Man Aids Snowbound Buses Then Wins Steady Job
BEN BOLZ of 3212 Polk Street Omaha shoveled a path through three blocks of drifted snow for five dollars. He worked day and night for over 24 hours, opened the road, and was rewarded with ten dollars and a steady position. The report also notes welfare and relief debates involving James H. Franks of Cedar Rapids and others, plus a New York milliner who sold firearms to a senate committee and a Soviet court case on a death sentence for a drunk driver.
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Traction Company
Bolz
James H. Franks
Cedar Rapids
Franks
Lost American flyer Paul Redfern sighted in Guiana jungle
Georgetown reports Alfred Harred of Banner Marapoibo claims to have seen Paul Redfern with Wil liam s in a remote village. Williams denies the tale saying no contact occurred and that Redfern’s plane wreckage might lie near Sakopot. Brazilian and British officials pass no confirmation.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
Alfred Harred
Banner
Paramaribo
Dutch Guiana
Paul Redfern
Harred
Art Williams
Williams
Redfern
Washington
State Department
Foreign Office
Rio de Janeiro
Guiana
Williama
Alexander Confirmed as Federal Alcohol Administrator
The Senate confirmed Wilford S. Alexander of Meriden Connecticut as federal alcohol administrator. He succeeds Franklin C. Hoyt of New York who resigned.
Public Pay Rates Highlight Government Outlays
The text argues that the public should understand why pay differs among federal workers doing identical work across offices and emphasizes transparency of government payroll costs to taxpayers rather than private citizens. It contrasts taxpayer awareness with nondisclosure of private incomes.
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Uncle Sam
J Ives Dies After Heart Attack at University Hospital
J Ives 70 of 2300 Grande Ave SE died at University Hospital Iowa City at 10 45 AM Thursday from a heart attack after convalescing from an operation Feb 5 He was born Jan 2 1866 in Marion son of Elihu and Celia Ives He traveled as foreign representative for Albert Dickinson Seeds Co for 30 years including Europe Africa and South America He married Laura Mira April 3 1889 in Marion Survived by wife daughter a brother Charles Riverside Calif nephew Harley Ives Marion grandchild Marion Toms He was a member of St Pauls Methodist Church and Union League Club of Chicago.
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J. E. Ives
Robert C. Toms
Grande Avenue
University Hospital
Iowa City
Mr. Ives
Marion
Elihu and
Celia J. Oxley Ives
Linn County
Marion High School
Cornell College
Albert Dickinson Seeds Company of
Chicago
Europe
Africa
South America
Laura_ Mira
St.Paul’s Methodist Church
Union League Club of
Charles
Riverside
Calif
Harley Ives
Marion Toms
Federal Ban Halts WPA Play Valley Forge in Lexington
A federal ban stopped the WPA production Valley Forge in Lexington after local officials complained of offensive material. Massachusetts actors had earlier presented the play in Plymouth amid objections from Selectman Charles Moning over profanity and a controversial depiction of a colonial camp follower.
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Valley Forge
Boston
Lexington
Hirman Motherwell
Federal Theater Projects
Massachusetts
Plymouth
Charles Moning
L. A. Hansen
Vanderbilt Heiress Custody Battle Reaches Supreme Court
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt asks the US Supreme Court for sole custody of her 12 year old daughter Gloria. The child is living with paternal aunt Mrs Harry Whitney at a Long Island estate after a 1934 court order placed the girl under Whitney’s custody.
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New York
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt
United States Supreme Court
Gloria
Long Island
Harryayne Whitney
Vanderbilt
Appellate Division
Washington
Supreme Court
Whitney
Army Gun Sales Questioned Over Looted Machine Guns
Jacob Paley told the senate munitions committee that U S army surplus guns could be bought, reconditioned, and sold as relics fueling a push to overthrow the government. He described purchases of about 3 500 machine guns and urged stopping sales to individuals.
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New York
Senate Munitions Committee
U. S. Army
Jacob Paley
Paley
Schenectady
Uncle Sam
Washington
U. S
Department of Justice
R. F. Sedgiey
Philadelphia
Harris Iron and Metal Company
New Haven
Conn
Sedgley
War Department
Nye
North Dakota
Mencken Attacks Roosevelt Calling Quack Politician
H L Mencken in the American Mercury denounces President Franklin D Roosevelt as the boldest and most preposterous practitioner of political quackery in modern times. He blames Roosevelt for wasted dollars and for a corrupt civil government run by mountebanks on the public payroll.
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New York
INS
H. L. Mencken
Franklin D. Roosevelt
American Mercury Magazine
Mencken
Baltimore
Everyday Living and Self Improvement Ideas
A reflective column discusses modern thinking and personal standards. It contrasts first and second rate approaches to life, urges character over self interest, and notes how fear, habit, and money shape behavior. It references Roosevelt, a Russian proverb, and a NYT style philosophic tone.
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Leacock
Teddy Roosevelt
Soviet Court Sentences Drunk Driver to Death
In Moscow city court K Urazov a chauffeur was sentenced to death by shooting for driving intoxicated into a wagon killing the horse and injuring three people. The crime arose from an alcohol fueled accident involving a wagon and its occupants.
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Moscow
K. Urazov
Urazov
United States
K.urazov
Riots by Reds Fire and Loot Across Spain
Rioting radicals burned churches and crosses and attacked troops and youths protecting Catholic sites in cities including Pontevedra Cartagena Bejar Barcelo Castrogenis and Canaries as unrest followed Sunday elections. In Gijon Cordova Coruna and other towns mobs freed prisoners and vandalized government buildings and party offices. Local officials reported at least a dozen killed and hundreds wounded amid widespread violence.
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Madrid
Spain
Popular
Pontevedra
Cartagena
Bejar
Barceloe
Castrogenis
Canary Islands
Tiaiendas
Seroma
Antonio Depablo
Gijon
Cordova
Rambla
Coruna
Popular Front
Emiliano Iglesias
Mexico
Julio Otero
Accion Popular
Progreso
Three Generations On Relief Prompt Policy Need
Linn county relief clients who refuse WPA work face legal trouble as a first arrest, while officials urge a definite policy. James H. Franks, 36, long a relief agitator, was charged with desertion after declining a WPA position and filing daily complaints.
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Franks
James Franks
Board of Supervisors
Linn County
G. K. Thompson
Alice Ferber
James H. Franks
Fifteenth Ave
Army Lawyer Guilty Of Accepting Gifts In Court Martial
Col. Joseph I. McMullen, an army lawyer, was found guilty on two of four counts by a military court martial. He accepted two railroad tickets from Joseph Silverman Jr. to travel from Washington to San Francisco in January 1934. He received a reduction in rank, a reprimand, and a $150 monthly fine for 24 months, with acquittals on two other charges. He is 62 and would retire in two years.
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Washington
Joseph I. McMullen
Joseph Silverman, Jr
New York
McMullen
Secretary of War
Upton Birnie
Field Artillery
Birnie
San Francisco
Silverman
War Department
Judge’ Advocate
Géneral’s‘department
Regali
Ssecretary of War
Harry H. Woodring
Hoffman Says Leibowitz Interview Fails to Solve Lindbergh Case
Governor Harold G. Hoffman said Leibowitz’s nine hour questioning of Hauptmann did not yield new information and left him more convinced the Lindbergh kidnaping case remains unsolved. He had given Hauptmann a thirty day reprieve on January 16.
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Williams
Redfern
Trenton
N. J
Harold’g. “Hoffman
Samuel S. Leibowitz
New York
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Hauptmann
Leibowitz
Hoffman
Farm bill near passage as dairy protections clash in House
Washington The administration’s soil conservation plan, a substitute for the outlawed AAA, moves toward passage in the House after five hours of debate on the $500 million program. A GOP progressive farmer-labor bloc pushes amendments to shield dairy farmers, while city congressmen seek crop control limits. Both amendments fail, and organized Republican opposition collapses as farm groups back the measure.
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Washington
INS
Boileau (P
Wisconsin
McCormack
Senate
House
American Farm Bureau
Firemen Injured as Blaze at Cedar Rapids Plant Burns On
Two firefighters were hurt while battling a major grease fire at the Wilson and Company plant in Cedar Rapids. The blaze raged for hours, with seven lines dousing interior flames as a grease vat fed the fire. Chief Kohout, Captain Condon, and Fireman Novak escaped a floor collapse by leaping to safety. The cause was traced to an electrical short circuit. a large scale cleanup followed as livestock were moved from nearby sheds.
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Cedar Rapids
Wilson and Company
Mel
Vin Thompson
Thompson
Riously
Clarence Cater
Carter
E.P. Kohout
Kohout
Fred
Condon
Tony Novak
Novak
Chief Kohout
F. Prior
Prior
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Ben Bolz
Polk Street
Omaha
Samuel Leibowitz
Bruno Hauptmann
WPA
Iowa
J. Derlin
Cinding
Amazon
JE. Ives
H.L. Mencken Assails
Roosevelt
Quack
DE. Newton
Cedar Rapids. News
Nue SE
Relief Office
Herring
State Relief Headquarters
Bruno
Bulletin
Blaze
House of
Wilsos
Cox
Cedar Rapids Mews
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