War spirit evident in Europe in emergency peace meeting
Dr. Eugene Staley of Chicago urged peace at an emergency campaign meeting in town. He cited fascist Germany, Italian aggression in Ethiopia, and failed League of Nations as threats to world peace, calling for US support against aggression and stronger regional pacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Staley
Chicago University
Geneva Institute of International Relations
First Congregational Church
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Staley
Italy
Germany
League of Nations
France
Hull
America
Ethiopia
British debt talks urged by conservative group
The London Daily Herald reports an influential outside group of conservatives urges an early US debt settlement with Britain. Such a move could secure American aid in future world economic talks aimed at preventing war, with renewed Britain France and United States cooperation seen as key to easing tensions in Europe and the Far East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
INS
London Daily Herald
United States
America
Britain
France
Europe
Far East
Washington Opens War Debtor Notice Period to Europe
The United States began formal semiannual notices to European war debtors on Saturday for a total of 1 157 288 030 21 dollars due June 15. Only Finland appears likely to pay any portion of the current or past due amounts, with 164 315 50 dollars potentially forthcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Europe
Finland
Little Republic
State
Treasury Departments
Public notice of school house project in Monroe township Iowa
A notice announces the propriety action on a school house project in Monroe township, Iowa. Plans will be examined and bids opened at a specified time, with the county reserve the right to reject any bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estes
Monroe
State of
Iowa
Lowa
City Briefs and Personals Highlights
Mrs. Harry Denlinger is convalescing at home after illness at St. Luke’s hospital. Iris blooms and other flowers are advertised in Want Ads. Mrs. Paul Huston Mrs. David Pugh and Mr. and Mrs. E K Beane returned from Chicago where they attended the American Red Cross event. Fines of 1 dollar and costs for overtime parking were levied in police court on Saturday against H J McCreight of Walker and W R Stephenson of 1701 First Avenue E.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Denlinger
St. Luke’s Hospital
A Avenue
Paul Huston
David Pugh
E. K. Beane
Chicago
American Redross
H. J. McCreight
Walker
W. R. Stephenson
First Avenue E
Holm Incorrectly Listed as Paying Funeral Procession Fine
Glen F. Holm of 1755 E Avenue NE was misstated in The Gazette as paying a police court fine for disrupting a funeral. He was actually fined $1 plus costs for overtime parking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen F. Holm
E Avenue
Lin County seeks election board volunteers for June primaries
County Auditor Robert M. Vesely urges precinct election judges and clerks to return immediately the card indicating if they can serve on June 1 primaries. The request aims to organize Linn County's election boards for the upcoming vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Robert M. Vesely
Typo Reassigns Bacon Price in Friday Gazette Ad
In the Polehna Bros advertisement in Friday's Gazette a misprint swapped the 23 cent price for Cudahy's bacon for the lean pork steak at 19 cents per pound. The error affected how the offer appeared to customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polehna Bros
Cudahy
Niece of Mrs Payn Struck By Car In Los Angeles
Beverly Jean Swan, 4, daughter of Mr and Mrs C B Swan and niece of Mrs Richard Payn, suffered a fractured skull and is confined in Queen of the Angels hospital after being struck by a car Thursday in Los Angeles. Mrs Swan formerly Mildred Wallace of Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Payn
Ninth Street
Beverly Jean Swan
Los Angeles
Queen of the Angels Hospital
C. B. Swan
Swan
Mildred Wallace
Cedar Rapids
Disrupting the peace cases heard in police court
Mrs Alma Broussard aged 48 of 511 A avenue NE pled not guilty in police court Saturday on a disturbing the peace charge filed by landlady Mrs Gertrude Miner of the same address. Frank Mc Cauley aged 50 received a thirty day jail term for intoxication while John Nejdl aged 61 of 1509 Sixteenth avenue SE was fined 10 dollars plus costs on the same charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Broussard
A Avenue NE
Gertrude Miner
Frank McCauley
John Nejdl
Sixteenth Avenue SE
Van Note Charged With Leaving Scene of Bicycle Crash
Carl Van Note faced a charge of leaving the scene after his car struck a bicycle ridden by Robert Bocek. He paid costs and agreed to contact the cyclist to reach a settlement. The case was before Justice W. J. Grunewald. Bocek, of 1449 Second Street SE, filed the charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl van Note
W. J. Grunewald
Robert Bocek
Second Street SE
van Note
Bocek
Streamliners Change Chicago Layover on New Schedule
North Western railroad adds a one day layover in Chicago for the City of Portland and City of Los Angeles. The City of Los Angeles first eastbound trip will reach Cedar Rapids at 6 10 a m Sunday and return westbound at 9 37 p m Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Western Railroad
City of
Portland
Los Angeles
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Doings of Congress in recess and committee actions
In recess the Finance Committee weighs revenue bill and the Appropriations Subcommittee reviews a $2,364,229,712 deficiency bill. The Senate passed a park survey bill while the Foreign Relations Committee approved the London naval treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finance
Appropriations
HOUSE
Senate
Foreign Relations
Representative Eicher Recommends Baxod for Burlington Postmaster
Congressman Eicher of Iowa said he recommended Raymond W. Baxod for the Burlington postmaster position, signaling a move in the patronage process. The announcement was made Friday in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eicher
Raymond W. Baxod
Burlington, A
Two Negroes Kill Sheriff and Wound 3 in City Siege
A sheriff is killed and three others wounded in a house siege as two Black suspects resist a lunacy warrant. Police surround the ceme tery caretaker’s house, fire from windows continues amid tear gas assaults and a lengthy standoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walles
George Zimm
Young
J. R. Yeager
H. L. Delaney
Mundy
Messong
McMilliams
Carr McWilliams
Carr
Baking soda cures whooping cough study
Dr. Joseph C. Regan presented at the American Medical association session that adding ordinary baking soda to a patient’s food or drink may relieve and in many cases eliminate the whoop in whooping cough. He linked acid imbalance in blood to complications and suggested soda helps normalize acids early in the cold like stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
American Medical Association
Joseph C. Regan
Brooklyn
Regan
Danceing Pirate and Two Flags at Local Theaters
At the theaters in Iowa and nearby venues a slate of films plays across multiple houses. Dancing Pirate stars Charles Collins Steffi Dunn and Frank Morgan in technicolor. Under Two Flags features Ronald Colman Claudette Colbert. Will Rogers heads A Connecticut Yankee with George O'Brien in O Malley of the Mounted. Hoot Gibson appears in Lucky Terror with Douglas Fairbanks in The Private Life of Don Juan. Palace presents Rose of the Rancho with Gladys Swarthout John Boles and Silk Hat Kid with Mae Clark Lew Ayres. Olympic shows She Gets Her Man with Zasu Pitts Hugh O Connell and Heir to Trouble with Ken Maynard Joan Perry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palace
Gladys Swarthout
John Boles
Rose of
Mae Clark
Lew Ayres
Zasu Pitts
Hugh O’connell
Ken Maynard
Joan Perry
Joan Bennett and Balcon feud spills into London
Joan Bennett travels to London in June as Michael Balcon pursues injunctions over Two in a Crowd. Bennett defends her right to choose projects while Balcon vows confrontation, signaling ongoing tensions between Universal and British producers over English film work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Joan Bennett
Michael Balcon
Joan
London
Gaumont-British
Universal
Balcon
Constance
England
Connie
Joah
Defeated Sioux City mayoral candidate drops recount action
Ralph Henderson, defeated candidate for mayor of Sioux City, dropped his appeal for a vote recount. He argued a recount would distract Hayes and Safety Commissioner Gordon Hollar from duties and hinder civic work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Drops Action
Ralph Henderson
W. D. Hayes
Henderson
Hayes
Gordon Hollar
Under Two Flags Battles In North Africa At Paramount
The screen adaptation of Ouida’s Under Two Flags stars Ronald Colman Claudette Colbert Vic tor McLaglen and Rosalind Russell in a desert romance and action tale. Aided by the Foreign Legion clash with Arab tribesmen the plot follows Cigaret the cafe girl and mascot as heroic sacrifices unfold amid battles and melodrama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Africa
French Foreign Legion
Ouida
Algeria
Paramount
Ronald Colman
Claudette Colbert
Victor McLaglen
Rosalind Russell
Cigaret
Legionaires
Colman
Oxford
Paramount News
Dave Apollon
Settlement Approved in Major Pipe Line Suit
Federal Judge Charles E. Woodward approved a $150 million settlement in the Missouri Kansas Pipe Line case against Columbus Oil and Gas Columb ia Gas and Electric and their officers. Missouri Kansas will receive $350,000 and use assets to pay creditors while Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line stock increases and swaps offer Missouri Kansas holders one Panhandle share for four Missouri Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Charles E. Woodward
Missouri-Kansas Pipe Line Company
Columbus Oil and Gas Company
Columbia Gas and Electric Company
Raymond G. Real
Missouri-Kansas
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company
Columbia Oil and Gas
Panhandle Eastern
Panhandle
Columbia Gas and Electric
Prosecution Seeks Felonious Assault Warrant in Beer Theft
Detroit prosecutors seek a felonious assault warrant for Fred King after alleging he dropped a powerful drug into another man’s beer at a tavern. The case hinges on whether a knockout drink constitutes a serious assault under law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Fred King
Tender-hearted Mrs Butterfield Warns Car Thieves
Mrs Helen Butterfield asks police to broadcast a warning to any thief who steals her car. She warns them not to sample a small brown jug found in the vehicle containing a poisonous cleaning agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Helen Butterfield
Reading Congress Record, Frankfurter Cheers Scotch
Felix Frankfurter, Roosevelt brain trust member, told the Lawyers' club that the only way to read the Congressional Record is to take a good Scotch highball so humor overcomes anger. He framed the habit as a personal reading approach and joked about tempering frustration with liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Felix Frankfurter
Roosevelt
The
Lawyers’ Club
Utterback Predicts Iowa Backing Roosevelt in 1936 Bid
Judge Hubert Utterback touring northeast Iowa predicts Iowa will give Roosevelt broad support and that his own senatorial bid will win the June 1 primary. He cites cordial receptions in Anamosa and Mount Vernon and notes his long public service including roles in the Red Cross, Boy Scouts, and Iowa judiciary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utterback
Iowa
Roosevelt
Hubert Utterback
Cedar Rapids
United States
Congress
Anamosa
Mount Vernon
Des Moines
Judge Utterback
Agriculture and Labor
Hayesville
Keokuk County
Hedrick
Hedrick Normal and Commercial School
College of Liberal Arts
Drake University
Drake
Still College
Grand Council of
de Molay
Boy Scout Movement
Court of Honor
Boy Scouts
Near East Relief
Iowa State Conference of Social Work
Iowa Humane Society
Inter-Racial Commission
Mrs. Collins Killed at Palisades Station
A 74 year old Bertram resident Mrs Corinthia Jane Collins was struck by a Mount Vernon interurban car at Palisades station this morning. The incident is reported in the 10 20 30 years ago column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corinthia Jane Collins
Bertram
Palisades Station
Mount Vernon
C. A. Pohlmier
Tacoma
Wash
Maurice Cahill
Indianapolis
Ind
National Executive Committee of
The
American Legion
James A. Keane
Dubuque
St. Matthew’s Church
Cedar Rapids Rifle and Revolver Club Elects Officers
The Cedar Rapids Rifle and Revolver Club, now organized, reports a membership of thirty four and elects L B Sheppard as president C R Betts as vice president R A Fuller as secretary R R Mayberry as treasurer and C J Wilcox as range officer. The Rev and Mrs F H Shedd depart for a three week vacation at Shenandoah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
L. B. Sheppard
C. R. Betts
R. A. Fuller
R. R. Mayberry
C. J. Wilcox
F. H. Shedd
Shenandoah
Local Visitors and a Work Accident Reported
C Padley of the Bank of Commerce Dauphin Canada visits his cousin W C Kitchen auditor of the T M Sinclair company from Liverpool England. Rev W M Evans returns from Estherville on business for Coe College. Ed Garnett of Marion suffers a badly crushed foot at Elberon while using a pile driver. William Baylis returns from a three weeks stay at Exelsior Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Padley
Bank of Commerce
Dauphin
Canada
W. C. Kitchen
T. M. Sinclair Company
Liverpool
England
W. M. Evans
Estherville
Coe College
Ed Garnett
Marion
Elberon
William Baylis
Excelsior Springs
Burglars Steal Watchman Badge and Items At Home
St. Louis police report Harry R. Spaulding, a watchman, found burglars had taken his badge revolver watch and a child’s penny bank from his home after he left work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Harry R. Spaulding
Two Bound Over To Grand Jury For Hog Truck Theft
Ignatz Vidic of Pekin Illinois and George Armbrust of Topeka Illinois were ordered held to the grand jury under three thousand dollar bonds each by U S Commissioner R P Ecker Jr. Lester Roof Mason County farmer was held as a material witness under one thousand dollars. Frank Donaldson of Peoria was recently sentenced in Springfield. Armbrust and Roof were released on bond. Vidic remained jailed after failing to post bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Ill
Ignatz Vidic
Pekin
George Armbrust
Topeka
Franklin Grove
U. S
R. P. Ecker, Jr
Lester Roof
Mason County
Frank Donaldson
Peoria
Springfield
Armbrust
Roof
Vidic
Dancing Pirate A Color Musical at Iowa Theatre
A Technicolor musical comedy directed by Corrigan with Robert Edmond Jones design. The cast includes Charles Collins, Steffi Duna, Frank Morgan, Luis Alberni, Victor Varconi, Jack LaRue and others. Praised for its visual beauty, especially night scenes, the film mixes dance and a light plot featuring a western dancer from Oklahoma and a humorous performance by Morgan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corrigan
Robert and Jones
Iowa Theater
Jonathan Pride
Charles Collins
Morgan Cecea
Steffi Duna
Biesles Doeved
Luis Alberni
Victor Varconi Chago
Jack LaRue
Technicolor, Inc
Robert Edmond Jones
Becky Sharp
Jones
Technicolor
Oklahoma
Astaire
Mr. Astaire
Frank Morgan
Collins
W. M
Thatcher Charged With Drunk Driving After Fatality
Benjamin Thatcher of Des Moines was held for a grand jury after a preliminary hearing on driving while intoxicated charges. The incident occurred near Fort Dodge when D Myron Tripp of Newton, a state highway commissioner, was fatally injured after falling on the pavement while stepping from a car driven by H O Hickok, a highway engineer. Thatcher could not post a 750 bond and remained jailed in Webster County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Benjamin Thatcher
Des Moines
Justice Court
Here
D. Myron Tripp
Newton
State Highway Commission
Tripp
H. O. Hickok
Thatcher
Webster County
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