Roosevelt Pushes Federal Role in Corporate Receiverships
President Roosevelt backs a sweeping plan to place federal conservators in bankruptcy and reorganization of large private firms. The Sabath bill gains momentum as Congress weighs empowering the Securities Exchange Commission to appoint conservators and broaden federal oversight amid $36 billion in current defaults.
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Roosevelt Attitude Might Shift Control of Act Administration
Debate centers on whether the Comptroller of the Currency or the Securities Exchange Commission will administer the act. Indications suggest President Roosevelt favors the SEC, signaling a possible shift in oversight authority.
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Comptroller of the Currency
Securities Exchange Commission
Mr. Roosevelt
Fifty-One To Graduate From School Torn By Gas Explosion
New London Texas notes commencement week begins with fifty-one seniors surviving the March 18 gas explosion that wrecked the main building and killed three hundred students. Twenty-eight seniors died, leaving the class the largest in the school's history.
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New London, Tex
New London
Enthusiastic Audience Hears Roosevelt School Concert
An audience of over 500 attended a Sunday afternoon concert at Roosevelt School auditorium. The Roosevelt district bands and orchestras from Harrison Cleveland Fillmore Taylor and Roosevelt junior and senior high schools performed solo and group numbers under William Vesely. An offering was collected for the band uniform fund.
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Roosevelt
Roosevelt Auditorium
William Vesely
Harrison
Cleveland
Fillmore
Taylor
Mayor Hahn Seeks Reverence in Memorial Day Proclamation
City hall issued a memorial day proclamation by Mayor Frank K. Hahn urging reverence for those who died in service. The proclamation was entered into the council record.
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Frank K. Hahn
Cedar Rapids Chamber aims to boost 88 members for 30 hour drive
Eighty eight Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce members were invited to join a 30 hour membership drive from 8 am Wednesday to noon Thursday. A breakfast opening at the Montrose hotel at 7 30 am Wednesday will introduce attendees, with a large list of names attached to the effort. The drive seeks new members to support increased bureau and committee activities and upcoming projects.
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Cedar Rapids
H. A. Beals
C. A. Beems
Robert O. Bickel
Karl P. Blaise
H. N. Boyson
L. D. Burkhalter
Frank C. Byers
A. J. Cassel
F. C. Chambers
C. R. Chandler
Everett Chandler
Howard Cherry
Edwy Clapp
S. E. Coquillette
N. P. Craemer
W. C. Crawford
William C. Culver
John E. Cameron
Roy Doty
Leo Custer
Frank J. Dvorak
William Dytrt
Owen N. Elliott
John M. Ely
W. Paul Engel
R. R. Epler
Henry M. Files
G. O. Fletcher
W. E. Gates
H. R. Green
H. E. Haegg
G. H Harmer
Horace Hedges
C. O. Hillbrunner
George Holcomb
J. H. Horan
R. L. Jensen
Harry S. Johnson
Lyman Jones
Cyril Kegler
A. L. Killian
James Killian
Henry Kling
C. G. Krebs
J. M. Levin
J. M. Long
D. R. Lynch
E. L. McKibben
Clare Marshall
Homer Maxwell
Joe McCormick
J. B. McGladrey
A. L. McKinstry
Walt Miller
B. J. Moon
A. E. Morehouse
M. H. Morrison
B. Newburger
H. D. O’meara
H. A. Palmer
Web Perley
E. M. Pinney
Arthur Poe
William B. Quarton
W. D. Ralston
William Rinderk
R. V. Zimmerman
Roosevelt Hotel
Boy Hitchhiker Returns Home By Installments
Bob Girnus a 13 year old of Omaha Nebraska is reportedly returning home in installments. He and companion Robert Thomas 28 of Chicago were stopped at Mount Vernon May 15 by Marshal Ed Gill who summoned Sheriff James H. Smith and Deputy Sheriff Dick Payn. Bob was held at the county jail while officials contacted his parents.
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Omaha
Thomas
Bob
Des Moines
Bob Girnus
Robert Thomas
Chicago
Mount Vernon
Ed Gill
James H. Smith
Dick Payn
Just Folks by Edgar A. Guest
The poem contrasts city stores with quaint country shops where neighbors meet at the door and talk. It laments modern malls for lacking social spaces while praising the old-time shop where visiting and chatting were the norms.
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Edgar A. Guest
Four Boy Scouts Quell Pasture Grass Fire
Four Boy Scouts of troop No. 4 Harrison school beat out a pasture fire at K avenue and Thirteenth street NW Sunday at 3 30 p m. The lads used switches for about 30 minutes and confined the flames before Fire Company No 2 arrived. The youths were Francis Richardson Francis Hassell Bobby Carpenter and Richard Harrington.
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Boy Scouts
Troop No. 4
Harrison School
K Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Potter Low Bidder Again On Police Building Plumbing
The city council opened bids for the police building plumbing contract and again awarded to S. E. Potter whose prior contract was rejected by PWA in Des Moines. Potter bids $11,695 after alternates. Wheatland and Co. bid $2,105 more after similar deductions.
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S. E. Potter
PWA
Des Moines
Potter
Wheatland and Company
Ministers Hear Dr Dye At Last Meeting Of Season
The Cedar Rapids Ministerial association held its final regular meeting before summer vacation. Plans were made for the annual picnic at Wapsi Y camp on June 8. Dr Royal J Dye spoke about Africa, noting a Mohammedan north, a white Christian south, and a central region of 60 million expected to be captured by Islam with intensified missionary work.
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Cedar Rapids
Wapsie Y Camp
Royal J. Dye
Belgian Congo
Africa
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