Survey Shows Shortage Fears as Costs Boom Across Nations
United Press survey finds food prices rising nationwide amid drought cutting supplies from California to Massachusetts. Grocers report higher costs for tomatoes corn and peas with meat and potatoes prices climbing. Bread and butter up, fresh vegetables 50 to 100 percent higher than a year ago, while stores stock up on canned goods against further hikes.
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Chicago
United States
United Press
California
Massachusetts
Chicago Grocers
Dallas
Boston
New York City
St. Paul
St. Louis
Washington, D. C
Section 7 A Blamed For Strikes By Miss Perkins
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins linked the NRA guarantee of collective bargaining to the wave of strikes in 1934. She attributed unrest to economic readjustment and misunderstandings of section 7 A, noting many blame it for labor turmoil though she sees no current alarm.
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Washington
LLP
Frances Perkins
NRA
Miss Perkins
Arms as Brisk Trade Endangers World Peace
A wartime critique condemns private arms makers as global racketeers profit from death. It cites German, British, and Czech munitions links and urges removing armament from private profit to end the war racket. The piece links public opinion to action against the arms trade.
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Undershaft
Bernard Shaw
Major Barbara
Scapa Flow
England
Jutland
Lowestoft
France
Czechoslovakia
Turkey
Sondre Licease
Maquoketa Shipper Breaks $6 Hog Price Milestone
Chicago reports hog prices rose 35 cents to a $6 top the first six dollar hog sale in three years. Matt Hansen of Maquoketa sent a 303 pound lot of ten month Duroc Hampshires to market. Packing sow sales of 380 pounds Poland China reached $5.05, highest in three years.
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Chicago
Matt Hansen
Maquoketa
Duroc
Poland
Heavy vote cast in Ohio and Nebraska primaries
Voters in Ohio and Nebraska produced heavy turnout in primaries to nominate Democratic and Republican senatorial candidates for November. Ohio featured a three way race for the Democratic nod among Charles West George White and Vic Donahey. In Nebraska Governor Charles W Bryan and Rep E R Burke contested a tight race with administration observers watching closely.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Nebraska
Idaho
Arkansas
Charles W Bryan
E. R. Burke
Charles West
George White
A. V
Vic” Donahey
Fess
Nazi policies revealed by party chiefs
Berlin reports that Goebbels Frick and Goering outlined foreign and domestic policy to back Hitler for Sunday’s referendum. They claimed Hitler is supreme dictates policy and will not bow to bankers or industry, with plans to rearm if necessary and no Austrian union.
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Berlin
Hitler
Goebbels
Frick
Goering
England
English Channel
Germany
League of Nations
Reich
Olson Orders Stop To Payments To Langer and Leader
Acting Gov. Ole H. Olson issued an executive order halting state employee payroll deductions to fund the ousted Governor William Langer and his weekly Leader paper. The move follows Langer’s 5 percent pledge scheme cited in federal fraud convictions against Langer and four associates.
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Bismarck
N. D
Ole H. Olson
William Langer
Langer
Olson
Iron State
United States
Dobry Extradition Fight Underway in Chicago
Dudley Dobry, 34, prepared to contest extradition to Davenport Iowa where he was sentenced to one to five years and a $3000 fine for violation of the Town securities act. He was arrested in Chicago after disappearing following his Davenport conviction and a $6000 bond forfeiture.
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Chicago
Dudley Dobry
Davenport
North Side
Dobry
Drought Ends as Rains Bring Relief Across Midwest
Widespread rainfall soothes drought across the central west with clouds over the south and northwest Kansas receiving heavy showers. Meteorologist S. D. Flora notes the rain signals relief, while Minnesota and Iowa report varying totals and cooler temperatures.
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Central
West
Southwest
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Missouri
Worthington
Minnesota
Oklahoma
Mary Pickford Plans Meeting with Douglas Fairbanks in Hollywood
Mary Pickford disclosed during her visit from Chicago that she will meet estranged husband Douglas Fairbanks in Hollywood soon but offered little on domestic affairs. She declined to confirm reconciliation reports and declined to discuss the forthcoming conference with Fairbanks. Fairbanks is en route from Europe to New York aboard the Rex.
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Miss Pickford
Two Drown During European Torrent
Two people were killed and many bathers and boaters reported missing at beaches in Belgrade and nearby during a cyclonic rainstorm. Dispatches say most of the missing feared drowned as the storm swept across Jugoslavia.
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Vienna
Belgrade
Jugoslavia
Minneapolis Strike Remains Deadlocked After Mediation
The Minneapolis strike between truck drivers and employers stays at an impasse after both sides reject a mediators peace proposal. Federal mediators Haas and Dunnigan call the situation critical as martial law remains in force and past clashes, including a fatal riot, are cited.
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Minneapolis
Francis J. Haas
E. H. Dunnigan
Minneapolis Protective Committee
Roosevelt
Roosevelt to Convene NRA Recovery Conference
President Roosevelt scheduled a conference with national recovery heads to shape the future organization of the recovery unit. Donald Richberg and Hugh S Johnson planned to present their ideas to the President in a few days after a brief briefing.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Recovery Administration
Donald Richberg
Emergency Council
Hugh S Johnson
Judge orders withdrawal of Longs troops in New Orleans
Judge Nat Bond issues a permanent injunction ordering Huey P. Long troops from the city registration office. Adjutant General Fleming and Lt Avendano are found in contempt for defying the order as Long is named a conspirator. Louisiana legislature is called into special session to legalize Longs control, with plans to question Walmsley and old regulars.
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New Orleans
Nat Bond
Civil District Court
Huey P. Long
Raymond H. Fleming
Numa P. Avendano
Senator Long
Baton Rouge
ULP
Louisiana
Can
Leomenors Bay
K. Allen
T. Semmes
Wamsley
Seabury
New York
Walmsley
Regular
Long
Orleans Parish
State Tax Commission
Inventors Exhibit Odd Gadgets at National Congress
Cincinnati reports a bustling National Inventors congress opening with over 430 devices displayed in one hotel ballroom. Inventors showcased wild ideas from wooden bathing suits to floating ocean landing fields, many already sold, including Fran McGusin’s bouncing chair for $9,000.
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Cincinnati
Linton-St. Nicholas Hotel
Fran McGusin
Pyallup
Congress
EB. L. Harrison
Portsmouth
Ohio
Goering Reported Hurt In Accident
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Munich said Gen Hermann Wilhelm Goering Prussian premier Nazi leader was injured when his car crashed into a truck Tuesday night He was taken to his villa at Obersalzberg where Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler visited him at 1 am
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London
Iap
Munich
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Badaibling
Obersalzberg
Germany
Roosevelt Takes Command of Drought Relief Effort
President Roosevelt personally directs a nationwide drought relief plan to protect victims, stabilize prices, and secure surplus crops for next year. Key aims include relief for all victims, crop recovery, price safeguards, and preventing profiteering amid anticipated winter price rises.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Wallace
Aubrey Williams
White’ House
Williams
AAA
Iowa Liquor Board Bans Advertising Until March 1935
Des Moines AP report states the Iowa liquor control commission voted Tuesday to ban liquor advertising until March 8 1935 to curb demand. Harold N Cooper chairman and Richard Lane commissioner supported the motion. The commission said the rule aligns with the liquor control act’s aim to limit demand while allowing legal access to alcohol.
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Iowa
DES Moines
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Harold ‘N. Cooper
Richard Lane
Towa
Sampsell Trial For Insull Case Goes To Jury
Marshall E. Sampsell, former president of Central Illinois Public Service, is charged with embezzling 4000 shares to secure personal loans. He testified he removed stock without authorization to aid the Insull empire, intending to return it after the crisis. The case marks the first Insull associate trial to go before a jury in Chicago.
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Chicago
Marshall E. Sampsell
Insull
Sampsell
Insull Utilities Companies
Central Illinois Public Service Company
Central Illnois Company
Samuel Insull
Europe
Martin
Labatt Heir Abduction Sparks Ontario Police Guard
Kidnappers seize John Labatt, billionaire brewer, near Toronto and demand 150000 dollars ransom. A note left on Labatt’s car threatens death to the finder and the victim if police are notified. Hugh Labatt, the brother, received a phone warning as police surround the family home.
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London
Ont
Toronto
John Or Labatt
Tuesay
Hugh
John
Bent Rat
Las
Tenndet Pan Laneapedi
Tend
Sarnia
Canada
Labatt
Hugh Labatt
Roosevelt Sees Warren Black and Harrison on Money Policy
President Roosevelt met with Prof. George Warren Governor Eugene Black and George Harrison to discuss monetary policy amid nationalization of silver. Warren planned to sail for a Germany conference, while Black reportedly faced questions about resignation after an official White House exit.
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Washington
George Warren
Roosevelt
Eugene Black
Federal Reserve System
George Harrison
New York Federal Reserve Bank
White House
Warren
Germany
Harrison
Black
Federal Reserve
Strawn Calls Delegation Of Power To President Dangerous
Chicago AP Silas H. Strawn former American Bar Association and US Chamber of Commerce head denounced Congress for delegating powers to the President calling it a dangerous expedient. He warned a planned economy relies on executive enforcement and sacrifices individual freedom. He appealed during a radio broadcast sponsored by the Republican campaign committee.
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Chicago
Silas H. Strawn
American Bar Association
United States Chamber of Commerce
Strawn
Repubican
Cedar Rapids attorney Cahill dies in highway crash west of city
A Cedar Rapids attorney and former Iowa American Legion leader Maurice P. Cahill aged 42 or 45, and Mrs. Garland L. Risdon of Independence were fatally injured in a two vehicle crash about 11 am Tuesday on highway 30 fifteen miles west of the city. Cahill drove Mrs. Risdon’s car while en route to Waterloo when the vehicle skidded on wet pavement and struck a concrete bridge. Risdon suffered severe injuries including a basal skull fracture and crushed chest. Cahill had a pelvic fracture and chest injuries and died shortly after. An autopsy was planned to determine the exact cause of Cahill’s death.
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Maurice P. Cahill
Cedar Rapids
American Legion
Garland L. Risdon
Independence
Cahill
Mauri Cahill
Bever Avenue
American
Legion
Iowa
Hanford Pest
the Legion
Fairfax
University of Iowa ,College of Law
Phi Delta Phi
Timber Lake
United States Navy
U. S
Boston Navy Yard
Moonshine Explosion Burns Four In Auto Crash
Four men were burned when eight five gallon jugs of moonshine exploded after a car collided with a truck in St Paul. Bernard Peterson, 24, driver, and Michael Ostrowski, 40, were hospitalized. Two others at the scene were treated by police surgeons.
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ST. Paul
Bernard Peterson
Michael Ostrowski
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