Cattle Bought For Government Open Market Amid Drought
The government begins cattle buying in Chariton and surrounding counties as drought thins herds. Buyers report 700 to 750 pound cattle at 20 dollars a head, with some loads sent to Chicago. Inspectors, led by Dr. J A Barger, evaluate cattle for famine relief and ship accepted cattle to St Louis. Condemned stock buried nearby. buying travels to Sasceola Corydon Leon Albia and Knoxville.
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Allison
Chariton
Callison
Chicago
Cas County
Rex ‘Beresford
W. F. la Grange
Ames
H. K. Bliss
Sasceola
Corydon
Leon
Albia
Saturns
Knoxville
Florida chain gang fugitive captured in Chicago
Howard Beck, 29, a Florida life term escapee with a ball and chain, was arrested in Chicago while at dinner with his wife. He escaped from Brooksville camp 33 in July 1933 after an armed bootlegger clash, hiding in swamps, breaking the anklet, and later hitchhiking to Georgia and finally Chicago.
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Chicago
INS
Howard Beck
Detective Bureau
Florida
Beck
Nellie Giffney
Edward Allman
Miami
Brooksville
Fla
Georgia
Oceans Explorers Begin Descent in Metal Diving Ball
Dr. William Beede and Otis Barton aboard the metal diving ball Baby Sphere left Bermuda’s St George Harbor for the open sea to reach a planned depth of a half mile. The National Geographic Society reports calm seas, with no word on success until the pair returns to shore later today due to no radio link with the vessel.
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Washington
INS
William Beede
Otis Barton
St. George’s Harbor
Bermuda
W National Geographic Society
Sponrs
Faithful minister bites rattler in faith cure ordeal
Albert Teester a 39 year old holiness preacher in the Balsam mountains was bitten twice by a rattlesnake during a pulpit display of faith and refused medical aid His arm swelled and his tongue filled his mouth yet he remained convinced faith would heal him His wife died years ago in childbirth after also refusing care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bylva
N. GC
Balsam Mountain
Albert Teester
Teester
Christ
Plane off course hovers over Cedar Rapids city
A large transport plane, off course while due to pass Iowa City, hovered at low altitude over Cedar Rapids for about 30 minutes Friday night. Residents flooded the airport and police with calls. lights were eventually turned on but too late as the aircraft headed east. Iowa City lights were also activated awaiting the plane’s return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Don Hines
Dan Hunter
Guards Shoot 8 Convicts In Angola Prison Break
Eight convicts led by William Bryant and Lucas Badeaux ignite a breakout at Angola prison farm. Guards open fire, Bryant is killed, Badeaux wounded, four guards survive the incident, several convicts wounded or captured, two die or near death, and the event marks a violent prison clash at the Red Hat unit.
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Baton Rouge
Angola
Camp E
William Bryant
Arkansas
Lucas Badeaux
Stool Bigeon
Riley Strother
Henry Clark
Clark
Bryant
Strother
Badeaux
Rayd Mood
Jardler
Ran Ending
Michi Attakly
Perald ‘Cramer
Emmett Watigny
Dave’ Lee
Andre’ Sanchez
Harvey Seals
Newcastle Woman Dies of Injuries After Lincoln Highway Crash
Mrs. Blanche B. Riley of Newcastle Pennsylvania died at Mercy hospital after injuries from a Tuesday automobile accident on the Lincoln highway near Chelsea. Her husband W J H Riley and daughter Helen were in the car. she leaves a Newcastle daughter Mrs E J Connery. Mrs Riley's body will be returned to Newcastle.
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Cedar Rapids
Blanche B. Riley
Newcastle
Mercy Hospital
Lincoln Highway
Chelsea
Riley
Helen
the Park
E. J. Connery
Clubhouse Cornice Falls Down. Two Dead, Three Hurt
In Chillicothe Illinois a three story Santa Fe clubhouse cornice collapsed onto an adjoining porch. Two men died Richard Gentry secretary and Herman Beherns librarian. Three were injured Arthur Watson James Newell and John Crawford with Watson and Newell seriously hurt Crawford only slightly injured.
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Chillicothe, Ill
INS
Santa Fe
Richard Gentry
Chillicothe
Herman Beherns
Club House
Arthur Watson
James Newell
John Crawford
Santa Fe Railroad
Topeka
Kan
Watson
Newell
Peoria
Crawford
Mrs Huey Long Vacationing Quietly at Manitou
Mrs Huey P Long wife of the Louisiana senator is at Manitou for a two month vacation with her daughter Rose two sons Russell and Thomas and two sisters Mrs Allen Hollinshed. She refuses to comment on the senator's political activities and asks for no interviews during the stay.
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Colorado Springs
Ins
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Long
Manitou
Here
Rose
Russell
Thomas
Allen Hollinshed
Willard Hayes leaves for TVA recreation post at Muscle Shoals
Willard Hayes longtime superintendent of recreation since 1925 announced his resignation to the city council and playground commission. He will become director of recreation and adult education for the Tennessee Valley Authority in the Muscle Shoals area and will organize a system of adult education and recreation across TVA model communities. He has led local programs including baseball, the Cedar Rapids Diamond ball association, municipal ice skating, summer playgrounds, competitive hockey, and the relief garden system praised as a national model.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Hayes
Nitrate Plant
Ala
Tennessee Valley Authority
Muscle Shoals
Hayes
CCC
Palisades
State
Perk. Ang At
Omiceraress Reserve
Corna
TVA
Clare Nichols
M. and J
Cedar Rapids
Recreation Service Bureau
Inflationists Push Three Point Plan for Dollar Cheaper
Washington reports inflationists press a three point program to lower the dollar value. Devalue gold content, issue treasury certificates if needed, and form a presidential commission to set a fixed dollar value. Senator Elmer Thomas backs unofficial committee studies on currency type and a return to a five dollar readjustment.
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Washington
Treasury
Elmer Thomas
Okla
Chicago
Thomas
America
United States
Rainy cool spell hits Cedar Rapids after warm day
Cedar Rapids shifted from electric fans to umbrellas and coats as a cool rain moved in Friday night and Saturday. Rain fell in intervals totaling .35 inch by 9 a.m. Saturday. Temperatures dipped from a Friday high near 87 to 74 by 1 p.m. and 68 by 7 a.m. Saturday.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers and Inskeep Company
Joseph Libal Dominates Gladiolus Show In Iowa
Joseph Libal of 2960 Town avenue SE won local and state honors at the Iowa Gladiolus Society show. He earned 139 points to capture The Gazette perpetual cup and the Iowa Gold Medal, plus two silver medals, one bronze, the Ray Murray trophy, and the J. Elton Carter silver vase. He recorded twenty first prizes including the Lozier florist cup, while out-of-town entrant Colonial Gardens placed second in points. The event was at the Memorial auditorium with awards at the Hotel Roosevelt banquet and remarks by state leaders.
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Joseph Libal
Town Avenue
Iowa Gladiolus Society
Memorial Auditorium
Libal
Cedar Rapids Gladiolus Society
Secretary of Agriculture
Ray Murray
J. Elton Carter
Des Moines
Colonial Gardens
Rockford
Minn
E Avenue
Steve Stolba
Clyde Herring
Oscar Soderlund
Twentysixth Street
Gladiolus
Boderlund
Earl E. May Seed and Nursery Company
Dr. L. F. Vane
Hotel Roosevelt
Decatur
John G. Reding
Cedar Rapids
Aluminum ore plants close as new strike roils industry
The AFL and Mellon controlled Aluminum Company of America clash as thousands walk out across the nation. Plants at Neweasineton Arnold Logan's area Massena St. Louis East St. Louis halt work, 1400 laid off with 900 union members. William Green says talks failed to gain collective bargaining. President Roosevelt may intervene.
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Pittsburgh
INS
National
American Federation of Labor
Mellon-controlled
Aluminum Company of America
Andrew W. Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury
Aluminum
National Council of Aluminum Workers
Roosevelt
Aluminum Offic
Neweasineton
Arnold
Cand
Logan's
Farry J
Massena
St. Louis
East St. Louis
William Green
A. F. of L
Aluminum Workers Council
Green
Labor Board Prepares for Aluminum Strike Impasse
The labor relations board readies for a new walkout at Aluminum Company of America involving about 15,000 workers. No formal complaint yet filed, but officials offer to aid dispute resolution as a board representative heads to Pittsburgh, hub of the firm with plants in five states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Relations Board
Aluminum Company of America
Pittsburgh
Aluminum Company
Grain Prices Plunge After Week of Gains in Chicago
In Chicago, grain prices fell sharply after a week of gains, triggering the daily decline limit at the open. Markets swung violently in the pits before closing near silence as buyers vanished. Traders blame the agriculture department’s idle acreage curtailment, favorable weather, foreign bearishness, technicals, and the August crop report for the drop. Wheat and rye fell 5 cents, corn 4, barley and oats 3.
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Chicago
Department of Agriculture
Can You Write A Jingle Free Tickets Tossed In
An offer invites readers to write a jingle for a chance to win free guest tickets to an Iowa theater. The Bee Want Ad section and the Big Sunday Gazette advertise ordering Want Ads by 8 PM. Call 2-1121 to place an ad if unable to visit The Gazette office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Gazette
Gazette Office
Constable Shot Five Times Survives Ambush in Suburban Shootout
Chicago officer John Griffin 26 survives a pre dawn assault by four gunmen at a Melrose Park tavern. They wrested his pistol and fired five shots, dumping him near a Cicero drainage canal before two suspects were arrested after Griffin named them. He was hospitalized for surgery.
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Chicago
INS
John Griffin
Melrose Park
Frances Willard Hospital
Cicero
Sway
Griffin
Boy on bicycle badly hurt in auto crash
Lester Denin 16, son of Pat and spouse, was near death at St Luke's hospital after being struck by a car on West Street NW while delivering papers. He suffered a deep basal skull fracture. Another accident injured Wilbur Lentz 10 on Fruitland Boulevard. Robert A Williams and his son Herbert 16 were injured when a car crashed into a tree on Ellis Boulevard NW. Both parties were treated and released.
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Cedar Rapids
Lester Denin
Pat Denin
Eee
Bt.Luke's Hospital
Avenue
Denin
Denni
Don Waskow
Second Street
Lowery
Wilbur Lentz
Fruitland Boulevard
LaVerne
Sixtenth Street
Ellis Boulevard
Willams
St. Luke's Hospital
Drought ends as rains hit eight Midwest states
Rain cooled heat waves across Ohio Indiana southern Michigan Illinois southern Wisconsin Iowa northern Missouri eastern Kansas and central Nebraska. Temperatures dropped from 110s to the 70s 80s with a relief breeze but grain and dairy sectors still face heavy losses and crop damage estimates above 100 million dollars.
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Chicago
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Kansas City
Weather Bureau
Topeka
Kan
Columbia
Jefferson City
St. Louis
Nowata
Okla
Minneapolis Martial Law upheld in truck strike case
Federal judges uphold martial law in Minneapolis as necessary to protect residents and maintain order amid the truck drivers strike. Governor Olson warns against court interference while employers vote to stand their ground and await further action.
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Minneapolis
Employers’ Advisory Committee
Hugh Arthur
Washington
United States District Court
Floyd B. Olson
Ing
Circuit
John’ 5
Sanborn
Gunnar H. Nordbye
Olson
Supreme Court of the United States
Farm Bureau Directors Fight Dole System Debate
Directors of the American Farm Bureau federation urged curtailment of the U S unemployment relief system calling it a permanent system that erodes American ideals and self respect They charged communistic and socialist influences back the dole and urged using Muscle Shoals power to create cheap fertile land and farms
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Chicago
United States
American Farm Bureau Federation
Airehe
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