Early Ohio bicycle built for a son inspires a tiny wheel
A 50 year old pint sized bicycle once made for a son by Lloyd Zeman was kept by his family, featuring original wooden rims and bronze hand tooled bushings and bearings. The current owner, Bob Zeman, recalls the tiny wheel’s evolution to steel rims and modern tires as his son and soon his grandson prepare to ride it.
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Ohio
Ema
Ptton
Ema- Stepanek
V. Zemnan
First Avenue E
Lloyd Zeman
Center Point
Zeman
Bie
Bobbie
Jimmie
It Seems Hairpins Labor Feuds Have Mater In Common
An opinion piece by Arthur Bugs Baer jokes about labor disputes and hairpins, cautioning workers against picketing and urging a peaceful resolution. The column uses humorous metaphors to contrast barber talk with broader strikes and their impact on production.
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Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Paper appeals order to disclose records in labor board case
Boston report states the U S circuit court of appeals considered Lowell Sun's appeal over a subpoena to produce books and records. The wage hour division sought documents in a routine NLRB inspection into maximum hours and minimum wages under the National Labor Relations Act.
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Boston
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Lowell Sun
Holm undergoes emergency appendectomy in New York
Eleanor Holm former swimming champion and Billy Rose wife was taken to Lenox Hill hospital Friday night for an emergency appendectomy. A nurse described her condition as improving though details remain scarce.
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New York
Eleanor Holm
Billy Rose
Lenox Hill Hospital
Correct English In U S Called Myth By Education Leader
Beaumont Texas AP report says Dr Robert Pooley head of the National Council of Teachers of English declares that correct English is a myth in the United States. He says proper English is what the people actually use and slang like ain't is increasingly common in speech.
South Dakota Battleship Launch Sponsored by Governor's Wife
Mrs. Harlan J. Bushfield wife of South Dakota’s governor will sponsor the launch of the battleship South Dakota. The tentative launching date is set for June 7.
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Washington
Harlan J. Bushfield
South Dakota
California rivers on rampage after more rain
Flood waters surged through northern California after a heavy downpour damaging crops and triggering a spectacular landslide that killed Murdock, Shores, and a third person. Napa faced flooding as the river threatened the business district, while the Sacramento River reached its highest level of the season.
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San Francisco
California
Napa
Sacramento
Red Bluff
Knights Landsee
Murdock
William P. Shores
Tampalpais Canyon
Marin County
Mill Valley
Students at Blind School Present Legion Program
Selected students from the Vinton blind school will present at the Hanford American Legion meeting. They will demonstrate Braille reading and writing, perform with the school’s 10 piece orchestra, exhibit student work, and showings begin at 8 p.m. in the Memorial Coliseum Armory.
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Vinton
Hanford
American Legion
Ing Benave
Memorial Coliseum
1941 Legion
Anti-Strike Violence Law Signed in Texas
Texas Gov. Lee O Daniel signed a new law prohibiting force and violence during labor strikes. The measure, from the House, went into effect immediately to deter thugs from preventing people from working.
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Texas
Austin
Tex
INS
Lee O’daniel
Plane Grounded Forces Moores to Charter Train to New York
Paul and Ed Moore were flying to visit their ill mother when weather grounded their plane in Savannah. They arranged a special Atlantic Coast Line train, and by 10 am were en route to New York. Reported charter cost was $3,000.
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Savannah
Paul
Ed Moore
New York
Moores
Atlantic Coast Line
Phillips Sees Ciano in Rome
The United States team will meet with Count Galeazzo Ciano in Rome on Saturday as part of diplomatic and athletic exchanges. The visit signals engagement between the two nations amid ongoing Mania coverage.
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Phillips
Ciano
Rome
United States
Galeazzo Ciano
Monday Red Letter Day For The George H. Ilten s Golden Wedding
George H Iltens celebrates fifty years in the same neighborhood marking a golden wedding anniversary.
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George H. Iltens
Golden wedding couple mark 50 years in Cedar Rapids life
Mr and Mrs George H Iiten of 127 Fifteenth Street SW celebrate 50 years in Cedar Rapids. They own a hardware store with Vernon and have five children, 19 grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. An open house runs 2–5 and 7–9 pm with a family dinner 5–7 pm. Married April 7, 1891 in Blairstown, they joined local Lutheran church service history and long community ties.
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George H. Illen
Fifteenth Street
Cedar Rapids
Iitens
Blairstown
Ilten
Ilten and Taege
Second Street
Second Avenue
Vernon
George H. Iiten and
Belle Plaine
Marshalltown
Illen
Mary Wernwag
J. F. Wernwag
Ohio
Mr. Iiten
Cook County
Iowa
Rapids
Louis Iiten
Pasadena
Calif
Otto C. Schultz
Westgate
Augusta
Winona
Minn
Ige Stump
Lima, O
Fairview Drive
Theft Undoing Of Boy After Posing As Girl
Albert Hawkins, 19, who spent five years posing as a girl to work, was undone by a jail bath after being arrested at an inn as Miss Dorothy McArdle. He admitted stealing $35 from a Pittsburgh rooming house last December and told a police hearing his parents died when he was 13.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Allegheny County
Albert James Hawkins
Dorothy McArdle
I Was a Boy Harvester of Morgantown Illicit Jobs
A woman recounts disguising herself as a boy to live and work in Morgantown. She describes housework and restaurant work, dating, and beer, and notes a mine foreman demanded marriage. She hopes to resume living as a boy after prison and seeks employment.
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Morgantown
Bomb scare at British Consul ends with Easter eggs
A suspicious package addressed to Sir Godfrey Colby at the British consul triggered a police response. Bomb squad and fire crews opened it in a yard, finding four dozen eggs and a note from Mrs. Bainbridge Colby extending Easter greetings. Sir Godfrey quipped about the large police presence.
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New York
INS
Godconsul Thea
Bainbridge Colby
World War Secretary of
Sir Godfrey
Kite Flyers Compete Friday at Cedar Rapids School Field
The Cedar Rapids playground commission sponsors an Easter vacation kite contest Friday morning on Arthur School field. Boys from local schools enter home made kites with some commercial entries allowed in various categories including largest smallest and most unusual design. Events include messenger racing kite battle and greatest pulling power.
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Cedar Rapids Playground Commission
Arthur School
Atole described as Mexican breakfast dish
Atole is a Mexican breakfast food made from dough boiled with water and then strained, resulting in a hot starch like texture.
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