WPA graft case and international policy notes in one column
A Chicago WPA worker is jailed for taking two dollars from coworkers to supposedly fund raises. editor notes the public misperception of relief programs and the need to separate welfare from politics. The column also discusses Leon Blum, French debts, Roosevelt’s New Deal reform. Hindenburg Eckener, and Senator Borah’s threats to bolt the GOP over 1936 campaign issues.
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Albert D. Lasker
Chicago
Mr. Lasker
Borah
Idaho
Washington
Republican Party
White House
Newark
GO. P
Blum hints at resuming France debt payments to the United States
French premier hopeful Leon Blum in a Paris speech at the American Club signals possible partial payment of the war debt to the United States. He calls for freer trade with the US and peaceful ties with Germany while urging European reconciliation and mutual cooperation through the League.
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Remier
Leon Blum
France
Club
Paris
Straus
United States
M. Blum
Uncle Sam
Roosevelt
Europe
Andrew Jackson
INS
American Club
Hitler
Germany
Jesse Ysidor Straus
Blum
Cane Peck
Chamber of Deputies
Edouard Herriot
League of Nations
Herriot
Aristide Briand
League
Russia
Italy
Neola Farmer Dies After Auto Hits Truck
Neola Neb. OMABA George Bennett a farmer two miles west of Neola died after his car collided head on with a truck at the No 7 bridge near Neola late Friday Ivan Campbell of Harlan Indiana driver of the truck escaped with minor bruises The crash smashed the dash and steering wheel Volunteers worked about twenty minutes to free the unconscious Bennett who died about an hour later Alvin Barrer Neola garage owner said Bennett seemed to be traveling at high speed and lost control
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Omaba
Neb
George Bennett
Neola
Highway No. 7
Ivan Campbell
Harlan
Bennett
Alvin Barrer
Pacifism and Pacific Spirit Debate in Friends Letter
A Society of Friends member argues pacifism is a positive approach to conflict and highlights personal pacifism versus pacific spirit. He cites historical examples with Indians, Irish rebellions, and explorers, notes limits of individual morality in nations, and supports a strong defense as a last resort.
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Friends
Cadbury
Pennell
India
League of Nations
French Edition of Shirley Temple Meets Real Stars at Fox
Eight year old Ginette Marbonecuf Hoydt from Paris posed as Shirley Temple and visited Hollywood. She toured Mount Wilson to view stars before meeting the real Temple at 20th Century Fox. Temple greeted her with measured curiosity as officials watched for contract terms.
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Petite Mile
Ginette Marbonecuf-Hoydt
Shirley Temple
Shirley
Mount Wilson Astronomical Observatory
Mile
Ginette
Paris
Pour Vous
America
20Th Century-Fox
Mile Ginette
McCoy
Mademoiselle
Gay Paree
Polish cabinet resigns as new government formed
Premier Marian Zyndram Koscialkowski and his national coalition cabinet resigned in Warsaw. President Moscicki appointed Gen. Felicyan Slawog- Skladkowski to form a new government as premier.
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Warsaw
Marian Zyndram Koscialkowski
National Coalition
Moscicki
Felicyan Slawog- Skladkowski
Social Welfare Conference Ends in Uproar in Des Moines
Delegates to Governor Clyde Herring’s social security conference adjourned before noon after adopting a resolution to appoint an interim committee of thirty-five to develop a social security program. Six Iowans, led by the governor, will select the panel, with plans to present the program to the next legislature amid vigorous opposition to state control.
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Des’ Moines
INS
Clyde Herring
Social Security Conference
C. M. Updegraff
Iowa interim committee to study unemployment tax and distribution
The group will determine how much the federal unemployment insurance tax will raise in Iowa and how far the funds will go to aid the unemployed. The tax rises from one to three percent over three years on large employers. J C Lewis accused county supervisors of trying to stack the committee while Social Security politics were criticized.
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Iowa
J. C. Lewis
Iowa State Federation of Labor
Suspected Killer of Indianapolis Policeman Nabbed
Chicago police seized 27 year old James Williams, an alleged member of a Dillinger gang, in a Chicago apartment. Williams confessed involvement in the Rivers murder in Indianapolis and Ohio robberies. He was identified by fingerprints as James Dahlhover, a former Pendleton reformatory inmate.
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Chicago
James Williams
Sergt
Richard Rivers
Indianapolis
John Stege
al Brady
Williams
Lima
Ohio
Lee Jackson
Elmer Martin
Stege
James Dahlhover
Pendleton
Ind
PWA and Resettlement To Continue Under New Relief Plan
President Roosevelt stated that the Public Works Administration and the Resettlement Administration will continue operations though the relief funds are merged into the Works Progress Administration. Interior Secretary Ickes urged for funds to keep his agency running, while Rexford Tugwell warned the committee that Resettlement would suspend July 1 without new money. Municipal loans via PWA would remain largely unchanged and four of five Resettlement functions would continue, with rural settlement building scaled to current appropriations.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
Resettlement Administration
Works Progress Administration
Roosevelt
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Senate Appropriations
PWA
Rexford G. Tugwell
Congress approves $370 million rural electrification program
Congress passed the administration's giant $370,000,000 rural electrification bill after Senate concurrence with a Norris Nebraska sponsored conference report. The measure allows private power companies to share in state loans with state agency preference, lowers interest to federal loan levels, and bans political appointments.
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Washington
INS
Congress
Senate
Norris
Nebraska
White House
Roosevelt
House
Two Men Rescued From Old Mine Near Willock
Two men missing for 23 hours in an abandoned coal mine near Willock Pennsylvania were found alive at 3 15 p m Friday by federal mining engineers. Arthur Toner 35 of Pittsburgh and Robert Dyer 36 were lost while searching for copper wire when their carbide lamps failed leaving them dirty tired and hungry a mile back in the main shaft.
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Willock
Here
Arthur Toner
Pittsburgh
Robert Dyer
Japanese land 7 600 troops in North China
Japanese army lands 7 600 troops in four transports to reinforce garrisons in North China. Troops head to Peiping and Peiping area, boosting forces at Tientsin to about 10 000 and Peiping to 600. Reinforcements belong to Kawabe brigade of the Fifth Division.
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Tientsin
China
Ethiopia
Peiping
Fifth
Japanese Move on North China Draft 15 000 Troop Plan
Reports say reinforcements arrived Friday signaling a 15 000 man Japanese army division poised for possible occupation of North China and Inner Mongolia. Japan buys land near Taku Hopeh and builds roads, barracks, and air fields in Tientsin as troops consolidate positions.
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North China
Japan
Taku
Great Wall
Kalgan
Dolonor
Inner Mongolia
Soviet Russia
Kentucky Woman ElectedP T A Head
Mrs Beaumont W Whitaker of Frankfort Kentucky was elected president of the state presidents conference of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers.
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Milwaukee
Beaumont, W. Whitaker
Frankfort
The
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Camp Good Health Fund Seeks Support for Disabled Children
The Gazette Cedar Rapids Iowa appeals for donations to Camp Good Health Fund. Nurses say children need rest supervised play and nourishing food this summer. Mrs. Otto Evers of Stanwood contributed a bushel of books for Camp readers.
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Otto Evers
Stanwood
Camp Good Health
Camp Good Health Fund
Public Health Nursing Association
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
National League Standings and Player Lineups
A fragmented excerpt lists teams such as New York Chicago Philadelphia Detroit Cleveland Washington St Louis with player names like Bronca Murphy Brown Matene Dickey Cain Phelps Sewell Wilshere Dietrich Hayes Berry s Bridges Lawson Kinnecy Cochrane Bastion Newsom Millies Tietle Mabaitey Van Atta Hemsley. The text appears as an old box score or lineup sheet with scattered abbreviations and numbers.
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Chicago
Bronca
Murphy
Brown
Matene
Dickey
Cain
Phelps and Sewell
Philadelphia
Detroit
Wilshere
Dietrich and
Hayes
Berrys Bridges
Lawson, Kinnecy
Cochrane
Bastion
Eis
Dor Mir O
Cleveland
Hix
Marcum
Wilson
R. Ferrells
Wildes Brand and
Sullivan Doo
Wei
Washington
St. Louis
Newsom
Millies
Tietle
Mabaitey
Van
Atta and
Hemsley
Arrest 2 More Hill Billies In Dan Shine Case
Special to The Gazette reports six individuals already charged with the murder of Dan Shine, 60, bridegroom. Sheriff L J Palas says Albert Hines and Morris Hines are held in Manchester jail after questioning. Albert is Pearl Shine's father. both Hineses live in Clayton County hills near Littleport where the crime occurred. The six charged pled innocent at arraignment.
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Eleader
Dan Shine
L. J. Palas
Albert Hines
Morris Hines
Manchester
Pearl Shine
Clayton County
Littleport
Ehrhardt
Confessions Tie Three to Farm Murder and Theft
The account describes Shiner’s murder in May near Littleport with a shotgun firing after torture and a staged suicide. Confessions by Shine and Lenox allege conspiracy with others to murder old Dan for eighty acres. Lenox, just past nineteen, spoke of fishing and harmonicas as details emerged.
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Uy Santares
Clenee
Vine Near
Littleport
Shine
Lenox
Dan
Shiner
Felix Frankfurter urges Scotch to read congressional record
Felix Frankfurter, a Roosevelt brain trust member, told the Lawyers' Club on Friday that reading the congressional record should be done with a good Scotch highball so humor can overcome anger.
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New York
Felix Frankfurter
Roosevelt
The
Lawyers' Club
Senate panel rejects farm tax plan in revenue bill
The Senate finance committee voted to reject Roosevelt farm processing taxes and moves toward a compromise raising normal income tax to 5 percent and corporate tax to 18 percent. The plan also taxes dividends, imposes a 7 percent supertax on undistributed income, revises penalties for small corporations, and targets reserves.
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Washington
LLP
Senate Finance Committee
Roosevelt
Pat Harrison
Miss
Harrison
Schuschnigg Declares Austria Dictator of State
Vienna reports Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg proclaims himself absolute ruler of Austria a bloodless coup ousts Starhemberg and dissolves the heimwehr. he vows to govern by his own personality as the fatherland front joins his authority and Dollfuss memory is cited.
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Vienna
Kurt Schuschnigg
Austria
Starehemberg
Reime
Heimwehr
Schuschnigg
Engelbert Dollfuss
Fatherland Front
Austria dissolves protective corps amid political shift
The Vienna cabinet dissolved the 600 member Heimwehr dominated protective corps, keeping only 70 guards. Chancellor Schuschnigg touted a move toward a militia and worker councils, signaling a democratic turn and continuation of Rome protocol foreign policy. Continued on page 2.
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Vienna
Heimwehr
Starehemberg
Chasseurs
Schuschnigg
the Fatherland
Starhemberg
Ausstria
Iowan Victim Of Confidence Game In $1000 Plot
Imogene Iowa resident Dominic Martin, 75, vanished after cashing a $1,000 bank check following a card game in Kansas City. He rode with two strangers to Excelsior Springs where the deal soured. he returned to town with his son, and police say the men then drove him back to Kansas City.
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Excelsior Springs
Dominic Martin
Imogene
Excel
Sior Springs
Martin
Kansas City
Woman appeals to thieves after car theft
Mrs. Helen Butterfield asked police to warn the thief who stole her car not to drink a poison laced beverage found in a little brown jug inside. The note highlights a dangerous contents and urges caution.
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New York
Helen Butterfield
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