Bar association votes on widening superior court power
Linn County Bar Association meeting at Hotel Roosevelt recommends broadening superior court jurisdiction to include divorce annulment and separate maintenance hearings without taking cases from district court. A two member committee will draft the bill for the state legislature.
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Superior Court
Bar Association
Linn County
Frank C. Byers
Linn County Bar Association
B. B Hickenlooper
United States
Cripple Dreams Of Evangelical Tour
Marcus Findley, an Arkansas man bedridden and blind for decades, longs to tour the United States to share his faith and inspire others. Ministers and believers have been moved by his story and his unwavering Christian devotion.
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Cripple Dreams of Evangelical
Hamburg
Ark
Marcus Finley
Findley
United States
Christ
Hauptmann
Flemington
Trenton
Priso Irving Bloam
Sherif John H. Curtiss
Bleam
Bruno Hauptmann
Depositors Benefit From Reduced Operating Costs in Liquidations
Current Comment argues that cutting operating expenses in Cedar Rapids bank liquidations frees more funds for depositors. It contends banks were insolvent and that keeping them open wasted depositor money, while new banks better conserve assets and maximize returns for depositors, though not guaranteeing full recovery.
Mesa Verde Museum Extends Rare Artifact Collection
Washington dispatch reports Mesa Verde National Park museum adds 97 arrow points and two duck bowls to its rare collection of Indian pottery and artifacts. The addition includes Third Pueblo pottery, obsidian pieces, bone cylinders, bear claws, shark teeth, and Ute Sioux material. Dr. Arthur Newcomb of Newcomb New Mexico donated additional pottery representing three ware types.
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Washington
Mesa Verde National Park Museum
Arthur Newcomb
Newcomb, N. M
Auto Board Clears Labor Criticism on Discrimination
Washington AP The automobile labor board reported after ten months that union discrimination is not a major problem in the car industry. In its Roosevelt-era findings the board noted 2,035 cases handled, 199 decisions issued, and eleven strikes settled as it aimed to avert strikes through orderly adjustment.
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Washington
Automobile Labor Board
Roosevelt
American Federation of Labor
Leo C. Wolman
Nicholas Kelley
Richard L. Byrd
A. F. of L
Campaign For Labor Organization
Wage Battle Tests Jobs Bill in Senate
William Green of the American Federation of Labor urged the Senate to defeat the McCarran prevailing wage amendment, arguing it does not protect labor or wage standards. The issue centers on a proposed security wage and the requirement to pay prevailing local wages on all work relief projects as the $4.88 billion program aims to hire 3.5 million people over two years, amid concerns about government credit and funding certainty.
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Washington
Senate
William Green
McCarran
Green
American Federation of Labor
Russell
Senate Appropriations Committee
Federation
Roosevelt
Carrington Gill
Harry L. Hopkins
Appropriations Committee
Hauptmann Described in Death Row At Prison
The article portrays Bruno Hauptmann on death row awaiting execution. It notes weekly vs monthly visits for his wife depending on appeals, shows heightened security with multiple guards and a roof gun, and mentions a library, radio programs, and basic prison fare including Sauerkraut and pork.
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Hauptmanns
Hauptmann
Billy
Lindbergh
Crown of 210‑ft chimney slips in Iowa plant
A massive eight ton crown from a 210 foot chimney at the Iowa Electric Light and Power plant on Sixth Street NE slipped during a wind. It dragged smoke stack, prompting an emergency stack and a Chicago firm to remove the crown with a 220 foot scaffold and four steeplejacks. The crown and six feet more were removed for inspection with plans to rebuild in spring.
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Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Sixth Street
General Concrete Construction Company of
Chicago
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Linn Bar Assn
Mesa Verde Museum
Auto Board
Doren
Oleo
del Monte Fruit
del Monte Sardines
P&g
Johnson Jersey
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Ree
Gerbers Aloe
Gerber’s
Mannfried
Library and Radio
H. G. Fussell
First Avenue
Wiversary
Wwversary Save
Craemer
Priscilla
New York City
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