Cedar Rapids Urges Careful Driving Holiday Season
Cedar Rapids safety officials urge motorists and pedestrians to slow down during the holiday period. Serget Gordon Hughes cites past accidents near city limits and asks drivers to enter the city at a slower pace. Boy Scouts will assist pedestrians in loop district intersections during peak hours to enforce safe crossings. The city has seen two deaths so far this year, with potential to rise if accidents increase.
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Richest Dog Wills and Wagging Fortunes
Albert Payson Terhune notes in his column a San Diego widow leaving 10 000 dollars to her dog Teddy with 500 dollars yearly income and a guardian, citing growing dog philanthropic bequests and the humor of tax inquiries while arguing such provision may not be necessary as many people are in need.
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Readers Respond To Dire Needs For Life Essentials
A 1938 note invites readers to share views on the urgent lack of basic needs. Calls for community concern and timely aid.
Critics urge WPA wrongdoing proof before probe
Washington insiders report Administration senators demand WPA critics show evidence of misdeeds before any senatorial investigation. Senators Norris and Murray charge anti New Deal forces seek to smear WPA as new Congress set to convene January 3. Republicans and old line Democrats plot a fight over relief with talk of bipartisan state boards guided by congressional standards.
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Mrs Hahn Confession of Murder Of Three Men
New York Daily News published the first of two installments of Anna Marie Hahn’s death house confession. She admits poisoning Wagner and three other men, naming victims Wagner Palmer Gsellman Obendorfer. The confession was written by her own hand under death watch before she died.
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Palmer Notes Prompting Reconsideration Amid Illness and Accidents
The News identifies Palmer and then adds parenthetical details implying the subject was influenced by several illnesses and serious skating and skiing accidents that might have changed her mind and led to the alleged terrible actions. The article treats these causes as potential factors in the case.
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Norma Shearer Receives 15000 Year From Thalberg Estate
Norma Shearer will receive only 15000 a year from the Irving Thalberg estate, not the millions rumored. Bank of America official H M Bardt said the Thalberg children inherit the estate proper.
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