Five Officers and 66 Sailors Feared Lost on French Sub Phenix
Paris reports the French submarine Phenix with 71 crew members is lost after a dive off Indo China. A board of inquiry is formed, and search efforts continue amid no clear cause. Salvage is deemed nearly impossible due to depth. The incident follows recent submarine disasters in allied navies.
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Paris
Navy Ministry
Phenix
Indo-China
Toulon
Mediterranean
Saignan
Far East
Ministry of the Navy
L’espoir
Cam Ranh
San
Almette Picquet
Savorgnan de Brazza
Saigon
New Hampshire
Liverpool
Everyday Living Psychic Reader’s Vibration Matches Personal Details
A reader recounts an encounter with a psychic who accurately named the writer’s brother who had died, described family members, and predicted future events. The speaker’s husband died, a son was sent abroad, another son had an accident, and a home purchase was modified. The piece notes skepticism about why it works and acknowledges fakers but defends some psychics.
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China
Phenix Submarine Disappearance Spurs Sabotage Talk
Paris press voices sabotage suspicions as 2000 ton Phenix with 71 crew vanishes off Indo China. Writ ers note a pattern of submarine losses among democracies and link it to the Paris liner fire. Families face uncertainty as official notices say all hope abandoned. Commander Boucha court steered Phenix toward Far Eastern waters amid Chinese Japanese tensions.
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Paris
Paris Press
Phenix
Indo-China
L'Humanite
United States
Great Britain
France
le Havre
O. M. Bouchacourt
Far
Zoning Case Continued To Sept 1 In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids police court case charging Mrs. Sara Kegley of 2500 First Avenue East with leasing part of her single family home in an A residential zone was continued to Sept 1 when the lease ends. Assistant city attorney Harry Johnson reached an agreement for possible dismissal on Sept 1 if Kegley does not renew the lease or obtains a nonconforming permit from the board of adjustment.
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Cedar Rapids
Sara Kegley
First Avenue E
Kegley
Harry Johnson
Board of Adjustment
Anti death by own action unit among exiles aboard St Louis
Refugee German Jews aboard the liner St Louis, reaching Antwerp after a Cuba voyage, formed an anti death by own action committee to patrol decks for despondent passengers. Of 907 who left Hamburg May 15, only one took his life in Havana. After Cuba denial, over 200 joined a mass death pact to leap overboard rather than return to Germany. The committee kept 24 hour vigil. men outranked women in watch. They sought to avoid despair as they neared Europe and await haven destinations in Britain France Belgium Netherlands. Relief officials boarded at Flushing for onward embarkation to four countries.
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Antwerp
St. Louis
Cuba
Hamburg
Havana
Germany
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Europe
United States
Morris Troper
American Joint Distribution Committee
Flushing
Boy 5 Falls Into Storm Sewer and Drowns in Atlantic City
In Atlantic City New Jersey five year old Tommy Leopardi fell into a massive storm sewer Friday and was carried under ground by the swift current. Police and firemen searched two miles of sewer and recovered the body at the Georgia avenue manhole after more than two hours. The father Rocco Leopardi a hotel engineer witnessed the pulling of the body.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Tommy Leopardi
Jimmie Brennan
John Duffy
Joseph Kernaghan
Tommy
Baltic Avenue
Georgia Avenue
Rocco Leopardi
Benes Champions Freedom at Grinnell Institute
Dr Eduard Benes head of Czechoslovaks at home and abroad urged in Grinnell that democracy endure and Europe fight to defend it. He predicted European democracy would survive and Czechoslovakia would be restored, warning that the new struggle could be war or upheaval and would end in defeat of dictatorships.
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Art Snider
Grinnell
Czechoslovakia
Grinnell Institute of International Relations
Eduard Benes
Cedar Rapids
Europe
Grinnell Institute
Benes
Chamber Commerce Seeks More Rail Shop Work in Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce urges EM Durham of the Rock Island railroad to add 45 jobs in Cedar Rapids shops to replace layoffs. Officials argue shop work from other points could be moved here, preserving local employment while Kelly denies mass moves and cites prudent machinery relocation. The Cedar Rapids shops currently employ 11 men, 38 short of full staffing.
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Cetar Ravtids
Chamber of Commerce
E M. Durham
Rock Island Railroad
Chamber
Cedar Rapids
Mike Kelly
Silvis
Kelly
Lights Fail At World’s Fair Jewel Ball
At the Belgian pavilion during the world’s fair a display of diamonds valued at two million dollars drew fourteen models when the lights suddenly went out. Soldiers and guards ushered the terrified party into a side room as candles were lit for about forty five minutes before power returned and the jewel ball continued with the four dozen nervous models.
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New York
Belgium
Heat Wave Tightens Grip in Cedar Rapids
A new heat wave tightened its grip on Cedar Rapids Saturday as temperatures rose from 71 at 6 a.m. to 91 by midmorning and 95 by 1 30 p.m under a hot sun. Friday’s peak reached 92 from 3 to 7 p.m. with a 77 reading at midnight on the Chambers Inskeep recorder.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Chick Webb Dies in Baltimore After Operation
Chick Webb famed swing drummer and bandleader, who rose from selling papers on Baltimore streets to national renown, died Friday night at Johns Hopkins hospital following a urological operation.
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Baltimore
Chick Webb
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Benes charges Gestapo torture of Czechs in camps
Senator Voija Benes brother of Czechoslovakia’s former president says in Katowice that 40,000 to 50,000 Czechs have been sent to concentration camps under Nazi rule and are being tortured, with many beaten to death. He and his wife escaped to Poland in a sealed freight car and plan to reach London to join Eduard Benes in Chicago. He calls life under German occupation terrible and unbearable.
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Katowice
Poland
Voija Benes
Czechoslovakia
Gestapo
Benes
London
Eduard Benes
University of Chicago
Relief Bill Passes After Long Session
Washington The house approved a $1.7356 billion relief bill for the next fiscal year sending it to the senate after a turbulent 14 hour session. The measure meets the president’s WPA request but adds congressional controls over relief. Final vote 373 to 21 with few party defections. Senate hearings set to begin Tuesday under Chairman Alva Bo Adams.
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Washington
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
Alva Bo Adams
Cole
Senate Appropriaations Committee
New Deal
All Iowans for Bill vote to back relief measure
Washington AP reports the entire Iowa Town delegation voted for a relief bill late Friday night and will contest several House provisions. The bill would authorize 1 477,000,000 for WPA including 125,000,000 for Public Works Administration projects, a point President Roosevelt objects to. It would fund 100,000,000 for the National Youth Administration, with the final House figure set at 83,000,000 in a harmony proposal by Sam Rayburn. A three man bipartisan WPA board would replace the single administrator, with penalties for political activity by relief workers and staff, a ban on theater projects, a shift to a security wage for WPA labor, and other proportional changes.
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Washington
House
Works Progress Administration
Public Works Administration
PWA
National Youth Administration
House Appropriations Committee
Sam Rayburn
Tex
WPA
Health Camp Fund Passes $2000 Mark Aids Needy Children
Health Camp Good Health fund totals reach 2012.37 as various local groups donate. The Gazette urges continued support to send physically handicapped children to Camp Good Health near Cedar Rapids, with visitors invited Sunday afternoon. The program, run by the Public Health Nursing Association, relies on contributions to the Camp Good Health Fund. Local organizations listed contributions including Women's Relief Corps, Women's Forum, Ladies Auxiliary to the Fire Fighters, Cedar Rapids Police Auxiliary, Ben Hur Life, Beta Delphian, and private donors. Camp activities include a picnic and supervised games for ages 6 to 12, with chocolate milk donated by Vondracek dairy.
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Women's Relief Corps
T. Z Cook Post
Women's Forum
First Christian Church
Cedar Rapids Police Auxiliary
Court
Ben Hur Life Assn
Beta Delphian
Camp Good Health
Vondracek Dairy
The
Public Health Nursing Association
Camp Good Health Fund
Gazette
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Bootleg Miner Trapped After Rock Slide in Shenandoah
Shenandoah Pa bootleg coal mine rescuer teams race to reach Joseph Majewski 45 entombed eight feet underground after a rock slide at Turkey Run mountain. His companion William Shimkus 20 feet away was uninjured as rescuers dig through rubble.
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Shenandoah
INS
Joseph Majewski
Turkey Run Mountain
William Shimkus
Monarchs In Final Appearance Of Their North America Tour
King George and Queen Elizabeth rode in an open car through St Johns to mark the last public appearance of their 30 day North American tour. They arrived aboard the Empress of Britain Friday night as thousands lined the royal route.
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ST Johns
N. F
George
Elizabeth
St. Johns
North America
Abolish Pension Chief Allen's Job in Iowa Welfare Shakeup
DES MOINES AP Reorganization Saturday ousted Baron G Allen as state old age assistance superintendent along with 25 other welfare staff in a sweeping streamlining of Iowa's social welfare system. The consolidation creates a department of public assistance led by Frank T Walton incorporating age and blind pensions and emergency relief with Laura Taft heading child welfare. HP Walker becomes audits director. Allen long marked for extinction by GOP readers.
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DES Moines
Baron G. Allen
Iowa
E. R. Meredith
Ames
Laverne Herrima
Clyde L. Herring
Emergency Relief Administration
Ned Draper
Jefferson
Martina McDonald
Heur- Jan
Charman King
R Palmer
Frank T. Walton
Burlington
New Hampton
Department of Public Assistance
Laura IL Taft
State Welfare Department
Walton
Aid To
HP. Walker
Iowa City
Allen
GOP
Palmer
German Bluebeard Dies on Guillotine in Versailles
At dawn Saturday Eugene Weidmann, the German bluebeard, was executed by guillotine in Versailles for the murder of Jean de Koven and five others. His body and severed head were buried in the convict's corner at Les Gonards cemetery, watched by more than 5,000 spectators including the victim's sweetheart and mother. His last act included a letter to de Koven’s family asserting her innocence. Defense lawyer Vincent de Moro-Giafferi called him monstrous yet serene in death.
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Paris
Eugene Weidmann
Les Gonards
Versail- Ices
Weidmann
Versailles
Jean de Koven
Brooklyn
Jean le Blanc
Miss de Koven
Vincent de Moro-Giafferi
Seven Nabbed in Plot to Kill King Carol of Romania
Bucharest AP report says police uncovered a plan to assassinate King Carol II of Romania. Seven men arrested for assembling hand grenades. others including Premier Calinescu and Grigore Gafencu reportedly targeted. Iron Guard members named. arrests to rise.
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Bucharest
Carol of
Ion Passaru
George \ornicel
Constantine Fronea
Nikolas Costea
Jon Grajdanu
Josp Raduzzu
Moldavian
Grajdanu
Ion Grajdanu
Iron Guard
Guard
Defense Testimony Starts For Main and E. L. Shaw Freed
Houston AP report says E L Shaw of Indianapolis was freed by Federal Judge James V Allred as the government rested its case in the Willard F Main mail fraud conspiracy trial. Shaw was not named by witnesses describing penny vending machines profits from Cedar Rapids vendors. Main testified defenses say profits were real and machines well bought. RD Simpson personnel testified Main firms bought top machines totaling 528481 since 1924, while others said investors lost money. Trial to resume after a one day recess.
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Houston, Tex
E. L. Shaw
Indianapolis, Inc
Willard F. Main
James V. Allred
Shaw
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Main
George Austin
McKeesport
C W, Shepherd
Rochester
Thomas T McGuire
RD. Simpson Company
Columbus
Ohio
Are We Priming A Pump Or A Vacuum Cleaner
Column by Arthur Bugs Baer questions whether the administration is boosting the economy or merely creating a mess. The writer notes rhetoric of prosperity and confidence while asking if policy acts drive real growth or a faulty vacuum. He highlights public skepticism of perceived cures.
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Baer
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