All-Iowa Exposition to Feature Family Friendly Acts
Officials preview the All-Iowa Live Stock exposition running Sept 6 to 10 with a mammoth musical revue Passing Parade direct from New York, six daily vaudeville acts, and a complete merchandise exhibit. Horse racing includes an Iowa Derby purse of 500 dollars plus added money with daily programs except final day. The event also showcases dairy cattle shows in three new barns, a large motorized carnival, and acts by The Five American Eagles The Five Cordovas and the Tripoli Trio.
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Ernie Young
New York
Iowa
Harry Froeboess
Five Cordovas
Tripoli
Guard athlete held for slaying child in Hendersonville
T D Hazelwood a former Butler University athlete is jailed on charges of ravishing and murdering his 12 year old stepdaughter Gloria Hauser. The body was found at the foot of a 120 foot ravine with torn clothing and missing shoe. An inquest is set for August 28 with no bail until verdict. Hazelwood was being treated in a local hospital after police found him dazed near the ravine.
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Hendersonville
N.C
T. D. Hazelwood
Butler University
Hazelwood
W. E. Davis
Gloria Hauser
Hubert Barnett
Everett Williams
Gloria
Davis
Miami Beach
Fla
Indianapolis
Indiana
Retired City Employee Robbed of 23 by Gypsies
George Ruby, a 88 year old streets department worker, says he was robbed of 23 dollars by two women described as Gypsies while on his daily rounds at his street corner. Police investigated as Ruby recounted a staged doctor ruse and loss of cash.
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George Ruby
Ruby
Hines
Vna
Fed Board Lowers Discount Rates Across Regions
The Federal Reserve Board considered lowering discount rates to aid industry borrowing and stabilize government securities markets. After cutting Chicago and Atlanta rates from 2.0% to 1.5%, officials expect nationwide action in ten other regions. The move aims to spur bank lending amid large crop movements and shifting government security holdings.
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Washington
INS
Federal Reserve Board
Chicago
Atlanta
Federal Reserve
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Richmond
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco
Central Reserve
Death of Mrs. Mary J Stone of Central City
Mrs. Mary J Stone aged 80 died after months of illness. Funeral services 2 p.m. Monday at her Central City home with Rev. C. F. Stratton officiating. Burial at Boulder cemetery. Born May 10 1956 in Halifax Nova Scotia she came to town aged five. Survived by three sons William Leonard of Central City and Fred of DeWitt a daughter Anna Shaw a brother John Stretch and several grandsons who will serve as pallbearers.
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Central City
Mary J. Stone
C. F. Stratton
Boulder Cemetery
William and
Elizabeth Stretch
Halifax
N. S
Stone
John A. Stone
Mr Stone
William
Leonard
Fred
DeWitt
Anna Shaw
John Stretch
Waco
Tex
AFL wage and hour fight delays decision in council
Atlantic City AP Amid internal rift the AFL executive council postponed a final vote on wage and hour reform. Supporters push federal minimums and hours while opponents fear loss of worker freedom and expect further debate at the Denver convention. Green remained in Washington to campaign for enactment.
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Atlantic City
N J
American Federation of Labor
Executive Council
House Rules Committee
William Green
A. F. of
Green
Federation
Denver
John L. Lewis
CIO
Tama County 4 H Baby Beeves Sell For 16 50 Average
Thirty five baby beeves fed by the Tama county 4 H club sold for an average of 16 50 a hundredweight at the annual sale after the 4 H club show in Gladbrook. Highest price was 17 50 for champion purebred beet heifer shown by Ethel Koester of Gladbrook. Average weight 930 pounds. Buyers included Wilson and Company of Cedar Rapids and Rath Packing Company of Waterloo. Local buyers included Gladbrook business men and John McGowan of Gladbrook. Felix Nissen of Tracy and Albert Derks of Gladbrook credited. Emil Vajnar of Chelsea acted as clerk. Superintendent was R S Stephenson of Reinbeck with John Dippert of Dysart assisting.
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Gladbrook
Ethel Koester
Tama County
Wilson and Company
Cedar Rapids
Rath Packing Company
Waterloo
Beeves
John McGowan
Felix Nissen
Tracy
Albert Derks
Emil Vajnar
Chelsea
R. S. Stephenson
Reinbeck
John Dippert
Dysart
Cedar Rapids Sees Mild Bright Weather Saturday
Cedar Rapids enjoyed moderate temperatures with a sunny day. The thermometer peaked at 86 degrees from 2:30 to 5 p.m. and eased to 75 by 7:30 p.m., according to Cedar Rapids Gas Company records.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Cedar Rapids Gas Company
US Government Moves to Evacuate Americans from China
President Roosevelt ordered all government efforts to evacuate Americans from Shanghai amid renewed Sino-Japanese fighting. The U.S. Asiatic fleet was authorized to aid passenger ships and 1,200 Marines planned for Shanghai duty. Navy units prepared for September arrival. no retaliation planned for the Augusta strike, and Ambassador Bingham’s London visit cited as routine.
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Washington
INS
Shanghai
Roosevelt
State Department
Philippines
Japan
Cordell Hull
Hoover
Hull
U. S
Navy
Chaumont
San Diego
Yarnell
Navy Department
Thhe Augusta
London
Robert Bingham
Bingham
John Roosevelt Defends Self Over Champagne Incident
Eleanor Roosevelt backs her son John Roosevelt in the champagne squirt incident, saying the boy acted playfully and likely did not know the mayor of Cannes was the recipient. She asserts he would not lie and that a festive scene could explain the event if the mayor was unknown to him.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John Roosevelt
Cannes
France
Eleanor Roosevelt
John
Main Achievements of 75th Congress in First Session
Washington UP The principal laws enacted by the first session of the Seventy Fifth Congress. The Wagner Steagall housing and slum clearance bill costing 526000000. The Guffey coal control bill to stabilize the soft coal industry through codes of fair business practices. An amendment to the neutrality act of 1935 to set up a cash …
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Washington
Law and policy notes on judiciary reform and sugar bills
The text outlines Senate opposition’s defeat of the President's Supreme Court bill, a lower court reform measure to speed justice and allow direct government action in constitutional cases, sugar legislation with quota and subsidy provisions, and a helium government monopoly with restricted foreign sales.
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Senate
Supreme Court
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Bill Proposes Annual Employment Census and Cotton Loan Rider
The record notes a bill for an annual employment census and a rider to the third deficiency appropriation bill. The rider would renew the 1935 cotton loan plan with loans around nine or ten cents per pound and a subsidy not exceeding three cents per pound.
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Mary ‘J. Stone
U. S. Govt
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Mar
Commodore Fleeces
Barbour
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