Western bloc rebels against cuts in relief funds
A bloc of western senators and representatives from Washington Oregon Montana Wyoming Idaho and California mounting protest against President Roosevelt’s proposed WPA relief cuts to 130 million monthly. They seek at least 170 million citing drought migration. Hopkins and Buchanan discuss quick action on a relief deficiency bill with hearings planned.
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Washington
Congress
Oregon
Montana
Wyoming
Idaho
California
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
James P. Buchanan
House Appropriations Committee
Buchanan
House
Senate
Treasury
Perm
Former Cedar Rapids Resident Injured In Miami Crash
Mrs. Albert C. Thompson of Cedar Rapids learned her son in law Vincent J West a former city resident was injured in a Miami Florida auto accident. West was confined in a Miami hospital with unspecified injuries after his car collided with a truck.
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Albert C. Thompson
Seventeenth Street
Vincent J. West
Cedar Rapids
Miami
Fla
West
Thompson
Vincent J. Welt
Welt
Velma Thompson
Death notice for Fred G. Holubar funeral service
Funeral services for Fred G. Holubar will be held in the Rohn chapel at 2 30 p.m. Monday conducted by the Rev. Melvin L. Welke. Burial will be in Cedar Memorial Park. Friends may call at the chapel today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred G. Holubar
Rohn
Melvin L. Welke
Cedar Memorial Park
Pick And Shovel Crew Clears Ice Packed Rails
Cedar Rapids and Marion street car crews used pick and shovel methods to free tracks on First Avenue E and reach Kenwood after ice halted service. Motormen, including William D. Webster, waited in twelve hour shifts as rescue crews worked to reopen lines and restore operation.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
First Avenue E
Kenwood
William D. Webster
Daniels Street
Oak Hill
Fifth Avenue
Sixth Street
Webster
Auto Union Group Drops Peace Parley
The Auto Union and United Auto Workers discuss a peaceful settlement of strikes. GM insists sit down strikers be removed before direct negotiations. UAW agrees to removal only if GM guarantees plant nonoperation and no mane are removed from employees.
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Auto Union Group
General Motors
William Knudsen
G.M
G. M
Homer Martin
U. W
Cleveland Fisher Body workers vote to end strike
The Fisher Body employee committee in Cleveland mailed more than 7,000 cards to polling workers about returning to work under pre strike conditions. Of 3,435 responses, 3,435 favor an immediate return to work, committee chairman Peter G. Schick and secretary F. H. Corbley report. They say the strike was driven by a small minority, not the majority.
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Cleveland
Fisher Body Company
Peter G. Schick
F. H. Corbley
Schick
Indict 25 In Raids On Mountain Cabins By Hooded Groups
Prestonburg Kentucky AP Hooded bands wearing stockings with eye holes raided cabins at night beating a country storekeeper and farmer. Twenty five indicted under criminal syndicalism and sedition law carrying up to 21 years and 10000 dollars fines. Five more charged with banding and confederating.
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Prestonsburg
Kentucky
Commonwealth
O. C. Hall
Indict 29 at Kansas City for Vote Fraud
Springfield Missouri jury foreman said the inquiry would resume Tuesday morning. The 22 jurors included only two Kansas City residents. the rest were scattered across Missouri's western district. The jury was revamped December 21 after requests for excusal. Justice agents aided the probe. 346 witnesses were called, all from Twelfth ward, where all indictments’ precincts lie. Indicted include Leo B. Roach and several Democratic and Republican judges clerks precinct captains.
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Springfield
Kansas City
Missouri
D. J
Reeves
Harding
Leo B. Roach
Callie Clark
Lorne Wells
Margaret T. Kelley
Cecelia Ditsch
Edson M. Walker
Loretta McEntee
John T. Little
Alice M. Froeschl
Frank H. Adams
Beulah Walton
Chloe G. Albright
Elijah Burke
James E. Maxey
Lena T. Green
Joe R. Wells, Jr
Olga Kegin
Anna V. O’lough
House Fire Destroys Savage Family Home
A kitchen fire started near the stovepipe gutted the Savage residence on Memorial Drive SE. Rose Ilene Savage saw the blaze and alerted her parents as neighbors furnished clothing and the family stayed with Percy Williams. Personal losses are estimated at $1,000. the house is uninsured.
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Rose Ilene Savage
George Williams
Thirtieth Street
Mount Vernon Avenue
Savage
Percy Williams
Memorial Drive SE
Penick and Ford
Selton
New York Jurist Seeks Three Limits on Supreme Court
Justice William Harman Black of the New York supreme court urged three constitutional amendments to curb federal judicial power. He argued the court’s power to strike down acts of Congress or constitutional provisions unsettles business and creates uncertainty.
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Supreme Court
Congress
Parliament
Six Men Arrested for Forgery Tied to Iowa Grain Dealers
St Joseph Missouri police chief John T Duncan announced six young men were arrested in Missouri and sent to Hamburg Iowa, tied to forgery schemes against Iowa grain dealers. They allegedly passed a 775 dollar draft issued by Farmers Bank of Gower Missouri on a St Joseph bank and paid an Hamburg elevator operator for three truckloads of corn. Similar forgery rings targeted grain dealers in Coon Rapids Sioux Rapids and Conway Iowa.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
John T. Duncan
Missouri
Hamburg
Iowa
Duncan
Farmers Bank of Gower
St. Joseph
Coon Rapids
Sioux Rapids
Conroy
Telephone Operator Plunges To Death In Chicago
Miss Isabel Moran a 24 year old telephone switchboard operator at 30 North La Salle Building leaped from the eleventh floor on Saturday in Chicago. Fellow employees identified her as the deceased.
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Chicago
Isabel Moran
North LaSalle
Britain Hints Spain Blockade Amid European Tensions
German and Italian notes signal prepared pressure as Britain and France push for restraint on Spanish Morocco. Hitler expected to rebuff interference and high Nazi circles accuse France of aiding Spanish socialist forces with Moscow.
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Europe
Hitler
Spanish
Morocco
France
Moscow
Franco British plan to halt foreign volunteers in Spain
Britain and France discuss a two power naval display off Morocco to deter intervention in the Spanish Civil War. London will send notes to Berlin Rome Lisbon and Moscow proposing a late month date to halt foreign volunteers and create an international general staff to enforce the ban.
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London
France
Great Britain
Germany
Britain
Spanish Morocco
Berlin
Rome
Lisbon
Moscow
Spain
Anthony Eden
Andre Corbin
Eden
Corbin
Spanish
Morocco
Downing Street
Stanley Baldwin
Mrs. Baldwin
King George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Sandringham Estate
Baldwin
A. Duff- Cooper
Kingsley Wood
Thomas A. Inskip
John Simon
Samuel Hoare
Lord Stanhope
Italy
Ceuta
Feed Dealers Guests Of Wilson And Co At Banquet
More than 100 eastern Iowa feed dealers attended Wilson and company's annual banquet in the Memorial Coliseum Chamber of Commerce dining room. Harry Palmer opened with welcomes. W A Billings of the University of Minnesota spoke on Talking Turkey, sharing turkey production expertise.
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Iowa
Wilson and Company
Livestock Feeds Department
Russell Ward
Chamber of Commerce
Memorial Coliseum
Harry Palmer
W. A. Billings
University of Minnesota
Billings
S. U. Chemistry Student Enters Mayoralty Race
Iowa City mayors race heats up as M. L Crowder a 23 year old University of Iowa chemistry student announces candidacy for the Democratic nomination for mayor. Crowder joins local politics as a fresh entrant challenging incumbents and signaling student influence in city affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
M. L Crowder
University of Iowa
Democratic Party
Cedar Rapids Girl Cheerful After Neck Injury
Miss Eutona Blayney, 25, of Cedar Rapids, injured in a Dec 21 car crash ten miles east of Waterloo, remains in a Water-loo hospital. She reports regained movement in left arm and hand, remains hopeful for full recovery, while sister and others describe her cheerful spirit despite a broken neck and later brace fitting. The accident also injured sister June Blayney and passenger Jack King.
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Eutona Blayney
Fifth Avenue SE
Waterloo
Bey Chance
Miss Blayney
Jay Leonard
Waterloo Courier
Highway 20
Duane Nichols
Cedar Rapids
June
Jack King
King
Miss June Blayney
St. Francis Hospital
Snow delays actions in Mattson kidnapping case
Seattle and Tacoma report snow stalled ransom efforts for 10 year old Charles Mattson. Dr. W. W. Mattson awaits word as the $28,000 payment nears, while federal agents stay withdrawn amid heavy weather and travel disruptions.
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Tacoma
Wash
Charles Mattson
W. W. Mattson
Charles
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mattson
Fleming Suffered Burns After Fire Incident
The report notes Fleming sustained burns on his arms but remained in non serious condition following a destructive blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fleming
Can Old Faces Look Young Again
Pauline Palmer presents a free book detailing a home facial rejuvenation method to reduce wrinkles double chins and sagging cheeks without cosmetics. Over 10 000 readers already requested the guide and a Facial Analysis Chart is mailed free from 1093 B Armour Blvd Kansas City Missouri.
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Pauline Palmer
Armour Blvd
Kansas City
Iowa City Man Hurt In Gasoline Tank Explosion
Theodore Fleming of Iowa City sustained slight injuries when a gasoline tank on a truck in his repair shop exploded. Fire damage was estimated at 2000 dollars as Fleming, thawing a gas line, sparked the blaze with a torch and rolled in snow to extinguish flames.
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Iowa City
Theodore Fleming
Fleming
Rites Held for Mrs Douglas at Oak Hill Cemetery
Funeral services were conducted with a Catholic element led by Rev Father Campbell and organ music by Miss Eleanor Taylor. The service featured Bach and Brahms selections and concluded with the Episcopal committal service at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Father Campbell
Eleanor Taylor
Douglas
Jesus
Bachair
Gluck
Brahms
Arcadell
Wagner
Dethier
Oak Hill Cemetery
New Life Insurance Offer Without Medical Exam
A St. Louis company announces a new method of offering life insurance without medical exams and no payment until after policy review. The plan is a $1.00 monthly rate for five years then $2.00 for 15 years, after which it is fully paid up, with deposits secured by the Insurance Department. Children insured at half rates. respond with personal details to American Life and Accident Insurance Co., St. Louis.
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St. Louis
Good Earth
American Life and Accidentsurance Co
American Life Bidg
Louis
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Harry Byrd
Robert J. Bulkley
Carter Glass
Appropriations Committee
James P. Pope
Ida
Miami, Fla
Thompson Photos
Poll
N. Y
Wilson and Co
Fided
Snow
Seattle
Seattle Times
Kubias Hardware Co
First Street
Dial
H. G. Tussell
Okinow
2Nd Ave
Iowa Municipal
1St Mortgage
W.D. Hanna
Compas
Investment Securities
Merchants Bank
Pocahontas
Hubbard Ice € Fuel CO
First ST. N. W
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