Washington hears on red plot perjury charge dispute
Washington witnesses denied Dr. William A. Wirt's charges of a red plot as several guests at a dinner party recanted statements attributed to them. Lawmakers weigh perjury probes while noting limited committee power and potential needs for district attorney action.
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Wirt
Eevelt
Kerensky
Roose
Ndrew Somers
N.Y
Somers
Swinkle
District 1 Rney
Grand Jury
Laurence Todd
Tass
Dr. Wirt
Roosevelt
the Kerensky
Mr Roosevelt
Tugwell
Deep Water Living and the Risks of Life
A 1934 reflection compares steering a steamboat through sandbanks to navigating life. It argues that wisdom lies in seeking deep water rather than skirting danger, urging bold moves in faith, love, and risk to fulfill purpose and avoid a shallow, miserable life.
Jessel Announces Engagement to Norma Talmadge
George Jessel announced his engagement to Norma Talmadge in New York City after her return from a Mexican divorce. He showed a diamond ring and hinted the wedding could occur soon, possibly Thursday, as they posed in a hotel lobby.
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New York
George Jessel
Norma Talmadge
Mexico
Pal the collie adopts eleven baby chicks in Seattle
In Seattle AP reports Pal a 10 year old collie has adopted eleven baby chicks. She follows them around continually and they cuddle against her. Last year she mothered five baby chickens and two ducks with the ducks still claiming her as their protector.
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Seattle
Pal
Trotzky seeks asylum in United States after France orders exile
Exiled Soviet leader Leon Trotzky, ordered to leave French soil, begun seeking refuge in the United States or other Western Hemisphere nations. His supporters fear Nazi fascist influence ends any chance of European asylum as he plans to form a Fourth International in several U S cities, prompting a guarded withdrawal to Barbizon villa.
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Paris
Leon Trotzky
France
United States
Hemisphere
Trotzky
Barbizon
Russia
South America
Nice
Prinkipo Island
Corsica
Camille Chautemps
Stavisky
First Corn Hog Check To Be Shown In Knoxville This Week
Des Moines AP plans were finalized for the public presentation of the nation s first corn hog checks in the 350,000,000 production control project. The event will be in Knoxville Marion county seat which has the first completed budget and submission to Washington. Marion county leaders L T Newton and Walter Brown met with Ralph Smith to plan the celebration of the checks arrival.
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DES Moines
Knoxville
Marion County
Washington
L. T. Newton
Walter Brown
Ralph Smith
New York Legislature OKs Race Betting at Tracks
Albany New York The state senate voted Tuesday night to pass a bill allowing betting at six race racks and sent it to Governor Lehman for signature. The measure would authorize wagering at the state’s race facilities pending executive approval.
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Albany
N. Y
Senate
New York
Herbert H. Lehman
Solomon Test Of Wives A Faithless Claim Revealed
Ancient Biblical narratives rediscovered by Yale professor Dr. Julian J. Obermann reveal Solomon testing Israelite wise men by offering marriage to a woman and urging her to kill her husband. The tale follows a dull sword attempt and ends with a lesson on fidelity. Nathan's passion story also appears among the recovered narratives.
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New Haven, Conn
Solomon
Julian J. Obermann
Obermann
Yale
Israel
Nathan
John J Blaine dies former U S senator RFC director
John J Blaine 58 former United States senator and Reconstruction Finance Corporation director died Monday night at his Boscobel Wisconsin home after a week long battle with bronchial pneumonia contracted during a Madison conference of RFC officials Funeral services were planned for Thursday Blaine served in the senate from 1926 until his 1932 defeat and later supported Gov Philip La Follette in his campaign He was appointed RFC director June 9 1933 and had opposed RFC measures in a 1932 senate bill
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Boscobel
Wis
INS
John J. Blaine
United States
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Madison
R. F.C
Blaine
Robert M.c la Pouette
Senate
John Chappel
Wisconsin
Philip F. la Follette
RFC
Record vote looms in Iowa City utility plant fight
In Iowa City a record turnout considered whether to build a municipal light plant amid bitter clashes. Pro municipal plant backers heard Van der Zee under police escort amid kidnapping rumors. opponents backed private ownership with Shimek speaking. DOJ agents probe tactics as city seeks a PWA loan up to 917000 for the project.
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Iowa City
Joseph van der Zee
University Political Science Department
van der Zee
Don McComas
W. H. Benda
McComas
Muscatine
Public Works Administration
PWA
Lower Bail Denied Evelyn Frechette in Dillinger Case
Federal Judge Philip L. Sullivan denied a request to reduce the $60,000 bond for Evelyn Frechette known as Dillinger's sweetheart. Frechette remains held awaiting removal to St. Pat, with the bond staying intact as the case proceeds.
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Evelyn Frechette
Chicago
LLP
Philip L. Sullivan
John Dillinger
St. Pat
Roosevelt denounces Roosevelt new deal as reactionary
Col Theodore Roosevelt denounces President Roosevelts new deal as reactionary and un-American. He accuses the NRA of militaristic Prussianism and says the administration violates constitutional liberties. He warns the autocratic future and cites air mail contract cancellations, censorship, and threats to press freedom.
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New York
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
NRA
National Republican Club
Lindy
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Air Mail
Air Service
Showdown on Silver Granted by Roosevelt
Washington reports a planned high level meeting between President Roosevelt and Senate leaders of the remonetization bloc on the silver issue. Sen. William H. King predicts passage of silver legislation, while Rep. John A. Martin pushes the Fiessinger bill through the rules committee. Inflation concerns prompt action as Rep. Clarence McLeod urges government redemption of deposits in closed banks.
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Washington
White House
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
William H. King
Utah
King
John A. Martin
Colo
Rules Committee
House
Martin
Clarence McLeod
Mich
Barber John Peter Factor Extradited to Sycamore Jail
John Peter Factor, once a Chicago barber and promoter, was ordered held at Sycamore county jail to await a presidential warrant for his return to England. He testified for the state against four Touhy gangsters convicted of kidnapping him and faces extradition over an alleged seven million dollar mining stock fraud involving Broad Street Press Ltd.
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Chicago
John’ Paeter
Sycamore
England
Touhy
London
Broad Street Press, Ltd
Bishop Cannon Trial: Directed Verdict Denied in Conspiracy Case
Washington AP report states defense counsel failed to win a directed verdict of not guilty for Bishop James Cannon Jr and his secretary Ada L. Burroughs. Prosecutor John J. Wilson urged the trial continue, letting the jury decide guilt or innocence on conspiracy to conceal 1928 campaign contributions.
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Washington
James Cannon, Jr
Peyton Gordon
Robert H. McNeill
John J. Wilson
Ada L. Burroughs
Baby Daughter Born To Mail Pilot Killed In Crash At DeWitt
In Fort Sam Houston station hospital Mary Thurlene Wood was born less than three weeks after her father Lieutenant Thurman A Wood died in a DeWitt, Illinois air mail plane crash. His widow, Mrs. Mary Darnell Wood, says the pilot had been on air man duty only weeks.
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San Antonio
Tex
Mary Thurlene Wood
Fort Sam Houston
Mary Darnell Wood
Tuesday's Major League Baseball Results
National League games produced lopsided scores as Chicago beat Cincinnati 6 to 0, Philadelphia defeated New York 14 to 8, Boston toppled Brooklyn 7 to 8 in a late rally, and Pittsburgh outslugged St. Louis 11 to 7. In the American League, Cleveland crushed St Louis 58 to 2 in a blowout, New York beat Philadelphia 6 to 10, Washington bested Boston 6 to 5, and Detroit defeated Chicago 8 to 1 amid uneven scoring and pitching performances.
Parole decision deferred for Lenker and Moore at judge’s request
Des Moines AP says the Iowa state board of parole must have a trial judge recommendation before acting on Paul Moore and J W Lenker. District Judge H C Ring of Cedar Rapids did not recommend parole, urging the board to decide. Both men, serving three year terms at Fort Madison penitentiary after their convictions were upheld, were denied rehearings.
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Des Moines
State Board of Parole Jacks
Paul ‘Moore
Lenker
Cedar
William Dallas
H. C. Ring
Cedar Rapids
Moore
State Board
State Supreme Court
Fort Madison
Begin Investigation of Army Aviation
Secretary Dern assigned an eleven member board of inquiry to examine all phases of army flying. The action aligns with President Roosevelt's call for a congressional commission to sketch a national air policy. Dern urged the panel to keep politics out and determine steps to make the army air corps second to none in equipment and training.
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Dern
Army
War Department
Roosevelt
Congress
Army Air Corps
Aeronautical Chamber’ of Commerce
Roosevelt Commission
Ayaa
Newton D. Baker
Post Office Department
Hugo L. Black
Senate Air Mail Investigating Committee
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Justice Department
Century Air Lines
Mark L. Requa
California
Republican National
Youths Conduct Monkey Science At Lincoln Park Zoo
Chicago police were called after youths conducted escalating “experiments” with monkeys at Lincoln Park Zoo SABEREY House. The boys mimicked actions from clapping hands to removing a wig and false teeth prompting keepers to end the defiant visits with a police guard around the cages.
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Sam Knott
Chicago
Lincoln Park
Bushman
Saberey House
Suit Seeks Restortion of Airline Mail Contracts
United Aircraft and Transport sue Postmaster General Farley to restore all mail contracts held by Boeing Air Transport National Transport Pacific Air Transit and Varney Air Lines alleging arbitrary cancellation without notice or hearing. The action, filed in D C, accuses Farley of depriving the firms of due process and seeks damages for losses from the February 1 order.
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Uni
James Ialey
Farley/pesenally
Pat
Tuc
District of Columbia
Airlines
Farley
United State
Boeing Air Transport
National Transport
Pacific Air Transit
Varney Air Lines
Battle Developa I Senate
Bill
Roosevelt
United Aircraft and Transport
Transcontinental
Western Air
New York
Washington
United Aircraft
Cotton Bill Sent To White House
Congressional action on the Bankhead compulsory cotton control bill was completed Tuesday and now goes to the President who recommended it.
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White House
Washington
Big Saving In Refinancing Of Highway Road Bonds
The Iowa State Highway Commission reports an annual saving of 174 870 in interest and 240 836 in premiums from refinancing 15 037 000 in county primary road bonds across fifty counties. The move, enabled by a recent assembly law, follows four bond sales with one group on Saturday at 2.4 percent interest.
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Ames
State Highway Commission
Commission
Iowa
Rec
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