Riots of figures and fears in a nation in debt
A Cedar Rapids building page discusses housing vacancies and a 455 unit increase, contrasting with a 40 billion dollar federal debt and Roosevelts pledge not to worry. It notes a push for a national highway system and asks why investment in rental housing isn’t higher, while skeptically citing government spending and relief plans. The Squalus submarine rescue dominates the rest with vivid, somber emergency imagery.
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Mississippi River
U.S
Mississippi
Vandenberg
Roosevelt
Cedar Rapids
Towan
Uncle Sam
London
Witness cites Hyde Park realtor in anti Communist campaign
George E Peatherage head of the Knights of the White Camellias testified before the House Un American Committee that he discussed an anti Semitic campaign with wealthy Newport socialites in late 1935 or early 1936 and identified Howland Spencer as the land seller to Father Divine. He said Spencer contributed 200 dollars and claimed contacts with Frazier Jelke and the Astor family aboard Spencer’s yacht. Deatherage described a world anti communist organization holding annual congresses and said Italy’s Colesecchi group would head the supposed international. He warned of a wave of political crises and supported civil disorder as a path to halt leftist uprisings.
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Washington
George E .Peatherage
Knights of the White Camellias
House UN American Committee
Newport
Deathersge
Howland Spencer
New York
Father Divine
Hudson River
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Deatherage
United States
Germany
Italy
League of Nations
World Organization
Capitol
Martin Dies
Tex
Deather
Age
George van Horn Mosely
Colesecchi
International
Mercury Hits 90 After Cool Night
Cedar Rapids records a return of heat as the temperature rose from 54 at 6 a.m. to 90 by 1:30 p.m under bright sun with 90 again at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday cooled to 87 noon then dropped to 71 by 7 p.m. and 58 at midnight on the Champs Inskeep company thermometer.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambays
Thermomeer
Hitler ban on Badenweiler march in public
In Berlin a government order bars playing Hitler's favorite Badenweiler military march in public unless the Fuehrer is present. Offenders face a 60 dollar fine or up to six weeks in prison for flagrant violation.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Badenweiler
Half Truths and the Power of the Whole Truth
The essay critiques cynic maxims about forgiveness and peace, arguing that half truths poison action and thought. It contrasts bitter quotables from Plato and Horace Walpole with the idea that only the whole truth liberates, restoring life’s meaning and beauty despite grim realities.
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Florence
Bacon
Clinias
Plato
Solomon
Horace Walpole
Repeal Of Mandatory Embargo Demanded By Roosevelt
Washington expects Roosevelt to push repeal of the mandatory embargo on arms shipments to warring nations. Hull and House leaders discussed neutrality law revisions as Congress grows wary of entering another European war. The president backs compromise on most neutrality measures but seeks repeal of the embargo provisions.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
House
White House
Hull
Congress
United States
Great Britain
France
Ford Surplus Fund Drops 19 Millions
Ford surplus account fell by 19 264 661 dollars in 1938, disclosed by Henry F. Long state commissioner of taxation and corporations in Boston.
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Ford
Boston
Ins
Ford Motor Company
Henry F. Long
Wives Sit Vigil As Squalus Crew Is Feared Lost
About 50 wives and sweethearts of the Squalus crew kept a sleepless vigil in a brick house overlooking Portsmouth New Hampshire. Navy marines guarded the home while officers relayed terse dispatches from the sinking submarine on the Atlantic floor. Mrs Oliver F Naquin expressed hope her husband was safe as the town of 15000 pressed around rescue efforts and suspended its social life.
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Portsmouth
N.ho
Atlantic Ocean
Navy Yard
H. R. Greenlee
Navy
Oliver F. Naquin
Naquin
Piscataqua
King Praises Relations of Britain U S in Empire Broadcast
King George VI used a worldwide radio message on Empire Day to stress long standing harmony between Canada Britain and the United States. He called forceful settlement of disputes inconceivable and pledged all dominions to avoid war and to continue neighborly ties with the United States. The speech reflected evolving views during the royal visit and hinted at a broader sense of constitutional duty.
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Winnipeg
Man
United States
British Empire
George VI
Canada
Dearborn Brass Plant Machinists End Strike With New Pact
Settlement reached at 11 p.m. Tuesday as a one year contract with the International Association of Machinists was signed. Workers return at 7:30 a.m. Thursday under a 44 hour week rising to 42 after Oct. 24, with wage boosts and union as bargaining agent. The agreement was signed by company attorney T. M. Ingersoll, IAM business agent Jack Stewart, and shop commit tee members George Kerns Rodney Clark A. J. Kelly Elmer Wood.
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Dearborn Brass Company
International Association of Machinists
A. F. of L
Machinists Union
T. M. Ingersoll
Jack Stewart
George Kerns
Rodney Clark
A. J. Kelly
Elmer Wood
Marion Council censures Chief Stanley for private cleanup acts
Chief of Detectives Earl Stanley of the Cedar Rapids Police Department was censured by Marion city council for a one man cleanup campaign. The resolution cites undignified arrests and insults during a private crackdown last Friday night, including an alleged arm twist on Virginia Kinkead at The Scoreboard while awaiting sheriff’s deputies to seize a punchboard. The case follows a separate seizure and $100 fine against Scoreboard proprietor Harold Ballard for gambling.
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Earl Stanly
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Stanles
Stanley
Virginia Kinkead
H C. Ring
Harold “Ping” Ballard
G K. Thompson
Linn County
Britain to Draw Up Soviet Pact After Cabinet Meeting
London reports say Britain's cabinet agreed to pursue a mutual aid pact with Soviet Russia. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain stated progress toward a full agreement amid talks involving a Soviet French British alliance. He noted remaining points would be clarified and raised questions about recognizing the German-Hungarian annexation of Czechoslovakia.
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London
Great Britain
Russia
Neville Chamberlain
Iris
Chamberlson
House of Conviots
Moscow
Britain
Rance
Chamberlain
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Hungary
Army pilot killed in Marlette airplane crash
An army airplane exploded and crashed five miles west of Marlette Michigan killing Second Lieutenant Hamilton McClure 27 of Selfridge field. The crash occurred on Wednesday and the pilot was the sole occupant.
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Marlette
Mich
Here
Hamilton McClure
Selfridge Field
Lost Girl Entertained At Gazette Office
A three year old girl Mary Alice Mills wandered into The Gazette business office Wednesday morning while her parents Mr and Mrs Ron Mills of Coggon were shopping. Police located the parents after about 15 minutes, and the child was safely reunited with them.
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Cedar Kapits News
Gazette
Mary Alice Mills
Ron, Mills
Coggon
Rep Bert Lord Dies After Heart Ailment
Washington dispatch reports Representative Bert Lord a Republican member of Congress died at Naval Hospital from a heart ailment. He had entered the hospital two weeks earlier.
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Washington
Ins
Bert Lord
Naval Hospital
Tfe
9 Year Old Ellen Seeks Camp Good Health Help
The Public Health Nursing association seeks funds to send Ellen, a nine year old with an invalid mother and precarious living, to Camp Good Health. The appeal notes her frequent colds, poor meals, and need for rest and nourishment at a summer health camp run by the association in Cedar Rapids Iowa. Donations support lodging meals and nursing care to improve her health and teach self care.
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Ellen
Public Health Nursing Association
Camp Good Health
Camp Good Health Fund
The
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Nine More Are Known To Be Alive But Scant Hope Held For Others
The Falcon rescue bell raised survivors from the Squalus bringing total rescued to 25. Seven of the initial group emerged fitly, including officer Lacut J. C Nichols of Chicago and a civilian Navy employee, as divers prepared to recover bodies of the dead. Thirty seven others were known alive by then, with many more still entombed at depth.
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Portsmouth
N. HH
Falcon
Portsmouti
Sreean
Freedom
Lacut J. C Nichols
Chicago
Navy Department
Roll of Missing Men On Sunken Sub Squalus
PORTSMOUTH NH INS Following are the names of the 27 missing men in the submarine Squalus for whom little hope was held Wednesday afternoon, listing many sailors with hometowns across the country. The piece notes seven rescued and mentions the first descent of a diving bell, with a continued report on page 2 column 5.
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Portsmouth
INS
Little Hope
James Aitken
Bridgeport
John Jo Batick
NoHo Williaa D Boulton
Luton
Jay Joshua Casey Grane
John AL Chestnut
Groton
Conn
Elvin J. Deal
Copperhill
Ten
Linenel HO Fletcher
San Diego
Gal
Kenneth R. Garrison
Joplin
John Po Hathaway
Cali
John M Thomasa
Royalton Minn
Markton
Ward Diamright
Okla
Robert Ll. Cottey
Fullerton
Calif
Robere R Weld
Kooskin
Ida
Robert F Gibbs
Lexington
Charles M Woods
Don Smith
LaPorte
Tex
Joseph HH. Patterson
Oklahoma City
N. HW
Families Of Two Iowans On Sub Retain Hope
DES MOINES AP Families of two Iowans aboard the sunken submarine Squalus cling to hope and prayers for rescue. In Marshalltown John Marino 22 waits for progress reports while in Luton William Boulton 29 years awaits news of a seaman missing since six years ago.
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Des Moines
Marino
Navy
U.S.S. Tuscaloosa
Boulton
Viola Holder
Charles
Cecil Boulton
Wallace Bolton
Sioux City
Cameramen Chafe Over Royalty Telegram Complain
ARTHUR Bugs Baer reports Canadian photogs lament poor results from distant shots of royalty. They argue subjects must be closely framed to avoid postage stamp like images. American photographers resist distance, proving stubborn and persistent in chasing good captures.
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Baer
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Verne Marshall
Toledo
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Virginia Silver
New Hampshire
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Probe
Halian
Mead
Teller
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Fuehrer
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Dearborn
Cedar Rapids News
Marion Council
Gazette Office Force
Lord
Caml Good Health Fund
Florence Senger
Lester de Yarman
Bulletin
Nichols
Roland Blanchard
Hersey, Mich
Harold C. Prebble
Washington, DC
William Isaac
Washington, D. C
Theodore Jacobs
Arthur
Bugs" Baer
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