France and United States bonds spark debate in press
The Premier Daladier pledges to tighten bonds with the United States while critics demand clarity on which bonds France owes Americans. London talks on monetary questions stall as the US warns it will not be the conference sucker. Local matters include a publicized Kef wait on a Cedar Rapids case and wheat tax debates with calls for more paper production.
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France
Edouard Daladier
United States
M. Daladier
Fraance
Kidnappers Hold Albany Political Figure's Son
John J. O'Connell Jr., 24, son of Democratic leader John J. O'Connell, is held by a kidnap gang for three days demanding 250000. The family kept the abduction secret amid threats that police or press would trigger harm. the automobile was found at the family home and negotiators contacted the relatives by phone. The captive is a National Guard lieutenant and Manlius Military Academy graduate. his mother neared collapse as the case stretched.
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Albany
N. Y
John J. O'Connell, Jr
John J. O'Connell
New York State
Young O'Connell
Auto
O'Connell
Daniel P
Edward J.o'connell
John O'Connell
Upstate
Young O'Connell i
National Guard
Manlius
John
Copeland vows to root out underworld in kidnapping case
Washington report says Senator Royal S Copeland demanded Justice Department agents join the search for John J O Connell Jr of Albany believed held by kidnappers. Copeland said we must clean out this nest of under world rats in a stern reply to the threat.
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Washington
U. S
Royal S. Copeland
Dem
N. Y
Department of Justice
John J. O'Connell, Jr
Albany
Copeland
Cord Orders Fleet of Fast Airplanes
E L Cord and L B Manning announced purchase of a fleet of new Ameri can Airways planes capable of 226 miles an hour with 2000 pound payload. First units roll from a Burbank California factory in about two weeks. Cord expects 100 ships in transport service by this time next year at 250 miles an hour.
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Los Angeles
American Airways
E. L. Cord
L. B. Manning
Cord-controlled Aviation Corporation
Burbank
Calif
Cord
Factor's Absence Remains Mystery
CHICAGO AP The disappearance of John Factor remains a mystery as authorities confirm nine days have passed since the abduction was reported. Mrs Bella Factor, the missing speculator's wife, believes it is a genuine kidnapping and says she will offer a reward for information leading to his safe return.
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Chicago
John Factor
Bella Factor
Factor
Ickes Takes Over Job Making Task
Washington AP reports Secretary Ickes assumed the role of public works administrator vowing no curtailment of the 3.3 billion dollar program while restricting funds to local governments aligning expenditures with revenues.
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Ickes
Washington (Ap
Une
World economic conference stalls US tariff talks
London reports say the steering committee largely junked the United States plan for tariffs quotas and trade limits while keeping the conference alive for another day. Neville Chamberlain blamed the US for the deadlock as debates on monetary policy and gold blocs continued amid Roosevelt's May 16 call to establish order.
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London
World Economic Conference
United States
Monetary Commission
INS
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Chamberlain
France
Roosevelt
Sbtates
Illinois Capitol Damaged By Fire
Charred and waterlogged the south wing of the Illinois state capitol lay as a shell after a Sunday fire causing about 100000 in damage. Gov. Henry Horner said rebuilding plans would start immediately after a four hour blaze used nearly all of Springfield's fire fighting equipment.
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Springfield
Ins
State Capitol
Henry Horner
Rescue plane on way for Mattern
A seaplane carrying members of the Alexander expedition landed at Nenan Alaska for lunch en route to Adirsk Siberia to bring back Jimmie Mattern who is stranded. They will refuel at Nome and continue to Anadirsk. Mattern, a Texas airman, survived a crash in desolate Siberia and lived off wild fowl until rescue.
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Nenan
Alaska
A_s
Alexander Expedition
Anadirsk
Siberia
Jimmie Mattern
Newilliam Alexander
Fred Fetterman
Thomas Abbey
New York
Robert Ellis
Nome
Fairbanks
Arctic
Mattern
Moscow
Jeremes Mattern
Texas
Khabarovsk
Arctic Circle
Revive Old Charge Against Sammons in 1925 Payroll Robbery
Chicago authorities revived assault with intent to kill charges against James Fur Sammons, tied to the 1925 payroll robbery of International Harvester. The charges were dropped a year after, and the state's attorney ordered reinstatement and plans to extradite Sammons for trial.
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Chicago
James “Fur" Sammons
Fannstee
Kansas City Pace
International Harvester Company
Sammons
Bread price boosts probe warned by Attorney General Cummings
Attorney General Cummings said the Justice Department will target conspiracies to raise bread prices above normal levels. He noted many complaints of rising prices and sent investigators where warranted. He warned that concerted efforts would be pursued under antitrust laws while criticizing perceived selfish moves by some businessmen to profit from improving conditions.
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Cummings
Mr. Cummings
Washington
United States Department of Justice
Monay
Department of Justice
Price boosts push bread costs across the United States
Government analyses link higher wheat prices and a new processing tax to bakery price increases. Bakers in New York and Chicago raised some loaf prices by a cent per loaf, with larger loaves hit harder. Independent bakers and chains altered pricing differently, some keeping old terms for rye and whole wheat. Michigan bakers set a scale of four and a half cents per ounce, while Connecticut trimmed loaf sizes.
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United States
New York
Kansas City
Connecticut
Chicago
Michigan
Rage Mr. Ripley on Freezes Feet On Hot July Day
Roy Ewing farmer from Richland Center Wisconsin sought treatment after his bare feet froze in July. A severe hail wind storm hit his farm destroying two barns, injuring cattle and horses. He endured an hour and a half of wading through ankle deep hail to free the livestock before discovering his feet were frozen despite temperatures above 70.
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Richland Center
Wis
Roy Ewing
Ewing
Hoot Gibson and Sally Ellers Seek Separation
Hollywood reports indicate film actress Sally Ellers and cowboy actor Hoot Gibson have agreed to a trial separation. The move follows rumors of divorce prompted by daily visits from June Gale, a 21 year old San Francisco actress, to Gibson in a hospital where he is recovering from injuries after a plane crash last week.
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Hollywood
Sally Ellers
Hoot Gibson
June Gale
San Francisco
Gibson
Balbo Orders Ships for Long Sea Hop to U S
In Reykjavik Gen Italo Balbo commanded twenty four Italian seaplanes en route to Chicago to be ready to resume at 2 a.m. The next stop is Cartwright Labrador about 1500 miles away over the dangerous North Atlantic as the flight continues toward the United States.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Italo Balbo
Chicago
United States
Cartwright
Labrador
North Atlantic
Illinois and Iowa ratify repeal of Prohibition
Chicago and Des Moines report formal ratification of the Twenty first amendment to repeal the Eighteenth. Illinois convened briefly to complete the action. Iowa’s constitutional convention unanimously called for repeal after Governor Herring urged temperance support. Delegates from 90 counties heard the appeal, nine counties were not represented.
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Chicago
Des Moines
Iowa
Herring
Drys
Joe Frailey
Davis County
Ida
B. . Wise Smith
Tragedy at North Western crossing in Cedar Rapids
Tom O Connell 41 of 501 Forest Drive was fatally struck by a North Western switch train just north of the switch shanty in the yards. He died en route to a hospital after briefly regaining consciousness and asking why he wasn’t warned. Yardmaster Harry Teahan called police. Kenneth Hillerege of Marion gave a statement to police. O Connell lived with his brother in law Glenn Peck.
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Cedar Rapids
Tom O'Connell
Forest Drive
North Western
O'Connell
Kenneth Hillerege
Marion
Hillerege
Milwaukee Railroad
Harry Teahan
First Avenue NW
Glenn Peck
Roumanian Floods Leave Dozens Homeless and Missing
In Bucharest fifty people were missing and two dead after Theiss river floods on the Czecho Romanian frontier. Two thousand are homeless as Transylvanian villages such as Bistris and Muretal were inundated, crops damaged and railways washed out.
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Bucharest
Roumania
Bistris
Muretal
Lindberghs Postponed By Broken Cable Stop
Col and Mrs Lindbergh rested with their baby at the Morrow estate after a fog forced landing at South Warren. The couple regrouped to resume their New York to Europe air mapping mission, heading toward Halifax with repairs completed and a stretched schedule awaiting calmer skies.
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North Haven
Charles A. Lindbergh
New York
North Atlantic
Lindbergh
Halifax
N.S
Labrador
Greenland
Iceland
Europe
Lindberghs
Jon
Morrow
South Warren
Rockland
North Maven
Vinal
U. S. Weather Bureau
Maine
Bell Labs director Harold De Forest Arnold dies at 50
Dr Harold De Forest Arnold director of research for Bell Telephone Laboratories Inc died early Monday of a heart attack at his home in Summit New Jersey He was 50 years old
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New York
Harold de Forest Arnold
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc
Bummit
N. Jd
Mother of 3 Children Hints Disclosures Involving Celebrities
Los Angeles matron Mrs. Mate Atwood Hommel says her three daughters are the result of a scientific birth method and promises sensational disclosures in her $500,000 property settlement with Dr. Wesley J. Hommel. She hints film stars and former patients may be named, though she will not reveal names now.
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Los Angeles
Mate Atwood Hommel
Wesley J. Hommel
Hollywood
Blah, Hokum, And Bunk Explain Skepticism In 1932
A 1932 meditation on gullibility and truth in modern life argues that propaganda and fraud erode trust. It notes readers seek behind the scenes meaning, distrust surface shows, and warns against nihilism if truth becomes unknowable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnum
Biah,Hokum and
Bunk
Wells
Crop crop crop: Wheat corn oats yield forecast drama
Washington AP reports the crop reporting board says the first half of the year was poorer than any period in 50 years. Wheat may be smallest since 1893 at about 495.7 million bushels, corn around 2.384 billion, oats likely under 100 million, with several crops falling short of last year’s totals.
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Washington
Crop Reporting Board
Advertisers Use $116 Million in Newspapers in 1932
New York based report by the Bureau Advertising of the American Newspaper Publishers Association shows 432 national advertisers favored newspapers as the advertising medium in 1932. They spent $116,000,000 in newspapers, $32,301,139 in magazines, and $25,321,984 on radio ads.
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New York
INS
Bureau
American Newspaper Publishers ’ Association
Iowa bakers raise small loaf price one cent
A one cent price increase for five cent loaves was decided by forty two Iowa master bakers at the Montrose hotel. The raise applies statewide immediately, but twenty ounce loaves at ten cents will not change for now. The move follows higher costs in flour sugar milk and shortening and aligns with prior statements by Secretary Wallace.
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Iowa
Montrose Hotel
J. A. Powers
Des Moines
Iowa. Bakers Association
Powers
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Cross Petition To Be Filed By Mrs Elliott Roosevelt
Elizabeth Donner Roosevelt wife of Elliott Roosevelt’s son and resident at Lake Tahoe has retained Reno attorney Lester Summerfield and will file a divorce cross complaint. Summerfield says the son will file suit at Minden likely Wednesday or Thursday and the cross complaint will be signed in Philadelphia and airmailed to the lawyer.
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Reno, Nev
Elizabeth Donner Roosevelt
Lake Tahoe
Lester Summerfield
Reno
Elliott Roosevelt
Summerfield
Gasoline price rise announced by Standard Oil Indiana
CHICAGO INS announces a half cent per gallon hike in the price of all tank wagon and service station gasoline effective Tuesday by the Standard Oil Company of Indiana.
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Chicago
INS
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Eastman To Meet Rail Heads Friday
Washington report says Federal Rail Co ordinator Eastman Morday will confer next Friday with carriers regional committees and announce the appointment of key men to aid in reorganizing railroad affairs.
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Washington
Federal Rail
Eastman Morday
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