Superintendent Carroll Reed Defends Conflicting Opinions View
The Minneapolis schools chief tells Cedar Rapids teachers that parental criticism ignores student experiences. He advocates presenting conflicting opinions to students and cites concerns about indoctrination. The piece recalls past purges of perceived propaganda and warns of pressure on upper grades. It questions inviting Iowa City physicians to speak on the issue.
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Minneapolis
Carroll Reed
Cedar Rapids
Carroll
Iowa City
Roosevelt mobilizes WPA Red Cross for eastern flood relief
President Roosevelt orders a joint flood relief effort with the Works Progress Administration and the American Red Cross as 320000 homeless are counted in the eastern flood. WPA receives 250000 labor force to repair public property and health threats, while Red Cross drives 3 million dollars for shelter food and medical care.
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Washington
Roosevelt
American Red Cross
Works Progress Administration
Red Cross
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Harry L. Hopkins
White House
Hopkins
Maine
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
WPA
The
Flood Aid Sought as Nation Faces Massive Flood Losses
AP reports nationwide floods cause 169 deaths in 13 states and displace 221,500 people. Damages exceed 270 million dollars with potential to top a billion. Pennsylvania districts begin rehabilitation while Ohio and Mississippi regions brace for higher levels and downstream risks.
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Pennsylvania
Monongahela
Allegheny
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Cincinnati
Protests Over New Farm Plan Rates Stir National Debate
In Chicago and Washington protests erupted against the soil conservation subsidies part of the new farm relief program. Farmers argue the $470 million fund and rate structure, including 5 cent per pound cotton payments versus 6 cent asked, are unfair and poorly defined.
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Chicago
Stanley F. Morse
Sumter County
N. C
Farmers Independence Council of America
Morse
Washington
Wallace
AAA
Spare tire of life guides through crisis and loss
In this 1936 reflection, John Galsworthy's spare tire becomes a metaphor for faith and practical support during calamities such as illness, failure, and bereavement. The piece argues religion should be central, not a sideline, offering grit grace and guidance to keep one from wrecking on life’s rough roads.
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John Galsworthy
Plan favors 10 smaller firms in new tax scheme
Washington report says a House tax subcommittee reached a tentative agreement on a yardstick corporate tax plan favoring small core firms. It taxes net income with rates tied to the percent not distributed to stockholders across three earnings classes, hearings set for March 30.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Samuel B. Hill
Wash
Hill
Rep
Fred M. Vinson
Vinson
Veterans Bonus and Soil Aid Not Deficit Items
Spokesmen argued on Saturday that veterans bonus payments and soil conservation benefits should not be treated as ordinary or relief expenditures, hence not added to the federal deficit. They said these costs will be covered by future tax collections, likening the claim to taking on debt via installment plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Political charges and dodges draw editor's ire in Sioux Falls
The Sioux Falls Argus Leader questions why politicians dodge direct answers to unfriendly charges. The Dakota editor may have aimed to expose crooked leaders or corruption among public officers, provoking accusations of broad criminal malice from baby snatching to theft of church funds.
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Sioux Falls
Argus- Leader
Dakota
Reluctance to seek re election cited by attorney general
Attorney General Edward L. O'Connor says he will not run again, citing reluctance to remain distant from his private practice and fearing a brutal defeat in the June primary. He notes no direct comment on public verdict but hints his party would suffer a heavy loss.
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Edward L. O’connor
Towa
State House
Unearthing Imperial Elephant Fossils in Los Angeles
Workers in Los Angeles uncover bones of an imperial elephant dating to about 25 000 years ago and a possible human skeleton. An anthropologist studies the skeletal remains to judge if they belonged to a man. The piece notes shifts in animal and human fitness over time.
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Wwra
Los Angeles
Alexis Carrel on science progress outpaced by morality
Alexis Carrel, noted medical scientist, laments that science has advanced while humanity has lagged. He notes intelligence and morality have not kept pace despite vast spending on education.
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Alexis Carrel
Lamson Murder Jury Seeks Exhibits In Deliberations
In San Jose California the third Lamson jury requested death scene exhibits on the second day of deliberation for the case of David A. Lamson charged with bludgeoning his wife to death at their Stanford campus cottage. Drawings of the bathroom where Mrs. Lamson was found May 30 1933 along with autopsy surgeon Dr Milton Saier testimony were sent to the jury room. The judge J J Trabucco said the panel could be kept out over the weekend if needed.
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San Jose
Calif
David A. Lamson
Imperial Elephants Died Out and Yet We Fail to Live
The passage critiques society for not using science to live peacefully and equitably. It asserts humans possess means for contentment yet squander resources and fail to remove injustices and inequalities despite progress. It ends noting the extinction of imperial elephants as a historical contrast.
Borah vows no bolt if he loses GOP bid in Illinois
U S Senator William E Borah says he will not bolt the Republican Party if defeated by Col Frank Knox in the April 14 Illinois prefer ential primary He will review the party platform and leadership but remains in the race to lead Republicans against business and corporate interests and says he has never bolted the party.
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Chicago
U. S
William E. Borah
Moses
Idaho
Col
Frank Knox
Illinois
Cleveland
Knox
Old Guard
Borah
Idahoan
Soviet Says Japanese Gendarmes Tortured Russians
Moscow reports quote the Soviet press accusing Japanese gendarmerie in Manchukuo of torturing and killing Soviet citizens. It cites no response to a January 21 protest demanding an investigation into the death of Bogomoloff, seized in October and said to have died while fleeing.
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Moscow
Manchukuo
Japan
Bogomoloff
No Major Mississippi Flood Likely Says Engineers
Flood control experts and Weather Bureau observers in New Orleans on Saturday stated eastern flood waters pose no serious threat to the Mississippi Valley. General H B Ferguson cited a stronger river, fewer bends, and capacity to handle more water, noting only heavy rains could change the outlook and that past 1927 conditions were worse.
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Ohio River
Cincinnati
Evansville
Ind
Ohio
Cairo
Mississippi
New England
New Orleans
Weather Bureau
Mississippi Valey
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi River
H. B. Ferguson
Mississippi River Commission
Raiding Squad Arrests John Prochaska on Liquor Charge
John Prochaska, 60, of 2007 K street SW, was arrested at 9 20 p m by a raiding squad led by Chief Ray Tapper for illegal possession of alcohol. Twenty gallons were found beneath a stairway in his home. Prochaska has prior liquor charges and links to a family involved in alcohol trafficking cases in Cedar Rapids.
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John Prochaska
K Street
Ray
Prochaska
Linn County
First Street
Penick and Ford
Wendl
John
William Prochaska
Cedar Rapids
Wisconsin
Iowa
Points West
Hitler drafts new proposals on Rhineland
Germany plans counter-proposals to Locarno terms after talks with Joachim von Ribbentrop. Hitler aims to reject occupation of a neutral zone while offering a 25 year non aggression pact and a western air pact to secure France. London discussions continue with British and German officials pursuing a basis acceptable to Berlin.
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Berlin
Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
London
Germany
von Ribbentrop
League Council
Eden
House of Commons
Rhineland
Locarno
Britain
France
Belgium
Italy
Reichstag
Eric Phipps
Edward
Great Britain
Weather outlook for Chicago March 23 to 28 segment
The AP forecast covers Chicago and the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. Generally fair with possible rain or snow midweek. Temperatures expected to run near normal.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Good Penny
The Gazette introduces a new serialized romance by Barbara Webb titled Good Penny. The plot follows Penny a charming girl striving to prove her father’s innocence while seeking love, in a tender tale of courage and virtue set to unfold in coming days.
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Gazette
Barbara Webb
Court Acquits Four Dogs Of Being Nuisance
In Chicago AP report Judge McCarthy discharged four dogs Bonnie Jean Sally Rand Donnie Lassie and Peanut after witnesses described their barking and playful acts as nuisance to neighbors. Owner William Foss defended the dogs noting harmony with Mrs Schrecks Boston bull and eleven years of coexistence without prior conflict.
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Chicago
Bonnie Jean
Sally Rand
Donnie Lassie
Peanut
Amelia Schreck
Justin McCarthy
William Foss
Foss
McCarthy
Four Iowans Die in Auto Truck Crash Near Honey Creek
Four from Logan die in a night crash on highway 75 a mile and a half south of Honey Creek. W B Johnson Claude E Cecil A L Claussen and Miss Corliss Hunt all of Logan were killed. Johnson and Cecil died instantly Claussen died at Council Bluffs hospital Miss Hunt died about 10 p m.
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Honey Creek
Here
W. B. Johnson
Claude E. Cecil
A. L. Claussen
Corliss Hunt
Logan
Johnson
Cecil
Claussen
Council Bluffs
Miss Hunt
Sonny Boy custody battle nears end in Chicago
A Chicago custody case over 3 year old Sonny Boy nears a verdict as Dr Gordon Mordoff Wilmette physician faces questions over birth records. Mordoff testified his wife denied the plaintiff's claim and tied the baby to a Minneapolis birth with Dr John Taft involved.
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Chicago
Sonny Boy
Gordon Mordoff
Wilmette
Madge
Minneapolis
Mordoff
Margaret Mann Fletcher
Fletcher
Hettinger
N. D
John Taft
Taft
Bootleg Alcohol Shipped in Large Quantities to Iowa
Des Moines AP report cites W. W. Akers of the Iowa liquor control commission claiming bootleg alcohol is moving into Iowa in astoundingly large amounts. A commission tally shows 1 028 individuals and establishments hold special grain alcohol purchase permits, many tied to the medical profession. Officials say illicit use of commission alcohol is negligible and attribute high near beer sales to liberal student consumption of spiked beer at the state university.
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DES Moines
W. W. Akers
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Iowa
Akers
Commission
Iowaty
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DR. Newton
Lamson
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