Riots At Bremen Flag Incident Trembles NYC Pier
Police clash as 1,500 communists battle 250 police officers at Pier 86 delaying the Bremen departure. The flag of Germany torn from the liner and tossed into the Hudson while notables aboard watched. Eight arrested and injuries reported.
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New York
INS
Pier 86
North River
Bremen
Avere
Orie
Hitler
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle
Norway
George H. Earle
Pennsylvania
Keystone State
Elmer Rice
Young Rice
Relief Head Sued Over Removal From Relief Rolls
Richard W. Bradford filed in district court a $2,600 damages suit against relief administrator Lester Wickliffe alleging removal from county relief rolls left him in a dirty condition and forced him to seek his own living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City, Kan
Richard W. Bradford
Bradford
Lester Wickliffe
Recapture 5 Of 6 Escaped Prisoners
A posse rounded up five of six men who escaped from Harrison County Jail before daybreak Friday in Cadiz Ohio. The fourth man remained at large as authorities pursued him through the area.
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Cadiz
Harrison County
Plan To Lead Industry With Heavy Taxes
Washington report on a tentative plan by house ways and means to impose an excess profits tax with a frozen 1934 capital value for corporations. The proposal, part of a $245 million tax bill, would tax profits above 8 to 12 percent at 5 to 20 percent while freezing capital values, risking high taxes if prosperity returns. Tax experts warn it could ruin many firms and trigger a political battle.
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Washington
INS
House Ways and Means Democrats
House Democrats
Congress
Cedar Rapids Sweat Sees 96 Degree Heat Peak
Cedar Rapids endured a blistering day as the city reached 96 at 1 30 p m after a 93 reading at 10 am and a 74 at 7 am with a 24 hour low of 71 at 5 am Friday. Sioux City and Inwood hit 100 while Alta reported 99 unofficially 102. The temperature cooled to 86 by Friday evening and 75 at midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
State Weather Bureau
Sioux City
Inwood
Alta
Rust scare drives wheat prices higher across markets
Wheat prices rose sharply as black rust and drought fears hit spring wheat prospects. Minneapolis and Kansas City hit the 5 cent daily limit, Chicago December wheat near 9 3/4 cents per bushel, Winnipeg up about 2 1/4 cents from the prior close.
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Chicago
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Chicago Board of Trade
Winnipeg
Kentucky Governor in Fair Condition After Surgery
Governor Ruby Laffoon underwent an operation for acute appendicitis and was reported in fair condition after a good night at St Josephs hospital. He is expected to recover unless complications arise.
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Lexington
Ins
Ruby Laffoon
St. Joseph's Hospital
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1935
A brief notice records Cedar Rapids implementing an automobile toll in 1935. The change affects drivers within the city limits and toll proceeds fund local road maintenance. Officials urge motorists to observe posted signs and comply with the new charges.
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Cedar Rapids
Court Admits Confession in Girls Slayer Case
Gerald Thompson's 2,500 word confession was admitted into evidence as the state seeks to prove him guilty of the Mildred Hallmark murder in Peoria Illinois. Thompson testified briefly and claimed the confession was obtained under duress. The courtroom was packed and the victim's family watched the proceedings with somber expressions.
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Peoria, Ill
INS
Gerald Thompson
Mildred Hallmark
Joseph E. Daily
E. V. Champion
Thompson
Leola Hughes
Pennsylvania
Knoxville
Baby Burned When Pan Handle Breaks in Cedar Rapids
One year old Jean Marie Cozart of 124 Sixteenth Avenue SW suffered second degree burns to her legs abdomen and left arm when a basin handle broke spilling hot water on her as she crawled nearby. First aid was given at a doctor's office and she was moved to Mercy Hospital at 7 pm Friday in serious condition.
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Cedar Rapids
Jean Marie Cozart
Louis Cozart
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Mercy Hospital
Explosion at Italian munitions factory kills twelve
ITAINO, Italy (UP) Twelve persons were killed and twenty injured Saturday in a munitions factory blast high above Taino. The blast at 2:30 p.m. tore through a wing, shattered windows in nearby towns, and rescue teams feared the death toll would rise to about thirty-two as wreckage was surveyed. The plant specialized in bombs and fuses near Lake Maggiore, twelve miles from Varessa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Itaino
Italy
Taino
Varessa
Lake Maggiore
Park Board Loses Round In Coughlin Field Case
Chicago Superior Court granted a writ of mandamus forcing the park district to permit Father Charles E. Coughlin to use Soldier Field for a mass meeting. The park board planned an appeal to the Illinois Appellate Court delaying any immediate talk by the priest, with further appeal possible to the state supreme court.
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Chicago
INS
Charles E. Coughlin
Detroit
Soldiers’ Field
James J. Kelly
Chicago Park District
Father Coughlin
Park District
Illinois Appellate Court
Kelly
State Supreme Court
Park Commissioners
Robert J. Dunham
Park Board
Father Confesses Beating Son With Floor Plank
Colorado Springs resident John Hull 31 admitted to Police Chief Hugh D Harper that in a drunken rage he beat his 11 year old son Corwin with a floor plank. The child was listed in critical condition at a local hospital. Hull claimed two robbers had beaten the boy after he cried for help and he struck himself to fake a beating. Authorities noted a $1000 life insurance on the child.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
INS
John Hull
Colorado State
Canon City
Hugh D. Harper
Corwin
Hull
Harper
Omaha Tram Union Calls General Strike
The Central Labor union was asked by a strike committee of tram workers to call a general walkout over the prolonged street car labor dispute. Union leaders said a vote on the general strike would be taken next Friday.
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Omaha
INS
Central Labor Union
Tram Workers’ Union
Lusitania search continues on Orphir salvage voyage
On the Orphir off the Old Head of Kinsale the salvage crew pursues the Lusitania myth, noting a false lead as a narrow sailing hulks misidentified as the famous liner. Captain Russell and Chief Officer Bestic express unwavering confidence in uncovering the ship and its secrets despite diversions.
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Gilbert McAllister
United Festure Syndicate, Inc
Orphir
Kinsale
Russell
Captain Russell
Cali
Lusitania
Albert Arthur Bestic
Bestie
Africa
Glass Defeats Administration on Bank Bill
In a dramatic clash over wide reforms to the nation's banking system Senate and House conferees prepared to battle. Senator Carter Glass of Virginia and Representative Henry Steagall of Alabama led opposing camps with Glass securing passage of his compromise bill in the Senate.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Carter Glass
Henry B. Steagall
Ala
Steagall
Glass
Central
Banking Authority
Marriner
Ss. Vecles
Coughlin Central Bank
Duncan
Fletcher
Senate Banking and Currency ‘Committee
Six Tama Youths Hurt in Auto Crash Near Toledo
Six Tama youths were injured when their car left the road on Highway 63, five miles north of Toledo, rolling over three times. Eldridge Clark 21, basal skull fracture. Patricia Murdough 14, partly conscious with skull fracture. Burnell Clark 17, multiple injuries. Harold Voergler 17, bruises. Marilyn Storm 15, head bruises. Joan Booth 14, head cut. Burnell Clark drove, attempted to pass a Missouri truck, car left pavement, overturned twice more and struck the oncoming truck.
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TAMA
Toledo
Eldridge Clark
Patricia Murdough
Long Beach
Calif
Burnell Clark
Harold Voergler
Marilyn Storm
Joan Booth
Missouri
Clark
Roscoe At es Wife Sues For Divorce
Hollywood reports Roscoe Ates and his wife Clara facing a divorce action. Clara alleges abuse after his constant gags and stuttering routine drove a wedge, with Ates leaving home in December 1933 and announcing he no longer loved her.
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Hollywood
Roscoe Ates
Clara
Two Mules Die After Break From Pasture Collision
In Edgefield South Carolina two 1200 pound mules escaped from George Broadwater’s pasture. They collided head on and both died.
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Edgefield, S. C
George Broadwater
Hopkins Plea for Decent Living in Federal Works Plan
Iowa City speech by Harry L. Hopkins, federal works administrator, draws about 2000 to the western theater conference. He denounces critics of public works, argues the program lift all from poverty, and says private capital cannot replace federal relief. He cites Iowa City work and defends projects to tear down substandard homes and rebuild.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Harry L. Hopkins
Federal Works
Federal Public Works Plan
University of Town
Western Theater Conference
Iowan
United States
Hopkins
Iowa
Mussolini demands renewed arbitration on Ethiopian dispute
Italy threatens to quit the League of Nations unless the council handles the Italo Ethiopian row through renewed arbitration. Mussolini warned after the council set July 31 to resume East Africa talks. Avenol noted he would forward Ethiopian communications to Mussolini as received.
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Geneva
Italy
League of Nations
Benito Mussolini
League
Il Duce
League Council
E. Joseph
Avenol
Eral
Solini
League to convene extraordinary council session over Italo Ethiopia dispute
Geneva AP reports the League of Nations secretariat after consultations with Maxim Litvinov decided to convoke an extraordinary session of the council on July 31 to address the Italo Ethiopian dispute.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Secretariat
Maxim Litvin‘off
Council
Suez canal closing urged to avert Italo Ethiopian war
London Law Times urged Britain to close the Suez Canal to Italian warships to deter war with Ethiopia. The proposal ties to a League of Nations action and Britain as protecting power. Italy would view such closing as an act of war while Geneva diplomacy looms.
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Mussolini
Ethiopia
Italy
Holland
London
Suez Canal
Great Britain
London “Law Times
League of Nations
Britain
Geneva
Africa
Eritrea
Italian Somaliland
Law Times
The
Law Journal
Pusateri permit hearing hinges on technical plea
Pusateri faces a possible retention of his class B beverage permit after pleading guilty to illegal possession of alcohol. City attorney Bleakley argues the possession occurred in a residence, not the serving area, pausing the case while sworn testimony is prepared to show no liquor was in the serving portion of the building. The council will reconvene Monday at 10 a.m. for a formal hearing with witnesses.
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Pusateri
First Avenue E
David G. Bleakley
Bleakley
Ethiopia seeks peaceful settlement with Italy, awaits League decision
Addis Ababa reports Emperor Haile Selassie issued a written statement on Saturday affirming Ethiopia's desire for a peaceful settlement with Italy. He said Ethiopia confidently awaits the League of Nations decision.
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Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Italy
League of Nations
Lion of Judah
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Heights
Maywood
Springdale Cemetery
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