Vast Nazi assets frozen in America for foreign nations
A Gazette Special reports that about 4.5 billion dollars in money, bonds, stocks and property of Denmark, Norway, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Yugoslavia are held in the United States and frozen by Roosevelt executive orders under the Trading with the Enemy Act and the Emergency Banking Act. The freeze prevents these nations from accessing funds unless licensed by the U S Treasury, protecting banks while denying Germany needed foreign exchange. case handling involves banks, federal reserve banks, and the foreign funds control division.
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United States
Uncle Sam
Denmark
Norway
Holland
Belgium
Luxemburg
France
Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
Rumania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Roosevelt
United States Treasury
U. Treasury
Germany
Washington
Treasury
Federal Reserve Banks
Foreign Funds Control Division
U. S. Treasury
Raymond Grant Stewart Dies at Cedar Rapids Tribune Publisher
The Cedar Rapids Gazette notes the death of Raymond Grant Stewart, publisher of the Cedar Rapids Tribune, at his home early today. The same issue reports Dempsy Jones named Linn county recorder after Lewis L. Randall resigned due to ill health as the year’s high mercury hits 89. Anton J. Cermak, once an immigrant boy from Bohemia, elected mayor of Chicago.
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Raymond Grant Stewart
Cedar Rapids Tribune
Dempsy Jones
Linn County Recorder
Lewis L. Randall
The
Mercury
Anton J. Cermak
Bohemia
Chicago
Labor leaders meet in D. C. after record vote
L. E. Sheppard, president of the Order of Railway Conductors, heads for Washington to confer with labor leaders summoned by President Harding. William Hal Thompson is noted in connection with a record breaking vote. Fred L. Hillman resigns as advertising manager of Killian company to take controlling interest in a large Augusta Kansas department store. The Chamber of Commerce pledges to raise $25,000 for county road improvements.
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L. E. Sheppard
Order of Railway Conductors
Washington, D. C
Harding
Fred L. Hillman
Killian Company
Augusta
Kan
Chamber of Commerce
Henry Kolker Stars In The Great Name at Greene’s Opera House
Henry Kolker appeared today at Greene s opera house in The Great Name. E A Sherman departed for Butte Mont to lecture on the commission plan of government. About forty leading city men met at E T Koch home and formed the Greater Y M C A committee with Glenn M Averill as president John Burlanck Jr as vice president and J F Rall as secretary.
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Henry Kolker
Greene S Opera House
E. A. Sherman
Butte
Mont
E. T. Koch
Greater
Palefaces Challenge Land Writ In Chief Che-Che-Pin-Qua Heirs Case
In Chicago the heirs of Chief Che Che Pin Qua seek to keep 384 acres on the city outskirts granted in 1843. Frances Winter and Catherine Boettcher, granddaughters, oppose a writ ousting them from the land, arguing presidential permission was needed for transfers. The case continues May 8 in circuit court under Judge Denis J. Normoyle.
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Chicago
Che- Che-Pin-Qua
Fort Dearborn
Frances Winter
Catherine Boettcher
John Tyler
Denis J. Normoyle
Contracts Awarded for Woodrow Wilson High and Roosevelt High Courts
The Kutchera Sodding and Fuel company won contracts for Woodrow Wilson High athletic field and Roosevelt High tennis courts. Total costs range from 13,070.50 to 14,099.50 depending on asphalt or concrete court choice. A special board meeting by Friday will decide. Other bids included Haegg Construction, Dan Christensen, Stark Building, and G. H. Lowe with various concrete and court options.
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Kutchera Sodding and Fuel Company
Board of Education
Woodrow Wilson
Roosevelt High
Wilson School
Roosevelt
Haegg Construction Company
Dan Christensen Construction Company
Stark Building Company
G. H. Lowe
Bids Near Engineer Estimates on School Fence Material
Estimates from H R Green for the fence work ranged 10714.35 to 12978.15 with bidders’ offers within five per cent of the engineer. No objectors attended the hearing as board members debated asphaltic versus reinforced concrete court upkeep over ten years. Automotive engineers now use X ray analysis of sediment to locate carburetor clogs.
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H.R. Green
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