Ambulance grant eyed for Iowa City hospital plan
A $15 000 ambulance purchase for the University of Iowa Hospital is approved by the building committee of the board of education and will be financed from hospital funds. Janitors at the hospital face wage cuts, while questions are raised about using state liquor profits or budget funds to cover deficits. The piece criticizes WPA politics, NRA price fixes, and revived calls for tighter controls on public spending.
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State Equor Commission
Commission
Gecount
Murtagh
Overnor
Herring
Mr. Herring
Santa Claus
Liquor Commission
Hoyle
Fort Dodge
Sam
NRA
Hill
Works , Progress Administration For
Iowa
Washington
Creston
Harry Hopkins
Hopkins
Redistribution of income urged by Wallace for farm aid
Secretary Wallace urged a permanent crop adjustment and a broad realignment of income to balance industrial and agricultural production. He warned that abandoning export markets or limiting imports would cripple agriculture and worsen urban adjustments. He argued that expanding imports under a liberal policy could raise living standards, while noting drought and trade deals influence the farm sector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wallace
United States
Allace
Sewer Pipe For WPA Job Is On Its Way
City Engineer Frank E. Young learned from unofficial sources that sewer pipe for the Dairy Dale sanitary sewer project is en route. A What Cheer firm was reportedly awarded the WPA contract and dispatched a carload Tuesday. Pipe is expected to arrive Wednesday to resume idle work, with additional pipe to follow through the week.
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Cedar Rapids
WPA
Frank E. Young
Dairy Dale
Young
Supply Of Feed Corn Is Largest Since War Days
Secretary Wallace reported in his annual address to the President that this year’s corn crop will furnish the largest feed supply per farm animal since World War II. He noted ample supplies of other feeds and hay, despite a drought and livestock liquidation in 1934. The report cites cattle and hog adjustments and government actions that helped prevent larger losses and stabilize meat supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wallace
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Rock Island Road plan for reorganization rejected by govt
Washington report states the Interstate Commerce Commission found the proposed Rock Island plan prima facie impracticable. The plan, advanced by a protective committee for the railway's preferred stock, aimed to consolidate Rock Island with St. Louis San Francisco and Chicago and Eastern Illinois railways.
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Rock Island Road
Washington
Interstate Commerce’ Commission
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Rock Island
St. Louis
San Francisco
Chicago and Eastern Illinois
JAPAN DEMANDS CAUSE NAVAL PARLEY CRISIS
London reports Japan presses for equality and a common upper limit at the five power naval conference. Norman H. Davis defends the 5-5-3 ratio as effective for peace. Charles Corbin backs total tonnage limits. Admiral Osami Nagano to answer questions tomorrow on whether the plan covers all navies including Russia.
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London
INL
Japan
Norman H. Davis
Charles Corbin
United States
Britain
Osami Nagano
Russia
Mrs Emberg Dies From Burns After Fire Destroys Home
Palmer Alaska AP report states Mrs George Emberg formerly of Proctor Minnesota died from burns from a fire that destroyed her home. Her husband three children and Emberg's brother were injured in the blaze.
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Palmer, Alaska
George Emberg
Proctor, Minn
Emberg
Supreme Court to rule on AAA and Bankhead acts
The Hoosac Mills case and the Bankhead cotton control act take center stage as the Supreme Court hears closing arguments on the constitutionality of the Agricultural Adjustment Act and related tax measures. Solicitor General Reed faces tough questions while Pepper argues for Hoosac Mills, urging preservation of American farming law.
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Washington
AAA
Supreme Court
Hoosac Mills
Stanley Reed
Lee
Hugher “Bet ‘Eer
Secretary of Agriculture
Pepper
Bankhead
Lee Moor
Texas
George Wharton Pepper
Pennsylvania
AAA Jn
America
The
Kidnapping of 12 Year Old Girl Shocks Cleveland
In Cleveland two sisters and friends witnessed three men abduct 12 year old Marie Stedman in a dark sedan with Michigan plates as she walked home from school. Marie screamed while a man seized her and another approached the onlookers before fleeing. Police doubt ransom motive and Marie’s mother suspects her estranged husband Harvey. The family had custody disputes after a Pennsylvania divorce six months prior.
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Cleveland
Marie Stedman
Michigan
Marie
Lila
Mabel
Lillian Stedman
Harvey
Meadville
Stedman
Harvey, Jr
Conneaut Lake
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1935
Accidents, injuries, and deaths count unclear in this partial 1935 Cedar Rapids toll report. The fragment notes numbers for accidents and injuries but omits totals and victims. No location or organization details beyond Cedar Rapids appear.
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Cedar Rapids
Everyday Living: The Art of Doing Good Gracefully
A collection of aphorisms on living well, valuing life over years, and the joy of kindness. It muses on happiness, self-worth, learning from history, and the pitfalls of pride, quoting Lombard Newton and Sarah Bernhardt, with reflections on fate and humor.
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Sarah Bernhardt
Galahad
Lincoln
Methuselah
Neutrality favored by Murphy outlines Legion program
J Ray Murphy national Legion commander spoke at Memorial Coliseum detailing a 1936 program stressing unity of neutrality in world quarrels, universal service law, and defense improvements. He urged government protection for disabled veterans and widows, support for child welfare, prompt payment of adjusted service certificates, and a robust Americanism drive. He announced Iowa tour stops including Mason City and Atlantic.
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Cedar Rapids
American Legion
J. Ray Murphy
National Legion
Memorial Coliseum
Hanford Post
Legion
St. Louis
Murphy
Iowa
Mason City
Atlantic
Elkader Man Reports Hijackers Steal Poultry Cargo
Arthur Witherall of Elkader reported to Irving Park police that four hijackers seized his five ton truck and its cargo of poultry and eggs worth 1700 dollars as he entered the outskirts of Chicago. He was driving for Clayton County Produce of Elkader.
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Chicago
Arthur Witherall
Elkader, In
Irving Park
Witherall
Clayton County Produce Company
Elkader
Senator Says State Caused Editor's End
Minnesota senator says state actions precipitated the Walter Liggett assassination and urges federal intervention. Isa dor Blumenfeld alias Kid Cann held on suspicion as Liggett press editor Edith Liggett vows to continue Midwest American crusade and seek justice for her slain husband.
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STATE
Minneapolis
Walter Liggett
Liggett
Thomas D. Schall
Minnesota
State ‘Administration
de Bathe
Peace Plan for Ethiopia Fails as British Rift Deepens
LONDON reports that the Hoare Laval peace plan for East Africa faced near collapse after Prime Minister Baldwin said no settlement basis had been submitted to Italy or Ethiopia. He warned finality had not been reached, signaling a return to crisis stage. Eden and other ministers accused Foreign Secretary Hoare of exceeding authority by backing the plan with Laval.
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London
INS
East Africa
Italy
Stanley Baldwin
House of Commons
Ethiopia
Baldwin
Samuel Hoare
Paris
Pierre Laval
Anthony Eden
Sir Samuel
League
Defense seeks ruling as state rests its case in OConnor trial
Sioux City AP report: defense asks for directed verdict acquitting Attorney General Edward L. OConnor on gambling conspiracy charges as the state rests after five weeks. Judge Peters heard motions to strike testimony from 55 witnesses. nine points argued to show no conspiracy existed.
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Sioux City
Attoreney
Edward L
O'Connor
Earl Peters
Fred Free
T. E. Diamond
Will
O’connor
Peters
Conspiracy claim falters as state fails to prove act or agreement
The transcript states the state did not show any conspiracy or agreement by the defendant nor any overt acts. It notes no evidence supports guilt as charged and cites a fatal variance between evidence and indictment. It mentions impeachment and official misconduct as the found contrast in the record.
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CIA Eerie
Jean
Dacie
General Assembly
Iowa
Oskaloosa Mayor Calls WPA Situation a Political Mess
Oskaloosa mayor George Burdock, a Democrat, charged Tuesday that politics dominates the Works Progress Administration works in the city. He described it as a political mess and criticized administration decisions amid ongoing WPA activities.
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Oskaloosa
WPA
Jones County Medical Society Drops State Relief Plan
The Jones County Medical Society unanimously decided to discontinue after Jan 1 1936 the Denny plan for indigent relief begun last May. They will notify the state director and county supervisors and set a meeting to arrange future medical care for the sick. President Dr Cecil Smith and secretary Dr Henry Dolan presided. Linn County Society had similar action.
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Monticello
Jones County ‘Medical Society
Denny
T. C. Denny
Iowa’ Emergency Relief Administration
Jones’ County
Jones’ Medical Society
Jones County
Cecil Smith
Onslow
Henry Dolan
Anamosa
Move to Save Hauptmann Rekindles New Evidence Effort
In Trenton New Jersey AP reports Hauptmann’s lawyers press a possible new evidence claim and a bid for clemency as they pursue post conviction options. They seek a new trial fate or a commutation from death to life, citing rail 16 of the kidnap ladder and disputed government testimony.
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hauptmann
United States Supreme Court
Bronx
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lloyd Fisher
Thomas W. Trenchard
Flemington
Court of Pardons
Government Seeks To Attach Haner s Fees In Woodbury
In Sioux City Iowa the Woodbury County Board of Supervisors heard arguments on a federal attachment notice against 2325 owed to H M Havner county prosecutor. The government claims Havner owes 22509 75 in unpaid income taxes with G A Kenderdine presenting for the IRS. Havner attended during a trial break to respond before the board.
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G. A. Kenderdine
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Havner
Edward L. O'Connor
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Mills
Reed
Ua, Newton
Schall
Eer Olea
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Floyd B. Olson
Willle
Isador Blumenfeld
Kid Cann
Blumenfeld
Edith Liggett
the Gazette
Charles V. Warren
Linn County Medical Society
Haner
Woodbury
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