Cedar Rapids council orders 139322.99 cut in city budget
A special meeting yields a reduced total expenditure of 988047.90 for the coming year, down from 1,127,370.89, with the difference adding to a balance for lower levies next year. The budget mirrors last year’s total and trims fire and police spending, including proposed salary cuts and unpaid leave for staff.
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Cedar Rapids
W. H. Stepanek
Lou Dennis
E. J. North
Playground Commission
Louis D. Burgos
Police Dept
Steck Seen for Federal Commission Post in Iowa Delegation
In Washington, Iowa Democrats urge former Senator Daniel F. Steck for a seat on either the Federal Trade Commission or the Interstate Commerce Commission. Steck has met with Sen. Louis Murphy and others as vacancies arise. James H. Hanley filled the radio commission, leaving two openings on each independent body.
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Washington
Daniel F. Steck
Federal Trade Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Iowa
Steck
Louis Murphy
Radio Commission
James H. Hanley
Omaha
Trade Commission
Charles H. Marsh
Mind and business ethics exam with Albert E. Wiggam
A feature with Albert Edward Wiggam, D. Sc., author of The Fruit of the Family Tree, argues the Golden Rule underpins major houses and fair dealing. Dr. Catherine Cox reports on 301 geniuses, noting that obstacles spur talent from childhood onward.
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Albert Edward Wiggam
D. Sc
Catherine Cox
Walter Miles
New Haven
Cousin Marriages and Love At First Sight Explained
A pamphlet advertised by Dr. Albert Edward Wiggam argues cousin marriages have explanations and notes advantages and disadvantages. It promotes scientific views on love and dating, citing increased social reach via modern transport and wider acquaintance.
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Albert Edward Wiggama
Cousin Marineses
Moratorium Bill Passes Iowa House For Foreclosure Relief
The Iowa House approved a drastic foreclosure relief bill by 84 to 11, halting all foreclosure actions for a two year emergency period and delaying court responses until after March 1, 1935. The measure includes an arbitration panel to apportion farm income between taxes, interest and upkeep, but not principal.
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DES Moines
INS
Iowa House of Representatives
Senate
House
Matsuoka Signals Support for Treaty Revision
Japanese statesman Yosuke Matsuoka in Washington suggested Japan would welcome a study of revising the nine power treaty. He said the pact rested on fictions about China and China failed to respond. He noted Japan did not violate treaty clauses in its Manchurian actions.
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Washington
INS
Japan
China
Yosuke Matsuoka
Roosevelt
League of Nations
Manchuria
Body Of Man Found In Mississippi River Near Rock Island
The body of an unidentified man was found in the Mississippi River at the east end of Arab Island six miles from Andalusia Illinois Friday morning. Authorities said it answered in a general way to the description of C Max Poenitz of Rock Island who has been missing since his automobile was found wrecked February 3 on Rock Island arsenal island.
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Rock Island, Ill
Mississippi River
Arab Island
Andalusia
Ill
Rock Island
C. Max Poenitz
Rock Island Arsenal Island
Roosevelt to permit 3.2 beer at army posts and naval stores
President Roosevelt reportedly decided that the 3.2 beer may be sold in army posts and naval stores and canteens in states allowing it. Navy ships will not carry the beverage due to cargo limits, and approval is needed to modify naval and army regulations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Cornell Husk Publishes School Contest Winners
The March Husk magazine from Cornell college presents prize poems and stories from a midwest high school creative writing contest. Edited by Prof. Clyde Tull, top works include Lassitude by Charlotte Radcliff and Be fore Breakfast by Laurie Cavanaugh, with other notable pieces by Molly Grinnell Agnes Cota and a range of contributors from Minnesota Illinois Iowa Nebraska South Dakota and Chicago.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell College
Cornell English Club
Clyde Tull
Charlotte Radcliff
Minneapolis
Laurie Cavanaugh
Molly Grinnell
Highland Park
Agnes Cota
Dubuque
Alma Broulck Clutter
Beatrice Smith
Clinton
William Lowe
Lois Miller
Vinton
Robert Fauth
Clarence
Helen McWilliams
Waterloo
Walter Crampton
Don Adams, Jr
Sigourney
Audrey Johnson
Rock Rapids
Margaret Vigars
Algona
Philip Sturges
Correctionville
Betty Ann Shepard
Elizabeth Hart
Carol Turner
Albert Pierce
Jesup
Mark Mirich
Edgemont
S. D
MacAlvey Rosewater
Omaha
Neb
Anne Elizabeth Smith
Chicago
Last Day To Pay March Income Tax Extended Deadline
Washington report says income tax returns and first quarterly payments must be filed or mailed by midnight tonight. The deadline was moved from March 15 to ease taxpayers hit by banking disruptions. Tennessee dairy industry yields about 15 million dollars annually.
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Washington
Upturn in Retail Trade Produces New Confidence
Bright spots appeared in federal reserve reports across the nation. An upturn in retail sales and revived confidence were noted in multiple districts, with gains in women's apparel, shoes, home furnishings, and leather goods. Several districts reported improving department store activity in February and March.
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Federal Reserve
Dun and Bradstreet’s, Inc
San Francisco
Federal Reserve District
Kansas City
St. Louis
Federal Reserve System
Department of Commerce
Mrest
B. F. Goodrich Company
Engineering News-Record
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
General Tire and Rubber Company
Frigidaire Corporation of Dayton
Capone Appeal Set for April 6 in Fifth Circuit
Arguments in the appeal of Alphonse Capone, convicted Chicago gangster, were scheduled for April 6 by the Fifth District U.S. circuit court. The case, moved from Atlanta with government consent, challenges a habeas corpus denial by the Atlanta federal court.
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New Orleans
Alphonse Capone
Chicago
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Fifth District
Atlanta
Capone
Check for $20 on back of postcard sparks economy talk
A Wisconsin firm sent a $20 check on a postal card to a creditor in New York. The card requires one cent postage and a small federal tax, making the total cost to pay the bill only three cents. Regular mail with an envelope costs five cents in postage plus two for the check tax.
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New York
Wisconsin
Hermit Found Slain Near Danville
The mutilated body of Newton E. Cozad a hermit was found in his corn crib home near Danville on Friday authorities said he had been tortured by robbers in what appears to be a brutal homicide with no immediate arrest.
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Danville
Lit
Newton E. Cozad
Here
Clinton And Dubuque Scout Areas Merged
C W Babcock took charge of the Dubuque Boy Scout area after a temporary merger with Clinton. Six counties Clinton Dubuque Allamakee Clayton Jackson and Delaware form the combined group with Dubuque headquarters for sixty five troops and 1600 Scouts. In Scotland a hare drive on Earl Cawdor estate near Nairn killed and distributed 1000 hares to the unemployed.
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Clinton
C. W Babcock
Dubuque
Allamakee
Clayton
Jackson
Delaware
Earl Cawdor
Nairn
Scotland
Senate approves tax free gas color bill in Iowa
Des Moines reports the Iowa Senate passed a bill requiring dye coloration of tax free gasoline used for non highway purposes. The bill, sponsored by Senator McArthur, mandates a distinctive purple color applied by a state approved substance and sets a ninety day window for refund requests on destroyed gasoline.
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Des Moines
House
State Senate
McArthur
State Department of Agriculture
Senate
Senate Iowa bank bill aims at trust certificates for deposits
The measure envisions issuing trust certificates to depositors in proportion to waived deposits, creating a prior claim over common stock. Public bodies may accept these certificates for funds, with waivers binding at 75 percent and deposits of $10 or more. Public officers’ salaries may be set by the banking superintendent, and provisions repeal conflicting statutes.
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Riverside
People’s Trust and Savings Bank
W. P. Caldwell
Banking Department
County Boards of Supervisors
Two Young Women Die in West End Apartment
In Portsmouth Ohio two 18 year old women, Dorothy White McCormick of Portsmouth and Muriel Howard of Scioto Furnace, were found dead in a west end apartment late Friday. Police favor a poisoning theory and report no struggle or signs of foul play, the bodies discovered by suitors Walter George and Hiram Schmeller who arrived for a date.
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Portsmouth
West End
Dorothy White McCormick
Muriel Howard
Scioto Furnace
Here
Walter George
Hiram Schmeller
British Officers Taken Inland By Chinese Captors
Four British officers from the Nanchang were seized by fourteen pirates from two Chinese junks off Newchwang and were taken inland toward Ehr cethkow fifteen miles away. Captain Robinson gave chase but the pirates escaped in shallow water.
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Newchwang
Manchuria
Nanchang
Ehrcethkow
Newchwang Bar
W. E. Hargraves
A. D. Blue
F. L. Pears
Charles Johnson
Robinson
Elkader Dominates Forensic Meet In Iowa City
In Iowa City a four event junior college forensic contest concluded with Elkader claiming three state championships. Everett Lyon of Newton won the high school extemporaneous speaking title earning a four year University of Iowa scholarship. Addison Hickman of Sioux City was runner up. Elkader’s winning debate team consisted of Betty Bishop and Eunice Ulash.
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Iowa City
Elkader
Everett Lyon
Newton
University of Iowa
Russia
Addison Hickman
East High
Sioux City
Gladys Gmelin
Ruth Lunt
Frederic Wilson
Estherville
Betty Bishop
Eunice Ulash
Howard Chandler
Sheldon
Suthers Smith
Maquoketa
Ivan Dikstra
Northwestern
Orange City
Frederick Wilson
John Haefner
Muscatine
Missouri Pacific Seeks Bankruptcy Under New Laws
Missouri Pacific railroad filed a bankruptcy petition under new federal law in United States District Court in St Louis. The railroad owed 044, 220 and was unable to meet obligations, with an order allowing the petition and directing current management to continue operating pending court orders.
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ST. Louis
INS
Missouri Pacific Railroad
United States
C. B. Faria
Faris
Wapsipinicon Scouts Meet For Round Table
West Union hosts a round table of the Wapsipinicon area with 100 attendees from Grun dy Center Cedar Falls Waterloo New Hampton Waverly Independence Allison Oelwein Fayette Decorah Cresco Sumner and West Union Victor Allen of Waterloo awarded twenty four Scoutmasters with certificates Max Barker of Fairbank received his Eagle Scout from Martin Koeberle of Sumner The Hoover blue ribbon went to West Union Boy Scouts with Scoutmaster E I Selden George P Schatz presiding The program included a round table led by Allen work plans for April by John D Clinton of Fayette and a bird talk by Prof Lyon of Upper Iowa University.
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West Union
Round Table
Wapsipinicon
Grundy Center
Cedar Falls
Waterloo
New Hampton
Waverly
Independence
Allison
Oelwein
Fayette
Decorah
Cresco
Sumner
Victor Allen
Max Barker
Fairbank
Martin Koeberle
Hoover
West Union Boy Scouts
E. I. Selden
George P. Schatz
John D. Clinton
Prof. Lyon
Upper Iowa University
Dorothy Massingham Dies in London Gas Tragedy
Actress and playwright Dorothy Massingham, 43, was found dead Friday in a gas filled London apartment. An inquest is planned for Saturday. She had been ill for weeks and spent time in a nursing home after a nervous breakdown.
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Miss Massingham
London
Dorothy Massingham
Three What Cheer Folk Hurt As Car Plunges In Ditch
Mrs. Lyle Wright suffered a badly fractured leg and her daughter LaLue four was seriously cut under the chin when a car driven by Mrs. De Wayne Brown plunged into a ditch between Oskaloosa and What Cheer. Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Wright were badly cut and injured passengers were pinned under the wrecked vehicle before a passerby freed them. Mrs. Brown released from Oskaloosa hospital the next day while Mrs. Wright remained at Oskaloosa hospital and the child was cared for by a What Cheer physician. Mrs. Brown is the daughter of E G Nelson, president of What Cheer Clay Products Co.
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the Gazette
What Cheer
Lyle Wright
LaLue
DeWayne Brown
Brown
Oskaloosa
Senate group asked to probe Harriman bank delay
Senator Costigan introduced a resolution asking the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate the Justice Department delay in prosecuting one or more officers of Harriman National Bank and Trust Co of New York. The move follows a split among committees over jurisdiction.
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Senate Group
Harriman Bank
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Joseph W. Harriman
Harriman National Bank and Trust Company of
New York
Costigan
Dem
Cole
Senate
Justice Department
Senate Banking Committee
The
Stock Exchange
Harriman
Treasury and
Justice Departments
Judiciary Committee
Dentist Loses Watch After Tooth Extraction
In Watseka Illinois Dr G E Clark extracted a tooth from a passing motorist Thursday night but the motorist disappeared with the 18 carat watch. Clark notified Danville police to locate the thief who vanished with the timepiece.
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Watseka, Ill
INS
G. E. Clark
Earl Derr Biggers Shows Slight Improvement After Heart Attack
Pasadena hospital attendants report the 49 year old author Earl Derr Biggers was slightly improved after a severe heart attack. Dr A T Newscomb said the Charlie Chan creator showed some improvement. Biggers' wife was due to arrive later Friday from New Zealand.
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Pasadena
Calif
Earl Derr Biggers
A. T. Newscomb
Biggers
New Zealand
Senate Deliberates Beer Bill Amid Prohibition Debate
The Senate revisits 79 A D and 1933 A D, dropping earlier matters as Senator Walsh probes allowing drugstore beer and Senator Gore seeks to bar beer sales on government property. Debate centers on consequences for youths and government property, with passage of the latter amendment. Vets note Capitol access remains quick to downtown Washington.
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Pompei
Sheppard
Senate
Walsh
Dem
Mass
Drys
Gore
Okla
House
Capitol Hill
Washington
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Gome
Matsuoka
Cornell Husk
Tennessee
al Capone
Clinton and
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Cash & Carry Grocery
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Sunkist
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Elkader Girls
Missouri Pacific
Frank Patek
Riverside Feed Mill
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