Talks of compromise on court plan grip Washington
President pushes for judicial reform while administration backs a fireside radio appeal. supporters discuss limiting the Supreme Court enlargement. opposition insists on no compromise and vows to fight on principle. Labor backs the plan, farms split on endorsement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Supreme Court
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Carter Glass
Virginia
Frederick van Nuys
Indiana
Congress
Maj
George L. Berry
Labor
League
National Grange
Farmers Union
American Farm Bureau Federation
Edward O'Neal
Federation
International News Service
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
Bennett Champ Clark
Missouri
Phil la Follette
Wisconsin
Robert Bulkley
Ohio
Fined For Reckless Driving Last November
Neil Hodges of Delavan a 31 year old magazine salesman was fined 250 dollars and costs in police court for reckless driving. The information filed November 7 followed Hodges being away from the city during an auto accident in November involving his car. Several other motorists were fined for minor offenses including speeding overtime parking and double parking in various locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil Hodges
Delavan
Hodges
W. D. Jones
Marion
D. A. Johnson
Third Avenue
Mason Smith
Sixth Street
L. E. Hultburg
Fifteenth Streeet
Checker Electric Supply Company
First Street
Robert Safely
Merchants Bank
Joe Voss
F. C. Hahn
Blake Boulevard
Ross Husband
Second Avenue
Wendl Vizal
Third Street
Harry Swan, Jr
Fourteenth Street
Helen A. Powell
C Avenue
Carl Haesemeyer
Stanwood
Ralph Mumm
Williamsburg
Jack McVay
C Street
Ely Avenue
C. Whittenbaugh
L. B. Stewart
Eighth Avenue
Harry Gaumon
Screenwriter Humphrey Pearson is killed in struggle over gun
In Palm Springs California Humphrey Pearson was killed after he and wife Katharine Pearson struggled for a gun. Mrs Pearson testified she took the weapon from him to prevent self harm and hid it in a bathroom drawer. She recalled hearing a door slam and later seeing Pearson wounded.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Humphrey Pearson
Walrath
Births at Mercy Hospital
Born to Mr and Mrs Richard Sullivan 600 First Avenue East a daughter Feb 28 Mercy Hospital. Born to Mr and Mrs LeRoy Wood 738 Thirty First Street SE a son Feb 28 Mercy Hospital. Born to Mr and Mrs John Britt 1334 Tenth Street NW a son March 1 Mercy Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Sullivan
First Avenue E
Mercy Hospital
LeRoy Wood
Thirty-first Street
John Britt
Tenth Street NW
Drapela Dies Local Grocer After Heart Attack
Anton Drapela died at his home 1010 Nineteenth St SE at 2 30 p m Sunday of a heart attack. Born Cedar Rapids May 23 1885 he lived in the city all his life and operated a grocery business 15 years at 723 Eighth Ave SE and 1917 Mt Vernon Ave SE. He married Mary Brouick Sept 14 1910 and leaves two children LaVerne and Leon, two sisters, and parish group Cadets of St George. Funeral Wednesday at 9 a m in Polansky chapel and 9 30 in St Wenceslaus church with burial in St John cemetery. Rosary at chapel Tuesday 7 30 p m.
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Anton Drapela
Nineteenth Street
Cedar Rapids
Frank
Frances Drapela
Eighth Avenue
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Mary Brouick
LaVerne
Leon
Joseph W. Ulch
Frank Bohac
West Branch
Cadets of
St. George
St. Wenceslaus
Polansky
August Vojacek
St. John’s Cemetery
Roosevelt urges sugar quotas tax and safeguards
The text outlines President Roosevelt's push for sugar quotas with a not less than 0.75 cent per pound excise tax, aimed at protecting consumers, ensuring fair producer payments, and safeguarding small sugar beet and cane farmers. It stresses avoiding price rises and tying protections to labor standards and equity across farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Treasury
United States
Fire scare ends as children found safe after home incident
Assistant Fire Chief George Stefan and Fireman Roy Serovy responded to a blaze risk at a home where two children were left alone. The burns were minor, the neighbor caregiver later revealed prior stays, and the mother Mrs Bechcka reported leaving the children with a key-holding neighbor. Assistant probation officer Stanley Jonas to investigate the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Stefan
Roy A. Serovy
Serovy
F. F. Bechcka
Woman Dies After Auto Crash In Rock Island
Mrs Dorothy Specketer Pietsch 31 was fatally injured when the car she rode in was struck by a Davenport driver P Arnett. He was held on reckless driving charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island, Il
Dorothy Specketer Pietsch
P. Arnett
Davenport
Dime store strike spreads as Detroit sitdown continues
Ten Woolworth women workers in Detroit join the sitdown protest outside the Grand Boulevard store while union leaders push for wage increases and recognition. Across the country, organizers threaten wider action as officials refuse to bargain. other Woolworths stay open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
F. W. Woolworth Company
Grand Boulevard
INS
F. W. Woolworth
Louis Koenig
Dime Store
Woolworth
Arthur Offenbach
New York
Offenbach
A. F. of S
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
Toledo
A. J. Dahlquist
William F. Mayer
Wife Fined After Husband Slashed In Family Row
Monte Smith a WPA worker received six slashes on his left arm and a cut on his right thumb in a family argument at their home. Stella Smith was fined 25 dollars and costs for disturbing the peace by fighting and is serving the sentence in the county jail. Neighbors summoned police who treated Smith and took him to Mercy hospital. probation officer Lena Vogt oversees the couple’s five children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monte Smith
WPA
First Street
Stella
Smith
Walsh
Walters
Mercy Hospital
Lena Vogt
Linn County
Smiths
City briefs and personals update local notices
The Gazette corrects the Stoecker Sign Service address to 114 a street NE. Mrs. Leo Landy of 412 Eighth Avenue SE is reported improved after a major operation Saturday at Mercy Hospital. Spencer Snyder and Ray Howard, both in their forties from NW and E streets, received fifteen day suspended county jail sentences for intoxication, lifted in their absence. Harry Black of 1004 Ninth Avenue SE was fined $10 and costs for intoxication.
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Stoecker
Third Street
A Street
Leo Landy
Eighth Avenue SE
Mercy Hospital
Spencer Snyder
Sixteenth Street NW
Ray Howard
First Avenue E
Harry Black
Ninth Avenue SE
Fire crews tackle lamp wiring fire and chimney sparks
At 12 32 p m Monday firemen were called to the F W Engberg residence 310 Seventh street SE where insulation on a floor lamp wire burned on about fifteen feet of wire. At 10 15 a m the department answered an alarm to the W E Page residence 1645 B avenue NE where sparks from the chimney ignited the roof.
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F. W. Engberg
Seventh Street
W. E. Page
B Avenue NE
Dr W A Stephenson speaks to Cedar Rapids ministers
Dr. W. A. Stephenson of Storm Lake and vice president of Buena Vista college spoke at the Cedar Rapids Ministerial association meeting on Monday forenoon on Reasons for success in going churches. Devotionals were led by Dr. A. W. Henke district superintendent of the Methodist church in the Cedar Rapids area.
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W. A. Stephenson
Storm Lake
Buena Vista College
Cedar Rapids Ministerial Association
A. W. Henke
Methodist Church
Cedar Rapids
Brebner avoids collision after ice on First Avenue
M. H. Brebner, 33, of 3414 First avenue E, reported to police that at 5 25 p m Sunday his car skidded on ice while he tried to dodge an oncoming vehicle on First avenue E near Cedar Memorial cemetery. His car sustained front end damage but he was uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. Brebner
First Avenue E
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Brebner
Goldened Voice tenor Jimmie Davis to sing at Sunshine Mission
Jimmie Davis known as the Gold en Voiced Tenor arrives in Cedar Rapids Saturday to give a sacred song concert at Sunshine Mission tonight. Also expected is Harry Clark, ex songster for Billy Sunday evangelist group, at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie Davis
Sunshine Mission
Mr. Davis
Cedar Rapids
the Mission
Harry Clark
Billy Sunday
Carnegie-Illinois Chief to Meet Labor Leaders in Pittsburgh
Carnegie-Illinois Steel president Benjamin F. Fairless will meet with John L. Lewis organizing committee representatives in Pittsburgh for bargaining talks. The session was announced Monday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
INS
Benjamin F. Fairless
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
John L. Lewis’ Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Senate Discusses Two Percent War on Iowa Sales Tax
Des Moines reports that the Iowa Senate formally recognized the northern Iowa merchants battle against a two percent sales tax. Rep. Ed Breen proposed a possible use tax on out of state purchases for Iowa, aiming to help merchants facing Minnesota competition. He noted enforcement and constitutional questions but urged committee exploration. Rep. A E Augustine supported the idea. Rep. Morris Moore also favored helping Iowa merchants against Nebraska competition.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Iowa Senate
Ed Breen
Fort Dodge
A. E. Augustine
Oskaloosa
Breen
Minnesota
Morris Moore
Walnut
Nebraska
Linn Women To Aid Cancer Control Campaign
Linn county women join the nationwide cancer control effort at a luncheon at the Roosevelt hotel led by Dr. A W Erskine. Linn County captain Mrs J H Bormann was named with plans for annual enlistments and a one dollar contribution from each recruit to fund a united fight against cancer.
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LINN
Campaign For Cancer Control
Linn County
Women’s Field Army
American Society For the Control of Cancer
Roosevelt Hotel
A. W. Erskine
Iowa State Medical Society
Iowa
Bormann
J. H. Bormann
J. W. Ballard
Buchanan
Delaware
Dubuque
Jackson, Jones, Clinton, Cedar
Johnson and Linn
F. W. Mulson
Cancer Control
Douglas Boynton
Harvey C. McClary
Junior League
Milo E. Wenger
Mayflower
Carl Ettinger
Jewish Sisterhood
Evelyn Street
S. V. Shonka
Parent Teacher Association
L. C. Schuknecht
H. J. Bender
Women’s Labor Bureau
Merrill Fisher
American
Denison Department Store Blaze Gutts Two-Story Block
Firefighters fought a two story blaze in Denison that gutted the department store and damaged the Crawford County Trust and Savings bank. The fire started in the basement and swept through the building, burning the cupola off a bank corner and injuring two attorneys’ offices. Firemen hoped the flames were under control by 2 30 p.m. Monday.
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Denison (Ap
Denison
Boys
Crawford County Trust and Savings Bank
Bank
Five Die in Brisbane to Sydney Mail Plane Crash
Sydney report says five persons perished when a Brisbane to Sydney mail plane crashed in the McPherson mountains on February 19. A New York architect William Fountain was among the dead. two passengers survived, injured, and found by a settler named O Reilly beside the wreckage after more than a week. The survivors, Pround an engineer from Sydney and Binstead, asked for the Melbourne cricket score.
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Sydney
New South Wales
William Fountain
New York
McPherson Mountains
Gladstone
Macleay River
O’reilly
Pround
Binstead
O'Reilly
Melbourne
Mrs Hines Testifies in Murder Trial
Minnie Hines resumes murder trial after snowbound delay with defendant on the stand for examination. Sherman Hart questions her movements from late April to May 5 as she appears nervous while admitting or denying involvement in the Dan Shine homicide.
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The
Gazette
Eleader
Minnie Hines
Sherman Hart
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Oscar J. Larson
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Auto
Waukegan, Ill
Ralph Cady
John L. Lewis
Fansteel Metallurgical Corporation
Mission
Carnegie-Illinois
Senate
Carters
the Gazette
T. B
Erskine
Cancer Control Committee
T. B. Campaign
Department Store
Burns
Ben-Gay
Jules Bengué
Paris
Philco
Giberious High Fidelity
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Standard Tire CO
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