Federal aid cheers storm swept southern cities
Federal aid announced by President Roosevelt totaling 2 500 000 for rehabilitation in the storm torn South cheered relief efforts in Gainesville Georgia Tupelo Mississippi and other towns. The toll this week reached 429 deaths across Mississippi Georgia Tennessee Alabama North Carolina and South Carolina with hundreds of thousands displaced and relief workers aiding debris clearance.
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Iowa City Plans Runway Extension to Resume Air Service
City officials and the Chamber of Commerce met to finance runway work at the municipal airport. United Air Lines may resume service if surfacing and boundary lights are added, with a planned 625 by 150 foot extension to clear a 24 foot pole. Town leaders criticized Frew Tucker, calling him a farmer by accident.
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Chamber of Commerce
Frew A. Tucker
D. W. Crum
United Air Lines
Tucker
Thomas E. Martin
Frew Tucker
University of Iowa Chemistry Department
Cedar Rapids Gazette Builds a City of Homes
The Cedar Rapids Gazette is portrayed as central to Cedar Rapids and eastern Iowa homes. The paper years of service are linked to the growth of a thriving housing market, claiming 100 percent city coverage and about twenty-five thousand homes reached beyond the city.
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Cedar Rapids
The
High State Court Admits Graft Appeals In Iowa Case
Des Moines statehouse action described by Salinger reveals evidence of improper conduct by Havner a public official who sought pay while serving as special prosecutor and who received 300 from Marshall of Biloxi Mississippi. E Rawlings Woodbury county attorney defended indictments as records show the graft case defendants argue further citations.
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Des Moines
Salinger
Grand Jury
Maley
Havner
Marshall
Biloxi
Miss
E. Rawlings
Woodbury County
George Gorder
T. L. Taggart
Kiwanis Easter Party Entertains Wives and Kids
Kiwanis club members hosted an Easter party for wives and children at the Montrose hotel with over 100 attendees. LeRoy the Mystic magician presented, two short films were shown, and Camp Fire and Scout speakers outlined activities. Dr. C. L. Fenner organized arrangements as A. T. Pleune presided.
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Montrose
Crystal Ballroom
LeRoy the Mystic
Beavers
Felix the Cat
Elaine
Marilyn Miller Funeral Thursday in New York
The funeral for Marilyn Miller a famed stage and screen star will be held at 1 30 p m Thursday at St Bartholomew s Episcopal Church New York The Rev Dr George Paull T Sargent will officiate Burial will follow at Wood Lawn Cemetery
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New York
Marilyn Miller
St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church
George Paull T. Sargent
Woodlawn Cemetery
Heroic Stewardess Rescues Passengers From Fatal Plane Crash
Miss Granger, a nurse and TWA stewardess, dragged unconscious passengers to safety after a twin motor Douglas monoplane crashed into a mountain. She assisted Ellenstein Challinor and others, tended wounds with improvised bandages, and carried supplies six miles to reach a mountain cabin for help.
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Otto Ferguson
Miss Granger
Ferguson
Pittsburgh
TWA
Newark
Ellenstein
Challinor
Ray Addis
Two Youths Plead Guilty In Chicago Doctor Killing
Richard Goethe and Durland Nash, both 19, admitted to shooting Dr. Silber C. Peacock during a December holdup. Emil Beck, 19, and Michael Livingston, 17, pleaded not guilty. Beck and Livingston face trial May 4 while Goethe and Nash await sentencing after the other trial, likely sparing them the death penalty.
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Chicago
Silber C. Peacock
Richard Goethe
Durland Nash
Dennis Normoyle
Emil Beck
Michael Livingston
Goethe
Nash
Benjamin Bachrach
Beck
Livingston
School Chums Witness Train Fatality in Chicago
School friends of 15 year old Marjorie Swanson watched in horror as she died beneath the wheels of a Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul freight train at a crossing. The train had halted and started as she attempted to crawl to the opposite side.
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Chicago
Marjorie Swanson
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Inquiry Aims At Air Bureau Over TWA Crash Causes
Senate air safety probes the Uniontown TWA crash claiming possible criminal negligence and untrained personnel at the U S Bureau of Air Commerce. Col Hartney signals hearings recalling ex maintenance chief Mount amid charges of unreliable radio beams and wasted equipment.
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INS
TWA
Uniontown
United States Bureau of Air Commerce
Senate Air-Safety Committee
Harold E. Hartney
J. A. Mount
Bureau
Mount
Mourst
David L. Behncke
Air Pilots Association
Copeland
New York
Hartney
Five Iowa City Residents Fined In Liquor Tax Conspiracy
Five Iowa City residents paid $1,500 in fines after pleading guilty in federal court to conspiracy to evade federal liquor stamp tax and defraud the government. The judge indicated he favored state handling of liquor law enforcement.
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Davenport
Iowa City
Charles A. Dewey
Harvey Secor
Erwin A. Summel
Earl Nelson
A. L. Whetstine
Independence Boy Returned To Jail
Rodney Pace, 15, son of Myrtle Pace of Independence, charged with murdering his brother Ogden, was returned from the University hospital psychopathic ward in Iowa City to the county jail by Buchanan County Sheriff A. A. Hammelman. Judge R. W. Hasner ordered he remain jailed until further court notice. Sister Thyrza has been released from the hospital and is expected to recover, though she does not recall the March tenth shooting.
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Independence
Rodney Pace
Myrtle Pace
Ogden
University Hospital
Iowa City
Buchanan County
A. A. Hammelman
R. W. Hasner
District Court
Young Pace
Thyrza
House Group Backs Changes In Tax Plan
Democratic leaders push revisions to the tax plan as Ways and Means nurses draft a $1.5 billion work relief bill with Harry Hopkins urging acceptance. Proposals include cutting foreign insurer earnings tax to 15 percent and equal treatment of debt contractual corporations, with negligible revenue impact claimed by Chairman Doughton.
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Works Progress
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Appropriations Committee
Ways and Means
Subcommittee
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Coughton
Business leaders warn tax bill is unsound before Ways and Means
The bill faces strong industry opposition as four members of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce finance committee attack the plan to raise over one billion dollars to fund veteran and farm programs. Fred H. Clausen of Horicon Wisconsin denounces it as an “impossible situation” and cites ten harms to budgets, administration, competition, and capital.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Robert L. Coughton
N.C
Daniel Bell
G.O.P
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Federal Finance Committee
Supreme Court
AAA
National Manufacturers’ Association
Fred H. Clausen
Horicon
Wis
Chamber
Five Midwest States Reform Alcohol Officials To Meet
Liquor control officials from North and South Dakota Nebraska Minnesota and Iowa were invited by Joe Ryan chairman of the South Dakota liquor commission to gather in Aberdeen South Dakota on April 18 for a joint discussion of mutual problems. The key issue noted is liquor control impacts on North Dakota the only state among the five without a specific policy to address.
Gazette recounts Iowa graft cases and court rulings
The writer discusses Duckworth's release and the Iowa high court's stance on refusing to testify against the attorney general. The piece argues lack of precedent, defends The Gazette against libel claims, and contemplates indictments, trials in Sioux City, and political power in Woodbury County. It urges formal accusations in court to reveal facts to an untouchable jury.
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Duckworth
High Court
Iowa
Gazette
Maley
Supreme Court
Sioux City
O’connor
Woodbury County
Graft Cases Probe Sanctioned by Gazette Effort
The article notes Attorney General Ed OConnor and associate Maley amid graft cases involving numerous defendants. It emphasizes The Gazette's legal right and cost to pursue corruption trails from Woodbury County to the statehouse, questioning new Woodbury county attorney's stance.
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Ed O’connor
Maley
Sioux City
Joe Gagen
Gazette
Woodbury
Statehouse
Woodbury County
NYC Remains Most Populous City Surpassing Nine States
New York City has a larger population than the combined total of Arizona Delaware Idaho Nevada New Mexico North Dakota Rhode Island South Dakota and Wyoming, underscoring its large urban footprint relative to small states.
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New York City
Arizona
Delaware
Idaho
Nevada
New Mexico
North Dakota
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Wyoming
Seventeen Indicted by U S Grand Jury in Cedar Rapids Area
A federal grand jury returned seventeen indictments after a session that began Tuesday afternoon and concluded Wednesday morning. Most indictments involve liquor charges and targets residents outside Cedar Rapids. none were in custody at noon. U S attorneys Hutchinson and Danforth assisted, with U S Attorney Dunn recovering from a broken hip and expected to attend the next session.
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Federal Grand Jury
United States Attorney
Cedar Rapids
Walter R. Hutchinson
William B. Danforth
Mason City
United States
Grand Jury
E. G. Dunn
Rochester
RCA Stockholders Approve New Plan
RCA stockholders in New York approved a recapitalization plan with 57.7 percent of class B preferred shares voted for. Management noted 100000 more shares would be deposited or in transit. Directors set May 1 as the cutoff to exchange unde posited preferred stock for the new $3.50 cumulative convertible first preferred stock and common stock under the plan.
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