Rioting French crowds threaten government as riots flare
Police and soldiers battled anarchic Paris crowds amid the Daladier cabinet crisis. Riots, rooted in royalist unrest and the Stavisky scandal, are described as the gravest in modern French history. A Chicago note observes farm mortgage collections rising sharply. An Iowa official forecasts better statewide economic conditions soon.
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Paris
Bayonne
Chicago
Iowa
Two Major Scandals Threaten U S Probes and Relief Bill
A flood of alleged abuses spans the army and navy investigations as Congress debates a 950 million dollar emergency relief appropriation. Rep George Terrell dissents while John Dillinger is guarded by dozens of officers in Crown Point. Congressional probes widen across defense contracts and war department dealings.
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House of M Representatives
George B Terrell
Terrell
John Dillinger
Chicago
Arizona
Crown Point
Ind
Wives Gain Power Over Husbands’ Drinking in Belleville
Belleville passed liquor control measures granting wives the power to halt their husbands’ alcohol sales. If a wife writes a note to the saloon frequented by her husband, the law requires the establishment to stop sales to him.
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Belleville
Belleville, Ill
Debt Talks Delay Threaten U S War Debts Settlement
A political observer warns that delaying a settlement on European debts risks losing more taxpayer money used to fund the Allied war effort. He argues debtors plan to default and pay less, while the United States remains in a precarious driving position amid threats of further explosions and political pressure.
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England
France
London
United States
Jon
Washington Eng
Hill, Dale
Sam
Waiting for a future turn in human drama
The piece contends humanity awaits a sudden turn to lift society from decline, arguing culture democracy and science alone fail. It calls for soul enlightened men with spiritual insight and love, emphasizing devotion over dexterity, insight over activity, and inner joy over wealth or excitement.
Pardon Move Aims to Free Liquor Law Violators
Washington reports a push for presidential pardons for prohibition violators in federal prisons. The Supreme Court wiped out all pending cases with repeal, affecting thousands already imprisoned. Attorney General Cummings vows leniency for simple violators seeking parole, while racketeers face continued confinement. Rep. Clarence McLeod will renew efforts to push pardons.
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Washington
INS
Supreme Court
High Court
Cummings
Clarence McLeod
Michigan
Congress
McLeod
Wynekoop Trial Set to Begin Feb 19 in Chicago
The second trial of Dr Alice Lindsay Wynekoop on murder charges over her daughter in law Rheta began with a Feb 19 start date recommended by Judge Harry B. Miller in the criminal court.
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Chicago
Alice Lindsay Wynekoop
Rheta
Harry B. Miller
Criminal Court
Compromise Reaches Iowa Tax Bill in Des Moines Senate
The Iowa Senate adopted compromise amendments to the interim committee tax bill, moving toward final action. Allocation now caps general expenses at 6 million dollars a year, with 3 million for poor relief, and the retail sales tax becomes temporary with a graduated rate.
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State Senate
Iowa
Des Moines
Clyde L. Herring
House
Senate
Lafe Hill
Nora Springs
Nelson of
Story
State Board of Assessment of Review
E. R. Hicklin
Wapello
Hickimn and
Wenner
Indict Three For Murder Of Pastor In Indianapolis
In Indianapolis three persons are indicted for murder in the slaying of Rev. Gaylord V. Saunders of Wabash Ind. Saunders widow Mrs Neema Saunders 35 and Theodore Mathers 19 and Masil Roe 19 are held as suspects with Mrs Mabel Balke a nurse charged with knowledge of the crime The defendants are expected to plead insanity prosecutors say the pastor was shot in his automobile last week
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Indianapolis
Ind
Gaylord V. Saunders
Wabash, Ind
Neema Saunders
Theodore Mathers
Saunder
Masil Roe
Mathers
Mabel Balke
Ford Boosts Wages and Urges Industry to Follow
Detroit Ford plants have already granted a 10 percent wage increase to 20 000 production workers, with branch workers to follow, adding about 250 000 dollars to monthly payrolls. Henry Ford argues higher wages revive purchasing power and spur job growth as the company eyes a return to higher wage levels and decentralization of industry.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Ford
National Administration
United States
House Approves $83.7 Million for Four Departments
The house passed the state justice commerce and labor appropriation bill totaling 83 million 667 thousand 272 for the fiscal year starting July 1. The total is 20.9 million less than the current year with half the savings from reduced justice department equor law enforcement appropriations.
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Washington
House
State, Justice, Commerce and Labor
Justice Department
Equor
Lord Ashley Suit Names Douglas Fairbanks Co respondent
Divorce proceedings in London name Douglas Fairbanks senior as co respondent to Lord Ashley's suit against his wife Sylvia Hawkes. The petition alleges misconduct with Lady Ashley at a London hotel during August and October last year. Fairbanks showed distress after service and postponed Spain trip to consult his solicitor.
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Lord Ashley
Shaftesbury
Sylvia Hawkes
Lady Ashley
Douglas Fairbanks
West End
Fairbanks
Mayfair
Pranen
Lord O* Ashley
Guedalla
Ashley
Europe
Spain
Don Juan
1300 Women Attend Cooking School First Session
Thirteen hundred women gathered at the Paramount theater for the opening four day cooking school. Miss Ednad Ferguson, renowned home economist, explained turning housekeeping into a profession and demoed menus with economical ideas. She offered new twists on desserts, leftovers, and table setting while addressing beginners and veteran cooks alike. Introduced by Mrs. Ben Ogden, she promised further tips in the continuation.
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Paramount Theater
Miss Ferguson
Mme Louise
Ben Ogden
Cedar Rapids Woman's Club
Marion girl recants kidnapping tale as imagined
Virginia Brokaw fourteen told county officials she left home Sunday to visit her ill grandfather in Perry and became lost wandering onto the Harold Scott farm. She fainted when found and was cared for by the Scotts before returning to her parents. officials earlier questioned a kidnapping story by three men.
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Virginia Brokaw
Marion
Perry
G. K. Thompson
Virginia
Lena Vogt
Larry Condon
Harold Scott
Highway No
Scott
Scotts
Roy Brokaw
Rockefeller Jr Leaves Yale To Drive Truck For Bayonne Plant
John D. Rockefeller Jr. son quits college citing little value from studies. Quoted by friends, he plans to work as a truck driver at the Standard Oil Company plant in Bayonne New Jersey after leaving Yale University.
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Yale University
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New Jersey
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New York
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Standard
Bayonne
Yale
Committee Weighs Probe Of Iowa Insurance Dept
DES MOINES AP Hearing on a House concurrent resolution for a formal investigation of the state insurance department was held in executive session of the Senate Insurance Committee. The measure passed the House Dec 4 by 82 to 13. Witnesses included Dubuque attorney Frank A. O Connor state insurance commissioner E W Clark and first deputy commissioner Philip Cless. Rep Elmer A. Johnson was the only House member present. The hearing ended with no action and Len Knudson signaled a possible follow up meeting on Wednesday.
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House
State Insurance Department
Senate Insurance Committee
Frank A. O'Connor
Dubuque
E. W. Clark
Philip Cless
Elmer A. Johnson
Linn County
Len Knudson
Senate
Colflesh Seen as Possible Kraschel Prosecution
Iowa Democrats indicate Colflesh may be retained as district attorney for southern Iowa to prosecute Lieutenant Governor Kraschel on conspiracy charges in public works matters. Colflesh sent his resignation to President Roosevelt when he ran for the Republican nomination for governor, a claim the Justice Department said it had not received.
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Washington
Iowa
Robert W. Colfiesh
Kraschel
Calflesh
Roosevelt
Justice Department
Colflesh
Rails and Steel Supply Loan For Chicago and North Western
The Public Works Administration announced a $1,400,000 loan to the Chicago and North Western Railway to buy thousands of tons of steel as part of a blanket $41,000,000 allotment for new rails and fastenings.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
Chicago and North Western Railway Company
North Western
Judgment of 5900 against Aimee Semple McPherson
A Los Angeles judge awarded 5900 dollars against Aimee Semple McPherson for allegedly failing to proceed with production of a motion picture in which she was to be featured.
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Aimee
Los Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson
Rioters Storm Paris Place de la Concorde in Deadly Riots
A mob of about 60,000 clashed through a night of rioting in Paris as 20,000 surged the bridgehead at Place de la Concorde. Five killed and more than 1,100 wounded reported as Daladier government faced confidence votes and talk of a state of siege.
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Paris
Place de la Concorde
Daladier
Edousard Daladier
Chamber of Deputies
Hitler
Mussolini
Edouard Daladier
Albert Lebrun
Elysee Palace
Dalséter
Republic Ae . Peele Ye Sale Ps Oal
Ministry of Interior
Tuileries Gardens
Louis XVI
Dairydale Rejects $6000 Grant For School Bond
In Dairydale on highway 30 voters rejected a $15,000 bond issue for a new school building for the third time. The count stood 163 to 151 in favor but 25 ballots short of the 60 percent needed. Henry Sorenson, president, announced the board would stop pursuing the project.
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Dairydale
PWA
Dairydale School Board
Henry Sorenson
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