Hickenlooper Wins Patronage Split Fight in Iowa House
In Des Moines the Iowa House adopted a bi partisan patronage plan by a 54 to 53 vote after Speaker Foster accepted a Republican backed ballot. Rep. B. B. Hickenlooper led the bid for even division of clerkships, door keepers and clerical jobs among party lines.
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DES Moines
Iowa House
Iowa
B. B. Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
House
J. P. Gallagher
Williamsburg
R. G. Moore
Dunlap
Gallagher
Lloyd Woods
Osceola
Hickenlooper
Albert Beltman
Hospers
Foster
M. W. Strickler
County flood aid efforts span many groups in Cedar Rapids
A Cedar Rapids flood relief drive mobilizes churches unions and civic groups. Donations include $86 from Temple Judgh congregation 31 miners and $100 from Elks club trustees plus dozens of employee gifts totaling hundreds. The Red Cross coordinates clothing and bedding from Salvation Army and YMCA drives while a $300 public dance is planned to raise funds.
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Dennis
Temple Judgh
Sisterhood of the Temple
Carrie Herbert
Cedar Rapids Policemen’s Protective Association
Red Cross
C.S.A. Central Committee
C.S.P.S
Linn County
United States
S. R. Hawkins
Red Cross Disaster Relief
Salvation Army
Adjutant Stevens
Hawkins
Quaker Oats Company
Paramount
McKesson Churchill Drug Company
Molders Union
Newman's
Newman’s Merchantile Company
City of
Cedar Rapids
Martin Dry Goods Company
Cedar Rapids Public Library Force
van Vechten Guild
Peoples Church
Piper Crain and Milling Company
Jack Yager Company
Messenger and Sons
Harper Auto
133Rd Infantry
National Guard
Louise Leibert
The
King’s Daughters
Linn County Reserve Officers Association
Builders
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Hesperian Club
John Huss
Har-Mon Bottling Works
Cedar Rapids Pump Company
Jack's Store
Hall Ekfelt Company
Duster Brothers
Sebetka Brothers
Phi Rho Society
Rude Auto Company
Hamilton Seed and Coal Company
Culver Motors
Woman's Round Table
Crescent Lodge
Troop
Lincoln
Home Oil and Gas Company
Hall Manufacturing Company
Power House
Elks
Petersen Baking Company
Lefebvre Corporation
Star Laundry
Ilen Millinery Company
St. Paul’s Church
Marion
Flood Relief Fund
Springville
Y. M
Western Union
Mississippi Valley Evacuated in Preparatory Flood Plan
The War Department outlines a wide scale evacuation for up to 500000 along 2000 miles of levees from Cairo to below Memphis. Troops civilians CCC National Guard and Red Cross to aid. Plans focus on moving people first with housing and care to follow, as engineers fortify levees and monitor crest movement 80 to 90 miles daily.
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Secretary of War
Civilian Conservation Corps
National Guard
Red Cross
Cairo
Memphis
Tenn
Wildlife remains roaming across western states
Wild horses persist in parts of the United States including Arizona Colorado Idaho Nevada New Mexico and Oregon with populations continuing to occupy remote ranges and public lands.
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The
United States
Arizona
Colorado
Idaho
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
Des Moines Imps Name Del Bissonette Manager
Del Bissonette former major league first baseman will manage the 1937 Des Moines Western league team. E Lee Keyser club president announced the decision on Wednesday. Bissonette, who played with Montreal in 1935, may also play first base for the Demons.
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Des Moines
del Bissonette
E. Lee Keyser
Brooklyn
Demons
Keyser
Bissonette
Montreal
Jury rules Newhall plane crash accidental, 5 dead
Los Angeles coroners jury, eight to one, ruled the January 12 Newhall crash accidental. Five people died, eight were injured. The panel stated pilot W. W. Lewis did everything possible to avert the disaster.
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Los Angeles
Newhall
W. W. Lewis
Cedar Rapids Couples Obtain Marriage Licenses
William E. Donnelly and Zelda F. Newman of Cedar Rapids receive marriage licenses. E. E. Carver and Blanche Carryer of Carter Point also obtain licenses.
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William E. Donnelly
Zelda F. Newman
Cedar Rapids
E. E. Carver and
Blanche Carryer
C@Ater Point
Crowd at Duke of Norfolk Wedding Sparks Police Clash
In London at Brompton Oratory over 2,000 people, largely women, surged police lines during the Duke of Norfolk’s wedding to Hon. Lavinia Strutt. The bride’s arrival triggered a rush. officers retreated as mounted reserves arrived and the gates were shut. Several injured.
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London
Brompton Oratory
Duke of Norfolk
Lavinia Strutt
Oratory
Missing Girl Found Dead In Hopewell Case
The body of six year old Jean Seville, missing since January 21, was found Tuesday night near Chambersburg. State police Superintendent Major Lynn G. Adams said truck driver Glenn Schleckter confessed to killing the child.
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Chambersburg, Pa
Jean Seville
Hopewell
Chambersburg
Lynn G. Adams
Glenn Schleckter
Argentine Floods Sweep Across Mendoza Province
Floods from the Mendoza river inundated towns and thousands of acres in northern Mendoza. No casualties reported though property damage was immense. Water stood three feet deep over sections of the highway from Mendoza to Cacheta and Potrerillos.
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Mendoza
Argentina
Andes
Cachenta
Potrerillos
President Roosevelt Commutes Foshay Sentences
Attorney General Homer S. Cummings announced the president commuted the sentences of Wilbur Foshay and H. H. Henley of Minneapolis from fifteen years to five years for using the mails to defraud. They had reported to Leavenworth in April 1934 and are now eligible for parole as petitions may be reviewed by parole board member Arthur D. Wood.
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Washington
Homer S. Cummings
Roosevelt
Wilbur Foshay
H. H. Henley
Minneapolis
Minn
Leavenworth
Cummings
Arthur D. Wood
The
Parole Board
Restrict Amateur Radio Operations
Washington AP reports the Federal Communications Commission limited amateur radio operations to messages pertaining to floods and relief on Tuesday to control emergency communications.
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Washington
The
Federal Communication Commission
Matanuskans Debts Reduced by Government
Palmer Alaska AP Uncle Sam cut the debts of colonists in the Matanuska valley while the colony's top colonist demanded cash for livestock feed. Ross L Sheely of the Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation said the debt reductions equal roughly the cost of keeping these families on U S relief for the last 20 months.
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Palmer
Alaska
Sam
Matanuska Valley
Ross L. Sheely
Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation
U. S
Two Trawlers Sink In North Sea Gale Killing 46
Wireless reports from British ships say a North Sea gale sank two trawlers. The French vessel Lorette went down with thirty men, and the British Amethyst with sixteen.
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Oslo
North Sea
Lorette
Amethyst
Linn County to Press Inmate Care Claims Inquiry
The Iowa Tax Service, retained by Linn County, will investigate past due inmate care accounts to recover omitted taxes and potential commissions. If needed, litigation may be started. goal set at $50,000 with projected $10,000 yearly savings. Several counties pursue similar inquiries. some patients may qualify for federal institutions or family homes.
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Ords
Tax Service
Iowa Tax Service
Linn County
Coutts
Iowa
Louisville Mayor Declares Martial Rule Amid Flood Toll
The Louisville mayor Neville Miller declares martial law as flood chaos and disease spread. Troops and police from multiple cities reinforce a city with 200,000 homeless and up to 200 deaths.
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Neville Miller
William K. Naylor
United States Army
Malin Craig
Washington
Miller
Naylor
Daniel van Voorhees
Fort Knox
Chandler
Percy Haley
Kentucky National Guard
van Voorhees
Louisville
Tax Lien Filed Against Barrymore and Associates
Hollywood star John Barrymore faced a $27 054 income tax lien filed by Internal Revenue Service official Nat Rogan for failures to pay taxes in 1931 1932 and 1933. Other individuals named in federal liens include Ralph Spence writer Carmel Myers actress Alan Hale actor with various back tax amounts.
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Hollywood
John Barrymore
Screen Star
Barrymore
Internal Revenue
Nat Rogan
Ralph Spence
Carmel Myers
Alan Hale
Twelve Die As Belgian Mail Plane Crashes
A Belgian mail plane crash near Oran Algeria killed twelve people on Tuesday. Eight passengers and four crew members died as the pilot apparently tried to land during a routine return trip from the Belgian Congo in Central Africa.
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Brussels
Oran
Algeria
Belgian Congo
Central Africa
Federal policy may pit government against private utilities
Washington predicts a new federal policy to compete with private utilities where the government builds hydroelectric projects. Roosevelt rejects pooling plans with private power in the Tennessee Valley, citing a court injunction against joint transmission and signaling shifts in TVA governance and policy.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Tennessee Valley
TVA
Arthur E. Morgan
Tennessee Valley Authority
Wendell L. Willkie
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
Kayser Granted Discharge From Bank Case Sentences
Mrs Stella Kayser former assistant cashier of the Center Point Walker Bank and Trust company is discharged from two consecutive five year sentences on charges of false statements and entries. Governor Kraschel acted on state parole board recommendation. The 1932 case involved a $40000 deficit cited by bank officials.
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State Parole Board
Nels G. Kraschel
Stella Kayser
Center Point- Walker Bank and Trust Company
Walker
John T. Moffit
Linn County District Court
Kayser
Rockwell City Women’s Reformatory
Car Stolen Here Found In Wichita Two Held
Chief of Detectives Earl Stanley said Wichita police recovered a stolen car Monday reported missing from H. M. Gill of Marion. James and Arlene Hendricks, said to be from Cedar Rapids, were arrested in connection with the theft and handed to the Department of Justice for federal charges. No Hendricks names appear in the city directory.
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Earl Stanley
Wichita
Kan
H. M. Gill
Marion
James
Arlene Hendricks
Cedar Rapids
Hendricks
Department of Justice
Stanley
Arlene
General Motors strike waning as emergency powers urged
The United Automobile Workers strike affects over forty GM plants coast to coast with 125000 idle workers. Fisher Body recalls 5900 to Michigan work sites as talks with Governor Murphy seek protection for returning workers amid sit down actions in Flint. Union leaders denounce alleged incitement and call for removal of organizers while GM plans further steps.
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General Motors Corporation
Fisher Body Corporation
Michigan
Fisher Body
Flint
Mich
General Motors
United Automobile Workers of America
Chevrolet
Indianapolis
Muncie
Ind
Detroit
Saginaw
Bay City
Flint Alliance
Frank Murphy
Lansing
Alliance
George E. Boysen
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
United States
Gov. Murphy
Harold Bradshaw
Robert C. Travis
Powers Hapgood
Fire Chief Kohout Undergoes Emergency Surgery
Fire Chief Emil P. Kohout is in St Luke's hospital after an emergency operation for a ruptured appendix. He was admitted shortly after 11:45 Tuesday night and underwent surgery at 1:15 a m. His condition Wednesday afternoon was listed as fair.
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Emil P. Kohout
St. Luke’s Hospital
Three Tiny Babies Found Marooned in Flooded Lawrenceburg
In Lawrenceburg Indiana officials said three infant victims were marooned by floodwaters. Major Walter Fowler led national guardsmen in the search for the babies' parents who were suspected of abandoning them amid the disaster.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Walter Fowler
Garbo's 1935 Income Placed At 332 500
Greta Garbo earned 332 500 dollars in 1935, the treasury report to the Ways and Means Committee shows. The compensation came from Metro Goldwyn Mayer and other top earners included Wallace Beery 278 749, Joan Crawford 241 403, and William Powell 238 750.
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Washington
Greta Garbo
The
Treasury
House
Ways and Means Committee
Miss Garbo
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation
Wallace Beery
Joan Crawford
William Powell
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