Professor Shimek Dead at Iowa City
Professor Shimek, born in 1861 near Shueyville, Iowa, died in Iowa City. A Bohemian by birth, he led Bohemian student loans, helped found Iowa's first engineering society, and created a vast fossil and plant collection. He held degrees from Iowa and Prague and was active in Masonic, scientific, and conservation circles.
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Professor Shimek
Iowa City
Shimek
Council of Higher Education
Engineering Society
Iowa
Canada
United States
Mexico
Central America
R. B. Wiley
University of Iowa
Mississippi River
Shueyville
Johnson County
Nebraska
Anna A. Konvalinka
Eastern Star of Iowa
Blue Lodge
Court of Honor
Botanical Society of Bohemia
Natural History Society of Prague
Geological Society of America
Iowa Academy of Sciences
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Botanical Society of America
Ecology Society of America
Iowa Conservation Association
Washington Academy of Sciences
Sigma Xi
Izaak Walton League of America
Scientific Congress
Prague
Louisville Begins Mopping Up Work After Flood
Louisville edges toward normalcy as the Ohio River flood recedes leaving 192 dead and 230000 displaced. Thirty five government engineers map rehabilitation while eight hour shifts patrol refugees and street clean up follows Pittsburgh plan to flush river deposits. Health officials fear disease as refugees return before sanitation and sunlight can purify areas.
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Louisville
Pittsburgh
Officers Unhurt When Car Skids Off Highway
Special to The Gazette. McGREGOR Deput y U. S. Marshal Embert Bergemeyer of Dubuque and John King of Waukon sheriff of Allamakee county escaped uninjured Friday when Kings car in which they were driving to Waukon skidded on icy pavement near Millville. The car shot off the highway turned over and lodged against a boulder which saved it from going down a high embankment.
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McGregor
U. S
Embert Bergemeyer
Dubuque
John King
Waukon
Allamakee
King
Millville
Local Schools Raise 907 for Flood Fund Aid
Cedar Rapids area flood fund drive draws broad support from schools and businesses. Contributions include $280.03 plus more from the same organization, $110 from Gazette staff, and many group donations such as Temple Judah Sisterhood 5, Lincoln School PTA 2, Inter Ocean Men’s Study Club 25, and La Plant Choate employees 141.75. Viola residents host a supper and popcorn sale yielding 57.10, Marion Red Cross adds 150 bringing its total to 610, with further gifts from MaKibben Motor 25, Wilder Grain 10, Camp Fire 2, and others totaling additional tens.
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Red Cross
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Leo Oppenheim
Temple Judah Sisterhood
Lincoln School Pta
Inter-Ocean Men's Study Club
Sweet Pickle
Roosevelt Hotel
Women’s Relief Corp
T. Z. Cook
Linn County Court House
Linn County Abstract Company
Quaker Oats
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
la Plant Choate Company
Nash-Finch Company
Beverly Cattle Company
And
Syndicate Clothing Company
Viola
Marion
Cedar Rapids
MaKibben Motor Company
Handler Motor Company
Wilder Grain Company
Corn Belt Equipment Company
Aokiya Camp Fire Group
Camp 24
Woodmen of the World
Brotherhood of Maintenance Engineers
John B. Turner and Son
Jolly Sixteen Club
A. M. E. Church
Bohemian Mutual Insurance Association
Silk trade drives US demand for Japan's raw silk
Japan sells 85 percent of its raw silk to the United States. In turn, Japan buys cotton with the proceeds from the silk, forming a cycle of exchange that links the two countries' trade.
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Japan
United States
County Attorney Pleads Innocent to pheasants possession charge
Ames AP Story County Attorney Frank Lounsberry pled innocent in Ames municipal court to a charge of having pheasants in his possession. Deputy game commissioner Walter L. Harvey filed the charge against Lounsberry and two Nevada residents, Ivan Shalley and Royal Briggs. Lounsberry read the informatio n and then entered the innocent plea.
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Ames
Story County
Frank Lounsberry
Walter L. Harvey
Lounsberry
Nevada
Iowa
Ivan Shalley
Royal Briggs
Hitler Renounces War Guilt Clause Seeks Direct Treaties
Hitler declares Germany places no colonial claims on nations without colonies and opposes bolshevist Russia. He argues Versailles divided Europe into camps and urges cooperation with Britain, insisting Germany seeks direct treaties rather than forming broader blocs. He disputes any aim to join a security pact with Russia.
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Germany
Hitler
Britain
Europe
Spain
Russia
Fate Of Iowa Girls Bound For Oregon Is Still Unknown
Carroll Iowa AP reports Ruth Harrison fourteen and June Ecklund sixteen left December twenty to hitch hike to Banks Oregon to visit Ruth’s father. Forty one days have passed with no word. Their father Fred Harrison notified relatives this week that he has heard nothing. A severe snowstorm has swept the western states along the girls planned route, complicating search efforts.
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Carroll
Carroll High
Banks
Ore
Ruth Harrison
June Ecklund
Ruth
Fred Harrison
Iowa
Oregon
McGregor School Flood Benefit Raises 21.73
McGregor high school lower grades staged a Friday assembly to aid flood sufferers. Students sang spoke pieces danced and performed a Red Cross song and gathered coins in a Red Cross box. Total collected was 21 dollars 73 cents.
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Mcgregor
McGregor High School
Red Cross
Sligh t Earthquake Threatens Levees Across 1200 Miles
A vast flood threat looms as an estimated 120000 workers brace levees from Cairo Illinois to New Orleans. Evacuations spread through New Madrid Missouri and surrounding towns while rescue crews race to reinforce embankments. Refugees face trauma as scenes of fear and despair unfold in Memphis and nearby camps.
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Tiptonville
Linda
Williams Point
Horseshoe Neck
Missouri
Tennessee
Lake
Obion
Dyer
Fire Ravages Eau Claire Pumping Station In Wisconsin
A $100,000 fire struck Eau Claire central pumping station at Dells Dam Friday night. Officials said 2,000,000 gallons in Mount Tom reservoir must supply the city for an undetermined period while repairs were rushed to restore pumps.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Dells Dam
Mount Tom
Roumanian Prince Shows Slight Improvement in Florence
Florence Italy Saturday report says Michael crown prince of Roumania recovered from pneumonia after appendicitis surgery and is slightly better. He had developed the illness after the operation and remains under medical care in Florence.
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Florence
Italy
Michael
Prince
Roumania
Cattle Feeders Press Protests Over Price Fluctuations in Iowa
A Jones County Beef Producers meeting led by Louis Lorenzen, with members from seven eastern Iowa counties, urged state action to curb volatile livestock prices. They want a research committee, county cattlemen associations formed nationwide, and closer ties with Farm Bureau and ISU extension to stabilize markets.
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H. A. Wallace
Iowa State Farm Bureau Federation
Extension Department
Iowa State College
Iowa
Telegram
Louis Lorenzen
Olin
Gillette and Herring
Washington
Benton
Cedar
Clinton
Johnson, Jones and Linn
Elijah
M. C. Larson
Cedar Rapids
National Grain Marketing Corporation
Poweshiek
Tama
Jackson
Anamosa
Lorenzen
Roosevelt Birthday Balls Unite Cuff Link Gang At White House
Washington notices two former campaign aides Stephen Early and Marvin McIntyre now secretaries join Kirke Simpson Tom Lynch and Stanley Prenosil in a reunion at the White House for President Roosevelt fifty fifth birthday observance. Marguerite LeHand will attend as personal secretary. At 10 24 tonight Roosevelt will radio brief remarks thanking supporters and noting charity receipts aid crippled children and infantile paralysis research.
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Washington
INS
White House
Roosevelt
Stephen T. Early
Marvin H.cIntyre
Kirke Simpson
Tom Lynch
Stanley Prenosil
New York
Marguerite Lehand
New Deal Wins First Tilt On Registration of Utility
In New York the Roosevelt administration won the first court skirmish over the 1935 public utility act. Judge Julian W. Mack ruled Electric Bond & Share must register with the Securities and Exchange Commission or stop doing business, upholding the government’s position.
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New York
Roosevelt
Federal District Court
Julian W. Mack
Electric Bond & Share Company
Securities and Exchange Commission
Ross Defeats Manfredo in Ten Rounds in Detroit
Barney Ross of Chicago, welterweight champion, won a 10 round decision over Al Manfredo of Fresno California. The fast bout drew lusty boos from the Detroit crowd Friday night.
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Detroit
Barney Ross
Chicago
al Manfredo
Fresno
Calif
Beatrice Lillie Signs to Star in New Films
Bee Lillie the famed stage comic signs with Emanuel Cohen to make three film musicals. She arrives in July for English Darby under Warner/Paramount influence with Jack Warner assigning associate producer Frank Mandell. RKO options Mother Chicago about Jane Addams with Irene Dunne or Pauline Lord as possible star. Sonja Henie slated for Thin Ice at 20th Century Fox and Laurence Schwab named associate producer.
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Universal Service
Los Angeles
Bee Lillie
John Hancock
Emanuel Cohen
Bee
Manny
Hollywood
English Darby
Lillie
Warren William
Paramount
Cohen
Zukor
Warner Brothers
Jack Warner
Frank Mandell
Mandell
RKO
Chicago
Arthur Caesar
Jane Addams
Hullhouse
Miss Addams
Irene Dunne
Sonja Henie
20Th Century Fox
Melville Baker
Hans Brinker
Sonja
Laurence Schwab
All Linn Sportsmen Invited To Attend Fox Hunt On Sunday
All Linn county hunters are invited to a fox hunt near Alburnett at 9 a.m. Six mapped squares surround the quarry with shotguns permitted to reduce foxes harming small game. The $2 bounty will be shared at the organizers’ discretion. Roy Radebaugh and Leo Logan will oversee the event, dogs on leash to avoid crossfire, and success may spur more hunts.
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Linn County
Alburnett
Roy Radebaugh
Leo Logan
L. E. Petrak
Emery Sherman
Radiator Mogul Hill Dies in New York Elevator
William Hograth Hill, 69, vice-president and director of American Radiator, died Friday in an elevator accident at the company building on West 40th Street in New York.
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New York
William Hograth Hill
American Radiator Company
West 40Th Street
16-Ounce Baby Born In Gold Mining Camp Is Now Doing Fine
In Telluride Colorado a sixteen ounce baby boy born Tuesday at the Opher Loop gold mining camp twelve miles south of town is reported doing well. Dr J J Parker delivered the child to Mrs Raymond Buss age 21 and said both mother and infant are fine. The premature baby is fed two ounces of milk every four hours via eye dropper and rests in an improvised incubator made from a shoe box and a whisky bottle of hot water. Dr Parker returned from the camp and noted the baby’s reactions are those of a normal infant.
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Telluride
Colo
Opher Loop
Here
J. J. Parker
Raymond Buss
Parker
Rebellion on Screen at Iowa Review Plough and The Stars
A review discusses The Plough and The Stars, praising the Irish rebellion epic and Abbey players while noting slow motion and broad comedy. Preston Foster and Bonita Granville perform adequately. Betty Furness and Gordon Jones headline a comedy They Wanted To Marry. The package also includes The March of Time and a Pathe flood feature.
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John Ford
the Informer
Ford
Victor MacLaglen
the Plough and the Stars
Barbara Stanwyck
Abbey
Preston Foster
Bonita Granville
Theaters Showcase 1930s Films and Stars
Major Bowes Transcontinental Revue tops stage lineup with Charles Ruggles and Alice Brady in Mind Your Own Business. Iowa screens Barbara Stanwyck Preston Foster in The Plow and the Stars Betty Furness Gordon Jones They Wanted to Marry. New State presents Black Legion with Bogart Foran Ann Sheridan. Palace features Exclusive Story Franchot Tone Madge Evans Last of the Pagans Mala Lotus. Rialto screens Galloping Dynamite Kermit Maynard Silly Billies Wheeler Woolsey. Sun presents Carole Lombard Love Before Breakfast Richard Dix Yellow Dust.
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Paramount
Major Bowes
Charles Ruggles
Alice Brady
Iowa
Barbara Stanwyck
Preston Foster
Betty Furness
Gordon Jones
New State
Black Legion
Humphrey Bogart
Dick Foran
Ann Sheridan
Palace
Franchot Tone
Madge Evans
Mala
Lotus
Iowa Receives $804,550 in Old Age Grants
Washington AP reports the social security board announced grants totaling 2,991,629 to four states. Iowa received 804,550 for old age assistance covering January 1 to March 31.
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Washington
Social Security Board
Iowa
Stage Show Delights Paramount Audience in Cedar Rapids
Major Bowes Transcontinental revue charms Cedar Rapids on its Paramount stage with Paris Lee as master of ceremonies. Numbers include mimicking melodists and Windy Jack. Charlie Ruggles stars in Mind Your Own Business with Boy Scout Troop No. 107 aiding in rescue scenes. Alice Brady, Benny Baker and Lyle Talbot headline the supporting cast.
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Major Bowes
Cedar Rapids
Paramount
Paris Lee
Atlanta
Lee
River
Adolphus Quincy Robinson
North Carolina
Bowes
Rhoda Chase
Ruth O'Neil
Brooklyn
James Ericson
Mae McPhee
Windy Jack
Charlie Ruggles
Charlie
Wild Life
Boy Scouts
Ruggles
Boy Scout Troop No. 107
Los Angeles
Alice Brady
Benny Baker
Lyle Talbot
Jack LaRue
Paramount News
United States Navy
Sunday Horoscope Promises Promotion and Public Favor
Sunday horoscope foresees a lively day with excellent auspices for employment and advancement. Favor from superiors and authority figures, plus confident support for sound proposals, boosts private and social life. Those born today can expect a year of promise in work and prestige, with new projects seeking cooperative backing.
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Ill
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Ween
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Jackson Johnson
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Polk
Taylor
Tyler
Vie
Bete
van Buren
Franklin
Eree
McKinley
Wilson
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Fairground
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Luxora
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Paul Mosby
Carl Rochester
Uxa Oconnos
Aie Gordon Jones
Pathe
Flood Pictures
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New Deal
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Manfredo
Beatrice Lillie
Louella O. Parsons
Linn
Fox Hunt
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Featuring
Jimmy Jackson
Jimmy
Ray Alderson
Sun
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Richard Dix
the Paramount
Genevieve Kemble
America
Murmepter
ANM Sheridar
Dickie Jones
Henry Fonda
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Howard Kraemer
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Miss Cooper
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Don Ross
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