If Money Grew On Trees Public Improvements List
The Cedar Rapids city council proposed a playful $930000 slate of future projects to the Iowa state planning board, detailing items from a $100000 garbage incinerator to a $150000 municipal stadium and $200000 water main extensions, with urgency set up to 1939. City Engineer F E Young organized the list.
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Council
Frank K. Hahn
Iowa State Planning Board
Hahn
Cedar Rapids
State Planning Board
Public Improvements Department
Ellis and
Bever Parks
West Side
Ellis Boulevard
I Avenue NW
Park Court
Second Avenue SE
Kenwood
Municipal Stadium
Market Place
F. E. Young
Opposition Fears Windsor Grant in Parliament Discussions
London reports indicate cabinet ministers expect strong opposition in Parliament to a public allowance for the Duke of Windsor. Two Wednesday meetings reportedly failed to settle the issue while a decision is deemed imminent. Potential sums discussed range from £20,000 to £30,000 yearly, with a plan floated for King George VI to fund his brother from his own resources.
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London
Duke of Windsor
George VI
House of Com
Conservative MPs debate halving demands and royal grant
The monarchy faces pressure as MPs consider halving demands and many conservatives favor a private grant by the king.
Pryor To Continue As Relief Director
Gov Kraschel announced Carl Pryor of Burlington will remain director of the state emergency relief administration. He will now be paid 250 dollars a month, with relief and WPA not consolidated. Pryor has served two years since taking over relief work under former Gov Herring after Mulock resigned.
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Des Moines
Nelson G. Kraschel
Carl Pryor
Burlington
State Emergency Relief Administration
Pryor
Clyde L. Herring
E. H. Mulock
Herring
Kraschel
I P Krejci Funeral To Be Held Saturday
Funeral services for Ignac P Nick Krejci will be held at his home and St Wenceslaus church with burial at St Johns cemetery. Pallbearers named include James Krejci Joe Pisney Russell Fitzpatrick Wilson Jones Jack Weiland and Lester Novak. Local businesses Krejci Brothers grocery Krejci Clothing store and V and K grocery and market close Saturday morning.
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Ignac P
Nick” Krejci
St. Wenceslaus
August Vojacek
St. John’s Cemetery
Polansky
James Krejci
Joe Pisney
Russell Fitzpatrick
Wilson Jones
Jack Weiland
Lester Novak
Krejci Brothers
Krejci Clothing Store
V. and K. Grocery and Market
Turner Chapel Services Noted By Friends
Friends may call at Turner chapel for forthcoming services and acknowledgments, with arrangements reflecting community attendance and local church involvement.
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Turner Chapel
Frances Lowery 20 Dies After Short Illness
Frances Lucille Lowery 20 daughter of Mr. and Mrs Luther Lowery died at 903 Eighth street SE at 2 30 p m Wednesday after a brief illness. She was born in Rapids and attended local schools plus Coe college and Iowa University for a year each. She belonged to the Modern Debs club. Survived by parents a sister Jane and grandmother Mrs Sarah Warn Marshalltown two uncles Walter and Mark Warn both of Marshalltown and aunt Miss Helen Johnson Marshall Tex Funeral services will be at Bethel A M E church at 2 30 p m Saturday conducted by Rev J J Evans Burial in Oak Hill cemetery Friends may call at Johnson funeral home.
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Frances Lucille Lowery
Luther Lowery
Eighth Street
At Rapids
Coe College
Iowa University
Jane
Sarah Warn
Marshalltown
Walter
Mark Warn
Helen Johnson
Marshall, Tex
Bethel A. M. E
J. J. Evans
Oak Hill Cemetery
Johnson
Ada Blanch Persons Dies After Short Illness
Ada Blanch Persons wife of Benjamin Persons died at the family home 727 H street SW at 5 05 p m Wednesday after a short illness Her husband survives her Funeral services will be held at the family home at 2 30 p m Friday conducted by Rev J J Evans Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery
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Ada Blanch Persons
Benjamin Persons
H Street
J. J. Evans
Oak Hill Cemetery
Death of Mrs. Mary Ross Follows Long Illness in Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Mary Ross wife of Hugh Ross died at 112 Fourteenth Street SE Cedar Rapids after a prolonged illness. Born December 25 1858 in County Down Ireland she came to the United States twenty six years ago and lived in Cedar Rapids since then. She belonged to the First Presbyterian Church Cedar Chapter 184 Eastern Star and served as chaplain in 1924. Survived by husband two nephews Harry and Walter Ross of Chicago two nieces Elizabeth Ross of Cedar Rapids Edith Knickerbocker of Fairfax five grandnephews and two grand nieces. Funeral arrangements will be announced.
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Mary Ross
Hugh Ross
Fourteenth Street
County Down
Northern Ireland
Cedar Rapids
First Presbyterian Church
Cedar
Eastern Star
Harry
Walter Ross
Chicago
Elizabeth Ross
Edith Knickerbocker
Fairfax
Frederick P. Ross
William Henry Ross
Hugh P. Ross
Ross J. Knickerbocker
William Knickerbocker
Bernice Knickerbocker
Margaret Glen Ross
Funeral services for Mrs Henriet ta Henkel Millard
Funeral services in Turner chapel at 2 p.m. Friday with Rev R V Clear waters and Valley camp 2136 Royal Neighbors in charge. Burial will follow at Cedar Memorial Park.
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Henrietta Henkel Millard
Turner Chapel
R. V
Death of B F Barclay in Tipton
J F Rhodes of 372 Sixteenth Street SE learns at 9 30 p m Wednesday of the death of his son in law B F Barclay of Tipton after a brief illness.
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J. F. Rhodes
Sixteenth Street SE
B. F. Barclay
Tipton
Barclay
Amundsen Plans South Pole Fund Drive for North Pole Trip
Roald Amundsen embarked on a journey to South Pole fundraising to support a later expedition to reach the North Pole. He aims to secure financial backing and public support for the polar mission.
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Roald Amundsen
South Pole
North Pole
Former Ogpu Chief Arrested in Moscow on Stalin Plot
Paris dispatch reports Henry G. Yagoda once head of the Ogpu has been arrested in Moscow as a suspect in counter-revolutionary plots against Stalin. He faces trial with other alleged Trotzkyists and is said to be charged with foreknowledge of Sergei Kirov's assassination and related actions.
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Paris
INS
Henry G. Yagoda
Ogpu
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Yagoda
Leningrad
Aviation Meeting Seeks To Promote Safety In Flying
In Washington an unprecedented aviation conference brings together 26 airlines and military and civil aviation authorities to address safety after a holiday series of fatal crashes. The meeting includes representatives from the Army Navy Marines Coast Guard and Congress as they seek a coordinated safety plan.
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Washington
INS
U. S. Bureau of Air Commerce
Army
Navy
Marine
Coast Guard
Zintak Acquitted At Second Trial In Embezzlement Case
CHICAGO AP Frank V. Zintak former superior court clerk charged with embezzling 10500 of public funds won acquittal in his second trial after six hours of jury deliberation. He was indicted on five embezzlement counts following an audit showing alleged shortages of 25500. The first trial ended in a hung jury after 41 hours deliberation.
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Chicago
Frank V. Zintak
Zintak
Economist Predicts Daily Panhandling Totals for Hobos
Hartford economist and former Yale professor William B. Bailey told the Boston Rotary Club that a hobo with a convincing hardship tale can collect from three to ten dollars per day. He described his lodging house study showing the tale is largely fiction, though some truths emerge over time.
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Boston
William B. Bailey
Hartford, Conn
Yale
Bailey
Boston Rotary Club
Hobo Beliefs Challenge Common Stereotypes
Bailey asserts that many hobos reject the conventional image and resent indifference from others. He claims American hobos dislike pie and cake and avoid the hay loft as a sleeping spot.
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Bailey
Flood Refugee Rows To Get His Dog
Porter Elliott returns to Tiptonville with six dogs he found sheltering in a flooded area. He searched last week for his own dog and found him along with five neighborhood dogs. Elliott planned to care for the dogs and take them to town for a proper meal.
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Tiptonville
Tenn
Porter Elliott
Elliott
Jack
Size misperception on world maps
The statement points out a cartographic illusion where Greenland appears three times larger than Australia on a flat world map, while in reality Greenland is about one quarter to one third the area of Australia. The note highlights how map projections distort true geography.
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Greenland
Australia
Pinex Cough Remedy At-Home Mix Teaser
Women and families are offered a home cough syrup using Pinex mixed with a sugar and water syrup. The ad claims rapid relief from severe coughs, loosening phlegm and easing breathing with a pint batch. Pinex is described as a Norway Pine compound, with money-back promise if unsatisfied.
Hearst Appeals Labor Board Ruling Over Seattle Plant
U S circuit judges considered Hearst and five companies bid to overturn National Labor Relations Board findings in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer case. The petition seeks permission to appeal the NLRB order reinstating photographer Frank Lynch and editor Philip Armstrong after their dismissals helped trigger a lengthy strike by the American Newspaper Guild that shut the plant.
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San Francisco
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
William Randolph Hearst
National Labor Relations Board
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Labor Board
Frank Lynch
Post- Intelligencer
Philip Armstrong
American Newspaper Guild
Mountaineers Prohibit House Move for Eunice and Bride
In a rural hillside village conflict escalates as villagers vow to protect Eunice Winstead and her fiancé Charlie. They refuse relocation measures, arguing outsiders pressure the couple and warning that god will punish intruders.
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Sneedville, Tenn
Ins
Charlie Johns
Hill
Charlie
Eunice
Louis Winstead
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