Drake Takes Charge of Iowa Bank Receiverships
J R Drake of Cedar Rapids named examiner in charge of the Johnson County Savings bank and Iowa City Savings bank receiverships succeeding Ben S Summerwill. The change aims to save costs while pursuing full collection of debts and closing the receiverships, with Summerwill’s resignation effective July 1 and Drake taking charge after a court hearing.
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Iowa City
J. R. Drake
Cedar Rapids
Johnson County Savings Bank
Iowa City Savings Bank
Ben S Summerwill
PD. W. Bates
Fred D. Everett
Bates
Summerwill
District Court
Drake
Simmons Motor Company
Robert Brooke
West Liberty
Sarah Paine Hoffman
Floyd Philbrick
L. A. Andrew
Andrew
Examiners
Iowa State Bank and Trust Company
Iowa State Savings Bank
Cedar Rapids Savings Bank
American Trust and Savings Bank
Marion Man Hurt In Auto Accident
Levi Neuenswander aged 53 of route No 2 Marion sustained bruises to his right side after his car collided with a vehicle driven by George Beattie of 315 Nineteenth Street SE at the Second Avenue and Fourteenth Street SE intersection. Neuenswander said he was northbound on Fourteenth Street and midway through the intersection when Beattie struck his right front.
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Cedar Raunds Newn
Levi Neuenswander
Route No. 2
Marion
George Beattie
Nineteenth Street SE
Second Avenue
Fourteenth Street SE
Neuenswander
Fourteenth Street
Beattie
Hunches and a Remote Chance to Help
A famous editor recalls how a firm hunch guided him to visit a grieving friend in New York. He explains a stranger force behind his decision and urges others to heed their intuitive nudges rather than dismiss them.
Senate Banking Committee approves $2.49 billion lending plan
The senate banking and currency committee approved Roosevelt’s $2.49 billion lending program and sent it to the senate floor for Monday consideration. The panel trimmed $310 million from the original authorization and rejected loans for small business and a $350 million public works fund. The measure, now framed at $2.49 billion, faces a brief debate and focuses on private market competition safeguards, with hospitals exempted. The committee also earmarked $300 million of rural aid for a farm tenancy program.
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Washington
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Senate
Roosevelt
Alben W. Barkley
Alva B. Adams
Colo
James M. Mead
N. Y
Father of man held by Arabs collapses from worry
In Jerusalem AP report says Dr. Jacob Goldner, 67, Cleveland pastor and father of Rev. Gerold R. Goldner abducted with his son, collapsed from worry while planning a personal search for the kidnap gang. He was not deemed critically ill but ordered to rest as negotiators pursued releases and ransom talks amid rival faction rumors.
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Jerusalem
Gerold R. Goldner
Ohio
Jacob Goldner
Cleveland
Goldner
Ias
Bethlehem
Dead Sea
Mar Saba
Holy Land
Girl Runs In Front Of Car Uninjured But Loses Shoe
In Cedar Rapids a young girl escaped injury after darting into Fifth Avenue East near Sixth Street SE as Elmer A. Johnson’s car struck her shoe. The child, said to be about six or seven, fled the scene with her sister and no injury or identification was reported. Johnson, driving east, stopped only to note the incident before continuing.
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Cedar Rapids
Elmer A. Johnson
Second Avenue SE
Fifth Avenue
Sixth Street
Johnson
New Dutch Cabinet Is Formed At Last
Premier Hendrik Colijn formed a new cabinet in The Hague after a lengthy budget dispute. The move ends a stubborn political standoff as Colijn consolidates his government for continued fiscal policies.
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Hague
Netherlands
Hendrik Colijn
Vanished Son Of Armenian Leader In New York Feared Slain
Ho Hovannes Dadourian, 16, son of a New York Armenian leader, vanished July 8 after leaving with $225. family fears kidnapping and possible murder by enemies of his father. Dadourian helped police pursue Archbishop Tourian's killers. the case echoes past Armenian political tensions and ties to Jashnag groups.
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New York
Yonkers, Nyy
Ho Vannes Dadourian
New York City
Sateurday
Dickran Dadourian
United States
Hovannes
Leon Tourian
Armenian National Apostolic Church
Americas
Sing Sing
Haiguzoon Kasarjian
Hudson River Palisades
Fort Lee
N. J
Cadourian
Anager
Hagop
Tourian
Shavers
Tashnay
Armenia
Soviet Union
Dadoursin
Ussr
Jashnag
Dadouiian
Citizens’ Committee
Shad
Karekin Hovsepian
Roosevelt Urges County Sheriff Shakeup From Farmer View
President Roosevelt, speaking as a county farmer, urged a full cleanup of Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office led by Dwight R. Sedgwick. He stressed voters must decide at the upcoming election, citing a liquor conspiracy case with 32 indicted, 12 guilty pleas, 14 convictions, and $2,500,000 in allegedly defrauded taxes.
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Hyde Park
N. J
Roosevelt
Dutchess County
Dwight R. Sedgwick
Sedgwick
Temperature Rises In Spite Of Clouds In Cedar Rapids
Summer heat persisted in Cedar Rapids with clouds overhead. The thermometer rose from 67 at 6:30 a.m. to 85 by 2 p.m. The prior day’s high reached 87 at 5 p.m., then fell to 77 at 7 p.m. and 73 at midnight per the Chamber’s weather recorder.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Lightning Strikes Hit London Area Homes
A severe thunderstorm caused 20 houses to be struck by lightning in London. The fire department logged 70 emergency calls, with 40 from residents reporting flood damage during the storm.
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London
Fire Department
Group Favors Shelving Of Homstiry Bill
Washington In brief, the house rules committee appears to favor pigeonholing the administration housing bill totaling 3800,000,000 for slum clearance. The measure, backed by Senator Wagner, would expand the slum clearance program to 1,600,000,000 and raise the annual low-event subsidy from 28,000,000 to 78,000,000 to aid local housing agencies.
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Washington
Ins
New Deals
House
Rules Committee
Roosevelt
Senate
Wagner
U. S Housing Authority
Forty ninth to fifty year hot dog anniversary event
New York reports Coney Island will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the hot dog this Sunday. The resort claims the frankfurter was first served between two pieces of roll there on July 23, 1889.
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New York
Coney Island
Powers assail references to New Munich
London and Paris deny reports of peace negotiations as Europe frets over Danzig. Warsaw confirms Polish troops ready to defend the frontier. Vatican and Rome echo denials. The Philadelphia Inquirer cites a tentative five power peace plan with Danzig returned to Germany as a free port and corridor status altered.
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Great Britain
France
Poland
All Europe
Munich
London
Paris
Britain
Danzig
Warsaw
Rome
Vatican
Bento Mussolini
Reich
Philadelphia Inquirer
Washington
Germany
Italy
Europe
State Department
Inquirer
Germany And Russia Resume Trade Parleys
Moscow reports that German and Soviet trade and credit talks have resumed. The negotiations, on behalf of the Soviet foreign trade ministry, are led by the assistant Russian trade representative in Berlin.
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Germany
Russia
Moscow
Tass
Betlina
Berlin Soviet Credit Talks Stir European Speculation
Berlin sources say Hitler era trade talks with Soviet Russia center on a potential $500 million two year credit. Negotiations focus on Russian wood and ore in exchange for German finished goods and equipment. Reports suggest possible Russian labor aid to ease German shortages.
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Berlin
UPI
Russia
Moscow
Europe
Reth
Russan Ol Wuod and Indue
Germany
Wright derides Old Capitol and Grant Wood art in Iowa lecture
Philosopher-architect Frank Lloyd Wright mocked the Old Capitol as a lite old courthouse lacking soul and dismissed Grant Wood canvases as not art. He argued the courthouse’s plainness stemmed from cost and noted the University of Iowa crowd’s mixed reactions to his remarks on architecture and painting.
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Towa
Universsty
Iowa
Frank Lloyd Wright Wright
Old Capitol
Grant Woods
Capitol
Roosevelt Seen Sighing Hatch Bill Into Law
Washington AP reports senators expect President Roosevelt to sign the Hatch bill banning political activity by most federal employees. The measure faced a stormy Senate debate over minor House amendments after a Friday vote and praise from Hatch of three years of effort to curb political activity by federal workers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
White House
Hateh
D. N.M
Congress
Garner
Hatch
Minton
Ind
House
New Mexico
Thief Steals Oil Burners Twice In Needham
A Needham, Massachusetts oil burner was stolen Tuesday night with the valve left open, causing 250 gallons of fuel to spill. On Friday, a second thief took an oil burner from the neighboring house, shutting the valve to prevent spills, but also stealing the kitchen range.
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Needham, Mass
Needham
Erratic 20 Mile Footprint Trail Tells Desert Death Tale
In the Mojave Desert near Death Valley, 62-year-old miner Bill Hyatt died after a 20 mile trek in blistering heat. His tracks show escalating exhaustion as he sought water, finally collapsing near a water hole half a mile from safety. Two fellow miners found his car and Hyatt’s body two days after his final steps.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Mojave
Bill Hyatt
Hyatt
Los Angeles
Reep Tah
Saratoga Springs
R. E. Graph
R. M. Davis
Barstow
Britain backs Japanese proposals on Tientsin dispute
Premier Baron Huantina told his cabinet Britain accepted Japan’s proposals amid the Tientsin feud. The move was seen as British capitulation and possible recognition of Japanese dominance in the Far East. If true, Britain’s stance may avert a crisis in Anglo Japanese relations and affect China’s security.
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Far East
Torio Cins
Baron Huantina
Great Britain
Japan
China
Britain
Crisi
Mask Experiment Traps Evanston Student in Plaster
Evanston junior high student Miss Harmon attempted a chemistry inspired mask made from plaster of Paris. She smeared petrolatum on her face and inserted tubes to breathe, then could not remove the mask and required hospital aid. Her eye lashes were damaged but she plans no further experiments.
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Evanston
Mildre Harmon
Evanston High School
Evanston Hospital
James Grier
Man pleads not guilty in liquor sale case at Road Inn
Ralph Mettler, 38, of 4620 Mount Vernon Avenue SE, pled not guilty before Judge C J Haas on a charge of illegal sale of intoxicating liquor after a pint was sold at the Road Inn three miles east of Cedar Rapids on Highway 30. A $500 bond was filed. Deputies Snyde and Whittemore reported Mettler employed at the Hilltop Inn. authorities seized the liquor.
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Cedar Rapids
Ralph Mettler
Moun
Vernon Avenue
C.J. Haas
Mettler
Fre Stirm
Alburnett
Harlan Snyde
P Jo Whittemore
Hilltop Inn
O Highway No
Hatch Bill Weighs Patronage And Nepotism Effects
The Hatch bill is described as taking politics out of relief and relief out of politics, with claims it will eliminate government employees, scandalizing patronage and nepotism. The piece alleges the bill passed the house under cover of darkness and then the senate in broad daylight, signaling a controversial legislative maneuver.
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Arthur
Bugs” Haer
Senate
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