Cedar Rapids May analysis shows employment gains across firms
The Cedar Rapids industrial bureau reports 21 local firms employed more people in May than in March and April, with 4 957 payrolls. May building permits reach 170 valued at 137 013, car loadings and telephones rise, electrical use climbs to 13 721 780 kWh, and post office receipts dip from April.
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Chamber of Commerce
Consolidated Business Report of
Cedar Rapids
Industrial Bureau
City Council Orders Beer Restriction for Dance Halls
Council plans tighter beer rules for dance halls with higher fees and floor space limits.Booths removed police and matron must wear uniforms. minors banned or blamed for beer with dealer and adults liable. Hotels private clubs unaffected. 3400-signature petition urged ban. reform to be tested as experiment.
Landon and Knox Map Early Presidential Campaign
Republicans outline a campaign plan with Governor Landon starting at his birthplace West Middlesex Pennsylvania. The plan includes a first speech in West Middlesex then Chautauqua New York and appearances in Buffalo or Rochester before a New England swing. Marion Scranton supports the West Middlesex start.
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Middle West
National Committee
Illinois
Landon
West Middlesex
Marion M. Scranton
Pennsylvania
New England
Hilles
Chautauqua
N. Y
Buffalo
Rochester
N.Y
Irving Berlin Welcomes Baby Girl to the Family
Ellin Mackay Berlin gave birth to a girl at Doctors' Hospital shortly after 2 a.m. Tuesday. Both mother and child, weighing 8 pounds 2 ounces, are reported well. This is the Berlin couple’s third daughter. a son born in December 1929 died shortly after birth.
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New York
INS
Ellin Mackay Berlin
Irving Berlin
Clarence Mackay
Postal Telegraph Company
Doctors’ Hospital
Berlins
Lifeb Underwriters Name Cedar Rapids President
O. W. Mull was elected president of the Cedar Rapids Life Underwriters association at a Hotel Montrose meeting. Officers include L. W. Dooley vice president W. E. Maupin secretary Edward E. Lowe treasurer. Board members named Rudy Weber R. H. Pickford W. F. Sarset O. E. Atkinson I. J. Barron and O. J. Larson.
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O. W. Mull
Cedar Rapids Life Underwriters’ Association
Montrose
L. W. Dooley
W. E. Maupin
Edward E. Lowe
Rudy Weber
R. H. Pickford
W. F. Sarset
O. E. Atkinson
I. J. Barron
Iowa City
O. J. Larson
Bonus bond certification efforts draw veterans groups and officials
Representatives from service organizations aided in the Cedar Rapids post office certification rooms to identify veterans and verify bond serial numbers. Stop orders were issued on 15 000 error bonds, with some duplicates and misaddressed packets found. most bonds remain unclaimed, with delivery continuing and post office hours extended into the evening to handle the rush.
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Metta A. Burd
Linn County
The
American Red Cross
Robert Vlach
Hanford
American Legion
H. H. Wage
Frank Vlasek
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Joe Petrus
United States
George Beattie
Charles Chadima
Civil Service
Post Office Department
Washington, D. C
Morgenthau
Post Office
Cedar Rapids
Indictment Hails Slain Chicagoan’s Wife in Murder Case
Harold Goldberg, Hammond pawn shop official, identified Mrs Mildred Bolton as the purchaser of a revolver days before the grand jury voted a true bill charging Mrs Bolton with killing her husband Joseph W Bolton Jr in his insurance office Monday A receipt for the weapon made out to Sara Weston was found in her purse and the pistol’s serial number matched the receipt
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Chicago
Harold Goldberg
Hammond
Ind
Mildred Bolton
Baker Resigns From U S Steel Board
New York AP reports George F. Baker resigned as a director of United States Steel Corp. He was replaced by Leon Fraser, vice president of the First National Bank of New York, in a corporate announcement.
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NEW York
George F. Baker
United States Steel Corp
Leon Fraser
First National Bank of New York
Couzens to Run for Re election in Michigan
Senator James Couzens of Michigan formally announced his bid for re election this fall. He will enter the republican primaries in September and did not endorse his party's presidential candidate or the new platform.
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Washington
INS
James Couzens
Michigan
New Industrial Acts Pushed By Administration
Washington reports the administration, facing Supreme Court rebuffs, mounted a last minute push to pass two industrial regulatory measures before adjournment. Under labor pressure and electoral stakes, leaders prioritized 1) the Guffey soft coal substitute to set price fixing in bituminous coal, and 2) the Healey government contract bill mandating a 40 hour work week and minimum wages in industry.
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Washington
INS
Supreme Court
Congress
Healey
Minnesota Democrats in Tight Race for State Nominations
In Minnesota primaries the farmer labor party backs Gov Floyd Olson and Sen Elmer Benson amid internecine struggles. Olson defeats Carl Taylor for farmer-labor Senate nomination while Theodore Christianson wins Republican Senate bid. Nelson takes Republican governorship nod as Maas wins Fourth district nomination.
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Minneapolis
Dewey W. Johnson
Farmer-Labor
M. J. Dillon
Ernest Lundeen
Joseph A. Kozlak
Ernest F. Jacobson
Melvin Maas
St. Paul
Farmer-laborites
Floyd B. Olson
U. S
Elmer Benson
Magnus Johnson
Benson
Olson
Twin Cities
Johnson
Carl Taylor
Walter Liggett
Hos
Maine Primaries See Coughlin Townsend Endorsements
In Maine, candidates backed by Rev. Coughlin and Dr. Townsend won two nominations and lost three. Townsends and Coughlins influenced Republican contests in two of three congressional districts while a Townsend backed Democrat narrowly defeated in the first district. Barrows edged Page for governor while Dubord ran Democrat nominee. White and Brann were unopposed for Senate nominations.
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Portland
Charles E. Coughlin
Francis
E. Townsend
Maine
Townsend-Coughlin
Townsend Organization
Lewis P. Barrows
Erin W. Page
Skowhegan
Clinton Wunder
Townsend Old Age Pension Plan Organization
Harold F. Dubord
Waterville
Wallace H. White, Jr
Louis J. Brann
United States Senate
White
Roosevelt Signs Commodity Exchange Act
President Roosevelt on Tuesday signed the commodity exchange bill into law. The act extends the 1922 grain futures framework to include dairy products and cotton, creating a code of fair competition for grain and commodity exchanges.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Marriage Licenses Listed for Four Couples
Vernon D. Atkins of St. Joseph Missouri and Helen Nedrow of Marion wed. Lewis M. Davies of Keota and Dorothy Louise Randolph of Cedar Rapids. Joseph W. Kramer of Iowa City and Evelyn A. Rivenstahl of Winn. Stanley Graves of Marengo and Doris Heller of Belle Plaine connected in licenses.
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Vernon D. Atkins
St. Joseph
Helen Nedrow
Marion
Lewis M. Davies
Keota
Dorothy Louise Randolph
Cedar Rapids
Joseph W. Kramer
Iowa City
Evelyn A. Rivenstahl
Winn
Stanley Graves
Marengo
Doris Heller
Belle Plaine
Estimation of stray cats' annual bird consumption
An estimate puts 80 million stray cats in the United States at consuming about 50 birds per year each. The figure highlights potential impact on local bird populations and the role of cat control in wildlife protection.
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United States
Alice in Blunderland reaches Cincinnati editorial note
Administration backers urged unity before attacks on the Republican lineup as Farley Norris and Landon are cited with New Deal and reactionary contrasts. Postmaster General questions Hoover nomination while three years of patronage shape bureaucrats' view. Alice Longworth voices shock at an unbossed convention and grassroots resistance.
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Cincinnati
Mr. Hoover
Alice Longworth
Three Sentenced At Waukon In N E Iowa Robbery Case
Three men arrested in northeast Iowa raids pled guilty in district court in Waukon. Richard Folsom received an indeterminate five year sentence to Fort Madison on larceny. Art Schweikert got a similar five year term to Anamosa. Joe Larson was fined 300 and jailed three months for illegal possession of liquor. Hank Beese was sent to Minnesota to face burglary charges. Additional raids revealed a still near Monona and stolen tool chests and car merchandise. Henry Lawson and Robert Gould were freed but face bootlegging charges with June 29 hearings. Bonds posted. The Lawson safe sum was dismissed as tavern receipts.
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Gazette
Waukon
Iowa
T. H. Goheen
Richard Folsom
Fort Madison
Art Schweikert
Anamosa Reformatory
Joe Larson
Allamakee County
Hank Beese
Fillmore County
Minnesota
Lanesboro
Minn
William Arthur
Monona
Postville
Henry Lawson
Robert Gould
Justice Nichols
Lutherans Elect Sebelius as Augustana College President
The Lutheran Augustana synod elected Dr. S. J. Sebelius dean of the Augustana Theological Seminary in Rock Island to succeed Dr. Conrad Bergendorf as president. The synod also authorized building a new men's dormitory at the college to be named Gustav Andersen Hall in honor of the president emeritus.
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ST. Peter, Minn
Lutheran Augustana Synod
S. J. Sebelius
Augustana Theological Seminary
Rock Island
Ill
Conrad Bergendorf
Gustav Andreenhall
Seven Die as Plane Crashes into Mountain
OSLO Norway UP reports an Havoren airliner en route from Oslo to Bergen crashed into a mountainside on the northern bank of Sognefjord in dense fog. Three passengers and four crew members were killed.
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Oslo
Norway
Havoren
Bergen
Sognefjord
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Consolidated Business Report
Landon and
Knox
Irving Berlins
Life Underwriters
C. W. Mull
Baker
U. S. Steel Board
Couzens
Schall
Theodore Christianson
Christianson
Thomas D. Schall
Martin Nelson
Nelson
N.E
Craemer’s
First Avenue
Panama
Cloth
Congo
Express
Sebelius Augustana College
Sion
Burton
Podzimek
Igor Ager
Gault T
Yost
Second Avenue
Navy
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