Linn Democrats endorse Huston for national delegate
Cedar Rapids bankers Paul Huston is backed by Linn County Democrats in session at the courthouse selecting 66 delegates for the state convention in Des Moines on May 11. They did not commit to presidential candidates, but the tone favored Roosevelt if he seeks a third term, otherwise supporting his chosen candidate. Prof. C. F. Littell urged centralized government and warned against laissez faire, noting third-term debates and political shifts.
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Paul H Huston
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Linn County
Democrats
Des Moines
Linn Democrats
Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
C. F. Littell
Cornell College
Thomas Jefferson
Grant
Theodore Roosevelt
F. D. Roosevelt
Littell
Dies Committee
Bugs Tells What Has Happened To Boy Who Wanted To Be A God
Arthur Baer reports a whimsical, satirical take on world events and naval matters. The writer uses humorous imagery about Admiral Byrd, a boy seeking adventure, and a parade of oceans, noting the North Sea and Baltic in trouble while the boy ends up watching newsreels and eating candy.
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Bugs
The Worst Mind Sickness Self Pity and Fear
Dr Sewton warns that fear, indecision, and self pity corrupt daily life and threaten mental health. Overindulgence in self sympathy turns inward, leaving one unable to help others and risking a form of spiritual death without timely shock or action.
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United Feature Syndicate. Inc
Temperature Rises As Clouds Heavier In Cedar Rapids
Cloudiness increased in Cedar Rapids Saturday afternoon as temperatures rose from 38 at 6 a.m. to 62 by 1 30 p.m. Friday's high reached 68 at 3 30 p.m. A 59 reading occurred at 7 p.m. and 44 at midnight on the Chambers Inskeep company dial.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
SAILS FOR SPAIN NEW YORK LINER GEORGE WASHINGTON SETS SAIL
Despite Mediterranean tensions three American ships depart from New York including the liner George Washington with 225 passengers headed for Spain and Mediterranean ports.
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New York
Mediterranean
George Washington
Spain
Netherlands arrests 21 suspected fifth column members
Amsterdam authorities announced the detention of 21 Dutch citizens described as foreign agents including a parliament member and a Nazi newspaper editor. Premier De Geer said the roundup targets those tied to foreign powers while defending Netherlands independence and neutrality.
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Amsterdam
INS
Netherlands
Dirk Jan de Geer
Holland
Norway
de Geer
Hollands
Roosevelt Urges Candidates To Specify Plans In Election Year
President Roosevelt tells about 3,000 Democratic women at the White House to stop condemning administration acts and state how they would change laws if in power. He questions budgets and welfare programs while urging clarity between facts and fiction amid GOP counterpoints.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
ST. Paul, Minn
Harold E. Stassen
Dewey Seeks Farm Belt Support In Iowa Marshalltown Stop
Thomas E. Dewey drew thousands in Des Moines and Marshalltown as he urged crop loan policy, praised the Capitol dome, and met Gov. Wilson and Iowa officials before rails to Chicago. In Kansas City he shook hands with Missouri delegates and warned against high loan levels causing a market glut and price collapse.
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Des Moines
Thomas E. Dewey
Town Statehouse
Marshalltown
George A Wilson
Mark Thornburg
Iowa
New York
Dewey
Statehouse
Chicago
Reed claims NLRB pressure to disband workers union
Former Senator James A. Reed of Missouri testified before the Smith committee that national labor board officials repeatedly threatened legal action unless he disbanded an independent union at his wife’s Nelly Donnally Garment plant in Kansas City. Reed, a critic of the New Deal, condemned the ILGWU and described coercive tactics aimed at settling unfair labor charges, asserting regional rep Paul G. Broderick refused to disclose the charges.
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Washington
James A. Reed
Missouri
Smith Committee
National Labor Board
Nelly Donnally
Paul G. Broderick
International Ladies Garment Workers
Broderick
Reed
Arrested Tried And Fined All Within An Hour
A. L. Wilson of 835 Third Avenue SE was arrested at the Me Too store for shoplifting then swiftly prosecuted. Judge H. R. Churchill heard the case, found Wilson guilty of larceny of canned goods, and fined him $50 plus costs before remanding him to jail. He paid the fine later and was released.
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Cedar Rapids
A. L. Wilson
Third Avenue SE
H. R. Churchill
Churchill
Wilson
Four Thousand Pounds of Powder Explodes at DuPont Plant
In Carneys Point New Jersey two men were injured by an explosion at the E I du Pont smokeless powder plant when 4000 pounds of powder detonated near a glazing building. The blast was heard across the Delaware River and no fatalities were reported.
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Carneys Point
N. J
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
Wilmington
Delaware River
REA Linemen Work Overtime To Light Sick Boy Home
Two REA crews volunteered to string nine wire strands and energize the John Hoover farm near Midway on primary 11. Warren Hoover, 17, ill with heart trouble and rheumatism, hoped lights would cheer him and aid recovery. Earl Foster and Carl Morris coordinated the effort, with lines already within a half mile and the home wired.
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Center Point
REA
John Hoover
Midway
Warren Hoover
Earl Foster
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Carl Morris
Hoover Farm
Hoover
Durek suicide ends life of Cedar Rapids man
Frank J. Durek 42 of 1723 D Street SW was found hanging in his basement Friday afternoon. Deputy coroner Dr. R E. Munden ruled death a self inflicted act with no inquest planned. Survived by wife, two daughters Helen and Marie, a brother and two sisters in Bohemia. Funeral services set for Monday at Polansky chapel and St Wenceslaus church with Rosaries by Cadets of St. George and Sanctuary Guild. Burial in St. John's cemetery.
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R E. Munden
Frank J. Durek
D Street
Munden
Durek
Helen
Bohemia
Cadets of
St. George
Musicians’ Union
Polansky
St. Wenceslaus
Msgr
August Vojacek
St. John's Cemetery
Cadets
France arrests 27 in crackdown on outlawed communist party
Paris reports a wholesale government drive against the outlawed Communist Party on Friday night leading to 27 arrests. The operation targets party members nationwide as authorities crackdown on the organization amid ongoing political unrest.
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Paris
INS
Chamberlain Rule Hangs in Balance in Norway Crisis
London reports Allied resolve to fight on in Norway with vigor as a cabinet crisis looms over Prime Minister Chamberlain. British troops in Andalsnes and Namsos amid territorial divisions, with Gen De Rimer and Gen Paget credited for leadership as debates unfold in Parliament.
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London
Norway
Neville Chamberlain
Narvils
Norwegian
Chamberlain
Andalsnes
de Rimer
General de Rimer
Bernard Charles Paget
Daisy Matthews Sinks Off Eureka After Sinking Plunge
The lumber schooner Daisy Matthews sailing from Coos Bay Oregon toward San Francisco was reported in sinking condition off Eureka on Saturday by the coast guard.
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San Francisco
SNS
Daisy Matthews
Coos Bay
Ore
Eureka
Coast Guard
Germans Rush New Troops Into Narvik Port To Face British
Reliable German sources report navy troops moving into Namsos and Grong in northern Norway as Allied forces shell Narvik from nearby positions. Reinforcements arrive by air and sea while Swedish coast dispatches note thousands of transports and a drive to push into Narvik, with refugees saying Germans face ammunition and food shortages despite strong positions.
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Paget
Namsos
Charles George Phillips
Narvik
Stockholms
Grong
Frondheim
Stockholm
Norway
Trondheim
Alkbanda
Germany
Lyseki
Steinkjer
Swansa
Social Demokraten
Navel Handbanks Dan
Norwas
Adolf Wither
Air Marshal
Goering
Omaha Man Found Guilty on All 18 Counts
Omaha Neb AP Holmes, former president of the bankrupt First Mortgage Acceptance, was found guilty by a federal jury on all 18 counts of his indictment. The verdict exposes him to a possible maximum 87 year prison term and fines totaling 18 000.
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Omaha
Neb
1. S Holmes
First Mortgage Acceptance Corporation
Maitraud
Holmes
President Approves Bismarck Irrigation Project
Interior Secretary Lockeres announced that President Roosevelt approved construction of the Bismarck irrigation project in North Dakota as part of the Great Plains water conservation and utilization program.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Harold Lockes
Roosevelt
Bismarck
North Dakota
Great Plains
Census Appeal Spurs 300 Calls In Cedar Rapids
The Gazette reports 300 plus calls to Cedar Rapids census headquarters as Milo Sedlacek details why inclusion matters. One caller, a 50 year old man, learned an elder Bohemian orphan’s pension was granted after a friend provided birth and lineage data from 1870, illustrating why people should be counted. Sedlacek warns not all uncounted were missed. many did not return interview cards.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette
Milo Sedlacek
Sedlacek
Bohemia
United States
Per
Germans Claim Sinking British Ships in Air Attack
Berlin reports German warplanes sunk or badly damaged nine British warships and transports including a battleship and a heavy cruiser off Narvik and Namsos. Official dispatch claims Luftwaffe superiority and notes battleship sunk for first time, with ensuing danger to naval supremacy in air warfare.
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Berlin
Germany
Battiship
Namsos
Narvik
Trondheim
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