Socialism debate stirred by school question and New Deal acts
A Midwest school superintendent asks how to answer a pupil who says the United States is socialist because 1932 socialist platform planks match New Deal laws. The column weighs arguments, notes St Luke's hospital debt liquidation, and Indiana Senator Sherman Minton’s stance on press criticism.
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United States
Iowa
Magruder
Supreme Court
Congress
Socialist Party
Washington
St. Luke's Hospital
J. P. van Horn
St. Luke’s
St. Luke's
Treasury Limits Revision Clears House Panel
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a bill to revise security issue limits for the Treasury. Morgenthau told lawmakers in secret session that financing operations may total 2.6 billion dollars over eight months, while seeking flexibility between bonds notes and other securities without increasing total public debt to 45 billion.
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Washington
INS
Treasury
House Ways and Means
Morgenthau
U. S Savings
U. S
Ickes Ousts West From Office Suite
Secretary Harold L. Ickes removed Undersecretary Charles West from his rooms in the interior building and assigned the suite to Ebert K. Burlew, the first assistant secretary.
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Ickes
Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Interior
Charles West
West
Ebert K. Burlew
Rebel Farm Groups Organized in Illinois and Nebraska
In Monmouth Illinois West central Tillinois farmers formed a new branch of the Corn Belt Liberty league to protest federal crop controls with Tilden Burg and Henry Safford as speakers. In Lincoln Nebraska thirty seven eastern farmers planned a state wide meeting of federal farm bill opponents set for May 11 at Nebraska City with Carl Tefft named chairman.
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Monmouth
West Central
Tillinois
Corn Belt Liberty League
League
Tilden Burg
Scotia, Il
Henry Safford
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Nebraska City
Carl Tefft
Avoca
Grain Belt Liberty League of Nebraska
Tefft
One Great Hour and a Turn of the Heart
A reflective meditation on life’s meaning through fleeting moments of happiness. The tale of Rogue Herries prompts readers to believe a single radiant hour can erase years of sorrow as a dog’s plea for love rekindles hope and purpose.
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Herries
Faust
Jacob Riis
Theodore Roosevelt
Railroads named as four "well financed" by RFC head
Washington (INS) Chairman Jesse Jones told the House Banking Committee that only four U S railroads earn their fixed charges now and perhaps six can survive more than a few years. He described the RFC loan plan as a temporary measure to aid furloughed workers, noting no applications on file and cautious optimism for 25 to 40 thousand jobs if loans materialize. He named Chesapeake and Ohio Union Pacific Norfolk and Western and Louisville and Nashville as the only railroads well financed.
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Washington
INS
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
House Banking and Currency Committee
United States
RFC
Jones
Chesapeake and Ohio
Union Pacific
Norfolk and Western
Louisville and Nashville
Black Hills Report 12 Inches Snow Depth
Snow up to 12 inches blanketed the Black Hills turning Rapid City and surrounding areas white Friday. Weather crews warned of drifting snow and hazardous travel as winter storm conditions persisted across western South Dakota.
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Black Hills
Rapid City
S. D
South Dakota
Veteran Cleveland journalist Earle Martin dies
Earle Martin a longtime newspaper man and production manager for the Cleveland Plain Dealer and Cleveland News died Friday. He served decades in the press and was a prominent figure in local journalism.
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Cleveland
Earle Martin
The
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland News
Chamber Backs Self Help Policy Shift Across Nation
The U S Chamber of Commerce moved to promote a self help doctrine via business leadership in communities nationwide reversing prior attack and condemn tactics. The policy emphasizes market stability wage regulation reforms and cooperation between management and labor while limiting federal government involvement and advancing foreign trade and currency aims.
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Washington
INS
U. S Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt
Chamber
George Davis
Davis
America
New Deal
Fiddler Rubinoff Undergoes Emergency Appendectomy
Battle Creek Michigan AP Dave Rubinoff violinist underwent an emergency appendectomy Friday morning. His condition was reported satisfactory.
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Battle Creek, Mich
Dave Rubinoff
Lewis Calls UMW Board To Meeting
President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers summoned the union's executive board to a Washington meeting on May 23.
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Lewis
UMW
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Franco British Appeal to Czechs Over Nazi Threat
Paris and London plan a joint appeal to Czechoslovakia urging maximum concessions to the Nazi minority and warning Germany against violence. Representations will follow decisions from a London meeting to form a united front in defense and foreign policy. Sir Nevile Mendelssohn in Berlin was to see Goering as Prague officials were approached.
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Paris
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Foreign Office
London
Nevile Menderson
Berlin
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Four Hurt When Auto Crashes Into St. Gar
Four persons were injured, one seriously, early Friday when a car driven by Bernard A Lardon of Minneapolis crashed into the rear of a Cedar Rank street car at Fourth Avenue and Kirst Street SW. Passengers Bernice Meyer Doyle Rafters and Joan Matthiesen, all from Tenth Street SE, sustained multiple injuries. Meyer is in Mercy Hospital in serious condition after extensive facial and neck lacerations and a blood transfusion. Ambulance drivers Don Condon and Babe Zimmerman provided first aid.
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Cedar Rank Is News
Bernard A Lardon
Minneapolis
Avondale
Fourth Avenue
Kirst Street
Laurdon
Bernice Meyer
Tenth Street SE
Bernard Lardon
Doyle Rafters
Tenth Street
Joan Matthiesen
Miss Meyer
Mercy Hospital
Don Condon
Babe” Zimmerman
Wings
Neota
George Connell
Lardon
Solon
Coogan Hints Fatherhood By Year’s End
Hollywood AP reports friends of Jackie Coogan suggest he may become a father by year’s end. The Kid, facing a $4 million accounting suit against his mother and stepfather, remains silent while Betts Grable, his wife since last November, speaks as family spokesman.
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Hollywood
Jackie Coogan
Jackie
Betts Grable
Coogan
Arthur L. Bernstein
Robert
Bobby
Jackie Coogan Productions, Inc
Speakers Turn Spotlight On State House
Nearly 1 000 Second district Republicans crowded a Shrine temple rally to denounce Democratic leadership in Iowa. George Wilson assailed Gov Kraschel and Treasurer Wegman, calling for open government and exposing alleged irregularities including the Hartley liquor incident and Wegman son’s contract.
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State House
Shrine Temple
Uus
George Wilson
Des Moines
B. B Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
Harrison E. Spangler
Alfred Mueller
Davenport
Wood Bayles
Mason City
Wilson
N.graschel
Leo Wegman
Kraschel
George W. Kinstley
Iowa
Hartley
Lquor
Wegman
Weeman
Verne Marshall
The
Gazette
Mr. Marshall
Cedar
Rapids
Grandfather says parents drop operation plan for blind baby
The maternal grandfather of Helaine Judith Colan told United Press the parents Dr. and Mrs. Herman Colan have abandoned the life saving operation for their five weeks old daughter. Elaine has glioma of the retina and is already blind. The grandfather backed medical advice against the operation but urged action from a paternal view.
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Chicago
Helaine
Judith Colan
Morris L. Hershman
United Press
Herman Colan
Tion
Elaine
Hershman
Agree to Send Suit Direct to Relief Agency
Washington UPI The house appropriations deficiency sub committee agreed on a bill to route recovery program funds directly to relief agencies rather than through the President. Chairman Clifton A. Woodrum said the amount is substantially the President's recommended 8 012 000 000, with reductions in expenses lowering the total.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Clifton A. Woodrum
Woodrum
Hull Denies Claim State Department Favorable to Nazi
Secretary of State Cordell Hull defended the U.S. government policy and colleagues against what he called criminal libel by irresponsible columnists and radio commentators. He rejected a Washington column asserting state department personnel were pro Nazi and accused U S arms shipments to Germans violating the 1920 Berlin treaty.
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Washington
INS
Cordell Stall Friday
State Department
Hull
Washington Morning
Treaty of Berlin
United States
Germany
Congress Should Probe Monopolies, King Declares
Washington report says Senator King of Utah urged Congress to conduct a broad investigation into monopolies. He criticized involving the executive branch and pressed for immediate adoption to launch a sweeping trust busting inquiry. Other senators supported moving forward with the measure.
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Washington
INS
King
Utah
O'Mahoney
NLRB Vacates Ford Case Order
The NLRB said it vacated an order that Ford Motor Co violated the Wagner Act and reinstated 29 Michigan plant workers. The U S Circuit Court of Covington returned the case for the board to withdraw the entire matter, reopening the file and allowing the board to perfect its findings.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Ford Moto Company
Ford
Michigan
United States Circuit Court of
Covington
Labor Board
Rockslide Destroys Locomotive at Royal Gorge
A Denver and Rio Grande Western passenger train plunged into the Arkansas River seven miles west of Canon City Colorado when a rockslide toppled the Royal Gorge wall. Engineer William O Connor and fireman Charles Hammill of Pueblo were trapped in the overturned locomotive and scalded by steam. No passengers were harmed.
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Canon City
Colo
INS
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
Arkansas River
Here
Royal Gorge
William O'Connor
Charles Hammill
Pueblo
Cedar Rapids Warm Up After Rainy Spell
Spring skies returned over Cedar Rapids as temperatures climbed from 48 at 7 a.m. to 57 by midmorning and 64 by midafternoon on Friday. The day had begun with a low of 48 and a high around 64 as rain and clouds cleared.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
House signs needed to force wage hour bill to floor
Washington AP reports lawmakers completed signatures to discharge the rules committee and bring the revised wage hour bill to the floor. The 218th signature by Rep Mouton followed a late rush as Majority Leader Rayburn added his name. Debate over the $476 million federal highway appropriation paused signing at times.
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Washington
House
Mouton
Rules Committee
Rayburn
Texas
Lousiana
Louiisijina
Patman
Joe Hanley Pleads Guilty To Kidnapping Involving Deputies
Joe Manley a 34 year old Sioux City Iowa desperado pled guilty in federal court to kidnapping Sheriff Herman Bredensteiner and Deputy Dean James near Nehnubotis Wa in June 1935 and driving them to South Sioux City Nebraska. Judge J A Donohoe will set sentence Saturday. Hanley previously convicted at Cedar Rapids onRelated charges and Harold Harpin who aided in the Missouri kidnapping is serving a two year term. Hanley overpowered the officers during a car stop and fled from Woodbury County Jail after the arrest.
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Omaha
Joe Manley
Sioux City
Iowa
Desperado
Herman Bredensteiner
Dean James
Nehnubotis
South
Neb
Kiicdas
J. A. Donohoe
Saturdas
Hanks
Cedar Rapids
Harold T
Railcarloadings rise 37 percent in week ending April 30
The Association of American Railroads reported 543075 carloads for the week ending April 30, up 37 percent from the prior week. The gain reflects increased freight traffic as industries resume activity post the period.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
New Jobs Through Politicians Only For Politicians
Arthur Baer mocks third party moves by the La Follettes arguing that new jobs created by politicians serve only the politicians. He notes no demand for such political supply and likens it to a race won by Man o War with three jockeys.
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Arthur “Rugs" Baer
la Follettes
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