Farm Foreclosures Rise As Dust Bowl Drought Hits
Washington reports a sharp rise in farm foreclosures this year tied to drought in the western dust bowl. Federal Land Bank Commissioner Albert S. Goss says loans will be liberal but based on sound policy. more foreclosures expected than in 1935, with drought driving defaults and government stake totaling about 1.9 billion dollars.
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Washington (Lp
Dust Bowl
Farm Credit Administration
Federal Land Bank
Albert S. Goss
Goss
Land Commissioner’s Fund
Largest Art M murals in federal courtroom under way
Four artists under Robert White from the Little Gallery began murals in the federal courtroom, the largest Treasury Department art project in the nation. Work includes six grisailles over windows and doorway, with a front wall panorama of midwest culture progress and a back wall on inherited American culture.
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Robert White
Little Gallery
Federal Court Room
Treasury Department
Washington
D C
White
Don Glassell
Dubuque
Harry Jones
Des Moines
Everett Jeffrey
Cedar Rapids
Post Office
Howard Johnson
Council places lease with United Airlines on file
City council delayed action on a proposed lease with United Airlines for experimental operations at the local airport placing the document on file for one week. Two rejected clauses would have required city janitor service and allowed United to sell gasoline, a right held by Cedar Rapids Airways under an existing lease.
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United Airlines
United
Cedar Rapids Airways
Huston Discusses Democrat Convention Before Lions
Paul Huston spoke to the Lions Club at the Hotel Roosevelt describing the Democratic National Convention with a vivid image of 112,000 attendees in a stadium for President Roosevelt. The program opened with Negro spirituals by Rev. E. R. Robinson and wife from Columbus, Ohio.
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Paul Huston
Lions Club
Hotel Roosevelt
Roosevelt
E. R. Robinson
Columbus
German court hands life term in rare case of illegitimate children
In Trier Germany two people were seriously harmed while a daughter received life imprisonment for the incident involving three illegitimate children. Appollonia Schu 51 was executed over the case. Josef Breuer 19 was severely harmed after a conviction for causing fatal harm and robbing his grandmother.
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Trier
Germany
Appollonia Schu
Anna
Josef Breuer
Woman Hurt In Crash With Mt. Vernon Car
CLINTON AP Laura Battles 88 was injured Tuesday night near Clinton in a crash with a car driven by D A Van Metre of Mount Vernon A E Carlson husband of Battles said he would press charges if she dies Passengers Dick Barker G L Hill of Mount Vernon and Bert Cannon of Iowa City were questioned and released by police.
Births in Mercy hospital include several newborns
Birth notices report a daughter born July 8 to Mr and Mrs Robert Hayes at Mercy hospital 531 Twelfth Street SE a son born July 9 to Mr and Mrs John Lefebvre of Fairfax a daughter Norma Jean born July 9 to Mr and Mrs Emil Reyhons of Solon a daughter July 4 to Mr and Mrs Moritz Finger of Chicago Ir Mrs Finger formerly Miss Margaret Thompson daughter of Mr and Mrs E E Thompson of 162 Twenty fourth Street Drive SE A California archer has fitted explosive points to arrows making them detonate on impact with game.
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Robert Hayes
Twelfth Street
Mercy Hospital
John Lefebvre
Fairfax
Emil Reyhons
Solon
Norma Jean
Moritz H. Finger
Chicago
Plan Commission Urges Council On Parks and Rezoning
Plan commission members urged the city council to hire a park architect for a long term park plan and to seek funds for the park department. They favored acquiring Cedar Lake as a park and recreation center with potential gift acceptance. The council referred the matters to the council as a whole and to the legal department for action.
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City Plan Commission
C. R. Chandler
Ed Stefan
Charles Kosek
Warren S. Smith
Commission
Cedar Lake
Kosek
Finley Stone
Elmhurst Drive
Legal Department
Plan Commission
First Avenue E
Seventeenth Street
Twenty Seventh Street
Notice of hearing on sale of bank receivership real estate
In Linn County Iowa the receivership of the Iowa State Savings Bank of Cedar Rapids seeks authority to sell 12.77 acres and adjacent village lots in Bertram and surrounding lands. A hearing is set for July 15 1936 at Cedar Rapids Court House. Attorneys Alter R Hutchinson and Joseph Mekota represent D W Bates Receiver.
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District Court of Iowa
Linn County
W. Bates
State of Iowa
Iowa State Savings Pons
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Iowa State Savings Bank OF
District Court
State of
Iowa State Savings Bank
Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company
Bertram
Township 83
Block
Alter R. Hutchinson
Joseph Mekota
D. W. Bates
Arrest of Isaac Stennett on liquor charge after raid
Isaac Stennett, 46, of 305 Eighth Avenue SE, was arrested at 10 30 am Thursday on illegal possession of alcoholic liquor. Detectives entering his place found him discarding a pitcher of alcohol. A gun was seized and two witnesses to buying liquor were reported. He previously faced a disorderly house charge. bond set at 1000.
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Isaac Stennett
Eighth Avenue SE
Stennett
Earl Stanley
Stanley
H. C. Ring
Full Grown Rattlesnake Killed By Bill Morgan
Bill Morgan reports a five and a half foot diamondback seen last Sunday while fishing at Buffalo creek near Fremont bridge. He clubbed the snake, breaking its back, then tanned the hide and carries the skin on his motorcycle to prove the tale.
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Bill Morgan
Ninth Street
Buffalo Creek
Fremont Bridge
Morgan
Pecora Designated To Hear New York Racketeering Trials
New York reports two fronts in the crime fight with an inquiry into extortion in the poultry industry and the designation of Justice Ferdinand Pecora to preside over racketeering trials.
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Pecora
New York
Ferdinand Pecora
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