Senate passes record farm bill amid spending fears
The Senate approved a record breaking farm bill worth 1 218 666 572 dollars while President Roosevelt orders the navy to buy Argentine canned beef for cost and quality. Critics warn continued borrowing will raise prices and taxes as the administration backs agriculture and foreign livestock. A widow receives a blackmail letter about a supposed estate claim. a friend seeks guidance, and the paper plans to handle publicity if harm arises.
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Senate
Roosevelt
United States Navy
Dewey Unearths Big Fraud Ring In New York
District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey exposes a scheme by chiseling employers and bribed state inspectors cheating the New York workmen’s compensation fund. About 19 auditors and 100 employers indicted or convicted, with $80 million premiums paid annually and $24 million going to the state fund. Joseph Malone, 47, a state auditor, pleaded guilty to taking illegal fees and named many accountant bribe-takers.
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NEW York
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
New York State (Workmen’s Compensation
Bernard Botein
Gov. Lehman
Botein
New York State
Joseph Malone
Infantile paralysis victim begins pilgrimage to Lourdes
Fred B. Snite Jr., an iron lung bound patient, will travel over 15,000 miles to Lourdes France for an eleven day visit. He will attend Mass and bathe in the Spring of St Bernadette seeking spiritual uplift though no cure is expected. He leaves Miami Beach by train Sunday and sails from New York aboard the Normandie to France.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Fred B. Snite, Jr
Freddie
Pyrenees
France
Lourdes
St. Bernadette
New York
Normandie
Elliott Roosevelt Denies Dad on U S Beef Quality
Elliott Roosevelt challenges President Roosevelt on Argentine corned beef. He argues Texas beef tops any other and condemns South American canning while noting US beef is raised, butchered, and sanitary here and could replace imports.
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Elliott Roosevelt
Dad
U. S. Beef
Major test of Allied bloc in Danzig looms
London reports a widening anti aggression bloc as Britain France and plans for a Soviet role hinge on Danzig crisis. Poland warns Germany 1 300 000 strong army ready for war and Mussolini eyes Mediterranean power while Turin speech signals Italian demands against France. Moscow likely rejects limited Soviet participation but may offer a mutual aid pact. Geneva talks slated May 22 with Potemkin Bonnet and Halifax.
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London
Europe
Soviet Union
Great Britain
France
North Africa
Near East
Free City
Danzig
Poland
Germany
Reich
Adolf Hitler
Warsaw
Berlin
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Mediterranean
Turin
Britain
Russia
Moscow
Paris
Vladimir Potemkin
Bonnet
Viscount Halifax
Geneva
Hitler
Munich
Trainmen Honor Cottage Matron With Mother's Day Gifts
For nearly seven decades Mrs. Annette Walker, 78, waves to passing trains from her Montour cottage near the North Western tracks. On Saturday Train No. 15 halted to present gifts including candy, a gardenia, and magazines from crews and several trainmen. Her seven children and other relatives nearby recall her as a friend to railroad workers, a tradition observed each Mother's Day.
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Montour
Ila
Annette Walker
North Western Railroad
Andy Kane
E. R. Venosky
A. D. Thomas
S. Ll. Wilson
Thuresson
M.S. Bach
C. H. Johnson
D. R. Curran
C. J. Courtney
H. H. Logsdon
C. E. Smith
J. Howes
A. Munson
J. L. Lentz
W. D. McGrath
R. C. Clock
A. G. Temple
W. F. Knight
W. P. Heiser
Walker
Leonard Young
Oklahoma City
Leona McHone
Cambridge
Mary Clawson
Grant Young
Ottumwa
L. F. McCoy
Manly
Frank Dvorak
Cedar Rapids
Jesse Young
Livestock Group Attacks Roosevelt Beef Statement
The American National Livestock Association telegraphed President Roosevelt to protest his order approving 48 000 pounds of Argentine canned beef for the navy as cheaper and better in quality than American beef. The statement argues Argentine beef falls short in taste and finish and notes American producers face taxes and higher costs. It was dispatched by secretary F E Mullin.
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New York
INS
Elliott Roosevelt
Texas
Young Roosevelt
Swanson
Roosevelt
United States
South America
Elliott
Denver
American National Livestock Association
United States Navy
F. E. Mullin
Chandler Mobilizes National Guard in Harlan Coal Dispute
Gov. Chandler signs mobilization order for 557 guardsmen to safeguard miners choosing to work as coal operators in Harlan resist signing the UMWA contract. He vows peaceful mission and protects workers right to work while coordinating with West Virginia authorities. nationwide 300,000 miners to return Monday under the Lewis agreement.
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Frankfort
Harlan
New York
United Mine Workers of America
A. B. Chandler
John L. Lewis
Kentucky
Commonwealth
Learned Lewis
UMWA
CIO
Lewis
Harlan Coal
Chandler
Homer A. Holt
West Virginia
Holt
West
Charleston
Neutrality and war zones in wartime policy discussed
The piece notes an Iowa senator backing a neutrality policy and a cash and carry plan with combat zones allowed for ships. It also discusses Earl Browder’s early 1940 pledge to support Roosevelt for a third term, emphasizing how voters focus on current conditions over tomorrow’s campaign. It suggests communists aim to undermine democracy from within.
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Ee Gillette
United States Navy
Iowan
Senator Pittman
Earl Browder
Communist Party
Roosevelt
Browder
Fearful War Tax Plan Hailed By Browder Critics
The piece criticizes Senator Josh Lee’s wartime wealth grab proposal that would seize 5 to 75 percent of corporate and private wealth with 1 percent interest paid on sums taken. It questions sourcing the cash from individuals and corporations and cites Henry Ford as an example of feasibility concerns.
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Earl Browder
Josh Lee
Josh
Henry Ford
War funding bill sparks fear of economic pandemonium
A bill introduced in Congress gains the Senate Military Affairs Committee’s overwhelming approval and moves to the Senate for action. The piece warns that if enacted, Uncle Sam’s entry into war could trigger financial chaos as deep pockets must rapidly raise vast sums at low interest.
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Congress
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Sam
Goldwyn Buys Interest in United Artists Studios
Samuel Goldwyn purchased from Mary Pickford Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin their stake in United Artists studios. Announcement due Monday in New York. The group produced few pictures lately while Goldwyn has been the sole active producer and had quarrels over inactivity. The studios may be renamed Samuel Goldwyn, Inc.
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Hollywood
Samuel Goldwyn
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Charlie Chaplin
United Artists Studios
United Press
New York
Miss Pickford
Fairbanks
Chaplin
Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn, Inc
Temperature Holds Steady In Cedar Rapids
Moderate temperatures prevailed in Cedar Rapids on Saturday as the day rose from 41 degrees at 6 a.m. to a high of 75 between 3 and 4 p.m. Sunny skies dominated with 61 degrees at 8 p.m. and 59 degrees by midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
Weather forecast for May 15 20 in upper Mississippi valley
Chicago reports a week ahead with generally fair conditions and above normal temperatures in the first half. Occasional showers and cooler weather expected in the latter half of the week May 15 to 20.
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Chicago
Mississippi Valley
Professor Josh Lee from Oklahoma and the Senate
The passage praises Josh Lee a professor of public speaking from Oklahoma and imagines his potential decline or failure in politics. It speculates about a convulsed financial structure collapsing while the nation remains at war.
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Josh Lee
Senate
Oklahoma
Czech remarks on German rules signal new wartime order
Prague AP reports Premier Alois Elias of the German protectorate of Bohemia Moravia says Czechs must adapt to German ways and that government decrees will regulate prices wages and hours. He mentions compulsory labor service and a proposed Jewish policy aimed at public life and economic needs with exemptions for long-time patriotic residents.
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Prague
Alois Elias
Bohemia-Moravia
Czechoslovak Republic
Germany
Bohemia and
Moravia
Protectorate
High Officials to Get New Unit Jobs
Roosevelt plans to draft high ranking officials to head the new lending welfare and works agencies created by his reorganization. The three posts will be cabinet comparable but not cabinet heads. The order becomes effective June 24 and Jesse Jones may lead the lending agency if he accepts the post.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
White House
RFC
Jesse Jones
Motorist Edison J. Nelson Arrested For DWI
Edison J. Nelson, 40, of 544 Vernon Drive SE, was booked at the county jail at 8 p.m. Saturday after highway patrolmen stopped his car at Third avenue and Tenth street SE for driving while intoxicated. Officers Gildroy and Parr took him into custody and released him at midnight to report to County Attorney G. K. Thompson Monday morning.
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Edison J. Nelson
Vernon Drive
Third Avenue
Tenth Street SE
James Gildroy
Harold Parr
Gildroy
Tenth Street
Parr
G. K. Thompson
Open Campaign For Camp Good Health Fund
The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports the fifteenth annual drive by the Public Health Nursing Association to send at least 180 children to Camp Good Health. Nurses and physicians prepare youngsters with tonsil removal, teeth repair, vaccines, and glasses as needed. A pediatrician assesses each child, and a trained nurse staffs the camp infirmary for weighing and medication.
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Good Health
Public Health Nursing Association
Cedar Rapids
Camp Good Health
School Girl on Roof Threatens Leap to Death
An 11 year old girl in Glendale Queens stood on a three story building roof at night and threatened suicide after a scolding over disobedience. Police and firemen set a life net as detectives urged her to step back. Her father Fred Norbling pleaded with her and then caught her as he approached.
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New York
SNL
Ruth Norbling
Glendale
Queens County
Fred Norbling
Norbling
Ruth
John W. Warde
Gotham
Slovaks Refuse Aid to Benes Revival Plan
In Pittsburgh the Slovak League of America executive committee declined to back Dr Eduard Benes in his bid to revive the Czechoslovak republic. The league charged Slovaks were exploited by Benes's Czech government and stated they have parted ways, while wishing the Czechs well.
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Pittsburgh
Europe
Eduard Benes
Slovak League of America
Benes
Czechoslovakia
League
Joseph Husek
Polish Corridor Map Tangles With Color Code
The piece, by Arthur Bugs Baer, notes the Polish Corridor depicted in pink turning black and blue on maps. It warns of many more treaties likely and suggests war would start only when ink runs dry. England allegedly promises Russia to share all troubles, implying further conflicts.
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P.S
England
Russia
U. S. Shelves Nazis in Sea Airline Plan
Washington reports Germany will be kept out of commercial transatlantic air service until Britain and France routes are established and profitable. Officials cite economic reasons and reciprocal deals, noting American lines are already stretched preparing for British and French runs and cannot compete if Germany gains access.
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United States
Great Britain
France
Germany
Britain
Atlantic
Herring Confers With Valentine in Iowa Nomination Talk
DES MOINES Senator Clyde L. Herring said he has sent the name of former Lieutenant Governor John K. Valentine to the White House for nomination as federal attorney for the southern district of Iowa and he conferred at length with Valentine in Des Moines Saturday. Gardner Cowles Jr. of the Des Moines Register joined the talks.
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Des Moines
Clyde L. Herring
John K. Valentine
Centerville
White House
Iowa
Valentine
Gardner Cowles, Jr
Des Moines Register
Labor Secretary Perkins Says Operators and Miners Reach Settlement
Secretary Frances Perkins announced a settlement between embattled mine operators and miners. The agreement reportedly addresses ongoing labor disputes and aims to stabilize operations and workplace relations.
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Washington
INS
Frances Perkins
Putnam defies kidnapers to halt book publication
George Palmer Putnam said he was kidnapped by a ring of international terrorists but would not let the assault stop the release of his book The Man Who Killed Hitler. He described the ordeal as painful and not a publicity stunt and challenged any claim to the contrary.
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Hollywood
George Palmer Putnam
Hitler
Putnam
Bakersfield
Amelia Earhart
Fritz Weideman
Adolf Hitler
San Francisco
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Arthur “Bugs” Baer
GOV
U. S
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