Painters Code Raises Wages In Local Area
A new NRA painting and decorating code would raise wages from 75 to 87 34 cents per hour for painters paperhangers and decorators on a 40 hour week with time and a half after 30 minutes overtime. The area affected includes Linn County and Cedar Rapids with area limits to be finalized. The code requires posting of provisions safety obligations and protections for workers who file complaints and limits on overtime and layoffs.
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Roosevelt
NRA
Labor Temple
William J. Gallagher
Washington, D. C
National Labor Advisory Board
Gallagher
National Labor Board
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
National Brotherhood of Painters
Mr. Gallagher
Vernon L. Grant
Des Moines
Kenneth H. Dame
M. J. Dugan
Painters, Paperhangers and Decorators Local Union No. 447
Ivan W. Shepard
Cedar Rapids Master Painters, Decorators and Contractors Association, Inc
Plan to Meet Adverse Gold Ruling Guides Treasury Debate
The piece outlines a looming constitutional ruling on gold clause contracts and the Treasury’s response plan. It notes potential actions including a constitutional convention, expanding the Supreme Court, or invoking wartime emergency powers to control currency. It also cites debts and daily expenditures linked to gold bond redemptions and inflationary pressures.
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Congress
Treasury
Washington
Greensville
Scc
McSwain
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Hauptmann to Answer Seven Questions from Attorney
Hauptmann will reply to seven questions with six No answers as part of his direct testimony. His wife Anni Hauptmann will follow him on the stand, and both defense and prosecution prepare for extended cross examination.
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Bruno
Flemington
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hauptmann
Anni
Edward J. Reilly
Hopewell
New Jersey
Isidor Fisch
Wauptmann
Reilly
Lindbergh
New Bruno Evidence Emerges in German Probe
New documents reveal a letter from "Carl" describing payments with four hundred dollar bills and small notes, his police interrogation in a German town, and links to Hauptmann and the Lindbergh case. Prosecution studies the letter for possible witness testimony while noting corroborating details from prior investigations.
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Johnson
Lindbergh Farm
Hauptmann
Carl
Reiger
Frankfort
Germany
Saar Votes Today as Nazi and Anti Nazi Lines Deepen
The Saar region votes today in a free election testing Hitlerism amid a polarized campaign. Observers expect the anti nazi side to gain turnout, while union supporters push for reunification with Germany. Polls open at 8 30 a.m. Sunday as snow blankets the coal region.
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Europe
Asia
Americas
Hitler
Germany
Saar
Hauptmann Identified by Five Persons in Lindbergh Case
Prosecution ties Bruno Richard Hauptmann to the Lindbergh kidnapping through five witnesses and handwriting analysis. Evidence includes ransom money found, a ladder, and accounts from Jafsie and Col. Breckinridge. Prosecutors promise further expert corroboration and a detailed ladder analysis.
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David T Wilentz
J .P. Morgan
George K Large
Hauptmann
Bruno Richard Hautpmann
Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh
Sourland Hills
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Bronx
Hautpmann
John F. Condon
Jassie
Henry C. Breckinridge
Col. Lindbergh
New York
Amandus Hochmuth
Hochmuth
Joseph Perrone
Hey, Doktor
St. Raymond's Cemetery
Dr. Condon
Woodlawn
Albert S. Osborn
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Osborn
David T. Wilentz
Wisconsin Gets Touhy Gangster
Ed ward Father Tom McFadden, Touhy gangster, arrived in Wisconsin in custody after months of extradition battles. He is to be arraigned Monday before County Judge Roscoe Luce on a charge of possessing a machine gun and carrying concealed weapons. McFadden, with Roger Touhy and others, was arrested last July after their car crashed into a telephone pole and weapons were found.
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Elkhorn
Wis
Edward
Tom" McFadden
Touhy
Illinois
Wisconsin
McFadden
Roscoe Luce
J. Arthur Moran
Delavan
Roger Touhy
Gus Schaefer
Willie Sharkey
Chicago
Cutten Wallace meet at hearing in grain case
Secretary Wallace, actor in a tribunal with Roper and Cummings, weighs whether to bar Arthur W. Cutten from Chicago grain pits for alleged conspiracy to conceal 16,000,000 bushels in 1930 31. Cutten defends integrity as hearing previews possible ban and court challenge. Funeral services held for N L Sweet 79 Hale resident.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Chicago
Arthur W. Cutten
Cutten
Wallace
Grain Futures Commission
Daniel C. Roper
Homer S. Cummings
Leo F. Tierney
Agriculture Department
Orville E. Taylor
Chicago Board of Trade
Wale
N. L. Sweet
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Hale
William and
Jane Blackmer Sweet
Jones County
Sweet
Mary Benadom
Claude Odell
Plans for President's Birthday Ball Spark National Drive
The Cedar Rapids event aims to raise funds for infantile paralysis with 70 percent kept locally for sufferers. A national committee of 100 prominent men backs the effort, aided by theaters, newspapers, radio, and other sponsors nationwide.
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W. E. Lamey
Cedar Rapids
A. J. Murray
Henry Achter
Mary Woitishek
D. L. Morrisey
John Wimback
Maurice Cahill
Howard Hall
Walter Hutchinson
Harold Soper
Paul Huston
R. H. Pickford
Frank Baldwin
Nelle Erwin
Joseph Mekota
Charles D. Manson
N. P. Craemer
W. M. Dennison
Wayne Boland
Guy Makibben
E. I. Heuer
Amelia Earhart lands in California after long coast-to-coast trek
Amelia Earhart reaches Oakland after a coast to coast flight with no recent position reports. Police escort takes her to a hotel as coast guard cutters monitor the route and husband George Palmer Putnam contemplates a Utah stop for a possible non stop distance record.
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Burbank
Oakland
Williams
Los Angeles
Putnam
Spearhawk
Miss Earhart
Diamond Head
O. K
California Coast
George Palmer Putnam
New York
Salt Lake City
Utah City
Coast Guard
Naval
San Francisco Bay
Clarence Williams
Singing Cowboy Wanted In South
Federal agents moved to gain custody of Lawrence Springman known as Shorty Lawler the singing cowboy of Vinita Oklahoma. He was shot and wounded by Rock Island NL police and is wanted for violation of the Dyer act. Summers says he is also wanted in Arkansas for escaping custody during a two year sentence for a filling station robbery.
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Muskogee
Okla
Lawrence Springman
Stringman
Shorty Lawler
Vinita
Rock Island
Springman
Cleon A. Summers
Arkansas
At 60 He Greets His Thirty Fifth Child
In Jenkins Kentucky John D Sloan at age 60 welcomed his thirty fifth child. He has three marriages with twelve children from the first wife fifteen from the second and eight with the present wife. Thirty two children survive and live across Eastern Kentucky. The family includes one set of triplets and two sets of twins.
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Jenkins, Ky
INS
John D. Sloan
Sloan
Kentucky
State Auditor Seeks Private Auditing Power for Associates
The article reports the Iowa State Auditor urging building and loan associations to use state examiners, noting cost comparisons with private CPAs. It cites Cedar Rapids audits showing state cost higher than private firms and questions political patronage in state audits, hinting at upcoming legislative action.
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Cedar Rapids
Boards of Education
Iowa Cities
General Assembly
Tor
Office of
State Auditor
Iowa
Paudenis Palace
Roe
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Joe McConmick, SR
H. G. Fussell
2Nd Ave
Neilly
Lindberghs
Robert Scanlon
Menlo Park
Mr. Edison
Gettysburg
Prosecution
Hauptmann's
America
Hans
Kloppenburg
Richard
Ile de France
Intersidor
Fisch
Carls
California
Amelia
Trek
San Francisco
Leo G. Ulich
the Mutual Life Insurance CO
Mer. Bank Bilder
Wife Insurance Co
H. E. Long
Long
Do. W. Storms
Auditor
State
George E. Virden
Building and Loan Department
Julius Dragatus
Rome
Christ
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