Supreme Court Nears Two Major Rulings This Term
The court plans a brief final session to rule on a New York wage law for women and children and a Wyoming Colorado water dispute. It has decided major cases on the AAA, TVA lines, and the Guffey act, with a busy summer ahead as new New Deal cases loom.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New York
Wyoming
Colorado
Europe
Roberts
van Devanter
AAA
Tennessee Valley Authority
Alabama Power Company
New Deal
PWA
Public Utility Holding Company
Stone
Brandeis and Cardozo
Justice McReynolds
Securities Commission
J. Edward Jones
Cardozo, Brandeis and Stone
Four Coe 1886 Graduates to Attend Fifty Fifth Commencement
Four members of the Coe college class of 1886 will return for the fifty fifth commencement exercises at Coe College June 3 to 8. Edward A. Ross of Wisconsin will speak at the fifty fifth ceremony. Anna T. Adams, the only woman graduate, will join alumni activities with surviving classmates. Robert W. Stewart of Chicago and Wilbur Owen of Sioux City, both graduates, will participate in the reunion events and alumni dinner Saturday evening.
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Coe College
Coe
Edward A. Ross
University of Wisconsin
Col
Anna T. Adams
Central High School
Omaha, Neb
Robert W. Stewart
Wilbur Owen
Stewart
Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Owen
Sioux City
Michigan University
Husband Beats Wife To Honors In Engineering
New York AP report details Miriam M. Carlson finishing a six year mechanical engineering program at NYU with magna cum laude and 94.8 grade. Her husband Harold Carlson, AP technician, earned 95, the highest for the class of 140, while both balance family duties. The Carlsons, of Rutherford New Jersey, describe sacrifices and shared pursuit of engineering excellence.
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NEW York
New York University
Miriam M. Carlson
Harold Carlson
Associated Press
N. UL
Carlsons
Rutherford
N. J
Carmita Avenue
Carlson
Volstead Reflects Quiet Life After Prohibition Fame
Granite Falls Minnesota June 7 1936 AP Andrew Volstead the father of the Volstead Act still practices law at 76. The former enforcement chief now enjoys gardening and neighborhood chats while avoiding publicity and interviews. He remains a dry and has not held office for years.
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Granite Falls
Minn
Andrew Volstead
Volstead
Prohibition Enforcement
St. Paul
Minnesota
House Judiciary Committee
Census to Begin Under School Attendance Officer
The biennial school census starts Monday under A. I. Bailey with a staff of assistants. State law requires listing all persons aged 5 to 21 in June of even years to apportion state aid. Parents are urged to cooperate. notify Bailey at 2-1027 if away or to report handicapped children for educational support.
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A. I. Bailey
Board of Education
Bailey
Mt. Mercy Seniors Stage The Lost Words Play
Mount Mercy seniors will present their class play The Lost Words a dramatization of Van Dyke's story written by Sister Mary Josephine dramatics instructor in the school auditorium Wednesday at 8 p.m.
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Mount Mercy
van Dyke
Mary Josephine
Clarence Cozart Reaches West Point Graduation Rank
Clarence Cozart 24 son of Mr and Mrs Charles Cozart 828 Avenue NW will graduate June 2 from United States Military Academy West Point New York earning a second lieutenant commission in the coast artillery He entered from the ranks after enlisting Sept 14 1930 at Fort Des Moines Born in Crookston Minnesota he spent most of his life in Cedar Rapids He was a high school graduate of Washington class of 1930 and excelled in fencing and marksmanship while in the academy He passed West Point entrance exams from the Philippines in 1931 and was ordered to West Point July 1 1932 His diplomas commissions will be presented by a senior officer
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Clarence Cozart
Charles Cozart
Avenue NW
Washington High School
United States Military Academy
West Point
N. Y
Coast Artillery
Cozart
Crookston
Minn
Cedar Rapids
United States Army
Fort Des Moines
Harper - McIntire Company
Philippine Islands
X Marks the Spot Miner Signs Bonus Form
Williamson West Virginia Richard Jones a Negro miner at Red Jack et joined the army in 1918 and had to place an X on his enlistment papers He later learned to write and signed his bonus certificate with a full name The application was returned stating signatures don t correspond He then signed X again to complete the form
Man loses shirt as court fines liquor violator
In Greenville a man charged with liquor law violation appeared in police court with only shoes trousers and an undershirt. When asked where his shirt was he answered I guess I lost it. Recorder Wyatt Aiken ordered thirty days in jail.
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Greenville
S. C
Wyatt Aiken
Bank Robber to Radio Guest Delays San Quentin Transfer
Los Angeles reports Frank Forest Smith, convicted of murder in a bank robbery, was set for life transfer to San Quentin but delayed so the prisoner could broadcast a radio talk titled Crime Never Pays next Friday.
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Los Angeles
Frank Forest Smith
San Quentin
Smith
Toast mistaken for blaze shocks in Kansas City
Firemen found a smoky two story building and prepared to rip up floors when Mrs. Rice recalled a bread toaster. She revealed the thick smoke was caused by a piece of bread in the toaster, not a fire.
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Kansas City
C B. Rice
Alumni Banquet Held at Monticello High School
In Monticello the alumni banquet occurred Friday in the high school gym. The program featured invocation by Rev. W. J. Grossheim, introduction by Eloise Kuhns, welcome by Jean Liddy, response by Jo Royden, toasts from Gene E Beyers, Mrs. M. J. Gass, Winifred Rohr, Robert Spooner, Paul N. Smith, and Mrs. Walter Zubler, with Paul J. Kehoe as toastmaster.
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Monticello
W. J. Grossheim
Eloise Kuhns
Paul J. Kehoe
Jean Liddy
Jo Royden
Gene E Beyers
M. J. Gass
Winifred Rohr
Robert Spooner
Paul N. Smith
Walter Zubler
Pershing to Return for Fiftieth Academy Graduation
General John J. Pershing who led American forces in France during World War I and graduated from the academy in 1886 will return for the fiftieth anniversary of his class graduation.
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John J. Pershing
United States
France
Linville Closes His Primary Campaign in Cedar Rapids
Guy Linville of Cedar Rapids, candidate for the Republican nomination for United States senator, ends a six week campaign and waits for Monday’s primary results. He cites strong backing from agriculture, business and labor and aims to secure the nomination amid a field including L. J. Dickinson Edwin Manning George Chaney Norman Baker and Smith W. Brookhart.
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Guy Linville
Cedar Rapids
United States
Linville
L. J. Dickinson
Edwin Manning
Ottumwa
George Chaney
Des Moines
Norman Baker
Muscatine
Smith W. Brookhart
Iowa
America
Tablet dates Eden expulsion tale to ancient Mesopotamia
An excavated tablet from northern Mesopotamia dated 1932 shows the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden was known in the east nearly six millennia ago.
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Mesopotamia
Adam
Eve
Garden of Eden
East
Baccalaureate and Graduation at Mount Mercy Tonight
Baccalaureate exercises at Mount Mercy junior college and academy begin at 8 p m with Rev M M Hoffmann of Columbia College Dubuque as speaker Monsignor J J Wolfe of Dubuque will deliver the commencement address June 4 for a class of 23 graduates including Rose T Ascherl Anna Margaret Behle Marian G Cashman and others
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Mount Mercy Junior College
M. M. Hoffmann
Columbia College
Dubuque
J. J. Wolfe
Rose T. Ascherl
Anna Margaret Behle
Marian G. Cashman
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Hughes
Louisiana Rice Millers
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Cardozo
Brandeis and
Ment
Cardozo, Brandeis and
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Dial
Kneip
Robert Stewart
Andrew J. Volstead
Ma Ferguson
Jim Jeffries
Louise Glaum
Pearl White
J. Warren Kerrizan
the Gazette
Mt. Mercy
Pershing
Academy
THE
Howard R. Churchill
Justice of the Peace
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