Iowa hospital plans threefold hydrotherapy pool expansion
A student memorial committee started last June aims to raise 12000 for a new hydrotherapy pool at University Hospital, three times larger than the current facility. About 4000 has been raised. statewide drives are planned at upcoming President's Birthday balls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Hospital
Staten Browning of Iowa Crv
Daily Iowan
Robert E. Neff
University Hospitals
T. L. Waring
The
Childrens Hospital
Fredrie C. Higbee
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Jane Niles
Nineteenth Street
Democrats Repay 25000 and Debt Drops in 3 Months
The three months report shows Democrats paying $25,000 toward John Lewis and other creditors while Republican debt falls only slightly. Roosevelt's influence is noted as $129,287.50 revenue from their year books and Victory Day dinners add $34,556.72. Major donors include Kennedy and Reynolds, with Pabst Brewery and several individuals listed among top buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Lewis
Committee
John Lewis
Walter A. Jones
Pittsburgh
Samuel Kramer
New York City
Wichita
Kan
Joseph P. Kennedy
Federal Maritime Commission
Richard Reynolds
Winston Salem
N. C
Pabst Corporation
Milwaukee
Curtis Bok
Philadelphia
Clara Driscoll Sevier
Corpus Christi
Texas
Soviet Rejection of Sub Patrol Plan Shocks Allies
Reported on page one an emergency note that the Soviet Union rejected a proposed joint submarine patrol scheme. Britain and France would lead a Mediterranean piracy patrol with other powers withdrawing subs from danger zones. Italy weighed a naval blockade of the Dardanelles amid the Nine Power piracy crisis.
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Britsheh Ps
Britain
France
Russia
Turkey
Greece
Romania
Bulgaria
Egypt
Rome
INS
Italy
Dardanelles
Little Fellow Cannot Escape Fast-Growing Tax Bill Says Flynn
In a NEA service essay, John T Flynn warns that America faces an escalating tax burden despite recovery, arguing the rich cannot shoulder the taxes alone and that the majority will pay through higher levies. He cites federal, state, and local costs, notes borrowed funds, and projects rising future costs into 1939 and 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T Flynn
York
NEA
Channing
Pollock
America
John T. Flynn
NEA Service
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Twentieth Century Fund
Italy Rejects Soviet Mediterranean Access in Warship Clash
Italian officials warn Moscow against Soviet naval entry into the Mediterranean as Mussolini rejects a Franco British plan for policing the seas. Germany and Italy oppose the Nyon piracy proposals while awaiting the Spanish non intervention commission's stance.
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Black Sea
Mediterranean
Italy
Mussolni
Moscow
Germany
Nuremberg
INS
Geoneny
Meriiterranean
Beth
Tatavely
Spain
London
Muntz Charges Plot by Gov Kraschel
Ames report details a clash between Otto S. Muntz ousted Greater Iowa chairman and Gov. Nelson G. Kraschel over funding and administration of CCC WPA forestry programs. Prof. GB MacDonald disputes Muntz claims and says no full accounting exists yet.
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Kraschel
Greater Iowa
Iowa
Muntz
Hugh Tandy
Albia
MFP
Commission
CCC
WPA
Mr. Muntz
MacDonald
City Briefs and Personals Highlights
Local notes report missing apples from a tree at Mrs J B Scannell in Cedar Rapids. Ralph W Hanson visits Cedar Rapids during a 17 day leave from the Naval Training Station in San Diego. Events include St Ludmila’s chicken dinner and Georgia reunion in Ellis Park with Mayor Hahn as speaker. A Cedar Rapids Womans club breakfast at Bever Park Pavilion is planned. Recruitment officers announce eighty enlistments for the Fourth Signal company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph W Hanson
Central City
Cedar Rapids
Electrical Ordnance School
Naval Training Station
San Diego
Calif
Navy adds motorized unit at Des Moines training post
Fort Des Moines prepares a new motorized unit of 150 enlisted men. The intake includes eighty enlistments plus ten experienced radio operators and ten with telephone maintenance or lineman skills. The post notes the unit's integration into ongoing communications efforts.
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Fort Des Moines
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs Plan Joint Picnic
The Maine lodge of the Odd Fellows and Star of Maine lodge of the Rebekahs schedule a joint picnic for next Sunday September 19 at Bever Park. A 1 o clock picnic dinner is planned and the Maine lodge will hold degree work at its meeting next Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Lodge of the Odd Fellows and Star of Maine Lodge of the Rebekahs
Bever Park
Maine Lodge
Wagon Stolen from SE Neighborhood Belonged to Kosel Family
Police investigated a theft reported Saturday by A. J. Kosel of 1000 Ninth Street SE. A green metal coaster wagon with white stripe and bearing the name Rob Kosel was taken, valued at $4.
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Rob Kosel
A. J. Kosel
1000
Ninth Street SE
Con Vo y of Trucks Shortchanges Station Attendant
Neal Moore at 610 First Street SW reports that at 515 pm Saturday a convoy of three heavy trucks with orange trailers bought gasoline and left short by five dollars. A tan colored coach accompanied the group. No license numbers were noted.
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Neal Moore
First Street
Moore
Woman’s false check traced to Cedar Rapids bank
Charles A. Kacere at 1035 Second Avenue SE reported to police that a woman entered his grocery, bought a dollar’s worth of goods, paid with a seven dollar check drawn on Guaranty Bank of Cedar Rapids, and received six dollars change. The check to Grace Karnes was signed Leonard Erickson and proved fake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Kacere
Second Avenue SE
Guaranty Bank of
Cedar Rapids
Grace Karnes
Leonard Erickson
Lisbon Sauerkraut Day Celebrates 28th Festival
Lisbon plans its twenty eighth annual sauerkraut day with four vaudeville troupes performing across morning, afternoon, and evening. Exhibits include fruits flowers vegetables grain and women s handwork. Oxford Junction vs Lisbon in an afternoon baseball game.
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Lisbon
Oxford Junction
Madman Captured After Day's Hunt in Wisconsin
John Starnouski, 66, a former convict described as one of the town’s toughest, was captured by deputies after an all day search in Joliet Wisconsin. He had shot Deputy Matty Hartford, who was reportedly recovering, and was brought in with a rusty knife still in his chest, an item he refused to have removed.
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Joliet
John Starnouski
Starnouski
Woodruff
Matty Hartford
Hartford
Dominic Romano
Consider Changes In Monetary Policy Meeting Shifts
Washington report on a special Federal Reserve Open Market Committee session amid a stock market slump and tight money. Chairman Eccles, with Morgenthau, discussed the enigma of the financial situation and possible relaxation after last spring’s 100 percent reserve requirement.
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Washington
Federal Reserve System
Marriner S. Eccles
Reserve Board
Eccles
Open Market Executive Committee
Morgenthau
Treasury
Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Hal Roach and Vittorio Mussolini Form Film Partnership
Hal Roach and Vittorio Mussolini announced a joint production venture to create films, with plans for a new Rome cinema city and future productions in England. The company, Ram Productions, Inc., aims at world markets as Vittorio studies American cinema methods in Hollywood.
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Rome
INS
Hal Roach
Vittorio Mussolini
Il Duce
Mussolini
Hollywood
England
Roach
Ram Productions, Inc
Vittorio
Nicholas du Pont Weds Southern Girl in Jacksonville
In Jacksonville Florida on Saturday night Miss Genevive Living ston Estes 21 became the bride of Nicholas Ridley du Pont 22 of Owls Nest Wilmington Delaware with Mr and Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt Jr participating in the ceremony The bride is the daughter of Mrs Young Estes a descendant of a southern family formerly in Quitman Georgia The groom is the son of Mr and Mrs Eugene du Pont of Owls Nest and brother of Mrs Roosevelt
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Jacksonville, Fla
INS
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Genevive Livingston Estes
Nicholas Ridley du Pont
Owls Nest
Wilmington
Del
Young Estes
Quitman
Georgia
Eugene du Pont
Roosevelt
Deaths Miss Mary L. Kouch Tacoma Wash
Death notices Mary L Kouch of Tacoma Washington died Saturday morning after a several months illness. She had lived with her family in Cedar Rapids before moving to Tacoma about ten years ago. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of this city.
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Mary L. Kouch
Tacoma
Wash
Miss Kouch
Cedar Rapids
Kouch
First Presbyterian Church
Funeral rites for Mrs Anna Wild in Turner chapel
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Wild will be held at 2 00 p m Monday in the Turner chapel conducted by the Rev Joseph Bren. Burial will follow in the Bohemian National cemetery with friends welcome at the chapel for visitation.
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Anna Wild
Turner Chapel
Joseph Bren
Bohemian National Cemetery
Girl injured by hanger throat accident near Aurora
Dorothy Kraft three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs George Kraft northwest of Aurora suffered serious throat injuries when she reached for a wire hanger and fell onto it. She was taken to Oelwein for treatment.
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Aurora
Dorothy Kraft
George Kraft
Oelwein
White collar workers plea for fair wages and recognition
A community member argues that educated white collar workers are underpaid with wages as low as 22.50 a week. She stresses family need, insurance fears, and the value of educated labor, urging employers to treat professionals fairly and stop exploiting graduates.
Stewardess found dead in Hollywood mystery lingers
Miss Gilligan a Western Air Express veteran age 22 to 23, bridesmaid at a Lockheed plant wedding, last seen in a Hollywood hotel lobby alone after sign marked Do not disturb. She was scheduled for a 8 am flight to San Diego but failed to appear. No companion seen and friends report depression but no definite cause. She moved to Los Angeles in 1929 and trained as a nurse.
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Miss Gilligan
Margaret Ann Gallagher
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Burbank
Floyd Stout
Western Air Express
Los Angeles General Hospital
San Diego
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Lieut
Dwight
Sky
O Neals Urges Iowa Congressmen to Sign Farm Bill Promissory Note
President Edward A. O Neal of the American Farm Bureau urged about 2000 in Waterloo to secure pledges from Iowa congressmen for farm legislation. He urged parity prices, opposed subsidies, and called for a long range program while praising the Black Hawk County Farm Bureau 25th anniversary. He said the farm bill should be congress first task and warned of cotton prices dropping. State officials joined the program with a parade and pageant.
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Waterloo
Congress
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Black Hawk
Iowa
O'Neal
Black Hawk County
Farm Bureau
O’neal
Federation
National Agricultural Program Administration
State Farm Bureau Federation
Iowa State College
Lightning destroys farm near Aurora wields hay and equipment
A farm north of Aurora owned by Charles Salisbury was burned to the ground Friday morning during a severe electrical storm. A bolt of lightning caused the blaze, destroying seventy tons of hay, machinery, four harness sets, and many barn tools. No livestock were inside and insurance partially covers the loss.
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Jonar U
W. Fred Anheuser
St. Loui
E. T Stotesbury
Chestnut Hall
J Howard Pew
Mary Frhel Pew
Mick Mabel Pew Alvin
Harry Fo Gugenrem
Serena
Stau
Corto
Sareney
Gary
Cort
Dee Rovers
Eam Reaey
Ofes
Conyright
Jeanine
Ee Martre
Laysad
Daetey
Lenin
Fiathy
Des Moines
Physicians Exchange
Bungalow
Linn County
Chapter
American Red Cross
YMCLA
Gertrude Campbell
Dial 3
J B Scannell
C Avenue NE
St. Ludmila’s
Ellis Park
F. K. Hahn
Signal Co
William Melton
Army
Federal Building
Fourth Signal Company
Odd Fellows
Madman
Nicholas du Pont
Mary Kouch
Tse
Solons
American Farm Bureau
Craemer
First Avenue
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