Senate Backing Veto of Bonus Seen in Survey
A Senate survey shows 35 members ready to sustain a presidential veto on full and immediate payment of the World War I bonus, with 29 backing the bonus but facing possible reforms. Noncommittals total 21, while 33 opposing would block the payout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Frank Belgrano
American Legion
San Francisco
Congress
Roosevelt
House
Harrison
Finance Committee
Capitol Hill
Martens Case Ready For Jury In Slaying Trial
In Sigourney Iowa Adolph Martens 50 faces charges for the murder of his step daughter Maxine Abel 14 and the slaying of her mother. The jury was expected to begin deliberations Thursday after final pleas. The defense argues the killings were not premeditated but occurred in self defense and accident.
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Sigourney
Adolph Martens
Maxine Abel
Martens
Maxine
Gun Club Seeks Land West of Airport Approval
Cedar Rapids Airways Gun club presents a petition to use land west of the airport to the city council via officers F J Lightner president and Dr Fox Cope land secretary treasurer. Action awaits amendment to city ordinance prohibiting discharge of firearms within city limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Airways Gun Club
F J Lightner
Fox Copeland
Council To Get $10 000 From State Sinking Fund
The city council was notified it will receive 10000 from the state sinking fund to cover the deposit in Corn Belt Savings bank. In return the city will assign its dam for that amount to the state. The funds will be carried as cash and release will not change the citys financial position.
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Thratsdas
Corn Belt Savings Bank
Rev E F Austin Accepts Pastorate in Eldorado Kan
The Rev E F Austin pastor of Calvary Baptist Church resigns effective Feb 15 to lead the First Baptist Church of Eldorado Kansas. He came to Cedar Rapids from Oelwein in October 1929 and boosted church attendance and mid week prayer figures. He also held evangelistic meetings in other cities and organized gospel teams.
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E F. Austin
Calvary Baptist Church
First Baptist Church of
Eldorado
Kan
Austin
Cedar Rapide
Oelwein
Calvary Baptist
Lawyers Pay Bruno Defense Costs Revealed in Hauptmann Trial
Flemington New Jersey International News Service reports defense of Bruno Hauptmann in the Lindbergh baby murder case costs exceed 50000 with Hauptmann contributing 2900. Four New Jersey and Brooklyn attorneys bear most expenses including investigators and experts. Attorney General says state costs will be five figures, sharing with Hunterdon County.
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Flemington
N. J
INS
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr
Edward J. Reilly
International News Service
Hauptmann
Reilly
Rielly
Flory C. Lloyd Fisher
Frederick
Pope
Egbert Rosecrans
Brooklyn
New Jersey
New York
Dr. Condon
Itas
Hunterdon County
Liquor Taxes Reach One Million Daily in 1934
The Internal Revenue Bureau reports liquor tax receipts totaled 374 506 23250 for 1934 with beer excise at five dollars per barrel as the largest item, generating over 200 million dollars. State district collections include Iowa, Lee, and South Dakota, among others. Titan the painter, Mahan, painted until his death at 99.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Americas
Internal Revenue Bureau
Iowa
Lee
South Dakota
Grand Jury Rebukes Cedar Rapids Police Station and Jail
Linn county January term grand jury criticized Cedar Rapids police station and jail quarters and urged immediate construction of a new city jail and police station. It cited overcrowding, bats, vermin, poor ventilation, and unsafe records protection, calling the building a fire trap and urging a padded cell for mentally ill detainees. It noted the county home and jail were well managed, with a secret indictment returned in addition to Harold M Cooper’s case.
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Linn County
Grand Jury
H C. Ring
Cedar Rapids
Department of Investigation
Harold M Cooper
Town Liquor Commission
Ife Isham
Stife
Board of Supervisors
Manchester Women Hurt in Accident Near Central City
Mrs Ralph Zehr and Mrs Joseph Zehr both of Manchester sustained minor injuries when Ralph Zehr’s car swerved to avoid a vision of another vehicle. The crash occurred two miles north of Central City on highway 13 at 11 30 am Thursday. Carl Shatler of Central City drove a stopped car ahead, Forrest Johnson of 1621 Second Avenue SE drove the third car.
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Ralph Zehr
Joseph Zehr
Manchester
Central City
Highway 13
Zehr Zehr
Cedar Rapids
Carl Shatler
Zehr
Forrest Johnson
Second Avenue
Woman Burned Lighting Gas Stove Fire Causes Burns in Home
Mrs W Jerabek of Mes A Kapoun Twenty second Avenue SW sustained facial and hand burns early Thursday when lighting a gas stove burner left on near a pan of water. An explosion started a fire. firemen put it out and curtains were scorched. Her injuries were not serious.
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W. Jerabek
Twenty-second Avenue
Jerabek
Attorney Predicts Hauptmann Guilty Of Murder At Lions Club
Assistant city attorney Don Hines told a Lions club audience Hauptmann will be found guilty of murder, not kidnapping, citing signs from the ransom case. He argued defense may raise doubt with inconsistencies such as fingerprint gaps and voice identification. He noted the red dot symbol in the library book and questioned witness Betty Gow’s testimony as weak.
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Hauptmann
Lions
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr
Don Hines
Lions Club
Hines
Lindbergh
Cedar Rapids
Reilly
Betty
Betty Gow
John F. 'Vlassie’ Condon
Germany
New York Public Library
John Condon
John F. Condon
Jassie
Local Man Abducted After Missouri Accident Probe
Cedar Rapids man Robert E. Huston disappeared after a Sunday accident near Taylor Missouri. Three men in a mud covered sedan allegedly abducted him after striking him and breaking his right leg. Dean Shannon, Huston's companion, told Carthage authorities and Cedar Rapids detectives of the alleged kidnapping.
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Taylor
Cedar Rapids
Robert E. Huston
B Avenue NE
Huston
Carthage
Dean Shannon
Earl Stanley
Shannon
Illinois
Stanley
Desperate-acting men threaten Huston, say puto disposed
Shannon described fear for Huston's safety as the men acted like desperate characters. He believed the assailants had disposed of puto rather than target him, highlighting the peril at Carthage port as reported by a local Carthage newspaper.
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Carthage
Shannon
Huston
Puto
World Court Issue Sidetracked By Senate Leaders
Under White House instructions senate leaders planned to sidetrack the world court resolution temporarily to avoid a bitter battle over ratification that might threaten enactment of President Roosevelt's recovery legislation.
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Washington
INS
White House
Senate
Roosevelt
Brandon Teams Fall Twice to La Porte City
Brandon, Ia, saw both its high school teams lose to La Porte City on Tuesday night. The first team was defeated 34 to 13, while the second team fell 16 to 5.
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Brandon
la Porte City
Conesville Sweeps Durant In Two High School Tilts
Conesville defeated Durant 30 to 16 in the varsity game. Conesville's second team won 22 to 5 in the preliminary.
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Conesville
Durant
Conesville High
Durant High
Clark assails private arms makers in Senate munitions probe
Senator Bennett Champ Clark labeled private manufacture of munitions as harmful, accusing arms makers of exporting for profits and inflaming arms races. He called for continued inquiry funded at 100000, and argued the probe has exposed fallacies behind private production. He cited Carnegie Foundation figures on World War costs.
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Clark
Senate
Washington
ULP
Bennett Champ Clark
Carnegie Foundation For International Peace
United States
Fire Chief Returns Tapper’s Kidding with a $25 Bill
Police divers recovered a worthless watch from the Cedar River. Fire Chief Kohout accepted the find and later billed Police Chief Tapper’s department $25 for the time and service of the fire crew.
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Tapper
E. P. Kohout
Kidder
Ray Tapper
Cedar River
Second Avenue Bridge
Kohout
Fire Department
Oxford Girls Edge Marengo 11 10 In Tightfinish
Oxford girls remained undefeated at home after a tense second half. Marengo tied the game at 10 with a minute left, but a late free throw by Oxford secured an 11 to 10 victory.
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Marengo
Oxford
Marengo High School
Wellman Teams Fall to Richland In Basketball
The Wellman first and second teams lost to Richland. The first team fell 21 to 15, and the reserves were defeated 13 to 9.
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Wellman
Richland
Wilson Quintet Licks Springville in 64 to 31 rout
The newly organized Wilson Packing company basketball team defeated Springville 64 to 31 on Wednesday night. Wilson's has many open dates and teams in the market can contact Harry Yonkers at Wilson's.
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Wilson Packing Company
Springville
Wilson's
Harry Yonkers
Stomach Ailment Cure Ad Promises Simple Eight Day Trial
An Omaha Nebraska advertisement urges readers with stomach ulcers and hyperacidity to request Van's Stomach Book free, promising correction without strict dieting. The ad promotes an eight day trial treatment at low cost and invites readers to write for more information.
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Van
Omaha
Nebraska
Most Prosperous Family on Soviet Collective Farm Story
An INS report from Ivanovo Voznesensk details the Frunze collective farm's 1936 finances. It shows a single family earning about two roubles daily in labor pay with 48 cents per person per day in purchasing power, highlighting government profit, grain taxes, and barter-style exchanges for goods like a Ford truck bought with wheat and oats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. KR. Knickerbocker
A. R. Knickerbocker
International News Service
Ivanovo - Voznezhensk
INS
Proletariat
Frunze Collective Farm
Venkoy
America
Frunze
Russia
Buckley’s Mixture Ad Promises Quick Cough Relief
A vintage ad touts Buckley’s Mixture triple acting as a safe night aid for families and a remedy for bronchial and persistent coughs. It claims a 45 cent bottle at May Drug Co and other drugstores acts fast, with a single sip stopping an ordinary cough.
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Buckley
May Drug Co
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