Iowa Governor Kraschel Victory Contested By Wilson
George Wilson explains his decision not to challenge Kraschel’s Iowa governor victory. He cites lengthy contests, recounts, and burdens on citizens, while the Republican committee maintains Wilson won. The piece contrasts this with Detroit sit-down strike talks between Murphy Lewis and Knudsen and a U S Senate probe into General Motors.
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Iowa
Detroit
Roosevelt
Michigan
Auto Workers
Miner Lewis
Knudsen
United States Senate
Hugo Black
General Motors
Black
Washington
Perkins
National
House of Representatives
Department of Labor
John L. Lewis
Prosecution Links Oley to 1934 Rubel Armored Car Theft
New York prosecutors tie Albany gangster John Oley to the Rubel ice plant robbery in Brooklyn, 1934, identifying him as the speedboat pilot in a multi-prisoner lineup. DA Geoghan cites fourteen witnesses and seeks custody fights between federal and local authorities over the three O’Connell case prisoners.
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New York
INS
America
Rubel Ice Plant
Brooklyn
William F. X. Geoghan
John Oley
Albany
John J. O’connell, Jr
Geoghan
Oley
Percy
Angel Face
Geary
Harold “Red” Crowley
O’connell
Thomas Quinn
Quinn
Man Chains Himself to Radiator Over Marriage Proposal
In Excelsior Springs Harold Hulen sits and blocks his lover Florence Hurlbut’s apartment, declaring he will stay until she accepts his marriage proposal. Helen brings food and company as Florence visits, but she refuses to commit despite affection, creating a bizarre, tension-relieving scene.
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Excelsior
Harold Hulen
Love
Helen
Florence Hurlbut
Cedar Rapids Coasting Caution After Accidents
An 11 year old loses a leg to a coasting accident near a school while another boy was killed earlier. Others are hospitalized as officials warn ice is too fast for safety. City council urges residents to spread sand or ashes on sidewalks to prevent harm.
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Cedar Rapids
Cee Coed
Gazette
Iowa Senator Gillette Seeks Farm Benefit Payments Plan
Iowa Senator Gillette introduces a bill for federal aid to farmers who follow soil conservation plans. The measure requires seven of nine Supreme Court justices to concur if held unconstitutional, raising questions about implications beyond eroding public concern.
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Enator
Gillette
Iowa
Supreme Court
Deliberation and Law Reform in Supreme Court Proposals
The piece argues that rapid efforts to fix social economic and governmental problems hinder thoughtful debate on a senator's soil conservation bill. It questions changing supreme court procedures by law and notes a two thirds majority rule for unconstitutional acts. It compares this to minority demands affecting majorities in a national strike.
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Supreme Court
Young Husband of Child Bride Faces Statutory Charge
Stanley Backus, 19, husband of 12 year old Leona Elizabeth Backus, is charged with a second degree statutory offense from Dec. 20 at Pemalia. District Attorney Hynes presented the warrant. Backus is jailed on $1000 bail. Leona Elizabeth Backus was in Mercy hospital for a physical exam.
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Watertown
N. Y
Stanley Backus
Leona Elizabeth Backus
Albany
Carl J. Hynes
Crandall F. Phillips
Backus
Hynes
Pemalia
Samuel Roberts
Phillips
Flyer And Pupil Survive After Death-Defying 3000 Feet Fall
San Diego report says flying instructor Louis Dale, 25, fell from the plane during a barrel roll with student George De Vorss, 27, who had only 11 percent flight hours. De Vorss landed safely after a near catastrophe at a nearby airport while Dale parachuted to safety after regaining consciousness.
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San Diego
Caliz
George de Vorss
Louis Dale
Dale
de Vorss
Hamburg Police detain man linked to Mattson kidnapping case
Hamburg Iowa police arrested a man on the street Tuesday night who resembled the Tacoma Washington kidnapping suspect in the Mattson case. He told a cellmate he left Everett Washington a month earlier but would not answer questions. The U S prosecutors declined to comment.
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Hamburg
Will Stacy
Charles Mattson
Tacoma
Wash
Stacy
Everett
Department of Justice
Bureau of Investigation
Omaha
Ardent Suitor Sticks To His Sit-Down Strike
Harold Hulen began a sit down strike in the lobby of Florence Hurlbut's apartment building to force a marriage decision. He chained himself to a radiator, refused to leave without an answer, and kept up songs and reading while meals arrived on a tray. Florence Hurlbut sought a court injunction as mayor considered action.
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Excelsior Springs
Florence Hurlbut
John F. Lodwick
Harold Hulen
Helen
Harold
Three Firemen Hurt As Flames Destroys Cincinnati Factory
Flames fifty feet high illuminated Cincinnati's west end and endangered six blocks of homes as one factory burned and part of another fell to fire. Damage was estimated at $120,000. Three firefighters were injured battling the blaze.
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Cincinnati
Flood crest rolls on beyond Cairo
The Ohio Mississippi flood crest near Cairo Illinois held at 59.62 feet with a 9.5 hour plateau. Downstream at New Madrid and Hickman levees protected while Mellwood and Helena brace risky dikes. Five more bodies recovered near New Madrid bringing fatalities to 20 with nine still missing. President Roosevelt flood commission leads Ohio valley efforts hoping levees endure.
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Cairo
Ill
Ohio
Mississippi
Ohio River
Gulf
Hickman
New Madrid
United States Army
Memphis
Mellwood
Ark
Helena
Roosevelt
New Orleans
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
Alibi Claim in Ozark Doctor Kidnapping and Slaying
Ozark farmhand Robert Kenyon 20 charged with first degree murder in the kidnap killing of Dr. J. C. B. Davis near Willow Springs Missouri. Kenyon says a mysterious Nighthawk forced him to write and mail a ransom note and claims he never met the doctor. Authorities note a ransom pad found on him as key evidence.
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Kansas City
Ozark
J. C. B. Davis
Nighthawk
Robert Kenyon
Willow Springs
Kenyon
Rolla
Federals
Davis
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Temperature Drops to Zero After Misty Snow
A misty snow event left temperatures near zero at dawn and a climb to 8 above by mid afternoon. Wednesday's high reached 27 degrees with a late evening dip to 25 and a near midnight fall to 11 above. Roads or windshields froze, making driving hazardous.
Uprooted World and The Struggle for Courage
A 1937 reflection compares global upheaval to a family uprooted from homeland and transplanted into a hostile town. The author argues old certainties vanish, new ideologies arise, and humanity must find grace and grit to endure chronic crisis and chaos toward a better day.
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Russia
Ozzie Simmons Team Hit By Fatal Highway Crash
Iowa City star halfback Ozzie Simmons survived a crash that killed Elmus Red Strickler, 31, the basketball team manager. The auto truck collision occurred five miles east of Wilton Junction on highway 6 at 3 30 a m. Strickler, a barber, died instantly. Simmons and other team members were injured but not seriously. The truck driver Willard Short, unhurt, owned by Keesen Motor Co Des Moines. Cedar County authorities investigated. Strickler survived by wife and four relatives.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Ozzie Simmons
University of Iowa
Elmus “Red” Strickler
Wilton Junction
Highway 6
Strickler
Simmons
Clinton
Wilton
University Hospital
C. I. Miller
University
Don
Ed Finley
Wilbur Wallace
Franklin Burkhart
Keesen Motor Company
Des Moines
Willard Short
Cedar County
H. W. Strickler
Ray
Sigourney
Lloyd
Kalona
Bandits Kill Five and Kidnap Eight in Mixcuate Raid
Five people were killed and eight abducted when a gang raided the town of Mixcuate in Colima state on Thursday. Local authorities launched search efforts for the kidnapped victims and to pursue the assailants.
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Mexico City
INS
Mixcuate
Colima
Rebels Open Push to Seize Malaga in Spanish Civil War
Madrid reports an intense artillery duel along the Madrid front as rebel forces press a big push toward Malaga. Rebel troops, air strikes, and naval action surge from Melilla Ceuta to reinforce Gen. Queipo de Llano as six tri motor bombers and ships join the advance.
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Madrid
INS
Gibraltar
Malaga
Spain
Ojen
Marbella
Seville
Queipo de Llano
la Linea
Melilla
Ceuta
Spanish Morocco
Alen
Mediterranean
Santa Bernica
Gen. de Llano
Canarias
Graf Spee
Koeln
Algeciras
Injured Woman Lies Unnoticed On Ice For Half An Hour
Mrs. Anna Coats, 3032 D avenue NE, fractured left hip after slipping on ice in a field near Milwaukee railroad tracks while taking a short cut from 3000 block D avenue NE to 2800 block First avenue E. She lay on the ice nearly 30 minutes before a schoolboy heard her cries, summoned help, and neighbors carried her home. She was taken by ambulance to St Luke's hospital in cold and exposure. condition described as fairly good.
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D Avenue NE
First Avenue
Anna Coats
Socialite Eddie Allen Dies After Prolonged Illness
Edward H. B. Allen 29, known Philadelphia socialite and jockey who killed his sister's lover in a suburban hotel in November 1931, died after a two year illness at West Palm Beach. The word was received today.
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Philadelphia
Edward H. B
Eddie” Allen
West Palm Beach
Cross Flood Relief Fund Reaches $14,119,000
The Red Cross announced on Thursday that public contributions to its flood relief fund have totaled $14,119,000.
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Red Cross Flood Fund
Washington (Lp
the Cross
Wilson Concedes Kraschel Victory in Iowa Governor Race
Des Moines Republican George Wilson conceded the Iowa governorship to Nelson G. Kraschel after a statewide tally put Kraschel ahead by 2,431 votes. Wilson cited cost and legislative delay in a contest and said he would not protest the outcome.
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Des Moines
INS
George Wilson
Nelson G. Kraschel
Kraschel
Legislative Assembly
Wilson
Nels G. Kraschel
Iowa
Tubbs Bergman Interviewed by Hawkeye Board at Iowa City
Iri I Tubbs of Miami University and Arthur Dutch Bergman of Catholic University met with Iowa board of athletics members during a luncheon in Iowa City on Thursday. Bergman left Memorial Union with Athletic Director E R Schroeder after the meal while Tubbs met the board. A formal meeting was set for 4 10 p m and a decision on Ossie Solem’s successor was anticipated. Tubbs wore an eye bandage from a cornea ulcer incurred on his trip north.
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Iowa City
Iri I. Tubbs
Miami
Fla.) University
Arthur “Dutch” Bergman
Catholic University
Washington, D. C
University of Iowa
Bergman
Memorial Union
E. R. Schroeder
Tubbs
Ossie Solem
Donations Rise for Flood Relief by Linn County Red Cross
Eighteen thousand dollars have been sent by the Linn county chapter to flood victims in the south with a further 1500 forwarded from St Louis headquarters for supplies and medical aid. Subscriptions through Thursday noon total 18668.30 including gifts from E W LaPlant Walker Fairfax McKinley High School Killian Co workers L Benedict Inc and many others. Continues on page two.
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Linn County
American Red Cross
St. Louis
The
Red Cross
E. W. LaPlant
Miami
Fla
Walker
Walker High School Athletic Association
Fairfax
McKinley Junior High School
Killian Company Employes
L. Benedict, Inc
Eastern Star
Bluebird Group
Junior
King’s Daughters
Pancretan Union of America
Coe College
Voorhees Hall
Entent
Order
Ahepa
Cedar Rapids and Marion
Woman's Auxiliary of Railway Mail Association
Ladies of Police
Parley Splits Into Two Groups for Discussion
Detroit General Motors representatives left a conference with United Automobile Workers at 2 p.m. saying no agreement was reached and none was likely tonight.
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Detroit
General Motors
United Automobile Workers
Brownell Delays Writ Ejection of GM Workers in Flint
Attorney Roy E. Brownell stated the union may ask workers to leave the plants peacefully and that he will defer filing a writ to eject. Police Chief James V. Wills has called up several hundred reserve police on standby for potential emergency as Brownell had planned to file between 1 and 2 PM.
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Flint, Mich
Roy E. Brownell
General Motors
James V. Wills
Brownell
John Thomas Smith
GM Corporation
Murphy
Fisher Body
Flint
Labor Talks Split GM Group and Unions Face Michigan Standoff
Detroit reports that GM executives and CIO UAW negotiators paused face-to-face talks to work in two groups under Gov. Murphy mediating. Knudsen Brown and Smith led GM voices while Lewis Martin and Pressman led union reps as they look to a comprehensive formula including reopening plants amid wage and hour talks.
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General Motors Group
William S. Knudsen
Donaldson Brown
G-M
John Thomas Smith
G-M Corporation
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers
Lee Pressman
CIO
Knudsen
Brown
Smith
Lewis
Bogart and Wife Decide on Divorce
Hollywood news reports Humphrey Bogart and wife Mary Phillips have announced their decision to divorce. Bogart, a stage and screen actor, was previously divorced in 1927 from Helen Menken.
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Bogart
Wife
Hollywood
INS
Humphrey Bogart
Mary Phillips
New York
Helen Menken
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Ries City
Los Angeles
Pines
San Francisco
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Bismarck
Keok
DR. Newton
Malaya
Bulletin
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Hawkeye Board
Parley
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General Motors Corporation
Frank Murphy
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