Guffey coal act scrutiny and Iowa candidate notes
The piece argues the Guffey coal act is unconstitutional and could invite state regulation if miners and operators fail to resolve problems. It cites President Roosevelt and warns against constitutional danger from New Deal interventions. It then notes two Woodbury county candidates Mrs. Henry Wood and George Call, highlighting Wood’s strong local support and business credentials.
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Ucussivull
Chuvulgabrung Abin
Roosevelt
House
Ways and Means Committee
White House
Woodbury County
Henry Wood
Moville
George Call
Sioux City
Wood
Call
Mrs. Wood
Iowa
Iowa Farm Bureau leader Mrs Wood praised for service and drive
Mrs Wood for thirteen years led the Iowa Farm Bureau women’s state committee and organized the Interstate Conference of Farm Women in 1923. She built a personal life insurance business while campaigning statewide, a forceful activist who avoids using her memberships for political gain. A reader note cites highway safety concerns from judges and local drivers, and a separate piece reports Rep Sirovich’s Canada union proposal urging a joint congressional inquiry into uniting the United States and Canada with potential economic and defense benefits.
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Washington
United States
Dominion of Canada
William I. Sirovich
N. Msc
Marion Miley Sole American In British Tourney
Marion Miley of Lexington Kentucky was the lone American to reach the third round of the British women's golf championship in Southport England. She won a nineteen hole match against Elsie Corlett of Great Britain who had earlier defeated Patty Berg 1 up in the second round.
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Southport
England
Ins
Marion Miley
Lexington
Elsie Corlett
Great Britain
Edith Rhodes
Charlotte Glutting
South Orange
N. J
Pam Barton
Mercury Climbs to 80 After 47 Degree Dip in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids experienced a temperature swing with a low of 47 at 6 am under clear skies. The daytime rise reached 80 by 2:45 pm, after an earlier 77 at 1:30 pm.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Two Brothers Share Grain In Legend Of Sacred Ground
An old tale of two heirs who share their crops during famine. Each night they secretly add sheaves to the other's field until they meet, kiss, and weep with joy. Their fields become holy ground later tied to Solomon’s temple, symbolizing love as true religion.
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DR. Newton
Hindenburg Tilted by Sharp Squall on Atlantic Crossing
The German dirigible Hindenburg, increasing speed, was about 650 nautical miles east south east of New York at 1 p.m. Tuesday and expected to reach Lakehurst, New Jersey, by Wednesday morning. Captain Ernst Lehmann told passengers the unusual weather was not dangerous despite a Monday squall that tilted the ship and rattled dishes.
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New York
INS
Lakehurst
N. J
Hindenburg
America
Atlantic
Germany
Ernst Lehmann
Linville Injured In Accident But Resumes His Tour
Linville candidate for U S senator suffered bruises when his car left highway 161 near North Liberty and overturned. Blinded by another vehicle’s lights, he was aided by motorists and a truck driver who righted the car. He resumed his tour Tuesday with stops at Maynard Lansing and Tipton.
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Guy P. Linville
United States
North Liberty
Highway 161
Linville
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Maynard
Lansing
Tipton
Hoover Says He Is Not a Candidate for Nomination
Former President Hoover announced he is not a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination though he left open the possibility of being drafted. He denied involvement in anti London efforts and avoided comment on Borah’s platform while signaling no clear path to a 1936 nomination.
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Washington
Hoover
Cleveland
GOP
Chicago
Coolidge
Charles L. McNary
Ore
L. J. Dickinson
William E. Borah
Ida
Frederick Steiner
London
Borah
Warren G. Harding
Two Battleships Disabled In Pacific Maneuvers
The battleships Mississippi and New Mexico suffered turbine derangements during annual maneuvers and are returning to port escorted by three fleet tugs. Officials denied collision reports between the ships, noting the simultaneous engine trouble likely caused the rumors. A separate incident described a minor collision between the cruiser Minneapolis and a merchant ship in the Canal Zone harbor.
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Washington
Navy Department
Mississippi
New Mexico
Pacific
Navy
San Pedro
Minneapolis
Canal Zone
Hugh Orchard Leaves Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
After nine years as convention bureau secretary Hugh Orchard will end his role with the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday. He plans to pursue public speaking and literary work, including two finished fiction manuscripts and editor duties for the Iowa Mutual Liability Insurance company house organ. He previously served 25 years as a minister, last at Second Christian church. During his tenure the chamber hosted 376 conventions with about 90,000 attendees, averaging two days each.
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Convention Bureau
Hugh Orchard
Cedar Rapids
Orchard
Chamber of Commerce
Employer Says Many Plumbers Return After Requests Granted
Joseph R. Erlacher refused comment as union plumbers walked off for hours Monday over wages and hours. Ben Kubias, an employer, said nearly all union plumbers returned to work Tuesday after most requests were met and the dispute was resolved.
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Joseph R. Erlacher
Ben Kubias
Kubias
Danny Seeks Camp Good Health After Cast Break
Eight year old Danny from a Cedar Rapids poor family dreams of Camp Good Health this summer. He has a weakened eye from earlier measles, a broken leg now in a cast, and chronic infections from malnutrition. Donations to the Camp Good Health Fund at The Gazette aid his recovery through nutrition and supervised exercise.
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Danny
Cedar Rapids
Camp Good Health Fund
the Gazette
Landon and Borah clash in New Jersey GOP primary
Gov Alf Landon and Sen William Borah faced off in the New Jersey Republican presidential preference vote a decisive test of Borah's bid amid four party contests. Democratic voters weighed in as Roosevelt opposed by Breckinridge with four simultaneous delegate primaries.
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Trenton
N. J
Alf M. Landon
William E. Borah
New Jersey
Borah
Roosevelt
Henry Breckinridge
Breckinridge
Landon
Passenger Injured Driver Arrested After Collision
Alfred Geiger 26 of High Amana sustained cuts when the car he rode in with Frank Pagel 34 crashed into a street car on Third Street between Fourth and Fifth Avenues SE at 1 am Tuesday. Pagel was arrested for reckless driving, fined 100 dollars plus costs. Geiger fled, was later found at the union station, treated, then jailed for intoxication and fined 25 dollars plus costs.
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Alfred Geiger
High Amana
Frank Pagel
Third Street
Fourth
Fifth Avenues SE
Pagel
Geiger
Union Station
Metropolitan Supply Buys Evans Co Building
Metropolitan Supply buys Evans Garment Co building at 301 Sixth Avenue SE. Metropolitan will relocate from 2920 First Avenue E to the three floor, 60 by 140 foot Evans building within a year after Clark Beems confirms the cash sale. Evans Co moves to a smaller downtown site after the deal.
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Cedar Rapids News
Evans Garment Company
Sixth Avenue SE
Metropolitan Supply Company
First Avenue E
Metropolitan Company
Evans
Clark Beems
Metropolitan
Evans Company
E. Cohn
Armstrong to Expand Store At 100000 Cost
Armstrong Clothing company announces a major expansion costing more than 100000 with an added four story rear section, basement excavation, and complete remodeling. O F Paulson Construction started work, and a rebuilding sale begins Thursday. The project keeps the store open.
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Armstrong Clothing Company
Armstrong
O. F. Paulson Construction Company
Boys
Iowa
Negro Quizzed On Y W Murder Denies Attack
Thomas Starr a 31 year old Negro rag picker was questioned after police said he confessed to the slaying of Mrs Lillian Guild. He denied attacking Miss Lois Rickert a student nurse at St Luke's hospital in Reinbeck Indiana last week. Officers said Starr may not be the assailant in the brick strike and struggle case.
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Chicago
Thomas Starr
Lillian Guild
Otto Erlanson
Lois Rickert
Reinbeck
St. Luke’s Hospital
Erlanson
Starr
Five Jurors Picked in Fiorenza Murder Trial
New York City jurors were chosen for the trial of John Fiorenza, 24, an upholsterer charged with strangling Nancy Evans Titterton, a young fiction writer. Fiorenza, calm at the defense table, may not present any witnesses, as his attorney Henry Klauber questions whether the defendant will testify.
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New York
INS
John Fiorenza
Nancy Evans Titterton
Fiorenza
Talesmen
Henry Klauber
Dickinson Attacks Tax Bill in Senate Debate
Sen. Lester Dickinson of Iowa charged that the administration’s $803 million tax bill could force government control of the economy. He warned the tax on undivided corporate profits could destroy American business, foster monopoly, and lead to nationalization to preserve production and employment.
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Washington
Llp
Lester Dickinson
Iowa
Senate
Dickinson
Russia
Townsend dispute shows pension drive leader seeking third party
Washington AP report details Dr. Francis Townsend urging a militant third party to back his 200 dollar a month pension plan. He criticizes the administration's investigation as hostile, defends a defense fund, and cites hopes for funds to publish a national Townsend Weekly in Washington.
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Washington
F. Townsend
California
Townsend
Francis E. Townsend
House Townesend
Robert E. Clements
Earl
Clemen
Movement
Stores to Close for Memorial Day in Cedar Rapids
Downtown Cedar Rapids merchants will close all day Saturday May 30 in observance of Memorial Day. The mercantile bureau of the Chamber of Commerce approved the plan Tuesday morning. Stores will also close at 5 30 p m on the Friday preceding Memorial Day.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercantile Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce
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