Local births recorded at Mercy and St Luke’s hospitals
Mercy hospital records show a daughter born Jan 31 to Mr and Mrs Theodore Davis of 941 Second Avenue Marion. a son born Feb 1 to Mr and Mrs Donald West of 1430 M Street SW. a son born Feb 1 to Mr and Mrs Edward Horak of 1225 Fourth Street SE. St Luke’s hospital lists a son Jan 31 to Mr and Mrs Fred E Kershaw of 1135 I Avenue NE and a daughter Jan 31 to Mr and Mrs Paul R Kelly of 293 Bever Avenue SE. a son Jan 31 to Mr and Mrs Gordon Shimek of 1829 L Street SW. and a daughter Feb 1 to Mr and Mrs Howard Schrimper of Marion Route 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercy Hospital
Theodore Davis
Second Avenue
Marion
Donald West
M Street
Edward Horak
Fourth Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Fred E. Kershaw
I Avenue
Paul R. Kelly
Bever Avenue
Gordon Shimek
L Street
Howard Schrimper
Fire and Sprinkler Failures Hit Local Properties
A roof fire at Dave Robertson’s home on Hubbard Avenue NE occurred Wednesday night lasting 21 minutes with engine companies 3 6 and a hook and ladder responding. Early Thursday a defective sprinkler system at Inter Ocean Reinsurance on Second Avenue SE required 15 minutes from engines 1 2 6 and an aerial. Later Thursday a blow torch incident at a house under construction owned by Frank Campbell on Maplewood Drive NE burned for 18 minutes with engine teams 3 6 and a hook and ladder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Robertson
Hubbard Avenue NE
Inter-Ocean Reinsurance Company
Second Avenue SE
Frank Campbell
Maplewood Drive
Local Obituaries for Four Area Residents
George Williams Reaugh aged 80 of 517 Ninth street SW died in a local hospital at 2 30 p m Wednesday Anna Louise Molander aged 77 died at her home Westwood drive NW at 3 30 a m Thursday Catherine E Mullin aged 73 died at her home 1503 Second avenue SE at 9 45 a m Thursday John Mudrock aged 73 died at the home 1421 Seventh avenue SE at 5 15 p m Wednesday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Williams Reaugh
Ninth Street
Anna Louise Molander
Westwood Drive
Catherine E. Mullin
Second Avenue SE
John Mudrock
Seventh Avenue SE
Kyle Custody Granted After Cruel Treatment Ruling
Ruth Louise Kyle of Clar ence receives custody of their son after a judge's ruling against cruel and inhuman treatment by Alvin Kyle. The couple married in Iowa City on October 8, 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Louise Kyle
Clarence Alvin Kyle
John T. Moffit
Fish Law Violations Lead to Fines and Jail Time
James Dutton of 310 Oakland Avenue NE and Ed Knoebel of 629 Seventh Street SE each fined 50 dollars and costs for illegal possession of game fish while Joe Vobejda of 2026 L Street SW fined 10 dollars and costs for spearing fish. Dutton and Knoebel also elected to serve 15 days in county jail. all actions in Justice H. R. Churchill's court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Dutton
Oakland Avenue
Ed Knoebel
Seventh Street
Joe Vobejda
L Street
Dutton
Knoebel
H. R. Churchill
Cedar Rapids Residents Named in Legal Notice
Edward H. Giaza and Dorothy E. Norris of Cedar Rapids, Ernest Sulek of Solon, and Viasta Bezdecny of Cedar Rapids are identified in a local notice listing involved parties and their residences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward H. Giaza
Dorothy E. Norris
Cedar Rapids
Ernest Sulek
Solon
Viasta Bezdecny
Marion County Group Proposes Iowa Soil Conservation District
A Marion county delegation presented the first petition in Iowa to establish a soil conservation district under the new law. Harry Linn, assistant secretary of agriculture and chair of the State soil conservation committee, said 51 landowners signed the petition from an estimated 200 in the proposed district.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Marion County
Harry Linn
State Soil Conservation Committee
Tornado Death Toll and Damage in the United States
In the past two decades tornadoes have claimed 5 246 lives in the United States and caused more than 233 million dollars in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Finns Press Peace Gesture Amid Frontline Assaults
Reports from the Rasti Kuhmo front say Finnish forces repelled Soviet ski battalions near the border, killing hundreds. North of Lake Ladoga Russian attacks continued as Finns claimed nine tanks destroyed and five planes shot down, with a large Russian force reportedly numbering about 120,000 men opposing the Mannerheim line.
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Russia
Siberia
Lake Ladoga
Mannerheim
Karelian
Mantsi
Hoeyenjaervi
Dies Controversy Persists in House Committee Testimony
Secret testimony disclosed Thursday alleges six congressmen and a university professor conspired to hinder and discredit the Dies committee probing un American activities. The backers allegedly sought to halt the investigative panel's work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Washington
INS
Dies Committee
Gardner Jackson tied to forged documents in Dies committee probe
The Dies committee revealed Gardner Jackson as the funder of purport forged papers linking Martin Dies to the Christian Front and Silver Shirt movements. Harold Weisberg admitted delivering 105 to David Mayne for the documents used by Rep. Hook in attacking Dies. Mayne testified to forging letters from William Dudley Pelley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Gardner Jackson
Labor
League
Dies Committee
Martin Dies
Tex
Christian Front
Harold Weisberg
la Follette Civil Liberties Committee
David Mayne
William Dudley Pelley
Rep
Hook
Mich
Dies
Jackson
Weisberg
John Mitchell Henshaw
Mayne
Pelley
Rep. Keefe
Wis
Cox
Joe Starnes
Ala
Farmers to receive spring leave for planting in Paris plan
Paris AP reports the ministry of agriculture announced that between 70 000 and 80 000 farmers will be granted two months of special spring leave from army duty to carry out planting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Ministry of Agriculture
Eccles Renamed To Reserve Board In Involved Maneuver
President Roosevelt named Marriner S. Eccles to four more years on the Federal Reserve Board, a move made possible when Chester C. Davis resigned after half his term. Davis was then reappointed for a 14 year term. Eccles has chaired the board since November 15, 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eccles
Reserve Board
Roosevelt
Indictments Won By U. S. In Cut Stone Plywood Industries
Federal prosecutors won grand jury indictments against 25 entities and individuals in the cut stone and plywood trades in Chicago. The actions target alleged restraints in building trades, following earlier indictments in the tile industry. Seventeen in cut stone face conspiracy charges to divert fabrication work to Chicago. Eight plywood defendants are accused of restraining plywood trade in Washington state via Harbor Plywood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Federal Trustbusters
Indiana
Washington
Harbor Plywood Corporation
Ammunition Theft At U S Arsenal Debunked
Rock Island Illinois AP Col Norman F Ramsey downplayed scare stories of a large theft at the Rock Island arsenal claiming no shells were stolen and only minor items like primers percussion caps and fuses were taken footprints in snow pointed to a prowler early in the week with loss estimated at 35 dollars
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island, Ill
Norman F. Ramsey
Rock Island Arsenal
Arsenal
Simple Change Saves State Money on Registration Card Holders
Des Moines AP reports the state saved 8850 by switching to a single spring on free automobile registration card holders. The change reduced hardware from two springs to one, allowing a 25 percent increase in orders while cutting total cost to 750,000 holders from 20,250.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Berry F. Halden
State Executive Council
Magician Maurice Flack Delights Lions Club
Cedar Rapids magician Maurice Flack son of Mr and Mrs Frank W Flack 124 Eighteenth street NE performed feats of magic for Lions club members at noon in the Montrose hotel
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Flack
Cedar Rapids
Frank W. Flack
Eighteenth Street
Lions Club
Ot Noon
Montrose
Otel
Kansas columnist E. E. Kelley dies at 78
E. E. Kelley, 78, famed Kansas newspaper writer and columnist known for humorous paragraphs, died Wednesday. He conducted the Grass Roots column in the Topeka Daily Capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City
Kan
E. E. Kelley
Kansas
Topeka
Capital
Farm program fights spark across Congress
Lawmakers argue over farm aid cuts as Wallace urges parity payments and warns of harm to farmers. He cites self financing tenancy and sugar tax revenue while Republicans defend broader prosperity and oppose field cutbacks. Senate and House maneuver over authorizations and agency funding continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Washington
Wounded Man Regains Consciousness and Police Question Companion
Police questioned Jack Millburn of Blair's Ferry road in connection with injuries to Charles Valght of 113 A avenue NE. Valght regained consciousness at Mercy hospital and identified Millburn as his assailant, though Millburn denied striking him and said he was involved in a scuffle. A bartender reported Millburn and Valght were together at a tavern earlier, with Millburn leaving money behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Millburn
Blair's Ferry Road
Marion
Charles Valght
Avenue NE
Valgrt
Mercy Hospital
Millburn
Paul Kovarik
Loop Beer Tavern
First Avenue E
Vajgrt
Kovarik
Labor Temple
Jefferson and Adams Die on Declaration Signers’ Anniversary
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both died on July 4, 1826, the same day they signed the Declaration of Independence. Their deaths occurred on the holiday that commemorates their historic act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Texas Contractors Win National Award for Roadside Work
Dallas contractors W. O. Winston and J. C. Griffith received a national award for outstanding contribution to roadside development. The ceremony occurred at an American Road Builders convention banquet in Chicago, with regional honors also given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
LLP
W. O. Winston
J. C. Griffith
Dallas
Tex
United States
Contractors and Engineers Monthly
American Road Builders Association
Winston and
Griffith
North Atlantic
M. E. Hatch
Vassalboro
George H. Lowe
Cedar Rapids
Ila
Theodore Reed Kendall
Contractors and Engineers
Lowe
Iowa
Osage
Coralville Dam Hearing Planned in Iowa City
The Iowa governor and Col. Gross outlined options for the Coralville Dam project including upstream measures or raising the dam to create a larger lake. Estimates put extra costs around 800000 dollars with 22000 acres above and 28000 below affected. About 2005000 dollars would fund land purchases for the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coralville Dam
Iowa City
Gross
War Authority
Funeral services for Mrs Lucy A Knight
Funeral services for Mrs Lucy A Knight of 1635 Third Avenue SE will be held Friday at 1 30 p m in Moon chapel with the Rev James H Blackstone officiating Burial will be in the family lot at Winthrop Friends may call at the chapel Thursday evening This is reported as the obituary notice for the mother of Dr B L Knight Linn county coroner who died in a local hospital Wednesday morning
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Lucy A. Knight
Third Avenue SE
B. L. Knight
Linn County
Moon Chapel
James H. Blackstone
Winthrop
Polk county grand jury liquor probe nears completion
More than half of the 28 witnesses subpoenaed in the Polk county grand jury investigation into bootlegging had testified by Wednesday night. County Attorney Francis J. Kuble said he hoped to finish testimony by Friday night. Four more distillers' representatives testified, bringing total witnesses to 15 over five days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Polk County Grand Jury
Francis J. Kuble
High School Building Destroyed By Blaze
A large high school building in Pleasntville, Marion county, about 27 miles southwest of Des Moines, burned, forcing classes into a nearby grade school. The 25 room facility housed about 200 students with all supplies and sports gear lost to the fire. The alarm found the building gas filled, hampering rescue and recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bane
Pleasntville
Marion County
Des Moines
Ask For Change In Gas Tax Ruling
DES MOINES AP Gasoline pipeline suppliers asked State Treasurer Bagley to change a recent ruling on the 3 cent a gallon gasoline tax. They argue they must pay the tax when selling to robbers and wholesalers, tying up funds before collection. Bagley took the matter under advisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
W. G. C. Bagley
Bagley
Thieves Graze Mount Vernon School Safe in Break In
One or more thieves cracked the Linn county school superintendent Clyde T Lind ley’s safe with a sledge hammer at Mount Vernon office. About $50.40 in cash including receipts from basketball games and the milk fund was taken. The break occurred between 10:30 p.m. and 7:30 a.m. and was discovered by janitor Lee Paul. Deputies investigated. fingerprints were not found. Tools from the manual training room were used and left in the superintendent’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Clyde T. Lindsley
Linn County
Lee Paul
AFL Council Says Lay Off Business to Hire Idle Workers
The AFL executive council in Miami urges Roosevelt and both parties to adopt a concrete program to reduce unemployment. It calls for a national census on joblessness, ceasing actions dampening business, and creation of a national unemployment advisory council with government, business, labor, farmers and consumer reps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Kilgallen
Miami
Fla
INS
Roosevelt
Executive Council
The
American Federation of Labor
AFL
Congress
Liquor Board Announces Seven Personnel Changes
The Iowa liquor control commission announced seven state store position changes and a $300,000 transfer of profits to the general fund. Chairman M L Curtis said total monthly transfers reach $800,000. Gaylord Robinson was named manager of the Elma store replacing John J Murray who was removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Commission
M. L. Curtis
Gaylord Robinson
Elma
John J. Murray
Barrymore In New Domestic Crisis At Night Club
Film idol Barrymore, amid a domestic crisis, clashes with Miss Barrie as Miss Barrymore and her companion face off across a table. Barrymore concentrates on drinks and remains aloof while his estranged wife appears nearby. The confrontation ends with the daughter yielding and leaving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Barrie
Barrymore
Miss Barrymore
Elizabeth Englis
Imogene Bank Head Found Shot To Death
Imogene bank branch manager Wayne Drake about 35 was found shot to death in the bank basement. A gun lay beside him. a coroner investigated as the state banking department began examining records of the Malvern bank and the Imogene bank. Drake leaves a wife and two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imogene (Ap
Wayne Drake
Imogene
Malv .Jr. Trust and Savings Bank
Ralph Lovelady
State Banking Department
Malvern Bank
Imogene Bank
C. D. Emert
Red Oak
Ben McLuen
Des Moines
Drake
New Charge Of Nazi Atrocities In Poland
Poland's embassies to Italy and the Vatican allege Nazi police shot 15 000 Polish leaders in western Poland annexed by Germany. They say mass executions and deportations were used to exterminate Polish populations of the western provinces. The pamphlet follows one on mass religious persecutions in the same area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Poland
Italy
Vatican
Germany
Paris Dismissals Mark French Anti Communist Drive
Six Paris school teachers were fired as part of a broader crackdown on communists amid nationwide attacks. Police searches targeted 30 Communist Party homes in the Lille region where propaganda was seized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
INS
Communist Party
Lille
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York S
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Marion County Group
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Marriner
U. S
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U. S. Arsenal
Lions
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Appropriations Committee
Johnson
John Taber
New York
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
Maritime Commission
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Frederick A. Hale
National Resources Planning Board
Office of Government Reports
Council of Personnel Administration
Pao
Clyde Landis
Iowa Theater
Texas Contractors
Wilson
Conservation Commission
War Department
Army
Mrs. Knight
Grack School
AFL Council
Miami, Fla
John L. Lewis
CIO
Liquor Board
Langhurst Motor CO
Fourteenth Ave. SE
Dial
Cedar Rapids, In
Speedway
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Toledo
Willys-Overland
Willys
Mear
Acousticon Institute
B. F. Crenshaw
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