Rules Board Can Buy Iowa Coal Attorney Says Bids Need Not Be The Lowest
Iowa coal may be purchased by the state education board even if not the lowest bid the attorney general's office ruled Friday The board has delayed 43 000 tons for the University of Iowa and 10 000 tons for the State Teachers College at Cedar Falls since July 10 awaiting interpretation of a 1937 coal preference law The Ames 39 000 ton bid was for Iowa coal with one exception not accepted due to no certified check The opinion says the board may consider state benefits taxpayers employment labor and coal source to decide if Iowa coal improves efficiency Officials expect action soon on bids Governor Wilson urged Iowa coal purchases at a recent Ames meeting
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Attorney General's Office
State Board of Education
Iowa
University of Iowa
State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa Coal
Jonn M. Rankin
Education Board
Wilson
Second Woman Followed In House By Mysterious Man
A mysterious stranger who pays unwanted daytime calls on local housewives appeared again, visiting Mrs Ethel Huff at 515 Sixth Street SE and later following her around the home. He grabbed her arm when questioned about a mosquito bite, and she called police. The previous day he spent an hour with Mrs Frank O'Neil at 1441 Mount Vernon Avenue SE, where she threatened him with a carving knife before he left.
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Ethel Huff
Sixth Street
Wulf
Huff
War of Wits and Nerves Shapes a Terrifying Peace
An English correspondent notes Europe is already at war in a psychological sense. Propaganda, fear, and extremism strain democratic resolve, while alarmists and ostrich minds hinder facing facts. The piece urges steadiness and courage to avoid a collapse of civilization.
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America
Europe
Ife
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Won't Permit Saving Of Life In Hanford
L H Cardwell, 58, a Hanford gro cer, refuses doctors’ efforts to save him after a bullet wound near his heart. County lawyers advise seeking consent before surgery. Cardwell says he will not consent, warning that if he does not die he will endure further trouble.
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Calif
Law of
California
L H. Cardwell
Cardwell
Earl Warren
Haford Sanitarium
Czech Mafia Revived To Fight For Independence
Prague reports that the Czech Mafia has reborn to aid Czech independence under German occupation. The underground group aims to unite the people, relay information to Czechs abroad, recruit for General Prehala’s 18,000-strong Czech legion in Poland, and smuggle men across the border. Emigrant networks span Poland, France, Romania, England and the U.S. with the national unity front praised as a major success.
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Hapsburg
Mafia
Gestapo
Germany
Bohemia and
Moravia
Lev Prehala
Poland
Prehala
France
Romania
England
United States
Emil Hacha
National Unity Front
Britain May Send Fleet To Far East In Certain Circumstances
Prime Minister Chamberlain warned in Parliament that Britain might find it necessary to dispatch a fleet to the Far East under specific conditions as part of a broader response to British Japanese tensions. He contrasted Britain’s position with the United States, stressed the desire for negotiation, and noted current limits due to European and China-area dangers.
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London
Chamberlain
Britain
Far East
Japan
House of Commons
United States
Europe
China
Sir Percy Noble
Singapore
Roosevelt
Pacific
Atlantic
Orient
Shoppers Find High Values on Two Bargain Days
Cedar Rapids shoppers found exceptionally good values during citywide Twin Bargain Days continuing Friday and Saturday. Merchants displayed bountiful wares with dramatic price cuts on summer wear and fall lines. Shoes, hosiery, hats, coats, and suits showed strong reductions, with dark shades favored for fall.
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Cedar Rapids
Refugee Mother and Two Sons Die in Tragic Leap
CHICAGO UP A coroner's jury ruled a Czechoslovakian refugee mother Adela Langer 43 and her two sons Karel 6 Jan 4 died by temporary insanity brought on by persecution. Suren Langer her husband a textile maker former Prague resident testified he sought a future for them in the United States before permits expired.
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Chicago
Czechoslovakia
Suren Langer
Adolf Hitler
Adela Langer
Karel Tommy
Jan Mischa
Prague
Langer
Farmer and hired man found shot to death near Jolley
AP report from Fort Dodge says E. E. Harvey 52 a Calhoun county farmer and Cecil Vandermullen 32 his employee were found shot in an upstairs bedroom on Harvey’s Jolley area farm. Vandermullen killed by a bullet to the ear and Harvey shot through the mouth with an AO 22 rifle by his side. Coroner’s jury investigates possible murder suicide motive. no motive verified. Harvey reputedly wealthy, Vandermullen long-time worker. housekeeper Mrs John Gill slept downstairs and heard no shots.
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Fort Dodge
E. E. Harvey
Calhoun County
Cecil Vandermullen
Harvey
Jolley
Here
Vandermullen
John Gill
Protests Grow Over New Coal Prices In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids residents businesses and officials plan protests against higher coal rates set by the Bituminous Coal Commission. Objections must be filed by Monday with forms prepared by the Chamber of Commerce. Dealers say home heating costs will not reach the $25 to $50 increases claimed for some grades.
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Cedar Rapids
Bituminous Coal Commission
Washington, D. C
Chamber of Commerce
Linn County
Board of Education
Get The Gazette On Vacation
When you go on vacation keep in touch with home through The Gazette. Call the circulation department or give your carrier an order to have The Gazette mailed to your vacation address.
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Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt will not push housing plan on western tour
President Roosevelt said he will not carry the House rejection of his 3.86 billion dollar housing plan to the country during his western tour this fall. He stated the House votes spoke for themselves and avoided discussion, using the Latin phrase Res ipsa loquitur. He has no tour speeches planned except for the dedication of the Great Smoky National Park in North Carolina and the Golden Gate Exposition in San Francisco.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Great Smoky National Park
North Carolina
San Francisco
Cedar Rapids Gazette reporters manhandled by railroad workers
Three Cedar Rapids Gazette reporters were pushed off the Chicago and North Western right of way twenty feet north of First avenue Thursday night as railroad employees tried to block coverage of a railway accident. The victim was Charles Hess, 48, a switchman in the same crew, who was injured when he fell from a boxcar during switching. He was taken to St Luke's hospital with a possible fractured leg and other injuries.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Chicago and North Western
First Avenue
Charles Hess
Ellis Boulevard
North Western Bridge
Harry HH Young
Fourth Street
Hess
Beverly
St. Luke's Hospital
Continuca
HOLC Cuts Interest Rate On Outstanding Home Loans
The Home Owners Loan Corporation announced a rate reduction from 5 percent to 4 4/5 percent. The move mirrors FHA's recent cut to 4 4/5 percent for private home construction loans. HOLC expects annual savings of 5 to 6 million dollars for borrowers.
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Washington
Home Owners Loan Corporation
HOLC
Federal Housing Administration
Japan moves toward Rome Axis amid anti British riots
In Tokyo 25,000 Japanese protesters gather outside the British embassy as Premier Hiranuma convenes army advisers to discuss Japan’s alignment with Germany and Italy. A diplomat says Tokyo seeks a path to join the Axis, while the foreign minister’s attendance at talks signals policy pressure.
Japan moves toward military alliance with Germany and Italy
An AP report quotes a high government official saying Japan is being forced toward an outright wartime alliance with Germany and Italy due to the US abrogation of a trade treaty and British resistance on North Channel currents. A conclusion of a military pact could come at any moment.
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Rio
Japan
Italy
United States
Father 91 Finds Son's Body in Barn Loft Death
Cedar Rapids story details John Stusak 91 of 1229 Third Street SE who searched for his son Harry C. Stusak and found him in a barn loft with razor wounds. Coroner Dr B L Knight placed death at about 10 am. Harry, 58, never married, had cared for his widowed father since 1928 and left no current survivors apart from 13 children in family. Body sent to Kuba Funeral Home for funeral arrangements.
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Third Street
Harry C. Stusak
Harry Stusak
B. L. Knight
Harrys
Kuba Funeral
Heywood Broun Re elected Guild Head in San Francisco
Heywood Broun was elected by acclamation Friday to his sixth consecutive term as president of the American Newspaper Guild in San Francisco. The meeting marked Broun’s long leadership of the guild and its direction for the coming term.
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San Francisco
Heywood Broun
American Newspaper Guild
World Is Scared Of Trouble Says Bugs Baer
Bugs Baer states the world lives in fear of trouble and of right action. He argues nations may recall diplomats, comparing it to whistling to others’ chickens. He says the world is scared and unsettled, like a dropped stitch in a sweater.
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Bugs" Baer
Short Skirts Prevail In New York Fashion Survey
New York reports indicate one in four Fifth Avenue fashion observers saw visible knees, confirming fashion forecasters expect short dresses to persist into another season. Industry experts note rising consumption in rayon and hosiery as styles stay brief, with analysts predicting overall fabric use to grow despite shorter hemlines.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Hudson
United Press
Cane
S E. Williams
Rason Texte Monthly
Williams
Bayonets at Work in Big Thompson Project Site
Bayonets guard a reopened 4 million federal state Big Thompson hydroelectric project as workers move through the site after a 24 hour siege by strikers. About 250 men are employed initially with helmeted guards patrolling entrances and a 50 mile arc. Engineering work aims to restore operations and rehire maintenance staff while the valley awaits the river valley dam construction.
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AK Andeion
Bridges Favors State Ownership Of All Utilities
San Francisco based labor leader Harry Bridges testified that he supports government ownership of the means of production while opposing deportation efforts to Australia on grounds of alleged communism. He framed his views as a defense of public ownership across utilities and related sectors.
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Bridges
San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Australia
Senate approves crop loan funds amid social security bill
The Senate voted to provide 119 million for crop loans via the Commodity Credit Corporation as part of a social security act amendment package. The House had cut the sum earlier, sparking protests from Agriculture Secretary Wallace. Adjournment hopes hinge on Senate action and potential conflicts over WPA funding.
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House
Senate
White House
Senat
Commodus Credit Corporation
Hous
Agieulture
Henrys
Wallace
Cabinus
Senate-House
S. C
Cheork
Byrnes
Democate
Alben W. Berkles
Congress
Securities An Exchange Commission
Rubber hands or feet made by new process
New electro forming method by United States Rubber Co. chemists in Detroit allows accurate iron molds of hands or feet to be created from plaster casts. Objects copied include photographs and portraits. rubber sponge hands have already been produced for accident victims.
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LAL New York
INS
Arthur W. Bull
American Chemical Society
Bull
United States Rubber Company
Detroit
Detroit Chemis
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