Roosevelt links jobs to security in 1938 mobilization appeal
President Roosevelt opened the 1938 community chest campaign urging a united front for human needs. He argued that only by creating jobs can national stability and individual security be achieved, stressing works programs to aid able-bodied unemployed and preserve employed workers. He highlighted youth at risk and called for broad public participation to extend relief through new jobs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
United Front
Insurgents Claim Victory in Aragon Front Push
The Spanish insurgent high command claims a series of victories on the Aragon front in forty hours, with advances of seventeen miles and capture of Villages Alzura Letux and Alberton. Rebel air raids on Reus and Tarragona caused dozens of casualties. One hundred foreign prisoners were taken in Belchite, including eleven Americans.
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Saragossa
Spain
INS
International Brigade
High Command
Aragon
Alzura
Letux
Alberton
Reus
Tarragona
Belchite
Haig Shekerjian downplays gas impact in future war
Lieut. Col Haig Shekerjian, executive officer of the army chemical warfare service, scoffs at predictions of devastating gas effects. He notes no major new gases since World War I and argues gas remains a valuable weapon though rarely used in Sino-Japanese and Ethiopian conflicts.
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Washington
Haig Shekerjian
Army
Chemical Warfare Service
Sheker- Jian
Capitalization Of 468 Millions For C. and N. W.
The Interstate Commerce Commission's bureau of finance recommended a capitalization of 468 million dollars for the Chicago and North Western Railway company under section 77 reorganization. This contrasts with 597.45 million dollars as of December 31, 1936. The debtor railroad proposed 470.78 million dollars, while a life insurance committee offered 449.51 million dollars.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bureau of Finance
Chicago and North Western Railway Company
Railroad’s
Deaths Matthew Pashakornis Funeral Service Details
Funeral services for Matthew Pashakornis will be held in the chapel of Our Lady of Grace Church at 10 am Saturday, in charge of Father Dominic Loferski. Burial will follow in Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call at Turner Chapel until 9 am Saturday.
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Matthew Pashakornis
Our Lady of Grace
Court House News in Judge Ellison Case
Mrs. Helen Turner Davis 26 of 104 Fourteenth Ave SE was removed from a district court room after outbursts during a statutory charge arraignment. Bailiff Dick Preston assisted officers to eject her to an anteroom. Davis threw the copy of the true information and was jailed. Her husband Ralph Davis 27 pled not guilty to soliciting and was released on bond. Lawrence Boone 35 pled not guilty on soliciting with $600 bond. Evelyn Jones 24 pled not guilty on a statutory offense with $800 bond and received a 90 day suspended Rockwell City reformatory sentence for a prior liquor charge. Thomas Gibbons 35 pled not guilty on soliciting arrest Tuesday night.
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F. O. Ellison
Helen Turner Davis
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Dick Preston
Davis
Ellison
Rockwell City
Relinquishment of Right in Arden Homestead Approved
District court decree records Dr Sydney E Sinclair of Detroit relinquishing contingent ownership and occupancy rights to Arden the Cedar Rapids homestead of his grandmother Marie Louise Sinclair. The will provided a path to title after a period of residence at a reasonable rent. Sinclair has executed a quitclaim deed to the estate trustees and remains an interne in Detroit.
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Sinclair
Detroit
Goodland Given Time To Plead On Larceny
Harry Goodland, 54, of Des Moines, arrested Feb 28, was allowed until March 14 to plead to a petty larceny charge. He faces an indeterminate three-year term under Iowa habitual criminal law for a fourth conviction. He allegedly took a pencil, flashlight, and small alarm clocks from May's drug store in Cedar Rapids on Feb 28. State cites five prior convictions with dates in Muscatine, Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, Hampton, and Iowa City between 1934 and 1936.
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Harry Goodland
Des Moines
James H Smith
F O. Enison
Iowa
Goodland
May
Cedar Rapids
G. K.thompson
Muscatine
Waterloo
Hampton
Iowa City
Divorce Decisions Shade Saturday District Court Dockets
Judge C Ring granted divorces on cruel and inhuman treatment and desertion grounds. I Ethel Krall Gambell and Everett S Pickett see surnames restored, while Ethel Krall Gambell widens from Roscoe Gambell. Alice McGlynn regains Robertson name after desertion ruling. Anna Mae Connor versus Irwin P O Connor heard under advisement. Mary T Campbell versus John R Campbell submitted on desertion and mistreatment grounds.
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C. Ring
Ethel Krall Gambell
Roscoe Gambell
Tilda Pickett
Everett S. Pickett
Gambell
Ethel Krall
Pickett
Hilda Peet
Ring
Alice Mce- Glynn
James R. McGlynn
San Antonio
Vetter asks court to construe Warren trust fund terms
Ethel Starr Vetter, beneficiary, seeks court construction of a $3,000 trust clause in the Warren will of Cedar Rapids deceased Margaret L. Warren. The action asks limits on trustee powers to deliver the trust body and cites a current balance of $2,430 with the petition seeking declaration of rights.
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Ethel Starr Vetter
Margaret L. Warren
Cedar Rapids
Ring
Sergt Hughes Discusses Traffic Safety With Cub Pack 29
Thirty five cubs six den chiefs and forty parents attended a meeting of Cub Pack 29 at Westminster Church Thursday evening Traffic Sergeant Gordon Hughes gave a talk on traffic safety Den No 1 was in charge with Mrs H J Jones as den mother and William Dean Barnhizer as den chief Achievement awards were presented Bear rank Lyle Tollefson and Kenneth Corderman Lion rank Jimmy Pollock Gold arrow Roger Danchy Richard Jones Charles Weatherill Silver arrow Duncan Ross Charles Young is cubmaster for pack 29
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Westminster Church
Gordon Hughes
H. J. Jones
Fifth Avenue SE
William Dean Barnhizer
Bear
Lyle Tollefson
Kenneth Corderman
Jimmy Pollock
Roger Danchy
Richard Jones
Approve Bridge Over Mississippi At Davenport
The Senate passed and sent to the White House a bill to permit Rock Island Illinois to build a toll bridge across the Mississippi River with the Iowa end at Davenport.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Rock Island
Ill
Mississippi River
Iowa
Davenport
Trustee’s claim on trust residue amid default judgment
The will of Hans Nelson of Cedar Rapids died March 2. Katherine Flucker residuary legatee and unknown claimants named as defendants. Defendants were adjudged in default Friday. Sophie Nelson beneficiary with two cousins Christian H. Peterson and Nels Peterson residuary legatees. Christian Ti Peterson appointed executor. The will was made Feb 14.
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Katherine Flucker
Hans Nelson
Cedar Rapids
Sophie Nelson
Christian Hh, Peterson
Nels Peterson
Christian Ti Peterson
Appeals Verdict Filed in Newman vs Hotz Personal Injury Case
Notice of appeal filed by plaintiff Sarah Newman from a directed verdict for defendant W. E Hotz in a $2,500 personal injury suit. Judge Co J Haas presided on November 17. Case concerns a highway accident north of the area.
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Sarah Newman
W. E Hotz
J Haas
Omaha man charged with chea ting by false pretenses
William Ward 44 of Omaha, Negro, pleaded not guilty before District Judge F O Ellison to a charge of cheating by false pretenses. Bond set at 1000 dollars. Ward allegedly used a shortchange trick netting 95 cents at Highland grocery on November 27 1985 on Highway No 11. He was arrested by police.
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William Ward
Omaha
F. O. Ellison
Ward
Highland Grocery
Jie
City Briefs and Personalities Update
Mrs. Patrick Collins heads to Chicago for her nephew Robert J. Knox funeral. Mrs. A J Mallon travels to Davenport after her mother Mrs A Shegel’s passing. Mrs. Frank Janda returns from Traer after visiting her mother Mrs. John Stepnick. Alan Baldwin of Davenport, son of Mr and Mrs Frank Baldwin, is promoted from second to first lieutenant in the infantry reserve.
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Patrick Collins
Sixth Street NW
Chicago
Robert J. Knox
A J. Mallon
First Avenue E
Davenport
A Shegel
Hiegel
Charles Hiegel
Avenue NE
Frank Janda
Eighth Street
Traer
John Stepnick
Alan Baldwin
Frank Baldwin
Wildwood Dive NE
Infantry
849Th Infantry
Federal
High Twelve Club Hosts Luncheon at Police Station
The High Twelve club held a Friday noon luncheon in the city police station court room on the second floor transformed into a restaurant by Hotel Roosevelt staff. Tin cups and plates used for serving marked the unusual setting as Clark Beems was fined 10 cents for contempt of court and Chief Bob Vineh, host, was surprised when Patrolman Earl Davis announced Friday as his birthday.
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High Twelve Club
Hotel Roosevelt
Clark Beems
Bob Vineh
Earl Davis
High Twelve
Davis
DeMolay Night Tour Ends With Prison Fare Meal
The group toured the police station after a meeting and sampled hard rolls served as prison fare. Ervin F Stepanek, president, fined Beems and announced March 29 DeMolay night with Charles Bode in charge. Chief Vinch, Wes Benesh, and Earl Stanley attended as guests.
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Wes Benesh
Public Safety
Earl Stanley
Dog stowaway on Minnesota bus prompts fare dispute
In Hinckley Minnesota a dog boarded a city bus and rode to Minneapolis. Driver Gunnaren Roth boarded and escorted the pet off the bus. The Animal Rescue League seeks to recover a $175 fare from the dog and its owner.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Animal Rescue League
Hinckley
Gunnarenroth
Yeggs Hit Mattituck Bank for $3,000 Miss $25,000
Four bandits robbed the Mattituck National Bank in Mattituck New York just before noon Friday. They forced four bank employees into a vault at gunpoint and escaped after taking $3,000 from a cashier but leaving $25,000 in the vault.
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Yeggs
New York
INS
Mattituck National Bank
Mattituck
L. 1
Caesarean Infant Dies After Mother's Death in Detroit
A six-pound baby boy, delivered by cesarean operation one minute after his mother died of pneumonia at St Joseph Mercy Hospital in Detroit, died five hours later after a brief life. The infant is listed as the child of Julia Penrode, 28.
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Detroit
INL
Julia Penrode
St Joseph Mercy Hospital
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