Medical councils spar over dairy ads and life insurance safety
The American Medical Association faces criticism for perceived bias in food advertising while Iowa physicians press for policy change at a San Francisco meeting. A Washington letter lists private salary lists for 1935 and questions of life insurance trust. Chicago relief and German press campaigns are noted amid political shifts in Pennsylvania and nationwide concerns.
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Peeters
American Medical Association
Council On Foods
Iowa State Medical Society
San Francisco
State Dairy Association
Iowa
Suchow Falls to Japanese After Fierce Battle
Japanese forces seized Suchow central China after a brutal fight that lasted from morning until night. Reports say 90 percent of the city was occupied, with Chinese defenders dug in around the north railway station and munitions dumps destroyed. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek allegedly directed the defense and fled by air. Japanese commanders claimed heavy Chinese casualties and plan to mop up the city.
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Suchow
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Juichi Terauchi
CIO Leader Homer Martin Backs Otha D Wearin in Iowa Race
Detroit INP Homer Martin president of the CIO UAW endorses Otha D Wearin for the Democratic nomination to Congress from Iowa. He sent telegrams to Farm Union leaders in the middle west urging support and noting auto workers and farmers mobilizing for Wearin. Mesages went to H G Kenney in Nebraska M R Miller in Missouri and Emily Lorika in South Dakota.
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INS
Homer Martin
CIO
United Automobile Workers Union
Otha D. Wearin
Congress
Iowa
Martin
Middle West
Wearin
H. G. Kenney
Nebraska
M. R. Miller
Missouri
Emily Lorika
South Dakota
Council Grants Zobac Bid for Market Additions and Gutters
Cedar Rapids News reports Frank Zobac and Son won the low bid to add seven stalls to the city market and to gut, downspout, and sidewalk install, totaling 613.90 dollars. About 250 dollars of the amount funds gutters and downspouts, per W. C. Benesh, commissioner of public safety. The seven stalls will be built separately from the main shelter between the comfort station and First street, in two groupings of four and three.
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Cedar Rapids
Parable of talents sparks thoughts on unused gifts
A reader reflects on Jesus parable of the talents, noting two workers used their gifts while a third hid his talent and failed. The letter discusses fear, laziness, and the harsh limits of poverty and life’s obstacles that prevent people from pursuing their true talents.
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Jesus
Inquest Planned Into Fatal Sierra Pelona Crash
Coroner Frank Nance summoned Lockheed Aircraft officials and airport workers for Friday’s inquest into nine deaths from a Sierra Pelona mountains plane crash Monday. The test pilot Sid Willey flew through heavy fog instead of the radio beam, sending the $80 000 plane into a mountainside 50 miles north of Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Frank Nance
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Sierra Pelona Mountains
Nance
Sid Willey
Willey
Lockheed
Here
Commerce official named to head hearings on luxury airliner crash
Acting Secretary Monroe Johnson heads an accident board for the Los Angeles area crash near May 16. Members include Robert Hazen, L Stephens, Robert Hoyt, and Robert Kingsley with aviation committee ties, as hearings set for next Tuesday if possible.
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Washington
INS
Los Ageles
Monroe Johnson
Los Angeles
Robert I. Hazen
Air Commerce Bureau
Chiis
L. Stephens
Bureau
Detro
Robert B. Hoyt
Washinton
D. C
Robert Kingsley
Chain’ of Commerce
Accic
Dalhover death row appeal denied by U S court
The U S court of appeals on Thursday denied James Dalhover's petition for rehearing of his appeal from a death sentence and scheduled his execution at Indiana State Prison by June 10, with Indiana state police officer Paul Minneman identified in the text.
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Chicago
U.S Cait Court of Appeals
James Dath
Indiana
Ster
Dalhover
Sla
Paul Minneman
Liceman
Europe tense as munitions reach Spain via frontier
London reports a crisis in the Spanish civil war as Britain fears Italy and Germany will boost aid to Franco. Evidence suggests ships and planes cross the Franco-Spanish frontier via France aided by a Soviet air fleet with refuelling in Central Europe. Britain worries about straining its Franco British alliance and France.
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London
INS
Europe
Italy
Germany
France
Britain
Barcelona
Soviet Russia
Czechoslovakia
Francisco Franco
Neville Chamberlain
Mussolini Deploys Libyan Divisions Toward Tunisian Border
Premier Mussolini sent 30,000 Libyan troops to the border with French Tunisia in response to French moves in Tunisia. The Cirene infantry and Marmarica motorized divisions crossed Libya to Tobruk and Tripoli as Europe faces new Italo French tensions over Spain.
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Mussolini
Tunisia
Europe
Spain
Georges Mandel
Mandel
Italy
Cirene
Libya
Tobruk
Egypt
Tripoli
Daladier Pledges France Will Defend Frontiers
Premier Edouard Daladier declared that France would defend its frontiers against all acts of violence in a surprise statement delivered Thursday as negotiations continued.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
France
Babson Outlines 10 Point Recovery Plan at Lennox Talk
Roger Babson, speaking at an American Institute of Electrical Engineers meeting in Lennox Massachusetts, calls recession a pocket in the forward path and lays out ten proposed policies. He urges securities act amendments, private investment of Social Security funds, anti monopoly drives, limited federal relief, new industries, liquor and gambling checks, and a spiritual movement led by churches to tackle unemployment.
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Lenox
Mass
Roger Babson
Economist
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Babson
United States
Securities and Exchange Act
Great Britain
Little Girl Struck by Car in Cedar Rapids Injury
A three year old girl on Fifth Street NW was hit by a car driven by Emmet Evans, 23, fracturing her skull and injuring her scalp. She is at Mercy Hospital with vision impaired but improving. Evans says the child darted into the street as his car approached.
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Cedar Rapids News
Fifthtreet NW
Emmet Evans
Eighth Street
Joan
Evans
Fifth Street
Avenue
Deficit forecast exceeds three billion in next fiscal year
Washington AP reports tentative officials forecast a 3.4 billion dollar federal deficit for the year starting July 1. The figure doubles the current shortfall yet stays below the 1934 35 and 36 deficits. Expenditures are pegged near 8.9 billion with receipts about 5.5 billion.
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Washington
Congress
Elks Gift Supports Cedar Rapids Camp Good Health Fund
Cedar Rapids lodge No. 251, B P O Elks donates 100 to the Camp Good Health Fund aiding a permanent summer camp for physically handicapped children aged 6 to 12. The article notes previous gifts and how funds cover meals, clothing, glasses, and medical needs for about 115 campers at Camp Good Health eight miles east on highway 30 run by Public Health Nursing.
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Aular Rapids
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Nent
The
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Gazette
Camp Good Health
Odd Fellows Leader Urges Youth Interest at Cedar Rapids Session
Thomas G. Andrews of Oklahoma City told Iowa grand lodge in Cedar Rapids that to survive fraternal orders must engage younger members. He noted the war generation’s shift to the American Legion and called for bridging the age gap. The meeting was part of the Town Odd Fellow jubilee with 1500 members registered.
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Cedar Rapids
Thomas G. Andrews
Oklahoma City
Grand Sire
The
Odd Fellows
Iowa Grand Lodge
Coliseum
Odd Fellow
American Legion
Grand Sire Andrews
Perry
Iowa
Ione
Grand Lodge
Wegman asks state to rescind voiding of son's contract
Des Moines Iowa AP State Treasurer Leo J Wegman asked the state executive council to reverse its decision voiding a contract with his son Leonard Wegman and dropping six suits against firms for 1126000 The motion to expunge the council record was deferred pending the return of Thomas L Curran secretary of agriculture Leonard Wegman Des Moines lawyer would receive 10 percent of any state- collected funds The suits in Polk county district court targeted six firms for failing to qualify under Iowa law and obtain permits including National Distillers Sechenley Distillers Frankfort Distilleries and Addressograph Multigraph Company continued on page 4 column 8
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Leo J. Wegman
State Executive Council
Leonard Wegman
Wegman
Thomas L. Curran
Polk County
Iowa
National Distillers
Sechenley Distillers
Frankfort Distilleries
Oregon Vote Seen as New Deal Test
In Oregon a primary fight unfolds between Gov Charles H Martin and Henry L Hess with national figures shaping the race. Secretary Ickes endorses Hess citing Martin as no New Dealer and Senator Norris expresses disappointment in Martin amid labor issues and Hess’s ties to John L Lewis and the CIO.
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Washington
Oregon
Pennsylvania
John L. Lewis
Charles H. Martin
Henry L. Hess
Martin
Ickes
Hess
New Deal
Labor
Perkins
Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Landon Sees GOP Gain Possible If Reaction Persists
Former Kansas governor Alf M Landon says Republicans could win the House in fall elections if the reaction against the CIO and New Deal continues He views Pennsylvania primary results as a repudiation of Roosevelt and the CIO and notes no run for 1940 He criticizes unemployment relief as unjust and cites business policy as unclear.
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Alf M. Landon
House
Cio-Administration
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CIO
New Deal
Kansas
Plymouth County
Roosevelt
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Keystone
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Joseph F. Guffey
James
America Could Learn Plenty From Noah About Preparedness
Arthur Bugs Baer riffs on preparedness using Noah's ark and Daniel Boone. He jokes that France and Germany over subscribed army loans while America risks complacency. The piece argues for readiness before others face danger.
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