Double Fight Over Tax Bill Threatens Washington Clash
Democratic dissatisfactions erupt over President Roosevelt tax plan as Ways and Means hearings begin. Leaders Glass Buchanan Harrison and Doughton weigh limits, while Lamneck and Thompson press critiques. Helvering testifies as chamber eyes broader bills including CCC capital hike to 97 million. several groups seek testimony.
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Glass
Buchanan
Tex
Senate
House Appropriations
Harrison
Miss
Senate Finance Committee
Doughton
N. C
House
Ways and Means Committee
Lamneck
Ohio
Thompson
Illinois
Marland Guards Against Subpoena In Oil Well Fight
Oklahoma City United Press report says Gov. E. W. Marland bolted into his executive mansion on Saturday night to escape a federal process server. He summoned National Guardsmen and refused to be served, amid an oil drilling dispute with city officials and fears of martial law over state lands.
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Oklahoma City
E. W. Marland
Marland
Maquoketa Girl Wins Essay Contest Award
Lucille Gripp of Thayer won the Iowa State Medical Society women’s auxiliary essay contest for high schoolers. The prize referenced the topic Immunization Against Disease a Gift of Science to Mankind. Second place went to Harry Jensen of Council Bluffs and third to Carl Strand of Gowrie Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Lucille Gripp
Thayer
Women’s Auxiliary
Iowa State Medical Society
Miss Gripp
Harry Jensen
Council Bluffs
Carl Strand
Gowrie
Iowa
Betty Coulter
Guthrie Center
Eleanor Peters
Dorris Budde
Maquoketa
Patricia Warner
Sioux City
Paul Miner
Cedar Falls
Barbara White
David Rubenstein
Broad-Shouldered Frocks Lead This Spring in Pattern Ads
Two Anne Adams patterns dominate the spring wardrobe push with slim silhouettes and dropped shoulder yokes. Pattern 2632 offers sizes 14 through 42 and costs 15 cents, while pattern 2594 covers sizes 12 through 40 at 15 cents. An Anne Adams Pattern Book adds 15 cents, or 25 cents for book plus pattern. Orders to The Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Cedar Rapids
Pattern Department
West 17Th St
New Wga
Mismanagement Of Homestead Project Charged In Letter
A long letter accusing mismanagement in the government Homestead project at Austin Minnesota was placed in the house record. Signed by 52 tenants the letter was sent to Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt Rexford Tugwell and Minnesota’s two senators. It alleges federal supervisors lack personal interest and are incompetent dictatorial and ungentlemanly provoking uncertainty and discontent.
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Washington
Austin
Minn
August Andresen
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Rexford G. Tugwell
Minnesota
Plunges From Hotel Window After Champagne Party
New York AP reports Louis Feldstein, 34, who faced bribery charges for promising an ADA appointment for $750, died by jumping from a 14th floor hotel room after an all night champagne party with a woman named Beatrice Palmer, 30. Police records show multiple prior arrests. attorney Irving Goldberg earlier alleged a promissory note and cash for the post. Officials denied any Feldstein ties to the district attorney’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York (Ap
Louis Feldstein
Feldstein
Beatrice Palmer
Irving Goldberg
Goldberg
Paul Blanshard
William C. Dodge
Warm Spring Weather Graces Cedar Rapids Saturday
Cedar Rapids enjoyed a warm spring evening Saturday with a high near 71 degrees at 4 p.m. The temperature fell to 58 by 7 p.m. and 50 by 10 p.m. according to Chambers Inskeep company records.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers
Paris to Use Air Cameras on German Flights at Frontier
Paris plans to deploy fast pursuit planes armed with air cameras to document frontier violations by German planes a method to provide proof. Marcel Deat said the technique would be used if German aircraft reappear near Strasbourg, amid controversy over a March incident.
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Paris
Marcel Deat
Deat
Strasbourg
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Dent
Right side passage of the Conestoga wagon pioneer days
The Conestoga wagon of pioneer days became the first American vehicle to pass on the right when meeting another vehicle. The practice was followed by other travelers and eventually became general.
Republican Clash Feeds Unease Ahead of Cleveland Convention
Republicans fret as Borah and Landon campaigns clash over tactics and possible third party moves. Landon gains delegates, Knox touts tariff revision favoring the West, Townsend hints at a third party, and Borah plans the Oregon primary while weighing New Jersey.
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Landon
Borah
Knox
Washington
Idaho
Kansas
Cleveland
New York
Frank Knox
Missouri
F. E. Townsend
Townsend
Olson
Minnesota
Farmer-Labor
Oregon
Chicago
New Jersey
Hoffman
Forme
Edge
California
Hoover
S. Landon
B. and O. Plans June 2 Fare Cut Despite Rail Meet
Washington reports Daniel O. Willard president of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad pushed preparations to cut passenger fares on June 2 in line with interstate commerce commission orders. Eastern lines cooked a joint petition to postpone the date while agreeing to experiment with the reduced tariffs. Willard attended the meeting but reportedly refused to abandon his plan to inaugurate the new rates in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Daniel O. Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Willard
Johnston hosts bridge party for K. U. K. club
Hawkeye Mr and Mrs Leo C Johnston entertained K U K club members and their husbands at a bridge party Wednesday evening. Dr and Mrs W E Walsh also hosted a bridge party Wednesday. Guests included G L Hurd R D Graham J W Whorley H H Engel and K R Henderson. Senior Ladies Aid met with Mrs Clara Foot Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo C. Johnston
Senior Ladies Aid Society
Clara Foot
W. E. Walsh
Messrs
G. L. Hurd
R. D. Graham
J. W. Whorley
H. H. Engel
K. R. Henderson
Japan and Russia Clash Deepens Over Mongolia Border
Moscow reports renewed border clashes between Japan’s Manchukuo forces and Soviet troops near Outer Mongolia. Russia and Japan exchange protests as Moscow and Ulan Bator tighten a mutual aid pact, signaling possible military buildup and a push for peaceful settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Russia
Japan
Outer Mongolia
Manchukuo
Ulan-Bator
Urga
Mongolia
Tamekichi Ohta
Constantine Vurenec
Tokio
Ohta
Boris Stomoniakov
Stomoniakov
Argun
745-Pound Woman Delivers 9-Pound Baby in Shreveport
In Shreveport Louisiana a 9 pound baby girl was born to Gertrude Karns age 28 who weighs 745 pounds. The father Cliff Karns weighs 304 pounds.
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Shreveport
Gertrude Karns
Cliff Karns
Guests Flee Hotel Fire in Marshall Minnesota
Forty guests escaped to safety as a blaze swept Hotel Marshall in the Marshall business district early Saturday. Fire crews battled the flames, no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall, Minn
Hotel Marshall
Elkader High Wins Top Play Honors in Festival
Elkader high school and junior college groups captured top honors at the state play production festival, the only dual winners among 42 casts. Elkader’s high school performed His Mercy and the junior college group The Giant's Star, with other top honors going to Nevada high school and several class winners across divisions.
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Iowa City
Elkader
Iowa
Elkader High School
His
Louise Whitefield Ray
Wilbur Daniel Steele
Nevada High School
Mr. Sampson
Charles Lee
Franklin
Cedar Rapids
Webster City
Washington
Superior
Nevada
Onawa
Sumner
Waverly
Marengo
Lone Tree
Aplington
Creston
Surgeon To Try Restoring Arms To Victim Of Accident
In Nutley New Jersey a surgeon will begin a series of operations on 16 year old John Seeley to restore arms lost in a rail road accident last November. The method uses tubes inserted into the shoulders to connect muscles to cineplastic arms. The surgeon has completed 33 similar operations on industrial accident victims using Vanghetti’s technique once used by Italian soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nutley
N. J
John Seeley
Vanghetti
England
Coralville Family Fetes Erwin Brandstatter's 17th Birthday
Coralville hosts a birthday gathering at the J. A. Brandstatter home honoring their son Erwin on his 17th birthday with many young guests present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Brandstatter
Coralville
Erwin
Mussolini promises flying fortress fleet can hit Gibraltar quickly
Premier Mussolini, in an Italian senate briefing, claimed his air arm could deploy 2,200 pound bombs from Sardinia to Gibraltar within three hours using a fleet of fast bombers. General Valle outlined a 240 mph bomber with a 1,240 mile range and said Italy may control the Mediterranean with about 3,900 planes.
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Rome
Mussolini
Britain
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Il Duce
Giuseppe Valle
Air
Sardinia
Valle
Chamber of Deputies
Italy
Ethiopia
Suez Canal
Egypt
Vhile
Chamber
Senate
Sicily
Asmara
Eritrea
Africa
British
Somaliland
Kenya
Farmer Labor Group Backs Third Party for 1936 Campaign
At St Paul the farmer labor party convention adopted a resolution urging a national third party for 1936. The delegates approved 36 814 to 25 015, and the group welcomed a possible 1940 presidential bid by Gov Floyd B Olson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Farmer-Labor Party
Floyd B. Olson
Railroad Switch Tender Condemned To Death In Wyo
Paul H. Carroll, a railroad switch tender, was found guilty of first degree murder in Cheyenne for the October 27 killing of Charles C. Barnard, Wyoming division superintendent, and sentenced to death in the gas chamber after a 14 hour deliberation. Carroll had been dismissed from his job at Laramie and presented an insanity defense.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
INS
Paul H. Carroll
Charles C. Barnard
Wyoming
Union Pacific Railroad
Carroll
Barnard
Laramie
Social Credit caucus backs Alberta Premier Aberhart
The Social Credit Party caucus adopted a vote of confidence in Premier Aberhart and urged him to proceed with the social credit plan. The government plans a $25 monthly dividend to every Alberta citizen starting next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alta
INS
Social Credit Party
Aberhart
Social Credit
Alberta
Wadena Social News Highlights From Week
Mae Hinkle hosted the Square Deal club on Tuesday with prizes to Mrs. Harry Dean Mrs. Alice Gehring Mrs. Henrietta Erickson and Mrs. Luella Dalghren. Guests included Mrs. Mary Everett and Mrs. Bertha Clark. Presbyterian Ladies served a pancake dinner Thursday. Auction Bridge met at Mrs A G Herrling’s Thursday with prizes to Mrs. W Nelson Mayme Welsh and Mrs. Ray Herring. Eva Aeschli man entertained the E A club Thursday night.
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Mae Hinkle
Square Deal Club
Harry Dean
Alice Gehring
Henrietta Erickson
Luella Dalghren
Mary Everett
Bertha Clark
Presbyterian Ladies Club
A. G. Herrling
Auction Bridge Club
W. Nelson
Mayme Welsh
Ray Herring
Eva Aeschliman
E. A. Club
Local residents share Sunday dinner gatherings
Millersburg hosts included Mr and Mrs Alfred Goodman entertaining guests Mr and Mrs Sidney Smith and family and Mrs Ella Barker. Dr and Mrs J P Van Horn of Cedar Rapids visited Miss Adria Van Horn and Mr and Mrs Jerome George of Keswick were Sunday guests in the George Van Dee home.
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Alfred Goodman
Sidney Smith
Ella Barker
J. P. van Horn
Cedar Rapids
Adria van Horn
Jerome George
Keswick
George van Dee
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Helvering
Guy T. Helvering
Internal Revenue
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
National Association of Manufacturers
State, Commerce, Justice, and
Labor Departments
Commodity Credit Corporation
Hawkeye
Elkader High
Franklin High
Farmer Labor Group
Wadena
Millersburg
Tandard Laiglass & Paint CO
2Nd Ave. SE
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