Chicago cattle groups clash over processing tax at AAA meeting
About 400 cattlemen and breeders gathered as a 25 member committee was authorized to study beef producer aid under the AAA. Opponents blasted any tax extension while supporters urged accepting federal help. Davis defended hog tax while ONeal urged unity for a cattle program. Protest and petitions circulated outside.
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Chicago
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Wallace
Chester C. Davis
AAA
Fred Kaufman
O'Neal
Davis
F. F. McArthur
Oakland
Iowa
Dan Hildebrand
Seward
Neb
Cattle Feeders
Nebraska
Living Neighbors and the Call for Mercy
Marguerite Wilkinson reflects on neighborliness and the duty to do good. She warns against both meddling and indifference, urging kindness, acquaintance, and shared responsibility in a crowded city. Mercy and neighborly acts are essential to a humane life.
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Marguerite Wilkinson
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1934
An early report details traffic toll in Cedar Rapids for 1934, listing the number of accidents and the injured and dead. This item provides a grim tally reflecting roadway danger during that period.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City Banker Named To Federal Reserve Bank Post
Frank D. Williams of Iowa City was elected a class A director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago to fill the unexpired term of George G. Schaller. Williams, vice president of First Capital National Bank of Iowa City, will serve until December 31, 1935.
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Chicago
Frank D. Williams
Iowa City
Federal Reserve Bank of
Williams
George G. Schaller
First Capital National Bank of
Strike picketer dies after stabbing at St Louis plants
Leo Stanford died in a hospital after being stabbed while picketing Fisher Body and Chevrolet plants in St Louis. Thomas Ottinger surrendered to police claiming self defense, saying he stabbed Stanford during the incident amid a 3100 worker strike.
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ST. Louis
Leo Stanford
Fisher Body
Chevrolet Motor Company
Thomas Ottinger
Chevrolet
Stanford
Primary entrant count reaches 524 in Des Moines races
Des Moines AP reports 524 candidates filed for June Republican and Democratic primaries after 13 petitions arrived Thursday, a number not expected to grow much. Among late entrants is Dubuque Democrat George W. Koob seeking a second district congress seat. attorney general interpretation delayed his petition validity. Governors races list Herring Des Moines, Naylorstra Hawarden, Finch Sioux City for Democrats and Republicans.
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Des Moines
George W. Koob
Dubuque
Congress
Lst
Clyde L. Herring
Charles J.a2ylstra
Hawarden
George Finch
Sioux City
Wage settlement ends rail labor wage dispute
The six weeks old rail wage dispute ended in a compromise easing a strike threat for 2,000,000 railroad workers. The plan restores 2.5 percent of a 10 percent deduction on July 1, 1934, another 2.5 percent on January 1, 1935, and the final 5 percent on April 1, 1935. Both sides hailed the deal as a victory for cool headed negotiations benefiting national recovery.
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Washington
Alexander F. Whitney
Railway Labor Executives Association
Thiehhoff
W. F. Thiehoff
Joseph B. Eastman
Eastman
Roosevelt
Rail wage dispute settled after extension and mediation
Chairman W F Thiehoff announced a 24 hour extension after a wage conflict reached a standstill. President Roosevelt praised the agreement as a model for other industries and thanked Eastman for mediator efforts and both sides for disciplined handling.
Day in Washington by Associated Press highlights
Railroad managements and labor leaders agree to gradual restoration of pre 10 percent wage cuts. Hull and Wallace urge tariff bargaining powers for Roosevelt. Reconstruction Corp to finance foreign trade banks passes Senate. Roosevelt and Hull discuss Japanese policy toward China. Senate Agriculture Committee grants Wallace greater farm act licensing powers. Bishop Canon Jr trial nears conclusion. House investigators say Wirt charges unfounded. Death penalty for interstate kidnappers voted by House Judiciary. Sanders Van derlip and Tunney named silver holders in treasury list. Democratic leaders expect House to reject 10 percent income tax rise now before them.
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Associated Press
Hull
Wallace
Senate Finance Committee
Roosevelt
Reconstruction Corporation
Senate
China
Senate Agriculture Committee
James Cannon, Jr
House
William A. Wirt
House Judiciary Committee
Everett Sanders
Frank A. Vanderlip
Gene Tunney
Treasury
Banking imbroglio looms as relief funds ready for delivery
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation funds for the American Trust and Cedar Rapids Savings banks were ready for immediate delivery to Cedar Rapids negotiators of the liquidating plan. Litigation by the Order of Railway Conductors and James LaVelle delayed receipt. state receiverships by D W Bates safeguarded bank assets while the issue plays out.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
American Trust
Cedar Rapids
James LaVelle
D. W. Bates
LaVelle
Bulwinkle Panel Finds Wirt Claims Unfounded
The Bulwinkle committee adopted a report ruling William A. Wirt Indiana teacher did not prove his claim that administration brain trusters planned a revolution. The vote was 3 to 2 with Democrats in the majority. Republicans McGugin and Lehlibach may file a minority report.
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Washington (Ap
Bulwinkle Committee
House
William A. Wirt
Wirt
Gary
Indiana
Republican Committee
McGugin
Kansas
Lehlibach
New Jersey
Bulwinkle
N. C
Virginia
The Gazette Editor Defends Actions In Cedar Rapids Bank Crisis
The article presents The Gazette editor’s defense of efforts to liquidate distressed Cedar Rapids banks after deposits froze on January 24, 1933. He argues for truth over canards, recounts depositor rights, and asserts the editor’s role in pursuing swift, fair relief while denying impugned motives.
Concerted U S and Britain Action in Far East Discussed
Washington reports say United States and Britain may coordinate policy on Asia after Cordell Hull and Franklin Roosevelt met to review developments in China and Japan. British Ambassador Sir Ronald Lindsay then met with William Phillips as Tokyo issued a clamp on press discussion of its eastern Asia program.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Japan
China
Hull
Ronald Lindsay
William Philps
Asia
Items For Mr Ripley Gazette Want Ads Result
Massachusetts resident has a cat that unlocks doors. In Chicago a dog left alone turned on gas and died. New Paltz Holstein swallowed wire nails and rocks. Gazette Want Ads bring results with ten responses for bicycles. one purchased, nine remaining in market.
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Massachusetts
Chicago
New Paltz
N. Y
Gazette
Baldwin Nominated Acting Cedar Rapids Postmaster
Frank B. Baldwin of 1645 Wildwood Drive NE was recommended Thursday by Rep. B M. Jacobsen to serve as acting postmaster in Cedar Rapids, succeeding Frank K. Hahn who resigned to join the city council. The Washington Post Office Dept is expected to act at once. The permanent postmaster will be chosen from civil service eligibles after an exam. The Democratic county central committee met after Hahn’s resignation became known.
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Washington
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Clayton
R. Smith
Thirty-fourth Street
Audra
Rebecca Smith
Smith
Frank B. Baldwin
Wildwood Drive
B M. Jacobsen
Iowa
Frank K. Hahn
Post Office Department
Jacobsen
Clinton
Baldwin
Hahn
Civil Service Commission
Democratic County Central,committee
Tucson Child Abductors Drop Ransom to 10,000
Tucson citizens and sheriff's deputies hunted the kidnapers of 6 year old June Robles as a ransom note arrived offering a reduced payment. A muttering crowd gathered at the Pima county courthouse amid lynch talk while officers canvassed the area for the abductors and the granddaughter of cattle baron Bernabe Robles. The delivery of the note was announced by Under sheriff Colby O Farrar.
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Tucson
Aziz
John Dillinger
June Robles
Bernabe Robles
Pima County
Robles
Colby
Farrar
Baldwin Real Estateman Active in Linn County Politics
Baldwin a real estate salesman and longtime Democrat in Linn County played a public role in 1932 as a candidate for county supervisor from the first district though defeated. Born in Cedar County, he ran a Plato store until ten years and later joined Tait and Wagner real estate. He also farmed near Mount Vernon and worked for a hardware firm before 1918. He attended Cornell College and is a member of Central Park Presbyterian Church. He is 56, married with one son.
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Baldwin
Linn
Cedar County
Plato
Tipton
Cedar Rapids
Tait and Wagner
American Exports Rise by 27 Million in March
Washington report shows American exports including re-exports valued at 190 million dollars in March, up from 163 million in February. General imports plus bonded-warehouse shipments totaled 158 million, up from 133 million in February.
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Washington
INS
Department of Commerce
House panel approves death penalty for interstate kidnapping
Washington AP report notes the house judiciary committee approved a measure allowing the death penalty for interstate kidnapping on Thursday. The action signals potential broader legal penalties and heightened criminal sanctions pending full chamber consideration.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Escaping Convicts Kidnap Patrolmen From San Quentin
Two convicts who fled San Quentin after slugging a guard are reported to have kidnapped two officers during their escape. State Patrolman J J Agnew said the officers were seen in a car with two men resembling convicts. one convict held a gun against an officer. The missing officers are Phil Lecornec and R G Dewey, San Rafael policemen. A service station attendant reported Dewey briefly stopped two men on the highway, took them into his car, and drove off. The fugitives are Wande Stewart 29, jailed for robbery in Los Angeles in 1932, and Walter Wyeth, jailed in 1920 for forgery. They overpowered Guard Charles L Green during survey work behind the prison, leaving him severely cut and bruised.
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San Quentin
Calif
J. J. Agnew
Agnew
Phil Lecornec
R. G. Dewey
San Rafael
Grandfather Ordered to Drive Alone for Secret Payment
A fragmented report states a sum of 15000 dollars was involved and that the grandfather was to drive alone along a country road each evening at an unspecified hour with the money until contact was made. The exact contents remain undisclosed though the measure was understood to be part of the demand.
Dillinger believed hiding near St Paul after bank raid
Reports from St Paul say John Dillinger and his lieutenant John Hamilton were shot during the March 13 raid on the First National Bank of Mason City Iowa. A theory persists that Dillinger was nearby receiving treatment, with hundreds of officers scouring surrounding woodlands for his body.
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Paul
Minn
John Dillinger
Indiana
Dillinger
Semi Conscious Worker Rescued From Elevator Fire
Rescue of a semi conscious man from the top of a twelve story grain elevator at Arcady Farms Milling Riverdale followed a $300000 blaze. Leonard Danielson electrical engineer wore a gas mask and climbed through smoke to save Charles Schank a miller. Officials estimated damage to 200000 bushels of corn oats wheat and 75000 bushels of seeds possibly reaching 400000.
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Chicago
SNS
Arcady Farms Milling Company
Riverdale
Leonard Danielson
Charles Schank
Austrians Demand Return of Young Monarch
Thousands meet at Wiener Neustadt urging restoration of monarchy. Duke Max von Hohenberg calls for Otto von Habsburg to return from exile in Belgium and ascend the throne for national peace. Tear gas incident briefly disrupts the gathering.
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Vienna
Wiener-Neustadt
Austria
Max von Hohenberg
Archduke Otto von Hapsburg
Otto
Belgium
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Verne Marshall
Cedar Rapids Savings Banks
Wen’ Amen
Sr Emai
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Pnbik
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Cedar Rapids Savings Bank
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Lady's
B Ave. Nw
Frank Baldwin
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Pat
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