Blonde Slayer Freed By Chicago Jury
Betty Martin, who shot her husband Andy after he allegedly beat her, was found not guilty by reason of temporary insanity after ten hours of juror deliberation. The trial featured high pitched testimony and references to the ballad Frankie and Johnny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Betty Martin
Andy
Martin
Betty
Frankie
Johnny
Cornelius Harrington
Philippine Islands
Philippines
Let Us Be Kind Day After Day
Carolyn Davies presents a reflective prayer-like piece urging courage to be truthful and kind. The passage highlights the hurt caused by careless words and calls for daily acts of kindness to ease others' burdens and brighten lives. It closes with a universal call to kindness as a constant lifeline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn Davies
Marvon
Olig
Earth
Three Boys Learn Respect for Flag and Uniform
Three Cedar Rapids youths aged 16 and 18 were briefly held after military style drill near the federal building. They faced accusations of making offensive remarks to naval reserves during a march to services. They were released Thursday by Lt. C. Hudnall of the navy recruiting station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
C. C. Hudnall
United States Navy
Cedar Rapids
First Street
Second Avenue
Federal
West Side
Memorial Day parade to unite Cedar Rapids units
Cedar Rapids will hold Memorial Day services Saturday from 9 30 a m with naval memorials on the Second avenue bridge and a cemetery program at Linwood. A motorcycle escorted parade starts at First street near the bridge and proceeds to the Spanish War veterans lot for addresses and the roll of honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Second Avenue Bridge
Linwood Cemetery
First Street
Second Avenue
Sixth Street
Gordon Hughes
Elmer A. Johnson
Logan
Alma E. Owens
Daughters of Union Veterans of
Lincoln
I. E. Storey
T. Z. Cook Post
Woman’s Relief Corps
Eugene Allen
T. Z. Cook
Robt. J. Vlach
Hanford
American Legion
L. B. Gray
Dows Camp
Senate Group Backs Income Surtax Boost in Compromise Bill
Washington finance committee votes to report a compromise tax bill raising income surtax beginning at $6 000 up to $50 000. It cuts corporate rate to a graduated 15 12 to 18 percent, keeps a 7 percent undistributed profits tax, and aims to raise up to 789 million while falling short of a 1 137 billion revenue goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Roosevelt
William H. King
Utah
Pat Harrison
Miss
Treasury
Robert M. la Follette
Wis
Daniel O. Hastings
Del
Hugo L. Black
Ala
Milwaukee Granted Discontinuance of Ottumwa Line Trains
The Iowa railway commission approved discontinuing two nightly Milwaukee and St. Paul trains between Ottumwa and Cedar Rapids starting next Friday. It also allowed an Ottumwa Cedar Rapids bus line to run to replace the trains, while ruling on the Ottumwa Davenport trains was deferred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Railway Commission
Chicago, Milwaukee and
One Dead and Two Missing After LaMoine Tunnel Blast
A premature dynamite blast in the Southern Pacific railroad tunnel at LaMoine, Dunsmuir, Calif., killed worker William Alton, 45, and left two colleagues reported missing. Officials did not yet identify the missing men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunsmuir
Calif
Southern Pacific Railroad
Lamoine
William Alton
Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie Reaches Gibraltar
The British cruiser Cape Town arrived in Gibraltar with Emperor Haile Selassie aboard and his retinue. He will continue to London incognito to avoid embarrassing the British government upon arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibbraltar
INS
Cape Town
Emperor Haile Selassie
London
Four Youthful Holdup Slayers Die In Chair
Four Brooklyn killers, ages 22 to 27, died in Sing Sing prison's electric chair after a June 1934 diner robbery murder. Charles Kropowitz smoked a cigar, George Rosenberg bid farewell and prayed for others, Frank Russo and Vincent De Martino completed the group execution in the death chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossining
N. Y
Brooklyn
Sing Sing
Thomas Gaughan
Charles Kropowitz
George Rosenberg
John Sheehy
Frank Russo
Vincent de Martino
Ex-wife killed, man shoots self at Iowa cafe
A. F. Sloat, 45, shot and killed his 42 year old divorced wife in the kitchen of a Knoxville cafe and then killed himself. Both bodies lay on the floor as attendants and patrons entered. The couple had divorced a year earlier and Sloat had helped at times with the cafe. The tragedy leaves a five year old boy an orphan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
A. F. Sloat
Independent Oil Company
Child Hurt in Fall From Car Near Cedar Rapids
Richard Miller three year old son of Mr and Mrs Allen Miller of Muskegon Michigan suffered serious head injuries a fractured left arm and leg abrasions after the rear car door opened and he fell from a moving vehicle about fifty miles per hour. Mrs Miller was driving the car near Cedar Rapids when the accident occurred and he was hospitalized at Mercy hospital by 7 30 p m Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Miller
Allen Miller
Muskegon
Mich
Mercy Hospital
Gazette Want Ad Hours Decoration Day
The Gazette announces want ads will be accepted from 8 AM to 6 PM on Saturday Decoration Day and until 12 noon for the Saturday section and 6 PM for the BIG SUNDAY WANT AD SECTION Dial 2-1121 AD-TAKER or Gazette office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saturday Gazette
Eastman Criticizes Rail Elevator Lease Rates
A Transportation Bureau report by Joseph B. Eastman condemns railroads for leasing grain elevators at unduly low rates to large operators. It says such practices curb competition by small traders in Chicago, Milwaukee, Kansas City, St. Joseph, Omaha, and Council Bluffs, and may be aimed at buying traffic. The study suggests pooling elevator operations or other reforms to improve conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Transportation Co
Joseph B. Eastman
J. A. Little
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Eastman
Hamilton To Nominate Landon Speech Planned
Topeka Kansas Governor Alf M Landon announced that John D M Hamilton former Fort Madison Iowa national committeeman and governor campaign manager will deliver the nominating speech for Kansan at the Republican national convention in Cleveland Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Alf M. Landon
John D. M. Hamilton
Fort Madison
Cleveland
Cedar Rapids Hosts 10 Shriners From Seven States
Cedar Rapids capped midwest Shrine festivities celebrating El Kahir temple’s golden jubilee drawing Shriners from seven states. An estimated 2000 attended closing events with delegations from Zor Madison and Kaaba Davenport arriving by special trains. The parade and mounted patrols showcased the week’s vibrant Shrine pageantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Midwest
Zor Temple
Madison
Wis
Kaaba Temple
Davenport
Milwaukee
Rock Island
Louie
Gazette
Alfred Arvald
Fargo
N. D
Imperial
Ainad Temple
East St. Louis
Ill
Tebala
Rockford
Mo‘hammed
Peoria
Zuhrah
Minneapolis
Minn
Sesostris
Lincoln
Neb
Osman
St. Paul
Abou Ben Ahdem
Springfield
Ansar
Iowa
Shriners
el Kahir
Abu-Bekr
Sioux City
Gift To Health Camp Fund recalls Mrs. Walker story
A $100 check to the Camp Good Health Fund memorializes Mrs. W. W. Walker, Cedar Rapids pioneer widow of a civil engineer who helped promote the first railroad into the city. Her accounts recall fortitude after her mother’s death as her father backed early western settlement and banking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Walker
Camp Good Health Fund
Cedar Rapids
John Weare
The
Cedar
California
Missouri
Kearns
British Move Toward Italian Amity Amid Ethiopian Crisis
Britain weighing a negotiated settlement with Italy within the League of Nations framework while keeping penalties in force. Eden reports Italy may seek to preserve league membership if penalties continue. Geneva council meets June 16 with September assembly planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Great Britain
Italy
House of Commons
Dino Grandi
Anthony Eden
Grandi
Eden
Mediterranean
League Council
Geneva
Britain
League
League Assembly
House Sends Navy Bill To White House
Congress completed action on a 526 million dollar peace time navy appropriation bill by approving the conference report. The measure includes increases for personnel aircraft and ship strength and goes to the White House for signature after Senate adoption of the report last Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Navy
White House
Senate
Three youths tied to Linn Buchanan breakins suspect
Officials believe a ten week series of burglaries across Linn Benton Buchanan and Black Hawk counties including a Palo store and post office on April 20 may be solved by confessions from Dencil Wheelock 18 and Harold Turner 21. Their statements allege Wilbur Wheelock 43 aided the crime with Dencil and Turner acting as getaway and lookout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchanan
Linn
Benton
Black Hawk
Palo
Brandon
Dencil Wheelock
Harold Turner
Wilbur Wheelock
Larry Condon
Leland Fry
Benton County
James McDonnell
Buchanan County
Wheelock
Turner
Vinton
Condon
Temperature Rollercoaster Sees Rapid Declines Then Rebound
In a day of fluctuating readings the temperature fell 35 degrees overnight then rose again. By 9:30 a.m. Friday it reached 69, with a 2:50 p.m. high of 78 under a fair sky. Thursday peaked at 85 with a 7 p.m. reading of 78 and a 12 a.m. low of 58.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercury
Detroit Attorney Receives Letter on Black Legion Activity
A Cedar Rapids letter used in Detroit proceedings hints at Black Legion activity and possible murder and assault links. Officials found no local evidence of a Cedar Rapids branch or related crimes, and police and postal authorities reported no local knowledge or requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
The
Black Legion, Terroristic Society
Detroit
Associated Press
Duncan McCrea
Black Legion
Michigan
Detroit Probes New Army of American Vigilantes T
Police investigate the Army of American Vigilantes linked to the Black Legion terror in Michigan. Harold Dugas, rumored commander, is to be questioned at headquarters. Governor Fitzgerald leads state efforts to eliminate the Black Legion in Lansing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Black Legion
Michigan
Army of American Vigilantes
Harold Dugas
Army
Frank D. Fitzgerald
Lansing
Winty Hubbell Dies in Boston at 14 of Infantile Paralysis
Frederick Windsor Hubbell Jr a 14 year old son of F W Hubbell of Helfred Farms Des Moines died early Friday at Massachusetts General Hospital Boston from infantile paralysis He was a student at St Marys school Southboro Mass and a 4 H club member who showed prize winning cattle He was a favorite with stockmen across the middle west and his family is well known in Des Moines Cedar Rapids area
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Windsor Hubbell
F. W. Hubbells
Helfred Farms
Des Mines
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
Young Hubbell
St. Mary's School
Southboro
Mass
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Hubbell
F. M. Hubbell Son and Company
Equitable Life Insurance Company
Iowa
Winty
Middle West
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DR Newton
Cedar Rapids News
Ottumwa Line
Gibraltar
the Gazette
the Gazette Office
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Sioux City Shriners
Coe Field
Ray Simon
Sheik
Argentina
League of Nations Assembly
Ethiopia
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Hood & Black
McCrea
Winty” Hubbell
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