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Brainerd Dispatch

Location

Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1932

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Ohio Gubernatorial Primary Overshadows Presidential Race

United Press reports Ohio primary returns show anti prohibition candidates leading for the Republican senatorial and gubernatorial nominations. Davis S Ingalls and Attorney General Gilbert Bettman held commanding leads, while Democrats renominated Senator Robert Bulkley and Governor George White.

United Press Ohio Davis S. Ingalls Secretary of the Navy Gilbert Bettman

List of candidates swells near 100 before deadline

Republicans N J Holmberg Renville Hilding Swanson Brainerd John W Johnson Minneapolis Roy Dalfred Mo deen Farmer-Labor A C Town ley Minneapolis Curtis A Windsor Minneppolis C F Gaarenstroom Fairmont Democrats Robert C Bell Detroit Lakes Hugh Kennedy Kirkhoven

N. J. Holmberg Renville Hilding Swanson Brainerd John W. Johnson Minneapolis Roy Dalfred Modeen Farmer-Labor A. C Townley Curtis A. Windsor Minneppolis C. F. Gaarenstroom Fairmont Democrats Detroit Lakes Hugh T. Kennedy Kirkhoven

Minnesota Moves Toward Broad Congressional Slates

St Paul voters see seventy candidates file for ninety congressional seats with the field expected to grow to about eighty five. Among early filings are Victor E Lawson Lynn Thompson Anna Dickey Oleson Henry Rines and Floyd B Olson with races also shaping up for governor lieutenant governor attorney general railroad and warehouse commissioner and supreme court associates.

St. Paul Minnesota Farmer-Laborites Stckets Congress Victor E. Lawson Willmar Lynn Thompson Minneapolis John Regan Mankato Ford T. O. Streissguth New Ulm K. K. Solberg Clarkfield Farmer-Labor Herman M. Johnshey Starbuck Ruth Haynes Carpenter Democrata Henry N. Benson St. Peter Harry H. Peterson Farmer- Labor John Nannon Hibbing Ray G. Moonan Waseca Oscar A. Swenson Nicollet J. R. Davidson Duluth Knud Werald Hawley Elmer Gottfried Johnson Matthew M. Kraus Robbinsdale Ziggo Justesen Askew Supreme Court Homer Dibell Charles Loring Crookston I. M. Olson William H. Vanderburgh Edward J. Lee J. J. Farrell J. Matt Aretz William Eibner

Contact Alleged Kidnapers Lindy Baby is Resumed

Norfolk boatbuilder John Hughes Curtis has been negotiating since Saturday off the Long Island coast with a group claiming to kidnap Charles A Lindbergh Jr He is using a private yacht for his talks as he did previously in Norfolk aboard the yacht Marcon A New York newspaper ad reading money is ready appeared after his return signals.

Norfolk John Hughes Curtis Norfolk Boatbuilder Long Island Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr Marcon New York

Olson Names Unit Probe Setting of Road Contract

Governor Floyd B. Wilson announced a committee to investigate suspected fraud in highway contract awards will meet Friday. Asa G. Briggs, St Paul attorney who filed 16 charges, said he would sue to cancel several contracts awarded last November. The committee includes city engineers from Minneapolis St Paul and Duluth.

St. Paul Floyd B. Wilson Asa G. Briggs T. Paul Samuel B. Wiln State Supreme Court City Engineers Minneapolis Duluth

Swanson Files for Congress from Crow Wing County

Filings show Hilding Swanson of Brainerd as a Republican candidate for congressman at large, alongside Dr. A C Bosel of Crosby of the Farmer Labor party. Swanson cites a Brainerd district focus and promotes planks on soldiers’ bonus, water ways, lower taxes, farm prices, and bank investment in local communities.

Secretary of State Swanson Brainerd Crow Wing County A. C. Bosel Crosby Farmer-Labor Party Minnesota Lakes

Means Wins Release After Bond Reduction in DC Case

Gaston B. Means obtained release after bond dropped to 50000 in a Washington DC case accusing him of defrauding Evelyn Walsh McLean of 100000 by false representations about recovering the Lindbergh child. Judge Proctor approved a local-signature bond, allowing Means to go free this afternoon amid federal inquiries into a separate matter involving Mrs Finley J Shepard.

Washington Gaston B. Means Evelyn Walsh McLean Proctor District of Columbia Supreme Court Means Finley J. Shepard New York Jay Gould Rover

General Hines to Retire From U S Army May 31

Major General Hines, former chief of staff, has returned from command in the Philippines and will retire May 31 in Washington D C. He is 64, a West Point graduate, served in the Spanish American War, the Pershing expedition into Mexico, and held commands at regimental, brigade, divisional, and corps levels during World War I.

Gene.ui Wovan L. Hines U. S. Army Philippines Department Washington, D. C Hines West Point Pershing Mexico

Ashland Utilities Cut Water and Light Rates

Ashland Wisconsin two utilities cut rates to avert a public service hearing. Lake Superior Power Co lowered light rates by half a cent per kilowatt hour saving about $36,000 annually for Ashland residents. Wisconsin Hydro-Electric Co reduced water rates by seven and a half percent saving about $5,000.

Ashland Wis Wisconsin Public Service Commission Lake Superior District Power Co Wisconsin Hydro-Electric Company

Brainerd City Council Authorizes Water and Light Purchases

The Brainerd Water and Light Board is authorized to buy dozens of electrical components including cutouts, switch blades, potheads, conduit, cables, bolts, transformers, and arresters. The resolution, adopted in May, lists itemized costs and quantities with total expenditures around several thousand dollars.

Brainerd City of Water and Light Board

Wildcat truck operators targeted in railro ad legal action

Attorneys for the Great Northern Northern Pacific and Soo Line railroads with Raymond Brothers William Hoefel and A A Abeln seek to curb wildcat truck lines in Minnesota The court issued a temporary injunction restraining four operators from hauling non farm merchandise between Twin Cities and St Cloud The case hinges on whether return loads make operators common carriers subject to taxes and regulation The trial is set for later this month and involves railroads plus three truck firms and three truck line operators

St. Cloud Mine Carrol A. Nye Twin Cities Great Northern Northern Pacific Soo Line Raymond Brothers William Hoefel A. A. Abeln

UC Engineer Develops Dam Stress Measuring Instrument

Berkeley California engineer R W Carlson of the University of California has perfected an electrical instrument placed in many points of a dam to measure water induced stresses. The device records movements as small as one millionth of an inch.

Berkeley Calif R. W. Carlson University of California

Rupture Demonstration in Brainerd by F. Redlich

Cc F Redlich offers a free demonstration of the Perfect Retention Shields method at the Brainerd Hotel on Wednesday May 25 from 10 AM to 4 PM. The device claims instant relief, no matter posture or weight, and promises lasting, sanitary support for rupture and related stomach and back issues. Home Office is 535 Boston Block MinneapolisMinn. Adv.

Cc. F. Redlich Brainerd Boston Bloc Minneapolis Minn Adv

New Faces Noted in Secretarial Following Expose

Washington report notes increasing number of congressional wives daughters and relatives on the payroll following an inquiry by the press. Lawmakers face elections and offer wives the option to work for their salary or be removed from rolls. New names appear daily as others are cut from the payroll.

Washington Congress United Press

Hoover vetoes major Democratic tariff bill in session

President Hoover rejected a Democratic tariff bill that would strip his power to set tariffs and would create a direct tariff commission report to Congress. The measure also proposed an international tariff conference and a consumers counsel office, with House and Senate leaders not expecting a two thirds vote to override. The veto cited misimpression and uncertainty of the bill’s purpose as its first objection.

Hooves Fhrst Tariff Commission Congress Office of “Consumers House Senate Hoover

Akron Kills Two Sailors in Akron Kalaba Rescue

Thousands watched as the Akron crashed during Camp Kearny landing operations. Sailors Bob Edsel and Michael Hinton fell 200 feet to their deaths while Bert Cowart hung from a 1000 foot cable and survived by using a bosun's chair before the ship vanished aloft.

San Diego Cal Camp Kearney Here Bob Edsel Michael Hinton Bert Cowart Edsel Hinton Cowart

Wheat Prices Soar on Chicago Board Amid Snowballing Demand

Chicago trading saw wheat advance as government crop estimates spurred buying. May at 55 1 2 cents, July 57 5 8, September 60, December 63 1 8, with gains of 3 4 to 7 8 cents before profit-taking trimmed advances. Corn and oats also rose on firmer futures.

Chicago Chicago Board of Trade Big Bears Liverpool Vem Uhlmann Ain

Brainerd Prosperity Sales Days Stimulate Local Buying

Brainerd and surrounding trade groups promote two day event to boost confidence and spending. The Daily Dispatch prosperity check shows five dollars can power 175 dollars in buying, circulating within 5200 area families to create significant turnover and lift community mood.

Brainerd Daily Dispatch Crow Wing

Jewel importer kidnapped in Minneapolis robbery

Nathan N. Aaron a 58 year old diamond importer from Buffalo New York was seized by four gunmen in front of a loop hotel. They robbed him of about 50000 in gems and forced him into a black sedan with Wisconsin plates before dumping him on Como avenue near St Paul.

New York Mill City Loop Hotel Minneapolis Nathan N. Aaron Buffalo N. Y Midwest Aaron Como Avenue St. Paul Loop

Methodist meeting hears push to urge nationwide prohibition vote

Colonel Joseph J. Shy of Missouri plans to introduce a resolution at the Methodist Episcopal general conference urging a nationwide referendum on prohibition. Bishop James Cannon Jr. warned of uncertain outcomes if a wet Democrat runs for president, while a temperance committee report endorsed prohibition and denounced cigarettes as habit forming.

Atlantic City N. J Joseph J. Shy Chillicothe General Conference of the Methodist Enpiscipal Church Shy N. d James Cannon General Conference The Methodist Episcopal Church Cannon Missouri Committee On Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals

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