Marchioness Tassels Tone as Italy Beauty Hides After Theft Ring Exposé
New York police report the Marchioness Pia Ferrari Davico of Italy hid Saturday night amid threats after she exposed an international bond theft ring. $750,000 in stolen securities were recovered from tips she provided, while $1,290,000 remains missing from Wall Street banks. The marchioness’s testimony is deemed vital in prosecutions related to the Bank of Manhattan bond theft totaling $1,456,000, with eight men in custody. A transatlantic pursuit of Paris prisoners continues as federal agents seek custody of Jacob Schwartz and Bernard Klein for questioning.
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New York
Pia Ferrari Davico
Italy
Wall Street
United States
Paris
David Frank
Bank of Manhattan
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Europe
America
Jacob Schwartz
Bernard Klein
French police rebuked for US disclosure on bond thief ring
Paris police censured after American authorities publicized developments in the $1.456 million international bond thieves case. Arrests of Bernard Klein and Jacob Schwartz were revealed in the United States, causing the gang to go into hiding and hindering further captures.
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Bernard Klein
Jacob Schwartz
New York
U. S
United States
Europe
Roosevelt to Visit Canada for Pact Signing in June
President Roosevelt plans a June trip to Ottawa to witness the signing of the Canadian American treaty. He will stay as guest of Governor General Lord Tweedsmuir but cannot set a departure date until Congress adjourns. This would be a rare presidential overseas departure.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Canada
Lord Tweedsmuir
Ontario
Ottawa
United States
Hold Funeral Services For James H. Dinkle Of Massillon
Final rites for James Harvey Dinkle 84 who died of a heart attack in his Massillon home were held at Massillon Community church with Rev F J Abele of London officiating Burial followed in Massillon cemetery He was born July 21 1851 in Bridgewater Virginia and moved to Iowa with his parents at age five He is survived by five children Mrs Jessie Jeffrey Oxford Mills and four others Mrs Hattie Emerson Mrs Nellie Bright Mrs Alice Moulton and Harvey H Dinkle all of Massillon
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Gazette
Lowden
James Harvey Dinkle
Massillon
F. J. Abele
Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church of London
Bridgewater
Iowa
London
Jessie Jeffrey
Oxford Mills
Hattie Emerson
Nellie Bright
Alice Moulton
Harvey H. Dinkle
Ariel Barrie Returns to Hollywood for Film Contract
Elaine Barrie arrives in California with her mother after a dispute with John Barrymore. The 19 year old declares she will become a movie star and says Barrymore helped secure her contract while promising no more fights. Barrie plans marriage after her career starts.
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Hollywood
Ins
Ariel
Caliban
Edna Jacobs
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio
Barrymore
Miss Barrie
California
New York
John
Man of Destiny
Pittsburgh Mayor McNair Jailed Over Refusal to Refund Fine
Pittsburgh mayor William N. McNair spent about two hours in jail after refusing to obey a court order to refund a $100 fine to a numbers writer. He was released on a writ of habeas corpus as prosecutors pressed embezzlement and nonfeasance charges.
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Pittsburgh
William N. McNair
Joseph A. Richardson
John McNeil
Warren H. van Kirk
Sam Collinger
van Kirk
Henry George
Mike Stancati
McNair
Collinger
Harry Fink
Charles Wychansky
Boone Editor Elected President of Iowa Junior Chamber
Kenneth Goodrich editor of the Boone News Re publican won the presidency of the Iowa Junior Chamber of Commerce at the two day convention in Davenport. The vote went to three ballots with support for Doug Fairbanks and Thad Churchill. Council Bluffs won the 1937 convention over Burlington. Vice presidents named include Charles Rueffel Davenport Thad Churchill Sioux City E J Van Nostrand Een Des Moines. A banquet and inaugural ball followed.
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Davenport
Kenneth Goodrich
Boone News-Republican
Chamber of Commerce of Iowa
Doug Fairbanks
Iowa City
Thad Churchill
Sioux City
Churchill
Goodrich
Cliff M. Nolan
Fairbanks
Blackhawk
Council Bluffs
Burlington
Charles Rueffel
E. J. van Nostrandeen
Howard Lyon
Des Moines
Gridiron Club Lights Up Burlesque of Nation’s Events
Washington AP reports the Gridiron Club staged a burlesque show satirizing national politics. President Roosevelt, cabinet members, and convention figures were parodied in skits with figures like Paul Revere Hearst and Nine Old Men in a White House Chest. New president Edward W. Gableman of the club is noted along with five new initiates.
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Washington
Gridiron Club
Capital
Roosevelt
Frank R. Kent
Baltimore
Paul Revere Hearst
James A. Farley
Henry P. Fletcher
Ben Allen
Ohio
Edwin W. Gableman
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Organization
Paul Hodges
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Harold M. Talburt
Scripps-Howard
Franklyn Waltman, Jr
Washington Post
Phelps H. Adams
New York Sun
George Myers
Girl Revived After Pronounced Dead in Oxford
Miss Daisy Allen, 22, collapsed from valvular heart disease in Oxford and was pronounced dead by Dr Justin Bailey. A coramine injection and artificial respiration revived her in three minutes, and she recovered enough to be moved to a hospital later that day. She described a three minute period of death with no pain and a sense of suspended air accompanied by soft music.
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Oxford
England
Daisy Allen
Bailey
Justin Bailey
Madrid Ends 24 Hour General Strike Against Fascist Violence
A 24 hour general strike in Madrid against fascist violence ended Saturday morning with workers returning to work. Bakers resumed at 2 a.m. street cars and taxis at 6 a.m. factories and other workers at 8. Night life was suspended, cafes and bars closed, newspapers not circulating, streets nearly empty.
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Madrid
Baldwin appeals to Hitler to avert European war
In a Europe peace appeal Baldwin tells Hitler to lift dictatorship and banish war. He warns against use of poison gas and says if Hitler has the will, co operation across Europe could prevent chaos. He notes the next months are vital for peace or war and urges decisive action.
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Italy
Ethiopia
Baldwin
Europe
Hitler
Britain
League of Nations admits failure to enforce peace in Ethiopia Italy dispute
The League of Nations on Saturday said peace efforts with Ethiopia and Italy have failed and referred the matter back to the council. The report notes Italy seeks recognition of conquered territory before talks resume and criticizes gas abuse evidence handling. Haile Selassie sent a telegram pledging Ethiopia's resolve against the invader.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Italy
Ethopia
Haile Selassie
League
Committee of 13
Council Without
Salvador de Madariaga
Spain
Council
Ethiopia
Madariaga
Great Britain
International Red Cross
Red Cross
Temperatures Fall in Cedar Rapids Saturday Evening
Temperatures dropped from a 54 high at 4 p.m. to 46 at 7 p.m. and 38 at 10 p.m. under a fair sky, per Chambers Inskeep company charts.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers
Mrs Martha McAleer of Anamosa Died After Birth
Mrs Martha Malanathy McAleer 29 of Anamosa died Saturday at an Anamosa hospital shortly after giving birth to her infant son. Born April 7 1907 in Decorah she married Thomas Joseph McAleer April 7 1931 and is survived by two daughters Joyce and Janice her mother Mrs Margaret Malanathy and their infant son. Funeral arrangements had not been completed.
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Anamosa
Martha Malanathy McAleer
Anamosa Hospital
McAleer
Decorah
St. Vincent’s Academy
Dubuque
Thomas Joseph McAleer
Joyce
Janice
Margaret Malanathy
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Public Program Precedes Cedar Rapids Y Dinner Tuesday
A street program at First avenue and Fifth street Tuesday at 5 30 p m opens Cedar Rapids Y annual membership dinner at 6 15 p m in the Y gym. It features a boys band drill clowning tumbling acrobatics a Golden Gloves boxing bout and remarks by Harry White with Robert Armstrong presiding. Reservations due by Monday evening.
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First Avenue
Fifth Street
Cedar Rapids Y
George Smith
Walter Simon
Golden Gloves
Arthur Taylor
Harry White
Indianapolis Y
White
U. Movement
Robert Armstrong
Five convicts shot in Wisconsin state prison escape attempt
In Waupun Wisconsin guards shot two escape leaders a Dillinger era gangster and his companion thwarting a breakout by five inmates from the overcrowded state prison during a shift change lockdown. Two leaders were wounded and three others surrendered as guards repelled the assault with a ladder and improvised weapons.
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Waupun
Wis
Dillinger
Wisconsin
Alex Leikam
Hartford
Leslie Homer
Indianapolis
Ind
Racine
Albert Stevens
Ernest Weber
Fond du Lac
Wilbert Schwalb
Milwaukee
Elmer Schrader
Schroeder
Homer
Leikam
Oscar E. Lee
Frank L. Bernart
Local Artist Opens Des Moines Exhibit
Arnold Pyle a Cedar Rapids artist opened a one man show in Des Moines explaining I was only a farm boy until I took up regionalism The exhibit features 30 paintings of Midwestern subjects and runs two weeks at the Art Students Workshop in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Arnold Pyle
Cedar Rapids
Pyle
Art Students Workshop
Black Committee Investigators Busy Ties to Anti-New Deal Funds
Washington lawmakers heard testimony linking four anti-New Deal groups to American Liberty League backers Pierre S. du Pont and John J. Raskob. The probe named Sentinels of the Republic Farmers Independence Council Southern Committee to Uphold the Constitution and the Crusaders with Liberty League funding. Names including Vice President Garner and Alfred E. Smith surfaced in discussions of financial ties and letters.
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Washington
American Liberty League
Senate Lobby Committee
Hugo L. Black
Ala
The
Sentinels of the Republic
Farmers Independence Council
Southern Committee
Crusaders
Pierre S. du Pont
John J. Raskob
League
John N. Garner
Alfred E. Smith
Garner
John H. Kirby
Smith
Consistory Reunion to Open Tuesday in Des Moines Area
The 1936 spring reunion of Iowa Consistory will be held at Scottish Rite temple on Seventh Street NE, with Kilwinning Lodge of Perfection, Bruce Chapter Rose Croix, St. Andrew's Council of Kadosh and Iowa Consistory participating. Degrees from the fourth to the thirty-second will be conferred or exemplified across two days, with meals and a closing dinner, as Floyd D. Fillmore and other degree masters oversee portions and performances by local Scottish Rite clubs. Music will be provided by the Town Consistory quartet and related personnelTable
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Iowa
Scottish Rite Temple
A Avenue
Sixth Street
Kilwinning Lodge of Perfection
Bruce Chapter Rose Croix
St. Andrew’s Council of Kadosh
Floyd D. Fillmore
J. R. Treichler
Jesse A. Kitterman
Fo Pe
Weston D. Iston
John H. Cail
Stanley C. Moore
George E. Farmer
J. F. Ball
John B. Finney
Waterloo
Frederick J. Martin
William J. Kueneman
James W. Boling
Waterloo Club
William A. Leefers
Orville H. Adams
Millard H. Douglass
William H. Stepanek
Walter H. Workman
Harry A. Palmer
Charles A. Laurance
Ethyle Wood Birmingham
George L. Krabbenhoff
Norman H. Emerson
Stuart Girl Champ Speller Wins Iowa Contest
Jean Trowbridge a 13-year-old Stuart High student won the Iowa spelling championship against 101 contestants. She took both written and oral rounds and earned a Washington D C trip for the national contest. Dorothy Hatch of Edgewood placed second after misspelling proselyte. Other top finishers included Marianne Trent, Michael Millen, Esther Hisler, Margie Johnson, Raymond Metzger, and Virginia Roben.
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Des Moines
Jean Trowbridge
Stuart High School
Iowa
G. W. Trowbridge
Dorothy Hatch
Edgewood
Washington, D. C
Two UT Students Die in Georgetown Air Crash
Two University of Texas student pilots died after a plane crash near Georgetown Texas late Saturday. Guy Bryan Jr aged 22 of Houston died soon after arrival at a hospital and Jeff D Farish Jr aged 21 of Houston died two hours later.
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Georgetown
Tex
Here
University of Texas
Guy Bryan, Jr
Houston
Jeff D. Farish, Jr
Eight Hundred Attend Annual Farmers Night At Belle Plaine
Eight hundred men attended the annual Farmers Night at National Hall Belle Plaine Thursday. George Peterman welcomed the crowd with Oscar Myers replying for the farmers. Local participants included the high school band dirigido by Harold Frese the glee club led by Marion Yavorsky Carl Lyman German band C Garbutt Purple Masquers and others.
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Belle Plaine
National Hall
George Peterman
Oscar Myers
Harold Frese
Glee Club
Maxine Maxson
Marion Yavorsky
Carl Lyman
C. Garbutt
Purple Masquers
Leota
Marvin Dilly
Lucille Powers
Brice Kithcart
Wayne Byers
Harry Bradshaw
Billy Theissen
Bill Rusk
Russell Phelps
Don Haloupek
Milford Whitehead
Leonard Hinkle
Roy Allee
Challand McCune
Lewis Falck
Morgan Morris
Deaths Frank Konigsmark Jr of Cedar Rapids
Frank Konigsmark Jr 53 of 916 Sixth street SW Cedar Rapids died at University hospital Iowa City at 3 55 p m Saturday after a lingering illness He was born March 9 1883 in College township and lived on a farm before moving to Cedar Rapids He is survived by his wife Tillie two sons Lumir and Robert three daughters Mrs William Vorel Mrs Godfrey Stejskal and Miss Ann Konigsmark four brothers Rudolph Stanley Lester and Oldrich one sister Mrs Emil Trachta his father Frank Jr of Ely and a grandson Herbert Daie Konigsmark Burial is in Bohemian National cemetery Funeral services are set for 2 p m Monday at Janeba and Brosh chapel conducted by Theodore B Hlubacek Friends may call Sunday evening.
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Frank Konigsmark, Jr
Sixth Street
University Hospital
Iowa City
College Township
Cedar Rapids
Konigsmark
Tillie
Lumir
Robert
William Vorel
Godfrey Stejskal
Ann Konigsmark
Rudolph
Stanley
Lester
Ely
Oldrich
Los Angeles
Calif
Emil Trachta
Frank, Jr
Herbert Daie Konigsmark
Municipal Employes Association
Janeba and Brosh
Theodore B. Hlubacek
Bohemian National Cemetery
Funeral services for Lois Marie Demory
Lois Marie Demory the year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Earl E Demory will be laid to rest in Linwood cemetery after services at Turner chapel at 2 p m Monday Rev G T Lehman to officiate friends may call at Turner chapel
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Lois Marie
Earl E. Demory
Turner Chapel
G. T. Lehman
Linwood Cemetery
William F Yeager Funeral Services Announced
Funeral services for William Frederick Yeager will be held in the Turner chapel at 3 30 p m Monday with Rev R F Judson and Crescent lodge No 25 A F and A M in charge. All Master Masons are requested to meet at the Masonic hall at 3 p m Monday to attend the services in a body.
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W. F. Yeager
William Frederick Yeager
Turner Chapel
R. F. Judson
Crescent Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Linwood Cemetery
Masonic Hall
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Elaine
Boone
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Tampa, Fla
Barlow
Fla
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Earl Turner
J. R. Duggan
Sam Williams
Victor Hall
W. M. Lohr
Herbert Hoover
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Jeeter Lester
Tobacco Road
Doughton and
Hill
Ways and Means Committee
Morgenthau
Mr. Roosevelt
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
Sam
Wilhelmina Borah
Alfreda Smith
Charles D. Hilles
J. Henry Gga
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Hopkins
White House
Arthur Morgan
TVA
Ickes
Henry Wallace
Pacific
Atlantic
Hoover
League of the
Japan
Germany
T. J. McAleer
Black Committee
Stuart
Champ Speller
Belle Plaine Thurs
Lois Marie Demory
H. G. Fussell
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