Senate Group Debates Roosevelt Court Bill in Secret
In executive session the Senate judiciary committee discussed the Roosevelt court bill and proposals to vote on the measure and all amendments by May 11. Senators McCarran Norris Hatch and Van Nuys proposed various changes including a court size expansion and a one new justice per year plan.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
M. M. Logan
Logan
Roosevelt
Pat McCarran
Nev
Norris
Ind
Neb
Supreme Court
Carl A. Hatch
N. M
Frederick van Nuys
McCarran
Mrs. Fred Collins Former Cedar Rapids Resident Dies in Chicago
Mrs. Fred Collins former Cedar Rapids resident died Tuesday after a short illness at her Chicago home where she had lived many years. She leaves a husband a daughter Mrs. H. G. Forbes two sons Earl in Marysville California and two grandchildren Tom and Jack Forbes a sister Mrs. Rose Adams and two brothers H. E. and A. B. Hanson all of Cedar Rapids. Mrs. Forbes and Mrs. Adams left Monday night for Chicago. Funeral services and burial will be in Chicago.
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Fred Collins
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
H. G. Forbes
Third Avenue
Earl
Marysville
Calif
Tom
Jack Forbes
Rose Adams
H. E
A. B. Hanson
Forbes
Adams
Funeral services for Jeane Rathel McCalley planned at Turner chapel
Funeral services for Jeane Rathel McCalley will be held in the Turner chapel at 2 p.m. Wednesday in charge of the Rev. John Watterson. Burial will be in the family lot at Walker cemetery. Friends may call at 1100 Ninth street NW until 11 a.m. Wednesday.
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Jeane Rathel McCalley
Turner Chapel
John Watterson
Walker Cemetery
Ninth Street NW
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Loufek at two locations
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Loufek will be held in the Polanski chapel Wednesday at 8 30 am and at 9 in the St Ludmila church conducted by Rev Father Frank R Hruby. Burial will be in the Bohemian National chapel from 7 to 9 pm Tuesday. A Wedgewood mug bearing a history of Glamis Castle is to be auctioned in London.
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Mary Loufek
Polansky
St. Ludmila
Frank R. Hruby
Bohemian National Cemetery
Glamis Castle
Earl of Strathmore
London
Clutier
Clutier Woman's Club
J. P. Novak
B. F.mcneil
August Untiect
Leo W. Novotny
Henry Popper
John Novotny
Alfred Fischer
Anton Hanus
Clutter
W. R. Porterfield
Osceola
Clutter Rebekah Lodge
I.C.C.F. Hall
Lester Ludvicck
Melvin Mundt
Anna Rambow
Charles Konicek
John Bell
Leo Parizek
Hopkinton
Lenox Colege Y. W. A
Dorothy Knapp
Reta Noah
Marjorie Dukek
Miss Knapp
Alburnett
Miss Noah
Center Junction
Miss Dukek
Lenox College
Y.W.C.A
United States
Mississippi
Merchants National Bank
Cedar Rapids
Battery E
France
Eliza Zimerman
Robert
John
Arthur Thoeni
Milton Thoeni
Ernest Skelley
Irma Fagan
Monticello
Frank Klinite
Gene Kent
Libdbie Thoeni
Minneapolis
William Roben
Seattle
Henry L Adix
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Aching Heads and Spotty Eyes All Bran Ad Claims Relief
Read Mr. Davidson endorsing Kellogg's ALL-BRAN as relief from constipation and its health benefits. The ad urges two tablespoons daily with milk or fruit, suggests muffins and breads, and touts natural action over pills. Kellogg guarantees the product from Battle Creek.
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Mr. Davidson
Kellogg’s Allbrawn
Kellogg’s Allbran
C. T. Davidson
Sacramento
Calif
Kellogg’s
Kellogg
Battle Creek
Lovich to Sing Ferrando in Il Trovatore at Shrine Temple
Teodore Lovich, newly regarded as a rising star of the Chicago Grand Opera, will perform Ferrando the captain of guard in Il Trovatore at the Shrine temple Wednesday night May 5. Cedar Rapids hosts the third grand opera production sponsored by Coe college with the Chicago Festival Opera providing sets and costumes. Richard Bonelli, celebrated Metropolitan Opera baritone, will lead the cast alongside four other renowned artists.
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Teodore Lovich
Chicago Grand Opera Company
Ferrando
Shrine Temple
Cedar Rapids
Coe College
Chicago Festival Opera Company
Richard Bonelli
Metropolitan Opera Company
New York City
May Probe Sale Of Van Sweringen Rails
Three young financiers acquire a controlling stake in Mid America Inc owner of the Van Sweringen rail empire. The $8 million deal faces scrutiny from the Interstate Commerce Commission and a Senate inquiry led by Senator Wheeler. The buyers include Robert R Young Frank F Kolbe and Allen R Kirby.
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New York
van Sweringen
O. P
M. J. van Sweringen
Robert R. Young
Frank F. Kolbe
New York Stock Exchange Partners
Allen R. Kirby
Wilkes Barre
Interstate Commerce Commission
George A. Ball
Mid America, Inc
Washington
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Senate
Wheeler
George
Shrinking man fears final size of midget
Joaquin Vienna a 27 year old Santa Clara resident dubbed the shrinking man fears he will dwindle to midget size at the rate of about one inch per year. Doctors call his case a possible Strumpell Marie form though he remains physically normal. He was five feet four inches in 1930 and by 1938 stood four feet ten inches. The cause is unknown though a hereditary pattern or spinal damage from a 1930 auto crash are suspected.
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San Jose
Calif
INS
Joaquin Vienna
Santa Clara
Vienna
Bandit Returns $71 Writes To Police From Cedar Rapids
In Newton AP report bandit robbed Arnold Foles store manager of 71 dollars Saturday A letter returned the sum and claimed a girl arrested as accomplice was innocent A second note to the Cedar Rapids police chief signed John Doe and postmarked Monday said his conscience bothered him The police chief released the girl
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Newton
Arnold Foles
Foles
John Doe
Cedar Rapids
Poor marksman ends heroic gun test in domestic quarrel
Laura Moore, 28, attempted suicide after a quarrel with her husband. She fired two shots into the ceiling, then husband shot twice into a coal bucket. She aimed at herself but missed. Police blamed domestic troubles for the incident.
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Denver
Laura Moore
Purvis and model call off wedding in Texas hotel spat
Melvin Purvis and Janice Jarratt, longtime betrothed, clashed in a San Antonio hotel lobby prompting postponement of their Thursday wedding. Jarratt, famed as a publicity favorite and now to wed Hollywood, left for Victoria as Purvis boarded a westbound train to begin life abroad.
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San Antonio
Tex
Melvin Purvis
West
Janice Jarratt
Chicago
John Dillinger
Purvis
Miss Jarratt
Victoria
New York
New York Judge Stabbed On Way To Court
Municipal Court Justice John F. O'Neil was stabbed and critically wounded as he left his home to catch a bus for court. He described a sharp back wound and saw a man in a tan polo coat sprint away, then walked to St. Vincent's hospital with a porter applying aid.
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New York
John F. O’neil
St. Vincent’s Hospital
O’neil
John Burke
Burke
Roosevelt Seeks Extra 6.75 Million for Coulee Dam
President Roosevelt sent Congress a supplemental appropriation request of 6.75 million dollars for the Grand Coulee dam for the next fiscal year. The total for 1938 would be 14 million, with the budget originally seeking 7.25 million. The request aims to prevent work stoppages and cover contingencies since the budget but notes the project may cost about 186 million in the end.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Congress
Grand Coulee
Roberta Semple Offered Film Roles by Two Studios
Hollywood reports two studios offered film roles to Roberta Semple the 27 year old daughter of Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson. 20th Century Fox and Selznick International pursued her after Angelus Temple courtroom notoriety. Semple rejected one plot she felt mocked her mother and her family.
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Hollywood
Roberta Semple
Aimee Semple McPherson
Roberta
Angelus Temple
20Th Century- Fox
Selznick International
Miss Semple
Fish Discriminate Musical Notes Say Munich Professor
Professor K von Frisch of Munich university says fish can distinguish notes. He claims to have solved the fish perception question, a debate among anglers and scientists.
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London
K. von Frisch
Munich University
Jong
May banquet for seniors and juniors at Mealy Hotel
East Central Iowa notes detail the senior and junior class banquet set for May 14 at the Mealy hotel in Quelwein with a long list of appointed committees including central, program, decorations, invitations, reception, place cards, and transportation chaired by junior class officers and named members.
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Maynabrd
Mealy
Qelwein
Myrna Parke
Berniece Arp
Edith Treptow
Viola May Smith
Eleanor Dohse
Minnie Holtzman
David Parsons
Walter Shores
Otto Schultz
Alfred Krief
Herman Potratz
Belle Plaine
St. Michael’s Catholic Church
Wilma Kouba
Joe Kouba
Milroy Roush
Bership
Lenox Colege
Franc Earhart
Lenox
Wapello
J. F. Heins
W. Heins
Miriam
Delbert Evermeyer
Lawrence Parish
Warren Wiederrecht
Fred Wiederrecht
Women's Relief Corps and
Daughters of Veterans
Center Junction
Helen Beall
Leona Thompson
Marie Driebelbis
Irene Schrader
Dorothy Driebelbis
Margery Ahraken
Vera Moats
Ruth Eiler
Elda Dirks
Garrison
Garrison High School
Cedar Rapids
A. H. Hoefle
Church of the Brethren
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