Chriners Abandon Auto Lottery Plan
Shrine officials abandon a car lottery tied to ticket sales for the Eastern States Circus at Shrine Temple, after County Attorney G K Thompson advised the plan violated state lottery law. A new method based on votes from ticket sales allows prizes by daily turn-ins with 25 votes per ticket. Tickets available at Roosevelt hotel mezzanine by 5:30 p.m. Thursday, with first turn in Saturday night. A WWI note recalls the wind aiding Allies after the first German gas attack.
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Eastern States
Shrine Temple
E! Kahir Shrine
Shrine
G. K. Thompson
Roosevelt Hotel
Collins Crowned State Personality Queen After Des Moines Contest
Cathryn Collins a 17 year old from Cedar Rapids won the Iowa state personality contest in Des Moines earning a two week Hollywood screen test and a contract to sing two weeks with Jan Garber's Chicago orchestra. Garber predicted a professional singing career for the young singer who has performed publicly since age seven.
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Cathryn Collins
M. P. Collins
Third Street
Des Moines
Allied Theater Owners of
Iowa
Roosevelt Senior High School
Miss Collins
Hollywood
Jan Garber
Chicago
Garber
Cedar Rapids
Town
Catherine Adams
Coe College Conservatory of Music
Cathryn
Mike Collins
Central Station
June
Joel Watkins
Rock Island, Ill
Margaret Coleson
Drake University
Pla-Mar
Mary Jane Gustafson
Boone
Helen Hocum
Iowa Falls
Jeanne Ludwig
Mason City
Ruth Hollowell
Pleasantville
Jean Fahrney
C. R. Fahrney
Thirty-second Street
Des Moines Coliseum
Johnny Reeves
Carolina Solons Push Probe of Chain Gang Cruelty Charge
North Carolina lawmakers expand inquiry into the Captain Little chain gang camp amid reports of two deaths and amputations from supposedly harsh confinement. affidavits claim a convict died after thirteen days in a dark house chained, while others allege a fatal beating and foot freezing during January confinement.
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Carolina Solons
Charlotte
N. C
INS
North Carolina
Captain Little
L. Borgen
Fred Young
Borgan
Manley Swaringen
Swaringen
Carter
Robert Barnes
Woodrow Shropshire
Raleigh
Nation debates 350 million battleship replacement plan
In Washington navy circles a 350 million plan to replace seven overage battleships by 1937 is under discussion. If Japan rejects a new treaty, modernization may give way to building new ships, with ships New York Texas Nevada Oklahoma Pennsylvania Arizona and Mississippi at risk.
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Washington
INS
America
Japan
Navy Department
New York
Texas
Nevada
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Arizona
Mississippi
Auto rescue mishap injuries near Cedar Rapids
Harold Jepson twenty five of Marion suffered a fractured pelvis and other injuries after a Model A Ford sport coupe stalled in mud near the Joe Bena farm east of Cedar Rapids. Jepson and Lumir Bena were trying to pull the car free when the rear wheels suddenly grabbed and caused the accident.
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Harold Jepson
Seventh Street
Chris Jepson
Marion
Joe Bena
Jepson
Lumir Bena
Bena Farm
Highway 30
Cedar Rapids
Rena
Unclear quote centers on teacher and domestic animals
A quoted line recalls a teacher asking about how domed animals serve humans and supply necessities, with the speaker reflecting on family ties and memory. The fragment suggests a personal reminiscence without concrete events or names.
Boys help free Jepson as car pins him under vehicle
A car knocked Jepson down and dragged him beneath it. Neighbors Wes Soukup and Milo Kubisa, with Louie Bena and Rena, overturned the car after fifteen minutes. Jepson was rushed to Mercy hospital with sprained back and other injuries, improving Thursday morning after x rays.
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Jepson
Rena
Wes Soukup
Milo Kubisa
Louie Bena
Lumir
Soukup
Kubisa
Mercy Hospital
Lumir Bena
Bena
Clown George W Spears Dies at 79 in Chicago
George W Spears beloved as the lovable clown to art students worldwide died in a South State street hotel at age 79. For 20 years he sat on a pedestal at the Chicago Art Institute guiding and critiquing young sculptors and painters with his famous smile.
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Chicago
George W. Spears
George
South Side
Chicago Art Institute
Green Urges Wagner Labor Bill For Industrial Peace
Washington AFL President William Green told the Senate labor committee that organized labor demands swift enactment and enforcement of the Wagner labor relations bill. He warned patience has limits and that workers must gain equal bargaining power to correct economic injustice.
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Green
Washington
INS
NRA
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Senate Labor Committee
Taxpayers See Higher Incomes Than 1933 Averages
Cedar Rapids deputies report that both individuals and corporations show incomes above 1933 levels on the eve of the final filing date. To prevent penalties, the Internal Revenue Service will extend hours Friday from 8:30 am to 8 pm at the Federal Building, second floor, for last minute returns.
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Cedar Rapids
United States Collector of Internal Revenue
Collector of Internal Revenue
Federal Building
Ordinance Aims To Curb Night Truck Parking Citywide
City council on first and second readings drafted a measure prohibiting trucks trailers and motor vehicles from parking more than 15 minutes on streets alleys driveways viaducts or within city limits except for breakdowns loading unloading and minor repairs. Exemptions apply to motor buses farm implements and vehicles over width seventy two inches or length eighteen feet. Violations carry up to $100 fine or 30 days jail with liability potentially assigned to firms. Final decision scheduled next week per Dan Kruidenier.
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Tenth Street
First Avenue E
Dan Kruidenier
Public
Iowa Legislature May Meet in June Says Governor
Des Moines Gov Clyde L Herring suggested the Iowa legislature may adjourn in a few weeks and return for a special session in June if Congress delays social security legislation The governor linked state relief law coordination to federal program benefits and said action may be needed before benefits flow to Iowa
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Des Moines
Iowa
Clyde L. Herring
Congress
Herring
Former Film Star Faces Charge of Jewelry Smuggling
New York film star George K. Arthur is due in federal court on charges of plotting to smuggle a stolen bracelet into the United States. Miss Mary Hewitt Jopling says she was duped. authorities say Arthur sought to retain the $1,600 bracelet once stolen from banker Stephen Raphael and later pawned.
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New York
INS
George K. Arthur
Mary Hewitt Jopling
Park Avenue
Arthur
Stephen Raphael
Cannes
Miss
Jopling
America
Raphael
Miss Jopling
Herring Signs Bill Reducing Iowa Hunting and Fishing Fees
Governor Clyde L. Herring signed a bill cutting Iowa hunting and fishing license prices ahead of the April 1 season. New rates drop hunting from two dollars to one, fishing from one dollar to one, and a combined license from two fifty to one fifty.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Clyde L. Herring
Assembly
Russia warns of arms race if Britain concedes
In Moscow Izvestia warns that defensive measures will rise in Soviet Russia if Britain grants concessions to Germany. The article notes the Soviet army has grown to 960000 men. British politician Stanley Baldwin highlighted Russian armaments in Parliament, provoking Communist pushback over appeasement.
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Moscow
Russia
England
Germany
Izvestia
Stanley Baldwin
British Council
House of Commons
Reichfuehrer
Hitler
John Simon
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