Administration Near Decision on Bank Plan
Washington officials prepared to decide this week on two measures that would centralize control of the nation’s banking system under federal supervision. Proposals include an open market committee directly supervised by the Federal Reserve Board to regulate credit and the selection or consolidation of Federal Reserve Bank governors with the board’s agents. The moves reflect growing treasury influence, highlighted by Marriner Eccles’s recent appointment and the push to bring liberal appointees into reserve roles.
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Washington
Administration
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve
Treasury
Congress
United States Treasury
Marriner S. Eccles
King Of Siam Threatens Abdication And Sale Of Lands
King Prajadhipok vows to sell all Siamese possessions in a bold move to pressure the home government. He is abroad in England where a mission seeks to mend the dispute over his powers over subjects life. British interests may buy his property including the Emerald Buddha statue.
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Bangkok
Siam
Prajadhipok
England
Winning Ping-Pong by Coleman Clark
Coleman Clark champion and author outlines grip methods in ping pong. He contrasts the tennis grip with the penholder grip and explains forehand and backhand striking sides. Tomorrow features the penholder grip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleman Clark
Hydrants Smashed After Everson Payment Standstill
Everson Pennsylvania faced a fire risk as Citizens Water, a Delaware Valley Utilities subsidiary, smashed all fire hydrants after the borough failed to pay water bills since 1933. Five hundred families lost fire protection while council prepared a complaint to the Public Service Commission. District manager F W Buck blamed nonpayment. borough attorney Harry W Byrne countered that efforts were made amid business shutdowns by major local employers.
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Everson
Citizens Water Company
Water Company
Delaware Valley Utilities Company
Public Service Commission
F. W. Buck
Harry W. Byrne
Women Debate War Its Cause And Cure Opens in Washington
Washington AP report notes a four day conference on the cause and cure of war opened in the capital led by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt. Eleven women's organizations form the national committee and participate in the annual meeting seeking peace promotion.
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Washington
Carrie Chapman Catt
National Committee On the
Ames Expert Urges Production Balance
Ames extension economist I W Arthur told eighty five business leaders that farm income and non farm prices show a linked balance, arguing agricultural adjustment is unavoidable. He noted improving conditions but warned of slow durable goods production and a domestic market focus due to foreign demand loss and tariff constraints.
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I. W. Arthur
Ames Extension
Hotel Montrose
Cedar Rapids
Canopus
Linn County Farm Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Arthur
Ames
97 French Soldiers Slain In Somaliland Tribal War
Paris reports 97 French colonial personnel killed as camel troops and planes move to southwest French Somaliland to quell a tribal war between the Ais Amaras and Issas near Lake Abbe. Bernard, the regional chief, and 16 native soldiers die along with 80 locals in a prior Jan. 18 battle. Ethiopian government asked to assist pursuit of fighters.
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Paris
M. Bernard
Goliad
Lake Abbe
Bernard
Ais Amaras
Issas
Fel Baker Sentenced for Theft in Anamosa Court
Fel Baker of Cedar Rapids pled guilty before Judge F Q Ellison in district court and received three months in the county jail plus a $200 fine for theft from the Sievers brothers of Martelle. Theodore Hurt and Art Clark, who confessed to breaking into a Martelle store and a residence, will be sentenced later.
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Anamosa—Fel Baker
Cedar Rapids
F. QO. Ellison
Sievers Brothers
Martelle
Theodore Hurt
Art Clark
Deaths Mrs Mary Randall 92 Cedar Rapids resident
Mrs Mary Randall 92 died at home 1513 Bever avenue SE at 10 45 am Tuesday after a fall Monday evening She was born in Mineral Point Wisconsin and lived in Cedar Rapids sixty eight years member of Westminster Presbyterian church Survived by two step children John A Randall Cedar Rapids and Mrs Lula Richardson Mason City Funeral arrangements to be announced Friends may call at Gaffney and Moore chapel.
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Mary Randall
Bever Avenue SE
Mineral Point
Wis
Cedar Rapids
Westminster Presbyterian Church
John A. Randall
Lula Richardson
Mason City
D E Millers Funeral Will Be Held Thursday
Funeral services for D Elmer Miller who died at his home 1401 Sixth Avenue SE at 6 10 p m Sunday will be held Thursday at 2 pm in the Church of the Brethren Rev Mr Lehman and D E Miller will have charge with burial in Oak Hill cemetery He had been with McCarthy and Schindle now Martin Dry Goods and later with T M Sinclair Friends may call at Turner chapel Tru Art cut
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D. Elmer Miller
Sixth Avenue SE
Church of the Brethren
D. & E Miller
Lehman
Oak Hill Cemetery
McCarthy and Schindle
Martin Dry Goods Company
Cedar Rapids
T. M., Sinclair Company
Turner
Mrs Anna Fritz Pioneer of Atkins Dies
Mrs Anna M Fritz wife of August Fritz died at the family residence in Atkins at 3 pm Monday She was born March 10 1865 in Sisley Grove Linn county daughter of Louis M and Magdalena Fox pioneer Benton county residents She had lived on a farm west of Atkins until March 1913 then moved to Atkins where she resided since Married Sept 27 1884 at Marion celebration of their fiftieth anniversary last year Survived by husband four daughters Mary Fritz Matilda Lensch Magdalena Hegewald Emma Hegewald Atkins one son John Fritz Atkins one sister Lena L Fritz Cedar Rapids thirteen grandchildren and several nieces and nephews Preceded in death by daughter Augusta in 1917 Funeral at Presbyterian church Atkins Thursday Friends may call Turner chapel until noon Wednesday and at the Atkins home Wednesday evening and until service day.
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Anna M Fritz
August Fritz
Atkins
Sisley Grove
Linn County
Louis M
Magdalena Fox
Benton County
Marion
Mary Fritz
Matilda Lensch
Magdalena Hegewald
Newhall
Emma Hegewald
Cedar Rapids
John Fritz
Augusta
Lena L. Fritz
Mrs Sadie Pollock Dies After Short Illness In Cedar Rapids
Mrs Sadie C Pollock aged 74 died at her daughter Mrs A A Jeffrey s home 1940 Washington Ave SE Cedar Rapids after a brief illness Monday evening Her life spanned Madisonburg Pa birth Jan 20 1851 Her marriages to B C Fahr in 1876 and Samuel R Pollock in 1922 preceded by widower deaths She leaves a granddaughter Mariam and several nieces and nephews Funeral services Wednesday at 2 30 p m in Gaffney and Moore chapel Rev J Renwick McCullough officiating Burial in Afolkey Ill Friends may call at the chapel
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Sadie C. Pollock
A. A. Jeffrey
Washington Avenue SE
Madisonburg
Cedar Rapids
B. C. Fahr
Walker
Samuel R. Pollock
Jeffrey
Mariam
Afolkey, Ill
Funeral services for Clara Modracek set Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Clara Modracek will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the Janeba and Brosh chapel with Theodore B. Hlubacek in charge. Burial will be in Bohemian National Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m.
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Louis Modracek
Janeba and Brosh
Theodore B. Hlubacek
Bohemian National Cemetery
Charles Modracek
Clara Modracek
Tuesay
Funeral services for Cedar Rapids resident in St Paul
Mrs Joseph Gutenkauf who died at her home in St Paul Minnesota Saturday evening will have funeral services at St Mathews church St Paul on Wednesday at 9 am. The former Cedar Rapids resident is remembered by family and friends.
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Joseph Gutenkauf
Cedar Rapids
St. Paul
Minn
St. Mathew’s Church
Second Childhood in Excelsior Springs
J H Brawner aged 83 is cutting a tooth in Excelsior Springs Missouri as his wife aged 79 recently recovered from a bout of whooping cough. Their situation highlights aging and health in a small town.
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Excelsior Springs, Mo
J. H. Brawner
Cold Weather Leaves Death Toll Of Fifty
The Associated Press reports a cold wave sweeping east and south killed about fifty, with floods, fog, sleet and low temperatures delaying travel and endangering lives. Damaging river floods hit Wisconsin and Tennessee, while heavy rains loosened river traffic and damaged smaller crafts.
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Dixie
Florida
Arkansas
Lousiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
Willow River
Wisconsin
St. Croix
Wolf River
Memphis, Tenn
Far Northwest
Rocky Mountain
West Central States
Minnesota
Pacific Northwest
Seattle
Washington
Adjustment Board Grants Grocery Building Permit After Rehear
After chairman B B Hickenlooper returned from legislative duties, the Adjustment Board unanimously reheard Kadlec and James and granted immediate permission to build an addition to their grocery store at Fifteenth Avenue and J Street SW. The prior denials citing Johnsons opinion were overturned. Ainsworth porch enclosure was denied. Hickenlooper was reelected chair and Vernon White named vice chair.
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B. B. Hickenlooper
Des Moines
Board of Adjustment
Hickenlooper
Kadlec
James
Fifteenth Avenue
J Street
Harry 8S. Johnson
Johnson
Kadlee
Frank Kent
Vernon White
L. C. Knolk
Lamir Lorence
War on Crows draws crowds in Cedar Rapids drive
Local crow hunting contest sponsored by the Waltonians grows, with crows worth one, hawks two, owls five points. Leaders include W. E. McFann and Don Seeger. A letter from Arno Gossman of Elkader suggests using artificial owls and crows to lure in more birds, claiming thirty one crows fallen in under an hour.
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Nimrods
Waltonians
Chicken Hawks
Big Horned Owls
Crows
W. E. McFann
Don Seeger
Swettman
Petrak
White
Ballard
Ed Drew
Burns
Jones
Vrba
Morris
Wilson
Houser
Johnson
Waterman
Vinch
Peterson
Winters
Cedar Rapids
Arno Gossman
Elkader
Gossman
U S May Finance Brazilian Trade Debt Aid Sought
Rio de Janeiro reports Brazil awaits a New York mission led by Finance Minister Arthur De Souza Costa to secure U S credit easing the debt burden on trade. Officials suggest the Fed may enable Banco de Brazil access to a credit line to relieve dollar shortages.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
New York
Arthur de Souza Costa
United States
Federal Reserve Board
Banco de Brazil
Rural Teachers Meeting Set For Saturday At Washington High
The rural teachers meeting will be held Saturday at Washington high school with seat work and township exhibits in the library. The program includes announcements by County Superintendent Lulu B. Secrist, penmanship scales and awards by Mrs. H. E. Sherrard and A. N. Palmer Co., poster contest by Miss Elda Kemp, language teaching with Miss Ida Huglin, recreation by Miss Mary Bowne, upper grade reading by Miss Ida Huginn, dances demonstration by Edgewood No. 1 led by Miss Lucilla Fieseler, another demonstration by eighth grade pupils of Dairy Dale School led by Mrs. Minnie Crew, and further language teaching by Miss Ida Huglin followed by eleventh grade preliminary examinations by County Superintendent Lulu Becrist.
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Washington High School
Lulu B. Secrist
H. E. Sherrard
A. N. Palmer Company
Elda Kemp
Ida Huaglin
Mary Bowne
Ida Huginn
Edgewood
Lucilla Fieseler
Dairy Dale School
Minnie Crew
Ids Huglin
Lulu
Becrist
Edward Duree 67 Dies at Webster After Illness
Edward Duree died at his Webster home after four weeks of illness. He had been in frail health six years and was 1868 birth in Hayesville Keokuk county. Survived by wife Jessie Gemmell and three sisters. Formerly in business and assistant postmaster for about 23 years. Funeral at Methodist church, burial in South English cemetery.
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Webster
Edward Duree
Mr. Duree
Elizabeth
Samuel Duree
Hayesville
Keokuk County
Jessie Gemmell
South English
Hutchinson Co Wins Safe Drivers Award 99 Cars
The Hutchinson Ice Cream company with 99 refrigerated and light delivery trucks logged 1,225,000 miles in 1933 and earned a bronze plaque from The Borden company for the best Safe Drivers record. Cedar Rapids reported the award and noted no serious or avoidable accidents among the 99 vehicles in 1933.
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Hutchinson Co
Hutchinson Ice Cream Company
Borden,company
Cedar Rapids
R. Hoel
Waterloo
Arthur May
Manchester
Hoel
May
Envoy May Bring Russia's Answer To Debt Proposal
Moscow's reply to the U S debt proposal is expected within a week. Alexander Troyanovsky the Soviet ambassador who delivered the offer to Stalin returns to Washington to confer with Secretary Hull and Assistant Secretary Moore.
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Russia
Washington
Moscow
United States
Alexander Troyanovsky
Stalin
Cordell Hull
Walton R. Moore
Senators claim 60 support world court ratification
A secret senate poll shows 60 senators favor American membership in the World Court, with 19 opposed and 64 expected to vote when roll call occurs. Democratic leaders seek to ensure a majority of doubtful votes, aiming for ratification by week’s end.
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Washington
LLP
Senate
World Court
United Press
Joseph T. Robinson
Doris Hurting the Convention Stage Hit of Iowa Utilities Event
Doris Hurtig, famed during the Century of Progress era, headlined a lively eight act floor show at the Iowa Public Utilities association sales and distribution school banquet at the Hotel Roosevelt. She single handedly dramatized crowd interaction by lifting a reluctant out of town guest on stage and dumping him at his table amid laughs from Ted and Al Waldeman. A Grand Hotel spoof by Mrs. Don Hines drew big laughs with digs at district utilities leaders, supported by Franklin Battin, Douglas Kirk, Dennis Wood, and Reuben F. Smith in the cast.
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Doris Hurtig
Century of Progress
Iowa Public Utilities Association
Hotel Roosevelt
Ted
al Waldeman
Chicago
Grand Hotel
Don Hines
Franklin Battin
Douglas Kirk
Dennis Wood
Reuben F. Smith
Free theater tickets prize ad ad in want ads
An advertisement promises free theater tickets to numerous readers this week. It urges readers whose names appear in the Want Ads to check and claim their prize.
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Pennsylvania
Coomomy
First Ave
Second St
Stanley Moore
Mr. Arthur
George Dillon
Linn
Chester J. Petranek
Forrest Kessler
Mr. Petranek
Fibich
Fritz Kreisler
Somaliland
D. E. Miller
Anna Fritz
THE
Associated Press
McFann
U.S
Buehler
First Street
Carton
ED Bacon
Willie Willis
Doris
O. FE
Kirkpatrisk
Foley
Third Ave
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
E. T. Koska
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