150 Nabbed In New Orleans CIO Roundup
In New Orleans a citywide crackdown led by Acting Police Superintendent John Grosch arrests over 150 CIO members and sympathizers. About 100 released. rest held as police push to curb CIO activity amid a dispute with AFL unions and a nine firm drayage strike. The NLRB will investigate alleged discrimination against unionists. CIO attorneys claim federal civil liberties action may follow.
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New Orleans
INS
CIO
Committee For Industrial Organization Unions
John Grosch
Grosch
National Labor Relations Board
Lee Pressman
Justice Department
Civil Liberties Act
Robert Maestri
U.S District Court
Richard Dowling
U.S
Homer
Democrats Accused N D C of Taking 849812 From Wealthy Groups
Senator Holt charged the Democratic National Committee with blackjacking 849,812 from corporations and wealthy individuals in 1936 to 1937. He listed 848 corporations and 750 individuals buying Democratic souvenir books at 100 each, naming Anheuser Busch Pabst Schlitz Inland Steel and others, with Margaret Biddle leading individuals at 20000. The list included figures tied to labor act violations and economic royalists as labeled by the administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Holt
W. Va
Democratic National Committee
Congressional Record
Anheuser-Busch, Pabst and Schlitz Brewing Companies
American Radiator-Standard Sanitary Corp
Inland Steel Co
Pennsylvania Railroad
Studebaker Corporation
Margaret Biddle
Overbrook
Walter P. Chrysler
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle
Vincent Bendix
Robert E. Wood
Powell Crosley
Harold F. McCormick
Harvester
Protestant Education Program Urged at Christian Education Confab
Dr. Albert W. Beaven, president of Colgate Rochester Divinity School, warned delegates at the twentieth international convention on Christian education that the Protestant church must build a strong ongoing educational program. He urged educating members to support the church financially, noting many give little or nothing to foreign missions.
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Columbus, O
Albert W. Beaven
Colgate-Rochester Divinity School
Rochester
N. Y
Sinclair Playground Community Night and Movie Program Mixup
A scheduling error at the playground commission listed Lincoln for Community Night on Wednesday while Sinclair is the correct site tonight. Lincoln hosts a program directed by Harold Fisher and Martha Hubbard, with Sinclair led by Ted Bornhoft and Luella O’Brien. Two Riverside vs Sinclair softball games occurred, and a six boy orchestra conducted by Alan Richardson, sponsored by the Optimist Club, performed for about 500 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Playground Commission
Lincoln Playground
Sinclair Playground
Lincoln
Harold Fisher
Martha Hubbard
Ted Bornhoeft
Luella O’brien
Sinclair
Riverside Park
Byron Hencks
Mildred Foster
Riverside
Alan Richardson
Optimist Club
Lester Hurt
Carl Reeder
Duane Morey
Paul Valliere
Ellery Whitmer
Charles Loufek
Harrison Playground
Ralph Martin
Eileen Kelly
Court House News Second Road District in Clinton Township
A petition seeks establishment of a 1 mile sur face road improvement in Clinton township from Highway 30 north to the old Red Ball road two miles east of the Linn Benton county line. The board named appraisers for district No. 110 and accepted a $30,150 PWA grant for permanent bridge work financed 45 percent by PWA and 55 percent by county funds.
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Clinton Township
Red Ball
Linn-Benton
W. H. Behrens
P. M Davis
Cedar Rapids
J. H. Schaum
Coggan
William P. Secrist
Marion
Ely
Western
PWA
Linn County To Reopen Bids For Graders Next Tuesday
Linn County supervisors will open bids at 2 p m next Tuesday for two diesel motor patrol graders with rear mounted power plants. County engineer Behrens will supply detailed specifications and bidding forms go to six local firms. Previous bids on maintainers were rejected for vague heavy duty descriptions. The new bid package includes a trade in of three scrapers and related parts.
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Linn County
W. H. Behrens
Behrens
Guardianship action to set aside sale contract in Cedar Rapids
The People Savings Bank as guardian of Bertha O. Fix brought a voluntary guardianship action to set aside a contract by Bertha O. Fix and Philip C. Fix to sell two Cedar Rapids properties to Arthur R. Chehak, former husband of Bertha Fixs sister Myrtle M. Chehak, resolved by stipulation.
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Peoples Savings Bank
Bertha O. Fix
Philip C. Fix
Cedar Rapids
Arthur R. Chehak
Property deal cancels contract and transfers parcel to Chehak
District Judge H C Ring notes the contract cancellation while Mrs Chehak’s estate is settled. One property will pass to Chehak with $500 payment to Peoples Savings Bank as executor of the Myrtle M Chehak estate.
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H. C. Ring
Chehak
Peoples Savings Bank
Myrtle M. Chehak
10 Year Sentence For Automobile Theft
Dwight W Wilson 23 of Cedar Rapids pleaded guilty to stealing Dr E G Kieck s car in mid April. District Judge H C Ring sentenced him to an indeterminate ten year term at Fort Madison penitentiary on Wednesday after withdrawing a not guilty plea on May 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight W Wilson
Cedar Rapids
E. G. Kieck
Fort Madison Penitentiary
H. C. Ring
Wilson
Decree Sets Aside Cedar Rapids Property Transfer
District Judge C J Haas on Tuesday afternoon issued a decree in the suit by Myrtle Takes of Dubuque and Charles DeWald administrator of the Nancy Adamson estate to set aside a deed to Cedar Rapids property from Mrs Rebecca Adamson to a daughter in law. The decree confirms the deed and orders transfer of a collateral note and mortgage interest to Myrtle Takes as part of Nancy Adamson assets. Nancy Adamson died September 19 1937.
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C. J. Haas
Myrtle Takes
Dubuque
Charles DeWald
Nancy Adamson
Cedar Rapids
Failure to amend petition leads to costs in Wisconsin district suit
In Fond du Lac, Mildred M Neville v Order of Railway Conductors state court granted judgment for $13 costs against plaintiff's cost bond after failure to amend following a defense demurrer sustained Sept 15 1936. The suit involved a $2500 accidental death claim by Neville's beneficiary from Thomas Neville. The case tangled with a mandamus action by C H Albers receiver to compel stock transfer in a separate matter. The court gave 30 days to amend.
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C. J. Haas
Mildred M Neville
Fond du Lac
Wis
Order of
Thomas Neville
Neville
C. H. Albers
Phillips State Bank and Trust Company of
Chicago
Perfection Building Company of
Cedar Rapids
John H. Taft
Albers
Illinois
Iowa
Klinsky sues Kehrer over March collision in SE
Joseph Klinsky filed a damage and personal injury suit against Isabel Kehrer on May 5 and dismissed it with prejudice before District Judge H. C. Ring. The case arose from a collision on Washington avenue at Sixteenth Street SE on March 16 involving cars driven by Kehrer and Zora Klinsky. Klinsky sought 193.25 for car damage while the assigned claims totaled 2,500 for Zora and 100 for Robert Klinsky.
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Joseph Klinsky
Isabel Kehrer
H. C. Ring
Zora Klinsky
Washington Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Klinsky
Robert Klinsky
District Court Directed Verdict Appeal in Ward v Zerzanek
The Iowa Supreme Court in Des Moines heard an appeal Wednesday from a district court directed verdict for defendants in a $10 000 injury suit. Wesley Ward alleges injuries from a car collision driven by Evelyn Zerzanek on September 4 1936. The case also names Ruth Putnam as a defendant.
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C J. Haas
Wesley Ward
Evelyn Zerzanek
Ruth Putnam
State Supreme Court
Des Moines
International News Service
Ward
Zerzanek
Stolen Cash Sparks Home Break-in Report Near Ely
Chris Lee living east of Ely reported to Sheriff James H. Smith that someone entered his unlocked home while he was away in Cedar Rapids Tuesday between 7 30 and 10 30 p m and stole 24 dollars in cash Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon investigated. The P A Starck Piano company of St Louis won a possession judgment for a piano and bench in district court Judge H C Ring presiding. L Merle Price named defendant in replevin with plaintiff awarded 100 for alleged detention of two pieces The divorce case of Mary Shirley versus Irving Shirley on cruelty and custody was submitted to Judge Ring after noon. In a Cedar Rapids real estate partition decree Lee Robinson and Rose Janda Holcomb were halves owners. Renewal of Pearl Bragan's beer and cigarette licenses approved by county supervisors. Earl Smith of Waterloo released from county jail on a check charge.
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Chris Lee
Ely
James H. Smith
Cedar Rapids
Larry Condon
P. A. Starck Piano Company of
St. Louis
H. C. Ring
L. Merle Price
Mary Shirley
Irving Shirley
Morrison, Ill
C. J. Haas
Lee Robinson
Rose Janda Holcomb
Malcolm V. Bolton
John J. Wagner
Garry Goman
C. L. Watsabaugh
Local Divorce Decrees and County Budget Report
District court granted Minnie Coble a divorce from William Coble on desertion and cruelty. Minnie Shaver restored as her name. Robert Shaffer granted divorce from Louise Shaffer on cruelty grounds. County Treasurer Milo Sedlacek midyear report approved by supervisors. prior news story noted June 22 details.
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Milo Sedlacek
County Supervisors
Divorced Woman Ordered to Remarry to Resolve Snarl
In Chicago Mrs Blanche Schulz 26 was divorced from Raymond Schulz Jr Tuesday and told by Circuit Judge William V Brothers to remarry John Paul Leafgreen of Lockridge Iowa alive and married. Schulz must remarry before final custody for her three children ages 8 6 and 2 is decided while Leafgreen is also alive.
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Chicago
Blanche Schulz
William V. Brothers
Leafgreens
Schulzes
Oskaloosa
Schulz
Judge Brothers
Founder of Theater Group Fears U S Stage Gone To Pot
Orson Welles, 23, founder of the Mercury theater group, told a National Education Association gathering that he believes the U S stage has declined. He said in entertainment value the theater is vastly inferior to the movies and spoke with weary mood about drama.
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Theater
U. S
New York
Orson Welles
Kenosha
Wis
Welles
Mercury Theater Group
National Education Association
Brutus
Army Recruiting Resumes July 1 At Des Moines Post
Sergeant August Miller announced that U S Army recruitment will resume July 1 at the Fort Des Moines station. Vacancies exist in the mounted 14th Cavalry and the motorized 80th Field Artillery. Eligible applicants are single males ages 18 to 35 in good health without dependents.
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U. S. Army
Sergt
August Miller
Fort Des Moines
14Th Cavalry
80Th Field Artillery
Sergt. Miller
Deaths and Obituaries In Cedar Rapids Area
Word was received of the sudden death of L. C. Street of Dixon Illinois father of Evelyn Street and Alice Street of Coe College. He died Tuesday night after attending Coe commencement and the University of Wisconsin class anniversary trip. Charles Richard Hetherington 50 died at his Cedar Rapids home after a three year illness. He was a lifelong Cedar Rapids resident and ex salesman for Home Oil and Gas. He married Florence Richmond in 1909. He leaves a widow a daughter Mrs Clyde Sawyer two grandchildren and his mother Mrs Elsie Hetherington. Funeral at Beatty chapel Friday 2 pm. Burial Linwood cemetery.
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L. C. Street
Dixon, Lr
Evelyn Street
Coe College
Alice Street
Coe
Street
Cedar Rapids
Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Illinois State Highway Commission
Charles Richard Hetherington
Second Avenue
Home Oil and Gas Company
Marion
Florence Richmond
First United Presbyterian Church
Clyde B. Sawyer
Dixie Ann Sawyer
Tom Sawyer
Elsie Hetherington
Beatty Chapel
W. Greer McCrory
Linwood Cemetery
Ten-time mother and first grandchild within hours in Louisiana
New Orleans report notes thirty five year old Mrs. Joachim Rogers of Lockport Louisiana gave birth to her tenth child and became a grandmother for the first time within an hour and a half on Tuesday.
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New Orleans
Joachim Rogers
Lockport
Aged Armies Return for Gettysburg Anniversary
Veterans from both sides gathered on the Gettysburg field for the 75th anniversary events. Flags lined the streets as searchlights lit the night sky while veterans shared memories and new anecdotes. President Roosevelt is set to dedicate the Eternal Light peace memorial and modern military displays will cap the ceremonies.
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Charles Pfeffer
R. S. Ramsey
Monticello
Thirtieth Kentucky Infantry
Ramsey
Alvin Tolman
Manatee
Fla
Russell van Dusen
Bridgeport
Calif
Warren T. Fisher
Pasadena
Overton H. Mennet
Los Angeles
John M. Claypool
St. Louis
United Confederate Veterans
Gettysburg College Stadium
Roosevelt
Gettysburg
To Punish French Spies With Death
Paris AP report states France issued a decree to impose the death penalty in peacetime for select espionage cases. The measure aims to curb rising spy activity and also applies life penal servitude to peacetime convictions, aligning with Germany’s recent counter espionage drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Germany
Pamphlets Linking Union To Reds Admitted At Trial
In London Kentucky defense lawyers in the Harlan coal conspiracy case won permission for the jury to inspect a cache of Russian pamphlets seized at United Mine Workers of America headquarters. The documents were offered to link the union with communism during the Wagner Act conspiracy trial of 16 corporations and 40 individuals. The pamphlets, mostly blasphemous, are tied to events following the 1931 Evarts battle, a point the defense keeps in focus.
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London
Harlan Coal
United Mine Workers ‘of America
H. Church Ford
Hart Lan
United Mine Workers of America
Evarts
Remark On Beaver Pen Provokes German Protest
Toronto officials faced a German protest after Alderman William Croft called the city zoo beaver pen so dirty that only Hitler would be put in it. German counsel Dr. C Kropp asked that the offensive remark be withdrawn following an inspection of the zoo and proposed improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
INS
William Croft
City Zoo
Hitler
C Kropp
Croft
Rand barred from CU campus address by president
In Boulder Colorado President George E Norlin of the University of Colorado said Sally Rand does not fit into the educational institution and denied permission for the Young Democratic club to have her address students on campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulder, Colo
Ins
Sally Rand
Harvard
George E. Norlin
University of Colorado
Roosevelt drafts cottage plan at Hyde Park farm
President Roosevelt told reporters he had drawn a rough draft of a new cottage for his farm and that architects prepared the exact plans. An aide joked he might be called associate architect, which the President laughed off, saying he had no license to practice architecture in New York.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
New York State
Hal Sheridan discusses Our Movies with Kiwanis
Paramount theater manager Hal Sheridan spoke to Kiwanis at Hotel Montrose about Our Movies. He traced a film from Hollywood to its destruction after 200 showings and noted 80 percent of theatergoers prefer double features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Sheridan
Paramount Theater
Kiwanis Club
Hotel
Montrose
Sheridan
Hollywood
Cantor Heads East to Aid Jews Move to Palestine
Eddie Cantor, noted entertainer, travels to New York en route to Europe to help relocate Jews from Germany and Poland to new homes in Palestine. The trip aims to support resettlement efforts and involve Cantor in relief and advocacy work.
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Hollywood
INS
Eddie Cantor
New York
Europe
Cantor
Germany
Poland
Palestine
Doctor's Prescription For Liquor Habit Alcoban
A doctor's prescription once used for alcohol addiction is now offered to the public as Alcoban. It is not habit forming and can be taken with liquor tea coffee or food. It aids the sufferer in overcoming cravings and restoring usefulness. Sold by May's Cut Rate Drugstore and others.
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May
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