Wheeler Seeks People to Decide Court Fight in Senate Clash
Sen Burton Wheeler of Montana demands the Supreme Court question be put to the people through a constitutional amendment. He backs no compromise, vows all summer debate if the Roosevelt court bill returns, and notes a vacancy exists on the court. Administration allies push Hatch compromise polling as the battle shifts beyond July 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Sen. Burton
K. Wheeler
Montana
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Wheeler
Senate
Hatch
Carl Hatch
New Mexico
Robinson
Cedar Rapids Mayor Suspends Firework Ban July 4 5
Mayor Frank K. Hahn issued a proclamation suspending the city firework ban from midnight July 4 to midnight July 5, allowing discharge only during that period. The rest of the year prohibits firecrackers squibs and fireworks per ordinance 2168.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank K. Hahn
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
A.D
Highway Commission Visits Cedar Rapids Project Sites
Representatives from the state highway commission led by A A Hurst and Co L McKinnon toured Cedar Rapids area sites with local highway committee members from the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce. They inspected the Sixteenth Avenue SW viaduct the Dead Man's Curve on Route 30 and the proposed Eighth Avenue Bridge as part of the ten year Linn County plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Laird
John Drabelle
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Dead Man's Curve
Eighth Avenue Bridge
Neckwear Returns as Basques Reopen Streets in Bilbao
In Bilbao Spain neckties long banned by loyalist Basques reappeared during the first weekend of nationalist control. Basque and Asturian extremists had banned the neckwear as an emblem of the bourgeoisie. Tea was first known to the English speaking world as chia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bilbao
Spain
Hatchet Slayings Stir Amster dam Aunts
William Serviss, 45, charged with first degree murder in the hatchet killings of his two aunts Miss Mary B Enders 81 and Miss Jennie V Fillers 83 in Amsterdam New York. Neighbors found the bodies after Serviss left the apartment Monday night witnesses heard screams police traced him to a restaurant where he was arrested. The coroner noted past tensions with Aunt Mary including a prior commitment to treatment for alcoholism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
N. Y
INS
William Serviss
Mary B. Enders
Jennie V. Fillers
Serviss
Enders
James Conant
Montgomery County
Mary
Rules Dist Court Judges Can Act On Only Four Felonies
Des Moines reports that Atty. Gen. John H. Mitchell ruled district court judges may only sentence on four felonies with discretion. The ruling notes murder treason rape and attempted rape allow judge discretion, while other felonies lead to automatic life terms pending governor commutation or parole board action. The case involves Harry Porth, convicted of burglary with aggravation in 1935 for attacking Mary Fleming in Manson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INS
John H. Mitchell
Harry Porth
Rocwell City
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Buell McCash
State Parole Board
McCash
Perth
Mary Fleming
Manson
P. J. Klinker
Fort Madison
Glenn C. Haynes
Rockwell City
Board of Control
Haynes
Baby Health Pageant Planned in Cedar Rapids by Linden Camp
Linden camp No 145 Modern Woodmen of America announces a Baby Health Pageant in Cedar Rapids for Linn county and surrounding areas. Registration opens at 10 am Thursday at 113 First Avenue East, free entry. Prizes include a silver roving cup for first registrant and several category wins. Babies aged one month to six years will be scored on health with top scores earning awards. Final awards on July 23 with babies presented to the public. Ruth Williford directs the pageant and will share more details later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Linden Camp
Modern Woodmen of America
First Avenue E
Ruth Williford
Wife Kills Herself And Son After Locked Bedroom Tragedy
DETROIT AP. Homer Dickson forced entry into his wife Belva Dickson’s locked bedroom to find her dead and two young sons injured. Donald 6 died shortly after admission. Joseph 16 months remained in critical condition with a brain wound. Dickson cited his wife’s ill health before the tragedy. A note on radio set totals appears after the main report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Homer Dickson
Donald
Joseph
Dickson
Belva
Marion News Roundup of Local Events and Obituaries
Local society notes report birthday party for Marilyn Nickeson and church group elections at Palisades park. Marion residents attend state historical society meeting in Iowa City and Canopus club tournament at Marion Golf Club. Funeral services held for Mary Johnson Oxley. survivors listed. Other social visits, club meetings, and travel notes from Marion and area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highraaders
Congregational Church
Palisades Park
Betty Wallace
Dale Thomas
Mary Francis Howell
Gaylord Ward
Marion
Town State Historical Society
Iowa City
Adeliza Daniels
Mary Durham
Elmer Hollingsworth
William Elliott
Norman Waffle
Mary Johnson Oxley
Yocom Chapel
H. O. Allen
David Doyle
Gerald Thomas
Charles B. F. Michel
Géorge Munier
John Gill
Harlan Knight
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Oxley
Sacramento
Calif
Marion High School
Corneil College
Ralph W. Oxley
Italy and Germany Threaten Non Intervention in Spain
Italy and Germany announce plans to withdraw observers from merchant ships and Spain’s frontiers. They reject a Britain France patrol proposal, prompting British warnings that Europe’s peace could fail without non intervention. The 27 power committee debates responsibility for any collapse and requests a Berlin-Rome reply by Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Italy
Germany
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Dino Grandi
Spain
France
Britain
Berlin
Rome
Europe
Lord Plymouth
Ribbentrop
Grandi
Count Grandi
Ivan Maisky
Soviet Union
Attend Harrison Playground Program Draws Three Hundred Fifty
Three hundred fifty people attended the first community night at Harrison playground Monday. The Harrison softball team beat the Maccabees 4 1 in a preceding game with Rice and Pravek for the Maccabees and Hibben and Hatfield for Harrison. Janda umpired. Arlene Reed presided as master of ceremonies for a varied program featuring Hill Billystunt Lumire Dvorak Gerald Bissel Marvin Murphy trombone George Triebel tap dancer Winifred Faulk piano solo Jacelyn Weatherwax accordion solos Noreen Hiland. Three reels of sound motion pictures followed. Harrison playground is directed by Ralph Martin and Rachel Hatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Playground
Harrison
Maccabees
Rice
Pravek
Hibben
Hatfield
Janda
Arlene Reed
Hill Billystunt
Lumire
Dvorak
Gerald Bissel
Marvin Murphy
George Triebel
Winifred Faulk
Jacelyn Weatherwax
Noreen Hiland
Ralph Martin
Rachel Hatch
Earhart Lands in New Guinea Before Pacific Hop
Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan landed in New Guinea after a 1,200 mile leg from Darwin. She planned a 18 hour, 2,550 mile flight to Howland Island, rested first and commented on the long journey. The note mentions Guam's 1898 cession to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sae
New Guinea
Amelia Earhart
Fred Noonan
Howland Island
mid-Pacific
Miss Earhart
Flying Laboratory
Darwin
Australia
Noonan
Island of
Guam
United States
Spain
Also Mentioned on This Page
Highway Commission
M.W.A
World
Great Britain
Dr. J.C. Landenberger Optometrist — New Loc
Third Street SE
Marion News
F. L. Nickeson
Marilyn
Mrs
Nickeson
Louise
Geraldine Smith
Mary-Frederick
Donna McCalley
Donna Helbig
Joe Marie Peck
Kathleen Waline
Jean Homan
Eleanor Bogart
Canopus Club
Marion Golf Club
Charles Daws
Hazel Hardin
James Cahill
Harmie Daws
Charles Schmatt
Drakesville
Robert Hardin
CCC
True Blue
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Elmer Frederick
Eighteenth Street
W. R. Powell
Rudolph Harris
Noble Grand Association
Ralph Smith
Eighth Avenue
Frank Beach
Loren Lacock
Ella Harding
Buddy Howe
Anamosa
Duluth
V. E. Peddycoart
Missionary Society of the Congregational Church
Arthur A. Lyons
Blair's Ferry Road
Hannah ' Putnam
Josephine Wiggins
Ralph Kendall
Rachel Booth
Guild
Deborah Nesetril
Linn “County Farm Debt Advisory Board
Harry Pickerill
Bettie
Lloyd Hopker
Palo
Lee Voorhies
F. M. Grafft
Ivan Luscond
Huntington Park
Clare Strickell
Wallace Radeke
Marengo
Marion Nature and Garden Club
John Clay
J. L. Rhea
H. J. Hromek
C. A. Dykes
W. J. Nesslein
H. T. Vogt
Frank Bills
St. Louis
Philip Kuhn
East
Newark
Niagara Falls
J. C. Miller
Royal Apts
Margaret Oliphant
James F. Sweeney
Bedford
Ind
Mr. Oliphant
Phil Bradley
Dubuque
J. B. Germans
Sunny
Mary Ellen
Dorothy Mae Ford
Monona
Margaret Boyd
Muscatine
Kathryn
Barbar Weis
Irvin Ford
Harley Ives
Willard Haak
Giants
Cardinals
Lucille Paradore
Annette Cira
Frank Cira
Lima
Ohio
Michael Cira
Atu the Fensterman-Cira
John Stewart
Masonic Temple
Sam Patterson
Robert Kennedy
Stanley.c. Thomas
Paul Vore
Georgia
Toledo
Roberta Vore
Traer
Grace Clark
Vore
Nicholas Michel
Ernest Clough
Vernon Wild
Carl Wiley Farm
Henrietta Robinson
Edward Vaughn
Linn
Emerson School
Friendly Neighbors Club
Myrtle Snyder
Eleventh Street
Robert Titus
Howard Titus
Helen
Lois Lutz
Carl J. Kassler
John
Carmichael
Carl Nichols
Cincinnati
Myrtle Cunningham
Harry Harman
Lisbon
Lauren Harman
Mary Harman
Evelyn
Catherine Stanton
Marion Division
Kenweed
Cedar Park
Kenwood
Thomas Park
Cedar Rapids & Marion
N City Y Ry
C. Allen, General Mer
Owens Souk
Sears
Gold Crest
Rex
Beader
Bee Sears
Aleflow
Fleer
Third Ave
Sateen Eds Ist
Fee
Cpeam
Croquet
Sa Uage
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!