Supreme Court doubts on funding delay railroad crossing plans
A A A president Thomas P. Henry says a March court decision raises doubt on state cost sharing for railroad grade crossing removals. The Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis case questions 50 percent charges and may stall a nationwide elimination program, with 21 000 crossings and 1 190 deaths in 1934 quoted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Su- SuPreme Court
American Automobile Association
Supreme Court
Nashville, Chattanooga and
State Supreme Court
Bent
Henry
United States
Advertising dentist sues Dr. Fishbein for damages
Dr. Morris Fishbein editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association faced a $100,000 damage suit in San Francisco filed by Dr. Painless Parker a dentist with offices across the Pacific coast. The case centers on remarks attributed to a visiting speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Morris Fishbein
The
Journal of the American Medical Association
Painless Parker
Pacific Coast
Dental meeting speakers face complaint over advertising claims
Medical editor reports at an Oakland state dental association gathering this week that Dr. Parker accuses Dr. Fishbein of publicly ridiculing the Pacific Coast practitioner and making false statements about advertising dentists in general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Dental Association
Oakland
Parker
Heir Recovers 1862 Bank Deposit Now Worth 1100
Ellen O Leary, 83, daughter of the widow, wins after handwriting expert confirms Patrick O Learys signature on a 120 deposit mailed in 1862. The funds, once seized by the state, are restored to Miss O Leary.
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Providence
R. I
Virginia
Patrick O’leary
Providence Institution
O’leary
Ellen
Miss O'Leary
Cuban Executed For Bombing at Puerto Padre
Jose Gustavo Angulo Terry, 26, convicted of placing a bomb in a customs administrator's home at Puerto Padre, was executed by firing squad at a rifle range two miles from Moncada barracks. He wept and said he was innocent before the death cell departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago, Cuba
Jose Gustavo Angulo Terry
Puerto Padre
Moncada Barracks
Fire Chief Performs Odd Hen Neck Operation
In Painesville Ohio Fire Chief Lee J. Elliott operated on a chicken neck using a pocket knife. He tied the hen, opened the wound, removed straw from the crop, and sewed it shut before responding to a fire call. The hen recovered and walked away.
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Painesville, O
Lee J. Elliott
Elliott
Dillon urges death for NRA section 7 A
Francis Biddle chairman of the national labor relations board urged eliminating section 7 A from the NRA bill. He recommended collective bargaining under the Wagner bill now before the senate. He called 7 A unenforceable in practice and a mere paper right.
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Washington
INS
NRA
Senate
Francis Biddle
National Labor Relations Board
Biddle
Alyce Jane's Letter May Reunite Parents
A letter from Alyce Jane McHenry, a 10 year old Omaha girl famed for her stomach surgery, promises to reconcile her estranged parents Paul Mce Henry and Luella McHenry. Alyce remains underweight at 56 percent of normal and will not be discharged until she reaches normal pounds. Also noted is Jimmy Neilson, 13, from San Jose who recently had diaphragm hernia surgery and is progressing.
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Fall River
Mass
Alyce Jane McHenry
Omaha
Alyce
Paul MceHenry
Iowa Falls
Calif
Three Barry Photos Placed In Exhibit
John W. Barry Jr local photographer learned three of his pictures were hung in the Second Annual Exhibition of Professional Photography at the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute in Rochester New York. The works titled Youth Detail and A T and T depict a skiing scene a dining room panel detail and a telephone pole against clouds respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Barry, Jr
Rochester
N. Y
Rochester Athenaeum and
Mechanics’ Institute
Jeanne Krebs
Walter M. Krebs
Vernon Drive
A. W. H. Lenders
Grande Avenue SE
A. T. and T
Orange Bread Recipe Fragment
Fragment lists ingredients for an orange bread: orange peel, water, orange juice, milk, and chopped components. The text appears as an ingredient line without complete instructions or amounts.
City Briefs and Personal News From Rock Island
Mayor W J Neill is ill with pleurisy at home. Coe college band tours ten days with Ernest Mickel as press agent. Dr H M Ivins to speak on Strabismus at Y M C A luncheon. Olio A Kohl and A A Burkhart fined for parking offenses. Council authorizes Louis D Burgos to sign city funds as Cox away in Milwaukee. Open meeting for Rock Island shop employees in I O O F hall tonight with Thomas Lynch attending. Alma E Hartz notes Ruth Houston will conduct May nursing institutes in Iowa with possible Davenport or Waterloo attendance.
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Ernest Mickel
Coe College
Mr. Mickel
H. M. Ivins
Council of Social Agencies
Rock Island
I. O. O. F. Hall
Second Avenue SE
Thomas Lynch
Kansas City
Alma E. Hartz
Public Health Nursing Association
Edith Countryman
Ruth Houston
National Organization For Public Health Nursing
Iowa
Hartz
Davenport
Waterloo
Council Refers Nue W to Safety Commission
The council referred Nue W to the safety commission in compliance with the commission's recommendation.
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Nue W
Council
The
Safety Commission
Commission
Drought Forces Wheat Payments to Nonplanting Farmers
In Washington the AAA will make full benefit payments to farmers in designated drought counties who plant no wheat. The move waives the 54 to 90 percent base acreage requirement when there is evidence that planting would waste seed due to drought.
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Washington
AAA
Wallace
AAA Wheat Section
Street Commissioner's Annual Report Details City Improvements
Street Commissioner Walter E. Markle reported to the city council on the public improvement department's fiscal year ending March 31. The department spent 140423.15 and held property valued at 19029.25. It maintained 97 miles of paved streets 100 miles of dirt streets and 10 miles of paved alleys. They spread 11000 cubic yards of cinders 15000 gallons of road oil and 8000 tons of crushed rock. 625 tons of sand were used during last winter. Weed cutting cost 2100 and snow removal 4750.
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Public Improvement Department
Walter E. Markle
City Council Receives Traffic Safety Recommendations on Parkways
The traffic safety commission urges permanent pedestrian safety lanes and parkway paving in front of business houses and asks the council to refer requests to the Department of Public Improvements. A. G. Haddy petitions to cut a curb and grade the parkway at 328 First Ave.
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Traffic Safety Commission
City Council
Department of Public Improvements
A. G. Haddy
First Ave
Brooks Urges Faith In Talk At Lions Club
Dr. A. A. Brooks pastor of St. Pauls Methodist church spoke at a Lions Club luncheon at the Hotel Roosevelt urging faith to counter intellectual and moral skepticism. He said a man is worth a plug dollar only with faith in himself and in others, warning Europe suffers from a lack of faith in the other fellow. Tomorrow is to be a better day he maintained.
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A. A. Brooks
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Lions Club
Hotel Roosevelt
Dr. Brooks
Europe
Brooks
Faith in Government and Self Inspires Hopeful Vision
A speaker prays by faith in the government and Constitution as a rock to build a great nation. He urges belief in God and in personal resolve, contrasting despair with hopeful vision for the future.
Minister Promotes Hope Amid Economic Despair
The minister urged a shift from despair to a brighter outlook. He spoke of emerging resilience after years of unemployment, economic failure, and defeat, presenting a philosophy of belief and triumph as a response to wreckage.
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Dr. Fishbein
Quaker Mill
Quaker
Dillon
Alyce Jane
Barry
Mrs. Alexander George
W. J. Neill
Olio A. Kohl
First Avenue E
A. A. Burkhart
Third Street
M. F. Cox
Milwaukee
Louis D. Burgos
Cox
Irving L. Hall and
Alice C. Kilts
Cedar Rapids
America
la Choy Food Products, Inc
Detroit, Mich
Sundai
Clorox
Cleveland Cleaner
Rumford
Hershey's
Ige
Illinois
Jack Sprat
Florida
Apples
Jonathans
Rae
Rinso
Good Housekeeping Institute
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