Black Maria Was Cedar Rapids Spectacular Police Wagon
A discovered 1895 Cedar Rapids contract details a lavish horse drawn patrol wagon built by Beck and Sons for 450 dollars. It featured blue and gold decor, leather upholstery, a 14 inch gong, and equipment from medical kits to rifles. Payrolls then show stark salary increases versus modern days, and anecdotes recall dramatic car rides and the wagon’s era.
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Cedar Rapids
Beck and Sons
First Avenue W
Brother and Sister Make Solo Flights
Nadine Kirkland aged 19 completed her solo flight at the Cedar Rapids airport after two and a half months as a student of Earl Hemmingcer. Her brother Russell Fishell, 24, soloed earlier, each flying a Cub monoplane with hours credited. Their mother Eugenia Kirkland, residing on L Avenue NE, is listed in the report.
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Nadine Kirkland
Earl Hemmingcer
Fifteenth Street
Cedar Rapids
Russell Fishell
Elmhurst Drive
Miss Kirkland
Eugenia Kirkland
L Avenue
Freedom Of Religion Sways Custody Case In Chicago
Chicago mother Naomi Moberg fights Harold Moberg for custody of their 10 year old son Robert invoking the U S Constitution’s freedom of religion. Moberg accuses the boy of being taught cult teachings while Moberg seeks to deny the petition with a full hearing slated for August 2.
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Chicago
INS
United States
Naomi Leone Moberg
Robert
Moberg
Los Angeles
Harold
Des Moines
Moberg's Petition For Cusedy
Thomas Sheehan
Speculation on Huge British Airliner Bound for New York
Reports circulated that a large British flying boat left Foynes Ireland for New York via Montreal amid heightened police detail at LaGuardia. British Overseas Airways offered no confirmation while American sources denied information on the flight a possible prelude to reviving transatlantic service. Rumors linked the Duke and Duchess of Windsor aboard, despite plans for the Duke to govern Bahamas.
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New York
INS
LaGuardia
Foynes
Ireland
Montreal
British Overseas Airways
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Atlantic
Bahamas
Islands
Duke
Lisbon
Portugal
Running Off With Bus Just A Good Joke
Garth Morris of Toledo, 31, told state police near Elkhart that taking a Greyhound from the Toledo garage was a joke. He drove the empty bus toward Chicago before officials halted him about 100 miles away. Morris admitted drinking a little.
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Elkhart
Ind
INS
Garth Morris
Toledo
Greyhound
Morris
Chicago
Heat Wave Grips East Coast as Relief Forecast
The United Press reports extreme heat along the eastern seaboard with Norfolk Virginia at 99 and New York City at 97. Deaths from heat prostrations and drownings exceed 400 nationwide, Michigan bearing the highest toll. Rain and thundershowers expected to ease the heat this weekend.
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Seaboard
U. S. Weather Bureau
Chicago
Norfolk
New York City
Great Plains States
United Press
Michigan
New York
Coney Island
Philippines No Tempting Bait To Jap Nation
A survey by the Institute of Pacific Relations says the Dutch East Indies offer Japan a richer, more practical economic foothold than the Philippines. It notes Indies supplies of oil, rubber, tin and quinine would bolster Japan, while Indies imports favor Japanese goods. The study cites trade imbalances and quotas that pushed Dutch policy toward protecting home industry, signaling a shift toward Indonesian production under potential domination.
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San Francisco
Institute of Pacific Relations
Dutch East Indies
Japan
Philippines
Fast Indies
Indies
Holland
Philippine
Marjorie Kumler
East Indies
China
Islands
Asia
Netherlands Indies
Locking Himself On Jaw Fails to Avert Arrest in Hotel Burglary
Frank Mason of Chester Pennsylvania was arrested on charges of burgling the hotel room of two visitors in New York. Police say Mason crept along a ledge into Elizabeth Sullivan of Somerville Massachusetts and Ella Shea of Charleston Massachusetts on the eleventh floor and $111 worth of jewelry disappeared. Jewelry was found in his possession and he was held on $5000 bail.
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New York
INS
Frank Mason
Chester
Mason
Elizabeth Sullivan
Somerville
Mass
Ella Shea
Charleston
Shea
Belles of Liberty Shines At All-Town Fair Stage Show
A colorful all-Iowa fair nightly outdoor revue titled Belles of Liberty opens Aug 11 at the All-Town fair. The $50,000 production features five ensembles with Eve Languay costumes, Lambert Hild dancers, Eight Grenadiers, and numbers like Strike Up the Band Lilactime Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Westward Ho and On Parade. A 240 foot wide set and 50 000 watt lighting back the lavish spectacle traveling by special train as Belles of Taiberry.
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Alan Rogers
Lambert-Hild
Eight Grenadiers
Edward Stack
Chicago Civic Opera Company
Schools May Replace Books With Newspapers
Fort Collins, Cole AP reports that due to current events in Europe newspapers may substitute texts in some high school history classes this fall. Superintendent Craig P Minear noted that recent World history events are not in existing texts and the school board deferred action. The Bahamas are proud of their long history of self government.
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Fort Collins, Cole
Europe
Craig P. Minear
Bahamas
Willkie to Speak at Detroit Clubwoman Conference
Wendell Willkie, Republican presidential candidate, will deliver the keynote at a mass meeting in Detroit on Sept 20. The event tops the National Federation of Women's Republican Clubs convention schedule, sponsored by the RNC women’s division and the Michigan GOP.
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Chicago
INS
Wendell Willkie
Wll
Detroit
National Federation of Women's Republican Clubs
Miss Marton KB. Martin
Republican National Committee
Republican Womens ’ Chibs
Michigan State Republican Central Committee
Olympia
Trickle Treatment Aims to Collect Cleveland Water Debts
Cleveland uses trickle treatment to collect 1.7 million dollars in delinquent water bills. A tenement house trapped twenty residents with only a basement trickle for 18 hot days, none paying the 423 dollar bill, while relief cases endured scant water and nonfunctional toilets. City officials promise relief and continued enforcement.
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Cleveland
Helen Galbincea
Omaha couple welcomes baby son Wendell Wilke
Mrs William Wilke and her husband of Bennington Nebraska announced the birth of their son Wendell on Saturday at a local hospital. The report notes the parents are Myr and William Wilke and identifies Wendell as the newborn.
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Omaha
Myr
William Wilke
Bennington
Neb
Wendell
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Benesh
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Wes Benesh
al Mikota
Covington
Joe Kroulik
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Thomas Farmer
Frank H. Drew
Black Maria
Promise
Thousand Islands
Nippon
Richard Cushing
Fa Tan
Barcein
Jean Joyce
Killian Company
Eve Languay
Hollywood
Willkie
Confab
Killian’s
Decorator
Killian
Mahog
Chippendale
NBOS
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