England Debts Sink as War Clouds Gather in 1930s
The piece notes England and France may not repay U S debts as Neville Chamberlain ends hope of reconsideration. It cites British Egypt policy, Mussolini’s Rome rebirth, and European tensions. It also profiles Frank O Connor’s election as chair of the Omaha federal land bank and quotes J Edgar Hoover on youth crime. It ends with a view of Alf Landon as a likely Republican nominee and Farley’s criticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hoover
Commonwealth
Townsend Denies Mail Fraud in Lobby Fund Appeal
Townsend faced a charge of defrauding via the mails to raise an $11,000 lobby fund for his pension movement. Prosecutors cited a Townsendgram urging rapid contributions to a nonworking lobby. Townsend denied fraud, noting he did not supervise all details and that signatures on the appeal may have been misused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington (Lp
Townsend
House
Francis E. Townsend
James R. Sullivan
Pension Movement
Townsendgrams
Sullivan
Townsendgram
Washington
Townsend “Board of
Charles Randall
Glen J. Hudson
Daniel Carmichael
Otto Moore
Francis Tuttle
West Coast
Randall
Hoover to Campaign on Candidate Quality for Nation's Return
Former President Herbert Hoover pledges to aid in nominating a candidate he believes can restore representative government. He will campaign to enlighten the people and expose broken promises of his 1932 opponents, not opposing Landon. The piece notes a 24 percent rise in Keeley Institute alcoholism treatments as an economic barometer amid repeal-era shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Washington
Landon
Keeley Institute
Dwight
Ill
France to join U.S. in protests over Japan smuggling
An authoritative source said Thursday that France was ready to follow the United States and Great Britain in bringing Japan’s North China smuggling situation to the attention of the Japanese government in Nanking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
France
United States
Great Britain
China
Young Man Seeks Start in Life Discusses Townsend Plan
A letter from a 21 year old reader argues unemployment and relief trap families, calling for more schooling and work while praising the Townsend Plan as a potential fix. He contrasts youth prospects with aging savings losses and questions the social security approach and its impact on minds and morals. The piece ends with Dr Newton weighing the plan’s societal effects.
Promised Improvements for Fourth Street Crossings
Cedar Rapids officials report major street upgrades on Fourth Street SE at First Second and Third Avenues. Public Improvement Commissioner Dave Williams says railroads are ready to proceed to install semi permanent crossings to end the washboard condition. City Engineer F E Young and railroad executives have held talks in recent weeks to finalize crossing type and grade details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Dave Williams
Fourth Street
First
Second
Third Avenues
Chamber of Commerce
Williams
Milwaukee, Northwestern and
Rock Island
Cedar Rapids and
Marion City Railway
Street Department of
The
City
Roosevelt voices fear government would rob taxpayers
Philip J. Roosevelt, cousin of the President, tells a senate subcommittee that actions in Washington could abet the robbery of its citizens. He challenges Senator Truman over dismemberment of the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad, and insists the plan may repudiate the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Philip J. Roosevelt
Senate Interstate Commerce
Roosevelt
Minneapolis and St. Louis
Harry S. Truman
New Dealer
Tall Oyster Bay, L. I
M. and
United States
Truman
New York
Spring Turns In Another Fine Day
Cedar Rapids posted a warm day with 88 degrees at 2 45 p m after 78 earlier and a low of 60 at 7 a m under a fair sky. A light breeze tempered the heat. Wednesday reached 89 at 4 p m with 80 at 7 p m and 64 at midnight per Chambers Inskeep graphs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers
Black Blizzard Sweeps Colorado Dust Storm Rages Across Plains
A severe dust storm dubbed the black blizzard continued into early Thursday, shrouding southeastern Colorado and extending into the Oklahoma Panhandle and western Kansas. Visibility dropped to near zero as rain and wind interacted with the storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamar
Colo
Colorado
Oklahoma Panhandle
Kansas
Cities Show Out In Auto Deaths
Washington AP reports the Census Bureau says 2,810 auto fatalities in 86 major cities this year through week twenty, down 450 from the 3,260 recorded in the same period last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Census Bureau
Rivers and harbors receive 137 million dollar allotment
The War Department allocates 137 million dollars to river and harbor work across the United States. Of the total, 103.46 million funds new projects and 34.41 million covers maintenance of existing ports and waterways. Work awaits Corps of Engineers plans and may begin soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
America
Mississippi
Army Corps of Engineers
Corps of Engineers
British Stand Pat on Refusal to Pay Debts to U S
Britain rejects new debt talks with the United States as Neville Chamberlain reports to the House of Commons that London cannot add to the 1935 note. The 1935 note again argues payment is economically impossible and would harm both the United States and debtor nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
France
United States
Neville Chamberlain
London
INS
Britain
America
House of Commons
Navy
Cooke Named Head Of Electrification Unit For 10 Years
President Roosevelt sent to the senate the nomination of Morris L. Cooke of Pennsylvania to be administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration for a term of ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooke
Washington (Lp
Roosevelt
Senate
Morris L. Cooke
Pennsylvania
Rural Electrification Administration
France backs Britain refuses to withdraw Ethiopian railway troops
Paris declares there will be no withdrawal of French forces guarding the Addis Ababa Djibouti railway. The French war ministry says the railway is owned by French interests and the country remains unsettled, despite an Italian request to hand policing to Rome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
INS
France
Britain
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa-Djibouti
War Ministry
International
Britain Warns Italy Over Egypt Involvement
London report says Prime Minister Baldwin warned Italy that interference in Egypt would be an unfriendly act and signaled stronger British defenses in the Suez area. TheHouse cheered as Italy tensions rose and reports said Italian forces may have killed L. J. Bonner, a British ambulance unit orderly missing since Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Baldwin
House of Commons
Italy
Egypt
England
Great Britain
Ethiopia
Nile
Mussolini
London
INS
Suez Canal
Baldwin
L. J. Bonner
Britain
Suez
Out Of Town Friends Aid Camp Good Health Fund
Out of town donors continue prior season support for Camp Good Health aiding Cedar Rapids needy children. Funds provide medical supervision, a nurse, a nutritionist, and open air summer care for up to 111 children, with five dollars covering a week per child. Send contributions to The Gazette Cedar Rapids Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Good Health Fund
Cedar Rapids
Camp Good Health
Public Health Nursing Association
Gazette
the Gazette
Iowa
Agreement Sets Labor Protections for Rail Mergers
Washington leaders from rail unions and management announce a pact to shield workers from job and wage losses during consolidations. The accord, effective June 18, covers five years of protections, pension help, and relocation reimbursements, with 90 days notice to affected employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
George M. Harrison
Railway Labor Executives Association
H. A. Enochs
Railroad Management
U S to Float Bond Issue of a Billion
The U S treasury will float a bond issue of about one billion dollars on June 1 with bonds dated June 15. Secretary Morgenthau cites existing maturing notes of 686 616 416 and soldiers bonus obligations as the likely trigger for a sum exceeding one billion. Additional notes maturing August 15 may be refinanced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S. Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Morgenthau
Treasury
Woman Held For Passing Raised $1 Bill As A Twenty
Anna Eagan 36 of 817 Third Street NW is held in county jail awaiting a hearing before US Commissioner Edward McPartland after being charged with passing a crude $20 bill made by altering a one dollar note. The landlord, Wesley Chehak, reported the payment of a $10 rent with the counterfeit note. Bond set at $5000. offense carries up to $1000 fine and 15 years in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Eagan
Third Street
United States
Edward McPartland
Wilson and Bailey
Joe Petrus
Wesley Chehak
McPartland
Miss Eagan
Rockford man admits bandit story false
Oregon Illinois based report says Guy Tallmadge a Rockford embalmer admitted to shooting his wife Bessie during a roadside incident after saying he had trouble with her and found a gun at home. Deputies searched the scene for a second gun as authorities reported his confession to the murder. Frances Birch of Moline said she and Tallmadge were in love and engaged while he sought divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon, Ill
Guy Tallmadge
Bessie
Delos Blanchard
T.madge
Tallmadge
Frances Birch
Moline
Tallmadge in Illinois Murder Case Faces Lie Detector Test
Oregon Illinois police questioned Guy M Tallmadge after his tale of his wife Bessie Tallmadge's murder on her fifty fourth birthday drew skepticism A young acquaintance Frances Birch was also questioned as investigators explored his claims of other women and a possible motive The couple had attended a birthday party and were returning from Chan a when Bessie was killed on a lonely road authorities note the case centers on alleged infidelity and the murder investigation continues with experts from Northwestern University crime detection lab involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon, Ill
Guy M. Tallmadge
Bessie
Frances Birch
Tallmadge
Leonard Keeler
Northwestern University Crime Detection Laboratory
Florence Starston
Rockford
Widow laments leasing capital apartment to Zioncheck
Mrs. Benjamin J. Young, a widow writer, says Rep. Marion Zioncheck damaged her Washington apartment during a four month sublease. She cites broken windows, stained piano, mouldy pickle jar, dirty linen, and scattered silverware, claiming $2,000 in damages. Zioncheck faced police trouble and a drunk and disorderly conviction while living there.
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Washington
Mra
Benjamin J. Young
Marion Zioncheck
District of Columbia
Young
Rhine
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Verne Marshall
Frank O'Connor
Dubuque
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
D. P. Hogan
O'Connor
Farm Credit Administration
Omaha
New Jersey
Borah
Farley
Grand Rapids
Cleveland
Farrey
Sullivan Charges
More Cash
May
U.S
Japan
DR. Newton
4Th ST
Cedar Rapids Auto
M.&st.l
Henrik Shipstead
F L
Minn
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Cedar Rapids News
Bulletin
Joseph Leckie
National Laborite
Leckie
Abyssinia
Africa
Near East
Palestine
Bonner
Mother Anneseeee
Jennie L. Runkle
Presbyterian
Church
Tipton
Dorothea White
Linn Township
Mount Vernon
Celena Stoneman
Winthrop
U. S
Rockford Man
Oregon
Chana
Oe Crowell
Zioncheck
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