Democratic drift and war era concerns echo in editorial
A harsh critique of national subcommittee actions on protecting estates of the incompetent and dead veterans. The piece warns of demagoguery and minority rule, cites Gen. Johnson and Harriman mills, and recalls a New York incident with ground glass pudding and a wife’s arrest. It also covers labor unrest, Iowa farm contracts, and sensational notes on Dressler, Dillinger, and Nazi terror against priests.
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National Congress
New York
Washington
Three Man Board Named to Review Iowa Hog Discrepancies
Washington AP a three man board of corn hog officials was named by Dr A G Black to study discrepancies in hog production figures for Iowa that halted benefit payments. W F Callender chairs the panel with Claude Wickard and John Wilson as members. The group will confer with the Iowa corn hog board of review to determine the basis of the discrepancies and likely resume payments soon. The effort covers corrections of base period data and fair sharing of adjustments among contract signers.
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Washington
A_ threeman
A G. Black
Iowa
W. F. Callender
Claude Wickard
John Wilson
Ohio
Towa
The
Board of Review
Black
Marconi guides yacht into harbor by radio
Guglielmo Marconi steered the Electra into Sestri Levante harbor using wireless signals from shore. Two radio equipped buoys near the entrance sent automatic signals that the yacht recorded on a dial, enabling adjustments to the course in fog. This accomplishment, Marconi says, could help ships navigate safely into port in heavy fogs.
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Sestri Levante
Italy
INS
Electra
Guglielmo Marconi
Marconi
Beliefs Shape Life More Than Air or Food
The piece argues that deeply held beliefs drive attitudes and actions, shaping life more than physical needs. It asserts beliefs arise from birth, training, memories, and aspirations, and that only a few profound truths matter, warning against believing too little. Copyright 1934. DE. NEWTON.
Ford at 71 Spends Birthday on Lake Superior
Henry Ford, aged 71, marks his birthday with a quiet dinner at a secluded lakeside retreat near Big Bay Michigan. He and Mrs. Ford are vacationing at their Huron Mountain crib on Lake Superior, nineteen miles from Big Bay, avoiding his Dearborn office and lab.
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Big Bay
Mich
Henry Ford
Balloonists eager for another flight
Major William E Kepner and his crew plan a second stratosphere mission backed by the National Geographic Society and the Army Air Corps. Three airmen survived a crash near Holdrege Nebraska as the Explorer gondola tumbled from 60 000 feet. May or June are the favored months for future high altitude work, with instrument reconstruction and data recovery ahead.
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Omaha
Ins
William E. Kepner
A.’W. Stevens
National Geographic Society
Army Air Corps
Holdrege
Neb
Army
Here
Albert W. Stevens
Rapid City
S. D
Reuben Johnson
Orvil A.anderson
Stevens
Kearney
University of Rochester
New York
Liquor Law Breakers Face Rising Federal Prisons
The AP reports that federal authorities are increasing liquor law prosecutions. Secretary Morgenthau says the crackdown will continue until illicit dealers are driven to cover. A monthly average of 3,656 liquor offenders could be imprisoned in a year, up from 3,337 in the prior year.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Front
Cedar Rapids Milk Marketing Agreement Reached
A Cedar Rapids milk marketing agreement to stabilize prices and regulate the local industry through a self governing system was completed by a representative committee and will be circulated for signatures. The plan requires signatures from producers and distributors equal to four fifths of respective volumes before taking effect. The current blended price to distributors is $1.32 per hundredweight plus a 15 cent premium to producers, with class 1 milk priced at about $1.70 per hundredweight for 3.5 percent butterfat.
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Cedar Rapids
AAA
Facapen Petic
Facapen Petic Gelastyele
Hindenburg Active In Spite Of Illness
President Von Hindenburg continues to oversee state affairs despite renewed illness including prostate gland issues and an unexplained foot ailment. The longtime leader remains engaged in government duties as reports note.
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Hindenburg
Freystadt
West Prussia
von Hindenburg
Three Fairfax Youths Drown in Iowa River
Three Fairfax youths aged 20 to 21 drowned while wading on a sand bar in the Iowa River near Fairfax. The victims were Charles Pospisil Milo Kilberger Lumir Kilberger, all unable to swim, pulled from the water by George Heidel of Davenport. Coroner Mahanna ruled accidental drowning with no inquest. funeral plans announced for Pospisil and Kilbergers as survivors and relatives are listed.
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Middle Amana
Fairfax
Here
Iowa River
Charles Pospisi
Martin Kilberger
Lumir Kilberger
John Kilberger
Milo Kilberger
Agnes Kilberger
Davenport
E. M. Mahanna
North English
Mahanna
Polansky Mortuary
Cedar Rapids
Pospisil
Will Uriain
Pospis
Louis Svee
Emil
Barbara Tehel
Kilbergers
Milo F. Kilberger
Linn County
Edward “J. Kilberger
Edward W
Tracy
Reyman
Swisher
Lumir J. Kilberger
Fairfax Township
Ais
Erma
Trane
Beeth
Joseph Castek
Factors That Make War Disturbingly Strong in Europe
Knickerbocker surveys Europe after Dollfuss’s murder noting both war amplifiers and dampeners. He cites Austrian independence, French hopes Germany will fail, and fear of communism as factors restraining war, while French eagerness and Italy’s shifting stance push toward conflict. the piece ends with a page 8 continuation reference.
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Europe
Knickerbocker
H. RK. Knickerbocker
Austria
Italy
Germany
Vienna
Ins
Dollfuss
Hitler
France
Wallace accuses Republicans of short sighted leadership
In Ruston Louisiana Secretary of Agriculture Henry A Wallace denounces the Republican party for exploiting the drought to attack the Agricultural Adjustment Act He urges farmers and merchants to reject opposition and maintain AAA crop controls warning against removing safeguards that would trigger a 1932 like surplus crisis He notes Republicans aim to elect a congress unfriendly to AAA and to end the processing tax
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Ruston
LLP
Henry A. Wallace
Republican Party
Louisiana
Wallace
AAA
Agriculture Department
Harding
Coolidge
High
Mrs Dall Granted Divorce in Nevada
Anna Roosevelt Dall obtained a divorce from Curtis B. Dall in Minden Nevada at a small brick courthouse. The custody of their children Sisitie and Buzzie was set by a written agreement approved by the court. the terms were not disclosed.
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Minden
Nev
Anna Roosevelt Dall
Curtis B. Dall
Elliott
Elizabeth Donner Roosevelt
Nevada
Samuel Platt
Dalls
Sistie
Buzzie
Ponzi Deportation Order Upheld by Court in Boston
In Boston AP report, a district court denied Charles Ponzi’s petition to overturn a deportation order to Italy. The judge affirmed the immigration authorities action, ending Ponzi’s bid to avoid expulsion.
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Boston
United States
District Court
Charles Ponzi
Italy
Dog's Strategy Wins Fight To Death With Bull
REEDSBURG Wis UP Old Red a 8 year old mixed breed dog guarded a farm until Satan a large bull challenged him The dog lured the bull toward a 60 foot cliff then leaped to safety as the bull toppled into the ravine dying The dog survived and was hailed a winner by strategy
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Reedsburg
Wis
Red
Harvey McWillams
Satan
Red Monday
Ned
Red Jay
McWilliams
Bull
Old Red
Baseball Scores and Standings Incomplete Report
American League results show Boston and Washington with scattered scoring lines and erratic totals Petro. Ferrell and teammates listed R Ferrell Linke Crowder Burke in a jumbled box score. National League notes mention Chicago Cincinnati and a Sunday game, but details are fragmented with several misreads and broken names.
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Boston
First World War Guns Began As Europe Plunged In
Twenty years ago Monday the first guns of the World War began to thunder in Europe ushering in four terrible years. On July 30, 1914 Austrian artillery began to shell Belgrade. Germany warned Russia against mobilization already under way as hopes to avert a general war dwindled.
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United Press
Europe
Belgrade
Serbia
Germany
Russia
Belgian envoy Paul May dies after gallstone operation
Washington reports Belgian ambassador Paul May died at 7 17 pm after an operation for gall stones at Emergency hospital Monday night. He had served as Belgium's representative in Washington since April 1931 and spent summer vacations at Hot Springs. He is survived by his widow and three daughters Francoise Alber Elizabeth and Chilaine. the daughters are in Belgium.
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Washington
Paul May
Mbassador
United States
Belgium
Tao
Hot Springs
Wat
Francoise
Alber Elizabeth
Chiilaine
Mada
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll For 1934
A fragment notes traffic tolls in Cedar Rapids for 1934 with statistics on accidents injuries and deaths. Figures appear partially legible but indicate a rising or notable toll that year.
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Cedar-Rapids
Fey says he asked aid of Nazi leader in Dollfuss case
Vienna report of court martial testimony describes Emil Fey former Austrian vice chancellor stating Chancellor Dollfuss asked Anton Rintelen to seek peace as Dollfuss lay dying. Fey testified that Rintelen urged surrender for safe conduct to the German border and that Planetta and Holzweber framed the raid to capture the government without harm.
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Vienna
Engelbert Dollfuss
Anton Rintelen
Austria
Emil
Fey
Dollfuss
Rintelen
Italy
Rinne
Franz
Holzweber
Vos
Deutschmeister
Germany
Senate
Pey
Tae Botts
Planetta
Intervention Of Gen Johnson In Stockyard Strife
Chicago report says General Johnson’s personal intervention was awaited to ease a large stockyard strike threatening Packingtown. NRA head Huguhi Johnson may fly in to help as unions and workers face layoffs and a peaceful blockade gates.
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Gen. Johnson
Chicago
Johnson
NRA
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