Weather Roundup for Iowa and National Cities
Daily Record reports Tuesday temperatures across Cedar Rapids Boston Iowa Falls Washington Mount Ayr Tampa Sioux City New Orleans and others with highs reaching the 80s and 70s. A gray Wednesday morning gave way to rain as a swift temperature rise stalled and cooled by afternoon.
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Cedar Rapids
Boston
Iowa Falls
Washington
Mount Ayr
Tampa
Sioux City
New Orleans
Omaha
Galveston
Charles City
Los Angeles
Es Moines
San Francisco
Crosse
Seattle
Dubuque
Havre
Davenport
Bismarck
Keokuk
Detroit
New York
Chicago
Chambers Inskeep Company
Cedar Rapids Residents Named in Pairings
Lee Smith and Claire Tufts both of Cedar Rapids. Arnold Zimmerman and Guenivere Hageman, Cedar Rapids. Charles L. McKim and Mary Jane Martin, Cedar Rapids. Lael W. Good, Ogden, and Lois V. Etzel, Alburnett. Charles L. Walther and Nellie Katheryn Becker, Osco Illinois. Ernest H. Christensen and Sarah Reid, Cedar Rapids.
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Lee Smith
Claire Tufts
Cedar Rapids
Arnold Zimmerman
Guenivere Hageman
Charles L. McKim
Mary Jane Martin
Lael W. Good
Ogden
Lois V. Etzel
Alburnett
Charles L. Walther
Nellie Katheryn Becker
Osco, Ill
Ernest H. Christensen
Sarah Reid
DeVaul Custody Granted on Cruelty Grounds
Judge J. E. Heiserman awards custody of the couple’s son to Helen DeVaul, citing cruel and inhuman treatment by Thomas E. DeVaul. The pair, married January 4 1924 in Cedar Rapids, sought resolution via a court ruling.
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Helen DeVaul
Thomas E. DeVaul
J. E. Heiserman
Justice of Peace Court Sentences Youth for Fishing
Carl Moore age 19 of 1026 Fifth Street NW received eight days in the county jail for fishing. John Barton of Cedar Rapids was fined 25 dollars plus costs for reckless driving. Cases heard by Justice H R Churchill.
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Carl Moore
Fifth Street
John Barton
Cedar Rapids
H. R. Churchill
Death of Cleon C. Morris in Iowa City Hospital
Cleon C. Morris, 56, of 887 Daniels Street NE, died at 9 30 a m Wednesday in University Hospital Iowa City after a brief illness.
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Cleon C. Morris
Daniels Street
University Hospital
Iowa City
Speeding Fine Levied on Howard Secor in City Court
Howard Secor of 382 Thirtieth Street SE was fined ten dollars plus costs for speeding 46 in a posted limit area.
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Howard Secor
Thirtieth Street
British Consider Retaliation On Japs
The report notes Britain weighing retaliation over a dispute with Japan. Japan demands guarantees against anti-Japanism and rejects a three power settlement, insisting concessions be isolated as entrapment. Foreigners are searched unevenly with a strong Japanese assertion of jurisdiction.
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Tokio
Foreign Office
Japan
China
Nazis Move To Crush Czech Opposition in Occupied Region
Reports say hundreds of Czech youths vanish from Prague and other cities as some join legions in Poland and France under General Prchala. Himmler visits Prague and Neurath amid arrests linked to a killed Nazi policeman, while Czech opposition persists despite German pressure.
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isch-Ostrau
Poland
Prague
Sruenn
Prchala
Carpatho-Ukraine
Warsaw
France
Himmler
Neurath
Germania
Karl Frank
Kladno
Franz Guertner
Guertner
Austria
Krone
Germany
Slovakia
Bohemia-Moravia
Czech Moravia
Hitler
Berlin
Budapest
Dramatic Overhaul Sought for Relief Administration
A government panel urges replacing the single WPA administrator with a three man board to oversee relief. Proposals include ending direct relief, fixed monthly wages, job based funding, loyalty tests, and stricter eligibility. Board members to be named by the President with Senate approval and capped at two members from one party. The goals are to curb waste and increase efficiency.
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WPA
Threeman
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
Private Investment Collapse Bogs Down Economic Machine
The article argues private investment drives money income and economic activity. It explains how savings become investment funds to produce investment goods, and that without active private investment the nation cannot sustain money income or recover from industrial stagnation. It highlights the need to flood the economy with investment to keep money flow active.
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United States
Kiwanis Presents Whittam Park Pool to Cedar Rapids
The Kiwanis club donated the Whittam Park wading pool in Cedar Rapids after a noon ceremony led by Rev. Grant Anderson and Mayor Frank K. Hahn. The $800 project was shared by the Kiwanis and the city, following earlier pools at Riverside Sinclair and Ellis parks.
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Whittam Park
Kiwanis Club
Grant Anderson
Frank K. Hahn
Cedar Rapids
Anderson
Riverside
Sinclair
Ellis Parks
Whitlam Park
Hahn
H. Leo Darge
Kiwanis
Damge
Carl Poole
Art Taylor
Indicted for Illegally Wearing U S Uniform at Rally
Milwaukee AP report says Hugo R Opitz 71 faces indictment for wearing a United States army uniform at the German American Volksbund rally May 27 at the Milwaukee Auditorium. He appeared in uniform and with a pistol in a holster billed as Col Benjamin J Blackey retired surgeon general of the United States Army.
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Milwaukee (Ap
E. J. Koelzer
U. S
Hugo R. Opitz
United States Army
Milwaukee
Volksbund
Opitz
Benjamin J. Blackey
Citumwa Girl Is Named Iowa Head Of Rainbow Girls
More than 700 girls registered for the Rainbow Girls 1940 convention in Davenport. Peggie Ann Bode of Cedar Rapids presided at the banquet as toast master, with speakers Margaret Gardner of Iowa City Elizabeth Jackson of Cedar Rapids and Mrs Hilda Been of Ames. A trio by Dorothy Miller and Vir- is noted among program highlights.
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Iris Thompson
Bloomfield
Lois Wilson
Albia
Mae Farmer
Fairfield
Marjorie Bettendorf
Davenport
Helen Anderson
Clinton
Hilda Been
Ames
Ethel Ballard
West Union
Bob Grapengetter
Maquoketa
Bernice P. Gran
Storm Lake
Miss Kudrle
Catherine Spoone
Jane Kudr
Peggie Ann Bode
Cedar Rapids
Margaret Gardner
Iowa City
Elizabeth Jackson
Dorothy Miller
Vir
FCC seeks tighter control over telephone industry practices
The draft report urges mandatory consolidation applications, FCC approval for all stock acquisitions, and Bell System patent licensing to rivals. It notes suspected improper influence on rate regulation, calls for public-interest scrutiny, and questions about including goodwill promotions in operating expenses. Also mentions Western Electric and associated companies.
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FCC
Bell System
Associated Companies
Western Electric
Oneida Man Detained Over Panhandling and Escape Attempts
Marshall Conatser, 39, of Oneida Tennessee, was picked up for panhandling after drinking. He received a 30 day floater sentence and was escorted beyond the city limits, only to return and nearly overpower officers before being brought back to jail.
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Atser
Cedar Rapids
Conatser
Marshall Conatser
Oneida
Tenn
Con
Elks Host Luncheon for Children from Local Home
The Elks club hosted 38 Boys and girls from the Children's Home at a Friday noon flag day luncheon. Miss Letty Ellen Keerl led the event with supervisors Dora Van Sant and Mary Hobbs guiding the children. After a one o clock meal the youngsters received silver half dollars and will shop downtown with a supervising clerk. Ray Vernimont presented a matinee of Young Mr. Lincoln at the State theater following the luncheon.
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Elks Club
Club
Elks
The
Letty Ellen Keerl
Dora van Sant
Mary Hobbs
Yellow Cab Company
Miss Keer
Ray Vernimont
State Theater
Mr. Lincoln
E. Harold Skinner
Committee On Social Community Welfare
Richard Jones
Giles Joyce
Fred Fluegel
W. J. Neuzil
Iowa Labor Federation nominating officers for 2-year term
Delegates at the forty fifth annual Iowa State Federation of Labor proceed with officer nominations. President A A Couch and Leo Quinn lead the slate for president. Other nominees include John J Brown for secretary treasurer and four member executive board candidates from multiple cities. Primary follows Wednesday with the election set for Thursday. Waterloo earned the 1940 convention hosting rights.
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Dubuque
Iowa State Federation of Labor
Waterloo
A. A. Couch
Des Moines
Leo Quinn
Des Moines Truck Drivers Union
John J. Brown
Dubuque Pressman
W. H. Reynolds
Hugh Sheridan
Cedar Rapids Grain
A. E. Hubbard
Clinton Motion Picture
B. R. Farris
Council Bluffs Plumber
Gordon
Sonny) Beck
Council Bluffs Motion Picture
William H. Hottel
Bridegroom receives unusual lingerie shower in Charleston
Belvin Horres planned a different welcome for friend H. C. Thomas by hosting a lingerie shower. Each guest contributed a suit of men's underclothes for the groom, creating a humorous and memorable pre wedding moment in Charleston, South Carolina.
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Charleston
S. C
Belvin Horres
H. C. Thomas
Thomas
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