Editorial Links PWA Plans to Municipal Power Fight
The Cedar Rapids Tribune criticizes Washington led plans to spend $2 billion on hydroelectric schemes under PWA. It argues paternalist aims hurt labor and the mass public, decries unnecessary plants, and cites Iowa City’s narrow municipal vote and concerns over rates, taxes, and duplication of service.
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Cedar Rapids Tribune
Organized Labor
Jhiere
Washington Brain Trust
PWA
Agstore
Cedar Rapids
Sam
Iowa City
General Stockyards Strike Nears With 8400 Meat Cutters
AP report details a threatened general strike by 8400 meat cutters and butchers led by William Collins of the Unemployed Meat Cutters and Butchers Workmen of North America. After 400 workers walked out at C A Burnettie, the move aims to support live stock handlers, with effects expected in Packingtown and nearby plants.
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Chicago
William Collins
North America
C. A. Burnette and Company
West Thirty-eighth Street
Butchers and Meat Cutters
Save Transit Ceomnpens Caipnovere
Lvestock Handlera
Hughs. Johnson
NRA
Guard car crash kills driver during strike unrest in Minneapolis
A National Guard squad car running a red light collided with a small sedan killing Carl Wallin and injuring another, while three troopers were hurt. Gov Olson later condemned the strike action and urged employers to follow the wage scale proposed by mediators Haas and Dunnigan, amid labor tension and military rule.
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Minneapolis
National Guard
Carl Wallin
Floyd B. Olson
Father Haas
Dunnigan
Francis Haas
EF. H. Dunnigan
Employers Advisory Committee
Striking Drivers Barred by Martial Law Threaten Return to Violence
In Minneapolis 6000 truckers threaten to defy martial law and national guardsmen ruling. They demand an immediate halt to all trucking for 48 hours or risk renewed violence.
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Minneapolis
Hindenburg Home Is Closely Guarded
AP dispatch from NEUDECK reports President von Hindenburg's country estate under tight guard by secret service and state police. Every room was lit as an Associated Press correspondent faced possible arrest after arriving by taxi.
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Neudeck
Germany
Associated Press
von Hindenburg
Public Ownership Shifts Power Plant Fortunes
The piece notes JF Labor loses public control of power plants while private owners see investments evaporate. It asks who benefits, concluding owners receive little consideration as the era frowns on possession of securities, labeling such holdings dishonest.
Playing God and the Cowboy in Everyday Living
A cowboy rests under a hot sun and realizes he cannot bear the universe alone. The piece argues against taking too much burden from God and insists faith is practical sense. It urges doing one’s share with clear vision and leaving the rest to a higher power, God.
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Bernard
God
Vf Wight
William James
Swiss Protest Smuggling Bombs Across Borders
The Swiss foreign office received a note protesting the smuggling of explosives from Germany into Austria. The incident involves four men, alleged Nazis, arrested last week while attempting to move bombs into Austria for use in an attempted revolution.
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Berlin
INS
Foreign Office
Germany
Austria
Willys Divorced Married Same Day
John N. Willys, wealthy car magnate, wed a new wife minutes after his divorce was granted from his first wife. The divorce settlement awards the first wife real estate, paintings, jewelry, securities and cash valued at over seven and a half million dollars including the Oyster Bay estate.
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Miami, Fla
INS
John N. Willys
New York
Willys
Florence E. Dolan
Harold J. Dolan
Kew Garden
L. I
Inspectors urge boosts in livestock loading charges
Washington INL Examiners of the Interstate Commerce Commission Tuesday recommended holding that proposed increases in charges for loading and unloading livestock at the public stockyards at South Omaha Neb are justified.
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Washington
INL
Interstate Commerce Commission
South Omaha
Neb
Huey Long Calls Out Troops in New Orleans Bloodless Putsch
National guardsmen mobilized at Jackson barracks and city hall as Huey Long clashed with Mayor Walmsley over control of police and registration records. Troops faced police in Lafayette Street as legal challenges and injunctions played out.
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New Orleans
Jackson Barracks
Huey Long
Board of Assessors
City Hall
Henry Olcott
Joseph Weber
T. Semmes Walmsley
Louisiana
New
Washington
Long
National
Eity Council
Lafayette Street
Walmsley
Leutenants
Soule
Old Choctaw Club
Tammany Hall of the South
Huey
United States
Orleans Parish
Democratic Party
Tuesday Major League Results From United Press
American League games featured Boston New York Detroit Cleveland Washington Philadelphia Chicago and St Louis with totals and pitcher lines. Notable scores include Boston 11 2 in first game and 15 1 in second, Detroit 9 7 over Cleveland, and St Louis 15 7 over Chicago in the first playoff set.
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Boston
New York
H. Johnson
Walberg
Mulligan
R. Ferrell
Legett
Gomez
Dickey
Ostermueller
Ferrell, Murphy
DeShong
Jorgens
Detroit
Cleveland
Fischer
Sorrell
Phillips
Hayworth
Cochrane
Lee
C. Brown
Harder
Pytlak
St. Louis
Chicago
Dean
Mooney
DeLancey
Warneke
Hartnett
State Liquor Store Income May Be Taxed
Washington AP reports internal revenue officials weigh an IRS ruling that state liquor commissions may be taxed on their earnings. Commissioner Helvering notes the decision in Oregon is not final and questions government authority to tax. If taxed, direct taxes focus on liquor released from warehouses rather than earnings.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Liquor Control Commissions
Bureau
Guy T. Helvering
Oregon
Helvering
Lquor
Iowa
Ohio
Internal Revenue
Iowa Cigaret Tax Sets July Revenue Record
Des Moines report shows Iowa cigarette tax collections for July reaching a record total of 114179.45 dollars. July receipts rose 1217.19 dollars over June 1934 and exceeded July 1933 by 12460.61 dollars.
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Des Moines
Iowa
William Merckens
Cigaret
Death Watch for Hindenburg Looms Over Germany
Anxious Germany watches as President Paul von Hindenburg battles a grave illness at Neu deck. Doctors say his condition remains critical while reports note his mental clarity and ongoing care. If he dies, constitutional provisions point to the supreme court president acting initially, with possible cabinet shifts toward Hitler.
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von Hindenburg
Germany
Neudeck
Hitler
Mississippi River Hits New Low In Winona
The Mississippi River fell to 2.5 feet below the 1864 low water mark in Winona marking a record low. Sandbars appear across the river and pedestrians can walk across many areas where water once flowed.
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Winona
Minn
Mississippi River
German President's 86th Birthday Photo Notice
Paris reports illness of President von Hindenburg alarmed the French government. A spokesman said his death would create a very difficult situation for France.
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Paris
von Hindenburg
Ill Health of Hindenburg Sparks British Alarm
London and Berlin report widespread anxiety over President von Hindenburg’s illness. British officials fear his death would be a severe blow to Germany and the world. Authorities in Berlin wait for news as Germany faces an uncertain future.
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London
von Hindenburg
Germany
England
Berlin Stocks Dip on Reports of President von Hindenburg Illness
Berlin reports say President von Hindenburg is seriously ill, triggering a market drop on the bourse. Most standard issues declined two to four points as investors reacted to the news.
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Berlin
INS
von Hindenburg
Fluorine Found In Deep Wells In Thirteen Iowa Cities
Iowa health officials report fluorine detected in deep wells across thirteen cities including Ankeny Dayton Duncombe Gowrie Huxley Manson Maxwell Nevada Oakland Ogden Redfield Stratford and Stuart. Further tests began in 1933 and may implicate Altoona and Greenfield. findings aim to explain mottled teeth observed by an Ankeny dentist.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa State Department of Health
Ankeny
Dayton
Duncombe
Gowrie
Huxley
Manson
Maxwell
Nevada
Oakland
Ogden
Redfield
Stratford
Stuart
Altoona
Greenfield
Iowa City
Thug Pulls $600 Heist At House Office Building
In Washington a robber entered the House of Representatives post office, robbed clerk Donald Stucky of $600, and fled. Police say the theft, centered near the Capitol, was the first recorded in a government building on Capitol Hill. Stucky noted the safe held $1,000. guards were absent at the entry.
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Washington
Department of Justice
New House
Donald Stucky
Stucky
Capitol
Capitol Hill
House
Austrian open charges blame Germany for Dollfuss putsch
Vienna reports Col. Walter Adam accuses Germany of responsibility for the Dollfuss murder plot in a radio address. Two nazis, Otto Planetta and Franz Holzweber, were hanged for Dollfuss death as fascist authorities vow to crush nazism, amid threats against cathedrals and renewed revolt.
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Etyeg
Vienna
Germany
Engelbert Dollfuss
Walter Adam
Austria
Adam
Bavaria
Koel
Lerschlag
Otto Planetta
Franz Holzweber
Dollfuss
Death sentences loom as nazis face execution
Reports describe plans for hangings at 4 35 pm and 4 48 pm after a crackdown on Nazis amid threats of civil war. Police and heimwehr mobilize as Europe fears a revolt and the government declares all captured Nazis eligible for punishment beyond sentences.
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Peeti
Planetta
Heimwehr
Europe
U. S. To Double Cattle Purchases And Processing
Washington AP The government will double within thirty days facilities for processing cattle bought from drought areas. Lawrence Westbrook assistant federal relief administrator says surplus relief corporation will use private plants and lease others, building around 100 small plants already in operation. Purchases and processing are expected to rise as the drought situation worsens.
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Washington
Lawrence Westbrook
Federal Relief
Surplus Relief Corporation
Camerica
Westbrook
Wallace urges continuation of farm adjustment program
Secretary Wallace told Kentucky farmers that the agricultural adjustment program should continue. He acknowledged some mistakes but argued that excess supplies are moving to consumption and farmer incomes, especially tobacco growers, are rising through a marketing agreement and inflation. He urged consolidating gains and keeping production aligned with demand until slower remedies take effect.
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Hopkinsville
Wallace
Kentucky
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