Garner in Albany and back after Roosevelt meeting
Uvalde born speaker Garner travels to Albany for a conference with Gov. Roosevelt and returns by air, silent to press. He seeks the vice presidency or Congress from his Democratic district, with the east visit noted for a rare misstep about Texas religious prejudice in 1928.
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Cactus Jack
Uvalde
Tex
Albany
N. Y
Roosevelt
Jack
Congress
Consor Garner
Texas
Eighth regional farm loan banks set in eight districts
The Reconstruction Finance Corp announced the location of eight regional agricultural credit corporations to issue livestock and crop loans. Main offices will be in Columbus Louisville Minneapolis Sioux City Omaha Wichita Fort Worth Salt Lake City Spokane with branches in several cities. Two more districts were planned, District 3 and District 5, for future setups.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Columbus
St. Louis
Minneapolis
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Wichita
Kan
Fort Worth
Tex
Salt Lake City
Utah
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Wash
Federal Land Bank
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Education Board Silent On Audit Until September
Iowa City AP The state board of education will likely issue no statement on the Allen Busby and Harrigan audit of University of Iowa records until its September meeting. W R Boyd chair of the finance committee said the date and place are not set. the bonding committee discussed the report but made no statement. Attendees included Boyd Cedar Rapids Baker Davenport Gimmeli Des Moines Neal Sigourney Godfrey Algona Carlson Des Moines.
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Iowa City
State Board of Education
Allen, Busby, and Harrigan
University of Iown
W R. Boyd
W. R. Boyd
Cedar Rapids
George T Baker
Davenport
W H Gimmelil
Des Moines
Harry Neal
Sigourney
George W. Godfrey
Algona
Eskil Carlson
Lancaster acquitted man faces job offers in Miami
Miami dispatch reports Captain WaN Lancaster, recently acquitted on the murder of Haden Clarke, receiving many job offers. He plans to stay for a week. Deportation warrants for himself and Mrs Jessica Keith-Miller have not been served.
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Miami
Fla
Wan
Lancaster
Haden Clarke
Jessica Keith-Miller
Packard Piano For Sale See Boze
Cheap little want ad from The Gazette notes a Packard piano sold for Mrs. C. H. Kohlmetz at 1730 3rd Ave SE to one of ten respondents. It promotes Gazette Want Ads for selling musical instruments and household goods for CASH with dial number 2-1121. Special rates apply for 3 day and 7 day ads.
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The
Gazette
C. H. Kohlmetz
Ad Department
Cedar Rapids
Dashing Cavalier Named in Merrill Slay Case
In a stirring chapter of an old Miss Merrill murder, Duncan Minor, longtime political and social figure, was fingerprinted and questioned after Miss Merrill’s death at Glenn Burnie. The community buzzed as Minor, once rumored to have married Merrill, denied ties while facilitating the hunt for the killers.
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Chez
Duncan
Old South
Jane Sarget Merrill
Minor
Miss Merrill
Belgium
Grant
Miss Minor
Richard Dana
Charles A. Dana
Octavia Dockery
Probe Mystery In Death Of Priest And Housekeeper
In New Haven Connecticut the Rev J P Cournoyer pastor of St Louis Roman Catholic church and his housekeeper Emma Cournoyer were found dead Friday, Coroner James Corrigan opened an inquiry. Autopsy awaiting results. officials declined to confirm violence. Cournoyer had last been seen Tuesday night after services and a car ride. his keys were in his hand when found.
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New Haven, Conn
J. P. Cournoyer
St. Louis
New Haven
Emma Cournoyer
James J. Corrigan
Father Cournoyer
Women Flyers Set Endurance Jet Record at Curtiss Field
Frances Marsalis and Louise Thaden extended the world refueling endurance record for women to 124 hours at Curtiss Field New York. They had been aloft 124 hours and showed no plan to land, after overcoming stormy conditions that shortened their first attempt. The flight surpassed Evelyn Trout and Edna May Cooper's 123 hour mark set in Los Angeles in 1931.
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Curtiss Field
N. Y
Frances Marsalis
Louise Thaden
Evelyn
Bobby) Trout
Edna May Cooper
Los Angeles
Mollison's Wife May Sail for New York
Mrs Amy Mollison wife of James A Mollison may join him in New York after his Ireland to New York flight She will decide Saturday morning whether to sail for New York at once to be with her famous husband before his return flight to England and start back.
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London
Great Britain
Amy Johnson
James A. Mollison
New York
Mollison
Ireland
Walker Loses Fight to End Ouster Move
Governor Roosevelt refused to dismiss the ouster charges against New York City Mayor James J. Walker after seven hours of argument. He ordered the hearing to continue, with witnesses to appear next Monday as the seventh day’s session adjourned.
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Walker
Executive Chamber
Albany
N. Y
Roosevelt
James J. Walker
New York City
John J. Curtin
Seabury
Hofstadter Committee
Roosevelt power for mayor Walker ouster debated by court
Supreme Court in Albany continued consideration of Governor Roosevelt's authority to judge Mayor Walker's fitness to remain in office. Justice Ellis J. Staley postponed ruling on Walker's bid to restrain the governor while hearing arguments for and against another attempt to halt ouster proceedings.
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Supreme Court
Albany
N.Y
Roosevelt
Walker
Ellis J. Staley
Mayor Walker Ouster Case Sees Block Testimony
Paul Block, publisher and friend, testified in Albany hall of governors as John J. Curtin argued for dismissal of ouster charges against Mayor Walker. Roosevelt had filed the charges and Curtin continued the defense in the Hofstadter legislature setting.
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Albany
N. Y
John J. Curtin
Walker
Roosevelt
Paul Block
Friday Baseball Box Scores and Local Tennis Tournament
Box scores for ten major league games Friday appear in the sport section along with details from the local Eastern Iowa tennis tournament. The report notes Cleveland vs Philadelphia with a 27 to 37 scoring line and lists the in‑box score sequence 110 000 000 0 for Cleveland and 020 000 000 1 for Philadelphia.
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Iowa
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Mrs McCormick Near Death As Family Gathers In Chicago
CHICAGO AP Edith Rockefeller battled bravely against an incurable disease. Doctors said she had only days or hours to live despite oxygen and sedatives. Family, including Mathilde Hubbard and Harold F McCormick, remained at her bedside as John D Rockefeller Jr and wife headed toward Chicago to join them.
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John D. Rockefeller
Edith McCormick
Chicago
Freud
Viena
Jung
Lake Zurich
Edith Rockefeller
Mathilde
Max. Oser
Muriel
Elisha Dyer Hubbard
Fowler
Fifi Stillman
Harold F. McCormick
Ganna Walska
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Doctors Strike At Six Havana Cooperative Clinics
In Havana at six cooperative society clinics physicians began a midnight strike over refusals by some societies to require financially able members to pay for extra medical treatment. About 2,000 patients are affected as doctor staffs remain on site to support essential care.
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Havana
Co-Operative Society
Ees
Piccard Plans Next Ascent From Canada
Prof Auguste Piccard, after his record breaking stratosphere flight, plans a third ascent from Hudson Bay Canada near the North Pole to study cosmic rays at high altitude. He and Max Cosyns will begin preparations mid summer pending instrument results.
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Piccard
Canada
Earth
Desenzano
Italy
Auguste Piccard
Hudson Bay
Max Cosyns
Prof
Cosyns
Alps
Bull Dawson Returns Stirs Up Wash Tubbs Adventure
The Cedar Rapids Gazette spotlights Bull Dawson in the flesh as a bluffing antagonist for Wash Tubbs and Easy. Readers are warned of action ahead with this bully on the scene in daily comic installments.
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Wash Tubbs
Easy
Bull Dawson
Wash and Easy
Federal broadened probe targets church lotteries nationally
Washington The federal campaign against lotteries widens to church circles with 172 church lotteries in six months across Illinois and other states. A Chicago church sold 75 cent tickets at 2.50 for a Los Angeles prize, with a $500 payout to the ticket holder though the ball never sailed. Authorities say lotteries run via bars bazaars hospitals and charities rely on daily stock quotes newspaper codes sports results and other public data. Some charges against Senator James J. Davis may be dropped as prosecutors review the case in New York.
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Washington
United Press
James J. Davis
Rep
New York
Illinois
Chicago
Los Angeles
Calif
Department of Justice
Baatars
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Charleston
S. C
Justice Department
Treasury
Davis
Pennsylvania
U. S
George Medal Ne
Loyal Order of the Moose
Bishop Earl Cranston Dies at 92 in Ohio River Valley
New Richmond Ohio AP reports Bishop Earl Cranston, 92, a leading Methodist Episcopal church figure, died at his country home on the Ohio River after months of declining health. Retired 16 years ago, he passed peacefully with his wife and a few friends present.
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New Richmond
Methodist Episcopal Church
Earl Cranston
Here
Ohio River
Fiesta and parades in Santa Barbara in 1932 Will Rogers note
Will Rogers quips about Fiesta day in Santa Barbara with Spanish costumes and horse parades. He muses on traditions for towns, mentions Rome and Cairo festivals, and suggests annual celebrations, signing off from 1932.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Brisbane
Rome
Cairo
Albany
New York
Walker
Strikers Keep Mines Idle In Wage Battle
In Taylorville and across four counties 15000 miners marched to stop work and protest a lowered wage scale. Strikers demanded 6.10 dollars daily, blocking shafts in Macoupin Christian Sangamon and Montgomery counties. Minor violence occurred at Langleyville with two guards harmed. no further involvement by pickets. Troops stood by in Springfield and Decatur as sheriffs anticipated no intervention.
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Taylorville
National Union
Illinois
Macoupin
Christian
Sangamon
Montgomery
Peabody Mine
Langleyville
Charles Wienecke
Springfield
Decatur
Miss Davis of Films Marries Musician
Yuma Arizona AP reports the marriage of Bette Davis film actress and Harmon O Nelson Jr orchestra leader from Whitinsville Massachusetts occurred Thursday. Both parties listed ages as 25. The couple met as students in an eastern academy and announced the marriage Friday.
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Yuma, Ariz
Bette Davis
Harmon O. Nelson, Jr
Whitinsville
Mass
Nelson
Miss Davis
Young scientists smash lead atoms in Berlin
Two young researchers Arno Brasch and Fritz Lange describe smashing lead atoms with a giant power German x ray tube. They claim nearing a solution to matter’s constitution and debunk myths of explosive atomic energy while planning further tests on cancer ray effectiveness.
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Berlin
Arno Brasch
Fritz Lange
Hint Of Frost As Mercury Hits 49
Cedar Rapids records a frosty spell with a 24 hour low of 49 at 3 30 a m. The day opened at 66 noon then climbed to 76 by 3 30 p m with a 71 degree line by midday. Evening readings showed 62 at 7 p m and 58 at midnight with a 53 degree morning and 62 by 9 a m. Skies stayed fair as the temperature rose to 75 by 2 30 p m.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll This Year
Traffic data from Cedar Rapids reports the total number of accidents and injuries with figures partially obscured. The record notes a toll related to auto incidents this year and references injuries and fatalities in vague terms.
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Cedar Rapids
Mollison completes first westward solo Atlantic flight
James A. Mollison, the 27 year old Scottish flyer known as a flying bridegroom, landed at Pennfield Ridge near St. John after a 31 hour piggyback solo crossing from Portmarnock Ireland. He averaged about 97 miles per hour in a tiny Puss Moth cabin plane and planned a return to England then New York, though fatigue may delay the trip. He sent greetings to his bride Amy Johnson, and received Mayor James W. Brittain's welcome.
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ST. John
New Brunswick
James A. Mollison
Scotland
Mollison
Pennfield Ridge
New York
Great Britain
Amy Johnson
James W. Brittain
Dublin
James J. Walker
Nichery
Port’ Marnock ‘Strand
Ireland
England
Port Marnock
United Press
Newfoundland
Halifax
Sioux City Milk War Ends by Arbitration
Sioux City businessmen moved to end the milk strike by offering to arrange an arbitration meeting after contacting Governor Turner and Attorney General John Fletcher. Chamber directors expressed sympathy with strikers’ aims but regretted the lockout, while denying calls to involve the governor.
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Sioux City
Turner
John Fletcher
Des Moines
Chamber of Commerce
Middle West
William Bertke
Roscoe S. Jones
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