Poland Defies Hitler Over Danzig Corridor Stand
Polands firmness against German demands for Danzig and a Polish corridor is backed by 1.3 million troops and assurances from England and France to aid if needed. Berlin says Hitler recedes to think as London and Moscow reports stir confusion over a three nation alliance.
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Yak
Poland
Joseph Beck
Herr Hitler
Fuehrer
Danzig
Beck
Hitler
Europe
Warsaw
England
France
Germany
Berlin
Adolf
Russia
Moscow
Czechoslovakia
Japan
Downing Street
Body of Pendergast associate found in Missouri River
The body of Edward L. Schneider, missing associate of Kansas City boss Thomas J. Pendergast, was found in the Missouri River by workmen. Schneider disappeared after his car and suicide notes were found on a bridge. He had been questioned by a federal grand jury investigating Pendergast’s income and faced reindictment on two counts. Schneider, 46, had left a note to his wife and brother-in-law dated four days before his death, saying he took the only way out.
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Kansas City, Mo
Edward L. Schneider
Thomas J. Pendergast
Kansas City
Missouri River
Schneider
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pendergast
Maurice M Milligan
Kansas City Water Department
Federal Grand Jury
Milligan
Phil Abry
Weather Backfires On Cedar Rapids Recorder
In Cedar Rapids the Tisher home weather recorder was struck by lightning during a Thursday storm. The bolt damaged the lead-in wire and loosened a clock bolt but did not stop daily temperature reports from The Gazette. Temperatures ranged from 55 to 85 across the period while a local transformer outage was repaired and rain totaled 0.28 inches.
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Harry F. Tisher
Chambers Inskeep Company
Cedar Rapids
Tisher
Ridgeway Drive
Gazette
Town Steel and Iron Works
Agriculture funding faces historic rise if Senate agrees
The article notes drastic house cuts to proposed agricultural appropriations and an eliminated parity payment. A senate sub-committee report and house concurrence could yield the department of agriculture’s largest-ever appropriation, with source of funds and impact on next year’s deficit left to Henry Wallace.
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Senate
House of Representatives
Iowa
House
Department of Agriculture
Henry Wallace
A mother worries over her daughter's drinking and future
A mother writes that her twenty seven year old daughter, once happily married, lost a baby and is now drinking heavily. She believes the daughter cannot bear another child and fears for her health and marriage. The writer appeals for tact and understanding rather than judgment to help her daughter cope.
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DR. Newton
Smuggling Bust Seizes 30000 in New York Fashion Goods
Customs agents raided the apartment of socialite Mrs. James C. Ayer and seized about 30000 dollars worth of Parisian gowns and jewelry. The operation, led by Gordon H. Pike and John Buchal, labeled the items as smuggled. Mrs. Ayer, widow of the American Woolen fortune heir, stands in a case larger than the Lauer smuggling matter.
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Treasury Department
James C. Ayer
Social Register
Gordon H. Pike
John Buchal
Fortune
Emma Lauer
State Supreme Court
Edgar J. Lauer
Legion Committee Demands Military Training for CCC Workers
The American Legion national executive committee approved a resolution calling for military training for about 300,000 CCC workers in 3,000 camps nationwide. Other resolutions urged scrap iron export prohibition and compulsory military training at land grant colleges.
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Indianapolis
INS
National Executive Committee of
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American Legion
CCC
Farm Bill Advances To Senate With 1.2 Billion+
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a farm bill totaling over 1.215 billion dollars. The full committee backed passage of the increased appropriations decided by a subcommittee after weeks of hearings.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Coal talks resume as UMW strikes widen nationwide
Bituminous operators and United Mine Workers agree to form committees to meet with U S labor official Dr John R Sieelman to end the deadlock over a new labor contract. The strike has idle 453 000 miners nationwide with 95 000 quitting Thursday night and Friday.
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New York
United Mine Workers
John R. Sieelman
U. S. Labor Department
Steelman
John L. Lewis
CIO
United Mine Workers of America
Iowa Coal Miners Walkout Shuts Des Moines Mines
A nationwide union strike by coal miners spreads to Iowa with all AIL mines closed Friday. Officials say about 3,600 Iowa miners were on the job Thursday as the walkout began and 7,000 to 8,000 diggers exist in the state, though many idle for seasonal reasons. Iowa operators report no immediate coal shortage and a supply lasting about 60 days or more.
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Iowa
Linn
State Planning Board
Linn County
Des Moines
AIL
Life Jobs In Russia Are Only Temporary Says Baer
The quote claims life jobs in Russia are temporary while dismissals are permanent. It notes a commissar resigned and walked out, questions Litvinoff's status, and suggests he asked for release amid uncertain fate and Wall handwriting imagery.
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Russia
Bugs
Baer
Moscow
Litvinoff
Woman 75 and man 25 slain in tragedy after marriage bid
In Jackson Tennessee a 75 year old woman and 25 year old man were granted a marriage license then, ten minutes later, he dragged her to a car and killed her. He then shot himself. The woman was identified as Mrs. George H. Donnell of Oklahoma City.
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Jackson, Tenn
George H. Donnell
Oklahoma City
S. J. Burns
Burns
Oklahoma City Man Hires Lawn Mower in Tragic Past
George H. Donnell met L. J. Burns a month ago while unemployed and living with brother in law J. Beckner. Burns employed him to mow her lawn as her husband George had died in a year ago and she owned substantial real estate in a six room house.
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Oklahoma City
George H. Donnell
L. J. Burns
J. Beckner
George
Senate Panel Proposes Draft Of Dollars In War
The Senate military affairs committee approved a bill to draft wealth as well as people during war. It would authorize a wealth census to classify citizens by net worth and require those over $1,000 to buy 50 year bonds at 1 percent interest, funded by treasury powers.
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Washington
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Sen
Josh Lee
Okla
Treasury
Wasp causes car crash in city street
J. W Burgess on Center Point road NE reports a wasp buzzed in his car window at 5 30 p m Thursday. He swerved toward the curb and hit E N Beeson’s parked car on Oakland road. Margaret Beeson and her mother suffered minor bruises. the wasp escaped.
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J. W Burgess
Center Point Road
Oakland Road
E. N Beeson
C Avenue NW
G and I Avenues
Margaret Beeson
E. N. Beeson
Britain Considers Soviet Pact with France on Poland Aid
London accepted with qualifications Moscow’s plan for a British French Russian security pact. Britain and France would pledge aid to each other and to Poland and Romania, with safeguards to avoid entanglement if Russia were drawn into war with Germany or Japan.
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Russia
Poland
Rumania
Britain
France
Far East
Japan
Foreign Affairs Committee
Moscow
Soviet Parliament to Convene May 25 Amid Polish Crisis
Moscow reports the supreme soviet will meet May 25 as Poland crisis deepens. Britain and France push to form a security alliance with Soviet aid. Polish Foreign Minister Col Joseph Beck responds to Hitler in firm terms.
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Russia
Supreme Soviet
Poland
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Joseph Beck
Adolf Hitler
Candid Camera Focuses On Cedar Rapids Pedestrians
Two local pedestrians Mrs S H Kozberg of 217 Twenty fifth Street driver SE and Burton Masterhan of Central City are photographed for enlargements. Each selected will receive a free 7 by 9 print. Unpublished readers can buy three prints for 25 cents with the card from candid camera men.
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Cedar Rapids Loop
S. H. Kozberg
Twenty-fifth Street
Burton Masterhan
Central City
Cedar Rapids
the Gazette
Hitler Calls His Chiefs To Parley On Beck's Speech
Berlin and Berchtesgaden report Reichsfuehrer Hitler summoned Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop and Nazi leaders from Danzig to discuss Polish Foreign Minister Becks Friday address. A state statement hinted Beck refused German demands and dismissed self determination. Von Ribbentrop will then travel to Milan for talks with Ciano.
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Hitler
Beck
Berlin
Germany
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Danzig
Joseph Beck
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Berchtesgaden
Italy
Albert Fouster
Arthur Greiser
DNB
von Ribbentrop
Milan
Ialian
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Foreign Office
Propaganda Ministry
Ger
Polish reply to Hitler demands praised in Britain France
British observers described Poland's answer to Hitler as firm but not unyielding and unlikely to worsen tensions. In Paris French officials approved Beck's courteous but firm stance. In Rome fascist circles deplored the speech as unyielding though hoping a solution might still emerge. In Danzig editors called Beck's response a general answer that did not clarify the Germany Poland dispute.
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London
Poland
Adolf
Paris
Joseph Beck
Rome
Germany
Warsaw
Danzig
Poland holds firm on Danzig rights while urging peaceful talks
Poland's Col. Joseph Beck told the Sejm that Danzig and the Polish Corridor remain Poland's. He rejected Hitler's demands as one sided and outlined four core principles for negotiations while stressing Poland seeks peace and honor. A Berlin note with the memorandum was to be delivered Friday.
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Warsaw
Poland
Joseph Becky
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Danzig
Pomorze
Beck
Janet Lehman Injured In Bicycle Car Collision
Janet Lehman a 14 year old girl daughter of Dr and Mrs CV Lehman suffered severe gashes on both knees and a possible fracture of the left kneecap after her bicycle collided with Elaine Benson a college freshman at Fourteenth street and Sixth avenue SE. Lehman was taken to St Luke's hospital by the Ambulance Service after the 12 05 p m incident Friday while she was returning home from McKinley school.
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Janet Lehman
CV. Lehman
Fifth Avenue SE
McKinley School
Fourteenth Street
Sixth Avenue SE
Elaine Benson
Tne College
Blake Boulevard
Sixth Avenue
Lehman
St. Luke's Hospital
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Bugs" Baer
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