Black Legion murder trial opens Monday in Detroit
The Poole shooting on May 12 exposed the Black Legion terror group. Twelve defendants face murder trials starting Monday with Dayton Dean as key witness and the group tied to plots against federal power. Dean's confession described orders to shoot Poole and tainted other cases tied to Kingsley Voisine and Coleman.
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Detroit
WPA
Charles A. Poole
Black Legion
Dayton Dean
Poole
Dean
Coleman
Gulley Road
Silas Coleman
Arthur L. Kingsley
Highland Park
William Voisine
Ecorse
Order
Voisine
Kingsley
Michigan
Virgil F
Bert) Effinger
Lima, O
Duncan C. McCrea
Wayne County
Effinger
Named Director of Boys' Work at St Pauls Church
Arthur K. Fisher of 1708 Second Avenue SE has been named full time director of boys' work at St Pauls Methodist Church. The appointment was announced by L E Crabbs, with Fisher set to assume duties Tuesday after prior part time work and CCC officer experience. He graduated from Coe College in 1930 and Manchester High School in 1926. he played on Coe track and the mile relay, belonged to Theta Nu Epsilon and the Kelvin society, and holds a first lieutenant commission in the reserve army. The role covers organizing activities for Friendly Indians, Pioneers, Comrades and other young groups.
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Arthur K. Fisher
Second Avenue SE
Coe College
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
L. E. Crabbs
St. Paul's
Filber
St. Paul’s
Coe
Manchester High School
Theta Nu Epsilon Fraternity
Kelvin Society
Fisher
CCC
Minnesota
Reserve Army
St. Paul’s Church
Watermelon Festival Continues at Cedar Park
The Hanford Post drum corps sponsored festival runs through today at Cedar Park with watermelon served both afternoon and evening.
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Hanford Post Drum Corps
Cedar Park
City Briefs and Personals Highlights Local Notices
Bungalow Canning School advertises Wednesday two oclock. Millinery remodeling at Sovereigns 4295 Ave E. Mr. and Mrs. John Wilson of Robins selling suburban home and preparing to move to California. Merlin Morris, 124 Center Point Rd NE, returns to Cedar Rapids from Davenport. Townsend Club No. 1 to meet in Superior Court room Monday at 7 30 pm with quartet music. Joseph Martin Kacena, 616 Second St SW, earned bachelor of science at University of Chicago convocation Friday.
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Merlin Morris
Center Point Road
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Townsend Club
Superior Court Room
Joseph Martin Kacena
Second Street
University of Chicago
Burgus to Speak on Taxation at Negro Republican Meeting
Finance Commissioner L. D. Burgus will address taxation at a Negro Republican club gathering in the American Legion rooms at the Memorial building Monday at 8 p.m.
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L. D. Burgus
Negro Republican Club
American Legion Rooms
Memorial Building
Conservatory Owner Attends Guitar Teachers Convention
Oscar Loeffholz owner of the Honolulu conservatory of music and studios in Clinton and Dubuque left Friday for Cleveland to attend the annual convention of guitar teachers.
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Oscar Loeffholz
Honolulu Conservatory of Music
Clinton and
Dubuque
Cleveland
Mrs McMorran Injured in Fall at Grandson’s Home
Mrs. Julia McMorran of St Luke's Nurses home is confined with fractures of her left arm and several ribs after a Wednesday fall at her grandson J B Hudnall's residence at 413 Sixteenth Street NE.
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McMorran
Julia McMorran
St. Luke’s Nurses Home
J. B. Hudnall
Sixteenth Street
Cedar Rapids Saengerbund to Meet at Ben Hur Hall Monday
The Cedar Rapids Saengerbund will meet Monday at 7 30 p m at Ben Hur hall 213 First street SW. Members plan a public concert at Memorial building in November and are urged to attend.
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Cedar Rapids Saengerbund
Ben Hur Hall
First Street
Memorial Building
Music Teachers Directory Seeks Entries For Second Year
Advertisement urges participation in the Gazette feature as last year’s success repeats. Contact Betty Brown at 2-1121 for information and inclusion details in the second annual Music Teachers Directory.
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the Gazette
Betty Brown
Last Day For Soldiers Exemption Filings In County
Monday marks the final date to file soldiers exemption applications for 1936 property taxes in County Auditor Robert M. Vesely's office by residents who have not yet filed with the assessor or auditor.
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Robert M. Vesely
King to attend Monroe Calculating Machine meeting
G M King of Cedar Rapids district will attend the Monroe Calculating Machine Company High Point club sales meeting in Virginia Beach Virginia. King earned the invitation from his strong sales record during the past year.
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G. M. King
Seventeenth Street
Monroe Calculating Machine Company
High Point
Virginia Beach
Mr. King
Cedar Rapids
Chamber Opposes Federal Rule Over Private Enterprise
The United States Chamber of Commerce declares federal control of private industry indefensible and opposes changes to the Constitution to expand federal power. It warns that government intrusion threatens economic freedom, opposes codes imposed by agencies, and criticizes the social security act as unsuitable for genuine economic security.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Supreme Court of Thenited
Fires Bullet Into Own Body To Prove His Marksmanship
Chicago investigators report 19 year old Alex Storm Jr died after firing a bullet through his chest at a shooting gallery. Attendants Nick Matt and Perry Santos described his earlier shots with a rifle before he used a revolver and fired into his chest.
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Chicago
Alex Storm, Jr
Nick Matt
Perry Santos
Storm
Matt
Missionaries Safe as Chinese Communist Advance Grows
Shanghai AP reports eight more American and foreign missionaries are confirmed safe in Kansu Province as about 100 outposts’ workers rush toward Lanchow to escape a large advancing Chinese Communist force. Anxiety remains for Anna Hanpberg and Ruth Strom, listed among those possibly en route from Tingsi.
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Shanghai
Kansu
Lanchow
Tibet
China
Anna Hanpberg
Sioux City
Ruth d=strom
New York
Christian Missionary Alliance
Tingsi
Selassie to Establish Ethiopian Capital at Gore
London based Daily Herald reports Emperor Haile Selassie plans to return to Ethiopia and base his capital at Gore with a provisional government. He would seek League of Nations mandate for western Ethiopia, home to about 2 000 000 people, under Britain Sweden or Switzerland.
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London
Daily Herald
Labor Party
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Gore
League of Nations
Great Britain
Swepeed
Switzerland
Herald
New Four Month Driving Test Schedule Announced
State motor vehicle examiners James Hayes and Charles Hogan unveil a four month driving and chauffeur license test schedule effective Sept 1. Assignments cover multiple Iowa counties with Cedar Rapids area sites and regular weekly dates in Anamosa Vinton Toledo Marengo Grinnell Montezuma Manchester Dubuque West Union Oelweiler Decorah Elkader Waukon and other towns.
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James Hayes
Charles Hogan
Hayes
Allamakee
Clayton
Delaware
Dubuque
Fayette
Winneshiek
Hogan
Linn
Jones
Benton
Yowa
Tama
Poweshiek
Cedar Rapids
Ogan
Anamosa
Vinton
Toledo
Marengo
Poweshiek County
Grinnell
Montezuma
Manchester Ney
West Union
Oelwe
Decorah
Elkader
Waukon
Roosevelt Praises Cooperation as He Tours South Dakota
President Roosevelt meets with two governors and tours sites near Pierre. He praises land use planning and CCC projects including a 31 foot dike on Island 2,000 acres owned by Pierre, and a WPA armory and courthouse nearby. He urges federal state local unity to protect investments and future growth.
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WPA
National Guard
Berry
Missouri River
Buttes
CCC
Arm Island
Pierre
Missouri
J. E. Hipple
F. B. Milson
Fechner
Army
Roosevelt
Milson
Youth Charged With Extortion Letters to Debutantes
William J. Butler, 18, of Brooklyn, jailed in New York after allegedly threatening two debutantes and a doctor’s family to collect 30000 dollars. FBI agents set a trap near Grand Central Parkway with a decoy payment and a masked arrest. Butler admitted sending the letters and faced extortion charges.
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New York
Park Avenue
William J. Butler
Brooklyn
Robert R. Young
Newport
Truman Lawrance Saunders
the Youngs
Dr. Saunders
Dern's body begins journey to Utah in state funeral
Eight ambassadors from Germany France the Soviet Union Japan China Denmark Ecuador and Cuba attended the services at a neighborhood church with Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt present. At Union Station a 19 gun salute welcomed Dern's body aboard the special train as cabinet colleagues and Vice President Garner served as honorary pallbearers. The Rev. Russell J. Clinchy led services praising Dern as a typical American and Christian gentleman.
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Dern
Germany
France
Soviet Union
Japan
China
Denmark
Ecuador
Cuba
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Union Station
Capitol
Cordell Hull
Roosevelt
Garner
Russell J. Clinchy
Towa County C T A Averages 25 Pounds Butterfat In August
The 306 cows on test in the Iowa County Cow Test association during August averaged 25 pounds of butterfat and 628 pounds of milk. Nine cows produced more than 50 pounds of butterfat and forty six exceeded 40 pounds. High herd owned by Fred G Boland and Son with ten Holsteins at 37.4 pounds butterfat and 931 pounds milk. The Leo B Smith Jersey herd and W H Wheeler’s Holstein herd tied for second with 35.9 pounds butterfat. High cow was Jersey in the Smith herd with 60.1 pounds butterfat.
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Gate Marengo
Iowa County
Fred G. Boland and Son
Leo B. Smith
W. H. Wheeler
Jersey
Smith
Name Winners In Races At Annual Troy Mills Fete
Troy Mills two day festival wrap includes Hugh Mossman as principal speaker and local bands. Quasqueton defeats Walker 8 to 1 in baseball with McMillan and Fairchild and Kelso Waddle the battery. Race results list multiple winners including Dorothy Frank, Cherry McKee, Joe Carson, La Verne Waddle, Catherine Fisher, Alfred Henderson, Merle Waddle, Arlie Walton, Earl Fry, Orvie McCright, and George Price.
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Gazette
Troy Mills
Hugh Mossman
Vinton
Urbana
Dick Jones
Cedar Rapids
Quasqueton
Walker
McMillan
Fairchild
Kelso
Waddle
Dorothy Frank
Cherry McKee
Joe Carson
Coggon
la Verne Waddle
George Price
Donald Carson
Coggan
Catherine Fisher
Lillian Washburn
Alfred Henderson
Merle Waddle
Arlie Walton
Earl Fry
North Side
Orvie McCright
Madrid Sees Possible Gas Bomb Raid by Rebels
Madrid fears another air attack as an insurgent bomber dropped four bombs on the capital while anti aircraft batteries fired on the plane. Casualties included a police officer and a civilian, with streets cleared by militia sentries as fronts report fresh fighting near Toledo and Oropesa, raising the prospect of a new assault on Madrid.
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Madrid
Cibeles Square
Ministries of War and Communications
Socialist Association
Ile
San Sebastian- Iran
Toledo
Seville
Castejon
Oropesa
Gonzalo Queipo de Llano
Francisco Franco
Alcazar Fortress
Alcazar
Piccadilly Jim at the State theater review
The State theater screens Piccadilly Jim a witty P. G. Wodehouse romance opening in London and ending in New York. Robert Montgomery Madge Evans Frank Morgan and a stellar cast deliver sparkling dialogue and clever plot twists centered on a cartoonist and a masked romance. The Border Patrolman is the second feature with short subjects also on the bill.
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Trotzky
Moscow
Piccadilly Jim
Madge Evans
Frank Morgan
Baylis
George O’brien
Polly Ann Young
Border Patrolman
Know thyself control self give thyself life wisdom
The article presents three life maxims Know thyself control thyself and give thyself as guiding principles. It links self knowledge discipline and outward giving to a meaningful life, citing Stoic thought and the Watts painting to illustrate the lesson. It frames daily talks centered on living with purpose as taught by Jesus and reinforced by experience.
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Greece
Rome
Judea
G. F. Watts
Jesus
Death of Queen Astrid Commemorated in Belgium
Belgium marked the first anniversary of Queen Astrid s death with national mourning. Flags flew at half staff as King Leopold III and the royal family laid flowers at the royal crypt in Laeken.
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Brussels
Belgium
Astrid
Leopold III
Laeken
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Sovereign
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Robins
California
Saengerbund
Chamber of Commerce
Kansu Province
Selassie
G-Men
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Eleanor Young
Vincent Astor
Lucy Saunders
Hoover
Young
Grand Central Parkway
Utah
Towa County
C.T.A
Robinson Bros. Orchestra
Stage
Radio — Ballroom
Hanford Post
Drum Corps
American Legion
J.G. Craven der
United
Mason City
Des Moines
H. G. Fussell
Okinow
2Nd Ave
Vedar Rapids, Ia
Iowa State Department of Health
Linn County Medical Society
Children’s Bureau
U. S. Department of Labor
Linn County
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