Italy Expands Africa Force As Eden Appeals For Peace
Rome reports Mussolini orders near 10 000 workers and troops a week to reinforce Africa as Britain’s Eden urges negotiations. Italy speeds up troop ships and aircraft to Abyssinia while planning a broader clean up campaign and air force upgrades.
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Duce
Dicker
Rome
Ins
Mussolini
Italy
Anthony Eden
Eden
Britain
Ethiopia
Miraglia
Italan
Africa
Air Force
Tank Corps
Abyssinia
Approaching Intersections Instruction
Road safety guidance urges slow approach to intersections and avoiding high speed. Drivers should only accelerate once the path is clearly clear to maintain control and prevent rear end collisions.
Youth Seeks Hanging After Missouri Slaying Plea
James Box, 19, pleads guilty to the holdup death of Edwin Niemeyer in Lexington Missouri. He asks the judge for the death penalty while his lawyer E R Leslie urges clemency. Judge Charles Lyons presides over the unusual plea.
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Lexington
James Box
Edwin Niemeyer
Charles Lyons
E. R. Leslie
Securities Gifts Reach 100 Million in Reports
New reports to the securities commission show total gifts by officers and large stockholders reaching 100 million dollars ahead of higher gift taxes that took effect January 1 1936. December alone accounts for about 7 million with preceding months adding 8 million. James Simpson’s 1.5 million in Marshall Field & Company stock is among the larger gifts.
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Washington
Securities Commission
Congress
James Simpson
Chicago
Marshall Field and Company
Simpson
G. M. Moffett
New York
Corn Products Refining Company
Theodore H. Kirk
Winston-Salem
N. C
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
John Stuart
Quaker Oats Company
Howard H. Rath
J. W. Rath
Waterloo
Rath Packing Company
Engineers to Hold 48th Annual Meeting in Marshalltown
Members of the Iowa Engineering Society will conduct the forty-eighth annual meeting March 11 and 12 at Marshalltown. Prof J. S. Dodds announced the event, noting a postponement from February due to weather and snow removal duties in members' communities.
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Ames
Iowa Engineering Society
Marshalltown
J. S. Dodds
Maynard Nuptials Tie Hoeger Bride to Sumner Groom
Miss Marie Hoeger daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Hoeger and Clarence Block son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Block of Sumner were married at St Pauls Lutheran Church Sunday by Rev Fred C Lutz. Paul Lutz ring bearer and Dora Hoeger maid of honor with Robert Nauholz as attendant. Reception at the bride’s home followed. couple to reside on a farm north of Sumner.
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Maynard
Marie Hoeger
Fred Hoeger
Clarence Block
Ernest Block
Sumner
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Fred C. Lutz
Paul Lutz
Louis H. Buenneke
Mary Katherine Guritz
Alice Block
Lester Block
Dora Hoeger
Robert Nauholz
Lillian Lutz
Floyd Federer
Block
Lost Nation Legion Post Sees 36 Soldier Bonus Applications
Thirty six applications for the soldiers bonus were filled in Lost Nation last week, mostly by members of the Menzo Middle American Legion post. Total payments range from fourteen to fifteen thousand dollars to the veterans.
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Lost Nation
Menzo Middle American Legion
Police Charge Soda Fountain Held Alchy Druggist Is Arrested
The Fifth Avenue pharmacy soda fountain container labeled sarsaparilla held liquor, leading to the arrest of proprietor J. J. Kegler, 59, on illegal possession of liquor charges. Detectives Stanley Kudina and Haberle led the raid that yielded a half gallon of alcohol. Also charged was Stanley Dalecky, 24, of 703 Fifth Avenue SE after he reportedly had a half pint of alcohol in an alley near the Iowa theater. he was summoned to the county attorney's office for questioning.
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Fifth Avenue
Fifth Avenue SE
J. J. Kegler
Kegler
Earl Stanley
Condon, Kudina and
Haberle
Stanley Dalecky
Iowa Theater
Albert Wilson
Dalecky
Independence Hospital Expenses On Increase
The Independence Hospital for the Insane reported higher operating costs in the year ending June 30, 1935. Total costs reached 384,576.42 with per inmate costs of 22.56, while inmate population averaged 1,713. Farm and garden revenue rose to 22,092.44, reducing overall net increase per inmate to 12.57. The audit cites 24,175.94 more spent on provisions and a net institutional loss of 2,015.30 in state industries.
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Des Moines
State Hospital For the Insane
Independence
C. W. Storms
Martina Van Gerve Defies Jury Testimony In Cleveland Case
Martina Van Gerve called policemen liars and resigned from a jury in Cleveland. Judge Samuel Silbert heard the remark as attorneys announced several officers would testify, signaling tension in the proceedings.
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Cleveland
Martina van Gerve
Samuel Silbert
Countess to raise Barbara's Baby in Europe
Reports say Countess von Haugwitz-Reventlow plans to raise her one day old son in Europe. The infant will split time between England and Denmark with heavy security at Hyde Park Gardens to deter kidnappers.
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London
von Haugwitz-Reventlow
England
Europe
Denmark
Barbara Hutton
United States
Hyde Park Gardens
Atlantic
Danish line holds prince crown privilege for Reventlow heir
In Copenhagen, Countess von Haugwitz Reventlow’s baby may wear a prince’s crown in the future, a privilege granted in 1815 to this non reigning Danish family descended from a brother of Queen Adelaide of England.
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Copenhagen
Countess von Haugwitz
Reventlow
Reventlows
Adelaide
England
Denmark
Iowa First to Get U S Security Fund Pensions Growth
Des Moines report says Iowa became the first state to receive federal Social Security funds. The $548,000 allocation will extend pension benefits to at least 6,000 aged Iowans, with eventual reach to 17,000. The fund totals $1,096,000 for immediate use, matching state quarterly collections.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Union
Federal Security Board
Byron G. Allen
Iowa Old Age Assistance Commission
Allen
High Water Delays Rail Service on Several Lines
High water disrupted Rock Island trains with detours for two St. Louis to Minneapolis night runs and Tuesday morning service by the C B and Q in Missouri. An ice gorge near Burlington and high water near Clinton on the Clinton branch caused further delays.
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Rock Island
St. Louis
Minneapolis
C. B. and Q
Missouri
Burlington
Clinton
Dromedary Gingerbread Mix Promises Easy Eight Servings
A Washington-Lewis Chapter DAR note markets Dromedary Gingerbread Mix based on Mary Ball Washington’s private recipe. Simply add water and bake for about half an hour for eight servings with a money back guarantee if not the most delicious gingerbread. Hills Brothers Co. New York, U.S.A.
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Washington-Lewis
Daughters of the American Revolution
Fredericksburg
Virginia
Mary Ball Washington
The
Hills Brothers Co
New York
U.S. A
Pleads Not Guilty in Murder of Loeb
James Day a 21 year old prison inmate pleaded innocent to an indictment charging the murder of Richard Loeb. He was arraigned before Circuit Judge Claude N Saum and trial was set for March 9. Day confessed to killing Loeb with a razor in a prison bathroom and claimed self defense.
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Joliet
Ill
James Day
Richard Loeb
Day
Claude N. Saum
Horner
Loeb
Stateville Penitentiary
Nathan Leopold
Bobby Franks
Church Advance Institute Held Here Next Monday
One of twelve regional Church Advance institutes to be held March 2 to 7 will meet at First Presbyterian church in Cedar Rapids next Monday afternoon and evening. The interdenominational institute is under di-
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First Presbyterian Church
Cedar Rapids
Christian Education Council Gathering Announces Schedule
The Iowa State Council of Christian Education and cooperating denominations will host an afternoon session at 1 45 with a 6 15 dinner and an evening program from 7 to 9 15. Outstanding leaders in Christian education will appear. Sessions open to all with no registration fee, offerings to be taken.
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Iowa State Council of Christian Education
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Iowa Theater Cooking School
Hiorton CO
Cedar Rapids, IA
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Oelwein
Second Avenue NW
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Fred Ridler
Ida Finch
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Harry Donovan
William Cook
Meikle
William Molumby
W. H. Daily
C. A. Benson
Lantz
August Plashal
Josephine Kenniston
Irene Bentley
Wayne Potter
Jack Plashal
Grace Methodist Church
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Hillman
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U. S. Security Fund
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Iowa Theatre Cooking School
Reater
Jack Sprat
Church Advance Institute
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Kenmore Vacuum
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