Seasonal pickup lowers Linn county relief roll in April
Linn county relief officials reported an April unemployment relief roll drop of 16 percent from March. Employable relief cases totaled 843 in April versus 1,012 in March, with 142 of those as aid supplementary to WPA. The county aided 337 direct cases in April, aided by 48 new old age pensions and 627 medical aid cases. Service cases reached 477, including CCC assignments and state hospital benefits. M C Linkletter joined relief visitors staff to fill a rural field vacancy.
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Linn County
Alice Ferber
Linn County Relief Committee
Board of Supervisors
WPA
CCC
M. C Linkletter
Ferber
Iowa
American Association of Social Workers
Des Moines
Farm exports lag as imports expand
U S agriculture department reports exports of farm products remain below last year while imports grow. March exports reach 57 percent of prewar volume, highest for the month in three years, but earlier months’ deficits offset gains. Total exports for the nine months ending March 31 valued at 595.464 million dollars versus 137.72 million dollars a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Gepartmer
Mercy Hospital Nursing School Graduation Thursday
Mercy Hospital will graduate its School of Nursing class Thursday at 8 pm in the hospital auditorium. The program includes a processional by Immaculate Conception school orchestra and remarks by Rev. Maurice Tracy. Cited graduates are Catherine Wendling, Madonna Chamberlain, Kathryn Lennox, Mary Kelly, Mary Jeanne d Arc, Kathryne McLees, Genevieve Schallan, Yola Gray, and Cora Daamen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercy Hospital School of Nursing
Catherine Wendling
Independence
Madonna Chamberlain
Charlotte
Kathryn Lennox
Coggan
Mary Kelly
Hopkinton
Mary Jeanne d’ Arc
Cedar Rapids
Kathryne McLees
Ellis Boulevard NW
Genevieve Schallan
van Horne
Yola Gray
Cora Daamen
Waterloo
Immaculate
Thompson
Conception School
Maurice Tracy
Billy Boston
Virginia Richter
Mary Ethel Hurych
Catherine Collins
R. Talmage
S. J
Merrill to take off on ocean hop today
Dick Merrill plans a Sunday 3 p.m. departure from Floyd Bennett airport with co pilot Jack Lambie on an Atlantic flight to London. They aim to bring Hin denburg disaster photos and coronation films and return with coronation covers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill
New York
Atlantic
Dick Merrill
Harry Richman
Floyd Bennett
London
Jack Lambie
England
Newfoundland
Croydon
25 Booked To Take Hindenburg Sail On Italian Liner Rex
Fifteen men and ten women booked on the Hindenburg cross sailed Saturday from New York aboard the Italian liner Rex heading for Europe. Most said they would not fly a dirigible again unless helium filled, though Margaret Unger of Maywood New Jersey would ride a hydrogen filled craft. She called the accident an unfortunate event and remained fatalistic. Other passengers will sail the Hamburg May 13 and the Europa May 16.
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New York
Hindenburg
Europe
Margaret K. Unger
Maywood
Hamburg
Ted
Zeppelin disaster insurance coverage details reveal occupants
OCR fragment notes the Zeppelin insured for 9,992,000 in total coverage for occupants. It mentions Hindenburg related references, crew, and passengers, with figures in marks and dollars, but text is garbled and incomplete.
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Zep
Zeppelin
Hindenburg
Schosse
Sabotage Theory Emerges In Hindenburg Crash Report
Fragmentary text suggests Wilkins believes sabotage played a role in the Hindenburg disaster. Quoted phrases reference London Daily Mail and various cryptic notes, with unclear details and garbled OCR.
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Wilkins
Hindenburg
Howe T Wilkins
Todas
London Daily Mail
Mother describes throwing three children from Hindenburg
Mrs. Mathilda Doehner told Beachboro hospital doctors how she hurled her sons Werner and Walter from a forward window as the airship burned and fell. Her daughter Trene died from burns, and Mrs. Doehner, burned in the escape, jumped and is listed as critical. Her husband Mer man is presumed dead as a missing passenger.
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Point Pleasant
Mathilda Doehner
Trene
Walter
Irene
Film Stars May Join Picket Lines
The guild president Robert Montgomery leads a potential strike plan as fifty films in production rely on guild members. With 5,600 strong, actors could halt major studio projects, drawing crowds of fans and autograph seekers as police mobilize for anticipated disruption.
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Ious
Robert Montgomery
Guild
Montgomery
Hollywood
Infant Burned Pulling Coffee Cup Off Table
Eight month old William Coates of 510 B avenue No. 15 pulled a cup of coffee onto himself Friday evening. He suffered second degree burns to the chest left arm and face and is confined in St Lukes hospital in fair condition Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Coates
Fr . Coates
B Avenue No
St. Lukes Hospital
Methodist Bishops Publish Conference Plans Across Regions
In Minneapolis AP dispatch the Methodist Episcopal Church announced dates and hosting bishops for regional conferences and missions. The Inwa Des Moines conference will convene in Newton on September 14 with Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes presiding, and the Upper Town conference in Waterloo on September 14 with Bishop G Bromley Oxnam.
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Minneapolis
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
United States
Inwa
Des Moines
Newton
Edwin Holt Hughes
Upper Town
Waterloo
G. Bromley Oxnam
City Briefs and Personals Highlights Local Happenings
Various items note daily life and minor incidents: A bungalow cooking class schedule. A. L. Embree travels to New York. birth of a daughter at Mercy hospital. gardens in bloom on Nineteenth street SE. Fred Neilen fined for intoxication. Rock Island sleeper service updates. Knights of Pythias lodge activities. Harold Reeves to Des Moines for a Philadelphia Symphony concert. Courtland Stevens explains a fishing accident. Embree family weekend visit. Evelyn Schmickle listed as a Swedish massage graduate at Dalsbo Bath Parlors. R B Mullenix fined for speeding. L J Uridil and Joseph H. Kitchin fined for overparking. Harold Northrup fined for disturbing the peace and his listed address questioned. Townsend clubs to meet at Moose hall with David H. Thomas as speaker.
Protheon class to meet for Friday lunch at St Paul’s
The Protheon class of St Pauls church will meet Friday at 12 30 pm at the church for a picnic luncheon Members are asked to take at covered dish sandwiches and table service Hostesses will be Mrs QO W Herrick and Mrs Ho E McCormac
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Protheon
St Paul's Church
QO W . Herrick
Ho E McCormac
Merritt Sues Taylor to Dissolve 1935 Fuel Partnership
In district court Merritt seeks dissolution of the 1935 fuel partnership with George Taylor. He requests an accounting, judgment for sums due, appointment of a receiver, and an injunction restricting accounts and drawing checks on partnership funds. Judge H. C. Ring presides.
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Joh
Merritt
George Taylor
H. C. Ring
Zody Intervener Petition Dismissed in Trust Case
Richard Zody and Fred Zody seek dismissal of their intervention in Forrest C. Zody versus Clarene Goddard to confirm an alleged trust agreement and appoint him trustee. Goddard resists. Petition filed February 21, 1936 in district court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Zody
Fred Zody
Forrest C. Zody
Clarene Goddard
Zody
YMCA Boys Swim Club Scheduled for May Evenings
The Y M C A announces a new Boys Swim Club for its summer schedule replacing high school night swims. The first party is set for May 20 at 7 30 p m in the Y pool with committee members Bob Romesberg Charles Gibson Bob Gibson and Aaron Hanks and advisers Gurney Day James Manville and Walton Keller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. Pool
Bob Romesberg
Charles Gibson
Bob Gibson
Aaron Hanks
Gurney Day
James Manville
Walton Keller
Moth er daughter party and Briar dale club meeting headline
One hundred attended a mother daughter party at First Baptist church with readings by Mrs. J. H. Murphy and others and piano numbers by Mary Margaret Bell. Briardale club meeting at Sokol hall drew over one hundred employers and employees with talks and entertainment by Dempsy Jones and Warren Ainsworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Fred F. Stark
J. H. Murphey
Eloise Heath
Mary Alice Mellen
Ellen Johnson
Dorothy Kemp
Mary Margaret Bell
Ray Clapp
T. K. Hefner
Briardale Club
Briardale Food Stores
Cedar Rapids
Sokol Hall
Dempsy Jones
Warren Ainsworth
R. L. Jensen
O L. Gerdl
Remember Mothers and Aid Camp Fund appeal for two Camp Good Health
A Cedar Rapids family struggles with irregular work and poor pay. The mother runs the home well while the three undernourished boys improved at Camp Good Health last year. Public Health Nursing seeks funds to send the brothers again and others in need to Camp Good Health. Donate to The Gazette Cedar Rapids Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Health Nursing Association
Camp Good Health Fund
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Agrees To Alimony To Regain Stuffed Fish
In Chicago William H. Joost 52 a retired grocer agreed to pay his wife 175 dollars monthly alimony to regain possession of a stuffed 18 pound wall eyed pike. Their divorce action is pending. Joost settled an alienation of affections suit for 15000 dollars from Fred H. Wilson a grocery clerk, previously his wife’s husband.
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Chicago
INS
William H. Joost
Joost
Fred H. Wilson
Eckener Pursues Helium Pact as Zeppelin Future Hangs
The German air minister entrusts Eckener with negotiations in Washington on helium supply. German leaders see helium talks as crucial to Zeppelin program survival and future development hinges on U S approval. Lehmann’s death at Hindenburg disaster deals a severe setback to the Zeppelin company and to Germany, as Eckener’s potential successor is lost.
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Germany
Washington
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Eckener
Zeppelin
Goering
Air Ministry
Joseph Goebbels
America
Lehmann
Ernst Lehmann
Burns
Hindenburg
Zeppelin Company
Mothers To Be Honored At Mission Service
Mothers will be honored in a special program before the Mother’s Day service at Sunshine Mission at 7 15 this evening led by the Rev Bob Ingersoll. He will recount his conversion story from twenty six years ago during the afternoon service. A music festival Saturday night featured Mrs O C Gatrello Rev Thomas J Hinkin Dr Frizen and Tom and Bob Hinkin in solos with Miss Ruth Webster on piano.
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Sunshine Mission
Bob” Ingersoll
O. C. Gatrello
Thomas J. Hinkin
Frizen
Tom and
Bob Hinkin
Ruth Webster
Firemen Relays Help Keep Man Alive in Omaha
Walter Healy a 25 year old from Charter Oak Iowa is in critical condition after a paralysis attack. Omaha firefighters began artificial respiration at 6 am Saturday to sustain him while he remains at a local hospital following his Friday night admission. Healy previously suffered paralysis in 8 and 6 year intervals.
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Omaha (Ap
Omaha Fire Department
Walter Healy
Charter Oak
Healy
Egbert the First King of All England Reigns
Egbert is noted as the first king to rule all England. He reigned from 827 until 839, shaping a unified early English monarchy and establishing a precedent for royal authority across multiple kingdoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egbert
England
London Dons Gay Coronation Mood
The article reports royal preparations for the coronation with George V rehearsing his address using multiple microphones while the queen listens in. It notes two special mikes, dress rehearsals, and large crowds in London, including General Pershing among visitors.
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London
Edward
George
Iowa Bird Students See Peak Total Of Species
The Iowa Ornithological Union field trip near Cedar Falls set a record with 150 bird species observed, the largest in fourteen years. Twenty six wood warblers were noted and a southern mocking bird was sighted within 30 miles of the Minnesota line, signaling range expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Ornithological Union
Cedar Falls
Minnesota Line
Cedar Rapids
Veteran Merchant Of North Liberty Dead
NORTH LIBERTY Frank William Stahle 71 veteran merchant died Saturday Funeral services set for 2 p m Monday at the Lutheran church with Rev C Rollin Sherck of Iowa City in charge He first ran a grocery then a hardware store and his shop housed the town s first telephone switchboard Born near Solon he married Sarah Eggenberg and survived by two sons Roy of Independence Ernest of Solon a daughter Mrs Cora Huber of Rock Island and a brother Henry of Soton
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North Liberty
Frank William Stahle
Lutheran Church
C. Rollin Sherck
Iowa City
Stahle
Solon
Sarah Eggenberg
Roy
Independence
Ernest
City Marbles Championship Won by LaVerne Wheeler II
Franklin high school student LaVerne Wheeler II defeated Wilson student Tommy Inman to win the city marbles title at Roosevelt school. Final scores were 6 7 6 7 4 7 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaVerne Wheeler iI City Marbles Champ
The
Playground Commission
Roosevelt School
LaVerne Wheeler
Havenne NE
Franklin High School
Tommy Inman
Twentieth Avenue SW
Wilson
Cash Prizes Offered for Best Answers in Thirty Ads
Thirty advertisers in the Sunday Gazette announce a contest with one dollar prizes for the best reasons to questions asked. Open to Gazette readers, excluding employees, entries must be on one side of a single sheet with name and address at the top. Closes Wednesday night May 12, with winners announced next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunday Gazette
The
Gazette
Cornell Opens Music Auditions At Mount Vernon
Registrations flood for Cornell college competitive music auditions set for May 14 and 15 under Prof Lloyd C Oakland. Prizes include two scholarships 120 and 60 dollars per group with divisions in piano violin pipe organ voice cello woodwind and brass. Notable entrants include Virgil Smith and Robert Bryant among others from several states. Contestants to stay in college dorms with meals and an informal reception after the conservatory faculty dinner Friday. Only graduates and seniors of accredited high schools may enter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Cornell College
Lloyd C. Oakland
Conservatory of Music
Jean Betty Beauchamp
Seventh Street
Cedar Rapids
Betty Marcia Wales
Polo
Ill
Kathryn Rose
Story City
Maxine Mann
Whitten
Mary Ellen Bottom
Wesley
Mary K. Orwig
Angela
Ind
Virgil Smith
Vinton
Bette Kidder
Waterloo
Lewis Putney
Toledo
Dorothy Martins
Reinbeck
Donald Schildroth
Rosemary Craven
Tipton
Max Traupel
van Wert
Cordis W. Speas
Marshalltown
Pauline
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Hardendorf
Camera Shop
3Rd Ave
Pho Op
Kodaks and
Cine
Kodahks
Leica
Bell and Vowell Movie Cameras
Mercy Hospital
Tyyat
Iowa Municipal
1St Mortgage
W.D. Hanna and Company
Investvlnt Securities
Merchants Bank Building
Bungalow
A. L. Embree
Fifth Avenue SE
Joseph Smith
George Beattie
Nineteenth Street
Fred Neilen
Rock Island
Stir of the West Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Pythian Hall
Harold Reeves
Avenue NE
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra
Courtland Stevens
Fifteenth Avenue SE
Second Avenue Bridge
J. K. Embree
Peoria, Ill
Evelyn Schmickle
Dalsbo
R B Mullenix
L. J Uridil
Victor
Joseph H. Kitchin
Third Avenue SE
Harold Northrup
Fifth Street
Northrup
Townsend
Moose Hall
Jim Block
David H. Thomas
National Headquarters Educational Department
Remember Mothers and Aid Camp Fund
U. 5
U. 8
Nu-Enamel Paint Store
First Ave
Roosevelt Hotel
Kubias
Windsor Lodge
Elizabeth
West End
John J. Pershing
Cornell
Harper's
Harper’s
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