Roosevelt campaign talk and new deal prospects
The piece discusses the wartime era mood and the rise of a new deal under Democratic leadership with Henry Huston en route to New York to interview Roosevelt political managers. It notes Republicans failed to deliver changes and predicts fresh Democratic governance and youth in politics, including figures like Gene Tunney.
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Charles D. Huston
New York
Roosevelt
Gene Tunney
Charlie Huston
Two Suspects Arrested in Illinois Abduction Case
In Taylorville and Springfield Illinois two men were arrested on murder abduction and kidnapping charges in connection with the night time abduction of John B. Colegrove a former Taylorville bank president. A bloody shirt and Colegrove wallet were found as police link a suspect to the crime.
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Illinois
Taylorville
James Gammontoni
Springfield
John B. Colegrove
Charles Weinecke
Christian County
Colegrove
Ill
Sugar Creek
O . Colegrove
Fred Weinecke
Weinecke
James Gammonton
Amelia Puzzuoli
Gammontoni
Serville Breeze
lSatic
In Bank
Sphunurisu
Var
Taylor‘ville
Com- Colegrove
Dr J Paul Goode dies at 70 in Michigan
Dr J Paul Goode emeritus professor of geography at the University of Chicago died at age 70 at his summer home in Little Point Sable Michigan. He gained fame as the inventor of flat maps that show relative sites without distortion and is survived by a son Goode.
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DR. Goode
Chicago Uins
Panerai
J. Paul Goode
University of Chicago
Little Point Sable
Mich
Goode
Vacation Money Sopping Up Inside Your Home
From the Sunday Gazette Want Ads an offer to sell items for cash is promoted. Ads are received until 8 PM tonight and can be placed by phone if you cannot visit the Gazette office.
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Sunday Gazette
Gazette
Paraguay Signals Truce Stance as Bolivia Maintains Defense
Paraguay agrees to a truce in the Gran Chaco dispute while Bolivia says it will continue armed preparations amid active mobilization. Both nations reply to US and other notes seeking settlement, with reports of renewed fighting in the Chaco region and Paraguay proposing a June 1 truce date opposed by Bolivia. A Paraguayan plan to fund defense draws on a large salary-based levy, and a thousand schoolchildren petition the Paraguayan staff to form a fighting regiment.
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Paraguay
Bolivia
United States
FRESS
Gran Chaco
Chaco
Conside
Paraguayan Treasury
Montgomery Ward Heiress Secretly Marries Baker
Philadelphia report reveals Miss Marjorie Montgomery Ward heiress to a $2,000,000 estate wed Robert R. Baker a retired Chicago coal merchant. The ceremony occurred at Sky Top lodge Mount Pocono with the couple noting they did not elope. Ward’s father died in 1913 leaving life insurance and a portion of a $5,000,000 estate to her.
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Philadelphia
Marjorie Montgomery Ward
A. Montgomery Ward
Montgomery Ward and Company
Chicago
Robert R. Baker
Sky Top Lodge
Mount Pocono
Montegmery Wara
Mercury Dips to 60 as Light Rain Sweeps Cedar Rapids
A Cedar Rapids daily report notes a rainy Saturday with a low around 60 early morning and a high near 74 by evening. Temperatures slipped to 60 by 3:30 a.m., rose to 68 at noon, and reached 72 by early afternoon with overcast skies and a potential for more rain.
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Cedar Rapids
Lancaster threats cited in Clarke murder trial testimony
State presented testimony by M G Tancrel describing Captain William N Lancaster telling him in a Nogales hotel room that he would return to Miami and eliminate Clarke. The dialogue followed Lancaster’s claim of being wronged in Mrs Jessie Keith Miller’s affair and Clarke’s alleged theft of her affections. Clarke was shot on April 21 in the sleeping porch where he stayed with Lancaster.
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Miami
Fla
William N. Lancaster
How
M.G. Tancrel
Lancaster
Nogales
Ariz
Clarke
Jessie M. Keith
Miller
Tancrel
Tanerel
Lan‘aster
Keth-haller
Mwe
Roosevelt orders public hearing in Walker case
Gov Roosevelt announced a public hearing in the Walker case for Thursday in Albany. Telegrams went to Mayor James J. Walker and others. The move follows Hofstadter committee findings and Seabury’s conclusions justifying removal. Walker is urged to appear Aug 11 at 1 30 pm daylight saving time to answer charges.
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Roosevelt
Seabury
Walker
Executive Chamber
Albany
Samuel Seabury
William J. Schieffelin
James E. Finegan
Winners in Best Reason Why Contest to Be Named Sunday
Fifty six advertisers joined last Sunday in Cedar Rapids for the Best Reason Why contest. The event drew between 7 000 and 8 000 replies in a few days, making the editors task to pick winners strenuous. Each advertiser receiving the $1 cash award will also get additional prizes in many cases.
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Cedar Rapids News
Truth serum sought in Dr O'Brien wife death case
Chicago AP reports investigators may use a truth serum on Dr William A. O'Brien to solve the mystery of Vera O'Brien's death. He has been held for questioning after Vera died by poisoning last Monday. He already underwent a lie detector exam and contends his wife killed herself.
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Chicago
William A. O'Brien
Vera
Minnesota gag law invoked again over newspaper seizure
District Judge Paul W Guilford denied Arthur Kasherman an injunction to stop Minneapolis authorities from confiscating his paper Public Press. The ruling notes the Minnesota statute on obscene publications is separate from scandalous material and that injunctions remain valid for obscene material.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Paul W. Guilford
Arthur Kasherman
The
Public Press
Supreme Court of the United States
Saturday Press
Supreme Court of
Minnesota v
Kasherman
United States Supreme Court
Lightner Claims Recapitulation as Annual Report
Cedar Rapids from Justice Lightner contends quarterly reports were filed with a year recapitulation on the last. he argues an annual report was never required. Justice Wiles cites no filings, while both delay further comment until formal notice. The county board warned removal if reports not completed within twenty days.
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Cedar Rapids
G. S. Lightner
S. C. Wiles
Lightner
Wiles
Huston Plans New York Campaign Talks With Farley
Charles D. Huston Democratic state chairman will leave Des Moines for New York to confer with James A. Farley on plans for the presidential campaign. The Associated Press dispatch notes Huston’s visit follows the opening of campaign headquarters in Des Moines.
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Huston
Farley
New York
Cedar Rapids
Charles D. Huston
Des Moines
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Associated Press
Hove
Boots and Her Buddies Debuts in Cedar Rapids Gazette
The paper adds Lost in the Jungle Galore in Boots and Her Buddies with Boots and Wash Tubbs appearing daily. Boots starts a Sunday full page in color titled GIRLS while OUT OUR WAY also debuts a four color page in the Sunday comics.
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Boots
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Gazette
Walker bailed in Reynolds death case in Winston-Salem
Albert Walker, a Winston-Salem youth, was granted bail of 25 000 under Judge A M Stack in the fatal Reynolds case. The judge reserved right to pursue a first degree murder charge if new evidence emerges before trial. Libby Reynolds, missing star Libby Polikoff said to surrender soon. her attorney noted she will come voluntarily when her father instructs.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Albert Walker
Nurder
Smith Reynolds
Winston-Salem, N. C
A.M. Stack
Thay
Ab. Walker
Higgins
Walker
Bailey Lupfert
Oscar Efird
B. B. Walker
Reynolds
Libby
Benet Polikoff
Polikoff
Dormer Broadway
Holman Hent
Iene
Witter Higgins
MacNider Talks With Hoover At Washington Camp Visit
Hanford S MacNider Mason City loan minister to Canada met President Hoover in Washington for a brief conference. He said the St Lawrence waterway project and other matters were discussed and he was invited to spend the weekend at the President and Mrs Hoover s mountain camp. He noted Ottawa conference reports were not received and no discussion of its effect on the United States occurred.
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Washington
Hanford S MacNider
Mason City
Amer
Canada
Hoover
Gibson Girl Returns with Modern Straight Skirt Style
Chicago AP reports a Gibson girl revival with a modern straight or wrap around skirt. The top heavy silhouette remains but the hips are toned down, signaling a shift from the old voluminous curves while preserving the era’s refined image.
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Chicago
Piccard Prepares For Second Balloon Flight Monday
Swiss based AP report says Belgian scientist Auguste Piccard plans a second ascent into the upper atmosphere on Monday. His prior flight reached beyond 50 000 feet in the stratosphere.
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Piccard
Furichsswiterland
Prat
Auguste Piccard
Scientis Soni
Will Rogers Distinguishes Parties by Talk Says He Finds Tie
Beverly Hills columnist Will Rogers argues that Republicans and Democrats resemble each other in platform and policy, and claims a sure way to tell them apart this year lies in the way they talk. He notes the speakers' tones reveal underlying differences.
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Raitor Gaxet
Beverly Hills
Calif
Believe Crisis Past In U S Trade Slump
London AP reports a leading British economist says the U S economic crisis is past though full recovery is not yet in sight. The review notes spring and summer signs of unemployment, gold drain to Europe, and public hoarding, with improved global mood ahead.
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Economist
West
Uncle Sam
Jand
Bonus
Pennsylvania
London
Great Britain
United States
America
Europe
Prime Minister of Sweden Resigns Over Kreuger Debacle
LONDON INS reports the Swedish prime minister resigns following the Kreuger scandal linked to the Paris death by own action of Ivar Kreuger, the match king, with Ekman’s finance minister F. T. named in dispatches.
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Sweden
Kreuger
London
INS
Paris
Ivar Kreuger
Ekman
F. T
Two Children Hurt In Auto Collision
Two children riding in the back seat of a car driven by T H Weeks at 1036 Third Avenue SE received lip cuts after Weeks turned into his driveway at 7 15 Friday and was struck by a west bound car driven by Louis Meish of 359 Camburn Court Meish was attempting to pass the litter on the right side and crashed into Weeks car causing considerable damage The two children were thrown against the front seat but injuries were not serious.
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Cedar Rapids
T. H. Weeks
Third Avenue SE
Weeks
Louis Meish
Camburn Court
Iate Saserin
Building Industry Signals Early Recovery Momentum
News notes signs of life in the construction sector after years of decline. Public works in the United States may total up to 800 million this year, while non government projects total around 1.4 billion with another 900 million could be ready.
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New York
United States
American Society of Civil Engineers
Heavy buying pushes stocks to new highs on Saturday trading
A burst of buying orders on the New York Stock Exchange sent prices sharply higher as large blocks of shares moved up from coast to coast. Union Pacific, Atchison, and Southern Pacific led gains, with steel hitting a new year high as wheat prices also climbed amid government pool optimism.
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New York Stock Exchange
Shorts
Eek
Sio
Asras
Paul
Union Pacific
Atchison
Southern Pacific
New York Central
New Haven
Chesapeake India
Chicago
Board of Trade
Proad
English Excursion Boat Goes On Rocks Near Jersey
A 2000 ton channel steamer St Patrick grounded in thick fog off Corbiere lighthouse near Jersey. Excursion passengers were rescued by Isle of Sark and tug Duke of Normandy after several hours of effort. 314 people were saved and the ship towed into St Helier.
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Jersey
Channel Isles
INS
St. Patrick
Corbiere Lighthouse
Weymouth
England
St. Heller
O. S
Isle of Sark
Duke of Normandy
Poison Alcohol Claims Three Lives In Midwest Outbreak
Poison alcohol was blamed by officials for three deaths and a critical illness among four men in the Midwest. Victims identified include Bartlesville's Tom Hoey, 44, and William Ozmest, with Thomas Woodall, 45, of Anita, Iowa, among the deceased others. A Springfield Missouri man named Allen was reported as a tentative identity.
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Okla
Tom Hoey
Thomas Woodall
Anita
Allen
Springfield
William OzMest
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