Justice Black Klansman Debate Sparks Bitter Uproar
The article recounts a heated dispute over Justice Hugo Black and his alleged Ku Klux Klan ties. White House and Cooper Green defend or attack his record while Alabama politics and the Supreme Court’s duties are debated. It also covers Miss America contestant Bette Cooper of New Jersey.
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R. Justice
Hugo Black
London
Klux Klan
Roosevelt
Justice
Alabama
High Court
Senate
Roose
White House Riers
Justice Black
Supreme Court
Birmingham
Cooper Green
Ala
Upreme Court
Mrustice Black
White House
Bette Cooper
Hackettson
N. J
Bette
LeBrun Coop
Atlantic City
Hollywood
Papa
Mamma
Cooper
Earth
London Daily Express
Hiram W. Evans
Atlanta
Ku Klux Klan
Hugo L. Black
Pittsburgh Engineer Seeks Legendary Mine Cash in Arizona
Nathan Sturdy, mining engineer and Smithsonian member, heads to Tucson to hunt the fabled Mine with the Iron Door and an estimated $90 million in gold hidden by Spanish priests. He holds one quarter of an eighty acre claim. partner C W McKee contributes years of hunt. The tale ties to Francis I maps and Harold Bell Wright’s novel.
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Pittsburgh
Nathan Sturdy
Smithsonian Institution
Tucson
Ariz
Golden Triangle
Sturdy
Southwest
Spain
California
Arizona
Francist
Escalante
Great Mogul
Catalina‘ Mountains
Padre
Francis I
Pearson
Chareleux
C. W. McKee
Phoenix
McKee
United States Mint
Escalante Mine
Harold Bell Wright
Court Writ Order In Light And Power Suit
Washington AP report says District of Columbia supreme court modified a prior injunction in the Iowa Nebraska Light and Power company suit against PWAC officials to allow preliminary work to proceed in a Nebraska public power district.
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Light and Power Company
Washington
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Iowa- Nebraska Light and Power Company
PWAC
Nebraska
Cattle Market Tops at $19.10 a CWT in Chicago
The price of cattle reached $19.10 per hundredweight in Chicago the highest in 17 years. A load of choice grain fed steers set the top, 20 cents above the prior peak, with 25 head selling at the new high led by 18 head averaging 1,285 pounds from Chris Reiter of Cascade Iowa.
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Chicago
Chris Reiter
Cascade, Ja
Pilot Returns to Port After Brief China Voyage
An American aircraft carrier pilot, while under lease and en route to China with a cargo of American-made airplanes, turned back and returned to port.
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China
Iowa Audit Details 1935 Legislature Fund Spending
State Auditor C. W. Storms released an audit for the year ending June 30 1936 on the $500000 fund tied to former Governor Clyde L Herring. It shows $18236085 spent first year, land and engineering costs, salaries, and a Lake Manaway project allocation. Senator I G Chrystal drew $2224 as a land purchase agent. Continued on page 2.
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DES Moines
INS
Clyde L. Herring
C. W. Storms
G. B. MacDonald
Iowa State College
CCC
Iowa
Lake Manaway
Council Bluffs
I. G. Chrystal
Coon Rapids
Pinball machines ordered removed in Linn County
County Attorney G K Thompson announces pinball machines must be removed from Linn County venues within 48 hours after a district court ruling that pinball is barred by the Iowa slot machine statute. Judge Frank S Shankland had dissolved the prior injunction as of Tuesday.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank S. Shankland
Des Moines
Iowa
G. K. Thompson
Linn County
Thompson
Shankland
Iowa Automatic Merchandisers’ Association
Des Moines panel delays action on fund probe request
The Iowa Legislature's interim committee delayed Thursday action on an investigation of a $500000 emergency conservation work fund, hearing that ECW director G B McDonald will explain expenditures. An audit showed ECW spent $71141 on land in the year ending June 30 1936. Senator Frank C Byers had urged scrutiny following charges by Otto S Muntz former Greater Iowa commission chair.
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Des Moines
Ed R. Brown
Planning Board
Frank C. Byers
Cedar Rapids
G. B. McDonald
Roy Stevens
Ottumwa
C. W. Storms
ECW
Italians may renounce oath of neutrality in Mediterranean patrol
A British spokesman said Italy may press to join the nine power conference in Geneva to secure a larger role in the Mediterranean piracy patrol. Italian leaders, supported by Nazi Germany, signaled possible withdrawal from non intervention if Britain and France do not grant Italy equal footing, risking a broader Spanish conflict.
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Geneva
Italy
Russia
London
Germany
Britain
France
Mussolini
Spain
Giornale D’italia
Virginian Gayda
Mediterranean
Adolf Hitler
Tyrrhenian Sea
Rome-Berlin
Rome
Ilduce
Hitler
Francisco Franco
Arrest in Beverly hit and run linked to Stodola injury
Sergeant Gordon Hughes and Patrolman John Hanna arrested Virgil Emerson of Beverly after witness Abe Pilsner identified him as the driver in a hit and run that injured motorcycle patrolman John Stodola. Stodola, struck at Fourth avenue and Eighth street SE at 1:50 p.m., recovered enough to be taken to St Luke's hospital for X rays.
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Beverly Man
Stodola
Gordon Hughes
John Hanna
Virgil Emerson
Beverly
Abe Pilsner
John Stodola
Cedar Rapids
John F. Stodola
Sixth Avenue SE
Fourth Avenue
Eighth Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
It is an awful mistake for the church to preach forgiveness
A reader criticizes church teaching on forgiveness as soft soap and argues that sin must be confronted honestly. She asserts that people reap what they sow and that moral failings are paid for, though the church remains hopeful about every soul.
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England
Cedar Rapids Man Wins Highway 30 Culverts Contract
Perry Jayne of Cedar Rapids was awarded a $5,239 contract for twenty culverts on Highway 30 from the west Cedar Rapids area past the Sixteenth Avenue SW viaduct to the junction with the current concrete surface. The bid was let by the state highway commission at Ames. The project uses fifteen reinforced concrete pipe culverts and five reinforced concrete box culverts with extensions.
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Perry Jayne
Cedar Rapids
Highway
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Jayne
State Highway Commission
Ames
Benton County
Borah Opens Fight for Constitution on National Radio
Senator William E. Borah will launch a nationwide attack on executive and legislative raids, arguing to defend the Constitution. His address from Constitution Hall targets looming court changes, with other leaders like President Roosevelt and Senator Burke scheduling speeches to follow.
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Washington
INS
William E. Borah
Idaho
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Borah
Constitution Hall
Hugo L. Black
Black
Washington Monument
Burke
Neb
Rushmore
Fridev
Roosevelt weighs shipping embargo amid Far East crisis
Secretary of Commerce Roper said exports of cotton and scrap iron to China and Japan may be restricted as the U S weighs how much to curb war-material supply. President Roosevelt banned government ships from carrying arms and warned private carriers. The Wichita case prompted maritime scrutiny as the U S considers policy impact.
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Havns
China
Roosevelt
Japan
Uncle Sam
Mr. Roosevelt
Bermee Action
National Council For Prevention of Worlis
Wichita
Washington
Daniel C. Roper
Roper
Cordell Hull
Norman H. Davis
Hull
U. S Maritime Commission
S. S. Wichita
Roosevelt Line
Wilmington
Calif
Commerce Department
Far East
America
Baseball doubleheader results and box score snippets
The report compiles partial box scores from multiple games featuring Cleveland, New York, Detroit, Washington, St. Louis, Philadelphia, Chicago, Boston, Pittsburgh, Brooklyn, and Cincinnati. It lists inning-by-inning scores, pitcher lines, and batting totals, with several lines incomplete or garbled.
World’s Troubles Stay Local as Congress Rests
A 1937 column argues Congress overdoes its domestic work while global crises loom. It notes the body will not convene until December after the holidays and jokes about broadcasting sessions from the empty Capitol.
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Clem McCarthy
Capitol
Clem
iCopyright
Roosevelt 10 Act If Claim 15 Confirmed
The article reports President Roosevelt may demand Justice Hugo L. Black resign if Black confirms Klan ties. It notes U S officials see potential political fallout and discuss possible Black withdrawal or resignation, with White House and Farley cautious amid London reports.
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Roosevelt
Farley
State Department
London
White House
Senate
Sweeney Accepts Appointment To Head Plan Group
Dr. O R Sweeney head of Iowa State College chemical engineering accepts as head of the Greater Iowa planning commission. He will outline plans after a meeting with members. He notes plans require commission approval and would not comment on a pending suit by Otto S Muntz.
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Kraschel
Straus to Head New Low Cost Housing Agency
President Roosevelt plans to appoint Nathan Straus of New York as administrator of the new 500 million dollar housing administration within ten days. Straus is seen as the leading authority on low cost housing and has backing from New York officials Mayor LaGuardia and Senator Wagner. The move accompanies opposition to other nominees and follows Roosevelt’s aim to make the agency a success after PWA housing operations were criticized.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Nathan Straus
New York
Straus
F. H. LaGuardia
New York City
Wagner
Congress
R. A. Gray
Public Works Administration Housing
New Yorker
PWA
American Federation of Housing Authorities
Gazette Mailing Service for Students Leaves Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids youths heading to colleges can receive The Gazette at their school through a simple mailing arrangement. Call or visit the circulation department before departure to set up delivery to a college address and stay informed while away.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids
The
Cedar Rapids Gazette
the Gazette
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Bugs" Baer
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