Inflation bill defeated in House with 142 votes
The $3 billion inflation bill fell short on Wednesday in the House, despite 142 votes in its favor including seven from Iowa. Fred Biermann of Decorah and John Gwynne of Waterloo opposed the measure. Fears of inflation eased temporarily, but the bill will reappear in the next Congress with a larger national debt. Strongers forces backing the Frazier Lemker bill are expected to grow. The piece notes some Congress members scarcely visit Washington and cites New York lawmakers among those present. It recounts mortgage anxieties and mentions HOLC and the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation as savers of homes and farms.
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House of Representatives
Everal
Washington
New York
Uncle Sam
The
HOLC
Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation
Fugitives Seize Hostage During Oklahoma Prison Break
Gov. Marland direct contact with state police as convicts who overpowered guards at McAlester state prison abduct a farmer near Blanco and take two guards hostage. A reported shooting and car dumping were denied while the fugitives gain time fleeing southeast Oklahoma.
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Tulsa
Okla
E. W. Marland
State Penitentiary
Oklahoma
Marland
Oklahoma City
Austrian Viceroy Telegrams Mussolini Then Goes Quiet
Prince Ernst von Starhemberg, Austria's vice chancellor, congratulated Mussolini on fascism before Schuschnigg ousted him. The incident spurred Schuschnigg to seize dictatorial powers. Starhemberg’s heimwehr will be demobilized as Austria shifts away from Italy and toward Germany.
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Ernst von Starhemberg
Austria
Benito Mussolini
Schuschnigg
Starhemberg
Mussolini
Heimwehr
Italy
Germany
Unemployment Security Funds and Tax Proposals Highlight Iowa Campaign
A bulletin notes federal appropriations totaling 67.8 million for unemployment and old age security administration, with 23 million for the Social Security Board salaries, 15.8 million for wage records, and 29 million for state unemployment grants. Meanwhile three candidates for Iowa governor focus on taxation, arguing the levy remains high in real terms as property values fall. Also, Dr. M. M. Cullom warns that humans face sinus infection risks due to upright posture, and a McAlester prison riot leaves eight leaders at large with hostages, while six are captured and the search extends across Oklahoma.
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American Newspaper Publishers Association Committee On Social Security
Social Security Board
Messrs
George Call
J. M. Grimes
George Wilson
Iowa
Mcalester
Okla
McAlester State Penitentiary
Oklahoma
C. D. Powell
Tuck Hope
Victor Conn
Powell
Convict in McAlester Break Faces Floyd County Indictment
Ray Terrill, once part of the McAlester Oklahoma prison break gang and recaptured, remains indicted in Floyd County for the November 7 1927 attempted robbery of Farmers State Bank at Rudd. He has not been tried for that crime. Roy Harmon, another gang member, was injured in an auto crash near Marshalltown during the escape, later sentenced to ten years at Fort Madison, escaped, and was killed days afterward in a confrontation with Oklahoma officers.
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Charles City
Ray Terrill
McAlester
Okla
Floyd County
Farmers State Bank
Rudd
Roy Harmon
Marshalltown
Fort Madison
Oklahoma
Ransom Recovered in Weyerhaeuser Kidnaping Case
The Justice Department says $51,374 of $200,000 ransom was recovered from William Mahan who was arrested in San Francisco a week ago for the Weyerhaeuser kidnapping. He now serves a 60 year term on McNeil Island Washington.
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Washington
INS
Department of Justice
Weyerhaeuser
William Mahan
San Francisco
McNeil Island
Wash
Ten Percent and Hope for a Better World
A 1936 reflection questions the President's claim that ten percent of nations will not agree to arms restrictions. It compares the idea to biblical ten good men and warns the unreliability of a small dissent. The piece argues for cautious optimism, noting progress toward cooperation and a more just world despite setbacks.
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Congress
Sodom
Expect Newcomer In Gene Tunney Home
In New York sources say Gene Tunney and his wife expect a newborn within six weeks. The former champion and his wife already have two sons, Gene Lauder Tunney aged five and James Joseph Tunney aged three, as they ready a nursery for the baby.
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Gene Tunney
New York
Gene Tunneys
Tunneys
Gene Lauder Tunney
James Joseph Tunney
Revenue Man Slain by Rum Runners in Indiana Shootout
John R. Foster, 33, a U S revenue agent, was shot and killed near St. John Indiana after a running gunfight with two rum runners in a black coupe at about 80 miles per hour. His associate Guy C. Goodin drove, saving Foster from crashing before the killers escaped. Foster, a Superior Wisconsin native, died en route to a Hammond hospital.
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Hammond, Ind
INS
J. Edgar Hoover
Hammond
Federal Revenue
St. John
Gary, Ind
John R. Foster
United States Revenue
Ind
Here
Foster
Guy C. Goodin
Goodin
Superior
Wis
Inflation fight ends as Lemke plan defeated in House
Washington AP reports Representative Lemke North Dakota reintroduced his 3.0 billion farm mortgage refinancing bill after a 235 to 142 House defeat. Backers vow revival next session as inflation drive becomes a major campaign issue. Speaker Burns says Roosevelt control ensures smooth sailing. Labor split looming with AFL leader Green urging defeat.
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Washington
Lemke
N. D
House
Congress
Ins
Frazier-Lemke
William Lemke
North Dakota
Charles E. Coughlin
National Union For Social Justice
National Farmers Union
Burns
Roosevelt
O’connor
New York
Rules Committee
Father Coughlin
William Green
A. F. of L
Green
White House
Executive Council
John L. Lewis
United Mines Workers of America
Want Ad in Gazette Proves Fruitful for Lawrence Adams
Lawrence Adams of 523 Sixth Avenue SE states he placed a two line Want Ad in the Gazette for seven days from May 6 to 12 inclusive. The ad offered wall washing paper cleaning and window washing and yielded work totaling $110.00 after a cost of $1.68 for the ad and about 50 calls.
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Lawrence Adams
Sixth Avenue SE
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids Spring Remodeling Ads Seek Work
Cedar Rapids sees a wave of remodeling redecorating and repair work this spring with free estimates offered for wall washing paper cleaning and related services. Dial 2 1121 to place ads and join the ad taker program for earnings.
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Cedar Rapids
Senate study sinks Roosevelt tax plan and substitutes
Treasury experts told the Senate Finance Committee that several substitute plans would raise the same 623 million dollars in revenue as the president’s tax bill. A flat 15 percent tax on corporate net earnings or a higher rate on undistributed income would replace the complex distributed income schedule. Senators Harrison and Connally offered exemptions, but experts said all substitutes would yield the target revenue. Secretary Morgenthau noted 164 corporations with over one million in 1934 net income would pay more under the new law, contradicting earlier data showing numerous firms would gain big tax cuts or owe nothing.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
Harrison
Mississippi
Connally
Texas
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Nephew of slain Chicagoan feared kidnapped in New York
New York police issued a confidential alarm for Seymour De Koven a 31 year old Chicago artist and nephew of Eli Daiches who was found missing from his Ritz Carlton suite after arriving three weeks ago with a bodyguard It was believed he might have been abducted while helping authorities pursue his uncle’s killers
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New York
Seymour de Koven
Chicago
Ritz-Carlton
de Koven
Eli Daiches
North Sea Refloated After Beached Off Alaska Coast
The S S North Sea, ashore for nearly three hours on treacherous shoals off Point Marsh about 65 miles southwest of Ketchikan, Alaska, was refloated Thursday according to advices received by Northland Transportation Co. The vessel, reported by INS, had run aground while navigating the Alaska coast.
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Seattle
Wash
INS
Point Marsh
Ketchikan
Alaska
S. S. North Sea
Northland Transportation Company
Austrian coup ousts Starhemberg and shifts policy
Vienna reports a bloodless coup installing Kurt Schuschnigg as de facto leader who plans to disarm Prince Ernst von Starhemberg. Starhemberg ousted from the cabinet as 16,000 Freiheitsbund and Sturm SS private troops mass in Vienna to blunt a potential counter coup. Government says foreign policy remains aligned with Rome pact and not changed by the cabinet shakeup. Starhemberg expected to travel to Rome to brief leaders on the situation.
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Vienna
Kurt Schuschnigg
Heimwehr
Ernst von Starhemberg
VNS
Ernst Rudiger von Starhemberg
Austria
Freiheitsbund and
Sturmshhafen
Starhemberg
Britain
France
Mussolini
Julius Goemboes
Hungary
Spina and Ruell Arrested After Riverside Tavern Fight
Joe Spina, 35, of Rockford road SW, and John Ruell, 46, of 1526 Fourth street NW, were arrested early Thursday at the Riverside tavern for fighting in the street. Each faced disturbing the peace by fighting charges. Spina was released without bond after a brief time at police headquarters, with a Thursday arraignment planned. Ruell was fined 25 dollars and costs in police court.
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Joe Spina
Rockford Road
John Ruell
Fourth Street
Riverside Tavern
Third Avenue
Spina
Thomas B. Powell
Commissioner of Public Safety
W. C. Benesh
Ruell
Carpenters Union Donates Labor to Camp Good Health Camp
Members of local Carpenters and Joiners of America unit 308 donate labor for enlarging Camp Good Health bunkhouses. Volunteers planned to assist next Saturday as eight carpenters already extended two cabins and roofed four. Money from the Golden Gloves tournament funds a septic tank and plumbing, aiding camp meals funded by the Camp Good Health Fund for needy, physically handicapped children.
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Carpenters and Joiners of America
Good Health
Public Health Nursing Association
William O. King
Carpenters Union
Joe Shulista
John Smith
William R. McQuinston
Joe Barta
John Waline
Frank Armstrong
Irving Gallagher
Camp Good Health
Camp Good Health Fund
Camp Goodh Fund
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Britain Affirms Ethiopia as Separate State Under Haile Selassie
London reports that Britain still regards Ethiopia as an independent kingdom with Haile Selassie as emperor not Victor Emmanuel. The House of Commons heard that only part of Ethiopia is under Italian military occupation, a status unchanged by recent events.
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London
Sns
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Victor Emmanuel
Reginald Fletcher
House of Commons
John Simon
Britain
Italian Parliament sanctions May decrees sovereignty over Ethiopia
Rome, UP report the chamber of deputies approved on Thursday the royal decrees of May 9 that proclaim Italian sovereignty over Ethiopia. The move makes King Victor Emmanuel emperor and names Marshal Pietro Badoglio viceroy of the conquered territory.
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Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Ethiopia
Victor Emmanuel
Pietro Badoglio
Mussolini Orders Independent Imperial Army in Ethiopia
Rome reports that Mussolini has ordered a permanent independent Imperial Army of Ethiopia to unite all Italian forces in Eritrea, Italian Somaliland, and newly conquered Ethiopian territory. The force, under Marshal Emilio de Bono, will include regulars and black shirts under a single high command.
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Rome
INS
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Italy
Eritrea
Italian Somaliland
The
Negus
Imperial Army of
Il Duce
Italian War Ministry
Ministry of Colonies
Emilio de Bono
Amy Mollison Continues Flight to London from Cairo
British flyer Amy Mollison landed at Athens from Cairo at 11 25 a m Thursday after refueling and immediately headed to Croydon London Airport seeking to set a Cape Town to London record.
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Athens
Amy Mollison
Cairo
Croydon
London
Cedar Rapids highway board adopts No 30 route
Cedar Rapids officials announce final decision by the state highway commission on U S 30 through the city. The plan calls for a viaduct this year with new paving and a Cedar River bridge, a partly permanent route from Dead Man's Curve to Sixteenth Avenue SW and First Street SW, and a temporary segment thereafter.
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Cedar Rapids
Highway Commission
Cedar River
Frank K. Hahn
Commission
Dead Man’s Curve
Sixteenth Avenue
First Street
Cedar Rapids Weather Rises Through Day After Cold Start
The Cedar Rapids forecast shows a morning low of 40 degrees at 5 a.m. with rapid climbs to 56 by 7 a.m. 66 by 10 a.m. and 75 by 2:30 p.m. Wednesday reached 69 at 3 p.m. before slipping to 62 at 7 p.m. and 47 at midnight per Chambers Inskeep company records.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1936 Rates
A Cedar Rapids report lists 1936 auto toll figures with 174 accidents and 113 incidents recorded. The data reflect traffic safety and enforcement context in Cedar Rapids that year.
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Cedar Rapids
Charges Filed At Elkader As Probe Goes On
In Elkader Iowa six murder charges were filed Thursday afternoon against Pearl Hines Shine Maynard Lenox Jim Hines Howard Hines Minnie Hines and Albert Deke Cornwell in the Dan Shine honeymoon slaying case. Authorities say the group conspired to kill Shine to gain his property and staged the body to appear as self defense. Lenox reportedly confessed to firing the shotgun blast. investigators consider whether Shine was beaten hours earlier.
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Elkader
INS
Dan Shine
Palas
George Ehrhardt
Shine
Pearl Hines Shine
Maynard Lenox
Jim Hines
Howard Hines
Minnie Hines
Albert “Deke” Cornwell
Manchester
Hines
Lenox
New York Merchant Found Strangled In Subway
Edgar Eckert assistant treasurer and director of Rogers Peet Company an exclusive men s furnishing firm was found strangled to death Thursday in a subway lavatory. He appeared not to have been robbed money jewels and glasses were found in his pockets. The 54 year old victim left Gustave Fisher chief engineer at a midtown subway entrance to go home to the Bronx. A different line carried his body to the station where a passenger discovered it and alerted police.
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New York
INS
Edgar Eckert
Rogers Peet Comepany
Eckert
Gustave Fisher
Midtown
Bronx
Fisher
Auto train crash injures flagman and driver hurt
A crossing collision at Twelfth avenue and Fifth street SE left John Kinrade 68 with a fractured left leg and facial injuries after a North Western switch train struck Frank Burnett's car. Burnett 34 suffered facial lacerations and both men were hospitalized. Burnett later released. Burnett claimed non sighting of the flagman or train. Police cleared the wreckage. Separately Mrs. Leo Peters identified herself as the car driver who struck Vernon Harger’s bicycle near McKinley school, causing a left leg fracture to the boy. Peters stopped but drove away as the boy appeared uninjured.
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John Kinrade
Fifth Avenue
Flagman
Twelfth Avenue
Fifth Street
North Western
Frank Burnett
Eighth Avenue SE
Kinrade
Burnett
St. Luke’s Hospital
Leo Peters
Fourteenth Street SE
Vernon Harger
New Street
McKinley School
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Nashville
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Bill Anderson
Archie Herving
Jess Cunningham
Julius Bohanon
Claude Fugate
DR. Newton
Senate Group
N. Y
Duce
International News _ Service
Cedar Rapids News
Carpenters’ Union
Ea of Ely E. Weare
W. Elliott
Davenport
African Army
Amy
Otate Highway Body
Clayton County
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