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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1937

Page

12

Extension of Social Security 15 Planned

Washington reports Congressional leaders clash over powers for a new labor board to set hours and wages. Debates center on minimum wage, 40 vs 30 hour weeks, and whether the board will cover skilled and unskilled labor. Hearings slated to begin next Tuesday with Rep. Connery and Sen. Back Uty among key figures.

Washington NRA Senate Fouse Roosevelt Coveress Mendes House T Connery Massachusetts Congress Camtal Hill

Lindy Lindberghs New Baby Birth Details Stir London

Report from London describes Dr E Hartley Holland attending Mrs Lindbergh after the birth of Charles Augustus Jr. at a clinic near Harley Street. Police guard Longbarn estate. officials note no birth registration yet and international attention surrounds the infant amid the Lindbergh kidnapping case.

Harley Street London Doctors Row Lindbergh Charles Augustus, Jr New Tree United Sear England Rocnard Hauptmann

Hitler Proposes Pact With Britain Amid West Africa Clause

Germany offers a broad alliance framework to Britain including recognition of German claims in its former West African colony and joint handling of backward areas. The proposal, discussed by Foreign Minister von Neurath, aims at trade pacts and armament supplies in exchange for British concessions.

Germany von Neurath France Belgium Great Britain Europe Hitler Britain Empire Italy

Two Bandits Rob California Bank for About $6000

Two gunmen robbed a California bank and fled south in their own car after one brandished a revolver at a customer. A postal package containing a roll of currency was reportedly mailed from a post office as part of the case. The bandits escaped along the beach community.

California Bank Afdowian Peyegy Rency

Camp Good Health Fund Aids Cedar Rapids Dying Children

A public health appeal notes Camp Good Health in Cedar Rapids aids physically handicapped children aged six to twelve. The fund supported by local groups and individuals sustains a nurse operated camp to rebuild resistance to disease through rest, nutrition, and a positive environment.

Public Health Nursing Association Good Health Cedar Rapids Camp Good Health the Gazette Iowa

Lindbergh’s Third Son Born in England Citizenship Uproar

United States officials say the infant son of Col Charles Lindbergh born in England is automatically an American citizen by Jus sanguinis. If Lindbergh later registers abroad, the child’s status may be preserved or could become British if his father adopts British citizenship before age 21.

James E Parks United States Reg Strations Col Lindberg Weald Lindbergh Longbarn Lindxcergh Longton Ofton Jon Mashington UPI Col Charles Alandbergh State Department England Col Lindbergh

Lindberghs receive new luxury perambulator for baby

A silver grey streamlined pram was delivered at Longborn on Tuesday for Col and Mrs Charles A Lindberghs baby son. The quick delivery sparked belief the child would soon be moved from the London clinic where he was born to the Lindbergh estate.

Seven Oaks Eng Ins Longborn Col Charles A. Lindbergh London Cline

Reorganization of SIPPL RAILROADS Considered by ICC

President Fred W. Sargent of Chicago and North Western urged studying Mississippi valley rail lines as a whole for possible consolidations and rate changes. He testified at an ICC hearing on the railroad’s financial plan, noting regional distress is widespread, especially in Wisconsin Iowa Michigan's upper peninsula and South Dakota.

Washington Fred W. Sargent Chicago and North Western Railway Mississippi Valley Benton Roads Interstate Commerce Commission Chicago and North Western Roads Board of Directors ICC Sergent Wisconsin Iowa Upper Michigan South Dakota

Non-Pan-Hellenics Win In 5 Vote At Iowa City

University of Iowa student elections produced a sweeping win for the campus representative party comprised of non pan hellenic fraternities sororities and dormitories over the square deal pan hellenic group. Officials reported 1 122 votes for the union board and 1 450 for the student publications board with strict identity checks to prevent ballot stuffing.

Iowa City University of Iowa Campus Representative Party Pan-Hellenic— Party Lowa Union Union Board Student Board of Publications Orval Matteson Elgin, Ill Dave Evans North English Ben Stephens Cambridge, Ill Herman Schmidt Davenport Donald Rosenfeld Council Bluffs Addison Kistle Harriet Ludens Morrison Ruth Walker DeWitt Deana Krantman Marshalltown

Property Transfer Noted in Kenwood Park District

A. E. Kelly transfers a 20 ft lot 11 and a 20 ft lot 12 in Child's First Addition to Maude A. Weymer under zoning ordinance implications of C. R. The valuation is courted at $1 with valcon dated April 14, 1937.

A. E. Kelly Maude A. Weymer Child's Ist Kenwood Park C. R Valcon

Women urged into state legislature at regional meeting

Mrs Frank Elliott of Bronson Iowa urged regional delegates that women are needed in the state legislature. She split men into three groups regarding women in politics noting younger men are supportive while a few resent it. The conference drew 270 delegates from five states with speakers from Chicago Topeka and St Louis.

DES Moines Frank Elliott Bronson Iowa Woodbury County Woodbury Elliott Earl Ketcham North Platte Neb Nebraska North South Dakota Minnesota Bertha Delin Chicago Anne Laughlin Topeka Kan National Youth Administration For Kansas Nat Brown St. Louis National Democratic

Stephan Bena, 83, Hurt in Stairs Fall Near Cedar Rapids

Stephan Bena, 83, father of A T Bena, suffered a fractured hip and other injuries Sunday evening when he fell on a stairway at the A T Bena home east of Cedar Rapids on highway 30. He was taken to Mercy hospital with his condition listed as serious Tuesday morning. A stray line about New York using an airplane to catch fish pirates appears in the text.

Stephan Bena A. T. Bena Cedar Rapids Mr. Bena Mercy Hospital

Mussolini Paper Demands Italian Jews Declare Enmity or Emigrate

Milan based Popolo d Italia quotes Oreste Gregorio calling on Italian Jews to publicly declare themselves enemies of international Hebrewism or renounce Italian citizenship and residence. He links Jewish support of Zionism to anti Fascist sentiments and protests against Nazi racial policy.

Milan Italy Benito Mussolini Oreste Gregorio Gregorio Il Duce

Negro tries to flee with socks full of half dollars

In Kansas City police chased Charles Jones after a robbery. He said ten half dollars in his socks slowed him so he had to surrender. The robbery victims reported ten half dollars missing.

Kansas City Charles Jones

Local executive badly injured in Guthrie Center crash

Paul A. Norager 38 secretary treasurer of La Plant-Choate company suffered a dislocated neck vertebra after his car left a curve near Guthrie Center. He was paralyzed briefly, regained movement, and was moved to Des Moines hospital for specialist care with neck cast to follow.

Paul A. Norager la Plant-Choate Company Guthrie Center Norager Cedar Rapids Iowa Methodist Hospital Des Moines Elkhorn R. E. Choate

Fractured Vehicle Crash Leaves Driver in Bad Shape

A vehicle crash left the driver badly injured. details incomplete. Mrs Norager and her family, including their two sons, are in Denmark visiting relatives.

Inland Steel Strike Talks Endorse Union Pact At plants

Inland Steel pressuring an end to strike with a wage pact aligning with Carnegie-Illinois Steel terms. An employee vote backed the union as exclusive bargaining agent, with a one year contract covering noninterference and no coercion by the firm or its agents.

Steel Committee Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation Steel Labor Committee For Industrial Organization

Delicatessen Owner Lockup Ice Box Faces Bandits

New York police report Joseph Goldman a deli owner stayed calm during a robbery attempt by making faces through the ice box glass. He was cost 25 in the incident but remained composed.

New York Joseph Goldman

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