Roosevelt Returns to White House After Southwest Tour
President Roosevelt arrives in Washington from a swift swing through the southwest and central states. He meets Morgenthau Cummings and Farley at Union Station then retreats for rest. He defended labor and small employers, urged religious tolerance, and signaled a tax bill push upon return. He also stopped in Hodgenville Kentucky birthplace of Abraham Lincoln to reaffirm democracy.
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Washington
Ins
Southwest
Central States
Roosevelt
Capital
White House
Union Station
Little Rock
Supreme Court
Dallas
Vincennes
House
Senate
Minnesotan Dems Clash in Bitter Primary Day
Minnesota Democratic factions fight over who controls the party with rival slates bidding for state and congressional seats and a spot at the national nominating convention. Wolf faction backs Delaney and Curtis while rival leaders push Loftsgaard Novak. Farmer laborites back Olson with Johnson challenging Benson. Republicans face Christianson Schall and Nelson Gilbert as incumbents near renomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Minnesota
Joseph Wolf
American Liberty League
Wolf
Patrick J. Delaney
Fred Curtis
Elmer J. Ryan
Joseph Moonan
State Central Committee
Beldin H. Loftsgaarden
E. E. Novak
Farmer-Laborites
Floyd B. Olson
U. S
Carl E. Taylor
Magnus Johnson
Elmer A. Benson
Johnson
Republican Party
Theodore Christianson
Thomas D. Schall
Martin A. Nelson
A. B. Gilbert
Nelson
Olson
Coast Guard Plane Crashes in Tampa Bay Killing Three
Divers recover the body of Lieutenant C M Perrott from the wrecked coast guard plane near St Petersburg. Radioman Walter Morris and aviation mechanic William Eubanks are missing and presumed thrown clear as the craft sank in rough seas. The crash occurred about five miles southeast of St. Petersburg during storm patrol.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Charles Martin Perrott
Coast Guard
Tampa Bay
St. Petersburg
Walter O. Morris
William D. Eubanks
Nemenis
Florida towns flood as first tropical storm of season moves out
Tropical storm sweeps across southern Florida floods numerous towns while leaving them undamaged. Miami area experiences heavy rains and water four feet deep in Labelle. Bonita Springs marooned about 400 residents as Imperial River backs up behind the railroad embankment.
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Miami
Fla
MNS
Florida
Atlantic Ocean
Labelle
Bonita Springs
Imperial River
Health Camp Opens First Group Sees 43 Patients
The first group of 43 children left Lincoln highway for Camp Good Health. A frail cross eyed girl, recovering from eye surgery, waved goodbye with a brave smile. Danny, with a broken leg, improves without crutches, and Adolph returns for a second season hoping to gain weight. Nurses aim for maximum summer stay, but funds are short. readers are urged to donate to The Gazette Camp Good Health Fund in Cedar Rapids.
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Lincoln Highway
Good Health
Danny
Adolph
Camp Good Health
Public Health Nursing Association
Camp Good Health Fund
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Alfalfa Bill Murray backs Democratic platform at GOP event
William H. Murray of Broken Bow Oklahoma praised the Democratic platform adopted by the Republicans at Cleveland. He avoided pledging support for Kansas Governor Landon for president while at Landon's press conference. Murray quipped about Landon's nomination and noted Republicans generally outnumber Democrats in elections.
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Topeka
Kan
William H
Murray
Cleveland
Broken Bow
Okla
Landon
Kansas
W C Fields Reported On Way To Recovery
Riverside California state the film comedian W C Fields has passed the crisis from pneumonia and is on the road to recovery. He was taken to a hospital after falling ill at a mountain resort and placed under an oxygen tent. Doctors said he remained feverish but virtually out of danger.
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Riverside
Calif
INS
W. C. Fields
Plain People for Landon Says Knox
Col. Frank Knox told reporters in Chicago that plain people welcome Gov. Alf Landon with open arms and have sent a flood of telegrams and letters supporting his nomination. He praised John D. Hamilton for defending Landon against Farley and prepared to leave for Topeka for the party’s post convention meeting with leaders and subcommittee members ready to form the fall campaign executive committee.
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Chicago
Frank Knox
Alf M. Landon
Gov. Landon
Chicago Daily News
Cleveland
Landon
Hamilton
Colonel Knox
John D. Hamilton
James A. Farley
Farley
Knox
Topeka
Henry P. Fletcher
Charles D. Hilles
New York
Daniel E. Pomeroy
New Jersey
Ralph Williams
Oregon
Paul FitzSimons
Rhode Island
Harrison E. Spangler
National Committee
R. B. Creager
Texas
Local delivery of bonus bonds begins for veterans
Certification of the bonds for checks starts at 8 am Tuesday in room 2 of the federal building. Veterans should bring registered envelopes and bonds to expedite verification. The bonds office will stay open 8 am to 9 pm until most papers are processed. Checks may be mailed the day of certification or the next day.
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Federal
Postal Savings
Postal Savings Department
Community Builders Judge Greene and T. M. Sinclair Highlighted
Morris Sanford named Judge George Greene and T. M. Sinclair as the city’s greatest builders in an illustrated Cedar Rapids talk. Excerpts from 1851 1852 letters by Greene and S C Bever were read, noting steamboat plans and a plank road project as examples of their civic influence.
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George Greene
T. M. Sinclair
Morris Sanford
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Sanford
Judge Greene
S. C. Bever
Mount Pleasant
Burlington
Bever
Millersburg
Marital Licenses Reported for Several Iowa Couples
LeRoy H. Thoem of Davenport weds Ethel Maurine Wymore of Cedar Rapids. Edward Dunn and Annie Mitchell of Marion. George Ralph Fiala of Davenport and Florence Elizabeth Tucker of Cedar Rapids. Elmer F. Lindeken and Erma G. Lattner of Cedar Rapids. Gardner Dexter Phelps of Waterloo and Virginia Kuning of Chicago.
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LeRoy H. Thoem
Davenport
Ethel Maurine Wymore
Cedar Rapids
Edward Dunn
Annie Mitchell
Marion
George Ralph Fiala
Florence Elizabeth Tucker
Elmer F. Lindeken
Erma G. Lattner
Gardner Dexter Phelps
Waterloo
Virginia Kuning
Chicago
City Briefs and Persons In Transit and Health
Arthur Lowe, 67, of Mount Vernon, hospitalized at Mercy with a fractured left wrist from a late Saturday crash. Lawrence J. Yount and wife depart for Omaha for a National Credit Association convention. Mrs. T J Gurren and son William move to Des Moines, Gurren has been there since last November. Dr Robert Little to speak on Things Not on the Ballot at Canopus Club luncheon. Charles Hensley of Washburn, now at 511 Tenth St SW, Rock Island railroad employee, not the same man charged with assault and battery before Justice A S Reed last Saturday.
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Arthur Lowe
Mount Vernon
Mercy Hospital
T. J. Gurren
William
Sixth Avenue SE
Des Moines
Gurrens
Mr. Gurren
Robert Little
First Presbyterian Church
Canopus Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Charles Hensley
Washburn
Tenth Street
Rock Island Railroad
A. S. Reed
Mutual Life district head attends $250000 field club convention
Leo G. Ulch district manager of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York and Mrs. Ulch returned from New York City where they attended the companys $250,000 annual field club convention. The Gazette omitted three soloists Lyndal Davis Ruth Rice and Betty Jo Stephen from Friday nights Maddigan dance and music recital report though they did excellent work in their parts.
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Leo G. Ulch
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York
Ulch
New York City
The
Gazette
Lyndal Davis
Ruth Rice
Betty Jo Stephen
Cedar Rapids Homecrafters Meet At Whelan Basement
The Cedar Rapids Homecrafters club will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the basement workshop of R L Whelan located at 2208 Bever avenue SE The program will include demonstrations on wood turning mortising and tenoning and scroll saw use.
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Homecrafters Club
Cedar Rapids
C J Herbeck Elected President Of Iowa Power Engineers
C J Herbeck chief engineer of the Iowa Electric Light and Power company at 857 Eighteenth street SE was elected president of the Iowa group of the National Association of Power Engineers at the Des Moines convention which ended Saturday.
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C. J. Herbeck
Eighteenth Street
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Iowa
National Association of Power Engineers
Des Moines
Kansas GOP figures visit Cedar Rapids after Cleveland trip
Carl Rott of Topeka, a secretary to Gov. Alf Landon, and Clyde W. Coffman of Overbrook, a state senator and congressional candidate, stopped in Cedar Rapids for a few hours Monday. They were en route home from the Republican national convention in Cleveland and had previously visited Michigan and Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Rott
Topeka
Kan
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Clyde W. Coffman
Overbrook
Kansas State Senate
Congress
Cedar Rapids
Cleveland
Michigan
Wisconsin
Assistant Director Explains Local Jobs Service Setup
The City Council postponed action on allocating 420 dollars for the local Iowa State Employment Service maintenance after Edwin R Herbert Des Moines assistant state director explained the citys share. Officials will study funding options and consider pro rata assessments from city funds if legal means are found.
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Iowa
Edwin R. Herbert
Des Moines
Stockholders Repaid In Full By Soybean Products Inc
George J. Naxera vice president of Soybean Products Inc stated that all stockholders who invested when the company was formed two years ago have been fully repaid. He noted escrow arrangements were used due to early delays in operations. The corporate officers listed are Ray F. McGuire president and E H Farrow secretary treasurer.
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George J. Naxera
Dows Building
Soybean Products, Inc
Naxera
Neine
Ray F. McGuire
E. H. Farrow
Two Births Reported at Mercy Hospital on June 14
Mr and Mrs Everall Huff of 633 A Avenue NW welcomed a son at Mercy hospital on June 14. Mrs Huff, formerly Miss Marie Maureen McDonnell of Cedar Rapids, is the mother. Mr and Mrs William Dutrt of 190 Seventeenth Avenue SW also welcomed a daughter on June 14 at Mercy hospital.
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Everall Huff
A Avenue NW
Mercy Hospital
Huff
Marie
Maureen McDonnell
Cedar Rapids
William Dutrt
Seventeenth Avenue SW
Senate panel votes to extend Eastman post with limits
The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee approved a joint resolution to extend Joseph B. Eastman as coordinator of transportation for one year while removing regulatory powers. The plan, 9 to 7, would limit him to studies and impose a $2 per mile tax on railroads. Uncertain if Congress can act before the Tuesday expiration. Eastman was appointed after the 1933 emergency act to curb duplication and waste in transport.
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Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Joseph B. Eastman
Wheeler
Mont
Congress
Eastman
Roosevelt
Deaths William J. Russell retires farmer dies in Center Point area
William J. Russell died at his son John Russell's home on Center Point road at 3 45 am after a long illness. Born June 20 1851 in Ontario Canada he moved to the United States as a youth and lived in the area seventy years. He married Jennie E Mitchell April 15 1880 at Atkins who preceded him in death December 5 1931. Surviving are a daughter Elizabeth Tow Baldwin IA three sons Bernard Le Grand Hurd Norway IA John Russell Cedar Rapids a sister Jennie Tomlinson La Jolla CA a brother Andrew Russell Fairfax plus nineteen grandchildren. He belonged to United Presbyterian church. Funeral at Turner chapel 2 pm Wednesday with viewing there.
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William J. Russell
John Russell
Center Point Road
Ontario
Can
United States
Jennie E. Mitchell
Atkins
Elizabeth Tow
Baldwin
Bernard
le Grand
Hurd
Norway
Cedar Rapids
Jennie Tomlinson
la Jolla
Calif
Andrew Russell
Fairfax
United Presbyterian Church
Turner Chapel
Elder Charles Barrows Dies After Lingering Illness
Charles Barrows aged 82 died at 903 Sixth Street SE Cedar Rapids at 6 45 p m Sunday after a lingering illness. He was born in Muscatine October 7 1853 and lived in Cedar Rapids nine years after moving from Trenton Missouri where he worked in Rock Island equipment maintenance. He retired in 1927. He married Emma Smith June 19 1888. two children preceded him in death. A Modern Woodmen of America member his body will be moved from Moon Funeral home Tuesday evening to Trenton Missouri for services at Moen chapel at 3 p m.
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Charles Barrows
Sixth Street
Muscatine
Cedar Rapids
Trenton
Rock Island
Emma Smith
Modern Woodmen of America
The
Moon Funeral Home
Moen Chapel
Death of Mrs. Lizzie Bennett at 86 in Cedar Rapids area
Mrs. Lizzie Bennett 86 widow of J. C. Bennett died at her son C. E. Downing’s home 120 Fourth Avenue SW at 8 pm Sunday after a March 11 fall fractured hip and bedfast period. Survived by four children Minnie Ferney St Anthony Ida C E Downing Cedar Rapids A R Downing and Alice Zimmer man. Funeral Tuesday 10 a.m. at Hazleton Methodist Church with burial in Lawler Ia.
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Lizzie Bennett
J. C. Bennett
C. E. Downing
Fourth Avenue
Minnie L. Ferney
St. Anthony
Ida
Cedar Rapids
A. R. Downing
Alice A. Zimmerman
Oelwein
Methodist
Hazleton
Lawler
Mrs Catherine Emmette 80 Cedar Rapids Widow Dies
Mrs Catherine C Emmette 80 widow of James Emmette died at her home 1932 Fifth Avenue SE at 6 40 p m Sunday after a short illness She had been in Cedar Rapids a short time coming here from Chicago Surviving are three daughters Mrs R C Davidson Chicago Mrs Guy Wheeler and Miss Catherine Emmette both of Cedar Rapids The body was taken from the Monahan mortuary Monday afternoon to Reinbeck and funeral services will be held at Blessing Wednesday with burial there
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Catherine Emmette
Catherine C. Emmette
James Emmette
Fifth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
R. C. Davidson
Guy Wheeler
Monahan Mortuary
Reinbeck
Funeral for Mrs. Julia Kerr in Salem Oregon
The body of Mrs. Julia Kerr of Salem Oregon was brought to Monahan mortuary Monday morning for short services at 2 30 p m conducted by Msgr John Molloy with burial in Linnod cemetery
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Julia Kerr
Salem
Ore
Monahan Mortuary
Msgr
John Molloy
Linnod Cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs Lucian Slezak
Funeral services for Mrs Lucian Slezak who died in Chicago will be held at Immaculate Conception church on Wednesday at 9 AM conducted by Msgr John Molloy. Burial is in Mount Calvary cemetery. The body was brought to Monahan Funeral home Sunday and then to McVeigh home 615 Seventh street SE where friends may call.
Marion man given six months for driving car without consent
Robert McGill, 21, of Marion, charged with operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent, received a six month county jail term in district court. He may be released after three months for good behavior. The charge was substituted from larceny of a motor vehicle after his plea of not guilty. McGill was arrested after police spotted him last Wednesday night.
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Robert McGill
Marion
H. C
McGill
Elks Treat Home for the Friendless Children on Flag Day
Fourteen girls and seven boys from the Home for the Friendless enjoyed a noon luncheon hosted by the Elks at the Elks dining room. Each child received a half dollar and planned trips to buy gifts or save for summer camp. Miss Letty Ellen Keerl led the group with Mrs. Mary LaRue supervising the girls, and David G. Bleakley spoke about the flag before the ceremonial allegiance and song of America.
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Elks Lodge
Elks
Polk School
The
Letty Ellen Keerl
Anxi
America
Reed Attacks New Deal as Not Democratic at Kansas City
James A. Reed, former U S senator from Missouri, told the Typewriter and Office Machine Dealers convention in Kansas City that the Democratic organization no longer represents the real party. He praised the Republican platform for opposing foreign entanglements and said he would not back the Roosevelt administration for re election, though he did not commit to voting Republican in November.
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Kansas City
James A. Reed
United States
Missouri
Democratic Party
Democratic Organization
Evangelical Church
Roosevelt
Reed Claims President Is Destroying White House by Acts
Reed declared that the president has been destroying the White House by his acts, presenting a strong accusation about executive conduct.
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White House
Reed
Injunction Sought Against Grace Boston Hostessing in Cedar Rapids
Thomas W. Briggs of Memphis filed in federal court to bar Grace Boston from acting as hostess for Welcome Wagon ventures in Cedar Rapids. A preliminary injunction hearing is scheduled for June 30 before Judge George C. Scott in Sioux City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Boston
Bever Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Brazilian birds build shared nests in pairs
Several pairs of bundle-nester birds cooperate to construct and inhabit a single nest. The behavior shows joint nesting where two or more individuals share the same dwelling, promoting family or territorial strategies.
Federal probe in Kansas City stalls over agent resignation
The narrator notes the probe leader left the service and the Kansas City chief was reassigned. By September no sign of a continuing federal inquiry remained. Helvering’s office acknowledged a letter but gave no further contact. The writer suspects unverified vital information about Iowa rackets remains unchecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Pacific Coast
the Gazette
Internal Revenue
Guy T. Helvering
Washington
Bureau
Helvering
Internal Revenue Bureau
Iowa
Uncle Sam
Federal Bureau
Iowa Scandal and Revenue Bureau Probe Stalls
The article notes at least five revenue bureau reps working the Iowa mess, with a fresh assignation that repeats earlier steps. It questions why Washington delays help and claims Cedar Rapids hears of retaliation against The Gazette for exposing political and official corruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revenue Bureau
Iowa
High Command
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Kansas City
Verne Marshall
Army Bombing Plane Crashes Near Burlington Airport
A United States Army bombing plane wrecked north of Burlington municipal airport on Monday afternoon. Lieut. F. G. Allen and Private Lee Grannan of Chanute Field Illinois escaped injury in the incident.
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Burlington
Lieut
F. G. Allen
Lee Grannan
Chanute Field
Illinois
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
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W.C. Fields
Spangler
Lawrence J. Yount
Third Avenue SE
Omaha
Yount
National Credit Association
Iowa Group of Power Engineers
Clyde Coffman
Council
Soybean Products Co
Jim Reed
New Deal
B.O
Lifebuoy
Vitla Ies
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