Referendum Flip Flop Over Farm Act Corn Quota Debated
The piece criticizes Secretary Wallace for ignoring facts and law in denying a corn quota referendum. It cites 1938 corn production of 2.542 billion bushels with Iowa at 468.23 million, and notes 70 percent of Iowa’s crop still on farms. It argues wheat forecasts also imply a referendum was needed.
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Wallace
Iowa
AAA
Bureau of Economics
Department of Agriculture
Henry
Seattle clergyman named president of Cornell College
The Rev Dr John Benjamin Magee of Seattle was chosen by the Cornell College trustees to become president, succeeding H J Burgstahler. Magee, 51, will take office Sept 1 and has a long background in education, ministry, authorship, and wartime chaplaincy.
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Cedar Rapids
John Benjamin Magee
Seattle
Wash
Cornell College
W. R. Boyd
Cornell
Magee
H. J. Burgstahler
Ohio Wesleyan University
J. Ralph Magee
Iowa
First Methodist Church of
United States
Albion
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Boston University
Asbury Memorial Methodist Church
Providence
R. I
St. Alban’s Church
Vermont
el Reno
Okla
Wichita
Kan
Kanas City
Bellevue
Pittsburgh
First Methodist
Roosevelt Moves to Appease Glass and Byrd in Virginia Picks
President Roosevelt plans to name Dean Armistead Mason Dobie of the University of Virginia to a U S district judgeship in the Western District of Virginia. Senators Glass and Byrd, who had blocked the prior nominee Floyd H Roberts, praised Dobie as an appointee eminently satisfactory to them.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Virginia
Glass
Byrd
International News Service
Senate
Armistead Mason Dobie
University of Virginia Law School
U. S
Dean Dobie
Floyd H. Roberts
Bristol, Va
Roberts
Ukrainians in Poland pledge loyalty to government amid shifting loyalties
Wladimir Celewicz, Ukrainian minority leader, said Ukrainians would support Poland's government, rejecting German protectorate aims. He cited lessons from Carpatho Ukraine and Slovakia, noting increased contributions to national defense and parliamentary backing. Danzig Nazis held a Monday night demonstration with SS troops marching past officials.
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Poland
Wladimir Celewicz
Ukraine
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Celewicz
United Press
Hitler
Hungary
Slovakia
Germany
Danzig
Arthur Grieser
Senate
Extend Troop Rule in Coal Mine Area
In Harlan Kentucky two United Mine Workers officials urged President Roosevelt to protect miners rights and warned of possible riot and bloodshed as national guardsmen were dispatched into neighboring Bell County to safeguard operations at Kentucky Cardinal Coal and Southern Mining mines. Seventeen mines remained closed as work resumed in some pits amid union tensions.
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Harlan, Ky
United Mine Workers Union
Roosevelt
Harlan County
Ellerbe Carter
Kentucky
Bell County
Kentucky Cardinal Coal Corporation
Southern Mining Company
Insull
Harlan
Bell Counties
Martin Green
Carter
National Guard
A. B. (Happy) Chandler
Frankfort
Harlan Ar
Gov Chandler Attacked. Mine Feud Probe Demanded
In Philadelphia John L. Lewis called Gov A B Chandler a madman and urged a federal investigation into the use of Kentucky guardsmen in the Harlan county mining feud. He charged Chandler with abusing state power to retaliate against the United Mine Workers who helped defeat him.
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Philadelphia
A. B
Happy) Chandler
John L. Lewis
Harlan County
Happy
Chandler
United Mine Workers
Jury empaneled to probe Palmer death in Sarasota
A coroner s jury was formed in Sarasota Florida to investigate the death of Potter d Orsay Palmer 34 of Chicago after injuries from a barbecue brawl. His fourth wife Mrs Piuma Louise Abatiello Palmer seeks a $5 million inheritance claimed under his grandmother s will. The case centers on whether Palmer would have inherited from Mrs Potter Palmer s estate and how the will divides after the elder Palmers death.
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Sarasota
Fla
Potter d’Orsay Palmer
Chicago
Potter
Honore Palmer
Palmer
Potter Palmer
Piuma Louise Abatiello Palmer
First National Bank of Chicago
Frank Redd
Palmers
Where the Blue Begins and the Seeking of God
A reader longs for personal closeness to God beyond belief. The essay references Christopher Morley and his tale Where the Blue Begins, suggesting the dog’s search for a horizon as a metaphor for finding unity with a greater whole through reflecting on the Gospel.
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Christopher Morley
Morley
God
Jesus
Benes Warns Poland Holdup Under Nazi Move
Dr Eduard Benes former president of Czechoslovakia told students at the University of Michigan that Poland will be the next target of Nazi aggression He spoke to the Midwestern Association of University and College Business Officers after an address and answered questions about reports of a Russo German rapprochement.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Poland
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
University of Michigan
Midwestern Association of University and College Business Officers
Benes
Camp Good Health Fund Aids Harriet Smith in Cedar Rapids
Five children in the Smith family live in an overcrowded Cedar Rapids apartment. Harriet, the youngest, is ill and undernourished. Public Health Nurses recommend Camp Good Health for sunshine and rest. Donations to The Gazette Camp Good Health Fund support the program for needy physically handicapped children.
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Smith
Cedar Rapids
Harriet
Mother Smith
Camp Good Health
Camp Good Tieslth
Auto Good Health
Celth
Public Health Nursing Association
Camp Good Health Fund
The
Gazette
the Gazette
Iowa
Tax Revision Debate Divides Washington Power Blocs
A Senate finance bloc led by Harrison demands a new business tax plan unless Roosevelt orders revisions. Doughton Cooper Morgenthau and Hanes met at the White House with no conclusions. Some favor repeal of undistributed profits tax and a flat 18 to 22 percent corporate levy to spur business, while Roosevelt hints Congress must act without recommendations.
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Senate
Harrison
Finance Committee
Roosevelt
White House
Doughton
N. C
House
Ways and Means Committee
Rep. Cooper
Tenn
Morgenthau
Hanes
The
Treasury
Coughton
Be'll
Congress
Cooper
Ways and Means
Business Gain This Summer Anticipated
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics projects improved business activity this summer and stable farm product demand through the year. Foreign demand for American agricultural products is seen as a shade better in early May than a month earlier.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Only Crisis Left Is Gone With the Wind Says Baer
Arthur Bugs Baer notes Europe backs down and war appears to be over for now. He writes the only crisis left is the Gone With the Wind reference while Philadelphia teams sit in last place and the budget remains unbalanced.
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Baer
Arthur
Bugs” Baer
Europe
Philadelphia
Wallace campaign forms bid for Iowa delegation
DES MOINES AP The Henry A Wallace campaign for the democratic presidential nomination has begun shaping a bid by Paul Appleby Wallace's assistant for the Iowa delegation. Appleby has visited towns meeting with Democrats as delegates are elected in a late winter state convention. Party leaders credit Appleby with two aces in the drive, hoping a Wallace win would carry Iowa and help Democrats regain the statehouse. Appleby is a former Iowan and leverages the Iowa AAA organization with township presence.
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Des Moines
Henry A. Wallace
Paul Appleby
Wallace
Iowa
Appleby
Towa
Secretary of Agriculture
Iowa Aaa
F D R Urges Analysis Of Fiscal Setup
President Roosevelt urged the United States to analyze its financial system to unite idle men machines and money for lasting prosperity. He asked the temporary national economic committee to study savings and investment and to answer whether capital flow into productive channels is slowed by a shift to steadier growth or by market frictions. He posed two urgent questions about investment to improve wealth creation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Joseph Co. O'Mahoney
Wyo
National Economic Committee
Former Cedar Rapids Area Woman Dies in Des Moines
Mrs. Henry P. Martin 42 formerly Mary Anderson of Cedar Rapids died Monday night at her Des Moines home after a long illness. Daughter of Mrs. Lew Anderson of Cedar Rapids, she attended Washington high school Bradford academy and the University of Wisconsin where she belonged to Alpha Phi. Surviving are her husband, daughter Jean, and brothers Don Anderson of Cedar Rapids and Paul of Chicago.
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Cedar Rapids
Henry P. Martin
Mary Anderson
Des Moines
Lew Anderson
Mount Vernon Road
Martin
Register and Tribune Syndicate
Jean
Don Anderson
Paul
Chicago
Warning to Britain on Russia at League meeting
Russia informed the League of Nations secretariat that Vladimir Potemkin would not attend the May 22 council meeting. London expected Potemkin to be present, as Ivan Maisky would head the Russian delegation. Britain had sought talks with Potemkin before Viscount Halifax’s Geneva trip.
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London
Russia
League of Nations Secretariat
Vladimir Potemkin
League of Nations Council
Great Britain
Ivan Maisky
Viscount Halifax
Geneva
Potemkin
Swedish aviator pilots tiny plane toward transatlantic flight
Carl Backman a 27 year old Swedish flyer launched from Botwood Newfoundland aiming to fly from America to Sweden in a 90 horsepower single engine monoplane described as the smallest craft yet used for such a crossing. He said he was in a three man race from America to Sweden and claimed the craft could travel about 4000 miles with extended fuel.
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ST. John’s
Newfoundland
Carl Backman
America
Sweden
Botwood
Backman
Bangor
St. Louis
Backmen
Clare W. Bunch
Stockholm
Bunch
Dollar Day in Cedar Rapids Draws Record Shopper Turnout
Cedar Rapids expects thousands of shoppers as more stores join Dollar Day than in ten years. Free bus rides to downtown run 9:30–10:38 am from the end of the line and 9:40–10:40 am from Marion. Free parking available at Fifth Ave and Fifth St SE. Bargains include items priced under a dollar in quantity offers.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
Fifth Avenue
Fifth Street
Rain Insurance Covers Merchants on Dollar Day
Local merchants obtain blanket rain insurance through Milo R. Whipple agency to cover losses if rain reaches one tenth of an inch between 9 a.m. and 12 noon on Dollar day. An official rain gauge will be stationed on a platform at Second Avenue and Second Street SE during the insured period.
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Milo R. Whipple
Second Avenue
Second Street SE
Dollar day sale boosts Cedar Rapids store discounts
The Cedar Rapids shopping event features substantial discounts on furniture and apparel, with many dollar items sourced from manufacturers at special prices. Staples, seasonal home goods, graduation gifts, wedding presents, and vacation supplies are displayed across the business loop, urging readers to note store locations and catalog bargains.
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Cedar Rapids
the Gazette
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