WPA Vote Bill Seeks Penalty for Employer Intimidation
A house judiciary sub committee advanced a compromise measure to outlaw political influence or intimidation by employers or government officers in federal elections. The bill, tied to a Senate proposal, would bar threats or notices aiming to sway workers' votes and impose a fine of at least $1000 or up to a year in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
House Judiciary
Senate
Roosevelt
Rep. Weaver
North Carolina
Judiciary Committee
Rep
Perkins
New Jersey
van Nuys
Indiana
United States
Congress
Avery Simons Caught In California Bank Bandit Trio
Federal agents arrested Avery Simons in Los Angeles confirming a wanted notice extensive across the United States Bolivia Canada and sixty eight foreign countries. Simons and Edward W Bentz were named as two of three robbers who robbed the Caledonia bank. Bentz was captured in Brooklyn in March and pled guilty earning a twenty year sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Avery Simons
Los Angeles
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau of Investigation
Simons
G- Men
Union
Bolivia
Canada
Edward W. Bentz
Caledonia Bank
Bentz
Justice
Brooklyn
Tavern Owner Slain In Tickets Fight
Chicago police say a dispute over pressure to buy tickets for a benefit dance led to the slaying of Leonard Cavalieri in a tavern. Dennis Cristopolous surrendered after allegedly firing two or three shots when Cavalieri refused the sales attempt by a group claiming to represent a club called The Deuces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Leonard Cavalieri
Dennis Cristopolous
Cavalieri
Cristopolous
the Deuces
Marengo Teachers Receive Yearly Contract Increases
Contracts for next year issued to Marengo public school staff include small pay raises for several teachers on the lower end of the salary schedule. The list covers all schools and shows years in the district for each educator from principal Hatlie Crenshaw with 13 years to kindergarten Gwen Evans with 4 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marengo
Hattie L. Crenshaw
Bernice Gilmore
Byron W. Mann
Marjorie Frazier
Harry E. Colvin
J. H. Hill
Helen Merritt
Paul Evans
Ruth Pascoe
Edna Shellabarger
Ninian Johnson
Claudine Cook
Darlene Kurtz
Margaret Fitch
Wilma Rouse
Lillian Bernstorf
Maxine Brown
Mrs. Genevieve Burns
Ellen Collins
Gwen Evans
Mrs Wood Draws Interest in State Government Race
Mrs Henry Wood of Moville Republican candidate for secretary of state spoke at a Republican club meeting in the Montrose hotel. Rival candidates for congressman from this district, Frank Elliott of Davenport and Charles Penningroth of Cedar Rapids, also talked. Wood highlighted farm background and service in 4-H and Girl Scout work while urging Republicans to vote in the primary to strengthen party lines and favor a reform minded state government. Penningroth and Elliott spoke on farm parity and relief policy, favoring local administration by citizens not tied to parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Wood
Moville
Montrose Hotel
Frank Elliott
Davenport
Charles Penningroth
Cedar Rapids
Woodbury County
Wood
Iowa
Des Moines
Penningroth
Elliott
Bolivian regime orders wage boosts amid coup
New Bolivian military government tightens control after a bloodless coup as wage increases are decreed for private workers and government costs promised to fall. Junta negotiations continue with workers while devaluation looms and veterans voice satisfaction about leadership changes in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Paz
Bolivia
Cuy
Badly Frightened Boy In Car Crash Damages Porch
An unidentified 8 year old boy riding alone in a parked car near Tenth avenue and Eleventh street SE rolled the vehicle into the home of C Harrison at 1054 Tenth avenue SE, ripping a porch section. The car owned by Carl Wickham of Mount Vernon and the boy escaped unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenth Avenue
Eleventh Street SE
C. Harrison
Tenth Avenue SE
Carl Wickham
Mount Vernon
Wickham
Eczema Relief Promised by Cuticura Remedies
Letters praise Cuticura for eczema relief after five years of itching and watery bumps. Miss G E Reid of 850 Central Ave Hamilton Ohio reports sleeping better after using three cakes of Cuticura Soap and three tins of Cuticura Ointment. Soap 25c Ointment 25c At all druggists Free literature available from Cuticura Dept Malden Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. E. Reid
Central Av
Hamilton
Dept. al. Malden
Mass
Million 10 Be Paid Back Under Ruling
The Farmers Union and Chicago Producers co-ops did not resist Wallace’s order to cut commission charges in Chicago. After years of hearings from 1933 to 1935, Wallace reduced rates by about 25 percent on average, with larger cuts on big livestock shipments. The Chicago Exchange pursued appeals and a 1935 schedule, prompting court actions and a bond requirement of 50,000 dollars, while impounded funds totaled around $800,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Union
Chicago Producers
American Farm Bureau Federation
The
Exchange
Wallace
Chicago
Arthur Hyde
Missouri
Chicago Exchange
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Packers and Stock Yards Act
Secretary of Agriculture
Supreme Court
Exchange Commission
Bishop Wade Likely to Fill Omaha Residence
In Columbus Ohio the Methodist Episcopal church conference awaited the episcopacy committee report on assignments. If approved, Bishop Raymond J Wade is expected to return from Stockholm Sweden to occupy the Omaha Nebraska residence vacated by Bishop Frederick D Leete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Raymond J. Wade
Stockholm
Sweden
Omaha, Neb
Frederick D. Leete
Lowden to Aid Draft of Farm Plank for Republicans
Chicago report says former Governor Frank O. Lowden will play a key role in shaping the farm plank for the Republican national platform at Cleveland. National committeeman Harrison E. Spangler says Lowden’s Illinois views will influence the restoration of agriculture and oppose Roosevelt administration policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Frank O. Lowden
Cleveland
Illinois
Harrison E. Spangler
Lowden
Roosevelt
Rev L M Boozer Named Dean of Men at Coe College
For several years the resident pastor at Iowa State College in Ames Rev L M Boozer of Des Moines was chosen by Coe College trustees to become dean of men and Bible instructor. He succeeds Dr Harry Kremers who resigned. The dean of men post had been vacant since 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College
Ames
L. M. Boozer
Des Moines
Presbyterian Church In Iowa
Coe College
Coe
Harry Kremers
Fifth Avenue SE
Kremers
City Briefs And Personals Summary
Modern Woodmen carnival set for Tuesday night at 109 2nd Ave SE. Townsend club No 3 meets tonight at 7 30 in Memorial building. Mercantile Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce gathering Tuesday at 9 30 am at Chamber of Commerce. A A Perry of 316 Sixth Street NE reports radio stolen from his room valued at 119. Women's Benefit Association meets Moose hall at 7 30 pm Wednesday with a card party after.
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2Nd Ave
Townsend Club No. 3
Superior Court
Memorial Building
Mercantile Bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce
A. A. Perry
Sixth Street
Women’s Benefit Association
Moose Hall
Ronald Evans Improves After St Luke's Operation
Ronald Evans of 5 Turner Alley shows improvement after a procedure at St Luke's hospital. He was reported doing better on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Evans
Turner Alley
St. Luke’s Hospital
Monay
Want Ad to sell cut flowers and plants
Inexpensive Want Ad offered to bring cash buyers to sellers. Call 2-1121 for ad taker.
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Adtaker
Burrows Hosting Guests From Joliet Illinois Sunday
Mr and Mrs A G Burrows 517 B avenue NW welcomed Mr and Mrs F G Burrows and their son Jack of Joliet Illinois as Sunday guests you.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Burrows
B Avenue NW
F. G. Burrows
Jack
Joliet, Ill
Peace disturbance leads to suspended fine for Alma Brousard
Alma Brousard, 48, of 511 A avenue NE, was fined 25 dollars and costs in police court on Monday for disturbing the peace. The fine was suspended during good behavior. Joe Spina reported his 1934 Plymouth stolen from a parking place near Fifth street and Second avenue SE. License 57 11524.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Brousard
A Avenue NE
Joe Spina
Rockford Road
Fifth Street
Second Avenue SE
Missing name in Youngest play review in Gazette
An oversight left out Phillip Klass from the review of Franklin High's senior class play The Youngest after he played Winslow. The production earned praise for its cast and performance in Sunday's Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip Klass
Winslow Son
Gazette
Cedar Rapids Reserve Officer Classes Set Final Meeting
Linn county reserve officers have held conference classes since October. The final meeting is Tuesday at 7 30 p m in room 204 federal building. Topic is Preparation for Summer Camps and will be followed by entertainment and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Federal Building
Police Court Fines For Speeding And Parking Violations
Gerald Roberts of 1613 B avenue NE and Norman Hein of Lisbon were fined 10 dollars and costs each for speeding. C. H. St. Clair of 304 Second avenue SE and Annabelle Taylor of 1610 Third avenue SE were fined 1 dollar and costs for overtime parking. Neal Henton of 1714 D avenue NE was fined 1 dollar and costs for parking improperly, and John Kelly of Colonial Bakery also received 1 dollar and costs for parking in an alley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Roberts
B Avenue NE
Norman Hein
Lisbon
C. H. St. Clair
Second Avenue SE
Annabelle Taylor
Third Avenue SE
Neal Henton
D Avenue NE
John Kelly
Colonial Bakery
Ring Hardware Break-In Reported on 1200 Avenue NW
Patrolmen Kruidenier and Funcke found marks on the rear door and window of Ring Hardware at 1200 Avenue NW indicating an attempted entry. A screen on the window was torn but nothing inside the store was disturbed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kruidenier and
Funcke
Ring Hardware Company
1200 Avenue NW
Playground permit office opens in city hall basement
The city opens a playground permit office in the sub basement of city hall with Mrs Marie Miller as permit clerk. The office issues permits for tennis courts baseball diamonds and picnic facilities and loans equipment. Permits may be reserved by telephoning 8421 but must be called for to become valid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Miller
City Approves Oiling Of Key Downtown Streets
Final approval by the city council on Monday orders oiling of Sixteenth avenue SW from K to M streets, Third street SW from Sixteenth to Eighteenth, Hamilton street SW from Seventeenth to Nineteenth, and Tenth street SE from
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Sixteenth Avenue
K Street
M Street
Third Street
Eighteenth Avenue
Hamilton Street
Seventeenth Avenue
Nineteenth Avenue
Tenth Street
City Street Corridor Boundaries Updated
Public notice lists the new urban street segments as limits for traffic or development. Areas include Eighth Avenue to Eleventh Avenue, Thirty-fifth Street NE from First Avenue to C Avenue, Sixth Avenue SW from Third Street to L Street, Tenth Street SE from Twelfth to Fourteenth Avenues, Eleven Street SE from Thirteenth to Fourteenth Avenues, and Fourteenth Avenue SE from Tenth Street to Eleventh Street.
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Eighth Avenue
Eleventh Avenue
Thirty-fifth Street
First Avenue
C Avenue
Sixth Avenue
Third Street
L Street
Tenth Street
Twelfth Avenue
Fourteenth Avenue
Eleventh Street
Thirteenth Avenue
Taber Fined for Reckless Driving in Rural Route Case
W. C. Taber of rural route one paid a $10 fine plus costs after being charged by Highway Patrolman Rhoades and heard by Justice A. S. Reed for reckless driving. The charge cited entering a highway without stopping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Taber
Justice A. S. Reed
Rhoades
Taber
Cedar Rapids boat cap says bye to drift wood test run
Harold Hess vice commodore of the Cedar Rapids Boat club capsized his new racing craft during a Sunday test on the Cedar River. He dodged drift wood ahead of the regatta scheduled for June 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Hess
Cedar Rapids
Dr Paul O French Re-elected Secretary Treasurer in Iowa Osteopathic Society
Dr Paul O French of Cedar Rapids was re-elected secretary treasurer of the Iowa Society of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons for the sixth consecutive time at the Des Moines convention. Mrs French became first vice president of the society's women's auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul O. French
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Society of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons
Des Moines
French
Woman’s Auxiliary
Mrs Gage Recovering After Minor Operation At St Luke
Mrs H M Gage wife of Dr Gage president of Coe College is at St Luke s hospital where she underwent a minor operation Saturday morning Her condition was very satisfactory Monday and she is expected to return home by next Saturday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Gage
Dr. Gage
Coe College
St. Luke’s Hospital
Mason elected president of Iowa chiropractic group
Dr. W. A. Mason of Cedar Rapids was elected president of the Iowa chiropractic basic technique research group at a meeting in the Allison hotel. Dr. H. M. Fisher of Vinton was named vice-president and Dr. S. A. Neuman of Iowa City secretary-treasurer. The group discussed how body posture relates to spinal balance as shown by full body x-ray studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Mason
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Chiropractic Basic Technique Research Group
Allison Hotel
H. M. Fisher
Vinton
S. A. Neuman
Iowa City
Farmer to Attend National Canners Association Meeting
J LeRoy Farmer of 2179 Blake boulevard SE heads the J Le Roy Farmer Canning company and will fly to Washington DC Monday to join a directors meeting of the national Canners association. In Washington he plans visits with his sisters Mrs C C Canny and Mrs W E Beane, the latter a Salt Lake City resident visiting the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. LeRoy Farmer
Blake Boulevard
J. LeRoy Farmer Canning Company
Washington, D. C
National Canners Association
Washington
Farmer
C. C. Canny
That City
W. E. Beane
Salt Lake City
Mr. Canny
Federal Housing Administration
Cedar Rapids Saengerbund Members Attend Dubuque Concert
The Cedar Rapids Saengerbund was represented by several members in a Dubuque Saengerbund concert Sunday evening. The Dubuque program will be repeated in Cedar Rapids soon. A Saengerbund report is set for Tuesday at Ben Hur hall at 7 30 p.m. Elmer Augustine of Dubuque, formerly of Cedar Rapids, appeared in Sunday’s program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Funeral services for E. P. Durno held in Postville
Funeral services for hardware merchant E P Durno were held at his home and Community Presbyterian church with Dr R Franklin Galloway officiating. Burial followed at Linwood Cemetery in Dubuque. Durno, born in Springville, had run the Postville hardware business ~35 years and is survived by his wife, two sisters, and a brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postville
E. P. Durno
Community Presbyterian Church
R. Franklin Galloway
Dubuque
Linwood
Durno
Springville
Birdie Platt
Gertrude Starbuck
Sarah Wilson
Everett
Wash
W. E. Dunne
Chicago
William S. Ewing
Forrest Mills
Robert
Tripoli
William
Hazel
Mabel
Gladys
Garrison
Clyde LaHue
Oakdale
Rose Speck
Ben
Harry
DeKalb
Til
Chester
Pete
Yale
Dewey
LeHue
Garison I. O. O. F
Clarence Chapel
Waterloo
Big Grove Evangelical
LaHue
Lena Holtz
Cedar Rapids
Toledo
Toledo High School
Deming Smith
Robert Amidon
Mable Elston
Mildred Minard
Jane McNally
Tom Rowley
Rolland Benson
Maxine McAnulty
Marie Turbett
High Court Voids Guffey Mine Code Ruling Cited
The court voided the Guffey act provisions regulating prices and hours in the bituminous industry as unconstitutional. The decision follows NRA precedent and cites due process concerns over delegated power. Key figures include Senator Guffey, Carter case participants, and a coal industry group reacting to federal control aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NRA
James Walter Carter
West Virginia
Virginia
Kentucky
Carter
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Western Kentucky
Roosevelt
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Bank of Italy Cuts Discount Rate
Rome reports the Bank of Italy reduced its discount rate from five percent to 4.1 percent on Monday, signaling monetary easing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of Italy
Rome
Six Killing Lepers Spread Terror In Philippine Isles
Six lepers escaped Culion leprosarium after killing seven men and seizing a boat to Palawan and nearby islands. They, led by a figure calling himself Abdullah, killed fishermen and robbed stores, spreading fear among local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippine Isles
Manila
Constabulary
Culion Island
Abdullah
Palawan
Jalumpang
Aboabo
Court hearing on receiver bid in Waterloo interurban case
In Black Hawk county district court forty five preferred stockholders seek a receiver to recover a 465000 claim against the Louis S Cass estate tied to the Waterloo Cedar Falls and Northern line. The motion to dismiss was filed Monday with a hearing set before Judge H C Ring Tuesday at 10 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo, Cedar Falls and Northern Interurban
Louis S. Cass
Black Hawk County
W. C. F. and
N. Line
Cedar Valley Railway Construction Company
C. D. Cass
J. F
Cedar Valley Construction Company
Cedar Valley
H. C. Ring
Cedar Rapids Woman Charged With Auto Theft
Rosella Hart 18 of Cedar Rapids arraigned before Judge A B Clark on one count of operating a motor vehicle without owner consent. Hart allegedly drove Larry Skoog s car from a parking area last Thursday night and abandoned it in a ditch near Wilson avenue and Rockford road SW. Bond set at 1000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosella Hart
Cedar Rapids
A. B. Clark
Miss Hart
Larry Skoog
Skoog
Wilson Avenue
Rockford Road
Shepherds Seek Divorce in District Court
Vincent Shepherd files for divorce from Ineatha Shepherd on cruel and inhuman treatment grounds. The couple married in Rock Island Illinois on June 3, 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Shepherd
Ineatha Shepherd
Rock Island, Ill
Judge transfers auto injury suit to federal court
Judge A B Clark in district court ordered a $15000 personal injury suit by Johanna McGinness against Ford Hopkins Co Inc transferred to the Cedar Rapids division of federal court. The suit stems from injuries alleged after a fall on a stairway at the firm's Austin Minnesota store late September 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Clark
Johanna McGinness
Ford-Hopkins Co., Inc
Cedar Rapids
Federal Court
Austin, Minn
Leper Escape Sparks Fear as Italians Seize Ethiopian Hospital
Italian troops and American Adventist missioners hunted forty five lepers who escaped a Lambie sanatorium near Addis Ababa. Foreign residents fled in fear as the capital faced looting and expulsions, with the Italians taking over the Seventh Day Adventist hospital linked to Empress Zaudito’s patronage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addis Ababa
T. A. Lambie
Ethiopian Red Cross
Seventh Day Adventist Hospital
Ethiopia
Zaudito
Djibouti
G. L. Steer
London Times
New York Times
Angelopoulos
International News Service
Officers Save Mexican From Mob in Fresno
Two Fresno County lawmen fought through a threatening mob early Monday to rescue Joe Chavez a 38 year old Mexican whose attackers had looped a rope over a tree limb. Chavez was unharmed as Undersheriff Merrill Moore and Highway Patrolman Leo Henderson escorted him to jail amid threats. The rancher Edwin Grayton 48 died from stab wounds after a quarrel with Chavez alleged to have caused the violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fresno
Calif
Here
Joe Chavez
Merrill Moore
Leo Henderson
Chavez
Edwin Grayton
Grayton
Plane Fleeing From New York Might Be Liquor Runner
A plane suspected of post prohibition liquor smuggling fled from a Queens airport after pilot knocked policeman Otto Kafka from a wing. Kafka was dazed but not seriously hurt as the plane headed toward Connecticut escaping pursuers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Canada
Otto Kafka
Queens
Long Island
Kafka
Connecticut
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California
Wade
Leete
Omaha
Rev. L. M. Boozer
Chiropractic
Saengerbund
Iowa News
High Court
Guffey
Pennsylvania
New Mexico
Ohio
Friends of the Court
John Dickinson
Frederick H. Wood
Charles I. Dawson
Coal Commission
Wheeler
Mont
Stanley Reed
Hughes
State of
Charles E. McNally
District. Court
Hazel McNally
Executrix
Geo. C. Gorman
Court House News
U. S. Court
New York Field
Warren Venetian
Kriz Tent & Awning Co
First Street SE
Dial
Checker Electric Supply Inc
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