President Roosevelts drought relief plan outlined
President Roosevelt outlines a seven point emergency drought relief program totaling 525 million dollars. The plan seeks funds for human relief livestock feed and purchase of cattle shipping and loans to farms with flexible authorization to assist agencies and regions hit by drought.
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Hington
Popes
Ena
Anto
Peole
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Farm Credit Administration
Congress of the United States
Wallaster
Rover
Earl of Lonsdale recalls 1874 Denver stagecoach hold up
The 77 year old Earl of Lonsdale spoke at a banquet with American rodeo cowpunchers in London recalling his early western days. He confessed to helping in a Denver stagecoach hold up in 1874 and described life as a cowboy in the American West before returning to British aristocracy.
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London
England
Denver
Earl of Lonsdale
West
Earl
America
Cheyenne
Hopwood Sues Cedar Rapids Police Official Over Job
Judge H C Ring ruled against Robert W Hopwood in a mandamus suit to keep his police desk clerk post. Hopwood claimed soldiers preference. court found no confidential relation to his superior and denied $500 damages. Hopwood joined the force in 1923 and was dismissed effective April 15 with temporary hold.
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Cedar Rapids News
H. C. Ring
Robert W. Hopwood
City of
Cedar: Rapids
Public Safety
Hopwood
Police Department
Benesh
Dan Kruidemier
Rain and Wind Storm Ends Drought in Cedar Rapids
A heavy rain and wind storm swept through Cedar Rapids and eastern Iowa about 8 p.m. Friday breaking the drought. Total precipitation reached .67 inch for the week, with temperatures dropping from 98 to 66 then rebounding. Telegraph and phone lines suffered scattered damage while utilities reported minor outages. more rain was anticipated on Saturday.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company
Western Union Telegraph System
Palo
Covington
Postal Telegraph Office
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Benton County
Vinton
Kaesar
Charles Pollock
Johnson on Republican New Deal plan condemned as fraud
The Amalga mated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers urged ILGWU to denounce General Johnson for insults to steel workers. Johnson called the GOP social program a kippered herring in a dark can and criticized concealed dictatorship while defending New Deal methods.
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NRA
G.O.P
Washington
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
General Johnson
Steel Workers
Garment Workers
Republican National Committee
Hugh
Edness
Franklin Roosevelt
Report 2 Hurt In Crash West Of City
Two people were injured when a sedan hit the rear of a stock truck on highway 30 west of Cedar Rapids. The injured vanished before help arrived. A third truck carrying soybeans was ditched to avoid another crash. Ed Ferrick of Vinton and Ray Kelso of Vinton drove the trucks owned by George Kelso of Vinton. The sedan bore Benton county plate 6 3196.
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Highway
Cedar Rapids
Ed Ferrick
Vinton
Ray Kelso
George Kelso
Benton County
Johnson Fails To Bind Steel Strike Peace
Washington reports Union leaders refused to act on the mediation board proposal until after a Pittsburgh convention on June 14. The plan, approved by employers, would create an impartial arbitration board including employee representation. Chicago mills in the Calumet region have begun strike preparations for June 16.
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Washington
Hugh
Johnson
Pittsburgh
Mike Tighe
Amalgamated Association of Tron, Steel and Tin Workers
Chicago
Calumet
Mysterious guest ends life at local hotel
An elderly man registered as C. D. Denny of St. Louis shot himself in the head with a .38 revolver in a Cedar Rapids hotel room. Coroner R. A. Vorpahl reported no identification found. Denny, about 60, had detective fiction items and Poe on his belongings. He said nothing about companions or travel from Iowa City.
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Cedar Bapfids
C. D. Denny
St. Louis
Denny
Woodcox
R.A. “ Vorpahl
Bennevalise
Poe
Pullman
Iowa City
New Trial Denied for Dr. Sara Ruth Dean
In Greenwood Mississippi Judge 8 F Davis denied a new trial for Dr Sara Ruth Dean the young physician serving a life sentence for the whisky highball murder of Dr J Preston Kennedy her lover. The appeal was sent to the state supreme court and she remained free on a $10000 bond.
Poling Urges Iowa Youth Crusade Against Social Evils
Daniel A. Poling of New York, famed anti liquor traffic and social reformer, speaks to about 1,000 Christian Endeavor Union youths in Cedar Rapids urging a united Iowa campaign to Christianize the social order. He cites repeal failures and rising drunkenness in major cities as proof for mobilizing youth against liquor, poverty, and war.
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Cedar Rapids
Daniel A. Poling
New York
Christian Endedoor Union
Westminster Church
Iowa
Poling
Christian Endeavor Union
Crusader
Boston
Detroit
Ely
Massachusetts
American Delegates Reach Geneva for Labor Conference
The American delegation to the International Labor conference arrived in Geneva to discuss adopting a 40 hour week. John L. Lewis and Mrs. Lewis did not arrive due to her need for medical treatment in Paris. They are expected to arrive Sunday.
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Geneva
International Labor Conference
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Lewis
Paris
Camp Good Health Fund Appeals For Deserving Children
The Cedar Rapids Gazette urges donations to Camp Good Health to aid sick and destitute children. Various contributors pledge funds totaling 850.50 with churches clubs and individuals supporting the campaign and urging immediate gifts to restore health and happiness before camp opens.
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Camp Good Health Fund
H. G. L. E. Club of
Waubeek
Trinity Methodist Church
L.se
St. Elizabeth "Guild
St John’s Church
Camp Good Health
Cedar Rapids
Rejpects: Dicker With Dillinger For Surrender
Indiana governor McNutt rejects any deal to have John Dillinger surrender. State safety chief Feeney says talks with Dillinger’s father caused a temporary setback and notes he communicated with the outlaw’s father. Dillinger’s father says a ten year sentence might prompt surrender but would require a better deal.
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Indianapolis
John Dillinger
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana
al G. Feeney
State Safety Department
Feeney
John W. Dillinger
Mooresville
Dillinger
Desperado
John
Outc
University of Iowa basketball star fatally injured in truck crash
Iowa youth Gaddis, a University of Iowa basketball prospect and Dunkerton high school graduate, suffered severe facial injuries and possible internal damage after a collision six miles west of Cedar Rapids on the Lincoln highway. His companion Elmer Schoelerman also survived with multiple injuries. Both were taken to Mercy hospital. Gaddis had risen as a leading prep athlete in Dunkerton and Maquoketa league baseball.
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Tha Linettwe
Algkedno
University of Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Lincoln Highway
Elmer Schoelerman
Belle Plaine
Dunkerton High School
Dunkerton
Iowa
Gaddis
University.of Iowa
Schoelerman
Mercy Hospital
Fairbank Nine
Maquoketa
Giant Fir Saves Plane Passengers From Crash
Survivors described how the airliner slid down a towering fir after crashing in the western Cascades about 100 miles east of Seattle. The tree's resilience helped ease the tail strike and likely prevented a worse tragedy. Three of nine aboard were seriously injured, including pilot Ben Redfield with a compound arm fracture, co pilot Dwight Hansen with a broken nose, and passenger Helen Curran with a possible fractured hip.
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Seattle
Cascades
Here
United Air Lines
Ben Redfield
Dwight Hansen
Helen Curran
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1934
A brief note records the Cedar Rapids auto toll for 1934, listing counts of accidents and injuries and noting deaths. The fragments provide sparse figures indicating trends in road danger for the period.
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Cedar Rapids
Dillinger Uses Evening Star Camp as Hideout Evidence Says
Mrs. Frank Cargin, wife of the camp proprietor near Cedar Rapids, reports Dillinger drove to the Evening Star Camp on April 14 and ordered gas. She recalls repeated cabin break ins for three nights, with a man who she identifies as Dillinger.
Dillinger Gang Suspect Camp Tracked by Police
Police tracked a Dillinger related camp near Waterloo after a night of terror and sightings. Carroll was killed in Waterloo, and Jean Crompton aided investigators by identifying the cabin. the Cargin family feared retribution while Camp guests remained anxious.
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Stanley
Dillinger Said To Stop At Evening Star Camp Near Kedar Rapids
Mrs. Frank Cargin, wife of the camp proprietor, said John Dillinger, public enemy No 1, was believed to have stopped April 14 at the Evening Star tourist camp five miles east of Kedar Rapids. She identified a man who warned her and her daughter to stay away from his car.
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Semataas Convininn
Wae Don
Laos
Cargin
Dillinger
Howevee
Carroll
Waterloo
Jean
Crompton
Dora
Miss Crompton
Mra
Leonard’ Murdock
St.Louis
Spear
Dane County
Madison
Rae
America
John Dillinger
Evening Star
Kedar Rapids
Frank Cargin
Dolly Sister Fined in France for Luxury Tax Evasion
Jenny Dolly of the Dolly Sisters was fined 11,466,285 francs about $185,000 and given a three day suspended jail term for evading luxury tax on a 51 carat diamond ring bought in Cannes in 1926. The ring valued at 4,000,000 francs triggered a 32,500 dollar tax. later sold for 1,625,000 francs. Dolly testified her now dead secretary handled the transaction.
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Paris
Jenny
Dolly
Cannes
Bordeaux
Norwegian Cabinet Faces Predicted Resignation Crisis
Oslo AP report says Premier Johan L. Mowinckel’s cabinet may resign Monday amid a farm party move to censure over relief plans for farmers. The farm party holds 23 seats in the 150 member storting and seeks a debate of lack of confidence. The labor party with 69 seats is expected to vote against the cabinet to trigger the crisis.
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Oslo
Norway
Johan L. Mowinckel
Farm Party
Storting
Labor Party
Representative Thomas Coffin Dies From Auto Accident Injuries
Washington AP report states Idaho Democrat Thomas C. Coffin, a former mayor of Pocatello, died at 46 from injuries after being struck by a car. Coffin, elected to the U S House from Idaho’s Second district in 1932, served in the navy aviation branch during World War I.
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Washington
Thomas C. Coffin
Idaho
Coffin
Pocatello
Aviation
Navy
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Earl Bares
Wits
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Sara
Ruth Dean
C.E. ‘Convention
United Front
For Labor
Wight
Tommy Carroll
Frank ‘Cargin
Dolly Sister
France
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