Baldwin Retires Named Earl as Cabinet Reorganizes
Britain’s prime minister Baldwin resigns and becomes an earl. Neville Chamberlain forms a reshuffled cabinet with Eden remaining foreign minister and Hoare, Simon, Hore-Belisha, and other ministers reassigned. Viscount Halifax becomes lord president. Eden keeps foreign post. Duff Cooper moves to first lord of the admiralty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Baldwin
House of Lords
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Buckingham Palace
Viscount Halifax
MacDonald
Eden
Anthony Eden
Samuel Hoare
Admiralty
Home Secretary
John Simon
Exchequer
Chamberlair
Alfred Duff Cooper
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Oliver Stanley
Board of Education
Board of Trade
Walter Runiman
Viscount Hailsham
Earl Stanhope
Dr Edward Burgin
Capitol Newsmen Bar Divulgers Of Confidential Items
The White House Correspondents Association executive committee announced that from July 1 any person involved in selling or disseminating confidential information for profit would be denied membership. Applicants must declare they are not engaged for profit in distributing confidential information and officials added a new paragraph to admission regulations. Newsmen noted they acted after no complaints had been brought to them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Truck Drivers Accused Of Racing On Highway
Four truck drivers faced charges for racing on a highway endangering motorists. Wilfred He Jensen of Wet Tobert led pursuit, aiding in tracing license numbers and denials. Steve Hoa, patrolmen Martin and Hail gren issued summons. Jensen fined $25 and costs, Stearns pled not guilty with jury trial set for June 2. Bond $100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bates Gastar
Datenyant
Poral Loder
Amamosa
Loder
Steve Hoaway
Martin and
Hailgren
Churchill
Jensen
Stewains
Camp Good Health Fund Needs Gifts to Aid Disabled Children
Camp Good Health Fund in Cedar Rapids lags behind last year with $824.71 raised and a shortfall of about 107.55, risking 4 to 17 weeks of camp for 115 physically handicapped children. Appeal to Cedar Rapids and surrounding area to donate through The Gazette, with memorial or tribute notes possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Good Health Fund
Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Bill
Ann
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Jane de Lano
United Spanish War Veterans
S. L. Dietch
Carp
Cedar Rapids
Camp Good Health
Public Health Nursing Association
the Gazette
Iowa
Government lawyers seek Supreme Court review to halt power funding
Washington AP government attorneys ask the Supreme Court to review a DC Circuit ruling that allowed federal loans and grants for municipal power projects in Alabama and Iowa. They argue such expenditures promote nationwide employment and fall under congressional power. Utilities Alabama Power and Iowa City Light and Power seek to stop funding for projects in Towa City and several Alabama cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
United States Court of Appeals For
District of Columbia
Alabama
Iowa
Court of Appeals
Ickes
Alabama Power Company
Towa City
Jackson Says Legal Profession A Obstruction Cult At Georgia Bar
SEA ISLAND Ga AP Assistant US Attorney General Robert H Jackson called the legal profession a cult of obstruction in a speech to the 4th annual Georgia Bar association convention He said no public policy affecting big business can be trusted to the bar and that the group often thwarts democratic government efforts to enforce constitutional policy. He referenced court paralysis in the early antitrust case and critiqued the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sea Island, Ga
Robert H Jackson
Supreme Court
Georgia Bar Association
Jackson
United States
Dr Townsend Attacks Plan to Pack Court as Liberty Menace
Dr Townsend denounces a plan to pack the Supreme Court as a liberty menace. He warns it echoes royalist power, stresses dangers to free press and worship, and says Congress could pass laws unchecked by a balanced judiciary. He spoke at a public meeting to oppose the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Townsend Flays
Liberty
Supreme Court
Bronco FC
Townsend Thromah
Blar Cour
Pr Townsend
Towensetd Plan
Politeans
Rgahst
Townsend
Westurgton
Insurgent Air Raid Kills About 200 at Valencia
Five insurgent planes described as Capronis bomb Valencia before dawn, killing an estimated 200 people. They arrived from the sea and dropped fifty 300 pound bombs on the city, with the American consul Milton Wells uninjured in the debris. Norman Thomas and his wife were housed near three bombed sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valencia
Spain
Capronis
Milton K. Wells
Norman Thomas
United States
Court hearing set on motion to dissolve stay order
Chief Justice Paul W Richards schedules June 2 at 2 p m for a hearing on a plaintiff motion to dissolve a stay in the case of Mrs John Rowley against the state conservation commission. Judge F O Ellison had ordered the commission to lower Coggan dam water within thirty days. the commission appealed and obtained the stay to halt the local decree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul W Richards
State Supreme Court
John Rowley
State Conservation Commission
Coggan Dam
F. O. Ellison
Boner in Linn County Jail After Suspension Revocation
Herbert Boner 32 remains in Linn County jail to serve a one year larceny sentence begun last November. Six months were suspended for good behavior, then April 3 directed Boner’s release for work. The suspension was revoked May 13 on a county attorney motion, and Boner reported at the courthouse Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Boner
Linn County
Boner
Dixon Man Killed When Car Hit By Streamline Train
A City of Denver streamliner struck Edward Burkhart's Model T Ford between Dixon and Sterling at 8:20 pm Thursday. Burkhart of Dixon Illinois was killed instantly as the wreckage scattered over 1900 feet. Train officials say the driver failed to stop for a warning signal. Passenger George Sears of Cedar Rapids reported the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Denver
Edward Burkhart
Dixon, Ill
Dixon
Sterling HI
George Sears
Seventeenth Street SE
Cedar Repids
Burkhart
Mrs Sarah Ann McKee Dies After Long Illness At 74
Mrs Sarah Ann McKee 74 of 1308 K Street SW widow of Thomas McKee died at her sister Mrs George Barger’s home Friday after a long illness. Born November 26 1862 in Jobean courts to Josiah and Rachel Edward she married John Counts to Thomas McKee July 2 1889. She lived in Cedar Rapids after marriage. husband died September 1920. Survived by sister Mrs Barger and several nieces and nephews. Funeral Sunday at 3 pm Beatty chapel conducted by Rev Jaumous T Stewart and Home Rebekah lodge burial in Linwend Cemetery. Friends may call 7 to 9 pm Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Ann McKee
Thomas McKee
George Bargrr
Jobean Courts
Josiah
Rachel Edward
Vio Johnson
Cedar Rapid
hu.Kane
Barger
United Brethren Churen
Home Rebekah Lodge
Beatty Chapel
Jaumous T Stewart
Rebekah Lodge
Linwend
Goebbels fires back at Mundelein in Nazi rally speech
Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels declares in Berlin that Cardinal Mundelein insulted Hitler and accuses the Catholic clergy of not condemning abuses. He urges the Catholic hierarchy to cease what he calls slander of Nazi justice and says he must answer the charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Catholic Heirarchy
Goebbels
George Cardinal Mundelein
Chicago
Mundelein
America
Fuehrer
Adolph Hitler
Germany
Deutschland
Halle
Quintuplets celebrate third birthday with hospital radio
Five Dionne quints marked their third birthday with a live hospital nursery broadcast in which Marie Yvonne Emilie Annette and Cecile sang a lullaby to a song titled Baby Goes To Sleep. The babies performed in colored dresses under Dr Allan Roy Dafoe supervision and were later offered birthday cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie
Yvonnes
Emilie
Annette
Cecile
Oliva Dionne
Allan Roy Dafoe
Emile
Iowa State Nine Defeats Luther 4 to 0 in Decorah
Iowa State scored four runs in the third inning to beat Luther 4 to 0 in Decorah. A bases loaded sequence featured a Fustine double driving in two and a later error and passed ball allowing two more runs. Pitchers Weare and Johnson credited with the shutout for Iowa State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Iowa State College
Luther
Fustine
Weber
Johnson
Gustines
Iowa State
Weare
Uton
Divorce odds fall from child based handicaps in study
Chicago reports psychologist Dr. George W. Crane says a marriage handicap derived from partner and family backgrounds predicts divorce risk. An only child adds 25, eldest 15, youngest 10, middle 3. if both are only children, 50 in 100 odds. He warns marriages may be made in heaven but divorces begin in the nursery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
George W. Crane
Northwestern University
Crane
Marrages
Return of Salesman toFace Bigamy Charges
Sheriff proceeds to Morrison Illinois to return Alva Savidge a former Shenandoah Iowa salesman to Cedar Rapids Iowa on bigamy charges. Jewel Savidge the first wife alleges marriage in 1921 and Alice Kirkpatrick is the second wife detained for questioning. Authorities say Savidge may have known of the prior marriage and he has been living in Chicago recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Smith
Morrison
Ill
Alva Savidge
Cedar Rapids
Savidge
Jewel Savidge
Shenandoah
Columbia
Alice Kirkpatrick
Clinton
G K. Thompson
Thompson
Kirkpatrick
Smith
City Briefs and Personal Notices
Samuel Lewis of Center Point was fined $50 and costs in Justice H. R. Churchill's court for operating a motor truck in violation of the truck operator's rate schedule. Any observers for the Fourth Army maneuvers at Camp Ripley Minnesota Aug 16 to 19 should call 349th infantry headquarters at the federal building by 9 am May 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Lewis
Center Point
H. R. Churchill
Lewis
Clem Boyle
State Railroad Commission
Camp Ripley
Minnesota
349Th Infantry
Iowa City Officer Receives Soldier's Medal for Ice Rescue
The War Department awarded Second Lieutenant Marion Malcolm of the Air Corps Reserve the Soldier's Medal for heroism in rescuing a child who fell through ice at Lake St. Clair in Mount Clemens Michigan on March 3. Malcolm, listed as 725 East Washington Street Iowa City Iowa, is on duty at Selfridge Field Michigan.
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Washington
War Department
Marion Malcolm
East
Washington Street
Iowa City
Air Corps Reserve
Lake St. Clair
Mount Clemens
Mich
Malcolm
Selfridge Field
Truck Dump of 36000 Eggs Causes Big Nebraska Heap
A truck owned by Virgil Marshall of Wymore ran off a 25 foot embankment near Fall City Nebraska, piling 36,000 eggs into a single heap with the truck overturned. The driver escaped with minor bruises.
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Falls City
Neb
Here
Virgil Marshall
Wymore
King Opposes New Federal Wage and Hour Bill
Sen William H. King of Utah first to oppose the federal wage and hour bill calling it worse than the NRA. He warns it infringes state rights and centralizes wage decisions in a federal board. Hearings begin Tuesday as others weigh figures and implications.
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Washington
William H. King
Utah
NRA
Italy
Mussolini
King
Pat McCarran
Ney
Hugo L. Black
Ala
Senate Labor Committee
Labor Standards Board
Upper Iowa routs Platteville 5 to 0 for eighth straight win
Upper Iowa took its eighth consecutive victory defeating Platteville 5 to 0. Pitcher Thomas limited Platteville to three hits with two walks and contributed a three bagger two singles and a walk in five plate appearances while Riddle added two singles and a two base hit with a steal. Disrude played defense late, and Spatcher and Perkins appeared as substitutions during the game.
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Gazette
Fayette
Upper Iowa
Platteville
Thomas
Upper Town
Riddle
Upper Towa
G. Moore
Gehrke
Bradison
Spatericf
Koch
G Moore
Sheehan
Anderson
Petersons
Ml Katka
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Imooress
i'Warie
Shaih
Findreng
Swartz
Spatcher
I Perkins
UIU
Gerike
Wagner
Discude
Perkins
Gib Hart
Dyersville
Permanent Freedom Bid For Al Capone On Release
Chicago. Attorneys for Alphonse Capone ask federal court to grant permanent freedom upon his Alcatraz release, expected in 1938. They seek setting aside a $20,000 county fine and one year jail term for 1928 tax report failure, arguing the county sentence is unlawful. A hearing was ordered for Tuesday before Judge Wilkerson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Alphonse
Scarface
al’ Capone
Alcatraz
Leopold Melnick
Abraham Teitelbaum
Theresa Capone
James H Wilkerson
Capone
Melnick
Teitelbaum
Wilkerson
Roosevelt vetoes extension of war risk insurance conversion
President Roosevelt on Friday vetoed a bill to extend the deadline for veterans to renew five year war risk term life insurance. He warned that ongoing extensions would not be warranted or profitable for those insured and noted a breach of faith toward converted policy holders. He cited rising premiums and the need to preserve reserves funded by converted policyholders.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Rankin
Miss
House Veterans Committee
Want Ads Schedule for Saturday and Sunday
Advertisers may submit Want Ads starting Saturday and must do so by 12 o'clock noon Saturday. Ads accepted until 8 p.m. Saturday for the Bigger Sunday Want Ad Section.
Relief Compromise Sought by Rebels in Congress
Rebels push a relief compromise to broaden public works and curb industry expansion fears. Henry Wallace warns heavy federal spending could fuel expansion in heavy goods. Rayburn quiets revolt on Capitol Hill while leaders hope to cool dissent over the relief measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry A. Wallace
Roosevelt
Rayburn
Capitol Hill
Washington Parents Ask Aid In Finding Daughter
Washington couple Mr and Mrs Carl Kelly request help from officials to locate their 16 year old daughter Margaret who has been missing since May 18 in Washington Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Washington, la
INS
Carl Kelly
Margaret
Ford Announces Four Day Week Policy At Dearborn Plant
Ford Motor Company unveiled a four day week plan for at least June to spread employment among its 90 000 River Rouge workers in Dearborn. The move follows a five day schedule and aims to delay layoffs while July plans depend on car demand. UAW leader Homer Martin rebutted Ford claims about riot responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
INS
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Harry Bennett
Ford Company
Bennett
River Rouge
Dearborn
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers Union
Ford Workers
Martin
UAW
Motorcyclist High Speed Crash Leaves Rider Critical
Charles Krebs twenty of 509 Forest drive SE remains in critical condition at Mercy hospital after a Thursday 11 30 p m crash on highway 30 east of here near the Wee Blue inn. He suffered brain concussion a compound fracture of the right leg deep head and facial gashes and facial and arm cuts. Witness Francis German a Cornell college music teacher traveling east in his car said Krebs passed at high speed then cut in front losing control as the bike struck a guard rail went over a 25 foot embankment. Trev White of Marion who was nearby transported Krebs to Mercy hospital.
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Charles Krebs
Forest Drive
Mercy Hospital
Highway 30
Here
Wee Blue Inn
Krebs
Francis German
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
German
Trev White
Marion
Gillette Pushes Murphy for Assistant Secretary of War
Senator Guy M. Gillette of Iowa urged the appointment of J. Ray Murphy of Ida Grove former national commander of the American Legion as assistant secretary of war in a phone with the White House. Gillette said Marvin McIntyre presidential secretary assured him he agreed Murphy’s qualifications but could not state the President’s position.
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Washington
Guy M. Gillette
Iowa
White House
J. Ray Murphy
Ida Grove
The
American Legion
Gilette
Marvin McIntyre
McIntyre
Murphy
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London
Îles Balwin
Neville Cramperlain
Orderaent Am
Ens
Phage
Capitol Newsmen
Court House News
C . Haas
Max Padzewsky
Gaylord W. Edwards
General Exchange Insurance Corporation of
Des Moines
Padzewsky
Cedar Rapids Investment Company
Vera Maule
Streamline
Hitler
Vatican
Army Maneuver Reservations
Sen. King
al Capone
John E. Lapes
Third Ave. SE
Doherty
Star Jewelry CO
2Nd St. SE
Gillette
Dodge
Katherine H. Holbrook
Handler Motor Company
Second Avenue SE
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