Lion Webed Fearful King of Wild Animals Killed in Kansas City Zoo
A compromised zoo lion born on a penial farm at Call penia was brought to Kansas City where his fear of loud noises and roaring led to cowering instead of ruling. He was killed after failing to cope with the enclosures and crowds. The item contrasts this with nations facing debts and tensions in Europe and Asia, including Britain’s wartime finances and Japan's ultimatum to China.
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Lion
Kansas City
Callpenia
Kansas’ City
Great Britain
United States
England
Japan
Jehol
China
Roosevelt to consolidate seven farm agencies under Morgenthau
Roosevelt plans to appoint Henry Morgenthau Jr. as chairman of the Federal Farm Board and consolidate about seven agencies serving farmers. He will announce cabinet choices next week and meet with treasury pick William Woodin to draft the inaugural address. Roosevelt also discussed the wheat issue with Canadian minister William Duncan Herridge.
British Isles Endure Worst Blizzard In Years
London reports a historic blizzard gripping the British Isles with villages isolated and communications cut. Eighty Trecy non juvenile choir members were believed stranded on a snowbound road in west Wales after a charity concert. Winds drove snow drifts ten to twelve feet high while Ireland and Wales faced widespread disruption and Yorkshire saw its fiercest storm in 38 years.
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London
British Isles
Wales
Trecynon
Neyland
Ireland
Weather Bureau
Yorkshire
Minnesota Governor Declares Farm Foreclosure Moratorium
ST. PAUL Minnesota Governor Floyd B Olson ordered a moratorium on farm mortgage foreclosures through May 1 and urged the legislature to pass relief extending beyond that date.
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ST. Paul
Floyd B Olson
Billion Dollar Bill Heads to Conference in Washington
The Senate on Friday sent the billion dollar in dependent offices bill to conference with the House to resolve differences.
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Washington
Senate
Independent Offices
House
Boettcher Ultimatum Fails To Elicit Reply In Kidnap Case
In Denver Colorado a tense scene surrounded Claude K Boettcher and the police as midnight deadline neared for Charles Boettcher 2nd to be ransomed. Federal agents pursued new leads while police cases against three suspects collapsed and a grand jury probe was postponed.
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Denver
Claude’ K. Boettcher
Colorado
Charles Boettcher
Clark
John A
Dowd
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Jefferson County
Colo
Boettcher
Cochran Stealth Move Nets Suspected Murderer Transfer
Cochran charged with murder in South Dakota after death of milk trucker Markell at Elk Point. Sheriff Collins moved Cochran at dawn to Sioux Falls penitentiary amid fears of violence. Governor Herring ordered extradition. Cochran had been in jail on a fugitive warrant here.
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Cochran
Markell
Elk Point
S. D
Piste
Sioux Falls
Elk’ Point
Tom Collins
Clyde L. Herring
South Dakota
Collins
Condon Pleads Not Guilty in Mercy Hospital Assault Case
D. J. Condon, 54, of 326 Thirty-fifth Street NE, pleads not guilty to a charge of assault with intent to inflict great bodily harm after allegedly striking Dr. J. J. Murphy in a Mercy hospital corridor. Dr. Murphy’s condition improved. bond reduced to 1500. he was released from jail after arrest in a local attorney’s office.
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D. J.condon
Thirty-fifth Street
J. J. Murphy
Third Avenue
Mercy Hospital
H. C. Ring
District’ Court
Larry Condon
Frank M. Redmond
H L. Rawson
Condon
Dr. Murphy
Mr. Condon
Japanese Push Into Jehol Province Drive Begins
Japanese and Manchukuo forces advance from Kailu and Chaoyang into Jehol amid heavy fighting as the campaign moves toward Jehol City. Reports say 30,000 troops seek to seize Chaoyang and Jehol City by early March while talks in Geneva seek peace mediation.
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Tungliao
Manchuria
Jehol
Manchukuo
Kailu
Northeas
Chaoyang
Chihfeng
Lingyuan
FORIO
INS
China
Muto
Changchun
Japan Walks Out of League Over Manchurian Report
The Japanese delegation left the League of Nations assembly after its report and recommendations on the Manchurian dispute were adopted. Yusuke Matsuoka said Japan could no longer cooperate, following a 42 to 1 vote with one abstention. Withdrawal to finalizes in two years. Japan remains responsible for obligations during that period.
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Geneva
League of Nations
League Assembly
Yusuke Matsuoka
Japan
League
Matsuoka Inter
Post Office Moves to New Building in Cedar Rapids
Postal workers begin moving operations Friday with full transition by Sunday 6 p.m. The old building on Third Street will close after the 6:40 a.m. train. the new site on First Street opens at 9:15 a.m. and handles dispatches by 1:56 p.m. Mailers may still use the old office until Sunday 6 p.m. Other federal offices follow in the move.
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Cedar Rapids
Third Street
Second Avenue SE
First Street
First and
Second Avenues SE
Chicago
Federal
Federal Probe Ordered Over Stock Market Hearing
Attorney General William D. Mitchell ordered a federal probe into testimony before a Senate stock market investigation committee to determine possible violations of national banking income tax and other laws. The inquiry will review witness statements for use in ongoing grand jury proceedings. Ferdinand Pecora cited a 22 year old Lehmann opinion alleging National City Bank and National City Co violated federal law.
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Washington
ULP
Senate
Stock Market Investigating
Ae Mitchell
Fred W. Lehmann
Taft
National City Bank
National City Company
Lehmann
George W. Wickersham
Wickersham
Europe
Bomb parcel delivered to Japanese embassy in London
A parcel delivered to the Japanese embassy in London was removed for expert examination. Officials did not confirm its contents or identify a sender. Reports claimed the parcel might contain a new type bomb sample, but authorities said no bomb was delivered to the embassy.
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London
Jwona
Ex-Officer Involved In Paternity Case
Former Iowa City police officer Charles Bocek, discharged last September for conduct unbecoming, was named as defendant in a paternity suit. He appeared before Justice B. F. Carter on information filed by Electa Kennedy and posted $1,000 bond after waiving to district court. Bocek’s reinstatement had been denied.
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Iowa . City
Charles Bocek
Iowa City
Justice of the Peace
B. F. Carter
Electa, Kennedy
Bocek
Hull sets urgent talks on war debts with France and Britain
Cordell Hull announces immediate discussions on World War II debts with France and Great Britain. He outlines Roosevelt era foreign policy aims to restore world commerce and peace through international cooperation, observing good faith and economic rehabilitation. Hull meets French ambassador Claudel and plans talks with Britain's Lindsay, stressing domestic remedies for trade improvement.
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Washington
France
Great Britain
Cordell Hull
America
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tennessee
Roosevelt
Claudel
Lindsay
Hull
Secret Service Says No Soviet Ties To Counterfeit Plot
Washington AP The Secret Service chief said he has no knowledge of where the recent $100,000 in counterfeit bills passed in Chicago were made but believes they originated abroad. He denied links to Soviet Russia regarding Dr V Gregory Burton, arrested January 4 as a principal in the international counterfeit plot, and urged bringing him to Chicago for trial.
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Washington
W.H. Moran
Secret Service
Chicago
V. Gregory Burton
Moran
Soviet
Russia
Burton
Rial
Barter Promoters Push $2.50 Membership for Help to Needy
Two out of town men promote a bartering association offering exchanges from pins to grand pianos for a $2.50 membership. They push labor barter and a discount certificate. one promoter, Hugh E. Smith, a former evangelist, plans burial certificates and a separate Home Funerals venture with cost-based funerals. Joe Wymer denies involvement beyond an advisory role.
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Cedar Rapids
Home Funerals
Smith
Joe Wymer
Park Avenue SE
Wymer
Everyday Religion One-Act Play About Eternal Bliss
A Newton one act play features a man killed in an auto crash granted endless youth and wealth by an angel. Pleasures fail to satisfy him. he longs for work and effort, declaring Hell preferable to perpetual bliss, only to learn he stands in Heaven in astonishment. Copyright 1932.
Riley’s Indianapolis home to be dismantled and sold
James Whitcomb Riley's Lockerbie Street residence will be dismantled and its furnishings sold to antique dealers. Sightseers no longer visit the poet's house in enough numbers to keep it self supporting.
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Riley
Indianapolis
James ‘Whitcomb
Lockerbie Street
National City stock sales tied to bank operations
In Senate stock market hearings, National City Bank of New York was shown to have supplied millions to New York brokers to finance operations of the National City Company. Benator Brookhart pressed that banks traded in their own stock. President Hugh B. Baker testified he knew nothing about the details.
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Washington
Senate Stock Market
National City Company
New York
National City Bank
Hugh B. Baker
National City
Ibank- Tock
Hugh. B
Baker
National ‘City “Company
Schmeltzer and ‘Company
Ferdinand Pecora
National City’ Company
Complete Cabinet To Be Announced Early Next Week
President elect Franklin D Roosevelt said he will announce the rest of his cabinet early next week in New York Hyde Park. He declined to discuss prospective appointments to navy commerce interior and other secretaryships during a brief stopover with reportersFrom Albany he traveled with James A Farley who will become postmaster general. They discussed farm problems on the 75 mile motor trip from Albany.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Federal Farm Board
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
New York State
Willam H. Woodin
New York
Pennsylvania
Wiliam Duncan Herridge
Albany
Navy
Commerce
Interior
Mayor Cermak Survives Night After Near Death
Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak shows signs of recovery after a sinking spell and initial grim prognosis. Doctors reported he awoke refreshed after a two hour sleep and that colitis and lung issues posed pneumonia risks, with the heart stabilized and treatment continuing.
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Miami
Fla
Anton J. Cermak
Chicago
Giuseppi - Zangara
A’siender
Prank Jirka
Cermak
Dr. Jirks
Clash at Capitol Mine Leaves Two Wounded in Springfield Strike
A force of several hundred striking miners and fifty special deputies aided by police clashed at the Capitol mine near Springfield late Friday. Five shots were fired and two men were wounded.
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Ll. (Ap
Capitol Mine
Sleeping Girl In Chicago Remains Uncertain Wake
CHICAGO AP reports Miss Patricia Maguire has been ill for more than a year with sleeping sickness. Doctors indicate hope of awakening is fading as her condition worsens with high fever. Her mother Mrs Peter Miley and sister Mrs Gladys Hansen stay at her Oak Park home bedside.
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Chicago
Patricia ‘Maguire
Peter "Miley
Gladys Hansen
Oak Park
California Judge Harold Louderback Impeached by House
The House adopted five impeachment articles against Federal Judge Harold Louderback of California after two hours of debate. The case now goes to the Senate for trial, where a two thirds vote is required to convict.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Harold Louderback
California
Senate
House
Judiciary -Committee
Accidents, Injuries, and Fatalities Count
The report tallies incidents by category, listing the number of accidents, the number of people injured, and the number of fatalities.
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