Supreme Court setback clouding repeal of Prohibition
Washington reports say prohibitionists intend to challenge state conventions against repealing the Eighteenth Amendment by arguing delegates elected at large violate constitutional requirements. Canon William Sheafe cites Maine court rulings, claiming districts must elect delegates, not statewide at large. He believes the Court will uphold the Maine decision and help defeat repeal efforts.
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Washington
Supreme Court of Maine
New York
Newersey
William Sheafe
Senate
Chase
Supreme Court
Hoosier Wins At World Grain Show
Regina Saskatchewan United States corn growers swept the top prizes at the world grain show. L M Vogler of Hope Indiana took first place with a 130 day corn exhibit. N L Halterman of Rushville Indiana was second, Peter Jilux of Shelbyville and R L O Heilman of Hope earned other places. Hoosier and US growers captured 24 of 30 prizes. South Africa four. Australia two.
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Regina
Sask
L. M. Vogler
Hope
Ind
Indiana
N. L. Halterman
Rushville
Peter Jilux
Shelbyville
R. L. O. Heilman
United States
South Africa
Australia
Mistreatment Charge Linked to Mallorca Americans
The American consulate in Barcelona reports no new protests over mistreatment on Mallorca where five U S nationals were jailed six weeks without bail after a civil guard altercation. Paul Peterzell of Philadelphia and his wife Helen were detained. he says he was beaten when reporting baggage theft. The Peterzells were traveling from Milan via Barcelona.
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Palma
Mallorca Island
Barcelona
Paul Peterzell
Philadelphia
Helen
Peterzells
Milan
Mallorca
Mattern Flies To New York After Solo Flight Abandonment
Ketchikan Alaska AP Jimmy Mattern leaves for New York in a chartered plane after his world solo flight was abandoned. He planned a stop at Edmonton. Mattern crashed in Siberia and was flown to Nome by a Soviet plane. He aimed to resume the flight to challenge Wiley Post’s circuit after this incident.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
Jimmy Mattern
New York
Edmonton
Alta
Mattern
Siberia
Nome
Wiley Post
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll This Year Report
A Cedar Rapids summary reports 177 accidents, 206 injured and 33 killed this year. The figures highlight ongoing roadway dangers and enforcement considerations in the city. Data reflects local traffic incidents and casualties for the reporting period.
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Cedar Rapids
Start Where You Stand In A Slow Town Curate Tale
An English tale set in Toad in the Hole follows a nine year parish curate who declares himself the next day’s rector. He disrupts the noon bell ritual, prompting a townwide search for meaning as readers are urged to start from where they are and face personal change with grit and faith.
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Toad-in-the-Hole
England
Henry Ford
Kathryn Carver Sues Menjou For Divorce Decree
Hollywood report states former actress Kathryn Carver sues Adolphe Menjou for divorce. She seeks custody and all community property valued at 600000 dollars, citing extreme cruelty. The couple married in Paris in May 1928.
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Hollywood
INS
Kathryn Carver
Adolphe Menjou
Miss Carver
Paris
Barbara Stanwyck Denies Separation
Hollywood, Barbara Stanwyck, denouncing Chicago reports, said she and husband Frank Fay remain deeply in love. The couple wed in 1928 and adopted a year-old son last December, solidifying their family despite rumors.
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Hollywood
Barbara Stanwyck
Chicago
Frank Fay
Settle Aims for Stratosphere Flight From Chicago
Lieutenant Commander T G W Settle the U S navy balloonist plans a solo ascent into the stratosphere if central west weather allows Thursday night Jean Piccard was to accompany him but will be ground pilot Dr Arthur Compton and Dr Robert Millikan debate cosmic ray theories as instruments are installed to gather data Settle hopes to reach above 53 000 feet about ten miles for test results
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Chicago
Central West
T G. W. Settle
United States Navy
Jean Piccard
August Piccard
Settle
Arthur H Compton
Piccard
New York
Compton
Robert Millikan
California
Local firms prepare for lode action in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids industries await guidance from trade associations or headquarters on hours of labor as city firms, shops, and restaurants prepare for a nationwide code under NRA plans. Local shoemakers form a code, while Penick and Ford Inc. implement an eight hour day five day week awaiting New York instructions. Three Minute Cereals plans a 35 hour week for industry and 40 hours for office staff, with further orders pending.
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United States
Cedar Rapids Shoemakers Association
Hotel Roosevelt
Washington
Mike Bellas
Hahn Contici
Cedar Rapids
Penick and Ford Inc. Ltd
Three Minute
Three Minute Cereals Company
James M. Ford
H. A. Palmer
T. M. Sin
Bing Crosby Secures Guard for Wife and Baby
Hollywood to employ a special officer guard for Bing Crosby and his family amid kidnapping fears. Crosby cited no specific threats but noted concern after recent kidnapings in the east and middle west.
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Hollywood
INS
Bing Crosby
Wednesday
Dixie
Crosby
East
Middle West
Boots joins the Gazette Girls weekly comic page
Boots, already popular with thousands of followers, joins Nan and the Girls in the Gazette weekly full page comic. The addition promises more youthful life and fun as Boots appears in the upcoming Sunday issue.
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Boots
Nan
First Merchant To Use Code Calls It Good Investment
Washington business owner George P. Killian of Kilnan and Company adopts a blanket code amid rising costs. He implements a 30 hour week and 30 cents an hour minimum, with fifteen employees, believing higher profits will follow. The move illustrates the small-firm impact of the National Recovery Administration program and precedes formal approval of the national code.
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Harry Ferguson
Washington (Lp
National Recovery Administration
George P. Killian
Kil- Nan and Company
Washington
Killian
National Paper Box Manufacturers’ Association
National
Kilan
Here Is What Employers Are Asked To Do
Washington up here is a plain explanation by Recovery Administrator Hugh Johnson of the steps employers must take to adopt the voluntary agreement behind Roosevelt s re employment drive. Employers will receive two papers by mail in late July and must sign the first and then sign the second on August 1 to show execution. The blue eagle poster is issued for display and further stickers can be obtained. Conditions include no less than 40 cents an hour for factory or skilled workers, max 35 hours weekly, with floor rates set by city size for other weekly paid workers, and no wage cuts tied to reduced hours. After August 31 no child labor under 16.
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Washington
Hugh Johnson
Roosevelt
LLP
Hugh
Johnson
National Recovery
Navy Department
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
National Recovery Administration
Paraguay Bolivia may let neighbors arbitrate border dispute
Paraguay and Bolivia announced mediation of their Gran Chaco border dispute would be handled by Argentina Brazil Chile and Peru. Asuncion confirmed the plan while Bolivia’s foreign minister neither denied nor fully disclosed details, saying disclosure was premature.
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Associated Press
Paraguay
Bolivia
Gran Chaco
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Peru
Asuncion
Weight Of Thresher Caves In Bridge
AP report from Tipton Iowa says Ralph Ford and Fred Agne escaped serious injury when the threshing engine they piloted plunged into a creek after a bridge planking gave way southeast of Tipton. Ford was pinned beneath the machine for over 30 minutes as the steel span was wrecked.
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Tipton, Ia
Ralph Ford
Fred Agne
Tipton
Ford
Shaw Turns 77. Denies Aging Knowledge
George Bernard Shaw marked his 77th birthday with a wry admission and a denial of knowing how to grow old He told reporters he does not understand aging and kept a humorous stance despite the milestone.
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Malverning
INS
George Bernard Shaw
Intensify War to Stamp Out Kidnap Racket
Federal agencies pressed a nationwide drive against kidnapping with President Roosevelt urging a super relief force to curb organized crime. Governors Balzar White Lehman called for state federal cooperation as the Albany case loomed and new anti kidnapping measures were discussed at a San Francisco conference.
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Associated Press
Washington
Albany
Middle West
Pacific Coast
Roosevelt
San Francisco
Balzar
Nevada
White
Ohio
Lehman
New York
O'Connell
Creamery Leaders Meet to Draft National Code Today
Iowa butter makers and creamery operators convene in Mason City to select six delegates for the St Paul conference. They join larger Midwest and national groups in drafting a cooperative and independent creameries code to guide business ethics under the Agricultural Adjustment Act.
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Creamery
Mason City
Iowa
St. Paul
A. P. Anderson
Humboldt
W. I. Wasson
Brooklyn
Julius Brunner
Newhaven
A. W. Stewart
Oclwein
A. A. Stone
Avoca
A. W Rudnick
Ames Extension
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Illinois
Texas
Missouri
Ohio
Indiana
Wubter
H.G. Darger
Watlese
Jowans
U S moves on Touhy gang in Milwaukee jail case
The government targets Chicago's Touhy gang led by Roger Touhy 36 and three aides charged with the 100000 kidnapping of William Hamm Jr millionaire St Paul brewer. They are jailed in Milwaukee on 50000 bond each awaiting removal to St Paul with a tentative August 4 hearing.
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Milwaukee
United States
al Capone
Chicago
Touhy
Roger Touhy
William Hamm, Jr
St. Paul
Amana Corporation Meets New Deal Aims in Colonies
Special to The Gazette. Amana Corporation has aligned its seven colonies with the national industrial recovery act model. Arthur Barlow says work in fields, shops, and mills ensures full employment, modest wages, and no want. The Red Cross relief is declined as unnecessary. the aged and sick are cared for within the system. The company formed a committee to study the act and will cooperate as needed. Given the colon ies’ agricultural nature, changes are not expected, with allowances for progress already made.
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Amana
Roosevelt
Amana Corporation
Arthur Barlow
Amanas
Red Cross
Corporation
Captain of Ill Fated Volga River Steamer Sentenced To Death
In Yaroslav, the Soviet Union, Captain Nicolas Andreyev was condemned to death by the Supreme Court for criminal negligence that led to the Volga river excursion steamer capsizing and drowning 98 passengers. Assistant Leonid Kouraboff received ten years. ten others saw minor terms of one to two years. The sinking was blamed on overcrowding, with 250 aboard when capacity was 125.
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Yaroslav
INS
Volga River
Here
Nicolas Andreyev
Supreme Court
Leonid Kouraboff
Balbo to Rest in Newfoundland
General Italo Balbo led 23 Italian planes to Shoal Harbor Newfoundland for a welcome as crowds cheered from the water and hillsides. The fleet arrived in 3 hours 47 minutes from Shediac, N B, and one ship was forced down at Hampton but repairs were underway. Balbo will choose whether to fly east over Greenland and Iceland or toward the Azores on the next leg.
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Shoal Harbor
N. F
Italo Balbo
Shediac
N. B
Giants Take Two From Brooklyn. Red Sox Split With Yankees
Wednesday results show the New York Giants gaining a full game on idle Chicago as they win both ends of a Brooklyn doubleheader. In the American League, Boston and New York split a twin bill while Washington rested. Box scores note Gotham pitchers Gomer, Weiland, and Brown. National League action lists rain delays and multiple high scores with New York and Brooklyn games producing dominant innings and striking wins.
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New York Giants
Cubs
Brooklyn
Boston Red Sox
Yankees
Washington
New York
Boston
Renny Gomer
Dickey
Weiland
Ferrell
Roosevelt names state advisory boards for public works
President Roosevelt appointed state advisory boards in each state to submit early public works project plans to the Public Works Administration. Secretaries Ickes urged quick, meritorious projects to move men from relief to payrolls. Boards will weed out weak applications and send the best to Washington for approval, with members listed for Illinois Iowa Minnesota Missouri Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Works Administration
Ickes
Ilinois
Carter H. Harrison
Chicago
James L. Houghteling
James H. Andrews
Kewanee Towa
Harold M. Cooper
Marshalltown
W. F. Riley
Des Moines
E. P. Adler
Davenport
Minnesota
John F. D. Eighen
Albert Lea
Fred Schilpin
St. Cloud
William N. Ellsberg
Minneapolis
Missouri
William Hirth
Columbia
Harry Schullin
St. Louis
Henry 8S
Caulfield
Nebraska
John Latenser, Jr
Omseha
John G. Maher
Lincoln
Dan V. Stevens
Barbara Webb Story Starts Tomorrow
Critics hail Barbara Webb as a top author as The Gazette begins serializing Three Who Were Strong. The tale follows a New York broker who collapsed in the 1929 crash but rises above adversity, opening with a fine romance.
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Barbara Webb
Gazette
New York
Roosevelt Confident As Drive Starts For Wages Hours
President Roosevelt vows success in a sweeping drive to raise wages and shorten hours. The plan targets 35 hour weeks and 14 cent minimum pay for workers with higher limits for white collar staff, aided by mass mailings and coordinated campaigns.
George H Earle of Philadelphia Named Vienna Ambassador
Roosevelt on Wednesday selected George H. Earle of Philadelphia to be the United States ambassador to Austria. The appointment places the Republican leader in Vienna, marking a significant diplomatic posting for Earle.
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Washington
Roosevelt
George H Earle
Philadelphia
Austria
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Menjou
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Gazette Farm Editor
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Balbo
Newfoundland
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Stiles
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Bridges
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Berry
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Lopez
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Carrell
Beck
Parmelee
Mancune
Cincinnati
St. ‘Leas
Derringer
Eer
U. S
Secrn‘tary of
Wallace
Farms Act
George N. Peck
Colby M. Chester
General Foods Corporation
R. R. Dupree
Proctor and Gamble Company
Howard Heinz
Heinz and Company
Albert H. Morrill
Kroger Grocery and Baking Company
G. F. Swift
Swift and Company
Samuel Murray
Rector
United Fruit Company
Geo. H. Earle
Vienna Post
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