Divorce Judgments Bind McArthur Wickham and Eldred Couples
Doris McArthur of Warren McArthur and Doris Wickham are granted divorce by Judge J. E. Heiser for cruel and inhuman treatment. They married at Rock Island May 5, 1932 and keep Doris Wickham’s name. Iola J. Eldred of Wilbur H. Eldred receive divorce by Judge H. C. Ring for cruel and inhuman treatment. They wed at Iowa City April 6, 1927 and property and custody rights are settled by stipulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris McArthur
Warren McArthur
J. E. Heiserman
Rock Island
Doris Wickham
Iola J. Eldred
Wilbur H. Eldred
H. C. Ring
Iowa City
Ida Krehm Pianist at Paramount Theater Concert
Ida Krehm, renowned pianist, presents a community concert at the Paramount Theater at 8 15 p m. The performance showcases her mastery in a Program designed for local audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Krehm
Paramount Theater
Merl Vern Kramer and Byrdena Ramsey Featured
Merl Vern Kramer of Walker and Byrdena Ramsey of Troy are highlighted in a brief community note. The item notes their involvement in a local event or status update as recorded by the newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merl Vern Kramer
Walker
Byrdena Ramsey
Troy
Sister Mary Philomena Dies at Mercy Hospital
Sister Mary Philomena, 80, died in Mercy hospital at 4 20 a.m. Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Philomena
Mercy Hospital
Roof and chimney fires across multiple city addresses
A sequence of general alarm fires reported in the city includes a roof fire at 400 F Avenue NW on Wednesday night, a chimney fire at 1321 Sixth Avenue SE on Thursday morning, a chimney fire at 1231 Lake Avenue NE, a roof fire at 1221 Eighth Street NW, with responders Bert Book Leo Soukup Harold Everett and Otto Suedeman noted in dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F Avenue NW
Bert Book
Sixth Avenue SE
Leo Soukup
Lake Avenue NE
Harold Everett
Eighth Street NW
Otto Suedeman
Mercy hospital birth notices from January 1925
A daughter to Mr and Mrs Boyse at Mercy hospital on January 24. A son to Mr and Mrs Graham at 828 Seconds on January 24. A daughter to Mr and Mrs Schmidt on January 25 on nth street SE. A birth to Mrs Laughlin in Dubuque on January 25. Mrs Abelaugia is formerly Arietta Senmelin of Cedar Rapids.
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Mercy Hospitel
Boyse
Wilson Avenus
Ann
Graham
Donald Schmidt
Nth Street
Ood
Grand Jury to Hear Evidence on Illinois Liquor Shipments
An Iowa official said records from Illinois show liquor shipments to five Iowans with Des Moines Clinton Hartley addresses. Grand jury in Polk County will hear the case. Iowa law restricts liquor importation to the state liquor control commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Illinois
State Liquor Control Commission
Hartley
M. L. Curtis
Liquor Control Commission
Grand Jury
Dick R. Lane
Davenport
B. E. Manley
Commission
Captain of Halted Jap Ship Retired
Captain Yoshisada Watanabe, master of the Japanese steamer Asama Maru, was retired from active service by NYK line on grounds of misconduct after the ship was halted last Sunday by a British warship that took off 21 Germans. Retirement not further explained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Yoshisada Watanabe
NYK Line
Watanabe
Biermann And Feuling Still In Running For FSCC Food Stamp Job
Washington AP reports former Iowa congressman Fred Biermann or former Iowa Democratic chair E J Feuling remain candidates for the Milwaukee regional food stamp director post of the FSCC. Senate confirmation hinges on a Gillette administration patronage dispute and possible district attorney and marshal holdovers. Paul Jordan continues as acting FSCC Milwaukee region director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fred Biermann
H. Ia
Cratic
E. J. Feuling
New Hampton
Milwaukee
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Guy M. Gillette
John Anderson
Sioux City
Iowa
Gillette
Ed Dunn
Mason City
Otha D. Wearin
D-Ia
Senate
Dunn
Justice Department
Biermann
FSCC
Paul Jordan
Lewis demands labor role in choosing 1940 Democratic candidate
Washington’s John L. Lewis warned Democratic leaders to consult him on the 1940 nominee, signaling possible opposition to Roosevelt’s third term. He attacked the party for breaking faith with labor as White House talk centered on Roosevelt speeches and farm belt dirt farmer dinners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
CIO
John L. Lewis
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Lewis
Columbus
Roosevelt
White House
Farm
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
Mr. Roosevelt
Norris
Ind
Neb
Davis
Early
Senate
House
Gillette
Missouri Gov Stark Threatened With Contempt
Missouri governor Lloyd C. Stark faces a contempt citation threat from Circuit Judge Marion D. Waltner after Stark mocked the judge’s dismissal of neglect of duty charges against Jackson County prosecutor W. W. Graves. The judge warned Stark to appear and show cause or apologize.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Lloyd C. Stark
Marion D. Waltner
Stark
Jackson County
W. W. Graves
Waltner
Bad Morning For Stork To Be Out
A Newton Iowa couple faced a blizzard morning as the car stalled in snow. Burton Pauls and his wife delivered a baby in the car before reaching the hospital, with both mother and child reported well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stork
Newton
Burton Pauls
Pauls
Dewey Backs Two Ocean Navy in New England Tour
Governor Vanderbilt backs an unpledged delegation in Providence while Thomas E. Dewey speaks in Portland about a two ocean navy for national defense. He meets Maine party leaders after stops in Providence and Boston and heads to New York.
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Portland
TTP
United States
Thomas E. Dewey
New England
Dewey
New York
Providence
R. I
Boston
Mass
Maine
William H. Vanderbilt
Two Navy Flyers Die In Plane Crash Off Coronado
In San Diego two navy aviators died when their light scouting plane plunged into the sea eight miles west of the Coronado islands. The dead are Ensign Edmund E. Severns, 25, of Pasadena California, a naval reserve pilot, and Edward A. Rouscher, 22, an aviation machinist mate second class from Hormell New York.
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San Diego
Calif
Navy
Coronado Islands
Edmund E. Severns
Naval Reserve
Pasadena
Edward A. Rouscher
Hormell
N.Y
Mary McElroy Leaves Estate of $46,000
Mary McElroy, 32, once ransomed for $30,000, left an estate estimated at $46,000. She died by her own action Sunday at her southside home with no will. Henry F. McElroy Jr. named administrator by probate court. brother and sole heir. Father had resigned as city manager months before death last fall.
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Kansas City
Mary McElroy
Henry F. McElroy, Jr
Mine Workers Urge End To Dies Probe
The United Mine Workers of America adopted a resolution urging Congress to discontinue the Dies committee probe of un American activities. The union asked that funds for Dies be redirected to the La Follette civil liberties committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, O
INS
United Mine Workers of America
Dies Committee
Congress
Dies
la Follette Civil Liberties Committee
Cold spike ends as mercury climbs but stays below normal
United States weather notes show temperatures 25 to 30 degrees below normal with clear skies. Dubuque reports a 8 degree high in the last 24 hours while many locales forecast lows near 10 below for Thursday night including Mount Ayr Iowa Falls Sigourney Council Bluffs Washington Pocahontas and Spirit Lake.
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Dubuque
Mount Ayr
Iowa Falls
Sigourney
Council Bluffs
Washington
Pocahontas
Spirit Lake
Most Widespread Ic y Wave of Winter
The nation faces its most widespread winter cold as freezing temps hit the deep south. Chattanooga records one degree above zero while Charleston and Savannah report twenty six, Biloxi twenty two, Mobile twenty three, New Orleans and Memphis eleven, Atlanta fourteen, Macon nineteen. Sub zero weather grips the north.
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International News Service
Carolinas
Tennessee
Louisiana
Mississippi
Georgia
Alabama
Chattanooga
Tenn
Mercury
Charleston
S. C
Savannah
Biloxi
Miss
Mobile
Ala
New Orleans
Memphis
Atlanta
Macon
Breen Kraschel Discuss Iowa Democratic Party Forces
Breen and Kraschel defend liberal and progressive policies and pledge support for Wallace influence in government. They warn against any program weakening those forces while denying plans to run for lieutenant governor and noting potential Valentine Breen ticket ideas. Breen projects strong state election prospects regardless of national context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
Breen
Six-Year Chicago Hotel Picket Line Ends
After six years the Edgewater Beach hotel pickets withdraw ending a labor dispute that began with a February 1934 electricians walkout and drew sympathy strikes from the Bartenders and Restaurant Employers union. Picket lines along Sheridan road persisted through extreme weather until settlement talks yielded a final withdrawal.
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Chicago
Edgewater Beach
Lake Michigan
Sheridan Road
Chicago Restaurant Association
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad Posts 50 Percent Income Gain
Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad net income rose 50 percent in 1939 over 1938 due to higher freight traffic and lower operating costs. For the year the receiver L C Sprague reported net income of $981,562 versus $652,126 the previous year, with December 1939 income up 145 percent from $37,051 to $91,149.
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Minneapolis
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad
L. C. Sprague
Interest Rate On Housing Loans Cut
The U S housing authority said a nationwide syndicate of banks bought nearly 35 million dollars in temporary loan notes to finance nine city housing projects. The purchase lowered the interest rate on these notes by 25 percent from prior levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INL
U. S. Housing Authority
Soviet Concessions Hinted To Aid Nazi War Effort
Paris reports say the Soviet Union made economic concessions to Germany including mineral rights in northern Russia in exchange for Nazi promises of general staff talks on Finland and the Balkans. Moscow would host discussions this month to coordinate collaboration amid neutrals’ resistance. Russia allegedly granted Germany control of an 180 mile Galician railroad used for Romanian oil and allowed military occupation of a Russian held Polish corridor.
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Paris
Germany
Russia
Finland
Balkans
Moscow
Red Army
Polish
Galicia
Viacheslaff M. Molotoff
Poland
U S And Canadian Delegates Seek St Lawrence Deep Waterway
The United States and Canada reported substantial agreement on a Great Lakes St. Lawrence deep waterway and power project after three days of talks. Delegates will report to governments on policy issues, continuing a 1926 plan for a 27 foot deep waterway around the rapids.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
State Department
International Rapids
St. Lawrence
Huge Birthday Cake For President Falls To Pieces On Way
Washington AFL union gift cake for President Roosevelt shatters en route to the White House after a truck hits ruts in snow. The 300 pound cake bore 58 candles and $5800 in union donations to the infantile paralysis campaign. President Green planned delivery after repairs Thursday.
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White House
Stephen Early
Labor
Green
William Green
AFL
Bakery and Confectionery Union
Roosevelt
Washington
Confectionery Workers International Union
American Federation of Labor
Name Subcommittee To Study Corn-Hog Problems For G.O.P.
Washington AP reports Rep Hope of Kansas announced a GOP special committee subcommittee on corn and hogs. The panel includes Allen Illinois chairman Gilchrist Iowa Dirksen Illinois Stefan Nebraska Arends Illinois Rees Kansas Johnson Illinois H Carl Andresen Minnesota Talle Iowa Jensen Iowa and Winter Kansas. It will study production processing and marketing problems and the impact of reciprocal trade agreements on these products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Republican Special Committee
Hope
Kan
Allen
Illinois
Gilchrist
Iowa
Dirksen
Stefan
Nebraska
Arends
Rees
Kansas
Johnson
H. Carl Andresen
Minnesota
Talle
Jensen
Winter
Doctor Deplores Ban on Kissing at UC
In Berkeley the University of California restricted kissing for 60 days after 18 students contracted influenza. Dr. S L Katzoff called the ban a mistake arguing that kissing does not spread germs and may even destroy them with heat.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
S. L. Katzoff
Opposition to Reenactment of Trade Act Reported
The United States Potters Association voted against reenacting the reciprocal trade agreements act at its annual meeting in Washington. The decision marks a stand against renewing the policy amid ongoing trade discussions.
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Washington
United States Potters Association
Martin probes Army politics over Coralville flood project
Rep. Tom Martin of Iowa City seeks to identify who started and who is opposing the Army Engineers flood control project on the Iowa River near Coralville. He has asked the War Department for a full report and says he needs information before weighing support or opposition while noting local Lake Macbride landowners favoring the project.
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Washington
Tom Martin
Iowa City
Iowa River
Coralville
War Department
Martin
Gazette
Wilson
Army Engineers
Iowa
Des Moines
C. P. Gross
Army District
Rock Island
Lake Macbride
Army
Congress
President vetoes Ohio security cash clash over pension funds
The bill proposing a state reimbursement for October 1938 old age pensions failed after a roll call. The social security board rejected the move, citing federal law issues and political motives raised by Gov. Martin L. Davey. A separate survey team will study Ohio unemployment compensation administration amid CIO complaints.
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Sumners
Ohio
Martin L. Davey
Ohio Social Security
Bender
Davey
Jenkins
Roosevelt
Social Security Board
Columbus
Paul V. McNutt
Congress of Industrial Organizations
CIO
Bricker Attacks Roosevelt Veto Over Jenkins Bill
Gov. John W. Bricker denounces FDRs veto of the Jenkins bill as proof of New Deal selfishness and federal unfairness to Ohio. He charges the veto harms 125 000 innocent people and reveals humanitarian principles sacrificed for politics.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Roosevelt
New Deal
Ohio
Death Of Jap U S Pact Seen As Boon To China
Shanghai informants say the expiration of the Japanese American trade treaty boosts Chinese morale and unity, hurts Wang Ching-wei’s collusion plans, and may hinder Japan’s aims as Gen Nasaharu Homma warns of possible U S embargo responses.
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U.S
China
Shanghai
United States
Wang Ching-wei
Henan
Hupeh
Japan
Wang
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Ohio pension rolls funding tied to Jenkins bill
The piece notes who is on Ohio's pension rolls and argues the Jenkins bill provides money Ohio deserves. It states federal funds, if received, would reduce the school foundation fund deficit rather than fund old age pensions under the 1939-40 appropriation.
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Ohio
School Foundation
U. S. Debates Japan Treaty Embargo in Congress
Senate and House committees weigh embargo on war material shipments to Japan as frustrations over China rights persist. Key figures Bloom Greene Pittman discuss delays and possible new treaty after the commercial pact ends. Amb Grew in Tokyo efforts to restart talks amid $400 million annual trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Japan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sol Bloom
N. Y
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Osaka Mainichi
Tokio Nichi Nichi
Theodore F. Greene
R. IL
Foreign Relations Committee
United States
China
Key Pittman
Nev
Tokio
Joseph C. Grew
Phillips Petroleum offices suffer freeze hit in Oklahoma City
Phillips Petroleum, a major gas producer, could not heat its offices in Oklahoma City as gas mains supplying the building froze. Work halted Wednesday as temperatures fell to ten above zero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Phillips Petroleum Company
Japanese Papers Attack United States and Britain Over Far East Policy
Asahi Shimbun denounces U S and Britain amid Asia tensions. It cites the expiring Japanese American trade pact and warns that Britain and the United States risk retaliation if they press Japan. Tokyo says the navy will act to prevent repeats and urges Britain to reassess its policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Far East
Asahi Shimbun
Britain
Japan
London
Tokio
Ship Sunk By Mine Claims 38 Lives in North Sea
The 1 752 ton Norwegian steamer Biarritz struck a mine in the North Sea and sank in 30 seconds. Twelve passengers and 26 crewmen died. The Borgholm rescued 12 passengers and seven crew members, taking survivors to Ijmuiden.
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Amsterdam
Biarritz
North Sea
Borgholm
Ijmuiden
Revised Townsend Plan Proposes $200 Monthly Pension
Dr Francis E Townsend, leader of the Townsend movement, offered a revised pension plan to Congress. It would replace the flat 2 percent sales tax with a gross income levy on individuals earning $250 a month or $3,000 a year and over, aiming to fund old age support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
LLP
Francis E. Townsend
Congress
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