Roosevelt Campaign Speech Signals Government Economy Plan
A long Union era missive recounts Roosevelt's first campaign speech as governor endorsing a 25 percent federal budget cut. It notes state cost increases in each of three years and cites business sentiment improving under Hoover era politics. The piece includes commentary on the Bonus Army, press reaction, and party maneuvering ahead of the 1932 election.
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Roosevelt
New York
Mills
Grand Aid Party
Washington
Five Killed In Ritz Tower Blast In New York
An explosion in the Ritz Tower hotel sub basement killed five firefighters and injured 26 others, including two women and two children. The blast, in the paint shop three levels below, caused ceilings to collapse and front windows of street level shops to be blown in. Jewelry shop owner Thomas Kirkpatrick said gems worth hundreds of thousands were lost, with two diamond brooches and a pearl necklace among the reported values. Fire units and detectives investigated amid a power outage and trapped firefighters, as teams fought the subterranean blaze at the 41 story building on Park Avenue.
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New York
Ritz Tower
Thomas Kirkpatrick
Fifty Seventh Street
Kirkpatrick
Fifty-seventh Street
George Lorre
Engine Company No. 8
Engine Company No. 6
Daniel Lynch
No. 6
Park Avenue
Arthur Brisbane
Trouble Grows at Dixie Bee Mine in Indiana Strike
In Terre Haute Indiana hundreds of miners gathered at the Dixie Bee coal mine amid a wage dispute with non union operators. Sheriff Joe Dreher warned he would not guarantee safety as unions swelled their picket lines prompting Gov Leslie to consider troops.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Dixie Bee
Joe Dreher
Dreherk
Harry B Leslie
Dreher
Railroad man dies after fatal shooting of foreman
Omaha AP reports Paul Bako 53, a railroad car painter, died at a local hospital three hours after fatally shooting his employer and foreman Joe Zezulak 40 in Zezulak's office. Bako had been off work due to illness.
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Omaha
Paul Bako
Joe Zezulak
Bako
Dead counterfeiters in New York flat tied to officials
Robert L. Conroy, long hunted for a Toledo police murder, and a platinum haired woman were found dead in a Sumterfied flat with counterfeiting gear and a black book. Police say Conroy shot the woman then killed himself after firing into her body. Secret service noted perfect five dollar bills with Lincoln portraits and a Lincoln-engraved stamp. The little black book allegedly lists two U.S. senators among many names. The case raises questions about blackmail and high-level connections.
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New York
Robert L. Conroy
Conroy
Toledo
Secret Service
Serta Hank
United States
Lincoln
Detroit Detectives Identify Slain Man Linked to 1927 Crimes
Detroit investigators announced identification by fingerprints that the NY apartment victim is Robert Newbery, a notorious criminal alias for Robert L. Conroy. Newbery was wanted for two murders at the Lewis Cass apartments on March 16, 1927, and for bond jumping after a 1926 holdup.
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Detroit
Robert L. Conroy
New York
Robert Newbery
William Collins
Newbery
Lewis Cass
Walker Plans Governor Run After Mayoral Ouster
New York mayor James J. Walker intends to seek the state gubernatorial nomination if he is removed from office as Roosevelt studies charges. Democrats react with astonishment at the prospect of a Walker run triggering a tangled campaign and potential harm to the ticket.
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Jimmy Walker
New York
James J. Walker
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York State
Walker
Aged Woman Slain by Ax in Charles City Household
Mrs. Richard Steele, 71, was hacked to death with an ax while washing at home. Her husband, 75, was jailed in Floyd County as a suspect, later claiming memory loss. An inquest was planned as authorities review past injuries and a damage suit.
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Charles City
Richard Steele
Steele
Lester’ Booth
B. F. Atherton
Floyd County
Atherton
Charles R Steele
Here
C. L. Hammond
St. Louis
Roosevelt Speech Sparks Campaign Row Across Parties
Senator Dickinson accuses Roosevelt of deceit over the St Lawrence waterway plank as Ely pledges loyalty to Roosevelt. GOP leaders plan added fundraising and canvassing while Coolidge may aid Hoover. Tunney denounces GOP tactics as Roosevelt positions defend fiscal plans and rail financing.
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L. J. Dickinson
Roosevelt
Algona
New York
St. Lawrence
Watson
Indiana
Senate
Chicago
Smoot
Utah
Washington
Andrew
Massachusetts
Boston
Jekyll Roosevelt
Hyde Garner
House
Dickinson
Gov
Bonus Fight Victim To Be Buried At Arlington Cemetery
A military funeral was planned for William J. Hushka, shot by a policeman last Thursday. Services are scheduled for Tuesday with burial in Arlington Cemetery, the veteran’s final resting place.
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Arlington Cemetery
Washington
INS
William J. Hushka
TOLAN NOSES OUT METCALFE TO WIN OLYMPIC 100-METERS TITLE
Eddie Tolan of Detroit won the Olympic 100 meters in 10.3 seconds in a blanket finish over Ralph Metcalfe of Chicago. Percy Williams, 1930 world record holder, was eliminated in the semis. Tolan tied Williams's record.
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Tolan
Metcalfe
Los Angeles
Eddie Tolan
Detroit
Ralph Metcalfe
Chicago
Percy Williams
Canada
Williams
George Simpson
Columbus
Tisdall
Ireland
Hardin and Taylor
America
O'Callaghan
Great Britain Pressured On Tariff Preferences At Imperial Conference
Ottawa AP report shows South Africa and Canada pressing Britain to set tariff preferences. Havenga urges clear positions on duties linking Commonwealth nations, while Canada seeks protection for home industries and access to lower tariffs on coal steel textiles in exchange for wheat lumber meat and fruit exports. Debate centers on food taxation and meat and beef supply dynamics.
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Ottawa
Great Britain
N. C. Havenga
South Africa
Australia
Hayenga
Stanley Baldwin
Union of South Africa
United Kingdom
Canada
India
Irish Free State
Argentina
United States
Four Cosgrove family members plead not guilty in Walker Bank embezzlement
In Cedar Rapids district court Judge H G Ring presided as Stella Kayser 32 her father Patrick Cosgrove 64 and brothers Walter J Cosgrove 26 and Joseph Cosgrove 28 all pleaded not guilty to embezzlement charges stemming from alleged misappropriation of 41000 at the Walker branch of Center Point Walker Trust Co. Kayser released on 20000 bond. Patrick Cosgrove and his sons bonds cut from 10000 to 5000 each. E G Fisher also pled not guilty and posted 10000 bond.
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Cedar Rapids
NTWS
Cosgrove
Walker
H. G. Ring
Stella Kayser
Center Point-Walker Trust Company
Patrick Cosgrove
Walter J. Cosgrove
Joseph Cosgrove
Riots in Germany after election. Hitler’s fate hangs in balance
Postrejection riots leave four dead as Germany awaits Adolf Hitler’s move after voters rejected his bid for power. Nazi leaders face pressure over coalition talks with Centrists, while the Reichstag seats breakdown shows Nazis at 230, Socialists 133, Communists 89, with various smaller parties.
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Berlin
Germany
Adolf Hitler
von Hindenburg
Reichstag
Munich Post
Hitler
Heinrich Bruening
Bavarian People's Party
Christian Socialists
Economic Party
Agricultural Alliance
Farmers Federation
Farmers Party
Bochum
Koenigsberg
Composer of Rose Colored Glasses Dies at 35
Tommie Malle, the songwriter behind Looking at the World Through Colored Glasses, died in a county hospital charity ward at 35 from a complication of ailments. Friends once linked to brighter days searched for him in North Clark street hobo centers while funds were collected for sanitarium care.
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Chicago
Tommie Malle
Clark Street
Will Rogers on Olympic weight lifting and fashion notes
A humorous summary from Beverly Hills coverage jokes about Olympic weight lifting events won by a Frenchman, with comments on dancers and gambling dealers. It notes top nations at the opening showing Canada first, Waly second, Argentina third, and jokes about French berets on American athletes.
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Beverly Hills
Canada
Waly
Probe of Bonus Army Rioting Under Way in DC
DC grand jury began an inquiry into last Thursday's Bonus Army riots at the capital following President Hoover's order. Pelham Glassford, Washington police chief, testified about fighting and evacuation by federal troops. Johnstown Red Cross aid was refused after Mayor McCloskey requested food for veterans.
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Washington
Hoover
District of Columbia Grand Jury
Red Cross
Johnstown
Pelham D. Glassford
McCloskey
Willam Hushka
Chicago
W. W. Waters
Bonus Army
E. R. Witman
Treasury
Treas
Ury
Glassford
Butler
Salvation Army
Chamber of Commerce
Bolivia and Paraguay Brace for War Over Gran Chaco
Bolivia and Paraguay renamed Monday night and prepared for war. The Paraguayan government with congress approval ordered general mobilization amid popular acclaim. Bolivia issued a formal declaration to gain an outlet on the Paraguay river bank as clashes over the Gran Chaco frontier intensified after Bolivians captured Forts Boqueron and Toledo.
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United Press
Bolivia
Paraguay
Congress
Gran Chaco
Boqueron
Toledo
Franco-Belgian Commerce Treaty Alarms American Firms
Paris reports a Franco-Belgian convention cutting Belgian imports tax to 2 percent on all Belgian goods. US and others pay 4 percent on semi finished and 6 percent on finished products. Officials fear Belgium will undercut US prices, hurting copper exports and reducing American shipments to France while protecting some automotive accessories and leather goods.
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Paris
United States
Belgium
France
Standard Oil of Indiana Declares 25 Cent Dividend
Chicago based Standard Oil Company of Indiana directors declare a regular cash dividend of 25 cents a share on the company stock payable September 15 to stockholders of record August 15.
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Chicago
INS
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Communists halted in Johnstown park amid chaos at camp
In Johnstown Pennsylvania police broke up a downtown Central Park disturbance as demonstrators tried to stage a protest. One man named George Hart was arrested after mounting a statue and speaking. Frank Garloke was chased and jailed for disorderly conduct. Six radicals led the effort but were watched closely and foiled. The typhoid threat at the Bonus Army camp prompted officials to charter a plane to Harrisburg for aid and request military supplies and health officers.
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Johnstown
Central’ Park
George Hart
Frank Garloke
Paw
Bonus Army
Charles Shaffer
Somerset County
Eddie McCloskey
Harrisburg
Efor
National“Guard
Shaffer
Somerset
Roosevelt Attacked Over Prohibition Stance By Republicans
Republicans assail Governor Roosevelt on the liquor issue as the Democratic campaign chief calls for a series of strategy conferences with state chairmen. A Roosevelt league forms in New York as talks begin on a Hoover Curtis election fight in the East. Farley urges all Democratic state chairmen to attend meetings in New York within a month.
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Washington
Alfred E. Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Joseph B. Ely
Massachusetts
Roosevelt
Ely
New York
Frank C. Walker
Walker
Democratic National Committee
James A. Farley
New’ York
New York Republic&a’ State Committee
Covernor
Congress
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