Milk Fund receipt boosts drive for 872 children
The Milk Fund total rises to 4115.14 with contributions from St. Luke’s masae association, Inter-Ocean Re lance company, the I Rho society, and W A M. Dr A R Menary reports 872 children now receive milk at home or school as distribution expands and more donations are sought. The piece also discusses constitutional questions around the AAA and pensions funding debates.
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St. Luke's Masae Association
Sproyes
Inter-Ocean Relance Company
I Rho Society
A. R. Menary
Childden
Murphy Warned Herring On Liquor In Waterloo Meeting
A November 25 1934 talk between United States Senator Louis Murphy and Governor Clyde L Herring at a Waterloo funeral press conference alleged the Iowa liquor control commission ignored the law and allowed bootleg activity. Murphy urged enforcement and proposed expanding the commission with “high minded citizens.”
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United States
Louis Murphy
Clyde L. Herring
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Waterloo
Bert Maine
Iowa Highway Commission
Liquor Commission
Jo Daviess County
Galena
Ill
Paul Schmidt
Iowa City
Gazette
Schmidt
Democratic Campaign Fund
Murphy
Iowa
Maine
Dubuque
Murphy-Herring
The
Washington
Character: the value of being rather than doing
The piece reflects on Harold Wright and the idea that a person’s true impact comes from who they are. It cites Emerson and Barrie, arguing that “just is” individuals influence others more than active achievement, shaping culture through quiet, persistent virtue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold
Norman Angell
Harold Wright
Angell
Emerson
James Barrie
Huey’s Wealth Redistribution Idea Scrutinized
Commentator Phere’s Harrison addresses Huey Long’s proposal to redistribute wealth. He notes the plan would cut into current financial arrangements and invites closer scrutiny of its practical effects.
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Phere
Harrison
Huey
Howe and Roosevelt Aide Howe Seriously Ill at White House
Louis M. Howe secretary to President Roosevelt is gravely ill at the White House. The 64 year old, who accompanied the President to Boston on February 23, is said to be suffering from a recurrence of bronchial trouble with cardiac weakness. Mrs. Howe is with him as he remains mostly bedridden.
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Washington
Louis M. Howe
Roosevelt
White House
Howe
Boston
Ross T. McIintire
Senator Murphy Accuses Cooper of Integrity Question
Governor Herring relays Murphy charges to Chairman Harold Cooper who denies personal disloyalty while discussing policy and enforcement. Soon after, J LeRoy Farmer of Cedar Rapids is arrested for liquor violations and reveals possession of state seals sent by Cooper for use on liquor.
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Cers
Herring
Harold Cooper
Murphy
Cooper
Commission
J. LeRoy Farmer
Cedar Rapids
Farmer
Wiley Post Falls Short Of Transcontinental Stratosphere Record
Wiley Post aborted his stratosphere run from Los Angeles to New York when oxygen ran low near Cleveland. He landed safely at Cleveland Municipal Airport after covering about 2,163 miles in eight hours four minutes at an average 270 mph, with final legs at higher speeds. He planned to continue to Newark on a commercial flight after the incident.
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Cleveland
Wiley Post
Los Angeles
New York
Cleveland Municipal
Post
Winnie Mae
Horsery
Major Berry
Newark
Air Transportation Company
United Air Lines
Berry
Wiley Post lands in Cleveland after forced descent
Frank Phillips of Bartlesville Oklahoma, sponsor of the flight, said the landing was not a discouragement and that efforts to perfect stratosphere flights would continue. Phillips and Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker praised the progress despite the setback.
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New York
Wiley Post
Cleveland
Frank Phillips
Bartlesville
Okla
Herring Nominates Three To Road Commission In Iowa
Governor Clyde Herring sent to the senate for confirmation three candidates for state highway commissioners Irving H Knudson of Ellsworth Curtis L McKinnon of New London and Harry M Green of Avoca. He also named John De Mar of Des Moines as commerce counsel for the railroad commission and Frank M Carrell of Des Moines to the state board of parole.
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Des Moines
Clyde Herring
Senate
Irving H. Knudson
Ellsworth
Curtis L. McKinnon
New London
Harry M. Green
Avoca
John de Mar
Commerce
State Railroad Commission
Frank M. Carrell
State Board of Parole
Abducted By Armed Men Take Car and Watch
D P Marsh of 1636 A avenue NE was abducted by two armed men on Third Avenue SE near Third Street at 7 30 p m They forced him to drive to the Prairie Creek bridge where they robbed him of $2 his watch and his 1934 Ford V 8 coach license 57 12756 and then bound gagged and threatened him Marsh freed himself using a jack knife and alerted police who notified surrounding towns The assailants description included one man medium height 155 pounds wearing a sheepskin coat overalls and cap and a second tall man in a dark overcoat and cap
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D. P. Marsh
A Avenue
Third Avenue
Third Street
J Street
Prairie Creek
Marsh
Omaha
Federal raids arrest 1747 narcotics peddlers and thieves
In a nationwide push in 100 cities, 1747 people were seized on narcotics, smuggling, liquor tax evasion and counterfeiting charges. The operation, run by 12 000 agents, targets liquor, contraband, narcotics and related offenses with arrests across customs, coast guard and secret service divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer S. Cummings
Alcohol Tax Unit
Secret Service
Treasury
Coast Guard
New York
Ontario Adopts Crown Ward Rule for Dionne Quintuplets
Five Dionne quintuplets born in Ontario are made crown wards under a welfare measure. Parents Oliva and Elzire Dionne, opposed by Dr Dafoe, leave the Dafoe hospital with their other children as guardians named to report to the welfare commissioner. The bill, passed in final reading, awaits the lieutenant governor's signature to become law until the girls turn 18.
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Toronto
Ont
Oliva Dionne
Ontario
Allan R. Dafoe
David Croll
Athes
Chicago
Olle Dionne
Dafoe
Crown
N. C. Small
Leo
Roosevelt signs for ATT probe by FCC
President Roosevelt signed a resolution authorizing a FCC investigation of the American Telephone and Telegraph company. The inquiry is funded with $750,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Federal Communications Commission
Milk Fund To Supply Daily Pints To Cedar Rapids Children
Nine hundred pints of milk daily will be distributed to undernourished children in Cedar Rapids funded by the Gazette Milk Fund. Dr. A. R. Menary warns of local shortages and explains distribution through public health nurses and school officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menary
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
A. R. Menary
Council of Social Agencies
Linn County
Verne Marshall
the Gazette
Dr. Menary
Public Health Nursing Association
Herring Backed Higher Rates Tied to State Contract Change
Des Moines AP. Three state officials and the liquor commission favored an amendment to the White Line Transfer trucking contract raising haul rates. Gov. Clyde L. Herring Attorney General Edward L. O Connor and Assistant Comptroller C Fred Porter testified the pay change would cost about eight thousand dollars annually. Cooper said the firm was losing money and the state should not lock in a contract that harms the carrier. The governor and officials argued the contract was inequitable and may force the company to fold. Continued on page 2 column 1.
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DES Moines
Liquor Commission
Commission
Harold M. Cooper
Legislative Investigating Committee
Clyde L. Herring
Edward L. O'Connor
F. J. Hoppe
Commission Comptroller
Cooper
White Line
Trio of Convicted Murderers Die in Electric Chair
In Trenton Nova Scotia three convicted murderers Michael Mule 24 Connie Scarpone 26 and George De Stefano Jr all met death in the electric chair Friday night for the holdup and slaying of John Szczylowski 37 in a commission of a felony.
Man Found Dead Near Tracks Identified as John Harris
The body found along the North Western tracks Thursday morning was identified as John Harris, 79, of 128 First Street NW. Identification was confirmed by Harris's sister, Mrs. Allie Garrett, of 1210 Twentieth Avenue SW, around 8 p.m. Thursday.
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Cedar Ratids News
North Western Tracks
John Harris
First Street NW
Harris
Allie Garrett
Twentieth Avenue SW
Plan Florida Camp To Recondition Veterans
Florida to host a sociological experiment in recon ditioning derelict World War II veterans. Julius F Stone Jr Florida FERA administrator announced 25 000 veterans will be sent to camps in the Florida keys for reconditioning Ex servicemen recruited by the Veterans Bureau in Washington will first go to camps at Clearwater and Jacksonville before assignment to quarters on the keys.
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Key West
Fla
Florida
Julius F. Stone
FERA
Stone
Snuff Counterfeit Plot In New York
Federal officials raided a small workshop in Ossining New York and confiscated bank note form paper capable of producing one million dollars in bogus currency in one of the cleverest counterfeit schemes in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ossining
N.Y
Threaten Coal Strike Darkens Capitol Labor Talks
Washington AP reports a threatened soft coal strike set for April 1. Bituminous operators and the United Mine Workers of America clash in a jurisdictional dispute that jeopardizes the joint wage conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Mine Workers of America
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll in 1935 Record
Partial tally shows accidents and injuries and deaths for Cedar Rapids auto toll in 1935 with unreadable details. The fragment lists number of accidents and injuries and deaths but omits specific figures and dates. Further readable data needed to complete the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Wins Fight Over Wages Amendment Vote
President Franklin D Roosevelt won a key Senate battle over the jobs for all program by defeating the prevailing wages amendment 50 to 38. The Senate then backed a Russell substitute 83 to 2 limiting payment to prevailing wages for federal building work. The outcome marked a major setback for organized labor and provoked debate over wage policy and White House veto threats.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Richard ‘Russell
Frederick Hale
Jesse Metcalf
Pat McCarran
White House
Farmer-Labor
Austin
Black
Gibson
la Follette
O'Mahoney
Wagner
McCarran
Russell
Organized Labor
William E. Borah
Ida
Hiram Johnson
Calif
James Couzens
Michigan
Emersons Denied Divorce Custody For Emerson Boys
In Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ben B. Lindsey refused divorce to Mr. and Mrs. Waller W. Emerson and denied custody to the Emerson boys. The court awarded custody of the three boys to Mrs. Emerson’s parents, E. L. Scholtz, while denying Mrs. Emerson's cross action for non support. The ruling cited Emerson’s knowledge and connivance in his wife’s alleged misconduct with Barton Sewell as preventing a divorce for him.
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Los Angeles
Waller W. Emerson
Ben B. Lindsey
E. L. Scholtz
Emerson
Lindsey
Barton
Sewell
Beverly Hills
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Blunt
Federal Court
Rhode Island
United States Druit Court of Appeals
California
War Rapids
IAAA
AAA
Towa
Walter Harrison
Oklahoma City
Huey Long
Mr. Harrison
Walter Lippmann
Liquor Control Commission
Kresge
State
Sid
Joseph Fort Newton
DR. Newton
Road Commission
Cedar Rapids News
Babies’ Hospital
A.T.T
Eee
Marck
Kme
Syhette
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