All Right They Say About Deficits and New Deal
The piece rails at the 1938 deficit of 701 million for three months and projects a 3 billion annual gap, arguing Roosevelt’s New Deal worsened unemployment and debt. It rebukes wartime pledges, notes farm price declines, and warns against reliance on government benefits, claiming democracy is endangered.
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Treasury
Geas of the Brain Trust
WEA
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Mr Roosevelt
Sioux City
America
Harry Hopkins
Supreme Court
Hitler Triumphantly Enters Sudetenland With German Army
Hitler, amid cheering crowds in Eger, declares Sudetenland pledge of unity with the Reich as German troops seize the Asch-Eger region. He hails population of about 75 to 80 million and thanks God for guiding Germany's path. Sudeten Nazi leader Konrad Henlein accompanies the chancellor.
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Sudetenland
Reichsfuhrer
Hitler
Reich
Germany
Fuehrer
Eger
Feu
Fuhrer
Sudeten German “Free Corps
Sudeten Labor Service
Konrad Henlein
Sudetenreichscommissioner
Asch-Eger
Sudeten Free Corps
Henlein
Apes Said to Train with Grenades in China
Shanghai reports a Japanese correspondent cites a reliable Japanese source claiming China trained 5000 orangutans to throw hand grenades. The source says apes have been captured and trained in southwestern provinces for a decade.
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Shanghai
Held Up Near Fifth Avenue and Seventh Street
Cedar Rounds News- Lloyd Carpenter told police he was robbed at gunpoint at 1:45 a.m. Sunday near Fifth avenue and Seventh street. His billfold with $7 was taken. Carpenter walked downtown before filing a report. Police continue to investigate the story.
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Cedar Rounds
Lloyd Carpenter
Central Hotel
Fifth Avenue
Seventh Street
Carpenter
Noted gestures and political talk in Roosevelt era discourse
The text voices doubt about gestures of goodwill and constructive intent, questions Roosevelt’s party and liberal credentials, and reassures that concerns are unwarranted and affairs are fine. It reflects casual political commentary and morale amid uncertainty.
Czechs Agree to New Land Concessions in Hungary Talks
Prague reports war weariness as Czechoslovakia negotiates with Hungary to yield about 80 000 more citizens and 200 square miles. A Czech Hungarian commission is to settle minority claims while Britain and France are asked for aid. Cadres report orderly occupation nearby with one minor incident in Sudetenland and a government order for residents to stay home during plebiscites.
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Prague
Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Kamil Krofta
Sudetenland
Teschen
Gratzen
Switzerland
Eduard Benes
Supreme Court Opens 1938 39 Term in Washington
The U S Supreme Court began its 1938 39 term with seven members present and one vacant seat held by Justice Cardozo who had died the previous July. Justice McReynolds did not attend as Chief Justice Hughes opened the term paying tribute to Cardozo. The court recessed after an eight minute session and will resume next Monday for first orders of the year. Oral argument on the TVA test case was postponed to November 14.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Benjamin N. Cardozo
James F. McReynolds
Charles Evans Hughes
Cardozo
Hughes
TVA
Green accuses NLRB ally of CIO during AFL convention
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor charged that the NLRB has become an ally of the CIO at the AFL’s 58th convention in Houston. He criticized Wagner Act administration, warned of congressional action to revise the law, and touted AFL growth to 5,000,000 members while opposing fascism, Nazism, and communism.
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Houston
Texas
William Green
American Federation of Labor Monday
National Labor Relations Board
CIO
John S. Lewis
Green
Congress
Federation
Lewis
American Federation of Labor
International Unions
AF of
War Still Simmering As Armistice Extends Thirty Days
Veteran humorist Arthur Baer notes the twenty year armistice is extended another month. He jokes that war is back of the stove to simmer as four diplomats in four languages fail to understand each other. Europe faces crises and the big powers rely on radio to project plans.
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Europe
Father's Fate Up To Gal 12 At Inquest
Martha Jean Matter, 12, faces an inquest decision on whether to support a murder charge against her father James J Matter or claim her mother Marguerite's death was suicide. She had earlier shifted from an initial confession of her mother’s self-inflicted wound to a statement implicating her father. The case hinges on her testimony about the night of the shooting and the distance from the rifle muzzle to the gun’s trigger.
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Brookfield
Martha Joan Matter
Martha Joan
Marguerite
James J Matter
Martha Jean
Matter
Thomas Mahoney
Mahoney
Mrs. Matter
Jean Matter Markley
Detroit
Mrs. Markley
James
Bobby
Daddy
Plan Whirlwind Finish In Guy's Community Chest Campaign
Cedar Rapids advances closing date by one day for the 1939 drive as volunteers report $63,448 pledged toward $89,605. An extra luncheon is set for Tuesday noon to push toward completion by Wednesday night to avoid overlap with a Kiwanis convention. Three teams exceeded goals including Mrs F. E. Corey’s team with $281 pledged.
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Cedar Riapids
Community Chest
Montrose
A. L. Smulekoff
Kiwanis Club
Cedar Rapids
Cate
F. E. Corey
Masaryk Aid Calls Pledge Of Britain
Charles Pergler former secretary to Thomas Masaryk and ex-Czechoslovak parliament member said Britain and France promised aid to Czechoslovakia before its dismemberment. He labeled those pledges a Judas kiss and warned Britain may face reckoning as other nations could replace Czechoslovakia.
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Masaryk Aid
Pledge of
Britain
France
Washington
INS
Czechoslovakia
Charles Pergler
Thomas Masaryk
Pergler’s Career Path From Cresco to Washington D C
Pergler, once a Cedar Rapids resident and former employee of W F Severn Co, practiced law in Cresco and now resides in Washington D C.
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Pergler
Cedar Rapids
W. F. Severn_ company
Cresco
Washington, D.C
Government posts first quarter deficit of 700 million in 1939
Washington reports a gross deficit of 700 983 352 72 for the first quarter of the 1939 fiscal year with income at 1 509 182 032 and outlays rising to 2 210 165 385. WPA and defense spending drive the shortfall as debt nears all time highs.
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Washington
Treasury
Incone
WPA
CCC
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Farm Tenant Act
TVA
National Defense
Capture Two For Assault Robbery Of George Gejka
Albert Alexander 24 of 37 Circle Drive NE and Donald Rougks 38 of 1002 Tenth Street SW were arrested and charged with robbery in Cedar Rapids. Gejka says he was abducted beaten and robbed early Saturday by two men who offered a ride from Hill Top Inn. Alexander was arrested at 12 40 p.m. Sunday and Rougks two hours later.
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Cedar Rapids
Albert Alexander
Circle Dvive NE
Donald Rougks
Tenth Street
George Gejka
Delevan Hotel
Hill Top Inn
Gejka
Earl Stanley
Alexander
Rooks
Ideal Cedar Rapids Day With Variable Sun and Mild Temperatures
The sun cleared morning clouds for Cedar Rapids yielding a pleasant day. Temperatures rose from 55 at 7 a.m. to 68 at 10 a.m. and 78 by 2:30 p.m. Sunday saw a 73 degree peak, with 47 at 6 a.m. and 57 at midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company
Dean B Miller Hurt In Cedar Rapids Crash
Dean B Miller 25 of 1423 Eighth Ave SE, manager of Craemer’s shoe department, was in critical condition at St Luke’s hospital after a Sunday morning crash on highway No 30 four miles west of Cedar Rapids. He was alone, apparently veered onto old No 30, and car overturned several times. Miller suffered a severe head injury along with fractures and cuts. X rays planned to check for a possible fracture.
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Cedar Rapids
Prean B Miller
Eighth Avenue SE
Craemer
St Lukes Hospital
Miller
Keystone
New No. 30
James Smith
Smith
Don Condon
Arthur “Babe” Zimmerman
Grabin Pleads Not Guilty In First Degree Murder Case
Charles Grabin, 60, pleaded not guilty to a first degree murder charge and a trial was set for October 17 before Judge John T Moftit. He is jailed without bond for the fatal shooting of his employer Ed Skalski, 55, on a farm owned by Skalski's aunt. County Attorney G K Thompson led the state. Grabin was represented by B A Baldwin.
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Cedar Rapids
Charles Grabin
John T Moftit
Dam Grabin
Ed Skalski
Skalsky
Agnes Skalsky
Bond
G K. Thompson
Grabin
B.A Baldwin
Iowa
Baldwins
Motorist Nabbed By Highway Patrol For Drunk Driving
County Attorney G K Thompson prepared a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated against Adolph Lobhart, 48, of 526 Sixth avenue SE, arrested about 1 am Sunday by highway patrolmen and lodged in the county jail. Sobchart and two companions were taken into custody near Fourth street and Fourteenth avenue SE after the car crossed an intersection without lights. The other men, Harold C Tripp, 49, of 1652 Fifth street NW, and George E Starr, 43, of near Marion, were fined $10 and costs after pleading guilty to intoxication charges before Justice H R Churchill Monday.
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Cedar Biancis News
G K Thompson
Adolph Lobhart
Sixth Avenue SE
Sobchart
Fourth Street
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Harold C. Tripp
Fifth Street NW
George E Starr
Marion
H. R. Churchill
Grand Jury Probe of Earle Approved by Pennsylvania Court
The Pennsylvania supreme court authorized a grand jury investigation into campaign charges against Gov George H. Earle and 13 Democratic associates while declining to intervene in a parallel legislative inquiry. The court ruled laws giving the legislature priority over Dauphin County grand juries unconstitutional and disqualified Attorney General Guy K. Bard from directing the probe. Judge Paul N. Schaeffer will decide if District Attorney Carl B. Shelley may supervise the grand jury.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
George H. Earle
Dauphin County
High Court
Guy K. Bard
Paul N. Schaeffer
Carl B. Shelley
Earle
Chamberlain pledges continued rearming amid Munich debate
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain told the House of Commons that British rearmament would continue on an increasing scale. He defended the Munich accord, rejected accusations of capitulation to Hitler, and noted a 10 million pound loan to Czechoslovakia to bolster the republic after loss of strategic areas. Duff Cooper condemned the policy as dangerous and urged Britain to stand firm against future German demands.
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Neville Chamberlain
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Adolf Hitler
Admiralty
Alfred Duff Cooper
Duff Cooper
Chamberlain
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Germany
Europe
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Hitler
Fuehrer
Czechoslovakia
Godesberg
Sudetenland
Pearls Found In Oysters Delay Jewelry Evaluation
Hollywood police report Mrs Theo Summerill found 18 pearls in a single order of oysters eaten at a cafe Sunday night. The unusual haul, including two pea sized pearls and others smaller, required expert appraisal as stores opened Monday.
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Ins
Theo Summerill
Mons
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