NRA Pressures Code Enforcement Amid Industry Split
Washington AP reported the NRA moved to tighten law on rule violations as Gen. Hugh S. Johnson expands the central code compliance staff. Two industrial committees split on approach with consumer goods backing swift action and capital goods seeking a broader program, while Johnson pushed for stricter enforcement and potential securities act amendments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
NRA
Hugh S. Johnson
Johnson
Roosevelt
George Sloan
Delmar School Board Nomination Papers Filed for Two Directors
Delmar consolidated district reports nomination papers filed for two candidates, Oly Walred and Frank Ebersole, for school director positions. One seat will be filled at the election. Ebersole’s term is set to expire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delmar
Oly Walred
Frank Ebersole
Ebersole
Graves Of Veterans In County To Be Registered As A New CWA Project
Linn county emergency relief chairman Benjamin Taft was instructed by state relief headquarters to start a veterans grave registration project under CWA supervision. The work will locate and register all wars' veterans graves in Linn county, funded by local transportation costs, under state military department direction with a local supervisor, and Taft will coordinate with American Legion officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Taft
Linn County
Relef
CWA
State Military Department
Tait
American Legion
Weaver Witwer Flies to Los Angeles Overnight
Weaver Witwer leaves Iowa City by air Thursday night at 8 30 and arrives in Los Angeles Friday morning. A 11 am wire to Mrs Witwer confirms a safe arrival and a wonderful trip. Weather delays pushed departure two hours. he will visit relatives in California before returning from San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Pacific Coast
Weaver Witwer
Los Angeles
Farmers Mutual Telephone picks directors at annual meeting
DYSART The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Farmers Mutual Telephone company was held Wednesday. All former directors were re elected and two vacancies filled. A S Gnagy succeeds the late Conrad Seebach and Cyrus Tow Dewey Taylor who moved out of the community. Officials for the ensuing year will be selected by the one leaders at a meeting Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dysart
Farmers Mutual Telephone Company
A. S. Gnagy
Conrad Seebach
Cyrus Tow
Dewey Taylor
Tightening rules on absent vote ballots in city primaries
City Solicitor David G. Bleakley announced new regulations governing disabled and absent voters ballots. Applications must be obtained first, ballots mailed after return, and ballots must be in the city clerk's office by Monday night. The city clerk’s office will stay open all day Saturday to assist voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David G. Bleakley
L. J. Storey
Bleakley
Mrs Roosevelt Defers Comment on Porto Rico New Deal
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt declined to define her husband’s Porto Rico program, saying the ideas that matter are those of the people. She spoke to Porto Rican correspondents during a one week visit, touring factories and homes and noting high prices and profits amid a consumer strike against electric rates.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Virgin Islands
Sturges Ely Named To Yale Record Editorial Board
Sturges Ely a Yale sophomore and son of Henry S Ely of 509 Knollwood drives has been named to the Yale Record editorial board. His two paintings are shown in the undergraduate art exhibit sponsored by the publication, with critics praising Stone City Passion Flower and February for their technique and surface treatment. Ely is pursuing automotive engineering at Yale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sturges Ely
Yale
Henry S Ely
Knollwood Drive
Yale Record
Cedar Rapids
Stone City Art Colony
Ely
Stone City
Yale Artis
Baby Frock Pattern 1789 Promises Charm for Girls
Anne Adams pattern 1789 offers a simple flutter shoulder ruffle dress in printed cotton and other fabrics. Sizes 2 to 10 with fabric yardage for size 4. illustrated sewing steps included. Spring 1934 edition also features adults and children styles. book and pattern priced at 25 cents. Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Dept, 243 West 17th Street, New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Department
West 17Th Street
York City
Alabama Guard, Planes Deployed in Walker County Mine Strike
Three national guard infantry companies, a cavalry troop, and a squadron of airplanes were ordered to Walker county Alabama as mine strike disorders threatened. Hull and Townley settlements were occupied after tense talks between workers and striking miners. More than 8,000 miners were idle Friday.
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Birmingham
Ala
National Guard
Walker County
Hull
Townley
Soundproofed furnished apartment for rent ad
Want ads describe a fine apartment to rent featuring soundproofing and full furnishings plus electrical fittings and soft water. The ad notes moving prospects should consider the unit and mentions upstairs noise as a context for seeking quiet living.
Watson’s Grocery Catalogue Offers Wide Range Of Staples
A long list of weekly deals from Watson's Grocery on Third Ave SW features prices for sugar, oleo, bacon, canned goods, dried fruits, coffee, flour, cereal, and produce. Highlights include 19c per pound sugar, 9c bread, 25c potatoes, and 1.59 for Diamond Flour, with free delivery Saturday to Thursday specials and voucher-like bargains on sweets and pantry staples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Ave
Cupswell
Monarch
Watson's
Maxwell
Pillsbury's
Graham Gee
C. R
Idaho
Japanese publisher slain in Tokyo shooting
Sahji Muto, prominent Japanese industrialist and publisher of the Jiji Shimpo, died after being shot outside his Kamakura home. The assassin then killed himself. the attacker Fukushima was identified. Motives cited include opposition to naval expansion and recent Jiji exposes of alleged corruption. Muto, born 1867, once served in the Japanese Diet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
INS
Sahji Muto
Tokio
Exchange
Sanji Muto
Jiji Shimpo
Muto
Kamakura
Fukushima
Kanegafuchi Spinning Company
Jiji
Amana man jailed after pitchfork attack warrant
Carl Leichsenring of Amana spent three days in jail after swearing out a warrant against Ferdinand Bernhardt. Bernhardt was fined 25 dollars plus costs by Justice Roening for attacking Leichsenring with a pitchfork, though the fine was remitted and only 7.10 dollars costs paid. Bernhardt then swore out a warrant, showing two black eyes as alleged evidence. Leichsenring lacked cash and remained jailed with Sheriff Voelkel.
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Marengo
Carl Leichsenring
Amana
Ferdinand Bernhardt
Bernhardt
Jake Roeniig
Leichsenring
Roening
Leic Hsenring
J. F. Voelkel
Express Freight Soars in 1933 Air Transport
In 1933 air transport carried 1,510,215 pounds of express, about a fifty percent rise from 1932. The surge reflects growing demand for urgent shipments by air cargo services. Industry data show continued expansion in aerial express operations through the year.
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Air Nnes
City Briefs And Personals Summary
Fresh shipment Jones sausage advertised by Hindley's. Miss Betty Jane Gill, 6, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Gill, is home ill with pneumonia and had a throat operation. Charles Roy, advertising solicitor for The Gazette, resting easier at home after a sudden illness. Fire crews checked a smoking oil heater in a refrigerated car on tracks at Tenth avenue and Third street SE. Chimney fire at J. Kosek home, 9901 B avenue NE, extinguished. Mervin Pope of Northwestern Bell spoke at High Twelve about the telephone’s development and uses.
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Betty Jane Gill
John M. Gill
N Avenue NE
Charles Roy
First Avenue
the Gazette
Tenth Avenue
Third Street SE
J. Kosek
B Avenue NE
High Twelve Club
Mervin Pope
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Two Men Stage Filling Station Holdup
Sheriff D. Harris of Tama County reported a Thursday night holdup at a Gladbrook filling station staged by two men in a model A Ford with plates 92-2550. The suspects wore caps and overalls and were believed to have driven toward Cedar Rapids.
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D. ©. Harris
Tama County
Gladbrook
Harris
Cedar Rapids
Man Hospitalized After Crusher Accident at Universal
Charles T Bowman of 816 Ellis boulevard NW is confined at home with a fractured foot after a connecting rod fell on him at the Universal Crusher company where he works as a welder. Seven Cedar Rapids merchants travel to Des Moines for a retail sales tax conference with the state board of assessment and review. attendees include Carl Ettinger, W H Schaffer, Balcom Luberger, Addison Ramsey, Morris Sanford, Gus Mineck, and Charles D Manson.
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Charles T Bowman
Ellis Boulevard
Universal Crusher Company
Cedar Rapids
State Board of Assessment and Review
Des Moines
Carl Ettinger
W.H. Schaffer
Balcom Luberger
Addison Ramsey
Morris Sanford
Gus Mineck
Mercantile Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Charles D. Manson
Carl Dougall jailed after injuring wife in assault
Carl Dougall aged 49 of 209 Seventh Avenue SW was jailed early Thursday after striking his wife and fracturing her jaw. He was sent to the county jail for thirty days by police.
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Carl Dougall
Seventh Avenue SW
Court Friday Charge Details
A man faced charges on Friday including intoxication and disturbing the peace. Authorities did not release his name in the available text and no further context was provided about the incident or jurisdiction.
Fire damages home of Roland Broussard on Ninth Street
Fire at the home of Roland E Broussard 1222 Ninth Street NW damaged a portion of the roof and contents of an upstairs room. The loss, assessed at $1,000, was placed by Golden R Broussard and is covered by insurance.
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Roland E. Broussard
Ninth Street NW
Golden R. Broussard
Woman disputes husband's coal theft charges
Mrs. William Mahnke says her husband did not store coal at their home 1024 Tenth avenue SE nor haul coal away from that address, despite police reports when he was jailed the prior night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Mahnke
Mahnke
Tenth Avenue SE
Car Hits Boy in Sixth Street Play Area
Arthur Koehler reports his car struck a boy on Sixth Street SW between Seventh and Eighth Avenues while a group of children played in the roadway. He said his brakes were applied to let them cross but one boy fell and was struck.
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Arthur Koehler
Sixth Street
Seventh
Eighth Avenues
Koehler
Local schoolboy escapes injury after playful collision
A fragment notes a boy near a car front bumper who appeared uninjured and kept playing with friends. Koehler described the incident and the boy’s continued activity despite the collision.
Behrens Elected to Iowa Engineering Board Post
William H. Behrens county engineer was elected representative of this district on the board of directors of the Iowa Engineering Society at the annual meeting that closed at Iowa State College Thursday. More than 325 Iowa engineers attended the three day joint meeting of the Surveyors conference the Iowa Engineering Society and the Iowa section of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Frank Young city engineer attended the sessions Wednesday.
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Behrens
William H. Behrens
Iowa Engineering Society
Iowa State College
Iowa
Surveyors’ Conference
American Society of Civil Engineers
Frank Young
Death of Lorin L. Baker noted author and economist
Lorin L. Baker, 59, prominent author and economist, died of a heart attack in Los Angeles. He was a cousin of Newton D. Baker, secretary of war under Woodrow Wilson, and had just finished a book about Franklin D. Roosevelt titled Roosevelt, A Man Of Destiny.
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Los Angeles
INS
Lorin L. Baker
Baker
Newton D. Baker
Wilson
Roosevelt
Belle Plaine Election Race Names Vaughn McCune for Seats
In Belle Plaine Walter Vaughn and Challen McCune run to succeed Charles E Hughes for a three year term. J F Park is the uncontested candidate to succeed himself as treasurer for a two year term.
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Belle Plaine
Moncay
Walter Vaughn
Challen McCune
Charles E. Hughes
J. F. Park
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CLUB
Machinery and Allied Products Institute
Turkey
Claude Gallan
Florida
Tangerines
J. W. Fowler
Third ST. SE
A. Pipal & CO
16Th. Ave
Dial
Wilson Pure Lord
Wilson Bacon
Isle of Porto Rico
Alabama
A. N. Watson
Hershey
Rene
Jones
Hindley’s
Stark
1St St. NE
Hamburg
Crisco
Affinity
Edna M. Ferguson
Paramount Theatre
Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
L. Anthony
16Th Ave
Biondo Bros
Mt. Vernon
1St Ave
Central Park Gro. & Mkt
E Ave
S. G. Courtney
16Th St
W. M. Coykendall
G. W. Cropp
Cross & Co
15Th St
L. C. Drummey
13Th St
M. M. Dvorak
Custer Bros
Eaton’s Gro. & Mkt
Ist Ave
Fair Store
Farmers Exchange
Ist St
First Ave
Potato Market
Gro
Mkt
5Th Ave
Fritz’s Gro
P. Gatto Cash Gro
3Rd Ave
Risco
OF Crisco
Gatto’s
4Th Ave
Gatto’s Gro
Globe Gro
8Rd St
Highland Gro
Idlewild
J. F. Indra
Oaklann H. Jensen
K St
Jensen Bros
Kadlee & James
J St
Sam Killel
Sam Killel Gro
6Th St
Kenwood
Jos. Klinsky
Ave
W. G. Konecny
Mineck Bros. Gro. & Mkt
Walt Mineck
Ellis Blvd
Miller’s Select Foods
Model Food Store
1St St
Milo’s Market
Mt. Vernon Ave. Gro
NASA .Bros
Omar
Park Court
Peoples Gro
Mkts
Perley’s Food Shop
Polk School
B Ave
Pose & Neu
Sterling Gro
F Ave
Surry Cash
8Th Ave
Trade-Home Food Co
Troyak Bros
5Th St
Trombino Bros
Vavra Bros
V & K Gro. & Mkt
Vrbicky Gro
2Nd St
Zachar Bros
12Th Ave
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