Hopkins and Hopkins influence loom in Iowa primary fallout
The piece critiques WPA head Harry Hopkins backing Gillette’s opponent in the Iowa Democratic race and warns of federal meddling in elections. It argues Barton’s corruption-prohibition idea won’t halt Hopkins’ or Roosevelt administration influence. The author reflects on civil aviation regulation and recalls a Cedar Rapids family trip, ending with a note on the Iowa scene.
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United States
Bruce Barton
New York
Barton
Harry Hopkins
WPA
Iowa
Guy M. Gillette
Gillette
Hopkins
Johnson admits killing labor leader in Minneapolis
Arnold Ralph Johnson 33 confessed to police that he shot William S Brown 41 president of General Drivers union local 544 over perceived wealth. Johnson faced potential first degree murder charges to be presented to a grand jury. Brown lay dead in his car on a north side street with two bullet wounds after an afternoon drinking spree and a union meeting confrontation.
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Minneapolis
Arnold Ralph Johnson
William S Brown
Twin Cities
Brown
Johnson
General Drivers Union
James Mullen
Patrick J. Corcoran
Cedric Adams
Corcoran
Adams
Mullen
Jack Smith
Vincent Dunne
Bill Brown
Frank P. Forstal
Sleepy Driver Crashes Into Roosevelt School Steps
Cedar Rapids reports George Carlson 46 of Blairs town suffered facial and chest injuries when his westbound car on C avenue hit Roosevelt school steps at Thirteenth street NW. He woke at St Luke's hospital after losing consciousness, claiming sleepiness. Josephine Reed 30s suffered head and elbow bruises when her car collided with Walter Pose 37 on Eighth avenue near Tenth street SE. Reed car reportedly lacked lights and Pose could not avoid impact.
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Cedar Rapids
George Carlson
Blairstown
C Avenue
Thirteenth Street NW
Roosevelt School
Carlson
St. Luke’s Hospital
Thirteenth Street
Josephine Reed
Eighth Avenue
Walter Pose
Ninth Street SE
Pose
Tenth Street
Reed
Road to Center Point Transforms Urbana Transit Scene
The text recalls Urbana’s past isolation and later interurban boom lifting growth. It notes hard surfaced roads from Center Point, quick drives to Cedar Rapids, and a transport plane reducing Urbana travel to three or four minutes, signaling sped up life and growing optimism.
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Urbana
Center Point
Cedar Rapids
Never Give In Live Boldly Despite Hardship Says Deeping
A 1938 column extols living with courage and adventure over routine. It contrasts pirate spirit with parasite comfort, cites Thomas Arnold and Bernard Shaw, notes post quake hardship on Easy Street, and urges resilience and persistence to win life’s trophy.
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Warwick Deeping
Bernard Shaw
Thomas Arnold
Easy Street
Roosevelt to Announce Tax Bill Action Friday
President Roosevelt will address the nation Friday from Arthurdale West Virginia at 1 pm CST to outline his decision on the 5.33 billion tax bill and whether he will sign it before the Friday midnight deadline. The address will be delivered after New York markets close to a West Virginia high school graduation crowd.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Arthurdale
W. Va
White House
West Virginia
New York
Poosevelts
Weather in Cedar Rapids Feels Warm Amid Humid Skies
Summer heat affected Cedar Rapids with a 82 degree temperature at 2 30 PM under fair skies. Humidity remained high as the 75 degree line was noted at 10 AM following a 53 degree low at 6. The prior day reached 80 by 3 PM, then cooled to 70 at 7 PM and 58 at midnight per Chambers Inskeep company records.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers
Horner Signs Illinois Relief Bill Boosting Aid
Governor Horner signed a bill expanding Illinois direct relief to a monthly $3.4 million, reaching an all time high. The action, announced in Springfield, marks a substantial increase in state aid during the period.
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Gov
Horner
Illinois
Springfield
Horner Weseestly
Hopkins urged censuring over WPA support for Wearin
Anti administration lawmakers consider a Senate censure of WPA Administrator Harry Hopkins for backing Iowa Democrat Otha Wearin’s bid for the U S Senate. Hopkins defended workers’ right to vote freely and urged specific charges if any coercion occurred. Wearin continued his campaign after leaving town Wednesday night.
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Washington
Senate
WPA
Harry Hopkins
Otha Wearin
Iowa
Johnson
Calif
Gillette
Wearin
Hopkins
Works Progress Administration
Brady M. Stewart
Louisville
Roosevelt
Barkley
Stewart
A. B. Chandler
Wheeler
Mont
Woman Accused Of Milk Theft From WPA Worker
A 52 year old woman Myrtle Rogers of 821 Fourth Street NW admitted taking two quarts of milk from a WPA worker at 732 Vernal Street NW. Police said she used the milk to feed her Pekingese puppies. She was charged with petty larceny and case continued in Justice W R Watsabaughs court.
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Cedar Rapids
WPA
Kruidenier and
Funcke
Myrtle Rogers
Fourth Street
Harry Norman
Vernal Street
Norman
Kruidenier
Rogers
W. R. Watsabaugh
City to Seek Federal Aid for Pool and Incinerator
The city council approved filing PWA applications for a swimming pool and an incinerator. Mayor Hahn urged the incinerator as a likely quick approval and noted future need. Location ideas included using sewage gas to fuel the plant, with potential extra truck mileage. If only one pool is funded, it should serve the whole community. No site decisions were made, and elections on bonds could be held.
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PWA
Frank K. Hahn
Ed Stefan
Dies accuses Nazi camp member of urging Roosevelt's assassination
Washington AP reports Representative Dies of Texas told the House he had information a member of a German American band at a Nazi camp in the United States advocated assassinating President Roosevelt. He cited 32 Nazi camps with 480,000 members and alleged funds backing fascist groups, while asserting the probe targets propaganda, not German Americans.
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Washington
Dies
Texas
House
Roosevelt
United States
Montana Representative Barred From Jersey City Speech
Representative Jerry O Connell of Montana was barred Thursday from speaking in Jersey City at Pershing Field Friday night. He faced a restriction on his appearance and delivery of remarks planned for the event.
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Jersey City
INS
Jerry O'Connell
Montana
Pershing Field
Japan Army Tightens Grip With Cabinet Shakeup
In Tokyo the army gains influence as foreign minister Koki Hirota and war minister Gen Sugiyama resign. New positions place Itagaki as war minister and Ugaki as foreign minister, signaling a tougher push to end the China conflict.
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Tokio
Japan
China
Koki Hirota
Sugiyama
Okinobu Kaya
Seishiro Itagaki
Siehin Ikeda
Kazushige Ugaki
Marquis Koichi Kido
Baron Sadao Araki
Russia
Iseda
Bank of Japan
Ugaki
Araki
Chiang Kai-shek
Kaiser’s Grandson Plans White House Visit and Ford Stay
Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia and his bride Kira arrive in New York aboard the Bremen and will be weekend guests of President Roosevelt at Hyde Park. They then plan a visit to Henry Ford in Detroit as part of a month long U.S. honeymoon tour with the prince learning sales under Ford’s tutelage.
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New York
Louis Ferdinand
Prussia
Kaiser
Kira
Penick and Ford Workers Sponsor Health Camp Benefit
Penick and Ford Workers Union plans a dance in late June to raise funds for Camp Good Health. Members have long contributed to the camp, volunteered on grounds, and donated labor and money to support summertime charges.
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Penick and
Ford Workers
Federal Labor Union 18619
Penick and Ford, Ltd. Inc
Camp Good Health
Hugh A. Sheridan
J. W. Weltz
Rep Eicher Backs Wearin In Iowa Senate Contest
Rep Edward Eicher after meeting with President Roosevelt announced his support for Otha Wearin over Guy M. Gillette in the Iowa senate race. He declined to discuss Roosevelt’s view but cited the president’s nonparticipation stance. Hopkins said he would vote Wearin, stirring senate criticism. Kerlin declined comment on a radio-time report for Wearin.
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Washington
INS
Edward Eicher
Roosevelt
Othan Wearin
Senate
Iowa
Guy M. Gillette
Eicher
Otha Wearin
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
Wearin
Hopkins
Gillette
DES Moines
J. Don Kerlin
Otha D. Wearin
Two Bandits Rob Bank in Imogene Iowa
Two robbers held up the Bank of Imogene about 1 30 pm Thursday and escaped with 16 dollars from a cash drawer. The bank, in liquidation, had Irene Cody in charge. The men ordered her to raise the alarm and threatened to lock her in the vault before fleeing south toward Shenandoah.
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Imogene, Ta
Imogene
Irene Cody
Cody
Czechoslovakia studies new peace proposals amid Sudeten crisis
Prague reports the cabinet weighing French and British ideas to end the Sudeten dispute and Hitler protectorate claims. Stefan Osusky arrives from Paris, Jan Masaryk returns from London, with assurances of Anglo French backing but pressure for Sudeten concessions. Britain weighs observers to ease border tensions.
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PRAHA
Adolf Hitler
Stefan Osusky
Paris
Kamil Krofta
Jan Masaryk
London
Krofta
Edouard Benes
Osusky
Masaryk
Fuehrer
Britain
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Eger
Karl Hermann Frank
Ernest Pfrogner
Summer store hours announced for Cedar Rapids
The executive committee of the retail merchants bureau of the Chamber of Commerce announces summer store hours in Cedar Rapids from June 13 to August 20. Weekdays will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
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Cedar Rapids
Retail Merchants Bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce
Lilienthal Defends TVA Amid Morgan Obstruction Claims
TVA director David E. Lilienthal testified before a congressional panel that former TVA chairman Arthur E. Morgan attempted to defeat and obstruct the authority in Chattanooga litigation. He denied urging deference to Senator Berry and said Morgan sought to block action, labeling charges of corruption as sensational.
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Washington
David E. Lilienthal
Tennessee Valley Authority
Congressional Committee
Arthur E. Morgan
TVA
Harvard Law School
Morgan
Lilienthal
Berry
Tenn
Harcourt A Morgan
Arthur Morgan
Chattanooga
Lilitenthal
Dr. Morgan
H. A Morgan
HA. Morgan
H. A. Morgan
A. E Morgan
Congress
Bread Line To Baseball Park In Same Day Observation
A satirical note by Arthur Bugs Back remarks that in a large city 75 000 people stood in bread lines while 62 000 attended a baseball park the same day Then predicts that next week the bread line crowd will be in the ball park The author mocks economic hardship and public mood with humorous statistics and social commentary.
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Europe
Ball Park
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