Democracy as a republic and the looming threat to rights
A letter writer from Linn County asks for a plain definition of democracy and laments encroachments on democratic principles. The columnist recalls Webster on republics and argues for freedoms of religion speech press and property, warning that New Deal policies and labor actions threaten constitutional rights and court independence. The piece ends with a reference to a Shellsburg printer and his family lineage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln
Republic
Webster
Congress
White House
National Labor Relations Board
Wage Hour Act Begins Compliance With Partial Shutdowns
Wage-hour chief Elmer Andrews reported scattered plant shutdowns as the fair labor standards act took effect at midnight. He said many shutdowns are temporary and most industries are complying, with about 50,000 pecan shellers idle in the South. He urged employers not to push the 25 cent minimum beyond that rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Julius Seligman
San Antonio
Tex
National Pecan Shelters of America
Elmer F. Andrews
Seligman
Andrews
Firefighters Quell Blaze at Philadelphia Home
Charles Kelmoff and his wife were playing bridge when shouting bells and sirens signaled a fire. Firefighters arrived and routed the family from their burning Philadelphia residence as their two children continued homework in alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Charles Kelmoff
Indictment Hits Major Liquor Tax Fraud Ring
A federal grand jury indicted 45 people led by a New York group for defrauding the government of at least 15 million dollars in liquor taxes. The scheme allegedly produced over 3.5 million gallons of 190 proof alcohol for illicit distribution between 1931 and 1937 across Detroit Boston Buffalo Newark New York and Canada with Newburgh New York as a center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Canada
U. S
Raymond P. Whearty
William Bondy
Treasury
Whearty
Detroit
Boston
Buffalo
Newark
Orange
Ulster
Sullivan
Rockland
Dutchess
Newburgh
N. Y
Auto Hits Two Cars and Knocks Down Light Pole in Cedar Rapids
Around midnight a car driven by Carl Ehrle of Amana collided with a machine driven by Milt Neptash on Twentieth Street SE, then bumped a parked Ernest Miller vehicle, jumped the curb, snapped a light pole and cut underground wires plunging Third Street and Twelfth Avenue SE into darkness. Wet pavement and poor visibility blamed. no injuries reported.
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Cedar Rapids
Carl Ehrle
Amana
Milt Neptash
Twentieth Street
Ernest Miller
Third Street
Twelfth Avenue SE
Czechs Reject Allied World War I Medals in Chicago
In Chicago 75 Czech veterans who had received heroism medals from Italy Great Britain and France returned them by casting the decorations onto the platform before about 10 000 Czechs and Slovaks gathered at the international amphitheater on Sunday night in a public renunciation gesture.
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Chicago
Italy
Great Britain
France
International Amphitheater
French Vote Deals Blow to Popular Front in Senate
In Paris voters mmap the center as conservative Union Republican Democratic gains reshape the Senate. Louis Marin’s group wins 27 seats, Daladier’s radicals lose ground though remain largest party, while Max Dormoy defeats Marcel Regnier. Aviation workers accept a 45 hour week after Daladier threat.
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Paris
INS
Reflist
L'Oeuvre
France
Popular Front
Senate
Union
Louis Marin
Edouard Daladier
Munich
Daladier
Radical Socialist Congress
Marseilles
Balm
Max Dormoy
Leon Blum
Dormoy
Marcel Regnier
Kraschel Faces Backlash Over Refused Extradition
The article accuses Governor Kraschel of shielding a southwest criminal, Christ Merkuri, by refusing to extradite him from Iowa to Texas. It links the stance to Sioux City political influence, cites a $5500 bond, and alleges a statewide scandal amid calls for repudiation at the upcoming November 8 election. Verne Marshall questions state cooperation on cross border crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kraschel
Sioux City
Texas
Colorado
Southwest
el Paso
State House
Paso
Christ Merkuri
Verne Marshall
Cedar Rapids
Marshall
Sherriff Fox
Il Paso
Birmingham
Krasche
Robert O’brian
O’brian
Marshalltown
Republican
Baconians Aim to Open Edmund Spenser Tomb in Westminster Abbey
Exponents of Baconian theory seek a 339 year old document from Spenser's tomb to prove Shakespeare's authorship. The dean of Westminster will supervise a secret opening as Baconian representatives await any manuscript that could be in Shakespeare's own hand.
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London
Francis Bacon
William Shakespeare
Edmund Spenser
Westminster Abbey
William Camden
Shakespeare
Bard of Avon
Spenser
Baron
Charles Peers
B. G. Theobalds
R. L. Eagle
Valentine Smith
Baconian Society
Baconians
Nazis Attack Pope With Blaming Mockery
Berlin dispatch says Der Angriff newspaper calls Pope Pius XII blind hatred in a counter attack over the Pontiff anti Nazi campaign. The piece accuses the Pope of political meddling and questions the fuhrer’s methods and cooperation with major powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
INS
Pius
der Anegrif
Christ
Germany
Joseph Goebbels
der Angrif
Munich
Snow Causes Two Crashes Injuring Five in Cedar Rapids
The first crash at Grande avenue and Seventeenth street SE involved Daniel s and Skinner with William Orr and Robert Daniels sustaining minor injuries. A second collision at Sixteenth avenue and K street SW injured Elmer and Geneva Krell as their car hit Dr. Ulysses S. Geiger s vehicle. The crashes occurred Sunday afternoon with snow as a contributing factor.
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Cedar Rapids
William Orr
Grinnell
Robert Daniels
Garden Drive
Grande Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Daniels
Art E. Skinner
Center Point
Sixteenth Avenue
K Street
Elmer Krell
Iowa City
Geneva Krell
Krell
Ulysses S. Geiger
North English
Snow Melts as Cedar Rapids Enjoys Sunny Day
A bright sun in Cedar Rapids ended a weekend of rain and light snow after a low of 28 and a high of 34. The slightly melting layer left a thin coating as precipitation totaled about .14 inches. Temperatures rose from 28 to 39 then 55 through the day while early morning and evening readings varied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers
Espionage Trial Or Beauty Contest According To Baer
Arthur Bugs Baer riffs on a spy trial, hinting at a carnival atmosphere in court. He jokes that Winchell turns the courtroom into a nightclub and hints at low wages and petty espionage schemes behind the headlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Winchell
Hungary Rebuffs Czech Offer on Disputed Slovakia Regions
Hungary handed a note to the Czech government proposing a referendum on the disputed Slovak districts and formally rejected Prague’s latest settlement proposal. The cabinet urged continued diplomacy as around 500,000 Hungarian troops were reported along the frontier, with Bratislava claiming Bratislava Kosice and Neutra remain the key contested towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nletin
Budapest
Hungary
Slovakia
Czechoslovakia
Frantisek Chvalkovsky
Ruthenia
Warsaw
Poland
Bratislava
Ferdinand Durcansky
United Press
Man's leg sheared off in Tipton car collision
Special to The Gazette Walter Kneisel of Powhattan Kan lost his right leg just below the knee in a late night collision on North Cedar street Tipton He was struck from the rear while a patrolman and Kneisel examined a faulty tail light Kneisel also had a broken jaw and was taken to St Luke's hospital Cedar Rapids His condition was reported as fair Harold Rochholz of Tipton faces a reckless driving charge. a blood test was planned for intoxication Perrin Wade and Henry Thumman were with Rochholz at the scene.
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the Gazette
Tipton
Walter Kneisel
Powhattan
Kan
North Cedar Street
Kneisel
Robert Caviness
Grimm
Harold Rochholz
Rochholz
Junior Wade
Henry Thumman
Benes Sees War Would Mean Czech Slaughter
Vojta Benes, brother of Czechoslovakia’s former president, told about 5,000 people in Chicago that a German war would have meant wholesale murder of Czech women and children. He said Czechs felt betrayed by France and England despite that.
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Chicago
INS
Sokols
Vojta Benes
Czechoslovakia
Germany
France
England
Woman Reunited With Father After Fake Prisoner Deception
Evelyn Gates, 24, of Long Beach California, reconnected with her biological father after two years of correspondence with William F Nelson, a Joliet penitentiary inmate who admitted using a similar name to gain contact. The four year search began after her parents divorced in Des Moines in 1924.
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Los Angeles
Evelyn Gates
Joliet, Wl
Gates
William F Nelson
Des Moines
Oskaloosa
Joliet
U K Incinerator Plan Bid Date Set for Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids city council tentatively set November 16 as the bid opening date for a new garbage incineration plant. The proposal approved design by H R Green with an estimated cost of 130000, of which about 67000 would come from the Public Works Administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Green
Green
PWA
L. D. Burgus
Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Company
Dollar Liner's Chinese silver export barred
Nipponese authorities blocked a $4 500 000 Chinese silver shipment to the United States aboard the Dollar liner President Coolidge. The cargo, mostly Canton minted coins and jewelry, was unloaded to avoid delays as Japanese forces bombed nearby vessels and clashes rose in the Yangtze river region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warry E. Yarnell
Independence
Augusta
President Coolidge
Tae
Shanghai
Dollar
America
Jine
Coolidge
Harry E Yarnell
United States
Clarence E. Gauss
State Department
Washington
Chase National Bank of New York
Hankow
Canton
Luzon
Guam
Hang Kow
Mindanao
American
Dollar Line
Yangtze River
Woosung
Hull says US will not mediate Sino Japanese conflict
Secretary Cordell Hull stated the United States will not take action to mediate the Sino Japanese dispute unless all parties request it. He said no mediation offer has been made or accepted and no position can be disclosed until such a question arises. He also noted the Coolidge cargo case in Shanghai is being handled locally with no official Washington instruction yet.
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Washington
United States
Cordell Hull
Hull
China
Japan
Coolidge
Shanghai
State Department
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Linn County
Shellsburg
Lincoln
Benton County
Work, Pa
Fred C. Perkins
York
NRA
Calvert Magruder
American Bankers Association
Pope
Snow
V. Benes
U. K
Cedar Rapids News
Nanking Grase
Panay
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