Local Births Reported in Mercy and St Luke’s Hospitals
Mercy hospital reports a son born July 20 to Mr and Mrs Aloysius Pisarik of Mount Vernon. A son born July 18 to Mr and Mrs Maurice Billings of 1116 Twentieth Avenue SW, corrected from Mr and Mrs Lawrence Billings. St Luke’s hospital records a daughter born July 19 to Mr and Mrs Floyd A Fisher of 1202 Memorial Drive and a son born July 19 to Mr and Mrs Edward Stangler Jr of Alexandria La. The Stanglers are former Cedar Rapids residents.
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Mercy Hospital
Aloysius Pisarik
Mount Vernon
Maurice Billings
Twentieth Avenue
Lawrence Billings
St. Luke’s Hospital
Floyd A. Fisher
Memorial Drive
Edward Stangler
Alexandria
Stangler
Cedar Rapids
Local Drunk Driving Fines Reported in Davenport
E. C. Truckenmiller aged 42 of Davenport was fined 25 dollars and costs for drunkenness. Sadie Smith age 40 of Davenport also fined 25 dollars and costs for drunkenness.
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E. C. Truckenmiller
Davenport
Sadie Smith
Justice of Peace Courts Hearing for Speeding Truck
Bill R. Brown of Minneapolis was fined 10 dollars and costs by Justice H. R. Churchill for speeding with a truck.
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Justice OF Peace Courts
Bill R. Brown
Minneapolis
H. R. Churchill
Probe into prison deaths in southern Illinois
Coroner Lester Welker announced a possible exhumation of at least 12 inmates as part of an inquiry into deaths at the state penitentiary in Chester. He cited allegations by former guards and relatives of convicts of beatings and a drug overdose, with two exhumed bodies showing conflicting death certificates.
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Chester, Ll
Lester Welker
Southern Illinois Penitentiary
Donald Reidhauser
Chicago
Samuel Taylor
Louisville
Walker
Reidhauser
Taylor
Reichhauser
Stephen Jarosiewicz
Relief Gardens in Fine Condition Highlight Cedar Rapids Tours
Relief gardens in Linn county are praised as thriving this year with 75 acres in cultivation including 60 in Cedar Rapids. A Thursday tour included representatives from relief, social welfare, county agent, and probation offices. An August tour and prize program are planned by the Chamber of Commerce youth bureau.
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Linn County Relief Gardens
Cedar Rapids
Relief Office
Social Welfare Board
E. S. Smith
Ely Avenue
Iowa City
Young Men’s Bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce
Polish Guard Shotted by Danzig Official In Unclear Report
Well informed circles note uncertainty as Nazis withhold details about the Danzig question and the Polish Corridor dispute. Hitler remains at Berchtesgaden with advisers while editors translations flood leaders with commentary.
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Reich
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Warsaw
Germany
Poland
Great Britain
Soviet
Russia
European Security Front
Moscow
London
Neville Chamberlain
Danzig Arrest Suppresses Marxist Terror Ring
Gestapo rounded up 20 alleged Marxist saboteurs in Danzig, accusing them of planning to blow gas works and attack public structures if war with Poland resumed. Police say explosives and lethal weapons were found and link the group to outside governments, with Poland suspected as the backer. An earlier explosion killed a worker and spouse, guiding clues to the dynamite ring. Police show 4,000 officers deployed and visible Nazi military activity in Danzig.
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INS
Gestapo
Reich
Poland
Germany
Thirteen Death Ring Defendants Plead Not Guilty
Philadelphia case involves thirteen defendants arraigned on murder and manslaughter charges in an insurance slaying syndicate. Among those arraigned are six women including arsenic widows and several ring figures such as Paul Petrillo Horace Perlman and Grace Giovenetti with continuance pleas delaying trials.
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Philadelphia
Raymond MacNeille
Providenzi Miccichi
Paul Petrillo
Herman Petrillo
Paul
Cesare Valenti
Brooklyn
Morris
Louis the
Bolder
N. Y
Rose Carina
New York
G-men
Horace D. Perlman
Grace Giovenetti
Rose Davis
Dominick Cassetti
David Brandt
University of Pennsylvania Veterinary
Cassetti
Joseph Schwartz
Lena Winkleman
Marie Woloshyn
Baby Dean Johnson Struck by Mucous Minded Narrow Escape
Policemen Simon and Stusak rushed to Mrs. Lester Johnson at 1201 Thirtieth Street NE after a call that her 10 month old son Dean was strangling. At St Luke's hospital X rays showed the issue was temporary caused by mucous and not serious.
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Stusak
Lester Johnson
Thirtieth Street
Dean
St. Luke’s Hospital
Witness Threat Hits Hearings on Bridges Case
At Angel Island during a tightly guarded hearing a government witness against Harry Bridges received a life threat. John Leopold, former union official nicknamed red baiter No 1, linked Bridges to the communist party. U S labor aides seek extra protection from San Francisco police.
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Angel Island
Calif
INS
Harry Bridges
Bridges
International
U. S. Department of Labor
San Francisco
To Start Extensive Probe of Film Field
Washington announced that a U S grand jury will open in Los Angeles to pursue anti trust and income tax violations and possible labor racketeering in the motion picture field. The scope of the anti trust probe was not disclosed. The Justice Department has suits in New York over monopolistic practices involving major studios. The tax cases involve several executives while the racketeering case centers on a union leader.
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Washington
INS
U. S
Los Angeles
Frank Murphy
Justice Department
New York
Canine Paradise in Philipsburg No Local Dog Catcher
Philipsburg residents refuse the dog catcher post, saying they are too soft-hearted. Officials seek outside help as Burgess Jack Wallin notes the town lacks volunteers for the job.
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Philipsburg
Jack Wallin
Transient Photo Crew Ordered To Move On From Cedar Rapids
Police probe itinerant photographers in Cedar Rapids after warning from Assistant City Attorney Harry Johnson. O P Fouts of Chattanooga Tennessee, one of three photographers, filmed children mounted on ponies and issued untraceable receipts while collecting down payments. Fouts agreed to relocate after police confrontation.
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Harry Johnson
O. P. Fouts
Chattanooga
Tenn
Cedar Rapids
Fouts
Interstate Commerce Commission
Swine influenza strain 15 traced to 1930 Iowa harvest work
Dr. Shope notes that the swine influenza virus strain 15, obtained in 1930 from Mike Crowley farm near Hopkinton via Dr. J. S. O'Brien and Dr. Crow, is now under global study and compared with human influenza strains. Eastern Iowa veterinarians including Crow, O'Brien, Potter, Griffith, Bryant and others aided the research.
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Mike Crowley
Hopkinton
J. S. O’brien
Ryan
Crow
Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
Shope
O’brien
Crowley
Iowa
Maquoketa
F. C. Miller
E. A. Brockmeier
Manchester
A. J. Banks
Tipton
J. C. Carey
West Liberty
F. M. Wilson
Mechanicsville
H. N. Strader
Marion
I. W. Moranville
Durant
Iva Dunn
Atkins
A. R. Menary
Cedar Rapids
Peace Officers Hear Talks On Cooperation And Narcotics Racketeering
Iowa City AP Peace officers at the University of Iowa third annual short course heard talks on narcotics investigation and interagency cooperation. Karl W. Fischer urged state wide law enforcement cooperation as essential against organized crime. Harry D. Smith warned about dope peddling and dope running and the shift from crime to vagrancy as drugs erode offenders.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Karl W. Fischer
Public Safety
Iowa
Harry D. Smith
Bureau of Narcotics
Minneapolis
Writ Issued In Iowa Utility Tax Levy Case
District Judge Lou Ladd ordered the state tax commission to avoid assessing property at less than full value pending a hearing. Frank G. Pierce led the League of Iowa Municipalities in filing the petition alleging underassessment of public utilities, railroads, and telephone property, plus real estate in many counties. The court set August 1 to consider making the order permanent.
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Lou Ladd
State Tax Commission
Frank G. Pierce
Marshalltown
League of Iowa Municipalities
Ladd
Tax Commission
Pierce
Iowa
Morton Die? Noted Eye Specialist Dr Morton Dies
Dr Howard McIlvain Morton 71 renowned eye surgeon and founder of the Minneapolis Academy of Ophthalmology and Otology, funeral services set for Saturday in Vincentown New Jersey, per dispatch from United Press.
Dickinson Recall Petition Withdrawn
Governor Dickinson spoke from WJIM studio in Lansing with a radio debut. He described social life pressures on young women and noted his speech reached only one station due to not submitting in advance to WXYZ Detroit. Local crowds listened seriously before resuming evening activities.
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Gov. Dickinson
WJIM
Lansing
WXYZ
Detroit
Attorney General condemns Michigan governor remarks about Mrs Roosevelt
Washington AP reports Attorney General Murphy calling Governor Loren D Dickinson's linking of Mrs Roosevelt to drinking habits indefensible and unjust. Murphy notes Mrs Roosevelt does not need anyone to speak for her and praises her as the most interesting First Lady in history inspiring youth with social responsibility and industry.
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Murphy
Loren D. Dickinson
Michigan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Labor Board Probe Ordered by House
House debates linger over a labor program as Roosevelt proposes expands to insure small loans. Senator Mead outlines a new RFC lending plan up to 270,000,000 with gov backing. Barkley drops permanent revolving fund. repayment returns to treasury. Session eyes adjournment, with talk of a special session to fix the neutrality issue and limits on Japan commerce.
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RFC
Mead
N. Y
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
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Treasury
Minton
Congress
Europe
Japan
Pittman
Nev
Vandenberg
Mich
Walker Man Beaten. Floyd Kenney Arrested For Assault
Police arrested Floyd Kenney, 38, with no fixed address, on an assault with intent to kill warrant after a late Wednesday fight at the corner of First Avenue and Tenth Street E left Carl C. Mullin, 52, of Walker, severely beaten. Mullin was taken to Mercy hospital for treatment. he claimed intoxication but did not know why he was attacked.
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Floyd Kenney
Carl C. Mullin
Walker
First Avenue
Tenth Street E
Mullin
Mercy Hospital
Roosevelt Nominates Husbands to Reconstruction Finance Board
President Roosevelt sent to the Senate the nomination of Sam Husbands of South Carolina to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation board for an unexpired two year term beginning January 22, 1938.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Sam Husbands
South Carolina
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Closed Tuesday grocer issue sparks civic letter
A local reader questions Tuesday afternoon grocery store closures and argues stores are essential. The letter accuses agitators and hints grocers fear pickets while noting some shops stayed open last Tuesday and residents carried nonunions signs.
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Editor Gazette
Will Describe War Preparations Tonight
Earl Johnson vice president and general news manager of United Press returns from Europe to describe how nations are preparing for war. He will speak at 8 50 CST tonight over WJZ network of the National Broadcasting Company.
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New York
Earl. Johnson
The
United Press
Europe
National Broadcasting Company
Center of North America Found Near Devil's Lake North Dakota
The geographical center of North America lies a few miles west of Devil's Lake in Pierce County North Dakota according to the current measurements establishing a central reference point for the continent.
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North America
Devil's Lake
Pierce County
North Dakota
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