Ex-Politician Fatally Shoots Wife and Son in Chicago Home
Albert Singer Shapiro, alleged former mayoral candidate, shot dead his wife Frances 66 and son Harry 27 in their Chicago apartment after a family dispute. He also wounded son William 26, then surrendered after police dragnet. The case recalls war service and shell shock history.
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Singer
Wendell W. McCanles
Evening Herald and Express
Frances Singer
Harry Singer
William
Man Slashes Wrists After Bronx Triple Homicide Suspect Captured
Joseph Shapiro, 43, accused of killing his wife Rose and daughter, fled to New York beaches. He admitted the crimes citing family trouble and was jailed at Kings County Hospital in a non serious condition after slashing his wrists at Coney Island. He spared his 14 year old son.
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New York
INS
Coney Island
Joseph Shapiro
Bronx
Shapiro
Kings County Hospital
Rose
Daugh
City Briefs and Personals Highlights June Activities
The public library will be closed all day on July 4. The Musketeers Drum and Bugle corps play at a picnic at Harper today at 4 p.m. All Master Masons and Knights Templar attend Louis Poetzinger funeral Monday at 1 30 p.m. Tailors union picnic at Bena farm today starting 10 a.m. City plan commission meeting postponed to a later time. Linden camp Modern Woodmen of America meet Thursday at 8 p.m. Refreshments served. W Allen Eley Rotary director speaks at Cedar Rapids luncheon Monday noon at Roosevelt hotel.
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Musketeers
Harper
Tailors’ Union No. 271
Bena Farm
Highway No. 30
Linden
Modern
Woodmen of America
Odd Fellows Hall
Second Avenue SE
W. Allen Eley
Singapore
Rotary International
Cedar Rapids
Rotary Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Woodmen Circle Plans Summer Picnic at Palm Grove
Palm Grove No 1 Woodmen Circle met in the Glow room of the Gas company to lay plans for summer and a picnic. Hostesses Mrs. Blanche Higgins and Mrs. Myrtle Barnes served refreshments. The next meeting is scheduled for July 26.
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Woodmen Circle
Palm Grove
Gas Company
Blanche Higgins
Myrtle Barnes
Mrs Van Fleet Reports Missing Husband and Car
Mrs. Ernest Van Fleet of 800 F Avenue NW told police Saturday her husband has been missing since 7:30 p.m. Friday. She is separated and said she does not care about him but wants the 1936 sedan he was driving to aid the missing person case.
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Ernest van Fleet
F Avenue NW
City council grants beverage permits and event permissions
City council awarded Class C beverage permits to E. M. Horak Pharmacy at 100 First Street SW and Joseph F. Hladky at 1600 Fourth Avenue SE. Cedar Rapids Country Club received fireworks display approval for the Fourth of July, and Cedar Park Dance Pavilion may stay open until 2 a.m. Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Horak Pharmacy
First Street
Joseph F. Hladky
Fourth Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Traffic reg Specialists sworn to supervise showers
Six special police officers were sworn in by Mayor Frank Hahn at his office Saturday to supervise traffic at street showers for children. The officers, all playground directors, include Frank Kinch Daniels Donald Vernimont Kenwood Harold Fisher Lincoln Ronald Smith Arthur Gene Carson Harrison and Leslie Grigg Roosevelt.
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Frank Hahn
Frank Kinch
Daniels
Donald Vernimont
Kenwood
Harold Fisher
Lincoln
Ronald Smith
Arthur
Gene Carson
Harrison
Leslie Grigg
Roosevelt
Curries Return From Western Trip
Mr and Mrs George H Currie 504 Second Street SW returned Friday from a five month visit with their daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Clifford R Fox in Oakland Calif On the trip they visited Yosemite National Park Boulder Dam Grand Canyon National Park the petrified forest of Arizona and spent a few days with relatives in western Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Currie
Second Street
Clifford R. Fox
Oakland
Calif
Curries
Yosemite National Yark
Boulder Dam
Grand Canyon National Park
Petrified Forest
Arizona
Iowa
Cub Pack 25 Picnic Marks Achievements At Bever Park
Cub Pack 25 held a picnic supper at Bever Park Friday with 115 Cubs and parents attending. Achievement awards went to Billy Funcke and Jack Robinson, arrow points to Herbert Von Lackum Howard Ewoldt Jack Robinson Charles Werner Charles Vermheersch Charles Morrison Richard Ryan Billy Hunter Arnold Ellingson Jack Howe and Don Cook. The program featured diamond ball races and other contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cub Pack No. 25
Bever Park
Billy Funcke
Jack Robinson
Herbert von Lackum
Howard Ewoldt
Charles Werner
Charles Vermheersch
Charles Morrison
Richard Ryan
Billy Hunter
Arnold Ellingson
Jack Howe
Don Cook
Roosevelt Study Aims for Calm On Foreign Policy
Political debate centers on embargo repeal and monetary powers as House leaders consider concessions. Bankhead warns foreign repercussion risk while Taft and Vandenberg press for new legislation to extend devaluation powers, with Adams challenging the timing and scope of stabilization fund revival. An unsigned memo to the President argues post June 30 adoption could grant the same powers.
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House
Bankhead
Senate
Taft and Vandenberg
Mich
Roosevelt
Congress
Adams
Taft
Vandenberg
Colo
Treasury
General Fund
Murphy
Pressure on German Americans Reported by Reich
William Dodd Jr. urged a full State Department inquiry into alleged Nazi pressure on naturalized Americans of German origin. He said the German embassy and consulates were used to coerce registration for service in the Reichs armed and labor forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reich
New York
William Dodd, Jr
United States
Germany
State Department
Dodd
American Committee For
X Ray Will Decide Who Is Dog Owner in Omaha Case
A fox terrier in Omaha will be X-rayed to determine ownership. Mrs. Ferne Moore claims the dog was taken from her four years ago, while Robert Smith says he bought it in Aberdeen, South Carolina. Judge Lester Palmer postponed the hearing to July 19 to allow the X-ray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Ferne Moore
Robert Smith
Aberdeen
S.C
Congress Can Adjourn Within Two Weeks Says Bankhead
Senator Bankhead said Congress can adjourn within two weeks if leaders want to, speaking in Washington. He emphasized the timing depends on the leadership's wishes and actions.
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Congress
Washington
Bankhead
Ala
Stamp drive to grow church attendance in Stepney
The Rev. Lincoln Caswell of a Stepney Methodist church announced a July stamp distribution. He will give 1,000 stamps from his own collection to parishioners who bring friends to church during July to fill vacancies caused by summer vacations.
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Stepney
Mrs Eliza beth C Glenn Funeral Monday
Funeral services for Mrs Eliza beth C Glenn who died Friday at her daughter s home will be held Monday at 9 am at Immaculate Conception church A solemn requiem high mass will be sung by Rt Rev Msgr John M Molloy celebrant the Rev Daniel Gorman deacon and the Rev Bernard Collins sub deacon Burial will be in St James cemetery at Toronto Ia The rosary will be recited at 8 pm today at the Wolfe residence Body has been taken from Teahen funeral home Family requests no flowers
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Elizabeth C. Glenn
Laura Wolfe
Fifth Avenue SE
Immaculate Conception Church
John M. Molloy
Daniel Gorman
Bernard Collins
St. James
Toronto
Msgr. Molloy
Wolfe
Téahen
Chamber Probes Roosevelt Lending Plan for State Capitalism
The U S Chamber of Commerce questions if the federal lending program to fund self liquidating projects marks a shift toward state capitalism. It calls for close scrutiny of government lending and the deeper issues involved amid concerns of potential obfuscation.
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Chamber
Washington
Ins
Roosevelt
United States Chamber of Commerce
Conspiracy claim on fraudulent presidential election raised
The American Bar Association committee chair said a national conspiracy to steal the presidency could be carried out without breaking federal law since existing statutes do not cover voting for presidential electors. Freund will present the report at the San Francisco convention.
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ST. Louis
American Bar Association
Committee On Federal Election Laws
United States
Arthur J. Freund
Freund
Bar Association
San Francisco
Missouri Insurance Premiums Returned
Kansas City AP W T Kemper Jr held about 6 200 000 of impounded Missouri fire insurance premiums today. The 137 fire insurance companies have completed the return of their 80 percent of the distribution under the 1935 compromise agreement made by R E O Malley then state superintendent of insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
W. T Kemper, Jr
Missouri
R. E. O’malley
Tennessee May Buy Commonwealth and Southern Properties
Reliable sources say Tennessee leaders and Wall Street bankers weigh a plan for the state to purchase all Commonwealth and Southern electric properties within Tennessee after Congress did not approve the Tennessee Valley Authority agreement by the Friday deadline.
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New York
Wall Street
Tennessee
State of
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
Congress
Tennessee Valley Authority C. and S
Olson Calls Special Election On Ham and Eggs Plan
Gov Culbert Olson announced a special election for November 7 to reballot the controversial ham and eggs pension plan. The proposal would issue $30 weekly warrants to every electorate aged 50 and over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Sns
California
Culbert L. Olson
Finland Reaffirms Strict Neutrality Amid Cold War Pressures
Helsinki Finland on Saturday declared strict neutrality toward Europe s great powers and rejected guarantees from the Soviet Union Great Britain and Nigeria The government warned outsiders that attempting to force protection on Finland will be deemed an unfriendly act
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Helsingsfors
Finland
Ins
Baltic
Europe
Soviet Union
Great Britain
Delayed Danzig Crisis Driving Global Military Buildup
Reports detail rising German mobilization during a period of diplomacy and tension over Danzig. Berlin's quiet foreign office contrasts with Paris London talks as Hitler weighs action while Danzig readies its own police and a 4000 strong defense unit amid massed divisions along Poland's frontiers.
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Gamelin
Albert Lebrun
Daladier
Poland
Paris
London
Berlin
Danzig
Germany
Hitler
Fuehrer
British position at Tientsin conference questioned
The Nichi Nichi Shimbun says Great Britain will not join next Monday's Tientsin talks as an equal with Japan but as a nation arraigned before the bar. The Japan Times notes French and British naval chiefs agreed at Singapore to avoid war with Japan to protect Far East influence.
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TORIO
INS
Great Britain
Tientsin
Japan
Nichi Nichi
Japan Times
Paris
Singapore
Far East
Heirs Scramble Over Charles Orthwein Estate
In Belleville Illinois circuit court a final settlement allocates one sixth to thirteen forty fourths of an $18,000 estate among twenty two heirs. Judge Alfred D Reiss ordered the distribution admitting it will require extensive calculation to finalize each share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belleville, Ill
Charles Orthwein
Alfred D. Reiss
Camp Good Health Fund Appeals for Needed Support
The Public Health Nursing Association runs Camp Good Health for physically handicapped children aged 6 to 12 from low income families. The fund seeks $3,000 to cover expenses for all listed children. donations to The Gazette Cedar Rapids Iowa are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Good Health
Public Health Nursing Association
Camp Good Health Fund
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Roosevelt Heads For Hyde Park Home
President Roosevelt departed by special train at 10 32 p m Saturday for a holiday weekend visit to his Hyde Park New York home.
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Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Washington
C.S.T
Hyde Park, N.Y
Poles Back F. D. R. For Peace Award
The New York State Conference of Polish Clubs with about 90 000 members nominated President Roosevelt for the Nobel peace prize on Saturday. The action reflects strong Polish American support for FDR during the wartime period.
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New York
New York State
Roosevelt
Waterloo Farmer Fatally Gored by Bull While Mowing
Fred Murphy age 70 was gored to death on his farm one mile south of Waterloo on Saturday. He was mowing weeds with a scythe when the bull attacked leading to his fatal injuries. Local authorities investigated the incident as a farm accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Waterloo (Ap
Fred Murphy
Deaths Louis Poetzinger Funeral Set for Monday
Louis Poetzinger, vice-president and general manager of the Laurence Press Co. since 1929, was killed Friday in a railroad crossing accident near Westville, Indiana. Funeral services will be Monday at 2 p.m. at Moon Funeral Home with Rev. J. P. Van Horn and Mizpah Masonic Lodge in charge. Knights Templar will escort. burial in Waverly, Iowa. Friends may call at Moen chapel.
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Louis Poetzinger
The
Moon Funeral
J. P. van Horn
Mizpah Masonic Lodge
Knights Templar
Waverly
Poetzinger
Laurance Press Company
Westville
Ind
Moen
Death Notice of Josephus Culp in Cedar Rapids
Josephus Culp 61 died at 2 p.m. Saturday at his home 609 Ninth avenue SE after fainting Friday while preparing to attend his wife’s son's funeral. Born December 5, 1877 in Milan Tennessee, he moved to Cedar Rapids nine years ago and worked for Wilson and Company. He was a deacon at Mount Zion Baptist Church and survived by his wife, nine children, and five grandchildren. Funeral 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Mount Zion Baptist Church, Rev. D. O. Bell presiding. burial Oak Hill Cemetery. viewing at Rice funeral home.
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Josephus Culp
Ninth Avenue SE
Raymond Jackson
Milan
Tenn
Cedar Rapids
Wilson and Company
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Allie, Odell
Ione
Martha Bell
Ella Mae Briggs
Leonie Clark
Edgar
Grover
Kansas City
Annie Ashby
Des Moines
D. O. Bell
Oak Hill Cemetery
Rice Funeral Home
Mrs. Emma Smock Funeral Services Set
Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Smock, who died Saturday morning at her home, will be held Monday at 3 30 p.m. in Beatty chapel. The Rev. Franklin Miller will officiate, assisted by the Rev. R N Coolidge. Burial will be in Cedar Memorial cemetery.
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Emma Smock
Beatty Chapel
Franklin Miller
R. N. Coolidge
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Funeral services for Edward Zila in Brosh chapel
Edward Zila dies Friday afternoon at home 1107 Fall street SE. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. in the Brosh chapel conducted by Theodore B. Hlubucek. Burial in Bohemian National cemetery.
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Edward Zila
Brosh Chapel
Theodore B. Hlubucek
Zila
Frida
Fall Street SE
Bohemian National Cemetery
Cedar Rapids Woman Attends Grand Junction Funeral
Miss Grace Denny of Cedar Rapids returns from Grand Junction Colorado where she attended the funeral of her sister Mrs Maude May Daniels. Mrs Daniels native of Cedar Rapids married D H Daniels in 1910. The family later lived at Blunt South Dakota before moving to Grand Junction eleven years ago. She died June 24 and the funeral was held last Monday. She belonged to the Methodist church and the Order of Eastern Star at Blunt and was past matron of that Masonic auxiliary. Survived by husband three daughters Mrs Gordon Adams Mrs Booth Eckman and Mrs Burton Cannell all of Grand Junction a sister in Cedar Rapids and four grandchildren.
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Grace Denny
Cedar Rapids
Grand Junction
Colo
Maude May Daniels
Methodist Church
Order of Eastern Star
Blunt
Gordon Adams
Booth Eckman
Burton Cannell
Milk Producers Prepare Briefs For Chicago Milkshed Hearing
Attorneys for Chicago area milk producers and dealers prepared briefs to supplement testimony at the public hearing on a marketing agreement for the Chicago milkshed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Frankin Board rejects picnic setup plan for school grounds
Franklin school board votes down Principal Hallman’s request for an outdoor fireplace picnic table and trash receptacle fearing a public park would be created. The board also approves doors lettering, selects Cedar Rapids Tribune for annual statement publication, reengages drivers, and considers playground facilities and stage height requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin School
Board of Education
M. S. Hallman
Hallman
Cedar Rapids Tribune
Convict W. F. Main and Four Others
The government rested after forty-one witnesses in a wide fraud case involving coin operated vending machines. Indictment spans twenty four pages with complainants from many states. Defense to match witness for witness as it fights claims of large profits and exclusive rights.
Bolivia to Admit Jewish Refugees at 250 Monthly
New York dispatch reports Bolivia will admit thousands of Jewish refugees with visas under an agreement with the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. The program will begin at 250 arrivals per month as the Bolivian government and HIAS formalize the plan.
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New York
Jns
Europe
Bolivia
South American
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
Marriage Unites Royal Houses Of Italy And Greece
The Duke and Duchess of Spoleto tied the Italian and Greek royal houses with a marriage in Florence. They headed to Vatican City for a Papal blessing after a ceremony described as a love match but viewed by diplomats as strengthening Italian Greek ties amid regional tensions involving Albania and Greece.
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Florence
Italy
Spoleto
Greece
Vatican City
Vittorio Emanuel
Tyrene
Pius XII
George II
Albania
Hruska Elected Vice President of High Twelve International
Earl K. Gullen of Detroit was elected president of High Twelve International at the three day convention in Berkeley. John E. Cuddiback of Berkeley was named first vice president E. E. Hruska of Cedar Rapids Iowa was second vice president and Walter A. Anderson of Highland Park Michigan was third vice president. Delegates chose Windsor Ontario for the 1940 convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley
Calif
Earl K. Gullen
Detroit
High Twelve International
John E. Cuddiback
E. E. Hruska
Cedar Rapids
Walter A. Anderson
Highland Park
Mich
Windsor
Ont
Social security board: all states endorse job-insurance programs
The Social Security Board reported that all states and territories including the District of Columbia now have job-insurance programs in place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Social Security Board
States
Territories
District of Columbia
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Ill
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