Deputies fired in self defense in Crempa hostage case
Prosecutor reviews dueling depictions after seven deputies shot into the Crempa home amid an eight year legal fight over eminent domain for a Public Service Electric land grab. Mrs Crempa died from gunshot wounds. her husband and daughter were jailed. Deputies say the couple opened fire. one deputy admitted firing a shotgun and another a revolver.
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Seateh Plains
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Electie and Ga Company
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Edward J. Carolan
Public Service Corporation
Roosevelt Special Tours Rail States On Way To West
The Roosevelt presidential special traveled through Indiana and Ohio with crowds awaiting at Chillicothe and Parkersburg. Roosevelt met with Interior officials and Kentucky leaders amid a divided state Democratic party while planning four speeches and a cruise to the Pacific via the Panama Canal.
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Kentucky
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Ruby Laffoon
Roosevelt Sco Te Ee
Alben W. Jes Aes
Sofia
Indiana
Chillicothe
West Virginia
Ohio
Parkersburg
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Mrs. Roosevelt
Record high jump by balloon crewman ends safely
Warsaw dispatch reports Captain Czech of the Polish balloon corps unintentionally set a world high jump record during a test for a demonstration. Held to the balloon, he rose with air currents to over 2,000 feet, climbed toward 3,200 feet, then descended and landed about 300 yards from the starting point with no injuries.
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Warsaw
Ins
Czech
Captain Czech
Eye To Pierce Fog Installed On Normandie
Paris the Normandie liner receives a radio electric apparatus enabling detection and exact location of nearby objects at night or in fog. Invented by a young French scientist, it has passed exhaustive tests in the French line laboratories and is expected to reduce fog related collisions such as the Laurentic and Napier Star incident.
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Paris
Normandie
Charles O Donnell State Printer Dies at 69
DES MOINES AP Charles O Donnell 69 longtime superintendent of state printing died at 1 30 Friday in Mercy hospital after ten days confinement. The obituary notes his service and ties to his family. The notice references joint tenancy and a quit claim deed for Cedar Rapids lot 1 auditor plat No 63 with a date of 9 16 35.
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Des Moines
Charles O'Donnell
State Printing
Mercy Hospital
Cousins
John
Mary C Nyere
Cedar Rapa
Iowa PWA Grants And Rejections Outline School And City Projects
A column lists numerous PWA grants and loans for Iowa school districts and cities including Solon Anamosa Onslow Keokuk Kalona Washington Calmar and Clarion with costs from 33 000 to 138 000 and several sewer and road works. Separately President Roosevelt and McCarl discuss relief allocations as the comptroller general rejects a dozen projects before formal approval and keeps details confidential.
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John FR. McCarl
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Britain Will Not Build Navy Beyond Treaty Limits
Washington reports that Britain assured the United States it does not plan to invoke the London naval treaty escalator clause to exceed existing limits. Secretary of State Cordell Hull announced that Britain informed American counsel Ray Atherton in London that there is no basis for press reports of an imminent escalation. This eased fears of an immediate global naval buildup among officials.
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Great Britain
Cordell Hull
Hull
Ray Atherton
London
Britain
United States
Oppose Changes in Constitution at Cedar Rapids Methodist Meet
At Westminster church Cedar Rapids on Friday the Upper Iowa lay session voted to withdraw a resolution endorsing a constitutional amendment that would bar sectarian church funding and warned that limiting bishop terms could politicize episcopal elections. E A Johnson and J W Arbuckle protested changes, urging restraint as debates over amendments and social doctrine confronted church unity.
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Upper
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Westminster Church
Cedar Rapids
E. A. Johnson
John W. Arbuckle
Waterloo
Rock River
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General Conference
Upper Iowa
Fred Repass
Flashes of Life Fire crews find ham sandwich in alarm box
A false alarm at New Britain Connecticut led to arrival of firemen who discovered a ham sandwich inside the alarm box. In Newark New Jersey a mechanic opened a car hood and found a five foot copperhead snake.
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New Britain
Conn
Newark
Woman Testifies on Repeated Furniture Purchases
Mrs Howard Davis testified in MEDIA Pennsylvania court that she and her husband kept buying furniture with $1 down, letting items go to repossession for default, and starting over each time, describing a cycle of purchases and repossessions.
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Howard Davis
Memoriam Moratorium Column Cites Odd For Sale Note
In Philadelphia a humorous item appears in the edition’s for sale column noting tombstone humor with the line Tombstone, slightly used. Sell cheap. The quirky line reflects light local wit amid a more serious obituary context.
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Philadelphia
Reverse Action Mouse Tragedy Shocks Salt Lake City
In Salt Lake City a mouse at a local hospital died after a nurse named Zoa Knipple reached for a book. The frightened rodent reportedly squeaked and fell five feet, fracturing its skull on the floor.
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Salt Lake City
Zoa Knipple
Inside Carpentry Scoria Tools Of Trade
In Williamsport Pennsylvania a man is building a house trailer for his car inside a garage. The trailer top rises a foot above the door as work continues. He jokes about removing the garage roof to free the trailer. A cryptic aside mentions taro root stew and Hawaiian fish lore, then notes Richard remarks on tame mullet and why Honolulu lacks such catch. Richard used 400 pounds of dynamite to blast landing basins for planes.
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Richard
Honolulu
Worker Snares Fish By Hand Off Wake Island
HONOLULU UP David K. Richard a 61 year old Hawaiian spent fourteen lonely weeks with Pan American Airways ground crew building air bases in the Mid Pacific He would have stayed on a desolate island if he had poi He found fish aplenty at Midway and Wake while dynamiting coral heads in the lagoons Clip- in the lagoon area he endured danger and isolation as part of the perilous operation.
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David K. Richard
Pan-American Airways
Mid-Pacific
Richard
Midway
Wake
Nurse Marries Doctor After Alleged Jaw Injury
New York. Miss Helen Grant, 30, filed charges that Dr. Walter T. Glaser, 29, broke her jaw during a dispute over engagement presents. The couple, engaged six years, wed hours before a magistrate was to hear the case, ending their quarrel with an unlikely marriage.
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New York
INS
Helen Grant
Walter T. Glaser
Lord Montagu Goes to Prison for Theft
Lord Edward Montagu, son of the Duke of Manchester, was sentenced in Old Bailey to nine months in prison after conviction on theft and forgery for a 17 pound 7 pence banker's check. Mrs Violet Van Der Elst, who pressed the charges, sought leniency in court.
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Duke of Manchester
England
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Old Bailey
Violet van der Elst
Lord Montague
Vanderwell
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