Americans Debate Cherry Trees as Symbol of Deception in Washington
The piece notes Virginia Jenckes of Indiana proposing American cherry trees in Washington's basin replace Japanese ones as symbols of truth. It surveys Congress facing hard truths about security for workers amid employer risk, and recalls Cedar Rapids residents receiving franked mail attacking Chief Justice Hughes, plus a personal reminiscence of 1890s tax receipts and early estate investments in Cedar Rapids.
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Indiana
Washington
Idal Basin
Congress
Cedar Rapids
Joseph F. Guffey
Pennsylvania
Hughes
Irving Brant
New Republic
Congressional
Guffey
Government Printing Office
Hhe Young Printer
Second Avenue West
Ourth Avenue
Open Door Under Threat as Japan Presses China Trade
Washington officials fear loss of China open door. Hull warns Tokyo while Grew informs Tokyo that U S will protest any tampering with Chinese customs. The issue centers on Shanghai and other ports and potential impact on American trade and investments in China amid Japan's advance into territory.
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Hull
China
Japan
United States
Joseph C. Grew
Tokio Foreign Office
Shanghai
State Department
Great Britain
Manchuria
America
Shanghai Customs
Chinese Customs Service
Roosevelt Heads For Florida Vacation After Washington Return
President Roosevelt boards a special train for a nine day trip to Florida and Georgia. He will sail from Miami aboard the Potomac for gulf stream fishing and rest at Warm Springs. Accompanying officials include Harold Ickes and Harry Hopkins along with James Roosevelt and Dr. Ross McIntire.
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Roosevelt
Florida
Warm Springs Foundation
Georgia
Miami
Secretary of Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Hopkins
Bennett
S. C
James Roosevelt
Ross T. McIntire
Edwin M. Watson
W. B. Woodson
Claude Pepper
Fla
John D. Biggers
Potomac
Margaret Lehand
Palm Beach
Enduring Love Through Time and Spiritual Growth
A reader defends lasting romance after marriage and age, arguing love can deepen with growth, mutual insight, and shared purpose. The letter cites personal experience, parental example, and Christian ideals to oppose notions that affection fades or couples separate as years pass.
Duchess Digging Into Paris Plot Vanishes to London
The American born Duchess Di Borgo and her husband face a tangled mystery as she reportedly fled Paris with incriminating papers to London and then back to Paris amid a suspected monarchist conspiracy. Police search the chateau near Rouen, while Duke Joseph Pozzo Di Borgo has ties to a former fascist group and recently testified about government subsidies.
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di Borgo
de Soir
Valeria Norrie
London
Ducal
Rouen
Joseph Pozzo di Borgo
Col
Francois de la Rocque
Croix de Feu
de la Rocque
Andre Tardieu
Shipstead accuses RFC of prejudiced M and St. Louis probe
Senator Shipstead charged the Reconstruction Finance Corporation with a biased inquiry into the Minneapolis and St. Louis case to push its reorganization plan. He said the RFC ignored Senate hearings and ex parte letters from Roosevelt while backing the Associated Railways proposal to loan 7.2 million and dismantle M and St. Louis.
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Sen. Henrick Shipstead
F L
Minn
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Minneapolis and St. Louis
Shipstead
RFC
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Inter- Stat Commerce Commission
Roosevelt
Associated Railways, Inc
Associated Railways
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Congress
Elysian Park Mountain Slide Threat Grows
In Los Angeles the ongoing Elysian park slide worsened after Friday night debris avalanched onto Riverside drive and Dayton avenue bridge approach. Geologists warned another major slide is inevitable as authorities move to curb crowds amid the looming hazard.
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Angeles
INS
Elysian Park
Riverside Drive
Dayton Avenue Bridge
Figueroa Street
Hepp Takes Poison and Leaps to Death in Hotel
Samuel F. Hepp, manager of a diamond company in Los Angeles, swallowed poison in his hotel room on Saturday and then jumped twelve stories to his death. His body struck a parked car. He left three notes, none revealing a motive for suicide.
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Los Angeles
INL
Samuel F. Hepp
Tax relief to wait for 1938 Congress session
Washington report says tax relief is deferred until the January 1938 session after Democratic leaders conferred with President Roosevelt. Senate leader Barkley said a tax bill cannot pass before Christmas and a special session action is unlikely. House Ways and Means Chairman Doughton returned from a White House meeting to say
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Ins
Congress
Roosevelt
Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Doughton
House
Ways and Means Committee
Capitol
White House
Doughtons
Barke Ie
Former Pal Fails To Draw Gun On Cop Who Arrests Him
Indianapolis police recount a dramatic incident where lifelong friends William Miller and Louis Dailey meet again as criminal and officer. Miller spots Dailey during a drug store robbery arrest and Dailey says he chose not to shoot, sparing his former friend from killing him.
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Indianapolis
Hollywood
William
Phil” Miller
Louis
Pat” Dailey
Miller
Dailey
Phil Miller
Fred Swego
Detective Miller
Subsea Dining Room Sets Ocean Scene in Doris Duke Mansion
Designs for a submarine style dining room in Mrs. Doris Duke Cromwell's forthcoming Honolulu mansion reveal air fish tanks and invisible glass displays. Three aquaria will be viewed through four foot portholes as guests dine in a forty by forty foot room. Visitors will reach a water illusion through hidden barriers when they look into the aquaria from the portholes.
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New York
INS
Doris Duke Cromwell
Honolulu
Hawaii
Federal purchases to total 245 million to aid business
Roosevelt orders speeded government buying under treasury division to flood cash into industry. An estimated 245 million dollars in materials and equipment will be purchased by June 30 across sectors including building, transport, textiles, office equipment, and food and drugs, impacting many industries.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Treasury Procurement Division
Bride May Join Harold Es Dahl With Traveling Circus
Paris reports Mrs Edithe Rogers Dahl plans to travel to Portugal to reach her husband Harold Es Dahl, the aviator in Salamanca. She sang with Rudy Vallee's orchestra and says officials won't let her enter Spain to join him, despite offers of a circus job as a possible ruse. Dahl remains under hospital care after a death sentence was commuted.
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Spain
Rudy Vallee
Portugal
Sheaid
Edithe Rogers Dahl
United States
Salamanca
Dahl
Champaign
Francisco Franco
Transfusion Raises Hope for Fletcher in Windsor
In Windsor Ontario the battle to save Weston W. Fletcher, 28, against a deadly disease received a surge of hope after donor Ernest Van Sickle of Brantford offered his blood type four. Grace hospital logged 2500 donors as Dr H A Simpkins tested Van Sickle and found his blood compatible, with reports of another potential donor from Simcoe to be interviewed.
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Ont
Zlyer
Weston
W. Fletcher
Grace Hospital
Ernest van Sickle
Brantford
H. A. Simpkins
Fletcher
Simpkins
van Sickle
Van _ Sickle
Simcoe
Heavy Snow Blankets Cedar Rapids Area
Snow began Saturday afternoon and dropped three and a half inches in Cedar Rapids before evening. Temperatures fell from 32 at noon to 18 by 7 p.m. with a peak of 40 earlier, and aurora borealis appeared. Bus service ran extra trips to reduce delays while streets were salted and plowed crews worked on primary roads.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Union Depot
Highway Commission
Marion
Statewide Christmas Seals Appeal Broadcast Today
Verne Marshall editor of The Cedar Rapids Gazette will lead a statewide call for Christmas Health Seals support on air from 12:15 to 12:30 pm today. The broadcast over WHO WMT and KSO includes organ music with a pipe organ in Cedar Rapids Memorial Auditorium and a chimes performance honoring the seal motif.
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Verne Marshall
Cedar Rapids
Parachute Save After Cascade Crash
Lieut. C J Messer aged 31 an army reserve pilot parachuted to safety after his heavy observation plane crashed in a Cascade rainstorm late Saturday in Kelso Washington. No details on casualties released.
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Kelso
Wash
INS
C J. Messer
Cascade Mountains
Weather Outlook for Des Moines Week Ending December 4
Weekly forecast for the Des Moines region predicts rain or snow in the northern area Monday or Tuesday and in the south Tuesday or Wednesday. Expect generally fair conditions later in the week with more precipitation by Friday or Saturday. Temperatures start below normal Monday then rise above normal Tuesday and Wednesday, then fall again later in the week.
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Des Moines
INS
Mississippi
Missouri
Plane wreck found in Bulgaria kills six aboard
Bulgarian mountaineers located a missing Polish passenger plane wreck in the Swell Wrath region. All six on board are dead, including three passengers and three crew members, according to AP.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Swell
Hitchhikers tied to Montana couple slaying
Five year old Larry Kuntz awoke amid blood and said attackers shot his mother and father and forced them to drive. Police detained Hugh Downard and wife after tracing a car track from Wheat Basin to Columbus where the family was headed Friday night. Dow nard couple deny involvement as clues point to two hitchhikers.
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Mont
Larry Kuntz
Jay
Hulbert King
Occidental
Wheat Basin
E.car
Larry
Aoe Benjamin
Kuntz
Columus
Benjamin
Mre. Kuntz
Ivere
Hugh Downard
Here
Peace Meetings Proliferate Says Bugs Baer
Arthur Bugs Baer mocks frequent Brussels peace talks calling them endless delays and costly hotel bills. He notes conferences arrive weekly, arguing talks may erase progress and merely repeat past mistakes.
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Arthur
Bugs” Baer
Brussels
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