Garment Industry Forms Voluntary Code Board
New York AP report says coat and suit manufacturers dissolved NRA code authority and reorganized as a voluntary recovery board. Cotton textile merchants wool manufacturers and garter and belt makers endorse continuing code standards while Chicago Sears Roebuck stores receive orders not to disturb hour and wage rules under the NRA in effect.
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New York
Chicago
NRA
Sears, Roebuck and,Co
Gen. R. E. Wood
Comma Error Costs Insurance Firm Two Thousand
Minneapolis AP report notes a misplaced comma changed the outcome of a $2000 issue. Prudential refused double indemnity for Esther Brooks's husband Joseph E. Brooks, whose airplane death in nonwar circumstances was deemed excluded by an extension clause. Judge Bardwell ruled the phrase meaning altered by "in time of war" applied to the entire exclusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Prudential Insurance Company
Esther Brooks
Brooks Parlor Furniture Company
Joseph E. Brooks
Brooks
Privy Council Rules Limit Appeals from Canada and Ireland
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ruled that Canada may bar appeals to the Privy Council in criminal cases, while the Irish Free State may abolish appeals to the Privy Council in all cases. The decisions clarify post empire appellate rights and sovereignty for Canada and Ireland.
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London
Judicial Committee of
His Majesty's Privy Council
Canada
Privy Council
Irish Free State
Accuse Britain Of Helping Abyssinia in Rome Front Page
In Rome the Messaggero accused Britain of arranging a subsidy with Emperor Haile Selassie to fund Ethiopian troops pay. The piece framed a wider volley of anti British articles across the Italian press. Maquoketa club votes to sell lakefront clubhouse and pavilion to fund a new clubhouse and to raise indebtedness to 1500 dollars if needed.
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Rome
Messaggero
England
Haile Selassie
Maquoketa
Lakehurst
Fair Grounds
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Ad
Promote a 35 cent box of Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a kidney and bladder aid. Claims include removing waste and poisons, improving health, with symptom notes like backache moist palms leg cramps and puffy eyes. Urges purchase from druggist as the original Haarlem in Holland.
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Haarlem
Holland
The Debunker by John Hervey Farbay PhD
The article explains why northern summers feel warmer despite the Earth being farther from the sun. It attributes the temperature shift to the sun's slant and seasonal tilt rather than actual proximity, citing astronomers and noting the Earth is millions of miles farther from the sun in summer than in winter.
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John Hervey Farbay
Sumeter
City Briefs and Personal Notices
The Cedar Rapids Gazette item notes Aldo Jadrnicek from Los Angeles visiting for a month, Mrs. Anna Levy of 72 Fifteenth Avenue SW hospitalised at Mercy with a fractured right wrist from a fall, Armina Davis earns a B A in primary education at Iowa State Teachers College, and a labor bureau meeting rescheduled to 7:30 p m at Labor Temple. Also mentions The Doughnut Shop ad and Good Things to Eat Want Ads with Dial 2-1121.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Levy
Fifteenth Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Armina Davis
C. W. Davis
Fifteenth Avenue SW
Iowa State Teachers College
the Gazette
Clarence Man In Hospital After Clarence Crash
Clarence man Clarence Moffitt 20 is in St Luke s hospital with a fractured left arm and leg from an automobile crash near Clarence early this week He was admitted Wednesday Also Mrs C E Zobin 711 Second Street NW had a facial cut from a collision Wednesday afternoon at First Street and Ave nue Neither driver injured Mill Emploes To Meet Federal labor union No 19147 of National Oats company urges all members to attend tonight s 8 pm meeting at Labor temple The day moved from Tuesday to Thursday Mrs Burd Returns Metta A Burd Red Cross executive secretary Linn county chapter returns from Des Moines after a conference of home service workers in which 28 representatives from 24 chapters attended The flood disaster word from Nebraska Missouri Colorado and Kansas was discussed and two secretaries were ordered to report for work in flood areas
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Clarence
Carson Moffitt
St. Luke’s Hospital
Moffitt
C. E. Zobin
Second Street
First Street
E Avenue
R. T. Termohlen
Twenty-first Street
Federal Labor Union
National Oats Company
Three Minute Cereals Company
Labor Temple
Burd
Metta A. Burd
Linn County
American Red Cross
Des Moines
Lewis H. Kilpatrick
Home Service Division
Nebraska
Missouri
Colorado
Kansas
Grinnell
Mason City
Revival Speakers Share Africa Missions at Free Methodist
The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. A. Anderson missionary couple just back from Africa spoke at a revival now underway at Free Methodist Church at 6 Avenue and Eighth Street NW. Anderson read a conference report in the native tongue and Mrs. Anderson interpreted. Revival continues each evening this week and next with Rev. G. W. Bugg of Oklahoma City as speaker. Bugg spoke Tuesday on Hindrances to Revivals. Public is invited.
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A. Anderson
Africa
Free Methodist Church
6 Avenue
Eighth Street
Andersons
Anderson
G. W. Bugg
Oklahoma City
Bugg
News Guild May Join Federation of Labor
Delegates at the American Newspaper Guild national convention in Cleveland debated the guilds proposed affiliation with the American Federation of Labor. The decision hinges on whether to align with the AFL, a move seen as controversial within the guild.
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News Guild
Federation of Labor
Cleveland
American Newspaper Guild
American Federation of Labor
Viscount Byng Dies Hero of Vimy Ridge at 72
Viscount Byng of Vimy former governor general of Canada and World War I hero died at his Thorpe-le-Soken home Essex after heart attack surgery. Age 72, he led defense at Ypres, later served as Canada’s governor general and London police commissioner before becoming a field marshal.
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London
Viscount Byng of
Vimy
Canada
Essex
England
Pasadena
Calif
Thorpe Hall
Thorpe-le- Soken
Byng
Second Earl of Strafford
Thomas Wentworth
Earls of Strafford
Charles I
Charles
House of Commons
Tenth
Royal Hussars
Soudan
South Africa
India
Ypres
Streamlined Trains To Stop Here On Saturday
The City of Portland and North Western Union Pacific No. 1 and 2 will stop in Cedar Rapids on Saturday under regular schedule. Arrival from Portland to Chicago is 5 58 am, return from Chicago to Portland at 9 45 pm. Stops last two minutes for engine crew changes. Through Cedar Rapids every fifth day, 39 hours 45 minutes terminal to terminal. Air conditioned nine-car trains. diesel engine 12 000 horsepower in first car, mail baggage express car second, dining car third with kitchen, fourth to sixth sleeping cars, seventh buffet coach with 54 seats. STANWOOD One hundred fifty alumni and guests attended the high school gala. James Smith gave welcome. Ernest Von Behren responded. A program followed by Irene Haesemeyer, Catherine Horr, Gladys Gardner, Marion Bushnell, William Davidson, Frank Gordon, Melvin Bowser, Elmer Meyer, Florence Anthony, Eleanor Hanlon, Doris Evers, Claire Flansburg. Officers elected: President Claire Flansburg, vice-president Mrs Rose Gerber, corresponding secretary Eleanor Hanlon, recording secretary Florence Anthony, treasurer Howard Haesemeyer.
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Portland
North Western
Union Pacific
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Stanwood
James Smith
Ernest von Behren
Irene Haesemeyer
Catherine Horr
Gladys Gardner
Marion Bushnell
William Davidson
Frank Gordon
Melvin Bowser
Elmer Meyer
Florence Anthony
Eleanor Hanlon
Doris Evers
Claire Flansburg
Rose Gerber
Howard Haesemeyer
Mayor Smith schemes again to amuse Seattle residents
Seattle, Wash. Mayor Charles L. Smith, famed for quirky contests to enliven taxpayers, contemplates another municipal parks event. Previous schemes included the nutty nag derby and the cat putter outer. Rumor hints a wheelbarrow and knitting race or a cops and robbers game may appear. Jurors drawn in Susan Nolan vs. C. H. Thomas case. Wedding vows in Rockford Illinois between Miss Imogene Miller and Marion Cloud.
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Seattle
Wash
Charles L. Smith
S.P.C.A
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SEARS
Britain
Abyssinia
H. Jambor
Third Street SW
Ee Prik Union
Mite Caen Cg E
the Doughnut Shop
Tenth Street
Woman's Labor Bureau No. 17
Aldo Jadrnicek
Los Angeles
Peterman
Peter
Viscount Byng
Vimy Ridge
M. E.garmoe
Kresge’s
Columbus
First Avenue
Marengo
Susan Nolan
C. H. Thomas
Harold D. Evans
James P. Gaffney
Iowa City
Ben Franks
Will Hoff
William Ballard
Ernest Schaefer
Agnes Lindsay
George Kimm, Jr
M. K. Hatter
Otto Hudepohl
Robert W. Thomas
Roy Fields
Lila Lindenmayer
Manchester
St. James’ Catholic Church
Rockford, Ill
Imogene Miller
A. J. Miller
Hopkinton
Marion Cloud
P. M. Cloud
Gordon
Martin J. Gaughen
Greeley
Immaculate Conception School
Dubuque
Lenox College
Cloud
Bilge Aso
Bes Moines
Townsend
Frank Dyer
Ade
Feenamint
S. S
Lady Esther
ENO
Lux Flakes
Jergen
Lady Esther Pwdr
Woodbury Pwdr
Edna Wallace Hopper
Weedbury's
Libby Nonik
Sapsehen Ene
Laundry
Texas
Chamberlain
Glover
Pennsylvania
Pepsodent
Semesan, Jr
Lee’s
Seltzer
Belmont Coffee
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