Abramovich Store Fire Probe. Cedar Rapids Damaged Shop
Deputy State Fire Marshal arrived to lead the investigation into a Wednesday night blaze at 117 First Avenue E Cedar Rapids. Fire Chief Kohout called it a flash fire and two hours of efforts followed by evacuation of three apartments above the store.
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A. Lubberden
Cedar Rapids
First Avenue E
Lubberden
E. P. Kohout
Felix O'Donnell
Elias R. Abramovich
Fourth Street
Kohout
Abramovich
Conservatives Gain In British Voting
London reports final municipal election returns across England and Wales show conservatives winning 20 seats while Labour loses 17, Liberals 2, and independents drop, signaling local trend for national politics.
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London
England
Wales
Labor Party
Ape Liberals
Snowstorm Hefts Six Inches in South Dakota
Six inches of snow were reported from Custer and surrounding areas after a storm that dumped an inch of rain and a tornado that unroofed several houses in Sioux Falls.
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South Dakota
Sioux Falls
S. D
INS
Custer
Twelve Indicted in Trust Raid Pursuit of Investment Loot
New York federal indictment charges twelve individuals and five firms with mail fraud and conspiracy over looting four investment trusts. Named are Ralph H. Robb and Thomas W Morris, Philip H. Frear, Vincent E Ferrertli, and Thomas E. Dewey as prior informants, along with twelve other defendants and five suspect corporations. The scheme allegedly involved replacing valuable securities with worthless ones to cover borrowed funds for control of the firms.
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NEW York
Ralph H. Robb
Thomas W Morris
Philip H. Frear
James Frear
Wisconsin
Vincent E. Ferretli
Thomas E. Dewey
Harold B. Grow
George J. Mitchell
George H Clayton
Leo Solomont
Sartell Prentice
Jerome C. Brady
Alexander B. Beverly
Howard F. Hansell, Jr
First Income Trading Corporation
Continental Securities Corporation, Administered Fund, Second, Inc
Reynolds Investing Company, Inc
German Sailors Saved From Deportation Fears
Two German sailors Hans Kurth and Gunther Haberman faced deportation after admitting anti Nazi pamphlet activities. The Anti Nazi League posted bonds of 500 dollars each to halt deportation and explore lawful entry options.
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Los Angeles
Germany
Anti-nazi League
Mexico
Hans Kurth
Gunther Haberman
Golden Gate
Santa Barbara
Missing Philadelphia Scion Found Working in Richmond
Detective Captain A. S Wright said Sidney E. Martin Jr., a 20 year old scion of a Philadelphia family, was found in Richmond boarding at a northside home and employed by an electrical contractor. He vanished after visiting a night club on Sept. 14.
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Richmond
A. S Wright
Sidney E. Martin, Jr
Philadelphia
Otis
Wright
Martin
Caleb Fox
Quaker City
Executed Slayer Eye May Bring Sight To Three Patients
In San Francisco the eye of John Deering, Utah slayer executed Monday, may restore sight to a Stockton boy, a 25 year old man, and a 65 year old woman. Surgeons delayed operations to allow 24 hours more refrigeration before using a single cornea for all three operations. Patient names were not released.
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San Francisco
John Deering
Utah
Stockton
Deering
Salt Lake City
Unseasonal Warm Spell Triggers Early Blooms in Muncie
In Muncie Indiana springlike weather brought violets and dandelions to bloom and cherries to ripen. Farmer Walter Blanchard noted the unusual sight but said the day’s real surprise was wild ducks flying north overhead as he looked up.
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Muncie, Ind
Walter Blanchard
Hickenlooper Rally Draws Thick Support In Iowa Town
Hickenlooper received a rousing ovation at a Greene's square rally after arriving from Northwood to support Alfred C. Mueller of Davenport in the congressional race. Thousands lined Third avenue and Second Street as a torchlight parade moved to the Memorial Coliseum for the event. The Cedar Rapids attorney attacked the Democratic party over alleged intimidation of aged persons and criticized public spending and office expansion while pledging to strengthen the old age assistance program.
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Art Snider
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Nickenlooper
Northwood
Greene's Square
Alfred C. Mueller
Davenport
Congress
Coliseum
Cedar Rapids
Floyd Philbrick
Iowa
Des Moines
Sioux City Gangs Accused Of Intimidating Nebraska Truckers
Nebraska business leaders from Pierce Wakefield and Wayne filed petitions with Sioux City officials alleging gangsters and union representatives extorted truckers. Drivers were said to be forced from their rigs and charged 10 to 25 dollars before business could be transacted.
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Sioux City
Pierce
Wakefield
Wayne
Neb
Charles Cunningham
A. F. L. Truckers Union
Fed Ao Union
Prisoners Urge Gov Earle To Spare Doomed Slayer
In Pittsburgh 468 inmates at Allegheny jail signed a petition to Gov. George H. Earle urging commutation for William McKinley Blackwell, a 40 year old black man scheduled to die Nov 7 for the July 6 1936 murder of Richard Parker. Warden John McNeil backed the plea as 300 prisoners attended a prayer service. Blackwell also asked a reporter to send his story and a photo to Nana Mae Blackwell of Broadnax Virginia, his former wife.
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Pittsburgh
William McKinley Blackwell
George H. Earle
Allegheny County
Blackwell
Richard Parker
Whitaker
Farle
John McNeil
Mrs. Berry Killed in Highway 6 Crash Near Council Bluffs
Anna Berry 56 dies in a crash when her car hits a concrete bridge abutment on highway 6 east of Council Bluffs. Charles Berry suffers facial injuries. Coroner says no inquest. They were en route from Cedar Rapids to Omaha to visit a sister.
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Anna Berry
Charles M. Berry
Twentyfirst
Council Bluffs
Highway 6
Tom Belford
Associated Press
Treynor
Caesarian Twins At Sterling Make Slim Survival Odds
In Sterling Colorado doctors said twins born to Mrs Ralph W Ryan via Caesarean section had one chance in five thousand to survive. The boy and girl appeared healthy and the mother’s condition was satisfactory.
How to Add to Your Income with Gazette Want Ads
Progressive firms and individuals use Gazette Want Ads to grow income. Daily use yields immediate results for renting spaces selling items offering services or attracting customers. In October 1938 The Gazette published 13355 individual Want Ads, a record for a single month.
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Gazette
The
Dies Says Unit Hampered by F D R Rebuke
Chairman Dies of the House committee investigating un American activities said witnesses reluctant to testify due to President Roosevelt's rebuke. He noted many potential witnesses hold government jobs. A second subpoena was served on Homer Martin of the UAW to testify next Wednesday after a conference.
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Washington
Dies
Texas
House
Roosevelt
Homer Martin
UAW
Martin
Roosevelt Criticizes Committee Over Election Influence Claims
Dies says labor witnesses fear exposure of un American activities and fear losing their jobs after testifying about communism in the WPA theater project. He notes Roosevelt accused the committee of unfair election influence and cites small-dollar donations from upset workers.
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Dies
Roosevelt
Texan
Konoye Calls for Global Peace Pact and Far East Stability
Tokyo Premier Prince Fumimaro Konoye urged a world new deal to secure peace through a fair balance of power. He warned Japan may expand into southwestern and northwestern China to crush resistance and pave the way for Far Eastern stability while reaffirming a tripartite link with Manchukuo and China.
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Tokio
Fumimaro Konoye
Prince Konoye
Japan
China
Manchukuo
League of Nations
Tieup Links Fried Gang to Levine Kidnapping Grime
Federal officials investigate a possible link between the Peter Levine kidnapping in New Rochelle and the Fried case in Westchester. Police uncover a basement Ukrainian hall with a hidden chamber, blood stains, a machine gun, and bullet holes as they pursue a gang suspected in multiple abductions and a murder.
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Fried Gang
NEW York
Dwight Brantley
FBI
Peter Levine
New Rochelle
N. Y
Ukrainian Hall
Lower East Side
Arthur Fried
White Plains
Brantley
Fried
Levine
Westchester County
William Jackins
WPA
John Virga
Demetrius Gula
Benjamin Farber
Brighton Beach
Norman Miller
Brooklyn
Joseph Sacoda
J Edgar Hoover
Sing Sing
Thomas Curley
Roosevelt Support Stronger In West Than 1936 Says Ickes
Secretary Ickes told reporters in Washington that public backing for President Roosevelt was stronger in the western states today than in 1936. He noted local political cross currents but said they did not affect national prospects.
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Washington
Ickes
Roosevelt
West
Showers Dampen Cedar Rapids Temperatures
Showers pelt Cedar Rapids driving temperatures down after a high of 72 at 2 pm to 59 by 2:50 pm. Morning low was 63. conditions were partly cloudy to cloudy with a brisk breeze. Yesterday’s peak hit 75 at 4 pm with 69 at 7 pm and 64 at midnight per Chambers Inskeep records.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Fascists Promise Border Guarantee for Czechoslovakia
Vienna reports Nazi Germany and Italy pledged to guarantee Czechoslovakia's new frontiers. Hungary sought economic concessions in exchange for aiding in reclaiming territory. Premier Bela Imredy announced Hungarian gains to a jubilant crowd.
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Vienna
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Germany
Galeazzo Ciano
Italy
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Bela Imredi
Jublant
Hungary to restore monarchy under Horthy and redraw borders
Budapest dispatch reports Hungary preparing to restore the monarchy with Admiral Nicholas Horthy as regent of the Hapsburgs and forging closer ties with the Rome Berlin axis. Italo German mediators seek to cede Czechoslovakia about 4 875 square miles near 860 000 population while plans to occupy reclaimed lands proceed.
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Warsaw
Poland
Gonicc Warszawski
Budapest
Hungary
Nicholas Horthy
Wapsburgs
Czechoslovakia
Italy
Munich
Germany
Local Man Beaten And Robbed By 3 Men In Iowa City
Paul Woodward of 704 Third Street SE was accosted by three men who lured him to a bowling outing then beat him and robbed him of 26 dollars while taking a shortcut through an alley in Iowa City Wednesday night. Patrolman Oliver White transported him to Mercy hospital for treatment for facial and head injuries.
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Paul Woodward
Third Street
Iowa City
Woodward
Million Dollar Rain Hits Dry Belt
Forecaster Donnel predicted a broad rain belt expanding from San Antonio northward through Dallas Oklahoma Kansas Missouri Wisconsin to Lake Superior bringing heavy falls in several Kansas and Oklahoma spots and a cooling trend. The system, tied to an autumn heat wave, may reach Illinois Indiana Michigan Missouri Wisconsin and Iowa by Friday with rain or snow possible in Minnesota.
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Chicago
C A Donnel
San Antonio
Texas
Dallas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Towa
Wisconsin
Lake Superior
Wichits
Kan
Concordia
Omaha
Oklahoma City
Donnel
Ilinois
Indiana
Michigan
Iowa
Minnesota
Ickes Urges Federal Control Of Oil Production
Secretary of the Interior Ickes calls for federal regulation of oil output to prevent waste for future generations and bolster national defense, though he cautions he is not ready to propose specific legislation at this moment.
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Ickes
Washington
INS
Secretary of the
Interior Ickes
United States
Last of Rebel gang tied to Brooklyn cash heist
Kings County grand jury handed up two indictments naming nine of the twelve bandits in the $427 890 cash robbery at the Rebel Ice plant Brooklyn Aug 21 1934 Arch ie Stewart and Madeline Tully are among those tied to the case with others including Thomas Quinn Dr Harry Gilbert and two unnamed men.
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New York
INS
Valentine
Geeoghan Ag
Kings County
Grand Jury
Clinton Reformator
Archie Stewart
Madeline Tully
Thomas Quinn
Rebel Ice Corporation
Brooklyn
Harry Gilbert
Bernard
Benne
Bum
U S Boon In Nazi Absorption of Czech Glass Trade
The commerce department reported that Germany has taken over most of Czechoslovakia's glass industry including flat glass plants and a majority of glassware production. This shift could reduce foreign competition in the U S market as German goods are often priced with higher duties. In 1937 Czechoslovakia supplied about 30 percent of U S glass imports and in the first half of 1938 accounted for 36 percent.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Prague
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Department
United States
Mutually Helpful Anglo U S Pact Sought Says Hull
The United States seeks a reciprocal trade agreement with Great Britain that will benefit both nations according to Secretary of State Hull. He ruled out Germany as a third party to the pact, keeping the focus on Anglo American trade relations.
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Hull
Washington
INS
Great Britain
Germany
Capone Associate Fatally Shot After Gang Ride
Hammond Indiana police report Walter Leonard a 35 year old Chicago man once linked to Capone was found fatally wounded in his car in a residential area early Thursday He had been shot in the jaw and back of the head and police say he likely was taken on a gangland ride.
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Hammond
Ind
Walter Leonard
Chicago
Capone
Europe Postpones War For Better Relations Says Baer
The column satirically notes war delayed as nations seek friendship. It mocks Chamberlain and England's weakness, credits Uncle Sam for restraint, and jokes about financing and odd phrases.
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Europe
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