Borah Speech Rouses GOP Factions Amid Democratic Clash
The reported speech by Borah energized Republicans and alarmed Democrats as he attacked profligate bureaucracy and defended free enterprise. He warned that wiping out state sovereignty could destroy the constitution and democracy, urging a clear political choice in next year’s campaign. A Cedar Rapids widow recalls an earlier business fight over city hair-styling price controls, highlighting burdens on small operators.
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Asa
Borah
Roosevelt
America
Livermore Family Flies East to New York
Jesse Livermore Jr with wife and younger son Paul arrived at Lambert airport and departed by 6 p.m. train for New York City. The group traveled aboard the Pennsylvania train line as they headed to the East Coast.
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ST. Louis
Jesse Livermore, Jr
Paul
Lambert Airport
New York
Livermore
Pennsylvania
New York City
HARKAWAY URGED TO REPUDIATE TESTIMONY
Special to The Gazette Omaha and Des Moines men pressured restaurant operator Jake Harkaway to return to Sioux City and deny his earlier testimony in the conspiracy trial of Iowa Attorney General Edward L. O Connor. Harkaway said he could not name his alleged intimidators.
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Gazette
Omaha
Neb
Jake Harkaway
Edward L. O’connor
Iowa
Sioux City
Des Moines
Harkaway
J. L
Red) Brennan
Fea
Grand Jury
Sioux
O'Connor
Ryan Pair Held After Crash On Highway No 13
Two men from Ryan identified as Joseph McCrea 27 and Peter McEnny 29 were jailed in Linn county after a collision with Otho F. Henderson of Coggan on Highway 13 near the Linn county home. No injuries were reported. Henderson described an unsteady approaching car leading to the crash. a half pint of whisky was found on McEnny.
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Joseph McCrea
Peter McEnny
Ryan
Linn County
Otho F. Henderson
Coggan
James H. Smith
Dick Payn
Smith
McCrea
McEnny
Henderson
Giant $6 Million Eye Telescope Lens to be Removed
In Corning New York the $6 million giant telescope lens known as the dream eye will be removed Sunday from its annealing oven after a year of cooling. The success hinges on lifting the mirror with no strain as it leaves the mold and is watched by observers for any sign of stress.
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Corning
N. Y
Works Progress Administration
Dairy Dale
Waterloo
Des Moines
Washington
D. C
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
WPA
Bandits Escape With $1006 From Store Cashier Office
Four men robbed the cashier’s office of a northwest side Fair store branch in Chicago and fled in a waiting car with cash estimated over $1000. Two women cashiers were unharmed.
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Chicago
Northwest Side
Fair Store
Dickens Letters Reveal Troubled Marriage and Far Apart Lives
A 1935 newspaper column discusses Dickens wife letters and how their marriage suffered from incompatibility and differing lives. It notes Dickens's focus on work, lack of shared thoughts, and mutual faults, illustrating how fame does not shield couples from strife.
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Dickens
Italian Denial of Bombing of American Red Cross Hospital
The Italian embassy said Rome did not bomb the American Red Cross hospital in Dessye with incendiary bombs, calling the action a reprisal for Ethiopian dum-dum bullets. Dispatches reported damage to a wing of the Seventh Day Adventist American hospital, while Red Cross officials protested to Geneva over the attacks on the hospital and Red Cross tents.
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London
Rome
Red Cross
Dessye
Ethiopia
Geneva
Kansas Farm Debt Law Invalid by State Supreme Court
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled the farm mortgage moratorium law passed by the last legislature invalid. The measure aimed to help farmers meet mortgage obligations by extending relief until 1937. Nine cases were before the court testing the law's legality.
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Topeka
Kan
State Supreme Court
Kansas
Peek Assails New Deal Trade Policy Canada Tariff Treaty
George N. Peek denounces the Canadian tariff agreement as a reversal of democratic policy and a blow to agriculture. He resigns from the Export-Import Bank and vows to wage a winter-long fight in Washington to curb a reciprocal tariff concession approach and press for U S surpluses sales with minimum tariff changes.
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Washington
New Deal
George N. Peek
Roosevelt
Peck
America
United States
Canada
Peek
Export-Import Bank
Hugh S. Johnson
Cairo University clash as police confront 1000 students
In Cairo at the Giza bridge, police and about 1,000 Cairo University students clashed using stones clubs and bird shot. Three British officers were injured and 60 students jailed after a half hour of fighting. Police fired bird shot at leg and guns in the air to quell the riot.
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Cairo
Egypt
Cairo University
Giza Bridge
Delay On Dairy Dale Sewer Shows WPA Confusion
Delay on the Dairy Dale sewer project illustrates the disorganized federal work relief program. Local officials blame slow bid delivery and centralized WPA control as crews remain idle, drawing pay while construction stalls amid unclear authority.
Chinese to Create North China Autonomous State Next Tuesday
Gen Hsiao Cheng-Ying announced from Beijing that the central government will issue a decree establishing a political affairs commission for Hopei and Chahar provinces. The move would create a state autonomous in all but name, with control of foreign relations salt monopoly and customs, headed by Gen Sung Cheh-Yuan.
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Peiping
North China
Central
China
Hsiao Cheng-Ying
Chahar
Hsiao
Sung Cheh-Yuan
Hopei
Ho Ying-Chin
Nanking
Gen
Gen. Sung
Exempt Consumers From Potato Penalties
Washington AP reports the AAA announced exempting consumers who buy potatoes in regular retail stores from penalties under the potato control act. Previously it was thought that both first buyers of unstamped potatoes and later resale recipients could face fines up to 1000 dollars. The AAA move is seen by some as offsetting consumer opposition to the law.
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Washington
AAA
Farm Administration
Duce Bans Santa and Christmas Trees in Sanction Move
Il Duce imposes sanctions against Santa Claus and bans Christmas trees for children in a decree. The order targets foreign imports and cites Germany as a key source, signaling a broader effort to end the old custom of importing trees.
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DUCE
Santa
Rome
INS
Il Duce
Germany
Benito
Kentuckian Convicted of Murder of Federal Agent in Indiana
George W. Barrett of McKee Kentucky was found guilty of first degree murder by a federal jury in Indianapolis. He killed Nelson B. Klein a Cincinnati Ohio G man during a gun battle at West College Corner Indiana on August 16 and faces a mandatory death sentence by hanging.
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Ind
ULP
George W. Barrett
McKee
Barrett
Nelson B. Klein
Cincinnati
G-man
West College Corner
Chicago Weather Through Dec 9 14
Weather outlook for December 9 to 14 calls for near normal temperatures in the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys with occasional precipitation. Northern areas may see below normal temperatures early then warm slightly. southern regions mostly fair with near normal readings.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
North Portion
South Portion
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1935 Figures
The Cedar Rapids toll report for 1935 records 391 accidents 448 injuries and 12 deaths. The figures summarize traffic losses and safety outcomes reported for the year.
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Cedar Rapids
Farm Bureaus Greet President Roosevelt in Chicago
The American Farm Bureau federation prepares to welcome President Franklin D. Roosevelt at its seventeenth annual convention in Chicago. About 25,000 are expected to attend the opening session at the stockyards amphitheater where his address will be broadcast nationally. Roosevelt will discuss agricultural policy amid expectations of a Canada trade treaty defense and other administration plans.
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Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Farm Bureau
Coolidge
Federation
Farm Bureau
Roosevelt
Atta
Sevelt Wil
Eesrd
J. Ki
National Federation
Britain and France renew push for peace over Ethiopian crisis
Paris reports Britain and France renewed determination to resolve the Italian Ethiopian crisis, meeting at the French foreign office. Negotiators, discouraged by Mussolini's stance, pledged to push the peace effort to the limit in hopes of a European settlement.
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Paris
Britain
France
Benito Mussolini
Chamber of Deputies
Foreign Office
Europe
War in Thumbnail: Italy defies sanctions in parliament address
In Rome Mussolini declares Italy will proceed despite sanctions. London sends new peace plea to Mussolini while Laval and Hoare open talks to draft a peace proposal. In Addis Ababa Italian bombers strike Dessye for a second day. Emperor escapes unharmed as Red Cross protests.
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Rome
IL Duce
Italy
London
Great Britain
Mussolini
Paris
Laval
Samuel Hoare
Addis Ababa
Dessye
Emperor
Red Cross
British Italian talks aim to avoid war and reach accord
The article describes efforts to conciliate Italy with no war, seeking to address Italian needs rather than impose a solution. Mussolini's speech is not deemed to preclude an agreement, with Sunday expected to reveal a proposed outline as talks resume. British negotiators at the Laval conference include Hoare Clerk Vansittart and Peterson. Hoare postponed his trip to Switzerland for winter sports as talks resume at 10 30 am Sunday.
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Italy
Mussolini
Pierre Laval
Samual Hoare
George Clerk
Paris
Robert Vansittart
Foreign Office
Maurice Peterson
Hoare
Switzerland
Borah Warns Of Perils In New Heal Controls
Senator William E. Borah of Idaho warned against opening the dike of constitutional restraint to the sea of arbitrary power behind it. He argued the coming election is crucial for liberty and free enterprise, criticizing New Deal monopolies and urging defense of democratic institutions and state sovereignty.
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Washington
William E. Borah
Idaho
Columbia Broadcasting System
Borah
Supreme Court
NRA
Want Ads Reveal Names for Free Theater Tickets
Readers are urged to check the Want Ad section for their names today. If found, call The Gazette office to receive a pair of theater tickets at no cost.
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Gazette Office
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