Remembering John Hammill and Iowa’s public service
Tributes pour from both parties to John Hammill after his death highlighting his energy, integrity, and steadfastness as a governor and public official. The report recalls a 1920 meeting at the Gazette building and notes Hammill’s often praised reliability and refusal to break promises. Also cited is a magazine survey detailing Iowa per capita spendable income and bank deposits led by Polk, Linn, and Scott counties.
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John Hammill
Gazette
the Gazette
Don Hines Appointed City Attorney In Cedar Rapids
Acting on Harry S Johnson request the Cedar Rapids city council appoints Johnson as assistant city attorney while Don Hines becomes head of the city legal department Johnson cites baseball duties and private practice as reason for stepping back from city attorney duties Vlach named chief of police Pollock named market master and a full slate of other appointments announced Base ball interests and private practice have increasedJohnson will remain in charge of police court prosecutions and will continue working with Hines as his successor in the future
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Harry S. Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Johnson
Don Hines
Robert J. Vlach
Ray Tapper
Frank Pollock
Police Headquarters
Joe Thill
W. J. Neil
Hines
Former Iowa Governor Hammill Dies in Minneapolis
John Hammill of Britt, Iowa, former Iowa governor, died in his hotel room in Minneapolis around 5 p.m. Monday after a heart attack. He was 60 and had attended hearings on the proposed dismemberment of the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad.
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Minneapolis
John Hammill
Britt
Iowa
Hammill
Minneapolis and
St. Louis
B. B. Burnquist
Fort Dodge
Taking Hold of Life Rather Than Run Away
A 1936 column urges facing life’s fears rather than fleeing. It argues cowardice breeds unhappiness, while confronting challenges with faith and purpose leads to peace, warning that avoiding duty compounds regret and the inner voice of doubt. Dr Newton signs off.
Linn County Leads in Registered Cars and Telephones
LYN COUNTY has more registered passenger automobiles than any other populous county with 267 per 1000 residents and 180 telephones per 1000 people. Des Moines tops Iowa cities in average factory wages at 954 dollars, followed by Clinton 934 Waterloo 931 Cedar Rapids 930. Sioux City trails behind with Davenport last.
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Lyn County
Linn
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Des Moines
Clinton’s
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Ony
Davenport
Wages in Small Town Factories Outpace Larger Cities
Numerous towns and small cities with specialty factories report higher average factory wages than larger cities. Sales Management cites Iowa’s principal cities’ wages as favorable but argues for raising average factory wages nationally. The piece urging capitalists to lead wage increases emphasizes employer responsibility for living standards.
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Iowa
Wages and Living Standards in Iowa Factories
A discussion notes Edar Rapids and other Iowa cities show lower factory wages than national and city averages. It argues state and national living standards depend on higher wages, proposing a 10 to 20 percent wage increase could raise living standards by giving workers more money.
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Edar Rapids
Iowa
America
Hue and cry respect to wage standards and capitalism
The piece argues that government codes and wage standards should allow workers to earn more than 900 to 1000 dollars a year. It says business cannot justify otherwise and that socialism or cooperatives would not improve living standards. It notes opponents of capitalism favor reforms only if wages rise from current levels.
Marilyn Miller Dies After Breakdown On Broadway
Marilyn Miller, 37, Broadway dancing star, died Tuesday in Doctors' Hospital New York after weeks of rest and a toxic sinus infection. Her husband Chester O'Brien and sisters Ruth Sweeney and Claire Montgomery were at her bedside. The death followed a fever peaking at 106 degrees and a generally run-down condition.
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New York
Marilyn Miller
Doctors’ Hospital
Miss Miller
Chester O’brien
Ruth Sweeney
Claire Montgomery
Marilyn Miller Broadway Dreamer From Evansville Star
Marilyn Miller born September 1 1898 in Evansville Indiana rose from a theatrical family to star in Ziegfeld's Sally the decade’s top musical comedy. She danced before she walked and began performing at age five as her cradle rested in her parents dressing room.
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Marilyn Miller
Broadway
Evansville
Ind
Mary Lynn
Marilyn
Miller
Reynolds
Sally
U S Debt May Hit 34 1/2 Billion by July
Acting Budget Director Daniel W Bell testified before the House Ways and Means Committee that the national debt could reach 34.5 billion dollars by July 1 1936 if all veterans apply for bonus bonds The hearing focused on President Roosevelt s tax proposal and the budget outlook with notes on social security pensions recovery costs and the impossibility of debt retirement this year.
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Washington
LLP
Daniel W. Bell
House
Ways and Means Committee
Bell
Roosevelt
Congress
Storm Toll Rises as Southern Floods Hit Record Deaths
The Associated Press reports more than 425 deaths and $25 million in damage across six days from tornadoes and floods in the South. Red Cross seeks $1 million for relief. Tupelo Mississippi and Gainesville Georgia suffer the worst, with 340 deaths combined. National guards patrol for looters as relief moves in.
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Associated Press
Georgia
Carolinas
Richard F. Allen
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Tupelo
Miss
Gainesville
Mississippi
Tennessee
Alabama
Arkansas
South Carolina
Hugh White
Flood Threat Mounts After Tornado Toll Across South
Rising rivers threaten floods as Tupelo Mississippi and Gainesville Georgia tally near 200 deaths each from weekend twisters. Across 6 states, 183 bodies in Tupelo and 158 in Gainesville raise total dead to about 500 with 1,727 injured and 3,200 homes damaged. Weather forecasts warn of heavier rains, floods on Cape Fear and Neuse rivers, and ongoing searches by WPA workers, convicts, and guardsmen.
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Miss
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North Carolina
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Raleigh
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Neuse
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Macon
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Georgia
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WPA
Emperor Haile Selassie Abdication Rumor Resurfaces
Il Tevere reports Empress Menen backs a move to force Haile Selassie to abdicate in favor of Crown Prince Asfaou Wosan. Djibouti dispatches note rebel actions in Gojjam, arms seized from a caravan bound for Ethiopian armies. Crown prince may accept Italian protectorate and rule under Italian auspices in Axum.
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Menen
Haile Selassie
Asfaou Wosan
Il Tevere
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Tl Tevere
Gojjam
Ethiopia
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Italy
Sheba
Aksum
Man claims sighting of Hauptmann with kidnap suspects
Plymouth reporting police retiree John F. Hollis aged 80 says he saw Paul A. Wendel driving Bruno Richard Hauptmann and the Lindbergh baby kidnapper on April 10 in North Abington. Hollis, jailed officer now, says he alerted Mercer County grand jury foreman and wrote to Gov Hoffmann about the case.
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Plymouth
Mass
John F. Hollis
North Abington
Paul A. Wendel
New Jersey
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Hollis
Mercer County Grand Jury
Trenton
N. J
Wendel
Harold G. Hoffman
Hoffman
Kruidenier Returns to Police Duty in Uniform
Dan Kruidenier, after being replaced as public safety commissioner by W. C. Benesh, donned his police uniform again on Tuesday. He reported for the 8 to 4 shift and joined Patrolman Peter Funke in a squad car. Kruidenier noted his old uniform is looser, weighing 200 pounds now versus 230 before.
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Dan Kruidenier
W. C. Benesh
Peter Funke
Kruidenier
Winter In Cedar Rapids Brings Snow Flurries And Cold
Winter delivered another short jab with snow flurries and sharp winds in Cedar Rapids. Morning temperatures started at 14 degrees, rising to 22 by 10 am and 23 by 1 15 pm. Highs reached 42 degrees at 4 30 pm, then fell to 36 at 7 pm and 30 at midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Hammill Described as Iowa's Best Governor by Hoover
Laramie Wyoming AP reports former Iowa Governor John Hammill who died Monday was praised by former President Herbert Hoover as one of Iowa's best governors. Hoover called him an outstanding citizen highly esteemed by everybody.
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Laramie
Wyo
John Hammill
Iowa
Herbert Hoover
Hammill
Hoover
Hammill Dies After Sudden Illness in Britt Hotel
Iowa's three term Governor Hammill collapsed in a Britt hotel room and died before a physician arrived. His wife Mrs. Hammill, visiting in Jamaica Iowa, left for Britt after learning of the death. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at the First Methodist church with the Eastern Star conducting the rites. The Rev. A A Brooks and the Rev. C N McMillan will lead. Hammill had been a prominent Republican leader and road-building advocate.
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Iowa
Two Doomed To Die In Baby Kidnaping Affair In Canada
In Dorchester New Brunswick the three trials of the doll baby kidnap slaying ended with Arthur Bannister 19 and Daniel Bannister 20 sentenced to be hanged for murder and their mother Mrs May Bannister given three and a half years for harboring the kidnapped infant. Chief Justice Barry set the hanging date between 1 a.m. and noon on June 20.
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Dorchester
N. B
New Brunswick
J. H. Barry
Arthur William Bannister
Daniel Robert Bannister
Philip Lake
May Bannister
Lake
High Court Hears Maley's Attorney
In Des Moines AP reports L H Salinger lawyer for Walter Maley argues before the Iowa Supreme Court that Maley's Sioux City indictment mirrors baiting him to enemies via the law. Woodbury county graft grand jury indictments should be set aside due to improper grand jury proceedings.
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DES Moines
L. H. Salinger
Walter Maley
Supreme Court
Maley
Sioux City
Four Mesa men slain by gunmen near Guanabacoa
Havana AP report says police found the bodies of Antonio Mesa and his three sons Antonio Jr Alberto and Jose near Guanabacoa after a confrontation with an unidentified attacker in a car. Police had arrested the Mesa family at their home a day earlier and recovered a large cache of weapons.
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Guanabacoa
Antonio
Antonio Jr
Alberto
Jose Mesa
Mesa
Ecuador Suspends Italian Sanctions
Ecuador notified Italy it is suspending sanctions amid the Italian Ethiopian war dispute. The move comes as Ecuador sits on the league council and will participate in Geneva discussions on the matter.
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Ecuador
Rome
Italy
League Council
Committee of Thirteen
Geneva
Liner Wrecked After Fighting Fog For Hours
A TWA airliner crashed twelve miles south of Uniontown Pennsylvania after hours in dense fog. Eleven passengers and three crew died nine passengers and the pilot and co pilot were killed two passengers were badly hurt including Mrs Meyer Ellenstein wife of Newark New Jerseys mayor and stewardess Miss N H Granger The Newark Pittsburgh flight left at 8 am and fog prevented landing at Pittsburgh. the craft likely overshot a clearing and crashed into timber near Burgess field.
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TWA
Here
Meyer Ellenstein
Newark
N. J
N. H. Granger
WPAC
Bailey
Burgess Field
Uniontown Hospital
Summit Hotel
Newark Airport
Otto Ferguson
Pittsburgh
Columbus
Ferguson
New York
R. G. Evans
Charles H. Smith
New Kensington
D. W. August
Jersey City
Plane crashes near Uniontown four miles from farm home
Mrs. R. B. Abiss reports a Trans World Airlines liner went down about four miles from her Uniontown area farm. Fourteen people aboard. stewardess Miss H. N. Granger injured but not critically. Granger telephoned the company and returned to assist survivors with Dale Weller toward hospital.
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Uniontown
INS
R. B. Abiss
TWA
Pittsburgh
H. N. Granger
Abiss
Cadets among 4 aboard plane crash near Uniontown
Four passengers aboard the Uniontown area airliner were cadets from Valley Forge Military Academy on Easter vacation. The names listed include D. W. August, Grove City. R. G. Evans, Pittsburgh. Charles H. Smith, New Kensington. and Craneford Kelly, McKeesport.
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Uniontown
Valley Forge Military Academy
D. W. August
Grove City
R. G. Evans
Charles H. Smith
New Kensington
Craneford Kelly
McKeesport
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