Radio beams in aviation and politics stir readers in Cedar Rapids
A scanned Cedar Rapids reader mulls radio guidance in Lindbergh era flight, the Roosevelt influence on parties, and a Washington forum critique. The piece notes a Des Moines forum praising fascism, calls for education on all views, lauds Christmas seals for tuberculosis, a chastening view of political leadership, and a Cedar Rapids milk license proposal tied to interstate commerce.
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Forum
Chamber
Silas Strawn
of Commerce
Des Moines
United States
Sam
Cedar Rapids
Pubic Health Nursing Association
Woman's Body Found Severed in Small Trunk
Police found a mutilated woman's body packed in a small trunk inside a shack behind a southside bungalow. The victim, possibly Rose Marie Hoppel age 40, was missing with her husband listed as a court caretaker. Evidence suggests several days had passed since death with legs severed at the knees.
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Los Angeles
Rose Marie Hoppel
Cedar Rapids man fined for narcotics sale
Sotelo admitted selling narcotics and was fined 1000 dollars with 500 suspended by Judge John Z. Moffit in district court. The judge suspended half the fine and half the ten month jail term on state recommendation. Investigation found only one sale and limited quantity, with marijuana plants found nearby amid a broader probe into dope cigarets in nightlife.
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Cedar Rapids
Traier Marijuana
Er “Reefer
Ecigareta
John Z. Moffit
Sotelo
Moffit
Germany Would Accept International Police in Saar Basin
Berlin AP says a foreign office representative noted the German government would not object to sending an international police force into the Saar basin if the League of Nations council deems it necessary.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
Saar Basin
League of Nations Council
Interstate commerce claims in Des Moines milk licensing case
The article describes AAA lawyers contending the milk licensing dispute in Des Moines involves interstate commerce. The case argues that New York cheese prices affect Des Moines milk prices, tying the local violation to federal jurisdiction. It notes a separate lumber dealer in Omaha facing ICC-backed action for allegedly violating the lumbermen's code by purchasing outside Nebraska and advertising across state lines.
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Ypust
AAA
New York
Des Moines
Omaha
Nebraska
Reading Browne’s Religio Medici Revisited for Timeless Wisdom
A reader revisits Sir Thomas Browne’s Religio Medici, praising its three hundred year life, brooding beauty, and tender, tolerant faith. The piece likens Browne to Izaak Walton, highlights his view of Providence, and reflects on enduring spiritual insight over modern clipped prose.
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Harles Lamb
Lamb
Thomas Browne
Seth Saments
Izaak Walton
God
Jugoslavia Deports Hungarians Across Border
Reports from Soubotica across the Jugoslav Hungary frontier say Yugoslavia proceeds with mass deportations of Hungarians. Officials estimate about 1,500 Hungarians have arrived and 800 more are due by morning. Novisad arrivals claim 95 families were ordered to leave within 24 hours.
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Budapest
Hungary
Jugoslavia
Soubotica
Jugoslav-Hungary
Novisad
Belgrade denies expulsion of Hungarians in Yugoslavia
The Yugoslav government said reports it would expel all Hungarians were pure invention. This followed Belgrade's appeal to the League of Nations, accusing Hungary of complicity in the King Alexander I assassination in Marseilles on October 9.
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Belgrade
Jugoslavia
Council of the
League of Nations
Hungary
Alexander I
Marseilles
Alexander
Washington cracks down on delinquent Home Owners Loan borrowers
Obscure report notes the Home Owners Loan Corporation beginning to enforce payment compliance on borrowers who willfully miss payments. The writer wryly compares loan risk to pawnbroker prudence and hints at the souring of some loans shortly after negotiation.
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Washington
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Uncle Sam
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll Changes Highlight 1934 Plan
Officials in Cedar Rapids outline an auto toll update for 1934, detailing proposed fees and projected revenue. The plan emphasizes road maintenance funding and city infrastructure needs with expected impacts on motorists.
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Cedar Rapids
66 Executed After Soviet Terror Plot Convictions
Sixty-six men were sentenced to death and shot by firing squad in Leningrad and Moscow after a military court found them guilty of plotting terror against Soviet leaders. The executions followed the assassination of Sergei Kiroff in Leningrad and occurred amid a nationwide crackdown.
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Moscow
Supreme Court
Leningrad
Sergei Maronovich Kiroff
Josef Stalin
Russia
Kiroff
Kennamer Identified as Suspect in Wagoner Killing
Phil Kennamer, 19, son of a federal judge, identified as one of five youths involved in the November 28 robbery of Basil James at Wagoner Oklahoma, with $85 two pistols and a watch taken. James and Sheriff Clay Flowers linked Kennamer to the fatal shooting of John Gorrell, a 23 year old dental student, to prevent him from turning straight.
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Tulsa
Okla
Phil Kennamer
Clay Flowers
Basil James
Waggoner
John Gorrell
James
Kennamer
Holly Anderson
Gorrell
League To Speed Jugoslav Hearing
The League of Nations Council will place Jugoslavia's charges of Hungarian complicity in King Alexander's assassination on the agenda for immediate discussion. The move follows the Hungarian government’s request and was reported from Geneva.
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London
INS
League of Nations Council
Jugoslavia
Alexander
Reuter
Geneva
Levy Boosted For Taxes To Be Paid In 1935
Linn county board of supervisors approves 1934 tax levies for Cedar Rapids and rural districts. In the Cedar Rapids area the 1934 levy totals 42.426 mills, up from 37.380 in 1933, driven by increased state county and school district rates. School district levy rises to 20.143 mills to raise about 1.04 million, with reserves and new high schools cited.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Kenwood
Pi Corpeena Lati
Andieensatiaa
Hancock Identifies Castaway Bodies Lorenz and Nuggeruud
Capt G Allan Hancock reports from Gala pagos Islands that he has identified the bodies of two castaways on Maicena Islands as Rudolph Lorenz German adventurer and a Norwegian sailor Nuggeruud. The radiogram notes both men suffered from thirst and heat as part of a South Pacific mystery. Further messages were expected to explain how they died.
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Los Angeles
G. Allan Hancock
Galapagos Islands
Maicena Islands
Rudolph Lorenz
Nuggeruud
Dutch Airlines Buy 14 American Planes
President Albert Plesman announced that the Dutch Royal Airlines will take 14 American built Douglas airplanes to speed up East Indies service. The same Douglas planes powered the winning team of K. D. Parmen tier and J. J. Moll in the England to Melbourne air derby.
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Amsterdam
Albert Plesman
Dutch Royal Airlines
East Indies
K. D. Parmentier
J. J. Moll
Youth Fined 300 for Concealed Weapon Charge
Iven Parsons, 19, of Cedar Rapids, pleaded guilty to carrying a concealed weapon in district court. Judge John T. Moffit fined him 300 dollars plus costs and warned of 90 days in county jail if the fine remains unpaid after being found with an empty revolver. County Attorney G K Thompson had filed the information. Parsons had initially pleaded not guilty on November 27.
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Cedar Rapids
Iven Parsons
John T. Moffit
G K. Thompson
Parsons
Moffit
Indiana Man Crowned Corn Champ at International Livestock Expo
Peter J. Lux of Shelbyville Indiana won his fourth grand championship with Johnson County white dent corn as judges from six states unanimously crowned him. William Curry from Tipton County Indiana took reserve grand. The event featured top exponents from Kansas State University Nebraska and others with a 2700 point cap and Kansas leading.
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Chicago
Indiana
Peter J. Lux
Shelbyville
Ind
William Curry
Tipton County
Lux
Johnson County
C. Worth Holmes
Joy, Jr
Farmer
Illinois
Kansas State
University of Nebraska
South Dakota State College
Ontario
Canada
Agricultural College
Pennsylvania State College
University of Minnesota
Iowa State
Ohio State
Massachusetts State
Leonard J. Stuart
Lexington
Neb
Jean Harlow Sues Rosson For Divorce
Jean Harlow, the platinum blonde screen star, filed for divorce from Hal Rosson on cruelty grounds. She married the ace cameraman in Yuma after a romance on the sound stages, but he showed no interest in her welfare.
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Los Angeles
Jean Harlow
Hal Rosson
Miss Harlow
Ace
Yuma
Christmas Gift Idea Subscription to the Gazette
A Gazette subscription is pitched as an ideal Christmas gift with a suggested Christmas card to accompany each subscription.
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the Gazette
Hoover Blames Senate In Arms Limit Failure
AP reports the Du Pont explosives shipment case was added to the senate munitions inquiry records. Du Pont officials deny knowledge of shipment destination and accuse the committee of relying on hearsay. Hoover, breaking silence, says a 1925 sporting arms conference records are in the state department and framed by prior discussions on controlling international traffic in arms.
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Hoover
Senate
Washington
du Pont
Manchuria
Irenee du Pont
Herbert Hoover
Palo Alto
Calif
INS
State Department
Secretary of State
Europe
Neighbor Arrested in Death of 12-Year-Old Leona Love
Leona Love was found dead, head wound suspected, in a culvert near Lansing after she left for school. Neighbor LeRoy Carson, 24, was arrested hours later. police cite his statement claiming accidental killing. Parents reported her missing at 11 a.m. and a farm nearby is listed as their home.
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Leningrad
Leonid Micoliev
Kiroff
Red Square
Stalin
Lansing
Mich
Leona Georgia Love
LeRoy Carson
Laurence A. Lyons
Leona Love
Leona
Louisiana journalism students expelled in Reveille censorship clash
Three more Louisiana State University journalism students are expelled after protesting censorship of the Reveille. J H Cutter, ex editor, is expelled. Cal Abraham and Carl Corbin suspended indefinitely. The campus sees signs calling to tear up the paper as a new Reveille appears.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Reveille
J. H. Cutter
Cal Abraham
Carl Corbin
James M. Smith
Huey Long
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Atlanta
American Civil Liberties Union
Frank L. Martin
Missouri University School of Journalism
Last Chance Search Fails For Ulm Plane Near Hawai
Navy and army air and sea units including 27 planes and numerous surface vessels scoured a wide zone about Oahu for Lieut C T P Ulm and two companions after a drifting object sighting by Lieut Paul Foley. The search aimed to locate Ulm's missing transoceanic plane presumed to have crashed off Oahu.
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Honolulu
Paul Foley
Navy
C. T. P. Ulm
Hawaiian Islands
Ulm
Oahu
Pacific
United States
Aviators vanish in the Pacific search for Ulm crew
Rescue efforts continue across Hawaii as the Pearl Harbor fleet base coordinates night searches. Hawaiian and Japanese fishermen, families on shore, and naval planes seek the US crew led by Ulm after their departure from Oakland bound for Honolulu.
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Fleet Air Base
Pearl Harbor
Fleet Airbase
Ulm
Honolulu
Here
Oakland
Iowa City Youth Dies From Wounds
Grant Smith aged 20 of Iowa City died from a lung wound after a Tuesday shooting. County coroner Dr. George Maresh said there will be no inquest, noting the wound was related to personal safety and that he died after an unsuccessful blood transfusion.
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Iowa City
George Maresh
Grant Smith
Maresh
Smith
Kansas City Banker L. McClure Dies at 73
L. McClure, 73, federal reserve agent and chairman of the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, died unexpectedly at his home in Kansas City Missouri early Wednesday. He led the bank's board and served in federal reserve duties.
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Kansas City, Mo
INS
End L. McClure
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
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