Morgenthau warns of big deficit and debt path in new year
Secretary Morgenthau, leader of the treasury, testifies to the senate finance committee that a federal deficit of 2 675 000 000 and a national debt potentially exceeding 37 000 000 000 loom as the house passes an 803 000 000 tax bill awaiting senate action. The article notes proposed changes but says the president’s aims for corporate reform will largely stand.
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Morgenthau
United States Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
House
Senate
Revolutionary Corporation
Dorothy Thompson on dictatorship techniques and patriotism
Dorothy Thompson warns that destroying unity by pitting groups against each other erodes represent government and makes patriotism a single group's monopoly. She cites her Nazi era experience in Germany and warns of dangers to democracy.
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Europe
Dorothy Thompson
Sinclair Lewis
Miss Thompson
Germany
Hitler
Four Dead and Fifty Injured as Iowa Tornado Ravages Region
A Friday toll from a late Thursday tornado across northwest Iowa and southern Minnesota reports four dead and about fifty injured as the storm carved a half mile wide path over fifty miles. In Iowa the worst hit areas include Terrace Park and Estherville with extensive property damage and multiple injuries.
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Spirit Lake
Iowa
Minnesota
Townsend plan alleged insider profit cited by Michigan rep
Michigan representative Clyde Hoffman charges Townsend plan operators profit from the effort while investors pay. He says funds from across the country flow to Townsend headquarters as a lobbying effort to enact the Townsend dream, leaving distressed contributors and insiders rich from the scheme.
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Michigan
Clyde Hoffman
Townsend Eadquarters
Gillions
The Rhythm of Life in Everyday Mood Shifts
A reflection on the mutable cycles of mood, energy, and creativity. The piece compares mind and body to tidal forces, noting bursts of inspiration followed by lulls, and urges adjusting to life’s ebb and flow across friendships and marriage. Copyright 1936.
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Joseph Conrad
Wendel Indictment Refused by Jurors
Hunterdon county grand jury in Flemington declined to return an indictment against Paul H. Wendel a disbarred Trenton attorney in the Lindbergh crime Anna Hauptmann Hauptmanns wife filed the charge to delay execution Four witnesses testified including Ellis Parker Jr Burlington county detective and his secretary Anna Bading Wendel was turned over to Trenton police by Parker with a confession later repudiated which delayed Hauptmanns death three days
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Trenton
N. J
Hunterdon County
Flemington
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Paul H. Wendel
Wendel
Hauptmann
Anna
Ellis Parker, Jr
Burlington County
Anna Bading
Parker
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Taxicab driver Weiss attempts suicide in prison
Harry Weiss, linked to the Paul H. Wendel kidnapping case, tried to hang himself with a necktie in Brooklyn city prison. Guards rushed to stop him, secured him in handcuffs, and posted a guard outside his cell to prevent another attempt.
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New York
Harry Weiss
Paul H. Wendel
Brooklyn City
Weiss
Flying Cadet Killed In Plane Crash at Kingman
Flying Cadet Roger M. Roberts of the Army Air Corps based at March Field California died in a pursuit plane crash at Kingman Arizona. He was burned to death in the Friday accident.
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Kingman, Ariz
INS
Roger M. Roberts
Army Air Corps
Marchfield
Calif
Girl Confesses She Kidnaped Herself
Hilda Utterback 18 confessed she kidnapped herself after being reported missing from Hamilton near Leesburg last Saturday night. She was found by two newspapermen in an abandoned house.
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Leesburg, Va
INS
Hilda Utterback
Hamilton
Leesburg
New Farming in the Making Tells Realtors
George S Huffman of Houston speaks at the north central regional convention of the National Association of Real Estate Boards on Farm Investment as a Hedge Against Inflation. He cites rising land values, inflation as a hedge, and a shift toward agriculture driven by new markets and industrial uses.
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George S. Huffman
Houston
Tex
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Montrose
Nebraska
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Huffman
Texas
California
Pacific Coast
Southwest
Montana
Dakotas
Cedar Rapids
Clarinda
Rain Opens May with Record Warmth in Cedar Rapids
Early May rain dropped 0.18 inches in Cedar Rapids as the day began with overcast skies. Temperatures rose from a low around 60 at dawn to a high near 86 by mid afternoon, then fell to the low 70s by midnight, Chambers Inskeep records show.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company
Zioncheck Fined and Forfeits Bail in Virginia Court
Washington congressman Marion A Zioncheck faced a police court fine totaling 66 dollars after failing to appear. He forfeited a 200 dollar bond and was fined 50 dollars for speeding and reckless driving with his bride, Ruby Louise Nix, present, plus 10 dollars for disorderly conduct. Irving Weinstein, the bondsman, may pursue a warrant for nonappearance.
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Washington
INS
Marion A. Zioncheck
Washington State
Congress
Alexandria
Reese Duncan
Irving Weinstein
Duncan
Zioncheck
Virginia
Ruby Louise Nix
Texarkana
Tex
George Ellmore
House shields Navy bill with pledge to vote May 11
In Washington, House leaders assure passage of the $3 billion Frazier Lemke farm inflation bill by scheduling a May 11 vote to end a filibuster threat. Rep. Withrow of Wisconsin warned a quorum issue could delay the seven days needed to call the measure up.
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Pennsylvania
William Berlin
WPA
Berlin
Ose
Washington
House of Representatives
House
INS
Rep. Withrow
Wisconsin
Real Estate Tax Cap Urged By National Group
Larry Holmes of Chicago urged a nationwide limit on real estate taxes at a North Central Regional convention luncheon. He cited eight states with caps saving 224 million dollars yearly, including 42 million in Indiana the first year, and praised Indiana’s Bond and levy veto power as a curb on tax rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Holmes
Chicago
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Real Estate Boards
Montrose Hotel
Holmes
National Association
Indiana
Board of Tax Commissioners
Oxford Junction Man Struck By Car Here
Henry Schindahl 54 of Oxford Junction suffered facial lacerations at 8 p m Thursday when struck by an automobile driven by G W Becker 108 Second street NW as he crossed the Memorial Coliseum bridge Becker took the injured man to St Luke s hospital for treatment William W Jordan 900 Seventeenth Avenue SE was admitted to St Luke s hospital at 2 a m Friday with a badly lacerated and fractured left arm from an automobile accident near Mechanicsville The sheriff s office at Tipton reported no accident details Jordan could not provide full information
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Henry Schindahl
Oxford Junction
G. W. Becker
Second Street
Second Avenue Bridge
Schindahl
Memorial Coliseum
Becker
St. Luke’s Hospital
William W. Jordan
Seventeenth Avenue SE
Mechanicsville
Tipton
Jordan
Ethiopian Chief Determines 10 Fight 10 Death
Emperor Haile Selassie vows to resist to the death the advancing Italian armies while abandoning Addis Ababa to fascist forces. He urges citizens to march north with five days of provisions and names Ras Getaou to lead the defense. The plan aims to delay capture and retreat west if the capital falls.
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Addis Ababa
INS
Haile Selassie
Mussolini
Ras Getachou
Italians Await News on Addis Ababa Fall
Rome reports a fever pitch as Italians expect a brief official word on the fall of Addis Ababa and the end of the seven month Ethiopian campaign. Public hopes outpace slow official statements, with Italians noting the pattern of delays in confirming major city captures.
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Rome
Addis Ababa
Ins
Italy
Ethiopia
Italian Front Advances Toward Addis Ababa as Rally Anticipated
Telegrams from Rome report one Italian motorized column passed Ankober and another nears the Ethiopian capital with Addis Ababa’s fall described as premature. Emperor Haile Selassie intends to continue resistance from a relocated capital while Graziani’s forces push, aided by heavy rains slowing Ethiopian troops and communications.
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Rome
INS
Italy
Addis Ababa
Ankober
Haile Selassie
Ras Nassiba
Sasa Baneh
Jijiga
Harar
Djibouti
Sibley Re-Elected C. O. C. President
Harper Sibley of Rochester New York a large scale farmer and banker was re elected president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States at a Thursday meeting in Washington AP reports.
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Washington
Harper Sibley
Rochester
N. Y
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Hitler Denies Invasion Aims in May Day Address
Berlin crowd of about 100000 heard Hitler deny plans to invade Austria and Czechoslovakia. He called rumors lies and said Germany seeks peace while emphasizing domestic tasks and stability, amid jeers of Jews from spectators.
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Berlin
INS
Germany
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Adolf Hitler
Lustgarten
Hitler
Reich
Arrest Warrant Charged Man for Lye Water Attack
James Dunn, 38, of 419 First Avenues, was arrested Thursday on a warrant from Justice W J Grunewald charging assault with intent to maim. Complainant Jack Wood, 328 Second Avenue SW, claims Dunn threw lye water over his head, risking sight in his right eye and causing serious burns.
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James Dunn
First Avenues
W. J. Grunewald
Dunn
Jack Wood
Second Avenue
Wood
M Cumsey Succeeds Hogan in Land Bank
Charles McCumsey became president of the federal land bank in Omaha succeeding Daniel P. Hogan who retired at midnight Thursday. Hogan, the first bank president, had led for nineteen years and was an Iowan by birth. McCumsey previously served as executive vice president.
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Omaha
Charles Mc Cumsey
Federal Land Bank
Daniel P. Hogan
Hogan
McCumsey
Bank
Dairy Boiler Explodes at Melrose Dairy Injuring No One
Firefighters responded at 2 p.m. Friday to the Melrose dairy at 3725 Center Point road NE after a boiler exploded and wrecked the building. The boiler landed about 50 feet away. No one was present and there was no fire. The cause remains undetermined. the dairy is operated by Clarence Hickey.
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Melrose Dairy
Center Point Road
Clarence Hickey
Chattanooga Woman Dies After Attack
Mrs. Eula Mae McConnell wife of a local theater manager died at 1 p.m. Friday from injuries after a brutal assault in her upscale Chattanooga apartment home on Thursday. The suspect remains unknown as police investigate the mysterious attack.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Eula Mae McConnell
Sunday Want Ad Section Advertisement Opportunity
From 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday you can order ads for The Gazette's Sunday want ad section. Dial 2-1121 to place by phone or visit the Gazette office. A 25 percent discount applies per day for three day ads and a 40 percent discount for seven day ads from the regular one day price.
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the Gazette
Gazette Office
Five bandits rob Detroit Savings Bank for 50000 dollars
Five machine gun wielding robbers stormed a Detroit Savings Bank branch at about 11 am taking 50000 dollars, wounding a customer, while a false alarm tied police away. Investigators say the thieves fled in a stolen streamlined sedan and were later tracked toward the Detroit Monroe Toledo road as police closed in.
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Monroe, Mich
INS
Detroit
Detroit-Monroe-Toledo
Here
Detroit Savings Bank
Iva Hershey
Harry Taylor
Mt. Clemens
Dave
Inquest Possible Next Week Into Kaiser Death Crash
An inquest into the death of Frank Kaiser may be held next week in Tama county. Kaiser born Feb 28 1888 in Bohemia and living at 1414 Second St SE Cedar Rapids died after a Thursday crash on highway 30 near Tama. Mrs Walter Knoebel was seriously injured. Kaiser was returned to Cedar Rapids for funeral services to be held Sunday in Polansky chapel Bohemian National cemetery.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank Kaiser
Second Street
Tama
Tama County
Harvey Jones
Kaiser
Walter Knoebel
Seventh Street SE
State Highway Commission
Ellis Malin
I. F. Weed
Belle Plaine
Bohemia
United States
B.J
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Ray Schelmeski
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