General Motors Refuses Open Shop and Strikes Spread
General Motors and the union clash over recognition and bargaining rights. The UAW demands a national agreement on union recognition, seniority, and a minimum wage. Nine GM plants closed by strikes, nearly 50,000 idle, with costs mounting and 69 U.S. plants affected across 14 states and 35 cities.
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General Motors
General Motors Corporation
Martin
Toledo
Chevrolet
Kenneth Cole
Fisher Body
Cleveland
Flint
Mich
Corporation
United States
Coe Man Qualifies to Judge Drum Contests
Ariel Cross of Waterloo a junior at Coe college earned a national j udges designation for school drum contests. He passed a performance test before William F Ludwig at the Chicago convention meeting the twenty six rudiments requirement. Cross directs Cedar Rapids Y M C A Boys Drum and Bugle corps and plays with the Waterloo and local symphony orchestras. He is president of Coe Phi Mu Alpha chapter.
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Ariel Cross
Waterloo
Coe College
Iowa
Chicago
Cross
William F. Ludwig
National Association
Cedar Rapids Y. M. C. A. Boys
Waterloo Symphony
Coe
Phi Mu Alpha
National Honorary Music Society
Iowa State College
Drake
State Teachers and
Simpson
Woman Slugged As Purse Pursued In Street
A woman named Miss Blin was attacked in a street pursuit and fled to a neighboring house. A nearby store worker chased toward First street NW and identified Brown, who appeared chasing and dropped a club in his garage. Detectives Condon and Kudina and officers Walsh and Hines arrested Brown Monday night.
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Miss Blin
Brown
First Street
M Avenue
Condon
Kudina
Walsh and
Hines
Pedestrian Struck On Otis Road Injures Shoulder
Minor Steagle of Otis road SE suffered a dislocated shoulder after being struck by a car driven by J W Petty of Cedar Rapids on Otis road near Seventeenth street SE at 6 30 p m Monday. He was treated and released from Mercy hospital. Petty said he was driving south and saw the pedestrian loom up in front of his vehicle too late to avoid impact.
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Minor Steagle
Otis Road
J. W. Petty
Route 4
Cedar Rapids
Seventeenth Street
Steagle
Mercy Hospital
Petty
Missing Grundy Center Boy Found at Milwaukee Depot
Everett Robinson, 15, of Grundy Center, reported missing from Grundy Center Sunday, was found by police at the Milwaukee depot at 2 30 a.m. He said he was en route to Iowa City to visit his sister, a University of Iowa student. He was turned over to probation officer Lena Vogt for notification of his parents. In Oxford, Mrs Rachael Kennedy was installed worthy Matron of the Eastern Star with officers including E H Singer as worthy patron and many named officers.
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Everett Robinson
Grundy Center
Milwaukee
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Lena Vogt
Oxford
Rachael Kennedy
The
Eastern Star
E. H. Singer
Nora Dee
E. F. Linkhart
Ethel Nunn
Orpha Rourke
Ethel Mann
Mollie Linkhart
Mabel Singer
Edith Rapp
Ruth Schmidt
Adah
Jeanne Robertson
Ruth
Norma Klenk
Esther
Ruth Stoner
Martha
Kathryn Maske
Electa
Irene Nunn
Warder
Lizzie Gegenheimer
Sentinel
Dewey Elliott
Coe Band Budget Woes Highlight Inaugural Plans
Iowa officials and lawmakers debate funding for the Coe College band and related inaugural events. Cedar Rapids inquiries, costs cited for serving 60 to 70 band members, and Governor Herring’s office pressed to cover expenses. Major Russell and Senator Gillette weigh policy and feasibility.
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Coe
Vanderbilt
Yale
Harvard
Virginia
Cedar Rapids
Major Russell
Senator Gillette
Iowa
Coe College Band Considers Roosevelt Inaugural Trip
Sponsors and band officials did not plan a formal Washington debut. The Gazette learned no definite inaugural plans exist. Director Vesely said Governor Herring would help arrange a Washington function. Funds and housing are being organized with band members volunteering to cover part of costs. A Jan 14 concert in Coe chapel will aid the trip.
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Coe College
Roosevelt
Washington, D. C
Stanley Vesely
Congress opens with historic lame duck session
Garner called for order as Elderly South Trimble did the same at noon. The oath of office for new senators and routine opening followed in a 50 minute session before adjourning to Wednesday. It marked the first pre inauguration gathering under the lame duck amendment and the largest Democratic majorities since the Civil War with 76 of 96 senators and 332 of 435 representatives.
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Garner
South Trimble
House
James Shera Montgomery
Senate
Congress
Gillette Takes Oath as New Senator for Iowa
United States Senator Guy Gillette takes the oath of office in Washington D C succeeding the late Louis Murphy of Iowa as the Senate convenes with Democratic Leader Joe Robinson presiding.
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Washington
D. C
United States
Guy Gillette
Louis Murphy
Iowa
Senate
Joe Robinson
Arkansas
Doctor Consults FBI Over Kidnapped Boy Case
Hopes for the boy's return rise as an inventor touts a device to locate missing persons. Dr. Mattson leaves the case to federal agents, while William and Muriel Mattson stay home from school. A man claimed success locating people 490 miles away. Friends Paul Sceva and Lieut. Col. Gus Appelman visit the Mattson home amid daytime visitors and a single light in the evening.
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Mattson
Federal Bureau of Investigation
William
Muriel
Paul Sceva
Gus B. Appelman
Mary Weston Weds Lavern Halstrom in West Union
Miss Mary Grace Weston daughter of Mr and Mrs M O Weston of Stanley married Lavern Halstrom son of Mr and Mrs Edd Halstrom near Oelwein at the Methodist parsonage in West Union December 31. Rev T M Nielson officiated. Halstrom is a bus driver for the Stanley school.
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Stanley
Mary Grace Weston
M. O. Weston
Lavern Halstrom
Edd Halstrom
Near Oelwein
West Union
T. M. Nielson
Halstrom
Stanley School
Knights of Pythias install Star of the West lodge officers
F C Kirkpatrick was installed as chancellor commander of Star of the West lodge No. 1 with E S Seibert as vice-chancellor and L W Jonas as prelate. Other officers include O W Herrick master of work E W Hildebrand keeper of records D E Drake mas ter of finance F D Sheppard exchequer W W Lansing master at arms and guards A S Buckner J L Willson. Trustees are P N Clark J W Hopp F M Popenhagen with committee chairs A C Allen E P Butterfield and others handling relief membership publicity entertainment orchestra and regalia.
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F. C. Kirkpatrick
Star of the West Lodge No
Knights of Pythias
E. S. Seibert
L. W. Jonas
O. W. Herrick
E. W. Hildebrand
D. E. Drake
F. D. Sheppard
W. W. Lansing
A. S. Buckner
J. L. Willson
P. N. Clark
J. W. Hopp
F. M. Popenhagen
A. C. Allen
E. P. Butterfield
R. R. Mayberry
J. W. Cook
M. Privette
E. A. Newton
Regalia
Nazi Ultimatum To Spain Reported By Berlin
The Berlin dispatch says Hitler’s admiral aboard the Koenigsberg delivered a naval ultimatum to Spain. It states the blockade would prevent confiscation and, if imposed, German naval forces in Spanish waters would be reinforced with seaplanes to bottle up the Spanish fleet. The German government accepted the ultimatum as its declaration.
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Hitler
Koenigsberg
Valencia
German Ultimatum Threatens Spanish Civil War Shipping
Berlin reports a German navy ultimatum to the rebel side in Spain demanding the return of cargo and passengers from the Palos with a January 8 deadline. The Graf Spee has already docked the Aragon at a rebel port as threats of German action grow while Bilbao and the leftist government resist.
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Europe
Berlin
Koenigsberg
Aragon
Marta Jonquera
Palos
Francisco Franco
Graf Spee
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