Papen Hindenburg brink as death decree tests German republic
The Beuthen rioting case in Silesia sees five fascists sentenced to death for killing a communist, risking civil war or collapse of government if the decree is enforced. Amid a crisis, aging Hindenburg stands at the center as Papen faces a pivotal choice that could topple the republic. Trans Atlantic flight pushes toward a new record with five planes crossing toward Europe today.
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Papen-Hindenburg
Germany
Republic
Beuthen
Silesia
von Papen
Hindenburg
Europe
Atlantic
Germany on edge as Hitler threatens after Nazi murder verdict
Five fascists were sentenced to death at Beuthen for murdering a communist in Potempa. Hitler and Nazi storm troopers pledged to fight a government enforcing the death sentence under the August 39 emergency decree. Chancellor von Papen faced pressure to commute or overturn the verdict amid threats of reprisals and renewed violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Beuthen
Adolf Hitler
Franz von Papen
Germany
Potempa
Hitler
Zweelfuhr Blatt
Beuben
Planes Head For Oslo On Atlantic Flight Runs
Three planes depart on flights spanning the Atlantic en route to Oslo with a ten span delay noted. The milestone marks a major air link and showcases early aviation reach to northern Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Iowa Governor Is Accused Of Political Tactics
Democratic state education board member T. W. Keenan charges Gov. Dan Turner with unfairness and using politics over the University of Iowa audit. He cites a letter to George T. Baker and claims university officials already raised and acted on the matters months ago with the board addressing them.
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Shenandoah, IA
INS
Dan Turner
T. W. Keenan
State Board of Education
University of Iowa
George T. Baker
Board of Education
The
State University
Ace
Iowa
Mayor and governor clash sparks political tension
The passage notes open hostility toward authority in the United States, framing the mayor of New York City clashing with the state governor and a witty candidate for the presidency as examples of political violence against established power.
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Germany
United Tes
New York City
New York State
Valeer's Lawyer Battles Court Over Oral Order
A lawyer contends before a state supreme court justice that court action is needed to prevent a potential physical clash if an oral order is issued without action. The piece labels the political figure as a $40,000-a-year dilettante fighting to keep his city post amid alleged moral and financial bankruptcy.
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Wvaleer
Supreme Court
Scientist warns of segregation dangers at Denver meeting
Dr. O R Sweeney of Iowa State College Ames warned the American Chemical Society in Denver that every nation risks downfall through severe population segregation in a small area, urging achievement driven research.
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Iowa State College
Ames
O. R. Sweeney
American Chemical Society
Denver
Scientist Warns U.S. Could Repeat History Without Science
A science expert warns that the United States with its large urban centers like Chicago and advanced industry and agriculture risks repeating past history unless the same sciences driving progress are applied to avert crisis.
Dr Sweeney Sees Waste Crops Fueled By Innovation
Dr Sweeney argues that turning waste corn stalks weeds and straw into valuable materials will reduce dangers and feed growing populations. He states that using what is currently wasted can keep people on farms by boosting productivity.
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Sweeney
Political Club Ties Education Board to Governor Attack
A political club aligned with the state board of education engages in a dispute over governance. The speaker asserts his democratic beliefs do not influence his critique of the Republican governor, emphasizing a separation of party and policy.
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State Board of Education
Open letter accuses university of pre audit disclosures
The letter to the governor by Keenan claims all major issues revealed in the university audit except the Brown matter were disclosed before the audit by university administration or the state board. He admits errors are common in the state’s educational affairs.
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Keenan
Brown
Questions Raised on University Finances and Depository Practices
The text questions whether university officials including the treasurer and another deputy disclosed using university funds to cover a depository's notes. It asks if payroll padding waste and private use of public materials have been revealed and whether state board leniency on public funds deposits was exposed. It contends about shifting funds to exhaust cash each fiscal year.
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Detary
State Board
Board
Finance Committee
University payroll hidden as expense prompts taxpayer questions
The Jessup crowd questions the university payroll audited figures. They note about half of the $3.4 million annual payroll appears misclassified under expense. They also ask whether Keenan knew of the concealment before the audit.
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Jessup
Keenan
Shenandoah Column Questions Use of Election Weapon
The Shenandoah column references a recent inquiry to Gov. Turner about whether any governor nearing an election would seek a more effective weapon for use in a political campaign. It notes public concern about tactics and political strategy during campaigns.
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Shenandoah
Turner
Men Carry Lipsticks And Powder Puff Observed
Mrs Ruth D Maurer chairwoman of the 13th annual American Cosmeticians association convention in Chicago notes that many men carry lipstick and powder tools. She quips that men in numbers would be aware of beauty items.
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Chicago
INS
Joe
Ruth D. Maurer
Truce Sought In Mine War In Franklin County
In Benton Illinois the flag of truce was lifted to curb bloodshed over the new five dollar wage contract in Franklin county mines. A peace parley at Ziegler with county officers and United Mine Workers officials led to a temporary armistice after a Monday clash left one miner dead and six wounded. Leaders planned to seek governor Emmerson’s help to close mines temporarily as talks proceed.
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Benton
Ill
Franklin County
Ziegler
United States
Gillespie
Emmerson
Dry Agents Seize Alcohol Load After Cedar Rapids Chase
Federal prohibition agents followed a car out of Cedar Rapids on Monday and recovered 25 gallons of alcohol after the driver sped away, crashed in a ditch five miles west of the city, and fled into a cornfield. The seized vehicle was registered to A. B. Armstrong of Belle Plaine.
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Federal Prohibition Department
Cedar Rapids
A. B. Armstrong
Belle Plaine
Weather Man Forecasts Mild Day With Clear Skies
The weather man predicted another mild day with fair conditions. Temperatures ranged from a low of 59 at 4:30 am to a high near 84 by early afternoon, showing a steady climb through the morning hours.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Alfred E Smith Named Editor of Outlook Magazine
Former Gov Alfred E Smith accepts editorship of Outlook magazine to begin with next month issue. The New York World Telegram reports a formal announcement will follow on Tuesday.
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New York
Alfred E. Smith
Outlook Magazine
New York World Telegram
Smith
Three Injured In Handicap Air Derby Near El Paso
El ben Cessna led 48 cross country flyers toward Roswell New Mexico on leg three of the handicap air derby from Los Angeles to Cleveland. On the prior leg two flyers and a passenger were injured and four forced to land. Mildred Morgan and Mrs Valentine Sprague, Beverly Hills Calif, crashed near El Paso and were taken to a hospital with minor injuries. Gene Redewill Phoenix Arizona was slightly hurt when ice banking incident forced Charles Los Angeles and Lee Miles Burbank to return to Yuma after setting out. Claron Beauchamp Long Beach Calif was held at Tucson with motor trouble.
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EL Paso
Valentine Sprague
Beverly Hills
Calif
Gene Redewill
Phoenix
Ariz
Aris
Mary
Charles
Los Angeles
Lee Miles
Burbank
Yuma
Halifax Sport Figures Missed Flight to Oslo Route
Thor Solberg and Carl Petersen attempted to travel to Oslo via Port Greville but failed to reach the connection by 11:25 a.m. Iowa time on Tuesday.
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Halifax
N. S
Thor Solberg
Carl Petersen
Oslo
Ao Ae
Port Greville
Nee
Iowa
Red plane with yellow wings spotted over St John area
A red aircraft with yellow wings believed to be the Thor Solberg and Carl Petersen flight to Oslo via Harbor Grace passed over St John at 10 30 a m CST Tuesday.
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ST. John, N. B
Thor Solberg
Carl Petersen
Oslo
Harbor Grace
Planes race toward Europe from New York to Oslo
Three aircraft departed from New York toward Europe with Oslo as a target and Harbor Grace as a first stop. Two more awaited favorable weather on Wednesday.
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Associated Press
Europe
America
Oslo
Norway
Thor Solberg
Carl Petersen
Floyd Fennett
New York
Harbor Grace
N.F. Eene
Portsmouth
N. H
Clyde A. Lee
John Bochkon
Barre
Hutchinson family pilots City of Richmond toward London
George Hutchinson and his wife with daughters Kathryn and Janet Lee depart Floyd Bennett Field at 9 07 a m Iowa time aboard the Sikorsky amphibian City of Richmond on a two day sight to London. The crew includes navigator Peter Redpath motor engineer Joseph Ruff radio operator G J Altfilisch and cinema cameraman Norman W Alley. First leg to St John New Brunswick 511 miles from New York with total flight distance about 4200 miles weather pending.
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George Hutchinson
Floyd Bennett Field
St. John
N. B
Lonon
William Uldrich
Leon Pisculli
Edna Newcomer
Rome
Florence
Miss Newcomer
Florence Nightingale
New York
Richmond
Iowa
London
Hutchinson
Kathryn
Janet Lee
Peter Redpath
Joseph Ruff
G. J. Altfilisch
Norman W. Alley
Cause Of Fire In Unoccupied House Proves A Mystery
Fire at 801 Eighth avenue SE Cedar Rapids damaged walls and attic in a vacant frame house around 9 30 p m Monday. Fire Chief E P Kohout said no wiring could start the blaze and that someone was likely inside though not intentionally started. Damage runs to several hundred dollars as flames spread through walls and roof. police and investigators probing the case. The Kenwood Savings Bank was mentioned in connection with the building and sale efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Eighth Avenue SE
E. P. Kohout
Kohout
Condon
Kenwood Savings Bank
Block Outlines Deal Profiting Mayor Walker
Albany hearing on Mayor James J. Walker includes testimony about checks from the Black-Walker stock account. L. F. Loree, Delaware and Hudson president, testifies as ouster inquiry into Walker’s private finances proceeds. Seabury seeks the $7,500 check. Walker cites a woman friend as the unknown recipient.
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Albany
N. Y
L. F. Loree
The
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
Executive Chamber
Seabury
Curtin
Block
Walker
John Wanamaker
Arrest Declared Solve Long String Of Forged Checks In Cedar Rapids
Clarence Berger, 30, of 226 Eighth St NE, arraigned on three counts of uttering forged instruments in Justice Lightner's court. Bond set at 1500 dollars. Berger identified by five victims who cashed his checks and noted similar small purchases across multiple Cedar Rapids businesses since May 6. Berger was arrested Monday night after a John Doe warrant. he resisted custody briefly. More than twenty five forged checks tied to the case, with Berger always taking change after small buys at each location.
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Cedar Rapids
G. S. Lightner
Clarence Berger
Eighth Street
Berger
Cletus Rock
Linn County Mercantile Protective Association
Stanley
Tom Condon
John Doe
Rock
Hatch and Brookman Lumber Company
Buckner Elected President of Commodities Finance Board
Mortimer N. Buckner, head of the New York Clearing House association, was chosen president of the Commodities Finance Board at the directorate meeting Tuesday in New York.
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NEW York (Ap
Mortimer N. Buckner
New York Clearing House Asociation
Commodities Finance Oe
Poor Home Making and Marriage Wrecks Blamed on Eugenists
Howard W. Blakeslee reports at the third international congress of eugenics that poor home making, mistakes in love making, and failure to use leisure time constructively contribute to American marriage failures. Paul Popenoe of the Institute of Family Relations in Los Angeles outlines the trend blamed on feminist indoctrination and gender ignorance, noting monotony in home life and lack of proper clothing for women as societal pressures.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
New York
International Congress of Eugenics
Institute of Family Relations of
Los Angeles
Paul Popenoe
Will Rogers on 1932 political campaigns
In Beverly Hills the writer mocks Roosevelt and Hoover campaign moves noting seven point plans and rapid rebuttals. He argues politicians amuse more than they inform and claims voters forget speeches within a day.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Roosevelt
Ohio
Hoover
Crowded Areas Seen as Global Danger by Sweeney
Prof. R. Sweeney of Iowa State College warned at a American Chemical Society meeting that world history shows nations collapse after high population segregation. He cited Chicago area density vs Iowa and blamed factory production and migration from farms for crowding. He urged science to convert waste into synthetic materials to solve the crisis.
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Denver
INS
CO. R. Sweeney
Iowa State College
American Chemical Society
Prof. Sweeney
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Iowa
Sweeney
Prof
Definite Price Goal Set by Farm Strikers
Iowa farmers blockading roads to Sioux City and Omaha demand 11.25 per hundredweight for hogs and seek price increases on all farm products. Clifton P. Lavery, district leader, outlined the farmers' target while a table compares their asking prices with current Omaha market receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Sioux City
Omaha
Clifton P. Lavery
Stocks Rise as Markets Extend Upward March
New York AP reports securities and commodities again climbed on Tuesday with many issues up 1 to 5 a share and several at new recovery highs. Profit taking appeared briefly though the list recovered after midday as bonds neared 1982 peaks and rail and utility issues showed gains. Cotton also posted slight gains to fresh top levels.
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New York
Jn A Oe
Ice
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll This Year
Cedar Rapids reports headline figures for the year with data on auto toll incidents. The dataset lists numbers for accidents injuries and deaths, totaling 115 across categories.
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Cedar Rapids
Federal injunction sought after Nebraska train stoppage
United States District Attorney C. E. Sandall said federal law was violated by about 300 men who broke into a cattle car on a freight train near Emerson Nebraska. He suggested injunction action as the proper federal remedy if intervention occurs.
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Omaha
Neb
Emerson
Wisconsin dairymen form committee to call statewide mass meeting
Wisconsin dairymen meeting with the state council of agriculture voted to appoint a three member committee. The panel will call a statewide mass meeting to discuss forming a Wisconsin unit of the Farmers Holiday Association.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Dairymen
State Council of Agriculture
Wisconsin
Farm holiday urged as prices crash in southern New Jersey counties
Woodbury report notes farm prices at historic lows in Gloucester Cumberland Salem and nearby counties. Farmers advocate a farm holiday to halt shipments to Philadelphia and New York markets after truckloads of produce to Dock Street wholesale market returned unsold with prices deemed unprofitable, prompting fed-to-hogs movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodbury
N. J
New Jersey
Gloucester
Cumberland
Salem
Philadelphia
New York
Dock Street
Picketing in Council Bluffs Affects Midwest Milk Trade
Iowa farmers protesting high prices blockaded highways into Council Bluffs and threatened shipments of milk amid a two weeks old strike led by the National Farmers Holiday association. Deputies halted cream dumps and arrests widened as sheriffs warned of penalties for interfering with commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Omaha
National Farmers Holiday Association
Iowa farmers lift milk blockade at Omaha in talks
A temporary break in the Omaha blockade saw Clifton P. Savery of Logan Iowa announce that all milk and cream bound for Omaha would pass the lines during negotiations. The talks involve the Nebraska Iowa Cooperative Milk Association the producers group and Omaha and Council Bluffs buyers seeking a new price agreement and reorganization of collections.
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Omaha
Iowa Farmers
Clifton P. Savery
Logan
Council Bluffs
Nebraska, Iowa Co-operative Milk Association
Producers’ Organization
Steel Firm Plans Five Million Job Relief Spending
The United States Steel Corporation finance committee announced a five million dollar program to create employment opportunities as part of its effort to reduce unemployment. The plan signals significant corporate action amid economic strain.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
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