British Glorify Gangster Sent Home From U S Deportees
London reaction shifts as American crime headlines fade after Hauptmann’s execution. British papers feature deported gangsters like Maurice Gresser and discuss rising domestic abuse and other crimes, comparing London, New York, and national trends.
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London
Scathin
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Muriel Derek Jones
Duke of Richmond and
Gordon
London Daily Mirror
Hauptmann
al Capone
Alcatraz
Dillinger
Baby Face
Nelson
Pretty Boy
Floyd
Karpis
Campbell and Robinson
Swift
Lord Beaverbrook
London Daily Express
England
United States
America
Gresser
Plymouth
Boy Scout Jamboree Set For Washington Next Year
The Boy Scouts of America national council plans a 1937 national jamboree in Washington to replace last year’s canceled event due to infantile paralysis. The resolution asks each troop nationwide to send at least one representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
National Council of the
Boy Scouts of America
Washington
Council
Denver Wife Leaps 135 Feet To Death
Mrs. Lucille Snell, 25, wife of federal employee Arthur Snell, jumped 135 feet from a twelfth floor fire escape in a downtown Denver office building. The body struck Bud McCurry, 51, a truck driver, knocking him back but causing no injuries. She had suffered a nervous breakdown after the birth of her second child six months ago and had been under medical care since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Lucille Snell
Arthur Snell
Bud McCurry
Colorado Woman's College
Bonus payments to veterans via post offices nationwide
Post offices will issue 50 dollar bonds with three percent simple interest and special Treasury checks to veterans. Designated 241 offices handle payments. other postmasters forward bonds to central paying offices. Veterans hospitals may certify bonds. Unlocatable bonds held 30 days before return to treasury. Deceased veterans coordinate with the treasurer. Farley to address veterans June 13 by radio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Veterans’ Hospitals
Veterans
Federal Reserve
Treasury
United States
Farley
Linville to Speak at Republican Club Meeting
Local attorney and Iowa U S Senate candidate Guy Linville will discuss campaign issues and present his positions at the Republican club gathering tomorrow noon at the Montrose hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linville
Republican Club
Guy Linville
United States
Iowa
Montrose Hotel
Davis May Campaign For New Deal In Midwestern States
Washington observers say AAA Administrator Chester C. Davis will aid New Deal efforts in the agricultural midwest this year. Davis to tour the region and possibly relinquish active farm program duties to campaign for Roosevelt. His speeches start in Des Moines on June 3 and progress to St. Paul June 5 and Urbana June 15.
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Washington
AAA
Chester C. Davis
New Deal
Midwest
Davis
Lonne Davis
Roosevelt
Des Moines
St. Paul
Urbana
Ill
Gets 14 Years For Robbery Murder In Illinois
Leonard Moore eighteen from East St. Louis pled guilty to the murder of William Ziems in a grocery store holdup last November and was sentenced to fourteen years in prison. Albert Ross of Davenport Iowa was sentenced to one hundred fifty years in prison at his trial several weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kankakee, Ill
Leonard Moore
East St. Louis
William Ziems
Albert Ross
Davenport
Black Legion roundup targets silence enforcers in Wayne County
Prosecutor McCrea reveals a 10000 member Black Legion in Wayne County after six teen members are rounded up. Confessions about Poole death surface but motives remain disputed as warrants await for Harvey Davis and Dayton Dean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCrea
Poole
WPA
Harvey Davis
The
Black Legion
Dayton Dean
Irvin Lee
Urban Lipps
George C. Johnson
Paul R. Edwards
Edgar Baldwin
Lowell Rushing
Hershell Gill
Charles
Leslie J. Black
Wolverine Republican League
Black
Fifty men marked for death report linked to Black Legion
Detroit authorities report Capt. I H Harmon of the Michigan state police saying a report claimed fifty men were marked for death by the Black Legion. Police in Detroit and state headquarters could not confirm the report or provide information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Detroit News
I. H. Harmon
Michigan State Police
Black Legion
Landon Urges Moral Conscience Revival at convention
Kansas City Missouri Governor Alf Landon urged a revival of moral conscience arguing religion sustains freedom and builds a finer civilization. He joined Governor Guy B Park and received a telegram from President Roosevelt praising the organization as he stressed core values and collective security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
America
Alf M. Landon
National Federation of Men’s Bible Classes
Guy B. Park
Missouri
Federation
Roosevelt
Landon
Four RAF Flyers Believed Dead After Malacca Collision
Four British Royal Air Force flyers are missing and believed dead after two bombing aircraft collided over the Straits of Malacca. The planes with three men each went down about three miles offshore and ten miles from Penang in Penang, Straits Settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malacca Straits
Penang
Straits Settlements
Straits of Malacca
Toronto Bandits Kill Officer in Canadian Hold Up
SARNIA Ont Two Toronto gunmen attempted to rob a quiet town liquor store. A police constable John Lewis age 39 was killed and both bandits were shot by other officers. One bandit John Ryan of Toronto died. His partner was dying in hospital.
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Sarnia
Ont
Toronto
John Lewis
John Ryan
Sarnia General Hospital
Theodore Stark Not In Bankruptcy Petition Filed By Leonard
A Gazette headline misstated Theodore Stark in bankruptcy petitions filed in federal court by Leonard E. Stark and Robert Stark. Theodore Stark is not a petitioner. he is not part of the bankruptcy filings or the firm Theodore Stark and company.
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Theodore Stark
Leonard
Robt. Stark
S Gazette
Leonard E. Stark
Robert Stark
City Briefs and Personals
Bungalow Canning School Wednesday at Two. Advertisement. Miss Juliette McDenna, who has been seriously ill for weeks at her residence, 1519 Twelfth Avenue SE, is slowly improving. Mrs. Emily Ryan, 1516 Tenth Street SE, is confined to her home with a broken ankle suffered in a fall.
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Bungalow Canning School
Juliette aicDenna
Twelfth Avenue SE
Emily Ryan
Tenth Street
Rev E A Clark to Speak at Townsend Club Meeting
The Rev. E. A. Clark of Marion will be the speaker Monday night at 7 30 in the superior courtroom of the city hall at a meeting of Townsend club No. 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Clark
Marion
City Hall
Townsend Club
Dr. Fred Bailey to Attend Chicago Ophthalmological Meeting
Dr. Fred W. Bailey will travel to Chicago tonight for a meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society and return early Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred W. Bailey
Chicago
Chicago Ophthalmological Society
Fire sets off at Ray home. garage cleaner can ignites
Fire crews answered Saturday at the home of Mrs Frances S Ray 2107 Bever avenue SE where a can of cleaner overheated and ignited in the garage. Loss described as slight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances S. Ray
Bever Avenue SE
Candidate Joe Carberry Illness Confines To Home Recovery
Joe Carberry a candidate for the Republican nomination as county treasurer is confined to his home for a week due to illness. He is recovering and expects to resume work next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Carberry
Twenty Eighth Street Drive
Sheriff Smith to speak at Cedar Rapids union meeting
Sheriff James H. Smith will address the Cedar Rapids Endeavor Union Monday at 7 30 pm in the First United Brethren Church at Fourth Avenue and Seventh Street SE. Ruth Blaine Marjorie Blaine and Lois Poland will perform songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Smith
Cedar Rapids
Sii An Endeavor Union
First United Brethren Church
Fourth Avenue
Seventh Street
Ruth Blaine
Marjorie Blaine
Lois Poland
Theft Report From Wilson and Company Packing House
Harold Jepson of rural route four told police Saturday evening that a thief stole his billfold and seven dollars and fifty cents from his clothing while he changed in the packing house locker room at Wilson and Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Jepson
Wilson and Company Packing House
Cedar Rapids Ahepa delegates chosen for Fort Dodge convention
Cedar Rapids chapter No. 194 of the Order of Ahepa selects delegates and alternates for the district convention in Fort Dodge from June 13 to 15. Delegates are Mike Bellas William Haritakis John F Currell and Tom Siamis. Alumnae listed are John Thomas Louis E Manos Christ Michaleou and James N Chukas.
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Cedar Rapids
Order of Ahepa
Fort Dodge
Mike Bellas
William Haritakis
John F. Currell
Tom Siamis
John Thomas
Louis E. Manos
Christ Michaleou
James N. Chukas
Volunteers to Hold Memorial Service Tonight
Iowa Volunteers meet at 6 30 p m at the Memorial building Second avenue entrance. They join at 7 30 p m with patriotic and veterans groups for a Memorial service at Second Christian church Third avenue and Sixth street SW. Rev I E Linkletter to deliver the sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Volunteers
Second Avenue
Memorial Building
Second Christian Church
Third Avenue
Sixth Street
I. E. Linkletter
Bank Wins Judgment Against Witwer Couple
The Peoples Savings Bank of Cedar Rapids received a $20 816.47 default judgment in district court against Ben H. Witwer and Jessie E. Witwer. The case involves notes secured by a mortgage on business property near Fourth Avenue and SE Street. Paul Huston served as printed receiver for the real estate involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Peoples Savings Bank of
Cedar Rapids
Ben H. Witwer
Jessie E. Witwer
Fourth Avenue
St Street SE
Paul Huston
Coe College Women’s Band Presents Memorial Sunday Concert
The Coe college women's band will hold its annual Memorial Sunday concert this evening at 8 o'clock at St. Paul's Methodist church on Third avenue and Fourteenth street SE. The event is open to the public and veterans and patriotic groups are especially invited. Stanley Vesely directs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe College
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Third Avenue
Fourteenth Street SE
Stanley Vesely
Revival services continue at Free Methodist church
The Rev. G. W. Forrester and Mrs. Forrester will conduct daily revival services at the Free Methodist church at 6th Avenue and Eighth Street NW at 7:45 p.m. through next Sunday. The series began May 17. He preaches at 8:15 p.m. and she leads the song service starting at 7:45, with the preacher speaking at Sunday morning services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Forrester
Buresh Begins Final Speaking Tour for Senate Nomination
Cedar Rapids attorney George F. Buresh, a candidate for the United States Senate from Iowa, started the last leg of his primary campaign. He spoke in Ames on Friday evening and in Des Moines to a labor group Saturday night, with stops in Indianola Moorhead and Sioux City before concluding at Arcadia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buresh
George F. Buresh
Cedar Rapids
United States
Rom Iowa
Ames
Des Moines
Indianola
Moorhead
Labor Temple
Sioux City
Arcadia
Railroad Man Burns To Death In Home
DETROIT AP John H Dunphy 67 a Pere Marquette railroad man burned to death in a fire at a Highland Park home Saturday His son William and daughter Virginia woke to the blaze and Dunphy apparently collapsed beside his bed as he tried to flee
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Detroit
John H. Dunphy
Pere Marquette Rail
Highland Park
William
Virginia
Dunphy
Starvation Crisis In Szechuan China Reported
Famine investigators describe 30 million Chinese in Szechuan facing starvation caused by floods and droughts, worsened by successive communist incursions. Cannibalism, child selling, and theft for food are reported as officials warn of ongoing famine and disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cos
Chungking
Szechuan Province
China
Szechuan
China International Famine Relief Commission
Lenty
Austria Faces Second Nazi Raid as Heimwehr Mobilizes
Police report a two-pronged Nazi assault near Vienna involved about 130 storm troopers in a dark raid aimed at Heimwehr arsenals. Von Starhemberg’s forces prepped surrounding castles and Vienna authorities denied general mobilization while noting renewed Nazi arms seizure efforts and a high-tension political standoff.
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Heimwehr
von Starhemberg
Vienna
Klosterneuburg
Wienerneustad
Starhemberg
Schuschnigg
Waxenburg Castle
Funeral services for Charles Burton Bracy
Death notices report funeral services for Charles Burton Bracy at 10 a.m. Monday in the Beatty chapel conducted by Rev. W. A. Montgomery. Burial will follow in the Maynard cemetery family lot. The family requests no flowers and invites friends to visit the chapel this evening.
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Charles Burton Bracy
Beatty Chapel
W. A. Montgomery
Maynard Cemetery
Roosevelt hosts weekend talks on New York governor race
At Hyde Park the ailing 82 year old mother of President Roosevelt is visited as Gov. Herbert H. Lehman and Postmaster General Jim Farley head to a possible Sunday meeting with the President. A White House draft Lehman movement aims to bolster a third term bid.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Hudson
New York
Herbert H. Lehman
National Democratic
New York City
Jim Farley
Lehman
Farley
Marvin McIntyre
Empire State
White House
Sarah Delano Roosevelt
Cool Weather After Rainfalls in Cedar Rapids Saturday
Cedar Rapids enjoyed cool, pleasant weather Saturday evening after a necessary downpour. An afternoon rain totaled 0.45 inches with a high of 86 at 1:30 p.m. The temperature fell to 67 by 7 p.m. and 66 by 10 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Maine Lodge To Confer Degree At Mount Vernon
The degree staff of Maine lodge of the Odd Fellows will travel to Mount Vernon Wednesday evening to confer the initiatory degree for the Mount Vernon lodge. All initiatory staff and any other members planning to go should meet at Maine lodge hall 838 First avenue East at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The lodge will hold its usual meeting Tuesday evening.
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Maine Lodge of the Odd Fellows
Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Lodge
Maine Lodge
First Avenue E
Anamosa Man Fined On Reckless Driving Count
C. W. Blood of Anamosa was fined for reckless driving after his car struck the rear of another vehicle at First Avenue and Thirteenth Street. Patrolmen Hines and Stearns said Blood failed to stop for a traffic signal. No injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Blood
Anamosa
Hines and Stearns
Blood
First Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Iowa County
Congress Edits Navy Bill Ahead of Passage
Conferees from both parties approve a revised naval supply bill with reductions in dredging funding for Arbor Hawaii and ship testing facilities. The measure preserves warship construction while barring a new airplane factory and delaying expansion in Philadelphia. It authorizes two new battleships if others begin London treaty ship construction.
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Washington
INS
Congress
Soca
Senate
House
Burns
South Carolina
Arbor
Hawaii
Washington Navy
Navy-Army
Navy
Philadelphia
George W. Calver
Great Britain
Plane crash kills two in Mon torusville street
Two men died and a third was injured when a small plane crashed and burned in the main street of Mon toursville Pennsylvania late Saturday as shoppers watched. Harold J. Ful weiler of Dunmore and Harold Garrett of Scranton were trapped and burned. Michael Kovach, the pilot from Scranton, escaped after leaping clear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montoursville
Harold J. Fulweiler
Dunmore
Luzerne County
U. S. Army
Harold Garrett
Scranton
Michael Kovach
Former Arctic Island Governor Sentenced to Death
Moscow reports Konstantin Siemenchuk was sentenced to death for turning Wrangel island into an Arctic hell during his governorship. Co-defendant M. Startsev also jailed for two murders in northern districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arctic Island
Moscow
Konstantin Siemenchuk
Wrangel Island
M. Startsev
Funeral services for Mrs Mar Stanford today
Funeral services for Mrs Mar Stanford will be held at 2 p.m. in the chapel with Rev George Stauffer in charge. Burial follows at Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mararet Stanford
George Stauffacher
Linwood Cemetery
Recess Shines Probe In Hillbilly Murder Case
Seven suspects remain jailed as authorities pause the inquiry into the murder of Dan Shine the 60 year old farmer and newlywed. Officials refuse to release results of questioning of James Hines alleged ringleader in the plot to kill Shine for his property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E Leader
INS
Dan Shine
James Hines
Shine
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Bangor
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Royal Society
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Don Daily Mail
Cobh
Ireland
Harry Lewis
Britain
Sunday Chronicle
Royal Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Royal Song
Brighton
Waddingham
Rene
Les
Liza Stone
John N. Garner
Capital
Midwestern
Legion
Wayne
Toronto Bandits
Ahepa
Bank
Charles Bracy
Each &Gafton
Iit
Third Ave
Greene Square
Sun
Mt. Vernon
Anamosa Man
Pennsylvania
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