Milk Fund helps Cedar Rapids children and NRA debate widens
The Milk Fund receipts total 2011.08 with 410 children receiving milk and 393 waiting. Deliveries begin at Harrison School Thursday. NRA extension is discussed with President Roosevelt praising progress. Ford wins NRA battle and resumes selling to the government. Amanas shift from communism to capitalism with stock shares and corporate structure.
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Junior League of
Cedar Rapids
Rotary Club
John Lopes
Dearborn Brass Co
Iowa Mfg. Co
Women’s Club
C. and
N. W. Railway
Philathia
Westminster Church
Canopus
Harrison
Menary
City Dairy and
The
Gazette
NRA
Washington
Henry Ford
Ford
Uncle Sam
Roosevelt asks action Senate probe planned
President Roosevelt urged a two year NRA extension with tighter anti trust provisions. Senate leaders praised safeguards against monopolies as Wagner moved to reintroduce his labor disputes bill. Nye McCarran resolution for NRA inquiry was approved, while Johnson warned about trust act limits and price fixing remains contested.
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Congress
National Industrial Recovery Act
NRA
Roosevelt
Washington
Capitol
Wagner
N.Y
White House
Senate
Tee
Nye-McCarran
New York
Hugh S. Johnson
Johnson
Donald Richberg
National Emergency Council
Emily Blair becomes NRA Consumers Advisory Board chair
Emily Newell Blair, noted suffrage leader and former Democratic Party vice chairman, was sworn in Wednesday as chairman of the National Recovery Administration Consumers Advisory Board in Washington.
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Washington
Emily Newell Blair
Democratic Party
Consumers Advisory Board of
NRA
Manson Resigns as Chamber of Commerce Secretary
At a regular board meeting Charles D. Manson tendered and was accepted as executive secretary resignation. It will take effect September 1. He served about thirteen years in the post.
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Chamber of Commerce
Charles D. Manson
Student Plans Own Abduction For 50000 Ransom
Allan Kressler Bomberger a 21 year old Wabash College assistant instructor planned his own kidnapping to extort $50 000 from his father He disappeared from campus January 9 and later claimed two men and a woman abducted him before police recovered his confession and ransom notes Bomberger appeared in federal court and was released on bond awaiting grand jury action
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Indianapolis
Ind
Allan Kressler Bomberger
Wabash ‘College
Department of Justice
Lowden L. Bomberger
Hammond
Bomberger
U.S. Court
Howard S. Young
Federal Grand Jury
Young Bomberger
Chicago
Wabash
Crawfordsville
Senate Nears Test Vote On Jobs Bill
Washington AP Six attempts to modify the administration relief bill were under way as the senate prepared to vote on the most feared amendment by Senator McCarran to require prevailing wage rates on relief projects. Leaders doubted whether Senator Bulow’s plan to pay soldiers with new treasury notes would pass.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Roosevelt
McCarran
Nevada
Administration
Robinson
Bulow
S. D
Treasury
Mercury Drops To 20 Skies Bright In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids reports a brisk day after a light night snowfall. Temperatures plunged from 39 at midnight to 20 at 7 am then rose to 23 by 9 am with a high of 40 reached at 2:45 pm and 36 by 7 pm.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
AAA Executive Resigns Amid Milk Policy Shakeup
Victor A. Christgau assistant administrator resigns after recent AAA personnel shuffles and loss of control of commodities division. Friends cite policy resentments over milk price adjustments and producer benefits. Christgau once Minnesota congressman and potential senate candidate weighing political return in 1936.
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Washington
AAA
Victor A. Christgau
Chester C. Davis
Christgau
Jerome N. Frank
Minnesota
Davis
George N. Peck
Wealthy Eastern Realtor Believed Held For Ransom
Moses H. Gulesian a 71.year former Boston Newton millionaire realtor was reported missing by his son.in.law James L Beck of Newton Center on Wednesday Beck said no threats had been received recently and Gulesian had attended a Sons of Veterans dinner at the University Club Boston His abandoned car was found in Trinity Place Boston near the club and Mrs Gulesian said he had not returned after leaving the club around 10 pm.
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Newton
Mass
Moses H. Gulesian
Boston and
James L. Beck
Newton Center
Beck
Gulesian
Sons of Veterans of the American Revolution
University Club
Boston
Trinity Place
German Spies Die In Foreign Lands Sparks Berlin Trial
Fifty four German spies abroad were executed thanks to Captain George von Sosnowsky a Polish spy in Berlin whose trial disclosed his seven year espionage. Two German women were decapitated and two other executions in February were linked to the case. The court kept names of officials private.
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Pierre J. Huss
Berlin
INS
George von Sosnowsky
Europe
von Sosnowsky
Germany
Sosnowsky
Kurt Boehm
Ludwigshaven
Paul Merz
Stuttgart
People’s Court
Secret Service
Herr X
Sean
Flu Epidemic Strikes Madrid Thousands Ill and Dying
Madrid faced a severe influenza outbreak with thousands ill and hundreds dead. President Niceto Alcala Zamora and two daughters were among the stricken as 104 funerals were counted at one cemetery by midday. The illness spread province wide with reports of high infection rates in Zaragoza and broader citywide impact in Madrid.
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Madrid
Niceto Alcala Zamora
United Press
Seed Loan Act Approved by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt signed the seed loan bill amid drought relief concerns. A new $60,000,000 seed loan program will be financed from the general relief appropriation rather than the budget. The Farm Credit Administration will review applications. loans up to 500 dollars to farmers lacking funds, with no limit in designated drought areas. Interest set at 5 percent.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Burns
FCA
AAA
Farm Credit Administration
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Eastman water bill condemned by traffic official
C. E. Childs of Omaha, chairing the Mississippi Valley traffic committee, said the Eastman water transportation bill will raise charges, restrict service, and create burdensome discrimination against carriers and localities. He added the demand for the bill comes from railroads seeking protection against competition.
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ST Louis
C. E. Childs
Omaha
Mississippi Valley Association
Eastman Water Transportation
Miss Bush Demonstrates Time Saving Cooking at School
Cedar Rapids spectators watch Miss Celia Bush at Paramount cooking school as she shows quick methods for holiday dishes and effortless entertaining. The free demonstrations at the Paramount Theater run daily with prizes, and feature pies, cakes, and a healthful skillet dinner.
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Miss Bush
Naomi Doerel
Cedar Rapids
Celia Bush
Paramount Cooking School
Home Maker’s
Paramount Theater
The Go Getter and the Go Giver in Everyday Living
Dr Joseph Fort Newton argues that relentless pursuit often yields less than patient, values driven living. He suggests happiness, culture, and growth come when one slows, waits, and embraces wise passivity rather than constant striving.
1000 Soldiers Sail From Italy For Africa
Approximately 1,000 regular officers and soldiers sailed aboard the S. S. Montenegro from Naples for Italy's East African colonies as Italian papers reported fears of further incidents on the Ethiopian frontier.
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Naples
S. S
Montenegro
Italy
Mellon Sold Short During 1931 Claims Uncovered
Federal lawyers pressed to collect over 3 million from Andrew W. Mellon as testimony revealed Mellon’s secretary described a 1931 tax return as invalid and a 72 000 profit from a short sale in March 1931 amid the panic year. Johnson cited Mellon’s personal fortune of 97 603 005 at year end while noting book value. Mellon denied any short sales and questioned the secretary’s wording.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Andrew W. Mellon
Treasury
U. S. Board of Tax Appeals
Robert H. Jackson
Howard M. Johnson
Mellon
Johnson
Jackson
D. D. Shepard
Court of St. James
the Treasury
Shepard
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington
Hoover Urges Immediate Gold Standard Revival
Former President Herbert Hoover, in Tucson, calls for restoring confidence in the dollar by making it convertible at 59 cents in gold bullion, insisting the Supreme Court decision on the gold issue shows the government acted unconstitutionally. He lists five reasons including job creation and certainty to spur investment.
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Tucson
Ariz
Rerbert Hoover
U.S. Supreme Court
United States
America
Hoover
Supreme Court
Four Thousand Italian Troops Sail Toward Africa
Rome AP reports four thousand Italian troops were en route to Africa amid Italo-Ethiopian tensions. Nearly 1,000 engineers from the third regiment left Naples after a review by Crown Prince Umberto aboard the Montenegro, joining two prior detachments totaling about 3,000 men already crossing the Mediterranean.
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Rome
Naples
Sicilian
Third Regiment of Engineers
Umberto
Montenegro
Mediterranean
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