Satirical column comments on liberty and politics abroad
The piece surveys public figures and ideas from Einstein to von Schleicher, Paul Boncour, and Roosevelt, contrasting societal hypocrisy with independent thinking. It notes Japan considering leaving the League, debates on taxation and social policy, and reflections on milk shortages and life insurance, ending with a century-old note about Jane Harvey Jacknm, aged 107, and her family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Harvey
Iity
Jane Harvey Jacknm
Scales Mound, Jrl
Farm Relief Bill Faces Heavy Opposition In Senate Hearings
Washington AP observed mounting criticism as the allotment farm relief bill enters another week of Senate Agriculture Committee hearings. Packers leader G F Swift is expected to attack the measure Monday, while critics claim the plan fails without currency and credit expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
G F. Swift
Institute of American Meat Packers
John A. Simpson
National Farmers Union
Ways and Means Committee
Henry Wood
Moville
Woman Hides in Ice Box During Gun Battle in Kansas City
Bank messenger Mrs. Dorothy Jolly carrying $5000 is robbed by gunmen who open fire in a grocery store front. She drops the money and seeks shelter in an ice box, emerging unharmed. City Marshal Edgar Nall is wounded as the robbers flee with the loot.
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Kansas City
Dorothy Jolly
Edgar Nall
Dickinson Bill Aims To Stop Foreclosures
Washington AP report notes Senator L J Dickinson Iowa introduced a measure to create holding companies in twelve land bank districts to take over failing joint stock land banks. Each company would appoint five directors, hold 15 percent capital, borrow to retire bonds, and liquidate assets to ease farm credit pressures and prevent foreclosures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
L. J. Dickinson
Rep
Iowa
Dickinson
Farm Loan Board
Treasury
Reconstruction Corporation
Rene
Detective McGuire and Wife Escape Injury in Road Crash
Detective Mike McGuire and his wife, 620 First Avenue West, escaped injury when their car skidded on a curve on Highway No. 149 about one mile north of Walford. The vehicle struck a guard rail, ended in a six foot ditch, and suffered heavy damage while McGuire described the incident as merely a shock. They had been visiting the Amana colonies and were driving home on his day off from police headquarters.
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Cedar Rapids
Mike McGuire
First Avenue
Walford
Highway No. 149
McGuire
Amana
Florist John Stapp Ends Life Over Depression Views
A Rock Island coroner's jury found death by self action for 27 year old florist John H. E. Stapp who drove into a bridge abutment. Inquest showed he had written letters to President Hoover, congressmen and newspapers outlining his views on the depression and his plan to benefit his business via insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
John H. E. Stapp
Stapp
Hoover
Fall of Cabinets Troubles League of Nations
Geneva AP report notes the German and French governments fall heightens the League of Nations struggle to pacify conflicts and restart disarmament talks. It cites uncertainty in Paris and Berlin, possible adjournment of session resumption, and French disarmament plans, plus Sino Japanese border clashes and Bolivian Paraguayan tensions.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Paris
Berlin
General Commission
W. W. Yen
League
Jehol
Kailu
Peru
Leticia
Amazon
Bolivia
Paraguay
Gran Chaco
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll This Year
A report from Cedar Rapids shows totals for autos tolling costs this year with figures for accidents injuries and fatalities. The data lists nine accidents twenty six injured and no deaths noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt 10 Give Lindsay Deal on Debt
British ambassador Sir Ronald Lindsay flew to Atlanta to meet President-elect Roosevelt at a debt conference. Mrs. Roosevelt hosted dinner, then Lindsay and Roosevelt traveled to Warm Springs to continue negotiations, signaling a rapid shift from Hoover era talks.
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White House
Roosevelt
Lindsay
Atlanta
Ronald Lindsay
Washington
Hoover
Atlanta Biltmore
Warm Springs
Roosevelt to outline debt policy to British ambassador
President elect Roosevelt will meet Sir Ronald Lindsay in Warm Springs to explain his debt policy and seek Britain's views. The informal talks will cover debt negotiations, Britain's gold standard plans, and the London world economic conference as it relates to trade and disarmament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Ronald Lindsay
United States
Britain
Great Britain
Lindsay
London
Arraign 11 Farmers For Rioting At Dime Auction
Eleven farmers charged with rioting in the dime auction at Otto Febeck farm near Jefferson Wisconsin were arraigned Saturday before Justice of the Peace Arthur Puerner. They posted $500 bonds each and scheduled a preliminary hearing for February 11. Defendants include Carl Oman of Grant county and Herbert Hermanson whose cows and cream separator were seized to satisfy a chattel mortgage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson, Wis
Otto Febeck
Justice of the Peace
Arthur Puerner
Joseph Lange
Jefferson County
Columbia County
Carl] Oman
Boscobel
Grant County
Oman
Jefferson
W. B. Rubin
Milwaukee
Herbert Hermanson
Febock
Ford Calls Local Labor Troubles an Attack on Ford Industries
DETROIT AP Henry Ford argues the labor difficulties causing suspensions in local body plants amount to an attack on Ford industries not a strike. He promises plants will return to full output soon and cites past efforts to throttle industry. He blames certain competitors for the strike but provides no further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Henry Ford
Ford Industries
Ford
Marion Talley Wins Annulment From German Pianist
In Long Beach California a Superior Court decree grants opera singer Marion Talley an annulment from Michael Rauchelsen following a fraud claim over pre marriage promises. The suit alleged he barred her mother and sister from living with them and guiding her career after the wedding six months ago in White Plains New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Calif
Superior Court
Marion Talley
Kansas City
Michael Rauchelsen
White Plains
N. Y
Raucheisen
Torch Slayer Remanded for New York Murder Trial
Frank Carnera known as torch slayer waived extradition Saturday and was taken to Rockland County New York to face trial for killing his wife Lena 57. Her body was found ablaze near Spookrock Spring Valley after a Thursday incident identified by her sons. Relatives described constant squabbles in the Carnera home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hackensack
N. J
Frank Carnera
Rockland County
N. Y
Lena
Spookrock
Spring Valley
Carnora
Communists Riot in Chicago Area Near Tribune Tower
About 190 men and women clashed with police on Michigan Boulevard near Tribune Tower. police used helmets and tear gas later. thirty were bruised, twenty three women arrested, crowds searched and halted traffic.
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Arta
Chicago
Michigan Boulevard
Tribune Tower
Tribune
Wrigley Building
China
France seeks strong man to steer post coup cabinet
President Lebrun weighs a durable leader after the Paul Boncour overthrow. Edouard Herriot looms but is sidelined by debt worries. War Minister Edouard Daladier and Camille Chautemps among others discussed as potential strong men. Tax protests flare as crowds march in the American quarter and authorities arrest demonstrators.
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Paris
Albert Lebrun
Joseph Paul Boncour
Edouard Herriot
Associated Press
M. Herriot
France
United States
Edouard Daladier
Paul-Boncour
Camille Chautemps
M. Paul Boncourt
Jules Jeanneney
Gaston Doumergue
Lebrun
Rioters Protest Peru Policy at Leticia Port Incident
About 100 people rioted outside the Peruvian legation in Buenos Aires in protest of Peru's stance toward Colombia over Leticia. Shots were fired and missiles thrown before police dispersed the crowd. 20 persons were arrested.
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Buenos Aires
Legation
Peru
Colombia
Amazon
Leticia
Mrs Roosevelt Walks Washington Talks Shop With Mrs Garner
Mrs Roosevelt and Mrs Garner discussed post March 4 jobs in Washington. Roosevelt planned to keep her secretary role and preferred walking over a White House car. She visited the White House rooms, spoke with staff, and left on foot before taking a taxi to a 3 p.m. appointment.
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Mrs. Roosevelt
Washington
Mrs. Garner
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
John N. Garner
Mayflower Hotel
Col. A. 8. Grant, III
Democrats accuse party of dodging real budget cuts
Senator King of Utah says Democrats lack the courage for true economy and would not adopt a decisive cut. The Senate may vote on a Tydings resolution to trim all supply bills without harming essential functions, while a Marylander's 500 million cut plan was dismissed as impracticable. The Chamber of Commerce proposes 800 million in overall cuts, targeting veterans spending, nonrecurring items, construction, and general departmental costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
King
Dem
Utah
Senate
Tydings
Appropriations Committee
Congressional Appropriations Committees
United States Chamber of Commerce
Henry I. Harriman
Matthew 8. Sloan
Redfield Proctor
Burns
House Committee
Hale
Chamber
Harriman
Robbers Flee as Hunter Subdues Them in Bust
In a tense chase, two men fled while 80 Hunter attempted to collar the others. One resisted and was struck by a police baton until it broke, then a service revolver failed. The hunter then resorted to wrestling to trap a suspect, later booking Harry Wells, a Black man, on the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunter
Rassling
Harry Wells
Colorado Freeing Fugitive Smeeman After Parole Break
Gov. Johnson issued an executive order reducing Glenn Smeeman's sentence from three years to six months and granting immediate parole. Smeeman, who escaped from a Colorado road camp fifteen years ago, will be released Monday and plans to return to St. Louis to face a two year Missouri sentence.
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Denver
Colo
Ulp
Edwin C. Johnson
Glenn Smeeman
Colorado State Penitentiary
Johnson
Smeeman
Cleveland
Neil Kimball
St. Louis
Missouri
Colorado
Sheriff Complains of Prisoners Stealing Liquor
Okanogan Washington sheriff reports prisoners in the county jail burglarized the liquor storage, drinking evidence and prompting a warrant charging three inmates with breaking into and entering at night. The prosecutor notes the irony of inmates stealing liquor while jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okanogan, Wash
Okanogan
Alumni Demand Reforms in Iowa Athletics Board
Alumni on the University of Iowa campus and in Davenport circulate petitions calling for resignations over eligibility policy and the conduct of Rufus Fitzgerald supervisor of student employment. Signers aim for 15 000 names to present to President Jessup and George Baker with demands to retain Edward H. Lauer as director and replace Fitzgerald and Higbee on the athletics board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Iowa Athletic Board
R. H. Fitzgerald
University
Davenport
Walter A. Jessup
George T. Baker
State Board of Education
RL Fitegerald
Hawkeye
Lauer
Tlhat
University of Iowa' Do
Iaws
Edward Break
Joas Blackmer
State University of
Edward H. Lauer
Rufus Fitzgerald
Prof
Higbee
Atheletics
Jessup
Daye
Storm Strikes Atlantic Coast Delays Transatlantic Ships
A mid winter storm raged from Cape Charles to Halifax causing ship damage and missing craft. A freighter was disabled and several boats and a woman plus seven men were unaccounted for as flood tides and high seas swamped waterfronts in New York Boston Revere Lynn Nahant.
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New York
Cape Charles
Halifax
Boston
Massachusetts
Revere
Red Cross
Cape Cod
Nantucket
Winthrop
Mass
Lynn
Nahant
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Herr Einstein
Germany
Kurt von Schleicher
von Schleicher
Chamber of Deputies
Paul Boncour
Newsee
Eyme
J Henry Ford
Mr. Ford
Japan
Tokio
Manchuria
People's Forum
Packers
Senate Group
Packer
McNary
George van Orman Stuart
Hartland
Wis
Livestock Commission
Clarence Poe
Raleigh
N. C
The
Progressive Farmer
Poe
J. T. Sanders
Stillwater
Okla
Department of Agricultural Economics
Oklahoma Agricultural College
Farm Board
Prohibition
Stuart
Wood
Ish
Herriot
Seonean
Lorena Hickok
Wespons
S Lae
Rasgles
Fitzgerald
Tee
G.mings
Atlantic
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