Britain Pushes Independent Policy Amid Mussolini War Talk
London sources say the British government will pursue a strong policy in Geneva despite Mussolini's remarks. Britain, seeking to avert war, hopes the United States and France will convene a Briand Kellogg pact consultative meeting to deter aggression. In Valetta and Addis Ababa reports, Mussolini plans to shield frontiers by occupying Albania and fortifying Saseno Island while Ethiopian air recon shows Italian planes over Ogaden. Eastern Abyssinia arrests involve an Italian pilot and observer. Ras Emeron is named Addis Ababa commander as Haile Selassie mobilizes forces.
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London
Mussolini
Addis Ababa
INS
Ogaden
Jalian Somaliland
Byssinia
Aater
Harrar
Ras Emeron
Emror
Emror Haile Selassie
Nebraska Governor Declares Martial Law At Dam Site
Lincoln Nebraska Gov Roy L Cochran declared martial law to aid farmers who defied the state by blocking water at the North Platte dam site in the sparsely populated North Platte valley. The dispute began when Mitchell irrigation district farmers dug a ditch around a dam to prevent water tapping.
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Lincoln
Neb
INS
North Platte
Nebraska
Roy L. Cochran
Mitchell Irrigation District
Couzens Receives Blood Transfusion After Kidney Surgery
Rochester Mayo Clinic doctors reported Senator James Couzens of Michigan received a blood transfusion after surgeries to remove a kidney and address substantial blood loss.
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Rochester, Minn
Nator James Couzens
Midian
Mayo Clinic
Desire for Glory Through Others’ Distinction
The excerpt reflects on human craving for glory, even reflected glory, citing Lamb’s anecdotes of obscure lives elevated by tenuous ties to famous lineages. It notes how people, including Lincoln’s cousins and village pride, seek significance through distant fame amid uncertainty.
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Charles
Lamb
Derwentwater
Thomas Tame
Lincoln
Jhe
Nor
Dia
Joan of Arc
Hamilton Fatally Shot in South St. Paul Firefight
Oswego Illinois report on April 23 1934 cites an inquest into John Hamilton's death after a gun battle with federal agents in South St. Paul Minnesota. The coroner's jury found Hamilton died of gunshot wounds inflicted near St Paul by unknown assailants. Federal agents testified they pursued Hamilton for months and recovered the body after digging in several suspected sites.
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St. Paul
Minn
R.D. Brown
Daniel P. Sullivan
Department of Justice
Chicago
Hamilton
Brown
South St. Paul
Sullivan
South Bend
Bankers quarrel with Morgenthau over bond sale
Washington bankers voiced dissatisfaction with Henry Morgenthau Jr.'s financial policy, blaming the under subscriptions of a $100 million Farm Mortgage bonds issue on the administration's bidding system and its effect on market speculation. Officials urged continued sale practices while noting market jitters ahead of October refinancing.
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Washington
Secretary of Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Treasury
Bouids
Morgenthau
Alvin Karpis Jumped Bail In Speeding Case
Federal agents disclosed Alvin Karpis alias public enemy No 1 is hiding near Saratoga Springs New York after fleeing a Northampton Massachusetts traffic arrest and forfeiting a $200 bail. He has been seen at races and night clubs while sought for the Bremer kidnapping and other crimes.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
INS
Alvin Karpis
Karpis
Bremer
Minneapolis
Loughberry Lake
Here
Northampton
Mass
Judge to Force Slots Witness to Testify
Sioux City reports District Judge W J Scott ordered Frank Commerfield to show cause why he should not be questioned in the removal hearing for W D Hayes the suspended Sioux City mayor. The state alleges failure to enforce gambling and liquor laws amid a broader corruption probe.
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Sioux City
W. JW. Scott
W. D. Hayes
H. M. Havner
Woodbury County
Hayes
Havner
Frank ‘Commerfield
Edward L. O’connor
Walter ‘Maley
Comerfield
Scott
Sto
Bank Messenger Robbed of 50 000 in Springfield
In Springfield Ohio two men armed with a machine gun and pistol held up a bank official and messenger from the First National Bank and Trust Company. They escaped with two packages containing more than 50 000 dollars outside the Springfield post office where money shipped from Cincinnati had just arrived. The money was carried by C R Davis auditor and W E Brinsley the messenger.
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Springfield, O
First National Bank and Trust Company
Springfield
Federal Reserve Bank
Cincinnati
C. R. Davis
First National
W. E. Brinsley
Hearst Says Alfred E Smith Could Make Powerful Presidential Candidate
William Randolph Hearst proposed Alfred E Smith as a strong potential candidate for the 1936 presidential race. He described Smith as the credited leader of the genuine Democratic party and noted Smith’s possible independence from Roosevelt. Hearst praised Smith’s principles and citizenship while avoiding sectarian judgments.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Alfred E. Smith
William Randolph Hearst
Washington
Hearst
Smith
Herbert Hoover
New Yorker
Roosevelt
Chicago
William’ Gibbs McAdoo
United States
Wabash Rail Line Workers Vote To Strike
Union officials announce that operating employees of the Wabash Railway have voted to strike at 6:30 a.m. Saturday unless a settlement is reached. The action would affect the Wabash and affiliated Ann Arbor systems and involve about 4,500 conductors engineers and other operating employees led by C S Montooth of Cedar Rapids Jr senior VP of the Order of Railway Conductors.
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St.louis
INS
Wabash Railway Company
Wabash
Ann Arbor
C.,s. Montooth
Cedar Rapids
Order’ of Railway Conductors
Dionne Quintuplets Color Pictures Preview in Gazette
Color four page picture supplement features the Dionne quintuplets with two color plates. The section promises a complete history in pictures and a life size look at Annette as she appears now. It suggests ordering extra copies for September 1 Sunday publication.
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Annette Dionne
Gazette
Rock Island Plan Proposes Massive Midwest Railroad Consolidation
A committee led by Carter Harrison Jr proposes merging Chicago Rock Island and Pacific, St. Louis-San Francisco, and Chicago and Eastern Illinois into a single middle western system worth nearly a billion dollars with 15 000 miles of track. The plan aims to protect 4 000 Rock Island preferred stockholders and avoid new government funding, seeking RFC backing only if needed, with eight year earnings funded debt repayment and restructured first lien maturities.
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Chicago
Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company
Rock Island
St.Louis-San Francisco Railway
Chicago and Eastern ‘Illinois, Railway
Gulf
Galveston
Pensacola
Mobile
New’ Orleans
iItiwould
van Sweringen
Magis
Carter
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Railroad, Credit Corporation
Bank Loans
Roosevelt signs Frazier-Lemke Act to aid farmers
President Roosevelt signed the Frazier Lemke three year farm mortgage moratorium act after the Supreme Court declared prior law unconstitutional. The measure allows debt burdened farmers to seek federal court moratoriums up to three years and stay on their land while paying a fair rental. At moratorium end, courts reappraise and may order sale of land if the farmer cannot meet the debt, with secured creditors empowered to sell at public auction.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Frazier-Lemke
Supreme
Windows Smashed At Iowa Mfg Co Plant During Strike
More than 1,000 protesters gathered at the Iowa Manufacturing Company plant Wednesday night breaking dozens of windows with rocks. Negotiations between strikers and company officials continued as one group returned to work. officials sought militia or troop deployment while local authorities delayed such action.
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Iowa
Towa Manufacturing Company
Owen Elliott
James Smith
Clyde Herring
Frank K. Hahn
Hahn
Howard Hall
Hall
Linn Girls and Women Win at State Fair
Linn 4-H Girls' demonstration team from Marion won the Reserve championship in Nutrition and Linn County Farm Bureau Women's Home Project booth took second in its division at the State Fair. Members Mary Hoover Betty Rhinehart led by Mary Michel, all of Marion, earned a free trip to the 4-H convention in Ames next June. The Linn women showcased quilts and home furnishing projects with booth supervision by Stella Forrest Aleene Wilson and leaders Mrs Frank Schantz Fay Hauser and Mrs Earl Bukek. Helen Swinney judged nutrition demonstrations.
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Des Moines
Linn County
Farm Bureau
Mary Hoover
Betty Rhineart
Marion
Mary Michel
Linn
Ames
Frank Schantz
Alburnett
Fay
Hauser
Earl Bukek
Stella Forrest
Central City
Booth
Aleene Wilson
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Farm Bureau
Helen Swinney
Town State College
Film Scenarist Found Shot To Death In Hollywood
Carl Erickson a 27 year old scenarist who wrote the screenplay Silver Dollar and prepared screen adaptations was found shot to death on Thursday. Police reports indicated death by own action. Boy hikers discovered the body on a hill above a motion picture studio in Hollywood Calif.
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Hollywood
Calif
Carl Erickson
Edward G. Robinson
Canadian actor Somerville critically ill in Hollywood
George J. Slim Somerville, 35, a Canadian film actor, was reported critically ill with a heart ailment at a Hollywood hospital on Thursday.
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Hollywood
George J
Slim) Somerville
Thursays
Astrid Queen of Belgium Killed in Auto Crash
The body of Belgium's Queen Astrid is returned to Brussels with King Leopold and Premier Van Zeeland aboard a special train. Astrid, mother of three, died after being thrown from a car driven by Leopold near Lucerne. The car hit a tree at 45 mph, then rolled into shallow water.
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Lucerne
Switzerland
Belgium
Astrid
Leopold
Paul van Zeeland
Brussels
Akefor
Aatrid
Hizx
Lake of
Halishorn
Albert
Roosevelt Signs Rail Pension Act and Tax Measures
Washington reports President Roosevelt signed the Crosser rail retirement act to replace the previous invalidated measure. He also approved a companion tax bill imposing 3.42 percent on railroad payrolls and 3.44 percent on workers salaries to fund pension payments to retired railroad employees.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supremet Court
Mercury Records Low Temperatures At Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids weather report shows a rapid fall to near freezing with a 41 degree low at 4 a.m. under a partly cloudy sky. Temperatures rose to 48 by 7 a.m. and to 54 by 9 a.m., with a 65 reading at 2:45 p.m.
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Cedar’ Rapids
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