Four Neutrality Policies Outlined By Peace Speaker
Dr. Paul H. Douglas of the University of Chicago outlined four U S neutrality options for a future war at a Cedar Rapids talk. He favored arming the public with selective aid to attacked nations while warning the others could draw the U S into conflict. A mass meeting at Coe Chapel tonight with Dr. Albert Buckner Coe continues the peace campaign.
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Paul H. Douglas
University of Chicago
Cedar Rapids
United States
Canopus
Roosevelt Hotel
Douglas
Europe
Albert Buckner Coe
First Congregational Church of
Oak Park
Coe Chapel
Omaha Weather Pilot Cracks Up In Fog
Gus Gabler a 24 year old weather pilot from Council Bluffs Iowa at the Omaha airport cracked up while attempting a landing in heavy fog at the municipal field. He was bruised and cut and described flying blind after the fog closed in.
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Omaha
Gus Gabler
Council Bluffs
Gabler
Department of Commerce
C. A. Bruner
Oldest Mussolini Son to Wed in Quiet Rome Nuptials
Lieut Vittorio Mussolini, oldest son of Benito Mussolini, will marry Orsola Buvoli of Milan in a small Rome parish wedding next month. The couple faces a quiet union as Orsola’s family is described as poor but socially excellent. Mussolini approved after discussing health and family prospects.
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Mussolini
Rome
Vittorio Mussolini
Il Duce
Orsola Buvoli
Milan
Vittorio
Signorina Buvoli
Orsola
Fire damages Nordness school near Decorah
Fire from the heating plant burned a hole in the floor and destroyed several desks in the Nordness school seven miles south of Decorah. Decorah rural fire truck and firemen extinguished the blaze with a loss estimated at 400 dollars.
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The
Gazette
Decorah
Nordness
Youth Killed In Hunting Accident North Of Decorah
Glenn Barth age 21 died when a gun discharged while hunting foxes near Locust north of Decorah. He and his brother were in a fox hole. Barth was ramming the gun into the hole when it discharged tearing away the right side of his scalp. The incident occurred Sunday afternoon.
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The
Gazette
Decorah
Glenn Barth
Locust
Glenn
Radio Schedule Dense with NBC CBS And WABC Listings
A wall of radio programming details hourly across networks NBC CBS and WABC. Listings name Amos n Andy Lum and Abner Henry Willem van Loon Helen Tratbel and many orchestras and hosts, with stations WEAF WJZ WABC KMOX WCCO and others.
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Amos 'N
Andy
NBC
WEAF
Easy Aces
WJZ
Inbc
WABC
Henrik Willem van Loon
Lum and
Abner
Alexander Woollcott
CBS
WBBM
WGST
WCCO
Helen Tratbel
Soprano
Johnny
Leo Reisman
Dude Ranch
Hammerstein Music Hall
KMOX
Verne King Orch
WEAP
Edgar A
Welcome Valley
al Jolson
Ben Bernie Arch
WJZ Chain
Wceco
Fred Astaire
Weaf Chain
Jack Quakie
College
Frank Simon
Jimmy Fiddler
Mark Warnow Orch
Royvy Campbell
Royalists
Echamp Orch
Ee Hatters Orch
Roger Pry
Adela Rogers
David Harum
Corey Larsen
BBM
Allan Roy Dafoe
Cadets
National farm and home _ hour
Dick Ficher Orch
Wabc Bbm
Dan Harding
Vaughn de Leath
Stephen Foster
NBC Music Guild
Myrt and
Marge
Axton
Tenor
Ma Perkins
the O'Neills
Ken Sparnow
Nbci
Busse Orch
National Congress of Parent-Teacher Associations
Institute of Music
Robert Gately
del Casino
al Trace Orch
WOC
Tom Mix
Jack Armstrong
Wabc OX
Wwoc
Cospe
WEBM
WCC
Per Williams
Siaoee
Clark Dennis
Ced
Renfrew
Manhatters Orch
Uncle Ezra
Popeye
Sailor Man
King’s Jesters
Orch
Rob McGrew
Emil Coleman Orch
Roger Pryor Orch
Earl Hines
Court House News Assault case and extortion notes
Earl Brown pleaded guilty to assault with intent to maim and received a five year indeterminate sentence at Fort Madison prison. He had earlier pled not guilty to assault with intent to murder after striking Bernice Blin with a wooden molding. Police and federal agents tracked Brown after Blin sought refuge in his home. A separate federal extortion via the mails case against Bohlken was held over as the state case proceeded.
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Earl Brown
First Street NW
H. C. Ring
Fort Madison State Penitentiary
Brown
Bernice Blin
Sixth Street NW
First Street
M Avenue NW
Miss Blin
Lip Cut Blamed for Husband Death. Mrs Hoblitzell Sues Insurer
Florence E. Hoblitzell claims a lip cut her husband William H. Hoblitzell sustained while shaving on July 30, 1936, caused his death on August 8. She seeks 3843.95 against Fidelity and Casualty Co of New York under accidental death and total disability provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence E. Hoblitzell
William H. Hoblitzell
Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York
Hoblitzell
Driver Fined $500 For Leaving Accident Scene
J. F. Sindelar, 37, of 8150 Avenue NW, was fined $500 and costs in district court after pleading guilty to leaving the scene of an accident without giving aid. The case involved a collision with C. C. Morris, a Cedar Rapids baker, as Morris boarded a street car near Havenue and Center Point Road NE around midnight January 18 1936. Judge H. C. Ring noted the defendant’s previous good record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Sindelar
Avenue NW
H. C. Ring. Sindelar
C. C. Morris
Cedar Rapids Baker
Havenue
Center Point Road
Ring
Monticello Youth Fined In Extortion Case
Harrison Bohlken a 17 year old Monticello high student was fined 100 dollars and given a suspended six month county jail sentence after pleading guilty to threats to extort 1000 dollars from C O Rowley of Prairieburg. The judge delayed sentencing after Rowley declined to prosecute and Monticello residents testified to the youth’s good conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Bohlken
Monticello
C. O. Rowley
Prairieburg
H. C. Ring
Bohlken
J Locher, Jr
Row
New Germ-Killing Floodlight Revealed at Harvard Health
Harvard School of Public Health disclosed a new shortwave ultraviolet floodlight to purify air and curb flu and other respiratory infections. Hospitals and three eastern cities will host experiments. a rail car test will gauge infection risks in shared air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard School of Public Health
Contested Woodbury Election Decided for Expired Term
A contest court ruled Paul M. Hatfield elected county attorney of Woodbury County for a short term that had already expired. David Loepp had challenged Hatfield later in the race over alleged illegal nomination. The court’s 2 to 1 decision allows Hatfield to keep the $800 salary for two months.
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Sioux City
Paul M. Hatfield
Woodbury County
David Loepp
Hatfield
Supreme Court
Maurice Rawlings
Ivan C. Eckhart
Board of Supervisors
Mass executions terror Basque coast as 208 hostages slain
Reports from Bilbao say 208 rightist prisoners were killed by mobs in a prison storm, while at sea the Virgin del Carmen crew faced execution for piracy linked to the Galerna attack. Tensions rise between Basque regional leaders and factional supporters of the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Jean DE Luz
France
Spain
Bilbao
Bayonne
Virgin del Carmen
Galerna
Juan Aguirre
Santander
Bay of Biscay
Milwaukee Freight Cars Pile Up Near Lime Springs Iowa
A Milwaukee Road freight train derailed a mile east of Lime Springs Iowa when a broken rail caused about six cars to pile into a ditch and 20 more to go off the tracks. No injuries were reported. two gasoline cars spilled but did not ignite. the train was assembled at Calmar and bound for Austin Minnesota.
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Lime Springs
Milwaukee Railroad
Here
D. C. Jorgenson
Chester
Calmar
Austin
Minn
Jorgenson
Iowa Society Hosts Coe College Band for Roosevelt Inauguration
The Iowa Society in Washington will cooperate to ensure the Coe College band’s visit for President Roosevelt’s inauguration. Miss Gertrude Louis reports plans for a combined dinner and dance at the Shoreham Hotel on January 21 and a possible concert by the band and a joint orchestra.
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Washington
Iowa _ society
Coe College
Gertrude Louis
Roosevelt
Miss Louis
Society
Shoreham
Blame, Praise and Politics in 1937 Endorsements
Alice Longworth reports on Senator Ashurst receiving Governor Landon’s letter praising his role in an act on convict-made goods upheld by the Supreme Court. The piece notes Landon’s views on a federal law to bar child labor products and hints at cross party endorsements and political signals from Roosevelt’s address to Congress.
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Tashington
Ashurst
Landon
Supreme Court
John Davis
Alfred E. Smith
Roosevelt
Congress
Alice Longworth
Morrell Reports Net Income Of $1.60 A Share
Morrell & Co operating plants in Ottumwa Sioux Falls and Topeka reported net income of 1.60 a share for the year ending Oct 31 1936. This compares with 0.88 last year. President T Henry Foster noted 1.26 a share was tax deduction. Sales totaled 82 118 373 19 with net earnings of 619 489 57 equal to three quarters of a cent per dollar of sales.
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Ottumwa (Ap
John Morrell & Co
Sioux Falls
S. C
Topeka
Kan
Ottumwa
T. Henry Foster
Foster
Landis Named Harvard Law Dean By Overseers
The Harvard University board of overseers officially confirmed James M. Landis, 37, longtime director of the Securities and Exchange Commission and member of Roosevelt's brain trust, as dean of Harvard Law School effective Sept. 1. He succeeds Roscoe Pound, who resigned last September.
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Boston
LLP
Harvard University
James M. Landis
Securities and Exchange Commission
Roosevelt
Brain Trust
Harvard Law School
Landis
Roscoe Pound
Japanese Express Car Stops After Military Leader Boarded
The Tsubame express carrying Field Marshal Prince Horohito Kanin halted abruptly on Monday. Crew members jumped clear as a baby on the tracks mocked in a bold display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shimizu
Japan
Prince Horohito Kanin
Army General Staff
Report shows 64 percent of 1936 corn crop on farms
Washington AP report details January 1 stocks for major crops. Corn on farms amounts to 810,087,000 bushels or 64.4 percent of the 1936 crop, below last year and the 1928-32 average. Wheat stocks total 128,604,000 bushels or 20.5 percent, down from 26.1 percent last year, with oats at 484,356,000 bushels or 61.4 percent. State figures for Minnesota Missouri South Dakota and Nebraska compare 1937 to 1936 and 1928-32 averages.
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Washington
Federal Crop Reporting Board
Minnesota
Missouri
South Dak
Nebraska
Manchester Farmer Released On Bond In Extortion Case
John H. Scherbring a 48 year old farmer near Manchester was released on a $5000 bond after being arrested December 16 on extortion charges for writing notes to Vina Lovette 50 of Colesburg demanding 3500 to cover a farm debt. He allegedly threatened to kidnap Lovette if the demand was not met. A confession was obtained by officers who arrested him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Scherbring
Manchester
Vina Lovette
Colesburg
Linn County
U. S
Edward McPartland
Scherbring
Miss Lovette
Marmola Tablets Promised to Slim Faces and Figures
Advertises Marmola Prescription Tablets as a simple fat loss aid requiring four tablets daily with sensible eating. Claims the tablets contain the same element doctors use for treating fat patients and that millions have success. Encourages readers to start now to achieve a slender figure.
Chick chicks arrive at rural Missouri post office
About 200 baby chicks hatchery stock arrived Tuesday morning at Linn Junction area. The birds, fledgling yellow and fluffy, were shipped from Missouri to E. L. Riley, a post office clerk living nearby.
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Missouri
E. L. Riley
Linn Junction
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