Cleveland Torso Slaying Suspect Admits Killing Fourth Victim
Frank Dolzil a 52 year old bricklayer confessed to killing Mrs Florence Sawdey Polillo, victim four in the Cleveland torso murders, after quarrel in her East Side room. Sheriff O Donnell says the confession may help solve the other 12 decapitations dating to 1934. Dolzil denies links to other slayings but knew victim Rose Wallace and Edward Andrassy and is described as a knife collector with four blades found at his home.
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Cleveland
Martin L. O'Donnell
Frank Dolzil
O'Donnell
Kingsbury
Dolail
Rose Wallace
O' Donnell
Edward Andrassy
Dolzil
United States
Tarzan
Inglishman
London
Germany
Sidney Rogerson
Czechoslovakia
America
Rogerson
Britain
Democracy
High Finance Pleas and Political Hallmarks from a Nation
A column critiques Dr James Monroe Smith over a half million in university funds, questions accountability for public money, and notes a Hormel judgment and general funding concerns. It also touches on neutrality laws, defense and foreign policy debates, and remarks by Senator Clyde Herring and Nels Kraschel on term limits and Roosevelt’s influence.
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Austin
Minn
Hormel Packing Company
J Thompson
Thompson
Hormel
Dr. Smith
Two Men Overcome By Heat In Cedar Rapids
Heat Thursday caused two prostrations at the Penick and Ford plant in Cedar Rapids. Charles Miller 71 of 434 Eighth Ave SW and Neill D Lybarger 49 of 1616 Fourth St NW were treated at St Luke's hospital with non critical conditions. Miller improved by Friday while Lybarger was expected to be released soon.
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Penick and Ford
Charles Miller
Eighth Avenue
St. Luke's Hospital
Neill D Lybarger
Fourth Street NW
St Luke's Hospital
Midwest Thunder Showers Bring Relief From Heat Wave
Chicago reports thunder showers moving eastward to the Great Lakes region after a heat wave that killed at least fourteen. Forecaster Lloyd says cooling rain reached Iowa Minnesota the Dakotas and Nebraska and would reach the area by Friday night or Saturday. Southwestern states stayed hot though cooler in the northwest. Kansas remained hot with many readings over 100. Phillipsburg led the nation with the ML top.
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Chicago
Midwest
Lloyd
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakotas
Nebraska
Great Lakes
Kansas
Phillipsburg
Woman Drowns Ice Swimming at Carter Lake
Mrs Dorothy Almquest 28 wife of a Chicago fireman and mother of four children drowned Thursday night while ice swimming at Carter lake in Omaha.
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Omaha
Dorothy Almquest
Chicago
Carter Lake
Fragmentary remark on European venture profits and risks
A remark discusses adding to understanding or offering inducement for a further 40 billion dollar European venture and the potential subsequent economic collapse.
Swanson Dies in Virginia at 77 in Rapidan Camp
Secretary of the Navy Claude A. Swanson, a Virginia governor and senator, died at 7:06 am in a Blue Ridge camp on the Rapidan river after a cerebral hemorrhage. He was 77 and survived by his widow and a stepson. A state funeral will be held in the Senate chamber after a mourning period. flags will fly at half staff until burial. Roosevelt praised Swanson’s service and canceled a Friday press conference as national mourning begins.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Claude A. Swanson
Rapidan Camp
Virginia
Navy
Swanson
George H. Dern
William HH
Antitrust Drive Urged Against Builders by Arnold
Washington In a federal hearing Assistant Attorney General Thurman W Arnold urged strict enforcement of anti trust laws to purge monopolistic building industry practices. He warned that regimentation may be the only alternative and that nationwide enforcement could rise with increased Justice Department personnel.
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Washington
INS
Thurman W. Arnold
Arnold
Antitrust Division
Justice Department
Federal Monopoly Committee
McNutt backs Roosevelt if third term possible
Washington INS Paul V. McNutt US high commissioner to the Philippines and Indiana's presidential aspirant declared his allegiance to President Roosevelt should he seek a third term. Otherwise he will press his own candidacy.
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Washington
INS
Paul V. McNutt
U. S
Philippines
Indiana
Roosevelt
McNutt
Pledge Fight to Finish for Arms Embargo
A bloc of 34 senators vowed to oppose any repeal or modification of the arms embargo in the neutrality laws. The group led by veterans isolationist Sen. Hiram Johnson and other lawmakers warned they would "talk to death" any proposals, and planned to push the line at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee meeting. They asserted opposition to executive discretion in declaring aggressors and stressed the goal of strict neutrality as the committee prepared to consider the House approved bill.
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Ap Astley
California
Johnson
Borah
Europe
Herbert Woaver
Washington
Sen
Hirram Johnson
Calif
Jeaders
Roosevelt
Mr Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Gerald P Nye
N di Arthur Capper
Kan
William FE Borah
Ida. Bennett C Clark
Mo. Worth D. Clark
Ida
Homer T Bone
Wash
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Mass
Wallace I. White, Jr
Robert M la Follette
Wis
Rush D Holt
W. Va
Clyde M Reed
Henrik Shipstead
Minn
John A. Danniher
Conn
Pittman
Senate
Temperature swing as Cedar Rapids endures heavy storm rain
A weather rapid drop from 100 to 68 occurred Friday morning in Cedar Rapids as nearly an inch of rain fell in an hour, bringing total precipitation to .93 inches. Streets flooded at 7:30 am while temps rebounded to 93 by 2:55 pm after a record hot and humid Thursday.
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Cedar Rapids
Gazette Vacation Mail Service
Readers traveling to vacation spots can arrange mail delivery of The Gazette by contacting the Cedar Rapids Gazette circulation department or giving their carrier an order to forward the newspaper to a vacation address.
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Cedar Rapids
William Lyon Phelps A Life of Gratitude and Appreciation
The piece reflects on William Lyon Phelps, praising his cheerful spirit and lifelong commitment to appreciation. It notes his battles with nervous prostration, his insistence on inspiring rather than demanding from students, and his belief that gratitude shapes happiness and longevity.
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West
William Lyon Phelps
Newton
Roosevelt Approves Byrd Antarctic Expedition Prepares October
President Roosevelt approves Fridis plan for an Antarctic voyage headed by Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd, retired, aiming to claim land Byrd has already explored in October.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Fridis
Richard E. Byrd
Byrd
Garner Opposition to a Third Roosevelt Term Emerges
Vice President John Nance Garner opposes running with Franklin D. Roosevelt on a third term ticket. Friends say he will retire from politics if Roosevelt seeks a renomination in 1940. The disclosure, aimed at shaping the 1940 nomination, reveals Garner’s firm stand against a third term and hints at ongoing palace intrigue within New Deal circles.
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Washington
INS
John Nance Garner
Roosevelt
Thes Waild
Garner
Roosevelt Plauus
Palace
Euard” Imeem
Jast
Theos
Haris J. Hopkins
Interior
Varad IL
Jekes
Robert H. Jackson
Supreme Court
Willand Doulas
Downpour Delights Children At Camp Good Health
Children at Camp Good Health enjoyed a rainy morning with indoor activities as donations support the camp. Mrs. Averi supplied jam and canned fruits while Cornell College donated string beans and books. other gifts included cookies, juice, soup, and a phonograph. The camp seeks 3000 to operate this summer via The Gazette fund.
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Camp Good Health
B. R. Averi
Park Avenue SE
R. M. Cooper
Cornell College
Mansfield Circle
King’s Daughters
van Antwerp
D Avenue NW
George Mullin
Meadowbrook
John
Pityer
Jaynes Soap Works
Mount Vernon
Helen Hubbard
Camp Goal Health
Public Health Nursing Association
Camp Good Health Fund
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Towa
Europe Scrambles for Fresh Crises Says Bugs Baer
Arthur Baer criticizes Europe for ignoring ongoing crises while chasing new ones. He likens diplomatic warnings to feathers on a chicken farm and notes governments fail to respond to repeated admonitions.
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Arthur
Bugs" Baer
Europe
Scrapping Foreign Loan Provision Renews Export-Import Support
Washington reports say administration leaders will strike the 500 million foreign loan provision from the President's lending bill. Critics may back a 100 million boost in Export-Import Bank funds to finance export transactions only. Jesse Jones and Morgenthau pushed the changes to ease Senate opposition led by Borah stressing no loans to foreign governments.
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Washington
Senate
Jesse Jones
New
Federal Loan Agency
Secretary of the
Borah
Sergeant Repays $20 Sent Him By Private In 1919
North English resident Feldman recalls a 1919 debt owed by Sergeant Riley. A traveling veteran, Riley arrived at Feldman’s doorstep last Sunday to repay the $20 he had promised years earlier, saying he would settle the shotty loan and set his conscience right.
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Feldman
Manny
Tom ' Baill
Moe Riles Cnphagolis
Missing Girl In Custody After Flight With Pilot
Goldie Gherken a 17 year old Vernon girl was taken into custody by Mississippi County authorities with pilot Ernest Peleh after a plane flight that sheriff Walter Beck said started Monday from her father’s farm. Peleh later fled with the craft and vanished. The girl told relatives she planned only a short flight and that she had known Peleh about two weeks. The two sought relatives in Stanton Ky before the plane was forced down near Weatt when fuel ran out.
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Wyatt Mo
Goldie Gherken
Vernon Enlo
Mississippi
Walter Beck
Ernest Peleh
Peleh
Pelice
Ramsey
Beck
Stanton
Weatt
Pelech
Goldic
Iowa Farm Income Gains 55 Millions
Iowa farm income for the first five months of this year totaled 279,054,000 dollars, up more than 55,000,000 from the same period in 1938, according to the Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics in Washington.
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Washington
Iowa
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Two Robbers Hold Up Cedar Rapids Grocery Store
In broad daylight two men robbed Ami Farah's store at 529 Eighth Street SE taking 99.96 in cash and several checks after forcing owner and customer Holliday to the wall. They fled in a parked car as witnesses described a woman passenger and a sunburned model sedan. Police issued bulletins to patrols.
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Ami Farah
Eighth Street
Marah
Farah
Colonis J6
Ed Holliday
Seventh Street
Holliday
Deloris
Robert Williams
John Stramel
Jimmy
Sixth Avenue
Highway Patrol
Cedar Rapids
San Francisco Chinatown Under Fire Over Poor Conditions
A social reformer labeled San Franciscos Chinatown as having inhumane slum conditions comparable to the worst in the world. The critique targets years of neglect and urban squalor in the tourist area amid ongoing controversy.
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San Francisco
San
Mrs Porter Dies in Washington at 80
Mrs Clara Belle Porter 80 daughter of Rev James C Porter founder of Monmouth College Monmouth HI died in Washington Ta AP after a long illness.
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Clara Porter
Washington
Washington, Ta
Clara Belle Porter
James C. Porter
Monmouth College
Monmouth
Gazette Want Ad Promises Money From Unused Items
A Want Ad shows readers how to convert unused items into cash by selling goods like corner cupboards and a radio. The ad notes responses from fifteen people and quick sales including 2006 quarts of raspberries, inviting readers to call 2-1121 for ad-taking.
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Gazette
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