Son charges murder in Moriarity bombing deaths
John Moriarity, son of Dr. and Mrs. William D. Moriarity, claims their car bomb death was murder not suicide and arrives from Chicago with letters he says prove a motive. Los Angeles police prepare an inquest as investigators doubt the charges amid conflicting statements.
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Los Angeles
INS
William D. Moriarity
University of Southern California
John Moriarity
Chicago
TWA
Moriarity
Bert Willis
Eleanor Thons
Harley McCoy
Overcoming Shyness Through Poised Action
The piece argues shyness is a nuisance best overcome by steady effort. It cites Bernard Shaw as an example, notes modesty can be preferable to boldness, and urges practice, courage, and emotional control to master self-consciousness. The author, Dr Newton, frames poise as achievable with time and determination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
Bernard Shaw
Shaw
Doctor Moriarity Left Bomb Notes In Fatal Home Plunge
Eight rambling notes found by police outline Dr W D Moriarity motives for a homemade blast at his home in Los Angeles. The USC economist and professor cited financial reverses and alleged crooks but indicated no plan to harm his wife. Two friends injured when the blast killed the 59 year old educator after a drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
W. D. Moriarity
University of Southern California
Romania gypsy quintuplet birth branded witch and banished
In Bihar province a Gypsy village ruled by elders branded a young mother who bore quintuplets a witch. They banished her and her husband though five premature babies were buried in the village cemetery and the ground was later purified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucharest
INS
Hades
Bihar
Photostat shows AAA aid to United States Sugar Corp
Photostat records of the Agriculture Department reveal that United States Sugar Corporation received 1 067 665 in rental and benefit payments under the AAA for 1933 34 and 35. The company based in Florida, linked to Celotex, produced sugar cane and supplied wall board from processed stalks.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
United States Sugar Corporation
AAA
Florida
Smith
S. C
Senate Agriculture Committee
Wallace
C. R. Bitting
Celotex Company of
Chicago
Fhida
Louisiana
Senate
Vandenberg
Mich
Italy-Ethiopia peace talks hit snag over armistice terms
In Geneva a League of Nations meeting failed to bridge views as Italy demands Ethiopia sue for an armistice through Marshal Badoglio and direct talks in East Africa. The plan would shift peace talks to Ducey near Lausanne, bypassing Geneva and risking an impasse in the Ethiopia conflict.
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Geneva
Italy
Ethiopia
Pietro Badoglio
East Africa
Baron Pompeo Aloisi
Benito Mussolini
Salvador de Madariaga
Spain
League of Nations Committee of Thirteen
Mussolini
Madariaga
Joseph A. Avenol
League
Aloisi
Guido Rocco
Badoglio
Ducey
Lausanne
Switzerland
Ethiopian crown prince seeks talks with Italy in Ethiopia war
A Tevere correspondent in Djibouti reports Emperor Haile Selassie ready to fly to British Kenya. It also says Ethiopian crown prince sent emissaries to Italian general headquarters to discuss peace on a protectorate basis. Dispatches from Djibouti are noted as often inaccurate.
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Rome
Djibouti
Author Sues Warner Bros For 75000 Over Plagiarized Plot
Hollywood writer Paul Crugar sues Warner Brothers for 75000 alleging the studio copied his scenario Murder In The Sky after he submitted it. Crugar contends the plot was used in the film Murder In The Clouds and notes Warner returned the manuscript. The studio denies the claim, saying the story reflects actual happenings accessible to writers.
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Hollywood
Warner Brothers Studio
Paul Crugar
Crugar
Warners
House Approves Textile Industry "Little NRA" Bill
The House Labor Committee on Thursday favorably reported the Ellenbogen bill to establish a "little NRA" in textiles. The measure passed with a few minor amendments as described by committeemen.
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Washington
LLP
House Labor Committee
Ellenbogen
NRA
Contracts Awarded for Jones County Courthouse
The Jones county board of supervisors approved bids for the courthouse project. C C Larsen of Council Bluffs won the general contract at 139973 dollars, with Carstens Brothers Ackley taking the heating contract at 19975 dollars and Metcalf Electric of Anamosa securing the electrical work at 4389 dollars. Total project value about 165000 dollars. excavation to start soon. Clyde Smith of Anamosa had the excavating contract previously.
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Anamosa
Jones County
Board of Supervisors
C. C. Larsen Company
Council Bluffs
Newman Brothers
Des Moines
Daniel Herring
Clinton
Paulson Construction Company
Cedar Rapids
Larsen
Cars
Clyde Smith
Expa
Youth injures self after car crash in Cedar Rapids
Donald Aker twenty of 1639 First avenue E was critically wounded by a self inflicted gunshot at his home after a midnight crash on Second avenue and First street SE. Mrs Morningstar was treated for hip injuries at St Luke's hospital.
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Donald Aker
First Avenue E
St. Luke’s Hospital
Second Avenue
First Street
Aker
C. L. Morningstar
Elmhurst Drive
Young Aker
E. R. Aker
Rock Island
Cedar Rapids
Sioux Falls
Vinton
Mrs Bartholomew Denies Cash Motive In Custody Case
In Los Angeles AP report Mrs Lillian Bartholomew denies money motive in the Freddie Bartholomew custody dispute. Her lawyer says her interest is to ensure the boy's present status is satisfactory as the father enters the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Freddie Bartholomew
Lillian Bartholomew
England
Leonard Meyberg
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1936
A Cedar Rapids toll tally lists 1936 figures for accidents injuries and deaths. The record notes 152 incidents with unspecified breakdowns for injuries and fatalities.
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Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Pledges Broad Conservation Policy at Centerstone
President Roosevelt laid a $12 000 000 interior department building cornerstone and urged renewed federal effort to conserve natural resources. Secretary Ickes called him the greatest conservationist in American history as cabinet members watched the ceremonial act with symbolic items inside the foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interior Department
Roosevelt
Ickes
George Washington
Capitol
Department
Congress
Conservation Department
Farm fuel refinery to make power alcohol from crops
The first farm fuel refinery in the United States will produce 10,000 gallons daily of anhydrous grain alcohol from corn or other crops at Atchison Kansas. The Bailor Manufacturing Co. will run the plant, with the Chemical Foundation contracting to buy the output for blending with gasoline.
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Atchison, Kan
United States
Atchison Chamber of Commerce
the Chemical Foundation, Inc
New York
Bailor Manufacturing Company
Midwest
The
Chemical Foundation
Chemical Foundation of Kansas
New Foundation
Kansas
Kansas Chemical Foundation
D. B. Gurney
Yankton
S. D
Gurney
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Rioting in Lwow Leaves 20 Dead in Street Battle
In Lwow, Poland now Lemberg, a violent clash between thousands of unemployed workers and police near the city hall killed twenty people on both sides. Demonstrators seized street cars as barricades and 3,000 barricaded in Legion Street as fighting continued with uncertain communication.
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Warsaw
Lwow
Lemberg
Legion Street
Lnow
Clash Of Spanish Fascists And Reds Claims Three Dead
In Madrid three people were killed and 40 wounded in a gun battle between fascists and communists. Red Cross units were ordered to ready emergency services as violence flared during a funeral procession for a slain policeman and a government project worker. Nearly 5,000 mourners, many policemen, followed the hearse to the cemetery.
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Madrid
Red Cross
Monay
Mercury Tumbles 40 Degrees Then Starts Comeback
Brisk winds whip dust as Cedar Rapids sees a 40 degree drop from 72 to 32. The day begins with a low 32 and warms to 51 by 2:30 pm after a 46 at 10 am, with winds and dust easing later. Temperatures oscillate through the day following the prior night’s 50 and midnight 42 readings.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
Girl Escapes Jail With Minister Lover in Cass County
Madge Copeland, 21, freed herself from the Cass county jail by battering a door and releasing her brother-in-law and former minister Perry Griffin, 24, who then fled with her. Griffin had faced charges of highway robbery and abducting Leroy Allery, a Missouri Valley College student.
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Harrisonville
Cass County
Perry E. Griffin
Madge Copeland
Glenn Weaver
Griffin
Leroy Allery
Missouri Valley College
Will H. Hargus
Oak Grove Baptist Church
Adonis
Creston
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Kentucky
Tennessee
Illinois
Springfield
Easter gift bomb outrages claim third victim in Pa
Federal and state investigators pursued a possible lead as Anthony Denevige died by his own hand in the Buttonwood colliery. The same blast fatally injured Thomas Maloney Jr. and killed his 4 year old son, while Michael Gallagher, a church sexton, died from another package. Four bombs were intercepted.
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Wilkes-Barre
Anthony Denevige
Buttonwood
Glen Alden Coal Company
Thomas Maloney, Jr
Thomas, Jr
Michael Gallagher
Bribe Charge Ends Baby Plot Trial in Missouri
Kahoka Missouri AP report says a mistrial was declared in the $250000 St Louis baby conspiracy case after juror Charles Long testified he was offered $100 to hang the jury. Long, a WPA laborer, said the offer came from Harry Spangler who worked on a sewer project and claimed to act for defense attorney Joseph Gutting. The juror testified the conversation occurred two or three nights earlier as prosecutors moved for mistrial due to jury tampering.
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Kahoka, Mo
St. Louis
Charles Long
Nellie Tipton Muench
Long
WPA
Harry Spangler
Spengler
Levine
Joseph L. Gutting
Spangler
Frank E. Mathews
Farm council chief refuses to give names
In Washington the Senate lobby committee probed methods to sidestep House rejection of $10,000 counsel fees as Kurt Grunwald, co founder of the Farmers Independence council, testified about rallying "he men" against the AAA. He refused to name associates, citing fear of trouble under the New Deal.
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Washington
Senate Lobby Committee
House
Kurt Grunwald
Farmers Independence Council
AAA
Black
Grunwald
Bayport
L. L
Nebraska
South Dakota
Cone
South Dakotta
American Liberty League
Hugo L. Black
Grunwal
Attendance Soars at Better Homes Show and Appliance Exhibit
Attendance Wednesday night at the Memorial building Better Homes Show and Appliance exhibit was more than double Tuesday's. Dealers report high buying interest and several floor sales. The show features 36 merchants and the federal housing administration with 52 booths and runs 7 to 11 nightly through Saturday with music by Cervenka's string ensemble and cash prizes.
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Better Homes
Memorial Building
Federal Housing Administration
Cervenka
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Secretary of the Interior
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Howard W. Blakeslee
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