Allied Industrial Civic League Picnic Opens With Parade At Ellis Park
Several thousand city residents expected this afternoon for the second annual Allied Industrial Civic League picnic at Ellis Park. The 2 p.m. program features a parade with floats from cooperating companies, a Y M C A Boys drum and bugle corps procession, and a drill on archery grounds. Afterward three ball games, horse shoe exhibition, puppet show, and various stage acts follow at 2:30 to 8 p.m., with music from Penick and Ford band and a river barge variety show headlining the evening.
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Ellis Park
Allied Industrial Civic League
A. T. ‘Topinka
C. E. Jackson
Blue Mound
Kan
L. A. Soukup
Sixth Street
Diamond Ball
Hall Manufacturing Company
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Penick and Ford, Ltd., Inc
T. M. Orioles
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
LaPlant-Choate Manufacturing Company
River Pavilion
Rose Garden
Dempsy Jones
Quaker Oats Company
Heigh-Li Meigh- Lo
Blue Danube
Paul Pryor
Alice
Ruth Zier
Kenneth McCabe
W. C. Fields
Theron Ackerman
Donald Menn
Henry Wallace Debt Speech SparksReader Confusion
A critical review of Henry Wallace's keynote address during the Democratic state convention focuses on debt figures and economic claims. It argues Wallace misstates federal debt increases, contrasts official treasury data from 1932 to 1933, and labels his assertions about private debt as exaggerated or misleading. The piece portrays Wallace as using ghostwriter tactics to divert attention from rising federal debt while blurring facts about economic conditions.
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Henry Wallace
Agricultural Department
Henry
Wallace
Treasury
Roosevelt
United States
Commerce Department
Mr. Wallace
Two-Thirds Rule May Be Used Again
Democratic publicity chief Charles Michelson weighed in on the 1940 presidential question. He argued Roosevelt might seek a third term if emergencies or war prevented a change in administration, and said the President had never discussed the issue with anyone.
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Charles Michelson
Democratic Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Vandenberg
Mich
Michelson
White House
Republicans Cite Shake Downs Of Federal Employes
The Republican National Committee charged Democrats with pressuring federal employees to fund the party. A memo from Oliver A. Quayle Jr. and a later marked personal letter urged civil servants to contribute, while the GOP urged the Civil Service Commission to protect workers from political coercion.
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Washington
INS
Republican National Committee
Democratic Treasury
Oliver A. Quayle, Jr
G.O.P
Civil Service Commission
Democratic National Headquarters
Civil Service
Quayle
Mrs Eliza Fletcher Funeral Services Held Today
Funeral services for Mrs. Eliza Laurance Fletcher widow of James S. Fletcher were held in Turner chapel at 4 p.m. today conducted by Rev. William M. Evans. Friends were invited to call at the chapel after death at her home in the Commonwealth apartments following a lingering illness.
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Eliza Laurance Fletcher
James S. Fletcher
Commonwealth Apartments
Turner Chapel
William M. Evans
Theater At Newton Cleared As Movie Film Catches Fire
NEWTON AP The Capitol theater was cleared without panic Saturday night when fire broke out in the projection booth. Guards kept crowds moving as a cavalry patrol car guarded the entrance. The blaze damaged the projection booth and caused one projector to go out of commission. Operator William Burnett was threading a machine when the film ignited. Manager G P Handling said 4,000 feet burned. Kiene suffered a burned right hand.
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Newton
Capitol Theater
National
William Burnett
G. P. Handling
Kiene
Glenn Frank Hits New Deal Record
Glenn Frank pledges a balanced republic framework with free enterprise regulation, workable prosperity, and robust civil liberties. He argues against centralized power and politically managed economics, urging an invinglative code of liberty to build a better America.
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Glenn Frank
NEW Deal
Frank
America
Fink Funeral in Iowa City for 49 Yearold Resident
Mrs John G Fink 49 longtime Iowa City resident died at her home Friday Survived by husband four children parents from Galesburg Illinois and sister from Normal Illinois Funeral services set for Sunday 2 30 PM at Hohenschuh mortuary with burial in Oakland cemetery Also in Iowa City news Pi Omega Pi elects Lloyd G Mitten as president and Adelaide Balluff as vice president Initiation includes Harriet R Wheeler Funeral services planned in Kingsley for James M Mockler Iowa City resident died at his daughter's home Survivors include daughter four sons a sister and a brother with service details listed
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Iowa City
John G. Fink
Oakland Cemetery
Lloyd G. Mitten
University of Iowa
Pi Omega Pi
National Commercial Teachers’ Society
Adelaide D. Balluff
Harriet R. Wheeler
Kingsley
James M. Mockler
M. Earl Rice
Mockler
W. F. Mockler
Racine
Wis
E. A. Mockler
M. M. Mockler
Redwood Falls
N. D
James A. Mockler
Emmett
Idaho
Nettie Armentrout
Irwin
M. E. Mockler
Tipton
Two Women Hurt In Newhall Car Crash
Two women were injured Friday afternoon in a head on collision on U S highway 30 near Newhall fifteen miles west of Cedar Rapids. Mrs Koopman suffered serious bruises while a Chicago passenger Miss Perkins had a broken ankle and was treated at St Luke's hospital. Koopman sons Charles and Delbert were uninjured. Both vehicles sustained heavy damage.
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the Gazette
Newhall
Wome
Harold Sorenson
Chicago
Alfred Koopman
U. S. Highway 30
Cedar Rapids
Marquette Woman Fatally Burned in Kitchen Accident
Mrs. Harrison Barker, 45, died after a kerosene can exploded while she attempted to light her stove by pouring oil on coal. She died six hours later at McGregor hospital. Survived by husband and six children.
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Gazette
Marquette
Harrison Barker
McGregor
Local Man Arrested In Brass Thieves Ring Case
Louis Rosenthal aged 48 was arrested in railroad yards by J H Devin a Rock Island lines special agent. He claimed knowledge of a brass thieves ring and told detectives he is on parole from an Illinois hospital for the insane. Police check with Watertown hospital.
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Louis Rosenthal
J. H. Devin
Rock Island
Devin
Rosenthal
Illinois
Watertown
Deaths of Shafer and Barta unfold in garage Shooting
Witnesses recount Bert Shafer shooting Vernon Barta then turning gun on himself. Monahan and Mrs. Fineberg describe events at 825 Fifth Avenue SE as police confirm four bullet holes in Shafer’s head and a concealed .38 bullet in Barta’s chest. No inquest held and case remains closed without new evidence.
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Shafer
Barta
Monahan
Max Fineberg
Fifth Avenue SE
Bert
Vernon
J. J. Terrall
Herbert Shafer
Terrall
Bert Shafer
Monahan Mortuary
Earl Stanley
Pepsi Cola Seeks Restraining Order Against Coca Cola
Pepsi Cola files suit in Queens Supreme Court seeking a restraining order to stop Coca Cola from interfering with its subsidiaries and licensees nationwide. It also petitions the U S Patent Office to challenge Coca Cola's trademark, claiming the mark was obtained by fraudulent statements and that coca and cola are descriptive public names not exclusive to Coca Cola.
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New York
Supreme Court of
Queens County
Pepsi- Cola Company
Coca- Cola Company
United States
United States Patent Office
Pepsi-Cola Company
Coca
Cola
Coca-Cola Company
Police recover dynamite from basement on 210 First Avenue
Patrolmen Walker and Mullin searched the basement after noon Saturday following James Allen’s claim he left a quantity of dynamite there two weeks ago. They found a package containing potash and a low form of dynamite, which they discarded in the river.
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Walker
Mullin
First Avenue W
James Allen
Young man freed on bond after auto theft charge
Clyde Williams aged 19 of 527 Third Avenue SW was released on his own bond after appearing before Justice H R Churchill on a charge of driving a motor vehicle without the owner's consent. He was arrested by Chief of Detectives Earl Stanley on a warrant from Justice Churchill Saturday morning.
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Clyde Williams
Third Avenue
H. R. Churchill
Earl Stanley
Justice Churchill
Barkley Seems Winner In Race Victory Narrowly Ahead
The Kentucky primary returns show Senator Barkley leading Governor Chandler in a heated race for the U S Senate. Barkley urged unity after a hard fight while supporters cried foul over alleged intimidation in Logan county. The vote totals were delayed in Breathitt and Hart counties amid post election tabulation.
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Senator Barkley
Paducah
United States Senate
Kentucky
Breathitt County
Lee Combs
Walter Deaton
Hart County
Campaigner with big smile backs bold Louisville figure
A young, energetic politician shows a bright campaign persona backed by a strong state Democratic organization, drawing support beyond Louisville. His lively style and wide outreach mark him as a rising figure in local politics.
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Ative
Democratic
Louisville
Schneider Shooting Declared Death by Own Action
An autopsy in Marion found a bullet behind the brain on the right side of H. I. Schneider, 32, a Marion salesman, with a bullet wound to the right temple. The death was ruled personal safety related, and the 32 caliber revolver and bullet were turned to Sheriff James H. Smith for tests.
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Marion
H. I. Schneider
R. E. Munden
Schneider
Munden
J. J. Terrall
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Cedar Rapids Business College
W. C. Henning
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Cornell College
Mount Vernon, Iowa
H. J. Burgstahler
Mt. Mercy Junior College
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Paris Academy OF Beauty Culture
Third Street
Cedar Rapids, Tows
Paris Academy
All American Beauty Schools Associated
Mrs. Fletcher
Akron
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Shafer Barta
Pepsi-Cola
Coca-Cola
Dempsey’s
Dempsey
Second Avenue
DIAL
Choice
I Big Shoe Store
Second Ave
Barkley
Shackleford Miller, Jr
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Jefferson County
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Miller
John Whitaker
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Schneider Shooting
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