Congress Hopes to Dodge Tax and Debt Issues
Washington insiders report Congress nears avoiding action on a new tax bill and debt limit raise as the Roosevelt budget trims 270 million in savings. House success with seven supply bills tops senate tests on agriculture navy and rivers and harbors funding.
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Washington
INS
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Administration Bureau
Rivers and Harbors Lobby
Finland
Rayburn
Banking Committee
Harrison
Miss
Senate Finance Committee
Appropriations Committee
To Be Ordained Today To Episcopal Diaconate
John Herbert Sansom of Des Moines will be ordained to the Episcopal diaconate by Bishop Harry S. Longley. Sansom, studying at Seabury Western Theological Seminary, Evanston, is set to serve in Iowa Falls and Cedar Falls, living in Cedar Falls.
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Des Moines
John Herbert Sansom
Harry S. Longley
Davenport
Seabury-Western Theological Seminary
Evanston
Iowa Falls
Cedar Falls
US diplomats sail for Europe on Rex in major mission
Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles and Myron C. Taylor depart aboard the Rex with wives and aides to meet Mussolini Hitler Daladier and Chamberlain. Taylor aims to aid peace talks as Welles plans to report findings to the President.
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S. S. Rex
INS
Sumner Welles
Myron C. Taylor
United States
Rex
State Department
Welles
Suavete
Mussolini
Hitler
Berlin
Daladier
Paris
Chamberlain
London
Taylor
Steel Corporation
Europe
Roosevelt
Vatican
Pius XII
Hague
Brussels
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
Leopold
Belgium
Weiles
Jay Pierrepont Moffat
Lucius Hartwell Johnson
Foreign Service
American State Department
Monster terrorizing Isle of Wight shot near Bambridge
In England, a creature described as a terror to women and children for six months was shot at Corpse near Bambridge on the Isle of Wight. The animal resembles a fox in head with a shaggy mane, but is mostly hairless with paws the size of a large fist.
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Isle OF Wight
Eng
Isle
Corpse
Bambridge
Army school to broaden officer training at Fort Leavenworth
The Army announced that the command and general staff school at Fort Leavenworth Kansas would be opened to nearly four times as many officers than before, expanding training for top command posts and increasing leadership capacity.
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Washington
Army
Command and General Staff School
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Grandmother At 33 in Passaic Birth Stuns Family
In Passaic New Jersey Mrs John Oliva a grandmother at 33 learns her 18 year old daughter Mrs Peter Cerneglia has given birth to a six pound fourteen ounce baby on Valentine s Day The baby s father is 20 and the baby s great grandmother Mrs Peter Yuppa is 53 years old.
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Passaic
N. J
John Oliva
Peter Cerneglia
Peter Yuppa
City Briefs Run Week of Club Meetings and Events
The notice lists multiple local group meetings including Cedar Rapids Stamp Club at Montrose hotel Monday 8 p.m. Townsend Club No 3 at city hall Monday 7 30 p.m. Cub Pack No 26 at Van Buren school Monday 6 30 p.m. Trowel Chapter No 49 Royal Arch Masons meet Tuesday 7 p.m. Masonic hall for degrees. Cedar Rebekah Lodge No 494 meets Thursday 7 30 p.m. K P hall with social hour after.
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Cedar Rapids Stamp Club
Montrose Hotel
Cub Pack No. 26
van Buren School
Royal Arch Masons
Masonic Hall
Cedar Rebekah Lodge
K. P. Hall
Iowa Association No 9 Meeting in Sokol Hall
Iowa Association No 9 of the National Association of Power Engineers will meet at Sokol hall Monday evening at 7 30. Business of importance is to be transacted and all members are requested to be present.
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Iowa Association No
National Association of Power Engineers
Sokol Hall
Beginning Y M C A drum and bugle corps classes
Beginning classes for boys over eight to join the YMCA drum and bugle corps are being formed at the YMCA. Further information can be obtained from Dick Hart the boys work secretary.
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Y.M.C.A
Dick Hart
Boys Work
FBI Official to Speak at Rotary Luncheon
E. R. Davis, special agent in charge of the Des Moines field division, will address the Rotary Club at the Roosevelt Hotel Monday at noon on cooperative functions of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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FBI
E. R. Davis
Des Moines
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Rotary Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Consumers Demand For Farm Products Holds High Level
The Agriculture Department reported January consumer demand for farm products remained high despite an industrial downturn. Weather affected supplies, not demand, lifting farm prices. recession continues but should halt to prevent a major drop in demand. Export data confirm European war dampens exports while domestic demand rises with industrial exports.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
California Governor Seeks Third Roosevelts Draft
Gov. Culbert L. Olson of California urged on Saturday that President Franklin D. Roosevelt should be drafted for a third term. The call came from Olson during a Portland appearance as the nation debated continued wartime leadership.
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Portland
Ore
Culbert L. Olson
California
Roosevelt
Industry Preparing For Output Boost, U. S. Chamber Says
The U S Chamber of Commerce reports industry readying a spring expansion in production. January and February show high business levels with orders for essential materials and durable goods rising. The chamber notes improved prospects and no early 1937 adverse factors.
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Washington
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Collegians Strike For Right To Hold Hands
At Young Harris College Georgia a strike of 250 students for the right to hold hands with coeds remained under control as faculty restrictions faced backlash. President T Jack Lance said everything is pleasant again after half the 500 students had struck earlier in the week to protest the ban. The dispute centered on an anti holding hands policy though other rules on smoking dancing gambling and dates drew little opposition.
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Young Harris
Young Harris College
T. Jack Lance
Methodist College
Georgia
Habersham
Charles Jacobs
la Grange
Believe Reds Set Up New Line For Supply Shipments
The Vladimir Maya kovsky refueled at the Golden Gate as the second Soviet ship to visit San Francisco since the Finland invasion. Shipping men say the voyage signals a new Soviet route for war supplies, following last week’s Kim with 5.6 million in gold to establish credits and depart for Manzanillo, Mexico, a hub for exports to Russia. Observers say trans shipments from Mexican Pacific ports suggest Russia sources war materiel elsewhere and moves it through Mexico.
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San Francisco
Vladimir Mayakovsky
Golden Gate
Finland
Kim
Manzanillo
Russia
Japan
Mexican
Monticello Social Notes Highlight Local Groups
Monticello residents attended a series of club and church gatherings. The Congregational Missionary society hosted by Mrs Halstead Carpenter featured Caroline Hicks leading the service. Mrs Frank Hayden and Miss Janet Hazard spoke, with Mrs George Guyan assisting. Mrs X Ray Childress hosted the Contract club at Goudys tea room with prizes to Mrs Ross Baty and Mrs Childress. The League of Women Voters met at Mrs Lyle McMullen’s home with a program by Mrs Frank Walker Mrs E H Huibregtse and Mrs J J Locher. Faculty dinners honored Supt A B Grimes Emil Klumpar Ina Cruis and Bethel Merrill for February birthdays. Mr and Mrs Dalco Yount celebrated their twenty fifth anniversary with a dinner hosted by their daughter Mrs Edmund Vernon and Mr Vernon of Anamosa. Mrs Charles Coxsee hosted the Monday bridge club at her home with high score won by Mrs Albert Stuhler. Rainbow Girls attendance contest winners were guests at a dinner hosted by Mrs Wade Long mother adviser. Mrs John Liddy hosted the Thursday bridge club at her home.
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Halstead Carpenter
Missionary Society of the Congregational Church
Caroline Hicks
Frank Hayden
Janet Hazard
George Guyan
X. Ray Childress
Contract Club
Goudy’s
Ross Baty
Childress
League of Women Voters
Lyle McMullen
Frank Walker
Vernon
Anamosa
Charles Coxsee
Albert Stuhler
Wade Long
John Liddy
Texas Blizzard Maroons Many Cars In Drifts
A flash blizzard in the southern Texas Panhandle stranded dozens of travelers with army and state aid dispatched. Medics supplies and blankets reached at least 20 people marooned near Tahoka while 700 cars around Lubbock remained stuck. Schoolchildren were later reported safe after fear of 100 pupils. Eight foot drifts around Matador threatened cattle as a cold wave loomed in from the coast.
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Lubbock
Tex
Texas Panhandle
Tahoka
Here
Mother suffers shock after auto collision and stillborn infant
A mother endured shock and exposure following an automobile crash and, a few hours later, delivered a stillborn infant. The report notes no further details about injuries or location.
Miss Helen Loosbrock of Lamotte Dies at 58
Helen Loosbrock 58 of Lamotte died at 4 p.m. Saturday in a Dubuque hospital. Born February 22 1881 in Dyersville she was housekeeper for her brother the Rev Henry Loosbrock for 40 years. Surviving are the Rev Henry Loosbrock William Loosbrock and John Loosbrock. Funeral services set for 9 a.m. Monday at Holy Rosary Lamotte with burial in Dyersville.
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Dyersville
Helen Loosbrock
Lamotte
Dubuque
Henry Loosbrock
Loosbrock
William Loosbrock
John Loosbrock
Adrian
Minn
Jasper Co. Team Wins In Livestock Judging
The Jasper county team won the Farm and Home Week livestock judging contest at Ames with 2777 of 3000 points. Team members were John Gannon of Valeria, Jack Wormley and Maurice Moffitt of Newton. Marion county was second and Marshall third. Wormley earned top individual honors. others led in sheep, beef cattle, horse, dairy, and swine judging.
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AMES
Jasper County
John Gannon
Valeria
Jack Wormley
Newton
Maurice Moffitt
Marion County
Marshall
Alfred Hansen
de Witt
Martin Meyer
Beaman
George Fulcher
Early
George Hoffman
Ida Grove
Leo Moser
Rock to Stay Jackson Vows to Keep Alcatraz
Washington dispatch reports Attorney General Robert H. Jackson pledges to retain Alcatraz as a penal institution. He abandons former plans to close the island prison and replace it with an inland facility due to policy differences and budget constraints.
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Rock
Jackson
Washington
INS
Alcatraz
Devil’s Island
Robert H. Jackson
Frank Murphy
Justice Department
Murphy
Island
Found Not Guilty In "Perfect Crime"
Chicago jurors acquitted Carl Hubert Erickson of murdering his “best friend” in an attempt to commit the so called perfect crime. The verdict was delivered by a criminal court jury.
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Chicago
Carl Hubert Erickson
Winners Named In Photograph Contest Iowa City
The fourth annual pictorial Iowa photographic contest awards were announced in Iowa City. Ruth Weller Nelson earned two photos among the first six selected from 58 exhibited items. Judges from the University of Iowa faculty picked 58 from 160 entries statewide. The top 27 will form a traveling display to be shown across Iowa. Participants include James R. Sherman S E Nelson Vincent Stelcik Edgar S Bagley Jim Kent and Donald Honeyman, all of Iowa City.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Ruth Weller Nelson
Iowa Union
H. W. Janson
Cornelius W. DeKiewict
F. W. Kent
University of Iowa
James R. Sherman
S. E. Nelson
Vincent Stelcik
Cedar Rapids
Edgar S. Bagley
Jim Kent
Donald Honeyman
Rockefeller West Liberty Pioneer Dies at 78
Howard H. Rockefeller 78 longtime West Liberty resident died at home after an extended illness. Born in Philadelphia he came here in 1862 and farmed before retirement. Survived by wife son Ray three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral at 2 p.m. Monday First Methodist Church with burial Oakridge Cemetery.
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West Liberty
Howard H. Rockefeller
Philadelphia
Ray
First Methodist Church
Walter A. Smith
Oakridge Cemetery
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