Reforms in 26 Days Under Laguardia Rule
New York AP reports Fiorello LaGuardia’s fusion administration has crushed Tammany’s machine in multiple wards. Police and market officials tightened controls on gambling and rackets while cutting payrolls and auditing graft. Ferries passes were halted and plans for Rikers Island expansion slowed amid sweeping reforms.
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Laguardia
New York
Tammany
Fiorello LaGuardia
David
Big Dave
Michael
Fiaschetti
Lewis Valentine
Big Dave McAuliffe
the Sticks
Canadian Parliament Opens as World Edges Toward Economic Stability
Lord Bessborough Argentine? No. Lord Bessborough, governor general of Canada, opened parliament with optimism that global economy is stabilizing. He highlighted plans to ease marketing of livestock and crops, fund essential public works, and establish a central bank with revised banking laws.
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Ottawa
Lord Bessborough
Canada
Burglary at Marengo Yields Tools and Batteries Theft
James L. Furlong reported burglary in Marengo on Thursday with losses of micrometers calipers and other machinist tools valued around 400 dollars. Clarence Wandling, on the same premises, was robbed of four batteries worth 40 dollars. No insurance coverage was found for the items.
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Marengo
James L. Furlong
Clarence Wandling
Soviet Press Dismisses Hirota Speech In Far East Tensions
Moscow dispatch notes Izvestia and Karl Radek criticize Hirota’s diet speech and Araki’s resignation as not signaling a shift toward peace. They warn that Japan’s so called stabilization measures would further imperialist aims, maintaining Soviet distrust of Tokyo.
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Moscow
Far East
Koki Hirota
Sadao Araki
Mhkota
Araki
Izvestia
Soviet Union
Hirota
Asia
Karl Radek
Asis
Fireman On Holiday Sets 14 False Alarms
Atlanta officer Fred Leister celebrated New Year’s Eve by triggering fourteen false fire alarms. His calls sent four fire companies racing through the city in search of non existent blazes during a holiday shift.
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Atlanta
INS
Fred Leister
Leister
Make This Model At Home by Anne Adams
Patterned as a favorite frock this design suits sports class and casual events. It features a shirtwaist closing with a high collar under the bodice and presents a practical sewing project for home craft.
New Anne Adams pattern and spring pattern magazine
The Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Department announces Anne Adams pattern 1756 with sizes 12 through 40 and yardage for 54 inch and 36 inch fabrics. The spring 1934 edition of the Anne Adams magazine offers styles for adults and children. Magazine and pattern together cost twenty five cents.
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Raglan
Anne Adams
Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Department
Ee West 17Th Street
New York City
Final Arrangements For President Ball In Memorial Coliseum
Executive committee led by Mrs. W. E. Lamey will meet at 7 30 p m at the Hotel Roosevelt to finish plans for the President's Birthday Ball. Tickets are available from committee members or at Fisher drug store Killian's Newman’s and local hotels.
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Memorial Coliseum
W. E. Lamey
Hotel
Roosevelt
Fisher Drug Store
Killian's
Newman’s
Montrose
Cat from Siberia Defies Dock Watchman at Duluth
A Duluth dock watchman recalls a dangerous cat arriving from Siberia by accident with a freight cargo. The cat proved vicious and avoided human contact despite kindness and shelter. It has since disappeared, seen roaming the dock but shunning approach.
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Superior
Wis
Duluth
Siberia
Phillips 66 Gasoline Promises Quick Start on Cold Days
The ad touts Phillips 66 as a fast starting gasoline with a claimed exact gravity range published in plain figures. It describes the fuel as eager to ignite at spark plug first flash and likens it to liquid lightning under the hood on cold days.
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Phillips
Phill
Lumber Prices In Linn County See Little Increase Under Code
Linn county officials and 28 local lumber dealers met at Hotel Roosevelt to discuss the new code true to the January 20 effective date with a ten day enforcement window. The price schedule based on manufacturers’ charges plus operating costs will stay in effect 90 days. Attendees Roy Alcorn and Hugh Harrington, who joined Limback from industry meetings in Minneapolis and Des Moines, noted a hopeful business outlook with some rural dealers reporting small gains over a year ago.
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Linn County
John A. Limback
Hotel Roosevelt
Roy Alcorn
Hugh Harrington
Northwest Lumbermen's
Minneapolis
Lumber Association
Des Moines
Limback
Pauline Pickert Celebrates 95th Birthday in Calmar
Mrs Pauline Pickert mother of Rev A B Pickert marked her ninety fifth birthday in Calmar on Thursday. A McGregor resident she winters with her son and two daughters. She had eleven children eight of whom survive.
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Calmar
Pauline Pickert
A. 8. Pickert
McGregor
Pickert
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Fulton Market
al. Smith
Wallabout
Paul Blanshard
Paul Windels
Brooklyn
Rufus E. McGahen
Riker
I Stand
Russia
Linn
Vicks Nose
Vicks
C. I. McShane
First Avenue SE
Gazette
Mr. McShane
E. H. Ladage
Mount Vernon Avenue
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