Decentralization urged for U S economic balance
Prof George R. Davies of the University of Town urged decentralization at a Kiwanis luncheon. He said spread of decentralization would build smaller towns and rural communities, and warned Germany's postwar pattern shows dangers of central control. He highlighted building needs, unemployment relief, and potential trade boosts as signs of U S strength.
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United States
Europe
George R. Davies
Department of Commerce
University of Town
Kiwanis Club
du Ponts
Germany-austria
Germany
Davies
Germany Takes Over U S Austrian Legation
Germany formally seized the Austrian legation in Washington Wednesday, sealing archives and integrating staff into the German embassy. Edgar Prochnik, formerly Austrian minister, joined the German mission, while the United States said no policy change yet as details unfold.
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Germany
U. S
Washington
INL
State Department
Hans Dieckhoff
Hull
Edgar L. G. Prochnik
Sterling Workers Back CIO Affiliate For Representative
Sterling employees at Northwestern Barbed Wire and Redmill selected the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers to represent them in bargaining. The vote counted 687 for the CIO union and 482 for the Twin Cities labor council. The plant employs 1,800 and the election followed a 39 hour strike ended two weeks ago. Four hundred CIO members walked out in protest of the company’s contract renewal refusal.
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CIO
Government moves to cancel McCosh naturalization
The United States petitions in equity to cancel the naturalization of Robert McCosh formerly of 1901 Sixth Street SW after he returned to Ireland on February 10, 1924 within five years of naturalization. It asserts the declaration of intent was invalid and notes his earnings in the U S were kept and he bought a farm in Ireland and married a British wife on June 2, 1937. The government seeks to revoke his American citizenship.
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Robert McCosh
Sixth Street
United States Court
Federal
McCosh
Ireland
Radio Invention Warns Autos Of Train Approach
Gary Indiana AP report describes a new auto radio warning system for grade crossings. A transmitter at crossings emits signals picked up by car radios within about a quarter mile, triggering a red dashboard light and blaring warnings as trains approach.
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Gary
Ind
Autc
J Edwin Smith
Leroy M. E. Clausing
Chicago
Clausing
Sdid
Court authorizes return of Wright and Reed for embezzlement cases
District Judge F O Ellison allows Linn county officials to bring back T R Wright 32 of Cedar Rapids now in Los Angeles and Donald T Reed 28 of Springville held in Honolulu to Cedar Rapids. Wright faces two embezzlement indictments from the March grand jury for removing a mortgaged truck and taking furniture under a sales contract without consent. Reed is charged with failing to turn over 300 to 400 dollars to Hawkeye Motor Express while an agent at Clinton.
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F. O Ellison
Linn County
T Ro Wright
Cedar Rapids
Los Angeles
Donald T Reed
Springville
Honolulu
Wright
Grand
Towa
Reed
Hawkeye Motor Express, Inc
Clinton
Linn County to take bids on five county trucks
Linn County supervisors announce March 24 bid opening for four one and one half ton trucks and one cab over engine truck for road maintenance. They will trade in two 1 1/2 ton units from 1930 and a 2 ton truck from 1931. Bidding forms go to dealers and agents.
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Linn County
Twenty Minute Jury Clears Davis of Stolen Charge
Helen Turner Davis, 26, of 1104 Fourteenth Avenue SE, convicted by district court jury on a stolen charge after twenty minutes deliberation. Trial began Tuesday. she offered no evidence and pled not guilty on Monday. sentence time to be set.
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Helen Turner Davis
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Davis
Mechanics lien case and related actions filed in district court
Testimony in a district court mechanics lien action by Alfred H. Vornholt and O. H. Stabenow, Lisbon carpenters, closed before Judge C. J. Hans. Kirkpatrick of Mount Vernon seeks 356.40 on a counterclaim over barn quality. Argu ments set for Wednesday afternoon. Also a personal injury and car damage counterclaim seeks 1 000 from Charles E. Edda, arising from a collision on highway 11 north of Cedar Rapids last Aug. 12. Doris Kearns seeks a divorce from Winslow Kearns on cruelty grounds and asks child custody after their 1934 marriage in Edgewood. An account action for 19742 by Fred Prout, doing business as the Prout
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District Court
Alfred H. Vornholt
O. H. Stabenow
Lisbon Carpenters and Partners
C. J. Hans
John M. Kirkpatrick
Mount Vernon
Kirkpatrick
Charles E. Edda
W. H. Morse
Cedar Rapids
Doris Kearns
Central City
Winslow Kearns
Edgewood
Dismissals In Various Civil Actions By District Courts
A furniture firm case against J F Zimmerman and Isabel Zimmerman was dismissed with prejudice before District Judge F O Ellison. Separately, Judge C J Haas dismissed a 4725.47 real estate contract suit by J D Peet and E M Peet against Hatch Brookman H J Brookman and L O Hatch as to Brookman and Hatch. An Erma Boles case to set aside a 67.70 justice court judgment granted L N Bruns as assignee was dismissed with prejudice at plaintiff’s costs in district court.
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C. J Haas
Della Mead
Frank O Mead
Marion
C J. Haas
J. D. Peet
E. M. Peet
Hatch and Brookman Company
H. J. Brookman
L O. Hatch
L. O. Hatch
Erma Boles
Justice Court
L. N Bruns
U S Marines Force Japanese Parade Cancellation in Shanghai
In Shanghai, U S Marines warned they would resist as 120 armed Nipponese troops were to march down Nanking road. The threat prompted Japanese officials to cancel the parade. French forces reinforced concessions while Japanese nationals withdrew to Japanese territory amid tense warnings.
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Shanghai
INS
United States
International Settlement
Nanking Road
Japanese lower house passes general mobilization bill
The Japanese lower house approved a general mobilization bill granting the government power to seize and control industry and communications during national emergencies.
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TOKIO
Ford urged to lead U S wage reform for annual minimum
Gov. Murphy in Lansing urged Henry Ford to champion a nationwide minimum annual wage, arguing the current system fails and annual pay would stabilize industries, reduce strikes, and provide year-round income for workers. Murphy noted Ford’s past impact with a five dollar daily minimum and said government action may be needed if industry does not act.
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Lansing
Mich
Ulp
Frank Murphy
Henry Ford
United States
Murphy
Ford
Hitler Says Italy Willing to Aid If Needed
Milan based Popolo d Italia correspondent Filippo Boiano quotes Adolf Hitler speaking in Vienna that Germany will show friendship and gratitude if Italy needs it someday. The remark underscores wartime alliance signals amid posturing before potential conflict.
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Milan
Italy
Filippo Boiano
Popolo d'Italia
Adolf Hitler
Vienna
Marriage Licenses Issued to Four Couples in Cedar Rapids Area
Ralph E. Musick of Chicago and Myrtle M. Struck of Cedar Rapids. V C. Zearing and Ellen L. Renstrom, both of Cedar Rapids, received marriage licenses in the same period.
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Ralph E. Musick
Chicago
Myrtle M. Struck
Cedar Rapids
V C. Zearing
Ellen L. Renstrom
City Briefs And Personals Highlights
Local notes cover social events church activities and a courtroom filing. Items include meetings at Linn encampment 49 I O O F 838 First Avenue E and Norden Kensington at 2739 Second Avenue SE, plus reports of a return from surgery and a trip to Des Moines for a cosmetologist convention. A window damage incident near St Paul’s church is noted with instruction given to the Sunday school teacher.
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Norden Kensington
Alfred Jorgensen
Second Avenue SE
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Linn County appoints Wetherbee as township justice
Linn County supervisors appointed E. M. Wetherbee of Central City as a Maine township justice of the peace for the unexpired term of L. W. Butler who resigned. The action followed a petition bearing forty five names.
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Linn County
E. M. Wetherbee
Central City
Maine
L. W. Butler
Dentists Gather for Mon trose Hotel Dinner Meeting
Forty members of the Dental Society met Monday at the Montrose Hotel for dinner and a program. Dr. A Paul Atkins of Des Moines spoke on current dental practices and new techniques.
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The
Dental Society
Montrose Hotel
A Paul Atkins
Routine Procedure in Oral Diagnosis Lecture Session
Moines spoke on Routine Procedure in Oral Diagnosis illustrating with slides. Dr E Hoffman head of mouth hygiene department also participated in the program.
Gazette Newsboys Enjoy Rialto Theater Showing
Alex Fidler and his Gazette newsboys were entertained by Rialto manager Joe Weaver on Tuesday night. They viewed The Awful Truth with Irene Dunne and Cary Grant It Happened in Hollywood with Richard Dix and Fay Wray and several short subjects. The group extended thanks for a fine evening’s entertainment.
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Alex Fidler
Gazette Newsboys
Joe Weaver
Rialto Theater
Irene Dunne
Cary Grant
Hollywood
Richard Dix
Fay Wray
Manager Weaver
Fined For Fighting In Front Of Café
Don Ackerman and Ernest Woods were each fined 25 dollars and costs in police court for intoxication and disturbing the peace by fighting. Maurice Pippin and James Murphy were fined 10 dollars and costs each for intoxication. The clash occurred outside a cafe at 703 Third Street SE.
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Don Ackerman
L Street
Ernest Woods
First Street
Maurice Pippin
Fourth Street
James Murphy
Ninth Avenue
Third Street
Board From Truck Strikes Girl In Nebraska Street
Ten year old Mary Ann Alexander of 1545 D avenue NE was struck by a lumber board falling from an Iowa Electric Light and Power truck driven by M. B. Taylor at D avenue NE and Sixteenth street NE. She suffered a bruise on the forehead at about 12 20 p m after darting into the street. the driver swerved to avoid her.
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Mary Ann Alexander
D Avenue NE
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
M. B. Taylor
C Avenue NE
D Avenne
Sixteenth Street
Alexander
Kelly fails in grand slam despite 13 diamonds in bridge
Iowa City AP report: John Kelly held 13 diamonds but failed to make the grand slam. Playing with Vern Andersen against Mrs. Mary Reed and Mayel Haack at the Phi Delta Theta house, the pair lost to their opponents who bid and made seven spades.
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Iowa City
John Kelly
Vern Andersen
Mary W. Reed
Mayel Haack
Phi Delta Theta
Kelly
Car Stalled Locomotive Delayed Driver Pleads Not Guilty
Lester Cach aged 21 of Twenty third avenue and C street SW pled not guilty in police court to reckless driving after Patrolman Burton saw him speed from an alley behind the Magnus hotel onto Fourth Street tracks. The car stalled in mud before the Milwaukee depot as a Rock Island switch engine waited.
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Lester Cach
Twentythird Avenue
C Street
Cach
Burton
Magnus Hotel
Fourth Street
Milwaukee Depot
Rock Island
Wrecker Pulls Cach's Machine From Mud as Trial Set
A wrecker was summoned to pull Cach's machine from the mud. Cach's trial was scheduled for Friday. L. W Andre of 322 Fourteenth Street NE was fined $1 and costs for leaving his car in the parking.
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Wrecker
Cach
L. W Andre
Fourteenth Street
County to Save $50 a Month in New Light and Power Contract
Linn county officials expect about a $50 monthly reduction in courthouse and jail lighting costs under a five year deal with Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. The agreement runs February 1, 1938 to January 31, 1943, with warrants totaling $3,365.82 for 1937 and $3,251.22 for 1936 recorded.
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Linn County
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Cedar Rapids
Elmer M. Sceevell
Marion
Robert M. Vesely
Belgian inventor refines 1892 bellows tone system
Armand Oriaux, a Belgian innovator, perfected a uniform tone accord that allowed the same tone to be played on both out and in bellows in 1892, marking a notable advancement in reed instrument design.
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Armand Oriaux
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Sterling
Carter
Court House News
Fred Prout
Prout
U.S
Ass Ford
Hitler
Romn
Oliver
Linn
Maine Lodge Hall
First Avenue E
Jd H Rhinehart
Ellis Boulevard
St. Luke’s Hospital
Sara Kegley
Des Moines
J D Kegley
Jane Niles
WMT
Trinity Lutheran Church
First Avenue
P. L. Bornhoeft
Jesus
Ray Anderson
Gazette
Waltonian
YMCA
Henry J. Geiger
Federal Building
Stephen Arthur Slauson
Tenth Street SE
S. A Slauson
Merry Maid Manufacturing Company
First Lutheran Church
Tenth Street
Third Avenue SE
Henry Scherer
Newsies
Rialto
G. J. Ronan
Optometrist
Higley Building
Liccett & Myers Topacco Co
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