Masaryk and the making of Czechoslovakia in history
The piece reflects on Thomas G Masaryk as founder of Czechoslovakia and the US role in supporting new states after World War I. It notes American interest in Bohemian affairs in Cedar Rapids and cites beef price pressures tied to wartime scarcity and postwar imports. It references Rexford Tugwell on land use and touches on court and political questions surrounding public figures and funding debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Washington
Philadelphia
American Economic Association
American Statistical Association
Farm Economic Association
Rexford Guy Tugwell
Tugwell
Pinball Machines Outlawed by Iowa Slot Law Court ruling
Des Moines Iowa pinball machines were ruled illegal under the new slot machine law by District Judge Frank S Shankland. The ruling strengthens law enforcement effort to seize machines as the Automatic Merchandisers association appeals to the state supreme court. The judge rejected claims pinball games qualify as non slot devices and ordered injunctions dissolved as the appeal proceeds.
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Des Moines
Automatic Merchandisers Association
State Supreme Court
Frank S. Shankland
INS
Frank
Shankland
Iowa
Milton W. Strickler
George W. Comfort
Iowa Automatic Merchandisers Association
Supreme Court
John H. Mitchell
Shanilayed
Association
A. C. Sweetman
Sweetman
Kidnapping Suspect Sought After State Hospital Visit
AT Waterloo AP Suspected kidnaping a ward of the state hospital for the insane at Independence a man identified as Sam Binley Tuesday was being sought by state and Waterloo police. He drove to the hospital grounds Monday claiming to be the ward’s uncle and obtained a visit permit. They reportedly entered a car and drove away. The man is described as 5 feet 10 inches, 160 pounds, dark hair and complexion with a stubby mustache.
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Waterloo
State Hospital For
Independence
Sam Binley
State
Anamosa
Million Granted by Social Security Board
Grants exceeding $1,000,000 were made by the Social Security Board on Tuesday to 12 states to cover the government’s share of higher state employment costs under unemployment compensation legislation.
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Washington
INS
Social Security Board
Worry and Faith in Everyday Living
A reader reflects on worry’s grip beyond faith alone. Identify the real worry behind fear of the future, accept what cannot be changed, and note steps to act or adjust attitude. The piece advises writing down the issue, doing what is possible, and entrusting outcomes to wiser judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elae
Farm income near 1929 peak as subsidies rise
U S farmers are poised to receive about 9 billion dollars in 1933 from marketing and government payments, the highest since 1929. The 1929 peak was 10.479 billion from marketing alone. subsidies now push total income up after 1932's 4.328 billion low. Last year reached 7.865 billion with gains in product sales and aid.
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Washington
INS
United States
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Grade Crossing On Sunday Ideal Spot To Get Scrap Iron
European and Asian buyers are purchasing scrap iron for war needs while grade crossings draw Sunday drivers to haul scrap. Japan buys scrapped motor cars as iron profits rise and the government mulls removing iron from the standard. A Rhode Island town reports a manhole cover theft as demand sends rail curves to Spain.
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Japan
Rhode Island
Death of Masaryk Ends Era in Czechoslovakia
Prague reports the death of Thomas Garrigue Masaryk at 3:29 a.m. at 87, the founder and first president of Czechoslovakia. A government mourning period was ordered as his body lies in state. his life spanned from Bohemian peasant roots to leading the republic through independence in 1918 and two subsequent seven year terms.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Thomas Garrigue Masaryk
Republic of
Masaryk
Jan Masaryk
London
Edouard Benes
Milan Hodza
Lang Castle
Agian Ika Ry
Charlotte Garrigue
Brooklyn
N. Y
Thomas Masaryk
Goeding
Machren
Bohemia
Tscheitsch
Brunn
University of
Vienna
Leipzig
Diet
The
Realists
Austria-Hungary
Italy
Briand
Austria
Russia
Canada
United States
U S
Republic
Paris
America
Thomas G. Masaryk
Vandals Spray Store Windows With Acid
Police hunted vandals who sprayed acid on 50 capital department and variety store windows causing damage estimated between 25 000 and 40 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Capital Department and Variety
Byers Demands Report on Conservation Fund Usage
Senator Frank C. Byers of Cedar Rapids asks the committee on retrenchment and reform to require an immediate report on the 1935 36 conservation fund of 500 000 dollars. The move aims to clarify administrative responsibility amid the Muntz Kraschel dispute and to defend lawmakers who backed S. F. 530.
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Tto Muntz
Nels Kraschel
Greater Iowa Commission
Emergency Conservation Fund
Forty-sixth General Assembly
Herring
Kraschel
Muntz
Frank Byers
Legislative Committee On
Conservation Fund
Frank C. Byers
Cedar Rapids
Los
Otto Muntz
Greater Iowa
O. R. Sweeney
Iowa State College
Roy E. Stevens
Ottumwa
Committee On
Byers
Senate
Conservation” Fund
S. F
General Assembly
Pope Pius resumes full duties after illness
Pope Pius declares he will resume all papal duties with renewed vigor and takes on Cardinal Bisletti's responsibilities. He writes to Cardinal Pacelli that divine will supports not shirking sacred tasks and notes prayers of Catholics and Saint Theresa aid his return to service.
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Pius
Pacelli
Cardinal Bisletti
Pope Pius
Cardinal Pacelli
Theresa
Wallace Seeks Large Cut in Crop Acreage Plan
Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace proposed a 15 to 25 million acre cut from 1937 planting levels in a tentative 1938 crop control program. The plan targets 275 to 285 million acres for 1938, includes specific caps for corn cotton rice potatoes tobacco and peanuts, and sets a 145 to 155 million acre limit for other soil depleting crops.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Crop Reporting Board
Wallace
United States
Congress
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
State Conservation Work Org Cuts Expenses For CCC Aid
Governor Kraschel announced that salaries and administrative costs for the state emergency conservation work organization have been reduced from $4 000 to about $2 300 per month. The group administers the $250 000 annual state share for CCC and related federal conservation programs. Budget cuts follow stoppage of land purchases and fewer CCC camps in the state.
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Des Moines
Nelson G. Kraschel
CCC
Iowa Old Age Plan Not Yet Submitted
Washington authorities report that Town has not submitted a revised old age assistance plan. State officials say a draft should reach Washington in a short while. No deadline has been set for receipt of the plan and accompanying reports while federal funds continue under the current act.
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Washington
Social Security Board
Baseball scores from the National and American Leagues
The report lists scores from multiple games across the National and American Leagues with pitch lines, batting orders, and game results. Key matchups include New York vs Pittsburgh, Brooklyn vs Cincinnati, Boston vs Chicago, and Philadelphia vs St. Louis, along with Detroit and Washington and other held games noted by call and delays.
Police Chief Sets Minimum Dress Law for Dancers
San Francisco Chief William Quinn enacted a minimum dress rule requiring dancers to end shows with at least a yard of cloth on their bodies. The decree targets ostrich farm and balloon maker activity amid city concerns.
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San Francisco
William Quinn
Ostrich Farms
Roosevelt silent on Black Klan tie and explain later
President Roosevelt avoided direct judgment on Justice Hugo Black's alleged Ku Klux Klan affiliation. He stated Black should explain the charges when able, noting he only reads what newspapers publish and that no prior investigation details were disclosed.
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Supreme Court
Hugo Black
Alabama
Ku Klux Klan
Black
Senate
The
Hooded Knights
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Hugo L. Black
Justice Black
Europe
Department of Justice
Mr Roosevelt
Roosevelt Blocks Government Ships From Carrying War Cargo
President Roosevelt prohibits government owned merchant ships from transporting arms to Japan or China and warns all U S flag vessels they sail at their own risk. The order targets the Wichita en route to China with bombing planes. The policy leaves the neutrality act status quo while the Maritime Commission decides the Wichita’s fate.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Japan
China
Cordell Hull
Joseph B. Kennedy
Maritime Commission
Wichita
San Pedro
Calif
Orient
Roosevelt Steamship, Company
Baltimore
United‘ States Aero
Kennedy
Army
Navy
Farley backs Mahoney in New York mayoral race
Democratic National Chairman James A. Farley openly endorses Jeremiah T. Mahoney in the New York mayoral primary, breaking party guidelines. Farley, a New York voter in the 15th district, says he will vote for Mahoney and urges enrolled Democrats to participate in the Thursday primary.
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Washington
INS
James A. Farley
Jeremiah T. Mahoney
New York
National Party Command
Royal S. Copeland
Mahoney
Farley
New York City
Jerry Mahoney
Steal Dancer Faith Bacon's Costume in Erie Theft
Fan dancer Faith Bacon, formerly of the Great Lakes exposition, may alter her act after thieves penetrated her car near Cleveland, slitting the top and making off with two suit cases containing her fang and a swan costume ahead of a two week engagement in Erie Pennsylvania.
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Cleveland
Faith Bacon
Erie
Miss Bacon
Here
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Cedar Rapids News
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Mancuso
Brandt
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Phelps
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Lanning
Mueller
Carleton
Logan
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O'Dea
MacFayden
Lopes
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Root
Phil
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LaMaster
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Wilson
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Ogrodowski
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Warneke
Detroit
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Gill
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Nelea
Dean
Brucker
Hayes
Whitehill
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Becker
Hadley
Dickey
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