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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1938

Page

12

Bandit son of Chicago cup slain by police

In Chicago police shootout a bandit known as the phantom is killed as officers close in. The target is Harold Keen, 23, son of veteran officer Ernest Keen, who had identified him and aided the manhunt. Harold had a prior record, was paroled two months prior, and was killed during a confrontation with Detective Joseph McCabe. Mrs Keen faced temporary custody.

Chicago Ernest L. Keen Keen Harold State Penitentiary Angeline

Nazi Debt Claim Rejected as Berlin Rises Jewish Fear

In civilian attire the claim was rejected while Jews face intimidation as ghetto benches appear in central Berlin with signs not for Jews and only for Jews. American reporters Hottelet and Knauth were briefly detained with Jews at a police station. most released. Crowds gathered at foreign consulates seeking passport visas.

Berlin Royal Richard C. Hottelet United Press Brooklyn Percival Knauth New York Chicago Tribune

Lloyds to bill Franco for ship damage in Spanish War

Lloyds underwriters planned to send a bill totaling 1 250 000 dollars to Francisco Franco for damage to British ships bombed or sunk or damaged in loyalist ports.

London Lloyds

Farm bloc seeks processing taxes to fund farm aid

Leaders of the congressional farm bloc pledge to seek enactment next winter of processing taxes to raise 300 000 000 to 500 000 000 annually. President Roosevelt objected to expanding the farm program without funds. The aim is guaranteed income for 6 000 000 farmers via government control of surpluses and subsidies. Congress added 212 000 000 in relief recovery to lift farm income to 75 percent of parity this year. total agriculture aid reached 1 357 684 732, with nearly a billion in subsidies through soil conservation sugar and parity programs. Rep Cannon said the tax plan will be taken up in January.

Washington INS Congressional Farm Bloc Roosevelt Congress Cannon Missouri

ASK REBUILDING BAD HIGHWAY PAVING HERE

Mr Young explains that streets outlined for highway commission request target the worst paving inside city limits Cedar Rapids seeks new paving if possible The program aims to reconstruct the poorest pavement where primary roads extend and hinges on highway commission approval for any action

Highway Commission Young Cedar Rapids

Dr Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Family Heads to Wedding

Mrs Roosevelt and Elliott Roosevelt Jr and his wife left Washington for Massachusetts ahead of the presidential special for a family breakfast at the Framingham home of James Roosevelt. Anna Boettiger and John Boettiger followed from New York. Mrs Roosevelt declined to give motherly advice to the couple.

Congress Boston

Harlan defense seeks directed verdict in anti union case

The defense in the Harlan anti union conspiracy case asked Federal District Judge H Church Ford for a directed verdict dismissing charges against operators, former mine guards and Harlan mining companies on trial. Sea water weighs about 114% pounds more a cubic foot than fresh water at the same temperature.

London, Ky Federal H. Church Ford Harlan Mining

Gov Langer Loses Bid to Block College Ouster

Federal Judge Walter C. Lindley denied Governor William Langer’s request to stop the North Central Association from removing North Dakota Agricultural College from its accredited list. The restraining order was dissolved as no immediate threat to the University of North Dakota was shown, and Langer was cited for not exhausting appeal options within the voluntary association.

Danville Walter C. Lindley William Langer North Dakota North Dakota Agricultural College North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools Association University of North Dakota At Grand Forks Langer

Senate committee expands scope to probe campaign spending

Senator Sheppard of Texas was elected chairman of the Senate campaign expenditures committee at its first session. Senator O Mahoney of Wyoming was named vice chair with widened powers to investigate use of public funds for political purposes. The panel's appropriation rose to 80000 dollars as Senators Walsh Harrison Brown Shipstead White attended or were represented.

Washington Sheppard Texas Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee O'Mahoney Wye Senate O’mahoney Walsh Mass Harrison Miss Brown Mich Shipstead Minn Garner White

Iowa CCC quota for July set at 1199 in Iowa

DES MOINES AP National CCC authorities notified Iowa Relief Administrator N S Genung that Iowa July enrollment quota would be 1199, about 20 percent above the 1000 quota in 1937. CCC rolls show 3231 Iowa boys in 25 camps May 31, with three other camps in Iowa housing Arkansas youths.

Des Moines CCC Iowa N. S. Genung Genung Arkansas

Congressmen Leave To Patch Up Fences

Congress adjournment looms as fights over naval legislation anti trust inquiry and a tax plan continue. President sails to Nahant for his son’s marriage while Vice President Garner returns home. Senate debated lobby funds and newspaper study amid criticism. Deficiency bill approved. relief provisions and shelter belt funding blocked. Wire tapping and deportation bills stalled. Dies Stein measures pending.

Nahant Mass John Garner Uvalde Tex Senate Lobby Committee Burke Minton Clark Germany Barkley Norris Sion Capitol Hill Congress House Dies Dickstein

Customers Put On Spot When Their Barbers Kidnapped

NEW YORK. Vincent Cio told a police judge that he and four assistants were forced from his West Thirty-third street barber shop by 15 striking brother barbers. The robocop police rescued staff from a taxicab while customers stood outside, lathered in soap. The 15 men were held in $250 bail each for hearing June 24.

New York Vincent Cio West Thirty-third Street Cio

Porter Alf Smith Knocked Unconscious After Fall at Montrose Hotel

Alf Smith a 65 year old Negro porter at John Trapp barber shop in the Delavan hotel basement was knocked unconscious at 1 25 am Friday after falling ten steps on an outside stairway on the Third street side of the Montrose hotel three cab drivers Harry Henderson James Spiker and R McNulty witnessed him fall on the second step and they sum up the incident.

Alf Smith John Trapp Delavan Hotel Montrose Hotel Harry Henderson James Spiker R. McNulty Smith

Ambulance Move Sends Man to Mercy Hospital

Friday morning the man was slightly improved and regained consciousness at Mercy hospital after cab drivers saw him leaning against the stairway guard railing.

Mercy Hospital Smith

Congress longest since 1929 30 era

Washington reports the Seventy fifth congress sat 420 days the longest since the 71st congress with 529 days in 1929 30. The first session lasted 229 days the fall special session 37 days and the closing session 154 days marking the longest period since Roosevelt took office.

Washington Agent Roosevelt

Former LAPD Aide Guilty Of Murder In Bombing Case

Captain Earle E. Kynette, former head of the LAPD intelligence squad, was found guilty of attempted murder and two other charges in the January bombing of Harry Raymond, a private investigator. He faces life imprisonment. conspiracy to commit murder was acquitted. Lieutenant Roy Allen was convicted of malicious use of explosives while Lieutenant Fred Browne was acquitted on all charges. The ten week trial concluded with the verdicts.

LOS Angeles Earle E. Kynette Los Angeles Police Intelligence Squad Harry Raymond Kynette Roy Allen Fred Browne

New York Man Hurt In Auto Crash West Of Grinnell

Joseph Salzman of New York City was cut and bruised in an automobile accident three miles west of Grinnell on highway 6. He rode with Kenneth Tooker of Omaha, who was uninjured. A rear tire blew out on a towed car causing a wreck as the two vehicles broke loose and rolled into a ditch during a fleet trip from Chicago to Omaha.

Grinnell Joseph Salzman New York City Here Salzman Kenneth Tooker Omaha Tooker Chicago

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