Utility executives back Roosevelt plan to pool power facilities
A group of major utility leaders at a White House meeting supported exploring pooling federal and private power assets to lower electricity costs. TVA and Commonwealth and Southern will extend their Tennessee Valley contract beyond November 3, with further admin talks to follow. Discussions may mirror Britain's grid system.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
TVA
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
Tennessee Valley
Great Britain
Mrs. Ruth I. Davis Dies in Cedar Rapids Home
Ruth Irene Davis 21 wife of George T. Davis was found dead in bed at 6 am Thursday by her husband after silencing an alarm. Coroner Dr. B L Knight indicated death likely natural but awaiting exam. Survived by husband a three month old son Douglas Lee mother Effie Morgan two brothers two half sisters and father LeRoy Morgan. Body at Beatty mortuary with funeral to be announced.
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Ruth Irene Davis
George T. Davis
Grovecourt SE
B. L. Knight
Linn County
Davis
Ninth Street
F. Burke
Cedar Rapids
Douglas Lee
Effie Morgan
Beverly Hills
Calif
John
Arthur Elliott
Mary E. Smith
George Meyers
Alice Jacobson
Minneapolis
LeRoy Morgan
Beatty Mortuary
Beatty Chapel
Louis Makovsky Dies At Cedar Rapids Farm Home
Louis Makovsky Jr died at his Cedar Rapids area farm home six miles southeast of the city at 3 30 p m after a short illness. He was born in Fairfax December 1 1888 and married Martha Zemlicka in 1909. He is survived by his wife a son Louis three brothers and three sisters and his mother Mrs Elizabeth Makovsky of Detroit. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 1 30 p m at Kuba Funeral Home and in Rogers Grove cemetery. Flowers are not requested. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Louis Makovsky, Jr
Cedar Rapids
Fairfax
Joseph Makovsky
Martha Zemlicka
Louis, Jr
Elizabeth Makovsky
Detroit
Mich
Joseph
Tracy
Minn
Rudolph
Ely
Mary Mickelson
Anna Peterson
Agnes Makovsky
Zizkov Dub Lodge
Kuba
Rogers Grove
Man Fined For Intoxication In County Court
W. T. Shannon, 59, of Thirty-ninth Street and Lenox Avenue NE, fined $25 and costs for intoxication and serving the fine in the county jail. Marion Shuttle, 32, of Buffalo Center, fined $10 and costs for intoxication with both fine and costs suspended during his city absence.
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W. T. Shannon
Thirty-ninth Street
Lenox Avenue
Marion Shuttle
Buffalo Center
Food Dealers and Employes To Hear W P McDowell
Cedar Rapids retail grocery workers and other food dealers are invited to hear W P McDowell of Chicago speak at the Chamber of Commerce Friday at 8 p m. Sponsored by Cedar Rapids wholesale food merchants, the two section talk targets owners and employees. McDowell, a National Association of Retail Grocers representative, is billed as a rapid, entertaining merchandising lecturer. Admission is free.
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Cedar Rapids
W. P. McDowell
Chicago
Chamber of Commerce
McDowell
National Association of Retail Grocers
First Community Chest report pledges total $40 304
The first Chest report shows pledges totaling $40 304 with specific quotas met by Black M H Morrison and Henry E Haegg and Thomas L Crabbe in various divisions. A report meeting is planned Friday at the Montrose hotel hosted by the High Twelve club with Lions club as host. E F Stepanek presided as Lions club president and Clare R Marshall was campaign chairman. Rabbi Polish gave the invocation and Luther Fuhrmeister led singing with James Killian on piano.
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Montrose Hotel
High Twelve
Lions Club
E. F. Stepanek
Community Chest Campaign
Clare R. Marshall
Rabbi Polish
Temple Judah
Luther Fuhrmeister
James Killian
Landon Responds To Misrepresentation Claims And Hoover Visit
Landon defends against alleged misrepresentation of his remarks about a social security report and notes two reports exist one released publicly. He discusses a pending meeting with Hoover, possible overnight stay, and a plan to attend a chicken dinner with Hoover if time permits. He condemns racial and religious prejudice and details upcoming campaign speeches and forums, including schedule notes for Chicago Cleveland Detroit and Boston events.
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Landon
Twentieth Centre Fund
Hoover
Denver
Capitol
Chicago
Civil Service
Cleveland
Relief
Detroit
World air race adventure begins on Hindenburg flight
A female journalist narrates planning a around the world trip by air, following Nellie Bly’s bold spirit. She boards the Hindenburg with minimal luggage and a typewriter, mapping a route from Frankfort to Rome then Brindisi to Hong Kong while chasing speed records and travel thrills. A 1935 Yellowstone incident closes the page.
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Hue
Hainan
Hong Kong
Nellie Bly
Penang
Taj Mahal
St. Mark’s
Bangkok
Columbus
Brindisi
Brooklyn
Kaltenborn To Open Cedar Rapids Town Hall Series
H. V. Kaltenborn, famed radio news commentator, arrives from New York City to open the Cedar Rapids Town Hall season with a "Current Events" address this evening at 3 40 p m He will deliver the fourth season opening talk.
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H. V. Kaltenborn
New York City
Cedar Rapids Town Hall
Two Boys Admit Stealing Gazette Carrier’s Receipts
Two boys aged 16 and 17 confessed to police that they took a Gazette carrier’s purse containing 13.50 in receipts from David Northcutt 12 on First Avenue near Fourteenth Street East. They spent part of the money and were released to parents with orders to report to probation officer Stanley Jonas.
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David Northcutt
Thirty-second Street
Gazette
Young Northcutt
First Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Steve Stolba
E. Young Northcutt
Northcutt
Stanley Jonas
Corn Loan Forms To Go Out In Two Weeks
The Agriculture Department said forms for the ten million dollar seed corn loan program will be mailed within the next two weeks. Forms will be sent to the corn belt states for distribution to counties.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Escaped Patient Patten Recaptured at Independence
Leon Patten, 49, who authorities say escaped from the state hospital for the insane at Independence on September 25, was arrested Thursday at 10:50 a.m. by local police and taken to the county jail to await transfer to hospital authorities.
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Leon Patten
State Hospital For the
Independence
Linn County Relief Costs Shift From State Aid
Linn county assumed full county relief load for 1936 after state relief department dropped the county from state unemployment aid funds. State office cited adequate local funds through Jan 1, with WPA continuing, ensuring no relief curtailment. Local staff to 7 from 9. state would reopen if local funds fall short.
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Linn
State Relief Department
Alice Ferber
Mt Vernon driver fined for speeding in police court
Paul Anderson of Mt Vernon was fined 10 dollars and costs for speeding. Bud Challis 1716 Thirty second street NE Harry Cocker 2618 Meadow brook drive SE and F B Freytag 3430 E avenue NE were fined 1 dollar and costs for double parking. A E Childs was fined 1 dollar and costs for overtime parking and H Murray 1066 Center Point road NE was assessed 2 dollars and costs for parking too near a fire hydrant.
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Paul Anderson
Mt. Vernon
Bud Challis
Thirty-second Street
Harry Cocker
Meadowbrook Drive
F. B. Freytag
E Avenue
A. E. Childs
H. Murray
Center Point Road
Hand Injured by Car Door Glass Break Incident
Frank LaHue of 326 Third Street SW was treated at Mercy Hospital shortly before 10 a.m. Thursday for a lacerated left hand from shattered glass when a car door in front of 509 Fourth Avenue SE broke as he shut the door. He left the hospital afterward.
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Frank LaHue
Third Street
Mercy Hospital
Fourth Avenue SE
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H. G. Fussell
Okinow
Cedar Rapids, Fa
W. P. M’dowell
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Grace
Boston
Kaltenborn
Hindenburg
Frankfort
Rome
New York
Evening Journal
South Street
National Aeronautical Association
Passport Bureau
The
Yellowstone National Park
Makers
Craemers
National Retail Dry Goods Assn
Raemer
Craemer
TION
Desley McHair
Hillcrest Novelty
Craemer's
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