Weather Warmth Returns Across Iowa and Midwest Regions
Spring weather returns as Cedar Rapids records a high of 56 after a 26 degree low. Sunday saw sun and milder conditions with a 58 degree peak and a 34 degree midnight reading per the Chambers Inskeep recorder. Interstate cities from Des Moines to Seattle reported varied temperatures.
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Iowa
Washington
Mount
Tampa
New Orleans Star
Omaha
Galveston
Los Neeles
Charles
San Francisco
Des Moines LaCrosse
Seattle
Dubuque
Havre
Davenport
Bismarck
Keokuk
Detroit
New York
Chicaco
Cedars Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company Recorder
Dinner and Meeting Sponsored by Linn County Republican Women
A dinner and meeting sponsored by the Linn County Republican Women’s Club at 6:30 PM in Crystal at the Montrose Hotel. Mrs HC Heusthron of Red Oak, past president of the Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs, was to speak.
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Linn County Republican Womens Club
Crystal Many Montrose Hotel
HC. Heusthron Gt
Red Oak
Iowa Federation of Womens
Intoxication and fire calls mark small town notices
Tareth R Forrestal, 22, fined 50 dollars for intoxication. Vilas Sandboe, 23, 30 day floater for intoxicated and disturbing the peace. Homer Waener, 31, Plaza hotel, fined 25 dollars and costs for intoxication. Several residents nationwide cited for speeding and related infractions. Roof and grass fires reported on multiple streets with general alarm calls and municipal fire company responses.
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Tareth R Forrestal
Cutis N Court SE
Corts
Vilas Sandboe
G Avenue NW
Homer Waener
Plaza Hotel
Ralph Holmes
Anamosa
Ralph Sehoules
Onslow
Ered Minor
Cedar Rapids
William Pelten
Third Avenue SE
R. H Staff
Washington Avenue
Vic D. W. Cook
Gatraeyn
Hey Beal
Seventeenth Avenue SE
Births at St Luke's and Mercy hospitals
At St Luke's hospital a son was born to Mr and Mrs Frank McManus of 1636 Fast Avenue E on April 2. A son followed for Mr and Mrs Karl Reinhardt of Luzerne, also on April 2. At Mercy hospital a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Alfred Stanek of 21 Tenth Avenue SE on April 2. Joseph Trachta 85 died at his daughter Mrs Joseph Faltis's home at 925 Twentieth Street SE Sunday morning. Mrs Lavema Boner 73 died at her home 108 Sixth Avenue SW at 7 20 am Monday.
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Fourth Avenue
O Lobenstein
Mundey
Lincoln Avenue
F C. McDonald
Fifth Avenue
Frank E. Ehrenberger
Division Street
Harry Swaliey
Fifteenth Avenue
Twelfth Avenue
Eighteenth Street
E Avenue NW
St Luke's Hospital
Frank McManus
Fast Avenue E
Karl Reinhardt
Luzerne
Mercy Hospital
Alfred Stanek
Tenth Avenue SE
Joseph Trachta
Joseph Faltis
Twentieth Street
Lavema Boner
Sixth Avenue
Marriage Licenses for Wilcox and Knapp
Paul D. Wilcox and Garnett R. Knapp, both of Central City, secured marriage licenses.
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Paul D. Wilcox
Garnett R. Knapp
Central City
John Kennedy Fined for Assault and Battery
John Red Kennedy aged 29 of 518 First Avenue West was fined ten shillings plus costs by Justice HR Churchill for assault and battery. Wilda Owens of 1400 Second Avenue East was the complaining witness.
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John ' Red” Kennedy
First Avenue W
HR. Churchill
Wilda Owens
Second Avenue E
Coe College Band Performs in Chicago Concert
A crowd of 2,800 filled Orchestra Hall to hear the Coe College band on a Chicago tour. Conducted by Prof. Paul S Ray the ensemble opened with Bach and featured trombone soloist Joseph Bejcek. The program included violin concerto by Prof. Joseph Kitchin and Bach chorales, with plans to perform at Elgin and two high schools before returning home.
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Chicago
Coe College
Bach Chorale
Paul S Ray
Coe Music Department
Joseph Bejcek
Bach
Joseph Kitchin
Stan Vesely
Elgin
Oleomargarine Tax Law Tightened In Iowa House
In Des Moines the Iowa House passed a bill 89 to 9 to tighten oleomargarine tax law. It defines spread for bread as imitation butter, bars use of terms like butter or creamery in butter substitutes advertising, and directs the measure to Senate consideration. Rep. Dean W. Peisen opposed, citing telegrams from southern states.
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DES Moines
Iowa House
Senate
Iowa
Dean W. Peisen
Eldora
TVA Inquiry Ends With Majority Cleans Bill Of TVA
Six of nine on the joint congressional committee report TVA mismanagement charges baseless. Majority says TVA administration economical and reorganization improved accounting before 1938. Minority accuses whitewash and urges board expansion and river power control moved to army engineers and agriculture.
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Washington
Joint Congressional Committee
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Dr . E. Morgan
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ohio
Jenkins
Congress
Minority Report
Federal Power Commission
Army Engineers
Department of Agriculture
James J Davis
Charles A Wolverton
WNO
Vic Donahey
Lynn J. Frazier
N. D
Harry H. Schwartz
Wye
James M Mead
R. Ewing Thomason
Tex
Graham A. Barden
N.C
Britain opposes aggression as policy shifts noted
Britain faces a grave situation after Czechoslovakia's destruction and adopts a new policy. Chamberlain stresses the pledge to Poland while Britain contemplates a rearmament loan to Roumania and denies encirclement by Germany. Halifax defends the Poland pledge as a peace effort.
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Czechoslovakia
Poland
Chamberlain
Roumania
BR. A. Butler
Foreign Affairs
Britain
Viscount Halifax
House of Lords
France
Reich
Berlin
Skoda
Germany
Bucharest
Hitler
Halifax
Chamber of Commerce outlines Cedar Rapids growth drive
Clare Marshall president details chamber activities aimed at a greater Cedar Rapids before the Cedar Rapids Real Estate board at the YMCA. Six new industries have located here since 1935 and none have left, with emphasis on the retail bureau and events like Dollar days Bargain days and Santa visits. The All Town fair and bureau contact work expand regional appeal with Hawkeye Downs improvements aided by state and federal funds. Winners in an ad writing contest were Floyd Knapp Glenn Strickland and W Roy Harger. Nissen noted his entry led to a sale.
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Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids
Clare Marshall
Des Moines
Waterloo
Davenport
Dubuque
Marshall
Iowa
Mr. Marshall
Hawkeye Downs
Speakers Bureau
The
Floyd Knapp
Glenn Strickland
W. Roy Harger
Frank Nissen
Incomplete statement on European situation cited
A government official said they were not in a position to give a full statement on the European situation as consultations with other governments continued.
Woman Kills Infant Believing Deformity, Then Self
In Pittsburgh a 22-year-old mother Blanche M Brown smothered her ten week old son Harold Jr with a pillow and later stabbed herself. The husband found the infant dead within about an hour of the act. A note says she could not bear to see the baby with a deformed head and crossed eyes. Coroner’s physician found the child well developed and normal.
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Pittsburgh
Ebbecause
Blanche M Brown
Harold
Harold, Jr
Brown
City Briefs and Personal Notes Highlight Local Events
The city commission will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m in city hall. Maj C S Myers will speak on National Defense at Canopus club noon Tuesday at the Roosevelt hotel. Woman's Relief corps meets Thursday at Memorial building with noon dinner and Army Day program. A theft report cites two grown rabbits valued at 10. Four old cars stolen over the weekend, with two recovered. Cars belonging to O A Knapp and T H Davidson stolen. Davidson and Mudd cars recovered. Mudd car recovered. A new streamliner locomotive passed through Beverly en route to Council Bluffs, built in Schenectady, N Y, coal-fired steam-electric design.
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C S. Myers
Infantry
Iowa
National Defense
Canopus Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Woman’s Relief Corps
Memorial Building
O. A. Knapp
Marion
T. H. Davidson
First Avenue
Davidson
Max L. Mudd
Tenth Street
Robert Taft
Seventh Avenue
Mudd
Streamliner
Beverly
North Western
Union Pacific Railway
Council Bluffs
Schenectady
N. Y
Camera Club Meeting Demo Adds No Darkroom Printing
Cedar Rapids Camera club will meet at 7 45 p m Tuesday in the Light company bungalow. Floyd Finson will demonstrate a new graphic paper enabling printing without a dark room. Fred H Pitzer will show movie scenes in sequence and baby picture style records. The meeting closes with exhibition and judging of the monthly contest on Smoke.
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Camera Club
Cedar Rapids Camera Club
Light Company
Floyd Finson
Fred H. Pitzer
Jennings Crawfords To Erect New Residence
Dr and Mrs Jennings Crawford plan to start construction within two weeks on a Dutch colonial home at 525 Vernon drive SE. The three bedroom two bath house is contracted to Frank Whitters. They will reside at the Commonwealth during building after selling their English bungalow at 232 Twenty-fifth street drive SE to Mr and Mrs Ray Horton.
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Jennings Crawford
Vernon Drive
Frank Whitters
Crawford
Commonwealth
Twenty-fifth Street Drive
Ray Horton
Washington Avenue
Pinball Machine Bill Clears House Amid Gambling Debate
The Iowa House passes a bill with a Hoegh amendment making possession of a pinball machine a misdemeanor with a $100 fine or 30 days in jail. Debate pits supporters finding revenue and enforcement against claims pinball devices are not gambling, while licensing details would be set by the Department of Agriculture.
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Hoegh
Rep. L. C. Bowers
Lucas County
John H. Mitchell
Supreme Court
United States
Hough
John
Heffner
Webster City
Slough
Polk County
Towa
Des Moines
Bowers
House
Attorney General's Office
Firemen Attend School to Save Property in Cedar Rapids
Chief E. P Kohout told Cedar Rapids Rotary Club the fire department educates daily to standardize firefighting methods and save property. The department, valued at 300000, reduced losses by half in six years, with 1938 the lowest in 20 years. Future plans include a truck workshop funded from six years of budget savings. Directors H N Boyson J Rayner Harper Rudolph Novak Leo P Peiffer Henry R Peters Eugene M Pinney James F Plumb elected for 1938 39.
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E. P Kohout
Rotary Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Cedar Rapids
Kohout
H. N. Boyson
J. Rayner Harper
Rudolph Novak
Leo P. Peiffer
Henry R. Peters
Eugene M. Pinney
James F. Plumb
FBI Report On Bund Publicized By Attorney General
The 14 volume FBI Bund report released on request of HUAC chair Dies details origins, activities, and membership of 6,617 to 8,299 in fifty units. It notes the Bund’s 11 point program praising Germany and America, but finds no firearms use and no legal action recommended.
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Washington
Frank Murphy
Bund
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dies
Tex
House Committee On un-American Activities
Justice Department
Department
Fritz Kuhn
United States
Germany
America
Holy Week services open in State theater with Dr. Graham
Dr. Thomas Graham of Oberlin College opens a five day Holy Week program at the State theater with noon services sponsored by the Y M C A religious education committee and Cedar Rapids Ministerial Association. He speaks at 12 30 each day and at the Y M C A men’s dinner tonight.
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Thomas Graham
Oberlin College
Oberlin
Religious Education Committee
Cedar Rapids Ministerial Association
State Theater
Ruth Ebling Massey
Otto Ambroz
Graham
Y Men’s Club
Palestine
Jesus
Jerusalem
Bill exempts six horses from Iowa tax
DES MOINES AP The Iowa senate passed a bill 46 to 0 exempting up to six horses or mules from taxation. The measure aims to aid small and tenant farmers and now moves to the house.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
Iowa House Delays Vote On Office Building Plan
Iowa House Republicans defer final action on a proposed 1.3 million dollar state office building to allow caucus discussion. Speaker John Irwin keeps the bill on the calendar as leaders consider broader tax and financing issues including aging pension requests and hospital patient support levels.
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DES Moines
Iowa
John Irwin
House
Dean W. Peisen
Eldora
Harry E Weichman
Newhall
House Appropriations Committee
Senate Appropriations Group
Luther College names 1940 basketball captains
Decorah Iowa Luther college announces Les Anderson and Clayton Hougard from Albert Lea Minn as co captains for 1940. The athletic banquet also awarded letters to Stan Kyam Cresco and named Kyam the most valuable player and George Bursik Brookfield as another letter recipient.
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Decorah
INL
Luther College
Les Anderson
Clayton Hougard
Albert Lea
Minn
Stan Kyam
Cresco
George Bursik
Brookfield
Players Named in Illinois Baseball Association Roster
Illinois listed John Ingvoldstad Chicago Robert Lounsberry McCallsburg Dale Tanberg Spring Valley Wis Robert Thompson Onalaska Wis Curt Jacobson Canton Minn Gay Arness Alexandria Minn Clyde McDonald St Peter Minn and Manager Paulus Heist Waverly are named in the roster.
Three Nurses Hurt In Accident Near Dubuque
Mercy hospital nurses Harriet McDonald Geraldine Hasbrouck and Twila Price were injured Sunday on highway 20 fifteen miles west of Dubuque when their car sideswiped a passing vehicle and went into a ditch, turning over after a high bounce. Passenger R F McDonald of Independence drove, while Louis Carpigni of Dubuque was in the other car. The nurses were not seriously hurt.
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Mercy Hospital
Dubuque
Harriet McDonald
Geraldine Hasbrouck
Twila Price
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Orchestra Hall
Dr. Morgan
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TVA Administration
David E Lilienthal
H. A Morgan
A. E. Morgan
Lee Osborn
Hull Avenue
Jennings Crawfords
FBI
Christ
Anderson and
Hougard
Luther
Cramer
Craemer’s
Craemer's
Robin Hood
Craemer
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