Federal aid urged to unlock bank deposits and revive Cedar Rapids
The federal plan to aid closed and partly closed banks would free frozen deposits needed to stimulate buying power in Cedar Rapids. Local banks have been under an emergency state law, barred from loans, while still accepting new deposits with no interest. The Cedar Rapids Savings and American Trust & Savings seek solutions to help depositors, possibly with new money from the federal government.
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State Banking Department
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Savings
American Trust & Savings
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Lehman Pushes Death Penalty for Kidnaping in O Connell Case
Governor Lehman calls extraordinary session to expand kidnapping laws including death for unreturned victims and 20 years to life for other cases. O Connell and ransom case prompt multiagency search. three Albany suspects questioned. Strewell linked to ransom payment.
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Paul IL King
Albany
N. Y
Herbert H. Lehman
John J. O’connell, Jr
New York
O'Connell
Lehman
Moffett Named to Industry Board After Resigning From Standard Oil
James A. Moffett former Standard Oil of New Jersey vice president earning 100000 dollars yearly was named to the industrial advisory board by Secretary of Commerce Roper. Roper also appointed Henry I. Harriman of New England Power and Robert L. Lund of Lambert Pharmaceutical to the panel.
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James A. Moffett
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Roosevelt
Monday
Secretary of Commerce
Roper
Henry I. Harriman
New England Power Company
Boston
Mass
Robert L. Lund
Lambert Pharmaceutical Company
Jacob Phillips McGregor Merchant Dies Of Stroke
McGregor merchant Jacob Phillips aged 60 died Monday afternoon after stepping off a boat and collapsing. He long served as traveling salesman for Schroeder Kleine Grocery Co. of Nubucene and later opened a McGregor store. Survived by his wife, three daughters, and two sons-in-law. Hollywood, Calif.
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Jacob Phillips
Croward
Mr. Phillips
Schroeder Kleine Grocery Company
Nubucene
McGrecor
Sea Feed Insurance Svesman
Marie Phil Ups
Robert Brooks McGrecor
Arthur Baghn
Hollywood
Calif
The Curved Line Is the Straightest Path
Dr. Joseph Fort Newton argues in Everyday Religion that modern science makes truth seem round and complex. He urges patience, tolerance, and tact in life and marriage, suggesting the long way around with company is the wiser route.
Grand Jury Probes Doping at Arlington Race Track
Twenty two witnesses testified before a federal grand jury in Chicago regarding doping of horses at Arlington race track. Seven people including a veterinarian, grooms, and a jockey were arrested on charges under the federal anti narcotic act. Leslie Salter led questioning as the inquiry opened, with Harry Anslinger noting probes at seven other major tracks.
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Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Arlington Race Track
Leslie Salter
Harry J. Anslinger
United States Commissioner of Narcotics
Exchange votes to peg grain market at closing quotes
The Chicago Board of Trade directors voted to set the closing quotations as the minimum prices for buying and selling futures until August 15. Fluctuations upward are allowed within a limited daily range after a prior debauch. The move reestablishes lower limits for futures sales.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Board of Trade
Linn County Relief Wage Boosted To 35 Cents An Hour
Linn County relief workers will be paid a minimum of 35 cents per hour and work up to 35 hours weekly under Roosevelt recovery programs. The change, effective Tuesday, raises the relief rate from 25 cents, following a request to Linn County officials by the state emergency relief committee administering federal relief funds.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt
State Emergency Relief Committee
Fayette man shot outside home as motive sought
State agents and county officials pursued a motive for the Fayette shooting of Nels Louvring 52 a local businessman. Suspect Paul Doland 20 was arrested near Fayette and claimed an alibi. Doland and his father John Doland 50 face assault charges tied to a separate restaurant fight.
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Nels Louvring
Paul Doland
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Doland
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John Doland
Liberty
Louvring
Council Accepts Resignations from Two Police Officials
Cedar Rapids council at a special session accepted the resignations of Detective Joe Kroulik and Mike McGuire, the department’s oldest members. Both sought Aug 1 retirement with pensions. McGuire's resignation accompanied by a request to lift a pending suspension issued for conduct unbecoming an officer, tied to statements about Dan Kruidenier.
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Mike McGuire
Police Department
McGuire
Dan Kruidenier
Public Safety
Iowa Supreme Court
Kruidenter
Woman Carries Husband 3734 Miles Across Cyrenaican Desert
Mrs Rosalia Barresi 24 carried the body of her husband Francesco a civil engineer for 3734 miles after he was bitten by a poisonous snake. She traversed the Cyrenaican desert without food or water for two days until an airplane signaled for aid and a camel caravan brought them to safety near Benghazi Tripoli.
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Tripoli
Rosalia Barresi
Francesco
NRA Supplies To Be Issued Here Tuesday
Post office workers package NRA supplies as the exchange of information continues. Chamber of Commerce leaders study Washington instructions on enforcement and manpower mobilization for the re employment campaign. Cedar Rapids restaurants set a 15 to 18 percent wage and hour reduction starting Tuesday and florists will discuss code provisions at the chamber tonight.
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Chamber of Commerce
Charles D. Manson
N. J. Leonard
Manson
Washington
NRA
Vinton - Conferred
Fonday
Ron Central City
Alli
Cedar Rapids
N. Jay Leonard
National Restaurant Association
Washington, D. C
Florists
Protest Over Playground Budget Cuts Draw City Officials
Sixty civic group members and unemployed protesters filled the city council chamber to oppose the proposed $4,000 playground levy as part of the 1934-35 budget hearing. The council adjourned for two weeks to reconsider after protestors urged a larger levy and the use of any balance for the program.
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Cedar Rapids
Louis D. Burgos
Playground Commission
Clark Beems
B D Sikiman
Hanford Post
Martial Law Shapes Ballot Crisis in New Orleans
New Orleans declares martial law to shield grand jury probing alleged 192? election fraud. Governor Allen mobilizes 2 National Guard companies after secret talks. ballot boxes guarded as long-standing Long forces clash with anti-Long factions over administration amendments and grand jury actions amid calls to seize ballot boxes.
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Criminal District Court
Louisiana
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Eugene Stanley
Rand
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Belief Kansas Convicts Escaped in Feminine Disguises
Oklahoma City reporters say six Kansas fugitives used female disguises in a bold escape from the Kansas state penitentiary on May 50. Police surrounded a brick house but two apparent women fled with their escort, possibly Underhill and Brady, while others fled.
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INS
Kansas
Wilbur Underhill
Kansas State Penitentiary
Underhill
Bob Brady
Jim Clark
Fear Thirty Dead In Hotel Europa Explosion
An explosion shattered the four story Hotel Europa in Bruin Czechoslovakia burying scores. Three bodies were recovered and twenty were hospitalized. Thirty were missing and believed dead as flames shot 200 feet into the air.
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Europa
Magnates Fight On Union Plan In Steel Code Hearing
Washington steel leaders pressed to join Roosevelt recovery plan as Robert P. Lamont withdraws company union provisions. Labor chief Frances Perkins pressed for higher wages with a 30 cent minimum in Birmingham while William Green urged shorter hours and higher pay, signaling a tough, contested path for code formulation.
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Roosevelt
Robert P. Lamont
American Iron and Steel Institute
Frances Perkins
Lamont
Birmingham
Hoover
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
Janeane National” ‘Recovery
Miss Perkins
Johnson
Gandhi Held On Eve Of New Campaign In India
Mahatma Gandhi and a small group were arrested at the Sabarmati ashram near Ahmedabad and jailed early Tuesday ahead of a planned civil disobedience march through the countryside to resume their campaign against British rule. The march was to start Wednesday morning about 66 am local time. The arrests occurred at 1 35 a.m. at the Sabarmati ashram, across the Sabarmati River from Ahmedabad.
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India
Mahatma
M. K. Gandhi
Gandhi
Bombay
Sabarmati
Sabarmati River
Ahamedabad
Virginia Governor Weds His Secretary
Virginia Governor John Garland Pollard married his secretary Violet McDougall in a ceremony at First Presbyterian Church Winnipeg reports AP. The Canadian bride previously served as Pollard’s secretary and the wedding occurred on a Monday.
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Winnipeg
John Garland Pollard
Violet McDougall
First Presbyterian Church
Johnson puts retail trade under code for 4 million workers
Washington AP General Hugh S Johnson signed a temporary retail code affecting more than four million people with weekly wages from 13 to 14.50 and 40 to 48 hour weeks. The code covers food stores and other retailers with specific regional wage scales. It remains in effect until a permanent code is approved. Also federal supervision of petroleum production outlined in the NRA plan.
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Mail Order Association
National Association of Reetail ‘Clothiers and Furnishings
National Retail Dry Goods Association
National Shoe Retailers
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National Recovery Administration
Tropical Storm Lashes Florida Gulf Coast
A tropical storm moved across the Florida peninsula toward the Gulf of Mexico after a week near the Bahamas. No casualties were reported and damage was minor as precautions kept houses boarded and debris scattered in cities and towns.
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Bahamas
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