Local Cedar Rapids Merchants Adopt 40 Hour Week Rules
Local merchants across Cedar Rapids agreed to follow a 40 hour work week under the National Recovery Act. Restaurants and dry goods dealers set shop hours, with 8 am to 9 pm on weekdays and Saturday closings at 9 pm. Aimed at standardizing wages and practices, the group plans to present a district code for national approval and form committees to set uniform rates and conditions.
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Cedar Rapids
Montrose Unt
al Cedar Rapius
Ana N Ja Leditara
Seuveniry
Chamner
Commerce
Lost Diamond and Blue Jay Corn Remover Ad
An old advertisement describes a lost engagement ring and a shift to using BlueJay corn remover. It promises pain relief and quick corn removal in three days, made by Bauer and Black, a surgical dressing house, with a drugstore sale offer.
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Bauer & Black
Surgical Dressing House
Plan Forbids Further Extension Of Freight Rates
Washington D C A interstate commission orders no extension beyond September 16 for emergency freight rate increases. Proceedings vacated awaiting new orders to apply surcharges on intra state traffic. States like Iowa Nebraska Wisconsin and others face potential rate changes amid carrier actions and accusations of discrimination.
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Toro
Towa
Nesagur
Willington
Lowauina
Texas
Railroad Blast Blamed On Water Shortage
Unclear notes report a railroad explosion tied to low water levels. An investigation by the Bureau of Locomotive Inspection references a Burlington incident and mentions inspectors noting conditional equipment and defective parts at various sites.
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Washington
Chester Lord longtime New York Sun editor dies
Chester S Lord veteran newspaper editor and longtime editor of the New York Sun dies in Garden City Long Island at age of 83. He served on the state board of regents and worked on Oswego Oswego and other New York papers for 43 years.
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New York
Chester S Lord -Eteran
Board of Regents of
He -Ta.e
Garden City
Oswero
Cibo
Msg
New York Sun
Karl C. Schuyler Dies Former Senator Hit and Run Victim
Karl C Schuyler a former United States Senator died after a hit and run incident Monday night at Denver Lenox Hill Hospital where he had been treated. His death ends a long public career and funeral plans were being arranged in Denver.
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New York
INS
Fam.iv
Denver
United States
Karl C Schuyler
Waite
Paul Engle to Read Prize Poem at Chicago Fair
Cedar Rapids author Paul Engle will read his prize winning poem at the Century of Progress exposition in Chicago on August 1. The event also features Poetry editor Hatchet Monroe reading her winning piece for the same competition. Engle, a Rhodes scholar, plans further study in England in September.
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Paul Engle
Chicago
Pai Engle
Cedar Rapids
Century of Progress
Hachet Monroe
Othe Uimois
Buid
Engie
Cedar
England
Youth Held For Downing Robbery
West Union reports William Dugelau age 21 of near Westgate returned to Fayette county for arraignment on a 1931 robbery that netted $72 from the home of elderly farmer Downing. Downing was killed January 4. Dugelau allegedly confessed a link to the 1931 crime via a Missouri associate.
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Artesian
Bremer County
Missour
Dagelaus Pal
Westgate
Tum
Downing
Younger Grattan Freed Of Murder Charge At Decorah
Henry Grattan and his grandfather Marvin T Grattan were held after an argument at the Decorah fairgrounds. Marvin T Grattan, an 85 year old Civil War veteran, was freed by Justice H F Barthel after a preliminary hearing. The elder Grattan's hearing resume next morning. Claude Meade was killed by a shot alleged to be fired by Marvin Grattan.
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Gazette
Decorah
Henry Grattan
Marvin T Grattan
Claude Meade
H F Barthel
Grattan
Marvin Grattan
Meade
Striking Dairymen Dump Milk in New York Route
Several hundred striking milk producers attacked a Dairymens League truck near Sconeville New York with clubs stones pitchforks and fence rails. They dumped over 150 cans of milk onto the road and halted several other rigs. One striker suffered a minor injury when a farmer tried to drive through the mob and dump his own load.
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Booneville, Nyy
Dairymens League
Sconeville
Alfred Meyers
Johbn Freeman
Freemans
Barth to Attend Washington Code Hearing
A J Barth of Cedar Rapids Iowa president of Barth Produce company and secretary of the Car Lot Egg and Shippers Association of Iowa will join eight U S representatives at a Washington DC code hearing. He sits on a seventy five member code committee for egg and poultry men from coast to coast. The proposed code blends provisions of the national recovery act and agricultural act and sets labor hour rules with livestock feeding exceptions.
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A J Barth
Cedar Rapids
Barth Produce Company
Car Lot Egg and Shippers Association of
Lowa
United States
Washington, DC
Washington
Chicago
Barth
California
Maine
Stars Say For Wednesday August 2 Horoscope
The forecast notes a day of sudden events from lunar aspects to Uranus with changeable but stabilizing influences. Expect new opportunities, possible environmental shifts, and the need to guard against misrepresentation while signing documents. A child born today may be alert and dependable. Notable nativity: F. Marion Crawford.
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Uranus
F. Marion Crawford
Water Clock Marks the Earliest Time Measure
An early mechanical time keeper used a water clock in which water escaped through a small hole. Marks on the side indicated elapsed time.
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