Iowa House kills liquor by the drink bill in 83 to 21 vote
In Des Moines the Iowa House tabled the liquor by the drink measure after a heated battle with dry forces mobilizing. The vote followed committee action and debate over local option and chain store tax considerations, ending the measure for this session.
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DES Moines
Iowa House
House
Leo Hoegh
Chariton
Robert D. Blue
Eagle Grove
H. F. Risse
Mitchell
Philip Roan
Fort Madison
Drys
Mark Conkling
J. F Miller
Humboldt
Alesch
Bittner
Bulow
Burk
Davenport
Elliott
Hauge
Hermsen
Johnnes
Judd
Kohlhaas
Latchaw
Lutz
Manby
Moore
Reilly
Roan
Scholz
Thompson
Pocahontas
Walter
Irwin
Lee
Alleged Subscriptions Salesman Jailed in Vinton
A 20 year old man giving the name Robert Smith was arrested in northeast Benton county on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses. Deputies say he sold a magazine subscription to Ralph Ziecser and used a Gazette receipt to push cut rate offers. The Gazette does not offer cut rates and warns against unauthorized solicitations.
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Vinton
Robert Smith
Cedar Rapids
Benton County
Nile Morena
Fred Rose
Buchanan County
Smith
Ralph Ziecser
Walker
Gazette
Guidance and Discipline in a Guided World
In a 1939 reflection, the speaker argues that life follows a plan of God, urging obedience to moral insight and common sense. It contrasts divine guidance with impulsive acts, warning not to claim divine direction for foolish choices while advising sincere prayer and humility to find steadiness.
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Horace Bushnell
Boy Hit By Car Breaks Both Legs
Jimmie Blackstone age 4, son of Rev. and Mrs James J Blackstone Jr, suffered fractures of both legs above the knees when struck by a car driven by Gene Davidson 43 of route 3 Cedar Rapids. The accident occurred in the 1900 block of Fourth Avenue SE at 5 35 p m He was taken to St Luke's hospital with condition reported as fairly good. Davidson said he slowed for a group of children then the boy ran from behind a parked car into his path and he could not stop in time.
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Jimmie Blackstone
James J1. Blackstone, Jr
Fourth Avenue SE
Gene Davidson
Cecar Rapids
St. Luke's Hospital
Davidson
Jimmie
Two Champlin Chicken Houses Destroyed By Fire
A fire at Champlin hatchery 2000 E avenue NW Cedar Rapids destroyed two chicken houses and damaged a third. Over 500 springer chickens perished while crews saved the Champlin home and part of the third house. Firefighters extended 1200 feet of hose from a distant hydrant. broader hatchery buildings across Twentieth street were undamaged.
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Champlin Hatchery
E Avenue NW
Nineteenth Street
E Avenue
Champlin
Twentieth Street
Conference panel forms to bridge Iowa budget gap
A conference committee was appointed in the Iowa legislature to reconcile the House and Senate appropriation bills, aiming to close a $1,595,890 gap. Kuester and Levis led budget fights as lawmakers return from Gov. Wilson’s office to name their members and set the conference agenda.
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Des Moines
Iowa
House
Senate
John R. Irwin
O. N Hultman
Stanton
X T Prentis
Mount Ayr
Claus Randall
Manly
G. T Kuiester
Griswold
BB. Hickenlooper
L. H. Doran
Boone
Ik V. Levis
Chariton
L. B Forsling
Sioux City
G. R. Hill
Clarion
Kuester
Levis
Irwin
Hickenlooper
George A Wilson
Highway Commission
State Tax Commission
State Department of Public Safety
Wilson
Conference Committee
Convict Rochester In Traffic Mishap
Hollywood police convicted Eddie Anderson 23 on a misdemeanor for failing to yield to Ted Rosenfield after a traffic crash that injured Rosenfield with three broken vertebrae. Anderson faces sentencing on May 25.
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Hollywood
Eddie Anderson
Rochester
Jack Benny
Anderson
Ted Rosenfield
Weddell Nominated U S Ambassador to Spain
President Roosevelt named Alexander W. Weddell of Virginia as ambassador to the new Spanish government. The current ambassador to Argentina will move to Madrid to succeed Claude G. Bowers.
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Washington
Alexander W. Weddell
Virginia
Roosevelt
Spain
Weddell
Argentina
Claude G. Bowers
Madrid
Innocent Bystander Narrowly Escaped Car Crash
Alfred Pimental, a bystander, was unharmed as two cars collided at a Plymouth intersection. One car struck his parked vehicle and damaged it while the other plowed into the front of his store.
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Plymouth
Mass
Alfred Pimental
Pimental
Hailstorms Smack Greenfield Window Breakage
Hailstones as large as golf balls struck Greenfield during a thunderstorm on Wednesday, shattering hundreds of windows across the town.
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Greenfield
Mass
Paris Liner Paris Sunk After Deliberate Fire At Le Havre
The 34,000 ton liner Paris sank in 26 feet of water after a two‑front blaze begun in the bakery and barber shop, two suspected incendiaries believed to have sabotaged the ship at Le Havre. Two killed two injured, an Algerian dockworker questioned, and $500,000 worth of French art saved.
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LE Havre
France
Paris
United States
New York
Leon Meyer
Associated Press
le Surete National
Secret Service
French Line
Ministry of Merchant Marine
Storm Blamed In Air Crash That Killed Roosevelt Kin
A storm is blamed for the fatal plane crash near Perote Vera Cruz that killed Daniel Roosevelt 22 and his companion Bronson Rumsey 22 of Sands Point NY. Carlotta Constantine 21 suffered multiple injuries. The plane had departed from Mexico City and was bound for Vera Cruz. Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt canceled three engagements to attend the funeral.
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Mexico City
Daniel Roosevelt
Franklin D Roosevelt
Bronson Ltarriman Rumsey
Sands Point
Guadalupe Victoria
Puebla
Perote
Vera Cruz
Carlotta Constantine
Arthur Constantine
INS
Mexico
Iulso
Rumsey
New York
Washington
White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Seattle
Young Roosevelt
G. Hall Roosevelt
Eleanor
Garnavillo Farmer Loses Arm In Freak Highway Accident
McGregor Louis Hemphler 43 a Garnavillo area farmer was in serious condition at McGregor hospital after his left arm was amputated in a highway 52 crash between Garnavillo and Monona Monday noon. He waved at a neighbor and was struck by Asa Fisher of Guttenberg’s truck, which sideswiped his Chevrolet coach and damaged the door as a stock rack on the truck contributed to the trauma. He was returning from Clayton after driving a hired man there.
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Mcgregor
Louis Hemphler
Garnaville
McGregor Hospital
Highway 52
Garnavillo
Monona
Hemphier
Clayton
Elmer Brandt
Mr. Brandt
Asa Fisher
Guttenberg
Hemphler
Belgians Force Down Nazi Plane Near Brussels
Three Belgian army planes chased a German commercial airliner that was ordered down by radio after entering forbidden frontier zones. The craft landed at a military airport near Bussy Saint-Georges in compliance with the order. Germans and a French newspaperman were aboard.
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Brussels
Brussere
Paris
Gets 90 Days For Drunk Driving: Two Injured In Crash
William Sullivan 67 of 227 Eighth Street NE received a 90 day county jail term after pleading guilty to operating a vehicle while intoxicated. His car collided with a machine driven by Dr Hampton of Springville at First Avenue and Sixteenth Street injuring Hampton 67 and his wife 66 who were not seriously hurt and provided statements to police after motorists rescued them.
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William Sullivan
Eighth Street
John T. Moffit
G .K. Thompson
Sullivan
Des Moines
Dr. Hampton
Springville
First Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Hampton
Truck Driver Hurt In Crash On Mount Vernon Avenue
Leo Olisevsky 23 of 2006 Fifteenth Ave SE suffered severe head lacerations Tuesday after his truck owned by Iowa Metered Gas collided with a car driven by Roy Gochenour of Ottosen on Mount Vernon Ave at 33rd St. Olisevsky was taken to Mercy Hospital by Ambulance Service. Joe Olisevsky, 30, a passenger, was not hurt.
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Cedar
Benes 10 Leads Czechs to Form New Nation
Eduard Benes, exiled former president, accepts leadership of a movement by more than two million Czechs and Slovaks seeking a new Czechoslovak nation. He aims to headline a provisional government from Chicago with plans for a manifesto and a worldwide council of exiled Czechoslovak groups.
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Chicago
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Benes
Gohus Benes
London
Pars
Moscow
Washington
European Front
Canada
Munich
University of Chicago
United States
Great Britain
France
France Starts Birthrate Subsidies to Third Child
Paris reports France began state aid to families to boost births with a decree in the Journal Official. Beginning with the third child, parents receive 42 francs a month from the government in subsidies.
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Paris
INS
France
Journal
Official
Vinton Girls Portrait in Gazette Candid Camera Series
A Gazette candid camera feature captures 14 year old Jack Meyer with Vinton High freshmen Patricia Tobin and Janice Herbert. The trio pose shyly as pictures are taken, with a sepia 7 by 9 enlargement offered free and prints available for 25 cents for three 2 by 3 inch shots.
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Gazette
Jack Meyer
Twentieth Avenue
Vinton
Vinton High School
Patricia Tobin
John W. Tobin
Janice Herbert
Paul Herbert
Jack
Lindbergh Opens U S Air Study Mission in America
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh returns to the United States on army orders to lead a comprehensive air study. He will tour research plants and aircraft factories to evaluate strengths and weaknesses and advise on the $300 million expansion plan. Ambassador William C Bullitt helped persuade him to return for active service.
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Washington
INS
Army
An Corps
Arnold
Lindbergh
Germany
United States
Europe
Aman Owas
Americas
Arms Air Corps
International
Army Air Corps
William C. Bullitt
Soo-Mile Limit at Sea Urged for U S
Washington (INS) Brethridge Long former US ambassador to Italy and assistant secretary of state urged expanding naval frontiers from three miles to 300 miles at sea to defend cash and carry neutrality. He called the plan the safest keep out of war tool for Congress. Long spoke to the Senate foreign relations committee on neutrality proposals. Meanwhile Maxwell S Stewart urged drastic action short of war against Japan to halt China invasion and called for repeal or revision of the neutralities act.
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Washington
INS
Brethinridge Long
Italy
Wilson
America
United States
Congress
Long
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Maxwell S. Stewart
New York
Japan
China
Stewart
the Nation
Friends of the Chinese People
Restaurant serves live goldfish on rye at Cleveland
A Cleveland seafood restaurant advertised live goldfish served on rye bread with beer milk tea or coffee. The proprietor described the unusual dish as a novelty offering for patrons.
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Cleveland
British Policy Aims At Mutual Peace With Germany
London reports Lord Halifax outlined Britain's stance on German dialogue and Roosevelt's peace proposal. He said Berlin’s response would guide future talks and that Henderson would return after a brief vacation. Britain seeks international understanding without abandoning efforts to create a mutual basis for peace.
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London
Germany
Viscount Halifax
Berlin
Lord Halfax
Britain
Roosevelt
Hahtex
House of Lords
New
Wile Chamberlain
Far East
Halifax
Cachoslovakia
Nevile Henderson
Navas
Flood
Frazee
Joe Berlin
Lord Halifax
Lord Ceens
Roosevelts
Brite Wiii
Italy
Peacemaker Plays Second Fiddle When Fight Is Wanted
Satirical column by Arthur Bugs Baer from 1930 mocks pacifism and the League of Nations as ineffectual. It likens peace efforts to a railroad for livestock and jokes about not handling an unpredictable giraffe.
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Peacemaker
League of Nations
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