Railroads Seek 15 Percent Freight Rate Boost
J J Pelley head of the association of American Railroads said a 15 percent freight rate increase seeks ICC approval. Applies to most freight except coal coke lumber fruit and vegetables. passenger fares also rise with coach and other regional adjustments. Western lines added higher one way intermediate and coach fares. some long-term first class and station-to-station fares unchanged.
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Chicago
J. J. Peliey
Issociaten of American Railroads
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pelley Sadare Association
Ne Sac
Vwestion
Pacific
Dustriet
Peer
Pelley
Western Lines
Shipstead backs unified control of Minneapolis St Louis line
Senator Henrik Shipstead urged the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to operate the Minneapolis and St Louis railroad as a single unit. He planned to press RFC Chairman Jesse Jones next Wednesday and push for reorganization after an examiner's report opposed dismemberment.
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Washington
Henrik Shipstead
Minnesota
Reconstruction F Mance Corporation
Minneapolis and
St. Louis
Shipstead
RFC
Jesse Jones
Pleads Guilty to Extortion from Weyerhaeuser Ink
Wilford Raymond Marchand 19 year old Cloquet High School honor graduate pleaded guilty in Duluth to extortion totaling 2060 dollars from Walter B. Driscoll. He confessed writing a note demanding 2000 and threatening harm to wife and son. Bond set at 5000 dollars. he was jailed awaiting December federal court term.
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Duluth, Minn
Wilford
Raymond Marchand
Cloquet High School
Walterb. Driscoll
Cloquet
Duluth
U S
Floyd Palmer
Hiss Bone
Driscoll
Peggy Weyerhaeuser
Relate
Weyerhaeuser
Testa
Wash
George Weverhaeuser
Marcnera
Parole Papers To Be Carried To Knight In Anamosa
Cedar Rapids official FE. R. Moore will take parole papers to Arthur Knight in Anamosa on Saturday after the state board granted parole by a two to one vote. Knight’s deportation case has drawn attention since his wife and two children face Scotland, while a US born child is exempt. Moore will meet Knights sponsor after visiting the reformatory and discuss the case with Anamosa residents. Knight, sentenced to twenty years for a break in, escaped to Canada, was recaptured and returned.
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E. BR. Moore
Cedar Rapids
State Board of Parole
Anamosa
Arthur Knight
Knight
Scotland
United States
Moore
Knights
Reformatory
Canada
U S Deputies Slated To Entrain With Embezzler Of Edgewood
Washington AP Martin J Gaughen former cashier of Community Savings bank Edgewood Ia was to leave Friday night in custody of two United States deputy marshals for Sioux City to face charges of embezzling 39610 He was arrested here by federal agents last Monday unable to raise 5000 bond and waived extradition He a former Iowa legislator will arrive in Sioux City at 745 am Sunday with Deputies Clayton Gasque and John Upperman
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Washington
Martn J. Gaughen
Community Savings Bank
Edgewood
United States
Sioux City
Gaughen
Iowa
Clayton Gasque
John Upperman
Democrats Urge LocalOffice Drive in Iowa
Des Moines AP reports FE Birmingham, chairman of the Iowa Democratic Central Committee, calls on party workers to target county and local offices in forthcoming elections. He urges qualified, loyal candidates and warns against ticket blanks while stressing party duties and the 1938 victory against opponents of progressive principles. The letter outlines a program addressing patronage finance and party obligations.
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Des Moines
FE. H. Birmingham
Democratic Central Committee
Iowa
America
Birmingham
State Central Committee
Father of Film Star Wins Chemical Honor
Dr. Frank I Tone of Niagara Falls New York father of film star Franchot Tone was named the 1938 recipient of the William H. Perkin medal by the American section of the Society of Chemical Industry. The award honors valuable work in applied chemistry and will be presented January 7.
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New York
INS
Frank I Tone
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Franchot Tone
Friday
William H. Perkins
Society of Chemical Industry
Marks Convicted As Slaver Of Girl
Lawrence Blarks was found guilty by an all male jury of first degree murder in the slaying of eight year old Paula agagna. The verdict carries a death sentence. Blarks, 49, a former convict with twenty seven years in prison, claimed police coerced his confession.
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New York
Sns
Lawrence Blarks
Paula “Agagna
Marks
Marion News items range from ads to community reports
Local brief notes cover for sale items at Foitle Bakery and Milwau kee fund contributions for Boy Scouts. Social notices mention visiting relatives, club attendance, a Halloween party for Cubden No 1, and a Willing Workers meeting of Monroe township farm women attended by fifteen members and guests.
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Cubden No. 1
Charles Bosacker
Fourth Avenue
Dale Lary
Roy Houser
Tom Benedict
Dick McCauley
Victor Folkers
Billy McCann
Milo Glass
Kenneth Whittier
Den
Bob Lary
Norman Adee
Donald Mills
Russell Elson
Chain Lakes Road
Monroe Township
Carl Edda
Henry Jons
Frank Hopker
Louisa Byse
Bert Coleman
Frank Morris
John van Note
Floyd Elson
Henry Spratte
Ralph Hickey
Charles van Note
Claus Jons
Earl Hooker
Laura Byse
Susan Little
Enrollment and social notices from Marion area column
CCC adds 55 men to local camp in October bringing total to 156. Memorials sent for Rev T J McElliott with burial in Mount Calvary. Mothers club hosts masquerade party with prizes and high scores. Local residents visit relatives in Wisconsin Illinois and Iowa. college students and PTA activities noted.
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CCC
Linn
Benton and
Jones Counties
Cedar Rapids man arrested for reckless driving fined
A J Alexander of Cedar Rapids was arrested Wednesday by Officer Goodyear for reckless driving. At a Thursday hearing he paid a $100 fine. A Halloween party titled Hidden Halloween Thrills was announced for Methodist church Saturday at 7 30 pm. Epworth League Institute club led by Harriet Swift sponsors the event inviting high school aged youths with or without costumes and a dime for refreshments. Twelve dozen neckwear received this morning. Saturday
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A. J. Alexander
Cedar Rapids
W. J
Goodyear
Epworth League Institute Club
Harriet Swift
Halloween party honors by Child Study club spouses
Members entertained their husbands at a Halloween party hosted by Mr and Mrs Otto Kieckhaefer. Prizes went to Mr and Mrs Bernard Schenken for best costume. Bridge at six tables with high score shared by four players. Funeral notice: Mrs Erwin W Brink dies at 36 after illness. survived by husband two daughters and several relatives. services pending at St Joseph Catholic church.
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Child Study Club
Otto Kieckhaefer
Bernard Schenken
Cecil Page
James Fairley
Joseph Dumbalton
Everett Groson
Sid Cary
Henry Miller
John LeVin
Erwin W. Brink
Cedar Rapids
Clara Josephine Brutsman
Savanna
John
Teresa Brutsman
Marion
Milwaukee
Mary Louise
Catherine Brink
Edward Brutsman
Irs
Wiliam H. Behrens
John Brutsman
Francis
Laura
Madeline
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Community News and Social Events Notes
Brooks in the Prairie Chapel area and A A Hardin visit Independence on business. Mrs Charles Baird of Trivoli Illinois dies after Peoria hospital operation. funeral in Trivoli. Oxford club hunts Saturday. bring a red apple and popcorn. Christian church service class hosts Halloween party. prize to Mrs John Reynolds. Hardin Sloss honored at dinner. Elizabeth Jean Sloss to marry in November. Engineers seek a glare reducing headlight with steady aim.
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George C. Miller
Charles Baird
Trivoli, II
Peoria
Baird
Marion
Trivoli
Oxford Club
Virginia Murray
Blair’s Ferry Road
The
Christian Church
B. E. Berber
John Reynolds
Berber
Fred Lang
Guy Berlin
A. A. Hardin
Elizabeth Jean Sloss
A. C. Sloss
Mary Helen
Barbara Sloss
Mary Hanna
Burdette Hanna
Ford to reopen Kansas City plant after talks
Detroit AP report says H F McElroy city manager of Kansas City announced after a four hour conference with Henry Ford that the Ford company plant in Kansas City would be reopened. He did not specify a date for resuming operations following a plant closure due to police protection concerns.
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Detroit
H. F. McElvoy
Kansas City
Henry Ford
Ford Company
Ford
Eddie Cantor Honored at 25th Anniversary Gala
Hollywood figures gathered for Eddie Cantor's silver anniversary party. Irvin S. Cobb praised him as a modest shy soul and Jack Benny quipped about his appearance. George Jessel hosted the dinner and presented a gold plaque marking twenty five years as an entertainer.
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Hollywood
Irvin S. Cobb
Eddie Cantor
Jack Benny
Eddie
George Jessel
Cantor
East Side
New York
Marcelle Edwards Manville Secures Uncontested Reno Divorce
In Reno Nevada an uncontested divorce was granted to blonde Marcelle Edwards Manville from Tommy Manville Jr a New York playboy and heir to a 30 million dollar asbestos fortune. She said she was through with married life for a while.
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Reno, Nev
Marcelle Edwards Manville
Tommy Manville, Jr
New York
Playboy
Dalhover to Be Tried in November
District Attorney James R. Fleming said Friday that James Dalhover, called the "trigger man" by a federal grand jury, would probably go on trial in federal court at Hammond early November for the slaying of Special Agent Paul Mores on a date of 25.
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South Bend, Ind
James R. Fleming
James Dalhover
Brady
Paul Mores
Dr Wolverton Addresses Wartburg Students
Dr. Wolverton speaks to Wartburg students in a campus session. The remarks cover topics of education and community engagement, with emphasis on critical thinking and public service.
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Dr. Wolverton
Wartburg
Fleming's Ham and Beef Specials Advertised
An advertisement lists home rendered lard two pounds for 59 cents, Fleming's special hamburger two pounds, choice ground beef, boneless rounds, pork roasts, frankfurts while they last, calf tongues, Swiss steak, sirloin steak, sliced beef liver, pot roasts, yearling sirloin, sweet cream butter with meat purchase, sliced bacon 29 cents.
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John Herbst
Los Angeles
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van Horne and
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11Th Street
Howard Knapp
H. G. Northey
Gilbert
Bess Shaffer
Waterloo
Boston
Foitle Bakery
D. V Conwell
Halstead, Kan
W. R. Barber
Sigfred
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
de Witt
Grace Koppenhaver
Emma Klein
Lester Boettcher
Isabelle Miller
Jay Bailey
E. E. Parsons
William E. Elliott
R. Lee Taylor
James E. Bromwell
Fred M. Blakeslee
Ed Sigfred
B. F. Brockman
Salt Lake City
L. C. Dow
J. I. McGuire
M. J. Marchant
Willis Jordan
Connally Motor Co
Dougherty Welding Co
Florence Houghton
Charles Biddick
Elmer Hollingsworth
George Nolda
C. B. Vernon
T. J. McElliott
Mount Calgary’ Cemetery
Mothers’ Club
Harvey Gipp
Stanley Kellams
E. H. Smith
George Michel
Dilman Moothart
Joseph Good
Canton
Wis
Ernest Clough
J. T. Gallivan
Sheboygan, Wis
Stuart Rodger
R. O. Shively
Marjorie Dukek
Lenox College
Hopkinton
Faye Rich
Martelle
Miss Dukek
Earl Dukek
Donald Dukek
Iowa State Teachers College
A. Dietz
A. Landolf
Ralph William
Harold Peck
Cecil Seger
Davenport
Mary Coffey Brooks
Washington State
Child Study
Brooks
Prairie Chapel
Mrs
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Independence
Ss. C. S. Mesters
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Central Market
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Phillips
U.S Weather Bureau
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