Jury Convicts Ely Farm Hand After 24 Hours
A nine man by a three woman jury found Charles C Grabin a 60 year old Ely farm hand guilty of second degree murder for the Sept 28 shooting of his employer Ed Skalsky 55 on the Agnes Skalsky farm near Ely The court set ten days for motions and a potential new trial with sentencing to follow if denied.
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Cedar Rapids
Charles C Grabin
Ely Farm
C. J. Haas
Grabin
Ed Skalsky
Agnes Skalsky
Ely
Haas
G. K Thompson
Carl Wendrickson
Skalsky
E A. Baldwin
Town City
M. F. Mitralsky
Higher Ups Said To Have Conspired In Kansas City Probe
U S District Attorney Maurice Milligan announced that a federal grand jury ended the vote fraud inquiry in Kansas City by finding evidence that higher ups engaged in the conspiracy and attempted to obstruct the investigation. Indictments were returned against 18 more defendants, including three Democratic precinct captains and fifteen poll workers, with six Republicans among the named.
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Kansas City
U. S
Maurice Milligan
Milligan
Herbert T. Hirscher
Jack Reynolds
Louis Hudson
Will Seek Repeal Of Profits Tax
Rep. Emmanuel Celler of New York announced that a drive will start in the next Congress to repeal the undistributed profits tax, opposed by its critics as a major obstacle to full business recovery.
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Washington
ULP
Emmanuel Celler
N. Y
Congress
Cardinal O Connell condemns Nazi persecution in Boston message
Cardinal O Connell denounces Nazi persecution of Jews in a special message to Boston's Jewish community. The archbishop, a leading American church figure, frames the issue as a moral crisis and calls for unity and action.
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Boston
Ins
Cardinal O'Connell
America
Lincoln Gettysburg Address remembered on 75th anniversary
A 1863 Gettysburg dedication is recalled with Edwards Everett and Lincoln. Lincoln spoke briefly while Everett delivered two hours of oratory. The piece notes Lincoln revised drafts on train and at Gettysburg, adding under God, and that five versions survive with an official sixth.
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Lincoln
Gettysburg
Edward Everett
Everett
White House
Judge Wills
Wis
Parolee Admits Kidnapping of Chicago Broker’s Wife
Charles Greisemer, 19, confessed Friday to abducting Mrs Adele Schreiner wife of grain broker Charles Schreiner and wounding William Smith religious supplies salesman. He planned to steal the car but fled after crossing into Indiana Hammond and will be tried under the Lindbergh law. Police pursued after he drove through a stop light and fired twice. Smith is recovering in a St Paul hospital. A federal agent was present when Mrs Schreiner identified him.
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Chicago
Charles Greisemer
St. Paul
James P. McLaughlin
Hyde Park
Adele Schreiner
Charles A. Schreiner
Hammond
Ind
William Smith
Woodland
Smith
Peruvian Mine Owner Rests After Mayo Gall Bladder Surgery
Manuel Mupica Carassa 54 a wealthy Peruvian mine owner rests comfortably after undergoing gall bladder operation at Mayo Clinic Rochester. He and his party flew 4765 miles from Lima in 52 hours at about 7000 dollars for transport prior to the operation deemed urgent to save his life.
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Rochester, Minn
Manuel Mupica Carassa
Mayo Clinic
Lima
Army Flyers Die In Storm Crash Near Lagrange Georgia
A twin engined Army bomber crashed in a pine scrub near Lagrange killing six airmen and wounding one. An eighth crewman was unaccounted for as rescuers worked through mud to reach the wreck. The aircraft was en route from Mitchel Field to Maxwell Field when hit by a downpour. Among the dead and injured were Second Lieutenants Robert Black John Madre and Allen Howery and Private Joseph Nanartowich. The ship sliced into timber, felling pines as witnesses described the scene.
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Lagrange
Pineland
Mitchelfield
New York
Maxwell Field
Montgomery
Ala
Here
John Madre
Joseph J. Nanartowich
Nanartowich
Madre
Robert Kirkland Black
Rolff MecKechnie
Allen M. Howery
Harry T Jones
John D. Madre
Joseph J Nanartowich
James W Stewart
Army Medical Corps
Randolph Field
Texas
Galloway
Dallas
James Mann Found Dead In Car From Monoxide Poisoning
James Mann age 38 was found dead in his car near High Rock on River Road NW from carbon monoxide poisoning. He had been missing since Friday and the exhaust was blocked with rags while the ignition remained on. Surviving family includes parents Louis and [name], Cedar Rapids. sisters Koy Bowman Emmett Ida and Mrs. Clarence Simon Cedar Rapids. brother Louis Cedar Rapids. step-sisters and stepbrothers listed. Funeral at Barta chapel Sunday at 2 p.m. Burial Bohemian National Cemetery.
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Cedar Rapids
James Mann
Thirteenth Street
High Rock
River Road
R. E. Munden
Mann
Dr. Munden
Munden
Louis Mann
Koy Bowman
Emmett
Ida
Clarence Simon
Louis
Virgil Saling
Fred Bailey
Scotch Grove
Elwood
Ernest Paul
Addison Paul
San Diego
Charles B. Paul
Long Beach
Barta Chapel
Bohemian National Cemetery
Cedar Rapids Children Donate Ton of Food for Thanksgiving
Nearly 2 000 children in Cedar Rapids brought a ton of home canned vegetables fruits jams and jellies to Linn county relief department for Thanksgiving. The gift supports hundreds of families with nonperishable foods and is coordinated by Paramount and State theaters with Mrs Alice Ferber supervising.
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Wanda Montz
TP Rere
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Relief Department
Alice Ferber
Paramount
State
Helen Ad Betty Church
Hull Avenue SE
State Theaters
Autonomy Laws for Slovakia and Carpatho Ukraine Pass in Prague
The Czech lower house approved autonomy laws for Slovakia and Carpatho Ukraine by wide margins as Czechoslovakia readies a three part federation. When senate approval comes the country will form a federation of Bohemia Moravia Slovakia and Carpatho Ukraine under a new constitution.
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Prague
Slovakia
Carpatho-Ukraine
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Poland
Hungary
Bohemia-Moravia
Second Republic
Italy
United States
Germany vows to drive out Jews after Munich talks
New York dispatch reports Chancellor Hitler claims victory at Munich four power conference. Germany now feels strong enough to defy the world in a campaign to kill or expel every Jew in the Reich, according to H R Knickerbocker on a nationwide radio broadcast.
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New York
INS
Hitler
Munich
Nazi Germany
Reich
H. R. Knickerbocker
Button Hooks May Be Standard Tools Of Mechanics Now
A 1938 column by Arthur Bugs Baer imagines a one man top that folds up with a button on a car repair scene. The piece jokes about mechanics using a button hook at filling stations and the attendant asking about gallons. It notes the idea could save trouble yet mocks reliance on gadgets.
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Arthur
Bugs" Baer
Warfare reports in Ruthenia Roars of six nations clash in Carpathians
Reports from Ruthenia in Czechoslovakia's eastern province say six nationalities are engaged in fighting in the Carpathians. Ruthenian, Hungarian, Polish forces oppose Czechs Ukrainians and Germans with many casualties feared.
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Czech Province
Budapest
Iegular
Carpathian Mountains
Ruthenia
Czechoslovakia
Ukraine
Poland
Bowman
Tlungiy
Philadelphia Mayor S Davis Wilson Indictments Quashed
Judge McDevitt quashed 21 indictments against Philadelphia Mayor S Davis Wilson from a special grand jury probe into vice and crime. The bills alleged failure to suppress gambling and bookmakers and misconduct in office for hindering police witnesses and removing 18 commissioned officers and Deputy Chief William Simmler.
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Philadelpiia
S. Davis Wilson
Saaturday
Harry S. McDevitt
Philadelphia
Ruth Legislative Commission
Criminal Justice Administration
Pennsylvania
William Simmler
Fire Bureau
Mercury Warmth Figures in Cedar Rapids Saturday
The day began with a 23 degree low at 7 a.m. and climbed to 47 by 2 p.m. after a low of 19 early Friday. The high reached 42 around 1 a.m. before cooling, with temps dropping from 39 at 3 p.m. to 22 by midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
the Sun
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
American Jew Is Freed In Berlin
Morris Green tree a 49 year old American Jew held during an anti Semitic drive in Berlin was released Friday night and met Saturday with United States authorities to discuss the incident.
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Berlin
Morris Greentree
United States
Borah Opposes Immigration Changes Over Refugees
Idaho Senator Borah warned that revising immigration laws to admit more German and Austrian refugees would meet strong congressional opposition. President Roosevelt said no quota liberalization. Some Jewish leaders propose mortgaging three years of quotas for about 80,000 refugees. Dies challenged presidential authority on extending six month visitors permits. Labor groups and anti semitism concerns cited. Ambassadors’ recalls heighten diplomatic strain as Wilson returns to the U S to brief the president.
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Washington
Borah
Idaho
Germany
Congress
Roosevelt
Austria
Dies
Texas
House
Senate Immigration Committee
CIO
AF of L
Hitler Bars Ex-German Jewish Soldiers From Uniforms
Hitler extends anti Jewish measures by stripping former German Jewish soldiers of the right to wear army uniforms. Germany orders ambassador Dieckhoff to return from Washington to report on Roosevelt and tensions grow as Nazi press attacks the United States.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Washington
Hans Dieckhoff
Roosevelt
Reich
United States
Hit
Thanksgiving Want Ads Call 2-1121 Tonight
Phone your Want Ad to sell turkeys ducks geese and other foods for Thanksgiving Day dinners. Sunday is good for advertising vacant apartments houses or rooms for move plans at the first of the month. Save 25 percent by ordering your Want Ad for three days.
New York Firm Wins City Incinerator Contract
After days of study the Cedar Rapids city council awarded the sludge and garbage incinerator contract to Nichols Engineering and Research of New York City for 121 535 the low bid. Construction will start Monday and will be partly financed by PWA funds.
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Nichols Engineering and Research Corporation
New York City
PWA
Frank Young
H R Green
Hi - Green Engineering
Canadian Industrial Leaders Split On Trade Pact Reactions
Ottawa reports mixed reactions from Canadian industrial leaders to the new US Canada and Great Britain trade agreements. Primary producers welcome broader US markets for cattle timber potatoes fish and clay products while textile and wheat sectors fear disadvantage from duty changes and price adjustments. Alberta Western livestock outlook improves with anticipated U S duty cuts on Canadian cattle.
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Ottawa
United States
Canada
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Alberta
O A. Brown
Edmonton Livestock Commission
Grand Jury Clears Hague of Civil Rights Charges
Newark authorities report a federal grand jury found no indictments against Mayor Frank Hague and others over civil rights allegations linked to Norman Thomas. After hearing 63 witnesses, the panel declared no true bill, while A U S attorney urged further investigation and new evidence.
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Newark
Frank Hague
Jersey City
Norman Thomas
U.S
Henry A Schweinhaut
Washington
Thomas
Worker’s Defense League
American Civil Liberties Union
Appeals Bench Rules Women May Wear Slacks in Court
Los Angeles held that women may appear in court in slacks, upholding Helen Hulick's appeal after she was jailed for contempt for wearing sport slacks to Municipal Court. The appellate court noted the attire did not affect court decorum and remanded for further consideration.
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Appeals Bench
Los Angeles
INS
Helen Hulick
Superior Appellate Court
Miss Hulick
Arthur Guerin
Cedar Rapids Man Destroys Self In Blast
Charles Watts aged 62 died in a self-inflicted blast near the Concrete Building Materials works south of Cedar Rapids. Coroner Dr B L Knight ruled death by own action. Watts had wired dynamite to his stomach and battery, with no witnesses present. Survived by one son, body taken to Turner mortuary.
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Cedar Rapids
Charles Watts
Thirty-second Avenue
J Street
Concrete Building Materials Company
B L Knight
Knight
Stearns and
Walsh
Watts
Concrete
Pete Skvor
Fifth Avenue
Skvor
Amd
James Vaughn
Vinchon
Pole
Vaughn
Montote
Turner Mortuars
Roosevelt Warns Against Pension Optimism in Texas
Eliott Roosevelt, son of the President, warned Texans that promises of 80 one month pensions may be unduly optimistic. He spoke on a telecast criticizing old age pension schemes including Townsend plans and 30 dollars weekly, calling supporters misinformed and politically self serving.
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Fort Worth
Tex
WooLee Odamel
Elliott Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Sam
Townsend
United States
Duchess in Spain Reacts to Roosevelt Jewish Burnings Comment
The Duchess of Nemours formerly Marguerite Watson of Washington and Newport cabled President Roosevelt from Burgos Spain that she was shocked by his condemnation of anti-Semitism in Germany. She argued that thousands of churches were burned in Spain and questioned why synagogues drew more attention.
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Burgos
Spain
Duchess of
Heir To Throne Cast In Minor Hollywood Role
The heir to Bukovina now heir to an Egyptian estate, Count Arthur Walter Cernitz, was found working as a Cossack cavalry officer in Hotel Imperial. His father, Baron Johann Wenceslas, was Austria Hungary's ambassador and later foreign minister. The family has lived in Bukovina for 110 years.
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Hollywood
Principality of
Bukovina
Kingdom
Austria-Hungary
Arthur Walter Cernitz
Egypt
Johann Wenceslas
Austria
Cernitz
Hotel Imperial
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Wilson
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