Williams Speech Sparks WPA Relief Rally Controversy
The WPA assistant director Aubrey Williams delivered a fiery political speech to relief workers urging support for Roosevelt allies. The Workers Alliance circulated a paraphrased transcript, prompting Senate funds investigators to censure him. Reporters who heard the speech note harsher wording than the Alliance version. Williams later traveled to Ohio to address a Black organization.
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Tashington
Aubrey Williams
WPA
Roosevelt
Senate Campaign Funds
Workers Alliance
Mr. Roosevelt
Williams
Senate Investigating Committee
Ohio
Hopkins Warns Politicians Use Human Suffering in Campaigns
Williams' boss Harry Hopkins, WPA chief, warns that minor politicians will exploit misery and emotions to gain power. He notes attempts by both parties to influence WPA workers and reflects on the misdirection of government rhetoric amid labor policy scrutiny tied to President Hook and wartime committees.
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Williams
Harry Hopkins
WPA
German antisemitic drive halted as authorities seek normality
Berlin reports say anti Jewish campaigns aimed at excluding Jews from commerce were slowed after violent tactics alarmed Jewish merchants. Goering decree questioned by US protest and American assurances. Police ban anti Semitic demonstrations tied to Evian refugee conference. Local cultural program details follow in the same copy.
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Berlin
INS
Reich
Germany
America
Hermann Goering
Foreign Office
Goering
Evian-Les-Bains
Lake Geneva
Three Playgrounds Host Community Night Programs
Community nights were held Wednesday at Neyfair Lincoln and Whitlam playgrounds. About 400 people enjoyed an exhibition softball and volleyball game followed by movie reels at Sinclair. The first issue of the Sin Air Newsette playground news was distributed. The program was led by Ore Bornhoeft and Luella PBrien with 250 attendees at Whitlam Park for Hawaiian guitar music and vocal duet performances.
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Jeannie Tocky
Lyndall Jensen
Winnie Inman
Y. M. C. A. Drum and Bugle Corps
Jeanne Jiricek
Harold Fisher
Martha Hubbard
Neyfair
Lincoln
Whitlam
Sinclair
Sinair
Playground Newsper
Ore Bornhoeft
Luella Pbrien
Whitlam Park
Wallace Lyons
Mie
Lieyd
Doris
Troy Deal Reports on Hawk Eye Boys State Experience
Troy Deal Jr son of Mr and Mrs Troy M Deal spoke to the High Twelve club about his impressions of Hawk Eye Boys State at the Hotel Roosevelt area Friday noon He attended the Americanism camp of the American Legion sponsored by the local DeMolay chapter Arthur Borella circus clown entertained with rapid chatter and animal imitations during the first half of the program.
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Troy Deal, Jr
Troy M Deal
Eighteenth Street
High Twelve Club
Hawkeye Boys
Hotel Roosevelt
The
American Legion
DeMolay
Arthur Borella
Hagenbeck Wallace Circus
Arthur Playground Hosts First Community Night
The Arthur playground led by Ellsworth Miller and Mary Condon hosts a 7 pm community night featuring Kay Engler and Joan Rudin tap dance, a Dark Town Strutter's ball, an ocarina solo by Donald Smith, a comedy dance by Norma Ingels Doris Sampica and Lois Dean, and dances by Beverly Larson and Louise Sundburg. A mock trial under Judge Bud Lyman and prosecuting attorney Jack Wolfe closes the evening. Officials elected earlier include Chief Bob Condon Commissioner Don Smith and Mayor Leo Engler who will preside as master of ceremonies. The event ends with four reels of moving pictures.
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Arthur Playground
Ellsworth Miller
Mary Condon
Kay Engler
Joan Rudin
Donald Smith
Norma Ingels
Doris Sampica
Lois Dean
Beverly Larson
Louise Sundburg
Bud Lyman
Jack Wolfe
Bob Condon
Don Smith
Leo Engler
Longstreet Blamed in Gettysburg Loss by Aging Veterans
On the seventy fifth anniversary reunion Civil War veterans from both sides toured Gettysburg battle sites and blamed General James Longstreet for Confederate defeat. Old soldiers like O R Gilette and Charles Riggin argued timing of Pickett’s attack and reinforcements changed the outcome while Longstreet’s widow defended him as the “bulldog” of the southern army.
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Gettysburg
James F. Longestreet
Longstreet
O R. Gilette
Shreveport
Pickett
Meade
Lee
Richmond
Charles S. Riggin
Vaughn, N. C
Rhodes
Gilette
South
Hig
Tom
Pennsylvania
Riggin
Cemetery Ridge
Seminary Ridge
Army Base Hospital
Court seeks decree on alleged oral contract with late Herman
Velda Smart asks the district court to enforce an oral contract with the late Fred C. Herman of Cedar Rapids who died May 29. She says she was employed by Herman and his wife Tha May Herman and that Herman promised to transfer real and personal property including life insurance beneficiary rights if she continued as housekeeper during illness. She alleges no transfer or bequest occurred and seeks title to the property. Defendants include George R. Liddle administrator and DB. Herndon next of kin. Hearing set for July 18 at 9 a.m. to address restraining the estate administrator from disposing of assets.
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Velda Smart
District Court
Fred C. Herman
Cedar Rapids
Herman
Tha May Herman
George R. Liddle
DB. Herndon
Six-Month Sentence For Leaving Accident Without ID
Frank Clayter 42 of 725 H Street SW received a six month county jail term before District Judge H C King for leaving the scene of an accident without giving name address or registration number. The sentence takes effect June 25. Clayter allegedly struck John Pisarik 59 of 77 Sixteenth Avenue SW as he crossed Sixteenth avenue SW, then briefly stopped. Deputy Larry Condon later identified Clayter from car description and license number and arrested him Monday night.
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Frank Clayter
H Street
H. C. King
Clayter
Sixteenth Avenue SW
John Pisarik
Sixteenth Avenue
Larry Condon
Hearing Filed To Quiet Hubbard Property Title
Hearing before District Judge H C Ring on a suit by Thanette Hubbard Hebert of Denver to quiet title in Cedar Rapids business real estate at the southwest corner of First avenue and Third street E. The complaint names her sisters Sarah Katherine Napier Natalys Hubbard and their mother the late Alice Cooper Hubbard of Colorado as parties with shares described as one fifth each for the daughters and two fifths for their mother. The action alleges certain conveyances were made.
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H. C. Ring Friday
Thanette Hubbard Hebert
Denver
Sarah Katherine Napier
Natalys Hubbard
Cedar Rapids
First Avenue
Third Street
Alice Cooper Hubbard
Colorado
To Be Installed Head Of DeMolay In Cedar Rapids
Kingston Brokaw 18 of 2251 Bever avenue SE will be installed this evening as master councilor of the Cedar Rapids chapter Order of DeMolay in a public ceremony at Masonic hall.
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Kingston Brokaw
Bever Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Order of DeMolay
Masonic¢ Hall
Estate feud over joint tenancy request in 1932 case
Iowa and Colorado administrators urged denial of a joint tenancy plea by Mrs Hubbard estate. They sought to treat a two-fifths interest as part of the estate assets, challenging the shift from tenancy in common.
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Mrs Hubbard
Iowa
Colorado
Mrs. Hubbard
Two Women Fined On Nuisance Charge In Cedar Rapids
Lillian Tompkins and Margaret Evans, both of Route No 4 Cedar Rapids, pleaded guilty to causing a nuisance and were fined 500 dollars plus costs. On state recommendation, 50 dollars and costs paid, the remaining sentence stands suspended on good behavior. Also named in the same information are Dr. W H Beshears and William Phillips who pled not guilty to the charge stemming from a raid at a house five miles east of Cedar Rapids. In other notices, Eva McIntosh was granted a divorce from Howard McIntosh on cruel and inhuman treatment grounds and custody of a son. V C Schwirtz was granted a divorce from Dorothea Schwirtz on cruel and inhuman grounds.
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Lillian Tompkins
Margaret Evans
Cedar Rapids
T. C. Ring
W. H Beshears
Second Street SE
William Phillips
Cobbancourt SE
Highway No
H. C. Ring
Eva McIntosh
Howard McIntosh
Dismissal Sought In Bachman Quiet Title Action
In Cedar Rapids district court on Friday B D Silliman as administrator of the Elizabeth Schnell estate and William and Wylla Schnell seek dismissal of Charles G Bachman’s quiet title suit to two Cedar Rapids properties. Bachman contends title via tax deeds dated March 22 1987, which the answers challenge. Hearing on partition objections in the Matheny case resumed then continued to next Wednesday. Referees Fred C Fisher Jr and Lee Dennison heard the matter with objections centred on attorney fees to Olive S Johnson and referee compensation.
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Charles G. Bachman
Cedar Rapids
B. D Silliman
Elizabeth Schnell
William and Wylla Schnell
Bachman
Mary Fern Matheny
N. C. Ring
Fred C. Fisher, Jr
Lee Dennison
Olive S. Johnson
District court partition action settled after filing in 1935
Judge H C Ring records settlement of a realty partition suit filed Oct 25 1935 by Meachum A Howard Lee Howard Banner Howard Ettce M Combs and Sylvia E Hallenbeck as plaintiffs against Addie Howard as defendant. Amended petition fixes shares at one fifth.
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District Court Realty
Meachum A. Howard
Lee Howard
Banner Howard
Ettce M. Combs
Sylvia E. Hallenbeck
Addie Howard
H C. Ring
Seven charged with robbery post tavern party bond reduced
Ralph Burgess 21 of 209 F avenue NW among seven charged with robbery. posted 500 bond in district court Thursday and released from county jail after bond cut from 3000 by court order.
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Ralph Burgess
F Avenue NW
Burgess
L. L. Coon
Fourth Avenue SW
Nationalists Plan Potent Air Force After Civil War
Gen Alfredo Kindelan said the nationalist side would field about 2 000 planes in peacetime if they win the civil war. In Burgos it was also said Franco ordered naval ships not be bombed in open sea and to avoid striking British vessels near ports.
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Zaragoza
Spain
Alifredo Kindelan
Kindelan
Burgos
Ringling Brothers Circus To Stay In Winter Quarters
Ring ling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey circus will not tour this season and will remain in winter quarters in Sarasota Florida General Manager George Smith stated The show is not broke and will return to the road next season but as an open shop with no labor union affiliations
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Sarasota, Fla
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey Circus
George Smith
Illinois Driver License Bill Faces Court Test
Illinois new drivers license bill faces a court test of validity. Rep. F. W. Lewis of Robinson said he will seek legal proceedings to block applications if the measure is signed by Governor Horner.
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Illinois
Springfield
Ilinois
F. W. Lewis
Robinson
Horner
Police Captain’s Badge Missing In Chicago
Omaha police captain Frank Rose asked Chicago Police Commissioner James P. Allman for help locating his missing badge. Rose had laid aside his coat while singing in a male chorus at a national singers festival, and the badge disappeared when he returned for his coat.
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Chicago
Frank Rose
Omaha
James P. Allman
Rose
Senate delays Dakota inquiry pending Nye return
Senator Morris Sheppard said the senate campaign investigating committee will delay a decision on an inquiry into North Dakota's primary until Senator Gerald P. Nye returns. Nye requested the inquiry by telegram this week amid a tight GOP renomination contest with former Gov. William H. Langer. The panel will not seek absentee ballot figures from county auditors until Nye clarifies the scope of the investigation.
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Washington
ULP
Morris Sheppard
Tex
Senate Campaign Investigating Committee
North Dakota
Gerald P. Nye
ND Nye
William H Langer
Nye
Sheppard
Kay Keegan Named Deputy Housing Administrator
Federal Housing Administrator Stewart McDonald announced Kay Keegan of San Francisco as deputy administrator succeeding Charles G. McGehee who resigned. The appointment will shape leadership at the FHA as McGehee steps down in Atlanta.
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Washington
INS
Stewart McDonald
Kay Keegan
San Francisco
Calif
Charles G. McGehee
Atlanta
Britain to summon high officials in secrets probe
London AP reports Britain’s select committee plans to summon army officers and officials from the war office as it opens a public inquiry into MPs access to national defense secrets. The panel weighs Sandys’s charges against Hore-Belisha and the official secrets act’s reach.
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London
Britain
War Office
Select Committee
House of Commons
Duncan Sandys
Donald Bradley Somervell
Sandys
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Commons
Army
Privileges Committee of Commons
Volunteer
Territorial Army
Churchill
Family Rushes Brother to Hospital During Appendicitis
In Savannah Tennessee Glen Culver aged 24 was taken for appendicitis surgery after his brother Earl aged 20 rushed him to the hospital. While Glen was in the operating room Earl suddenly felt pain and doctors diagnosed appendicitis. Earl then followed Glen into the operating room.
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Savannah
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Mount Vernon
Anta Marie Hoover
Harry C. Hoover, Jr
Center Point
H. Co. Ring
Rose Kirchner
Miles Kirchner
Iowa City
Wade KE. Crew
Violet Crew
Rock Island
Alta Mae
E. Paul Youkey
Gertrude T
Youkey
Mary Youkey
James E. Franks
Fourteenth Avenue SW
Cois
Bert’s Shoe Store
Second Street
Louie
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Uny Men’s Torts
Virginia
Betsy
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