Wars and politics loom as Paris and Berlin conferences convene
The piece discusses Saturday and Sunday conferences in Paris and Berlin signaling a move toward war or peace. It notes Washington may stay hands off and references The Merry-Go-Round war outlook, plus coverage of Iowa liquor politics and Townsend Huey Long schemes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Berlin
Knickerbocker
London
Switzerland
Washington
The
Gazette
Joe Robinson
Sterling Democrat
Townsend
Huey Long
France moves troops to Rhine fortifications amid Hitler threat
France rushed thousands of troops from the Alps and Italian frontier to reinforce positions along the Rhine as Germany's rearma ment heightens tension. Geneva sources say the League of Nations council will meet in early April to discuss Germany's rearmament, with Tevfik Fikri Afas presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Rhine
Adolf Hitler
War Ministry
Alps
Geneva
INS
Council of the
League of Nations
Germany
Reich
Tevfik Afas
Joseph Avenol
Europe Mobilizes as Armament Race Accelerates Across Continent
Tension rises in Europe as Allied meetings loom in Paris and Berlin while France Italy Britain and Russia push mobilization. Armaments race speeds up with reinforcements to Franco German frontier and expanded conscription. Germany Italy and Britain brace for deeper military commitments amid escalating tensions.
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International News Service
London
INS
Europe
Paris
Berlin
Switzerland
North Sea
France
Desires thrift and capitalistic support across Iowa links
The passage notes the value of thrift and self help, cites Col Hubert A. Allen and Mrs. Allen in Portland with Cedar Rapids ties, recalls his World War service leading a brigade of Iowa men, mentions a $5 check from the Avens for the Milk Fund, and a $5.25 gift from Equitable Life’s farm loan department, totaling $4,295.84.
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Portland
Ore
Hubert A. Allen
Mrs. Allen
Cedar Rapids
Col. Allen
Farm Loan Department
The
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Concentration as the Secret of Success in All Affairs
The text argues that equal ability yields different outcomes due to concentration. It stresses focusing first on the main project then its details, developing sustained mental discipline through long practice. Mastery comes from directing energy to one aim and applying it everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Riddell
Emerson
St. Paul
Germans donate to defense fund in Berlin drive
Berlin reports a surge of spontaneous German contributions from small pfennigs to hundreds of marks aimed at building a strong national defense. General Werner Von Blomberg announces the creation of a national defense fund amid economic and unemployment strains.
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Berlin
INS
Nazi Germany
Werner von Blomberg
French Deputies Back Italian Pact In Solidarity Vote
The French Chamber ratified the Laval Mussolini Rome consultative pact by 555 to 9 to foster Franco Italian unity against German rearmament. Laval praised improved ties with Yugoslavia and urged immediate French Italian consultation on major European issues.
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Paris
INS
Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Pierre Laval
Europe
Laval
Italy
France
Jugoslavia
Liquor Case Dropped in Hammond Dispute in Iowa
Iowa liquor agents halted proceedings against Hammond Liquor Co of Council Bluffs after commission legal adviser Leslie E. Francis testified. The case began with a seizure of 550 cases of liquor in August 1934 and was dropped on Sept 26 on commission instruction.
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Tom Murphy
Omaha
United States National Bank
Nelson G. Kraschel
Hammond
Oma ha liquor firm head bound over on three liquor counts
Charles W. Hammond of Omaha, head of the Hammond Liquor Company, was bound over to the federal grand jury by U S Commissioner Churchman on three counts of liquor law violation. The charges include making false entries and failing to list purchasers, failing to display a sign of the business, and possession of non tax paid liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Charles W. Hammond
Omaha
Hammond Liquor Company
Grand Jury
United States
Churchman
Francis details liquor case actions and council bluff penalties
Francis testified before a legislative committee about liquor commission orders and his involvement in dismissing a charge against the Hammond company. He said he learned the dismissal came from Harold M. Cooper and noted other wholesale distributors named in the case. He also asserted he could not recommend dismissal to the Council Bluffs municipal court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission
Hammond Company
Council Bluffs
Harold M. Cooper
Liquor Commission
Francis
M. X. Geske
Geske
Globe, Inc
Sioux City
Old Time Liquor Company
Charles W. Hammond
Caterpillar Tractor Used as Ambulance
Mud filled roads blocked normal vehicles so a caterpillar tractor towed a car trailer and carried Mrs William Klotzbach to McGregor hospital for an emergency operation Friday.
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Brecial
the Gazette
Mcgregor
William Klotzbach
McGregor Hospital
U S May Lift Crop Cuts and Bay Margin Lands
Washington reports a major revision of the federal farm program due to drought and dust storms. The plan includes possible large land purchases between 5 million and 10 million acres by July 1 to support soil erosion prevention, with measures to plant cover crops and relocate farming families to new lands.
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Washington
Great Plains
AAA
Former Notre Dame President John Cavanaugh Dies at 64
In South Bend Indiana the Rev John Cavanaugh former president of the University of Notre Dame and noted educator died Friday night after a long illness He served as the eighth Notre Dame president from 1905 to 1919 and became ill a month ago with nephritis complicated by diabetes
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South Bend, Ind
Ulp
John Cavanaugh
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Hauptmann awaits ruling as fellow inmate is electrocuted
Trenton New Jersey reports another inmate tied to the death penalty. Kurt Barth, 22, executed for killing a Bloomfield storekeeper for a few dollars. Hauptmann awaits appeal decision after joining the electric chair scene.
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Kurt Barth
Bloomfield
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Hauptmann
Flemington Court
House Passes Patman Bonus Bill in 318 to 90 Vote
The House approved the Patman bill to issue 2 billion dollars in new money to pay soldiers' bonuses, sending it to the Senate over President Roosevelt's veto threat. The Vinson and Tydings-Cochran-Andrews proposals were rejected. Veterans groups welcomed the decisive tally and pledged to push for immediate cash payments.
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HOUSE
Patman
Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
Vinson
Vinson- American Legion
Tydings-Cochran-Andrews
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Thomas
Oklaw
James E. van Zandt
Veterans of Foreign Wars
America
Frank N. Belgrano, Jr
American Legion
Congressmen back Patman bonus bill in roll call
In Washington, town congressmen approved the Patman bonus bill seven to two. Democrats Biermann and Utterback voted against passage while Republicans Gilchrist Gwynne and Thurston backed the measure along with Democrats Eicher Jacobsen Gillette and Wearin.
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Washington
Patman
Biermann
Utterback
Gilchrist
Gwynne
Thurston
Eicher, Jacobsen
Giliette
Wearin
Private Worlds by Phyllis Bottome Comes to Cedar Rapids Gazette
A woman physician Jane Everest faces professional and romantic challenges when a new male hospital superintendent arrives. The story explores ambition romance and gender bias as tensions rise. It begins in The Cedar Rapids Gazette next Tuesday March 26.
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Jane Everest
Phyllis Bottome
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Roosevelt urges new law to tighten food drug advertising
Washington AP reports President Roosevelt asked Congress for a food and drug bill giving the Agriculture secretary broad power over packing labeling and advertising. He urged standards of identity and quality for foods and drugs, with inspections to curb evasive makers while protecting honest firms. The commerce panel favored the measure.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Davenport Stuns Bronson 38 to 27 in state prep quarterfinals
Davenport defeated Bronson 38 to 27 in the quarter-finals of the state prep meet on Friday night.
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Davenport
Bronson
Cedar Falls
Louis Howe’s Life Ebbs as Hope Fades for Roosevelt Aide
Louis McHenry Howe senior secretary to President Roosevelt weakened as doctors abandon hope for his recovery. He remained in frail condition in Washington with no signs of improvement.
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Washington
Louis McHenry Howe
Roosevelt
Dr Herman Knapp dies at Iowa State College in Ames
Dr Herman Knapp vice president and treasurer of Iowa State College died at his Ames home after weeks of illness. He served the college for fifty two years and held multiple posts including acting president from 1920 to 1926 and acting head after 1926. He is survived by his widow four children and several siblings.
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Ames
Herman Knapp
Iowa State College
Poultney
Rutland County
Vermont
Knapp
Seaman A. Knapp
Department of Agriculture
R. A. Pearson
Pearson
R. M. Hughes
Murderer of Grace Budd Found Guilty in 1920s Case
Albert Fish, 65, was found guilty of first degree murder for killing Grace Budd, 10, in 1928. The verdict, delivered by a jury of eleven fathers and one bachelor after nearly five hours, carries a mandatory death sentence in the electric chair. The court heard Fish describe the brutal act in his six confessions as the victim cried to tell her mother. The defense argued insanity, but the judge indicated Fish is sane and ready for sentencing Monday.
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White Plains
N. Y
Albert H. Fish
Grace Budd
Fish
Westchester Woods
Grace
Supreme Court
Frederick P. Close
Edward Budd
James F. Dempsey, Jr
Dempsey
Saila
Bart X‘etiih
Elbert
Gallagher
Bellevue Hospital
Indicted Brunos Witness Perjury Case Ties to Lindbergh Trial
Flemington New Jersey AP reports a Hauptmann trial witness was indicted for perjury. An authoritative source identifies Benjamin Helier, a New York restaurant cashier, as the indicted party. Three grand jury witnesses testified. Helier swore at the trial he saw a man resembling Isador Fisch near St. Raymond's cemetery gate on April 2 1932.
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Flemington
AN. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Anthony M. Hauck, Jr
Benjamin Helier
New York
Heler
Hauptmann
Tama Woman Files Charges After Husbands Hatchet Attack
Mrs Dorothy O Day 49 Republican candidate for Tama first ward councilman said her husband James threw a hatchet during a Thursday night dispute at their home. She required stitches for scalp lacerations and he is jailed awaiting a preliminary hearing.
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TAMA
Dorothy O'Day
Justice Court
James
O'Day
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Robinson
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H. R. Knickerbocker International News Service
Russia
Kremlin
Joseph
Fort Newton
DR. Newton
U. S. Nabs
U.S
Bruno
Bills
Ford
Louis Howe
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