Bank suits claim no effect on RFC loans in Cedar Rapids
Receivers for Cedar Rapids Savings Bank and American Trust and Savings Bank face district court actions by Harry Paar executor of the C H Foy estate alleging challenges to Senate File 111 and the emergency bank law. Officials say RFC loans will not be affected and deposits will receive about 50 percent from RFC loans as a plan to organize a new bank and liquidate remaining assets. The state banking department and attorney general will handle the suits.
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Cedar Rapids Savings Bank and Trust Company
American Trust and Sav‘Bags Bank
Harry Paar
Cfs
C. H. Foy
Cedar Rapids Savings and the
American Trust
RFC
Ing Department
Cedar Rapids Savings Benk
Cedar Rapids Savings
Grimes
Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
E. R. Moore
American Trust and Savings Bank
State Bank Department
Warren Garst
State Banking Department
The
Paar
Beatrice Powers Kirkwood Wins Divorce From James C. Kirkwood
Beatrice Powers Kirkwood, wife of actor James C. Kirkwood, secured a divorce in Los Angeles. Kirkwood is noted as a former spouse of Lila Lee, with the case filed and finalized Saturday.
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Los Angeles
Beatrice Powers Kirkwood
James C. Kirkwood
Lila Lee
Weather outlook for April 9 to 14 in central plains and Mississippi valley
Period weather for April 9 to 14 shows showers midweek across the lower valleys and southern areas with near normal temperatures. The northern and central Great Plains expect generally fair conditions with midweek showers and possible early-week rain in the far south, temperatures near normal.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
The Magic Number in Life and The Biblical Beast
A 1934 column argues that selfishness, epitomized by the number one, ruins civilization. Citing Dickens’s Fagin and Parker’s interpretation of the beast, the piece warns that love of self fails under life’s test. It quotes Whittier on salvation from selfishness and cites a biblical paradox about finding life by giving it away.
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Old Fagin
Joseph Parker
London
Widens
Whittier
God
Insull Extradition Expected Tuesday to United States
Samuel Insull faces imminent extradition from Istanbul to the United States after Roosevelt signing a warrant for his arrest. Insull’s lawyers filed a sweeping Supreme Court appeal while a criminal court delay kept his arrest legality in question.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Samuel Insull
United States
Cairo
Washington
Roosevelt
Insull
Burton Berry
Supreme Court
Eskischer
Dietz Sues Fairbanks Jnr Dismissed Quietly
Los Angeles AP Dietz had filed two suits against Douglas Fairbanks Jr over alleged affections and false imprisonment. One suit sought 50000 alleging Fairbanks stole his wife’s love. another for 20000 claimed detention by the district attorney. Fairbanks alleged a conspiracy to extort money. Dietz denied any extortion.
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Los Angeles
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Jorgen Dietz
Dietz
Solveig Dietz
Fairbanks
Large air firm to reorganize for mail bids
United Aircraft Transport Corp plans a split between air lines and manufacturing units to position United Airlines for future air mail contracts. A three-director committee will draft the plan, with eastern and western manufacturing groups led by Pratt and Whitney and Boeing. 1933 net income was 1.176 million dollars, 56 cents a share. 1932 income was 1.108 million, 53 cents a share. Preferred stock redeemed in early 1934, totaling 7.5 million par value.
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New York
United Aircraft Transport Corp
Philip G. Johnson
United Airlines
Congress
Johnson
James A. Farley
Boeing Air Transport, Inc
Chicago
San Francisco
Pacific Air Transport
Seattle
Washington
National Air Transport, Inc
Dallas
Varney Air Lines, Inc
Salt Lake City
Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Company
Hartford
Conn
Boeing Airplane Company
Pian
Joseph P. Ripley
Joseph F. McCarthy
Father Threatens Disinheritance Over Foran Faye Engagement
New York report says Colonel Arthur F Foran may cut off his son Nicholas If he marries Alice Faye. The Princeton alum and film debutant Nick Foran faces a choice between love and family, with his father warning of disinheritance to protect Nick’s screen career.
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Nicholas Foran
Alice Faye
New York
INS
John Nicholas Foran
Princeton
Rudy Vallee
Arthur F. Foran
Faye
Nick
Miss Faye
Colonel Foran
International News Service
Flying Teacher Ira Biffle Dies After Charity Ward Fight
Ira Biffle longtime aviator who mentored Lindbergh and other famous fliers died in Wesley Memorial hospital after two weeks in a county charity ward. A telegram from Lindbergh and a $50 gift helped him leave poverty for care before his death at age 44. He is survived by his widow and sister Mrs Vallie Wilford of Ervin California.
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Ira Biffle
Lindy
Chicago
Charles A. Lindbergh
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Lindbergh
Biffle
David Behnke
Benjamin B. Lipsner
Lipsner
Behnke
Vallie Wilford
Ervin
Calif
Navy Fleet Heads East for Caribbean Maneuvers and Review
The U S Navy announces a 113 ship fleet with 44 000 enlisted men and 3 700 officers will depart San Diego and San Pedro for the Panama Canal to New York for a May 31 review by President Roosevelt Admiral Reeves will command the battle force with Brumby leading the scouting force and Admiral Sellers stepping down as commander in chief En route to the canal April 8 to 21 will feature tactical drills and an anticipated enemy attack in the Caribbean maneuvers follow.
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Canal Zone
Caribbean
Joseph M. Reeves
Frank H. Brumby
Admiral Reeves
Admiral Sellers
Canal
California
United States
West Indies
NRA Code Sets Purity Rules for Dog Foods
The article reports that the National Recovery Administration plans a dog food code with specific purity provisions, while human food codes remain broader. Administrator Hugh S. Johnson aims to sign the dog food code within the week as four codes shape grocery regulation.
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Washington
National Recovery Administration
Hugh S. Johnson
Ickes Retracted Charges Against Chicago Attorneys
Harold Ickes, secretary of the interior, released statements Saturday claiming two Chicago lawyers recanted ethical conduct charges against him. C. W. Larsen and Lucis J. Malmin deny blackmail aims and urge public disbarment hearings.
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Chicago
Harold O. Ickes
Secretary of the Interior
Ickes
C. W. Larsen
Lucis J. M. Malmin
Malimin
Virgin Islands
Larsen
Chicago Bar Association
Malmin
Marvin McIntyre
White House
Bar Association
Clarence Saunders
Fr. Marx
Bridgeport Brass Announces General Wage Increase
Bridgeport Conn AP reports R E Day president and general manager announced a general wage increase for about 2000 Bridgeport Brass employees on Saturday. The company will implement higher pay across all grades effective next payroll period.
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Bridgeport, Conn
Bridgeport Brass Company
R. E. Day
Government backs home building with credits to spur recovery
Washington says a new federal credit program will back mortgages for low cost homes, enabling the treasury to guarantee interest or principal. The plan targets rural and urban housing, with a probable cost limit and a single agency overseeing related slum clearance and subsistence homestead efforts. New York reports residential building showing early spring recovery.
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Walker
New York
Menu and Recipe Contest Closes Tuesday
The Gazette invites entries for a Menu and Recipe Contest with a $30 prize pool. Five classifications allow one entry per class. employees and families are barred. Winners and menus will be published in a Sunday April 22 tabloid with additional recipes and tips.
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Gazette
Jeanette Beyer
Kolaches
Gazette Office
Gigantic Illinois Vote Fraud Scheme Uncovered
A massive vote fraud plot uncovered in Illinois involved about 100000 fraudulent registrations indicated by a postal mail survey. The scheme aimed to stuff ballots and was revealed on the eve of the Illinois primary, a key test of party strength in the 1932 elections.
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Chicago
T Illinois
Illnois
Washington Briefs Span Federal Spending and Policy Moves
Federal spending for the fiscal year surpassed five billion dollars. An American vice consul in Turkey was assigned to bring Samuel Insull home. The Chamber of Commerce noted improving business yet warned legislation could threaten gains. Mrs. Gifford Pinchot supported the Wagner labor bill aiding the NRA. The comptroller general backed requiring code compliance certificates from government bidders. Local consumer councils were planned to help adjust price complaints. Receivers testified that seven million dollars was taken from the Minnesota and Ontario Paper Co by its former president. Administration officials signaled a plan to back home building and modernization loans with a tax hike considered. Farm and administration sources indicated the milk production control plan would be dropped if producers voted downs. Gambling stories reappeared during Huey Long’s opposition hearing to a Roosevelt appointee in Louisiana.
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Associated Press
Turkey
Samuel Insull
Chamber of Commerce
Gifford Pinchot
NRA
Comptroller General
Minnesota
Ontario Paper Company
Oo Farm
Huey Long
Roosevelt
Louisiana
Pilot and passenger die in Alaska plane crash
In McGrath Alaska an air current at a few hundred feet caused a plane to plunge killing Ed Gageros 34 a former Chicago pilot and Michael Tekeoff 45 on Thursday authorities reported.
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Mcgrath
Alaska
Ed Gageros
Chicago
Michael Tekeoff
Wrecked car linked to Dillinger escape in Indiana
Indiana state police captain said a dark sedan in a Saturday morning collision near Indianapolis may be the same car that Dillinger used to escape federal agents at St Paul a week earlier. Two sub machine gun clips were found. occupants fled on foot as investigators searched the area.
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Indianapolis
Here
John Dillinger
St. Paul
Matt Leach
Indiana
Leach
Joseph Manning
Gary
Ind
Manning
Dulinger
Underworld
Dillinger
Hamilton County
Hope Green
ST Paul
Eugene Green
Green
Roosevelt Signs Bill for 200 Million Aid to Dairy Beef
President Roosevelt aboard the Nourmahal signed a 200 million dollar aid package to finance dairy and beef cattle production and adjustments. The measure provides 50 million for purchase of dairy and beef products for relief and for eliminating diseased cattle, with peanuts rye flax barel ey and grain sorghums added as basic commodities. The Yachting party plans a gradual move toward Jacksonville then Washington while White House reporters await details.
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Miami
Fla
Nourmahal
Roosevelt
AAA
Secretary of Agriculture
Van Eiszner Denies Intoxication Of Wife At Time Of Marriage
Mary Fahrney Picker ing Van Eiszner sues for annulment alleging intoxication at the Aurora Illinois marriage on Nov. 10. Frank Eiszner counters that his wife was fully conscious and lived with him freely afterward. A Chicago return from Austria followed by an automobile pursuit involving his brother Donald is noted.
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van Eiszner
Los Angeles
Mary Fahrney Pickering van Eiszner
Frank Eiszner
Chicago
Aurora
Nash Employees Vote To Continue Strikes Across Plants
In Milwaukee AP report says Nash Motors and Seaman Body workers voted to continue strikes. Kenosha Nash workers rejected a labor tribunal by acclamation while Seaman workers backed the fight 740 to 85 for higher wages and concessions. The votes derailed a national labor board compromise labeled conditionally acceptable.
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Milwaukee
Seaman Body Corporation
Nash Motors Company
Kenosha
Nash
Seaman
National Labor Board
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Cedar Rapids News
Newton
Doug Fairbanks, Jr
United Aircraft Co
Boeing
Ld & Din
la Fappy
Guaranty
Frank C. Walker
National Emergency Council
Treasury
Council
Illinois
LAW
Department of State and Justice
Judiciary
Department of Labor and Commerce
Nourmshal
Elliott
Jacksonville
Cedar Rapids
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