Roosevelt touts New Deal social experiments in Georgia
In Warm Springs Georgia President Roosevelt promotes administration programs. He hails rural resettlement projects and urban slum clearance in Atlanta as proof of success under federal supervision. He plans to dedicate Norris Dam and defend AAA crop controls on tour home.
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Warm Springs
Ins
Roosevelt
Georgia
Atlanta
Camp
Meriwether
Ccc
Russell Reynolds
A. E. Morgan
TVA
Norris Dam
Muscle Shoals
Tennessee Valley
Chicago
AAA
American Farm Bureau Federation
Washington
Three Die In Fire At Bonita Louisiana Home
A fire early Tuesday in Bonita Louisiana killed three people Mr and Mrs Pat McCleary and their 24 year old son James The blaze was discovered shortly after midnight but had grown too large to permit rescue and the home was destroyed by flames
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Bonita, la
Ins
Pat McCleary
James
Gang Leader Slain In Philadelphia
Philadelphia dispatch reports Petey Ford, a noted gangster, murdered and dumped from a speeding car at 1 50 a m Tuesday. Five bullets struck Ford, who with Frankie Bailey dominated the city’s underworld during prohibition era rackets.
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Philadelphia
INS
Petey” Ford
Ford
Frankie Bailey
Public Opinion Pressures Sioux City Trials
The Marshalltown Times-Republican notes Iowa country newspapers favor prosecution in advance of verdicts, arguing that such pretrial public opinions threaten fair proceedings and raise questions about preventing influence while balancing public interest.
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Iowa
Country Press
Sioux City
Duckworth
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Typographical Head Attacks Green on Labor Federation Policy
President Charles P. Howard of the International Typographical Union accuses William Green of restricting minority rights. The reply comes amid Green’s attack on industrial unionism led by John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers, in which Howard cooperates.
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Washington
Charles P. Howard
International Typographical Union
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Howard
Green
John L. Lewis
United Mineworkers
Smokes Cigars As Rescuers Dig Him Out Of A Tunnel
Ed Olinger a 41 year old miner trapped nine hours in an abandoned shaft tunnel was freed by Los Angeles firemen. He kept calm smoked cigars and directed the rescue as workers slowly removed the dirt from around him.
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Los Angeles
Ed Olinger
Olinger
Rescuers Dig For Gold Mine Report From Spanish Padres
Encouragement goes to rescuers as they peck away at dirt where a man plunged while working in a surface excavation believed to be a gold mine, a report from Spanish padres over a century ago.
State WPA figures on Linn county jobless and employed
Des Moines figures from WPA Administrator L. S. Hill show 463 jobless unassigned in Linn county while 533 are actually at work and 996 certified for jobs. Hill defends the administration claiming 24,792 employed against a 22,000 quota by Thanksgiving and notes 35,055 employables remain to be absorbed by other relief or private channels.
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WPA
L. S. Hill
Des Moines
Linn County
Hill
Catholic Women Close Convention in Support of Infant Baptism
The Catholic Women’s Council meeting in Dubuque featured Rev. John R. Bowen urging Cedar Rapids Catholic women to back infant baptism for babies dying at birth. Bowen, originator of America’s first hospital chaplain association, spoke at a luncheon of the Dubuque Archdiocesan National Council of Catholic Women with remarks by Marjorie Morrow, Emily Eberhardt, and others.
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John R. Bowen
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Father Bowen
America
Iowa-Nebraska Division of Catholic Hospital Associations
Archdiocesan Council
National Council of Catholic Women
B. J. Hoff
Marjorie Morrow
Catholic Daughters of America
Emily Eberhardt
C. J Timmerman
Girl Scouts
Nicholas Steffen
Columbia College
Mrs Vanderbilt Loses Court Fight in Custody Case
The New York Court of Appeals denied Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt’s request to appeal a lower court ruling granting custody of her nine year old daughter Gloria to the child’s paternal aunt Mrs Harry Payne Whitney.
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Albany
INS
Court of Appeals
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt
Gloria
Harry Payne Whitney
Jackie Coogan and Betty Grable announce engagement
Hollywood report states Jackie Coogan a former child star and Betty Grable a younger screen dancer announced their engagement just before Coogan departed on a personal appearance tour Tuesday.
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Hollywood
Jackie Coogar
Betty Grable
Coogan
Melrose Australian Flyer Pilot Hurt in Crash
C James Melrose, noted Australian pilot, crashed Tuesday at Bunda noon New South Wales and was lifted semi conscious from his plane. Doctors said his injuries were not serious. Forty men were put to work at the Grace Hall quarry WPA project in Davenport Iowa. the crew will quarry rock for county roads and may expand to sixty five later in winter. Lester Small named foreman with Walter Brown as timekeeper.
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Sydney
Australia
C. James Melrose
Bundanoon
New South Wales
Washington
Grace Hall
Davenport
Lester Small
Walter Brown
Council Bluffs Notes on Graft Probe Costs and State Aid
The piece argues Woodbury County should be reimbursed by the state for graft investigation costs, but predicts Des Moines will not approve state funding. It criticizes federal welfare spending and laments Congress on expenditures. The column then shifts to a quip about schizophrenia and political figures showing dual personalities before and after elections.
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Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Woodbury County
Des Moines
State House
General Assembly
Chicago
Woman Found Slain In New York Room With Husband Fleeing
Police sought John Weintraub after Lena Gregoris 32, from Pittsburgh, was found strangled in a furnished New York room the couple rented as Mr. and Mrs. Weintraub. Landlord Leeson Field pursued Weintraub who fled with a suitcase. he was told wife would pay rent but discovered the victim.
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New York
John Weintraub
Lena Gregoris
Pittsburgh
Weintraub
Leeson H. Field
Field
German Protestants Defy Nazi Orders
In Berlin the Protestant confessional synod openly opposed Nazi dictates. A spokesman said they would not yield to Hans Kerr’s pressure removing church powers and affirmed the group would obey God before man during the crisis.
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Berlin
Germany
Hans Kerr
Department For
Movie Men Invade Quintuplets Home in North Bay
Hollywood crew from Twentieth Century Fox arrives in North Bay Ontario during a heavy snowstorm to film a story titled The Country Doctor. Twenty studio members work with the quintuplets in their hospital for about a week to ten days.
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North Bay
Ont
Ins
Hollywood
Twentieth Century-Fox Studios
British Ship To Aid Hunt For Ellsworth
British admiralty authorities consider an Australian proposal to deploy the royal research ship Discovery II to help locate Lincoln Ellsworth the American flyer missing for more than a week on a transantarctic flight. Discovery II departed Cape Town for Antarctic waters several days ago.
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London
INL
Lincoln Ellsworth
Cape Town
South Africa
Antarctic
Coggon Man Elected Corn Hog Treasurer
John E Dunn of Coggon, allotment committee man from Jackson township, Tuesday was elected treasurer of the Linn county corn and hog production adjustment association, succeeding S. M Wiley of Center Point, who resigned.
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John E Dunn
Coggon
Jackson Township
Linn County Corn and Hog Production Adjustment Association
S. M Wiley
Center Point
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