Cedar Rapids Robbery Suspect Nabbed At Transom Attempt
James Brown 28 of Centerville was arrested by Patrolman Ike Moore after attempting to break into Podzimek drug store on Second Avenue SE with a railroad pin. Police tied his case to prior marks at Beeson's cigar store and he admitted planning jewelry store thefts before choosing Podzimek's. He pled not guilty and was jailed on 3500 bond.
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Second Avenue SE
James Brown
Centerville
Ike Moore
Jimmy Marks
Beeson
Second Street
Brown
H. C. Ring
G. K. Thompson
James Montgomery
Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
Des Moines
Podzimek’s
Moore
Second Avenue
First
Second Streets
First Street
Second
Pontiac, Ill
Washington
Old Boyson
First Avenue
Third Street SE
Germany Rejects Americas Protest on Zone Violation
Berlin notes to Panama denounce the American protest against safety zone violations as groundless. It says French and British replies show no real endorsement and that the zone could succeed only if British and French views were revised.
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Berlin
Panama
Montevideo
Graf Spee
Publisher F E Murphy Dies in New York Hotel
F E Murphy president and publisher of the Minneapolis Tribune and Times Tribune died early Wednesday at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York City.
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New York
F. E. Murphy
Minneapolis Tribune and Times-Tribune
Waldorf-Astori Hotel
What makes fiction meaningful beyond dirt and talk
A reader argues that novels must go beyond mere filth and depict life with depth. The critic defends realism as art that reveals life’s tragedy and ugliness while interpreting it, not simply recording it. Aldous Huxley is cited as rejecting life’s meaning, seen as a shallow motive.
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Bernard Shaw
Shaw
Aldous Huxley
United Feature Syndicate
Ine
Two Ely Men Hurt In Interurban Truck Collision
Two Ely men, Tom Klouda and Frank Holets, were injured Tuesday evening when a Cedar Rapids and Iowa City interurban car collided with Holets’ eastbound truck at the Benesh crossing south of Königsmark. Klouda suffered head and facial injuries and a shoulder wound, later reported as stable. Holets described rib fractures, a leg bruise, and facial scratches.
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Ely
Tom Klouda
Frank A. Holets
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Holets
Benesh
Mies
Konigsmark
Klouda
Mercy Hospital
Jim Smith
RFC lenders told to withhold loans to firms facing NLRB cases
J Warren Madden head of the National Labor Relations Board said the board arranged with the RFC to suspend loan disbursements to companies facing NLRB complaints. The plan includes weekly loan lists and a ruling-based halt or resume of funds, with similar ties reported with the Wage and Hour Administration.
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Washington
J. Warren Madden
National Labor Relations Board
RFC
House
Nathan Witt
Labor Board
George R. Cooksey
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Witt
Sherman act indictment in electrical industry case
A federal grand jury in Chicago returned a Sherman act indictment charging Michael J. Umbrella Mike Boyle and 16 other companies unions and individuals in the electrical trades with restraint in the building trades.
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Chicago
Michael J
Mike” Boyle
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Two-Year Navy Shipbuilding Plan Cleared by Committee
The House naval committee unanimously approved a two year 655 million dollar fleet expansion to build 21 combat ships and 22 auxiliaries over the next two years. A secretary letter argued a three year 1.3 billion plan would offer better planning and deterrence. The bill also authorizes three new aircraft carriers and larger future cruisers and submarines, with exact cruiser and sub counts withheld.
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Washington
House Naval Committee
House
Roosevelt
Edison
Vinson
Navy
Congress
Appropriations Committee
Gazette Ad-Writing Contest Opens with 2500 Prize Pool
The Gazette launches an amateur ad-writing contest offering 2500 in cash and merchandise prizes. Open to readers worldwide except pros and newspaper staff. No prior experience required. submit multiple ads for participating firms by mailing to Ad-Rite Editor.
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Gazette
The
Plan For U.S. Loan To Finns Goes To House
Washington AP reports the senate approved a 100 million dollar increase in export import bank funds to back loans to Finland China and South America. House action seems likely but committee delays are anticipated before floor consideration.
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Washington
House
Senate
Finland
China
South America
Iowa Senators Split On Finland China Loan Measure
Iowa's two Democratic U.S. Senators diverged on a loan bill. Clyde L. Herring voted with the majority to support the measure while Guy M. Gillette voted against it.
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Washington
Iowa
Finland
China
Clyde L. Herring
Guy M. Gillette
Senate caps export bank loan, bans military purchases
The Senate approved a capital increase for the Export‑Import Bank while limiting future loans to any one country to 20 million dollars and barring use for military purchases. An amendment by Senator Taft to cap the increase at 50 million dollars failed. Finnish minister Hjalmar Procope watched as opponents warned a loan to a belligerent could draw the US into Europe.
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Senate
Finland
Taft
Ohio
Hjalmar Procope
United States
Cedar Rapids Temperatures Rise Then Fall Through Day
Morning sun over Cedar Rapids led to a noon high of 36 after a 17 degree pre dawn low. By 2 45 p m the day cooled to 30 as Tuesday’s 33 peak slipped to 22 at 7 p m and 18 at midnight in Chambers In skeep company dial.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
People Who Do Not Pay Taxes Favor Them
By Arthur Bugs Baer. The tax issue is outlined with the claim that those who do not pay taxes are in favor of taxes, framing the debate from the viewpoint of nonpayers. The piece uses a light, commentary tone to summarize current sentiment on taxation.
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Baer
Indignation Meeting Ends Without Action in Town
A large town gathering produced loud protests and waving but yielded no concrete results. The piece recalls the Boston Tea Party as a past example of disguise and protest, noting that even those in Boston faced taxes and the tactic would not work today.
Renew Ambulance Contract Until July 1
Linn county supervisors voted to extend the county wide emergency ambulance service contract with Ambulance Service of Cedar Rapids from Jan 1 to July 1. The board will continue the $125 monthly payments under the prior contract, with County Attorney G K Thompson preparing a new agreement for approval.
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Linn County
Ambulance Service Company of
Cedar Rapids
Commissioner of Public Safety
Wes Benesh
G. K. Thompson
Ambulance Board
Don J. Condon
Arthur W. Zimmerman
Sled crash injures Louis Nilles Jr in city collision
Louis Nilles Jr a 9 year old son of Mr and Mrs Louis J Nilles was injured when his sled struck a moving auto driven by Mrs Burton Day. He suffered a left arm fracture and cuts behind the left ear. He was treated at Mercy hospital and released. Day said she saw a boy get up and walk away after the alley collision between Blake boulevard and Grande avenue near Nineteenth to Twentieth streets.
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Louis Nilles, Jr
Louis J. Nilles
Grande Avenue SE
Mercy Hospital
Burton Day
Blake Boulevard
Grande Avenue
Nilles
Kirn Named Plant Superintendent at Quaker Oats
Russell W. Kirn of 318 Crescent Drive SE has been named general plant superintendent for Quaker Oats in the local plant. He has 17 years with the company and has led the engineering department for two years, succeeding Ed Sheehy Jr and following prior chiefs including James Dunlop and Earle Muzzy.
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Russell W. Kirn
Crescent Drive
Quaker Oats
Arthur Poe
Kirn
James Dunlop
Ed Sheehy
Mr. Poe
George Laird
Mr. Sheehy
Earle Muzzy
Chicago
Britons Allowed to Enlist in Finnish Forces
In Parliament Major Osbert Peake announced a general license allowing British subjects to enlist in the Finnish armed forces and a Finnish recruiting group in London. He said the move aligns with the League of Nations resolution on Finland and uses the Foreign Enlistment Act to grant dispensations. The decision aims to avoid straining Soviet-British ties.
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London
House of Commons
Osbert Peake
Home Office
Denis Nowell Pritt
Peake
League of Nations Assembly
Finland
Pritt
Finland At Summa Front Holds Despite Russian Assaults
By the Associated Press Finland reports fourteenth day of heavy fighting with Russian forces. conscription posters urge men born in 1897 to join, including some officers aged 42 and 43. Finland says Russian gains are limited though forts near Summa have fallen, while Russia claims 84 Finnish fortifications captured.
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Finland
Mannerheim
Summa
Red Army
Russia
Information Ministry
Germans Claim Right to Fire On Any Vessel
Berlin reports Germany asserts a theoretical right to torpedo United States ships en route to Allied ports or contraband bases, whether voluntary or by compulsion. The broadcast notes U S vessels could be treated as hostile if entering Allied harbors, heightening tensions over wartime rules and British censorship of Neutral mails.
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Berlin
United States
Roosevelt
Germany
United States cautions on British search signals at sea
Officials say sinking of an American vessel by Germany would be illegal if the ship had voluntarily submitted to British search. The issue unlikely to arise as American merchant ships stop at Gibraltar only when commanded by a signal from the British control station, a move implying force if not obeyed.
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Washington
INS
Germany
United States
Gibraltar
State Education Board Meets Here With Silent Session
The Iowa State Board of Education met in executive session at the Hotel Montrose on Wednesday to discuss candidates for the University of Iowa presidency and equipment purchases for state radio stations in Iowa City and Ames. Board members offered no statements or confirmations, and no action was reported.
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University of Iowa
State Board of Education
Hotel Montrose
Iowa City
Ames
State Board
George T. Baker
Davenport
Anna B. Lawther
Dubuque
John P. Wallace
Des Moines
T. W. Keenan
Shenandoah
W. Earl Hall
Mason City
Richard H. Plock
Fort Madison
H. C. Shull
Sioux City
Roy Louden
Fairfield
H. C. Houghton, Jr
Red Oak
Pendergast Forces Lose Vote In Charter Reform Fight
In Kansas City the Pendergast democratic machine lost a charter amendment vote two to one but observers say it may be posturing. Reformers pushed to cut terms for elected officials from four to two years, ending present terms in April with an April election for new officials. Bryce Smith had won mayor amid machine control two years earlier with 119,855 votes. reformists gathered 75,044 votes against the civil service amendment backed by the machine. Hal Luhnow led reform efforts and called a meeting to discuss candidates after the vote.
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Kansas City
Fred Whitten
Bryce Smith
Civil Service
Reformists
Unit Backs Fund To Insure Farm Tenant Mortgages
The house agriculture committee approved a 350 million dollar fund to insure farm tenant mortgages similar to the federal housing authority program. The measure would let the secretary of agriculture use the fund for five years and require Congress to appropriate amounts equal to any losses. The committee also approved making permanent the 3 14 percent interest rate on federal land bank loans.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Federal Housing Authority
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
Congress
Federal Land Bank and Land Bank Commissioner
Iowa City hearing on flood dam attracts large crowd
Lieut. Col. Charles P. Gross defended a proposed 6 million flood control dam on the Iowa river between Coralville and North Liberty at a packed state conservation commission hearing in Iowa City. He outlined costs, land use, condemnation rules, and lack of power generation while noting the project aims to prevent floods and create two years of labor for about 400 men.
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Iowa City
Charles P. Gross
Rock Island
Iowa River
Coralville
North Liberty
State Conservation Commission
Walter H. Rhodes
Chamber of Commerce
Utilities
University of Iowa
Johnson County Board of Supervisors
Col. Gross
District Court
Mississippi
Iowa
Congress
Mackride
W. R. Hart
R. E. Hatte Marengo
Chain of Commerce and
American Legion
E. A. Baldwin
E. R. Hicklin
Wapello
Louisa County
Woman Lies In Snow For Five Hours With Broken Ankle
Mrs. C M Hadish of 275 Thirteenth Street NW lay in the snow on A avenue NE from 9 p,m. until found five hours later suffering a fractured left ankle. She crawled toward a porch hoping to rouse neighbors. An ambulance took her to Mercy Hospital at 2:45 a.m. Wednesday. Her son John Hadish summoned help and she was later returned home by taxi. Her condition improved by the afternoon.
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Cedar Rapids
C M. Hadish
Thirteenth Street
Mercy Hospital
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Jewelries
Cedar Rapids News
Case
Americas
DR. Newton
NLRB
U.S
Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Boston
R. W. Kirn
Associated Press
Great Britain
U. S
State Education Board
Pendergast
Gross
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