Washington Merry Go Round Exposes White House intrigues and staff
In Washington, a rumble of whispers about the president’s health and leadership prompts a westward trip to counter rumors. The piece traces the efforts of Tom Corcoran and others in the New Deal brain trust, and surveys recent Capitol happenings from Mar cantonio’s fashion to foreign trade zone licenses.
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Tom Corcoran
Capitol Hill
Corcoran
RFC
Jesse Jones
Minte House
White House
New England
Tom
Washington
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Henry Adams
Iowa News in Brief West Union injuries and local notices
Special to The Gazette. Reports list James Stansbury 71 hurt driving a mower near West Union. Truman Stahr 22 fell 25 feet from a barn near Elgin. William Sabo 22 injured both wrists when hay tipped near West Union. Obits note Stephen DeShaw 82 of Hopkinton, elder of First Presbyterian, died. Columbus Junction lodge officers installed. Decorah canoeists Walker Sandbath and Carsten Winger near New Orleans after a three month trip cut in half.
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West Union
James Stansbury
Truman Stahr
William Haas
Elgin
William Sabo
R. D. Smith
Hopkinton
Stephen DeShaw
David deBest
DeShaw
Frank
Mary DeShaw
New York
Iowa
Elzina M Dighton
First Presbyterian Church
Willlim Clarke
Katherine Elzina DeShaw
Franklin
Manchester
Elmer
Ball Club
Minn
Clarence
Commercial Club
Columbus Junction
Columbus
Hall
S A Dwinnell
Homer van Sant
H A Sheridan
S A Dwinell
J E. Lukins
W G Roberts
F.C Johnston
J E. Henson
L. E. Henson
R H, Griffin
U, Jean
B C Wolf
William Maxwell
George Bonnichsen
Vere Walker
F B Hopkins
A J Crim
Decorah
Vicksburg
Miss
Curtailment of High Court Will Beat Roosevelt Next Year
New York report quotes Jouett Shouse former DNC chairman and American Liberty League leader predicting Roosevelt would be defeated in 1936 if he curtails the Supreme Court. He denounces the administration as perverting government and says the league has grown past 100000 members.
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High Court
Roosevelt
New York
Supreme Court
Jouett Shouse
Fomer
Democratic National Executive Committee
American Liberty League
Shouse
Congress
League
Federal Worker Puzzle Clues Lead To Mixed Recovery Terms
Unclear OCR style puzzle with numbered across and down clues references a federal work program theme. Clues mention leadership in recovery work, branch, English coin, grandparental terms, sweet potato, locomotive terms, and various vague items like Cavity, months, and musical notes.
Son of Chinese President Denies Marriage To Ohio Girl
K M James Lin, son of the Chinese president and an Ohio State University student, denies marrying Viola Brown of Columbus last Sunday in Ashland Kentucky. Justice of the Peace Gordon Ireson confirms the marriage occurred there shortly after a license was obtained, following a sight seeing trip with friends.
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Columbus
M. James Lin
Ohio State University
Viola Brown
Ashland
Lin
Justice of the Peace
Gordon Ireson
K M. James Lin
China
Ohio
Brown
Ireson
Four Million On Farms Get Relief
Rural welfare officials report that 290,155 farm families were removed from relief roles last year through rehabilitation. April figures show 212,712 rural rehabilitation clients. Officials say about 4,125,000 individuals on farms received direct relief and roughly 1,450,000 were taken off relief in the past year.
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Washington
Relief Administration
FERA
FFRA
Explosion at Wilson and Co plant injures twenty in Oklahoma City
Twenty people were injured, three seriously, in an explosion at the Wilson and Company packing plant in Oklahoma City. The blast occurred in the cafeteria kitchen, likely caused by a leaking underground gas main. Three women workers were hospitalized.
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Oklahoma City
Wilson and Company
Transfer Firms Contest For Terminal Rights
The first Iowa hearing on applications for common motor freight terminals was held by the board of railroad commissioners at the Linn county courthouse in Cedar Rapids. Cedar Rapids Transfer and Storage in Cedar Rapids and Union Motor Freight terminal in Cedar Rapids sought terminal rights. Union amended to request limited rights, which were granted, with other terminal rights to be limited. Two commissioners attended. Cedar Rapids Transfer’s application will be taken under advisement with written briefs to follow.
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Iowa
Board of Railroad Commissioners of Iowa
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Transfer and Storage Company
A Avenue
Union Motor Freight Terminal
Ninth Avenue SE
Railroad Commission
M. P. Conway
Atlantic
Harry B. Dunlap
Ames
Wife Found Locket in Garrett Prison
Anna Van Cleve, nearly 80 yet 48, testifies that five years in a locked garret with scraps of food was punishment for her cooking. Detectives found her malnourished in a third story room with boarded windows. Her husband William, a 54 year old window washer, and his sister Catherine, 57, were arrested as suspects in the case.
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Philadelphia
Anna van Cleve
No Parrot
Morals Court
William
Catherine
van Cleve
Town Officials Asked to Resign Amid Slot Machine Probe
Cooley claimed a small cash collection was returned within days and blamed a political frame up for the demand that he resign. Fager planned to resign soon while other council members reported the action in the minutes. County Attorney Mumma said he had heard of slot machine operator activity but offered no statement.
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Cooley
Agfe
Fager
Roy Griffin
Kenneth Mumma
Corydon
Harmon Waley Sent To Alcatraz For Kidnapping
SAN FRANCISCO AP Harmon Waley kidnapper of George Weyerhaeuser of Tacoma was brought to the federal government's prison for incorrigibles on Alcatraz Islands San Francisco bay on Wednesday night The article notes the 1926 average top speed of automobiles was about 57 mph and now exceeds 80 mph.
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San Francisco
Harmon Waley
George Weyerhaeuser
Tacoma
Alcatraz ‘Islands
San Francisco Bay
Omaha street car hit by missiles injures driver and passenger
In Oma wa local street car incident several missiles were hurled at a line on Tuesday night injuring A C Fuller 61 a street car company employee who suffered injuries after a brick shattered a front window Harold Gathye was also injured in the attack. no further details were provided about suspects or motive.
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Omawa
A.C. Fuller
Teen Yes
Harold Gathye
Ex-Service Men Ordered From Capitol Grounds in Protest
About 200 ex servicemen were ordered off the Capitol grounds as they tried to deliver a petition demanding immediate payment of the soldiers bonus to Representative Hamilton Mish of New York. The group, gathering in Washington, sought action on the veterans’ bonus and encountered officials during the demonstration.
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Washington
Capitol Grounds
Hamilton Mish
N.Y
Bandit Wound Fatal To Omaha Teacher
An attempt by surgeons to remove a bullet fired by two youthful bandits in a kidnapping and robbery early Monday morning resulted in the death of Clarence Haight, 48, a South High School teacher in Omaha. Police say they know the identities of the two bandits who fled the city.
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Omaha
INS
Clarence Haight
South
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