High Tribunal Backs Part Of Contested Utility Act
The Supreme Court upheld constitutional parts of the Public Utility Holding Company Act requiring interstate holding firms to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission and file financial statements. Chief Justice Hughes delivered the 6 to 1 decision, affirming a New York circuit court ruling and excluding other provisions for now.
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Supreme Court
Public Utility Holding Company Act
The
Securities Commission
Hughes
Federal Circuit Court
New York
McReynolds
Cardozo
Reed
Wheeler-Rayburn
Commission
Electric Bond
Supreme Court of the United States
High Court
Senate Passes Government Reorganization Bill Amid Controversy
The Senate approved the government reorganization bill despite opposition from labor groups and farmer associations. The lobbies committee investigates opponents, seeking records of the National Committee to Uphold Constitutional Government. Separate items note convict labor on farms and reflections on Edward M. House and U.S. foreign policy leading to postwar tensions. The piece also cites federal spending on transportation for new administration emissaries and ongoing utility regulation debates.
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American Federation of Labor
The
American Legion
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Grange
Farmers’ Union
United Civil Service
National Committee
Void Requirement Of Licenses For Issuing Circulars
U.S. Supreme Court ruled Griffin Georgia ordinance requiring licenses to distribute circulars violates freedom of the press. Opinion states the measure is invalid on its face and suppresses press liberty by licensing and censorship. Chief Justice Hughes announces no dissent.
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Supreme Court
Griffin
Hughes
Picketing Case Upheld Against Negro Hiring Force
The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 2 that the New Negro alliance of Washington DC cannot be enjoined from picketing a grocery store to force Negro clerks' hiring. The Norris LaGuardia Act applies, and the dispute is a labor case not a racial one. Justice Cardozo did not participate. Justices McReynolds and Butler dissented.
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INS
Supreme Court
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Washington, D. C
High Court
McReynolds
Butler
Cardozo
The New Messiah of Joy and the Return of Sorrows
Oulson Kernahan recounts a tale of a new joyful messiah whose gleaming robes and promise of perpetual happiness seduce a people. Joy soon erodes virtue as indifference and excess replace care, prompting the distressed Man of Sorrows to plead for compassion and the Great Physician to restore balance.
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Oulson Kernahan
Woodsman admits claying of youth in Washburn jail
Everett Caston Phinn, 52, a woodsman, confessed to Sheriff Willis that he shot and killed Raymond Washburn, 17, Spooner high school senior, on March 21 in a jealous rage. The record, signed in jail, notes no prior planning and was witnessed by two deputies.
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Shell Lake
Wis
Robert H. Willis
Washburn County
Everett Caston Phinn
Woodsman
Raymond Washburn
Willis
F. W. Bannister
R. H. Willis, Jr
Washkuhn
Spooner High School
Phoebe Whaley
Phinn
Raymond Washkuhn
R. H. Willis
Weather Improves for Cedar Rapids Municipal Election
The Cedar Rapids municipal election day saw favorable conditions despite rising clouds. Morning temperatures started near 39 with a 2:30 p.m. high around 61 while Sunday had clearer skies and a high near 66.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Rebels Point For Fight End Conflict Near Lerida
Spanish insurgent officers said Lerida, a key Catalonia city, surrendered to Franco troops at 2 p.m. Monday. Insurgent forces pressed eastward along the 135 mile front toward the Mediterranean, reaching Fraga on Sunday and closing on Lerida as government troops retreated toward the coast.
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Hendaye
France
Lerida
Catalonia
Francisco Franco
Mediterranean
Barcelona
Spain
Boltana
Marella
Morella
Valencia
Fraga
Unusually Light Cedar Rapids City Election Voters
By 2 p.m. Monday Cedar Rapids reported an exceptionally light vote, with at most 3,459 ballots across 21 of 23 precincts and projections showing totals unlikely to exceed 8,000 to 10,000. With over 31,000 registered voters, turnout may fall near one third as polls close at 8 p.m.
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Cedar Rapids
Escaped Tenn Felons Split Force After Mine Breakout
In Petros Tennessee a $25 bounty per man spurred a 1000+ man search for 38 escapees from Brushy Mountain prison. Twenty three were recaptured by volunteers, guards and hounds while others possibly fled toward the Cumberland mountains or crossed into Kentucky. Residents kept lights on and warnings spread to Knoxville as the breakout remained under pursuit.
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Brushy Mountain
Scott Swafford
Cumberland Mountain
Kentucky
Petros
Knoxville
Minority Statute for Czech Germans Planned
Premier Milan Hodza announced that a comprehensive minority statute for the German speaking population of Czechoslovakia will be drafted soon. The law will consolidate existing measures to form a legal basis for settling the minority issue as the Czech government enters a new phase of minority policy.
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INS
Czechoslovakia
Milan Hodza
Reuter
Prague
Hodzi
Plans for Cedar Rapids Highway District Office
The state highway commission notified the city council of plans to build a two story district headquarters in Cedar Rapids at about 37000. Drawings show a site near First Avenue and Seventeenth Street W, privately owned, with rezoning needed from A residential. The office currently sits in Waterloo, with relocation announced last fall to a permanent Cedar Rapids building.
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Seventeenth Street
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First Avenue E
Kenwood
Will Limit Future Pacts Like Other Promissory Notes
Arthur Bugs Baer argues the escalator clause would curb future naval pacts by making enforceable penalties elastic. He contends the London naval treaty becomes akin to a reprisal tool and predicts a shortened life expectancy for future treaties, comparing them to limiting promissory notes to thirty sixty ninety days.
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Arthur
Bugs” Baer
U. S. Navy
Col Edward M House Dies After Long Illness at 79
Col Edward M House known as Wilson's trusted adviser during World War I died at his home after a long illness. He served as Wilson's representative to European governments and helped coordinate Allied war efforts and the 1918 armistice. He was last survivor among Versailles signatories and advocated the League of Nations.
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New York
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Gordon Auchincloss
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Col House
Paris
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Paul B. Sheldon
Roosevelt
America
League of Nations
League
Texas
Europe
Review of Touhy Sentence Denied
The Supreme Court denied Roger Touhy’s petition for review of his 99-year sentence after his conviction for kidnapping John Factor in Chicago.
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Touhy
Washington
Supreme Court
Roger Touhy
John Factor
Chicago
Spy setup alleged at TVA sparks House probe
Rep. Maury Maverick charges a spying and harassment system within the Tennessee Valley Authority as hearings open on a joint investigation. He says TVA staff blocked probes into power contracts and pressured him with misleading information while he criticized director David Lilienthal.
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INS
Tennessee Valley Authority
Congress
Maury Maverick
Texas
Maverick
House Rules Committee
TVA
Lexan
Great New Deal Power Agency
South
Arkansas Power and Light Company
David E Lilienthal
Our City Water Too Strong For Goldfish
Cedar Rapids goldfish owners warned against filling outdoor pools with city water after a man filled a pool with 47 fish and 30 died within hours due to high chlorine levels. Water Works chemist William J Meaney Jr said the city must protect drinking water and cannot alter chlorine for fish.
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Cedar Rapids
Waterworks Department
William J. Meaney Jr
Millionaire Dress Shop Owner Robbed After Torture
Four well dressed bandits invaded Charles Milgrim's home in Woodbury New York and tortured him and his household. They escaped with 95000 in jewelry and cash including an 18 carat diamond ring valued at 50000. The ring was hidden in a glove finger.
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Woodburgh
N. Y
Charles Milgrim
Long Island
Milgrim
Sally
Rental Want Ad Sparks Quick House Rentals
The Gazette reports a March Sunday ad led to over 150 calls and a rented small west side bungalow. The notice urges readers to dial 2 3683 or 2-1121 to place or respond to rentals during the spring moving season.
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Gazette
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Gazette Want Ad Department
Senate approves broad government reorganization bill
The Senate passed by 49 to 42 a government reorganization bill giving the President power to reorganize federal departments. The final 4 p.m. vote followed a defeated motion to recommit. The measure abolishes pre audit powers of the GAO and moves to conference with the House, which passed stricter limits.
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Senate
Roosevelt
Walsh
Mass
House
Comptroller General's Office
Government Accounting Office
Herring and Gillette Vote For Reorganization Bill
Senators Guy Gillette and Clyde Herring of Iowa voted against recommittal and for passage of the administration reorganization bill amid a flood of telegrams. Gillette noted receiving about 40 messages. Herring said his office had not counted all wires. Gillette aligned with a group seeking congressional approval for executive actions, while Herring supported the bill as reported from committee.
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Rowevelt
Guy Gillette
Clyde Herring
Iowa
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Herering
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Herring
Harry Byrd
Virginia
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South Carolina
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