City Proposes Budget of 1 233 819 for 1937 38
The council filed a proposed city budget totaling 1 233 819 for April 1 1937 through March 21 1938 with 755 829 09 from real estate taxes and 477 090 from other sources. Water department income 262 000 sewer rentals 81 000 library and memorial rentals 9 000 and other receipts are planned to fund operations and bond retirements. The budget reflects increases in several departments including streets, health and police while maintaining several existing funds and anticipating capital needs and bond payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. D Burgas
Water Department
Wilson and Company
Legal Department
Board of Health
Department of Streets and
Hawthorne Drive
Terworks
Stefan
Joanna Hagey
Library
River Front
Auto Crash Injures Two Near Park Intersection
An auto crash on Fourth Street between Fifth and South avenues SW sent two people to Mercy Hospital with injuries. Lentz suffered a severe left temple cut and another rider sustained face injuries after the car struck a tree near a park area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Firl Tertz
Fifth Street
Mabel Sparks
Bifth
South Avenues
Lee
Hanson
Tenement Fire in New York Claims At Least Two Dead
Fire swept a New York tenement causing at least two deaths as residents fled down ladders and smoke filled stairwells. Firefighters battled flames through the night while crowds gathered on adjacent streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Grand Jury Finds No Action in County Home Altercation
The Linn county grand jury declined to indict after investigating an incident at the county home Tuesday evening between Ralph Wilhelm supervisor of the insane ward and William Layer inmate of the poor ward. Witnesses described a knife encounter and a fall. Layer denied any knife attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Grand Jury
Ralph Wilhelm
William Layer
Wilhelm
Layer
Bolles
W. H. Bleakly
G K. Thompson
Floods Threaten Iowa Towns and Farms Across State
Des Moines reports swollen streams and rivers inundating thousands of acres of bottom land. Four feet of floodwater in the Missouri Valley near O'Dell’s addition forced evacuations of 50 families. Des Moines river over a levee swamped Eddyville and highways near Eddyville and Riverton. Soldier River rose north of Mondamin while Nodaway River menaced Prescott. East Nishna floodwaters covered tracks near Riverton and highway routes west of Riverton and Sidney in Fremont County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Missouri Valley
O’dell
O'Dell
Seaton
Eddyville
Mondamin
Soldier River
Prescott
Adams County
Nodaway
Fremont County
Nishna
Riverton
Sidney
Bad Check Charge Filed Against Paul J. Cash
Paul J. Cash an Anamosa attorney 37 faced a false uttering of a check charge after being fined 10 dollars and costs for intoxication earlier the same day He remained in city jail on the fine while the new complaint by John Janecek accused Cash of cashing a 2 dollar check returned by Citizen's Savings bank Anamosa In Justice Reed's court Cash received a 30 day county jail sentence with 15 days suspended plus the case notes an earth temperature detail as a separate line
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul J. Cash
Anamosa
Cash
Leu
John Janecek
First Avenue E
Citizen's Savings Bank of
A S Reed's Court
Lindbergh and Pende Plan Artificial Heart Hormone Studies
Col Charles A Lindbergh and Prof Nicola A Pende announce experiments using the Carrel Lindbergh artificial heart to keep glands alive for hormone measurements in Italy. They aim to compare secretions from diseased and normal glands and test grafting healthy tissue to restore function.
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Lindy
Rome
INS
Charles Andbergh
Nicola A Pende
Pende
Col Lindbergh
Dr. Carrel
America
Italy
Dr. Pende
Hull Regrets Attack on Hitler Sparks World Fair Reference
The article cites LaGuardia condemning Nazi actions and using a World Fair reference to mock Germany. It notes prior criticisms from July 1935 and protests from Berlin and German American groups over his remarks and a German license denial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OEC
HULL
Hitler
Jew LaGuardia
Germany
DNB
LaGuardia
New York
Chamber of Horrors
Paul Kress
Berlin
Fiorello La Guardia Birth and Background Summary
The item notes Fiorello La Guardia born on December 11, 1882 in New York City. It cites his father Achilles from Foggia, Italy, and his mother Irene Coen Luzzatti of Jewish extraction. it mentions his Episcopalian faith and his multilingual abilities including German French Italian and Yiddish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
LaGuardia
New York
East Side
Achilles
Foggia
Italy
Fiorello
Irene Coen Luzzatti
la Guardia
Grand jury indictments include Ruskin Sandbourne case
Linn county grand jury reported to Judge Ellison at 3 p.m. Thursday returning three indictments two secret and one against Ruskin Sandbourne 35 of 1444 Second Avenue SE Sandbourne indicted on a statutory charge based mainly on an eight year old Cedar Rapids boy and parents. He is in county jail after being taken into custody on jury request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Grand Jury
F. O. Ellison
Ruskin Sandbourne
Second Avenue SE
Sandbourne
Cedar Rapids
Henry Niemeter
Thirtieth Street SE
Frank Batley
Ellison
Gunnell Larson
Louise Larson
C S§ Johnson
Des Moines
Larsons
Johnson
James H. Smith
W H. Bleakly
Defeat Amendments To Homestead Bill In Iowa House
Iowa House defeated two last minute amendments to the homestead tax exemption bill as debate stretched into Thursday. The Senate studied the motor vehicle law with a lengthy recodification fight, while lawmakers debated credits and sales tax exemptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
House of Representatives
Senate
Henry L. Davis
Winterset
House
Davis
Charles G. Johnson
Marathon
Iowa
Johnson
Glenn Curtis
Earl Fishbaugh, Jr
Shenandoah
Byers
Frank C. Byers
Cedar Rapids
E. P. Donahue
New Hampton
Albert J. Shaw
Pocahontas
Sipreme
Edward Breen
Fort Dodge
Supreme Court
First U S Alimony Sitdown Striker Sets Long Siege
Mrs Mildred E. Agness a 35 year old mother holds a chair in the office of her husband's window shade factory in Rochester New York and vows to stay indefinitely until her ex husband Howard pays $100 back alimony she claims is owed. She slept on a table Wednesday night and has refused to leave since Wednesday morning, aided by meals from friends and nearby workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
Mildred E. Agness
Howard
Agness
Minnie Hines Convicted in Second Degree Murder Case
Special to The Gazette Minnie Hines age 54 mother of eighteen children was found guilty of second degree murder in the fake death by own action slaying of Dan Shine elderly farmer after a 22 hour jury deliberation. The court set no immediate sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Eleader
Minnie Hines
Dan Shine
Pearl Hines Shine
Pearl Hines
Shine
Eichendorf
Albert Cornwell
Cornwell
Jim Hines
Minnie
Maynard Lenox
Pearl Shine
Sitdowns Tie Up 7 Feeder Plants In Deadlock Talks
The article reports a deadlock in wage standards negotiations as union leaders press for a minimum wage, with Chrysler Corp and UAWA in talks over recognition as the sole collective bargaining representative for all employees. Lester L. Colbert notes that minorities have rights that should be observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Motors
Chrysler Corporation
UAWA
Lester L. Colbert
Chrysler
Swoc backs Lebanon Bethlehem Steel strike with support
Pittsburgh SWOC regional director Clinton S. Golden said the Steel Workers Organizing Committee would provide moral and financial support to 2,500 Bethlehem Steel Lebanon plant workers striking over minimum wage rates. He noted many strikers belong to CIO aligned groups but the CIO did not call the strike. the plant was closed after sit down protests. A separate note mentions a 12 ton Douglas on a Newark to California trip consuming 1300 gallons of gas and 50 gallons of oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Lebanon
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Clinton S. Golden
SWOC
Committee For Industrial Organization
CIO
Golden
Newark
California
Creeks in County on Rampage Swell Rivers After Thaw
Linn county creeks surged with thaw and 0.63 inch rain to flood lowlands and push ice jams. County crews dynamited gorges on Prairie creek near bridges as Cedar river rose and dam outlets opened. Roads washed, farms at risk, and nearby houses evacuated or protected. Temperature hovered in mid thirties with clouds thinning after a storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Prairie Creek
F. E. Vislisel
M. C. Zurka
Vislisel
Century Concrete Products Company
A. W. Merrill
Loule Kouba
Prairie Creek Bridge
Indian Creek
Marion
Cedar River
Iowa Wind~ Mill and Pump
Rock Island Railroad
Wilson and Company Packing Plant
Ramen
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F P Kohout
Su Ooa
Fa Stefani
Fred
Nevin Nichols
Kenwood
Fussell, Opt. Cae Me
2Nd Ave
National Women'stress Club
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ruth van Deman
Mary Vornaday
Joseph Davies
Ambassador Davies
Russia
Roosevelt
White House
Sears
Londons
Linn Grand Jury
U.S
Kiqneys
First Avenue SE
Glad
Jones
Phillips’ Milk
Magnesia
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