Iowa Liquor Control Faces Bootlegger Crisis
Des Moines AP town liquor commissioner B J Manley told an interim committee that the state justice department repeatedly took no action on information about large scale illegal liquor shipments into Iowa. He said 25 to 30 percent of liquor reaches consumers through illegal channels and warned that private warehouses would undermine state control.
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DES Moines
B. JE
Manley
Legislative
State Department of Justice
Iowa
Liquor Control Commission
Liquor Commission
Attorney General's Office
Earl C. Fishbaugh
Shenandoah
Cedar Rapids
Justice Department
Public Safety Department
Johnson County
Curtis
The
Safety Department
Iowa City
Liquor Board
Are You Normal The Normal Person In Everyday Living
Dr Juoslinm Fort Nawson discusses mental health and normality. He cites two scientists agreeing that all people carry fears biases and repressions, but normality rests on remaining balanced and capable of loving others. Self centeredness marks abnormality.
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Science
Newron
Car Believed Used by Girl's Slugger Found Near Fairfield
Police report a car matching the assault suspect's description was found seven miles north of Fairfield. It held perfume and face powder like gifts to Bernice Waverka, 14, who was clubbed at a Friends Dine and Dance event. The vehicle is registered to a Waterloo man who runs concession stands. his wife says he disappeared Saturday. The man has no police record.
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Cedar Rapids
Bernice Vaverka
Friends
Fairfield
Henry Nomce
Miss Waverka
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Sunday Gazette
Quiet Reigns at Scene of CIO Clash
In Cleveland 46 people were injured after CIO United Automobile Workers clash with police at the General Motors Fisher body plant. The CIO accused Cleveland officers of beating unarmed pickets and tear gas use, while Attorney General Frank Murphy directed the union to file with U S District Attorney Emerick B Freed. Non striking workers entered the plant to relieve nearly 300 besieged colleagues who spent the night inside.
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Washington
Frank Murphy
Cleveland
CIO
United Automobile Workers Union
Murphy
General Motors
Fisher
U. S
Emerick B. Freed
Freed
Cal
Congress Seeks Exit Ramp for Return to Work
In a column by Arthur Bugs Back the piece argues Congress aims to halt spending and preserve the path back, likening it to freezing brake bands before tires burn. It notes after seven years on the New Deal boulevard lawmakers want a retreat to regroup.
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Arthur
Bugs
Congress
Dictators Hint New Trouble Spots Amid Global Pressures
Europe’s totalitarian bloc signals potential flashpoints in Ukraine and Gibraltar while testing Britain and France amid World War II era tensions. Nazi moves include celebratory wartime rhetoric, Slovakia Germany defense talks, and pressure on Mediterranean security as Chamberlain outlines foreign policy.
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Europe
Ukraine
Gibraltar
Great Britain
France
Russia
Theiss
Warsaw
Germany
Spain
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Newburger Founder of Newman Mercantile Dies in Florida
Gabriel F Newburger 72 a Cedar Rapids businessman and Ozark Anthology author died at his Coral Gables Florida home His son BJ Newburger flew in to be with him Surviving are his widow son daughter five grandchildren and a sister He helped build the Newman Mercantile chain with stores in Cedar Rapids Pittsburg Kan Enid Okla and Joplin Mo until illness forced retirement in 1980
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Newman’s
Florida
Cedar Rapids
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Newman Mercantile Company
Coral Gables
Fla
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B. J. Newburger
Be, Lerkowitz
Kansas City
Jean
Juan Newburger
Carol
Bert. J. Berkowitz
Richard Newburger
New York City
J. J. Epstein
Newburger
Joplin
Ozark
Scribner's
Mr. Newburgeer
Sal Newman
Albert Newman
Gabriel F Newburger
Rock Island
Pittsburg
Kan
Enid
Okla
Depling
Denecke
the Commonwealth Here
Police Nab Motorist As Drunk Driver In Hurton Road Crash
Police under Captain Steve Stolba arrested Robert Tenney, 34, of 513 Fourteenth Street SE after his car clogged Highway No 218 caused Harriet Steggal 24 of 721 Fifth Avenue SE to suffer a broken shoulder blade three cracked ribs and possible internal injuries. Tenney was booked on a drunk driving charge and police are still investigating unresolved details.
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Steve Stolba
Robert Tenney
Fourteenth Street SE
Harriet Steggal
Fifth Avenue SE
Tenney
Miss Steggal
Paris Fashion Preview Silence on Clown Hats and Regal Styles
The Duchess of Kent tours Paris previewing winter fashion for the coming season. Hats will look like hats again with scoops and pirate caps, dark brick red and hunting green colors, shorter hair, and fewer frills. Autumn wardrobe includes gowns, coats, and dozens of hats for Australia duties.
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Paris
Duchess of Kent
Australia
Duke
Jugoslavia
Marina
Greece
Paris Winter Styles Highlight Dresses and Coats
Paris fashion show showcases new winter outfits with emphasis on hip silhouettes and modern dress lines. Designers present dresses and coats as flexible options for cold weather, aiming to blend utility with style.
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Paris
Jitterbug era fading at dancing masters convention
Leroy H. Thayer of Washington D C led the fifty sixth annual convention where about 5000 delegates predicted the jitterbug and acrobatic steps would wane. The crowd expects a return to old ballroom dances with a faster tempo influenced by revived feminine fashions from the gay nineties.
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New York
Dancing Masters of America
Leroy H. Thayer
Washington, D. C
Oklahoma doctor builds crude oxygen tent saves twins
In Idabel Oklahoma Dr George K Fisher improvised an oxygen tent for 4 month old twins Charles and Larrie Faulkner using a jar with water, rubber tubing and a welding oxygen drum. He inserted tubes into the nostrils and lungs to restore breathing and later fashioned a nose mask. The infants nearly died but survived the emergency effort.
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Idabel
Okla
Charles
Larrie Faulkner
George K. Fisher
Flying Fortress Ends West to East Flight Across Nation
A Boeing four engine flying fortress arrived at Floyd Bennett Field New York at 2 11 p m CST after a non stop 2 500 mile flight from Union Air Terminal Burbank California The 22 ton all metal monoplane completed the trip in 9 hours 14 minutes 30 seconds averaging about 254 miles an hour on the pace back to the east coast.
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Boeing Aircraft Company
U.S. Army
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IOWA SOLANS EYE PROPERTY LEVY DISPUTE
A three member interim committee was picked to study Iowa property assessment issues and report next meeting. They will attend Polk county district court hearings on the League of Iowa Municipalities suit against the state tax commission. The panel seeks to learn how assessments are made and whether laws are followed.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Polk County
League of Iowa
State Tax Commission
League
The
Tax Commission
Lou Ladd
Municipality League
Frank G Pierce
Marshalltown
Money
Tax ‘Commission
Pierce
Geske
Temperature fluctuations in August heat wave across Rapids
The report tracks a day of rising and easing temperatures in Rapids as August heat spreads. Highs reached 94 at 1330 Tuesday and again 94 Monday at 3 pm while morning lows hovered around 67. By evening temps eased to the upper 70s and 80s, with night readings near 72.
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Cedar Rapids
Cea Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company
Insurance Fraud Ring Exposed in Omaha Case
Postal and federal authorities charged 26 men with mail fraud over a scheme to defraud insurers of about 70 000 through faked car accidents. Ringleaders include estate dealer Bruner of Omaha and Betkie of Fremont. Investigations followed a tip from a volunteer informant and uncovered at least 27 simulated accidents.
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Omaha
Epperson
Hestuido
Signan G Bruner
John Betkie
Fremont
Vernon Batie
Prive Tonis Suvhace
Bathe
Batie
Latie
Cedar Rapids budgets show reduced year 1939 40 expenditures
The Linn Burget county supervisors draft a 1,498 lower budget than current year with a public hearing set for August 15 at 2 pm in the courthouse. Proposed total expenditures near 459 043 and reflect cuts in the secondary road construction fund and increased allocations for the poor fund and widows pension. Tax rate per thousand set at 11.51 with county and rural townships varying.
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Codie Rapids News
Linn
Counts Board
Court House
Cedar Rapids
Senator Urges Civic Renaming and Bird Swap
Rep Luther Patrick proposes in the Congressional Record four changes to national symbols. Rename America to honor Americus Vespucci, ban My Country ’Tis of Thee, replace the eagle with the turkey as national bird, and restore the bison’s name for the buffalo to reclaim historic emblematic dignity.
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Waslington
Luther Patrick
United States
America
Americus Vespucius
Patrick
Connally
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Turkey
Atlantic Ocean
House Rejects Quick Take Up of $1.95B Lending Bill
The House voted 103 to 166 against considering the administration's $1.95 billion lending bill, a blow to the New Deal agenda and a setback for the housing measure linked to Senate approval. Some factions warned of adjournment as leaders weigh next moves and potential delays.
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Washington
House
Senate
Rayburn
Tex
Youth and 15 Year Old Admit Stolen Cars in Cedar Rapids
Howard Feakins 19 and a 15-year-old confided to Cedar Rapids police that they stole three cars during the first week of July. Feakins was arrested after being tackled by University of Town guard Hermann Snider while the pair prowled a Fifth Street SE parked vehicle. A younger accomplice already in Eldora custody is set for transfer to a state training school. Feakins faces charges for operating a vehicle without the owner's consent while the younger boy, with prior car theft trouble, was under probation.
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Cedar Rapids
Feakins
Snider
Eldora
State Training School
H. B Snyder
F Avenue NW
M. Ingersoll
Fifteenth Street
Town City
Inberty
Davenport
G. K. Thompson
Foakins
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