Supreme Court rules on New Deal measures face public doubt
The court upholds the Railway Labor Act, a Washington minimum wage for women, and the revised Frazier Lemke farm moratorium. The decisions shift moral and constitutional questions, bolster federal and state social policy, and reflect a broader view of government power in economic matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Washington
No Man's Land
Roosevelt
North Dakota
Frazier and
Lemke
Congress
Utility group wins as fight on issue ends Iowa City race
In Iowa City the Citizens ticket led by mayoral candidate Myron J. Walker won a sweeping victory over the Municipal Ownership League MOL. Walker defeated MOL candidate Alderman F Willenbrock by 347 votes, 2 688 to 2 341 final returns show. The victory ends years of debate over a municipally owned light plant amid court battles with the Iowa City Light and Power Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Iowa Citians
Citizens
Myron J. Walker
Municipal Ownership League Party
MOL
Iowa City Light and Power Company
Walker
Aad F. Willenbrock
Willenbrock
John W. Wil‘lard
Everett R. Moe
J. J. Ostdiek
John Grady
Pat
Joan
F. Reilly
R. J. Phelps
Burke N. Carson
J. Anthony
W.; White
Raymond
Salem
Iowa ‘City ‘Light
Power. Com
Pany
Jacob van der Zee
Municipal, Ownership League
van der Zee
House Passes Senate Motor Vehicle Act With Amendments
DES MOINES AP The Iowa house voted 83 to 16 to concur in the senate bill regulating highways motor vehicles and the state motor patrol After six days of debate the bill faced a joint conference committee The major change limits motor patrol growth to 50 new men yearly totaling 103 The license fee was cut from 50 to 25 cents and the bill’s fate hangs on further legislative action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa House
Senate
Iowa
House
Joint
Friends
R. G. Moore
Dunlap
Wisconsin Assembly Kills Civil Service Bill
Madison Wisconsin AP Governor La Follette advised killing a bill that would have automatically given civil service ratings to beverage tax division employees, ending a measure passed two weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Assembly
Philip F. la Follette
Beverage Tax Division
Senate approves Wheat Crop Insurance Bill to support farmers
The Senate passed the administration crop insurance bill creating a $100 million federal corporation in the Agriculture Department to insure wheat crops starting in 1938. Participation is voluntary, with premiums and losses payable in cash or wheat and coverage varying by locality. The measure, aimed at stabilizing prices, now heads to the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Senate Agriculture Committee
Department of Agriculture
Vandenberg
Mich
Pope
Idaho
Farm mortgage aid bill backed by senator and court decision
The piece notes a favorable Supreme Court decision on a farm mortgage issue and a new bill proposed to aid homeowners. Senator Frazier co authored the farm legislation and the measure aims to let homeowners refinance federal and private mortgage obligations at lower interest rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Lintro
Frazier
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Supreme Court Sets Monday Hearings on Social Security Act
The Supreme Court moved to fast track three social security cases, setting arguments for next Monday. Opponents claim the act is arbitrary and violates constitutional guarantees, while Solicitor General Reed emphasizes the act’s public importance and seeks early legality validation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Reed
Socialist Committee Urges Use Of Next War For Revolution
In Chicago the Socialist Party's new national executive committee says the next war should be used for revolution. They contend capitalist powers seek wartime speed, and a world war would extend imperial rivalry. They blame the capitalist system, not fascism, as the war’s root and motive. The group urges Soviet Union support by working class action, opposing any capitalist war and preparing continuous class struggle to overthrow capitalists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Soviet Union
Wholesale spy ring cells found in Los Angeles apartment
Police recovered evidence of far flung espionage in a double locked Los Angeles flat. Two Hirohito portraits, maps of Hawaiian fortifications, stolen Los Angeles water system plans, a long range radio, and hollow cardboard pencils with white powder were seized after a knife battle with a Japanese suspect Abe in custody. Federal agents notified. investigation to determine military significance continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
INS
Hirohito
Japan
Wallis
Abo
T. Onishi
Abe
United States
Abois
And
Onishi
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Oahu
U. S
Federal Quiz Of Mattson Suspect Arrives In Tucumcari
A plane load of FBI agents was expected to arrive in Tucumcari to question a man held as a suspect in the kidnap murder of 10 year old Charles Mattson in Tacoma last year. The man identified himself as Vern Charlton and said he lived near Tacoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucumcari
N. M
INS
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Charles Mattson
Tacoma
Wash
Vern Charlton
C of C Hosts Farmers At Annual Dinner
Dusty Miller of Wilmington delivered a boisterous homespun talk to about 700 Farm Bureau and Chamber of Commerce members at the Shrine temple. The event opened with a review of Linn County Farm Bureau history by William Rinderknecht, with remarks from Jack Shepard and A. L. Taylor. Dr. Charles E. Finley of Iowa State College praised urban rural ties, and several local leaders were recognized for service. Entertainment featured a trombone solo by Bob Bryant and performances by the Juvenile Ramblers and the Norris duo, with a youth orchestra age 9 to 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurman
Dusty” Miller
Wilmington
Shrine Temple
Farm Bureau and
Chamber of Commerce
Miller
William Rinderknecht
Farm Bureau
Iowa
Robert. O. Bickel
Kenneth
Cornell
Harold
Wies
Ray Anderson
Gazette
W. G. Murray
State College
Rex B. Conn
Linn
W.R. Boyd
Board of Education
Rinderknecht
Somie’ Mien
Whittier
Bob Bryant
Mount Vernon
Ramblers
Russell Norris
Jessie Norris
Center Juncion
Charles Loufek
Paul Valliere
Ellery . Whitmer
Carl Reeder
Wayne _ Whitmer
Lester Hurt
Argentine crop bureau releases second 1936 37 wheat estimate
The Argentine crop office announced the second official estimate for 1936 37 wheat at 6 745 000 metric tons or 14 870 027 000 pounds about 247 833 783 bushels. Other crop estimates include oats 792 000 tons barley 650 00 tons rice 190 000 tons bird seed 29 800 tons and flaxseed 1 850 000 tons with respective poundage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos ‘Aires
Soviet Workers Told To Increase Output
In Moscow the Russian government urged workers to boost industrial and agricultural production to avoid missing the second five year plan. Officials cited a slump in output and delays in spring planting, saying some industrial and agricultural branches were unsatisfactory and must be corrected immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Half ton of cheese vanishes from Boston store
Jacob Pollen reports a theft overnight of about 1000 pounds of cheese valued at 400 dollars from his Boston shop. He claims there are no mice in the store and police are investigating possible suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Jacob Pollen
Pollen
Roosevelt reveals three point farm tenancy plan
President Roosevelt announced at a press conference that a three point farm tenancy program is under development. It aims to halt tenancy via rehabilitation loans, purchase of submarginal land, and federal buyouts to allow families to own their farms. He also touched on wage legislation and declined to comment on the Supreme Court ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Washington State
Owce
Tof
Upe
District - Columbia
Adkins
Zaid
Carter Glass
Petitions in Iowa House on Graft Prohibition
DES MOINES AP Representative Thomas Kephart of Peterson, chair of the House claims committee, said the panel rejected Fred Free's petition for $839.48 as a special assistant attorney general to investigate liquor and gambling in Sioux City. Free had served nine months under former Attorney General Edward L. O'Connor. the committee did not consider claims for James Risden who aided the investigation. Comptroller records show Free was paid $1,700 from the attorney general’s contingent fund. The committee also recommended $2,500 for Mrs. Anson Reisland, widow of a Dunlap farmer who died after drinking grasshopper poison at a threshers beer party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des, Moines
Thomas ‘I
Sioux City
Ces
James Risden
State Investigation Bureau
Free
Kephart
Risden
Comptroller’s Office
Attorney General
House Committee
Executive Council
Attorney General's
Claims
Anson Reisland
Dunlap
Iowa
One Killed and Forty Hurt In French Rail Wreck
One passenger was killed and 40 injured, nine seriously, when a Paris Hendaye express derailed near Dax after flood waters weakened the track. The 80 mph train lost 54 minutes, three coaches slid down a 25 foot embankment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dax
France
Phris- Hendaye
Adour
Is Youth Liberal A Question Of Mind And Mood
Dr Joseph Fort Newton explores whether youth liberalism hinges on personality and mindset. He contrasts expansive adventurous minds with cautious conservative types and notes that both temperaments have value, warning against extremes in any direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberal
Joseph Fort Newton
Human Rocket Injured in Buffalo Cannon Act
Anthony Barker, famed for his human cannonball act, was hospitalized in Buffalo after missing the net during a performance. The injury followed the act’s usual danger, with officials assessing his condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Anthony Barker
Selection of Rhodes Jury Slowed by Extended Questioning
Jury selection in the Rhodes murder trial, involving Dusty Rhodes charged with the first degree killing of his wife Mable, proceeded slowly with 21 questioned and several jurors challenged for cause. Judge James Gaffney adjourned to 9 am Wednesday as tentative jurors were named and the defense pressed for cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ioway City
Walter
Dusty
Rhodes
Mable
Harold W
Westermark
Will J.;hayek
James P. Gaffney
Gafffney
Emora Attig
Frank Coufal
Clara Jacobs
M. M. Peffer
Charles D. Alt
J. M. Zenishek
Katherine Barrow
Joe Halter
Joe Sedlacek
Alt Lee. Gibson
Mary Croll
Frank McCabe
Bessie
Threats to Wreck Fascist Cause in Spain
Telegrams from Gibraltar report revolts among Franco loyalists in Tetuan Algeciras and Malaga with mass executions said to be carried out by Franco firing squads. Neutrals estimate over 600 killed as details remain murky while rebel leadership remains largely silent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Gibraltar
Francisco Franco
Franco
Tetuan
Spanish Morocco
Algeciras
Bay of Gibraltar
Malaga
Here
Ereer Benito
Nialy
de Franco
Guadalajara
Fragmented Tuesday News Item Retains War Reference
A damaged OCR fragment mentions legal actions, rebellion, and suppression with unclear names and numbers. The text hints at revolts, authorities and foreign allies, but specifics are unreadable.
Crash Inquiry Probes Pilot Testimony On TWA Skyliner
Two TWA pilots Capt. Lawrence Bohnet and Lt. Williams testified before a Bureau of Air Commerce board investigating a crash five miles southeast of the aviators club. Officials consider wing aileron hinge slots a possible cause disrupting lateral balance and sending the ship to the hillside below. Wilkins piloted a separate ship from Columbus en route to Newark. his co-pilot Bohnet reported light ice but no interference with flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O Blyer's Club
Vaaes Burgh
Sing
Sengersip
Wilkins
Lawrence W. ¢ Williams
TWA
Bureau
of Air
Commerce
Bohnet
Pittsburgh
Newark
Chicago
Columbus
Williams
Tailors Union Reports No Change in Bargaining
A Tuesday forenoon session found no changes in the Tailors Union negotiations with employers. Only shops with signed wage agreements remained active as other establishments had closed or did not renew terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cain Nape Chew
Nesween
Bios Aoe
Ataworks
Also Mentioned on This Page
Verne Marshall
Vinton
George Urice
James F. Toy
F. L. Maytag
Newton
Mr. Toy
Mr. Maytag
Municipal Power Plant
Socialist Committee
OPY
Discovery
Mattson
C. of C
F.D.R
Fred
Sam
DE. Newton
Spete
Usderdog
Tevelta
Estes
Ay Rike
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!