New York Finance Committee Meets with Chicago and Illinois Leaders
The Democratic National Committee finance session in New York includes Mayor Cermak of Chicago and Governor-elect Horner of Illinois. They press for appointment of an Illinois man as attorney general, while broader topics like political finance and patronage continue to draw attention.
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Democratic National Committee
New York
Cermak
Chicago
Horner
Illinois
Ilinois
United States
Lawmaker Warns Brewers To Stay Out Of Washington
Rep. LaGuardia criticizes distillers and brewers before the House Ways and Means Committee. He says abuses could derail repeal of Prohibition and urges the industry to keep out. Treasury Secretary Millis and leaders hedge on testimony as hearings proceed with plans to report a four percent beer bill.
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House
Ways and Means
Washington
Rep. LaGuardia
New York
Ways and Means Committee
Brewing and Allied Industries
LaGuardia
Rainey
Ee Mitnels
Itia
Millis
Col Ner
The
Treasury
Collier
Ciry
Anti-Saloon League Plans Militant Campaign
The national convention of the Anti-Saloon League was urged by General Superintendent F. Scott McBride on Friday to outline an active program. He said the plan should cover every minute until the close of the 1834 congressional elections.
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Washington
National
The
Anti-Saloon League
F. Scott McBride
Conciliation Approach Chosen for Sino Japanese Dispute
The League of Nations special assembly referred the Sino Japanese question to the committee of nineteen for a friendly settlement through negotiation. The move, seen as a success for Japan and conciliation policy, will draft an invitation to the United States and Russia to join conciliation efforts.
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Geneva
Japan
Special Assembly
League of Nations
Assembly
Committee of Nineteen
League
United States
Russia
Explosion Traps 25 Coal Miners in Kentucky Drift Mine
Twenty five miners were trapped in a Harlan Fuel company drift mine near Yancey Kentucky after an explosion deep inside the mine between the mouth and face. Rescue teams led by J F P Bryson entered the shaft at noon but had not filed findings by 2 30 pm EST.
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Yancey, Ky
Harlan Fuel Company
J. F P. Bryson
Harlan County Coal Operators’ Association
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll This Year
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Cedar Rapids
Cold wave grips vast regions with bitter temperatures
Frigid conditions sweep eastward and across the middle West and Rocky Mountains. In Chicago five people died from heart failure linked to the cold as shelters strained and charity groups aided about 17 000 unemployed. Forecasters expect relief with rising temperatures by Friday night or Saturday as the cold shifts east.
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Chicago
INS
Atlantic Seaboard
Middle West
Rocky Mountain
J. R. Lloyd
Central West
Lloyd
United States
Mississippi Valley
Minnesota
Colorado
Nebraska
Iowa
Wisconsin
Dakotas
Hibbing
Minn
Canadian Northwest
White River
Ont
Recovery Bodies In Mine Tragedy
Four bodies were removed from the Zero mine at Yancey Harlan Ky. Friday night. They were not immediately identified and the fate of eighteen other miners trapped in the shaft was undetermined.
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Harlan, Ky
Yancey
Senate group gives R. F. C. clean bill
The select senate committee investigating loans by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation decided Friday to recommend to Congress on Jan. 1 that no publicity be given the corporation's transactions. Reliable authority indicated the committee would not fault the administration based on records examined to date.
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Washington (Lp
Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Congress
Senate Employee Brandishes Gun at Newspaper Writer
A police guard was posted at the door of the senate press gallery after Charles F. Pace, a senate employee, reportedly entered the gallery with a handgun. AP correspondent John Suter informed senate secretary Edwin P. Thayer of the incident, claiming Pace threatened Charles Stevenson of United Press in the house gallery.
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Washington
Senate
Standing Committee
Charles F. Pace
John Suter
Supreme Court
Associated Press
Edwin P. Thayer
Thayer
Pace
Charles Stevenson
United Press
House
Payroll gains lift October U S business outlook
Washington reports October shows higher employment and bigger payroll disbursements while overall business activity stays at September levels. Industrial output flat as coal boosted production. manufacturing slipped with consumer goods retreating and textiles easing. Heavy industries show some improvement except autos hit a new low. Iron steel lumber cement and electricity mixed.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
October Employment Up Yet Slower Gains Say Officials
The report notes third straight October employment rise but with a smaller pace than September. Payroll disbursements grew faster than employment, coal shows the largest gain, factories up about 5 percent since July, building still weaker, and retail holiday demand buoyed by early reports though retail inventories may lag last year.
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Department
Split In Hitlers Party
BERLIN RP Rumors of a split in Adolf Hitlers national socialist party grew Friday as newspapers blamed retirements of top aides on Hitlers bid to keep power. Gregor Strasser resigned as national organizer citing health a reason, while Angriff claimed it was a vacation. Gottlieb Feder asked for three weeks leave and was reported to be stepping away from the party.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
National Socialist Party
Hitler
Gregor Strasser
Angriff
Strasser
Gottlieb Feder
Penick Ford to Add 125 Jobs and Three Shifts
Penick and Ford announces a shift from two to three eight hour shifts starting Jan 1 1933 and plans to hire about 125 additional workers in manufacturing plus a daily twenty worker plant project next year. Wages will rise for workers under the new three shift arrangement as part of the national share the work movement endorsed by the federal administration and AFL.
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Cedar Rapids
Penick and Ford Company
American Federation of Labor
Walter C. Teagle
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Penick and Ford, Ltd., Inc
Newton Seen As Hoover Choice For Federal Bench
The judge in the Eighth Circuit with Minnesota roots may accept a Hoover nomination to the federal bench. Capitol Hill signals Democratic opposition could block appointments, possibly causing Newton to decline. He has long sought a federal judgeship after a career in law and the Minnesota House of Representatives.
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Eighth Circuit
Minnesota
Newton
White House
Senate
Capitol Bill
Hoover
House of Representatives
Hoover outlines plan to regroup government amid relief talks
President Hoover sent a special message to Congress detailing a plan to regroup government departments as National Farmers Relief Conference pressed for cash and other relief. The Senate amended the Philippine independence bill to limit Filipino visas and cut sugar imports. LaGuardia pressed liquor interests to quit Washington at a Ways and Means hearing. The Anti-Saloon League began organizing against repeal, and the US rejected France's request to postpone the December 15 war debt payment.
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Associated Press
Hoover
Congress
National Farmers Relief Conference
Senate
Ways Land Means Committee
LaGuardia
N.Y
Washington
Anti-Saloon League
United States
France
Omaha Liquor Ring Jury In Deadlock
In Omaha a federal court jury weighing charges against Tom Dennison a political leader and fourteen others for conspiracy to violate prohibition laws remains deadlocked after Friday night deliberations. Foreman Martin Bysong told Judge J W Woodrough the jurors could not reach a verdict and had done all they could. The judge refused to dismiss them and urged continued deliberations until their endurance tires. The panel had heard nearly nine weeks of testimony and arguments.
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Omaha
Federal Court
Tom Dennison
Martin Bysong
Lato Friday
J. W. Woodrough
Woodrough
Clair plan offers farmers a minimum income through federal market control
The Clair plan proposes federal market control with annual domestic pro rata and minimum price stabilization for basic US crops to ensure national prosperity. It aims to set regulated rates like those for railroads and utilities and will be printed in full in next Sunday's Gazette for reader feedback.
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United States
France Britain to Pay Dec 15 on Conditions
Paris reports France plans to meet next week's war debt payment rather than risk U S demands to convert its $4 billion note under the Melion Berenger 1926 agreement. The United States holds the bond in its treasury and can demand negotiable bonds on request.
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Paris
United States
France
Europe and United States clash over postwar debts and payments
European powers commit to December installments to the United States while seeking future debt revisions. France faces a $19,261,432 Dec 15 payment. Poland requests relief from high rates and notes a troubling trade balance. Stimson signals possible revision, not cancellation, with trade favors and armament cuts aiding debt relief.
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Washington
United States
France
Stimson
Poland
Paris
Tytus Filipowitz
America
Will Rogers on lame duck congress and Ruth Bryan Owen
In Beverly Hills Will Rogers assesses a lame duck congress and praises Ruth Bryan Owen for voting with repealists after a primary defeat. He notes confusion over the term and argues she showed nerve by acting despite opposition.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Ruth Bryan Owen
Billion Relief Funds Proposed in Senate Bills
Senate committees near action on measures to provide over 1.0 billion dollars in relief. A LaFollette Costigan bill would authorize 500 million in direct state grants via a 10 year bond. A Byrnes bill proposes 500 million in bond proceeds for public improvements. A Cutting bill seeks 15 million from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for relief programs.
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Washington
Ulp
Senate
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Costigan
Colorado
Byrnes
Benator Cutting
New Mexico
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate may debate new relief bill this winter
The piece notes the need for further relief legislation this winter as part of the Democratic senate minority program. It questions the fate of the La Follette Costigan bill, citing a 48 to 35 defeat last winter and recalling that prior relief used Reconstruction Corporation loans with $300,000,000 allocated, only part of which has been disbursed.
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Wren
Senate
Reconstruction Corporation
Smuggling Ring Hint Emerges in Vanderwell Case
Long Beach authorities extended the inquiry into the yacht slaying of Capt. Walter Vanderwell as reports of an international smuggling ring emerged. Investigators reassessed William James Guy alibi while a coroner’s jury returned an open verdict and urged further investigation into the Globe trotter’s murder.
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Long Beach
Calif
Wiliam James Guy
Walter Vanderwell
Guy
Janet Vanderwell
Funay
William James Guy
Fortune
Globe Trotter
Man Found Dead in Golden Gate Park Amid Cold Snow
In San Francisco a man who attempted suicide by slashing his ankles was killed by exposure as freezing temperatures and snowfall hit northern California. His body was found in Golden Gate Park, frost covering him, and his identity remained unknown.
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San Francisco
California
Golden Gate Park
Hoover plan faces House opposition to agency reorganization
Washington AP reports President Hoover’s plan to regroup 58 agencies and move rivers and harbors and flood control from War to Interior faces early opposition in the House. Chairman Manstfield called the idea ridiculous and worst. Rep Cochran says expenditures committee will act to guard against political influence. Senate leaders expect most proposals to take effect in sixty days.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
House
Senate
Interior Department
Manstfield
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Rep. Cochran
Dem
House Expenditures Committee
Robinson Arkansas
Hoover outlines plan to reorganize federal agencies
President proposes fifty eight executive shifts consolidating bureaus under four new assistant secretary titles and moving weather, border patrol, and other functions. Eleven executive orders accompany the plan with a projected savings not calculated, about one hundred million in current appropriations. lawmakers wary, Congress given sixty days to object before action.
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Chary
Coast Guard
Border Patrol
Labor Department
Immigration Service
Pea Department
Customs Service
Weather Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Federal
A Conservation Board
Bureau of Mines
Congress
Hoover
Mercury Drops In Cedar Rapids Winter Cold Snap
Old Man Winter dealt cedar rapids a frigid start with 3 at midnight then 2 by 7 am and 9 30 am. The cedar river froze solid as bright sun failed to thaw the chill and temperatures hovered around the low single digits.
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Winter
Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
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