Berlin Nazi Press Chiefs Scoff at Western Freedom
A AMERICAN charge d Af a faires arrives in Nuremberg to hear Goebbels and Dietrich condemn Western democracies and press freedom. Dietrich calls the American press a destructive force, while Roosevelt’s China warning stirs resentment among Americans abroad.
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Berlin
Nuremberg
Prentiss Gilbert
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Hitler
Otto Dietrich
Herr Dietrich
Germany
China
Mr. Roosevelt
Washington
Wall
Shanghai
Japan
Uncle Sam
Drought Cuts 1937 Corn Crop Estimate Sharply
Drought in the midwest lowers the potential 1937 corn crop to about 2,549,281,000 bushels, down 100,000,000 from last month yet still over 1 billion above 1936. The Agriculture Department notes other crops also below earlier forecasts, influencing grain loan policy and cotton price stabilization plans under Roosevelt.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Roosevelt
American Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
Henry A. Wallace
Deficit, Budget Plans, and Court Safety Questioned
A reader presses for numbers on the national deficit and budget balance timing, and asks whether the Supreme Court is secure. The tone mirrors Iowa political discourse urging clear fiscal and judicial assurances.
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Iowa
Jim
Supreme Court
Clearing superstition for a wiser mind
A 1937 reflection condemns widespread superstition amid science. It argues modern mysticism, quack cures, and occult beliefs exploit credulity, while true growth comes from patience, discipline, and adherence to natural law. Emphasizes inner light and rational living as the path to meaning.
Britain and France to police routes in the Mediterranean
Britain and France will jointly police all trade routes in Spanish waters as part of the Nyon nine power conference. Italy may patrol the eastern Mediterranean as a sop to Mussolini, with Turkish Greek and Yugoslav navies possible if Rome stays aloof. Britain presses Italy to join the international shipping laws scheme and warns that non participation could boost Soviet charges.
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London
INS
Britain
Italy
Emephatic
Mussolini
Mediterranean
Haly
Whitehall
Nyon
Germany
Iowa 1937 Homestead Tax Refund Totals 11 Million
Iowa state tax officials announced 1937 homestead tax refunds will total 11,375,131 dollars based on final valuations of owner occupied dwellings at 455 million. Checks will be drawn Friday and sent to county officials to be credited against second half property tax due September 30. The funds come from state sales and income taxes after appropriations. County allocations follow with figures for eastern Iowa counties listed.
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Des Moines
Louis E. Roddewig
Iowa
Roddewig
Raddewle
Federal probes in Hartley liquor haul shift to Des Moines
Federal alcohol investigators I. R. Power and John Law left Des Moines after spending one day on the Hartley liquor hauling case. Officials refused comment as the Brady Transfer and Storage contract hauler, Fort Dodge, mistakenly tried to deliver outside liquor to the Hartley state store. The probe enters its tenth week Saturday.
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Des Moines
Hartley
I. R. Power
John Law
Liquor Commission
Brady Transfer and Storage Company
Fort Dodge
Hartley State
Brady Company
Jones County Courthouse Dedication Draws Large Crowd
Anamosa hosted a grand open house and dedication for the new Jones County courthouse drawing hundreds of locals and visitors. Governor Nelson G. Kraschel spoke on public works and government philosophy, praising farmer prosperity and democratic values while noting the courthouse as a modern civic landmark.
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Anamosa
Jones County
Iowa
Nelson G. Kraschel
Kraschel
America
United States
Ellison
Rain Halts Doubleheader as Feller Tops Detroit
In a rain shortened tilt, Cleveland beat Detroit 5 to 3 while Washington toppled Philadelphia 5 to 3. Feller pitched for Cleveland with Heving and Sullivan. Poffenberger, Wade and Bolton finished for Detroit. New York edged Boston 2 to 1 in a tight interleague clash. Cincinnati defeated Pittsburgh 7 to 6 as Hollingsworth and Cascarella worked for the Reds. St Louis blanked Chicago 11 to 0 behind Weiland and Harrell. Only games scheduled.
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Cleveland
Detroit
Rain
Feller
Heving
Sullivan
Poffenberger
Wade
Russell
Bolton
Canadian Wheat Production Estimate Released
Ottawa based Dominion Bureau of Statistics issued a total wheat production estimate of 188 191 000 bushels. Spring wheat amounted to 168 999 000 bushels and fall wheat to 19 192 000 bushels.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canadian Press
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Thrill Acts Postponed To Sunday At Hawkeye Downs
Thrill day program delayed due to wet grounds at All-Iowa Livestock exposition. Sunday events start 2 p.m. at Hawkeye Downs with Jaloppy races, Reckless Rex Murphy acts, ski jumps and Hell Drivers. Gate free. bleachers 25c, grandstand 50c, box seats extra.
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Hawkeye Downs
Rex Murphy
Hell
Bob Cooper
Jack Kelly
17 year old girl in hospital iron lung fight for life
A 17 year old Corning Indiana girl Mary Jo Brown suffers infantile paralysis and is in an iron lung at University of Town hospital Des Moines. She arrived Wednesday night and is reported resting comfortably Friday. Several others are being treated for the disease at the hospital.
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Iowa City
Corning
Mary Jo Brown
University of Town
Des Moines
Nellie Brown
Former Clinton Bank Head Indicted on 31 Counts
William A. Anderson former president of City National Bank of Clinton was indicted by a U S grand jury in Davenport on 31 counts accusing officer misappropriation of funds. He surrendered with lawyers Carl Lambach and P B Halloran and posted 10 000 bond signed by Elder Miller of Wellman. Twelve counts allege misappropriation via 12 checks totaling 20300 to Beacon Publishing, publisher of the Tri City Star and Winfield Beacon.
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Davenport
William A. Anderson
City National Bank of
Clinton
U. S Grand Jury
Carl Lambach
P. B. Halloran
Federal Building
Elder Miller
Wellman
Anderson
Beacon Publishing Company
Tri-City Star
Winfield Beacon
Rep Hill Seeks Alabama Senate Seat in U S Capitol bid
Congressman Lister Hill of Alabama formally announced his candidacy for the U S Senate seat now held by Mrs Dixie Bibb Graves. He declared strong support for wage and hour legislation at the next Congress and outlined his campaign plans from Montgomery.
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Montgomery
Ala
Lister Hill
U. S
Senate
Dixie Bibb Graves
Senator Morris Sheppard Improves After Hernia Operation
Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas had hernia surgery Friday morning and was reported resting comfortably at Walter Reed Army Medical Center Friday night.
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Senator Improves
Washington
Morris Sheppard
Tex
Walter Reed Hospital
Two Kalona Women Killed In Auto Truck Collision
Mrs Emma Smith 65 and daughter Mrs Claire Perrin a registered nurse, both of Kalona, died when their car collided with Bernard Bohstedt’s truck on highway No 6 west of Marengo. Mrs A W Britten 62 of Kalona injured. Bohstedt and two other men escaped serious harm. Inquest likely.
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Emma Smith
Claire Perrin
Kalona
A. W. Britten
Bernard Bohstedt
Victor
Bear Creek Bridge
Bohstedt
Perrin
Britten
Smith
Mee Britten
Atlantic
Earl
Iowa County
Iowa
Howard Bohstedt
Motorcycle Fatal Crash West of Clinton
Joseph Bailey, 20, died when his motorcycle collided with a truck on highway 136 one mile west of Clinton. Bailey reportedly tried to pass the truck, which veered off the road into a farmyard after the trucker Walter R. Camp of Charlotte, Iowa, claimed he signaled turning but Bailey did not see the signal.
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Clinton
Joseph Bailey
Highway 136
Walter R. Camp
Charlotte
Bailey
Grand Champ Baby Beef Brings $231 At Auction
The All Iowa Livestock exposition grand champion Hereford calf sold for 2514 cents a pound at Bishop's cafeteria auction Friday, weighing 916.6 pounds and bringing $231.50. Consigned by Ralph Timmson, Bryant, Clinton county 4-H boy, the calf also topped last week's Iowa state fair sale. The reserve Short horn, weighed 1003.1 pounds, sold for $200.62 to Wilson and Company for Webb Perley’s Food Shop Cedar Rapids. Polehna Brothers, Cedar Rapids, bought the top Angus exhibited by Owen Jones Williamsburg, Iowa, paying 245 cents per pound for 892.4 pounds and totaling $21.50. A second calf at 2014 cents per pound weighed 8245 pounds. Sixty-two head were sold with a 3 percent shrink. Weighmaster.
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Bishop’s c Cafeteria
Ralph Timmson
Bryant
Clinton County
Bishop
Des Moines
Merle Yanacek
Walford
Iowa
Wilson and Company
Webb Perley
Cedar Rapids
Polehna Brothers
Owen Jones
Williamsburg
Iowa County
Robert Jones
Beeves
Governor ousts Greater Iowa chair as Sweeney named to take seat
Des Moines Apr 4 Gov Kraschel removes Otto Muntz as chairman of the Greater Iowa commission citing policy disagreements and appoints O R Sweeney of Ames to replace him. Muntz calls the move political and vows to resist while criticizing approved agricultural programs as misused for propaganda. Former Gov Clyde Herring created the body in 1934 with no fixed terms and minimal state pay.
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Nel
G. Kraschel
Otto S. Muntz
Greater Iowa
O. R. Sweeney
Ames
Muntz
Kraschel
Greater
Iowa
Commission
Sweeneys
Sweeney
the Greater
Greater Iowa Commission
Clyde L. Herring
State Contingency Fund
Capone Estate Tax Claim Paid in Full
Rhydon C. Latham said a federal tax claim of 17166 against the Miami Beach estate of Mrs. Al Capone had been paid. The estate was to be sold to satisfy the claim. Ralph Capone deposited the money with the Chicago collector of internal revenue after Judge Strum denied an injunction. Capone relatives began preparations for payment.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Rhydon C. Latham
al Capone
Miami Beach
Ralph Capone
Chiscago
Reveenue
Lote W. Strum
Mrs. Capone
Capone
Chicago
Lawsuit Seeks 310000 For Taxi Strike Riot Injuries
Chicago AP reports S A Rose of Joplin Missouri filed in circuit court Friday seeking 310000 in damages for injuries claimed when a pioneer was overturned during the taxi strike riot in the loop on March 17.
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Chicago
S. A. Rose
Joplin
Loop
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