Grange Proposes Nonpartisan Farm Plan for Democrats
The National Grange presented a ten point farm program to the Democratic platform committee. It calls for an honest dollar with stable purchasing power, soil conservation, price parity, guaranteed American markets, export support, rural credit, low cost transportation, highways funding, centralized land use in agriculture, and farmer cooperative marketing with anti monopoly protections.
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Philadelphia
INS
National Grange
American Farmer
Grange
Department of Agriculture
Playmakers Stage Mystery In Library This Thursday And Friday
Playmakers present The Mystery in The Library by Mrs Don Hines on Thursday and Friday at 8:30 pm in Grace church parish house. Almont Healy directs with Mrs H E Barton assisting. cast features Dolores OBrien Joe Ainsworth Florence Healy Flora Mae Barton and others. Ushers include Charlotte King and staff. ticket sales advance through cast members and Belden Hill cigar store Clara Robinsons Colonial Food shop.
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Don Hines
Grace Church
Almont Healy
H. E. Barton
Dolores O’brien
Joe Ainsworth
Florence Healy
Flora Mae Barton
Margaret Bunce
Belden Hill
Clara Robinson
Colonial Food Shop
Gas system violation leads to suspended fine
R. D. Minehart of Central City was fined 25 dollars and costs in district court on a charge based on a State Fire Marshal complaint. Judge H. C. Ring suspended the fine on payment of costs. Officials said the compressed gas system in a Central City residence basement did not meet state regulations requiring outdoors storage or a specially constructed containment.
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R. D. Minehart
Central City
H. C. Ring
J. W. Pyle
A. Lubberden
Ford Hopkins Co Asks Injunction Dismissal
Ford Hopkins Co. seeks dismissal of an injunction action by Witwer Grocer of Cedar Rapids. Witwer obtained a temporary restraining order April 11 to stop the Ford Hopkins store from selling a malt syrup at under 54 cents per can.
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Ford Hopkins Company
Witwer Grocer Company
Cedar Rapids
Witwer Concern
Ford Hopkins
Witwer Company
Chicago
Defendant Seeks Dissolution of Temporary Restraining Order
The defendant argues that the temporary restraining order should be dissolved.
Weed Commissioners To Get 40 Cents An Hour
Linn county weed commissioners will be paid 40 cents per hour for the 1936 season, up from 35 cents last year. Mileage allowance stays at 5 cents per mile. They must supervise or perform noxious weed cutting if property owners fail to do so by the adopted destruction schedule, with cutting costs charged to the property owner.
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Linn County
Board of Supervisors
Marvin Sues Colonial Baking For Vehicle Damage
Charles E. Marvin of district court seeks 4485.87 in injury and car damage from Colonial Baking Co of Cedar Rapids after a collision on Highway 13 seven miles northeast of Strawberry Point last February 24. Marvin says he pulled into a snowdrift to let the truck pass but the Colonial truck swerved and slid into his car amidships while dodging a second truck partly on the pavement.
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Charles E. Marvin
Colonial Baking Company
Cedar Rapids
Strawberry Point
Marvin
Divorce Petitions Filed in District Court
Lola Henrichs sues William Henrichs for cruelty submitted to Judge H C Ring. They wed Sept 10 1927. Frances Entas seeks divorce from Walter Entas on desertion. married Jan 27 1913, separated 1925.
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Lola Henrichs
William H. Henrichs
H. C. Ring
Frances Entas
Walter Entas
Bridge project authorized in Linn County township
The Linn county board of supervisors authorized a creosoted wood pile bridge in Washington township near Center Point. Estimated cost is 1305.62 dollars with a drainage area of 3453 acres. Frank D. Lilly and D. M. Robertson of Lilly Printing seek 116.25 dollars in district court in an account case against Claire Rank.
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Washington Township
Center Point
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Frank D. Lilly
D. M. Robertson
The
Lilly Printing Company
Claire Rank
Linn County Board Sets Bid Opening for Gravel Road Surfacing
The Linn County board of supervisors scheduled July 9 at 10 a.m. to open bids for gravel road surfacing contracts. Officials expect bids from contractors and will announce results at the session.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Road lengths in Boulder township districts 80 and 84
In Boulder township two secondary road districts are described. District 80 contains two and a half miles of road, while district 84 covers two miles.
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Boulder Township
Judge grants Grace McCoy 877.20 judgment in lien case
In district court Judge H. C. Ring awards Grace McCoy 877.20 on a damage claim tied to an indemnifying bond in a landlord's lien case from 1932. Bond sureties A. M. Oxley W. J. Berry and Hanna J. Berry are named as defendants.
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H. C. Ring
Grace McCoy
A. M. Oxley
W. J. Berry
Hanna J. Berry
Judge awards debt verdict against Woods in HO L C case
Judge A. B. Clark in district court grants the Home Owner's Loan Corporation of Washington DC a $3 695.39 default judgment in a secured note matter against A A Wood and Rachel Wood.
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A. B. Clark
Home Owner’s Loan Corporation of
Washington, D. C
A. A. Wood
Rachel Wood
Man Captured For Forgery Is Wanted In 12 Other Towns
Harry B. Branson, 38, arrested by police, said to be wanted in at least twelve other cities under ten or more aliases. He received an indeterminate fifteen year sentence for uttering a forged instrument and pled guilty to a $17.50 bad check at Farmers Elevator Marion. He pled not guilty on two other local checks. Branson claimed release from a Kansas state penitentiary a year ago and said he lived here two weeks, paying expenses with checks. Police note prior stop orders in six Minnesota cities, three Nebraska towns, and Mason City Waterloo Clear Lake Iowa. The US used over half of the world’s rubber last year.
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Harry B. Branson
Fort Madison State Penitentiary
H. C. Ring
Branson
Marion
Frank John Harness Shop
Hawkeye Lumber Company
Kansas State Penitentiary
Minnesota
United States Bureau of Investigation
Nebraska
Mason City
Waterloo
Clear Lake
County conventions planned for Linn county Courthouse Cedar Rapids
Three political parties schedule county conventions at Linn county courthouse Cedar Rapids on Saturday at 11 a.m. Democrats keynote Glenn Kelly of Davenport. Republicans chaired by B Hickenlooper with eight eight delegates to state conventions. former labor party to elect county central committee and delegates for state and national gatherings in Des Moines Des Moines fairgrounds and August national convention. Dr D L Morrissey presides. 349 delegates seated. rally at Roosevelt hotel 7:30 p.m. with Roosevelt speech broadcast.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Glenn Kelly
Davenport
Scott County
Kelly
Dan Steck
D. L. Morrissey
Democratic County Central Committee
Des Moines
County Central Committee
Nominators’ Club
Democratic Campaign Promotion Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Roosevelt
Hickenlooper G. O. P. Keynater
Carl Hendrickson
B. B. Hickenlooper
Memorial Building
Supreme Court
Velma Burwinkle
Fairgrounds
Children Aid Camp Good Health Fund With Small Coins
Young volunteers calling themselves the Good Health Money makers canvassed neighborhoods and donated a dollar and coins to support Camp Good Health. The effort aids children sent for nourishing food and rest under physician recommendations, benefiting the Public Health Nursing association in Cedar Rapids.
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Camp Good Health Fund
Good Health Moneymakers
The
Gazette
Camp Good Health
Public Health Nursing Association
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Owa
Marriage Licenses Reported in Three Jurisdictions
Henry Leese and Emma Opper man of Waterloo W Keith Wells and M Alice Crayne of Washington Louis Alec Wiesman of Rock Island Ill and Bertha Baker of Moline Ill secured marriage licenses in their respective areas.
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Henry Leese
Emma Opperman
Waterloo
W. Keith Wells
M. Alice Crayne
Washington
Louis Alec Wiesman
Rock Island, Ill
Bertha Baker
Moline
Roosevelt era measures praised for aiding working women
Philadelphia dispatch reports Secretary Frances Perkins and Secretary Daniel Roper praising New Deal gains for women. They cite 27.1 percent growth in top employments, 210000 CWA jobs, 448000 WPA jobs, 40-hour workweek, Wagner Connery act rights, public employment offices aiding 1.5 million women, Social Security coverage, home and savings protections, and increasing women’s public roles in Cabinet and Congress.
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Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Frances Perkins
Commerce
Daniel C. Roper
National Democratic Club
Perkins
New England
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
New York State
CWA
WPA
NRA
Births Report Three New Sons in June
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Volney McFadden of New York a son Robert Bruce on June 22. Mrs. McFadden was formerly Miss Lucile McConkie daughter of Mrs. W. et e of 1636 First Avenue East. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Buell W. Blair of Maywood a son June 23. Mrs. Blair is the former Kathryn Tait daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Tait 1722 Blake Boulevard SE. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Leo C. J. Smith 118 Twenty-seventh Street SE a son Leo Joseph on June 24 at Mercy Hospital.
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Volney McFadden
New York
N. Y
Robert Bruce
McFadden
Lucile McConkie
W.ete
First Avenue E
Buell W. Blair
Maywood, Ill
Blair
Kathryn Tait
B. M. Tait
Blake Boulevard
Leo C. J. Smith
Twenty-seventh Street
Leo Joseph
Mercy Hospital
Puerto Rico Produces About 30 Million Gallons of Molasses Annually
Puerto Rico yields roughly 30 million gallons of molasses each year. The report highlights sizeable output in the island's sugar refining sector and underscores its role in local and regional markets.
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Puerto Rico
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