New Car Sales Up First Half of Year 1935 In Iowa Counties
Linn county reports 1576 new car sales for the first six months of 1935 the second largest in the state behind Polk. Polk shows 3149 sales while Linn's 1934 six months were 961. Woodbury ranks third with 1637 and Cedar Rapids trails. Iowa total for the period is 5312 up from 20105 last year with detailed county breakdowns for eastern Iowa.
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Folk County
Polk County
Woodbury
Cedar Rapids
Gans
Iowa
Allamakeea
Benton Stans Yeaa
Buchanan
Cedar
Clayton
Keokuk
Cone
Muscatine
Poweshick
Rev Bornhoeft To Open Walther League Camp Sermon
The Rev P L Bornhoeft pastor of Trinity Lutheran Cedar Rapids and Iowa District Walther League president will give the opening sermon Sunday at 3 pm at Morris Isle near Waterloo. His topic is The Hazards of the New Age A Walther League Challenge.
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Bornhoeft
Walther League
P. L. Bornhoeft
Trinity Lutheran Church of
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Morris Isle
Waterloo
QC Schultz
Westfate
Albert Bostelmann
Williamsburg
N Runge
J. Opplyger
St. Louis
Stolen Auto, Spare Tire and End Table Reported
Ed Benishek of Anamosa notified police that his 1924 Oldsmobile coupe license 63 916 was stolen from a downtown parking place Ed Roy of 1825 Oakland Avenue NE reported a missing spare tire tube and wheel from his car parked near Third Street and Sixth Avenue SE A thief seized an end table from Mrs M C Brown of 311 Eighth Street SE as she surprised him on her porch noting the thief was medium sized and wore light clothing.
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Ed Benishek
Anamosa
Ed Roy
Oakland Avenue
Third Street
Sixth Avenue
Men to guard small town banks
The justice department arms are set to extend federal protection to all FDIC insured banks. Six agents who last year captured about 140 national bank robbers would pursue robbers targeting some 41 billion in deposits across 14 280 state and national banks. Since their entry, bank robberies have fallen sharply. The article mentions Dillinger Floyd and the Barker brothers in context.
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Washington
Justice Department
America
Senate
House
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
National
Federal Reserve
Dillinger
Barker Brothers
Will Rogers Says Politics and Public Opinion
A Santa Monica Gazette clipping quotes headlines attacking Roosevelt and the New Deal from Jim Doakes Woodruff Col Bohtnk and Dr Jasko. It notes election sixteen months away and mocks pre-election pleas to juries as too early for persuasion.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Jim Doakes
Roosevelt
Woodruff
Michigan
William A. Bohtnk
Moscow
Jasko
Bank Robberies Fall Sharply in 1934 Campaign
The American Bankers Association reports bank robberies averaged 16 monthly in 1933, 11.1 in 1934 after federal agents began pursuit, with seven per month in the first half of the current year. A single fingerprint on a door or money tray could lead to a penitentiary sentence.
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American Bankers Association
Police agents tally 128 bank robberies in first year
Agents handle 128 bank robberies in their first year with 5,000,000 prints in evidence. They solved 96 cases by mid last June, resulting in 68 convictions, seven deaths, 63 awaiting trial, and one acquittal.
Backward Glimpse: Prominent Cedar Rapids Group Rejoins Childhood Joys
A group of notable Cedar Rapids residents gathered at the Cedar Rapids Country Club pool on a Wednesday evening to wade and splash with pants legs rolled and skirts raised. An attorney among them mused they wished for a similar carefree moment in the courtroom.
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Cedar Rapids Country Club
Wilson Resigns As Housing Director In Midwest Section
Percy Wilson, federal housing administration director for the seventh area, serving Iowa Wisconsin Indiana and Illinois, submitted his resignation effective Aug. 15 after nearly one year in the post. He cited private affairs and responsibilities as the reason for stepping down.
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Wilson
Midwest
Chicago
Percy Wilson
Federal Housing Administration
Iowa
Wisconsin
Indiana
Illinois
North Pole passenger airline planned by Russian official
Otto Schmidt announced plans for a trans polar passenger airline between Russia and the United States. A two year trial period and extensive preparations were needed after Sigmund Levaneffsky and two companions complete their forthcoming flight. Weather was improving along the route and take-off was tentatively eyed for Friday. The six ton fuel load would rise to eleven tons total weight, with a daylight arrival in San Francisco after a 60 to 72 hour flight.
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Moscow
North Pole
Russia
United States
Otto Schmidt
Northern Sea Route Department
Sigmund Levaneffsky
Two Companions
Schmidt
San Francisco
Drivers License Examinations Extended to 7 PM Tonight
Notices from the driver's license department require report to state examiners for tests. Those who cannot reach the sheriff's office during normal hours 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. will be accommodated from 5 to 7 p.m. today by State Examiners Jim Hayes and Charles Hogan of Dubuque.
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Driver's License Department
Sheriff's Office
Jim Hayes
Charles Hogan
Dubuque
Farm land under reduction plan spans coast to coast
The land taken from basic crop production under the reduction plan would form a farm about twenty eight miles wide stretching from New York to San Francisco.
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New York
San Francisco
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