Milk Fund Appeals As Winter Reinforces Needs
The Sunday column notes slow Milk Fund contributions despite winter’s return and calls for more support. It cites recent gifts from McKesson-Churchill Co employees and local groups, moving total to 2,778.89 with many pledges still pending. It links relief funding debates to unemployment relief, wage policy, and potential thirty hour weeks, urging readers to send money and pledges. It also covers Iowa liquor commission scrutiny and questions about the investigative committee’s independence, urging thorough inquiry over politics.
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McKesson-Churchill Co
Fillmore P. T. A
First Congregational Sunday School
Manhunt for Texas gunman focuses on Raymond Hamilton
Federal state and local officers hunted fugitive Raymond Hamilton after a Sunday attack left him with a jaw wound during a clash in McKinney. He seized several farm youths as hostages, released them along the route toward Mansfield and Cleburne, then fled in multiple stolen cars with a companion. Hamilton, already under a death sentence for killing a guard, escaped Huntsville last July and has connections to a prior Dallas ambush and the Fort Worth area crime spree.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Clyde Barrow
Raymond Hamilton
McKinney
Hamilton
Fort Worth
Mansfield
Cleburne
L. B
Harlow
Buster
Mays
J. C
L. B. Harlow
Weston
J. C. Loftice
Loftice
Denton
Carthage
Floyd
Shreveport
Major Crowson
Texas State
Huntsville
Charles Lamb Defied Infantalism With Genius and Grace
Reader critiques a Lamb tribute as gushy and sentimental and argues Lamb was a gifted, complex figure who bore tragedy and cared for an insane sister without complaint. The piece praises Lamb as a true comic writer who turned hardship into wit and warmth, noting his letters and essays as supreme in language. Copyright 1935.
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Charles Lamb
Lamb
Wadsworth
Man cuts tattoo of ex wife from arm in hospital
Detroit police said Anthony Backus, 23, a factory worker, was hospitalized with 17 stitches after using a paring knife to remove a tattoo of his divorced wife. He obliterated a heart and arrow design surmounted by the nickname Vic My wife Victoria 21 had divorced him and he explained he did not want her name on his arm.
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Detroit
INS
Anthony Backus
Backus
Vic
Victoria
Farmers Sign For Heavy Corn Hog Cut
Washington AP reports midwestern farmers signing new corn hog contracts are locking in reductions above the minimum. Officials say signers expect 15 to 18 percent average, but many choose around 20 percent with western belts leaning toward 25 to 30 percent.
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Washington
Middlewestern
Farm Administration
Corn Belt
Silent Radio for One Listener Only
Quincy inventor Joseph L. McGrath announced a silent radio that plays music only to a listener wearing a small wireless device called a joint harp. Any radio can be used with a simple hookup, letting one person hear the program while neighbors cannot hear it.
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Quincy
Mass
INL
Joseph L. McGrath
McGrath
Wind and Cold Take Toll of 13 in Midwest
AP reports a severe weather blitz from the Rockies to the Mississippi with sleet snow and hail. At least 13 killed, heavy property loss, stock and crops damaged by dust storms tornadoes and a blizzard. Tornadoes hit Kansas Oklahoma Missouri and western Arkansas. six deaths occurred in Chicago area traffic accidents.
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Kansas City
Rockies
Mississippi
Wheat Belt
Great Lakes
Tri-State
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Wichita
Kan
Arkansas
Chicago
Blizzard Hits Iowa With Record Winter Snowfall
A Texas panhandle blizzard burst into Iowa Sunday night bringing the season’s greatest total precipitation. Winds up to 70 mph blew snow into large drifts stalling cars, shelving airliners, and delaying buses by four to eight hours. Western and midwestern travel suffered with snow and rain in Omaha and Chicago disrupted service, while towns like Charles City, Sioux City, Council Bluffs, Dubuque, and Davenport reported heavy snowfalls.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Texas Panhandle
Transcontinental Air Lies
Chicago
Omaha
Midwest
Wyoming
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Illinois
Charles City
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Dubuque
Davenport
Town
Wife Objects To Die In Place Of Hauptmann
Mrs. Mary Prystup, mother of two, objects to her husband Stanley changing places with Bruno Hauptmann. He proposed to swap places for $6,000 so his family could live, a plan Governor Hoffmann rejected.
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Hauptmann
Wife
New York
INS
Mary Prystup
Comely
Stanley Prystup
Bruno Hauptmann
Stanley
Hoffman
New Jersey
Hoffmann
Cooper Gets Until 4 P.M. Tuesday For New Trial Motion
Judge H C Ring in district court ruled that Harold M. Cooper state liquor control commission chairman convicted February 15 on a liquor control act violation may file a motion for new trial and exceptions until 4 p.m. Tuesday. The motion will be argued Wednesday and if overruled Cooper faces immediate sentencing.
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H. C. Ring
Harold M. Cooper
State Liquor Control Commission
Cooper
Highways Cleared After Snow Drift Battle
Cedar Rapids area shivered through a weekend snow and wind event. State highway crews reported primary roads in Jones Linn and Johnson counties open by mid morning Monday though drifts remained near Waterloo and Manchester. Snowfall ranged from three to three and a half inches with about a quarter inch of precipitation. Trains ran an hour late.
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Cedar Rapids
Middlewest
State Highway Commission
Cedar Rapids Automobile Club
Jones, Linn
Johnson Counties
Waterloo
Manchester
Chambers Inskeep Company
Belgrano Pushes Bonus Plan At Iowa Legion Talk
Frank N Belgrano Jr national commander of the Legion urged support for the Vinson bill at a dinner closing the Iowa commanders conference. He said the Legion favors immediate cash payment at face value with accrued interest cancelled and that Congress should determine funding methods. Belgrano blamed critics for stirring “smoke” about the issue and accused some veterans supporters of aiming to change currency laws.
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Des: Moines
Americanision
Sue
Frank N Belgrano, Jr
The
Legion
Iowa
Vinson
Congress
Belgrano
Unbroken Deadlock On Work Bill Stays In Place In Senate
The Senate remains deadlocked over the 4.88 billion jobs bill with President Roosevelt urging work relief. Paul Betters warns of social unrest from inaction while Pat McCarran ridicules the march threat. House Speaker Burns expects the bill's original form to pass despite Democratic defections.
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Roosevelt
Senate
America
England
Washington
McCarran
Paul V. Betters
U. S. Conference of Mayors
Betters
Pat McCarran
Death by own action notes of two Du Bois sisters
Eliza beth and Jane Du Bois plunged from an airplane after a grim personal crisis. A coroner jury ruled death by own action while of unsound mind. Their letters to their parents described grief for RAF flyers Forbes and Beatty, reading aloud in court amid family distress.
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DU Bois
Romford
Eng
Elizabeth
Jane du Bois
Court du Bois
United States
Naples
John A. C. Forbes
Henry L. Beatty
Messina
Sicily
Royal Air Force
Franklin’ C. Gowes
Ganga Ca Gowen
Coert du Bois
Five Killed As Box Of Explosives Blows Up On French Ship
Five people were killed and several injured seriously when a box of explosives detonated in the hold of the French liner Gouverneur General Jonnart. The blast was heard across the port of Tunis and guards were placed along the wharves. The Jonnart, 4513 tons, is owned by France’s merchant marine service and authorities would not disclose whether munitions or a powder barrel exploded due to the police guard near Constantine amid recent unrest.
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Tunis
Africa
Gouverneur
Senate votes for farm income probe in Senate move
Washington AP reports the Senate approved a resolution proposing an investigation into farm income and agricultural conditions generally. The measure passed Monday and moves to the House for action.
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Senate
Washington
House
Chavez Contests Cutting Election
Former New Mexico congressman Dennis Chavez filed a formal petition of contest for the Senate seat of Len Bronson Cutting with Vice President Garner. The move comes as Chavez challenges the outcome in a tightly watched race drawing national attention.
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Washington
Dennis Chavez
New Mexico
Senate
Len Bronson Cutting
Garner
Subpoenas Issued In Liquor Probe Target Thompson Schmidt
The legislative liquor investigating committee subpoenaed Cedar Rapids County Attorney King Thompson and Iowa City State Senator Paul Schmidt. It also seeks witnesses Rep Gustave Alesch of LeMars and Rep John Moore of Sioux City. Hearings start Wednesday morning with a court of inquiry power to compel testimony and probe payments to a campaign fund.
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Cedar Rapids
G. K. Thompson
Don Burington
Sioux City
Legislative Liquor Investigating Committee
Des Moines
Burington
Thompson
Linn County
Cooper
H. C. Ring. Thompson
INS
Legislative Equor
King Thompson
Paul W. Schmidt
Iowa City
Gustave Alesch
LeMars
John Moore
C. L. McKinnon
New London
Rep
Alesch
Hquor
Schmidt
Democratic Campaign Fund
Rep. Moore
The
Liquor Commission
McKinnon
D. W. Kimberly
Davenport
Dewey E. Goode
Bloomfield
M. X. Geske
Linn County Budget Boost by Relief Funds in 1935
Linn County's 1935 budget totals 1,217,409.44, up 306,333.77 from 1934 appropriations of 911,075.67. Anticipated receipts are 1,089,501.45 with a 217,153.44 balance on Jan 1. Increases come mainly from higher dependency relief levies, plus bond obligations and road construction. General fund operating drops.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Bride Of 2 Months Takes Own Life
Mrs Chester Larby, 20, a bride of two months, hanged herself in the barn hay chute at the farm near here. Jones county coroner found no stated motive after investigating. Husband discovered the body after she complained of ill health on waking. Formerly Erna Von Behren, daughter of Fred Von Behren, with three sisters and four brothers surviving along with husband and father.
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Olin
Chester Larby
Here
Jones County
Sarby
Erna von Behren
Fred von Behren
Stanwood
United States pushes stronger arms trade controls at Geneva
Hugh Wilson warned Monday night that the United States will oppose Britain’s draft of a weak arms traffic pact. He offered an amendment to broaden an armaments commission’s powers to investigate production and trade across nations while Britain and Italy criticized the plan for insufficient inspections and universal adoption. Denmark’s Borberg blasted British obstruction of the American framework as talks aim to draft a world covenant.
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Geneva
Hugh Wilson
United States
Washington
Britain
Wilson
Lord Stanhope
League
Italy
William Borberg
Denmark
Daiches Widow Seeks Insurance After Murder Conviction
In Chicago Mrs. Belle Turner Daiches sues the advertising agency led by her late husband Eli Daiches and Louis Weitzman of New York for 317000 life insurance. A jury found Irving Weitzman responsible for the slaying to enable the insurer to collect. Weitzman sentenced to life. his brother Louie did not attend trial.
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Chicago
INS
Irving Weltzman
Eli Daiches
Belle Turner Daiches
Louis Weitzman
New York
Irving Weitzman
Daiches
Iowa Five Nips Michigan 37-25 in Big Ten clash
Ann Arbor Michigan. After six straight Big Ten losses, the University of Iowa basketball team snapped out of a slump with a 37 to 25 road victory over Michigan. Widespread scoring droughts plagued the game, but Iowa managed to pull ahead in the second half and hold on for the win. The result boosts Iowa’s conference standing while Michigan remains gridlocked in the imbalance of the season.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Iowa
Michigan
Local Man Injured In Auto Collision Near Davenport
C. C. Petersen of Cedar Rapids was badly injured when his car collided with a truck driven by Howard Steward of Grand Mound about five miles north of Davenport. Petersen was hospitalized in Davenport in serious condition. A directory check found no listing for C C Petersen.
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Davenport
C. C. Petersen
Cedar Rapids
Howard Steward
Grand Mound
Petersen
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