Tax Exempt Government Securities Holders Revealed
Morgenthau releases a treasury study showing investors hold about 65.6 billion in tax exempt government securities with 1.95 billion in annual interest. The report details ownership by the US government agencies states and localities and projects impacts if interest were taxed. It notes banks and fiscal agencies would bear big burdens while individuals with income under 5,000 would own 1.334 billion.
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Washington
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Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Congress
Treasury
Cummings
Supreme Court
Pat Harrison
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United States
Federal
Britain and France Bow to Hitler on Czechoslovakia Crisis
The article argues that Britain and France sacrifice Czechoslovak independence to Hitler’s demand for the Sudeten region, with Mussolini siding with Germany. It criticizes Chamberlain’s policy, questions American wartime posture, and warns of looming European conflict while urging restraint and caution.
Cedar Rapids Weather and Cedar River Rise Report
After a chilly weekend Cedar Rapids sees a mostly cloudy day with .08 inch rain. Temperatures climbed from 48 to 52 this afternoon while the Cedar River gauge shows 6.1 feet and a crest of about six inches higher in the last 24 hours. Waterloo river levels receded from an autumn high at 16.6 feet Sunday.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Mercury
Cedar River
Iowa Windmill and Pump Company
Associated Press
Waterloo
Warning to Europe: If you start this war, you will have none of it
The speaker issues a stark warning that Europe will bear the full brunt if it initiates conflict, asserting the resolve to oppose any such move and deny any compromise or mercy. The message emphasizes decisive retaliation and global stakes.
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Europe
American Legion Names Likely 1939 National Commander
The American Legion seems to have chosen Stephen Chadwick of Seattle as the 1939 national commander after rival candidates withdrew. A Chicago convention site appears likely, with Phil Collins offering a $27 500 budget for convention expenses.
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Los Angeles
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American Legion
Stephen Chadwick
Seattle
Phil Collins
Chicago
Legion
Milo J. Warner
Toledo
Raymond T. Kelly
Detroit
Lynn A. Stambaugh
Fargo
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Legionaires
Hunt Kidnapers Of Mother Daughter In Wisconsin
G men and state police hunted three men who abducted Mrs. Clarence Reiter and her daughter Julie Anne 19 in Hudson Wisconsin on Saturday night. They bound the pair with wire and forced Mrs Reiter to drive the car then abandoned them near their home. The car was found in St Paul Minnesota and the FBI took charge as the car had crossed a state line. The women suffered only slight bruises from the bonds.
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Hudson
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Clarence Reiter
Julie Anne
St. Paul
Minn
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Z. C. B. J. Donates to Czech National Defense Fund
Cedar Rapids reports a $1,000 donation to the Czechoslovak National Defense Fund approved at the Z.C.B.J. lodge supreme council meeting. The local Czech Alliance has already sent $3,000 to the Czechoslovak National Bank in Prague and fundraising continues.
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Cedar Rapids News
Czech Defense Fund
Z.C.B.J. Lodge Supreme Council
Z.C
WPA group plans army back off amid labor drive
In New York the WPA Em ployes Association of America says it will mobilize 3,000,000 WPA workers and dependents to back President Roosevelt and support pro administration candidates. Raymond Meisnere claims 1,000 members joined in a week and a monster rally is planned. The AFL backs a Federal Project Workers group to organize white collar WPA workers.
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WPA Employes Association of America
Roosevelt
Raymond B Moisnere
David I. Niles
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White House
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Workers Alliance
Meisnere
American Federation of Labor
Federal Project Workers
American Federation of Bookkeepers, Stenographers and Accountants
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Herbert Markus
Council Calls For Bids On 3rd Ave Projects This Thursday
The Cedar Rapids council will bid on two Third Avenue jobs the bridge repaving and the Fourth Street to river widening. Plans approved with minor changes, bidding could start legal steps Thursday with bids opened and contracts awarded subject to PWA approval by October 10. Council aims to begin work soon to beat winter weather.
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Third Avenue
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Fourth Street
Frank E. Young
Young
PWA
Jim Farley in Pin-Boy or Flower-Girl Role
A 1938 cartoon caption-puzzle by Artur Baer questions Jim Farley's role in the administration. It hints at two personas flower girl spreading remembrance and pin-boy guiding political stooges, with references to Maryland and Georgia and a fall of the pin-boy.
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Pin-Boy
Jim
Franklin
Maryland
Georgia
Stooges
Action Can Now Begin Sudeten Free Corps Heads Say
Berlin reports the Sudeten free corps announces that preparations are complete and action can begin. More than 40,000 refugees flee into refugee camps as divisions form and border tensions rise over the British French partition plan. Civil unrest looms if Czechoslovakia rejects the plan, with volunteers likely to cross the frontier to incite disorders.
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Berlin
Sudeten “Free Corps
Czechoslovakia
Free Corps
John Huss
Germany
Two Jones County Hen Killed in Crossing Crash
Center Junction residents Cecil Young 30 and Garret Coden about 50 died when a truck collided with a Milwaukee freight train 30 miles east of Dixon Illinois at 3 am Monday. Scott McDonald was seriously injured. most cattle perished. Truck owned by A R McDonald Center Junction, brother of the injured man.
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Gazette
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Scott McDonald
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Young
E. R. Young
Center Junction
Severe Hurricane Bearing Down On Southeast Florida
A vast relief organization readies to meet possible emergencies as a severe tropical hurricane bears toward southeast Florida. Meteorologist Gordon Dunn warns it could strike anywhere from Palm Beach to the Keys, with storm flags flying from Jacksonville to Key West and warnings urging precautions.
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$85 000 Worth of Narcotics Seized in Chicago Raid
Federal agents raided a gold coast office suite in Chicago and seized $85 000 worth of morphine and heroin. Three men were arrested in what is described as the city’s largest narcotics raid.
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Gold Coast
Prague'
Prague leaders ponder final decision on Sudetenland surrender amid Britain France plan. Government appeals for calm as it braces for possible dismemberment and vows to defend territory while seeking support from friendly nations. Public mood shifts toward potential lone resistance if pressed.
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Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
Britain
France
Russia
Stock Market Rises After Peace Talks Yield to Hitler Demands
New York stocks gained up to $5 a share as markets cheered Anglo French moves toward peace by yielding to Chancellor Hitler's demands, lifting investor sentiment at Monday's peaks.
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Hitler
Czechoslovakia seeks Soviet support over Sudeten crisis
Reports state Czechoslovakia asked Soviet officials in Geneva for help to block any transfer of Sudetenland to Germany. Berlin dispatch notes a tentative second meeting between Chamberlain and Hitler planned for Wednesday at Godesberg. Prague reports police and gendarmerie patrols to deter demonstrations against the Anglo French plan for settling Europe’s crisis.
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Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Sudecten
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Berlin
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Neville Chamberlain
Britain and France Accept Czechoslovakia Partition Plan
Britain's and France's cabinets approve the Sudeten German partition plan for Czechoslovakia. Hitler would be expected to march for satisfaction, with a new frontiers draw and population exchanges to safeguard German minorities and other minorities inside Czechoslovakia.
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France
Czechoslovakia
London
Great Britain
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Neville Chamberlain
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Russia
Belgium
Germany
Developments In Europe's Crisis
The Loited Press reports that Britain and France capitulated to Hitler's demand for Sudeten annexation, while Czechs threaten to resist alone. Chamberlain and Daladier back the move in principle to avoid war, with hopes for a four-power peace conference. Berlin signals imminent bloodshed if Czechs refuse. refugees rise, and Mussolini backs settlement and potential war alliance.
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Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
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Great Britain
Fuehrer
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London
Nev Me Chamberlain
Germany
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Paris
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Daladier
Prague
Stefan Osusky
Berlin
Free Corps
London Daily Mail
Romeo Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Trieste
No Reason to Alter Neutrality Act Yet
Washington says there is no present need to change the Neutrality Act though Congress must decide next session on reenacting cash and carry provisions. House Foreign Affairs Chairman McReynolds says Roosevelt discussed the act generally but no amendment. No special session is planned unless an acute European crisis develops.
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House Foreign Affairs Committee
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