Public relief drive and remarks on women in office
Readers urged to donate flood relief to Red Cross in Linn County at room 206 of the new post office building with guidance for residents in other counties. The column lauds Mrs. Alex Miller as the first woman secretary of state and criticizes unchallenged authority while citing Robert Quillen on regime decay and suggesting a debate between Jim Farley and John Hamilton.
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Linn County
Red Cross
Alex Miller
Miller
Executive Council
State House
Washington, In
Robert Quillen
Quillen
Jim Farley
John Hamilton
Clark Gable Daughter Drama Leads to Blackmail Charge
Mrs Violet Wells Norton, 47, a British woman, is under arrest in Los Angeles for allegedly attempting to extort money from Clark Gable, claiming he is the father of her 13 year old daughter Gwendolyn. Gable denies any contact with Norton and says he never visited England. Authorities say two other suspects, Jack L. Smith and Frank Kienan, are being sought.
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Los Angeles
INS
Clark Gable
Violet Wells Norton
Gable
Gwendolyn
Norton
Jack L. Smith
Frank Kienan
Winnipeg
Mrs. Norton
Essex
England
London
Frank Billings
Mr. Norton
Clergy Moves Spark Congregational News in Kansas City and Tacoma
A Kansas City congregation invites Rev. Blaine Hyten, longtime First Christian pastor, to relocate from Cedar Rapids. A Tacoma church asks Rev. J. R. McCullough to take its pulpit if he leaves Westminster Presbyterian. The editor recalls Hyten’s impact and the mutual trust built with reporters who once urged publication.
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Kansas City
Blaine Hyten
First Christian Church
Tacoma
J. R. McCullough
Westminster Presbyterian
Cedar Rapids
AP Challenges Government Power Over Hiring
The Associated Press appeals to the Supreme Court against the National Labor Relations Board arguing the act creating the board is unconstitutional. The case centers on AP’s firing of an editorial worker tied to his Newspaper Guild activities and a circuit court ruling to reinstate him and reimburse lost pay.
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Associated Press
Supreme Court
National Labor Relations Board
Doubts Over Labor Rules From AP Counsel
OHN W. DAVIS argues the national labor relations act is void as an unrestricted bid to regulate employer employee relations through collective bargaining. AP lawyers claim violations of the First, Fifth, and Seventh Amendments threaten press freedom and readers’ rights behind the press.
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Ohn W. Davis
Davenport man cracks car window with cane after horn scare
A 44 year old Davenport pedestrian said a driver’s horn scare provoked him to smash an automobile window with his cane. He surrendered to police, posted a $10 bond, and awaited the driver’s complaint filing. The incident sparked mixed reactions as the case unfolds.
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A. Divenport
Gable’s Ex-Wife Denies Norton Allegation
Josephine Dillon defends Clark Gable against Violet Wells Norton claim that Gable fathered Norton’s 13-year-old daughter. Dillon calls the story fantastic and false, noting she married Gable in December 1924 after knowing him in Portland in 1923.
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Hollywood
INS
Clark Gable
Josephine Dillon
Violet Wells Norton
Gable
England
Mercury Dips to Six Below Then Rises in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids records show a sub-zero start at 7 30 a m with the thermometer hitting six below. By 2 30 p m the reading climbed to 14 above as sunlight warmed the day. On Monday the high reached seven above at 3 p m before slipping to two above at 7 p m and two below at midnight per Chambers Inskeep company records.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Pedestrian Rights at Intersections Cited in Traffic Note
A concise warning promotes awareness that pedestrians have rights at intersections and urges drivers to slow down and yield. The author notes many motorists overlook pedestrians, stressing caution to reduce accidents.
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Low
Roosevelt Hosts Emergency Talks on Labor Powers
President Roosevelt opened White House conferences to push for stronger federal labor powers and compulsory mediation. Secretary Perkins attacked General Motors for declining a face-to-face meeting with John L. Lewis and GM's Alfred P. Sloan Jr. as Lewis refused to order sit down strikers out of GM plants.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Perkins
General Motors
John L. Lewis
Miss Perkins
Labor Department
Lewis
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Harper Sibley
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
New English and American stories reviewed as amoral and unsettling
A critical survey of six English and eight American stories notes stylistic shifts from traditional setup to a scene shown through characters’ mood. The reviewer laments overabundant detail, amoral morality, and a focus on unhappiness in marriage, calling many new works forgettable and grim.
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Scott
Pickets clash with police at Cadillac plant entrance
In Detroit a woman and four men were injured during clashes between police and pickets at a Cadillac Motor Car Co plant entrance. Police reportedly swung clubs as they tried to contain the lines. Six cars got through into the plant, with officers escorting company executives.
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Detroit
Cadillac Motor Car Company
Relatives in Owensboro Safe After Flood Alert
Franklin E. Katterjohn advertising director of The Cedar Rapids Gazette learned his parents Mr and Mrs F E Katterjohn Jr are safe after delayed contact amid Owensboro Kentucky flood chaos. He details failed wires and Western Union messages as friends sought information and authorities broadcast updates.
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Owensboro
Franklin E. Katterjohn
Cedar Rapids Gazette
F. E. Katterjohn
Katterjohn
W. C. Bussing
Evansville, Ind
Western Union
WGBF
Evansville
Katterjohn, Jr
German Tells Of Sabotage In Soviet Plot Trial
Moscow AP reports German mining engineer Alexander Stein testified in a Trotzkyist plot trial. He said he carried out Siberian wreckage orders to restore German power, relayed by Flesser from a Russian contact, with guidance from Shestoff. The testimony followed a court skirmish over involving foreign officials.
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Moscow
Alexander Stein
Flesser
Stein
A. A. Shestoff
Stalin
Shestoff
Andrey Vishinsky
Vasily Ulrich
Ulrich
Czar's Nemesis Arrested in Rostoff on the Don
M Beloborodoff, former president of the Ural Soviet republic, reputed to have ordered the execution of Tsar Nicholas II and family in 1918, is arrested at Rostoff on the Don and held for trial as a Trotzkyist. The czar’s family were killed in Ekaterin burg on July 16, 1918.
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Moscow
M. Beloborodoff
Ural Soviet Republic
Tsar Nicholas
Rostoff-on-the-Don
Ekaterinburg
Urals
Acute Alcoholism Blamed For Death Of Marie Prevost
Hollywood AP reports Dr. Frank Webb deputy autopsy surgeon found substantial brain alcohol and concluded Prevost 38, former film star, had drunk heavily for about two years. Her body was discovered in a Hollywood apartment Saturday.
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Hollywood
Frank Webb
Marie Prevost
Webb
Plane Flying Food Aids 25 Stranded On Island
An American Airlines plane en route to Louisville sighted 25 persons stranded on a small island in the flooded Ohio river near Elizabethtown. Pilot Ted Howe alerted relief authorities as rising waters threatened the refugees. The flight carried 1000 pounds of milk eggs bread and other foodstuffs for the Louisville Red Cross.
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Chicago
American Airlines
Louisville
Ohio River
Elizabethtown
Ted Howe
Linn residents boost flood aid drive in Cedar Rapids
Linn county residents report strong support for Red Cross flood relief with 1468.15 dollars raised toward a 2090 quota as Admiral Cary Grayson urges doubling funds. Community groups businesses and individuals contribute as rescue and rehabilitation continue in flood zones along the Ohio and Mississippi valleys.
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Red Cross
Metta Burd
Linn County Red Cross
Cary T. Grayson
American Red Cross
Ohio
Mississippi River
Cedar Rapids
America
Linn County
Federal
Hanford Post
American Legion
Dr. Robert O'Brien Poised to Become Iowa Secretary of State
In Des Moines sources say Dr. Robert O'Brien former Morningside College president Sioux City will succeed the late Mrs. Alex Miller as secretary of state. Gov Kraschel will announce the appointment tomorrow morning. O'Brien led Morningside until a year ago and supported Kraschel and Sen. Gillette last fall.
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Des Moines
Robert O’brien
Morningside College
Sioux City
Alex Miller
United Press
O’brien
Nelson G. Kraschel
Washington
Kraschel
Guy M. Gillette
Sioux City Housing Committee
Federal Housing Administration
Subway Strike Postponed After Talks With BMT Officials
The proposed BMT subway power strike affecting about two million riders was postponed as a conference between workers and BMT officials adjourned until Wednesday morning.
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New York
BMT
Slayer Of Four Dies In Elko Holdup Case
Luther Jones, 32, who murdered four men in a $40 holdup near Elko, Nev., on October 16, was executed in Nevada state prison’s lethal gas chamber Tuesday.
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Slayer of 4
Carson City
Nev
Luther Jones
Elko
Miserable Refugees Ride Out Flood Train From Jeffersonville
Reporter Charles E. Blake chronicles a Pennsylvania Railroad refugee train bound for Indianapolis. He describes mothers seeking doctors, a feverish child, a box car shelter for four days, and families torn from a flooded town, highlighting the railroad's relief effort amid thousands displaced by the flood in Jeffersonville Indiana.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Indianapolis
Jeffersonville
Ind
Louisville
Four Teens Drown When Rescue Barge Capsizes in Paducah
Four teen refugees drowned when a rescue barge capsized in Paducah floodwaters. Red Cross officials reported the accident and said survivors swam to safety in the city’s flooded streets. Details were not immediately available.
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Paducah
Red Cross
Smoking Ban Enforced by Guardsmen in Louisville
National guardsmen and police patrolled Louisville to enforce a smoking ban. Officers confiscated cigarettes from smokers amid waterlogged streets as authorities cited dangers of smoldering embers, gas leaks, and potential fires spreading from Cincinnati.
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Louisville
INS
National Guardsmen
Cincinnati
Waters Crest in Pittsburgh Area Flood Destroys Homes
Flood waters peaked at 34.54 feet in Pittsburgh's downtown triangle, spilling into streets and cellars and leaving about 1,200 families homeless. The Monongahela and Allegheny rivers swelled, receded to 34.2 feet by 8 a.m., and river patrolman Charles M. Snyder drowned, swept from a city launch during the disaster.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Business Triangle
Monongahela
Allegheny
Golden Triangle
Ohio
U. S
W. S. Bratzman
Charles M. Snyder
Ohio Flood Warning Expands as Refugees Brace for Rise
Government warned of a new foot rise in the Mississippi valley flood crest stretching from Huntington West Virginia to Cairo Illinois. The alert comes as refugees face disease hunger and fear in eleven flooded states while officials report improving Ohio river outlook and little rainfall in the past day.
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Ohio
Mississippi Valley
Huntington
W. Va
Cairo
Ill
W. J. Moxom
Washington
Ohio River
Record Floods Roar Across Eleven States with Deadly Toll
Tens of thousands flee as Ohio River floods rise to record heights spreading over more than a million acres. At least 132 dead, 550,000 driven from homes, and billions in damage feared as the flood threatens the Mississippi basin. Authorities warn the worst is yet to come as relief agencies mobilize nationwide.
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Ohio River
Mississippi
Cincinnati
Tennessee
Kentucky
Missouri
Arkansas
Pittsburgh
Mississippi River
Cairo
Inl
Mississippi Valley
Eugene Reybold
U. S. Army Engineers
Memphis
Tenn
Reybold
WPA Fund For Relief
Floating Gasoline Threat Looms Over Paducah Flooding
In Paducah Kentucky about 20,000 gallons of gasoline floated on flood waters after a large tank tore from its moorings near midnight. Additional tanks drift nearby posing a danger of a major conflagration for the evacuated city.
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Paducah
Ins
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