Former Toledo banker faced five charges
Cedar Rapids report: William A. Kaliban, 37, former assistant cashier at the National Bank of Toledo, pleaded guilty to five federal counts and was sentenced to a two year term. Clarence Ho Welle, 25, a bank teller, pled not guilty to an embezzlement charge amid a $4,500 alleged loss. Kaliban faced four false-entry charges tied to ledger transfers. total Toledo bank shortage cited at $43,000. Judge George C. Scott ordered the sentence to be served in a federal penitentiary determined by the attorney general. Welle bond set at $5,000. Also charged, Henry Wicher, 23, Cedar Rapids, pleaded guilty to federal liquor tax act violation. six month jail sentence suspended for three years probation. Genevieve R. Duffy, Waterloo post office clerk, sentenced for postal money order violations.
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George C. Scott
William A. Kaliban
Toledo
The
National Bank of Toledo
Clarence Ho Welle
Kaliban
Savings Department
Toledo Bank
Welle
M. W. Hyland
Tama
R. B Wolfe
Mount Vernon
Hyland
Scott
United States Attorney General
W. Russell
J. N. Franz
Federal Bureau of Investigation
E. G. Dunn
Mason City
United States
Iowa
Dunn
Liberty
P. C. Welle
Henry Wicher
Cedar Rapids
Ed Dahms
Wicher
Ed Miller
Marcus de Fink
Dick Payn
Waterloo
Dunkerton
Genevieve R. Duffy
Prayer at Ashbridge college champions courage and humor
The Bonar Law Memorial college at Ashbridge England begins each day with a brief prayer for courage, honor, justice, sane ambition and loyalty to the best within us. Dr Newton cites Bacon on humor as a divine grace and urges prayer for laughter to ease life’s tensions and brighten days.
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Bonar Law Memorial College
Ashbridge
England
Bacon
Mercury Drops After Peak Temperatures in Cedar Rapids
Bright sun aids a temperature rebound in Cedar Rapids as the day follows a Tuesday peak of 71. Reading fell to 60 by 7 p.m. and 55 at midnight with a low of 43 at 7 a.m. Wednesday. The 10 a.m. Cham bers Inskeep recorder showed 54 and 2:50 p.m. marked 64.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Four miners killed as wagons runaway in Scot coal mine
In Craigbank Ayrshire Scotland four miners died and 22 were injured when six coal wagons broke loose on an inclined road and crashed at the Comnock coal mine. Only two men in the wagons escaped injury.
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Craigbank
Ayrshire
Scotand
New Comnock
Boy Convicted In Death Of Father's Business Partner
CHICAGO AP Charles J Schmidt Jr 19 eldest of 11 family was convicted of manslaughter for the February 24 death of his father's business associate Edward C Richard. Jury verdict delivered after overnight deliberation. Recommendation of leniency may lead to probation if court desires. statute carries one to fourteen years.
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Chicago
Charles J Schmidt, Jr
Edward C. Richard
UAW Official Denies Knudsen Warning at GM Plants
In Flint Michigan more than 5 000 GM workers prepare to return to Fisher Body and Buick plants after a 48 hour shutdown. About 3 700 Fisher Body and 1 300 Buick workers will resume Thursday amid prior lack of workers. UAW President Homer Martin ends dues picketing but Fisher Body local No 1 chief Henry Wilson says further picketing may occur after shifts end. Wilson notes the conflict with Knudsen’s warning against outside picketing.
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Flint
Mich
INS
Fisher Body
Buick
General Motors Corporation
Fisher
United Automobile Workers Union
Homer Martin
Henry Wilson
UAW
Martin
Knudsen
A F of L Forms National Political Group
The American Federation of Labor creates a nationwide political body to back selected candidates, aiming for a democratic setup with local campaign committees and state federations. William Green notes potential CIO collaboration but vows no top-down dictates. The move signals a split with the CIO and forecasts impact on 1938 and 1940 electoral contests.
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Washington
American Federation ofLabor
CIO
William Green
A. PF
League
Green
Labor
Roosevelt
A. F of L
A. F. of L
Yo Disregard Party
Federation
Samuel Gompers
Radio bank nights barred by communications act rulings
Washington AP The FCC said radio advertising for theater bank nights violates the communications act which bans broadcasting information about lottery or gift schemes offering prizes dependent on chance. Officials noted the act also applies to newspapers and circulars barred from the mails for bank night advertising.
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Washington
Ap) — Communications Commission
Post Office Department
Commission
Local Ad Sells Building space and steel items
A compact sale advert claims the building sold for one, with a small hide and steel pieces described as twenty feet long eight feet high and ten feet wide. Listings show Jos Kushner & Co at 720 2nd St SE with Dial 6336 and Bargain Want Ad rates in the Want Ad section.
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Jos. Kushner & Co
2Nd St. SE
Dial
Executive In Cash To Head Off Alternate
Gov. Clarence D. Martin sped by chartered plane to block Acting Governor Victor A. Meyers from calling a special legislative session over relief funds. Meyers failed to act when the secretary of state's office was closed, and Martin aimed to arrive before the house opened to restore authority. Meyers, a former jazz band leader, backed relief funding while Martin argued the session was unnecessary and costly.
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Olympia
Wash
Clarence D. Martin
Victor A. Meyers
Martin
Meyers
Washington
National Park
Chicago
Northwest Airlines
Spokane
Secretary of State
U S Protest Over Japan Trade Policy in China Revealed
Washington disclosed that the United States has filed verbal protests with Japan for continuing to violate the open door policy in China. Tokyo allegedly monopolizes trade in occupied North China, with a planned petroleum monopoly controlled by Japanese officers threatening U S investments and the major oil firms Texaco Standard Oil and Asiatic Petroleum.
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Washington
INS
United States
Japan
Nippon
China
America
North
Texaco, Standard Oil and Asiatic Petroleum Company, Ltd
Striking Students Return To Classes At Crystal Lake High
Crystal Lake Illinois UP report says striking students, who walked out to protest the dismissal of Glen Winne, returned to classes on Wednesday. School board president Paul W Rauhut declared the strike ended and the matter closed, noting letters to parents helped secure cooperation to end the stoppage.
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Crystal Lake
Crystal Lake High School
Glen Winne
Paul W Rauhut
Senate Tax Act Could Aid Jobless, Panel Says
The U S Senate unemployment committee says enactment of the senate tax bill on corporate income and capital gains would be exceedingly helpful in creating jobs for about 12 million unemployed. The panel notes 1933–37 relief expenditures totaled 19.3 billion dollars, with 14.2 from the federal treasury and 5.1 from state and local sources. The report cautions that tax passage alone is not a full solution and promises broader follow up after further study.
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U. S. Senate
Federal Treasury
Roosevelt
Byrnes
Senate
Joint Conference
House
Nye
South Americ
F. D. R. Wells
Death threats mailed to two women jurors in Wick case
Milwaukee AP reports death threats mailed to jurors in the Arthur Wick trial. Letters threatened violence if jurors did not side with the defense. one addressed to Mrs Cora Nolamann and another to Mrs Julia Kruegier. Sheriff Mitten and Judge Max Nohl confirmed the threats during court recess.
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Milwaukee
Arthur Wick
Raymond Carlson
Edward Mitten
Max Nohl
Mitten
Cora Nolamann
Julia Kruegier
Nohl
Krygier
Approves Housing To Cost Forty Millions
Washington AP Roosevelt approves speeded recovery housing plan authorizing low rent housing and slum clearance projects with an estimated cost of 40 728 825 dollars. The move aims to accelerate postwar recovery and urban renewal. Endorses funding for construction and related programs across multiple states.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pullman Porter Sees Pershing Courage in Trip Across
New York York Central smoker Johnny Stone, a Pullman porter, recalls General John J. Pershing’s courage traveling across the continent to witness his son Warren’s wedding. Pershing, though ill, sought the journey. doctors weigh travel as his heart remains set on the ceremony.
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Pershing
Garhmn
Johnston D. Kerkioff
New York
INS
Hudson
New York Central
Johnny Stone
John J. Pershing
Johnny
Tucson
Ariz
Warren
Fifth Avenue
Harmon
Albany
Navy expansion debate sparks warnings of threat to U S
Senate debates a 20 percent Navy boost worth 1.156 billion dollars. Walsh warns of Germany Japan or Russia Japan attacks. Nye and Lundeen oppose, arguing defense needs are overstated. Roosevelt supports peaceful negotiation while noting Britain Italy accord.
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Walsh
Mass
Naval Committee
Senate
Germany
Japan
Russia
United States Navy
Nye
N. D
Lundeen
Minn
Regula
Roosevelt
Britain
Italy
United States
White House
Scott
Calif
State Department
Lso
Scotts
Old Monroe Doctrine Polished Like Family Silverware
By ANTIUR Bugs Baer notes the Monroe Doctrine is polished only for visitors as Europe seeks influence in small South American republics. He cites Napoleon III backing Austria’s invasion of Mexico and U S veterans as a deterrent, arguing a message travels best via messenger.
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Bugs
Baer
Europe
Marsimilian
Mexico
Napoleon the Third
United States
Wheeler Calls Parley To Seek Railroad Peace
Washington report says Senator Wheeler calls a Thursday conference with lawmakers and railroad leaders to craft a truce between management and labor to avert a nationwide strike. Attending are members of the interstate commerce committees, J J Pelley of the Associated American Railroads, George M Harrison of the Railway Labor Executives, and officials planning a meeting with the railway mediation board.
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INS
Wheeler
Mont
Senate Interstate Commerce Commission
Congressional Mill
House
Senate Interstate Commerce Committees
J. J. Pelley
Association of American Railroads
George M. Harrison
Railway Labor Executives’ Association
Railway Mediation Board
Conyright
Poison alcohol at infirmary kills 3 in Massachusetts
Tewksbury state infirmary inmates die after drinking poison alcohol. Three dead and a fourth dying, with eight or nine inmates missing, feared to have shared the liquor and possibly collapsed in nearby woods.
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Tewksbury
Mass
Tewksbury State Infirmary
Lawrence J. Keely
Kelly
Clinton Banker Guilty On 2 Counts
William A. Anderson, former Clinton banker, convicted on two counts of consent to receive stock as a loan bonus in a federal case. Jury acquitted on eighteen charges. he faces a $1,000 total fine with $500 on each conviction. Judge Collet noted the acquittal on the key counts. Anderson said he was gratified by acquittals concerning integrity.
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Davenport
INL
William A. Anderson
Clinton
Anderson
John C. Collet
Jefferson City
Wellman
Washington
Collet
City National Bank of
Carnegie heir feared to fly out for suicide
New York report says police consider a theory that Andrew Carnegie Whitfield, nephew of Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, flew his plane over the ocean in a deliberate attempt at death by own action. He was last seen at a Garden City hotel under an assumed name after telephoning his wife with the fatal line.
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New York
Andrew Carnegie Whitfield
Andrew Carnegie
Long Island
Connecticut
Garden City
L. I
Whitfield
Roosevelt discusses building aid with private utilities
President Roosevelt, in a White House conference with Harry Hopkins and other officials, explored how private utilities could finance new construction and create jobs. Hopkins testified before the House Appropriations Committee that $1.25 billion in relief funds could serve 2.8 million people through February 1932.
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Roosevelt
White House
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
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House Appropriations Committee
Hopkins
Mr. Roosevelt
Jesse H. Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
William QO. Douglas
Securities and Exchange
Whitney Case Sets 24 Minute Term In Hold Up Case
In Clayton Missouri justice imposed a 24 minute sentence on George Jefferson, 27, who pled guilty to a $2 filling station robbery. Judge Hicks contrasted Jefferson with Richard Whitney who received five years for stealing $225,000, noting the vast disparity in legal outcomes.
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Clayton, Mo
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Richard Whitney
New York
Justice of the Peace
Louis IV Hiks
George Jefferson
Hicks
Thomas Hopes That Socialists Get New Candidate for 1940
Kenosha Wisconsin UPI Norman Thomas, three time Socialist nominee for president, said on Wednesday he hopes the Socialist Party finds another candidate for 1940. He stated he would not be a candidate in 1940 and hopes someone else can be found.
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Kenosha
Wis
Norman Thomas
Uphold Theft To Get Back Gambling Loss
California’s supreme court ruled a holdup with a gun is not robbery if the perpetrator is recovering money lost at gambling. The decision reversed a Los Angeles Superior Court ruling in the case of Dave Rosen of Long Beach, who was convicted and sentenced to five years for robbing a gambling operator of $198.
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California
State Supreme Court
Los Angeles
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