German inflation era mirrors U S debt concerns
A Cedar Rapids man recounts how German inflation eroded an 8,000 mark mortgage to about 150 dollars by 1919 and worsened to pennies in 1923, warning that government spending may repeat such devaluation. The piece cites Morgenthau and Roosevelt, linking domestic budget promises to trust funds and inflation risks.
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Cedar Rapids
Germany
A. E. Harms
Garden Drive
Oldenburg
Bremen
Harms
Roosevelt
Federal Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Fokker Claims Son of FDR in Russia Deal
Senate deposition on an unfulfilled contract between Elliott Roosevelt and Anthony H. Fokker tied to selling fifty military airplanes to the Soviet. Elliott Roosevelt denied any such agreement, saying the deal was for commercial planes to private firms.
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Washington
Nye
N. D
Senate Munitions Committee
Elliott Roosevelt
Anthony H. J. Fokker
Russia
Fokker
Roosevelt
Elliott
Chicago
Young Roosevelt
Fort Worth
Tex
Star Telegram
The City Temple Sermon of Es rie Weatherhead in London
A reader shares praise for ESLIE WEATHERHEADs vocation at City Temple London. The message celebrates his simple warm ministry and prays for life to grow, hope to deepen, and love to lift hearts amid modern futility and fear. Copyright 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eslie Weatherhead
London
Sorener
Christ Our Lord
Keosauqua Woman Injured In Cedar Rapids Crash
Mrs. Fred W. Peck of Keosauqua suffered a bruised right shoulder when her car driven by her husband collided with a second car driven by W. J. McClean of Cedar Rapids at J street and Wilson avenue SW at 12 30 a m Wednesday. McClean said he did not see the Pech car until ten feet away as it crossed the intersection. Both vehicles were damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Fred W. Peck
Keosauqua
W. J. McClean
J Street
Wilson Avenue
McClean
Pech
History of the others poorer in words and ideas
A fragment notes that other groups are poorer, stating this history is for any reader to interpret. The lines imply social or economic disparity and invite readers to form their own understanding from the brief text.
Landon Finalizes Talks Ahead of Midwest Tour
Gov Alf Landon edits three major speeches before leaving for a lake states campaign swing through Illinois Michigan Ohio and Indiana. Gifford Pinchot to stump in Kansas Coffeyville. aides Saxon and Robey assist on budget civil service and relief talks in Chicago Cleveland and Detroit. Landon backs St Lawrence Seaway in a letter to Fred Freestone Saey council chairman. Seaway ratification hoped on a nonpartisan basis.
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Peka
Kan
Alf M. Landon
Lake States
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Kansas
Landon
Coffeyville
Illinois
Michigan
Ohio
Indiana
Olin Glenn Saxon
Ralph West Robey
London
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Fred J. Freestone
Interlaken
N. Y
National Seaway Council
St. Lawrence Seaway
Freestone
Canada
United States Senate
French split over new ban on meetings
Paris fallout from Interior Minister Salengro order banning partisan meetings after street clashes with Col Francois de la Rocque's fascist party. Communists call for socialist help to defend assembly freedom while critics say Croix de Feu rebrands under a new name to dodge disbandment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Freedom of Assembly
Leon Blum
Roger Salengro
Col
Francois de la Rocque
Social Party
Tare Des Princes
de la Rocque
Croix de Feu Nationalist League
Blum
Swedish flyer Kurt Bjorkvall missing on Atlantic attempt
In Stockholm a Swedish flyer trying a non stop New York to Sweden flight was missing as of Wednesday night. A report claimed he appeared off Christiansand near Norway but the plane identified later was a Norwegian army craft.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Kurt Bjorkvall
New York
Christiansand
Norway
Swedish aviator Kurt Bjorkvall risks nonstop flight to Stockholm
New York reports 31 year old Swedish flyer Kurt Bjorkvall solo in the Pacemaker attempting a nonstop New York to Stockholm voyage. He remained unreported over the Atlantic as his red and green monoplane carried only a radio receiver and could send no progress word except by ships along the Irish coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kurt Bjorkvall
Stockholm
Atlantic
Browder Sues Terre Haute Officials for 50000
Earl Browder, communist candidate for president, files a 50000 damages suit in Terre Haute against Mayor Samuel Beecher and Police Chief James C. Yates. Attorneys David Bentall and John Kingsbury filed the action after Browder’s recent arrest at a campaign rally. Browder plans another visit on October 19 despite the mayor’s warning of possible jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Earl Browder
Samuel Beecher
James C. Yates
Browder
David J. Bentall
Chicago
John H. Kingsbury
Indianapolis
New York
Poison Pears Tied to Child Death in San Francisco Case
deputy coroner examined three pears from a local relief agency after one child died and two others were poisoned. officials suspect the fruit was sprayed with poison and not cleaned before consumption.
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San Francisco
INS
Anthony Trabucco
Joseph Swim
Trabucco
Lowden Praises Family Farm At Cattle Congress
Former Illinois Governor Frank O. Lowden extolled the family farm and soil conservation in Waterloo at a rally endorsing Alf Landon. He urged tax relief for land taken out of cultivation and a federal grant to fund state administration run through farmers’ organizations and state colleges. Mrs. Lowden and Gov. Lowden were escorted into the venue by local aides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Alf London
Kansas
United States
Lowden
Hippodrome
Gov. Lowden
Landon
State Colleges of Agriculture
Washington
Ben Swisher
Harrison E. Spangler
Cedar Rapids
Karl Radek Seized in Soviet Plot Probe
Moscow AP Karl Radek Izvestia columnist arrested on charges of involvement in a counter revolution plot against the Soviet state linked to the August 16 shooting of 16 Russians. He is named among five men under scrutiny, alongside Tomsky Bukharin Rykoff and Pyatakoff, with officials confirming the arrest.
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Moscow
Karl Radek
Izvestia
Soviet
Radek
Joseph Stalin
Andrey Vishinsky
M. P. Tomsky
Nicolai Bukharin
Alexei Rykoff
Posts and Telegraphs
Gregory Pyatakoff
Lowden Praises Farm Policies Of Gov Landon At Dairy Cattle Forum
Former Illinois governor Charles E Lowden praised Alf M Landons farm program and said recovery lagged under the Democratic administration. He outlined a Supreme Issue on preserving substance in government, urged broader farm tariff protections, and endorsed Landons soil conservation plan with a federal bounty to retire erosion prone land. He warned of enormous expenditures and noted government spending outpacing revenues.
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Waterloo
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Alf M. London
Oregon
Ill
Lowden
Dairy Cattle Congress
London
Landon
Washington
Woman Dies After Pedestrian Crash on Knollwood Drive
Amber G Ramsey 40 daughter of George and Mary Ramsey of 546 Knollwood drive SE died at 5 10 am Wednesday from head injuries after being struck by a car driven by George Wentzel 50 of 1516 Third avenue SE at Knollwood and Mt Vernon avenue SE Also injured Viola Wieser 545 Knollwood drive SE with a severe cut and bruises She is at Mercy hospital Wentzel said he was driving west on Mt Vernon avenue as Ramsey and Wieser, who had just left an east bound street car, crossed Knollwood toward the north. Continued on page 2 column 4.
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Amber G. Ramsey
George W. Ramsey
Knollwood Drive
George Wentzel
Third Avenue
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Miss Ramsey
Wentzel
Viola Wieser
Mercy Hospital
Miss Wieser
Soviet Union issues ultimatum over Spanish pact
Moscow announced that Russia would abandon the Spanish non intervention pact if assistance to the rebels ceased at once, delivering the ultimatum Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Russia
Man Dies After 18-Hour Siege on Tall Smokestack
An unidentified Black man perched atop a 102-foot smokestack in Cartersville, Georgia, for nearly eighteen hours died after plummeting from the structure. Rescue attempts failed and the body was found late Tuesday night. authorities offered no explanation for his presence, suggesting possible mental illness.
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Cartersville
INS
Push Chest Drive For Victory Tonight
Community Chest canvassers, led by their majors from campaign headquarters in Cedar Rapids, plan a victory dinner celebration tonight to boost support and morale for the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Chest
Weather in Cedar Rapids Sees Cooler Afternoons
Clouds and sun alternated as Cedar Rapids temperatures fell from a high of 73 at 2 p.m. Tuesday to 60 at 7 p.m. and 55 at midnight. A light shower deposited 0.01 inch, with 64 degrees at 1 15 p.m. and 65 at 2 45 p.m., according to Chambers Inskeep records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1936
Traffic toll data for Cedar Rapids in 1936 shows 381 accidents resulting in 12 deaths and 12 injuries across the year. The terse record lists counts without context or per-month breakdown.
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Cedar Rapids
Community Chest pledges urged by campaign HQ
Persons not reached by solicitors may call campaign headquarters at Dial 2 9016 to arrange voluntary pledges. Arrangements are in place to pick up these contributions tonight.
Martial law declared near Shanghai amid Sino Japanese talks
Chinese authorities ordered martial law within a 50 mile radius of Shanghai as troops moved toward the Yangtze region. Officials said the measure aimed to protect military secrets restrain rumor mongers and maintain calm during delicate negotiations at Nanking.
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Shanghai
Yangtze River
Nanking
Montrose Hotel Hosts Victory Dinner for Chest Campaign
Telephones buzzed and solicitors hurried final reports on pledge prospects as the Montrose hotel prepared for a 6 30 p m victory dinner. The goal of 85752 24 was to be announced at 8 30 p m tonight, with the Chest funds to support eight local building and relief agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montrose Hotel
the Chest
Community Chest
Roosevelt western campaign stops announced with long itinerary
President Roosevelt will campaign westward with major speeches planned in Omaha and Chicago. He routes through Dubuque and Oelwein with brief stops in St Paul Des Moines Lincoln and Omaha before Cheyenne Denver Wichita Kansas City St Louis and Chicago.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Omaha
Chicago
Hyde Park
Dubuque
Oelwein
St. Paul
Minn
Iowa
Des Moines
Lincoln
Neb
Afton
George R. Noveris
Nebraska
Cheyenne
Charles F. Humphrey, Jr
Fort Francis E. Warren
Herbert Brees
Denver
Wichita
Kan
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
la Junta
Colo
Dodge City
Jefferson Memorial
Central
Seek Man For Attack On Girl Hitchhiking To Mount Vernon
Sheriff James H. Smith and deputies hunt a tall dark unshaven man in overalls after a 26 year old Cedar Rapids woman was assaulted while hitchhiking to Mount Vernon. The attack occurred near Lincoln Heights Lane on Highway 30 around 10 30 am as she entered a Chevrolet coach. The suspect fled after choking her and claiming to have a gun. she later reached a filling station and Mount Vernon for treatment. The assailant is described as taciturn about 30 years old, hatless, brown hair and eyes, wearing overalls and a jacket.
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James H. Smith
Cedar Rapids
Mount Vernon
Lincoln Heights
Highway No. 30
Memorial Drive
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ERMAN
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DR. Newton
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Reds
Flyer
Bulletin
Terre Haute Chiefs
Ray Anderson
Gazette Farm Editor
Gov
Amber Ramsey
Soviet Union
Cedar Rapids News
Dubuque and
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