before United States commissioner Edward J McPartland in Houston, bonds for four associates of W F Main were reduced from 2500 to 1000 each. Defendants Jane Slavata Arnold Frank E Machen and H A Visel faced a conspiracy to use the mails to defraud charge. Main’s bond stayed at 5000. Attorneys Linville and Johnson represented the defendants. hearings included input from U S assistant attorney George John and local inspectors.
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Cedar Rapids News
Edward J McPartland
United States
W. F Main
Houston
Tex
Guy Linville
Elmer Johnson
Jane Slavata
JA Arnold
Frank E Machen
H A Visel
Mr McPartland
George John
Linville
Walter Hutchinson
McPartland
Mains Bond
Robert Monroe
C. Gahne
Lewis Won't Seek Presidency Says Lewis Won't Seek Presidency
Boston report quotes Homer W Martin president of the United Automobile Workers saying John L Lewis will not be a candidate for president He says Lewis told him and that he knows Lewis well enough to form the opinion that he would not take the presidency
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Boston
John L. Lewis
Homer W Martin
United Automobile Workers
Martin
Lewis
Abandon Plans For Joint Trust Probe
Washington reports that administration leaders in Congress have dropped plans for a joint Senate-House inquiry into anti trust laws. The message from President Roosevelt will go to separate judiciary committees, with no thorough study expected before the next Congress. Delays stem from Justice Department disagreement on revision plans for Sherman and Clayton acts.
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Washington
INS
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
House Judiciary Committees
Department of Justice
Robert H Jackson
Thurman Arnold
Justice Department
Jackson
Senate-House
House OKs billion naval expansion bill pass
The House approved the administration’s naval expansion bill by 292 to 100. A GOP bid to send it back to committee with instructions to drop three new battleships failed. The measure authorizes 44 warships, 22 auxiliaries, and 950 aircraft, cited by President Roosevelt as needed amid rising threats.
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Washington
House
Bankhead
House Naval Committee
Senate
Roosevelt
Defeated House Vote Drops 100 on Naval Expansion Bill
Washington reports that about one hundred lawmakers failed to back the administration’s one billion dollar naval expansion bill in a Monday house vote, including Representatives Dowell Ercherx, Guynne Gilchrist, Harrington, and Thurston of Iowa.
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Washington
Ins
Dowell Ercherx
Guynne Gilchrist
Harrington and
Thurston
Iowa
New Navy Build Would Cost Over One Billion Dollars
Lawmakers debate a broad expansion including 31 ships and 950 planes. The package funds three battleships to aircraft carriers, 23 destroyers, nine submarines, five destroyer tenders, seaplane tenders, repair ships, and auxiliary vessels. A $8000000 airship fund is set to replace the Los Angeles for experiments.
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Church
Naval Committee
Bankhend
Los Angeles
Three Injured In Sunday Auto Accidents In Central City
Three persons were injured in automobile incidents Sunday. Rain mond Wenger on a motorcycle suffered a fractured left leg when his bike collided with Irwin O Connor’s car at Third avenue and Tenth street SE at 1:10 am. Wenger was taken to Mercy Hospital. Mary Lou Stevenson, 8, was hurt on B avenue NE when she collided with a car driven by Jack McBride. Stevenson sustained possible skull fracture and injuries to her arm leg and forehead. The third injury occurred when a car struck bystander injuries are noted. update continued on Page 2.
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Rainmond Wenger
Coggan
Gail Wilkes
Central City
Irwin O’connor
Thirty-second Street
Third Avenue
Tenth Street
O'Connor
Wenger
Mercy Hospital
Mary Lou Stevenson
B Avenue NE
Jack McBride
Fifth Avenue SE
B Avenue
Electrocute Former Cop 74 in Slaying Execution
BELLEFONTE Pa AP Martin Sullivan 74 a former patrolman at Duquesne was executed in Pennsylvania's Rockview prison on the first day of spring for the murder of five neighbors whom he claimed caused his arrest on a charge of molesting a girl He was the oldest inmate executed in the state according to prison records.
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Bellefonte
Martin Sullivan
Pennsylvania
Rockview
Duquesne
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