Defy Franco Threats to Aid Bilbao Civilians
Nine British merchant ships evacuated with 4 000 to 5 000 Bilbao children toward St Jean de Luz under British consul R C Stevenson after Franco rejected pledges to respect refugee ships. British warships to guard refugee convoys outside the three mile limit as the Espana’s crew survived a bomb collapse.
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Bilbao
R. C. Stevenson
Franco
Nervion River
Portelet
Hamsterley
Thurston
Marvin
Sheaf Field
Bacworth
Blackhill
Thorpehall
Consett
London
Francisco Franco
Bay of Biscay
Great Britain
France
Espana
Spain
Velasco
Santander
Bay
Biscay
State Commission Ordered To Abate Coggon Dam Waters
Judge F O Ellison in district court issues a mandatory injunction forcing the State Conservation Commission to abate backwaters at the Coggon dam flooding and bogging 15 of 23 acres owned by Mrs Julia Rowley near Coggon. The order allows 30 days to comply. if not, the sheriff will remove the dam. The decree follows a February 20 default of the commission.
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State Conservation Commission
F. O. Ellison
Coggon
Julia Rowley
Ellison
State Commission
The
Conservation Commission
Harold D. Evans
Iowa City
C. M. Updegraff
Des Moines
WPA
Rowley
Buffalo Creek
Courage on a Bus The Fear and the Self Respect
A gray haired woman on a wet bus braces through a crash memory and reveals fear’s double edge. A neighbor argues bravery lies in facing danger while caring about self respect. The exchange prompts the reader to rethink courage and fear.
Revolt of Southern Democrats Gains Attention in Congress
Southern Democrat defection from Roosevelt policies grows with Senate critics and a warning by top Republicans that the so called solid south may break apart. Senator Ellison D. Smith joins officials opposing Agriculture Department push for new farm policies and forms a round table to challenge Wallace plans ahead of a May conference.
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Washington
United States Senate
Capitol Hill
Thad Stephens
South
Ellison D. Smith
S. C
Roosevelt Reservation
Smith
Senate Agriculture Committee
Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Department
Congress
Supreme Court
Government budget cuts mix of flexible and rigid costs
Financial authorities warn a flat 10 percent cut across next year’s appropriations would mainly affect salary and personnel, with only about half of costs being reducible due to fixed charges such as debt retirement and veterans aid. Defense, interest, and pensions remain largely protected, complicating substantial savings.
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Washington
The
Treasury
House factions clash over CCC enrollment and education funds
In Washington powerful House leaders moved to override limits on Civilian Conservation Corps enrollment to 300 000 and to cap vocational education at 3 million. A revolt against cutting CCC enrollment prompted postponement of action for possibly two weeks. A bid to boost George Deen education funds to 14 million faced Interior bill delays while the Democratic steering committee backed keeping CCC camps above 300 000 after July.
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Washington
INS
House
Civilian Conservation Corps
Congressional
CCC
Labor Committee
Roosevelt
George Deen
Interior Department
Democratic
American Federation of Labor Unions
Cleveland
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Philadelphia
Joint Council
The
Committee For Industrial Organization
St. Louis
London Bus Strike Cripples City Amid Coronation Visitants
London traffic halts as bus operators walk out delaying commuters and visitors twelve days before coronation. About 25 500 bus workers in central London and 120 000 province drivers join the unofficial strike backing a 714 hour day demand.
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London
Stock Exchange
Brighton
Hitler Warns Catholic Church as May Day Rally Opens
Adolf Hitler in Berlin angrily warned the Catholic Church to stay within pastoral bounds, promising to scatter those who usurp power. He linked the Pope's encyclical to trials of Catholic monks and called for stronger control while renewing Germany’s colonial ambitions before 100,000 workers at Lustgarten.
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Berlin
INS
Germany
Hitler
Zioncheck Widow Testifies In Will Contest Of Kin
Mrs. Rubye Nix Zioncheck testified in Seattle as two sisters of the late congressman contest a will. She plans to return to Hollywood to pursue film work and did not confirm or deny a small role in a Ruby Keeler Dick Powell movie. The suit challenges a $30 000 estate left to Norma Zioncheck by Frances Zioncheck, alleging lack of testamentary capacity.
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Seattle
Marion Zioncheck
Rubye Nix Zioncheck
Hollywood
Ruby Keeler
Dick Powell
Norma Zioncheck
Frances Zioncheck
Anne Nadeau
De Valera Proposes 1937 Irish Free State Constitution
Eamon de Valera announced a plan to sever ties with Britain within twelve months by adopting a new constitution for Ireland named Eire. The draft abolishes noble titles, makes Gaelic official, and sets a seven year presidential term with a broad powers framework to safeguard citizens' rights.
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Dublin
Eire
Ireland
Ulster
House of Representatives
de’ Valera
de Valera
Irish Free State
Great Britain
British Commonwealth
League of Nations
Cead Cheim
Mountaineer Ends 52 Day Fast With First Real Meal
STOOPING OAK Tenn AP Jackson Whitlow a Cumberland mountain fur-trapper breaks his fifty two day fast with steak greens and juice at his cabin. Doctors warn a careful reintroduction of food is essential as his weakened body may not tolerate nourishment. He says his fast is over and cites a divine message and vow to abstain from wine.
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Tenn
Jackson Whitlow
Whitlow
Cumberland Mountain
May Day Demonstrations Sweep Major Cities Worldwide
Tens of thousands joined May Day parades across major cities. New York mobilized 19 000 police for a 250 000 expected turnout, while Chicago planned 10 000 marchers. In Moscow, a million workers filled Red Square as planes joined the parade.
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New York
Chicago
France
Russia
Peoples’ Front
Ods
A Et Igoetaatt
London
Moscow
Mexico City
Mexico
Federal District
Detroit
Michigan
United Automobile Workers of America
A. F. of
L. Te
May Opens Bright Then Clouds Return Weather Note
Cedar Rapids weather shows April influence as May arrives with a sunny start followed by clouds. Temperatures rose from 52 at 6 am to 66 at 10 am with a 69 degree peak at 3 pm, then 63 at 7 pm and 48 at midnight per Chambers Inskeep records.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company
Ad-taker Wanted At The Gazette Office
Job listing for an ad-taker at The Gazette invites applicants to dial 2-1121 or call the Gazette office for details.
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Gazette Office
Wheeler Defends Speech Restored After Censorship Clash
Senator Burton Wheeler charged Postmaster James Farley with censoring a film that included remarks on Roosevelt court policy. Kansas censor board initially removed Wheeler's speech, then after protests, including Alf Landon, restored it. Wheeler said Governor Haxman questioned the censorship as immaterial before reinstatement.
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Topeka
Kan
James‘a. Farley
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Kansas
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
State Censor Board
Wheeler
Alf M. Landon
Board of Censors
Jim Farley
Farley
Washington
Walter A. Haxman
Landon
Haxman
Two men die by own actions in Cedar Rapids
Police report two Cedar Rapids men committed suicide Friday within minutes of each other. Leo A. Peters 43 hanged himself in a garage behind his home at about 3 p.m. His daughter Rose found the body. Kobus Fecht 24 shot himself with a 4 10 gauge shotgun in an upstairs bedroom around 2 45 p.m. His body lay across the bed and a note cited despondency. No inquest will be held.
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Cedar Rapids
Leo A. Peters
Fourteenth Street
Fecht
Bruno Fecht
Thirtyfourth Street
New York Municipal Court Justice Dies After Stabbing
Justice John F. ONeil, 69, stabbed in the back on a street corner near his home, died Saturday at St. Vincent's hospital. He told the district attorney he had no knowledge of any motive. Detectives offered theories of mistaken identity or an unresolved litigant as possible motives. The suspect remains at large.
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New York
John F
O'Neil
St. Vincent's Hospital
William C. Dodge
Pickets at Hollywood Studios Halt Film Industry
Pickets circle 13 major studios in Hollywood as 3,000 Federated Motion Picture Crafts members walk out while 12,000 other union members refuse to pass picket lines. Officials warn production could be paralyzed unless a settlement is reached. Screen Actors Guild members did not cross lines but may join the strike later.
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Hollywood
INS
California
Federated Motion Picture Crafts
Motion Picture’ Producers Association
Screen
Actors “Guild
UAW Fires Organizers for Not Automaker Workers
Homer Martin announces the United Auto Workers dismissed eight of ten organizers for not being auto workers. The general executive board enforces the constitutional provision requiring auto workers as organizers. A district director notes some detained organizers are aliens facing possible deportation.
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Dtroit (Ap
Homer Martin
United _ Auto
Mobile Workers of America
Martin
Ee Williams
Bakker-Perkins
Saginaw
John L
Zurbrick
Poice
United States
Child Struck By Car On Thirteenth Street Cedar Rapids
The 3 year old son of Mr and Mrs I H Ashby suffered a nose injury when darting into Thirteenth Street at Circle Drive NE and was struck by a car driven by R W Magnuson 43 of 1558 Fiftieth Street NE. Magnuson said he swerved to avoid the boy but struck Ashby’s vehicle, causing a damaged fender.
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I. H. “Ashby
Oakland Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Circle Drive
R. W
Magnuson
Fiftieth Street
Ashby
Amelia Earhart to test repaired plane on Pacific flight
Amelia Earhart and her husband George Palmer Putnam travel by train toward Los Angeles to prep test flights for her flying laboratory as she plans a second globe girdling attempt. She hopes to take off from Oakland airport soon after May 15 with navigator Fred Noonan at her side.
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INS
Amelia Earhart
George Palmer Putnam
Los Angeles
Oakland
Miss Earhart
Pacific
Fred J. Noonan
Vetseran
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