Reorganization of the AAA and farm outlook in Iowa
The editorial discusses Secretary Wallace’s reorganization of the AAA amid looming elections, noting doubts about its political timing and potential impact. It also recounts a former Cedar Rapids man, R. M. Evans, becoming AAA chief as H. R. Tolley steps to a policy czar role, with criticism of federal farm policy and its failures.
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CER Eng
AAA
Department of Agriculture
Wallace
Cedar Rapids
R. M. Evans
H R. Tolley
Calvin Greene
Greene
New Markets Sought With Broad Changes In Farm Dept Setup
Officials said the Agriculture Department will seek new domestic markets for surplus farm products after a Wallace ordered reorganization. Key shifts place A. G. Black and J. G. Knight in new posts while H R Tolley becomes policy czar and Evans heads the AAA, with major powers transferred to a new bureau.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Wallace
Roosevelt
White House
H R. Tolley
AAA
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Evans
National banks report condition as of Sept 28
The comptroller of the currency ordered a condition report for all national banks as of close of business September 28. The Federal Reserve issued a similar call bringing total banks required to report to 6,344, including 5,248 national and 1,096 state banks. FDIC did not issue a report at this time.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Banks in Iowa ordered to report Sept 28 condition
Des Moines reports State Superintendent of Banking D. W. Bates announced a formal call for the condition of all Iowa state banks as of September 28. The move aims to assess financial health and ensure regulatory compliance across institutions.
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Des Moines
D. W. Bates
Iowa
Al Leads Team to Touchdown and Kick
Al's vigorous leadership energized aides and the squad as they scored a touchdown and kicked a goal, reflecting coordinated effort and enthusiasm under his spark plug influence.
Evans Named AAA Chief Urges Local Farmers Take Lead
R M Evans promoted to head of the agricultural adjustment administration in a major department shakeup. He stresses that policy stays the same but local responsibility must grow and farmers should actively participate through county organizations. He cites the butter purchase program as stabilizing dairy prices and urges Cedar Rapids area dairymen to monitor its impact.
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Washington
R. M. Evans
Towan
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Department of Agriculture
AAA
the Gazette
Evans
Iowa
Wallace
Dairy Products Marketing Association
Commodity Credit Corporation
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Cedar Rapids
Press freedom praised as bulwark against totalitarianism
Prof Mason Ladd of Iowa City told a Kiwanis luncheon audience that freedom of the press is the great weapon of the United States against tyranny. He warned Europe faces a non democratic world and cited Hitler Mussolini Stalin and Japan as examples. He urged vigilance and cited the press as a court like cross examination for truth.
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United States
Mason Ladd
Iowa City
Iowa State Bar Association
Nebraska-Iowa Kiwanis
Montrose Hotel
Europe
Hitler
Ladd
Japan
China
Mussolini
Italy
Germany
Stalin
Russia
Man Admits Drinking After Crash Near Fourteenth Avenue
Ernest Woods 23 of 525 Eighth Avenue SE was fined 25 dollars plus costs in police court for reckless driving. The fine was suspended for 60 days upon surrender of his license after his 1930 coupe struck a tree at 12 10 a m near Fourteenth Avenue and Seventh Street SE. Woods admitted drinking but tests did not prove intoxication.
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Cedar Rapids
Ernest Woods
Eighth Avenue SE
Woods
Fourteenth Avenue
Seventh Street SE
U.S. asks Mussolini to reconsider Jewish edicts
The United States urges Premier Mussolini to revisit Italian decrees against Jews in Italy. A State Department note released Friday cites restrictions on Jews from abroad, defends Americans in Italy, and argues American citizens fully residing there should not face discrimination or race based provisions.
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Washington
United States
Mussolini
Italy
State Department
William Phillips
Rome
Italy expands racial laws to include Gentiles
Rome reports that Italy's fascist Grand Council approved a broad program targeting Jews and Italian Gentiles. It bans marriages between pure Italians and non Aryans, forbids state employees from marrying foreigners, and restricts marriages between Italians and non Italians.
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Rome
Italy
Grand Council
Five youths nabbed in stolen car in Chicago area
Three minutes after a radio alert, Patrolmen stopped a car with Illinois plates at First avenue and Seventh street. Ernest Howard 18 admitted stealing the 1935 model in Morgan Park and leading four others ages 16 to 14 in a trip west to look for work. Police recovered a siphon hose a five gallon can apples and cantaloupes. the youths claimed they bought the car for 75 dollars with 15 paid upfront and planned to pay the rest upon finding work.
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Cedar Rounds
Illinois
Bruce
Dyson
First Avenue
Seventh Street
Earl Stanley
Morgan Park
Ernest Howard
Stanley
LeRoy Long
Duke Turner
Talbot Jennings
David Moore
Chicago
William Denton
Denton
Clinton
You Can Have Many Things You Want
An old Gazette Want Ad promotes selling unused home items through classified ads. It highlights common goods like furniture rugs appliances and more to quickly raise cash by contacting the paper via the provided dial code. A sample listing mentions a Simmons metal bed set and assorted furniture as an example of items sold.
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Gazette
President Calls Spy Menace A Vital National Problem
President Roosevelt warned the spy menace poses a national issue requiring coordination of counter espionage across Army and Navy intelligence, the FBI, and Treasury and State agencies. He rejected a large counter propaganda plan while urging strengthened, unified efforts. He also floated a Red Cross relief game idea and suggested unemployed reporters edit local records for sale.
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Hyde Park
INS
United States
Roosevelt
America
Army and Navy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Treasury
State Department
Bibb Graves
Alabama
South
Red Cross
New England
Heywood Broun
American Newspaper Guild
Mexican election fights claim two lives in Tabasco clashes
In Villa Hermosa two officials Capt Juan Olivarrida and Police Chief George Calzada died after clashes during the active campaign of Gen. Aguirre Colorado, the gubernatorial candidate in Tabasco for the upcoming election.
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Villa Hermosa
Mexico
Juan Olivarrida
George Calzada
Aguirre Colorado
Tabasco
Hitler Injured When Flowers Thrown At Him
Berlin reports Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler was slightly injured by a bouquet hurled at his car during a Sudetenland visit. An official said the bouquet struck him in the face as crowds cheered. Hitler ordered that no flowers be thrown and that crowds be searched to confiscate bouquets and other objects before his arrival.
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Adolf Hitler
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Saarbruecken
Saar Valley
Kiwanis Banquet Urges Stones of Finance and Faith
Clayton Rand, Mississippi orator, urged 200 attendees at the Nebraska-Iowa Kiwanis convention banquet to build the nation on financial and social rocks rather than spending quicksands. He warned of a rising national debt and wasteful spending while stressing citizen responsibility and patriotism over party politics.
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Clayton Rand
Mississippi
Nebraska-Iowa
Kiwanis
National Editorial Association
Mr. Rand
Richard Whitney
Syrovy warns army against intervention amid Czechoslovakia crisis
Premier Gen. Jan Syrovy urged his troops not to provoke intervention as Czechoslovakia nears dissolution. He urged reconciliation with fate and loyalty to the Munich agreement to protect remaining territory. Dr. Joseph iso and eight Slovak political leaders discussed Slovakia's autonomous role within the federal state after celebrations in Zilina. The government said parliament's timing was unclear.
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Pragur
Jan Syrovy
Czechoslovakia
Joseph ‘Iso
Slovakia
Zilana
Benes Offered Professorship At Brown University
Providence Rhode Island AP Czechoslovakia’s resigned president Eduard Benes has been offered a visiting professorship in international relations at Brown University. Dr Henri M. Whiston announced the offer via Stephen Duggan who cabled from New York. no reply has been received.
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Providence, RI
Eduard Benes
Brown University
Henri MM. Whiston
Whiston
University
Benes
Wriston
Stephen Duggan
Institute of International Education
New York
Wrnstan
Stork Derby Winner Charged With Arson
In Toronto a mental exam was ordered for Mrs Martin Kenny, winner of a 12500 consolation prize in a 500000 baby race, after she appeared in police court on an arson charge. The case was adjourned a week to await exam results. Mrs Kenny, bold and defiant, was arrested after a 73 yard chase and bail set at 8000. Deputy Fire Marshal Walter McConnell and investigators pressed charges amid a string of Kenny family fires.
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Toronto
Martin Kenny
Kenny
Walter McConnell
Ray Nelson
Fire Underwriters’ Association
W. N. Scott
Japs Cut Vital Railroad Disrupts Chinese Communications
Shanghai dispatch reports Japanese authorities claiming a cut of the Peiping Hankow railway causing a breakdown in Chinese forces communications. Hankow officials acknowledge Japanese troops entered Kichun on the Yangtze north bank eighty miles southeast of Hankow, a key objective in the push down the river valley.
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Shanghai
INS
Peiping
Hankow
Kichun
Yangtze River
Yangtze Valley
Weather Summary From Cedar Rapids Sees Sun and Clouds Shift
Clouds and sun alternated in Cedar Rapids with temperatures rising from 47 at 7 a.m. to 65 by 1:30 p.m. The high reached 69 at 2:40 p.m. Thursday peaked at 58 by 4 p.m., then cooled to 49 by midnight, according to the Chambers Inskeep graph.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
Cedar Rapids Community Chest tops goal with 89686 pledged
Cedar Rapids workers report final drive totaling 89686 toward an 89005 goal at the Montrose hotel campaign wrap up. Telegraphic pledges and cash gifts expected to raise the total further before closing Saturday noon.
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Community Chest
Montrose
Chamber of Commerce
Chest
Final Report
Washington Pending Quorum Adjourning Session Hinted
In 1938 political tensions rise as senators return to Washington in stages to reach a quorum and adjourn. The outlook suggests more agreements that mean less, with Republicans limited to a falsetto voice while White House strains persist.
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Washington
White House
Coprright
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