Plan Redistricting For Midwest Relief
Federal relief officials studied a broad redistricting of regional relief areas affecting at least fourteen states. The plan would create nine districts with Edmonds possibly reassigned to a northwestern territory headquartered in Portland Oregon. Washington conferences next week will finalize details and administrators’ assignments.
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Des Moines
Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Midwest Territory
Iowa
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
T. J. Edmonds
Dakotas
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Indiana
Colorado
New Mexico
Wyoming
Edmonds
Portland
Ore
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Excelsior Springs
Chicago
Letter Carriers Delayed By Snow
Snow slowed letter carriers who faced waterlogged streets and uncleared sidewalks delaying deliveries Friday. With two days mail and Thanksgiving no deliveries, ten of thirty-nine carriers returned by 1 pm after starting at 8 am. Early streetcar disruption hampered access to residential areas at the post office.
Dixon man charged with embezzling from local firm
Harry Strathman yard man ager of the Dixon branch of the Iowa Builders Supply company is held in Scott county jail Davenport on a $4938 embezzlement charge. He faces no preliminary hearing Saturday after being arrested at noon following an information filed by Cedar Rapids auditor C B Martin.
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Harry Strathman
Dixon, Ia
Iowa Builders Supply Company
Higley Bulding
Scott County
Davenport
Associated Press
Fidiv
C B Martin
Cedar Rep
Iowa Borders Supply Company
Strathmn
Blaneh
Cedir Rapds
Thanksgiving Dinner With 77 Descendants
Mrs. George Hepner celebrated her eighty third birthday with seventy seven of her 94 descendants at the Palo home of her son in law and daughter, Fred Rabe and wife. Born in Cedar Rapids, she has eight living children, 37 grandchildren and 49 great grandchildren.
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Palo
George Hepner
Fred Rabe
Hepner
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
George
Center Point
Henry
Clayton
J. F
Marion
James McArthur
Rabe
W. M. Kreuger
C. B. Clark
Vicinity
Ada
Harley
Ada Thompson
Chamber Thompson
Six Hurt In Auto Truck Crashes Near Grinnell
Six persons were injured near Grinnell on Thanksgiving day as a car and a following truck collided after a side swipe. Harry Bartell of Newton and his wife were among the injured, with three in the Bartell car hospitalized.
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Grinnell
Harry Bartell
Newton
Bortell
Theda Porter
Des Moines
Glen Bortell
Dominick Ciresi
St. Paul
H. R. Latham
Scarsboro
Rolly Hull
Latham
Realtor asks city to cut assessment on Wilcox building
Paul Bedell appeared before the city council Friday urging a 60 to 75 percent reduction in the Lucian Wilcox building at 407 B avenue NE. He argued the dilapidated unoccupied structure is a financial burden, noting four years with no tenants and eight years of occupancy generating only 538 dollars above taxes. Councilmen said they will study the case but expect action next assessment.
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Paul Bedell
Lucian Wilcox
B Avenue NE
Bedell
Court action seeks to block Palisades-Kepler dam plan
Joseph M. Vislisel, landowner near Mount Vernon, files suit in district court arguing Act 35 permits an eight foot dam at Palisades-Kepler State Park but is unconstitutional. He claims backwater would flood 45 acres of his pasture, ruin a sand bed and gravel pit, and cut timber. He contends damages provisions force premature claims before damages are known. Attorney L M Silliman notes petitions bearing 26 names.
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Forty-fifth General Assembly
Palisades-Kepler State Park
Mount Vernon
State Board of Conservation
Joseph M. Vislsel
Park
State Conservation Board
CCC
Vislisell
Assembly
L. M. Silliman
Vishisel
State Board Backed Dam Despite Protests
In Des Moines the protesters say the state board ignored claims in approving the dam project. Wisl sel claims Act 35 was violated by the board in laying plans and preparing construction.
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State Board
Des Moines
Wislsel
Thefts The Automotive and Cash Lead to Short Jail Terms
W M Roberts, 44, charged with motor theft, was fined 1000 dollars and ordered to county jail for ten months after pleading guilty in district court. J E Palmer, 37, a companion, received six months for a larceny charge involving four dollars from a room at 402 Eighth street SE. Both sentences run from Nov 12, with three months to serve and good behavior, and both must stay out of state.
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W. M Roberts
A. B Clark
Roberts
Harry Steele
Cedar Rapids
Navy
J. E. Palmer
Mae Benish
Eighth Street
Trials Set For Monday In county criminal docket
The state rests its case against Walter Brim Clarence Brown James Michaels Roy Frasher James Bailey and George Frasher charged with breaking and entering the Iowa Electric Light and Power warehouse and stealing aluminum strand wire. Judge John T. Moffit will open the November term assignment prepared by County Attorney G K Thompson. Other defendants include Howard Hahn Una White for furnishing beer to minors Albert Schreiber and Herman Kray for illegal liquor transport Ed McGillcuddy Otto P Riggs Barney Duncan Kenneth Winchell H Duncan and Albert Joyce listed for trial.
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Walter Brim
Clarence Brown
James Michaels
Roy Frasher
James Bailey
George Frasher
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
John T. Moffit
G. K. Thompson
Howard Hahn
Una White
Albert Schreiber
Herman Kray
Ed McGillcuddy
Otto P Riggs
Barney Duncan
Kenneth Winchell
H. W. Duncan
Albert Joyce
Notable prewar royal gathering in London wedding guest list
Will Rogers notes a London wedding drew many old German and Russian nobles, including Grand Duke Dimitri and Grand Duchess Xenia. He praises King George V for hosting the gala, calling it gracious though historical, with no Stalin Hitler or Mussolini present.
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Santa Monica
Calif
London
Dimitri
Russia
Xenia
Vladimir
Moscow
George
England
Stalin
Hitler
Mussolini
Local Court Names Multiple DUI and Related Offenses
The report lists defendants charged with drunk driving including Wayne Monck Frank Alsop Joe Hammill and Ray Myers. Other charges include wrong license plates assault malicious injury to a building embezzlement and related offenses.
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Wayne Monck
Frank Alsop
Joe Hammill
Ray Myers
C. H. Kuntz
Jack Litze
Ed Greenway
Leota McManes
Ward Vanderpool
Cow injured in collision near Cedar Rapids junction
James Phelps reports a four year old cow suffered a broken leg after a car with a Jones county plate struck his herd at the No 30 and No 94 east junction late Thursday. The driver’s name was not obtained.
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James Phelps
Cedar Rapids
Joseph A. Petrus
Jones County
Mr. Phelps
Tidal Wave Danger In Hawaii Believed Past After Quake
Honolulu residents faced momentary panic after a bulletin from Kilauea observatory warned of a heavy quake 1,400 miles west. Dr Jaeger urged extreme precautions as authorities believed the danger period had passed and people returned to valley homes.
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Honolulu
T. H
INS
Hawaiian Islands
Paradise
Pacific
Jaeger
Kilauea Volcano Observatory
Chases Thief Then Dies of Heart Attack in Pursuit
CHICAGO DP Joseph F Pocius 40 and his wife decided to take savings to a movie. Mrs Pocius placed $150 in her purse. A purse snatcher grabbed it as they left. Pocius chased the thief and collapsed fatally from a heart attack. The thief escaped.
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Chicago
Joseph F Pocius
Mary
Beer Tax Receipts Rise in November for Iowa
Des Moines AP reports November beer sales brought in 81 124.76 dollars from four cents per gallon tax and license fees, up from 36 144.01 the previous year. Deputy Treasurer E F Rahm notes state totals since the April 18 1933 beer law reached 1 307 834 15 dollars.
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Des Moines
E. F. Rahm
Feasts On Turkey Then Talks Turkey
Swampscott police arrested 17 year old Paul Coughlin on burglary charges after a turkey dinner with all the fixin's. He then confessed to twenty housebreaks, police said.
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Swampscott, Mass
TTP
Swampscott
Paul Coughlin
Atlanta Mayor Proposes Municipal Liquor Store or Salary Cuts
Atlanta Mayor James L. Key demands the city balance its 1935 budget by creating a municipal liquor store or by cutting city salaries by 32 percent. The city has allowed 32 beer sales in defiance of the state dry law for over a year.
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Atlanta
James L. Key
Waterloo man charged with manslaughter in fatal Iowa City crash
Robert R. Thompson of Waterloo is held in Johnson County jail on manslaughter charges after his car fatally injured 18 year old David Haney in Iowa City Tuesday night. Thompson also sustained a shoulder injury from a fall in the Iowa City jail that same night.
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Robert R. Thompson
Waterloo
David Haney
Iowa City
Johnson County
Thompson
John Wanamaker Jr. Dies in New York and Philadelphia
AP reports John Wanamaker Jr aged 45 died after a ten day illness in New York. Funeral services are planned Saturday in New York and Philadelphia. He was the son of the late Rodman Wanamaker and grandson of John Wanamaker, noted department store owner, and he held prominence in social, military and sport circles in the United States and Europe.
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New York
Philadelphia
John Wanamaker, Jr
Wanamaker
Rodman Wanamaker
John Wanamaker
Europe
Burglar Returns Loot After Reading Sermon Topic
An Onawa Iowa thief who stole $420 from theater manager Robert Oliver later passed a Christian church on Thanksgiving Day and read the sermon topic Thou Shalt Not Steal. He returned the money after Oliver agreed not to prosecute.
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ONAWA
Robert Oliver
Oliver
Czechs to Extend Mandatory Military Service to Two Years
Prague government introduces a bill to extend compulsory service from fourteen months to two years. If passed, the army would grow from 75,000 to 125,000 men and the measure is considered likely to pass.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Man Killed When Directions Asked Lead to Shootout
In Chicago on a north side street a man killed and another critically wounded after they asked strangers for directions. A 25 year old man, Bhiuno Skwarz, appeared intoxicated as the shooter fired from a passing stranger who allegedly believed the two were bandits.
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Chicago
North Side
Frank Denges
John Logan
Bhiuno Skwarz
Denges
Skwarz
Sheridan Road
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