Mussolini Sees No Europe War Justified Despite Tense Climate
In Turin Mussolini told 250000 fascists there are no current questions in Europe that justify war and warned against a world conflict. The remarks come as Europe debates Danzig and rising belligerent rhetoric. Also features Jim Farley touring Iowa urging private enterprise to drive recovery and a push for action in Washington over Kansas City and Des Moines comments.
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Turin
Ilduce
Hitler
Danzig
Europe
Jim Farley
Des Moines
Jim
Iowa
Senator Herring
Farley
Washington
Kansas City
Banks Buy American Adding Machines Amid War Fears
A wave of heavy spending by Britain’s top banks on American made adding and bookkeeping machines signals modernization efforts. The purchases total about $1,000,000 and $200,000, reflecting a shift from pen and ink systems and a readiness to track funds if war involves the United States. Meanwhile WPA emphasis on motherhood draws critique and a celebrity marriage story rounds out with Robert Taylor and Barbara Stanwyck.
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England
Uncle Sam
London
Coal operators expect terms with union. Harlan group stand aside
Southern coal operators who withdrew from the Appalachian conference rather than sign a new union shop contract with the United Mine Workers are expected to reach terms soon. Homan, secretary of the Big Sandy Elk Horn Operators association, rejected reports of forceful action and cited Lewis remarks about not forcing miners back to work as past policy.
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Harlan, Ky
National
Harlan County
Harlan Field
United Mine Work
New York
INS
United Mine Workers
H. S. Homan
Big Sandy
Homan
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Traveler's Purse Recovered After Sunday Dinner Reward
Miss Wanda Fink of Stevens Point stopped at the C Metz Gordley service station near Cedar Rapids and found her purse left in a wash room containing 500 dollars bank draft 55 in cash a Hollywood bankbook and personal items. Mrs O'Brien recovered the purse and was invited to dinner and given a small cash reward.
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Edward O’brien
Second Avenue SE
Stevens Point
Wis
Wanda Fink
C. Metz
Patience Worth and a Ouija Board Tale Recalled
A reader recalls the Patience Worth phenomenon sparked by a ouija board session. She describes a Quaker maid who allegedly spoke through the board, composing poems and stories including a life of Jesus. The American Society of Psychical Research led by Dr Prince studied the case, comparing Worth’s poetry with notable poets.
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Patience Worth
Patience
Jesus
American Society of Psychical Research
Prince
Tennyson
Arnold
Wordsworth
Ouija Board
Dr. Prince
House pass bill to bar Bergdoll from returning
The House approved and sent to the Senate a bill by Rep. Forest A. Harness to prevent Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, WWI draft dodger, from returning to the United States. The vote was unanimous as Bergdoll planned to return to serve his sentence.
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Washington
House
Senate
Forest A. Harness
Ind
Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll
United States
Chief Taps Two Men for Police Force
Chief of Police Bob Vladh Monday recommended Loren A. Remington and Ray R. Murdock for appointment to the police department after passing physical exams and civil service tests. Murdock will replace Patrolman Fred Carstens as desk clerk. Remington will replace Frank Novak who was discharged last winter. Both candidates are ex-industrial workers with high school diplomas and past college study. This marks the first new hires since August 1, 1935.
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Cedar Rapids
Bob Vladh
Commissioner of Public Safety
Wes Benesh
Loren A. Remington
Tenth Street NW
Ray R. Murdock
Fifth Avenue SE
Murdock
Fred Carstens
Carstens
Firestone Rubber Company
Standard Oil Company
Coe College
Empress of Australia Delayed Two Days for King and Queen
The Empress of Australia bearing King George VI and Queen Elizabeth nears Quebec after clearing the North Atlantic icefield. Officials hope the royal schedule holds with a two day delay, possibly shortening Ottawa's visit to three days, while the U S trip remains largely intact.
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Quebec
British Empire
George VI
Elizabeth
North Atlantic
Cape Race
Newfound
Newfoundland
Ins
King George
Queen Elizabeth
St. Pierre and Miquelon
St. Lawrence
Ottawa
Canada
United States
England
U. S
Culver Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison
Carl Culver former Renton county auditor pled guilty to embezzling cemetery association funds from a $1,000 bond sale and was sentenced to five years at Fort Madison penitentiary by Judge B O Tankersley. He served six years as auditor and left office January 1.
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Vinton
Carl Culver
Renton
Fort Madison
B. O. Tankersley
Culver
Vinton Cemetery Association
Bouquet misdelivery reveals mother's death at hospital
William Taylor brought two Mother's Day bouquets to Warren State Hospital seeking his mother Mrs. Jennie Taylor. staff said no patient by that name. He learned she died April 29 and her body was sent to an anatomical board in Philadelphia after an oversight left kin uninformed.
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Bradford
William Taylor
Warren State Hospital
Taylor
Jennie Taylor
Anatomical Board
Philadelphia
Potter D Orsay Palmer in Critical Condition After Barbecue Fight
Potter D Orsay Palmer, heir to a Chicago family, lay in critical condition after a fight at a Bradenton barbecue. A local meat cutter turned himself in alleging he struck Palmer during the altercation, while authorities said no arrests had been made and the assailant(s) remained unnamed.
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Bradenton
Fla
C. J. Hutches
Potter D’orsay Palmer
Sarasota
Chicago
Palmer
J. E. Harris
Manatee County
Taylor Weds Barbara Stanwyck in Surprise San Diego Ceremony
Hollywood star Robert Taylor secretly married Barbara Stanwyck in a late night San Diego ceremony to end the barrage of fan attention. The couple, longtime companions, tied the knot after years of near witnesses and shared a brief press reception on their honeymoon. Stanwyck, 31, was formerly married to Frank Fay, a marriage that ended amid divorce accusations.
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Hollywood
Robert Taylor
Barbara Stanwyck
Taylor
Miss Stanwyck
San Diego
San Fernando Valley
Arlington Brugh
Filley
Neb
Frank Fay
Fay
Soviet Reply to Britain Demands for Reciprocity
Soviet Russia issued a reasoned refusal to Britain and France on joining an anti aggression bloc while keeping doors open for talks. Moscow handed the reply to Sir William Leeds and reaffirmed that aid from Britain and France must be matched by Soviet assistance, seeking a three power military convention and three power guarantees from the Baltic to the Black Sea.
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London
Russia
Great Britain
William Leeds
Foreign Office
Moscow
Britain
France
Europe
Baltic
Black Sea
Mussolini Signals Peace but Stresses Prewar Conditions
London reports Mussolini's Turin speeches emphasize peace yet require certain European problems be resolved before war risks end. He addressed auto workers and reiterated peaceful solutions, while hinting Italy’s demands against France in the Mediterranean must be settled first. His stance unsettles Hitler over Danzig but eases European tension.
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London
Europe
Benito Mussolini
Turin
Italy
France
Mediterranean
Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
Danzig
Germany
Poland
Plans For Admitting First Group To Camp Good Health
Cedar Rapids readers are asked to support Camp Good Health as the fund drives forward. The camp will admit physically handicapped children aged 5 to 12 from needy homes on June 12, with medical supervision, nurse on site, and scientifically planned meals. Each child costs about 5 dollars weekly, with stays potentially spanning three weeks or longer.
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Public Health Nursing Association
Cedar Rapids
Camp Good Health
Camp Good Health Fund
Tri Cedar Rapids Gazette
Health Build
the Gazette
Iowa
Move Growing To Drop Action On Neutrality Move
Washington report notes a possible postponement of neutrality legislation this year. Senate and House committees may finish work regardless, with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visiting. Hull reluctant to testify publicly on foreign policy. The act would prohibit arms shipments to nations at war if war is proclaimed by the President.
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Washington
Congress
United Press
Key Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
United States
King George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Hemisphere
Senate
House
Cordell Hull
Hull
Roosevelt
High Tribunal Voids Fee Distribution in Stockyards Case
The U S Supreme Court in a 5 3 decision voided a lower court order to distribute 586 000 dollars in impounded fees to commission handlers in the Kansas City stockyards rate dispute The ruling preserves potential refund of fees to stockmen and underscores due process in quasi governmental actions Justice Harlan F Stone wrote the decision with Justice Reed not participating and Justices McReynolds and Roberts dissenting The court also addressed firearms act validity and FHA bankruptcy priorities in separate actions.
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Washington
Kansas City
Supreme Court
Western Missouri Federal District Court
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
High Tribunal
Harlan F. Stone
Stanley F. Reed
James C. McReynolds
Owen J. Roberts
Pierce Butler
Frank Hogue
Jersey City
William Q. Douglas
Federal Housing Administration
Mother's Day reunion saves life with rare blood match
Mrs. Laura McCarty 73 of Robinson Illinois lay near death in a Chicago hospital on Mother's Day until her six sons and sister gathered across Indiana Illinois and Kentucky. Harry McCarty's blood matched her rare type and a transfusion saved her. The family had not met in 12 years.
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Chicago
Laura McCarty
Robinson
Indiana
Illinois
Kentucky
Gertrude Ryan
William
Palmer
Prentis
Evansville
Ind
George
Centralia
Harry
Sparta
Herbert
Owensboro
Gertrude
Salem
McCarty
Roosevelt opens up tax records to Dies for un-American probe
Washington AP President Roosevelt released federal income tax records to House Ways and Means chairman Martin Dies for the committee investigating un American activities. The treasury issued an order allowing the committee to request returns and use information relevant to the investigation, with presidential authorization.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Martin Dies
House
Treasury
United States
Congressional
Wheat Marketing Quota Shelved for Wheat
Washington says no marketing quota will be proclaimed this year for wheat. Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace announced the decision on Monday, removing the planned production control for the crop.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
It Was Mother's Day And Cop Had A Heart For Boys
Two 14 year old boys used their bus fare to buy Mother's Day cards. They took a nickel and a quarter from a service station box, were reported by the attendant, and taken to the station. Sergeant Hrabetin admonished them and sent them home with a probation office report to follow up Monday.
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Cedar Rapids
Sergt. Hrabetin
War News Shuns Dark Day By Bugs Baer Shadow Fight
The piece suggests Europe may exit the conflict in a metaphorical gymnasium as war news avoids dark days. It mocks battle gossip and media shadows, noting cynicism about optimism versus pessimism in wartime reporting.
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War News
Shadow
Arthur
Bugs” Baer
Europe
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