Roosevelt Peace Motives Spark US Armament Debate
A critical column decries Washington war scare used to justify vast defense spending under the New Deal. It argues Roosevelt and Baruch push armament taxes while denying pacifist claims, urging voters to reject any candidate who would send Americans to fight in Europe again.
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House
Senate
U. S. Department of Agriculture
South
Washington
United States
Hitler
Japan
England
Canada
Mexico
Portugal
Roosevelt backs separate world markets for farm relief
President Roosevelt discussed approaches to farm surplus with Senator Lee. He favors keeping domestic prices fair, allotments by bushels and pounds, and prioritizing family farms. Lee relayed that any plan may hinge on price pegging or federal loan subsidies. Roosevelt to return to Washington Monday night.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Josh Lee
Okla
Lee
Mr. Roosevelt
Washington
Berlin Paper Demands U S Curbs on War Makers
Berlin newspaper Boersen-Zeitung denounces Bernard Baruch as a war monger. It argues President Roosevelt should curb U S militarism to preserve peace while the United States maintains neutrality amid European crisis.
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Roosevelt
Mussolini
Hitler
Washington
United States
Barney Baruch
Europe
Berlin
Boersen-Zeitung
Bernard Baruch
Baruch
Joe Havlik Takes Own Life in Cedar Upholstery Shop
Joe Havlik 58 an upholsterer was found hanging in his shop at 410 Fifth Street SE Thursday at 8 05 am Needham Young an employee of Star Laundry adjoining Havliks quarters called police Dr B L Knight coroner ruled death a self inflicted act caused by financial worries Havlik left no note Burial was at Frank Brosh funeral home The sole survivor is his daughter Mrs P H Roberts of Houston Texas His wife died twenty two years earlier.
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Frank Brosh Funeral Home
P. H. Roberts
Houston
Tex
Havlik
Last Young Son of Brigham Young Dies in Utah
Mor mons in Salt Lake City mourn the death of Joseph Don Carlos Young at age 83, the last surviving son of Brigham Young, the church’s famed patriarch, who fathered twenty six sons.
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Salt Lake City
Joseph Don Carlos Young
Brigham Young
Editor Adds Flair to Estherville News
The Estherville editor seems to garnish local stories with mild embellishment to please readers and enhance interest in everyday town affairs.
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Estherville
Sioux City Police Nab 13 in Strike Violence
In Sioux City Sheriff W R Tice ordered bans on assemblies around the Swift and Company packing plant as deputies and police arrested 13 CIO strikers for violence. Adjutant General Grahl and Gov Kraschel mounted guards to maintain order while high tensions at the plant continued.
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Sioux City
W. R. Tice
Swift and Company Packing Plant
CIO
Charles H. Grahl
Swift
Grahl
Nelson G. Kraschel
Kraschel
Maurice Rawlings
Rawlings
Carl E Wood
Population of Cedar Rapids estimated at 64728
The R. L. Polk and Company announces Cedar Rapids population at 64 728 based on the new city directory distribution. The 738 page volume lists 35 960 names, up 1 392 from last year, with the area defined as Cedar Rapids and its closely connected business and social region.
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NEW Directory
Cedar Rapids
R. L. Polk and Company
Polk Company
Testifies Margiotti Said He Concocted Gov Earle Charges
Albert M. Greenfield, Philadelphia real estate operator, denied loaning $50 000 each to Gov George H Earle and Sen Joseph F Guffey as alleged by Charles J Margiotti. He testified Margiotti had expressed confidence in Earle and had concocted corruption charges to discredit rivals in the administration.
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Harrisburg
Albert M. Greenfield
Philadelphia
George H. Earle
VU. S
Joseph F. Guffey
Charles J. Margiotti
Earle
Greenfield
Margiotti
Cedar Rapids posts season low as temperatures dip to 38
A new season low of 38 was recorded in Cedar Rapids at 7 a.m. as clear skies followed. By late morning the thermometer rose to 50 and then to 58 by 2:30 p.m., with Wednesday’s high at 45 and no frost reported overnight on the Chambers Inskeep graph.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Governor Kraschel Faces Sioux City Extradition Controversy
Sioux City troops moved in to keep order as Kraschel refuses to extradite Christ Merkur i, the Texas sought arsonist. Texas officials accuse local allies of protecting criminals in exchange for political support, threatening Kraschel’s reelection prospects amid a growing outcry over law and order.
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Overnor Kraschel
Ena
Sioux City
CIO
Woodbury County
Kraschel
Texas
el Paso
Iowa
Christ Merkuri J
Denver
Ladman
Rockies
Colorado
James Allred
Roy Jackson
Chris Fox
Mer~kuri
el Paso County
Merkuri
Nelson G. Kyaschel
California
Sheriff Fox
E. W. Birmingham
New Deal
Fox
Nelson Kraschel
State of Texas
Christ K. Merkuri
N. G. Kraschel
Christ Merkuri
Edwards
Cedar Rapids
Geastles
Gosdis
Spy Case Trial Reveals German Code Theft Plot
Testimony in federal court shows German spy Rumrich admitting to obtaining two pages of a U S Army radio code from Private Erich Glaser at Mitchell Field. He passed the pages to Karl Schlueter for $40 and sought more code from other soldiers.
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New York
Guenther
Gustave Rumrich
Erich Glaser
U. S. Army
Mitchell Field
Germany
Glaser
Rumrich
Karl Schlueter
Schlueter
Gus Schmidt
William Lonkowski
War Ministry
Berlin
U. S
Lester C. Dunigan
Lonkowski
Curtiss- Wright
Buffalo
State probe opens on mail bag thefts tied to liner cases
New York reports that a state department inquiry into alleged rifling of sealed U S mail bags on German transatlantic liners was expected to unfold further as federal court trial details emerged. The three defendants face charges of stealing military secrets in a related case.
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New York
State Department
U. S
Jack Knife Frees Man From Airtight Truck Chamber
Marion Schryver a 32 year old beer truck driver credits a pocket knife with saving his life after being locked in a small airtight rear chamber of his truck. He found a wood square in the roof and stabbed a hole to the outer air after about 90 minutes of near suffocation.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Marion Schryver
Schryver
Could You Use An Additional $3 to $5 a Week
Many thrifty housewives supplement the family income by renting the spare room to some congenial young man or woman. The extra money would help pay expenses and could be saved for a vacation. Gazette Want Ads show how renting a room can bring in funds.
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Gazette
Probe Deaths Of Five CCC Boys In Blaze
Six CCC camp members died in a forest fire near Emporium, Pennsylvania, after leader Gilbert Mooney and twenty boys entered tinder dry terrain. Names listed include Basil Bogush, John Boring, Howard May, Ross Hollobaugh, and Andrew Stephenie, with an investigation into supervision and multiple fires reported. Rain began as flames raged and later extinguished.
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Emporium
CCC
Gilbert Mooney
Ridgway
C. L. Wing
Indiana
Basil Bogush
Conemaugh
John Boring
Johnstown
Howard May
Eric
Ross Hollobaugh
Rimersburg
Andrew Stephenie
Wilkes- Barre
Edwin W. Tompkins
Mooney
Department of Forests and Waters
West Virginia
Texas Labor backs Roosevelt for a third term
The Texas State Federation of Labor endorsed President Roosevelt for a third term if no other leader can carry on his program to the same high degree shown in his administration.
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Beaumont, Texas
Texas State Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
Man Sought In Indiana Murder Nabbed Here
Crist Goldis 43 of Moline waived extradition and was returned to La Paz Indiana to face conspiracy to commit a felony. He was arrested at Union Bus depot with cooperation from Indiana detectives after a bank robbery and a 1934 murder.
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Crist Goldis
Moline
la Paz
Ind
St Joseph
Goldis
Union Bus Depot
Ernest Richardson
Indiana
Malcom Edwards
Henry County
Greensboro
Nazi minister and Slovaks agree on Hungarian border
Prague reports that at Munich Joachim von Ribbentrop and Slovak ministers settled the Hungarian Czech frontier and Carpathian Ruthenia issues. Sub-Carpathia remains with Czechoslovakia while Slovak autonomy yields territory to Hungary. Further minor points will be negotiated in coming days.
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Prague
INS
Czechoslovakia
Munich
Joachim von Ribbentrop
von Ribbentrop
Poland
Ruthenia
Hungary
Roumania
Five Czech Officials Shot in Bohemia Border Skirmish
Prague reports that five Czechoslovak patrol members were killed near Leitmeritz during boundary rectification. The dead include one soldier three policemen and the district mayor.
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Prague
Leitmeritz
Bohemia
Germans photographed Canal Zone works could aid enemies
Four Germans bound over for trial on espionage charges after a preliminary hearing in Cristobal Canal Zone. Col. O L Spiller testified that photos taken near canal fortifications depicted national defense works and could have harmed the United States if used by foreign powers. Defendants Ingeborg Guttmann Hans Schakow Gisbert Gross and Edward Kuhrig were arrested by a sentry for illegally photographing near fortifications.
German Admits Taking Photos in Fort Randolph
Hans Heinrich Schakow a 26 year old German admitted in United States district court that he took pictures in Fort Randolph in wilful violation of the rules.
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Cristobal
C. Z
INS
Hans Heinrich Schakow
United States District Court
Fort Randolph
Damaged Propeller Blamed In Mishap
A damaged propeller tore from its anchorage and shook the motor, believed to have caused a fire aboard a speeding airliner. Fourteen people barely escaped with their lives in Montgomery Alabama.
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Montgomery
Ala
Murder Trial Reveals Feared Plot Between Wife and Rival
Rudolph Sikora testifies in his own defense after his mother in law says he feared his wife Margaret and rival Solomon planned his demise. The trial centers on Solomon's murder as Sikora faces the electric chair, with Margaret and Elizabeth Boehme offering contrasting testimonies about loyalty and love.
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Chicago
Rudolph Sikoras
Sikora
Edward Solomon
Elizabeth Boehme
Margaret
Solomon
Leslie Curtis
Mrs. Bochme
Strachey Exclusion Order Is Affirmed
The immigration service affirmed a board of inquiry order excluding John Strachey a British author and lecturer from the United States for lacking a valid passport visa. He was ordered to return to England on the next sailing October 22 1938.
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Washington
Immigration Service
Board of
John Strachey
United States
Strachey
England
Spying In Panama Canal Zone Becomes Picnic Hobby
Arthur Bugs Baer notes spies in the Canal Zone hold picnics while four are tried for including national defenses in family groups. He praises good light and low bail, joking that high ratings allow hiring rowboats at the navy yard.
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Canal Zone
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