ICC Orders 2 Cent Coach Fare To Take Effect June 2
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled 5-5 but Eastman overruled eastern railroads, mandating 2 cent passenger coach fares and 3 cent Pullman rates despite eastern requests for delay. West and southern lines reported traffic gains under low fares. Baltimore and Ohio supported immediate implementation.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Transportation
Joseph B. Eastman
Eastman
Baltimore and Ohio
West
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Winter Chill Grips Cedar Rapids Mercury Rises
Cedar Rapids experienced a sharp cold snap with temperatures dropping to 28 at 6 am and 32 by midnight. A sunny Saturday brought a mild rebound to 47 by 10 am and a 52 reading by 1 15 pm, with Friday’s highs reaching 50 and 46 at 7 pm.
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Winter
Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Spring Want Ad Bargain Week Opens April 19
Special low rate during Bargain Week lets advertisers run eight days while paying for five. Ads may start Sunday or any day. Submit by phone mail or in person at The Gazette. Call 2-1121 before 8 p.m. tonight for Sunday Want Ad section.
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The
Gazette
Teen thief surrenders after stealing Chicago car
Gerhard Treder, 19, of Chicago, walked into Cedar Rapids police at 6 45 am Saturday and confessed stealing a car here would be wrong. He drove west until gas ran out about twenty miles from Cedar Rapids then turned himself in. Authorities noted he was aided by a Salvation Army captain who lent him the car to wash. Treder claimed a second boy accompanied him but police believed he acted alone. Treder is described as a cripple.
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Police
Gerhardt Teder
South
Fairfield Street
Chicago
Jess Clift
Treder
James Smith
Cedar Rapids
Earl Stanley
Salvation Army
Stanley
Nebraska
Stranger Attacks Seeker Seeks Help After Knockout
Ray Abel 17 of 1506 D avenue NE sought police at 10 p m Friday to find a man who struck him without provocation at First avenue and Seventh street. Abel, returning from the library, said a man about 30 in a dark suit and hat knocked him out for two or three minutes while a woman in a blue polo coat watched. A stranger in a car drove Abel home.
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Cedar Rapids
Ray Abel
D Avenue NE
First Avenue
Seventh Streets
Abel
Seventh Street
Woman Found Slain in Queens Suburb
The partly clothed body of Mildred McCabe, 39, of Jamaica, New York, was found under a tree in a Queens residential area. Police said she was beaten, possibly with a blunt instrument, and skull fractures were reported. Her sister identified her. Miss Scanlon said they had accepted a ride from a man Friday night.
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New York
Queens
Long Island
Howard Neal
Queens County
Mildred McCabe
Jamaica
N. Y
Anna Scanlon
Miss Scanlon
Mrs Bartholomew Seeks Guardianship of Freddie Bartholomew
HOLLYWOOD INS A formal petition to name Mrs Lillian Mae Bartholomew guardian of her famous actor son Freddie Bartholomew will be filed in superior court. Freddie age 12 is in temporary custody of his aunt Miss Millicent Bartholomew ahead of an arranged meeting with his mother who has not seen him.
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Hollywood
INS
Lillian Mae Bartholomew
Freddie Bartholomew
Freddie
Millicent Bartholomew
Turkish troops seize Dardanelles fortification zone
Ankara moves to occupy the Dardanelles with Turkish forces and announces fortification plans. President Ataturk, in talks with Marshal Fevzi, orders the occupation citing urgent international danger. Signatories show little opposition to the action.
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Ankara
Angora
Turkey
Dardanelles
Mustapha Kemal Ataturk
Fevzi
Hellespont
Mediterranean
Black Seas
Bosporus Strait
Ataturk
British seek information on Dar Danelles remilitarization
London reports stir over Turkish troop moves into the demilitarized zone on the Dardanelles days after a cabinet meeting led by President Ataturk. Ankara denial follows Reuters dispatches as Britain awaits confirmation from its ambassador.
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London
Turkey
Dardanelles
Istanbul
Bosporus
Sea of Marmora
Marmora
Aegean
Kemal Ataturk
Ankara
Reuters
Straits
Europe
Roosevelt Lands CCC on Anniversary
President Roosevelt marked the CCCs fourth anniversary noting the corps drew youths from cities and rural areas to do outdoor work of value. CCC Director Fechner read the radio address detailing the corps mission and the public esteem for its work.
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Washington
Civilian Conservation Corps
Roosevelt
CCC
Robert Fechner
Major Clash Rages in South Ethiopia
Rome reports Graziani's army on the southern Ethiopian front is locked in a major battle with Ethiopian forces opposing an Italian push toward the Addis Ababa Djibouti railroad. Military observers see a likely advance in the Harar region as Badoglio notes active aviation and patrol combat.
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Rome
Rodolfo Graziani
Addis Ababa-Djibouti
Graziani
Harar
Pietro Badoglio
Luxury Cave of Haile Selassie Found by Italian Troops
Italian privates discovered a luxurious air conditioned cave used by Emperor Haile Selassie as a headquarters. Troops seized his private wine cellar, toilet articles, and a sewing machine, along with gas proof Gavern walls, tapestries, champagne and a complete stock of arms and supplies.
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Rome
INS
Haile Selassie
Lake Ashangi
Pittsburgh Mayor Jailed For Refusal To Refund
Pittsburgh Mayor William N. McNair was arrested on embezzlement and malfeasance charges after he refused to refund a $100 fine from a police magistrate issued to a man involved in a numbers game. McNair, accompanied by two officers, waited in his office declaring he would not leave until the charges were withdrawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
William N. McNair
Frank Piekarski
Sam Collinger
McNair
Chicago Contractor Slain Admitted by Woman Says Cabman
Chicago police investigated the slaying of Arthur J. Hewitt a 60 year old retired contractor found in an unused passageway on the South Side. A taxicab driver said a woman admitted striking a man with a ginger ale bottle and that she hired him to drive Hewitt to Detroit in his car.
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Chicago
Arthur J. Hewitt
Hewitt
George Richardson
Detroit
House Is Ransacked But Nothing Taken
H. KL. Peters of 330 Eleventh Street SW reported Friday night his house had been entered. A thief used a skeleton key then carefully pulled window shades before leaving. Nothing appeared missing.
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H. KL. Peters
Eleventh Street
Peters
Selassie Appeals as Mediation Fails in Italy Ethiopia Crisis
The League of Nations conciliation committee of 13 formally adopted a report admitting mediatory efforts between Italy and Ethiopia have failed. Italy insists on keeping territories it has conquered, complicating peace moves.
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Geneva
League of Nations’ Conciliation Committee of 13
Italy
Ethiopia
Emperor Haile Selassie appeals to League for aid
The Ethiopian leader sent a personal telegram to the League of Nations on Saturday seeking relief for his country’s dire situation. The message was also meant to counter Italian claims that he would abdicate.
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Geneva
Haile Selassie
League of Nations
Mussolini Eyes Greatest Triumph as Ethiopia Falls
Mussolini, jubilant, envisions Italy reshaping Africa and Europe. He expects Ethiopia’s collapse, Haile Selassie’s abdication, and a near threefold larger Italian state, with Italy becoming a major Mediterranean power and a key player in European political consolidation.
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Italy
Europe
Austria
Near East
India
Australia
Mussolini vows rapid Italian advance to Addis Ababa and Djibouti line
Mussolini declares Italy will seize Addis Ababa and occupy the Addis Ababa Djibouti railway, praising victory over Geneva and Ethiopia. He sends more troops including artillery, engineers, infantry, and fascist detachments from Syracuse Florence Trieste and Vicenza to Africa.
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Rome
Ins
Geneva
Ethiopia
Benito Mussolini
Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa-Djibouti
Djibouti
Mussolini
Africa
Syracuse
Florence
Trieste
Vicenza
Snow returns as Adirondacks see heavy snowfall
Snow plows returned to duty in northern New York as four to twelve inches of snow covered the Adirondacks. The Malone area reported the fresh accumulation as crews worked to clear roads and restore normal travel.
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Malone
N. Y
New York
Adirondacks
Murder Plot Against Mme Lupescu Reported in Bucharest
Reports from Bucharest said several Iron Guard members were arrested over an alleged assassination plot targeting Magda Lupescu, king Carol’s favorite, and other regime officials. Eleven terrorist cells with five members each were said to exist, aiming to kill officials including Bucharest police chiefs, a cabinet minister, a former interior minister, two MPs, a university professor, and Cantacuzene.
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Vienna
Iron Guard
Magda Lupescu
Carol of
Roumania
Bucharest
Mme. Lupescu
Alexander Cantacuzene
George Duca
Sinaia
Carol
Luciano Arrives in New York City Under Heavy Guard
New York dispatch reports gangster Charles Lucky Luciano arriving under police guard from Little Rock Arkansas. He was hustled from the train to police headquarters amid armed officers and tear gas bombs. Authorities describe him as New Yorks feared vice king and one of the nations most dangerous criminals.
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Luciano
New York City
New York
INS
Charles “Lucky” Luciano
Vice
Little Rock
Ark
Sulking
Midas
Roosevelt Signs Flood Loans Bill
President Roosevelt signed the bill authorizing the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to loan 50 million dollars for rehabilitation and repair of flood damage.
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Roosevelt
Washington
INL
The
RFC
Errant preacher and girl surrender after jailbreak
Perry Griffin 24 a former preacher and Madge Copeland 21 surrendered to Sheriff Glenn Weaver at a farm house east of Harrisonville Missouri. Both had escaped Cass county jail after Copeland freed them and then fled from Creston Iowa. Griffin remained jailed locally while Copeland was taken to Kansas City for safekeeping.
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Harrisonville
Perry E. Griffin
Madge Copeland
Cass County
Glenn Weaver
Here
Miss Copeland
Griffin
Copeland
Creston
Iowa
Adonis
Kansas City
Judge Cutting Former Editor Here Dies at 82
Charles S. Cutting 82 Chicago attorney and former Cook county probate judge died Friday in Chicago from a brain blood clot. A Cedar Rapids Times assistant editor in youth he championed a judiciary free from politics and visited Cedar Rapids often. Funeral Monday at 2 30 p m Fourth Presbyterian church Chicago with private burial in Palatine Illinois.
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Charles S. Cutting
Chicago
Cook County
Cedar Rapids Times
Judge Cutting
Glenn Averill
Jessie
Lulu Averill
Frank Hallenbeck
Cedar Rapids
Averills
Charles A. Laurance
Palatine
T.L
Illinois
Edward F. Dunne
Taft
Dunne
State Board of Law Examiners
Chicago Bar Association
Cook County Board of Education
Anna E. Lytle
Robert M. Cutting
Robert Cutting
Winnetka
Nathan G. Moore
Bartholmey Named Benstown P D Postmaster In 1935 Case Ties
Edward C Bartholmey 42 is arrested in the Hamm kidnapping case and taken from his Bensonville home without resistance. He is married with a 16 year old son and was appointed postmaster last year with a 2100 salary. The residence is linked to the Hamm ransom hold up. Other suspects Pfeiffer and Fitzgerald are in custody or arrested in St Paul and Los Angeles respectively.
Pfeiffer Named in Hamm Kidnap Case Link to St. Paul Night Club
ST PAUL AP Jack Pfeiffer named Saturday by J Edgar Hoover as one of three men arrested in connection with the kidnapping of William Hamm 1933 R Paul Brewer proprietor of The Hollyhocks a St Paul night club
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ST. Paul
Jack Pfeiffer
J. Edgar Hoover
William Hamm
R. Paul Brewer
Hollyhocks
Hoover says St Paul case 5 cleared up
Justice Department agents said the 100000 ransom kidnaping of William A Hamm Jr is virtually solved with the arrest of Charles J Fitzgerald Jack Pfeiffer and Edward C Bartholmey in Los Angeles St Paul and Bensenville Ill Bartholmey post master Hamm held at his home until payment Hoover said more arrests may follow Also linked to Alvin Karpis and the Barker gang Hoover listed six others involved and said the suspects were charged under secret warrants after arrests Saturday
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Chicago
Edward C. Bartholmey
Hamm
Bensenville
Ill
Daniel Ladd
Department of Justice
Bartholmew
Ladd
William A. Hamm, Jr
Edward G. Bremer
St. Paul
Bensonville
Bartholmew’s
Jack Pfeiffer
Charles J. Fitzgerald
Los Angeles
Washington
Justice Department
J. Edgar Hoover
Edward C. Bartholmew
Hoover
Bartholmey
Bureau of Investigation
Alvin Karpis
John Dillinger
Karpis
Ma” Barker
Karpis-Barker
G-men
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Dillinger
Charles F. Urschel
Oklahoma City
Bremer
Harry Campbell
William Mahan
Weyerhaeuser
Harmon Wiley
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr
Alice
Louisville
Bryan Bolton
Elmer Fermer
Arthur “Doc” Barker
Alcatraz Island
Calif
Fred Barker
Oklawaha
Fla
Fred C. Goetz
Shotgun Zeigler
Arthur
Goetz
Fitzgerald
Bolton
House
Dislocated Shoulder After Pedestrian Collision In City
Amos Plotz aged 57 of 717 Tenth avenue SE says a car struck him on Third avenue at Twelfth street SE causing a dislocated left shoulder. He was treated at Mercy hospital after police were called from 306 Third avenue SE where he appeared at 1 30 a m with the injury. He did not provide the license number or description of the coupe involved.
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Cedar Rapids
Amos Plotz
Tenth Avenue SE
Mercy Hospital
Plotz
Third Avenue
Twelfth Street SE
Third Avenue SE
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East Africa
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Wesen
Mme
Lupescu
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