Sitdown strikes stir White House and labor leaders
Insiders fear Roosevelt’s luck may reverse as sitdown protests loom, drawing criticism from Senate foes and unions. Chrysler’s plant action highlights tensions with CIO and AF of L, while radicals allegedly plot broader strikes to pressure policy. Industry worries grow over labor legislation prospects and administration responses.
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Washington
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
Sidney Hillman
Senate
Supreme Court
Chrysler
St Down
Walter Chrysler Long
CIO
F of L
General Motors
Auto Union
Labor Department
John Lewis
Ford Hoskins Drug Store Free Sample of High Blood Pressure Treatment
Ford Hoskins Drug Store offers a free sample of a high blood pressure treatment. The ad touts a special process and claims the tablets are effective with minimal side effects. It emphasizes affordable costs and possible relief from headaches associated with hypertension.
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Ford Hoskins Drug Store
Rew
Boaty
Wesel
Faye
Five die in Baldwin residence fire on Long Island
Five members of the Morse family perished when a Baldwin harbor home burned early Tuesday. Rose Morse 42 and daughters Rose 13 Jessie 11 Helen 9 Barbara 4 died in the blaze. Morse janitor Lillian 19 and son William 16 leaped from windows and were injured. Meadow Brook Hospital reported the survivors in serious condition with burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin
William Morse
Baldwin Harbor
Long Island
Rose Morse
Rose
Jessie
Helen
Barbara
Morse
Baldwin High School
Lillian
William
Meadowbrook Hospital
Funeral Of Lifelong Johnson Resident Today
Funeral services for Will Quinlan 79 a longtime Johnson County resident will be held at St Peters church Cosgrove Wednesday at 9 am with Rev W Schmidt in charge Burial will be in St Peters cemetery There are 14 grandchildren Survivors include widow two daughters Mrs Thomas Delaney of Iowa City Mrs Homer Curry of Oxford four sons Louis J Edward and Witham all of Oxford and Thomas of Iowa City two sisters Mrs Thomas Connor of Wood River Nebraska and Mrs Patrick Riordan of Chicago Also referenced is the burial of infant Margeen Rae Henderson at Oxford after two weeks illness of pneumonia with survivors listed including parents grandparents and great grandparents
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Oxford
Will Quinlan
St. Peters Church
Cosgrove
W Schmidt
St. Peter's
Quinlan
Johnson County
Thomas Delaney
Iowa City
Homer Curry
Louis J
Edward
Witham
Thomas
Thomas Connor
Wood River
Neb
Patrick Riordan
Chicago
Spreint
Garrtte
Margeen Rae Henderson
Federated Church
Tigv Organ
Margeen Rae
Elmer Henderson
Fred Henderson
Colleen
Bord Brack
Lore Wagner Jr
Homestead
Nellie Beach
Pella
Mary Douglass
City Briefs And Personals From Iowa City And Cedar Rapids
Faster candies ice creams and toiletries delivered Richards Pharmacy advertisement notes. The Musketeer Drum and Bugle corps performs in Iowa City on Wednesday evening with a 630 pm meeting at the second avenue entrance to the coliseum. Nineteen Cedar Rapids area dealers attended a dinner and spring sales conference Monday night at the Montrose hotel by Standard Glass and Paint Co, Martin Senour Co of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richards Pharmacy
Iowa City
Second Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Montrose Hotel
Standard Glass and Paint
Cedar, Ranide
Martin-Senour Company
Chicago
Frank Vosper's Body Washed Ashore
London reports the actor Frank Vosper found dead with his body washed ashore. The fragmentary clipping notes unclear details but confirms a fatal event involving Vosper in a coastal area. No further names or dates are clearly readable in the text.
Postmasters Named in Iowa by Senate Approval
The senate confirmed Tuesday nominations for Iowa postmasters including Laurence C Smith of Dyersville John T Barnett of Independence Jake Agein of McCallsburg Gladys Tradley of New Providence Wayne O Thomas of Rake Harold Friekmann of Readlyn John N Lihts of Toledo and George W Montog of West Bend confirming Independence Toledo postmasters.
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Washington
Senate
Iowa
Laurence C Smith
Dyersville
John T. Barnett
Independence
Jake Agein
McCallsburg
Gladys
Tradley
New Providence
Wayne O. Thomas
Rake
Harold Friekmann
Readlyn
John N
Bonds Sold For Watere County Black Hawk Road Project
Watere county financed a 65 000 bond issue for the Black Hawk Road project at par with a premium. County Treasurer Ne Nillemat of Waterton reported the sale and the premium received. funds will cover the project with interest payments and required securities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hawk Road
Btoek
Hasek
Prin Moby Tae
Tressurer
Mateer Pioneer Druggist Dies at 63
Funeral services for John D Mateer, Cedar Rapids pioneer druggist died at 11:30 am Sunday. Services at 2:30 pm Wednesday in Yocom chapel Marion, Knights of Pythias in charge. Burial Oak Hill cemetery. Survived by step daughter Mrs S C Cook of Niantic Conn and brother Charles in Philadelphia. Knights to meet KP hall at 2 pm Wednesday.
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John D Mateer
Yocom Chapel
Marion
Knights of Pythias
Cyrus Metcalf
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mateer
Cedar Rapids
Star of the West Lodge
S. C Cook
Niantic
Charles
Philadelphia
KP. Hall
Death of Martha Emslie Thomas in Chicago
William Williams reports the death of his sister Martha Emslie Thomas at Woodlawn hospital Chicago Sunday night from influenza. Born December 20 1875 in Sarma Ontario Canada, she married Thomas W Thomas in 1904 and died 1922, with residence in Cedar Rapids 1888 to 1904. Survived by brother, son George II Thomas of Chicago, aunt Mrs John Leys Vancouver BC and other relatives. Funeral services in Chicago Wednesday, body to be brought to Cedar Rapids arriving Thursday morning.
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William Williams
Fourth Avenue SE
Martha Emslie Thomas
Woodlawn Hospital
Chicago
Thomas
Sarma
Ontario
Canada
Thomas W Thomas
George II ‘Thomas
John Leys
Vancouver
B. C
Cedar Rapids
Funeral services set for Turner chapel at 2 p.m.
A funeral service will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in Turner chapel with Rev. J. R. McCullough officiating. Entombment is planned in the Turner vault with burial at a later date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner Chapel
J. R. McCullough
Turner
Death notices for Steiner and Crissinger in Cedar Rapids area
John H. Steiner died at his daughter’s Cedar Rapids home after a monthlong illness. Born in Wellman in 1878, he worked as a carpenter and leaves a wife Gertrude Green and five children, plus several grandchildren and siblings. Elsie Crissinger died in Albuquerque after a short illness. wife of James B. Crissinger, she had lived with her sister in Albuquerque since last November and is mourned by her husband and several siblings. Funeral arrangements and burial details accompany each notice.
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John H. Steiner
Golda Henrichs
Second Avenue
Wellman
Cedar Rapids
Gertrude Green
Clifford
Manchester
Edna Mae Phillips
Anamosa
Jeraldine Henrichs
David
Diane Steiner
Henry
Charles City
Dan
Charles
William
Anna Whetstine
Emma
Martha Steiner
Second Christian Church
I. E. Linkletter
Keota
Elsie Crissinger
James B. Crissinger
Fifteenth Avenue
Albuquerque
N. M
Lee Paul
Crissinger
Monroe Township
Johnson County
Kate Herman
Tiffin
Anna Topping
Wendl Tampir
Harold Scott
Waterloo
Three Brothers Pierce Through Loss In Cedar Rapids Transit
Melvin Herman of Marengo and brothers Jack and George Herman of Tiffin mourn the death in Cedar Rapids with the body arriving Thursday morning. The remains will be taken to the Janeba and Brosh chapel and funeral announcements will be issued later.
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Melvin Herman
Marengo
Jack
George Herman
Tiffin
Cedar Rapids
Janeba and Brosh Chapel
Death of Vester W. Tiffany In California Service
Vester W. Tiffany formerly of Linn county died Monday at 3 pm in Fort Miley California where he was in military service according to his uncle W H Windsor. He was born in Walker the son of the late Dr E S Tiffany and was about 43. Surviving are his mother and a sister in California and a number of other relatives. Burial will be at Coalinga California on Wednesday.
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Vester W. Tiffany
Linn County
Fort Miley
Calif
W. H Windsor
Walker
E. S. Tiffany
California
Coalinga
Cali
William DeWald Father of Mrs Rieth Dies in Dubuane
William DeWald died at his Dubuane home at 6 20 a m Tuesday. He is survived by daughter Mrs Rieth of Cedar Rapids a son Louis in California and five grandchildren Kathryn Jean Marie Richard Jerome Lawrence Francis and Susan Mac Rieth all of Cedar Rapids. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 P M at the Cathedral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William DeWald
Marie Rieth
Twenty-ninth Street
Dubuane
Louis
California
Kathryn
Jean
Marie
Richard Jerome
Lawrence Francis
Susanna Mac Rieth
Cedar Rapids
Death of Frank Rabe in Mount Pleasant
Frank Rabe of Amana died at Mount Pleasant state hospital after a brief illness. born February 29 1887 in Johnson County he lived there his entire life. He is survived by his mother Mrs Barbara Rabe a sister Mrs Joseph B Svoboda of Cedar Rapids and the body is at Polansky chapel pending funeral arrangements.
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Frank Rabe
Barbara Rabe
Rente 1
Amana
State Hospital
Mount Pleasant
Johnson County
Joseph B. Svoboda
Cedar Rapids
Polansky Chapel
Joseph Minier Funeral Service Planned
Funeral services for Joseph Minier will be held at Beatty chapel at 2 p.m. Wednesday conducted by Rev. E. E. Russell. Burial will follow in the family lot at Anamosa Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Minier
Beatty Chapel
E. E. Russell
Anamosa Cemetery
William E Mitchell Dies Veteran Council Bluffs Attorney
William Edwin Mitchell age 76 longtime Council Bluffs attorney and father of Mrs Donald P Barnes died at home after a year long heart illness. He practiced in Sidney Ta before moving to Council Bluffs in 1910 and defended Rev Lynn George J Kelly in the Villiscaux murders case. He is survived by Mrs Barnes, a daughter Mrs Robert M Sample of Los Angeles, two sons Edwin D and William E Mitchell, and sister Miss Alice J Mitchell. Private funeral at First Presbyterian Church Council Bluffs with burial in Sidney family lot.
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William Edwin Mitchell
Council Bluffs
Donald P. Barnes
Garden Drive
Indiana
Mitchell
Sidney
Lynn George J. Kelly
Villiscaux
Births Reported From Local Homes And Hospitals
A series of birth notices lists new arrivals: a son born March 22 to Mr and Mrs Edward Stanek at Mercy hospital. a daughter born March 22 to Mr and Mrs Charles Meroshek in Marion at Mercy hospital. a son born March 23 to Mr and Mrs W R Kemble in Marion at St Luke's hospital. a daughter born March 20 to Mr and Mrs D A Dennis at St Luke's hospital. a son born March 21 to Mr and Mrs R R Millard at St Luke's hospital. a daughter born March 21 to Mr and Mrs L E Sandvaull at St Luke's hospital.
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Edward Stanek
Second Street
Mercy Hospital
Charles Meroshek
Marion
W. R Kemble
St. Luke's Hospital
D A. Dennis
Twenty-third Street
R. R. Millard
Eleventh Avenue SE
Bath
L. E. Sandvaull
Second Avenue SE
Masked killer dies after Chicago confrontation
Chicago reports the gunman known as the masked killer, Lewis Ebert, 27, died from gunshot wounds after resisting two detectives. He was identified by fingerprint as Pontiac Reformatory alum and linked to the kidnapping attempt on Ann Webner and the murder of Mrs. Mary Irwin, a policeman's wife, in a south side attack on March 11.
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Chicago
INS
Lewis Ebert
Pontiac
Ann Webner
Mary Irwin
Fontanges to Return After Mental Test in Chambrun Shooting
Paris report says Magda de Fontanges must have a mental examination before returning to court on April 8 to resume explaining the shooting of Count Charles de Chambrun, former ambassador to Rome. She testified she was Mussolini's mistress from April to July 1936.
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Paris
Magda de Fonetanges
Charles de Chambrun
Rome
Madame de Fontanges
Mussolini
Italy
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