Foreign trade up in January with exports and imports rising
Washington AP reports department of commerce data show January exports up 3 percent from December while imports rose 26 percent. The trade surplus totaled 9.217 million in January, versus 38.41 million in December and 36.515 million in January 1934. Imports reached 167.006 million, compared with 132.252 million in December and 135.706 million in January 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Commerce
Very Warm Winter Baffles Forecasters
The Weather Bureau notes the 1934 35 winter was unusually warm nationwide with 85 to 90 percent warmer than normal. No forecast had predicted such warmth and the northeast saw only milder cold than last year covering December January and February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Weather Bureau
United States
Official Weather Bureau
Senate Votes Columbus Day As Legal Holiday
DES MOINES AP The state senate moved to add Iowa to states observing Columbus Day as a legal holiday. The chamber also killed the Schmidt bill aimed at forfeiture of equipment used in games of chance and lottery and left the Shangle bill on foreclosure sales for debtors division of land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Senate
Iowa
Lst
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Festival of Lights at McCombe Service Friday
Trinity Methodist church hosts a Festival of the Lights with Dr John H McCombe speaking The program includes Ninety and Nine by a trumpet trio a sixty voice massed choir and women ushers The evangelist will discuss The Night the Lights Went Out during Lent observances continuing nightly at 7 30 with prayer meetings at seven homes Friday morning.
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Trinity Methodist Church
John H. McCombe
McCombe
Charles Roy
First Avenue
A. B. Curtis
G Avenue
W. T. Evans
Rollin Heald
L Street
Paul Gard
Maple Drive
C. W. Davis
Fifteenth Avenue
L. McKee
K Street
Death of Mrs. Godfrey Wenger at 58 in Manchester
Mrs Godfrey Wenger 58 died after a several week illness in Manchester. Funeral services led by Rev W A Adix will be held Friday at the home at 2 pm and at the Lutheran church at 2 30. Burial in Oakland cemetery. Born Emma Messerli in Switzerland November 10 1876 she came to the United States at age four. She married Godfrey Wenger January 23 1896 and they farmed in Adams and Milo townships before moving to Manchester in 1922. Surviving are her husband three children Louis and Harry on the home farm near Ryan and Mrs Gladys Burton of Waterloo two brothers Godfrey and Rudolph Messerli Springfield Missouri two sisters Mrs Godfrey Wenger Marshalltown and Mrs E F Kohler Springfield Missouri and three grandchildren.
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Manchester
Godfrey Wenger
W. A. Adix
Oakland Cemetery
Emma Messerli
Joseph and
Magdaline Messerli
Switzerland
United States
Monticello
Adams
Milo
Wenger
Louis
Harry
Ryan
Gladys Burton
Waterloo
Godfrey
Rudolph Messerli
Springfield
Marshalltown
E. F. Kohler
Deaths Samuel J. Eshleman 62 Cedar Rapids Resident
Samuel J. Eshleman 62 of 1260 Third avenue SE Cedar Rapids died suddenly at home after returning from work. A machinist at LaPlante Choate, he was found in the basement by family. Coroner C. E. Irwin expects autopsy Thursday. Survived by wife daughter Carolyn and two sisters. Funeral services in Batavia with Turner chapel calling hours through Friday.
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Samuel J. Eshleman
Third Avenue SE
LaPlante Choate
C. E. Irwin
Eshleman
Jefferson County
Cedar Rapids
Carolyn
Anita
John T. Castor
Centerville
Addie McCartrey
Washington State
Batavia
Turner Chapel
Funeral services for Ruth Wise set for Friday
Funeral services for Ruth Wise will be held in the Beatty chapel Friday at 2 p.m. conducted by the Rev Blaine Hyten. Burial follows in Linwood cemetery with viewing from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the chapel.
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Ruth Wise
Beatty Chapel
Blaine Hyten
Linwood Cemetery
Funeral services for Cassina Johnson at residence
Funeral services for Cassina Johnson will be held at the residence of William Freeman in New Hall at 10 a.m. Friday. The Rev. W A Montgomery will officiate and burial will be in Parker's Grove cemetery.
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Cassina Johnson
William Freeman
Newhall
W. A. Montgomery
Parker's Grove Cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs Les ter Delaney
Funeral services for Mrs. Les ter Delaney will be held at Immaculate Conception church on Friday at 9 a.m. conducted by Msgr. John Molloy. Burial will be in Mount Calvary cemetery.
Funeral services for Oliver P Morris
Funeral services for Oliver P Morris will be held Friday at 2 30 p m in the Rohn chapel Rev F H Ward will officiate and burial will be in Linwood cemetery
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Oliver P. Morris
Rohn
F. H. Ward
Linwood Cemetery
Mrs Harriet A Savage Dies After Lingering Illness
Mrs Harriet A Savage wife of George Savage of 967 Seventeenth street NE Cedar Rapids died in a local hospital at 5 p m Wednesday after a lingering illness. Born July 18 1864 in Stratford England she came to Cedar Rapids in 1893 married December 18 1881 Survived by husband two sons John C Savage Chicago and William H Savage Cedar Rapids.
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Harriet A. Savage
George Savage
Seventeenth Street
Stratford
Eng
Cedar Rapids
John C. Savage
Chicago
William H. Savage
Funeral notice for a resident with relatives abroad
Leaves one sister Mrs Lillian Jinks of Crewe England and two grandchildren Kenneth and Louise Savage both of Chicago plus one great grandchild. Funeral announcement will be made later. chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Jinks
Crewe
Eng
Kenneth and
Louise Savage
Chicago
Turner Chapel
Missionaries Battle Silent Fever in China
American medical missionaries in Haichow Kiangsu Province fight oriental black fever affecting 25 000 square miles and 5 000 000 people. The Southern Presbyterian mission team based in Nashville works to save fever victims.
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Haichow
Kiangsu Province
China
American Southern Presbyterian Mission
Nashville
Tenn
Alyce Jane McHenry Improves After Surgery
Alyce Jane McHenry the 10 year old Omaha girl who had surgery to correct an inverted stomach at Truesdale hospital appeared brighter on Thursday. A bulletin from Dr. George B. King and Dr. L. W. Hill noted temperature 100.2 pulse 110 respiration 20 and that she had retained food for the past 24 hours with beef broth cereal and orange juice on the menu.
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Fall River, Mass
Alyce Jane McHenry
Omaha
Truesdale Hospital
George B. King
L. W. Hill
Alyce
Permanent Fair Site Planned By Chicago
Mayor Ed ward J. Kelly urged a permanent 20 million dollar fair on the lake front site of A Century of Progress. He asked the Illinois legislature to appoint a supervising board and funding would come from the pending federal work relief bill. The plan estimates annual income of 1.8 million and a self liquidating period of twenty five years.
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Chicago
INS
Edward J. Kelly
Kelly
Illinois
Maryville Tornado stands as 1934's worst in Missouri
Maryville in Missouri suffered the era's most severe tornado in 1934, marking a devastating event with extensive damage and loss. Local records note the tornado as the year's deadliest in the state, shaping community recovery and historical memory.
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Maryville, Mo
Group Approves New Airmail Bill In Congress
House post office committee on Thursday advanced an airmail bill empowering the Interstate Commerce Commission to raise base pay to mail carriers to 40 cents per mile for 300 pounds. The measure also lets the postmaster general designate primary and secondary routes with at least three primary transcontinental lines.
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Washington
House Post Office Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Americans In China Warned Of Dangers
The American legation in Peiping urged all Americans in Kweichow province to be prepared to flee at a moment's notice as red army advances threaten the region. Chinese authorities were notified to protect Americans during any offensives and promised precautions.
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Peiping
INS
Kweichow
Legation
Marion man fined for drunk driving after railroad switch crash
H. E. Harms, 71, of Marion, was fined 300 dollars and costs in district court by Judge F. O. Ellison on a drunk driving charge. One half of the fine was suspended for good behavior after his arrest by Sergeant Connell and Patrolman Stodolay following a collision near Fourth street and Eighth avenue SE railroad tracks. Harms was uninjured.
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H. E. Harms
Marion
F. O. Ellison
Harms
Connell
Stodolay
Fourth Street
Eighth Avenue SE
Delinquent Tax Sale Set For Friday in Linn County
Linn county will hold another delinquent tax sale Friday at 10 a.m. under County Treasurer Milo Sedlacek. The prior sale on Monday yielded 5 705.27 from 54 properties, 30 in Cedar Rapids and 24 outside. Also noted: Judge A B Clark quieted a realty title involving heirs of Lillian Klinetob with defendants John Klinetob and Charles Klinetob. Myrtle K Smith seeks divorce from Clayton R Smith, married November 12, 1903 in Oskaloosa.
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Linn County
Milo Sedlacek
Cedar Rapids
A. B. Clark
Lewis Rogers
Della Marquand
Laura McElhaney
Leo Gushart
Lillian Klinetob
John Klinetob
Charles Klinetob
Myrtle K. Smith
Clayton R. Smith
Oskaloosa
Explosion injures worker at Sioux Falls power plant
One man was burned in an explosion in the boilery room of the Northern States Power company plant in Sioux Falls South Dakota. Physicians said the injury was not serious and the cause was not immediately determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. D
Northern States Power Company
Gold worth 107000 stolen from Croydon Airdome
Scotland Yard probes a $107000 loss from the Croydon Airdome safe. No signs of forced entry or fingerprints found, inner door ajar, outer door intact, officers report the heist occurred near staff and police. Rewards totaling $10000 offered for information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Croydon
Eng
Croydon Airdome
Scotland Yard
Airdome
Propose Two New Bureaus In Bill Before Iowa House
In Des Moines a bill to create two new state bodies advances. A nonpartisan greater Iowa commission of three would coordinate agriculture industry and labor to boost economic conditions. A five-member Iowa State Electric Board would oversee transmission lines power sales and rate setting with a full time chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Des Moines
Greater Iowa
Reps. McKinnon
Henry
Don Burington
Woodbury
Ben Doran
Boone
Paul Cunningham
Iowa House
Iowa State Electric Board
Prepare To Block Alien Smuggling
Washington AP reports that labor department action aims to curb a predicted rise in illegal entries. Supervisor Willard F. Kelly says 200000 to 350000 repatriated Mexicans are ready to return, prompting border patrol training in El Paso and plans for a Detroit site to educate officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
Willard F. Kelly
Border Patrol
el Paso
Texas
Detroit
Mrs Blacklidge Granted Stay Of Jail Term
Springfield Illinois AP Justice Paul Farthing signed a stay of mandate delaying Mrs Myrtle Tanner Blacklidge’s jail term while the Illinois supreme court reviews her petition for rehearing of a ruling in the alienation of affections damages case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Paul Farthing
Myrtle Tanner Blacklidge
Illinois Supreme Court
Briton claims death ray may kill pests and sex unborn child
Leicester inventor R C Chadfield is building a five kilowatt death ray claimed to kill without pain at up to thirty yards. He says the ray disrupts nervous impulses and could slaughter animals or determine the sex of an unborn child with frequencies matched to each living thing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leicester
Eng
Mns
R. C. Chadfield
Leicester College of Science and Technology
Chadfield
British Post Office
Tam
Fredericksburg Businessman Gets Three Years for Poisoning Wife
Edward C. Bell, 60, a Fredericksburg businessman, was convicted of poisoning and attempting to poison his invalid wife Madge W. Bell. A three year penitentiary sentence was agreed on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg, Va
Edward C. Bell
Fredericksburg
Madge W. Bell
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