Hatch Bill Sped Through Senate On Political Activities Ban
The Senate approved minor House changes to the Hatch bill prohibiting political activities by government employees and sent the measure to the White House. The House earlier passed the bill 242 to 133 amid a boisterous session, with Republicans and Democrats largely aligned, and exemptions for top officials and certain executive or policy roles.
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Senate
Hatch
White House
Washington
House
N. M
Judiciary Committee
Roosevelt
Rep
Dempsey
Chamber
Congress
Song of Years move Iowa reader to tears in praise
Dr Newton reviews Bess Streeter Aldrich's Song of Years as a powerful Iowa story set between 1854 and 1865. The piece describes the emotional impact of Lincoln's death on an Iowa farmer and celebrates the work's blend of humor and pathos with Lincoln's measured ideals.
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Bess Streeter Aldrich
Lincoln
Iowa
Washington
Texas
Prairies
Coeds Crash Swank Premiere In Hollywood Prank
Two sorority sisters from the Alpha Delta Pi house at the University of California posed as glamorous guests at a Four Feathers premiere at the Chinese theater. They mingled with Chaplin Goddard Russell and Garfield, rode in a long limousine, and impressed officials, possibly triggering offers from producers. The stunt relied on compliments and a confident pose, with no real invitations.
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Hollywood
Beth Ann Stevens
Barbara Coutourier
Charlie Chaplin
Paulette Goddard
Rosalind Russell
Adolphe Menjou
John Garfield
Alpha Delta Pi
University of California
Alexander Korda
Miss Stevens
Myrna Loy
Miss Coutourier
Joan Crawford
Alpha Delts
Monty Westmore
Crawford and Loy
Miss Couturier
Chaplin
Mr. Montgomery
Sam* Goldwyn
Fred Astaire
Jimmy Roosevelt
Roosevelt says senate neutrality inaction harms business boom
President Roosevelt warned that the senate’s failure to act on neutrality during the current session ends a “nice little business boom” and will injure the economy until next January. He cited a private talk with a prominent businessman about the postponement’s impact and noted uncertainty over future neutrality legislation. He favored no immediate crisis but said preparations abroad suggest potential near-term contingencies.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Senate
Congress
Europe
West
Alaska
Pump-Priming Perpetual If Leaks Aren't Fixed
Arthur Bugs Baer discusses pump priming as an endless effort like boat bailing. He notes many men claim prosperity only when it suits them and jokes about desperation versus overconfidence, using Mrs Partington as a cultural reference to avoid pulling the last straw from the broom.
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Arthur
Bugs” Baer
Mrs. Partington
Cedar Rapids Y M C A Drum Corps Earns Second National
The Cedar Rapids Boys Y M C A drum and bugle corps directed by Ariel Cross won second place in the national contest with a score of 96.2. They pass through Pittsburgh to Washington and New York, then Niagara Falls on a Lions program tour with 55 members and 22 parents aboard.
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Gazette
Pittsburgh
Boys Y. M. C. A
Cedar Rapids
Ariel Cross
International Convention of Lions Clubs
Penn Treaty Cadets
Philadelphia
Butler
Washington, D. C
United States Army Band
National Capitol
W. S. Jacobsen
Army Band
New York
Hudson
Niagara Falls
Mercury Climbs After Cool Night In Cedar Rapids
Temperatures rose after a cool night in Cedar Rapids with a low of 57 at 7 am and readings of 78 at 10 am, 85 at 2 30 pm, then 84 by 5 pm and 64 at midnight on the Chambers Inskeep recorder as clouds moved in.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company
Nazis Predict No Bloodshed Over Free City
United Press reports conciliatory moves in London and Berlin after a Polish frontier shooting near Danzig. German spokesman says Danzig return to the Reich remains unconditional but a peaceful settlement could come within months with Polish-German talks. Britain's leaders discuss a “positive” peace plan while Britain and France maintain armed protection to deter aggression. Mussolini announces Sicily estate dissolution plan to create 20 000 small farms at a cost about 100 million dollars.
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Berlin
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Free City
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Britain
France
Adolf Hitler
R. S. Hudson
Overseas Trade
Rome
Mussolini
Sicily
Skunk Missing From Mettle Family Home In Columbus
William E. Mettle of Columbus asks police to help locate his three month old deodorized pet skunk named Beau that strayed after following a whistle.
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William E. Mettle
Mettle
Children Raise Funds For Camp Good Health Drive
Young volunteers Marylin Stark and Shirley Ann Ehrke delivered ten dollars in nickels at The Gazette office. The money funds two weeks of health building at Camp Good Health for a handicapped child, with additional gifts totaling over one dollar from Roosevelt playground contributions and an anonymous donor.
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Camp Good Health
Gazette Office
Marylin Stark
E. J. Stark
Twenty-first Street
Shirley Ann Ehrke
Harry Ehrke
Public Health Nursing Association
Roosevelt Playground
Virginia Morr
C Avenue NW
Little Anne
T M Deal Named Link Belt Speeder Corp President
T M Deal elected president of the new Link Belt Speeder corporation formed by merging Speeder Machinery of Cedar Rapids with Link Belt shovel division. The announcement came in Chicago from Alfred Kauffman with Cedar Rapids leaders Walter Baker O A Prather and David Lehti taking key posts.
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Cedar Rapids News
T. M. Deal
Speeder Machinery Corporation
Cedar Rapids
Link-Belt Speeder Corporation
Chicago
Alfred Kauffman
Link-Belt Company
Speeder Company
Shovel
Link-Belt
Deal
Walter Baker
Years Donations Of Blood Fail To Save Life
In Omaha Nebraska a year of neighbor donations kept Oak land native Dr Eugene Strom berg alive with weekly blood transfusions for dysentery contracted in Montgomery Alabama The 29 year old sociology instructor underwent treatment but doctors warned the illness was fatal He died Friday after a relapse.
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Omaha
Neb
Eugene Stromberg
Oakland
Montgomery
Ala
Record crowd expected on Farm Bureau Day at All-Iowa Fair
Farm Bureau day at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids on Aug 17 is expected to draw the largest eastern Iowa crowd. Donald Kirkpatrick of Chicago will address members of 4 H clubs and vocational agriculture. County teams from about one third of Iowa counties will compete in demo contests on concrete use in farmstead construction and galvanized roofing and siding for farm buildings. Women’s 4 H and home projects will exhibit in new show structures with chorus singing as a highlight.
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Cedar Rapids
Farm Bureau
Hawkeye Downs
Iowa
Donald Kirkpatrick
Chicago
Progress edition to feature Cedar Rapids industry leaders
The Gazette prepares its fourth annual Progress edition for Sunday August 13 opening day of the All Iowa fair. It highlights manufacturing plants in dramatic pictures and stories showing Cedar Rapids industrial leadership. Extra copies can be ordered from the circulation department.
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Cedar Rapids
Farm Bureau Members Set Aug. 17 Dairy Show Details
Counsel for the American Farm Bureau federation reports that committee members A R Pearson from Whittier A E Hursh from Marengo Harry Crist of Clarence and Rex Conn of Cedar Rapids met in Cedar Rapids to finalize arrangements. All paid up Farm Bureau members and their families will be admitted free on August 17. The event includes regular judging events plus a dairy cattle judging contest.
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A. R. Pearson
Whittier
A. E. Hursh
Marengo
Harry Crist
Clarence
Rex Conn
Cedar Rapids
Farm Bureau
Chicago Workers Security Federation Forms Amid Lasser Row
Chicago locals of the Illinois Workers Alliance voted to drop "alliance" and adopt the Chicago Workers Security Federation after accusing President Lasser of crawling abjectly to Roosevelt. They condemned the no strike edict and cited its impact on the alliance name and credibility.
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Chicago
Illinois Workers Alliance
David Lasser
Workers Alliance of America
Roosevelt
Alliance
Lasser
Chicago Workers Security Federation
White House
Arabs Freeing U S Missionary Lowers Ransom Demand
Arab rebels holding Gerould R. Goldner, Akron Ohio missionary, cut ransom from 5000 to 1000 dollars. An emissary returned to Bethlehem with the news as crowds gathered at the Church of the Nativity awaiting his release. Goldner sent a note to his father saying he was safe and hoping to hear from him. British authorities paused actions at U S request while a rescue attempt proceeded.
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Gerould R. Goldner
Akron
Ohio
Bethlehem
Goldner
Church of the Nativity At
United States
George Wadsworth
Jacob H. Goldner
Wadi Nar
Roosevelt
Heil
Hitler
One-Armed Driver In Accident Held and Charged Pending
Elmer Novak, 38, Route 3 Marion, a one-armed motorist, was held in the county jail as County Attorney G. K. Thompson prepared an information charging Novak with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Novak, reportedly license-less, was taken by Sheriff Jim Smith after colliding with Hugh A. Sheridan's car at Third Street and A Avenue NE around 8 05 p m Thursday.
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Elmer Novak
Marion
G. K. Thompson
Novak
Jim Smith
Hugh A. Sheridan
Nineteenth Avenue
Third Street
NIP SMITH RELEASE FROM U S CUSTODY
Dr. James Monroe Smith former LSU president was re indicted on a federal mail fraud charge after attorneys failed to obtain habeas relief. He appeared before Judge Wayne Borah in New Orleans and was returned to federal custody, linked to a scheme with Monte Hart defrauding LSU of over ten thousand dollars tied to the Bienville hotel sale.
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New Orleans
INS
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Smith
Storm Center
Louisiana
Brockville
Canada
Wayne G. Borah
Poison Ivy Turns Crash Victims Into Minor Woe
In Phoenixville Pennsylvania William Hallman suffered a fractured knee his wife sustained three cracked ribs and their three year old grandson was bruised when their car hit a tree. All exposed to poison ivy on the tree with no serious injuries reported.
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Phoenixville, Pa
William Hallman
Hallmans
Senate group cuts plan for Roosevelt lending program
Washington The senate banking committee trimmed the Presidents $2.8 billion lending program, reducing toll road and highway outlays from 750 million to 500 million and railroad equipment loans from 500 million to 350 million. Proposals by Sen Alva Adams and others aimed to sharpen economy while J. Jones warned RFC borrowing authority remains insufficient.
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Senate Banking Committee
Roosevelt
Alva B. Adams
Colo
Economy
Sen
D. Worth Clark
Ida
Reclamation Service
RFC
Taft
REA
Jones
Jesse Jones
House Banking Committee
Senate Committee
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
House Committee
Postpone Air Show Here After Fatal Bat-Wing Crash
Walter “Chief” Thatcher, 26, an Indian bat-wing performer with the Royeal Southern Aces, died when his parachute opened too late during a Cedar Rapids area show. The Veterans of Foreign Wars air and ground event at Ottumwa's airport was postponed indefinitely. Thatcher plunged 7,000 feet before crashing, witnessed by about 3,000 spectators. The cause remains undetermined. the plane was piloted by Lieut. Lloyd Adkins. Thatcher hailed from Oklahoma City.
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Cedar Rapids
Walter
Associated Press
Thatcher
Lieut
Lloyd Adkins
Chicago
The
Aces
Oklahoma City
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