Johnson Opposes Reorganization Bill Amid Morgan Controversy
The piece argues General Hugh S. Johnson's opposition to the executive reorganization bill, citing fear of centralized presidential power and TVA anecdotes. It critiques the measure as another step toward one man rule, referencing the Dr. Morgan firing and TVA powers.
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Roosevelt
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
General Johnson
Senate
Johnson
Guy M. Gillette
Clyde L. Herring
Washington, D. C
Morgan
TVA
Dr. Morgan
Congress
Washington
Byrnes
Unged Feat Syndicate
Chicago Board Expels Cargill Firm and 3 Officers
Chicago board of trade directors expelled Cargill Grain Co of Illinois and three officers for unlawful trading aimed at cornering the September corn market. John H. MacMillan Jr., Edward J. Grimes, and Philip C. Sayles were ousted effective midnight Monday after two investigative committees found they violated trading rules. The action, first of its kind against a member firm, comes amid a three‑way dispute involving Farmers' National Grain Corp and the Commodity Exchange Act. Hearing set for April 18 in Washington.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Cargill Grain Company of Illinois
John H. MacMillan
Edward J. Grimes
Philip C. Sayles
Exchange
Kenneth S Templeton
Board of Trade
Cargill, Inc
Minneapolis
MacMillan
Cargill
Commodity Exchange Administration
DEA
Washington
Farmers’ National Grain Corporation
Shorts
Motorist Shot And Robbed By Hiker
Robert Slossun a 51 year old Chicago salesman was in critical condition in a Burlington hospital after an attack by an unidentified hitchhiker who robbed him of 400 dollars near Fairfield Iowa. Slossun picked up the hitchhiker five miles west of Burlington when the man produced a revolver forced a stop a scuffle followed and Slossun was shot. He told police the robber took his billfold and fled.
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Burlington
Robert Slossun
Chicago
Slossun
Fairfield
Here
Puk Shsm
Spring Fever Linked to Calcium and Lime Deficiency
In Lafayette Indiana Purdue University nutritionists report spring fever stems from calcium or lime deficiency. Ancta Beadle says cure lies in dairy eggs fruit and vegetables to restore balance.
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Lafayette
Ind
Purdue
Ancta Beadle
Smite not the tiny hurts in life with patience and humor
A 1938 reflection urges readers to avoid overreacting to trifling slights. It emphasizes brushing aside small hurts, practicing patience, and combining humor with love to keep life from devolving into petty quarrels and wider conflicts. It notes real wrongs must be addressed with care.
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Jesus
DAR Delegates Urge Strong Defense and Air Force Expansion
Cedar Rapids reports delegates at the state DAR convention adopted a resolution urging an adequate army, navy, and air force. They called for intensified study of naval and land armament invention and supported extending air defense bases beyond state lines. The group opposed reducing personnel or efficiency across military branches.
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Dar
Army
Navy
United States
Marine Corps
National Guard
Organized Reserve Corps
M. T. Cc
Want Ad Service Offers Wide Cedar Rapids Reach
The Sunday Gazette invites readers to place want ads to reach Cedar Rapids readers. Ads can be phoned in or brought to the Gazette office by 8 PM Saturday. A good credit history with no past due ads is required. call 2-1121 for an Ad-taker.
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Sunday Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Gazette Office
Sea Tern radio plea seeks U S aid from wary coast guard
A tuna clipper Sea Tern radio operator warned of imminent death and possible captain insanity 250 miles south of the Mexican border. Coast guard cannot reach the vessel as authorities request Mexican help and consider the ship outside U S jurisdiction.
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San Pedro
Calif
U. S Navy
Los Angeles
INS
United States Navy
High Seas
A L. Woodruff
U. S
Coast Guard
Federal Department
Peru
Ecuador
United States Coast Guard
Jaynes
Gulf of California
California
Jack Morgan
Dwight Faulding
Aaffe
Morgan
Country Club and Musicians Union Reach Agreement
The Cedar Rapids Country Club and the local Musicians Union resolved a dispute over non union orchestras at teen age parties. The union will not interfere with teen events in return for the club using only union orchestras for other private and club events. Representatives from both sides negotiated a binding agreement during Friday’s conference.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Musicians Union
Joseph H. Kitchin
Frank Treka
Joseph Stoddard
Karl Blaise
Marvin Wright
Holbert Discusses Run For Iowa Governor Amid Shush Barriers
Thomas R Holbert of Greeley spoke at a Storm Lake banquet and outlined the shush barriers he faces in a potential bid for the Republican nomination for governor. He avoided committing to a decision while addressing Iowa farmers on the New Deal’s impact and political censorship.
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Storm Lake
Thomias R Holbert
Greeley
Iowa
Shush
Holbert
Washington
Another Woman 15 Slain in San Diego
In San Diego California a 63 year old woman Florita Crolic was found beaten in her beach cottage. Detectives suspect robbery though police note a series of prior murders in the area with no clear link to this case. Purses rifled but no money taken.
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San Diego
Calif
Florita Crolic
Mattie V. Adams
Harry J Kelly
Five Die When Car Fails To Take Curve
Five men riding in a light sedan died when the car failed to take a sharp curve on a Rhode Island state highway and veered into a tree. One victim was a Woonsocket patrolman, a father of seven, who wore crutches from a December on duty motorcycle crash.
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Woonsocket, R. I (Ap
Woonsocket
Wall Street Holds Permanent Control Of Jitters
Humor column notes Wall Street keeps the jitters with three straight wins in open competition. Joe Kennedy dismisses wartime fears and tells a parodied tale of Premier Chamberlain. The piece playfully questions attire and authority in a 1938 context.
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Wall Street
Limited Austrian and German Refugee Influx Said Possible
U S officials expect only a light influx of Austrian and German political refugees from a broad asylum offer. Hitler seeks to block escapes of wealth and foes, while Nazi agents deem the move a slap at the regime, potentially prompting future inquiries to widen refuge invitations to Russia Italy and Spain.
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Washington
INS
Adolf Hitler
Germany
United States
Austria
Hitler
State Department
Roosevelt
Russia
Italy
Spain
Britain and France Back U S Plan on Refugees as Italy Balks
London reports Britain and France favor the United States proposal for an international committee to remove political refugees from Austria and Germany, while fascist Italy signals rejection. France and Britain prepare favorable replies to Hull's plan, and Roosevelt explains invitations to 29 nations aim to shelter minorities in several European countries. Only Italy among nine invited shows cold response.
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London
Great Britain
France
United States
Austria
Germany
Italy
U.S
Cordell Hull
Third Reich
Washington
Roosevelt
State Department
Europe
South America
Russia
Spain
Britain
Belgium
Netherlands
Switzerland
Milo Chehak Named Treasurer Of Iowa Pharmacist Group
Milo Chehak a Cedar Rapids pharmacist was elected treasurer of the Iowa Academy of Pharmacy at a Friday University of Iowa meeting in Iowa City. Other officers include Edward Rose president Denny Brann vice president Louis Zopf secretary Wilbert Teeters registrar and R A Kuever director. Fellowships were awarded to Chehak Rose H H Gibbs and about 25 others. honorary fellowships went to George Judison and A E Thomas. More than 120 Iowa druggists attended.
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Iowa City
Milo Chehak
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Academy of Pharmacy
University of Iowa
Edward Rose
Denny Brann
Des Moines
Louis Zopf
University of Iowa College of Pharmacy
Wilbert. Teeters
R. A Kuever
Chehak
Chehak, Mr. Rose
H. H. Gibbs
George Judison
Ames
State Pharmacy Examining Board
A. E. Thomas
State Pharmaceutical Association
Iowa
Chinese Rally To Triumph In Several Areas
The Chinese army, after months of setbacks, gained momentum on several fronts near Shanghai. In Wuhu Hangchow sectors Japanese forces were halted while major railways between Shanghai Nanking Pengpu and Hangchow faced guerrilla disruption. Lincheng was recaptured in Shansi with heavy Japanese losses and many prisoners taken. Americans at Linyi faced safety fears amid charges over mission property. The Presbyterian mission reported several Americans present.
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Wuhu
Hangchow
Shanghai
Central China War
Nanking
Pengpu
Shansi
Lincheng
France in bicker for accord with Franco government
France has abandoned hope of a leftist Spanish victory and began talks with Generalissimo Francisco Franco for stable relations with his regime. Paris seeks a settlement that limits massacres of leftists and safeguards French interests as Franco’s forces advance toward Catalonia and the coast.
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INS
France
Spain
Francisco Franco
Teruel
Franco
Catalonia
Rebels Push Front Among Calls for Foreign Volunteers
Nationalist forces pressed toward Catalonia with reinforcements from abroad reported as volunteers. Fierce clashes marked the Aragon front as Loyalists retreated to defenses. major fighting east of Bujaraloz. Barcelona said seven merchant ships carrying foreign recruits were spotted off Almeria en route to Majorca, escorted by a German cruiser and two destroyers.
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Catalonia
Aragon
Francisco Francos
Bujaraloz
Mediterranean
Defense Ministry
Barcelona
Franco
Almeria
Majorca
Present Method Could Halve Cancer Deaths Says Experts
In New York the American Society for the Control of Cancer heard that half of cancer deaths, about 150000 annually in the United States, could be prevented with current treatments. Dr Ellis Fischel of Missouri predicted the reduction and cited Missouri as ready to prove it, with support from U S Surgeon General Thomas Parran who spoke by radio from Washington.
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New York
American Society For the Control of Cancer
Ellis Fischel
M. D
Missouri Cancer Commission
Missouri
United States
Fischel
U.S
Thomas Parran
Society
Washington
Goering vows court reveal on Schuschnigg plebiscite
Field Marshal Goering addressed a crowd in Vienna claiming the canceled Schuschnigg plebiscite was a sham used to justify Hitler's entry into Austria. He said the world will see democracy suppressed and tied Berchtesgaden pressure to Schuschnigg's resignation. He denounced pacifism and praised Germany's self sufficiency and economic planning.
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Goering
Vienna
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Kurt Schuschnige
Hitler
Austria
Rainal
Schuschnigg
Fuehrer
Cites
Hitler Threatens New German Expansion as Austria Plebiscite Looms
In Koenigsberg Chancellor Hitler warned Germany may strike beyond its borders to enforce national socialist aims. He urged Austria and Germany's 50 million voters to back the Austrian annexation in the April 10 plebiscite, framing the move as a step toward building a vast Nazi-led Europe.
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Berlin
INS
Czechoslovakia
Hitler
Germany
Koenigsberg
European
Austria
Europe
Temperature rebound after sharp Cedar Rapids cold snap
March winds chilled Cedar Rapids with a 69 degree peak Friday afternoon followed by a 51 degree evening drop to 34 degrees by 7 am Saturday. By 1 30 pm Saturday sunshine warmed the day as temperatures rose according to Chamunes Inskeep company records.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chamunes Inskeep Company
Stolen God serial starts Monday in The Gazette
The Stolen God by Edison Marshall begins in The Gazette on Monday. Two young Americans meet by accident in the Orient and endure experiences leading to a smashing climax, with Marshall delivering an exceptional, absorbing tale for readers.
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the Gazette
Edison Marshall
Orient
Marshall
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