Byers Defends Legislature Length and Outcomes
State Senator Frank C. Byers addressed the Kiwanis at the Montrose hotel praising the long session for major tax revision and liquor control laws. He noted additional bills, cited a partisan NRA bill vote, and urged swift highway measures while predicting long term benefits from Iowa's liquor policy and pension programs.
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Iowa
Frank C. Byers
Kiwanis Club
Montrose Hotel
Byers
Senate
House of Representatives
Senator Byers
Washington, D. C
Almer Johnson
Driver Of Truck That Struck Street Car Nabbed At Center Point
Identified as the hit-and-run operator of a heavily loaded truck that sideswiped a street car at J avenue and Thirteenth street NE. The driver was arrested at Center Point and faces applicable charges. Authorities pursued the case after the collision caused damage and disruptions in the area.
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Wilbert Steiner
Hamilton
Ohio
George Hepker
Center Point
Highway 11
Steiner
Cedar Rapids
Hopker
Stanley
Bailey
Ray Tapper
Steinel
Tapper
Minneapolis
E. A. Edaburn
J Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Ma's Stance Trumps Customer Signature in Book Delivery Case
A buyer claims an order was signed for a set of books but was blocked by Ma who forbade the purchase. When the agent attempted delivery, Ma's decision prevailed over the customer’s signature, highlighting a dispute over authorization.
Margin Changes Strike From Exchange Bill On Senate Panel
Senate banking committee removed six marginal requirements from the stock market control bill and rewrote the section to place oversight with the Federal Reserve Board and a new Securities Exchange Commission. The Glass proposal, endorsed by Eugene Black, would allow the Fed to set loan margins for member banks while the SEC would set margins for brokers and non member banks.
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Fletcher
McAdoo
Calif
Byrnes
S. C. Walcott
Conn
Goldsborough
Glass
Parole Board Reviews Lenker Moore Case
The parole decision for J. W. Lenker and Paul Moore is sent to the state board of parole for consideration, Gov. Clyde Herring announced. Cedar county County Attorney William M. Dallas favors paroles for the two men, who have three years’ imprisonment for conspiracy to obstruct the bovine tuberculin test. The parole board may hold a meeting here next week to decide.
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Ddes Movies
J. W. Lenker
Paul Moore
State Board of Parole
Clyde Herring
William M. Dallas
Cedar County
Parole Board
Soviet Flyers Rescue Sixty-Five Castaways From Ice Floes
Soviet aviators used a brief clear spell between storms along the Siberian coast to rescue sixty-two castaways on ice floes within the last twenty four hours. The group had been stranded since February when the ice breaker Chelyuskin was crushed and sank in Arctic seas. Twenty eight remain as rescuers expect further efforts.
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Moscow
INS
Siberian
Cheyluskin
Arctic
City Briefs And Personals Highlights Local Happenings
Local notices report a misspelling in the P T A play cast and several minor incidents. Fire crews battled rubbish and grass fires near downtown blocks while announcements include club meetings and a dance event at Sokol hall. Names, addresses, fines, and a court plea are listed among community items.
Immigrants Granted U.S. Citizenship in Federal Court
William Kircher of Center Point a German native and Morris Greenberg of Cedar Rapids a Russia native were admitted to United States citizenship in federal court on Tuesday.
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William Kircher
Center Point
Germany
Morris Greenberg
Cedar Rapids
Russia
United States
Seeds shrubs trees fertilizer advertised in class 34 Want Ads
Classified notice lists ads for seeds shrubs trees fertilizer black dirt and rock for rock gardens under classification 34.
Navy recruits three men sent to Norfolk for training
L. DuFour, recruiting officer in Cedar Rapids, announced that Lumir Kolhavy of Swisher, Robert Frank Flynn of Waterloo, and Donald Ray Bolenbaugh of La Porte City enlisted in Des Moines on Tuesday. They were immediately sent to Norfolk, Virginia for twelve weeks of military training.
Federation Union Is Recognized By Fisher Body Co
Fisher Body Co in Cleveland formally recognizes a local United Automobile Federal Labor union affiliated with the AFL for collective bargaining. L A Scafe, the company general manager, said he does not know their exact size but acknowledges they represent workers, with the works conference remaining the bargaining channel.
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Cleveland
Fisher Body Company
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
United Automobile Federal Labor Union
L. A. Scafe
Works Conference
Mrs Roosevelt Denies Wirt Rent Claim Re Reedville Project
Mrs. Roosevelt disputes Wirt’s charge that 200 Morgantown families would move to Reedsville and raise taxes. She doubts 125 to 200 homes will be occupied and notes many residents are on relief. She sets June 9 for another visit to the Reedsville project and questions mining firms’ rent returns. General Westervelt calls the Wirt charges very silly and will testify only if subpoenaed.
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Reedsville
Postal Department
District of Columbia
Roosevelt
Wirt
Bulwinkle Committee
Morgantown
Reedsville Project
Henry T. Rainey
W. S. Westervelt
Westervelt
Rain
Chicago
William S. Westervelt
Brain Trust
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Washington
Court House News: Bremer suit over quarry lien and lime dust
Testimony opened in a $537 suit by P C Bremer against Builders' Material Co and others over quarrying terms and lime dust supply. Separate motions debated in a $6,845 suit by Crissman against Thomas executives. A divorce decree was set aside in Lillian and Frank Dvorak case. Default judgment awarded in promissory note suit against Hobart McBride. Ira Bizer seeks divorce from George L Bizer after alleged cruelty and non support. The Evans case involves marriage in Rock Island in 1926.
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John T. Moffit
P. C. Bremer
Paris
Builders’ Material Company
S. P. Moore
Fidelity and Casualty Company
Bulldera’ Material Company
Bremer
William W. Crissman
Thomas Sales Corporation of
Cedar Rapids
G. W. Thomas
T. H. Thomas
J. Thomas
Thomas Concern
F. O. Ellison
Crissman
H. C. Ring
Lillian Dvorak
Frank Dvorak
H. Orr
Hobart McBride
Ira Bizer
George L. Bizer
Oklahoma
Firemen Free Boy From Water Main Box Near Home
Firemen at station No. 2 freed Jackie Andrew, 3, after his foot got stuck in a water main cutoff box on Thirteenth Street SW. They shattered the box and the boy suffered no ill effects. Roof fires at Edward Lightner’s home and Harbert Clark’s home were extinguished, and a grass fire near 911 Thirteenth Street NW was sacked by company No. 2.
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Good Samaritans
Jackie Andrew
Guy W. Andrew
Thirteenth Street
Edward Lightner
B Avenue NE
Harbert Clark
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Company No. 2
Thirteenth Street NW
House Passes Grazing Lands Bill in Public Domain
The House approved the Taylor grazing bill by 265 to 92 to protect and conserve grazing lands on the public domain. It gives the Interior Department authority to regulate grazing similar to controls used by the Agriculture Department over national forests. The text notes Venus will approach within 25 million miles of Earth as the nearest planet.
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Washington
House
Interior Department
Agriculture Department
National Forest
Venus
Earth
Linn County Sheriff Candidate Seeks GOP Nomination
Joe Davis Linn county deputy sheriff resigned his post with Sheriff Joseph A. Petrus staff to run in the June 4 Republican primary for Linn County sheriff. A Cedar Rapids veteran and labor activist, Davis lives at 1334 Hinkley Ave NW with wife and 11 year old son Benjamin.
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Jay Davis
Linn County
Joseph A. Petrus
Petrus
Mr. Davis
Cedar Rapids
American Legion
Hinkley Avenue NW
Benjamin
Iowa News in Brief Highlights Local Birthdays and Obituaries
A stream of social notices runs through Manchester and nearby towns. Mrs. W D Simpson hosts relatives for Mr Simpson's 65th birthday. Mr and Mrs A W Parsons celebrate 21st wedding anniversary with friends. L J Fry, 64, a farmer near Manchester, dies of a heart attack. his brother-in-law also dies similarly. Decorah teachers elected for next year. Oxford school board selects staff. Lowden honors 5-year-old Ralph Beaudin Jr. killed by a truck. funeral in Lowden Cemetery.
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Mrs. Parsons
Steve Gladstone
Harold
Myrna
Henry Reisner
Ray Lockwood
Nell Gray
Arthur E. Knight
Wilbur Bell
Fayette
Manchester
L. J. Fry
Fry
Charles L. Rizer
Elton D. Wells
Oakland
Mr. Fry
Henry
Caroline Fry
Greeley
Catherine Rizer
Howard
Robert
Rose Fry
Albert
Tacoma
Ohio
Methodist Episcopal Church
Pecorah
Decorah
Jeffery A. Peterson
L. W. Buckton
E. L. Oldridge
Clara Rollins
Elsie Youngman
Martha L. Perry
Hazel Brazelton
Maude Hood
Beth McClannahan
Elda Schwarz
Gladys Glesne
Alice Carlsen
Helen Adams
Dorothy Boell
Alvin F. Hancer
George B. Krome
Ruth Hanson
Elizabeth Powers
Bertha Moen
Lillian Greer
Monnie Whalen
Elia Vick
Estella Johnson
Irene Cooper
Mildred McIntosh
Luella Lee
Clara Anfinson
Bessie Gullickson
Lenora Wheatman
Marion Newell
Lillian Wohlford
Florence Yager
Anne Kittilsbye
Agnes Driscoll
Mabel Bates
Oxford
Oxford School Board
W. A. Scott
Hazel Jones
Mary Ruess
Marjorie Shaffer
Anna Kelly
Ruth Linkhart
Elizabeth Shanahan
Lowden
Ralph William Beaudin, Jr
Ralph Beaudin
Marquette
Mich
William Horstmann
F. J. Abele
Zion Evangelical Church
Benton County Clerk of Courts seeks re election
W T Woods announced he will run again as a Democrat for Benton county clerk of courts after completing his first term. He has lived in the community all his life and worked as a farmer before taking office January 1 1933. No other candidate has filed for the post.
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Marquette
Mary
Patrick
Wiliam Horstmann
Amos Beaudin
Herbert Behrens
Fred von Behren
Hilma
Hugo Werndt
Stanwood
Beaudin
Ella Horstmann
London
Winton
W. T. Woods
Benton County
Woods
Coe College
West Union
Gladys Bowens
Clifford Anderson
Randalla
R. A. Doss
Ethel Bowen
Harry Anderson
Donnan
Anderson
West Union High School
S. S. Bowen
M. C. Anderson
Pollock Attacks Mae West and Modern Stage
Philadelphia critic Chaning Pollock, a noted playwright, denounces Mae West and the modern stage in a Temple University address. He blasts West’s film and its players, producers, and theaters and rejects her dare to “come up and see me sometime.” He cites Broadway trends in 1931 with 230 plays, 153 about sex and crime.
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Philadelphia
Mns
Channing Pollock
Mae West
Pollock
Temple University
Funeral planned for Theodore D. Robinson former Navy aide
Funeral services set for Wednesday in Little Falls for Theodore Douglas Robinson 51 nephew of the late President Theodore Roosevelt and former assistant secretary of the navy under Coolidge He died of pneumonia at his ancestral home Surviving are his widow daughter and several relatives including Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt and Mrs Alica Walker
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Little Falls
N. Y
INS
Theodore Douglas Robinson
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Helen Roosevelt
Douglas
New York
Helen Hinckler
Ottawa
Canada
Elizabeth Mary de Sidour
Washington
Alica Walker
James Aslop
Avon
Jameson Testimony Details Funds Used Against Smith
Edwin C. Jameson testified in Bishop James Cannon Jr. trial about contributions totaling 172800 in 1928 to defeat Alfred E. Smith. The case centers on 65300 received from Jameson and whether reporting to the corrupt practices act was required. He planned funds to anti Smith committees and discussed reporting with Cannon.
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Washington
Edwin C. Jameson
New York
Alfred E. Smith
James Cannon
Southern Methodist
Ada L. Burroughs
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Jameson
Cannon
Virginia
Smith
Republican National Committee
Republican State Committee of
Republican State Committee
North Carolina
National Constitutional Democratic Committee
Indiana
Headquarters Committee
Committee of Committees
H. F. Healey
Healey
Wilson & Co Buys Brennan Packing Co for 2 Million
Wilson and Company packers announced the purchase of the Brennan Packing Company for about 2,000,000 dollars. The sale follows the terms of the late B. G. Brennan's will to liquidate or sell his interest for heirs within two years. Brennan stockholders approved the sale at a Monday meeting. Brennan Packing, founded in 1905, operates fourteen buildings.
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Chicago
INS
Wilson & Co
Brennan Packing Company
Brennan
Iate B. G. Brennan
Brennan Company
Brennan Co
Tota
Governor Herring To Address High Twelves Club
Governor Clyde Herring will speak at the Waltonian fish dinner and will address the High Twelve club at Friday noon in the Roosevelt hotel. Other luncheon clubs in the city are invited to attend. George Washington twice received every vote of the electoral college.
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Governor Herring
Clyde Herring
High Twelve Club
Roosevelt Hotel
George Washington
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Missouri
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Bungalow Cooking School
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Eileen Wood
Mother Mince
Lyman
Sixteenth Avenue
Central Park Church
Progressive Club
John Hamer
Bealercourt SE
Pioneer Council
National Union Assurance Society
Sokol Hall
Jones Sausage
Hindley
George Cody
Fifth Avenue SE
James Johnson
Third Street NW
Frank DeFontaine
Fourth Avenue SE
Bethany Congregational
Gilbert E. Mains
Higley Building
University of Iowa
United States District Court
Northern District of Iowa
Thomas C. Munger
Ben Brazanski
Third Street
Leo Sedlacek
Fifteenth Street
John Schemmelpfennig
Mount Vernon Avenue
Charles Burgess
Olin
Navy
Federation Union
Fisher Body Co
Mrs. Roosevelt
Court House News
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Iowa News
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Cash
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Lasswell Studio Master Photographers
Higley Bldg
Second Street SE
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