Week's Crazy-Quilt News Mixed With Government Turmoil
The column surveys a patchwork of events from union activity to political clashes. Browder proposes church communist ties, O'Connell faces removal in Jersey City, CIO calls for federal probes, and officials face graft cases. Roosevelt defends principles amid tax debates while WPA letters stir Iowa politics. Jefferson’s economic warnings echo as Chicago school changes spark parent protests over male versus female principals.
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Earl Browder
Catholic Church
O'Connell
Jersey City
CIO
New Jersey
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Illinois
Landon urges GOP to free nation from oppression
Former Kansas governor Alf Landon told New York Young Republican clubs that the Republican Party must oppose government, industry, finance, and labor oppression. He argued for individualism, warned against monopolies, and said reemployment of 12 million stood as the top national priority. Continued on page 2.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Republican Party
New York State
Young Republican Clubs
Landon
Democratic Party
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
America
Cedar Rapids Memorial Day Parade Set for 10 A M
Major Meyer announced Cedar Rapids Memorial Day parade will depart Memorial Coliseum at 10 a.m. Monday for Linwood Cemetery. The procession forms on Second Avenue bridge, travels via Second Avenue SW to Sixth Street, then to the cemetery where services end just before noon. Dwight Krumholtz to speak. parade includes military, veterans, vehicular and juvenile divisions led by division commanders. Coe College Band to lead behind a motorcycle escort.
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Cedar Rapids
Walter A. Meyer
Memorial Day Committee
Dwight Krumholtz
Linwood
Meyer
Coe College
A New Day of Unity and Remembrance in War’s Afterglow
A patriotic reflection honors Civil War memory and national healing. The piece recalls Lincoln Grant Lamar Watterson Grady McKinley and others who guided unity, linking sacrifice to a reborn nation and a pledge to peace. The meditation ends with reflections on graves from Bunker Hill to Buena Vista and the ongoing duty to gratitude.
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Lincoln
Grant
Lamar
Sumner
Watterson
Grady
McKinley
America
The
Republic
Bunker Hill
Buena Vista
New Deal aides accused of trying to run the party
Senator Wheeler and Senator Bailey denounce a White House circle including Ickes Hopkins Corcoran Cohen Keenan and James Roosevelt for pushing policy and intervening in primaries Wheeler says this small group seeks to control the party and determine who is elected They warn the federal government has no role in senate elections
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R. A. ¥. Morgan
TVA
Congressional Investigating Committee
Roosevelt
Dr. Morgan
Baltimore Sun
Iowa
WPA
Harry Hopkins
Washington
White House
Wheeler
Mont
Senate
Interior
Ickes
Harry L. Hopkins
Thomas G. Corcoran
Ben Cohen
Joseph B. Keenan
James Roosevelt
Bailey
NCGC
Democratic Party
United States
Suspect Firebug In Fatal Blaze
A woman died in a fatal fire in Chicago on Saturday and four families were displaced when a three story apartment building burned. The blaze is suspected to be incendiary in origin.
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Chicago
Blind Man's Year Begins in The Gazette
Rosamund Gerard, a brilliant recluse novelist, is interrupted when Clive Strange crashes into her life bringing excitement and love. The serial by a standout writer promises rich emotion and beauty and Warwick Deeping fans look forward to it. It starts in The Gazette on Tuesday.
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Rosamund Gerard
Clive Strange
Warwick
the Gazette
Second Witness in Spy Hookup Flees Abroad
Federal prosecutors report a second runaway witness in the espionage probe has fled to avoid testifying. Werner G. Gudenberg slipped away as a stowaway on the S S Hamburg and may be intercepted in Cherbourg by French authorities.
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New York
United States
Lamar Hardy
Hardy
Werner G. Gudenberg
Hamburg
Gudenberg
S. S. Hamburg
Cherbourg
Vincent Leibell
Bremen
Ignatz T. Griebl
Sylvia May Bradshaw
New Orleans
Panama Canal
Believe Roosevelt Tax Bill Address To Delay Recovery
Conservative Democrats in Washington say President Roosevelt s Arthurdale speech attacking the 5 33 billion tax bill is likely to delay business recovery by showing continued resolve to break up big business monopolies The speech also urged a federal investigation into monopolies and suggested heavy taxes on intercorporate dividends as a path to dismemberment of powerful financial units.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Arthurdale
W. Va
Freight traffic near 20 year low says railroad group
The Association of American Railroads reports freight traffic for the week ended May 21 reached its lowest level in two decades except for a brief 1933 bank holiday dip.
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Washington
INL
The
Association of American Railroads
Weekly Forecast for Chicago and Nearby Regions
The forecast covers the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys with northern and central portions of Festpee.Expect the week to bring rather frequent local showers, generally fair conditions early in the week in the north, and seasonal temperatures overall.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
North Portion
Negro Admits Slaying of Two Chicago Women
Robert Nixon an 18 year old Negro confessed after police grilling to the slayings of Florence Johnson 34 and Florence Thompson Castle in Chicago. Detectives link him to five similar deaths since May 1936 and possible ties to a 1937 Los Angeles murder. He denied the LA attack but cited work in a Glendale CCC camp at the time.
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Chicago
Robert Nixon
Florence Johnson
Florence Thompson Castle
John L. Sullivan
Nixon
Thomas Crosby
Johnson
Sullivan
California
Los Angeles
Edna Worden
Marguerite
CCC
Glendale
Calif
Anna Kuclita
Chicago Hospital
Johnson Home
Hitler Calls for U S Understanding
In an exclusive interview Chancellor Adolf Hitler says it is a lie to claim he wants war and that he would welcome a good understanding between America Britain and Germany, believing such harmony would be decisive for world peace.
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London
INS
The
Sunday Graphic Today
Adolf Hitler
Germany
America
Britain
Two Boys Drown After Dare In City Park Lake
Denver authorities report two 11 year old boys John Jeffries and Ernest Nourse drowned while attempting to swim from the south shore to a nearby island in City Park lake. They could not swim and sank in six feet of water about 15 feet from shore. Park employees Louis Bottler and John Hartley found the bodies within five minutes. a fire rescue squad failed to revive them.
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Denver
INS
City Park Lake
John Jeffries
Ernest Nourse
Louis Bottler
John Hartley
Park
Treasure hunt drives Santa Cruz youths aboard stolen yacht
Three Santa Cruz boys including 17 year old Lyle Tara may be steering the 53 foot yacht Tira toward Cocos Island in search of pirate wealth. Relatives say Tara spoke of treasure after seeing Treasure Island. Coast guard to repair cutter Shoshone before resuming search. ships warned to watch for the two masted sailboat 700 miles offshore. Owners Lew and Mrs Foote support the theory and await legal action if found.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
INS
Cocos Island
A.w.o.1
Santa Cruz Harbor
Cocos
Lyle Tara
Lyle
Treasure Island
Pacific
South America
Coast Guard
Shoshone
Tara
Jack Henniger
Santa Cruz High School
Bill Grace
Lew Foote
Mexico
Central America
Foote
Air show tragedy marks start of summer races in Oakland
Acrobatic flyer Ralph Johnson of Los Angeles died when his plane crashed during a barrel roll at the Pacific International air races in Oakland. The crowd of 20 000 witnessed the fatal accident as the plane burst into flames. In speed events Tony Sevier of Monticello Calif won the 75 mile race at 249.351 mph after a two thirds completion, while Frank Fuller set a new 835 mile distance record from Vancouver to Oakland with an average near 260 mph.
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Oakland
Calif
Ralph Johnson
Los Angeles
Johnson
Steve Wittman
Oshkosh
Wis
Sevier
Frank Fuller
Vancouver
B. C
Three-Way Stop Installed At A Ave And Tenth St E
In Cedar Rapids a new stop sign at the southwest corner of A avenue and Tenth street NE creates a three way intersection. Traffic from the south may proceed non stop. The yellow curb extends 75 feet to deter parking and improve visibility for through traffic on highways 151 30 and 64.
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Cedar Rapids
Baptist Council Wins For Education Unity
Milwaukee report says the Northern Baptist council on Christian education survived its first fundamentalist challenge as it seeks to unify educational youth work.
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Milwaukee
Northern Baptist Council On Christian Education
Identical Twins Seek Health Camp Stay For Summer
Jack and Jim Richtarik, two identical twin boys, are strong health camp candidates this summer. Their doctor confirms similar looks and dental loss, and both are underweight from a lingering three month cough last winter. The Public Health Nursing association runs Camp Good Health to help their nourishment and well being.
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Jack
Jim
Public Health Nursing Association
Missing Girl Believed Alive After Ohio Lead
Betty Hobbs four believed alive in Ohio after police say a woman Anna LeGare forty one is jailed on kidnapping charges. LeGare allegedly took the child to Coolville Ohio and a relative of LeGare reportedly has the girl. Father Ellsworth Hobbs and volunteers had searched North Tonawanda for a week.
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North Tonawanda
N. Y
Betty Hobbs
Ohio
Frederick A. Hoefert
Anna LeGare
Hoefert
Betty
Coolville
Luther C. Bradford
LeGare
Hobbs
Survivor of Panay survivor missing after landfall in San Francisco
New Orleans based report says Emile Gassie survivor of the Panay bombing has not been heard from since arriving in San Francisco on Monday. Gassie, wounded in the Panay attack, came to the United States to recuperate and earlier served as a clerk at the American embassy in China and as a Marine Corps veteran who joined in New Orleans 19 years ago.
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New Orleans
INS
State Department
Emile Gassie
Panay
San Francisco
Gassie
China
Marine Corps
Mercury Hits 80 As Skies Clear
Weather across Cedar Rapids improved with a drizzle ending as sun broke through. Temperature rose from 62 at 7 am to 80 by 4 pm, then fell to 71 by 7:30 pm and 60 by midnight, with precipitation totaling 0.06 inch per Chambers Inskeep company records.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company
Collision in fog sinks Mandalay after transfer of passengers
In New York harbor the excursion boat Mandalay collided with the liner Acadia in thick fog near the Narrows. About 300 passengers were transferred to the Acadia while the Mandalay sank minutes later in 30 feet of water. Coast guard boats evacuated survivors, one crewman sustained a broken wrist, and routine inspections followed at the Acadia’s dock.
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Sion
Mandalay
Acadia
Lower Bay
Atlantic Highlands
N. J
New York Harbor
Bermuda
Itook
Coast Guard
Staten Island
Icarus
Battery
Manhattan Island
Narrows
Brooklyn
Philip R. Curran
Old Slip
Bill Griffiths
Mandalay’s
Threaten General Strike At Detroit
Detroit United Automobile Workers officials threaten a 24 hour general strike in protest of alleged police excesses during a clash between pickets and police outside the American Brass Co plant. The union demands police be ordered to cease acting as scab herders and strike breakers.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers
American Brass Co
Sultan's Divorce Sparks U S Chivalry Clash
A Washington Post style column notes the Sultan of Johore divorce by four talaks and contrasts Johorean practice with American chivalry. The piece hints the sultan may wed again, while mocking the language and customs with humorous, wry commentary.
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Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Johore
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