Iowa bids for federal grants to fund state hospital improvements
The piece urges Kraschel and the Iowa board of control to seek a share of a $3.5 billion federal spend-and-lend fund to finance long needed improvements at state hospitals and other institutions. It questions political motives behind funding and cites rising costs and policy debates around relief and state administration.
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Kraschel
Iowa Board of Control
Michigan
Murphy
Senate
House
Iowa
PWA
Roosevelt Seeks Phosphate Policy in Congress Message
President Roosevelt urged a national policy for phosphate production and conservation to aid agriculture and future generations. He proposed a joint Senate-House committee to study resources and report next Congress, stressing phosphorus importance to soil health and national security.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
House
United States
Great Britain
France
Russia
Urgern Development
St. Luke's Fund Nears $100,000 Mark in Cedar Rapids
The St. Luke's hospital campaign raised $97,124.53 at a luncheon at the Roosevelt hotel. A. L. Killian announced the total and noted larger gifts from wealthier individuals and corporations toward retiring the hospital's capital debt for the 1925 wing. Mount Vernon contributed $1,600. Central City $23. Alburnett $100. Springville $30.
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Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s Hospital
Roosevelt Hotel
A. L. Killian
Morris Sanford
Associated Towns
Mount Vernon
Central City
Alburnett
Springville
St. Luke's Hos
Duel Fails to Settle Dispute of Frenchmen
Paris AP Bourdet director of La Comedie Francaise was wounded in the right arm by Henry Bernstein in an affair of honor that failed to settle their quarrel. The two two minute periods ended with Bourdet bleeding and the duel called off by the referee. Bernstein claimed victory as unscathed.
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Paris
Edouard Bourdet
la Comedie Francaise
Henry Bernstein
Neuilly
Bernstein
Bourdet
Thierry de Martel
Jean Joseph Renaud
Mrs Belden Hill Dies After Illness in Cedar Rapids
Mrs Belden Hill 523 Knollwood Drive SE Cedar Rapids died at home at 8 15 am Friday after an illness of two months. Born February 10 1870 in Mansfield Ohio she lived in Cedar Rapids since 1898. Survived by sister Mrs Charles Downs and brother Charles S Schmutzler of Mansfield daughter Mrs Robert P Bell and grandson Belden Hill Bell. Funeral tentatively set 2 pm Sunday Turner chapel burial Oak Hill cemetery.
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Cedar Rapids
Belden Hill
Knollwood Drive
Turner Chapel
Oak Hill Cemetery
France Eases Spain Tension Through Volunteer Withdrawals
Paris partially withdraws from demands for proportional removal of foreign volunteers in Spain. Italo French talks near collapse as France backs off, enabling Earl of Plymouth to convene the Spanish non intervention committee on May 26 to review border control and volunteer recall.
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London
INS
Spain
France
Italy
Tunisia
Earl of Plymouth
Pyrenees
Oregon Primary Highlights New Deal Rivalry in Senate Bid
In Portland Oregon Gov. Charles H. Martin faces Henry L. Hess in a Democratic renomination race shaped by New Deal politics. Hess enjoys backing from Harold L. Ickes and Sen. George Norris while Martin touts Roosevelt friendship. Labor issues and arrests in a lumber strike color the campaign as factions within unions and allied groups weigh loyalties.
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Portland
Ore
New Deal
Oregon
Charles H. Martin
National Labor Relations Board
Department of Labor
Henry L. Hess
Martin
Roosevelt
Hess
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Committee For Industrial Organization
American Federation of Labor
Mr. Roosevelt
Stephen Early
White House
Ickes
Sen. Norris
Elton Watkins
Watkins
Roosevelt Democrats
U.S
Frederick Steiner
Farm Interests Seek Parity Payments In Relief Bill
The American Farm Bureau Federation urges the Senate appropriations deficiency subcommittee to add 212 million dollars for parity payments to wheat cotton and corn producers as part of Roosevelt's relief bill. Republican senators push a middle road by seeking 500 million more in relief and higher work relief funds. The Farm Bureau warns that omitting parity payments could trigger a national crisis next fall and winter.
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Washington
LLP
Roosevelt
American Farm MS Bureau Federation
Senate Appropriations Deficiency Subcommittee
Richard B. Russell, Jr
Farm Bureau
Edward O'Neal
Altar faith and the call to daily sacrifice
A fervent letter expresses devotion to Christ, defending daily intimate union with God through the altar. The author rejects the idea that altars are mere symbols, arguing they represent ongoing nourishment and sacrifice. The piece contrasts beauty with war and calls readers to spiritual life and humility.
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Tyrom
Christ Our Lord
Factions on Edge in Czechoslovakia
Widespread tensions rise as Czechs and minority groups prepare for 11 000 municipal elections across the country. Police prevented two clashes between Czechs and Sudeten Germans in Prague and Bruenn while leaders push for strong showings on May 22 29 and June 12.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Bruenn
Congress urged to launch fleet expansion plan for navy
Vinson asks Congress to fund immediate construction of two light cruisers an aircraft carrier ten auxiliary ships an experimental mosquito fleet and a 3 000 000 cubic foot dirigible Secretary Swanson has proposed 16 million more this summer plus 25 million already approved for initial battleship replacement and yard expansion
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Washington
INL
Congress
Vinson
House Naval Affairs Committee
Roosevelt
Navy
Secretary of Navy
Swanson
Budget Bureau
Navy Department
House Appropriations Committee
Italy
House
Camp Good Health Seeks Help For Anabelle
Ten year old Annabelle, neglected and underweight, lives with a kindly elderly great aunt but stalls in adjusting to others. Camp Good Health offers daily routine, meals, rest, and social responsibilities to build her confidence and health, hoping sponsors will fund her outing and future stability.
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Cedar Rapids
Annabelle
Gray
Camp Good Health
Camp Good Health Fund
Cedar Rapids Flood Deluges City After Morning Storm
A 1.03 inch rain in 45 minutes flooded Cedar Rapids streets and stalled cars across downtown. Pedestrians waded knee to thigh deep water, with sewers overtaxed and intersections briefly submerged. City crews worked to relieve rising puddles and restore traffic flow.
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Cedar Rapids
Park Court
First
Third Avenues
First Street
Fifth Avenue
Ellis Boulevard
First Avenue
Fifth Street
Third Avenue
City Streets Department
Low Interest Rate on Farm Loans Extended to 1940
The Senate banking committee approved a bill extending the reduced interest rate on federal land bank loans to farmers to July 1 1940. The four percent reduced rate for emergency farm mortgage loans would also run until that date.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
House
Federal Land Bank
Federal Land Bank Commissioner
Democracies vow open door in Orient as China war escalates
The United States Britain and France plan a firm stand for an open door in the Orient. They seek to force Japan to reopen areas it occupies and to guarantee freedom of the seas and rivers in China. Military and diplomatic talks in Shanghai aim to reopen the Yangtse to foreign ships to Nanking and ease movement for foreigners in occupied zones.
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Shanghai
United States
Britain
France
Japan
Suchon
China
Yangtse
Nanking
Jury Selected for Kentucky Wagner Act Trial in 64 Defendants
The jury to try sixty four Harlan county coal field defendants over alleged deprivation of rights under the Wagner act was completed in London Kentucky on Friday. The panel was reduced from sixty six to sixty four when Black Mountain Coal corporation and Elbert As bury were dismissed. A $150000 Black Mountain mine fire this week left 1000 workers idle and prompted an investigation into the blaze.
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London, Ky
INS
Harlan County
Kentucky Coal Corporations
Black Mountain Coal Corporation
Elbert Asbury
Black Mountain
Roosevelt Meets CIO Leader John L Lewis at White House
President Roosevelt hosts John L. Lewis chairman of the CIO for a White House luncheon meeting. The talks follow recent Democratic primary results in Pennsylvania and discuss labor, politics, and national economic matters without addressing specific endorsements.
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Washington
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
White House
Lewis
CIO
Pennsylvania
Lewis silent after White House lunch with Roosevelt
Chairman John L. Lewis of the Com denounced discussions after a White House luncheon with President Roosevelt. He would say nothing about what was discussed or whether he would attend a Pennsylvania party harmony meeting.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
White House
Roosevelt
Lewis
Pennsylvania
Democratic Party Harmony
Joseph F. Guffey
Thomas Kennedy
Charles Alvin Jones
David L. Lawrence
James A. Farley
Faulty signal wiring blamed for London subway crash
A public inquiry found that defective wiring of a signal caused the subway collision that killed six people and injured many others in London on Tuesday. Investigators say the two trains collided as a crowded southbound service rammed into a second train.
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London
Underground
Jim Farley Becomes Political Kibitzer in Pennsylvania
Jim Farley assumes a consulting kibitzer role as Pennsylvania politics surge to life while Florida wins praise for Farley. The piece notes a large GOP presence in the Keystone State and comments on Landon’s grin over a GOP assets shift amid his campaigning.
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Jim Farley
Kibitzer
Jim
Florida
Commonwealth
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