Roosevelt appoints Wallace group to study tenancy
President Roosevelt named a special committee led by Secretary Henry A. Wallace to report by February 1 on ways to improve the farm tenancy system. L. C. Gray will be executive secretary and technical director, with members from agriculture, labor, state groups, and the American Farm Bureau Federation. The aim is to increase security, opportunity, and well being for farm tenants and to address long standing owner operated farm ideals.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
L. C. Gray
Resettlement Administration
Wallace
John H. Bankhead
Alabama
Rep
Marvin Jones
Texas
House Agriculture Committee
Gray
A. G. Black
Bureau of Agricultural
Department of Agriculture
D. C. Gentry
Sinissippi Farms
Oregon
Edward F. McGrady
W. I. Myers
Farm Credit Administration
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Ruth Suckow
Ferner Nuhn
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Louis J. Taber
National Grange
R. G. Tugwell
The Price of Praise in Public Life
A 1936 essay argues that people show little appreciation for good work and highlights examples from a church choir trip and a minister’s lack of feedback. It warns that unspoken gratitude erodes morale among leaders and officials and urges more frequent commendation.
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Tarsio
Sexton
Famous Diva Schumann-Heink Ill in Hollywood
Madame Ernestine Schumann-Heink 75, renowned contralto, is critically ill at her Hollywood home from a blood ailment with throat and lung hemorrhages. Transfusions were needed to save her life, and doctors report she has rallied but remains seriously ill.
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Hollywood
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Hollywoodland
Samuel Alter
Wisconsin
Labor clash moves to committee at AFL convention
At the 56th AFL convention in Tampa the fight over John L. Lewis led labor rebels shifts to secret sessions of a resolutions committee. CIO sympathizers allege the panel is stacked while moderates seek to prevent a split and the suspension of CIO unions.
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Tampa
Fla
INS
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
John L. Lewis Committee For Industrial Organization
CIO
Resolutions Committee
Federation Executive Council
Charles Howard
Typographical Union
Charles Anderson
Pennsylvania
Lewis
Roosevelt 10 Leaves Tonight for Argentine Tour
President Roosevelt plans a one month voyage to South America aboard the cruiser Indianapolis to attend the Buenos Aires conference opening December 1. He will visit Brazil and Uruguay en route, aiming to strengthen antiwar and economic ties among 21 American republics. He departs from Charleston after breakfast and will refuel at Trinidad before reaching Rio de Janeiro.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Buenos Aires
Brazil
Uruguay
Indianapolis
Charleston
S. C
White House
South America
South
Congress
Chester
Trinidad
Rio de Janeiro
Victor Youth Admits Hoax Shooting Story
Victor resident Howard Bohstedt 21 admitted to officials that his tale of being shot by a hitchhiker was a hoax. He said the gun wound was accidental while fumbling for a .25 caliber pistol in a car pocket. The admission followed extensive sheriff’s department work after Bohstedt was rushed to Mercy hospital from the Lester Mitchell farm area northeast of Fairfax.
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Howard Bohstedt
Victor
James H. Smith
Smith
Bohstedt
Mercy Hospital
Lester Mitchell
Fairfax
Dick Payn
Belle Plaine
Mitchell Farm
Four Former Officials Convicted in MBAs Merger Scheme
Five defendants including Albert Hass and Dr. W Pingree Curtis were found guilty on all six counts of using the mails to defraud in a merger scheme between the Modern Brotherhood of America and the Independent Order of Foresters. They face two years per count and $10,000 fines, to be served at Leavenworth. Attorneys plan appeals with $10,000 bonds posted. A civil suit seeking $450,000 related to the merger commission was also noted in Davenport Scott County records.
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Fort Dodge
Modern Brotherhood of America
Mason City Fraternal Society
Chicago Insurance Broker
United States District Court
Independent
Order of Forresters of
Toronto
Ont
Leavenworth Federal Prison
Albert Hass
Mason City
The
Frank C. Parnell
Boscobel
Wis
Willard Knight
Battle Creek
Mich
W. Pingree Curtis
Chicago
Clarence A. Parks
George C. Scott
Sioux City
Commissioner's car crash injures Burgus near Wapello
Finance Commissioner L. D. Burgus and his wife Mrs. Burgus were injured at 9 am Tuesday when their car overturned on loose gravel about half a mile east of Wapello. Mrs. Burgus suffered a dislocated hip while Mr. Burgus had multiple injuries. They were taken to St Luke's hospital. He said steering loosened as they left the paved road to visit relatives at Oakville. The road had been newly graveled.
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L. D. Burgus
Seventh Avenue SE
Wapello
Burgus
McKeever Death Sentence Upheld by Missouri Supreme Court
Missouri supreme court upholds death sentences for three killers including George McKeever who murdered state highway patrol sergeant Ben Booth in Columbia. Executions scheduled for Friday December 18. Also upheld are Fred Adams who killed a Campbell night marshal and Hart Hardy Jr who killed a Ste Genevieve farm girl. Only governor action or rehearing could avert the gallows.
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Jefferson City
George McKeever
Sergt. Ben Booth
State Highway Patrol
Columbia
State Supreme Court
Fred Adams
Campbell
Dunklin County
Hart Hardy, Jr
Ste. Genevieve
Guy B. Park
Union Drive at Bendix Plant Ends in Mass Dismissal
In South Bend Indiana the Bendix Products corporation dismissed over 4000 workers after morning negotiations with the AFL. J P Mahoney vice president and works manager said the layoff ends a unionization bid targeting the entire workforce. It marks the first lockout in the city.
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South Bend, Ind
American Federation of Labor
Bendix Products Corporation
South Bend
J.P. Mahoney
Bendix
Weatherman Kind To Local Residents
Cedar Rapids residents praised the weatherman as a bright Indian summer persisted. Temperatures rose from 35 overnight to 41 at 9 30 am and 54 by 2 45 pm with Monday's high near 46. Charts from Chambers Inskeep show the day's warm swing.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers
Herring Opposes Plan To Increase Iowa Sales Tax
Iowa Governor Clyde L. Herring, Democratic senator elect, rejects a proposal to raise the state sales tax from two to three percent and to increase rates for higher income brackets. The plan was advanced by Louis E. Roddewig of the state board at a meeting in Excelsior Springs, Missouri.
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Washington
Clyde L. Herring
Iowa
Louis E. Roddewig
State Board of Assessment and Review
Excelsior Springs
Fascists Fight to Seize Madrid Amid Fierce Urban Battle
Nationalist troops crossed the Manzanares and fought through University City toward Madrid’s heart. Loyalist and nationalist dispatches describe heavy artillery and a 102-plane air fleet blasting the city as veteran leaders took the front. The struggle intensified in the climactic phase with fierce street fighting.
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Hendaye
Manzanares
Madrid
University City
National Palace
Royal Palace
S. S. Tweed Bank Disaster In Atlantic Gale
A heavy Atlantic gale sank the S. S. Tweed Bank killing the captain and two crew members. Radio operator, trapped in the radio room, reported the ship hove to 700 miles northeast of Bermuda at lat 37 N, long 59.30 W, as aid was sought.
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New York
Ins
Atlantic
S. S. Tweed
Radio Marine Corporation
RCA
Bermuda
British freighter Sheaf Spear in distress off Cape Hatteras
The S. S. Sheaf Spear, a 3 050 ton British freighter, reported a flooding engine room and sent a radio appeal. The S. S. Tulsa raced to assist as Mackay radio logged the position at 34 55 N 56 57 W off the North Carolina coast near Cape Hatteras.
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NEW York
INS
S. S. Sheaf Spear
Ety
Cape Hatteras Tuesay
Sheaf Spear
S. S. Tulsa
Mackay Radio
Cape Hatteras
North Carolina
Lily Pons and Kostelanetz wed in surprise marriage
Fort Worth AP reports Lily Pons and Andre Kostelanetz flew into New York bound work after a flower bedecked stop. Reginald Wel, actor and fellow passenger, said they had been married but gave no details.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Lily Pons
Skyways
Andre Kostelanetz
New York
Reginald Wen
Fay Webb Former Wife Of Rudy Vallee Near Death
Fay Webb, former wife of Rudy Vallee, is reported near death in Santa Monica after an emergency operation for appendicitis last Friday. Doctors said she is very ill and may not live through the day despite a blood transfusion as peritonitis developed amid a year of illness tied to her domestic dispute with Vallee.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Faye Webb
Rudy Vallee
Miss Webb
Clarence E. Webb
Vallee
Mercy Killer Michael O Sullivan Gets Life Sentence
In Perth Australia the executive council commuted the death penalty of 26 year old Michael O Sullivan to life imprisonment at hard labor for killing his incurably ill infant son. The jury had strongly recommended mercy.
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Perth
Australia
Executive Council
Michael O'Sullivan
O’sullivan
Councilmen Favor Bus Lines If All Employees Of Street Car Company Are Given Jobs
Cedar Rapids officials discussed a possible shift from street cars to buses if every current street car worker could be absorbed into the new system. Mayor Hahn and Commissioner Williams voiced assurances about job transfer and garage size, while noting potential street and safety benefits of buses and the removal of tracks. Continue reading on page 2.
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Cedar Rapids
Dave Williams
Williams
Cedar Rapids and Marion Street Railway Company
Frank K. Hahn
Hahn
W. C. Benesh
First Avenue E
Two Are Injured In Auto Collision
W. J. Kadlec and Sadie Kadlec of Cedar Rapids route 2 suffered injuries after Kadlec’s westbound car on Wilson avenue at Sixth street SW collided with a car driven by Fred Pirks of Swisher. Kadlec’s car overturned. injuries included a laceration above the eye and leg bruises.
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W. J. Kadlec
Cedar Rapids
Sadie Kadlec
Route 2
Kadlec
Wilson Avenue
Sixth Street
Fred Pirks
Swisher
Pirks
Edison Named Assistant Secretary of the Navy
President Roosevelt appointed Charles Edison of New Jersey son of the late inventor as assistant secretary of the navy. He will replace Henry L. Roosevelt who died last winter and is to assume the post under Secretary Swanson in a few weeks. Edison has been New Jersey state director of the national emergency council.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Charles Edison
New Jersey
Navy
Henry L. Roosevelt
Edison
Swanson
Naval Consulting Board
National Emergency Council
Roosevelt Plans Self Registration Of All Unemployed
President Roosevelt said the administration will move to self registration of the unemployed to accurately tally those without jobs. He rejected a door to door census as too variable and estimated self registration would cost about ten percent of other methods.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Cook Co Hospital Fire Triggers Patient Panic
Panic spread through Cook County Hospital as a basement fire destroyed a record room in the fireproof building. Hospital guards and city firefighters contained the blaze without injuries or fatalities among the 2,716 patients.
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Chicago
Cook County Hospital
Tipton Men Begin Action in Fort Dodge Insurance Merger Case
Tipton residents Frink France and Makemson filed a civil suit in Scott county district court seeking recovery for the Foresters benefits. The suit targets nearly a score of former M B A officers and Chicago based C R Parks Service in a merger dispute. Lawsuit cites up to 750000 dollars mentioned with actual payments around 300000 and 450000 planned. Iowa supreme court review on court records in Toronto delays Scott county action. decision expected in December.
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Davenport
Fort Dodge
Spencer G. Frink
Robert H. France
William G. Makemson
Tipton
Scott County District Court
C. R. Parks Service Company
Chicago
Forester
J. A. Hanley
Daven
Port
Iowa Supreme Court
The
Foresters
W. W. Scott
Toronto
High Tribunal
Florida Ship Canal Justified in Public Interest
The board of army engineers declares the proposed Florida ship canal justified in the public interest in a revised report. A public hearing is set at the board's headquarters on December 16 for all interested parties to present facts or arguments regarding the improvement.
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Washington
Florida Ship Canal
Board of Army Engineers
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