Balloons Reach Historic Heights and Tax Talk in Iowa City
Current Comment notes Piccard and Cosyns flying over ten miles high, beating prior records, while Jessup dynasty balloons hide $1,108,000 of state pay under expenses. Lyde Herring criticizes Gov Turner’s economy stance as overhead grows. A Cambridge businessman seeks name change Cheetham to Chetham to aid business prospects.
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Messrs. Piccard and
Cosyns
State University
Jessup Dynasty
Lyde Herring
Gov. Turner
State House
Cambridge
Mass
Cheetham
Chetham
Iowa City
the State University
Mollison Cancels Canadian Flight To Focus On New York Return
St John New Brunswick Captain James Mollison canceled plans for a Montreal Ottawa run and prepared to fly directly to New York on Sunday due to fog and rain. He planned refueling at Pennfield Ridge then St John before reaching New York by 5 p.m. Mrs Mollison urged immediate return in a cable from London.
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ST. John
N. B
James A. Mollison
Montreal
Ottawa
New York
trans-Atlantic Flyer
Pennfield Ridge
London
INS
Prices Continue To Move Up At Moderate Pace
Washington reports that the upward trend in commodity prices persists at a gradual pace for the week ended August 13. The general index hit a new high, with 120 commodities up on average 3.9 percent since May 28, led by farm, mineral, textile, and leather products.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department of Labor
Trade Pact Skins UK Russia US in Empire Conference
Ottawa reports the imperial trade conference closes with Britain pledging to bar low priced Russian goods, and empire trade pacts likely cutting US iron and steel sales by about 50 million dollars annually. Canada crowns a win on protections against state dumping, while Britain splits on the overall gains.
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Ottawa
Ont
Britain
Russia
United States
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Canada
Bennett
Malcolm MacDonald
London
Miners Army Returns Home As Mines Close
A 10 000 strong miners expedition left Christian County after occupying local mines Thursday to join strikers opposing a five dollar daily wage. Warrants were issued for 103 members over alleged Thursday vandalism near Kincaid as national guardsmen remained on standby in nearby cities. In Alpha, 500 miners picketed the Shuler mine, taking lunch boxes and sending 50 workers home.
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Taylorville
Ill
Christian County
Padata
Illinois Union
Peabody Coal Company
Kincaid
Charles Wieneke
Springfield
Decatur
Galesburg, Ill
Shuler
Alpha
Sioux City Gets One of Eight Farm Credit Offices
Washington AP reports the Reconstruction Finance Corporation will establish eight regional agricultural credit corporations to aid livestock feeders across 28 states including Iowa Nebraska South Dakota and Wyoming. Each will offer feeder loans with minimum capital of 3 million, expanding federal farm loan functions and speeding winter feed support.
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Sioux City
Washington
Iowa
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wyoming
Federal Farm Loan Board
Department of Agriculture
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
Columbus
Illinois
Missouri
Arkansas
St. Louis
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Dakota
Minneapolis
Kansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Colorado
Wichita
Kan
Texas
Fort Worth
Arizona
Utah
Nevada
California
Salt Lake City
Montana
Idaho
Oregon
Spokane
Hammond quits Iowa prohibition party in protest at ticket stand
John B Hammond resigns as state chairman after Des Moines convention rejects a complete state ticket for November. He argues failing to field a ticket would bury the party, a funeral he says has already begun at Chicago conventions. The piece also notes a U S army debate on filming future wars for public view and censorship.
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Iowa
Prohibition Party
John B. Hammond
Des Moines
Hammond
Chicago
Iowa corn yield seen near five hundred million bushels
Last year and the year before raised drought worries but heavy moisture now swells ears and risks wind damage as corn roots near the surface. Forecasts estimate about 500 million bushels for Iowa with potential gains over 470 million in prior projections, aiding farmers' cash income to meet obligations if winds stay manageable.
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Iowa
Towa
Farm income projections show big rise in 1932
Gross income of American farmers is estimated this year at 4.35 billion by the Standard Statistics Co. New York. The Agriculture Department places last year at 6.92 billion, 1930 at 9.3 billion, and 1929 at 11.923 billion. Price increases in recent weeks boost prospective 1932 farm income by nearly 1 billion, the bright note in the figures.
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Standard Statistics Company of
New York
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Sioux City to Host Regional Agricultural Credit Bank
Eight regional agricultural credit corporations under the reconstruction and relief act will establish one bank in Sioux City, Iowa, to serve Iowa Nebraska South Dakota and Wyoming. It will aid farmers with financing for production and livestock and help refinance farm loans at risk of foreclosure.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wyoming
Mollison plans return flight after westward crossing
Captain James A. Mollison, sole conqueror of the treacherous westward Atlantic crossing, receives worldwide congratulations. He plans a return flight from Pennfield Ridge to the British Isles in his small "flying gasoline tank" within about a week, after a restful period and a dinner in his honor.
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ST. John
N. B
INS
James A. Mollison
United States
Canada
Montreal
Mollison
Pennfield Ridge
Here
Ireland
Iowa
London
Amy Johnson
New York
British Isles
Woman Motorist Crowded In Fence By A Speeding Car
A car driven by Mrs Edwards of Petersburg Canada crowded a woman motorist into a fence off highway No 161 east of Marion at 9 30 p m Friday. The Edwards car damaged guard rails. no injuries reported. The other car fled the scene.
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Cedar Rapids
Flyers Ready To Start In Race Over U S Sunday
Forty six men and eight women pilots prepared for a transcontinental handicap air derby from Los Angeles to Cleveland. The 2000 mile race offers $10,000 in prizes with two daily halts at control points. Western flyers join 27 Atlantic entrants at Bartlesville, Oklahoma before continuing to Cleveland.
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Los Angeles
Cleveland
Sony
Bartlesville
Okla
Western Flyers
Ww . D. Co
Bandit Steals $30 Blaming Hay Fever in Hammond
In Hammond Indiana Metropolitan Mortgage offices a robber entered with a pistol, stole $30 from Miss Rosella Brady while apologizing for the climate and hay fever, claiming to need to go north. The bandit said he could not endure the hay fever.
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Hammond
Ind
Metropolitan Mortgage Association
Rosella Brady
Women Set Record But Remain In Air
Valley Stream New York AP report narrates Frances Marsalis and Louise Thaden extending an endurance record in their Flying Boudoir. The pair, aloft since Sunday noon, surpass Edna Cooper and Bobby Trout with 134 hours in the air, amid nerves stretched by fatigue and distant goal of a full week aloft.
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Valley Stream
N. Y
Frances- Marsalis
Louise Thaden
Edna May Cooper
Bobby Trout
Lowa
Casey” Jones
Iowa
Rattler Horace Dies After Captivity At Zoo
Horace, a year old rattlesnake and notable resident of the local zoo, died after a period of captivity. For a month he withstood visitors’ stares while coiled in a glass enclosure, then Friday he ceased to live, apparently by his own action.
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Nyssa
Horace
Temperatures Dip to 51 in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids saw a 24 hour low of 51 degrees between 4 and 6 am Saturday as temperatures fluctuated. The day brought a high of 79 at 3:30 pm, with readings of 71 at noon and 68 by 7 pm.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Davis and Nelson honeymoon in Santa Barbara
Miss Bette Davis aged 24 daughter of Mrs Ruth F. Davis of Lowell Massachusetts and Harmon Nelson Junior 25 a Hollywood musician formerly of Whitinsville Massachusetts were married in Yuma Arizona and on honeymoon in Santa Barbara California Saturday according to INS reports
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Santa Tanbara
Calif
INS
Yuma
Ariz
Bette Davis
Ruth FP. Davis
Lowell
Mass
Harmon Nelson, Jr
Whitinsville
Former Local Boy Killed By An Auto In Chicago Street
Richard Quackenbush five died after being struck crossing a Chicago street. He was visiting relatives when the auto driver left his name on a slip then did not return. The Quackenbush family, former Cedar Rapids residents, had lived at 2517 B avenue NE and moved to Omaha earlier this year.
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Richard Quackenbush
F. A. Quackenbush
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Quackenbush
B Avenue NE
Omaha
Crand
How To Behave At Circus Is Mere Bit Of Advice Supplied By Uncle Sam As Publisher
Washington enters government publishing as sales push with 60 000 titles in catalog. Rules for polite behavior in crowds and etiquette advice highlight Uncle Sam guidance. A one act play of James and Mary and odd facts about farm costs and bird records appear among government titles.
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Uncle Sam
Washington
James
Mary
Sherman County
Oregon
Salt Lake Valley
Utah
Alton P. Tisdel
Tomes Co. O. D
England
Will Rogers on Curtis and Prohibition Pivot in 1932
Santa Barbara dispatch notes humorist Will Rogers referencing Charley Curtis and the dry movement. The piece jokes that Curtis as vice presidential candidate would keep the country dry, noting Curtis stalled a Ford over prohibition and predicting four more years of speeches. The column carries 1932 copyright framing and satirical political commentary.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Charley Curtis
Curtis Kinder
Curtis
Will
Asiatic Monroe Doctrine To Be Issued By Japs
TOKIO INS report says Count Uchida will issue an Asiatic Monroe Doctrine at the opening of the diet the first day. The foreign minister is expected to press Japan's stance on Manchukuo and demand an end to League of Nations meddling, while domestic policy struggles push the yen lower and prompt calls for stabilizing measures.
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TOKIO
INS
Asia
Count Uchida
Japan
Manchukuo
League of Nations
League
Edith McCormick Clings To Life At Drake Hotel
In Chicago Mrs Edith Rockefeller McCormick remains gravely ill in a Drake hotel room as doctors say no hope for recovery yet she clings to life. Her brother John D Rockefeller Jr hastens from Maine where he was recovering from shingles while nurses report slight improvement and the patient converses with family. The latest bulletin notes she sleeps and her condition is unchanged as caretakers brace for the end.
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Chicago
CNL
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Drake Hotel
Hurl charge back at Mayor Walker in Albany
The Republican camp accuses Mayor James J. Walker of turning his hearing into a mock trial of political issues. W. Kingsland Macy, GOP state chairman, says Walker summoned party leaders to appear before Gov. Roosevelt to bolster his claim that the legislative inquiry that led to his removal was a Republican fishing party.
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Albany
N. Y
James J. Walker
W. Kingsland Macy
Walker
Macy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll This Year Sharp Rise in Crashes
In Cedar Rapids the auto toll road saw an uptick in accidents this year with officials noting a series of collisions on the highway. City and state traffic data indicate more emergency responses and slower commutes as drivers contend with higher traffic volumes and evolving toll patterns.
Roosevelt Opens Ohio Campaign With Warm Columbus Welcome
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt arrives in Columbus to begin his Ohio campaign trip delivering a major stump speech at the Stadium of the Columbus Baseball Club. He is greeted calmly in contrast to earlier GOP crowds, with appearances by James Cox and other Democratic leaders.
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Columbus
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Ohio
Missouri
Roosevelt
James
Curtis Dalls
James M. Cox
W. A. Julian
John A. Simpson
Farmers Union
Dall
Newton D. Baker
Baker
Cleveland
Shelby
Crestline
Galion
Delaware
Albany
James A. Farley
James J. Walker
New York City
Education Board Silent On Iowa Audit Until September
IOWA CITY AP The state board of education may issue a statement on the Allen Busby and Harrigan audit of University of Iowa records at the September meeting. The bonding committee discussed the report but was not ready to comment. Attendees included W R Boyd Cedar Rapids President George T Baker Davenport Wane conanis Canes Ww Harry Neal Godfrey Algona Judge Eskil Carlson Des Moines.
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Iowa City
State Board of Education
Allen, Busby
W. R. Boyd
Cedar Rapids
George T. Baker
Davenore
Conanis Canes
Harry Neal
Godfrey
Algona
Eskil Carlson
Des Moines
Man Dies At Funeral He Was To Pallbearer In Omaha
Henry Peterson aged 65 collapsed at the chapel during funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Sanford in Omaha. The longtime Nebraska florist, who had planned to pallbear, slumped in his chair as The Rosary played and died within minutes.
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Omaha
Henry Peterson
Elizabeth Sanford
Peterson
Nebraska
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