Norris Raps Holding Firms Before Senate
In the Senate Norris denounces public utility holding companies as designed to rob consumers and investors. He uses charts and a school pointer to describe their operations and labels industry leaders as robbers and cheats while urging passage of the Wheeler-Rayburn bill.
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Washington
LLP
George Norris
Neb
Senate
Norris
Senate Chamber
Nebraska Republcan
Congress
Supreme Court rejects commodity dollar utility yardstick
The high court, in a 6 to 3 decision, rejects the Maryland public service commission’s commodity dollar method for valuing public utilities in the Baltimore telephone rate case. Justices Brandeis Cardozo and Stone dissented. The court upheld an injunction against the Maryland commission while criticizing the lower court’s stance. The Maryland panel had ordered Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone to cut net income by 850000 dollars annually.
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Washington
INS
Supreme Court
Baltimore
Brandeis
Cardozo
Stone
Maryland Public Service Commission
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Maryland Commission
Federal District Court
What's In Fashion Cool Cotton Or Linen Suits
An illustrated fashion preview describes summer suits in cotton and linen with yokes pleats and hip pockets. Linen comes from Moygashel Ireland while outfits feature rakish jacket flares rolled collars and contrasting belts. Styles include varied jackets fabrics and summer whites with icy pastels and vivid hues.
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Moygashel
Ireland
York
Garden Club To Hear Address By Michigan Woman
Mrs. Joseph H Brewer of Grand Rapids Michigan will speak on Garden Clubs at the Cedar Rapids Garden club annual luncheon Wednesday at 1 pm. Brewer a past president of the Michigan Federation and active in the National Federation spoke and will stay with Mr and Mrs James B E Hamilton 2345 Linden Drive SE Cedar Rapids. Guests from Iowa City Anamosa and other towns expected.
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Joseph H Brewer
Grand Rapids
Mich
Cedar Rapids
Boyd dinner entertains Dr. Newton at Roosevelt Hotel
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Boyd of 9 Blake Terrace SE hosted a Sunday noon dinner at the Roosevelt Hotel for Dr. Joseph Fort Newton of Philadelphia. Guests included Miss Gertrude James and Prof Fred J. Lazell plus family friends. In the afternoon Dr. Newton attended a buffet supper at the Gilmore residence and delivered the university baccalaureate address.
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W. R Boyd
Blake Terrace SE
Roosevelt Hotel
Joseph Fort Newton
Philadelphia
Gertrude James
Fred J. Lazell
Towa City
Fred J. Lazell, Jr
Des Moines
Boyd
John M Grimm
C. T. Hickok
Newton
Iowa City
Eugene A. Gilmore
Ell wood and Johnson guests at Cook home in Omaha area
Mr and Mrs William P Ell wood of Omaha and Robert Johnson of Fort Madison were weekend guests in the home of Mr and Mrs Robert S Cook at 222 Crescent Drive SE.
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William P. Ellwood
Omaha
Robert Johnson
Fort Madison
Robert S. Cook
Crescent Drive
Mu Phi Epsilon Installs Officers At Local Meeting
Officers of Mu Phi Epsilon honorary musical sorority were installed at the annual meeting Saturday evening at Miss Grace Swab's home. New officers include Mari Ann Huebsch president Margaret Mc Fadden vice president Eleanor Houts treasurer Dorothy Grant recording secretary Irene Olt mann historian and Catherine M Adams chorister. Mary Alice Morton presented a musical program with accompaniment by Huebsch. Refreshments followed during the social hour.
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Mu Phi Epsilon
Grace Swab
B Avenue Nw
Mari Ann Huebsch
Margaret McFadden
Eleanor Houts
Dorothy Grant
Irene Oltmann
Catherine M. Adams
Mary Alice Morton
Miss Huebsch
Farewell Picnic Dinner for Felgar Family
A farewell picnic dinner was hosted Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Roy Felgar as they prepare to move to Chicago. Attendees included Mr and Mrs John Gray and their family of Anamosa Mrs Louis Haeren of Monticello Mr and Mrs Roy Babcock and their son of Dixon Mr and Mrs Clifford Beall of Marion Mr and Mrs L M Shelton and their daughter Mildred Mr and Mrs Clarence Narper and family Mr and Mrs Charles Fandrey and their family Mr and Mrs David Ross and their son and Mr and Mrs Demory of Cedar Rapids.
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Roy Felgar
Chicago
John Gray
Anamosa
Louis Haeren
Monticello
Roy Babcock
Dixon
Clifford Beall
Marion
L. M Shelton
Mildred
Clarence Narper
Charles Fandrey
David Ross
Demory
Cedar Rapids
Vomacka Nelson Wedding at Home of Reverend Linkletter
Alma Anna Vomacka and Gerald Nelson were married Saturday at 2 pm in Marion. The bride wore an all white ensemble with a shoulder corsage of white gladiolus and roses. Attendants wore powder blue outfits with pink gladiolus and yellow roses. The couple will reside at 405 First Street. Nelson works for Colonial Baking.
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Alma Anna Vomacka
Anton Vomacka
Nineteenth Avenue W
Gerald Nelson
Harry Nelson
E. Linkletter
Marion Hicks
Marvin Steele
Nelson
First Street
The
Colonial Baking Company
Big Springs PTA Plans Picnic at Beever Park
The annual Big Springs school picnic will be held on Tuesdays at the Beever park large position. Rames and stunts will entertain guests from 4 30. Two baseball games follow with men and boys participating. The PTA will furnish coffee and families should bring their own dishes. Supper served at 6 15.
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Big Springs
Beever Park
Cinderella search at shoe makers show seeks prize winner
Shoe manufacturers from 34 states gather for the annual style show to pick a contestant who can fit a size one half shoe. A prize will go to the participant who meets the fitting challenge, described as a modern Cinderella quest.
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Chicago
Elizabeth Funkey Becomes Bride of Harold A Sovern
Elizabeth Funkey daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest Funkey wed Harold Arthur Sovern son of Mr and Mrs E E Sovern in a Monday 10 am ceremony at Immaculate Conception church. About 300 guests attended as Msgr Molloy presided with details of attire flowers and reception noted.
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Immaculate Conception Church
Elizabeth Funkey
Ernest Funkey
Bever Avenue SE
Harold Arthur Sovern
E. E. Sovern
F. J Rhodes
Mount Carroll
Johanna Hull
Lucille Funkey
Charles Severn
Merle Holloway
Cedar Rapids
Fred J Rhodes, Jr
Marianne Dvorak
Jack Redmond
First Avenue
F J . Rhodes, Jr
Mount Cares
D L
Twenty-second Street
Severn
Wade Nelson
Jen Krebs
Lila Palmer
Mary Huces
Louise Randolph
Miss Randolph
Seventeenth Street
Gladys Stary
Esther Smith
Ruth Kemp
Dorothy Stofler
Doris Bryant
Alice Sundberg
Dorothy Krebs
Danube Island Reverts to Original Owner Family
Submerged by a late century earthquake the Danube island reappeared 15 years later and the Hungarian Supreme Court awarded it to the family of the original owner.
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Danube
Supreme Court of
Hungary
Attempt To Limit U. S. Judges Terms Defeated In Congress
In Washington a proposed amendment to end life terms for federal judges failed 220 to 2 in the House. The motion, offered by Rep. Charles Truax, sought four-year terms and sparked a partisan clash over Supreme Court powers. Only Truax and Rep. Matthew Dunn supported it.
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Washington
Supreme Court
House
Virginia
Charles Truax
Truax
Matthew Dunn
Penn
Greta Garbo Passes Incognito Through Chicago
Greta Garbo secretly travels through Chicago en route to New York incognito after slipping from the Chief train at a semaphore station. A bystander alerted police, mistaking her for a fellow star, while her secretary explained the mix up and prompted a taxi for Garbo.
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Chicago
INS
Greta Garbo
New York
Santa Fe
Manhattan Limited
Union Station
Miss Garbo
Tony Morten
John McGuire
Fire damages Iowa medical lab paint shop
A fire at the University of Iowa medical laboratories in Iowa City caused about 250 dollars in damage. The blaze started in the paint shop, apparently when lacquer fumes met a spark from an electric motor. Two painters were in the shop but uninjured as firefighters contained the fire within fifteen minutes.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa Medical Laboratories
National Steel To Maintain Wages After NRA Ruling
National Steel Corp will keep current hours, wages, and working conditions unchanged following the Supreme Court ruling against the NRA, announced by board chairman E T Weir in New York on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Steel Corporation
Supreme Court
NRA
E T Weir
Oklahoma girl on hospital cot sings for film production
Lorraine Bridges a young actress from Oklahoma who had won a film role sang a featured song from her hospital bed on Monday. She fell ill with appendicitis while working on a picture but her singing from the cot kept the production on schedule.
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Hollywood
Lorraine Bridges
Oklahoma
Leavenworth Prison Isolated From World
Leavenworth Kansas AP reports the main federal prison was cut off from outside communication as telephone cables failed Sunday night. Electricians expected restoration by Monday night or Tuesday with extraordinary precautions taken to guard inmates.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Golfer’s drive hits duck mid flight at Echo Lake
Billy Rohrbach was at Echo Lake country club in Westfield when his high drive toward the sixth green struck a wild duck in mid-air and killed it instantly.
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Westfield, N. J
Billy Rohrbach
Echo Lake Country Club
Germans And British To Inaugurate Arms Talks Tuesday
Germany and Britain prepare to begin formal talks on rearmament with Germany seeking a navy about 35 percent the strength of Britain. The preliminaries open Tuesday with Joachim von Ribbentrop leading the German delegation and Sir Ernle Chatfield directing for Britain.
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London
Germany
Great Britain
Joaquim von Ribbentrop
Ernle Chatfield
Britain
Ribbentrop
Danish Prince Erik and Wife Divorced
A Copenhagen dispatch reported by the Daily Express says a secret court under King Christian X dissolved the marriage of Prince Erik of Denmark and Princess Erik. The prince, nephew of the king, abdicated his throne rights to wed Lois Booth of Ottawa, granddaughter of Canadian magnate John R. Booth. The couple wed February 11, 1924 in Ottawa and later lived near Pasadena before returning to Europe.
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London
A_ Copenhagen
Daily Express
Christian X
Denmark
Erik
Lois Booth
Ottawa
John R. Booth
Canada
Pasadena
Calif
Europe
Supreme Court refuses review in 1934 bank rob murder case
The Supreme Court declined to interfere with death sentences for Irving Millen Morton Millen and Abraham Faber for the killing of Forbes A. McLeod a Needham Massachusetts policeman during a February 2 1934 bank robbery. A review of the convictions was denied.
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Washington (Ap
Supreme Court
Irving
Morton Millen
Abraham Faber
Forbes A. McLeod
Needham
Mass
Kidnap Gulch Named as Motorists Mecca Near Weyerhaeuser Spot
A sign reading Kidnap Gulch directed motorists to a lonely wooded ravine near where George Weyerhaeuser was released. Traffic drew a steady stream of cars Sunday requiring extra officers to control the flow.
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Issaquah, Wash
Ins
George Weyerhaeuser
Hat Box From Cab Conceals Newborn Baby Discovery
Chicago AP report: cab driver William Kor accepted a hat box from a woman on the street and was paid 150 dollars. Curiosity led him to peek inside and find a healthy baby boy under two hours old, delivered with a note to take him to St Vincent's orphanage.
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Chicago
St Vincent's Orphanage
William Korshak
Northwest Lumber Strike Near End
Seattle AP reports limited operations as the month-long strike of about 30 000 men nears an end. In Longview major plants Weyerhaeuser Longbell and M and M Plywood reopen, restoring work for 3600 workers.
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Seattle
Pacific Northwest Lumber Industry
Northwest
Longview
Four More Needy Children Added To Health Camp List
Four more children join 113 underprivileged youths recommended for Camp Good Health this summer. Two are severely nervous and undernourished, including a child affected by domestic violence, sleep deprivation, and a mother seeking divorce. The other boy recently had measles and eye strain. both need extended rest, careful diets, and skilled care funded by Camp Good Health through Gazette readers.
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Public Health Nursing Association
Camp Good Health
Zette
the Gazette
Camp Good Health Fund
Cedar Rapids
Ann Harding Must Fight Custody Suit in California
Los Angeles AP report says actress Ann Harding must defend a custody suit over her seven-year-old daughter Jane. Superior Judge Edward T. Bishop ruled the California courts have jurisdiction, rejecting Harding’s claim and requiring her to answer the suit filed by her former husband Harry Bannister.
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Los Angeles
Ann Harding
Screen Star
California
Jane
Edward T. Bishop
Harry Bannister
Wilson High Class Day Includes Seventy Fifth Floor Night Club
Wilson High marks the 1935 graduates at class day exercises in the auditorium. Joe Koenigsmark portrays a seer in a prophecy set around a Cedar Rapids nightclub on a skyscraper floor. Awards honor athletic and scholastic achievements with monograms and chevrons for many students.
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Cedar Rapids
Wilson High
Wilson Auditorium
Joe Koenigsmark
Gilbert Feiereisen
Verl Stirsky
Gerald Hudson
Mark Novotny
Cedar River
Robert Hahn
Jeanette Grogan
Dorothy Carie
Angeline Hunter
Gertrude Ihen
Oxygen To Save Youth Supplied By Balloonists
Army balloonists halted preparations for a stratosphere flight to save a 19 year old CCC worker in Hot Springs. Captain Orvil Anderson ordered oxygen cylinders to reach Robert Flylik in time. After six hours at the hospital they faced more oxygen as he recovered.
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Rapid City
S. D
CCC
Veterans' Administration Hospital
Hot Springs
Robert Flylck
Tyndall
Orvil Anderson
National Geographic Society
Denver
Court Clinches Lemke Act Ruling
The Supreme Court denied a stay on its Frazier Lemke moratorium decision, affirming unconstitutionality. Rep Lemke of North Dakota, co author of the law, had sought a stay. The court granted until August 15 for a rehearing petition filing and will act on it when it reconvenes.
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Washington
INL
Supreme Court
Rep. Lemke
North Dakota
High Court
Uncle Wiggily Gathers June Roses In Rover Tale
Mrs Longears and Nurse Jane hear Uncle Wiggily sing about gathering a bunch in a spoon. He heads out to pick June roses, faces thorny stems, and is challenged by a fox who gets pricked by the thorns. Uncle Wiggily returns with the bouquet for his wife and Nurse Jane.
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Mrs. Longears
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy
Hollow Stump
Uncle Wiggily
Rabbit
Nurse Jane
Flore
Jane
Wiggy
Uncle Wig
Mr. Longears
Fox
Wiggily
Uncle
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Garden Club
Michigan
W. R. Boyds
DR. Newton
Cook Home
P. T. A. Meetings
Emily
Harold A. Sovern
U. S
Greta
Iowa Medical Lab
National Steel Co
Prince Erik
Millen and Faber
Northwest Lumber
Aristotelian Society
Fred Kluss
Elsie Baker
Milo Dvorak
George Mahring
Viola Bohac
Alice Kulhavy
Alvin Hurt
Eleanor Hurka
Fred Winter
James McCracken
Fred Miller
Bill Forrest
Clement Carney
Vernon Flint
Bob Dennis
Wesley Dvorak
Ed Schmatt
Ed Cisler
Bob Gaumon
John Havlicek
Bill Noble
John Broussard
Leonard Sojka
Carl Fjellman
Bob Winchell
Don Clemens
Forrest Ainsworth
Bob Hahn
Fred Lorenzen
Gilbert Fjellman
John Reilly
George Mary
Laverne McNiel
Paul Rapaport
Don Christle
Wendl Wishniewsky
Harold Andrews
James Endsley
Elmer Nelson
Stanley Christle
John Haberle
Adolph Kobylak
Leo Kansky
Clair Nelson
Chauncey McMahon
Mary Bowne
Maxine Anderson
Doris Batten
Lucille,Steyne
Irene Miner
Mary Jane Marousek
Lucille Besta
Florine Fields
Libbie Holecek
Rose
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