Powers Struggle To Prevent War In Ethiopia Crisis
The article outlines a deadlock over Italy's invasion of Ethiopia. The League of Nations faces limited options as Britain France and other powers hesitate to offer Italy dominance, fearing a breach of league pledges. The five member committee will report and Mussolini is not expected to counter. If Italy rejects, it becomes an international outlaw under League rules.
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League
Italy
Ethiopia
Great Britain
France
League Council
Committee of Five
Mussolini
Russia
Turkey
Roumania
England
Abyssinia
League of Nations
Furupe
Rome
Africa
Eritrea
Italian Somaliland
Laval seeks to localize conflict in Italian Ethiopian dispute
Premier Pierre Laval said he would exhaust all conciliatory options in the Italian Ethiopian crisis aiming to avoid full war. He noted penalties against Italy are not yet an issue for Geneva and warned that a formal war would test the league covenant, with a general expectation that Africa’s war may be inevitable and require League action.
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Paris
Pierre Laval
Ane
Laraiva
Italy
Geneva
Neco
Nmit
League For Collective Action
East Africa
Africa
League
Rambouillet
Tae Joan
Frey
Tepetaupead
Fruit reception eyed by Home for Aged Women
Open house at the Home for Aged Women on 12th street NE leads to the annual fruit reception Thursday afternoon. Residents staff and the board hostesses invite the public to bring fruit vegetables canned goods or any food. Tea and a program will be provided under Mrs Chandler. The home notes long service by matron Mrs Gusta Minott and board member Mrs Metta Burd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twelfth Street
CR. Chandler
Gusta Minott
Minott
Metta A. Burd
Burd
Ellen Montillon
W. W. Hamilton
C R. Chandler
E. J Buser
O. C. Olney
C. N. Booth
Laura Turner
G. S. Josselyn
I. E. Jackson
J .B. Finney
W. M. Krebs
L. T. Wilcox
London Signals Willingness to Impose Milder Sanctions
The report notes that London appears ready to endorse milder sanctions now while reserving tougher measures for later if required. No names, dates, or organizations are specified in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Man Registered As Of Washington Ends Life In Hotel
Davenport report says K B Smith a Columbia hotel clerk found a man who had registered as C J Woachingtan from Ia hanging in his room late Saturday. The man used a silk scarf to fashion the noose and end his life.
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Washington, Ia
Davenport (Ap
K. B. Smith
Columbia
C.J . Woachingtan
Nothing Can Stop Italy Says Editor
Elaine sends radio dispatches praising Mussolini and outlining Italian power and unity. The article covers Barrie Barrymore seeking John Barrymore, his mustache as disguise, and American reactions amid Mussolini era propaganda and hero worship.
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Italy
Political graft trials loom in Woodbury county
The current appointment of an additional judge in Woodbury county signals expedited trials for those indicted, with observers skeptical about any immediate political decency. The piece notes possible venue changes, court impartiality questions, and ongoing defense tactics amid a broader graft confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodbury County
State House
the Gazette
Scott
O'Connor
Maley
Gagen
Starman Proclaims 53-Year Razor Still Sharp
The Believe It or Not record holder J XK. Starman of 1336 Ellis boulevard NW reports using a straight edged razor for 53 years with no loss in performance. He bought the razor in 1882 from John Coleman and also owns a shaving brush used 22 years.
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J XK. Starman
Ellis Boulevard
Starman
John Coleman
O. R
Pat Kiley
County Receives State Refund Under Three-Point Tax Plan
Linn county is apportioned a $117,947 state tax refund under Iowa's three point plan with checks prepared for taxpayers who paid the 1934 tax due in 1935. The total refunds include $18,195.57 to be issued, with $97,914.99 credited to those who paid only the first installment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Iowa
Milo Sedlacek
Miiege
Sedlacek
Chamber Of Commerce Board To Elect Officers
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce board will meet at the Hotel Montrose on Tuesday noon to elect officers for the next year. The reorganization session will set leadership and official duties.
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Chamber of Commerce Board
Cedar Rapids
Deaths and funeral notices batch includes Yeates Oxley and Putnam
Funeral services for William W Yeates in Turner chapel at 2 pm Monday with burial in Oakland cemetery Iowa. Rev Chorus Oxley funeral at Congregational church 1230 pm with burial at Com ens Grove. Movie lodge 643 will meet at Congregational church at 1230 pm to attend services. S A Putnam former Cedar Rapids resident dies in Minneapolis hospital funeral Monday in Minneapolis at 2 pm. veteran and Hermon lodge No 263 Amber Grotto member to Hermon lodge No 263 and Amber Grotto.
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W. W. Yeates
Wiliam W. Yeates
Turner Chapel
J R McCullough
Bural
Oakland
Iowa
C. Oxley
Oxley
Nelson C
Ted Ty
C. H. van Mere
Mischalltown
Congregational Church
A Putnam
S A Putnam
Cedar Rapids
United States Veteran Hospital
Minneapolis
Ward
Putnam
Monson
Hermon Lodge No. 263
Amber Grotto
Veterans Hospital
Veteran of Indian Service Tells Cheyenne River Agency Tale
Eli Bacon Vincent of Willams town West Virginia, 85, arrived at Cheyenne River Agency to oversee government supplies for Sioux in the Dakota territory. He recalls Custer’s last stand, describes rationed provisions, trader abuses, and the shift to peaceful farming after four years of service.
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Indian Service
Cheyenne River Agency
Custer
Eli Bacon Vincent
Willamstown
W. Va
Cedar Rapids
Dakota Territory
Pierre
Vincent
E. S. Smith
Avenue
Ohio
Shenandoah
Mrs. Smith
Annie Anderson
Dian
Mr. Vincent
Cheyenne River
Montana
West Virginia
Beverly Academy
Beverly
Committees Named For Conference Of Social Workers Here Oct 2 5
Representatives from city agencies will hold a conference of social workers in Cedar Rapids the week of October 2 to 5. Aubrey Williams will lecture at Coe College chapel on October 3 at 8 p m on The National Youth Movement. About 250 people are expected to attend all sessions at the Roosevelt hotel.
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Cedar Rapids
Aubrey Williams
FERA
Coe“college
Conterdiia Gp Aeks
S. R. Hawkins
Alice Ferber
Ella Johnson
Cora Jacobs
Edward Sheehy
Hugh Orchard
Alma Hartz
L. E. Crabbs
Harold West
B. W. Robinson
Lena Vogt
Aliana Burr
Elizabeth Bender
Metta Burd
Frank Ward
Roosevelt Hotel
Methodist Ministers Attack Iowa Liquor Plan
Three hundred Methodist ministers from southern Iowa denounced the state liquor control system as a glaring failure and endorsed the Anti-Saloon League program. They urged total abstinence, saying the system generates poison, corrupts politics and debauches all it touches.
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Des Moines
Methodist
Iowa
Iowa-Des Moines
Engagement announced at Cedar Rapids dinner party
H Paul Dee plans to wed Miss Helen Beamer, Cornell College registrar aide, after a surprise party at Hotel Roosevelt. The couple, both prominent North Central figures, will marry Oct 21 in Valley Falls Kansas.
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L. C “Jud” Dean
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Dean
Mount Vernon and Grundy Center
Hotel Roosevelt
Cedar Rapids
Helen Beamer
H. Paul
Cap” Dee
Cornell
Mitchell
South Dakota
Valley Falls
Kan
Beamer
Miss Beamer
Baker University
Baldwin
Delta Delta Delta
Dee
William Buxton
Harold Shoemaker
Plain Clothes Officers Added in Iowa City Cleanup Campaign
In Iowa City six plain clothes officers were added to the police department to patrol streets and social venues. The move accompanies a reform drive by the new city administration, which includes a pending ordinance licensing dance halls, setting a midnight closing time, and banning dancing at beer-selling venues, excluding University of Iowa and Greek events.
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Iowa City
C. O. Paine
New City Administration
University of Iowa
Fifteen Names Added to Petit Jury List for September Term
The district court draws fifteen more potential jurors to report to Judge H. C. Ring at 9 a.m. Tuesday. The supplement to the original sixty five names includes J. F. Bervid, Wm. G. Bys, L. L. Conway, Frank Fiala, F. W. Flack, J. A. Hayward, Mary A. Horak, Sherman Hudson, Harry W. Kyle, M. I. Lacock, Mrs. Stanley Lubbock, W. F. Maurer, Fred Randa, J. D. Schueberger, and Mrs. C. O. Secrist along with others.
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H. C. Ring
Edwin W. Lundquist
J. F. Bervid
Fifth Street
Wm. G. Bys
Fifth Avenue
L. L. Conway
J Street
Frank Fiala
Sixteenth Avenue
F. W. Flack
Marion
J. A. Hayward
Mary A. Horak
Fourth Street
Sherman Hudson
Grant Township
Harry W. Kyle
L Street
M. I. Lacock
Martelle
Stanley Lubbock
Cedar Rapids
W. F. Maurer
First Street
Fred Randa
Seventh
Evangelist to Address Mass Meeting at Sunshine Mission
Fairfield evangelist Gus Scott will address a mass meeting of laymen from Cedar Rapids churches at Sunshine Mission today at 4 p.m. and will present special music. He will also speak at a public service at 7 30 p.m. The Rev Ray Clearwaters spoke Friday evening and Calvary Baptist choir performed.
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Gus Scott
Fairfield
Cedar Rapids
Sunshine Mission
Scott
Ray Clearwaters
Lawton
Mich
Calvary Baptist Choir
Ruskin Sandbourne
Mary Tremain
Fairfield Mayor Urged to Run for Governor of Iowa
Fairfield Iowa Paul S Junkin mayor is urged as a Republican gubernatorial candidate. Dr J Fred Clarke spoke to 107 Rotary members in Libertyville backing the effort. Junkin a former newspaper publisher and State Press association president. He said he would not turn down the nomination if offered.
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Fairfield
Paul S. Junkin
Junkin
J. Fred Clarke
Rotary Club
Libertyville
State Press Asociation
Clarke
City Briefs and Personals Highlight Local Happenings
The column lists local notices including corrections on fines for overtime parking, lodge meetings, charity dinners, and community events. It details residents heading to Ames and Iowa City for college, a secretary-treasurer appointment at William Jewell College, a free sound motion picture program, union meetings, and travels of several locals. It also notes a carrier pigeon returning for meals, and a Knights of Columbus rosary for a deceased member’s family.
Linn County Work Relief Payroll Totals for Week
Linn county reports a work relief payroll for the week ending Thursday totaling 5795 dollars for 773 workers who contributed 11546 hours of labor.
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Linn County
Theft Report From Residence on Sixth Avenue
W. W. Witousek reported a break in at 422 Sixth Avenue SE where a kitchen sink and a lavatory were removed after someone shattered a side door to enter between Wednesday and Friday.
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W. W. Witousek
Fourth Avenue SE
Sixth Avenue SE
Budget review committee meets at Chamber of Commerce
Members of the budget review committee of the Community Chest appointed by H. R. Green will convene Monday at 4 p.m. at the Chamber of Commerce. The group includes R. R. Epler as chairman with W. L. Harrison John M. Ely E. L. McKibben Miss Hope Kurtz and Miss Louise Hathaway.
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The
Community Chest
H. R. Green
Chamber of Commerce
R. R. Epler
W. L. Harrison
John M. Ely
E. L. McKibben
Hope Kurtz
Louise Hathaway
Vic Tomecpleads not guilty to liquor possession charge
Vic Tomec aged 53 of 1319 Second street SE pleaded not guilty in district court Saturday before Judge A B Clark to a charge of illegal possession of alcoholic liquor. The charge stems from county officials seizure of a small quantity of alcohol at his address.
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Vic Tomec
Second Street
A. B. Clark
Police raid leads to bond for Tomec
An Aug. 19 police action resulted in Tomec being ordered to post a $500 bond after the raid.
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Tomec
Building Permits Reported for Concrete Products and Home Dwelling
Concrete Products at 1207 G Avenue NE secured a 1500 dollar permit for a frame combination garage and warehouse and by Saturday the structure was about half finished. Godfrey Votroubek of 3242 Mount Vernon Road SE filed a permit for a new dwelling estimated at 3400 dollars.
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the Concrete Products Company
G Avenue
Godfrey Votroubek
Mount Vernon Road
Urbana Man Reports Stolen 1932 Plymouth Car
George Hillgean of Urbana reported his 1932 Plymouth stolen from in front of a local grocery store at 1 30 p m Friday after leaving it briefly. A set of keys was taken from a car owned by N Young at Third Street and A Avenue NE Friday evening.
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Urbana
George Hillgean
N. Young
R Uvenue
Third Street
Avenue NE
Sixty-Seven Entries Registered for Model Aircraft Contest
Sixty-seven entries have been filed with the play ground commission for today’s model aircraft contest at 3 pm. The event will be held in the field opposite Cedar Park on Highway 161. Fuselage division has twenty-two planes, stick division seventeen, and open division twenty eight. Twenty-nine contestants are registered.
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play=s ground commission
Opposit Cedar Park
Highway 161
Thompson Charged With Larceny After Viola Night Bust
District court Saturday approved a true information against Charles Thompson 26 of Anamosa for larceny. He was arrested after articles missing from several automobiles were found in his car following the Viola celebration on Sept 14. Bond set at 1506.
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A. B. Clark
G. K. Thompson
Charles Thompson
Ansamosa
Thompson
Open Meeting for Rock Island Shopmen Announced
The Brotherhood of Railroad Shop Crafts of America calls Rock Island shopmen to an open meeting at Ben Hug hall on First street West Monday at 7 30 p m A representative from the system general committee will explain the new agreement and delegates from other points are expected All shopmen are urged to attend
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Rock Island
Brotherhood of Railroa Shop Crafts of America
Ben Hug
First Street
Syssy Tem General Committee
Sentence Suspended for Wilton Ball on Parole Rule
Wilton Ball of Linn county was sentenced in June 1928 to twenty five years in the Anamosa State Reformatory on a statutory charge. Governor Clyde L. Herring suspended the sentence on parole board recommendation, conditional on recommitment to serve a sentence for escape after escaping the prison farm in May 1931 and returning October 14, 1933.
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Wilton Ball
Linn County
State Reformatory
Anamosa
Clyde L. Herring
State Board of Parole
Reformatory
Associated Press
Ball
Lenzen Hosts Cedar Rapids Agency Group Meeting
Verdi F. Lenzen district manager of Mutual Benefit Health and Accident and United Benefit Life hosted thirty men from eleven counties after a luncheon at the Roosevelt hotel. Prizes were awarded for outstanding production, followed by a business meeting. Omaha representatives C. L. Gurney and C. R. DeWitt attended from the home office.
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Entertains Company Group
Verdi F. Lenzen
Cedar Rapids
Mutual Benefit Health and Accident Association
United Benefit Life Insurance Company
Roosevelt Hotel
C. L. Gurney
C. R. DeWitt
Omaha
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