Iowa lawmakers spar over slush fund and relief mandates
The legislature wrangled over state expenditures then voted to give the governor 500000 for emergency conservation work. Seven under financed state institutions face a 143000 deficit this year. The WPA chief economist and others attended Roosevelt's briefing on pump priming while Morgenthau pressed for curtailment. The piece notes rough underpayment of hundreds of state workers.
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Iowa
Board of Control
WPA
U. S. Department of Labor
Federal Reserve System
Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
Treasury
Morgenthau
Hopkins
Mussolini May Renounce Soviet Pact in Face of Moscow Protest
Fascist circles report Premier Mussolini likely to denounce the 1933 Italo Russian friendship treaty in reply to Soviet protests over Italy's adherence to the German-Japanese anti communist pact. Italy reportedly will not answer the Russian note delivered to Count Ciano, treating the protest as another Moscow rebuff.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Russia
Italy
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Boris E. Stein
Moscow
Mussolini
Mediterranean
Nation faces conscription talk and bank rescue praise
Reports warn of a three power pact against communism while Britain faces conscription amid global rapid militarization. In Burlington the FDIC and RFC safeguard deposits after a $400000 defalcation, prompting gratitude and debate over federal aid. Automobile ownership rises among lower income families as taxes loom on fuel and registrations.
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EDIC
Burlington’s
Japan moves troops to Manchukuo frontier amid growing tensions
AAP report notes Japan massing crack forces on the Manchukuo border amid a broader Sino Soviet-German anti communism front. Soviet chief Voroshilov rushes to Khabarovsk for a sweeping reform of far eastern troops as Moscow weighs military options.
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TOKIO
Japan
Manchukuo
Italy
Hochi
Russia
Klementi Voroshiloff
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Trans- Baikal
Vladivostok
Voroshiloff
Kremlin
Moscow
Soviet Union
China
Labor Trouble Hits Labor Dept Over Perkins Tactics
Washington AP The dispute centers on the handling of employee grievances by the Labor Department Secre tary Perkins rejects demand from the CIO United Federal Workers of America for a union system critics call a company union aides defend the department saying its grievance process is practical Roosevelt says collective bargaining cannot be transplanted into public service.
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Labor Department
Perkins
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CIO
Miss Perkins
Roosevelt
Litvinoff Walks Out of Far East Peace Conference
Maxim Litvinoff left the Brussels Far Eastern peace conference in anger over Italy's demands. He warned he might return if needed and conferred with Norman Davis before possibly returning to Moscow. Deadlock on steering committee membership postponed Tuesday's meeting to Wednesday.
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Maxim Litvinoff
Italy
Litvinoff
Moscow
Norman H. Davis
United States
Japan
Tokio
China
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Britain asks war veterans to keep ready for service
Britain moves to national preparedness as wartime veterans are urged to remain in readiness for auxiliary service. Prime Minister Chamberlain seeks closer US Britain understanding amid European tensions with Russia Italy. War office and admiralty push thousands of requests for health and activity details from veterans.
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London
INS
Britain
Russia
Italy
Neville Chamberlain
United States
Great Britain
War Office
Admiralty
Europe Alarmed by Roosevelt Tactics in 1937
European capitals express anxiety over Roosevelt policies as the dollar declines and gold flows back to Europe. Britain’s Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden warns against rushed moves at the nine power conference on the Sino Japanese dispute and urges a patient, subcommittee led approach with Japan until its cabinet meets.
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America
Great Britain
Norman H. Davis
Brussels
Far East
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Washington
Anthony Eden
Britain
Germany
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Eden
Prisoner Shot by Sheriff in Flight on Bridge
Adolf Hupka 20 of Jersey City was shot while fleeing from Sheriff James H. Smith during an attempt to escape across the Fourth Avenue bridge behind the county courthouse in Cedar Rapids. Hupka, handcuffed, fell after the sheriff fired, later reported partly paralyzed with a bullet lodged in his spine. He had recently pled not guilty to attempting to break and enter a railroad car. Authorities pursued with Patrolman Ed Stearns and Deputy Sheriff Dick Payn aiding.
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Fourth Avenue
Adolf Hupka
Jersey City
N. J
Mercy Hospital
Smith
Hupka
C. J. Haas
New Jersey
Fourth Avenue Bridge
Ed Stearns
Judge Haast
Dick Payn
Stearns
Third Avenue
Blate
Beverly
Joe Blate
John Hupka
Tama
Railroad
Clinton Frager 76 Found Dead Near Louisa Home
Clinton William Frager 76 of Marion route 4 was found dead at 7 15 p m Monday by neighbor Carl Cherry. Coroner Dr B L Knight ruled death from heart disease after estimating he died about 24 hours earlier. Surviving cousins and a niece are listed, funeral arrangements pending at Beach mortuary.
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Clinton William Frager
Marion
Louisa
Carl Cherry
Frager
B. L. Knight
Linn
Mr. Frager
John
Mary Frager
Ella Frager Houts
Hattie Frager
Harry Baldwin
Texas
Beach
Living the President and the climb to the top of the hill
The piece argues against coasting through a second term, favoring active effort over ease. It invokes Kierkegaard’s climbers and drifters to urge continued striving, warning that many abandon moral fight in youth and drift the rest of life, with the sense that reaching the top may still lead to a descent.
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Kierkegaard
Denmark
Roosevelt weighs taxes to fund farm subsidies plan
President Roosevelt and aides discussed financing subsidies for a new crop control program. Reports say planners consider separating the revenue measure from the crop bill to speed passage, with processing taxes tied to aid debated by Congress.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Knight Needs Pardon to Deport Himself from Iowa
DES MOINES AP Leslie O Ross of the state parole board said Arthur Knight must obtain a pardon before he can cross into Canada from Anamosa. Knight, paroled after threats against his Scottish wife and two children, works at the Jones county home where his wife and older son are employed. Parole required him to leave the country with his family, but officials say a pardon is needed due to a legal technicality. Governor Kraschel's office said pardon action has been started.
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Des Moines
Leslie ,O. Ross
State Parole Board
Arthur Knight
Canada
Anamosa
Knight
State Reformatory
Jones County
Ross
Nelson G. Kraschel
Drop Election Day Charges Against Kentucky Sheriff
In Harlan Kentucky Judge Morris Saylor dismissed election day charges against Sheriff T M Middletown for insufficient evidence. Similar charges against five deputies and 25 precinct officials will also be dropped. Middletown faced counts of refusal to ensure an election as required by law and violation of ballot secrecy laws.
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Harlan, Ky
T. M. Middletown
Morris Saylor
Middletown
Condition of Queen Marie Grows Serious
BUCHAREST Roumania The condition of Dowager Queen Marie 62 year old mother of King Carol was reported Tuesday to have become serious.
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Bucharest
Roumania
Carol
Roosevelt backs budget balance and utility policy stance
President Roosevelt, after two days of talks with government and private fiscal leaders, reiterates hope to balance the 1938-39 federal budget and discusses power policy under common law principles for utilities. He notes no new policy, but argues for state authority to generate and distribute electricity where voters authorize. He expresses hope the Supreme Court’s ruling on the New Deal power program aligns with common law. Roosevelt meets Morgenthau Wallace Bell Jones and Doughton during the session.
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Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Mor
Borah Proposes Shakeup Of Patent Statutes
Senator William E Borah Idaho proposed a revision of the patent laws to aid President Roosevelt in strengthening anti trust statutes.
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Washington
William E. Borah
Idaho
Roosevelt
Why Not Rent Your Spare Room For Holiday Help
An inexpensive Gazette Want Ad promotes rental rooms with furnished front rooms and meals if desired. Listings show multiple options with contact phone numbers and addresses offering private baths, hot water, and modest monthly rates.
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Mery
Probers Question ECW Funds Spending As Legislators Probe
Iowa lawmakers question ECW program spending and call for a financial listing of all payments through the 1937 and 1938 appropriations. They seek details from the Town emergency conservation unit and name Rep Goode and Sen Gustave Alesch as officials involved.
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Moines
Sandy
iMason
Hinchide
Goode
Field
Gustave
Alesch
Marcus
ECW
Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad court approves payment
In Minneapolis Minnesota a federal court authorized the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad to pay 201 450 25 percent of its outstanding receivers' certificates, reducing the debt to 600.
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Minneapolis and St. Louis
Adjourned Deadlock Stalls Labor Peace Parley
Washington reports eight day adjournment as AFL and CIO fail to settle which industries each would control. Leaders indicate no real agreement despite claimed progress and discuss arranging subcommittees under delegate direction. Both sides express pessimism about a truce after the session adjourned late Tuesday.
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CIO
Philip Murray
John L. Lewis
Federation
James Mateer Enshrined in Knights of Pythias at 96
OsKaloosa records indicate James Mateer a Rose Hill farmer and Civil War veteran was inducted into the Knights of Pythias on Monday night.
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Oskaloosa
James Mateer
Rose Hill
The
Knights of Pythias
MacDonald dies aboard liner en route to health trip
Former Prime Minister James Ramsay MacDonald, 71, a hard bitten Scot who led Britain through six years of turmoil, died Tuesday night aboard the Reina del Pacifico en route to South America for his health. The body to be embalmed and removed at Bermuda. His death came as his son learned in Brussels while attending a Far Eastern peace conference. He rose from a two room cottage in Lossiemouth to lead Labour and Britain, with a long career interrupted by World War I and resumed in 1922.
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Great ‘Britain
South America
London
James
Bermuda
Sheila
Ishbel
Hampstead
Eng
James MacKinnon
Leeds
MacDonald
Brussels
Alister
Pecats
Ramsay
Tloasiemouth
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Hex
Labor Party
Great’ Britain
Russia
Secor to Halt Camp Construction Pending Appeal
Harvey Secor agreed to halt construction of his cabin camp in Iowa City until November 22. The pause follows a hearing on an injunction and restraining order, as the University of Iowa and property owners challenge the zoning legality of the building permit. The case, brought before Judge James P. Gaffney, centers on the city board of adjustment's permit issuance contrary to zoning rules.
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Iowa City
Harvey
Secor
University of Iowa
James P. Gaffney
University
Iowa City Board of Adjustment
McKibbon Sentenced to One to Ten Years in San Quentin
William George McKibbon, 45, convicted of fatally beating his aged mother, was sentenced Tuesday to serve one to ten years in San Quentin prison in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
William George McKibbon
San Quentin
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