Fear of New Devastating Drought Spreads Across Midwest
Washington officials warn a renewed drought could curb next year’s wheat and corn output and trigger higher prices. The Ever Normal Granary program may be accelerated if Congress acts, while rainfall remains sparse in Montana, Colorado, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas, South Dakota, Oklahoma, and local plains states.
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Washington
INS
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Midwest
Great Plains
Weather Bureau
Canadian
Montana
Colorado
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Nebraska
Kansas
South Dakota
Oklahoma
City Briefs and Personal Notices Highlight Local Happenings
Marshall A E Rosengran spent Saturday in Cedar Rapids. Mae D Magner and Harold T Saunders were married by Justice W R Watsabaugh. Knights of Pythias to confer esquire Monday at Pythian hall. Mrs William J Vaughn is confined with a broken arm from a fall. Mrs C J Raymond moved to Mercy hospital with brain concussion after ice fall. Elizabeth Sloan School of Music advertises new location Room 7 943rd avenue SE offering accordion piano strings wind instruments.
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Mae D. Magner
Davenport
Harold T. Saunders
Waterloo
W. R. Watsabaugh
Willam J. Vaughn
Seventh Street
Tenth Street
Fifth Avenue
C. J. Raymond
H Avenue NW
Mercy Hospital
Elizabeth Sloan School of Music
Dial
Hydraulic Jack Stolen From Iowa Works Facility
Adam Peet of Iowa Steel and Iron Works reported a hydraulic jack valued at 20 dollars stolen from a company truck in the shop between 7 p.m. Friday and 7 a.m. Saturday. A defective chimney caused a fire in the Gleason home at Mount Vernon Avenue and Forty second Street SE at 2 14 p.m. Saturday triggering a general alarm and minor damage control.
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Adam Peet
Iowa Steel and Iron Works
G Gleason
Mount Vernon Avenue
Forty-second Street
Union Mass Meeting Set by Local 170 In Labor Temple
The Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America local No. 170 will hold a mass meeting Monday at 8 p.m. at the Labor temple. Speakers will come from the international office in Chicago and the Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor.
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Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of
North America
Local No. 170
Labor Temple
International Office
Chicago
Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor
Power Engineers To Meet at Sokol Hall
The National Association of Power Engineers meets Monday at 7 30 p m at Sokol hall. Open to coal dealers and engineers, the meeting will feature a motion picture on mining and preparation of domestic and industrial coals shown by Walter Bledsoe Coal company of Rock Island.
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National Association of Power Engineers
Sokol Hall
Walter Bledsoe Coal Company
Rock Island
Local Man Reports Lost Billfold With 67 Dollars
A man identified as L J Klersey of 1305 reports losing a billfold containing 67 dollars on Saturday. Police are noting the incident.
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L J. “Klersey
Wallet Lost After Bus Transfers on Sixth Street NW
Mr. Klersey believes the wallet was lost shortly after 5 30 p m Friday while on a Third Street bus or an Ellis Park bus to which he transferred or during the transfer between buses.
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Sixth Street
Klersey
Ellis Park
Taylor School Cub Pack Inducts Three New Members
Cub pack 12 at Taylor School inducted Duane Harkemeyer Duane Sou chek and Leland Doty. Lion badge awarded to Chubby Houlen and gold pointer awards given to Charles Campbell and George Schamberger. Earl Farley serves as cub master.
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Taylor School
Duane Harkemeyer
Duane Souchek
Leland Doty
Chubby Houlen
Charles Campbell
George Schamberger
Earl Farley
Rev A W Henke to Attend United Methodist Council
The Rev A W Henke of 1900 Park Avenue SE will attend the United Methodist Council on the Future of Faith and Service at the Stevens Hotel in Chicago February 3 4 and 5 He serves on the council’s district superintendents cooperation committee The council marks a major observance of Methodism 200th anniversary celebrations.
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Methodist Council
A. W. Henke
Park Avenue SE
United Methodist Council On
Stevens Hotel
Chicago
Fed
Mr. Henke
America
Press freedom cited as vital by publisher group in Albany
Elisha Hanson of the American Newspaper Publishers Association warned against attempts to fetter the press. He cautioned Americans that without vigilance they risk losing rights to life liberty and property as governments seek control. Hanson said the press remains the main free information conduit aside from government.
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Albany
Elisha Hanson
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Germany
Italy
France
Spain
Hanson
Albany Chamber of Commerce
Ingalls Swisher to Lead Johnson County Roosevelt Birthday Ball
Iowa City attorney Ingalls Swisher was named chairman of the Johnson County Roosevelt birthday ball committee by George Allen, District of Columbia commissioner. Swisher will appoint a committee this week to plan the event scheduled for January 29 at the national guard armory.
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Iowa City
Ingalls Swisher
Johnson County
George Allen
District of Columbia
Swisher
National Guard
2500 Men Sail On Secret Maneuvers
Washington AP reports twenty five hundred sailors and nearly a dozen ships departed Virginia for clandestine war maneuvers in the Caribbean amid tight secrecy and high strategic stakes.
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Washington
Virginia
Caribbean
Forbidden Love Ends in Tragedy and Trial in California
In DIMBA California a Japanese farmer Sam Kurihara and American girl Jessie Jean Salsman faced caste barriers and California law blocking interracial marriage. After Father A C Salsman killed Kurihara, the lover system failed and Jessie killed herself with bichloride of mercury. Kurihara survived his wounds.
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Dimba
Calif
Romeo
Sam Kurihara
Shakespeare
California
Jessie Jean Salsman
A. C. Salsman
Jessie Jean
Salsman
Births feature Daisy Mae and Walter Jr in Cedar Rapids area
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Verle Kruse of Sixth Street and Twenty seventh Avenue SW a daughter Daisy Mae on January 10 at St Luke s hospital. Walter Fred Jr of Mr and Mrs W F Bolin of Oelwein welcomed a son January 15. Mrs Bolin was formerly Lois Kohlar of Cedar Rapids.
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Verle Kruse
Sixth Street
Twentyseventh Avenue
Daisy Mae
St. Luke's Hospital
Walter Fred, Jr
W. F. Bolin
Oelwein
Bolin
Lois Kohlar
Cedar Rapids
Barbara Stanwyck’s Refusal To Return Child Probed
Barbara Stanwyck failed to comply with a court order to return Dion Anthony Fay to Frank Fay, her ex husband and the child’s guardian. The appeal was said to nullify the order, with counsel calling the act dangerous. Attorneys warned of contempt if Stanwyck refuses again.
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Los Angeles
Barbara Stanwyck
Dion Anthony Fay
Frank Fay
Charles Cradick
Goodwin Knight
Fay
Miss Stanwyck
Dion
Hy Schwartz
Schwartz
Group To Back Hull Trade Policies To Open Office Soon
Des Moines AP reports W. W. Waymack, temporary chairman of the new economic policy committee, says headquarters will open in Des Moines within a week. The 50 member group backs Cordell Hull trade policies with figures like Henry L. Stimson and Brooks Hays represented. The research office will be in New York under Raymond Leslie Buell. The first annual meeting is set for Jan 16, 1939, but pre meetings may occur.
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DES Moines
W. W. Waymack
Economic Policy Committee
Cordell Hull
Henry L. Stimson
New York
N. Y
Brooks Hays
Arkansas
Waymack
Harry Terrell
Raymond Leslie Buell
Foreign Policy Association
Des Moines Register-Tribune
Waterloo Man Elected Head of Iowa Painting Contractors Council
Waterloo resident L. E. Ochlerts was elected president of the Iowa state council of the National Society of Painting and Decorating Contractors during the closing session of a three day convention. He succeeds Dubuque’s Stephen Bennett, named 1939 convention city. officers include Gerhard Hilljeg erdes Clear Lake and John W. Lundin Des Moines as vice presidents, Carl Mobley West Des Moines as treasurer, and A. W. Barngrover Des Moines as secretary.
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Waterloo
L. E. Ochlerts
Iowa State Council
National Society of Painting and Decorating Contractors
Stephen Bennett
Dubuque
Gerhard Hilljegerdes
Clear Lake
John W. Lundin
Des Moines
H. C. Krause
Davenport
Carl Mobley
West Des Moines
A. W Barngrover
Constipation Advice Draws Mixed Reader Feedback
Dr Brady collects reader letters praising a flaxseed remedy and his booklet The Constipation Habit. Some users report lasting relief and natural bowel control, while a rare allergic reaction prompts caution and urges to endure five days to break the habit.
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Physic
Marrying Justice. Hart to perform marriages as minister
George R. Hart, ousted as justice of the peace after a long legal fight, says he will continue officiating marriages. Ordained as a Union Church minister in Iowa six months ago, he plans to appeal the invalidation of his commission while adding to a record of about 4,850 marriages in just over three years. Many couples were elopers from Illinois seeking Missouri ceremonies to dodge the Saltiel marriage exam.
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ST. Louis
George R. Hart
Union Church
Iowa
Hart
Illinois
Missouri
Saltiel
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Jap Farmer
Hull
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the Gazette
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T. W.E
Auerbach
B. L
Copsright
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