Ship engineer charged with murder of girl
In San Francisco Mason Navigation Company engineer M lard Hickman 40 was arrested after the body of Miss Jeppesen was found in Golden Gate Park. Hickman told police he met her May 8 and denied any culpability while investigators described a party of four dancing and drinking before her death.
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San Francisco
Low Se
Utah
Galden Gate Park
Hickman Weaths
Mason Navigation Company
Hicksar
Charles Dolen
Mies Jeapesen
Ogden
Sal Lake City
Alate
Piri
Blanche McKay
Hickman
Miss Jeppesen
Dee
Captain Dullea
Jeppesen
Dullea
Camp Mephers Builds Bird Houses For Good Health
Scouts from Troop 12 Eagle Scout Me M Faen led a Cedar Rapids project at the home workshop of Commissioner WooF McFarr. They erected bird houses during two weeks of camp, won the Cedar Rapids area coop houses contest, then returned to the city after games.
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Tye Cedars Rap
Trrop
Carp
Woof McFarr
Trean
Cedar Rapds
Unc
Coop Hores
Me M Faen
Apri Tee
Martin House
M. Finn
Freee Satthoff
Kenneth Couns
Troop 12
Eagle Scout
Front Row
Jef
Ervin Rowden
Leo Séary
Robert Gibson
Glen Lyons
Harold Purington
Jack Kohl
Elmer Sutthoff
Roger Gallagher
Campaign Parade Sparks Student Council Election at Coe College
On Coe campus Monday morning balloting for a student council president began amid a festive parade. Chi Beta Phi member William Whipple and Tau Kappa Epsilon member Paul Niles lead as polls close at 4 pm amid heavy turnout and campus cheers.
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Coe
Whipple
People's Choice
Chit Beta Phi Fraternity
William Whipple
Chi Beta Phi
Paul Niles
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Woman Leaves Eyebrow Pencil Notes Before Poison Death
A woman using the name Irma Grosh died of poison in a Chicago downtown hotel after leaving notes written with an eyebrow pencil for two men. Des Moines contact found no such address. the names may be fictitious. The note to "Charles" bore the signature Irma. another to "Willie" was unsigned.
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Chicago
Irma Grosh
Locust Street
Des Moines
Iowa
Charles
Irma
Willie
Missionary From The Belgian Congo To Talk Tuesday
Dr Royal J Dye a well known missionary from Bolenge in the Belgian Congo will speak at First Christian church Tuesday evening at 7 15 in the church social room The public is welcome Bolenge hosts one of the world s largest Protestant congregations with a Christian Endeavor society once over 1200 members.
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Royal J Dye
Belgian Congo
Dr Dye
Bolenge
Christian Endeavor Society
Absent Ballot Requests Open With County Auditor
Absent voters may apply for the June 4 primaries starting Tuesday with County Auditor Robert M Wesely. Applications can be filed 20 days before the election and ballots must be returned before election day under a state law change. Ballots are delivered by the auditor or staff or by registered mail and must be marked in the presence of a notary.
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Robert M Wesely
Consultant Decorator On Curtains And Drapes At Killian's
Miss Margaret Riley, consultant decorator of Quaker Lace, appears at Killian store Tuesday May 15 with consultations at 10 am 1 pm and 3 pm and a lecture on home beautification. A Boson University alum with studies in interior decoration abroad she outlines curtain trends from corded weaves to illusion brocades and shadow effects.
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Margaret Riley
Quaker Lace Company
Killian
Killian Company
Miss Riley
Cedar Rapids
Boston University
Boston School of Interior Decoration
New York School of Interior Decoration
England
France
Belgium
Germany
Italy
Sweden
Will Rogers Says on Wall Street and Traffic Signals
The Will Rogers column from Santa Monica mocks Wall Street regulation talk while joking about traffic lights as a metaphor. It notes the Senate passed a bill on Wall Street and offers satirical advice about stopping, buying, and margins in a playful hometown voice.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Senate
Wall Street
Marengo High School Band Plans Final Concert Tuesday
The Marengo high school band and orchestra will perform a 14 number program Tuesday evening with proceeds funding new uniforms. The groups are directed by W. Richard Bryant. Also on the calendar the girls glee club will present a Pan themed program next Tuesday under Winifred Kelch.
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Marengo
Marengo High School
W. Richard Bryant
Girls Glee Club
Winifred Kelch
Explosion at Hong Kong Gas Tank Kills Forty
AP reports a massive gas tank explosion at West Point Victoria Hong Kong killed about forty people and wounded around one hundred. Most victims were Chinese women and children. A tenement block and several houses were destroyed by flames and debris.
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Hong Kong
West Point
Victoria
Public Works bids for Cedar Rapids post office work
Treasury Department Procurement Division invites sealed bids for painting plaster and related labor and materials at the Cedar Rapids Iowa post office and courthouse. Bids open at 2 pm June 1 1934 in Washington. Specifications obtainable from the building custodian or the Procurement Office. W E Reynolds Assistant Director of Procurement.
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Treasury Department
Public Works Branch
Washington, DC
Court House
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Tits Offie
Public Works
W E Reynolds
Cedar Rapids to Sell Sewer Bonds at City Hall Bid Time
Notice of sale for 371 490 dollar Sewer Outlet and Purifying Plant Bonds in Cedar Rapids Iowa bids due May 2 1934 at 10 a m in City Hall prior to presentation to the City Council. Bonds mature 1941 to 1953 with semi annual interest. Chapman and Cutler provide opinion. City reserves right to reject bids.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Messrs. Chapman and Cutler
Assurt
Chicago
Ilinois
ES L. J. Btorey
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