Abduction and holdups tied to gang in Linn and Benton counties
A trail of abduction and theft led to two men and a woman who abducted George Kerns near Atkins, bound him in a country schoolhouse, and escaped in his car. The trio then robbed a filling station at Newhall and Van Horne before robbing L A Grimm in Garrison as Mrs Grimm fired but missed.
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Linn
Benton Counties
George Kerns
Kerns
John Cook
Atkins
Milukee
Cook
Newhall
van Horne
Kern
Cliff
Vinton
L. A. Grimm
Garrison
Cochran Extradition Sought in South Dakota Milk Strike Killing
Gov Berry announced extradition from Iowa of Cochran of Moville for a milk strike gun battle that left one dead and two injured near Stevens South Dakota. The Markell family losses and a milk truck blockade prompted charges as Elk Point officers prepared to detain Cochran.
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Elk Point
Harry Skell
Cochran
Cadbury County
X City
Dallas Attorney and Associate Shot in Private Up Incident
Dallas attorney Noah and four others were shot and self wounded in a private incident on Friday afternoon. Justin Stein, manager of Fidelity Union, and B. Stauch, his father, were involved. Stein died and Stauch was injured. Police were called. Noah refused to provide a statement.
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Las, Tex
Justin Stein
Fidelity Union Ag
B. Stauch
Stein
Noah
Dallas
British Comedian E Arrested For Overstaying Visa
Angeles AP reports Frank Al, noted film comedian and wartime face of the British flying corps, was arrested Friday night for overstaying his visa. He was taken to the immigration office for processing after a complaint.
Roosevelt to seek expanded executive powers in reform plan
President elect Roosevelt plans to press for broad executive authority to carry out a government reorganization. Congress debated proposals to grant dictatorial power over federal finances, including sweeping budget cuts, with a revised plan now favored by House and Senate Democrats.
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Miami
Fla
Roosevelt
Washington
INS
House
Senate
Congress
Hoover
Mussoni
Rep. Snell
New York
Garner
Byrnes
South Carolina
Swagar Sherley
County Seeks Bids to Supply Milk for Needy
Linn county supervisors advertise for bids to provide 1 400 quarts of fresh milk daily to county families in need. Bids due Feb 21 10 a m and must come from Class A or B dairies. Milk must be Linn county produced and meet state sanitary rules.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County Supervisors
Robert M. Vesely
Lillian Landmesser
Linn
Herring Signs Bill Legalizing Poor Relief Warrants
DES MOINES AP Governor Herring Friday signed House File 115 to legalize warrants for poor relief issued by county boards of supervisors. The measure, sponsored by Reps Elmer Johnson and D R McCreery of Linn county, follows a prior bill validating warrants already issued totaling 150 347 21 dollars in Linn county up to February 1.
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Des Moines
Herring Friday
General Assembly
County Boards of Supervisors
Elmer Johnson
D. R. McCreery
Linn County
Arch McFarlane
Black Hawk
University Hospital
Arthur Steindiler
Children
S. Acapital
Werd
L. 8. Mercer
Johnson
J. P.gallagher
Iowa
Mercer
Steindler
Mollison Lands Plane In Brazil
Capt. James A. Mollison the Scottish trans Atlantic flyer landed at Cara Velas in Minas Gerais Brazil about 700 miles northwest of Rio de Janeiro on the second phase of his goodwill flight from England to South America.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
James A. Mollison
Caravellas
Minas Geracs
Brazl
Here
South America
England
House Passes 7500 Salary Cap Measure in Iowa
The Iowa House approved without a recorded vote a concurrent resolution urging that no state employee earn more than 7500 annually. The measure cites economic strain and aims to set a standard for the state board of education, naming several high earners at state institutions and universities.
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Des Moines
House of Representatives
Hanson, Roe, and Strachan
Hanson
State Board of Education
Dr. Steincher
Rep. Malone
Cass
Board of Education
Governor Herring
Supreme Court
Fred White
Highway Commission
O. R. Latham
Iowa State Teachers College
R. M. Hughes
Iowa State College
W. A. Jessup
University of Iowa
Ossie Salem
Norman Foerster
School of Letters
H. S. Houghton
College of Medicine
E. D.plass
C. S. O'Brien
P. C. Jeans
A. H. Woods
E. A. Gilmore
P. Bordwell
Law College
R. E. Neff
University Hospital
J. H. Bodine
Weather Turns Balmy As Temp Rises To 20 Above In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids sees temperate relief as the mercury climbs to 20 above zero by 2:30 p.m after a four day stretch of sub freezing highs. The city’s cold spell eases from 2 below to zero by morning, bringing renewed activity after the severe Midwest chill.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Middle West
Would Compel Grain Alcohol In Gasoline
INDIANAPOLIS Ind UP a resolution to memorialize congress to require all gasoline to contain 10 per cent ethyl alcohol by weight awaited a vote in the Indiana house Friday. The measure by William C Babcock Jr would open a national market for 680 million bushels of corn and 750 million bushels of wheat. He also offered a resolution to cut federal farm loan interest rates from 12 per cent to 3 1/2 per cent.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Congress
Indiana
House of Representatives
William C. Babcock, Jr
Rensselaer
Babcock
Dutch Airplane Bombs Mutinous Ship Killing 18 Rebels
Mutiny on the Dutch cruiser De Zeven Provincien ended after a bombing by a naval air strike off southwest Sumatra. Eighteen dead and twenty-five wounded include three Europeans and fifteen Javanese. The mutineers surrendered after a 100 pound bomb dropped once a ten minute grace expired. Unconfirmed reports say two European marines led the revolt.
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Batavia
Java
Zeven Provincien
Tandjenegriek
de Zeven Provincien
Sumatra
de Zeven
Sweep across Lindbergh kidnapping probe opens
United States authorities took custody of two men and a woman in Roanoke in a conspiracy case linked to the Lindbergh kidnapping. Investigators focus on handwriting and extortion notes sent to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. The two men faced $12,560 bonds, the woman $5,000.
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Aganoke
United States
Charles A. Lindbergh
Col
G Lindbergh
Hollow Stump
Lindbergh
Joe Bryant
Norman Harvey
Harvey
Norman
United States Commissioner's Office
Invalid Dies In Fire At Davenport
John W. Bradley an invalid died of suffocation Friday when fire damaged his Davenport Iowa home. Firemen found smoke pouring from windows when they arrived at 3 p m Bradley was dead on arrival and was alone in the house at the time of the blaze.
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Davenport
John W. Bradley
Bradley
Editor White Admits Motto Ain't It Grand to Be Bughouse
William Allen White of Emporia Kansas, on his sixty fifth birthday, declares his life motto is Ain't it grand to be bug house. He jokes that utter sanity is more devastating than insanity and that logic can drive men into melancholy and dumb bunnies of its devotees.
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White
Emporia
Kan
William Allen White
R F C May Cut Interest Rates On Self Liquidating Loans
Washington reports Intimations that the Reconstruction Finance Corporation may lower its interest rates from five to six per cent to about four and a half per cent on self liquidating projects The move follows pressure from former Governor Alfred E Smith to act with social responsibility and create work The story notes farmers already saw rate cuts from seven to five and a half per cent for livestock loans with new fees and inspection costs The Senate inquiry into collateral values for railroad loans raises questions about expected repayments
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Washington (Lp
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Alfred E. Smith
R. F.C
Couzens Senate
Love School serial to start in The Cedar Rapids Gazette
Hunter Barclay is forced to marry Faith Martin at gunpoint. Faith loves him and saves his life. The story centers on whether she can win his love despite the arranged marriage and his wish to annul it. Maryse Rutledge writes the new serial Love School beginning next Monday February 13 in The Cedar Rapids Gazette.
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Hunter Barclay
Faith Martin
Faith
Hunter
The
Cedar Rapids
Great Midwest Blizzard Claims Keep Toll Rising
A devastating storm system caused at least 147 deaths across central states including Illinois Ohio Pennsylvania Wisconsin Missouri Michigan and New York with 10 missing. Cold blasts lingered as new storm threats emerged and sea hazards affected Newfoundland crews.
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Chicago
Sandy Point
Newfoundland
Central States
Illinois
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Missouri
Michigan
Oklahoma
New York
Indiana
Nebraska
Louisiana
Texas
Oregon
Minnesota
Washington
Tennessee
Wyoming
Alabama
Montana
California
Canada
Kansas
Colorado
Atlantic
Japanese Reply on Manchuria Defies Nations
Geneva dispatch reports Japan's note by Yosuke Matsuoka refusing to abandon its demand for international recognition of Manchuria. Tokyo also rejects the seventh Lytton recommendation, insisting it cannot be separated from the full report stressing Chinese reorganization.
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Geneva
INS
League of Nations
Japan
Manchuria
Yosuke Matsuoka
Tokyo
Lytton
Kiatsuoka
League
St Lawrence Treaty Favored by Senate Subcommittee
Washington AP reports a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee approved a favorable report on the Canada St Lawrence waterway and power project treaty. The action comes ahead of full Senate consideration and reflects support for the long running initiative.
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Washington
Canada
St. Lawrence Waterway
Senate Foreign Relations
Hollywood Divorces Battle Shocks Beverly Hills
Will Rogers lampoons England and Hollywood in a satirical note from 1933. He mocks cash settlements, the U.S. Senate, and a push for divorcing a wealthy Oklahoma Indian tied to government matchmaking. He ends with a tongue in cheek sendoff.
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Beverly ‘Hills
Calif
England
Senate
Hollywood
Debate On Malone Bill To Cut County Farm Bureau Aid
Proponents and opponents debated Rep Malone’s measure to make state and county aid to county farm bureaus optional, cut aid by about half, and require at least half the county farmers to petition for aid. Supporters argued against preferential treatment and noted overproduction, while Malone claimed the farm bureau is a single group and criticized extension and county agents amid calls for economy.
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Des
Egent
Rep. Malone of
Gass
Farm Bureau
Extension Bureau
Town State College
Confessed Kidnappers Linked to Skeele Case in LA
In Los Angeles authorities report Miss Luella Pearl Hammer and W P Howard have confessed to involvement in the Mary Skeele kidnapping. They face bail at 100000 while a county grand jury indicts both on kidnapping charges. The article notes disputed roles and possible unknown accomplices claimed by the suspects.
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Los Angeles
Mary B. Skeele
Luella Pear
Hammer
W. P. Howard
Howard
Pasadena
Miss Hammer
Walter F. Skeele
University of Southern California
Fitts
Gas Tank Blast Kills and Injures in Saarland City
A massive blast at a 250 foot gas tank in Neunkirchen, Germany, devastates a dense district. Authorities estimate up to 200 dead and about 1,000 injured with 280 seriously hurt. Police battle looting while evacuations and danger from toxic fumes continue. The benzol plant and gas works blaze as emergency services rush to aid victims.
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Saarbrucken
Germany
Saar
Neunkirchen
Neunekirchen
Rip
Mins
United Press
Reich
Trier
Neunkirchen Staation
League of Nations
Cedar Rapids Auto Show Opens Despite Cold Weather
Cedar Rapids officials reported a robust turnout as the auto show opened at 2 p m with several hundred attendees despite poor weather. More than forty models from eighteen dealers are on display with cars in the auditorium and trucks trailers and accessories in the basement. Admission is 10 cents for all ages and new Ford models were expected to arrive Friday night for the weekend display.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Auto Dealers. Association
Gen E T Collins Dies in Washington
Maj. Gen. Edgar T. Collins retired assistant chief of staff and veteran of the Spanish American and World Wars died at Walter Reed hospital after a long illness. The obituary notes his service and status in the U S Army.
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Washington
Edgar T. Collins
Waleer Reed Hospital
Fire at Glatstein stores causes heavy damage in Muscatine
A Thursday night blaze at the Glatstein stores in Muscatine caused about 60000 dollars in damage, with part covered by insurance.
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Muscatine
Glatstein
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N. Y
Maryse Rutledge
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Alaska
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Conn
Long Island
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St. Lawrence
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Merle Smith
First Methodist Church
Isobel Smith
Mary Skeele
Walter B. Skeele
School of Music
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