Roosevelt Defends School Aid Policies
President Roosevelt defends federal school aid and promises that any purely educational program will be run by educational agencies. In letters with Agnes Samuelson, he says relief elements shaped past programs and that future national education efforts should be managed by federal, state, and local education bodies.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Agnes Samuelson
Des Moines
National Educational Association
United States Office of Education
National Youth Administration
Contempt for Iowa Doctor Baker Over License Injunction
District Judge John E. Purcell ordered Norman E. Baker of Muscatine held in contempt of a 1931 Supreme Court injunction prohibiting him from practicing medicine without a license. Baker, who ran a cancer treatment hospital in Muscatine and later titling in Mexico, failed to answer the contempt citation until returning to Iowa last summer and claiming he had not practiced in the state since the injunction.
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Des Moines
John E. Purcell
Supreme Court
Norman E. Baker
Muscatine
Baker
Mexico
State Health Department
Edward VIII Cheered In Glasgow Slums Visit
King Edward VIII returned to London from Scotland where he inspected the liner Queen Mary and received enthusiastic cheers during a tour of Glasgow slum districts. He appeared in plain clothing rather than formal attire worn in Scotland.
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Edward VIII
Glasgow
London
Scotland
Duke of Rothesay
Death of Chicago Board of Trade veteran Joseph F. Jackson
Joseph F. Jackson a veteran member of the Chicago Board of Trade died suddenly Thursday night in Chicago AP reports.
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Chicago
Joseph F. Jackson
Chicago Board of Trade
City School Election Candidate Profile Alex Sampson
Alex Sampson 66 born in London England has lived in the United States since 1885. A former city mail carrier and first local financial secretary of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers he is active in Masons churches and charitable groups. He owns a Cedar Rapids home and has two educated children including a son at Iowa State College who has Harvard scholarship prospects. He answered No to questions on educational material approvals course substitutions and Soviet Russia comparisons.
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Alex Sampson
London
England
America
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Sampson
Trowel Chapter
Royal Arch Masons
Apollo Commandery
The
Shrine and Cedar Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
United Brethren Church
Cedar Rapids
Alexander
Iowa State College
Harvard
Board of Education
Soviet Russia
United States
Miller couple marks golden wedding at Swedge Ridge
Mr and Mrs Henry Miller of Swedge Ridge south of McGregor observe their golden wedding anniversary on March 2 with children and ten grandchildren present. The event marks the fourth golden wedding in the Miller family with Mrs Miller’s parents also celebrating fifty years. The couple wed at Sherrill's Mound when he was 22 and she 19. they have five children, three living Harry Roy and John, and ten grandchildren.
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McGregor
Henry Miller
Swedge Ridge Farm
Miller
Mr. Miller
Sherrill’s Mound
Mrs. Miller
Harry
Roy
John
Prairie township man dies after illness
Hermann Eil ert Landherr 25 longtime Prairie township resident died at University hospital Iowa City after two months of diabetes and tuberculosis His body returned home for a Saturday prayer service at Brown chapel at 10 a m The funeral cortege will go to Ryan for Lutheran services at 11 Burial will be Wayne cemetery near Monticello He was born December 10 1910 at Center Junction Surviving are his mother a brother R Landherr and a sister Mrs Harry Hillier all of the community
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Manchester
Hermann Eilert Landherr
Prairie Township
Delaware County
University Hospital
Iowa City
Brown Chapel
Ryan
E. E. Senst
Contest results crown Elberon speakers at sub county event
The sub county declamatory contest at Elberon named first and second placers to advance to the county contest. Winners include Ruth Hays and Dysart's William Irvine in oratorical, Dorothy Wilkerson and Mildred Fry in dramatic, and John Hagan and John Monroe Jr in humorous. Other contestants were Joe Novak Jr, Elsie Wotrobeck, and Elsworth Wiley of Elberon.
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Elberon
Ruth Hays
Dysart
William Irvine
Geneseo
Dorothy Wilkerson
Mildred Fry
John Hagan
John Monroe, Jr
Joe Novak, Jr
Elsie Wotrobeck
Elsworth Wiley
Fire damages two houses as crews battle blazes
A Friday night blaze at the seven room Welden Toeller home caused heavy damage estimated over 5 000 dollars as department heads credited lead in the fire for limiting the spread. Earlier, a second serious fire at the Bezdek residence on Johnson avenue NW threatened nearby structures before a cistern pump supplied water and kept damage around 4 000 dollars with most of the roof and second floor ceiling destroyed. Firefighters credited with halting the flames and were praised by onlookers for their water use and quick action. No injuries were reported.
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Welden Toeller
Bezdek
Arthur A. Bezdek
Johnson Avenue NW
A. G. Baker
Alex Babb
Burlington
Highway 30
J. Dykhuisen
Seventh Avenue SE
Holland Bakery
First Avenue E
Final AAA checks to be sent out soon
The note says final AAA checks will be mailed soon though the speaker questions the certainty of lifting cotton prices as much as under the old act.
Linder Attacks Wallace Over Soil Plan Parley
Georgia Commissioner Tom Linder called Secretary Wallace a dictator with a 500 million dollar box of candy to distribute to farmers. He spoke as Wallace prepared to address 500 farm leaders at a Memphis conference on the new soil conservation law and its funding authority.
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Memphis
Tenn
Tom Linder
Georgia
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Linder
New Bill Proposes Natural Gas Control
Washington report states a federal regulation bill for the natural gas industry has administration backing and was introduced in the House on Friday. The proposal mirrors a measure removed from the utilities control bill in last session's heated battle.
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Washington
House
Disabled Fishing Tug Towed To Shore
The coast guard cutter Rush towed in the 40 foot fishing tug Genevieve into port after it was found twelve hours overdue with disabled motors. The crew of three Arthur St Peters owner Steve Grenke and Mike Lewrog were safe.
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Chicago
Coast Guard
Rush
Genevieve
Arthur St. Peters
Steve Grenke
Mike Lewrog
Cedar Rapids City Briefs and Personal Notices
The Cedar Rapids Airhawks meet this evening at 7 in the city hall club room. Fahrney of 609 Thirty-second Street NE was fined $1 and costs for overtime parking. Townsend club members and friends are invited to a Saturday dance at Odd Fellows hall 109 Second Avenue SE with refreshments. The state liquor store in Cedar Rapids will be closed Monday for school election day and again on March 17 and March 30 for city primary and election.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Airhawks
City Hall
Fahrney
Thirty-second Street
Townsend Club
Odd Fellows Hall
Second Avenue SE
Fines levied in police court for in toxication
S E Snyder and William G Campbell were fined ten dollars plus costs in police court Friday. The men, both 38, reside at 2510 Sixteenth street NW and 219 Fifteenth street SE respectively. Visitors to Mrs. Fred Dolezal’s home at 1201 N street SW included Mrs. Dolezal’s mother, sister and brother in law from Toledo. Mr. Dolezal will join the group in Tama for several days.
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S. E. Snyder
Sixteenth Street NW
William G. Campbell
Fifteenth Street
Fred Dolezal
N Street
Dolezal
F. A. Uchytil
Emil
A. R. Dupre
Sam Finch
Toledo
Tama
Tacoma man visits Cedar Rapids during NYC flight stop
C F Osmers of Tacoma Washington on a New York City to Tacoma flight stayed two days in Cedar Rapids to visit his daughter Mrs Frank La Rue and Captain La Rue at 524 Forest drive SE. Osmers is a wholesale druggist.
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C. F. Osmers
Tacoma
Wash
New York City
Cedar Rapids
Frank la Rue
Captain la Rue
Forest Drive
Osmers
Mrs Stodola and Proskovec Called to Mason City
Mrs Mary Stodola and Louis Proskovec were summoned to Mason City on Thursday by the death of Mrs Stodola's brother John Proskovec. They were accompanied by R L Schillig.
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Mary Stodola
Louis Proskovec
R. L. Schillig
Mason City
Cars Damaged in Avenue Bridge Collision
Edmond Clarke of Marion and William Kraus of 1109 Eighth Street NW reported their vehicles damaged in Thursday afternoon crash on the avenue bridge. Clarke said his parked car was struck by Kraus' vehicle. Kraus was driving east and uninjured.
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Edmond Clarke
Marion
William Kraus
Eighth Street NW
Avenue Bridge
Clarke
Kraus
Garden program in Linn county progresses favorably
H. B. Colton of Des Moines relief garden supervisor for north east Iowa conferred with Mrs. Alice Ferber Linn county relief director and E. S. Smith county relief garden supervisor Friday. Colton said Linn county's 1936 garden program progresses favorably as the state garden office will supply relief clients with orders for fourteen varieties of seeds bought locally in bulk.
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H. B. Colton
Des Moines
Iowa
Alice Ferber
Linn County
E. S. Smith
Colton
State Garden
Sherwin Williams Announces New Dept Manager and Transfers
The Sherwin Williams company store at 216 Third Avenue SE announced L V Dawson as manager of the wall paper department after three years with a Peoria department store. John Van Housen, previously with the Milwaukee branch, transferred to Cedar Rapids city sales.
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L. V. Dawson
Peoria
Ill
H. J. Sherry
Sherwin-Williams Company
Third Avenue SE
John van Housen
Milwaukee
Sherwin-Williams
Cedar Rapids City
Cream colored sedan with traffic department emblem stolen in Knoxville
In Knoxville a cream colored sedan bearing the police emblem and the words traffic department was reported stolen. Capt. Tom Moore explained the thief likely turned the key left in the switch and started the car with the gas.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Knoxville Police
Traffic Department
Tom Moore
Hawkeye Couple Marks Golden Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Will Begalske observed their golden wedding anniversary in Hawkeye on Wednesday. Both natives of Germany, he came to Michigan at sixteen and she to Wisconsin as a child. They were married at the Brick church east of Hawkeye and lived on a Hawkeye area farm until recent years. Mr. Begalske is seventy and they have four children: Mrs. Henry Ungerer, Mrs. Charles Koeppel, Ernest, and August Begalske.
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Hawkeye
Will Begalske
Begalske
Germany
Michigan
Wisconsin
Henry Ungerer
Charles Koeppel
Ernest
August Begalske
Hoffman Aids Inquiry as Hauptmann Awaits Execution
Gov. Harold G. Hoffman appeared set to help question Dr. John F. Condon in Panama via state motor vehicle inspector Andrew Dutch en route to Central America. Hoffman's comments followed doubt he can grant a new trial and his plan to delay execution only if new evidence gains agreement with Atty. Gen. Wilentz. Hauptmann faces execution the week of March 30 after Dutch probes how a letter signed Isidor Fisch and marked money were connected to the ransom.
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Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
John F
Jassie” Condon
Hauptmann
David T. Wilentz
Andrew Dutch
M Hauptmann
Dutch
Georgie
Isidor Fisch
Fisch
Germany
Hoff man aide cites Condon interview on Hauptmann case
The office of Governor Harold G Hoff man said that Dr John F J ass ie Condon's December 1934 interview with a Miami prisoner showed the ransom intermediary believed more than one person was involved in the crime as late as a month before Hauptmann's trial.
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Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
John F
Jassie’ Condon
Miami, Fla
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Urbana Declamatory Contest Winners Named
Two freshmen won top honors as Robert Rouse captured first in oratorical and Chandler Cook first in humorous at Urbana home contest. Elaine Markham, a senior, won dramatic. Donald Ames of West High School judged. Second round at Urbana School Tuesday evening with Vinton Mount Auburn Garrison and State School for the Blind competing. county contest entry awaits winners.
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Urbana
Robert Rouse
Chandler Cook
Elaine Markham
Donald Ames
West High School
Waterloo
Vinton
Mount Auburn
Garrison
State School For the Blind
Bertram School Board Election Set For March Ninth
Bertram will hold its school election March 9 to elect two directors and a treasurer. Directors will replace G R Jorgenson and Judson McIn Tosh, and treasurer will replace William Davis. Nominating papers were filed by George D King and Mrs G R Jorgenson for directors and by William Davis and Edward Pospisil for treasurer.
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Bertram
G. R. Jorgenson
Judson MclIntosh
William Davis
George D. King
Edward Pospisil
Absent And Disabled Voters May File School Election Votes
The secretary of the board of education says the office at A avenue and Eighth street NE stays open Saturday until 5 p.m. to accommodate absent or disabled voters filing ballots for the school election. Secretary C D Hed berg announced Friday.
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the Board of Education
A Avenue
Eighth Street
C. D. Hedberg
Peaceful Picketing In Harrisburg Coal Strike
In Harrisburg Illinois the 300 member Progressive Miners Union picketed around Peabody Coal's No 43 tipple protesting alleged use of outside labor. The peaceful stance marks a lull in the line county general strike as workers demonstrate near the mine.
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Harrisburg, Ill
Saline County
Peabody Coal Company
Stunt flyer Adoree Ney dies after brief illness
Adoree Ney, noted Reno stunt flyer, died Thursday night in Reno Nevada from pneumonia following a brief illness. The longtime performer was known for dangerous aerial acts and had been active in aviation shows across the region.
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Reno
Nev
Adoree Neay
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1936
Report summarizes Cedar Rapids auto toll data for 1936 with figures on accidents injuries and deaths. The tally shows 110 accidents 57 injuries and unspecified deaths.
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Cedar Rapids
Fish To Answer Red Leader s Radio Speech
Earl Browder, secretary of the U S communist party, addressed the nation by radio from New York in the first free network time for a communist leader. Police guarded the CBS studios as pickets protested and Congressman Hamilton Fish planned to answer Browder Friday night. Browder urged a farmer labor party and attacked major parties, Wall Street, and Hearst, MacFadden, Talmadge, and Coughlin while proposing a united farmer labor platform for 1936.
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New York
Earl Browder
Communist Party
United States
Columbia Broadcasting System
Browder
Hamilton Fish
Fish
Mike
Wall Street
House of Morgan
William Randolph Hearst
Bernarr MacFadden
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Charles E. Coughlin
Abraham Lincoln
Treasury cuts bond allotments after oversubscription
Treasury reports total subscriptions of 8.459 billion for March cash offerings of 1.25 billion in securities. Full allotment up to 5,000 and partial allotment at set percentages for bonds and notes. bonds pay 2.34 to 2.35 percent and notes 1.0 percent. Also notes maturing April 15 see 90 percent exchange into new bonds with most holders preferring bonds.
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Washington
The
Treasury
General Strike Narrowed to Progressive Mine Workers
Harrisburg Illinois United Press reports the Sa line county general strike narrowed to Progressive Mine union workers as officials rescinded the call for business closures in sympathy.
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Harrisburg, Ill
Saline County
Seed loans to aid farmers to be released in ten days
Gov. W Myers of the Farm Credit Administration announces seed and seed loans for 1936 will be available within ten days through FCA channels. Loans, funded from a 30 million dollar emergency relief pool after Roosevelt vetoed a 50 million bill, carry 5 1/2 percent interest and a $200 per farmer cap, with eligibility restricted to those lacking other credit sources.
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Washington
Gov. W. Myers
Farm Credit Administration
Myers
FCA
Roosevelt
Not a Head Heat Hits Rensselaer Man
In Rensselaer New York fire erupted in the seat of Michael Marra's trousers forcing a dash to the nearest fire house. A house with a hose saved the day deglazing the blaze. Marra escaped burns and began an investigation into the cause.
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Rensselaer
N. Y
Michael Marra
Marra
Mae West Drops Paramount Contract for New Two Picture Deal
Hollywood reports Mae West, the star of Klondike Annie, is released by Paramount who cite temper and breach claims. West reportedly signs with Emmanuel Cohen to make two films at about 300000 dollars per picture.
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Mae West
Paramount Films
Hollywood
Paramount
Miss West
Emmanuel Cohen
Former Local Man Wins Ice Cream Judging Contest
John G. Kuebler of Chicago won first place in a vanilla ice cream judging contest held at Champaign Illinois by the University of Illinois in a short course. He is a University of Illinois graduate and has worked four years for Mills Novelty Company of Chicago in its ice cream machine division.
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John G. Kuebler
Chicago
Ill
Cedar Rapids
Frank Mraz
Bowling Street
Champaign
University of Illinois
Kuebler
Mills Novelty Company of
Ice jam dynamited averting Sioux Falls flood
The Sioux River near Sioux Falls South Dakota saw a potential flood danger when an ice jam south of the city was dynamited late Thursday causing the stream to drop to a lower stage.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Sioux River
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Cites
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Chicago Trader
Pocahontas
Cohn Coal CO
Cenfer
Hoffman
Condon
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Wea
Dr. Doherty
Star Jewelry CO
Second Street
Red Leader
Dows Bldg
Illinois U
Dr. Navratil
Granby
Navy
Ruffie
Lobers
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