Town charges blunders in flood battle
Memphis AP report notes Greenville Rotary Club condemns officials for dire flood predictions and evacuation plans while pressuring accountability. Engineers fight sand boils and seepage as river crests recede. Roosevelt relief commission reports nearly 1 million flood victims aided nationwide.
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Memphis
Mississippi
Greenville
Miss
Rotary Club
Washington County
Delta
Washington
Army High Command
Mississippi River
Cairo
New Orleans
Yazoo Basin
Army
Weather Bureau
Ohio Valley
Roosevelt
Flood Relief Commission
Red Cross
Powerful Cuban Leader and Related Puzzle Clues
A crossword style puzzle lists clues about a powerful Cuban political figure and various word definitions. Across and down entries reference military roles, geography, objects, and common terms, with notes on political actions and era hints.
Canvass Expands in Quest for Mary Ellen Babcock Slayer
Buffalo police using 200 officers interview every male in South Buffalo as part of a house to house hunt. The new crime detection bureau analyzes a scarf hairs under nails wool and hairs found on an imitation fur coat and a pocket knife as the investigation widens after the 18 year old's death.
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Buffalo
N. Y
INS
Mary Ellen Babcock
South Buffalo
New
Volunteer Crime Detection Bureau
University of Buffalo
James W. Higgins
Roosevelt names emergency board to probe C G W dispute
President Roosevelt appointed a three member emergency board to investigate the labor dispute between the Chicago Great Western railroad and its employees, with a report due within 30 days. The board includes John P. Davaney, Harry A. Millis, and Walter C. Clephane. Chicago union officials said Roosevelt's intervention canceled plans for a strike set for Tuesday.
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Washington
LLP
Roosevelt
Chicago Great Western Railroad
John P. Davaney
Minneapolis
Minnesota Supreme Court
Harry A. Millis
Chicago
Chicago University
Walter C. Clephane
Washington, D. C
Big Five
Open Hearing On Iowa Truck Law
Attorney General John Mitchell says a federal suit may decide if Iowa can protect its highways from overweight trucks. Werner Transportation of Illinois challenges the state overweight truck law, seeking a permanent injunction after a temporary restraining order. Mitchell hints at possible Supreme Court escalation if needed.
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DES Moines
John Mitchell
Iowa
Werner’ Transportation Company
Illinois
Mitchell
United States Supreme Court
Roosevelt to Submit Drought Report to Congress This Week
The White House said President Roosevelt will send the drought report to Congress this week with a special message. The announcement was made Monday in Washington.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Congress
Cedar Rapids to Hold Hearing on $80,000 Jail Bonds
Cedar Rapids Iowa City Council will meet February 25 1937 at 10 00 A M in City Hall Council Chamber to consider issuing 80000 jail bonds to buy a site for building and equipping a new jail and police station and to repair the current station. Taxpayers may file objections with the City Clerk before the meeting. February 1 1937. City Clerk Storey.
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Issu Ame
Cedar Rapids
Owa
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Sealed Jail Bond Bids Due Feb 25 1937
Cedar Rapids Iowa invites sealed bids for eighty thousand dollar jail bonds with a March 1 1937 issue date. Bids due 10:00 AM February 25 1937 and opening before the City Council. Bonds mature in varying amounts through 1949 and bidders must provide execution bonds and the city will obtain Chapman and Cutler opinion. The city reserves the right to reject any bids. By order of the City Council February 8 1937 L J Storfy
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Messrs
Chapman and Cutler
Insurance Bid Protest Delays Water Dept Vehicle Coverage
A Cedar Rapids city council session featured a delegation from the Cedar Rapids Association of Insurance Agencies protesting bids for insurance on the water works fleet. They urged avoiding low bid bias and favored distributing business among several agencies while council members promised a thorough investigation before action.
Catholic Congress Crowds At Manila Open Homes
Thousands of faithful began returning home after the thirty third international eucharistic congress in Manila. An estimated 500000 filled Lunetta square to hear Pope Pius XI bless the crowd via radio from Vatican City.
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Manila
P. I
Far East
Lunetta Square
Pius XI
Vatican City
Wallace Seeks Greater Powers to Stabilize Surpluses
Wallace calls for expanded federal authority to curb surpluses and rising food prices. He directs the Federal Surplus Commodities Corp to spend 109 million dollars on eggs fruits and vegetables to level supply and demand. He backs farm tenant aid and farm program reforms including crop insurance and continued federal AAA control, with court rulings shaping the act.
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Wallace
Federal
Surplus Commodity Corporation
Roosevelt
Jones
Congress
Soil Conservation Act
AAA
Supreme Court
Cedar Rapids Socials and Personal Notices
The Cedar Rapids Restaurant Men's association plans a social meeting at 8 p.m. Monday at the Montrose hotel. Townsend club members and friends will attend a picnic supper program and dance Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Ben Hur hall with no admission charge. Gordon Hughes, police traffic sergeant, is in Mercy hospital with a severe flu. his condition improved Monday per his physician.
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Cedar Rapids Restaurant Men’s Association
Montrose Hotel
Townsend Club
Ben. Hur Hall
Gordon Hughes
Mercy Hospital
Fire Chief Kohout Improves. Visitors Allowed
Fire Chief E. P. Kohout, recovering from an appendectomy at St. Luke's hospital, is now receiving visitors. Earlier, firefighters responded at 9:40 a.m. Monday to a blaze at Carl Phelps residence 524 B Avenue NE where chimney sparks ignited shingles.
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E. P. Kohout
St. Luke’s Hospital
Carl Phelps
B Avenue NE
Ostrom to Speak on Dentures at Cedar Rapids Dinner
Dr. Carl T. Ostrom of Des Moines will present an illustrated talk on dentures during the 6:30 dinner meeting of the Cedar Rapids Dental Society at the Montrose hotel Monday night. A city council granted a petition to Paulson Construction to drill a well in the alley beside Armstrong Clothing for water for air conditioning. David Ring, 11, son of Judge and Mrs H C Ring, 2508 Bever avenue SE, sustained head and shoulder bruises Sunday evening after his sled collided with a tree near the Bever park reservoir.
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Carl T. Ostrom
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids Dental Society
Montrose Hotel
Paulson Construction Company
Armstrong Clothing Company
David Ring
H. C. Ring
Bever Avenue
Bever Park Reservoir
City council ordinance links Craemer stores via aerial passage
An ordinance filed Monday after two readings would allow the H. N. Craemer company to connect its First Avenue store with a proposed Second Avenue store by an overhead passage over the alley at the second or third floor level. A fireproof door will separate the two buildings.
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H. N. Craemer Company
First Avenue
Second Avenue
Waterloo man gets 30 days for intoxication tied to theft
Milton Knudson of Waterloo was sentenced in police court Monday to thirty days in the county jail for intoxication. His Sunday arrest at Union station helped solve the theft of a distributor from Joe Hayes’s car on First Street between A and B avenues NE. the distributor was found in Knudson’s pocket.
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Milton Knudson
Waterloo
Union Station
Joe Hayes
Center Point Road
Hayes
First Street
B Avenues
Knudson
Carl Stern Given Five Day County Jail Sentence
Carl Stern age 68 a laborer of 822 B avenue NE received a five day county jail sentence in Justice Court for a local offense.
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Carl Stern
B Avenue
Coal thief Stern to appear in court Monday
H. R. Churchill's court will hear the larceny of coal case Monday. Stern was arrested Sunday at 10 15 a.m. by Jack Monahan Milwaukee railroad special agent who said he found Stern stealing coal in the Milwaukee yards.
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H. R. Churchill
Stern
Jack Monahan
Milwaukee Railroad
Milwaukee
Continental Loan corporation files for incorporation in Cedar Rapids
The Continental Loan Corporation of Cedar Rapids applied for articles of incorporation at the secretary of state's Des Moines office. Capital stock is $10,000. Officers are Donald J. Patton as president and Miss V. O. Royce as secretary. Patton is with Wilson and Company. Royce with Cedar Rapids Production Credit Office. An office is expected to open here.
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Cedar Rapids
Secretary of State
Des Moines
Donald J. Patton
V. O. Royce
Patton
Wilson and Company
Miss Royce
C. C. Club Members Plan Roosevelt Hotel Dinner
Members of the C. C. club and H. N. Craemer store personnel will meet for a monthly dinner at 6 o'clock Monday night at the Roosevelt hotel. Mount Mercy Junior college pupils will perform the play Thanks Awfully after the dinner. Cast includes Wilford Lattner, Patricia Burke, Magdalene Beschamer, Mary Jane Riley, Margaret Taylor, Agnes Clancy, Madonna Hofer, Mildred Lentz, Catherine Carroll, Georgia Taylor, Maxine Kinley, Patricia Kelly, Agnes Dusek, and Kathleen Hogan.
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C. C. Club
H. N. Craemer
Roosevelt Hotel
Mount Mercy Junior College
Wilford Lattner
Patricia Burke
Magdalene Beschamer
Mary Jane Riley
Margaret Taylor
Agnes Clancy
Madonna Hofer
Mildred Lentz
Catherine Carroll
Georgia Taylor
Maxine Kinley
Patricia Kelly
Agnes Dusek
Kathleen Hogan
House votes probe of pension board gains support
The Iowa House debated a probe into the pension board with 31 to 71 vote to kill and continued discussion. Rep C L Rice accused Blue of harsh criticism of old age assistance while Blue urged a friendly investigation. Lawmakers stressed funding and care for elderly as motive for inquiry.
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HOUSE
Pension Board
Rep. C. L. Rice
Delta
Blue
Old Age Assistance Commission
Liquor Commission
C. E. Lockinghill
Nevada
B. B. Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
Assembly
Judge Lindsey Won't Seek Los Angeles Mayor Race
Superior Judge Ben B. Lindsey announced he would not run in the upcoming municipal campaign. Civic groups urged him to enter the race.
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Los Angeles
INS
Ben B. Lindsey
Norris Proposes Nine Year Terms to Limit Supreme Court
George W. Norris, Nebraska insurgent, backs nine year limits for federal judges as alternative to enlarging the Supreme Court. He argues life tenure grants unlimited power and would keep the court at nine justices with staggered terms to prevent full presidential appointment in any single year.
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George W. Norris
Nebraska
Roosevelt
Norris
Supreme Court
Fail To Find Trace Of Husband Lost In Nevada Snowstorm
Mrs Earl Lanear describes nine days snowbound with her two year old daughter after her husband left to seek help. Searchers report no trace of 22 year old Leadville Colorado carpenter near the Clear Creek highway. drifts along a six mile stretch were 25 feet high. The mother’s tale of starvation is supported by the trapped auto’s condition.
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Carson City
Nev
INS
Earl Lanear
Lanear
Leadville
Colo
Clear Creek
State Highway Department
Edward VIII Considers Hungarian Wedding For Wallis
Reported in Vienna that the Duke of Windsor, after talks with Princess Mary and the Earl of Harewood, is less eager to rush marriage to Wallis Simpson. A Hungarian civil wedding is favored, with six weeks residency needed unless dispensation is granted. No final decision.
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Vienna
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Edward VIII
Enzesfeld
Austria
London
Princess Royal
Earl of Harewood
Hungary
Two Navy Flyers Die In Pensacola Plane Crash
Two United States navy flyers were killed when a weather observation plane crashed near the Pensacola country club while completing two hour daily flights for the weather bureau. The victims were Carl August Lind 29 pilot and mechanist mate first class and William Adam Schneeberger 39 chief aerographer from South Haven Michigan. A naval board of inquiry was formed to investigate the accident.
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Pensacola
Fla
United States Navy
Weather Bureau
Carl August Lind
Naval Air Station
William Adam Schneeberger
South Haven
Mich
Country Club
Naval Board of Inquiry
Accommodating Hen Delivers Thirteen Eggs in One Batch
In Cedar Rapids attorney Fred W. Hann and his wife report a remarkable hen in the area laying thirteen eggs in a single batch. Mrs. Hann found an extra large egg during Sunday breakfast that contained a second complete soft shell egg inside, besides the usual white and yolk.
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Fred W. Hann
Cedar Rapids
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