Anaconda Head Details Losses in Stock Deals
John D. Ryan, chair of Anaconda Copper, told the Senate Banking Committee he lost nearly $300,000 in his company's stock due to not cashing in on paper gains. He denied knowledge of the stock pool, while others tied to Anaconda and National City Bank were identified in the broader manipulation testimony. The hearing continues with more figures to be called.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
John D. Ryan
Anaconda Copper Company
Ryan
Peter Norbeck
Rep
S. D
Norbeck
National City Bank
Anaconda
Anaconda Pool
Bank
James A. Stillman
Percy A. Rockefeller
Charles E. Mitchell
National City Company
United Metals Selling Company
Chile
Andes
Greene Cananea
Panies
Clerk Rouses Clerk To Issue Early Wed Lock
Jefferson county clerk of court says Iowa five day marriage law stands. He woke at midnight to issue a license to Joseph Supalla and Mabel McClintic after they filed notice Tuesday. They planned a 6 am Saturday wedding but were unable to obtain the license until after midnight.
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Fairfield
Iowa
Jefferson County
Joseph Supalla
Pleasant Plain
Mabel McClintic
Brighton
Battin Re-Elected President of Coe Alumni Association
John R. Battin of Cedar Rapids class of 1918 was re-elected head of the Coe College Alumni Association at a large alumni banquet at Voorhees hall attended by about 300 alumni and seniors. Re-elected officers include Col. Robert W. Stewart Miss Helen Dunn Joan Studebaker Nadine Menary and Prof. Alfred W. Meyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Battin
Cedar Rapids
Coe College Alumni Association
Voorhees Hall
Robert W. Stewart
Chicago
Helen Dunn
Joan W. Studebaker
Des Moines
Nadine Menary
Alfred W. Meyer
Harold S. Thomas
Louis Burkhalter
Ora M. Carson
Marion
Arnold L. Frye
Lacon, Ill
Ewen M. MacEwen
Iowa City
Harold Thomas
Marshall E. Clark
Mabel DeWoody
Dunn
Hazel Evans
Ida McQuin
Guy Rich
Lulu Evans Peterson
Miss McQuin
Robert Armstrong
Want Election Day A Holiday To Give All Chance To Vote
DES MOINES AP The national fifty million votes committee urged making Election Day November 8 a legal holiday. U S Junior Chamber of Commerce officers said adding a holiday would enable millions more voters to reach the polls as the chamber campaigns in 150 cities push the measure.
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DES Moines
National
L. J. Dickinson
U. S. Junior Chamber of Commerce
George Olmstead
Junior Chamber
Lina Basquette and Jack Dempsey Acknowledge Friendship
Under bright lights in Los Angeles Lina Basquette and Jack Dempsey declare a strong friendship while snubbing Teddy Hayes. The pair, returning from Reno as inseparable companions, deny Hayes’s claim about Lina.
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Lina
Dempsey
Teddy Hayes
Los Angeles
Lina Basquette
Jack Dempsey
Dempsey and Basquette Decline to Comment
The exchange features boxing figure Dempsey and actress Basquette dismissing the idea of pursuing further attention. Both express indifference to media or public fuss, signaling a restrained stance amid surrounding chatter.
Chicago U Proxy Barred At Programs He Has The Mumps
Dr. Robert Maynard Hutchins will miss University of Chicago commencement events due to mumps. His six year old daughter Frances recently left quarantine after contracting mumps, and both cases lead to the president’s absence from graduation and alumni activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago U
Chicago
Robert Maynard Hutchins
University of Chicago
Frances
Hutchins
William D. Bryant Dies at 55 in New Jersey
William D. Bryant, owner and publisher of the Teaneck Times-Review, died suddenly at his Ridgewood home Saturday night. He was 55 and the son of poet William Cullen Bryant, former Brooklyn Times owner, who began his newspaper career with that paper.
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Ridgewood
N. J
William D. Bryant
The
Teaneck
N.J
Times- Review
Bryant
William Cullen Bryant
Brooklyn Times
Convict Offers Life To Science To Win Liberty
Benjamin Towner, 25, a 25 year prisoner in Jackson Michigan, offers to be inoculated with germs for a chance at freedom. He tells the U S Public Health Service death is worse than life and demands unconditional pardon if he survives. His proposal follows a New Orleans story about criminals donating bodies for experiments with liberty as the prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Mich
Benjamin Towner
United States Public Health Service
Towner
New Orleans
American Medical Society
Mississippi adjutant general Eric Scales shot dead
In Jackson, Eric C. Scales, adjutant general of Mississippi, was found fatally shot in the National Guard armory. Two notes beside the body suggested he may have killed himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Miss
Eric C. Scales
Mississippi
National Guard
Fashion Patterns Offer Individual Style For Home Dressmaking
Style minded women can express individuality by sewing their own clothes. The Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Department advertises frock and bolero ensembles in blue and yellow prints, sizes 14 through 42, with yardage and simple instructions. Catalogue and pattern deals, prices listed, and order details included.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Department
West Seventeenth Street
New York City
Chicago Stadium Prepares for Republican and Democratic Conventions
In Chicago the vast stadium is being fitted to host both conventions. Electricians lay wiring and install telegraph and radio gear for 100 press services. A platform for 726 press writers and a 250 member national committee, plus a 12 by 10 foot speakers’ stage, will rise above the floor as 1,170 delegates and 1,756 alternates fill 244 by 145 feet. About 200,000 yards of bunting will decorate the arena. Ralph E. Williams, head of arrangements, keeps the decoration plan secret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mammoth Stadium
United States
National Committee
Ralph E. Williams
Opening Forcing Bid in Bridge Demonstrated by Example
In responding to a force two bid case, two in a suit opening forcing bid pressures partner to reply, risking game. Free responses give better fit and accuracy, forcing bids justified only when the hand is nearly game strength. Professor McCoy cites a hand with North refusing game. South dealer, neither side vulnerable.
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Whitley P. McCoy
College of Law
University of Alabama
West
Oswald Jacoby
Ak87 Bars Adding Seven West Pass on North Two No Trump
Bridge notes show AK87 BARS indicating seven West passes on the North hand for 2NT, outlining a bidding sequence and defensive pattern. The entry records a strategic decision in the auction, with emphasis on card strength and distribution.
Bridge Bidding Logic Explains South North Play
In this 1932 bridge analysis professor McCoy answers questions on Norths second bid, excuses for not keeping the bidding open, and whether a potential spade game defeat justifies pass. Oswald Jacoby adds notes on penalty doubles and strategic doubles in defense and practical examples.
Ford Production To Be Stepped Up To Create More Jobs
Ford factories will increase output in June with a 55 percent rise over May, targeting 112,160 units as 25,000 new U.S. workers were hired in May. All 32 domestic Ford assembly branches and Ford Canada plan full production, with foreign plants in Paris, Dagenham, and Copenhagen already producing and more to join in June in Brazil, Argentina, and elsewhere.
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Detroit
Ford
United States
Ford Assembly
U. S
Ford Motor Company of Canada, Ltd
East Windsor
Ont
Paris
Dagenham
Copenhagen
Barcelonan
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Buenos
Chilean Ambassador Davila Ends Turbulent Diplomatic Career
Davila, a powerful Chilean ambassador in Washington, helped shape politics before the Ibanez dictatorship. He hosted journalists at embassy functions, traveled widely by plane, and later moved to Santiago to run a weekly magazine Hoy. He was succeeded by Miguel Cruchagan Torcornal, a unpaid ambassador in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davila
New York
Hollywood
Washington
Ibanez
Santiago
United States
Chile
Miguel Cruchagan Torcornal
Ambassador Torcornal
City Briefs and Personals Dance, Club Meeting
An old fashioned dance is planned at Lincoln Park Monday. The Trias club will hold a business session at the Y.M.C.A. on Tuesday at 7 30 p.m.
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Lincoln Park
Trias Club
Assault arrest of Everett Alnutt in SE city
Everett Alnutt aged 44 of 1242 Tenth street SE was arrested by police at 8 p.m. Saturday on a warrant issued by Justice of the Peace G. S. Lightner charging him with assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury.
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Everett Alnutt
Tenth Street SE
Justice of the Peace
G. S. Lightner
Triton Club To Meet At YMCA For Final Dinner
The Triton club will hold its final meeting of the season at the YMCA Monday with a 6 15 dinner. Two members will give vocational talks. Plans will be made for the club's annual chicken supper at the Palisades.
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Triton Club
Palisades
Grant Hi Yankee picnic to close year at Ellis Park
Grant Hi Y will close its year with a picnic supper honoring graduates Thursday at Ellis Park. The group assembles at 3 p.m. Nels J. Lee will conduct games and the committee includes Stanley James Bob Filip Nels J. Lee and Leslie E. Crabbs. About 80 expected.
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Grant Hi-Y
Ellis Park
Nels J. Lee
Stanley James
Bob Filip
Leslie E. Crabbs
King Carol to Speak on Radio From Bucharest
King Carol of Roumania will address American listeners in his first radio talk on June 8 in Bucharest. The Columbia Broadcasting System announced the speech, delivered in Romanian, as part of ceremonies marking the second anniversary of his ascension to the throne. The broadcast is set from 4 to 4:30 p.m. C.S.T.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
INS
Carol of
Roumania
Bucharest
Columbia Broada Company
Saturay
Carol
Funeral for Mrs Mary Park Held at Turner Chapel
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Park who died Tuesday were conducted by Rev W A Montgomery at Turner chapel with burial at Fairfax. Out of town friends and relatives attending included numerous Park and related families from Vinton Detroit Muskegon Omaha Storm Lake Belle Plaine Newhall and W Newton family of Vinton.
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Park
Mary Park
Turner Chapel
W. A. Montgomery
Fairfax
Mary McKinley
Jay Carns
Howard Mack
Hazel
Evelyn
Clarence Ervin
George Katz
Vinton
Alec Greenwood
Detroit
Prank Duffy
Omaha
Ed Park
George Park
Muskegon
Mich
Donald Park
Tom Park
Paul
W. O. Park
Storm Lake
James Park
Fletcher
Catherine
Belle Plaine
George
Willie Wheeler
Newhall
Will Newton
Alexander Funeral Service for Goldie Mae Alexander
Funeral services for Goldie Mae Alexander, who died Thursday, will be held today at 2 30 p m at the no i on church in on Rev hs Lee will conduct service. Will be in Springville etiamarn.
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Alexander
Goldie Mae Alexander
Hs Lee
Springville
Etiamarn
William H Cleary Funeral Service Plans
Funeral services for William H Cleary former assistant police chief will be held at Immaculate Conception church at a.m. Monday conducted by the Very Rev. J. J. Toomey Burial will follow at Mount Calvary cemetery
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W. H. Cleary
William H. Cleary
Immaculate Conception
J. J. Toomey
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Creole Democrats Issue Call for Rump Convention
SHREVEPORT La June 14 meeting called by four members of the Louisiana Democratic Central Committee to form a rump convention to name a rival slate of delegates to the national convention in Chicago.
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Shreveport
Chicago
State
Democratic Central Committee
Chilean government toppled. junta seizes power in Chile
Washington reports the Chilean government of President Juan Estevan Montero has fallen and a junta led by Carlos Davila now controls. No danger to Americans or property noted. violence described as minor. Officials monitor developments but no reaction or official comment given. Alessandri stance adds to uncertainty.
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Washington
State Department
Juan Esteban Montero
Carlos Davila
Arturo Alessandri
Barrymore Family Welcomes New Baby in Los Angeles
John Barrymore and Dolores Costello welcomed a son at Good Samaritan hospital in Los Angeles. Both mother and child are reported in excellent condition. The couple, married two years ago, already have a daughter.
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Los Angeles
Barrymore-Costello
Dolores Costello
John Barrymore
Barrymore
Good Samaritan Hospital
Barrymores
One Iowan Signs For Bonus Ballot
Representatives from thirty four states signed a petition to force a house vote on the cash bonus issue. Of the 145 signers, 110 were democrats, 34 republicans and one former laborite. The signers included Iowa Campbell republican Minnesota Christgau Maas republicans Kvale farmer Nebraska Howard democrat Wisconsin Amilie Kading Schafer Withrow Boileau Schnei der Peavey republicans.
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Washington
House
Iowa
i—Campbell
Minnesota
Christgau
Maas
Kvale
Nebraska
Howard
Wisconsin
Amilie
Kading
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Committee
Gray
Wall Street
Elks Good Will
Elks Club
William J. Cunningham
National Elks Organization
Cunningham
Elks
Robert Vesely
Leo Custer
James Frear
Liam Ross
Gordon Hughes
W. C. Benesh
Louis D. Burgos
Ed Stefan
William H. Stepanek
Dan Kruidenier
Second Ave
Miss Basquette
Chicago Auditorium
G.O.P
North
South
Peru
King Carol
Dial
San
Jack
Marion Boulevard
Hais
Second Street
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