Cedar Rapids to Elect New Industrial King and Queen
The Industrial King David Floyd of Quaker Oats and Queen Shirley Brown of Iowa Electric Light and Power plan retirement on Nov 4 at the Queen's ball in the Coliseum. A secret committee will select 1938-39 royals from plant duchesses and attendants for the coronation the following night.
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Cedar Rapids
David
Floyd
Quaker Oats Company
Shirley Brown
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Allied Industrial Civic League
Memorial Coliseum
League
Knights of Labor
Regenta
Eleanor Taylor
George Sir Venka
Lindeken School of Dancing
J. Wilfrid
Bill” Lattner
O. A. Prather
Speeder Machinery Corporation
Lucille Murphy
Penick and Ford
Mildred Mayberry
Cedar Rapids Engineering Company
Frank Hembern
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Janette Howell
Reuben F. Smith
Ralph Parks
R. E. Parks
George S. Kisinger
Cedar Rapids Gas Company
T. A. Norberg
Cedar Rapids Water Works
Milford Delzell
A. C. Topinka
Billings Seeks New Moves To Free Mooney And Himself
FOLSOM PRISON Calif UP Billings the forgotten man of the Mooney case plans new court actions to win freedom for Thomas J Mooney and himself He says after twenty one years in prison he has studied law and proposes maneuvers based on that study He conferred with Mooney’s attorneys after Mooney announced he would drop further action
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Billings
Mooney
Himself
Folsom Prison
Calif
Thomas J. Mooney
Warren K. Billings
San Francisco
John J. Finerty
Washington, D. C
George T. Davis
San Quentin Prison
Mooney-Billings
Irwin To Go On Trial October 27
Robert Irwin the youthful sculptor accused of an Easter Sunday 1937 triple murder will go on trial for his life on October 27. The ruling was placed on record Saturday by General Sessions Judge Donnellan.
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New York
INS
Robert Irwin
Donnellan
Pray For Miracle To Save Baby Hit By Sleep Sickness
CHICAGO. Mrs. Daniel Reardon seeks divine aid as Mary Ellen Reardon, nearly three, battles encephalitis lethargica. Doctors say recovery is unlikely. scar tissue on the brain prevents any cure. The family maintains faith in a miracle.
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Chicago
Daniel Reardon
Mary Ellen
Arthur L. Shafton
Germany Bars Jews From Law Practice
Berlin reports Nazi Germany extends exclusion to the legal profession following a ban on Jewish doctors. A decree bars Jewish attorneys from the bar association in Austria effective December 31, and applies to the rest of Germany from November 30, with limited exceptions for some Jewish lawyers.
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Berlin
Nazi Germany
Bar Association
Austria
Germany
Jewish Counsel Admitted to Advise and Represent Jews
Judicial authorities will admit Jewish counsel to give legal advice to Jews and to represent them, according to an interpretation of the decree. This measure aims to ensure access to legal services for Jewish clients.
General Business Picture Improves In September
The September consolidated business report from Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce shows gains in building permits rising from 226 to 244 and values from 132 624 to 204 144. Inbound carloadings drop from 2 663 to 2 068 while outbound loadings rise to 3 200. telephones total rise to 17 938 and gas consumption climbs to 27 313 800 cubic feet. Clearing house debits reach 22 852 324.52 with total clearings easing to 4 628 916.67. employment holds at 5 005 after August. Electric power use stays level around 18.2 million kilowatt hours. real estate transfers fall to 219. post office receipts dip to 46 729.34. new car sales decline to 89 while trucks near 22.
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Industrial Bureau of the
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Bund Mails 40000 Letters Denying Nazi Ties
The German American Bund mailed 40,000 nine page letters to congressmen supreme court justices state legislators mayors and industrial leaders denying any alliance with the Nazi government. Signed by Fritz Kuhn and James Wheeler-Hill the letters respond to Dies committee charges and claim hearings were ignored.
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New York
Bund
Supreme Court
James Wheeler-Hill
Dies
United States
Fritz Kuhn
Dies Committee
John C. Metcalfe
Wheeler-Hill
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