Reformatory former clerk under arrest in Iowa case
Former reformatory auditor J. M. Conway pled not guilty to an embezzlement charge based on a 13 645 47 shortage. Bond set at 10 000. Arrest followed a supplemental audit by I B McGladrey showing shortages across four funds. Conway had been in charge Jan 1 1927 to Dec 31 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
J. M. Conway
State Reformatory
H. C. Ring
Conway
Justice of the Peace
F. H. Whitcomb
Marvin Levsen
Clyde L. Herring
I. B. McGladrey
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Iowa
The
Gazette
Leysen
Glen McLaughlin
Reformatory
Niles and Watters Savings Bank
Anamosa National Bank
Attorney General's Office
Chicago
Louisville
Al Smith Named To New York Life Board
Alfred E. Smith has been elected to the board of directors of New York Life Insurance Company succeeding George M Reynolds who resigned due to illness. Smith becomes a director and a member of the agency committee following the path of the late Calvin Coolidge who was a board member and agency committee chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alfred E. Smith
New York Life Insurance Company
George M Reynolds
Chicago
Smith
Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge
Record Heat Topples Oklahoma City July Teperature
Oklahoma City saw an official high of 107 degrees after a 142 degree thermometer reading from Bill Morris caused alarm. The day marked the hottest July temperature on record for the city, with the extreme heat lingering under bright sun and clear skies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Bill Morris
Everyday Religion and the Lost Virility of Modern Poetry
A critique of contemporary poets as doleful, self-obsessed and cynical. The piece laments their prematurity, lack of vision, and muted joy, arguing life should glow with virility and purpose rather than sorrow and drudgery. It cites Stevenson’s imagined lines to urge a brighter poetic spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevenson
Million in delinquent farm debts collected in four states
Federal Land Bank of Omaha reports progress for Nebraska Iowa South Dakota and Wyoming with 1.9 million dollars shaved from interest payments and over 1 million dollars in delinquent installments collected in June. President Hogan cites higher farm product prices and expects half of delinquencies cleared within ninety days as corn price rises.
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Omaha
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
Hogan
Nebraska
Iowa
South Dakota
Wyoming
Roosevelt Approves First List of Public Works Projects
President Roosevelt approved the initial list of projects under the 3.3 million dollar public works program. Ickes said the plan would include both federal and local ventures spanning nearly every region. Details on funding and project counts were deferred until Thursday publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Ickes
Report Steamers Collide At Sea
Baltimore AP reports the steamship City of Baltimore and the tanker Beacon from Standard Shipping collided off Gibson Island in the Chesapeake Bay late Wednesday. Both vessels are reported in the incident with no immediate details on injuries or damage.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Mail Line
Standard Shipping Company
Beacon
Gibson Island
Chesapeake Bay
Brewers warned to limit alcohol by 3.2 percent
CHICAGO. ARMAN S Wahl of the Wahl Institute of Brewing warned brewers that many beers tested run above 3.2 per cent ABV, with some brands at 3.3 3.5 and as high as 4.19 percent. He urged accuracy and careful labeling in testing and production.
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Chicago
Arnan S. Wahl
Wahl Institute of Brewing
Wahl
Doctors Plotted Against In Strange Kidnap Scheme
St Paul police blamed a trio of abductors for a bizarre plot to force Dr. Edward Engberg to perform an operation after luring Dr. W. Hedberg from home. An ethering and a wreck staged on a railroad track led to Hedberg’s gunshot injury and Engberg’s coma as details emerged after both victims regained consciousness.
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Cahill
Engberg
Minnesota State Board of Medical Examiners
Hedberg
Dr. Hedberg
Northern Pacific
St. Paul
Duluth
Paul Enger
Dr. Engberg
Johnston Re elected Head of Engineers
Alvanley Johnston was re elected grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers at the triennial convention in Cleveland. He defeated I O Enders of Columbus as the progressive candidate by 503 to 383 votes, continuing his veteran leadership of the union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Alvanley Johnston
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood
I. O. Enders
Columbus
Engineers
Enders
National Transport Committee Named for Unified Policy
Washington officials describe a forthcoming unified national transportation policy to coordinate rail, highway, and water carriers. President Roosevelt's railroad transportation committee, chaired by Secretary of Commerce Roper, will draft permanent legislation for Congress and overhaul the 1920 act, regulate interstate motor operations, redefine inland waterways, and consider closer regulation of pipelines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Secretary of Commerce
Roper
War and Agriculture Departments
Attorney General
Interstate Commerce Commission
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Congressional
Joseph B. Eastman
Iowa to Begin Refinancing Farm Mortgages
DES MOINES AP Iowa officials opened the preliminaries of a 108 million dollar refinancing program to aid farm mortgages. Governor Herring said the Farm Credit Administration would provide cash for Iowa mortgages to lower interest rates and extend amortization, restoring about a billion dollars in purchasing power across banks and the economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Iowa
Herring
Farm Credit Administration
Senate
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Acts To Place Postmasters Under Civil Service Rule
President Roosevelt orders Postmaster General Farley to draft legislation placing all postmasterships under civil service. Acting postmasters named since March 4, about 1500, may stay without examination. Age limit rises to 66, residence requirement lowers to one year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Farley
Congress
Edwin Gould, Son of Jay Gould, Dies
Edwin Gould aged 67 son of the late railroad magnate Jay Gould died at his Oyster Bay country home Tuesday night of a heart attack. He dined with his wife earlier and appeared in good health before the fatal collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oyster Bay, N. Y
Edwin Gould
Jay Gould
Rockefeller Gift Creates Palisades Motor Parkway Project
New York officials moved swiftly to accept a 5 million gift from John D. Rockefeller Jr. to build a motor parkway along the Palisades cliffs above the Hudson opposite New York. The gift is in real estate that provides the right of way for the parkway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Palisades
Hudson River
Rockefeller
Roosevelt Divorce Suit Due Friday
Elliott Roosevelt will file for divorce from Elizabeth Denner Roosevelt on Friday. Samuel Platt, attorney for the President's second son, said Mrs Roosevelt will file a cross complaint alleging cruelty and expect to obtain the divorce likely Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
New
Elliott Roosevelt
Elizabeth Denner Roosevelt
Samuel Platt
Charge Filed Against Frank Nash's Widow in Conspiracy Case
A charge of conspiracy to help free a federal prisoner was filed in Kansas City against Mrs Frank Nash widow of the Oklahoma convict slain with four officers here on June 17. She was brought here by Justice Department agents after an arrest in Wenona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Frank Nash
Oklahoma
Nash
Department of Justice
Wenona
Lindberghs Land at Big Pond During North Atlantic Hop
Col and Mrs Charles Lindbergh landed on Big Pond near St John s Newfoundland after a four hour 600 mile flight from Halifax in their Lockheed plane. Crowds of over 1000 welcomed the famous couple as police escorted them ashore and they prepared to resume their charted northern Atlantic route toward Cartwright Labrador and beyond toward Greenland and Iceland.
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Big Pond
N. F
Charles A. Lindbergh
North Atlantic
Halifax
Lindbergh
Paris
St. John’s
Lindberghs
Atlantic
Europe
Newfoundland
Lindy
St. John's
Cartwright
Labrador
Greenland
Iceland
Five Russians Sentenced to Death for Sedition
In Moscow city court on Wednesday five men were sentenced to death for a sedition plot. Six others received prison terms from eighteen months to eight years for deliberately tainting food provided to workers with glass and other dangerous items to undermine government stability. The condemned included Michael Oshkin, his son Vasily Oshkin, Peter Popol, Vasily Arkhipin, and Jacob Tsherkassoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
INS
Michael
Vasily Oshkin
Peter Popol
Vasily Arkhipin
Jacob Tsherkassoff
Raspberries Sell Big Through Gazette Want Ad
Anton Novy at 1201 O Ave NW City Market sold forty five crates of large red raspberries after placing a two day Gazette Want Ad in Good Things to Eat. The ad cost 1.36 and yielded over 80 in cash sales. Advertisers are urged to use the newspaper to boost berries and produce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anton Navy
O Ave
The
Gazette
Anton Novy
Des Moines AP On Farm Purchases Price Rise Upswing
United States Department of Agriculture figures show rising farm prices from March 1 to July 11 with wheat corn oats hogs cattle and lamb values up. Wheat rose to 1.0412 per bushel and corn climbed to 64.56 cents, while oats hit 47.76 cents. Butterfat climbed to 26.4 cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
United States Department of Agriculture
Chicago
Pepa Ttl
Muscatine woman shot by lover ends in suicide
In Muscatine Mrs Edna Stebbins 35 a Palace cafe waitress was shot and killed at work by William Clark 31 who then killed himself Pursuit of motive was inconclusive police noted Clark appeared mentally unbalanced The killings occurred in a cafe booth about 315 pm with a .38 revolver
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Muscatine
Edna Stebbins
Palace Cafe
William Clark
Clark
Dempsey Plans Quick Marriage to Hanna Williams
Fort Worth report says heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey will wed Hanna Williams, New York musical comedy star, within days. Dempsey did not confirm or deny the rumor as Baer and manager Ancil Hoff man traveled to Kansas City.
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Fort Worth Tex
INS
Jack Dempsey
Hanna Williams
New York
Dempsey
Baer
Ancil Hoffman
Kansas City
Mattern To Return With Russian Flyer
Moscow reports pilot Levanov hopes to reach Anadir in Siberia Friday evening and land in Nome Alaska with Jimmy Mattern within a day. Advices from Khabarovsk say Mattern, missing sixteen days, reached Anadir after taking off June 14 for Nome on a projected world flight. Levanovsky’s departure from Khabarovsk not stated. he is ordered to pick up Mattern at Anadir and fly to Nome.
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Moscow
Levanovsky
Anadir
Siberia
Nome
Alaska
Jimmy Mattern
Khabarovsk
Mattern
Blanket Order On Hours Wage May Be Issued
Roosevelt, pleased with progress toward industrial codes, considers a blanket order to set minimum wages and maximum hours until the recovery program takes effect. He focuses on codes guided by Hugh S. Johnson, industrial administrator, who may draft a blanket order. The President also seeks to aid business by opening trade negotiations with six countries, mainly in South America.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hugh S. Johnson
Italian Aerial Armada Lands at Sandwich Bay
Dispatches from Cartwright Labrador describe the landing of Italian airplanes on Sandwich Bay. Balbo led a three-plane seaplane formation in a V shape across the bay and into the docks amid cheering crowds. Two planes faced near mishap during taxiing but escaped unharmed.
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Johns
Newfoundland
Cartwright
Labrador
Sandwich Bay
At- Saas
Mieke
Viceland
Italo Balbo
Italy
Chicago
Sandwich
North American
Balbo
Leander McCormick Marries Countess in London Ceremony
In a simple civil ceremony and subsequent rites, Leander James McCormick, former husband of Alice Cudahy of Chicago, wed the Comtesse Renee Marie Mauricette Henriette Gabrielle de Fleurieu, former wife of Henri Hippolyte Pierre de Fleurieu, in London on Wednesday.
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London
Leander James McCormick
Alice Cudahy
Chicago
Comtesse
Renee Marie ‘Marie Mauricette
Henriette Gabrielle de Fleurieu
Henri Hippolyte Pierre de Fleureu
Federal Reserve veto blocks US at world economic talks
The American Federal Reserve Board vetoed U S participation in the world economic conference debate on a central bank cooperation resolution backed by the European gold bloc. Senator Pitman had pushed a broader gold standard plan, but American circles said the veto did not affect his resolution.
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London
American Federal Reserve Board
United States
Pittman
Nevada
Federal Reserve Board
Pitlman
Federal Reserve
Breeze Decides Golf Match in Norfolk
In Norfolk Nebraska AP report, a gust of wind altered a golf hole as A. E. Schultz urged his group to concede after his ball nearly dropped. George Christoph objected until a breeze pushed the ball into the cup, ruling the hole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Neb
A. E. Schultz
George Christoph
Missing Man's Wife: Says He Will Be Freed
Chicago reports that Melvin H Pure head of a US Bureau office says he was asked by Bella Factor wife of missing John Factor to withdraw from the case as the family expects Factor to return unharmed. Unusual hotel headquarters activity suggests progress toward solving the John Factor kidnapping. Factor, a prominent international financier, was seized July 1 and held longer than any kidnapping victim who later returned. authorities note he is wanted in England on swindling charges and ransom letters have been mailed. Minnesota and Wisconsin authorities joined the case after evidence indicated a northern gang involvement and possible confinement in the Ressne area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Melvin H. Purevis
United States Bureau ‘of
Bella Facetor
John Factor
John
Jake
Dy Factor
Milsionaire
Factor
Engand
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Dan” O'Connell
Daniel
Albany
Edward J. O'Connell
Alsbury
O Connell family fears after kidnap plot details emerge
Albany report shows a group linked to Daniel O Connell moving to secure a ransom for a kidnapped youth. A favored intermediary failed to contact the gang as authorities discuss a cash offer between fifty and seventy five thousand dollars.
Alton bankers family names ransom agents in Luer case
Alton Illinois AP two men Orville Pratt and Lawrence Keller Jr named by August Luer family to act as ransom agents after the 77 year old banker and meat packer was kidnapped from his home Monday night. Police and patrol units to be withdrawn to facilitate captors contact with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton, ‘Ill
August Luer
Alton Police
Madison County
State Highway Patrol
Luer
Or~ville 8
Pratt
Lawrence Keller, Jr
Senators urge death penalty for kidnappers in abduction wave
Washington report notes Senator Ashurst and Aziz pressed for a death penalty for kidnapers. The move accompanies federal efforts to secure releases of captives including John J. O Connell Jr of Albany, N Y, held by extortionists. The judiciary committee leader urged tougher penalties to curb kidnappings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ashurst
Aziz
John J. O’connell,Jr
Albany
N. Y
Senate Judiciary Committee
Remington Arms Increases Wages In Delaware Notice
Remington Arms Co raises wage and weekly salary scales by about 10 percent effective on the 15th, as announced in Wilmington Delaware. The adjustment covers wage scales for workers at the plant, reflecting broader pay increases reported by the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington,’ del
INS
Remington Arms Company
Shriner Imperial Potentate inaugurated in Atlantic City
John N. Sebrell of Norfolk Virginia became the imperial potentate of North America Shrine Dome Wednesday, succeeding Earl C. Mills of Des Moines Iowa as national head. The imperial council chose Minneapolis for the 1934 meeting to be held June 19 20 and 21.
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Atlantic City
N. J
John N. Sebrell
Norfolk
North America
Earl C. Mills
Des Moines
Imperial Council
Minneapolis
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Gov. Herring
Board of Control
Men’s Reformatory
Ole Michaels
I. B. McGladrey Company
al Smith
New York Life Board
Brewers
Johnston
National Transport Committee
St.john’s
Armada
Leander McCormick
Breeze
Bulletin
O'Connell
N.Y
Fo'Connell
Bes
Fariler
Daniel _O'Connell
Remington Arms Co
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