Railroads Fight Pension Law In Supreme Court
Railroads filed suit in DC Supreme Court seeking injunction to block the federal retirement board from operating the pension law. A five attorney committee led by R W Fletcher of the American Railway Association represents 150 railroads and seeks a temporary restraining order ahead of a permanent injunction hearing. The action argues the law violates the commerce clause and the fifth amendment by taking property without due process. Decision set for Wednesday.
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Iowa considers special liquor distributors for towns without stores
The Iowa liquor commission discussed appointing special distributors to handle sales of legal liquor in towns where state stores would not be profitable. They may appoint several before the next quota of twenty seven stores is set. Petitions asked for stores in Fairfield Waukon and Emmetsburg and Emmetsburg store approval was favorable. A survey will decide if sales go through special distributors or state retail stores.
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Towa
Iowa Liquor Commission
Fairfield
Waukon
Emmetsburg
Congress Termed Orphan Asylum By Illinois Speaker
New York AP Fred A Britten Illinois Republican called the last congress an orphan asylum run by a four man with a big smile in a radio address Monday night He said the national recovery act has failed to recover and that the country believes the NRA has failed with over ten million adults unemployed and sixteen million on relief rolls, none can say the recovery act met sponsors expectations.
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New York
Fred A Britten
Illnois
Iia
Britten
NRA
George T. Hedges, 82, Cedar Rapids Real Estate Leader Dies
George T. Hedges 82 longtime Cedar Rapids realtor and community builder died Sunday at his home. He led major industrial bring in Cedar Rapids and built a prosperous real estate business. Funeral at Turner chapel Tuesday at 3:30 pm with Dr Harry M Gage officiating and Oaks Hill cemetery burial. Pallbearers include Paul N Clark Walter T Hambright Carl D Thomas James H Yuill Stanley C Stookey E Harold Skinner J Elliott Davis Howard B Helscher. Born December 19 1851 near Red Creek New York he studied law at the University of Town and practiced in Geneva Nebraska before switching to real estate.
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Cedar Ratins News
George T. Hedges
Cedar Rapids
Knollwood Drive
Hedges
Paul N Clark
Walter’ T. Hambright
Carl D. Thomas
James H. Yuill
Stanley C. Stookey
E. Harold Skinner
J. Elliott Davis
Howard B. ‘Helscher
Mr. Hedges
Red Creek
N. Y
Manchester Man Burned in Dry Cleaning Plant Explosion
Herman B. Randle a 45 year old Manchester business man suffered critical burns when his clothing was ignited by an explosion at his laundry dry cleaning plant. He staggered to safety aided by coworkers and fire crews limited damage reported.
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Manchester
Herman B. Randle
Randle
Roy Martin
Elfreda Grapes
Alfred Riffler
Stumble Says Hitler Death Narrowly Averted in Italian Front
London AP report claims Gordon Black of the Black Watch asserted a comrade’s stumble in a 1917 Italian trench prevented him from killing Adolf Hitler then a corporal. Black says he did not shoot the patrol leader, later identified as Hitler, who told him during a recent audience it was not fated to die then.
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Gordon Black
Black Watch Regiment
Adolf Hitler
Black
Hitler
North Dakota Couple Celebrates 71 Years of Marriage
Aneta Nebraska? North Dakota couple Mr and Mrs Andrew Moen marked 71 years since their world wedding in Christiania Norway. The pair now aged 94 and 90, were honored by friends as the longest married couple in North Dakota and say they hope to reach 100.
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N. D
Man
Woma
Christiania
Norway
Andrew Moen
North Dakota
New Deal On Trial In Farm Belt Primaries
Primary polls in Nebraska and Ohio loom large for New Deal prestige amid farm belt tensions. In Idaho and Arkansas local races shape up, with C Ben Ross potentially facing Borah for 1936 Senate. Bryan and Burke clash in Nebraska Democratic circles.
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Washington
Nebraska
Ohio
Arkansas
Idaho
C. Ben Ross
William E. Borah
Senate
Arthur Mullen
Roosevelt
Chicago
Rep
R. Burke
Omaha
Chares W. Bryan
Con
Moner
Burke
Mullenaut
Bryan
Green Bay
Burke - Mt. Roosevelt
United States
Simeon D Fess
Walter B. W,amaker
Olin W. Vorys
Fess
Charles West
Frmer
James, M. Cox
Robert J. Bulkley
Cox
Japan Distir ees With Rusia Over Railroad Figure
Negotiations between Moscow and Tokyo over the sale of Russia’s stake in the Chinese Eastern railway sparked a fresh crisis in Russo Japanese relations. Manchukuo seized control and sought to buy the Russian portion as talks failed on price. The Manchukuo delegation said they would depart Thursday, while Vice Minister Chuichi Chashi signaled readiness to return if Moscow lowers the price.
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Moscow
Russia
Manchukuo
China
Chuichi Chashi
Iowa Hog Prices Reach Highest Since 1931
Iowa hog prices jumped to 5.30 per hundredweight in interior markets and southern Minnesota, the peak since September 1931. The rise of 2.15 in under three months follows a May 28, 1934 low of 3.15, with the top spread across 200 to 350 pound hogs.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Minnesota
Truck Drivers Strike Shuts Portland Trade Routes
In Portland Oregon AP reports about 400 truck drivers walking out Monday to demand higher wages and better working conditions causing a virtual standstill in heavy truck movements across the city.
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Portland
Ore
The Religion of Cricket in England
An essay on cricket as a national creed, tracing its religious aura and historical evolution from medieval monks to modern play. It contrasts English devotion with American views, notes the game's long tradition, and ends with a plea that fair play, linked to cricket, could better humanity.
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England
St. Augustine
Oxford
Dbsnis Soo Steet Enn
Spain
James Barrie
Ceylon
London
Alcoholic Nose Cures Hay Fever Say Cleveland Doctor
Cleveland physician Myron Metzenbaum reports in The Laryngoscope a method using alcohol injections into the inferior nasal turbinates to dampen hay fever symptoms. He notes effects can last weeks to years, may reduce sneezing tears and swelling, and could be due to nasal ventilation changes or anesthetic action.
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Cleveland
Myron Metzenbaum
Metzenbaum
End of Minneapolis Truck Strike Nears
Predictions grew Monday night that the month long Minneapolis truck drivers strike could end within 48 hours. Federal mediators Haas and Dunnigan moved secretly as a new peace proposal was drafted and accepted by representatives of 166 firms and likely endorsed by the National Labor Board and the federal Department of Labor.
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San Francisco
Francis J. Haas
Haas-Dunnigan
National Labor Board
Federal Department of Tabor
New Labor Plan Presented to Union Leaders
Father Haas and Dunnigan met Gov. Olson to discuss a proposed plan allowing rehiring of strikers with reservations. Unions fear violence excisions, while employers gain right to object and workers may appeal to the National Labor Board. Pay would revert to May levels with arbitration options. Observers see renewed optimism after days of stalemate.
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Father Haas
Dunnigan
Floyd B. Olson
Vincent Dunne
Dunne
National Labor Board
Washington
Niagara Falls Rockfall Reconfigures Horseshoe Gorge
A Niagara Falls rock cave-in sent hundreds of tons of rock into the Niagara River gorge, creating a new notch in the Horseshoe Falls and diverting water to the right fork. The 150 to 200 yard cut reshaped the falls, with estimates of rock at 209 to 400 tons. Tourists observed the scene as mist hung over the reformed cataract.
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Horeshoe Nfs
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Morgenthau plans silver certificates under nationalization act
Treasury will issue silver certificates to cover costs of silver purchases under the nationalization act. Certificates topped at the actual cost, not the $1.29 ounce price, with 50.01 cents per ounce paid and 78.99 cents carried as bullion. Current issue at $80 million against 62 million ounces, completion soon. New purchases will yield additional issues.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Morgenthau
Treasury
Wallace Sees No Fear On Living Costs For Winter
Secretary Wallace told Washington that overall living costs should not rise more than six to seven percent next winter. He warned food costs could exceed that due to drought and acreage reduction programs, while the total cost estimate aimed at general expenses.
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Washington
Wallace
Secretary of Agriculture
U S Plans Vast Land Purchase For City Recreational Areas
The government moves to acquire land to create cheap, accessible vacations for industrial workers. The National Park Service will retire farmland to develop large recreational centers near major manufacturing cities, with about 5 million dollars to be spent. Surveying and options are under way in multiple states including Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa Kentucky Maine Massachusetts Minnesota Missouri New Hampshire North Dakota Oklahoma Pennsylvania South Carolina and Virginia.
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National Park Service
Federal Surplus Relief Corporation
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Iowa
Kentucky
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Massachusetts
Minnesota
Missouri
New Hampshire
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Oklahoma
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Bradford woman leaps to death from Niagara Falls cable car
The body of Ruth L. Hyde, 30, of Bradford, Pa., was recovered 250 feet below after she leaped from a Niagara Falls sight-seeing cable car. Rescue teams toiled in dangerous rapids as authorities identified her husband William P. Hyde as 57 years her senior.
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Niagara River
Bradford
Ruth L. Hyde
William P. Hyde
Indian Prospectors Make Gold Strike in Northwest
Ottawa reporters say Indian prospectors under Major L Burwash struck rich gold in the Great Bear lake district on Yellow Knife river. The find ranks with the most important gold discoveries in Canada in years and follows radium deposits found nearby last year.
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Ont
Great Bear Lake
Northwest
Major L. Burwash
Yukon and
Northwest Territories Administration
Yellow Knife River
Drought Relief Grows Across Midwest and West
President Roosevelt orders expanded federal drought relief as 5,000,000 dependents face ruin. Williams and Wallace map quick fodder purchases, livestock aid, and farm relief while AAA price guards curb gouging. Public works funds and emergency appropriations expected to back the plan.
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Roosevelt
West
White House
Aubrey
Williams
Agriculture Adjustment Administration
Vian
Gougers
AAA
Wiliams
Wallace
Augustus Thomas Dean of American Playwrights Dies at 77
Augustus Thomas known as Gus and dubbed the dean of American playwrights died at 77 after years of declining health. He lived at Clarkstown Country Club in his final years and is survived by his widow Lisle Colby of St. Louis a son Luke and daughter Mrs. William Eliott Jr. Born January 8 1857 in St Louis he worked as reporter illustrator brakeman messenger law student and labor leader before turning to playwriting.
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N. Y
Augustus Thomas
Thomas
Clarkstown Country Club
Lisle Colby
St. Louis
Bainbridge Colby
Luke
William Eliott, Jr
Gus
Messenger
Elihu Baldwin
Four Policemen Executed in Austria for Nazi Putsch
Vienna reports the hanging of four policemen for involvement in the July 25 Nazi putsch that killed Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss. Names listed: Franz Leeb, 32. Josef Hackl, 28. Ludwig Maitzen, 29. Erick Kohlrab, 26.
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Vienna
Engelbert Dollfuss
Kurt Schuschnigg
Franz Leeb
Josef Hackl
Ludwig Maitzen
Erick Kohlrab
Labor Board Intervenes in Aluminum Strike
The Federal Labor Relations Board stepped in to mediate the aluminum strike on Monday. Mediator Fred Keightly was summoned from Philadelphia to meet with the board and aluminum company officials in Washington, with possible Pittsburgh conferences. Mediation stops short of ordering workers back or forcing arbitration. Strike leaders demand a union only contract, dues deduction by the company, and a universal wage scale.
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Washington
Federal Labor Relations Board
Fred Keightly
Labor Department
Philadelphia
Aluminum Company of America
Keightly
Pittsburgh
Labor Board
Aluminum Workers Council
Dragon sinks Maple Branch in Montreal harbor
The British naval sloop Dragon struck the oil burning vessel Maple Branch in the Montreal harbor and sank it. The Maple Branch crew were rescued.
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Dragon
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