City Council Backs Police Shift Plan for March Start
The Iowa city council voted to advance an amendment authorizing rotation of police assistant chief Sam Christensen to an evening shift starting March 1. The measure, proposed by Kruidenier, would strike the deputy marshal duties from the ordinance, allowing Christenson to avoid 8 a.m. police court duties on a night shift.
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Dan Kruidenier
Sam Christensen
Kruidenier
W. H. Stepanek
Stepanek
Louis D. Burgus
Finance
Ed Stefan
Louis Zika
Zika
Christensen
Kruildenier
Kruidenler
Inland Press Group Elects Mankato Man As Its President
The Inland Daily Press association elected C. R. Butler publisher of the Mankato Free Press as president and rejected free publication of radio programs as unpaid. He succeeds A. C. Lindsay, with Vern Ledy as vice president and John L. Meyer as secretary treasurer. New directors include Hal S. Davies and J. S. Gray.
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Chicago
Inland Daily Press Association
C. R. Butler
Mankato
Buchanan County High School Speech Contest Held
Twelve students from six towns competed in the Buchanan County high school declamatory contest in Independence. Winners included Nita Postel of Winthrop in oratorical with Living Flames of Americanism, Hubert Freeman of Independence second. Edyth Rummelart of Hazleton first in dramatic with Madam X, Fern Christensen of Independence second. Harry Buchanan of Quasqueton first in humorous with Flaming Youth, Yola Gray of Independence second. Judges were W W Gibson, George Fields, and Dorothy Wilson of West Waterloo.
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Independence
Buchanan County
Aurora
Fairbank
Hazleton
Quasqueton
Winthrop
Nita Postel
Hubert Freeman
America
Edyth Rummelart
Cedar county physicians meet at Hotel Tipton
Twenty two people attended the Cedar county physicians meeting at the Hotel Tipton on Tuesday evening. A dinner preceded the gathering and papers were read by Drs. C S Day Morgan Foster and Arthur Erskine of Cedar Rapids.
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Tipton
Cedar County
Hotel Tipton
Pan ama crossword clues list row
A scrambled horizontal and vertical crossword clue set covering terms from travel land to misc definitions. Includes entries for landform, naval terms, leadership titles, verbs, animals, food containers, and various single and multiword hints with numerically indicated positions and cross references.
Oneota Golf elects officers at Decorah annual meeting
At the Oneota Golf and Country Club annual meeting in Decorah all old officers and directors were re elected for the year. G F Baker is president with Charles Altfillisch as vice president E L Amundsen secretary J N Lee treasurer. Board members include E R Haines R Algyer W E Scott G W Johnson and E J Hook. The club reduced indebtedness and improved club property.
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Decorah
Oneota
Monticello High School
Rowley
Sawyer
Riteway
Two Detroit Banks May Be Reorganized
Detroit bankers sought a 135 million loan from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for the First National Bank and Guardian National Bank of Commerce. Officials discussed paying 50 percent of all deposits and reorganizing the banks as new national banks. Senators Couzens and Vandenberg declined to discuss the loan reports.
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Detroit
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
First National Bank
Guardian National Bank of Commerce
Washington
Couzens and Vandenberg
Michigan
Reconstruction Corporation
City to Build New Wooden Bridge Over Shaver Road
The city engineering department plans a nearly month long project to build a new wooden bridge and straighten a small stream channel crossing Shaver road. Bids for lumber were opened with Wisconsin Lumber Company the low bidder at 284 dollars. others ranged to 425.58 dollars. Estimated project cost is 500 to 600 dollars. City Engineer Frank Young commented.
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Wisconsin Lumber Company
Nagle Eaton Company
Home Lumber Company
Jake Lampert Yards
Limback Lumber Company
Hawkeye Lumber Company
Hatch Brookman
Frank Young
Two Venerable Trees At Riverside Park To Be Felled
Riverside park tourist camp will lose two aged guardians as they are condemned for decay. An 80 foot oak with a five foot trunk is already felled, and a 100 foot tree with a seven foot trunk remains to be cut down by unemployed workers under park commission oversight. Tourists have long been barred from camping beneath them due to danger. A crowd gathered to witness the first tree being felled.
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Riverside Park
Ed Stefan
Attorney Advises City Council Not To Redeem Sidewalk Certificates
City Attorney David G Bleakley told Cedar Rapids council not to redeem sidewalk certificates sought by Cedar Rapids Life Insurance Co. He said the city bears no liability beyond ensuring the county treasurer as agent uses due diligence in tax collection including special assessments. The liened property has not sold for taxes and the insurer cannot collect past installments. Bleakley suggested the city could buy the certificates and then collect due amounts as owner.
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David G Bleakley
Cedar Rapids Life Insurance Company
Bleakley
Briak Jey
Council
Roosevelt May Get Direct Power For Tariff Revisions
President elect Roosevelt may be granted authority to negotiate directly with other nations for tariff reductions within limits. The plan avoids treaties and would use direct agreements. Canadian officials have discussed reciprocal tariff moves with Democratic leaders, with Henry Rainey and Senator Costigan taking leading roles in shaping the proposal.
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Roosevelt
Senate
Taft
Canada
United States
House
Henry T. Rainey
Edward P. Costigan
Colo
U. S. Tariff Commission
Bingham Named U S Ambassador to Great Britain
Judge Robert W. Bingham of Louisville will assume duties as American ambassador to Great Britain amid global focus on Anglo American talks and London’s upcoming economic conference. The role includes shaping precedents for tariff talks with Britain and Canada, debts, and open door policy in China while navigating Manchukuo related tensions and Japan’s position on disarmament.
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Robert W. Bingham
Louisville
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London
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League
Manchukuo
Attack on Doctor Murphy Leads to Injury at Hospital
Dr. Murphy was knocked down and kicked after a confrontation with Condon who claimed expenses would be twenty five to thirty dollars. Murphy recovered quickly. Condon’s condition was listed as serious, with possible abdominal injury. The incident followed a separate shooting among neighborhood youths at Shada farm involving Merritt Lingard and a loaded 22 caliber revolver.
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Condon
Cops and Robbers
Shada
East City
Lmits
Merritt
Lingard
Fortieth Street
Marital Knot Untied in 21 Minutes by Iowa Court
Lena M. Pitzenberg 37 wins divorce from Charles L. Pitzenberg 32 after cruel and inhuman treatment. Judge H. C. Ring grants decree just twenty one minutes after petition filed at 3 24 p m. Lena Miller restored maiden name. Married Davenport May 23 1931.
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Linn County
Reno
Lena M. Pitzenberg
H. C. Ring
Charles L. Pitzenberg
Pny
Edwin W. Lundquist
Lena Miller
Davenport
Socialism the Cure An Opinion From Alva Aldridge
Alva Aldridge argues the nation cannot fix its social and economic ills under capitalist parties and envisions a new party uniting farmers workers and socialists on a modified socialist platform. He urges free education for all based on merit and warns that a house divided cannot stand without a people’s will.
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Farmers
American Federation of Labor
Minnesota
Missouri
Iowa
South
Gine
Paul H. Douglas
Alva Aldridge
Fifth Avenue SE
Darragh Says He Followed Law on North Dakota Bid
Cedar Rapids plumber J W Darragh, awarded the capitol building contract in Bismarck, denies not following the law. He says a proper bond was sent with his bid and existed for weeks before officials told him to replace it, a transfer he blames for the legislative inquiry into his contract.
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Cedar Rapids
Capitol
Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota Inn
Legislative
North Dakota
North Dakota Capitol Building
Darragh
Associated Press
Darrough
Darragh Beleves
McAdoo pledges national banking system plan
United States Senator elect William Gibbs McAdoo announced at a chamber of commerce banquet in Los Angeles his immediate push to create a federal banking system that would replace the 48 state systems. He said the national government would back every bank dollar and guarantee depositors, restoring public confidence and reestablishing national credit.
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Los Angeles
INL
United States
William Gibbs McAdoo
Senate
McAdoo
Chamber of Commerce
Committees Form for Constitutional Convention Push in Iowa
Wet lawmakers in Des Moines moved to set up a three member special committee to draft convention legislation to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment. A second panel in the other chamber was named to handle the repealing machinery while a bill detailing a state liquor dispensing system tied to repeal was drafted. Senator Harrington Wilson Shangle and Representatives Ditto Stiger Hartman named to committees. They aim to have the convention legislation ready by March 6 when the legislature reconvenes after recess.
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Des Moines
Iowa
N. G. Kraschel
Vincent Harrington
Sioux City
George Wilson
L. T. Shangle
Oskaloosa
House
George Miller
C. J. Ditto
Osceola County
Carl B. Stiger
Tama
H. M. Hartman
Navy Appropriation Passes House With Marines Guarded
The House approved the next fiscal year navy appropriation of 315 419 000 late Thursday sending the measure to the senate It would override President Hoover's call to cut marine corps enlisted strength from 15 343 to 13 600 and raise the Ranger aircraft carrier cost limit from 19 000 000 to 21 000 000 enabling continued ship construction
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Washington
House
Navy
Senate
Hoover
Marine Corps
Ranger
Opera Star Augusta Lenska Injured After Street Car Leap
CHICAGO INS reports Augusta Lenska a 51 year old famed opera contralto was hospitalized in Billings with severe bruises after being pinned beneath a street car. Witnesses say she leaped in front of the vehicle and rescue crews lifted the car to free her.
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Chicago
INS
Augusta Lenska
Europe
America
Billings Hospital
Gas May Take Life Of Iowa Owned Lion To End Suffering
AP KANSAS CITY Zimba a lion owned by Russell Voelpel of Clinton Iowa now living in a zoo here may go on a long journey The lion refuses to eat and trembles when other im mates of the zoo yelp in jungle language Voelpel has tentatively decided to end Zimbas sufferings with gas at a dog and cat hospital
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Kansas City
Zimba
Russell Voelpel
Clinton
Voelpel
Voespel
City Attorney Opposes Walk Display Exceptions
City Attorney David G. Bleakley urged the council to reject any exceptions to the ordinance banning sidewalk merchandise displays. A florist and greenhouse petition sought permission, but Bleakley warned it would favor private interests and create unfair competition while risking public-sidewalk damages for the city.
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David G. Bleakley
Bleakley
Hold Two Suspects In Begging Racket
Floyd Mitchell, 28, of Rockford, Illinois, and Clyde Mitchell, 21, of Freeport, Illinois, were arrested Wednesday evening by police after reports of two young men begging. They were said to be visiting private houses asking for money to pay rent and buy clothing.
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Floyd Mitchell
Rockford, I
Clyde Mitchell
Freeeport
Ill
Notice of Probate of Katherine Hing erwadel in Linn County
The aged court of Linn County Iowa announces that on February 27, 1933 at 2 o clock pm an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Katherine Hing erwadel late of Cedar Rapids deceased will come for hearing in the district court for proof and admission to probate. Dated Cedar Rapids February 2, 1933. Edwind W. Lundquist Don Barnes alternates.
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Towa
Linn County
Aigteid
Katherine Hingerwadel
District Court
Cedar Rapids Town
Kean Seeks Attorney General Opinion On Dry Repeal Method
Washington AP Senator Kean New Jersey introduced a resolution asking the attorney general for a formal opinion on the proper method states should use to set up conventions to act on the prohibition repeal submission proposal. The measure aims to clarify procedural steps for enforcing the repeal process.
Rails Oppose Cut In Passenger Rates
Washington AP reports railroads told the Interstate Commerce Commission they oppose lowering passenger fares. In a letter to Commissioner Claude R Porter, officials argued reduced rates would not attract enough traffic to offset lost revenues and rejected claims that freight shippers bore an undue burden from unprofitable passenger service.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Claude R. Porter
Eddy's Daughter Dies in Des Moines
Mrs. Margaret Smith, 27, daughter of Sherwood Eddy the author and lecturer, died at her Des Moines home after a week with a cold that developed into pneumonia. Her body was sent to Long Island City, New York, for burial.
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Des Moines
Margaret Smith
Sherwood Eddy
Long Island City
Ny Y
Move to form nine member committee on indigent care funding
Des Moines AP reports both Iowa legislature chambers adopted a concurrent resolution to appoint a nine member committee. The panel will confer with the medical college faculty and the state university hospital in Iowa City about the decline in funds for indigent patient care and will submit recommendations to the current assembly.
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DES Moines
Medical College
State University Hospital
Iowa City
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