Cedar Rapids enjoys bright Spring day with rising temps
Spring was in its brightest mood for Cedar Rapids Monday with sun and mild temperatures. The mercury rose from 48 at 6 am to 78 by 2 30 pm. At St Luke's hospital a son was born to Richard C Brown and wife Marion May 8. another son to Emery Freeman and wife at 501 B avenue NE May 8. a daughter to Jerry Sprynel and wife at 1959 Second avenue SE May 8. Max Scheer, 63, of 514 Second street SW, died in a local hospital late Monday.
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Washington
Iowa Falls
Tampa
Sioux City
New Orleans
Galveston
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Los Angeles
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Des Moines
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Detroit
New York
Chicago
Boston
Pittsburgh
Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
St. Luke's Hospital
Richard C. Brown
Marion
Emery Freeman
B Avenue NE
Jerry Sprynel
Second Avenue SE
Max Scheer
Second Street
Fire damages barn at 110 Fourteenth Street SE
Sparks from a bonfire ignited a roof fire on a barn behind 110 Fourteenth Street SE. Individuals named Neal Jones, Anna M. Matlock, Roy H. Olson, Mary E. Nicholas, Forrest F. Pencil, Alberta Sumner, Mary Callahan, Maxine Cornell connected to the report. Mrs J F Conn issued the general alarm.
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Neal Jones
Cedar Rapids
Anna M. Matlock
Moberly, Mo
Roy H. Olson
Mary E. Nicholas
Forrest F. Pencil
Alberta Sumner
Ottumwa
Mary Callahan
DeKalb, MI
Maxine Cornell
Genoa
Fourteenth Street SE
J. F. Conn
Speeding Fines Set for Williams and Plaine
Bill Williams of 121 Seventeenth Street SW is fined ten dollars and costs for speeding with the fine suspended on payment of costs and surrender of his license for ten days. Evelyn Plaine of 202 Second Street SE is fined ten dollars and costs for speeding with the fine suspended on payment of costs and surrender of her license for ten days.
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Bill Williams
Seventeenth Street
Evelyn Plaine
Second Street
Roosevelt proposes 14 bureau changes in reorganization plan
President Roosevelt outlines moves to transfer agencies and abolish others to streamline executive branch administration. Key actions include moving the Rural Electrification Administration to the Agriculture Department, shifting Mount Rushmore commission to the National Park Service, transferring the Inland Waterways Corporation to Commerce, and creating a new Federal Security Agency for film and radio in education. He also aims to abolish the National Emergency Council excluding film and radio, leaving its functions to the President. The plan calls for budget studies and possible deportable alien jurisdiction shifts and land-overlap reforms between Agriculture and Interior.
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Agriculture Department
Rural Electrification Administration
Pat
Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission
National Park Service
Interior Department
Inland Waterways Corporation
War Department
Commerce Department
Federal Security Agency
Office of Education
National Emergency Council
Roosevelt
Bituminous Coal Commission
New Deal
Justice Department
Agriculture and Interior Departments
Iowa Lt Governor Highlights Two Major Legislative Accomplishments
Lieutenant Governor B B Hicklenlooper told Canopus club members that Iowa's last session cut public expenditures through department budgeting and reorganization. He cited audits optional for cities towns and schools and noted a shift toward local business and government control. He defended hearings on the old board of control and outlined road program priorities to free surplus funds. He predicted reduced state expenses and a return to lower government costs if the program continues.
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Iowa
B. B. Hickenlooper
Canopus Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Certified Public
Hickenlooper
Board of Control
Senate
Defenses Tighten as Polish-Russian Talks Advance
A Reuters report notes Russia offers defensive guarantees to western neighbors while Britain and Russia discuss a security front at Moscow. Poland meets Baltic states, with Gen Raschukis of Lithuania visiting Marshal Smigly-Rydz. Russia may propose a new ambassador to Warsaw after Litvinov’s resignation. Poland rejects direct military aid but seeks closer ties within a non aggression framework.
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Reuter
Russia
Rumania
Turkey
Bulgaria
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
Finland
London
Great Britain
Moscow
Poland
Stasys Raschukis
Edward Smigly-Rydz
Nicolai Charenoy
Greece
Warsaw
Foreign Office
Maxim Litvinoff
Litvinoff
Constipation Relief With Pepsin Laxative Senna
Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna with Syrup Pepsin combines stomach relief with laxative action. Pepsin dissolves undigested protein in the stomach while Senna stimulates bowels to relieve constipation. Pleasant tasting formula marketed for family use, available at druggists.
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Dr. Caldwell
City Briefs and Personal Notes Highlight Local Happenings
City council adjourned board of review sessions until May 22. Cedar Rapids Navy Club meets 8 p.m. Wednesday at Montrose hotel. Residents include Mr and Mrs William W Smith vacationing in Mexico and Lorado Texas. Police notes include a lost gold wrist watch valued at $20. Several community groups plan meals, meetings, and outings at parks, hotels, and churches.
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Cedar Rapids
Navy Club
Montrose Hotel
F. A. Carnahan
Thirtieth Street
Loop District
Young Democratic group meets before state convention
The Linn county Young Democratic club meets tonight at 7 30 in the Merchants National Bank building office of president Raymond Coward. The gathering precedes the May 28 29 state convention at Fort Des Moines hotel Des Moines. Dr J Stuart MacQuiston is slated as guest speaker at later Hadassah event. Police report theft of 125 baby chicks from Paul Noeller's coop valued at 12 50. two week old Buff and Plymouth Rocks.
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Young Democratic Club
Linn County
Raymond Coward
Merchants National Bank
Fort Des Moines
Des Moines
Rothschild - Hadassah — University Hospital
Mount Scopus
Palestine
Hadassah
Roosevelt Room
Roosevelt Hotel
J. Stuart MacQuiston
Paul Noeller
Thirteenth Street
Nodler
Evangelist Paul Levin to Speak at Sunshine Mission
Paul Levin, evangelist, will lecture on Committing death by own action at the Sunshine Mission Tuesday night. Other subjects for the week include The Fearful End on Wednesday and Gambling With Hell by Bob Findley, a blind radio artist, on Thursday. Friday marks family night with gifts for the oldest father present and the father traveling farthest.
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Paul Levin
Sunshine Mission
Bob Findley
School pupils tour Gazette plant and local sites
Eighteen seventh and eighth graders from Alburnett School visited The Gazette plant Tuesday with teacher Bernice Basker. The group also toured Quaker Oats Petersen Baking Hutchinson Ice Cream Public Library and the sewage disposal plant.
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Alburnett School
Gazette
Bernice Basker
Quaker Oats
Petersen Baking Company
Hutchinson Ice Cream Company
Coe College President to Speak at Des Moines Church Dedication
Dr. Harry M. Gage president of Coe college will deliver the dedication address for Des Moines central Presbyterian church tonight. He represents the Presbyterian colleges of Iowa. The a cappella choir directed by Prof. Paul S. Ray will perform.
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Harry M. Gage
Coe College
New Central Presbyterian Church
Des Moines
Presbyterian Colleges of Iowa
Paul S. Ray
Music Department Head to Sing at 7:30 Services
The head of the department of music will sing at the services which start at 7:30 p.m. The event highlights a recital during evening worship with a focus on vocal performance and church tradition.
Cleveland man questioned in Cedar Rapids investment-firm break-in
William Harrison, 37, of Cleveland, held for questioning after a Cedar Rapids safe cracking incident at the Cedar Rapids Investment company Friday night. He was released Tuesday as detectives said he was not implicated. Police believe the Marion High School burglary and Iowa City High School thefts, totaling $85 and small valuables, were likely by the same burglars operating locally.
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William Harrison
Cleveland
Ohio
Cedar Rapids Investment Company
Harrison
Marion High School
Iowa City High School
Roosevelt Praises Freedom of Press and Radio Role
In remarks on government information policy President Roosevelt defends press freedom and calls radio a valuable supplement. He notes government limits on the press are minimal beyond obscenity and incitement restrictions and stresses newspapers’ size tied to advertising revenue.
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Roosevelt
Methodist Head Maquoreta Native United Methodist Conclave
Thirty seven bishops received permanent assignments as the United Methodist Church formed by uniting three branches. New bishops from the Methodist Protestant church, John Calvin Broomfield and James H. Straughn, were placed in St. Louis and northeastern jurisdiction respectively. A vote on church judiciary produced three ballots with leaders from Baltimore, Bristol, Liberty and others, outlining the early composition of the new church's Supreme Court and leadership. The nine will serve until the first general conference next April.
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Kansas City
Methodist Church
Uniting Conference
United Church
Methodist Protestant Church
John Calvin Broomfield
Fairmont
W. Va
St. Louis
James H. Straughn
Baltimore
Chester A. Smith
New York
Daniel L. Marsh
Boston University
Brother Smith
Church Judicial Council
Supreme Court
R. Bayley
North Church
Uniting Conference Judiciary Committee
J. Stewart French
Bristol, Tenn
South Church
Judicial Council
Martin E. Lawson
Liberty
South Church Judicial Council
George R. Brown
N. C
R. van Deusen
Scranton
Vincent Paul Clark
Winchester
Mass
M A. Childers
San Antonio
Tex
W. G. Henry
Atlanta
Walter C. Buckner
Los Angeles
New Church
Prof Clark To Join Iowa History Faculty
IOWA CITY AP Prof Ches ter W Clark former Princeton professor will join the Iowa history faculty next fall announced by university officials Monday He is noted for European history research and author of Franz Joseph and Bismarck published in 1934
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Iowa City
Chester W. Clark
Princeton
Iowa History
Clark
Bismarck
Four Nations Spurn Nazi Mediation in European Tensions
Four Scandinavians refuse Nazi overtures while Poland delays consent. France declines mediation in the Franco Italian dispute and calls for Italy to use regular channels. Vatican proposals for a five power peace conference are seen as a sincere bid, with Whitehall labeling it unworkable.
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Poland
France
Italy
Walter M. Jeanes Dies in London While Wife Visits North America
Walter M. Jeanes, oil company executive and secretary to Lord Beaverbrook, died in London. His wife, Mrs. Jeanes, is visiting Cedar Rapids and will sail for London to arrange funeral services. Surviving: two daughters Ellen Elizabeth and Mary Frances, brothers Sidney and William, and niece Hilda Jeanes. Burial planned in Smethwick near Birmingham.
Morgan Confirmed by Senate for TVA
The Senate unanimously confirmed Chairman Harcourt A. Morgan for another term as a director of the Tennessee Valley Authority. Morgan will serve until May 18, 1948.
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Washington
Senate
Harcourt A. Morgan
Tennessee Valley Authority
Morgan
Duft Coal Factions Talk to Roosevelt
Miss Perkins cites four union offers to keep mining operations running during negotiations. She says operators blocked continued production, calling it a mistake, and warns government recommendations may be needed if no quick agreement is reached.
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Steelman
Miss Perkins
PMW Afl Leader Urges Inclusion in White House Labor Talk
Springfield report says Joe Ozanic president of the Progressive Mine Workers of America sent a telegram to President Roosevelt urging PMW representatives be included in the White House conference aimed at breaking the labor deadlock. The move signals demand for broader miner representation at high level discussions.
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Springfield, II
Joe Ozanic
Progressive Mine Workers of America
AFL
Roosevelt
PMW
White House
Coal Walkout Factors and Fuel Scarcity Details
Summary of Coal Walkout Factors from paychecks for the benefit of the UMWA. Workers could join craft unions. checks would count as service charges for contract negotiating. An illegal strike is a walkout during a current contract. fines could reach 2 dollars per day for five days. National coal stocks total 21 to 26 million tons, roughly a month's supply, with New York subway service cut 25 percent amid fuel shortages.
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UMWA
UMW
New York
CIO Miners Claim Broad Support Across Appalachian Mines
Ozanic said PMW represents a majority of employees in 224 mines formerly covered by the Appalachian agreement. The claim suggests wide backing among coal workers amid industry changes.
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CIO
Qozanic
PMW
Robert Waples to Speak for Sons at Iowa Univ Mothers Dinner
Robert Waples son of Cedar Rapids couple will speak for University of Iowa sons at a Saturday dinner for visiting mothers. Waples father is a former Iowa Dads association president. About 600 guests expected as the Mother's Day program closes. Iowa alumna Mrs. H. F. Shranger and Betty Holt of Worcester represent mothers and daughters respectively.
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Iowa City
Robert Waples
F. C. Waples
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa Sons
Waples
Iowa Dads Association
H. F. Shranger
Atlantic
Iowa
Leon Man Elected Head of District Rotarians
G. B. Price Leon was elected district governor of Rotary clubs at the Des Moines meeting succeeding P. K. Wright Iowa Falls. Advisory council members named include R. K. McGee Osceola Dr. Lester Royal West Liberty Newell Day Burlington and Dr. J. C. Powers Hampton Davenport invited the 1940 convention.
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Des Moines
G. B. Price
Leon
Rotary Clubs
P. K. Wright
Iowa Falls
R. K. McGee
Osceola
Lester Royal
West Liberty
Newell Day
Burlington
J. C. Powers
Hampton
Davenport
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