Iowa House deadlock ends with acting chief clerk chosen
Democrats and Republicans in Iowa's House end the first stalemate by selecting an acting chief clerk after five ballots. Virgil Lekin declined the post. The next test is choosing a speaker amid Rep. Ryder illness. The piece notes a 46-year echo and argues lawmakers today are less bound by party.
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Iowa
House of Representatives
Virgil Lekin
John Ryder
Dubuque
Ryder
State House
John T. Hamilton
Cedar Rapids
Iowa House Sees Deadlock Over Clerkship and Leadership
In Des Moines the Iowa House faced a 54 to 54 tie on a temporary chief clerk choice after six ballots. William Reinecke, a Democrat, was later named clerk, while Rep. Ed Brown, a Republican, was made temporary chairman amid ongoing party stalemate. The Senate chose Frank C. Byers as speaker pro tem and advanced its Republican patronage slate.
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DES Moines
House of Representatives
William Reinecke
Ed Brown
Iowa House
Virgil Lekin
Lekin
House
State Securities Commission
Senate
Frank C. Byers
Cedar Rapids
Gustave Alesch
Marcus
A. C. Gustafson
E. H. Birmingham
Alesch
C. E. Lockinghill
Nevada
Delaware County
Reinecke
Gustafson
State Securities Department
Rep
C. L. Rice
Delta
R. D. Blue
Eaglegrove
Rice
Tom Stimpson
Anamosa
Blue
Dewey E. Goode
Bloomfield
Writer recalls Verne Marshall and five daughters
In a June 26 1933 Current Comment passage Harlan Miller notes Verne Marshall once wrote a front page column about his newborn son then shifts to a joke about a man becoming a father of five daughters. He remarks on changing opinions and a steadfast stance on five queens.
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Harlan Miller
Verne Marshall
Miller
Pat
Night Club Shooting Over Piano Player Sparks Debate
A Chicago night club patron shot dead a piano player after declaring dislike for his playing. Harold Rambert admitted grabbing a gun and killing the musician, claiming the motive was unclear. The piece links personal grudges to wider social mischief.
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Chicago
Buddy
Harold Rambert
Rambert
Sud
Iowa House opens with deadlock over temporary clerk
Bitter partisan fights mark the Iowa legislature opening as the House, evenly split, fails to reach a quick agreement on a temporary chief clerk. Virgil Lekin wins on the sixth ballot over Reinecke and Gustafson, while the Senate partisan vote strips incoming Lt. Gov Valentine of committee appointment power.
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Des Moines
Iowa
House
Virgil Lekin
Senate
John Valentine
Basil Zaharoff described as merchant of death and mystery
A 1937 obituary portrays Basil Zaharoff as the elusive armaments magnate, valued by rulers yet despised by common people. It recalls his rise from poverty to immense wealth, his secretive death, and his alleged role in stoking international arms fear for profit.
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Basil Zaharoff
Oxford University
Greece
Turkey
Cold Breaks While Floods Menace East
Rising temperatures end the bitter cold spell in the middle west as floods threaten the east central states. California orchardists vow to save a 100 million citrus crop amid 15 percent damage estimates. Rescue efforts continue for snowbound miners and stranded travelers, with 27 weather related deaths across the west and floods flooding tri state riverfront lowlands.
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Pension Granted to Mrs Coolidge by Senate Vote
Grace G Coolidge widow of President Calvin Coolidge received a 5000 dollar annual pension in a bill passed by the Senate Monday. The measure was introduced by Senator Glass of Virginia, chairman of the appropriations committee.
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INS
Grace G. Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
Senate
Senator Glass
Virginia
Appropriations Committee
France drafts law to curb war recruiting
France proposes a law to stop war recruitment amid tensions over Spanish Morocco. Spanish rebel leaders deny German invasion charges, while Britain, Italy, and Berlin react with skepticism and diplomatic signals. Moscow seeks a broader controls framework and unity on volunteer enlistment.
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Morocco
London
Berlin
France
Great Britain
Spain
Italy
Rome
Russia
Moscow
Britain
Germany blames France over Morocco stand in Nazi press
Berlin accuses Paris of massing land and sea forces to seize Spanish Morocco. German outlets call France a disturber of European peace and say Paris seeks to shift the Mediterranean balance of power despite claims of German incursions in the protectorate.
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INS
France
Germany
Spanish
Morocco
Mediterranean
Germans Run Submarines At Ceuta Refueled Near Tangier
Ten German U boats were reported at Ceuta in Spanish Morocco with two arriving in Tangier on Sunday to refuel. The dispatch notes the presence of the submarines in the northwest African area during the ongoing war.
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Tangier
North Africa
Ceuta
Spanish Morocco
France Moves to Halt French Volunteers in Spanish War
Paris government acts to curb recruitment of French volunteers in the Spanish civil war and seeks penalties including jail, fines, and loss of citizenship for such activity on French soil. Britain cooperates as Spanish rebel leaders respond to foreign interference in Morocco.
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INS
Spanish
Morocco
Chamber of Deputies
Great Britain
Ministry of the In
Ice Thaw Boosts Cedar Rapids Cleanup Efforts
Warm up in Cedar Rapids lifts hopes for melting the ice crust from sleet and rain. Temperatures rose from 6 below to 25 by afternoon as 250 extra workers push street and intersection cleanup. Main highways show improving travel but speeds remain 35 to 40 mph. interurban rail service remains carshuttled.
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Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt seeks 790 million relief fund for five months
President Roosevelt asked Congress for 790 million dollars to cover five months of relief as he criticized industrial employers for lengthening the work week. He reported 3,151,000 jobless on government work-relief rolls, with WPA employing 2,284,000 and reducing rolls by 100,000 from the prior week.
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White House
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Roosevelt
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U. S. Conference of Mayors
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Harry L. Hopkins
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Oscar Cook 18 Fatally Injured In Coasting Accident
Oscar Cook aged 18 of 422 Seventh Avenue SW died from a basal skull fracture after a coasting accident on Rockford Road SW near Eighth Avenue. He was thrown from a sled, lost consciousness, and died at a local hospital. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. Alva Cook and four brothers. funeral plans pending Mrs. Cook’s return from Indiana.
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Eighth Avenue
Oscar Cook
Seventh Avenue
Alva Cook
Cook
Howard
R. E. Munden
Linn County Coronner
Edinburg
Ind
Cedar Rapids
Supreme Court upholds tax on silver profits
The Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision by Justice Van Devanter, sustains a 50 percent tax on profits from silver trades made before the 1934 law. The ruling reverses a claim of due process, finding retroactivity acceptable and potentially affecting windfall tax implications for AAA processing cost additions. Percy K. Hudson, who earned 8,621 from silver futures in May 1934, sought a refund of 4,311 tax.
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Treasury
Supreme Court
van Devanter
Court of Claims
Percy K. Hudson
New York
Stanley Reed
Solicitor General
Hudson
More Street Cars In Operation As Lines Are Opened
Cedar Rapids and Marion city railway crews report progress after a weekend sleet storm. Several major lines have reopened with hourly service to Marion and regular schedules on routes including Bever avenue Kenwood and the West End. Remaining lines Central Park North Thirteenth Street Oak Hill and Grande Avenue await opening as crews continue clearing.
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Marion City Railway
First Avenue E
Marion
Bever Avenue
Kenwood
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Third Street
West End
A Avenue
Tenth Street NW
Ellis Park
O Avenue
Eighth Street NW
Vernon Heights
Central Park
North Thirteenth Street
Oak Hill
Third Avenue W
Grande Avenue
First Avenue
Tenth Street
Thirtieth Street
Third Avenue SE
Pontiac Plant Strife Expands as Sit-Down Protests Erupt
In Pontiac Michigan United Auto Workers clash with General Motors units as five union men are bodily ejected from the Pontiac Motor plant while others walk out in sympathy. Seventeen hundred plus workers face layoffs as production lines suspend and related plants like Fisher Body and Yellow Coach face curtailments.
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Detroit
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers
General Motors Automotive
John Brophy
Washington
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Brophy
Co. I. O
General Motors Corporation
Martin
Lewis
Pontiac Motor Company
General Motors
Pontiac
Mich
Yellow Coach and Truck Company
Fisher Body
Edward F. McGrady
Pacific Coast
Madrid Defenders Prepare House-to-House Battle
After a bloody week, Madrid garrison girds for street by street fighting to defend the capital. Evacuation of civilians began Sunday as fortifications rise along routes into the city while rebels pushed to the Majadahonda El Plani o Pozuelo line in northwest suburbs.
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Madrid
Majadahonda-El Planiio-Pozuelo
City Considers Shifting Dam Rental to General Budget
City council weighs stopping the annual 11 523 44 dam rental payments into the waterworks fund and redirecting Iowa Electric Light and Power dam income to the general budget. Officials note waterworks would stay self supporting with a debt free forecast for 1949, and a April 1 balance surpassing 50 000 dollars.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
General Budget Fund
Gazette
L. D. Burgus
Burgus
Body found in Washington woods linked to Tacoma boy kidnap
A 10 year old Tacoma boy Charles Mattson is believed dead after a nude, battered body found six miles southwest of Everett. Sheriff deputies and federal agents investigated the scene after Delbert Norman, 19, located the corpse near the highway. Authorities noted no blood at the scene and suspected the body was dumped late Sunday or Monday.
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Everett, Wash
Here
Ray Ryan
Charles Mattson
Tacoma
Everett
Wash
INS
Snohomish County
Monay
Delbert Norman
Route 3
Mattson
Walter Faulkner
Young Norman
Charles Norman
Ryan
Dr. Mattson
Auto Crash Destroys Storefront. Driver Unhurt
Mrs. S P Moore driving west on First avenue skidded on ice at 10 25 a m Sunday, veered over the curb and struck Jones Pharmacy at 1508 First avenue East. She escaped uninjured. damage to her car was minor but storefront glass and show windows were wrecked with an estimated loss of 500 dollars.
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First Avenue E
S. P. Moore
First Avenue FE
Jones Pharmacy
B. H
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