Hypnotized by Iowa board of education critics in Mason City
The Mason City Globe-Gazette editor rails against the state university business administration and its auditor histories praising the board while accusing embezzlement, payroll padding, and mismanagement. He targets Dr. Jessup and calls for full disclosure of receipts and expenditures to curb tax burdens.
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the State University
Mason City Globe-Gazette
Business Administration of
Iowa's University
Atty
Jessup
Mason City
State Board of Education
Charlie Brown
General Assembly
Czar Jessup
Board of Education
NCE
Jessup Dynasty
University Athletic Board
Big Ten
Iowa
Athletic Council
Lehman orders probe won't hold Carnera in death case
The death of Ernie Schaaf after a prize fight with Primo Carnera triggers state and city investigations. Officials debate whether the bout caused the fatal intracranial hemorrhage while Governor Lehman calls for a thorough athletic commission inquiry. Medical experts remain split on the cause, with autopsy results pending and repeated dissent from Norris's initial report.
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New York
Ernie Schaaf
Boston
Primo Carnera
Polyclinic Hospital
Carnera
Herbert H. Lehman
State Athletic Commission
Charles G. Norris
Schaasz
Boxer
Norris
Benjamin M. Vance
Vance
Byron Stookey
William V. Healy
Schaaf
New York Athletic Commission Won’t Sanction Carnera Sharkey Bout
The New York state athletic commission informed Madison Square Garden on Tuesday it would not sanction a heavyweight title match in June between Primo Carnera and Jack Sharkey.
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Schaaf
Jack Sharkey
Sharkey
Schaaf-Sharkey
New York
New York State Athletic Commission
Madison Square Garden
Primo Carnera
Gold Standard New Hinge For Debt Bickering
London reports Britain plans a united economic policy with the United States to face other nations at next summer’s world economic conference. The move aims to secure a U.S. moratorium on the June war debt and a return by Britain to the gold standard as soon as possible.
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London
Great Britain
United States
Ronald Lindsay
Washington
Roosevelt
Southampton
Majestic
New York
T. K. Bewlay
Treasury
Britain
Huey Long Calls Brother Meanest Man At Hearing
Huey P Long and his brother Earl clashed during a New Orleans senate hearing over charges that Huey aided fraud against Senator-elect John Overton. Earl testified Huey accepted $10 000 cash from the New Orleans Public Service Commission to influence state legislation, while Huey denounced his brother as the meanest white man on earth.
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New Orleans
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Senate
Earl Long
Edwin Broussard
Long
John H. Overton
Kingfish
Huey
New Orleans Public Service Commission
Earl
Corbett Reported "Little Weaker" After Heart Disease
Bayside New York James J Corbett former heavyweight boxing champion died of heart disease at his home. He was described as "just a little weaker" Tuesday before his death.
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Bayside
N. Y
James J. Corbett
House Group Cuts State Board Expense
Des Moines AP The house appropriation committee adopted a tentative schedule cutting department and institutional salaries and expenses. The board of education and board of control face 25 percent travel 20 percent office supplies 30 percent telegraph and telephone and 25 percent other expenses. State departments see 20 percent printing and supplies 33 1 3 percent telegraph and telephone and 20 percent traveling. Postage rises 30 percent due to a three cent rate. Salary reductions for statutory employees range 5 to 27 percent up to 4999 with graduated cuts.
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Des Moines
House Appropriation Committee
Committee
Board of Education and
Board of Control
Committee On
RKO Receivership Proceedings Ended in Newark
Vice chancellor Alfred A. Stein dismissed the receivership actions against Radio Keith Orpheum and discharged the temporary receivers appointed on January 24 in Newark New Jersey.
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Newark
N. J
Alfred A. Stein
Radio Keith Orpheum Corporation
Japan approves largest budget to fund Jehol drive
The Japanese house of commons voted the heaviest national budget in history and a 600 million yen bond to cover a deficit. Peers expected quick approval as Japan readies another war in China with ultimatums to Jehol and continued refusal to return Manchuria.
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TOKIO
Jehol
House of Commons
House
House of Peers
Sino Japanese committee rejects Japan in Manchurian dispute
The league of nations committee in Geneva rejected Japan's final conciliation attempt on the Manchurian issue. The decision was sent to Yosuke Matsuoka in Tokio who cabled the government, signaling an imminent rift between Japan and the league.
Japan Exit Threat Spreads Panic on Shanghai Markets
Reports that Japan plans to quit the league of nations and blockade Chinese ports triggered jitters on Shanghai exchanges. The downward trend eased somewhat by the close as traders awaited further developments.
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Shanghai
INS
Japan
League of Nations
Cedar Rapids Dairy Co-Op Declares Seven Percent Dividend
The Cedar Rapids Dairy Co-Op board declares a 7 percent stockholders dividend approved at the annual meeting. The payout totals 2466.50 on 34950 paid up stock. Over 250 members attended as managers and directors reelected, including Stallman Van Note Berchenprster.
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Board of Directors
Cedar Rapids
William Ceynar
John Wiley
Rudolph Fitzgerald
Wilbur Reed
The
Gazette
Ee2d
Amateur Boxer Dies After Beating In Ring In Chicago
Henry Zuziak a 21 year old amateur boxer died at his home after a severe beating in the preliminary rounds of the Golden Gloves held in Chicago Monday night Al Berg defeated him in the 135 pound division The tragedy adds to a somber row of results from the event and underscores the dangers of the sport.
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Chicago
INS
Henry Zuziak
al Berg
Barbara Stanwyck Illness Forces Revue Closure
SAN FRANCISCO IN S AIDS Barbara Stanwyck stage star with illness leads to closing of a musical revue where she was the lead. Tuesday report said her condition improved and not serious.
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San Francisco
INS
Barbara Stanwyck
Addy
Senate Debates Delay Move on Prohibition Repeal
Washington AP reports a late night Senate session as a dry filibuster tests the debate over repealing the Eighteenth Amendment. Senator Tydings moves to table Blaine’s repeal motion, while Sheppard defends the amendment and Bingham seeks to bar the filibuster with a closure rule.
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Washington
Senate
Sheppard
Texas
League of Nations
Bingham
Connecticut
Blaine
Tydings
Wisconsin
Robinson
Factor appeals extradition case to Supreme Court
John Factor known as Jake the Basher asked the Supreme Court to review federal court rulings in Chicago, seeking to avoid extradition to England. He faces charges of defrauding investors of 7 million dollars. His petition lists Newton D. Laker, Rush C. Butler, S. C. Levinson, and G. Gale Gilbert Jr. as counsel.
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Washington
INS
John
Jake the Basher
Supreme Court
Chicago
England
Factor
Newton D. Laker
Rush C. Butler
S. C. Levinson
G. Gale Gilbert, Jr
Michigan banks near end of emergency eight day closing
Governor Comstock and the Detroit Clearing House moved to resolve the acute financial emergency as citizen cash dwindled. Plans were discussed to reimburse deposits up to a set limit, possibly $1,000, with banks expected to resume normal service by Wednesday. The governor stressed that banks in Michigan are not in bad shape despite the crisis.
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Detroit
William A. Comstock
Michigan
Detroit Clearing House Association
Comstock
Governor backs away from Ford tie in Union Guardian plan
Governor Comstock said he misunderstood facts about ties between Henry Ford or Ford Motor Co and Detroit financial institutions. He clarified Chrysler and General Motors did not deposit, and Ford Motor Co had no agreement to fund the Union Guardian Trust situation beyond an earlier twenty million dollars.
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FORD
Lansing
Mich
William A. Comstock
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
General Motors
Chrysler
Union Guardian Trust Company
Trust Company
Comstock
Union Guardian
Coolidge Group Urges Unified Rails System
A New York report from the National Transportation Committee chaired by the late Calvin Coolidge urges regional consolidations toward a single national railroad system. It backs regulated automotive transport and calls for efficiency, with eight key points on rail and waterway costs, competition, and government roles. Alfred E. Smith files a minority view opposing St Lawrence and proposing a new transportation department.
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New York
United States
National Transportation Committee
Calvin Coolidge
Bernard M. Baruch
Clark Howell
Alexander Legge
Smith
Alfred E. Smith
St. Lawrence Waterway
Interstate Commerce’ Commission
Department of Transportation
Department
of Commerce
Une Corporation
Calvin _Coolidge
St. Lawrence
Canada
Hunger Opens His Way To Prosperity
In Racine Wisconsin John Pedersen and his wife started making cloth flowers with 45 cents. Four years later fourteen girls work for Pedersen and his business, estimated at six thousand dollars a month. He attributes his venture to hunger as the catalyst.
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Racine, Wis
John Pedersen
Pedersen
Why Be A Butter by Dr Joseph Fort Newton
An essay on the "Butters" class who qualify praise with reservations. It cites Emerson and Carlyle on fault finding and contrasts with St. Paul a note on faith and resolve. Copyright 1933.
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Richard King
Butters
Emerson
Matthew Arnold
Stevenson
Matt
Robert Louis
Heaven
Carlyle
St. Paul
Woman Near Death In Farm Kerosene Fire Explosion
Anamosa farm home three miles southwest of town was destroyed by a fire and explosion when Mrs. John Durgin attempted to light a fire with kerosene. Mrs. Durgin was badly burned. Mr. Durgin and two children escaped with minor injuries. two other children had frozen feet. Mrs. Ed O Deen and her infant fled through a window. Fire also burned two nearby buildings.
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Anamosa
John Durgin
Durgin
Here
Mercy Hospital
Feud Between Hasley and LaPlant Settled Out of Court
The Crede Rapids area feud between E W LaPlant and tenant A J Hasley ended with a out of court settlement. Hasley receives farm machinery five hogs two cows poultry and household goods and must leave by Feb 20. LaPlant retains some sale proceeds and can seek returns for other items while Hasley must return ten of twenty tons of hay.
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Vinton
E. W. LaPlant
Cedar Rapids
A. J. Hasley
Watkins
Hasley
LaPlant
Thieves Take Cash Then Trap Grocer With Flour
In Medford Oregon three bandits robbed W A Starnes grocer of ten dollars and stacked flour sacks over him pinning him down. He managed to escape and fired three shots at their car as it drove away.
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Medford, Ore
W. A. Starnes Grocer
Boettchers Receive New Ransom Note in Kidnapping Case
Denver noted wealthy industrialist Claude Boettcher received a fresh ransom note demanding $50,000 for his son Charles Boettcher II, amid ongoing Denver manhunt with over 1,000 American Legion and 250 firefighters canvassing neighborhoods. Suspects questioned. alibi released. no confirmed link.
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Denver
Colo
Claude EK. Boettcher
Charles Boettcher II
Boettcher
Parison
R. LE. McDowell
Armstrong
Pueblo
Colorado
Diamond Jack Alterie
Chicago
American Legion
New York
Perry Mendelson
Mqnor
Carl Milliken
Wilds
Wyoming
Charles Ferris
Boulder
Fort Collins
Laraemie
Wyo
James Grant
Boettchers
Claude Boettcher
Grant
Suspect Arrested In Murder Of Girl Clerk At Rock Island
Mau rice Meyer 25 surrendered to county officials in Rock Island after being sought since Jan 12 in the killing of Rose Gendel er a girl clerk. His attorney said nervous strain after intense questioning followed the discovery of Miss Gend ler’s body shortly before Christmas. Meyer had been in Chicago and on the west coast.
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Rock’ ‘Island
Rock Island, ‘Ill
Maurice Meyer
Rose Gendler
Meyer
Miss Gendeler
Chiccago
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Geneva
Manchuria
Cedar Rapids Dairy Co-Op
Cedar Rapids News
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Unified Rails
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Anamosa Farm
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