Milk fund aids undernourished children in Cedar Rapids
The Lions Club and donors including Olsen and Johnson raised 444.25 dollars toward a Milk Fund to provide seven quarts weekly for each schoolchild in Cedar Rapids. The appeal urged more gifts to reach the goal of two and a half quarts daily for five days a week, with effort to keep the fund open for continued support.
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MUK Fand
Olsen
Johnson
Tine Club
Cedar Rapids
Lions Club
Olsen and Johnson
Gazette
Civil service reserve corps proposed to strengthen government
Secretary Roper proposes a citizens civil service reserve corps to provide an intellectual emergency reservoir and resist subversive movements. The plan, with input from Dr. White and Dr. Studebaker, would recruit high grade college students and graduates to take civil service exams and support government needs in crises.
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Washington
Roper
Citizens Civil Service Reserve Corps
Army
Navy Reserve Corps
Ae Isha Plam
Forcollege
L.D. White
Civil Service
John. W. Studebaker
Civil Service Reserve
Civil‘service Commission
United States
Farmers urged to market livestock in competitive channels
Chicago report notes University of Illinois official R C Ashby tells United States Live Stock association delegates that local markets are excessive. He cites 1935 hogs, cattle and sheep production trends and argues farmers should use competitive markets to boost profits above production costs.
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Chicago
R. C. Ashby
University of Illinois
United States Live Stock Association
Ashby
Kennamer may face penitentiary term after manslaughter verdict
The case centers on Phil Kennamer a 19 year old from Pawnee Oklahoma convicted of manslaughter in the death of John F. Gorrell. Judge Franklin E Kennamer told United Press there may be no appeal and sentencing will occur Saturday with possible hard labor as the outcome.
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Pawnee
Okla
Phil Kennamer
United States
Franklin E. Kennamer
United Press
Young
Kennamer
John F. Gorrell
Tulsa
F. Sweeney
Gorrell
Sidney Born
Kenhamer
H. B. Maddux
Tulsa City
Godie Thurman
Hurst
Ene
Linas
Discovery of Beethoven Manuscripts Sparks Musical Cirque
Berlin reports a major find of Ludwig van Beethoven manuscripts and 250 letters in the hands of a Swiss collector. Expert Max Unger says the collection may revise printed versions and includes unknown works, stirring musical circles Friday.
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Berlin
Ludwig van Beethoven
Max’Unger
Beethoven
Blue Eagle May Be Discarded By NRA
NRA officials indicated the blue eagle’s days may be numbered as the organization discusses a new code. Some members said the symbol had lost much of its significance amid the talks.
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NRA
Washington
TVA Judge Rules TVA Cannot Sell Excess Power
U S district court judge ruled TVA lacked authority to dispose of surplus hydro power on the Tennessee River. The decision halted TVA plans to sell power to municipalities and on rural transmission lines and permanently blocked fourteen north Alabama towns from PWA loan deals for municipal grids. James L. Fly appeals for TVA. the Alabama Power group had suit over Alabama Northwest electrification plans and a $2.2 million deal to sell fourteen distribution systems and dam site.
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Birmingham
Ala
W. S. Grubb
United States District Court
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee River
Grubb
TVA
James L. Fly
United States Court of Appeals
New Orleans
North Alabama
Public ‘Works Administration
Alabama Power Company
Alabama
Joe Wheeler Dam
When Life Changes Its Robe A Near Death Tale 1935
A Philadelphia reader describes a near death experience during illness that left him with a transformed outlook. He recalls a sense of rebirth, detachment, and a clarified view of life, love, and the futility of chasing fame. Death becomes a “white shadow,” and life grows dearer.
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Philadelphia
Jong
Iowa House Exempts Officials From Salary Cut
In Des Moines the Iowa House adjourned after ten days with no final action on the salary reduction act. An 84 to 24 vote adopted an amendment exempting sheriffs, followed by a 76 to 21 vote to exempt municipal judges. Two amendments to shield assessors and city officials in commission cities were defeated. The Senate approved eight minor bills including a 4 percent minimum interest rate for education fund lending.
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Des Moines
INS
House
Ofa “Representatives
Zeh McFarlane
Iowa House of Representatives
B. B. Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
Senate
Board of Education
Omaha Vet Shoots Wife and Kills Self
John Beedle, 39, a former serviceman and machinist from Thurman Iowa, shot his wife Mary, 33, four times with an automatic pistol and then killed himself in Omaha. Mary Beedle was seriously injured and hospitalized. a pocket note said the shooting stemmed from Beedle’s resolve not to give up his wife.
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Omaha
John Beedle
Mary
Beedle
Thurman
Move to split dole from huge jobs measure at Senate
Secret conference of labor leaders nearly secures a wage amendment to the 4.88 billion jobs bill before it is returned to committee to avoid a White House veto. Senate votes 44 to 43 for the McCarran amendment favoring prevailing wage, while White House pressure seeks to limit costs ahead of possible conference.
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Senate
Roosevelt
Vest
Kenowe
uDut
Washington
White’ House
Joe,t. Robinson
Appropriations Committee
White House
House
Sen
Pat’ McCarran
Nev
Alva
Adams
Colo
Harry F. Byrd
McCarran
Weitzman Murder Case Goes To Jury
In Chicago AP report the trial on the Daiches murder heads to a jury. The state contends Louis Weitzman of New York and Irving Weitzman of a bakery chain sought gains from life insurance totaling 317000 linked to Eli Daiches murder on South Shore Drive last March. Irving Weitzman denies hiring hoodlums to execute the plan.
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Chicago
Eli Daiches
Louis Weitzman
New York
Irving Weitzman
Louis
Daiches
South Shore
Post Mortem Ordered in Tracy Murder Case
Coroner John W. Jordan was authorized Friday afternoon to perform a post mortem on Mrs. Sara H. Tracy to seek clues about her death. Chief Park A. Findley of the Iowa bureau of investigation spent Friday in Maquoketa in connection with the case. No arrests have been made.
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Maquoreta
John W. Jordan
Sara H. Tracy
Park A. Findley
Iowa Bureau of Investigation
Maquoketa
Woman Falls to Death in Eleven Floor Sheridan Apt
Mrs. M. R. Kelly aged 55, wife of a coal company official, plunged from an eleventh floor window on Sheridan Road in Chicago. The body landed in an alleyway.
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Chicago
M. R. Kelly
Sheridan Road
Richberg Urges Protection for Good Trusts in NRA Debate
Donald R. Richberg opened the administration drive for a consolidated public pressure behind the new NRA bill Friday night. He argued for flexible protections across highways of commerce to shield trade and industry while promoting cooperation within and between trades. The speech appeared as Washington shaped plans for a two year renewal of the agency with a bill to continue it.
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Miami
Flas
Donald” R. Richberg
NRA
Usfeek
ieThe Richberg
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate’ Finance
House Ways and Minéans
Richbergi
Post forced down after high altitude oil line leak
Aviator Wiley attempting sub stratosphere flight from Los Angeles to New York. He lifted off at 6 07 13 a.m. Pacific time and climbed to 24 500 feet before an oil line leak forced a landing in the Mojave desert 125 miles north of Los Angeles. His monoplane Winnie Mae sustained only a bent propeller blade.
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Los
Angeles
Wiley
Post
Inchis
New York
P.S.T
Muroe
Mojave Desert
Union Air Terminal
Thompson faces probe as Des Moines detective hunts for dirt
The Gazette reports a Des Moines private detective A. T. Soderquist was hired to probe Linn County Attorney G. K. Thompson of Cedar Rapids for alleged misconduct. Soderquist confirmed work for Cooper associates and said Cooper’s brother was murdered in South Dakota.
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Thompson
Liquor Commission
Des Moines
A. T. Soderquist
Linn County
G. K. Thompson
Cedar.Rapids
Cooper
Iowa
J. LeRoy
Soderquist
Drake Park Avenue
Gazette
Fort Des Moines
South Dakota
Carleton Belt Involved in Des Moines Securities Case
The Gazette reports on Carleton Belt, a Des Moines securities broker, tied to privately purchased state warrants worth 3.5 million dollars and implicated in a broader Ottumwa financing scheme. Sources note Belt advised Soderquist to contact Thompson’s camp, with Soderquist claiming compensation from Harold Cooper and attempting to uncover information that night to harm Thompson.
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Carleton
Des Moines
Wegman
Gove Ness Kraschel
Ottumwa
The
Soderquist
Thomp
Carleton Beh
Herring Denies Knowledge of Effort in Cooper Trial
Governor Clyne in Des Moines said Cedar Rapids attorney Thompson knew of no one who spoke with Linn County Attorney in connection with the Cooper trial. He added Thompson should testify to the committee investigating state liquor law administration.
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J. C. Cook
Iowa
Milwaukee Railroad
Jasper County
Cedar Rapids
Des. “Moines
Clyne
Herring
Thompson
Cedar’ Rapids
Linn
Cooper
State Uquor Law Administration
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Richberg
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