Three youths die and Cedar Rapids man injured in crash
In rural Tama County near Clutter nine miles from Toledo three farm youths died and George J. Ottsen of Cedar Rapids was seriously injured in a Thursday crash at 3 pm. Edward Zmolek Milo Zmolek and Ernest Chalupnik perished after their borrowed car veered on a gravel road in rain.
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Clutter
Cedar Rapids
Toledo
Edward Zmolek
Louis Zmolek
Milo Zmolek
Edward
Ernest Chalupnik
L. F. Chalupnik
George J. Ottsen
Maplewood Drive
Mercy Hospital
Ottsen
A. J. Wentzien
Tama County
Edward Zmoleck
Milo
Marshalltown
Chalupnik
Waterloo
Wentzien
Senate approves 223 million supplemental War Department fund
The Senate passed a 223,398,047 supplemental War Department appropriation bill without debate and sent it to the House. It allocates 89,727,655 for operations and 44,000,000 in contractual obligations to build 2,467 war planes as part of a 5,500 first class fighter plan. An amendment funds tornado relief in Minnesota and increases a deficiency bill by 540,000, including 180,000 for the Temporary National Economic Committee.
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Washington
INS
War Department
Senate
House
Lowryfield
Colorado
Lundeen
Minn
Treasury
Hennepin
Anoka
Minn. A
National Economic Committee
Weather Clears And Mercury Rises In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids sees humidity eased as a warm day unfolds. After a cool night the temperature climbs from a 64 degree low at 6 am to 83 at noon and 84 by 2 30 pm with a high near 91 earlier in the day followed by scattered afternoon showers totaling 0.06 inch. Evening temperatures dip to 69 at 7 pm and 67 at midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
When We Are Below Par We Grow Weary and Worry
A reader recalls resigning a difficult job in weariness and regrets the hasty choice. The piece warns against acting when fatigued and urges time to ponder, sleep on decisions, and let the deeper mind clarify. It cites Napoleon and a prime minister to illustrate fragility under strain and stresses keeping physically mentally and spiritually fit. DR. NEWTON.
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Napoleon
Waterloo
Europe
England
Hitler
Germany
St. Augustine
McElroy Indicted in Water Fund Embezzlement Case
Kansas City AP Henry F. McElroy former city manager who resigned last April amid Pendergast era criticism was indicted by the Jackson County grand jury over a 356 500 water leak scheme. John J. Pryor and John J. Rathford were indicted with him for embezzlement and obtaining money under false pretenses. The charge carries up to five years in prison.
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Kansas City
Henry F. McElroy
Tom Pendergast
Jackson County
Grand Jury
McElroy
Pendergast
John J. Pryor
John J. Rathford
Pryor and Rathford
President Roosevelts Long Siege for Monetary Policy Fight
President Roosevelt returns to Washington to brief congressional leaders on a planned summer battle over three bills. He seeks action on work relief, dollar devaluation powers, and neutral trade rules, while Morgenthau warns of dire consequences if Congress limits emergency money powers.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
White House
Congress
Senator Barkley
Rep. Rayburn
Mr. Roosevelt
Garner
Bankhead
House
Senate
Rayburn
the Treasury
Morgenthau
Treasury
United States
Great Britain
Britain
British Fears Of Danzig Crisis And Nazi Rumors
In London British officials warned Germany of determined defense of international law with reinforced armaments. Churchill urged a tough reply to Hitler while reports said Danzig prepared a free corps and Nazi plans were ridiculed as wild rumors by Berlin.
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Danzig
London
INS
Halifax
Germany
Britain
Winston Churchill
Free Corps
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Voelkischer Beobachter
Warsaw
Danzig “Free Corps
Hitler
Chamberlain
Author Harry Leon Wilson Dies in Monterey at 72
Monterey California AP reports noted author Harry Leon Wilson died in his sleep Wednesday night after several years of illness. The writer of many novels and essays, Wilson was a prominent literary figure in his era.
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Monterey
Calif
Harry Leon Wilson
Write In Anguish A Utah Family Helps Czech Boy
The true life drama of a Czechoslovakian refugee and a Utah family who saved him from the Sudeten crisis reaches a tragic conclusion after more than a year. The story, with photographs, appears in The Sunday Gazette on July 2.
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Czechoslovakia
Utah
Sunday Gazette
Kansas Citians Take Control of Mid-America Casualty
A Kansas City led group headed by T. W. Garrett Jr. acquires controlling interest in Mid-America Casualty Insurance Co. of Cedar Rapids. Garrett becomes chairman. W. E. Dean Frank Hudson L. W Franks and George E. Wainscott join the board. Several directors resign, stock sales private, home office remains Cedar Rapids. Company capital $200000 with $75000 reserve. licensed to operate in Iowa.
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Mid- America Casualty Insurance Company
Cedar Rapids
T. W. Garrett, Jr
Kansas City
Garrett
W. E. Dean
San Antonio
Tex
Frank Hudson
Interstate Securities Company of
L. W Franks
George E. Wainscott
Atchison, Kan
Towa
Cedar Rapids Named Among Ten Best on Business Map
Cedar Rapids is listed this week by Forbes Magazine in a business pictograph as one of ten cities with outstanding recent business conditions. The group also includes St. Louis Baltimore Memphis Grand Rapids Canton Binghamton Hammond Asheville and Green Bay.
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Cedar Rapids
St. Louis
Baltimore
Memphis
Wis
Yegg Fails To Open Safe At Allen Motor Co
Police investigated an attempted safe robbery at the Allen Motor company on Second avenue and Tenth street SE after a burglar used an eight pound hammer to batter the safe knob. Entry through the garage was hard to explain and no cash was taken.
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Allen Motor Company
Second Avenue
Tenth Street SE
Ray Allen
Allen
Jocksmith
Earl Stanley
Roosevelt expected to sign large farm bill for 1939 40
President Roosevelt was expected to sign a $1.19 billion agriculture appropriation for 1939 40 after congressional action cleared the year end deadline. The bill boosts crop control parity and surplus disposal payments with about $900 million for farm programs and $200 million for highways and roads. It includes $7 million for the weather bureau and $3 million for the FDA, with $725 million for crop dependent payments to cotton wheat corn rice and tobacco farmers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Agriculture Department
Senate
Weather Bureau
Food and Drug Administration
House
Health Camp Fund Creeps Upward
A Cedar Rapids fundraising drive reports $2,437.77 raised for the Camp Good Health Fund and seeks $562 more to reach a $3,000 goal by July Fourth. The fund supports Camp Good Health for 6 to 12 year old physically handicapped children from needy Cedar Rapids homes, with nurses, doctors, and three weeks or more of care. Donations assist nourishment, supervised play, and rest in cabins, with funds kept in a separate account for Public Health Nursing association.
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Camp Good, Health
Gazette
Camp Good Health Fund
The
Cedar , Rapids
Public Health Nursing Association
Camp Good Health
Cedar Rapids
Good Health
the Gazette
Iowa
Vermont Joins Fight On Making Dollar Over Into Big Dime
Arthur Bugs Baer notes Vermont sides with Arizona and Nevada on devaluation and by products. He jokes about spoons and napkin rings as a gag to explain the shift while political Indians oppose the move to turn the dollar into a big dime. The piece frames a partisan clash with broad, satirical criticism.
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Vermont
Arthur
Bugs" Baer
Arizona
Nevada
Foss Davis Chosen Anamosa Reformator Warden
Foss Davis 43 longtime Greene County Sheriff to become Anamosa reformator warden on July 1, succeeding W H Frazer. Davis a World War I veteran from Jefferson, GOP member with a four year term and 3000 dollar annual salary plus maintenance. He has led Iowa Sheriff’s Association efforts and opposed Kraschel term cuts.
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Foss Davis
Greene County
Anamosa
Des Moines
Sherif
Greene
Iowa
168Th Infantry
Jefferson
Guthne County
Davis
Iowa Sheriffs Association
Nelson G Kraschel
Joseph Acerra
Chicago Hahan
Acerra
H. FP. Dolan
Reformatory
Board of Control
Main profits recital in 1936 vending profits trial
John Arnold testified that W F Main’s vending machine ventures posted net profits of 2 51 in 1933 3 04 in 1934 74 cents in 1935 3 07 in 1936 and 2 25 in 1937 The figures checked by a certified accountant and tax authorities relate to profits from manufacture and sale of coin operated machines Main and 12 others face a conspiracy to defraud through the mails trial He denied guaranteeing 120 percent profits and said he did not see sales manager instructions.
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Houston
Tex
John Arnold
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
W. F. Main
Main
Arnold
Income Tax Departments
United States
Douglas W. McGregor
Freight loadings highest since 1938 record set in week
Revenue freight loadings for the week ending June 24 rose 5 114 cars to 642 087, the highest since December 3. The figure compared with 558 788 cars in the 1938 period and 769 945 in the 1937 week, per the Association of American Railroads.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
Gunman Olson killed after being trapped near Cable
Fugitive killer Ray Olson died after four posse members cornered him at Lake Namakoyan near the Wheatley Anderson farm, 14 miles from Cable. Shot while attempting to flee by boat, Olson admitted the deputy shootings before dying. three fishermen narrowly escaped.
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Cable
Wis
Ray Olson
Lake Namakoyan
Ernest Moore
Wheatley Anderson Farm
Olson
Lugitage
Wheatley Anderson Farmhouse
Anderson
Moore
Chase
Mooe
Frank Flowers
George Schuetter
Charles Mattson
G-men
Possemen
Woman On Bond As Shoplifter Returns For Car Gets It
Lillian Love of Kansas City on a $5,000 appearance bond furnished by James Pontrale of Sioux City demanded and received her car from the police station. She faces a shoplifting charge tied to about $40 in merchandise found in her name parked at Armstrong's store. Patricia Hughes, 30, also of Kansas City, is jailed on a $5,000 bond.
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Lillian Love
Kansas City
Liberty
James Pontrale
Sioux City
G. Ky Thompson
Loop
Mrs. Love
Ardre
Killian
Miss Hughes
Pontralo
Thompson
Mraz Love
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Switzerland
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Churchill
Kansas
Citians
Mid-America
Yegg
Allen Motor Co
Roosevelts
Mount Vernon
Carrie Morcombe
Fairview Ladies Aid
F. W. Mulson
Badman
Slayer
Northwoods
Bond
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