Coal Crisis Up To J. L. Lewis As Iowa Governor Steps In
Governor Clyde L. Herring said he would seek to suspend the miners working agreement to permit extended hours for mining coal to meet relief needs. He spoke with John L. Lewis and Marvin M. Mintsre about relaxing union rules during the emergency. Iowa operators warned that 2,000 miners could be idle if the pact remains in force.
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Wes Moines
Clyde L. Herring
Jonas
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Marvin Mintsre
Iowa
Washington
Frank Wilson
Iowa Mine Union
State Labor Federation
Sam Ballantyne
State Coal Operators’ Association
Centerville
Cedar Rapids Coal Dealers Deny Shortage Rumors
Coal dealers in Cedar Rapids deny reports of a fuel shortage saying supplies are ample. They note occasional low stocks on some lines but emphasize no alarm is warranted amid turmoil in Gov. Herring's office over a short age and limited use of coal in Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
Gov. Herring
Waterloo Faces Impending Coal Shortage Alert
AP report from Waterloo notes relief orders near expiration as Miss Jane Thompson relief administrator warns of a looming coal shortage in Black Hawk County. Dealers dismiss warnings as exaggerated and say there are no restrictions yet.
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Waterloo
Black Hawk County
Jane Thompson
Council Bluffs Coal Shortage Spurs Shipping Concerns
Local leaders report coal shortages affecting power plants as deliveries remain uncertain. Officials cite disrupted supply lines from multiple regions and urge residents to conserve energy while awaiting restored shipments.
Port Dodge Veal Dealers Report Shortage Claim
Port Dodge reports from Fort Prot veal dealers indicate a shortage causing price concerns and supply worries amid unclear market signals. Officials and traders note sporadic shipments and potential delays impacting local vendors and buyers.
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Port Dodge
Dillinger Reward Unclaimed Despite Efforts to Capture
Unverified notes indicate the Dillinger reward remains unclaimed as authorities pursued leads and evaluated tips. The report details ongoing efforts, with references to Lt Cap arene Horne and other officials in attempts to locate the fugitive.
Doan's Pills Advertise Kidney Health Boost
Medical authorities state kidneys contain tiny tubes that cleanse the blood and keep health. The copy warns of symptoms like backache and swelling and urges buying Doan's Pills to flush out alleged 25 miles of kidney tubes and relieve discomfort.
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Doan
Italy pays gold for Romanian oil in large purchase
Geneva reports Italy bought a large quantity of Romanian oil to meet needs until early 1937 and paid in gold. The move alarms observers ahead of Monday’s meeting of the oil exports committee that could consider an embargo on Italy.
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Geneva
Italy
Mussolini Intensifies Ethiopian Drive and War Preparations
Italy moves to mobilize economy and military as Premier Mussolini backs continued action in Ethiopia despite sanctions and the threat of European conflict. Measures include halting conscription limits, semi military control of all men, wool requisitions, and a 414 million lira naval program for the Mediterranean.
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Rome
INS
Ethiopia
League of Nations
Italy
Council of Ministers
Mussolini
East Africa
Council
Mediterranean
Europe
Tomoryov
Taxes for New Farm Measure Prompts Broad Debate
A debate over a new farm measure explores retroactive taxes and what could be taxed. The attorney general notes a pending study and a program ready soon, while opponents argue Congress can address national agriculture without overstepping states.
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Cummings
Wear FALSE TEETH Without Embarrassment
Portable advertising copy promotes FASTEETH powder for secure comfortable false teeth. Claims no taste or powder mess and improved breath, urging purchase at May Drug Co. or any drug store.
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May Drug Co
Heavier Guns Seen Possible For Airplanes
AP science report outlines mathematical methods suggesting heavier aircraft guns can remain stable when fired from small planes. New York University mathematicians Klemin and Ruffner, for American Armament, model a 250 pound gun firing 4 400 yard shells with manageable recoil and rapid fire.
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Howard W Blakesler
Associated Press
NEW York
Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences
Alexander Klemin W
Benjamin Ruffner
Guggenheim School of Aecronautics
New York University
American Armament Corporation
Hoboken
Ruffner
Judge Denies Refund Sharing Rights for Processing Taxes
District Judge Major rules six firms cannot share in refunds of processing taxes held in escrow. He releases about 1.533 million dollars pending Supreme Court guidance, saying the court’s decision controls and no order to repay is needed. Firms listed include Lauer Brothers Packing and Ice, Standard TajTon Milling, Sparks Milling, Schultz Banjon, E Staley Manufacturing, and Hunter Packing, with individual tax amounts shown.
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Major
Thursda
Supreme Court
Tee
Lauer Brothers Packing and Ice Company
Standard T
St Cee Ill
U.S
Stavisky case follows to New York after threats
Governess of Mme Arlette Stavisky's ten children says a letter threatened the children in indefinite terms after Stavisky widow gave newspaper interviews. The letter warned that if Stavisky's actions were not punished the children would pay. Stavisky's widow, acquitted in his frauds, arrived in New York to fulfill a charitable engagement.
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Paris
Mme Arlotte Stavosky
New York
Mme Stavisky
France
Alexandre Sacha Stavisky
Stavisk
Guards Find Knives In Joliet Prison Shakeup
Statewide reaction to the Richard Loeb case follows a Joliet Stateville prison shakedown that yielded several knives. Warden Ragen pledged full weapon search. Day's self defense claim faces prosecution. Governor Horn er, Attorney General Kerner, and officials called for inquiries and reforms.
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Joseph Ragen
Harry McCashrin
Rock Island
Henry Horner
Day
Loeb
Ragen
Otto Kerner
WR. McCabe
Will County
McCabe
Nathan Leopold
Bobby Franks
Emmett Byrne
Chicago
T A. Brooks
Michael L. Igoe
Kelly
J M. Braude
Chicago Boys’ Court
Joliet
Funds Withheld On Nebr Public Power Projects
Washington ordered Nebraska PWA engineer John Latenser to withhold disbursement approvals for three PWA financed public power projects pending the outcome of a DC injunction suit brought by five private power companies. The order affects Platte Valley, Loup River, and Central Nebraska districts. About 1,340 workers are employed with monthly payroll around 150 000.
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Omaha
John Latenser, Jr
Public Works Administration
Nebraska
Washington
PWA
Platte Valley
Loup River
Central Nebraska
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
Iowa- Nebraska Light and Power Company
Lincoln
Western Public Service Company
Scottsbluff
Farm Leader Outlines Three Point Plan for Illinois
Earl C. Smith president of the Illinois Agricultural Association announced a three point program at the annual meeting. He called for soil conservation to align production with demand, expansion of domestic and foreign markets for surpluses, and a practical system of farm warehouse loans on agricultural commodities with import revenues possibly subsidizing exports.
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Decatur
Earl C. Smith
Ilinois Agricultural Association
Association
Smith
Coughlin Aims to Elect Congressmen Favorable to Union
The Rev Charles Coughlin orders Massachusetts unit of the National Union for Social Justice to organize a district by district drive to elect pro union congressmen. Local leaders must enroll members, prepare assemblies, and report cards as plans target February completion.
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Boston
Charles E. Coughlin
Massachusetts
National Union For Social Justice
Frank L. Kane
Kane
Detroit
Father Coughlin
Royal Oak
Mich
Burlington Road To Use New Twin Diesels In July
Chicago dispatch reports the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad will begin operation of seven new twin Zephyr streamlined diesels around July 1. The trains will run between Chicago Minneapolis and St Paul, carrying 200 passengers with dining cars and cocktail lounges. The $1,000,000 units expand the Zephyr fleet to eight while two additional Zephyrs will serve Chicago Denver service starting around June 1.
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Chicago
Cheago
Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Chicipo
Minneapolis
St Paul
Denver
Mercury Dips to Seven Below In Cedar Rapids
Temperatures fell to seven below at 7 p.m. in Cedar Rapids with sharp northwest winds cutting the chill. The day’s high was two below at 3 p.m. as readings according to Chambers Inskeep Co. noted cold trends and a forecast of colder weather for northeast Iowa. G P Linville deed record shows Aloise Kaplan transfer to Otto E Kaplan, lot 63 East Land Manor add CR. Con. 1-18-36.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Thateday
Chambers Inskeep
Iowa
G P. Linville
Admr
Aloise Kaplan
Otto E. Kaplan
Eastland Manor
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Advertised as Kidney Aid
An old advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a diuretic and kidney stimulant for weak kidneys and bladder irritation. It claims one 35 cent box improves kidney activity, flushes toxins, and is safe and genuine from Haarlem Netherlands, noting common symptoms such as nocturnal urination, backache, moist palms, puffy eyes, and scanty burning urine.
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Haarlem
Federal State Cooperation in Soil and Flood Plan
The speaker urges a federal state cooperative plan for soil and flood management. Congress should decide mechanisms, aiming to keep soil productive and hand on greater land-use permanency, with local and interstate agencies coordinating and funding local projects. Physical factors ignore political boundaries and multi-level government cooperation is essential.
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Congress
Negro Convicted For Killing Prison Guard
A juried trial convicts a Black inmate for the killing of a prison guard after an inmate Strickel is struck during an argument near Renicks cell. Witnesses include reform school warden W H Frazer, guard captain Ray Powers, hospital superintendent H Myrick, guard Mr Smith, doctor H J Dolan, convict M Mertz, and rescuer Martin Norton who testified to the blackjack blow and the fall. The head injury left Strickel in a blood pool on the floor beneath the cell tier.
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Renicks
Strickel
W. H. Frazer
Ray Powers
H. Myrick
Mr. Smith
H. J. Dolan
M.mertz
Martin Norton
Charles Hall
Norton
Hall
Myrick
Smith
Bucket Brigade
Henicks
Mertz
Witness Identifies Kid Cann as Liggett Slayer in Trial
Wesley Andersch, an eye witness to the Dec 9 assassination of editor Walter Liggett, identified Isadore Kid Cann Blumfeld as the killer. Andersch testified he saw Blumfeld in the death car and denied cohabiting with Dora Issacson while noting his wife was filing for divorce.
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Minneapolis
Wesley Andersch
Walter Liggett
Isadore
Kid Cann
Blumenfeld
Andersch
Liggett
Andersoh
Dora Issacson
State
Talmadge Opposes Roosevelt in Georgia Scene
Dissent grows as Miss Gay Shepperson files a complaint against A S Howell over distribution of The Georgia Women's World at Macon. Howell defends his brother Hugh, Georgia Democratic chief, while Talmadge campaigns north for the 1936 presidential race and hints at possible walkout if Roosevelt is renominated.
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Howell
Gay B. Shepperson
Georgia
WPA
Talmadge
A S Howell
Hugh Howell
Georgia Democratic Executive Committee
Macon
Miss Shepperson
A. S. Howell
Georgia Women's World
Roosevelt
U. S
Lawrence Camp
North
al Smith
Real fire drill engages 1700 pupils of No. 17 in Brooklyn
About 1,700 pupils of public school No. 17 filed out in orderly fashion for a mock fire drill. Outside they promptly ventilated the second floor as part of the safety exercise in Brooklyn, New York.
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Brooklyn, N. Y
Public School No. 17
Wilson charts neutral rights in submarine warfare policy
The document outlines Wilson’s stance on neutral and civilian safety at sea, urging adherence to international law amid submarine use. It advocates a formal protest against submarines targeting merchant ships, arguing such actions contravene humanity, fair play, and neutral rights.
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Germany
Drake Estate Defendants Freed In Hartzell Case
The jury in the Sir Francis Drake story retires after final arguments in a case tied to Oscar Hartzell. I. T. Jones testifies he chaired a national defense fund totaling about seventy thousand dollars with twelve thousand used for expenses. Hartzell, held at Leavenworth, did not testify in his defense.
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Car Hartzell
Sir Francis Drake
I. T. Jones
Des Moines
Iowa
Jones
Oscar Hartzell
Sioux City
Hartzell
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Property Transfer Notice for Homan Family
Mrs. Dear B. Homan to Grace B. Homan transfers 5 6 and 7 blocks 76 Youngs addition with valuable consideration of one dollar and other terms dated January 2, 1920.
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Dear B. Homan
Grace B. Homan
Young
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