Rockefeller Estate Appraised At 26 Million In Probate
The Rockefeller estate has a 26 million value with personal effects at Pocantico Hills listed at 17 118 50 and farm machinery half interest six horses and gear totaling 6 022 50. Marble busts worth 7 000 each by Manship and Davidson and an oil painting of Mrs Rockefeller Jr 350 plus a portrait of his mother 200. Other items include a 121 piece dinner set 600 champagne tumblers 30 and more, a Tiffany open-face watch 45 and ivory letter opener with gold monogram 25. Funeral and admin expenses include dismissal allowances to thirty employees from 61 to 615.
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Rockefeller
Pocantco Hills
Mr. Rockefeller
Paul Manship
Jo Davidson
Rockefeller Jr
W. D. Murphy
Tiffany
Rockefeller, Jr
Confiscation Edict Targets Foes Of Austrian Regime
London dispatch reports the Nazi governor of Austria received authorization to confiscate property of those who promote aims against the people or state. The measure, published in the official gazette, is viewed as aimed at Otto Rothschild, Austrian member of the Rothschild banking family.
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London
INL
Austria
Berlin
Reuters
Otto Rothschild
Italy Orders U S Correspondent Out
Rome reports Chicago Daily News Rome correspondent Frank Smothers was ordered to leave Italy by month end due to unfriendly dispatch tone. The foreign ministry cited the November 16 piece on the Anglo Italian pact ratification. The American embassy intervened, but the order was irrevocable.
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Rome
Frank Smothers
Chicago Daily News
Italy
Smothers
Ministry of Propaganda
Foreign Office
Edward Reed
Oldest Cedar Rapids Resident Dies at 104
Mrs. Starriett Brown born into slavery in 1834 in Missouri died at her daughter’s home in Cedar Rapids at 380 a.m. Tuesday. She would have turned 105 on February 14 and had lived in Cedar Rapids since 1925. Survived by daughters and a son, with multiple grandchildren and great grandchildren, funeral plans pending.
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Brown
Marion County
Mississippi
Ilinois
Oakwood
Alfred Jones
St. Louis
Johnson
Deaths Abraham L. Davis 74 retires farmer dies in local hospital
Abraham L. Davis 74 of 619 Tenth Street SE died at 3 a m Tuesday after a brief illness. Born in Terre Haute Indiana he lived here twenty years survived by wife Evvie four daughters Nellie Harrington Janesville Wis Lulu Harrington Cedar Rapids Mabel Finch Cedar Rapids Hazel Barber Egan Ill five grandchildren nine great grandchildren and sister Kate Carpenter Davenport. Funeral at Beatty chapel 10 a m Friday with viewing after 5 p m Wednesday.
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Abraham L. Davis
Tenth Street
Delmar Junction
Terre Haute
Ind
Evvie
Nellie Harrington
Janesville
Wis
Lulu Harrington
Mabel Finch
Cedar Rapids
Hazel Barber
Egan, Ul
Kate Carpenter
Davenport
Beatty Chapel
Death of Earl Mahaffey at Riverside home
Earl Mahaffey aged 37, son of Mrs Susan Mahaffey of Cedar Rapids, died of a heart attack at 5 40 pm Monday at his brother Alexander Mahaffey's home five miles southwest of Riverside where he was staying. Survived by his mother and two brothers, Richard of Braham Minnesota, and Alexander. Body at Brosh funeral home in Solon pending arrangements.
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Earl Mahaffey
Susan Mahaffey
Cedar Rapids
Alexander Mahaffey
Riverside
Richard
Braham
Minn
Brosh
Solon
Funeral services for James V Hoy at Immaculate Conception
Funeral services for James V Hoy will be held at 9 am Wednesday in Immaculate Conception Church conducted by Msp. John Molloy. Burial is in Mount Calvary Cemetery. The Rosary is recited at 8 pm Tuesday by Msgr. Molloy at the Monahan home where friends may call.
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James Hoy
James V. Hoy
Immaculate Conception
John Molloy
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Msgr. Molloy
Monahaneo
Elmer E. Karr Dies at 75 in Linn County
Elmer E. Karr aged 75 a lifelong Linn county resident died at his home ten miles north of Cedar Rapids on Highway 11. The death ends a long local life with family in the Cedar Rapids area. Further details follow in the obituary report.
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Elmer E. Karr
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Obituary: Local Resident Passes After Brief Illness
A local resident died after a brief illness at the hospital at 11 p.m. Monday. He is survived by his wife Josephine and son Elgie of Olney NL. He also leaves four brothers Wade Frank Guy and Aldice of Palo and a sister Mrs Lucy Lawrence of Nevada Mo. Funeral services will be held in the Beatty chapel at a time to be announced and burial will be in the Palo cemetery.
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Josephine
Elgie
Olney
Wade
Frank
Guy
Aldice
Palo
Lucy Lawrence
Nevada
Beatty Chapel
Palo Cemetery
Funeral Services Planned for Mrs Amic M Price
Funeral services for Mrs Amic M Price widow of LuConnpt C Price who died in Chicago Sunday will be at 2 p m Wednesday in Turner chapel with Father H G Rups of Grace Episcopal church officiating Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery The body arrives Cedar Rapids Tuesday night and friends may call at the chapel Wednesday
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Amic M Price
LuConnpt C. Price
Chicago
Turner Chapel
H. G. Rups
Grace Episcopal Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Cedar Rapids
Grant new trial in Iowa City murder case
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled the trial erred by letting Zenishek serve on the jury after admitting prior knowledge from newspapers. Justices debated juror impartiality and the trial judge’s discretion, noting the juror’s willingness to set aside opinions and rely on evidence and instructions. The opinion emphasizes fairness over sentimentality in verdicts.
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Grant
Iowa City
U.S. To Buy Corn Meal For Relief
The federal surplus commodities corporation said it has contracts with 29 milling firms to purchase 440 900 barrels of corn meal for relief. In return the mills will buy one bushel of corn for every 44 pounds of meal sold, totaling about 2 000 000 bushels of corn.
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Washington
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Commodity Credit Corporation
FSCC
Fragmentary Rail Route List Reflects Old Telegraphic News
A partial OCR shows a scattered list of city names and numbers across Iowa and other states, with references to Omaha Davenport Seattle San Francisco and New York. The unreadable line breaks and digits suggest a transit timetable or mileage table from a historic page.
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Cedar
Ai Kostoni
Iowa
Detroit
New York
Bus company seeks Linwood Thirteenth Street NE bus line approval
Cedar Rapids city council grants a thirty day temporary permit for a new Linwood and Thirteenth Street NE bus route amid efforts to replace street car service from the Iowa Electric Light and Power Company. Petitions seek to discontinue street cars and establish trial routes with additional loops and a Bever Park and Mound Farm line. A monetary settlement with the power company for tracks is also on the agenda.
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Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Ray Swem
Power Company
Edward S. Ackerman
Cedar Rapids City Lines, Inc
Linwood
Thirteenth Street
Third Avenue
Second Street
Fourth Avenue
Fourth Street
Eighth Avenue
Sixth Street
Nineteenth Avenue
Ninth Street
First Avenue
Third Street
L Avenue
Thirty-second Street
Ackerman
Bever Park
Twenty-second Street
Fifth Avenue
Twenty-fifth Street
Bever Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Loop District
Mound Farm
Seventeenth Street
Mount Mercy Academy
City and Power Company
Mrs. Mart Fraley Dies in Williamsburg House Fire
Mrs. Mart Fraley, about 70, was burned to death in a Williamsburg home fire Tuesday around 12 15 p.m. Her body lay beside the stove in an otherwise empty kitchen. Coroner Dr. E. M. Mahannah noted no electricity in the house and firemen kept damage to the interior with slight overall damage. She is survived by a Cedar Rapids daughter, Mrs. Florence Rinehart, and granddaughter, Mrs. Harold Boke.
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Williamsburg
Mart Fraley
E. M. Mahannah
Florence Rinehart
Harold Boke
Cedar Rapids
Allison Found Not Guilty In Murder Of Oskaloosa Man
District Judge P J Siegers directed a verdict of not guilty for S C Allison in the murder case of Ed Windahl a pawnbroker and money lender in Oskaloosa The judge noted no fingerprints on the gun and said suspicious circumstances and gun ownership issues did not prove guilt The acquittal came as Winds Windahl’s wife collapsed outside the courtroom James J Burker also faces indictment in Windahl's death
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Oskaloosa
P. J. Siegers
S ¢. Allison
Ed Windahl
Siegers
Windahl
Allison
Windaht
James J. Burker
Clerk of Supreme Court Reappointed in Des Moines
B W Garrett of Des Moines, a Republican, was reappointed clerk of the state supreme court for four years. He first took the post in 1904 and has served 28 years, after the legislature shifted the post to court appointment. Richard Reuchmann, also of Des Moines, was reappointed supreme court reporter for four years. Old Dobbin is making a comeback in Kentucky where farms had 7 000 more horses on start of 1938 than in 1937.
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Des Moines
B. W. Garrett
State Supreme Court
Garrett
Richard Reuchmann
Supreme Court
Old Dobbin
Kentucky
Zoette Shield touted as rapid repair and enhanced circulation
Mr. Shevnan promotes the Zoette Shield as a drastic improvement over fir mer methods. He claims it fixes ruptures in ten days on average and strengthens weakened parts without straps, medicines, or medical treatments. A nationally known scientific method, it requires no heavy lifting or specific body positions.
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Shevnan
Zoette
Mystery death near crash site in L'Anse rocks community
Leslie Kemppainen, 23, was found dead in an overturned car in a snow filled ditch near L'Anse Michigan. His cousin Waino Kempainen Abraham Kinnunen and Matt Kokko all of Pelkie were with him but uninjured. A bullet hole in Kemppainen's temple and a 32 caliber bullet suggest a homicide while police rule out the car overturn as the cause. The survivors offered little light as they were returning from a hunting party.
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L'Anse
Mich
Leslie Kemppainen
Waino Kemppainen
Abraham Kinnunen
Matt Kokko
Pelkie
Baraga
Kemppainen
Professor Erred in Clairvoyant Arrest in Sioux City
A man using the name Professor Apgar, 52, of Denver Colorado, was arrested on suspicion of soliciting clairvoyancy after claiming to foretell a bright future for Detective John Erickson. He was jailed despite the claim.
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Sioux City
Professor Apgar
Denver
Colo
Clair
John Erickson
Ss Fat
Dies charges Williams stirs class strife at hearings
The Dies committee accuses Williams and Indian bureau officials of sympathizing with the American Civil Liberties Union a claimed communist front. Witness Jamison asserts bureau influence helped back an ACLU Indian defense program and notes several officials have left or moved departments. Barons socialist ties are presented as the committee seeks alleged communist influence.
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Indian Bureau
Interior Department
Secretary of the Interior
Ickes
American Civil Liberties Union
Dies
Civil Liberties Union
Jamison
Washington
Joseph Bruner
American Indian Federation
Indian Defense Committee
Department of Agriculture
Sam Baron
Socialist Party
Europe
Baron
United States
Spain
The
New York
Williams Denies Advocating Class Warfare
Aubrey Williams said he does not advocate class warfare, though he warned it could occur if fundamental economic reforms are delayed. He stressed no desire to change the government and spoke to IN S on Tuesday in Birmingham.
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Birmingham
Ala
INS
Aubrey Williams
Sears Chief Proposes Tax Credit for Profit Sharing Plan
President Robert E. Wood urged lawmakers to allow tax credits on Social Security taxes for firms adopting profit sharing. He cited Sears Roebuck's program, which has paid out 10.7 million to former and current workers and built 42.6 million in reserve, funded in part by employee contributions.
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Herring
Robert E. Wood
Sears Roebuck Company
M. B. Folsom
Eastman Judak Company
Rochester
Wood
Sears, Roebuck
Sing Sing Prison Population Hits Record 2840
OSSINING AP The Sing Sing prison roster climbed to 2840 inmates on Monday night an all time high. The surge forced over 100 prisoners to sleep in corridors as crowding worsened within the facility.
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Ossining
Sing Sing
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