New US Merchant Marine Stirs Debate Over $500 Million Line
Rep. Moran proposes a government backed US Merchant Marine Corp to own assets of the shipping board. The plan would issue $500 million in bonds, fund new ships, and lease vessels to private operators with congressional oversight and a training school for officers.
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Washington
United States Merchant Marine Corporation
Shipping Board
Edward C. Moran
Maine
Moran
Bland
Army
Naval Academies
Tells High Twelve Club How O. R. C. Has Aided Members
The Order of Railway Conductors with Cedar Rapids headquarters has working agreements on major Canadian railways and many US lines. Harry W Fraser says wages rose from low pay in 1890 to decent living standards. 1929 sharps at 264.25 monthly for passengers and 240.80 for freight conductors. In 1932 wage deductions began. improved hours, injuries compensation, and safety rules followed. About 40 Cedar Rapids employees earn roughly 70 000 dollars yearly, not counting executives. The ORCC convention occurs every three years. Cedar Rapids hosts 1927 with an expected 2500 attendees.
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Order of
Cedar Rapids
Dominion of Canada
United States
Harry W Fraser
Hotel Roosevelt
Fraser
ORCC
Gardner Becomes Linn County Medical Society President
Dr John R Gardner a Lisbon physician for thirty three years took office Friday as president of the Linn County Medical Society. He served in the Eighty eighth division during World War I and is now a lieutenant colonel in the Reserves. The annual election at the Hotel Roosevelt named Dr Jennings Crawford of Cedar Rapids as president elect with Dr W H Hasch as vice president and Dr F Hersch as secretary. Delegates to the Iowa State Medical Society convention include Dr Suchomel and Dr Von Lackum. alternates Van Winkle and Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R Gardner
Lisbon
Mgrit
Linn County Medical Society
Gardner
University of Iowa
University Hospital
F. Hersch
Emma J Neal
Iowa State Medical Society
Davenport
T F Suchomel
J. K. von Lackum
H L. van Winkle
John Hamilton
Baldwin Boy Dies After Horse Kick Near Baldwin
Special to The Gazette Baldwin Howard Lubben four year old son of Mr and Mrs Harry Lubben died Friday morning from head injuries suffered when a horse kicked him Wednesday One mile north of Baldwin his funeral for his grandfather Frank Lubben former president of the Baldwin Savings Bank was held last Friday Howard Lubben born March 1 1931 survived by parents a sister Lois Funeral services Sunday at 2 pm at the home Rev F E Mastin officiating burial in Peace cemetery WAUKON James M Marsden longtime county resident died at his home northwest of Waukon Thursday Born January 21 1859 in Genia Ill he married Mary Jones in September 1882 Seven children survive and a sister also listed Valve stems and guides cited as possible engine power loss cause.
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Baldwin
Howard Lubben
Harry Lubben
Frank Lubben
Baldwin Savings Bank
Gubben
Lois
FE. Mastin
Peace Cemetery
Waukon
James M. Marsden
Galena
Ill
Mary Jones
Jessie Johnson
Mapleton
Mina Louis Marsden
Cottonwood
Mont James
Bert
Frank
Arthur
Maude QO Hare
Max Wittinger
Wauk
Elizabeth Conrad
William Conrad
Sixth Street
Spokane
Wash
Don Conrad
Florissant
Colo
Marion
Frank Woodworth
Springville
John Conrad
Yocom Chapel
John M. Walters
Methodist Church
Oak Shade Cemetery
Couzens children guarded after anonymous threat
An anonymous call threatened kidnapping the grandchildren of Senator James Couzens led to a private guard at the children's Garfield street home. The family, unsure if real or hoax, kept the guard for ten days with police and then private detectives, while DOJ took no part.
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Washington
INS
James Couzens
Michigan
Garfield Street
Department of Justice
William Jefferies Chewning
Margaret Ann Couzens
Margo Couzens
Capital Society
Chewning
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Treasury
Senator Couzens
Couzens
Frank Burke
Metropolitan Police
Civil action filings surge in May term rush ends
Clerk reports a flood of civil suits filed before the May term deadline. Plaintiffs include Kenneth Vittengl seeking 10000 from Leonard Luedeman and associates over a March 19 injury, Leo Johnson requesting 750 from Millsap Motor Co, Lumir Dlask seeking 250 from Kadlec entities, Floyd Slaymaker in a beer parlor partnership dispute, and Mary Landergott seeking custody and alimony in a divorce from Charles Landergott. Additional cases outline attachable property and other divorces filed in the period.
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Edwin W. Lundquist
Kenneth A Vittengl
A. C. Vittengl
Leonard C Luedeman
Otto Luedeman
G H. Lowe
Leonard Luedeman
G. H. Lowe
C Street
Seventeenth Avenue
Leo Johnson
C. L. Driscoll
L M . Millsap
Millsap Motor Co
Driscoll
Millsap
Johnson
D Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Lumir Dlask
Joseph Kadlec
John Kadlec
Kadlec
Ted Hoff
Hoff
Mary Landergott
Charles Landergott
George D Eckhart
Fretta M Eckhart
Doris
Judge awards $190 in injury suit over coast on Zika avenue
Verne Dvorak by next friend Anna Dvorak sued Verda Jane Miller for injuries to the Dvorak boy on December 23 as he coasted on Zika avenue. The court found the lad was struck by Miller's car and awarded $190 to the plaintiff.
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H C_ Ring
Verne Dvorak
Anna Dvorak
Verda Jane Miller
Dvorak
Zika Avenue
Guilty Plea Bargain and Dismissals Highlight Friday Court
George Zulakis pled guilty May 3 to illegal possession of alcoholic liquor and was fined 300 dollars with 100 dollars and costs due now, remaining suspended on good behavior. Andrew Cunis and John Kegler had related charges dismissed on state motion. Rose A. Scott was granted a divorce from Earl L. Scott on cruel and inhuman treatment, restoring her prior name Rose A Anderson. marriage occurred September 3, 1920.
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George Zulakis
F. O. Ellison
Ellison
Andrew Cunis
John Kegler
H. C Ring
Kegler
Cunis
Rose A. Scott
Earl L. Scott
Rose A Anderson
Coe Student Receives Mills Fellowship
Miss Nedra Arendts daughter of Mr and Mrs J S Arendte of 1721 Avenue NE a Coe college senior today won a Mills college trustee fellowship. She graduates from Coe in June and will enter Mills college in Oakland California next fall to study child development. The fellowship covers residence and tuition about 950 dollars for one year.
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Nedra Arendts
J. S Arendte
1721 Avenue NE
Coe College
Mills College
Arendts
Washington High School
Coe
Oakland
Calif
Perfect Streamlining Compared To Fish Design
Reading Pennsylvania reports MIT student Julian P Perry explains that a perfectly streamlined car should resemble a big headed fish or tadpole with a long thin tail The discussion notes that streamlining matters only beyond forty miles per hour and provides horsepower figures for 40 50 and 60 mph to show how power requirements rise with speed
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Reading
Julian P. Perry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Perry
300 Jobs For Domestics Go Begging In Cleveland
More than 300 unfilled domestic positions exist at Cleveland's state city employment bureau in city hall. Wages rise as experienced servants prove scarce, with offers of $55 to $60 monthly for upstairs maid cook and downstairs girl being phoned in to the YWCA Friendly Service bureau.
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Cleveland
State-City
Bureau
Melba Oliver
Winifred Gachr
Friendly Service Bureau
The
YWCA
Marion News Highlights Local Social and Civic Events
Obituaries note Elizabeth Conrad age 76 dies at son William Conrad’s home in Marion. Services set at Yocom chapel with Rev. Walt ers officiating, burial in Oak Shade. Other items report Mrs Kerton near 90 in serious condition after a stroke, Free Methodist district meeting under Rev Cunningham, Camp Fire council fire planned, local music contest results and club meetings across Marion.
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The
Free Methodist Church
C. L. Cunningham
G. W. Bugg
Oklahoma City
Okla
Grocery price list items with multiple products
A scanned Saturday and Monday price list shows numerous grocery items with sizes and cents per unit. Items include sugar, oleo, cheese, bread, peanut butter, syrups, catsup, loganberries, kraut, prunes, raisins, dates, popcorn, marshmallows, nuts, candies, cocoa, starch, pepper, vanilla, and coffee among others.
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Fey
Milwaukee May Breakfast Opens Women’s Club Drives Growth
Sixty two members attended the Milwaukee Railroad Women’s Club May breakfast at New Hallwood. A. J. Elder announced 246 total members. Plans for a June 20 employee picnic at Thom as Park and a May 15 white elephant sale were shared.
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Milwaukee Railroad Women's Club
New Hallwood
A. J. Elder
W. E. Cooper
Milwaukee
Thomas Park
H. B. Christianson
John C. Smith
Guy Miller
R. B. Eckhart
George Halsey
W. Hotchkiss
John B. Fosdick
Rival Fire Chiefs Clash Over Cat Rescue in Kankakee
In Kankakee Illinois a split city government saw two fire departments divided by party lines as Republicans and Democrats argued over who should rescue a cat stuck in a tree. After a tense stand off both sides sent ladders and a joint effort finally retrieved the feline.
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Kankakee
Ill
Gray Tomcat
Coy D. Taylor
Roy Marquart
John Berg
Cat Climbing Escalates as Politicians Rest Under Tree
A fragment describes a prolonged chase where a cat climbs a tree while politicians, exhausted, pause beneath for a rest. The scene continues with the cat eventually leaving the tree unsustained, leaving readers with an image of the odd interruption during the day.
Births Reported at St. Luke's Hospital
A daughter was born May 2 to Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Cul bert of 985 Eleventh Street Marion. A son was born May 3 to Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Hill of Mount Vernon. A son was born May 3 to Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Kolda, 626 First Street SW, at St. Luke's hospital.
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H. A. Culbert
Eleventh Street
Marion
St. Luke's Hospital
G. L. Hill
Mount Vernon
F. D. Kolda
First Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Burial for Mrs. Josephine Friars in Hazleton cemetery
Burial services for 93 year old Mrs. Josephine Friars were held at Hazleton cemetery Thursday with Rev. James Wray presiding. Born October 6, 1841 in Machias Missouri, she was a pioneer Hazleton township resident who later lived with daughter Mrs. Stella E. Duncan in Los Angeles California after her husband's death.
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Hazleton
Josephine Friars
Hazleton Cemetery
James Wray
Presbyterian Church
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Stewart Hawk
Ralph Cutler
C. C. Bolsinger
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Marshalltown
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Los Angeles
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