Weath er record shows lamb wins over lion as March ends
In Cedar Rapids the March weather closed with Spring returning as temperatures rose to 57 with bright sun. Thursday's 28 degree low rose through the day from 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and a high of 41 at 3:30 p.m. fell to 30 by midnight as snow fragments melted. The Chambers Inskeep company dial recorded the daily temps.
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Washington
Mount Ayr
Tampa
Sioux City
New Orleans
Galveston
Charles City
San Francisco
la Crosse
Seattle
Dubuque
Havre
Bismarc Keck
Detroit
New York
the Lamb
Lion
Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Local motorists fined for speeding and disturbance
H F Grow West Dallas Wis John M Lyons route 4 Cedar Rapids Robert McCann Coggan and Mrs R F Tecklenburg 828 C avenue NW each fined 10 dollars and costs for speeding Joe Pisarik 29 of 77 Sixteenth avenue SW fined 10 dollars and costs for disturbing the peace
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H. F. Grow
Dallas
Wis
John M. Lyons
Cedar Rapids
Robert McCann
Coggan
R. F. Tecklenburg
C Avenue NW
Joe Pisarik
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Births Reported for Kinch and Krema nek Families
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. F Kincher of Sandwich NL on March 31 at Mercy Hospital. The mother is Marie Spina, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Spina of Rockford Road SW. Another daughter, Judith Ann, was born on March 30 to Mr. and Mrs. Wend J Kremanek Jr. of 1225 N Street SW. The mother Irene Sirowy is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F Sirowy near Cedar Rapids.
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F. Kinchner
Sandwich
Kinchner
Marie Spina
Frank Spina
Rockford Road
Mercy Hospital
Wendl J. Kremanek Jr
N Street
Judith Ann
Kremanek
Irene Sirowy
Joseph F. Sirowy
Cedar Rapids
Local motorists fined for vehicle overload and towing violations
Justice H. R. Churchill-Robert Beckett of Fort Dodge was fined 25 dollars plus costs for overload on a truck. Wray Hyde of Kaysville Utah paid 10 dollars and costs for pulling a four wheel trailer with a truck.
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Justice H. R. Churchill
Robert Beckett
Fort Dodge
Wray Hyde
Kaysville
Utah
Stoneking and Tonne Named in Lisbon Mount Vernon Notice
Myron G. Stoneking of Lisbon and LaVere P. Tonne of Mount Vernon are listed in a local notice. The brief item identifies two individuals involved in a community matter with no further details provided.
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Myron G. Stoneking
Lisbon
LaVere P. Tonne
Mount Vernon
Levi Norris Dies at 83 at Home on Friday Morning
Levi Scott Norris age 83 died at his home 1317 Sixteenth Avenue SW at 6 a.m. Friday. A fragment mentions Gloria Jean Lacy age five days.
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Levi Scott Norris
Sixteenth Avenue
Gloria Jean Lacy
Death notices for Lacy and Zalesky in local home settings
Daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter R Lacy of rural route three died at the family home Thursday. Lewis Zalesky aged 56 died early Friday at his home 611 Seventeenth Street SE.
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Walter R. Lacy
Lewis Zalesky
Seventeenth Street
Senate Nears Vote on Chain Tax Bill in Iowa
Senate debate over a chain store tax center on an amendment to restore the original graduated license tax plan. The compromise would tax per store with 25 to 500 dollars per location, while the unit plan faced opposition as supporters warned of reduced state revenue.
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Iowa
United States
Louisiana
Elmer Bekman
Ottumwa
H. Doran
Boone
Edward Breen
Fort Dodge
John Berg
Cedar Falls
Doran
Breen
G. R. Hill
Clarion
Berg
Forsling
L. B. Forsling
Sioux City
Beardsley
Dewey
Elthon
Hart
Hill
Hoeven
Leo
Shaw
Augustine
Dean
Ellis
Geske
Gillette
Mighell
Moore
Urba
Bekman
Benson
Byers
Corwin
Cromwell
House Delays Vote On Office Building Plan
Lawmakers postpone action on a measure to fund a new state office building. Proponents call it an economy move while noting existing $110,000 to $120,000 annual rent for downtown offices and the need to cover public deposits against bank losses.
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Persen
John Jay Watson NY Financier Dies in Albany
John Jay Watson aged 64, a New York financier and president of the International Agriculture corporation and the Lee Tire and Rubber company, died unexpectedly of a heart attack at work in his Albany Exchange Bank building office. He owned Hickory Grove plantation about five miles west of Albany.
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Albany, Ga
John Jay Watson
New York
Albany Exchange Bank
International Agriculture Corporation
Lee Tire and Rubber Company
Watson
Hickory Grove
Albany
Roosevelt Holds Warm Springs Press Conference
President Roosevelt met reporters on a red clay Georgia road for the first Warm Springs press conference. He praised a senate committee for opposing tariff duties on oils and fats, citing small U S imports and the need for foreign exchange to buy American goods.
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Roosevelt
State Department
U. S
Europe
Great Britain
France
Germany
Georgia
Warm Springs
Senate
America
Touhy named killer in Barker case with held sixth participant
Authorities say Touhy is named as killer of Barker along with Roy Marshalk who is now dead. A seventh participant’s name was withheld. They say the case would be dropped due to statute of limitations even if proven against the labor leader involved. The two injured by the bomb were Lee W. Koeppen aged 16 and Ada Miller Moyer aged 16. Sam mons, the principal, serves life in Indiana prison at Michigan City after a 1904 death sentence was commuted.
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Lee W. Koeppen
Ada Miller Moyer
Sammons
Indiana
Michigan City
Fire destroys two blocks in Sandusky downtown
A blaze at the M. R. Herb department store in Sandusky Ohio destroyed buildings across two city blocks in the downtown business district. Fire Chief Wilson McLaughlin estimated damage at over two million dollars. More than 100 residents in apartments above the structures fled to the street. no injuries were reported. The fire began around 4 a.m. and was controlled by 8 a.m. Origin undetermined.
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Sandusky, O
M. R. Herb
Wilson McLaughlin
Sandusky
Iowa A Winner In Safety Cortes
Iowa wins 50 points for safety programs with the remaining 50 shared by accident reporting systems traffic engineering and enforcement child safety programs and public education. Officials say a state or city cannot win by luck or by programs that produce no real results.
Cedar Rapids Receives Traffic Safety Honor
Sergt. Gordon Hughes head of the Cedar Rapids traffic division received a telegram of congratulations from Lyle Bland for the city's traffic safety award. Mayor Frank Hahn was notified as well. The honor cited Cedar Rapids low 1938 traffic deaths two and strong local enforcement and education efforts.
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Gordon Hughes
Police Department
Cedar Rapids
Lyle E. Bland
Safety Council
Frank Hahn
Hughes
Hospital Head Sister Mary Joseph Dies in Rochester
Sister Mary Joseph 82 died in Rochester after a long tenure as St. Mary’s Hospital superintendent since 1892 and 25 years as assistant to Dr. William J. Mayo during his rise to fame as a surgeon.
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Rochester, Minn
Mary Joseph
St. Mary’s Hospital
William J. Mayo
Maine Senate rejects Sunday movie legalization
The Maine state senate on Friday rejected a bill to legalize Sunday motion pictures after the house had approved it the day before.
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Augusta
State Senate
Maine
House
Frick warns of reprisals over Polish treatment
Berlin reports Minister of Interior Wilhelm Frick told diplomats that mistreatment of Germans in Poland could trigger reprisals against Poles in the Reich. He cited the 1937 minorities pact and noted lingering issues while praising Germany’s handling of its own minority protections.
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Berlin
Wilhelm Frick
Poland
Germany
Reich
Frick
Alfred Rosenberg
Free
Danzig
Lithuania
Hungary
Man Sentenced for Molesting School Girls
William Darwin Olmstead, 27, pled guilty before Judge J E Heiserman and received an indeterminate three year term at Anamora reformatory after being arrested for molesting teenage girls on city streets. Police had inquiries over two weeks and a dragnet led to his identification by three victims.
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William Darwin Olmstead
Eighth Street
J. E. Heiserman
Anamora Reformatory
Olmstead
Earl Stanley
Senate Confirmation Of Douglas Delayed By Letters
Two anonymous letters to Senator Frazier questioned William O. Douglas before his Supreme Court nomination. Frazier said findings could block or delay confirmation, noting possible political factors. He planned to review the articles and report to the Senate.
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Senate
Douglas
Washington
INL
Frazier
N. D
Supreme Court
SEC
William O. Douglas
New York Stock Exchange
Fraier
International News Service
Barkley
Reject Debt Payment With War Material
The senate approved an amended bill allowing nations in debt to the United States to make part payment with strategic war materials. The funding amount was reduced from 100 million to 40 million dollars for the government to buy these supplies in world markets. The bill, after amendment, passed the senate.
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Washington
INS
United States
Senate
Dow Jones Averages Mixed As Bonds and Rails Slip
Market report shows 40 bonds and rail groups with small declines. The Dow Jones averages drift lower with several sectors posting fractional losses, while utilities and industrials show minor decreases amid subdued trading.
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DOW Jones
Errr
Uesesese
Britain and France Offer Poland Support in Crisis
Britain pledges immediate support to Poland if independence is threatened. Chamberlain discusses possible international talks and cautions Germany while coordinating with Beck's trip to London. Kennard to Poland seeks assurances of territorial integrity, with Danzig pending conditions.
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Ard Kennard
Warsaw
London
Kennard
Beck
Poland
Danzig
League of Nations
Great Britain
Chamberlain
Hitler
Fuehrer
Cotton Plan To Block Subsidy Faces Senate Action
Secretary Wallace rushed to Capitol Hill as Senate Agriculture Committee backed a plan to return 3,000,000 bales of cotton loans to farmers and approved a cost of production bill replacing price controls. Southern senators introduced a 250 million farm payments measure rejected by the House. Many on the committee view the cotton proposal as a bid to block Roosevelt’s export subsidy.
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Washington
Wallace
Capitol Hill
Agriculture Department
Bankhead
Ala
Byrnes
S. C
Senate Chamber
Senate Agriculture Committee
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Japs Cancel Talk With Ambassadors
Tokyo reports the foreign office cancelled a planned meeting between Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita and the United States and Great Britain ambassadors, which had been set for today on Arita's invitation.
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Tokio
Foreign Office
Hachiro Arita
United States
Great Britain
Arita
Too Hot for Jimmy on Third Term Talks
James Roosevelt, son of the President, dismissed questions about a possible third term as too hot to handle, signaling opposition to the idea during comments in St. Louis.
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ST. Louis
INS
James Roosevelt
Iowa House to Vote on Oil Well Prize in Southern Iowa
Iowa House sifts and places on calendar a bill offering a 25000 dollar prize to the first oil well in southern Iowa to yield 100 barrels per day for 30 consecutive days. The measure accompanies other bills including a state business manager for 15 institutions and shifting motor vehicle fee collection to the tax commission.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowaland
Floyd J. Pine
Columbus Junction
State Board of Control
Secretary of State
The
Tax Commission
Loyalist envoy in Washington abandons post
Fernando de los Rios, the Spanish ambassador representing the old loyalist regime, left his embassy in Washington on Friday.
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U. S
Washington
Fernando de Los Rios
Negro Contralto To Sing Easter Sunday At Lincoln Shrine
Marian Anderson, the Negro contralto denied the DAR auditorium concert, received authorization from Secretary Ickes to perform a free outdoor Easter Sunday concert at the Lincoln Memorial shrine in Washington. The move ends a controversy reaching the White House and uses the National Park Service grounds for the event.
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Lincoln Shrine
Washington (Ap
Marian Anderson
White House
Lincoln Memorial
Ickes
National Park Service
North Central Reinstates North Dakota Agricultural College
The North Central Association reinstated the North Dakota Agricultural College at Fargo pending review after the new administration takes office July 1. The college had been dropped last year. The report also notes Ohio deer population estimated at 3,000 across twenty counties.
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Chicago
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
North Dakota Agricultural College
Fargo
Association
Ohio
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Imonya
Britain
Greenwood
Russia
Josef Beck
Foreign Affairs Committee
Cabinet
House of Commons
No. 10 Downing Street
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English Channel
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Jimmy
Skerried
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Martha Sleeper
North Central
No. Dakota Ag. College
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American Trust
Second Street SE
Japonica
Florsheims
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