Congress eyes quick action on arms bill and embargo repeal
Administration leaders predicted Congress would clear the way for arms sales to Europe and move to pass the neutrality revision bill next weekend. The Senate approved the embargo repeal 66 to 33 after debate, while the House was set to take up the measure early in the next week and forward a conference committee with a compromised bill.
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Congress
Europe
House
Senate
Towa
Guy M. Gillette
Clyde L. Herring
Clark
Abe
Gillette
Reed
Kan
Johnson
Cole
la Follette
Wis
Roosevelt
Dies to answer F D R on air tonight
Washington April 28 Rep Martin Dies chairman of the house committee on un American activities said he would answer President Roosevelt in a nationwide radio address tonight at 9 30 p m CST over the Columbia network He declared he would not mince words as Roosevelt condemned the committee for publishing the Washington branch of the American League for Peace and Democracy membership list.
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Washington
Martin Dies
Tex
House Committee
Roosevelt
American League For Peace and Democracy
Dies
Columbia Broadcasting System
Sentner Fined $2500 for Criminal Syndicalism Ruling
William Sentner of St. Louis, a CIO union vice president, was fined $2,500 for criminal syndicalism linked to the Maytag strike. Judge W S Cooper denounced communism and the CIO while warning of harsher penalties if the incident had occurred later.
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Montezuma, Jr
William Sentner
St. Louis
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
CIO
Newton
Iowa
Communist Party
W. S. Cooper
Towa
Sentner’s
Sentner
McNutt
W. W
Dapper Dan Nabbed Again For Liquor Sale
Cedar Rapids police raided 1822 Eleventh Street SE and arrested Dan O Neal 38 after tips of illegal whisky sales. A buyer purchased a half pint. arraignment set for Oct 30 before Judge Haas. O Neal, a repeated liquor offender, denied selling the whisky. He remained jailed on $500 bond.
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Cedar Rapids
Dan O'Neal
Eleventh Street
O'Neal
C. J Haas
Niles
Dan
Hart Stanley
Fort Madison
Cyrenus Cole Ill in Washington After Hospital Stay
Cyrenus Cole former Iowa congressman 1920 1932 and Cedar Rapids newspaper man faces serious illness in Washington. After extended hospital care he moved to his nephew's home this week. He authored a Towa history a Chief Black Hawk biography and his memoir I Remember I Remember.
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Washington
Cyrenus Cole
Towa
Cedar Rapids
Cole
Black Hawk
West Side vandalism suspects held after confessions
Cedar Rapids officers questioned one youth with another at large after the pair allegedly threw varnish on several West Side homes Friday night and stuck yellow cornmeal in the coatings. Victims include Mrs. Peter Dippel and Mrs. James Trimble along with Surry's Food Market. Police seek a second boy who shattered F Avenue cafe windows early Saturday.
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Fourth Street
S. J. Rodebaugh
Seventh Avenue
Emil Surry
Surry
Eighth Avenue
Carstens
F Avenue
Foavenue
Locking Up Minds and Keys to Freedom
A column reflecting on Alice in Wonderland themes and how people live locked up by fear and inhibition. The piece compares the quest for a key to unlock inner potential with social issues, citing Lincoln's death inspiring speech and Jesus casting out demons as examples.
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Manny
Lincoln
London
Jesus
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Wintry Cedar Rapids Bore Down As Thermometer Dips
Cedar Rapids felt wintry winds as the temperature dropped to 27 early Saturday morning then climbed to 36 by afternoon. The day opened with a 60 degree high at midnight Thursday and cooled through the evening with readings around the 30s.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers
Search For Drakos And Klumpar In Canadian Wilds
John Balcar reports from Cedar Rapids about a hunting trip to the Canadian wilds near Nestor Falls that ended in drowning for guides J L Drakos, Frank Klumpar, and Cecil Grant. Balcar details how the group left Oct 23 and a search was launched after they failed to return.
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Ontario
J. L. Drakos
Cedar Rapids
Frank Klumpar
Independence
Arrowhead Todgy
John Balcar
Cats Rapids
Lake of the Woods
Carl Oueser
Second Avenue SM
Nestor Falls
J L. Drshos
Johnson Avenue
Cecil Grant
Finland
Met
Drahos
Klumpat
Klumpzar
Frank
Balear
Frank Vrzak
Waucoma
Sish
Balecard
Arrowhead Lodge
Neutrality and War Concepts As Interpreted Lightly
A playful glossary redefines neutrality embargo cash and carry and propaganda. The piece frames war as a distant outdoor peace conference and notes a Bugs Baer persona.
German Plane Forced Down Near Edinburgh in Scottish Sky Battle
Two German airmen died one wounded and a Nazi pilot captured after British fighters forced the aircraft down six and a half miles southeast of Edinburgh. The crash occurred near the Firth of Forth as observers reported a dramatic aerial engagement with British planes and accompanying anti aircraft fire. An air raid alarm sounded briefly and bullets fell in a town street as witnesses described the dogfight and the pilot’s stubborn efforts to regain altitude.
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Edinburgh
Air Ministry
Firth of Forth
Ile Ired
Forth
City of Flint still at Murmansk with crew aboard
The City of Flint remains at Murmansk with American crew aboard and a German prize crew. Berlin reports the ship is heading toward a port where a prize court will rule on contraband and disposition. Russia says its actions followed international law and neutrality obligations. Continued details appear on Page 2.
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State Department
Berlin
Murmansk
Alexander C. Kirk
Foreign Office
Flint
Russia
United States
Vladimir Potemkin
Foreign Affairs
Steinhardt
Repeal Of Embargo Will Lead To War Says Flynn
Economist John T. Flynn urged at Cornell college that repealing the arms embargo would aid Britain and France and push the U S toward war. He argued the European conflict is empire against empire and warned of internal sabotage against democracy, urging vigilance against pacifist slogans.
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Europe
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Economist
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New York
Cornell College
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France
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Hitler
England
Former G. O. P. Chief John T Adams Dies in Dubuque
John T Adams 76 former chairman of the Republican National Committee died after a stroke in Dubuque. A funeral is set for Monday at 2:30 PM at his home. Adams began political work in 1908 assisting William Batson’s Senate campaign and rose to national prominence, later serving as RNC vice chairman and head of the western headquarters for Harding’s 1920 bid. He retired from active leadership after 1924 but remained influential in party affairs. Adams led Cary Adams and Collier sash and doll factory in Dubuque.
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Adams
Iowa
Allison
Chewse
Warren G Harding
Will Hass
Coolidge
Cleveland
Shubael P Adams
Lowell
Mass
Massachusetts
Daniel Webster
Senate
John Adams
Cary. Adams and Collier Company of
Dubuque
Prague clash as Czech anniversary protests erupt with German police
In Prague on the twenty first anniversary of Czechoslovakia's foundation, German police and Czech demonstrators clashed near Wenceslaus Square. Arrests were reported, with estimates of around 800 people taken to German police headquarters as authorities dispersed crowds with Czech state police. The German ban on demonstrations was in force.
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Czecs
Czechoslovak Republic
Wenceslaus Square
St. Wenceslaus
Sroubek
Bohemian- Moravian Protectorate
Mary Ann Vancil Dies After Brief Illness
Dayton Ohio AP reports 17 ounce Mary Ann Vancil daughter of Mr and Mrs Herbert Vancil died Friday night after living 33 and one half hours.
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Dayton
Mary Ann Vancil
Herbert Vancil
Flying Kidnaper Sought In Brookfield Instructors Missing Plane
Brookfield Missouri authorities sought help from airports nationwide to trace a man dubbed the Lochinvar of the air believed to have abducted Carl Bivens, a Brookfield flying instructor, along with his yellow monoplane. the suspect, Ernest Pletch of frankfort indiana, famed for past aerial exploits, remains at large as investigations focus on motive and connection to the missing aircraft.
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Carl Bivens
Bivens
Pietch
Frankfort
Ind
Husseter
Priday
Pleteh
Goldie Gehrken
Ilinois
Mississippi
John Hamilton
Garnee
Bowling Green
Larrys
Green
May Open Second Liquor Store In Cedar Rapids
Mr Curtis of Des Moines chairman of the Iowa state liquor commission said a second Cedar Rapids liquor store may open soon if a suitable location is secured after a survey. Accompanied by Roy Moon the pair visited sites and would not confirm a location or west side plan.
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Cedar Rapids
Curtis
Des Moines
Iowa State Liquor Commission
Roy Moon
One Motorist Hurt In Auto Collision
Cedar Ranlds News reports Harlen L. Candler age 30 of 318 Seventh Street SE suffered minor bruises when his car was hit by Marie Bach of 1042 Fourth Street Marion at Eighth Avenue and Third Street SE. Bach said she stopped for the Third Street sign and did not see Candler until after starting. She claimed to apply brakes but collided with the other vehicle.
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Harlen L. Candler
Seventh Street
Marie Bach
Fourth Street
Marion
Eighth Avenue
Third Street
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