Zioncheck Arrested On Lunacy Charge After White House Visit
Police in Washington detained Rep. Marion Zioncheck at Naval Medical Center on a lunacy warrant and sent him to Gallinger hospital for observation. The congressman faced charges of driving recklessly and harassing officials after a day of bizarre actions including a White House visit, threats against Garner, and a push to enlist Roosevelt.
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Washington
Marion A. Zion- Check
Wash
Naval Medical Center
Gallinger Municipal Hospital
al P. Stump
Garner
White House
John N. Garner
Zioncheck
Gallinger Hospital
Gallinger
Ernest Brown
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Leslie C. Garnett
West Executive Avenue
There Are Two Ways Through This World
A meditation on living with thought and reflection. It contrasts criticism and praise and links happiness to inner secret rather than wealth or poverty. Quoted voices from Seneca Emerson Landor and others frame a humanistic message about life significance and dignity.
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Newton
Seneca
Walter Savage Landor
Emerson
Methuselah
Jesus
James Sentenced On Morals Offenses In LA Case
In Los Angeles Robert S. James, jailed for the alleged rattlesnake slaying of his wife, received a three to 150 year term for three morals offenses involving his 21 year old niece Lois Wright.
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Los Angeles
Llp
Robert S. James
Lois Wright
Treasury Seeks 2 Billion Dollar Loan to Fund Operations
Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr launches largest peace time borrowing drive in U S history seeking 2.05 billion dollars. The issue includes 600 million in 15 to 18 year bonds and 400 million in five year notes at record low rates to cover cash needs and government obligations through September 15.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Treasury
Morgenthau
Belgium delays cabinet formation after Van Zeeland decline
In Brussels Paul Van Zeeland refused to form a new cabinet after days of talks with party leaders. The socialist leader Emile Vandervelde was to be summoned to the royal palace to be asked to accept the premiership and assemble a new government.
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Brussels
INS
Paul van Zeeland
Leopold
Emile Vandervelde
Royal
Chinese Decide to Resist Jap Army Advance
Peiping reports say General Sung Cheh Yuan leads a tougher policy against Japan in North China after all night talks with North China mayors. Japanese barracks expand near Peiping, with 800 troops at Fengtai and outposts planned at Chunghsintien to control the Pinghan rail line.
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Shanghai
Sung Cheh-Yuan
Hopeh-Chahar
Japan
North China
Peiping
Sung
Hopeh
Chahar
Great Wall
China
Fengtai
Chunghsintien
Pinghan
Chunghsvatien
Beyers dies veteran North Western official at 66
Evanston Illinois funeral services will be held Tuesday for Henry W Beyers 66 vice president in charge of traffic for the North Western railway Beyers born in Toledo Ohio served the railway fifty three years starting as an office clerk he became vice president June 1 1929 During World War I he chaired the traffic section of the committee on coordination of terminals He died Sunday morning after a short illness
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Evanston, Ill
Henry W. Beyers
North Western Railway
Beyers
Toledo
Railway
Man Slain While Fleeing Police in Blue Island
Chicago AP reports 23 year old John Potoski was shot and killed Monday after a police squad pursued him in Blue Island following a report he had beaten a woman, Mrs Anna Haiser, mother of a girl acquaintance.
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Chicago
John Potoski
Blue Island
Potoski
Anna Haiser
Soaking Rain Slows Up Early Voting
Rain kept many voters from Cedar Rapids Linn county polls on Monday. By 2 p.m. only 2 164 ballots had been cast in 21 of Cedar Rapids 23 precincts and Marion four wards. Polls opened 7 a.m. 8 a.m. outside Cedar Rapids. All polls stay open until 8 p.m. Returns go to County Auditor Robert Vesely's office this evening.
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Linn
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Robert M. Vesely
Queen Mary Fails to Break Atlantic Crossing Record
The British liner Queen Mary completed her first Atlantic crossing to New York but did not beat the Normandie’s record. Times compared from Cherbourg breakwater to Ambrose showed the Queen Mary at four days six hours, thirty-eight minutes, while the Normandie held four days three hours thirteen minutes and thirty eight seconds.
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Atlantic
New York Harbor
Ambrose
Ambrose Channel
Queen Mary’s
Cherbourg
Normandie
Bishop’s Rock Light
English Channel
Cunard Line
Queen Mary
City Council Rejects Beer Parlor Distance Amendment
The council voted unanimously to table a proposed beer ordinance amendment allowing parlors within 120 feet of churches or 200 feet of schools. The 300 foot limit remains in force for both churches and schools, and a 115-name petition urging defeat was presented after the vote.
Senate Finance Delays Tax Bill Report Amid Debate
The senate finance committee delayed its final report on the tax bill but said the measure would be ready for presentation on Tuesday as debate looms. Congress eyed the White House for guidance amid a clash over a high reform tax on undivided corporate profits and possible adjournment next Saturday.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
White House
Roosevelt
New Record High Of 96 Sunday Followed By Rain
A new record high temperature of 96 was set Sunday at 2 p.m. after a 46 degree rise from a 50 degree low at 4 a.m. The heat sent thousands to parks and onto highways. Rain fell later, totaling six tenths of an inch by 1 p.m. and the temperature rose to 70 at 2:45 p.m.
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Mercury
Publisher Sir Frederick MacMillan Dies at 84
London aged publisher Sir Frederick MacMillan died Monday after an eight week illness. He was 84.
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London
Frederick MacMillan
Camp Good Health Fund aids needy children with nature health gifts
A Cedar Rapids Gazette plea urges support for Camp Good Health Fund aiding physically handicapped children. Donations fund camp operations offering nature, nourishment, medical care, and rest under Public Health Nursing supervision, with memories of a unique bequest inspiring contributors.
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Yale
Cedar Rapids
Camp Good Health Fund
Camp Good Health
Public Health Nursing Association
the Gazette
Iowa
Mussolini Divides Eastern Africa Into Three States
Benito Mussolini announces Ethiopia is split into five administrative divisions with Eritrea Amhara Galla Sidamo Harar and Somaliland as capitals listed. Addis Ababa becomes central capital under a viceroy and staff with two consultative bodies. Coptic church regulations and unification with Alexandria noted.
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Ethiopia
Benito Mussolini
Eritrea
Asmara
Amhara
Gondar
Galla Sidamo
Jimma
Harar
Somaliland
Mogadiscio
Italian Somaliland
Italy
Addis Ababa
Egypt
Alexandria
Park Land Gift for Iowa Near McGregor Passes
The Senate approved a bill to donate 544 acres near McGregor to Iowa for a state park. The land was given to the federal government by James Buell Mann in 1928 and has been under the Biological Survey. The measure, sponsored by Rep. Fred Biermann, followed House approval last week.
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Washington
Senate
Plan to Reorganize Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad
A bond holders plan for reorganizing the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad calls for a reconstruction corporation loan of 5 million dollars and a private loan of 1 million dollars. The proposal was submitted to RFC chairman Jesse H. Jones by Philip Roosevelt of New York, who chairs the bondholders' committee. Senator Shipstead of Minnesota, chair of an interstate commerce sub-committee, disclosed the plan amid scrutiny of a potential sale and breakup of the line.
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Washington
Minneapolis and St. Louis
Reconstruction Corporation
RFC
Jesse H. Jones
Philip Roosevelt
New York
Senator Shipstead
Minn
Interstate Commerce
U S Eliminated In Davis Cup Matches
Manheim Pa United Press report states America was eliminated from the 1936 Davis Cup after Australia’s Jack Crawford defeated Wilmer Allison in five sets to clinch the North American zone finals.
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U.S
Manheim
America
Jack Crawford
Australia
Wilmer Allison
Texas
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1936
The note references a Cedar Rapids auto toll for 1936 with unclear details and figures. Limited legible names or dates are present, making a precise item unclear.
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Cedar Rapids
Brother Risks Life as Younger Brother Drowns in Cedar River
Melvin Dinnell a 12 year old boy from 652 Twenty second avenue southwest drowned in the Cedar river near the Wilson and company packing house around 5 pm Sunday. His 16 year old brother John Dinnell nearly drowned while trying to save him and was saved by Charles Phillips of 2006 Fifteenth avenue southeast. The brothers were wading from the west bank toward an island with their sister Rose aged 11 before the accident. Phillips heard cries and retrieved the boys using a boat, saving John first and Melvin second. The incident marked the season's first river drowning.
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Cedar Rapids
Melvin Dinnell
Clifford Dinnell
Twenty-second Avenue
Cedar River
Wilson and Company
John
Charles Phillips
Fifteenth Avenue SE
Rose
Phillips
Brother
Boy 15 Confesses Killing Mother Over Car
Pittsburgh AP County Detective Frank Ritz says 15-year-old John S. Hanna Jr. admitted to shooting his mother in the garage doorway after she refused him use of the family car. The boy resided with his parents on a chicken farm 15 miles west of Pittsburgh. the 42-year-old Mrs Tresse Hanna was shot late Sunday. He left his sleeping father to hitchhike to Pittsburgh to inform his brother.
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Pittsburgh
Frank Ritz
John S. Hanna, Jr
Tresse Hanna
Supreme Court strikes down New York wage law for women
The Supreme Court in a 5 to 4 decision held unconstitutional the New York minimum wage law for women and children, signaling possible end to similar state and federal measures. The ruling includes dissents by Chief Justice Hughes and liberal justices, with implications for seventeen states and pending legislation nationwide. The decision followed arguments over the 1923 District of Columbia precedent and marks a pivotal term in the court’s history.
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Supreme Court
New York
Ohio
Connecticut
Illinois
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Rhode Island
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Owen J. Roberts
Justice Butler
van Devanter
Sutherland
McReynolds
Charles Evans Hughes
Louis D. Brandeis
Harlan F. Stone
Benjamin Cardozo
District of Columbia
Pierce Butler
Butler
Stone
Cedar Rapids Nation Widens Move to Divorce Beer and Dancing
A Cedar Rapids effort to divorce beer and dancing gains momentum with a petition, about 3400 signatures, and backing from civic and religious groups including the Woman's Club and PT A council. City officials pledged to study proposed ordinances banning beer sales or consumption where dancing occurs, and to limit pass-out checks at dances.
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Cedar Rapids
Civic Department
Cedar Rapids Woman’s Club
Parent-Teacher Council
Cedar Rapids Ministerial Association
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Sunshine Mission
E. P. Snyder
First Avenue E
S. V. Shonka
P. T. A. Council
J. J. Terrall
Woman’s Club
Raider Omaha Game Rained Out and Rebooked
Tonight's Raiders versus Omaha game was postponed due to wet grounds and will be played Sunday afternoon June 28. Pitcher Ad Wrobel was released following the death of his father.
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Cedar Rapids
Raiders
Omaha
Ad Wrobel
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