Community Chest drive hit its final goal in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids Community Chest campaign surpassed its $80 260 49 budget with a late mop up effort led by Ernest Cameron Howard Cherry Bud Epler Van Shaffer Arthur Poe A T Pleune Dave Beardsley Bob Armstrong Sam Hawkins and others. Despite indifference from some businesses the group raised the last thousand s and the drive now ends in success plus notes on France gold tensions and local figures Me Me Healy and Mike Mercurio figure in side items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Ernest Cameron
Howard Cherry
Bud Epler
van Shaffer
Arthur Poe
A. T. Pleune
Dave Beards-ley
Bob Armstrong
Sam Hawkins
Hauptmann demands full Lindbergh confession from Condon
On Hauptmann s death row birthday he writes a note urging Dr John F Condon to confess to the Lindbergh kidnapping and murder. Hauptmann denies press reports of such a request and repeats he has spoken all he knows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Trenton State Prison
Jassie
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Hauptmann
John F. Condon
Bronx
New York
Vin Flemington
Dr. Condon
Intri
Lloyd “Fisher
Egbert
Rosecrans
New Jersey
U. S. Supreme Court
Boston
Thanksgiving Turkeys Sell Out After Gazette Ad Campaign
For eight days from November 17 to 24 the Gazette ran a Want Ad in Good Things to Eat advertising turkeys for Thanksgiving. Over 150 calls came in and 106 turkeys were sold. Mrs. Ben Hauser invites more sellers to call 2-7148 or 2-1121 for ads and listings in Classification 33.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Ben Hauser
J Street
Moderation is Good Yet Not the Whole Virtue
An essay on moderation arguing it should serve as a brake on fanaticism but not replace courage or action. It notes extremists drive progress and warns moderation alone cannot define virtue, citing that great leaders faced opposition and risk.
Brazil Rebels Fall Back as Loyal Forces Strike Recife
Rebels flee inland under heavy bombardment by federal troops after a daytime assault at Recife. Government reports say more than 100 rebels killed and 70 wounded. fighting continues in Natal as loyalists tighten control. The Graf Zeppelin shuttles around Recife unable to land for fuel. Police arrest hundreds of suspected plotters in Rio de Janeiro as martial law begins.
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Rio DE Janeiro
INS
Recife
Jaboatao
Natal
Graf’ Zeppelin
Graf
Maceio
Brazil
Getulio Vargas
Congress
Water line break endangers hatchery trout in Neosho
A road grader ruptured a water line at the Neosho government fish hatchery and fire crews pumped water to save thousands of rainbow trout. Despite efforts, more than 300 fish died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neosho, Mo
Mike Healy a longtime U.S. deputy marshal dies aged 80
Mike Healy 80 of 1300 Third Avenue SE longtime United States deputy marshal and Cedar Rapids city marshal died after a short illness. Healy was known for facing gunfire to catch criminals yet showing clemency to prisoners. Healy served in the northern district of Iowa on the Tama reservation and never used handcuffs or weapons with prisoners. Funeral services set for Friday at Immaculate Conception church with burial at Mount Calvary cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L
Mike) Healy
Third Avenue SE
United States
Immaculate Conception
John’ M. Molloy
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Healy
Monahan
Mike Healy
Towa
Tama
Tama Reservation
Mr. Healy
Mr Healy
Cedar Rapids Peace Officer Mike Healy Dies at 80
Mike Healy a famed Cedar Rapids peace officer died early Tuesday ending a half century career as patrolman city marshal and U S deputy marshal He was 80 years old and held the last post for decades marking a long service and age record in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar‘ Rapids
Mike Healy
United States
Brothers Crash Near Central City After Road Incident
Arlie Jons aged 18 and Fred Jons aged 23, sons of Henry Jons, each drove separate cars from their Cedar County home six miles east of Coggon. Fred hurried home to tell his father after the first crash. A second collision near Central City at an intersection involving Gerald Merritt of Waubeeck caused no injuries. Sheriff James H. Smith reported both crashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlie
Jons
Fred
Henry Jons
Coggon
Central City
Gerald Merritt
Waubeeck
James H. Smith
Cedar Rapids Community Chest tops goal in 1930 drive
The Cedar Rapids Community Chest exceeded its goal with 80 330 39 in pledges at noon, surpassing the 80 260 49 target. Led by acting executive chairman S R Hawkins and general chairman E B Cameron, the drive marks the first over the top since 1929 with a 23 612 30 budget increase and broad participation from individuals and groups. Institutions benefiting include the Community House Sunshine Mission YWCA Public Health Nursing Association Boy Scouts Home for Aged Women YMCA Camp Fire Girls, with not one budget cut this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
E. B. Cameron
Cameron
Community Chest
Community House
Sunshine Mission
Public Health Nursing Association
Boy Scouts, Home For Aged Women
Camp Fire Girls
Fire Threatens Epworth Heights Village
Epworth Heights, a fifty cottage settlement near Batavia, faced destruction by fire on Tuesday as volunteers manned bucket brigades to battle a blaze that had already destroyed nine cottages and was reported spreading.
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Batavia
Epworth Heights
Ethiopians push Italians back in Ogaden fighting
Report from Addis Ababa says Ethiopian forces forced General Graziani's troops to retreat toward Wardare and Ualual restoring positions near Gorahai and Gerlogubi. Ethiopian victory at Anale wells yielded tanks and trucks, boosting morale as Emperor Haile Selassie returns to the front to pressure a decisive outcome.
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Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Rodolfo Graziani
Gorahai
Gerlogubi
Wardare
Ualual
Ogaden
Wea
Annele
Anale
Fafan
Ualuag
Denmark Iowa Man Named To State Corn Hog Vacancy
Herve E Hazen of Denmark Iowa joins the Iowa state corn hog control committee succeeding Senator William McArthur. McArthur moves to a $4600 post supervising the corn hog program in Minnesota Wisconsin and the Dakotas. Hazen is an Iowa State College agriculture graduate and chairs Lee County allotment committees.
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Denmark
WY ED Hadley
Gazette
Washington
Herve E. Hazen
Iowa Farm Bureau
William McArthur
Iowa State Cornhog Control Committee
McArthur
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Farm Bureau
Chester Davis
Henry Wallace
Secretary of Agriculture
Francis Flood
Minnesota
Wisconsin
North
South Dakota
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Hazen
Iowa State College of Agriculture
Lee County
Dillinger Gangster Indicted for Police Officer Killing
Jack Perkins, a Dillinger gangster, was indicted for the murder of a police officer when arraigned in South Bend Indiana on Tuesday.
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South Bend
Ind
INS
Jack Perkins
Dillinger
Helena Hit by Another Earthquake Shock
An earthquake felt in Helena Montana at 2 26 p m Monday lasted three seconds with no damage reported. Officials logged the tremor as a fresh shock in the ongoing seismic activity.
Mercurio Testifies on Threats in Perjury Trial
Mike Mercurio testified that Rich Anderson warned him he would be dead if he talked, in a perjury case linked to his grand jury testimony. The hearing also covered sales of state liquor seals by Manley and others, with Anderson detailing purchases and names of involved individuals.
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Mike Mercurio
Polk County
Bernard Manley
State Liquor Commission
Liquor Commission
Des Moines
Mercurio
Wisconsin
Manley
Des* Moines
Rich Anderson
Liquor Commission Enforcement
Bernard E
Nance Ones Micron
Cee Ln
Anderson
Casper Sarcone
Commission
James Cunningham
Cunningham
Fred Rice
Marshalltown
Tor
Akers
W. H. Millhaem
Grand Jury
Chiang orders arrest of Yin Ju-Keng in North China move
Chiang Kai-shek acts to curb autonomy in the north by dismissing and arresting Yin Ju-Keng from his post as administrative inspector of the Manchukuo demilitarized zone. Ho Jing-Chin appointed to replace him amid the crackdown. Chicago receives a 2.324 million PWA grant for outer drive bridges and Randolph Street viaduct expansions along Lake Michigan.
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Shanghai
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Yin Ju-Keng
Nanking
Chicago
Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Chicago Park District
PWA
Lake Michigan
Randolph Street
Gambling Machines Seized In Black Hawk County Raids
Waterloo AP report states Sheriff H W Wagner and deputies seized eight dice machines six pinball or marble machines and one punchboard from roadhouses and rural inns in Black Hawk county after repeated warnings to remove them. The sheriff called pinball or marble machines a new form of slot machine.
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Waterloo
HW. T. Wagner
Black Hawk County
Slot Machine Exhibit Highlights O Connor Trial
In Sioux City the trial of Town Attorney General Edward L. OConnor continued with slot machines shown as exhibits. Witnesses testified about raids in May and the alleged conspiracy to permit gambling devices in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Brisbois
Fonda
Joéc
Gagen
Brisbois
O'Connor
Des Moines
Sioux City
St. Luke's Hospital
Charles ¥. Warren
Sioux
Edward L. O'Connor
Hw Havener
Joe Young
Young
Iowa
W.R
C. Kuhlmann
William Hayes
Max Ley
Clyde IL
Herring
Bald
L O'Connor
Ticey
Duckworth
Grand Jury
Fred Free
Myrtle Cooley
Toy
National Bank
Robinow
Johannsen
Miss Cooley
National” Bank
Abe
Robert Kroloff
H. G. Scott
Chicago Great Western announces $1.2 million track program
Patrick H Joyce, president of the Chicago Great Western, said the railroad will invest about $1.2 million in track work and provide six months of employment for 225 men. Orders for 7100 tons of steel rails, totaling 42 miles, were split between Illinois Steel and Inland Steel.
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Chicago
Patrick
H. Joyce
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Tllinois Steel Company
Inland Steel Company
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Joseph Fort Newton
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U. S
Cedar Rapids News
Truart
M. L. Healy
Graziani
Meck Arthur
Cornhog Committee
Helena
Yin
Black Hawk
Des Moiness
O'Conner
L.C. Wright
O’connor
Wright
Joe Gagen
Kroloff
H. M. Havner
Woodbury
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