Contracts Awarded For Coe Dormitory Construction
Ground breaking set for Monday at Coe College for a new men’s dormitory organized to house 176 students with future expansion. Paulson Construction Cedar Rapids won the general contract on 131 885 dollars. Wheatland Heating on 26243. Paulson Electrical 5055. Building expected to start soon with completion planned by September 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe College
B Avenue
Twelfth Street
Paulson Construction Company
Cedar Rapids
T. R.wariner
Wheatland Company
Paulson Electrical Construction Company
Marvin Probst
Chicago
Graham, Anderson, Probst and White
W. J. Brown
H. M. Gage
George W. Bryant
T. R. Warriner
W. R. Boyd
Arthur Poe
Board of
Voorhees
John M. Nicoll
Sibley
Science Hall
Sinclair Memorial Chapel
Davenport man held in revolver theft case tied to Los Angeles
Benn Thomas Sutliff 33 of Davenport was arrested on a receiving stolen property warrant and held for Los Angeles authorities. Detectives traced a .32 caliber Colt revolver to a Los Angeles break in linked to Charles A. Leach, and Sutliff admitted ownership. He also claimed a second .22 caliber revolver was stolen during the same incident and located in Fairmont Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benn Thomas Sutliff
Davenport
H. R. Churchill
Sutliff
Cedar Rapids
Robert Vinch
Earl Stanley
Los Angeles
Charles A. Leach
Stanley
Fairmont
Minn
Snowstorm Halts TWA Airliner Search Over Sierra Nevada
Rescue planes circling northeast of Fresno in a search for a missing TWA transport were ordered back to Fresno airport Saturday night as a new snowstorm threatened the rugged Sierras.
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Fresno
Calif
Sierras
Here
TWA
Parker duo inducted as senior counselors in UCT groups
Mr. and Mrs. J L Parker were installed as senior counselors of the United Commercial Travelers and its auxiliary council 36 at the Roosevelt hotel. The event included elections, installations, a buffet supper, and plans for more joint social activities. Delegates and officers for 1938 were announced, with Parker named to lead safety council efforts and several committees formed for entertainment membership and publicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L Parker
Gazette Company
H. T. Baylor
United Commercial Travelers
William F. Sarset
R. L. Maize
J. L. Parker
Elmer W. Wickham
R. F. Carne
George L. Hayzlett
Page
Carl H. Nietzel
Sentinel
Harry Morgan
Walter L. Mott
Charles H. Morningstar
Guy Hershey
O. P. Moody
Mason City
Charles Gunn
George Haldy
Mr. Sarset
Parker
United Commercial Travelers Safety Council
Linn County Safety Committee
Iowa State Safety Council
Des Moines
John Clay
Lloyd Connelly
United Commercial Travelers Auxiliary No. 36
George Hardy
W. A. Bergen
John A. Clay
Thomas Roche
George Koehn
John Conley
Forest Ralston
Gilbert Myers
Fred Jurgensen
Charles Jesina
William F. Hughes
H. R. Minshall
W. C. Hart
L. J. Hanson
L. J. Hansen
Supreme Executive Board
J. L. Conley
California flood death toll rises to 158
The disaster tightens its grip across Southern California as the death toll climbs to 158. Rescue efforts continue in ruined canyon towns including Camp Baldy and Big Tujunga while authorities aid traffic control in Anaheim with National Guard support. Debris and mud threaten isolated communities and ongoing weather adds to the recovery challenge.
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Lytle Creek Canyon
San Bernardino
Camp Baldy
San Antonio Canyon
Big Tujunga
National Guard
Anaheim
Orange County
Anaheim-Fullerton-Atwood
la Jolla
San Diego
Missing feared lost as guards patrol mud filled towns
National guardsmen and special police patrolled dozens of communities where homes were abandoned to deter looting after a disaster. The effort aimed to prevent further harm as the sea of mud transformed neighborhoods and families faced uncertainty.
Elysian Park Landslide Forces Hooded Evacuations
Elysian Park began sliding into the Los Angeles river threatening half the size of a prior slide. Mrs Anna Wild reported cracks on the hillside above her home. Authorities ordered evacuations for residents below and Riverside Drive near the river was roped off.
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Los Angeles
Elysian Park
City Hall
Anna Wild
Plot to restore capitalism outlined in Soviet trial
Bukharin testifies a forcible overthrow plan aimed to plunge the USSR into war with defeats to trigger collapse. He says the Ukraine, maritime provinces and White Russia would be ceded to capitalist rivals led by Germany, Japan, and partially England. Rakovsky linked to Trotzky and claims forged threats made him British agent.
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Yurenev
Tokio
D. V. Bogomolov
China
A. V. Sabinin
Foreign Office
Rakovsky
Britain
London
Leon Trotzky
Bukharin
Ukraine
Maritime
Russia
Vishinsky
Germany
Japan
England
Stalin
H. R. Knickerbocker
Eugene Lyons
Lyons
Moscow
United Press
Federal budget clash over interior department projects
A long congressional discussion centers on H. R. 9621 funding the interior department for the year ending 1939 with emphasis on reclamation projects in Arizona Utah Oregon and elsewhere. The piece notes allocations for Owyhee Klamath Salt River Gila Sun River Yakima Provo and related irrigation ventures and public debate over Roosevelt era programs.
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Congressional
House
Department of the Interior
Arizona
Utah
Oregon
Thurston and
Dowell
Iowa
Owyhee
Klamath
California
Salt River
Sun River
Montana
Yakima
Washington
Provo River
Scrugham
Roosevelt
Rich
Pennsylvania
Congress
Treasury
Navy bill aims at defensive strength not aggression
The naval committee insists the act seeks only national defense not offense. It supports battleships and more planes while noting shortages in light cruisers destroyers and submarines and a lack of patrol aircraft due to a holiday pause in construction. It limits auxiliary vessels to essentials for peacetime fleet use.
Mussolini Paper Sees Stalin Turning Against Communists
An unsigned Po polo d Italia editorial, attributed to Mussolini, suggests Stalin may secretly embrace fascism and aims to crush all communist leaders. It taunts Roosevelt and others who favor bolshevism while criticizing the purge trial and revolutionary leaders.
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Rome
Josef V. Stalin
Popolo d'Italia
Benito Mussolini
Roosevelt
Auto Skids Into Parked Car and Rolls Over
Karl Biscup of 1614 B avenue NW drove toward town when his car skidded on the curve, struck a parked car in front of William Hemsky at 275 Johnson avenue NW, then tipped onto its side on Johnson avenue NW near Hinkley. Betty Hemsky and Don Weber occupied the parked car. Biscup’s passenger Ben Hermsen was present. No injuries reported. police found no blame.
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Karl Biscup
B Avenue NW
Johnson Avenue
Hinkley Avenue
Eighteenth Street NW
William Hemsky
Johnson Avenue NW
Biscup
Town
Betty Hemsky
Don Weber
Fourth Avenue SE
Ben Hermsen
Highland Drive
Maine Lodge To Confer Degree On Candidates
The Maine lodge of the Odd Fellows will confer the first degree Tuesday evening on a class including several candidates from Osceola lodge of Marion. The meeting will be in Maine lodge hall at 838 First Avenue East and will feature a speaker for the occasion.
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Maine Lodge of the Odd Fellows
Osceola Lodge of
Marion
Maine Lodge
First Avenue E
Dies in Wisconsin. Fred E. Gerdl, 56
Fred E. Gerdl, 56, Cedar Rapids native, died in LaCrosse Wisconsin after a brief illness. He was born August 3, 1881, and lived in LaCrosse since age 18. Surviving: a son and a daughter in LaCrosse, seven grandchildren, four brothers in Cedar Rapids and Evanston, and a sister in Pasadena. Body returned to Cedar Rapids for funeral Tuesday at Turner's mortuary, burial in Linwood cemetery.
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Fred E. Gerdl
Cedar Rapids
LaCrosse
Wis
Mr. Gerdl
A. Shitel
E. A
Tanganyika Ranked Sixth Largest Lake Worldwide
The article notes Lake Tanganyika as the sixth largest lake in the world with an area of about 15 000 square miles.
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Lake Tanganyika
Caedmon Poetry Lost Though Paraphrases Survive
The poems of Caedmon, a seventh century Anglo-Saxon poet, are lost to history though later writers preserve paraphrases of his work.
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Caedmon
Lilienthal Proposes TVA Sell Off to Private Power Firms
William S. Lilienthal announces a comprehensive plan to adjust TVA relations with private power companies. The proposal envisions selling privately owned electric facilities in the southeast to cities and rural districts, while the TVA would not take over the entire power business.
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Lilienthal
TVA
Alabama Power Company
Supreme Court
Memphis
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Tennessee
Toto
Publication of Black Legion Affiliates Names Sought
Mount Clemens Michigan prosecutor Vincent L. Fitzgerald said the grand jury report naming Black Legion affiliates will be published this week. He hinted the list could include city and county officials of various ranks.
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Mount Clemens
Mich
Black Legion
Vincent L. Fitzgerald
Macomb County
Fitzgerald
Austria's 1917 18 military classes called for service
Vienna reports that Austria’s military classes of 1917–18 are called for army service under the January law lowering conscription age to 20. The dispatch cites a German official news agency source from Vienna issued on Saturday.
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Berlin
INS
Austria
Vienna
Goodrich Rubber to Slash Jobs in Akron
The B F Goodrich Co announced it will cut about 5 000 jobs in Akron unless wages are reduced by 10 to 20 cents an hour. The move aims to lower operating costs amid industry pressure.
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Akron, C
INS
B. F. Goodrich Co
Akron
Wallace To Testify On Operations Of FSA
Secretary Henry A. Wallace was invited to testify on March 10 before the Senate unemployment and relief committee about the Farm Security Administration operations. Undersecretary M. L. Wilson will discuss population and youth problems in the unemployment picture the same day. Carrington Gill of the Works Progress Administration was listed to testify Monday on rural relief problems.
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Washington
INS
Henry A. Wallace
Senate Unemployment and Relief Committee
Farm Security Administration
M. L. Wilson
Carrington Gill
Works Progress Administration
Special Evangelistic Meetings Open Tonight at Church of God
The Church of God on Laverue and Eighth Street NW hosts a week long evangelistic series starting tonight with 7 30 services daily except Saturday. Vernon Guttenfelder leads main talks and is joined by a youth orchestra under Paul Wise. Delegations from Cedar Rapids area and beyond attend, with the public invited to all ages. Vernon Guttenfelder, Franklin high school graduate and Cedar Rapids Symphony member, plans to enroll at Anderson College and Seminary next fall.
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Church of God
Laverue
Eighth Street NW
Paul Wise
Cedar Rapids
Vernon Guttenfelder
J. C. Guttenfelder
Twentieth Street
Vernon
Franklin High School
Sophrosyne National Honor Society
Cleveland
Max Daehler
Boost Pay Scale Of 12,000 In Hosiery
In Philadelphia UP report states a wage scale increase affects 12 000 Berks county hosiery workers in the Keystone Manufacturing group. The move places 70 percent of the nation’s hosiery workers on a standard wage level as announced Saturday.
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Philadelphia
Berks County
Keystone Manufacturing
France Sets 10 Billion Franc Defense Fund
PARIS AP reports the French parliament unanimously backed a 10,000,000,000 franc defense investment fund after Premier Camille Chautemps urged national unity against what were termed Europe’s perils.
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Paris
Camille Chautemps
Europe
French envoy expresses sympathy over Southern California floods
Rene St. Quentin the newly accredited French ambassador visited the state department to convey his government s condolences for the loss of life and property caused by the floods in southern California.
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Washington
INS
Rene St. Quentin
State Department
California
Income Tax Take Might Fall Short Of 1937 Target
Treasury experts predict about 700 million dollars in income tax will flow in this month but only 10 days remain to file. First installment on 1937 earnings expected from under three million individuals and 200 thousand corporations. millions more must file. Early March receipts total 7.66 million, well below last year’s pace, signaling a possible shortfall as Morgenthau seeks to curb new borrowing.
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Washington
INS
Morgenthau
The
Treasury
Garbo and Stokowski Unite in Planned Marriage
Stokowski, 56, and Greta Garbo plan marriage after long speculation. He has headed the Philadelphia Orchestra since 1923 and is twice divorced. Garbo, never married, has been linked to several men but insists they are only friends. The couple has denied romance publicly.
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Italy
Stokowski
Garbo
Nevada
Evangeline Brewster Johnson
New Brunswick
N.J
Olga Samaroff
Philadelphia Orchestra
Miss Garbo
Mauritz Stiller
United States
John Gilbert
George Brent
Rouben Mamoulian
Philip Cummings
Vermont
Wilhelm Soerensen
Stockholm
Aged Waterloo Woman Found Dead in Gas Asphyxiation
Mrs. Louisa C. Heidemann, 73, was found dead Saturday in her Waterloo home the coroner says died from gas leaking from an unlit pilot burner. She moved to Black Hawk county in 1866.
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Waterloo
Louisa C. Heidemann
Eugene E. Smith
Black Hawk County
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