Italy poised to be granted broad Abyssinia concessions
Italian expansion aims discussed in London and Addis Ababa as Britain and France back plans under the 1906 treaty for an Anglo Franco Italian conference. Proposals include a colonizing mandate or political authority for Italy over Abyssinia with potential economic concessions and two-sphere control.
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London
INS
Italy
Abyssinia
Britain
France
Joseph Avenol
League of Nations
League
Geneva
Aveno
Laly
Ogaden
Iraq
Anthony Eden
League Affairs
House of Commons
Eden
Mussolini
Dino Grandi
Grandi
Foreign Office
Avenol
Samuel Hoare
Haly
Haile Selassie
League Council
Washington
Hull
United States
Byers Responds to Wenig Attack at Cedar Rapids Meeting
State Senator Frank C. Byers of Linn County defended his labor record before the Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor. He criticized Labor Commissioner Frank E. Wenig for political attacks and cited his voting history as pro labor. Byers said Wenig opposed a bill to extend Wenig’s term from two to four years, prompting Wenig’s accusation of anti labor sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank E. Wenig
Frank C. Byers
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Wenig
Byers
Foreign War Vets Picnic Set At Ellis Park Sunday
F Crane of Cherokee state VFW commander and A M Hamilton of Des Moines senior vice chairman are set to attend the annual reunion and picnic of the VFW at Ellis Park Sunday. Delegations come from Boone Ames Des Moines Clinton Muscatine Waterloo and other cities for a 9 am to 6 pm program with sports bands talks by visiting officers and other entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Crane
Cherokee
Boulder Dam Workers Strike Over Wage Cut
About 1,000 Six Companies workers at Boulder dam walked out on Friday in a strike. The action involved steel workers carpenters and carpenters helpers. The cause was not immediately learned but reportedly tied to pay during the June period. Strikers planned a meeting with company officials later.
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Boulder City Nex
INS
Boulder Dam
Birth notices in Mercy and St Luke's hospitals
A series of birth notices report newborns across multiple families. Norman Lyle and Norma Jean were born to Mr and Mrs Norman Sheldon at Mercy hospital on July 12. A son was born to Mr and Mrs EJ Mic of Central City on July 7 at St Luke's hospital. A son was born to Mr and Mrs A T Thompson of Marion on July 11 at St Luke's hospital. Mr and Mrs J C Hammett of 628 Third Avenue SW received word their grandson Calvin Green and his wife welcomed a daughter, Cedar Rapids former residents.
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Norman Sheldon
Favenue
Norman Lyle
Norma Jean
Mercy Hospital
EJ. Mic
Central City
St. Luke's Hospital
A. T. Thompson
Marion
St. Luke’s Hospital
J. C. Hammett
Third Avenue
Calvin Green
Cedar Rapids
Socialist Conspiracy Charge Rocks Roosevelt Hearings
Ohio Chamber of Commerce secretary George B Chandler testified before the House Ways and Means Committee that numerous conspirators close to President Roosevelt aim to replace capitalism with socialism. Democrats and Republicans clashed as Chandler denounced the tax the rich program as wasteful and a threat to recovery, calling it a step toward redistribution of wealth and a Marxist-leaning plot. He warned that six major menaces threaten recovery including a rubber stamp Congress and centralization of power in Washington.
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Washington
George B Chandler
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
House
Ways and Means Committee
Roosevelt
United States
Chandler
Robert L. Doughton
Chamber of Commerce
United States Chamber of Commerce
Wiliam A. Wirt
Gary
Ind
Karl Marx
Lincoln
Wilson
Congress
Supreme Court
Tom Mix Circus Entertains High Twelve Meeting
Members of the Tom Mix circus entertained at a Friday High Twelve meeting at the Roosevelt hotel. Duke R. Lee spoke about Mix’s career and the circus. Jack Knapp sang cowboy songs with the show’s band directed by William Heney. Rotary Canopus Kiwanis and Lions members attended as guests.
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Tom Mix
High Twelve
Roosevelt Hotel
Duke R. Lee
Mix
Lee
Perry Rude
Jack Knapp
William Heney
Rotary
Canopus
Kiwanis
Lions
No Riders Sign Sparks Fine in Haverhill Incident
Wallace Leighton refused a ride as a policeman and faced a $25 fine despite his truck displaying the "No Riders" sign in Haverhill Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haverhill
Mass
Wallace Leighton
Marion youngsters parade meet and prize day
Marion children join a pet parade meeting at Lincoln school at 10 am moving north on Twelfth Street to Seventh Avenue then west. Prizes cover pet size, floats, costumes, and exhibitor effort. Judges include Mrs Bleakly Beeson Klein and Rev Walters.
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Lincoln School
Twelfth Street
Seventh Avenue
William Bleakly
J. A. Beeson
Emma Klein
C. B. Vernon
John MM. Walters
Garden Theater
Peck
Bad Boy
Jackie Cooper
Portageville approves gunfire permit rule
Portageville Missouri requires a written permit from the mayor to fire a gun legally after the city council banned promiscuous shooting.
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Portageville, Mo
Laura Ingalls Sets Transcontinental Nonstop Mark
Los Angeles reports Laura Ingalls flying the Vendetta plane from New York to Los Angeles in 18 hours 19 minutes 30 seconds setting a women’s east-to-west transcontinental record. She aims to beat Amelia Earhart Putnam’s eastward 17 hour 7 minute 30 second mark once conditions improve.
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Los Angeles
Laura Ingalls
New York
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Miss Ingalls
Lockheed
Union Air Terminal
Amelia
Floyd Bennett Airport
Miss Earhart
Arizona
U S Buys Canadian Whisky As Beer Sales Fall
Ottawa reports Americans increasing consumption of Canadian whisky while beer sales decline. A separate note mentions a young cormorant feeding by thrusting its head down the throats of its parents.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canadian Department of National Revenue
Paroled Ex-confess Confesses Kidnap Extortion Loop
A 38-year-old parolee in Brooklyn admitted writing extortion notes in seven major kidnapping cases and sought a total 465000 in ransoms. Albert Otto Wagner faces a Friday arraignment on attempted extortion. He previously served seven and a half years for first degree robbery and has a long criminal record.
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New York
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Weyerhaeuser
Dorothy Distelhurst
Nashville
Tenn
Stoll
Louisville
Anne Gordon
Farmington
Wagner
U. S
Atlantic City
N. J
Hoover
International Association of Police Chiefs
Kent
Sing Sing Prison
New York City
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Marion News
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Marion Chapter No. 183
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Clear Lake
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Richard
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University Hospital
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Verna Woods
Irene Mann
This City
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Paralta
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Des Moines
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Virginia Crew of
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Tenth Avenue
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Leon Hardenbrook
Marenga
Harry Munson
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Shirley
Indianapolis
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Lester Boettcher
Marjorie Wood
Shellsburg
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Ethel Hart
Elmer Hollingsworth
LeRoy Davin
June Fickel
Hastings
Lawrence Smith
Dyersville
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J. F. Krall
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James Stanaway
Jones County Farm Bureau
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Thusia Davis
Chicago
Ami Allen
Fay Bailey
Cedar Falls
Eva Lois Waters
Garfield School
Linn County Junior Farm Bureau
Upper Palisades
Richard A. Crew
John T. Christie
Hallwood Cafe
Creighton Hardenbrook
Duluth
Minn
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G. H. Clark
Barbara
Marshalltown
Clark
W. C. Sheets
Seventeenth Street
Bess Boyles
Denver
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Fleming’s
Central Market
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C. R. Harper
21St St. SE
Gazette
Helen Glenn
1St Ave. SW
A. L. Hulshizer
Cold Stream Ave. NE
Mary Bittner
7Th Ave. SE
N. P. Craemer
Woodland Drive
the Gazette
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G Ave
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