Current Comment endorses nonpartisan judicial election
The editorial argues against partisan influence in Iowa district judge elections urging voters to evaluate legal qualifications over party labels. It lauds bi partisan sentiment in six districts and highlights F O Ellison of Jones County as an outstanding judge to retain, urging careful choice by Linn Cedar and Jones counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Faw Association
Linn
Cedar
Jones
F O. Ellison
Jones County
Cedar county earns modified accredited TB free status
Cedar county Iowa is accredited as a modified area free from bovine tuberculosis after testing from July to November. The designation ends the 1931 cow war controversy and follows testing coordinated by Dr. H A Seidell and Dr. H E Johnston with Sheriff William Christian. A total cattle population of about 47 000 was tested with federal funding under the Jones Connelly act.
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Bennett
Cedar County
H. A. Seidell
Division of
Animal Industry
Iowa
Jake Leaker
Wilton Junction
Paul Moore
West Branch
Farmers’'Union
Farmers’ Holiday Association
Fort Madison
Turner
Seidell
H. E. Johnston
Washington
Tipton
Johnston
Cedar
William Christian
Christian
Narrow hearts and noble lives in literature and history
A 1934 column critiques modern fiction and biography for forcing attention on petty faults and the seamy side of human nature. It contrasts Kao from All Men are Brothers with Lincoln, praising generous hearts and enduring goodness as the path to belief in God and fellow humans.
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Kao
Pearl Buck
China
Lincoln
God
Two Chicago Men Sentenced to Die in Electric Chair
Herman Bou lan aged 28 and Walter Dittman aged 29 were sentenced to die in the electric chair on December 15 for the murder of Patrolman Earl Jensen in Oak Park on September 1.
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Chicago
Herman Boulan
Walter Dittman
Earl Jensen
Oak Park
South End Bank to Open Within Week in Cedar Rapids
Articles of incorporation for the First Trust and Savings bank, a reorganization of the Iowa State Savings bank, were approved and filed. Initial payment of 45 percent of frozen deposits will be paid out, with a $600,000 deposit opening date to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids News
First Trust and Savings Bank
Iowa State Savings Bank
State Banking Department
Secretary of State
F. S. Mitvalsky
L. L. Blahnik
Ed E. Hach
J. W Piechner
John C. Petrovitsky
J. Weichner
F S. Mitralsky
F. J. Dvorak
Iowa Static Savings Bank
Third Street
the Gazette
Senate
Two Kidnapped Waitresses Escape From Topeka Men
Miss Addie Gieber 26 and Miss Artie Roff 38 of Topeka Kansas escaped after being taken at 1 a.m. Tuesday. They described a rough car trip to the country near Griswold Iowa and said they walked to Holly Springs and Hornick before catching an Omaha-bound bus to Sloan. They declined to press charges.
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Topeka
Griswold
Holly Springs
Anna Weeks
Hornick
Sloan
Omaha
Justice of the Peace Charles Irish
Mhornick
Mueller resigns as Nazi church head in Berlin report
Unconfirmed report says Reichsbishop Ludwig Mueller resigns over opposition to nazification. Bishops Hans Meiser and Theophil Wurm, ousted by Mueller, reportedly reassume posts with Hitler's suggestion they step down voluntarily. The move follows a Tuesday meeting where Meiser and Wurm argued the church should fight its own battles.
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Berlin
Reichsbishop
Ludwig Mueller
Hans Meiser
Bavaria
Theophil Wurm
Wuerttemberg
Mueller
Adolf Hitler
Wuperttemberg
Meiser
Wurm
Hitler
Ginger Rogers Engaged to Lew Ayres
Hollywood AP reports the engagement of vivacious actress Ginger Rogers to screen star Lew Ayres, announced Wednesday night by Rogers's mother Mrs Lela E Rogers. The couple plans a future wedding.
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Hollywood
Ginger Rogers
Lew Ayres
Lela E. ‘Rogers
Germany traded liberty for security but earned world enmity
The article argues that Nazi Germany sacrificed civil liberties and democracy in pursuit of economic and national security. It notes promises of strength to deter war and forge alliances, but warns that working people and farmers bore the burden while international friendships eroded. It recalls pre Nazi ties with Italy England the Soviet Union Austria and Hungary and concludes with a grim view of Germany’s diminished standing.
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Germany
H. R. Knickerbocker
International Newnan Service
Berlin
INS
Nazi Germany
Italy
England
France
Soviet Union
Austria
Hungary
NRA legality submitted to Supreme Court in Alabama
Judge W I Grubb dismissed an indictment against W E Belcher on grounds the national recovery act and the code of fair competition for the lumber and timber products industry are unconstitutional. Both sides agreed to expedite an appeal to the United States Supreme Court in Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
W. I. Grubb
United States District Court
W. E. Belcher
U. S. District
James Smith
Jerome T. Fuller
Centerville
Belcher
United States Supreme Court
A and P Weighs Cleveland Store Reopenings
The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea company board postponed a decision on reopening Cleveland stores closed after labor strife. A plan from the national labor relations board was reviewed and eleven Cleveland supervisors were ordered to New York to provide information for a future ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Cleveland
National Labor Relations Board
John A Hartford
Washington
Hartford
George
Hepburn questioned in Sinclair vote intimidation probe
Los Angeles. Katherine Hepburn was ordered questioned as a threatened worker during a district attorney inquiry into alleged anti Sinclair intimidation in the film industry. Committee demands subpoenas for eight executives and other stars. Beech er rejects. Police and sheriff bolster poll security as Sinclair seeks congressional probe.
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Los Angeles
Katherine Hepburn
Central’ Committee
Miss Hepburn
Daniel M. Beecher
Beecher
Upton Sinclair
Sinclair
Sheriff's Office
Los Angeles County
Los Angeles Voter Disqualification Blocked by State Supreme Court
The California Supreme Court blocked a plan to disqualify 24 000 alleged fraudulent voters in Los Angeles County with five days until the election. Supporters hailed the ruling as a victory and State Attorney General A S Webb called it a safeguard against similar moves before November 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Los Angeles County
Upton Sinclair
State Supreme Court
High Court
A. S. Webb
Mrs. Vanderbilt Faints In Court
New York Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt fainted as she left the witness stand in supreme court where she defended her fitness to retain custody of her 10 year old daughter Gloria.
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New York
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt
Spreme Court
Gloria
Orders New Hearing For Elder Robinson
A new hearing in Nashville on the removal of Thomas H Robinson Jr to Louisville for trial in the Stoll kidnapping will be set for November 9, said Thomas J Spark U S district attorney.
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Louisville
Nashville
Thomas H Robinson, Jr
Stoll
Thomas J Spark
United States
Lusson Named Iowa's Champ Butter Maker
Phil Lusson of Alpha won Iowa's 1934 champion butter maker title at the Iowa Creamery Operators association congress in Des Moines. His butter scored highest among 102 entrants judged by three dairy specialists. Fred Rucker and Albert Harms placed second and third in the main contest, with junior winners led by James Cooney.
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Des Moines
Phil Lusson
Alpha
Iowa
Midwest
Howard D. Reynolds
Fitz-Cornell Co
Mason City
Prof
M. Mortensen
Iowa State College
O. A. Storvick
Good Bros
Fred Rucker
Fenton
Albert Harms
Oclwein
Rucker
Harms
James Cooney
Algona
Kern Elerick
Whittemore
Iowa State
Lester Wilson
Edgewood
Jerry Notting
Boyden
A. Caswell
Hull
Walter Waskow
Westgate
Iowa Creamery Operators Association
Hotel Savery
L. E. Nelson
Randall
Nelson
C. H. Kalsrud
Manchester
N. M. Larsen
Decorah
Elmer J. Primus
Earlville
Wayne Hunter
Littleport
Bernard Scholten
John M. Hansen
Hubbard
L. E. Belson
E. A. Clues
Goldfield
October County Clerk Reports Record Marriage Licenses
Chicago officials announced 3 680 marriage licenses issued in October, the highest October total in ten years, signaling a rebound in formal unions for the period.
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Chicago
Roosevelt Predicts Higher Living Cost
President Roosevelt warned that the cost of living will rise steadily and substantially. He urged wage increases to match prices and called for restoring the final 5 percent of the 15 percent federal pay cut by July 1 1936, which would add 65 million dollars yearly in purchasing power for government workers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Bureau of Labor Statistics
United Press
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Peopl
Vote Buying Charges Hit White House In Feed Hunger Row
Washington AP reports a political clash over relief funds with Democrats declaring hunger not debatable while Republicans accuse the White House of vote buying. Hopkins defends relief amid accusations tying pay raises and bank deposits to electoral aims. The controversy centers on federal funds and welfare measures cited as political leverage.
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Washington
White House
Harry L. Hopkins
Senatorial-Congressional Campaign Committee
Roosevelt
RFC
Detroit
Hopkins
Rgéef
Lowle
Brann’s
Fletcher
Insull to Testify in Defense as Trial Nears Verdict
Chicago based Samuel Insull the former utilities magnate is set as the first witness in his own defense on mail fraud charges and is expected to take the stand Thursday. Judge Wilkers denied most defendants pleas for a directed acquittal while Insull and his son Samuel Jr chose to let the jury decide.
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Chicago
Samuel Insull
Floyd E. Thompson
Insull
James H. Wilkers
Samuel, Jr
Funeral for Mrs Soutter Held Thursday in Aiken South Carolina
Funeral services for Mrs Fannie Thompson Soutter who died in Aiken South Carolina were held at 3:35 PM Thursday in the home at 2015 First Avenue East. The Rev Robert Little conducted the service and burial followed at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Cedar Rapids
Fannie Thompson Soutter
Aiken
S. C
First Avenue E
Robert Little
Oak Hill
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Citizens’ Judiciary Committee
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DR. Newton
South End Bank
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H. BR. Knickerbocker
International News Service
Herke
Supreme Court
Charge Films
Robinson
Lusson
Cupid
Hopkins Resorts
Rap
Detroit Bank
Aid
Ater
Rap Roosevelt
National Republican Committee
Henry P. Fletcher
Republican Committee
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