Bonus seekers use government aid to fund exodus to capital
The piece reviews how unemployed men cash in on government aid to travel to Washington join the bonus expeditionary force, warns of recurring fiscal tricks, and critiques taxation policy while noting forecasts and political commentary. It also highlights midwest farmer prospects from the St. Lawrence waterway and Hoover Herrera ties, plus school district budget cuts.
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Washington
Sam
Reyroliers
Federal Treasury
Four-System Rail Plan Adopted by Interstate Commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved a four‑system consolidation plan for eastern railroads excluding New England. The plan groups lines under New York Central, Pennsylvania, Baltimore and Ohio, and Chesapeake and Ohio, with a separate Delaware and Hudson based system and adjustments to Monon allocations. Commissioner Eastman dissented.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
New England
Mississippi River
Ohio River
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Baltimore and Ohio
Chesapeake and Ohio
Eastman
Commission
Wabash Seaboard
Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railroad Company
Atlantic Coast Line
Southern Railway
Chicago,Indianapolis and Louisville
Monon
Grandi Named Italian Ambassador to London
Dino Grandi the retiring foreign minister was appointed Italian ambassador to London in an official announcement made Thursday night in Rome.
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Rome
Dino Grandi
London
World War Vets Borrowing Act Signed by Hoover
President Hoover signed a new law letting about 215000 World War I veterans borrow half the value of their bonus certificates from VA offices after July 25. The act expands eligibility, ends the two year wait, and cuts loan interest to 3 percent from 4.5 percent.
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Hoover
Washington
Veterans’ Administration
Frank T Hines
Veterans Affairs
Greta Garbo Leaves for Sweden by Secret Route
Hollywood AP reports Greta Garbo possibly left for Sweden for a vacation from films via a secret route. Her manager Harry Eddington says he saw her on Wednesday afternoon after arranging her departure, with no confirmation on timing or details. MGM contract status remains in question as rumors swirl about a new deal after Europe.
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Hollywood
Greta Garbo
Sweden
Miss Garbo
Harry Eddington
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
Europe
Hoover To Seek To Withdraw In Repeal Battle
President Hoover weighs a stance in the repeal fight to say constitutional amendments are for Congress, not the president. The move could win dry support while Roosevelt backs repeal. The plan aims to shift the 18th amendment issue to voters through Congress.
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Hoover
Hoover to deliver renomination acceptance August eleventh
Washington AP says Republican leaders announced President Hoover will deliver his formal acceptance address on August 11 in Constitution Hall near the White House. The speech will kick off the re election campaign and is expected to be nationally broadcast.
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White House
Hoover
Constitution Han
Executive Mansion
Hudson introduces Essex 6 cylinder light car in low price field
Detroit officials announced 8 000 former Hudson workers recalled to build the new Essex model. Gov. Wilbur Brucker Mayor Frank Murphy and Amelia Earhart Putnam were to participate in ceremonies with a trans Atlantic flyer. Dealers nationwide expected to take home 2 000 cars Thursday afternoon.
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INS
Wilbur Brucker
Frank Murphy
Amelia Earhart-Putnam
Trans- Atlantic Flyer
Hudson Motor Car Company
Essex
Hudson
Soviet Envoy Presses Hoover Arms Cut at Geneva
Maxim Litvinoff derided the final arms conference resolution as meaningless without figures and urged a one third reduction in all armaments. He proposed amending the preamble to require this cut except for small states with limited forces or those disarmed by treaty.
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Maxim Litvinoff
Hoover
United States
Litvinoff
New York
Elvy Kalep Weds New York Broker in Newark
Miss Elvy Kalep tied the knot with William Miller a New York broker in Newark on July 5. The marriage license shows Kalep’s prior marriage to Rudolph Hoepflinger was annulled in Germany a year earlier.
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Elvy Kalep
Greece
Roger Q. Wiliams
William Miller
Miller
New York
Miss Kalep
Rudolph Hoepflinger
Germany
Chinese air squadron halts Communist advance near Hankow
General Chiang Kai Shek personally led a six plane squadron that attacked and defeated advancing Communist troops near Hankow on Thursday. The action stopped the rapid Communist push as forces retreated.
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Hankow
Chiang Kai- Shek
Troops Called Out in Indiana Miners Strike
Three National Guard companies camped near Dugger as 700 union pickets surrounded the Hoosier mine shaft imprisoning 27 non union men inside after a hunger siege. Sheriff Williams warned any arrest could spark violence while Gov. Leslie and soldiers stood ready nearby.
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Tey
Sheriff Williams
Indiana
Hooster
Thursday Scores Highlight Major League Baseball Results
Complete results of Thursday games across the American and National Leagues are provided. Highlights include Detroit and Boston in AL action and Philadelphia and Pittsburgh in NL play with final tallies and run counts.
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Detroit
Boston
Washington
New York
Heat Wave Eases as Cedar Rapids Sees Thunderstorms
The Cedar Rapids area endured a humid day with a high of 94 at 12 30 p.m. dropping to 88 within about ninety minutes. Thunderstorms after noon Thursday aimed to end the extended heat. Overnight low reached 75 with a 97 degree high on Wednesday.
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Cedar Rapids
300 Are Victims of Poisoning on Boat Excursion
About 300 people were stricken with ptomaine poisoning on a picnic cruise organized by two Washington dairies on the Potomac river. The S S Charles MacAlester carried 1000 passengers returning from Marshall Hall. Emergency hospital wards overflowed as doctors treated the ill and police called for more ambulances and vehicles.
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Potomiac
Washington Dairies
Marshall Hall
Maryland
Mount Vernon
S. S
Charles MacAlester
Casualty Hospital
Ziegfeld Interests Temporarily Directed by Blumenthal
Florenz Ziegfeld ill in California. A. C. Blumenthal, financier and promoter, says he will assume temporary direction of the Ziegfeld theatrical interests. The announcement came Thursday.
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New York
INS
Florenz Ziegfeld
California
A. C. Blumenthal
Ziegfeld
Cedar Rapids School Board Slashes Expenses by 246992
The Cedar Rapids school board cut 246,992 from the 1933 budget in a Wednesday night session to reduce the mill levy by about 1.61 mills. Last year’s levy was 6.97, with 1,067,827 raised by taxation. 1933 is estimated at 5.35 mills yielding 820,835. Additional non tax funds of 70,000 are sought. cuts come from balance use, eliminating the aging fund, and reducing teachers salaries by over 80,000 through staffing changes.
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Board of Education
Cedar Rapids
British Empire Plan Clears Path to Unified Trade Front
In Ottawa, Premier Richard Bennett and Stanley Baldwin outlined a plan for broad tariff preferences within the empire. The proposal aims to boost intra empire trade while allowing interaction with the wider global market, signaling a possible blow to American exports.
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Ottawa
Britain
Brokers warn England and Canada on wheat discrimination
Chicago brokers and farmers’ representatives urge caution on any wheat quota or tariff actions by England and Canada. They note the United States is a major customer and warn such measures could damage American agriculture, while they await Ottawa decisions.
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Chicago
INS
England
Canada
United States
Ottawa
Dominions
Board of Trade
Indian boycott echoes at empire trade conference
Ottawa dispatch notes Gandhi's shadow and India boycotts affecting the British Empire trade talks. Report emphasizes Canada and dominions as conversations begin with the Indian delegation present and India’s population cited at 300 million versus Canada’s 10 million.
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Ottawa
Ont
Mahatma Gandhi
India
Canada
Dominions
Capone Heads Own Prison Baseball Team in Atlanta
Chicago gangster Al Capone, now inmate No. 0 886 in the federal penitentiary, organizes and captains an indoor baseball team in the shoe shop recreation. He claims to be done with rackets and warns visitors that crime leads only to prison.
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Atlanta
Chicago
W. W. Bradshaw
Memphis
Capone
Bradshaw
Will Rogers on conferences and world bankruptcy
Will Rogers criticizes international conferences as futile indulgences that only spread hate. He argues the world must become poorer and depend on itself before any real improvement can occur, urging self-reliance over diplomacy.
Hard Convict Hands Guns to Warden in Canon City
Danny Reardon a feared Colorado convict surrendered two .45 automatic revolvers and nineteen bullets to Deputy Warden Roy Best in the penitentiary. He stated he plans to leave in under a year and did not want inmates to seize the weapons.
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Colo
Danny Reardon
Colorado
Roy Best
Reardon
Best
Danny
Aidden
Readon
Bonus Pickets Plan Barnstorming Tour Washington
Washington DC orders a sweeping evacuation of all army occupied buildings and parks within two weeks as the Bonus Army camped sites are cleared. Commander Walter W Waters questions enforcement while Roy W Robertson vows to vacate and hit the road to campaign against pro bonus voting congress members.
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District of Columbia
National Guard
Walter W. Waters
Roy W Robertson
California
Congress
Farm Board Help Sought To Peg Wheat At One Dollar
Denver, UP Lieutenant Governor Edwin C. Johnson asked the Federal Farm Board to peg this year’s wheat at one dollar per bushel to avoid farmers’ price drops. Johnson, leader of the Grain Men’s Cooperative at Craig, wired Board Chairman Stone seeking cooperation and anticipating a swift reply.
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Denver
Federal Farm Board
Edwin C. Johnson
Johnson
Grain Men’s Cooperative Organization
Craig
Stone
Hoover Signs Massive Relief Bill Into Immediate Effect
President Hoover signed a 2.122 billion relief bill with 300 million dollars earmarked for unemployed relief and 1.5 billion for public works loans to states municipalities and utilities. Applications totaling over 337.95 million for loans await presentation to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. The measure, described as routine, aims to spur relief and construction activity nationwide.
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Hoover
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Theodore Joslin
Mr. Hoover
Joslin
Lawrence Richey
White House
Relief Bill Loans Allocated Across States Reach 337 Million
The new relief bill has $2,122,000,000 available for loans and 337,950,000 already pledged by states for projects. Illinois leads with 260,834,000, followed by Pennsylvania, Michigan, and others, including California, Utah, Indiana, and Texas, with varying state allocations for construction loans.
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Pennsylvania
Michigan
Colorado
Homsas
California
Utah
Indiana
Arkansas
Montona
Sense
Government funds to relieve unemployment across states
The plan estimates jobs for more than two million unemployed for a year to ease suffering. States like California Utah Montana plan large and small projects funded by a federal loan program that could reach about three billion dollars with matched funds from other sources. A $300 million relief loan fund aims to address salaries gaps in Chicago and Pennsylvania and other distressed areas as Congress and Hoover finalize the bill.
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San Francisco Bay
Colorado River
Utah
Montana
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Congress
Hoover
Youthful Swimmer Wins Plea At Gate
In Madison Wisconsin a boy nicknamed Dick Crawford persuaded a beach attendant to lend a bathing suit after refusing his request for one. He changed into the suit and waded into Lake Leota where lifeguards later found his body.
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Wis
Lake Leota Beach
Sonny
Richard H. Crawford
Dick Crawford
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