Primary ruin under direct elections blamed by columnist
Tomorrow readers are urged to evaluate the direct primary and its impact on government. The piece argues the primary has deepened wilderness governance, damaged the senate, and increased tax burdens while threatening stability, urging abolition of the direct primary to restore deliberation and economy. It cites Iowa and California as exemplars of political and fiscal decay stemming from the current system.
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Congress
Washington
Iowa Parties Name Candidates At Polls In Primary
Iowa voters head to the polls Monday after a six week primary campaign with more than 600 entrants for state, congressional and legislative offices. The Republican contest for the Senate saw five candidates including Brookhart and La Follette, while Democrats Bible the race with Steck Murphy Kraschel Lytle and Hagemann all backing a referendum on the Eighteenth Amendment or Volstead act.
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Des Moines
Trowa
Iowa
Oratory
Smith W Brookhart
Brookhart
Osage
Robert la Folicette
Wisconsin
Dubuque
Grinnell
Henry Fields
Shenandoah
Council Bluffs
Senate
Wall Street
la Follette
la Guardia
Norbeck
Field
Els
Brookhart and
George Cosson
Glenn C. Haynes
Louis H. Cook
L. E. Eickelberg
Waterloo
Haynes
Dan F. Steck
Ottumwa
Louis Murphy
N. G. Kraschel
Harlan, Co
Chicago U Proxy Barred At Programs, He Has The Mumps
Dr. Robert Maynard Hutchins will miss all University of Chicago commencement events due to the mumps. His six year old daughter Frances just recovered from quarantine and passed the illness to him. The quarantine will linger for two weeks, canceling graduation and alumni reunions.
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Chicago U
Chicago
Robert Maynard Hutchins
University of Chicago
Frances
Hutchins
Weather outlook for Chicago week with scattered showers
AP reports a mixed forecast for the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. Early week brings a few showers and warmth, followed by mostly fair skies and cooler conditions mid to late week.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Bennett Seeks Tax Revision Choice in Iowa Primary
Special to The Gazette in Des Moines Senator Oliver P. Bennett, candidate for lieutenant governor, frames the Monday primary as the choice between real tax revision next winter or continued bungling. He pledges to push tax relief to the forefront, claims his rival is beholden to cliques, and asserts he has no pledge except to the public and a straightforward fight for tax relief for Iowa homes, farms, and property.
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the Gazette
Des Moines
Iowa
Oliver P. Bennett
Senate
Secretary Mills Endorses New York Bond Pool
Secretary of the Treasury Mills said the formation of the New York pool to stabilize the country’s security markets is a hopeful and constructive step. He noted the pool likely formed from the New York credit expansion committee.
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Washington
Secretary of Treasury
Mills
New York Pool
New York Credit Expansion Committee
Senate approves ten percent salary cut for civilian workers
Washington AP The Senate voted 38 to 2 to cut pay for civilian government employees earning $1,000 or more by 10 percent, aiming to save about 117 million dollars. The move is a key part of the bipartisan economy measure, with a substitute furlough plan still under consideration.
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Washington
Senate
Hoover
American Captain Severely Shaken After Bandit Release
American Capt. Charles Baker, freed by Chinese bandits near Hankow, arrived in Hankow aboard the U S S Panay. The consulate said he was shaken by the ordeal but in reasonably good health and plans to stay in Hankow for a few days before heading to Shanghai.
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Washington
Hankow
China
State Department
Charles Baker
Linn County primaries draw broad field for sheriff and other offices
Linn County voters prepare for party primaries with 42 candidates across offices. Republicans field six for sheriff alongside two Democrats, while Auditor, Clerk, and Treasurer races draw notable attention. Campaigns feature parades, whispers, and strong Democratic interest as polls open 7 am in Cedar Rapids and 8 am elsewhere.
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Candidon -G. Buckley
Ab Tauri Airthion Gey
Bi Street
Fourth
Tony
Bedlacek
Sixteenth Avenue
Charles Sexton
Fifth Avenue
James H. Smith
Ninth Avenue
Wendl Chine Stodola
Ninth Street
Joseph A. Petrus
Wesley Robovsky
Eleventh Avenue SE
Smith
Sexton
Walker
Lundquist
Edwin W. Lundquist
Johnson Avenue
American Legion
Joe S. Johnson
Frank Healy
Fifth Avenue SE
James H. Yuill
Nineteenth Street SE
George Yuill
Senator James Hamilton Lewis Receives Army Commission
By direct presidential direction Senator James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois was presented with a commission as lieutenant colonel in the officers reserve corps on the occasion of his 64th birthday, May 18, according to a Washington AP report.
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James Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
Officers Reserve Corps
Army
Convict Offers Life To Science For Liberty
Benjamin Towner, a 25 year old inmate at the Jackson state prison, proposes germ inoculation experiments in exchange for freedom from a 25 year sentence. He sent the offer to the U S Public Health Service after reading a New Orleans medical society story about criminals volunteering for experiments with liberty as the payoff if he survives.
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ULP
Benjamin Towner
United States Public Health Service
Towner
Felix Hausner Overdue After Ocean Hop Attempt
Newark flyer Felix Hausner, 31, Polish American, vanished 34 hours after lifting his four-year-old red monoplane from Floyd Bennett Field aiming for London then Warsaw. Mrs Martha Hausner, his wife, prayed at St Casimir's Church as aviation enthusiasts watched the Newark sky awaiting word.
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Stanislaus
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London
British Isles
France
Don
le Bourget Field
Paris
Martha Hausner
Hausner
Warsaw
Poland
Monarchist Rumor Surrounds German Leadership Change
Berlin reports that Paul von Hindenburg plans to retire as president next fall. Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm von Hohenzollern would become Reichsverweser awaiting election. Oct 2, Hindenburg’s 85th birthday, cited as retirement date with crowning of the prince. Berlin papers quote unnamed Bavarian source backing the claim.
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Paul von
Hindenburg
Germany
Friedrich Wilhelm von
Berliner Volks Zeitung
Munich
Camp Good Health Fund Opens As Legion Aids Camp
Public Health Nursing plans to take first little patients to Camp Good Health within ten days. Nearly 100 members of Hanford post No. 5 American Legion spend a day damming Big Creek for a better pool. Luncheon and volunteer work follow, funds to provide milk fresh produce and meals for malnourished children. Contributions to the Camp Good Health Fund at The Cedar Rapids Gazette.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
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Anaconda head tells of loss in stock deals
Washington US Senator s banking committee heard John D Ryan chair Anaconda Copper confess losing almost a third of a million dollars by not cashing profits. He said he sold none and took heavy losses after exchanging stock for Anaconda. The hearing probed a wide stock manipulation picture tied to Anaconda pool in 1929 and market operations by National City bank figures.
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Washington
Senate Banking, and
Peter Norbeck
Norbeck
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Anaconda Pool
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Percy A. Rockefeller
Charles E. Mitchell
National City Company
United Metals Selling Company
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Andes
Greene Cananea
Pie
Wiliam A. Gray
Gray
Wall Street
Man Suffers Cuts In Family Quarrel
Louis Jones, 1637 Sixteenth Avenue SE, was cut by his wife during a family quarrel and taken to Mercy hospital at 4 p.m. Saturday. He did not want charges filed and was released after treatment. His wounds were not serious. Police said the injury followed a family argument.
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Sixteenth Avenue SE
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Barrymores add a son to their famed family
Los Angeles reports a son born to Dolores Costello and John Barrymore at Good Samaritan Hospital. Barrymore announced both mother and child are in excellent condition. The couple already has a daughter born two years earlier.
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Barrymore
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Barrymores
Plan To Extend Maturity Dates On S U S Bonds
Bondholders met to discuss extending maturity dates on defaulted University of Iowa field house and stadium bonds. William Chamberlain of Chicago heads a new bondholders committee to explore orderly payment plans and centralizing bonds in a Des Moines bank before consulting the university athletic department and the board in control of athletics. A vote and further announcements will follow once committee members are chosen.
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Cedar Rapids News
University of Iowa
William Chamberlain
Chicago
United Light and Power Company
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Chamberlain
University of Iowa Athletic Department
Athletic Department
Iowa City
Bees Escape Home Move Inspires Family Tale
A fragile house hive with abundant honey forces the J.H. Harrington family to relocate. Bees moved in and unsettled the home, spreading a scene of disruption as the insects settled in walls and moved into the living area while the family relocated to the yard. News notes a dramatic amount of honey and scattered commotion surrounding the event.
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Haringtons
Plane crash kills two men in Robbinsdale
Two men were burned to death when a small plane heaved into a tail spin, crashed 150 feet, and burst into flames in Robbinsdale Minnesota. The victims were Eddie Sterns of St Paul and Oscar Knutson of Minneapolis.
Tax measure moves to Hoover Monday
The House adopted the compromise tax bill and the Senate approved immediate consideration for Monday. Leaders predicted the $1 billion revenue measure would reach President Hoover by Monday night as both parties push to balance the budget next year. The package cuts federal civilian salaries and taxes power company charges, with debates and objections shaping the final conference report.
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House
Senate
Hoover
Watson
Indiana
Crisp
Garner
Ousted Chile President and Cabinet Ousted in Surprise Coup
Chilean government leader Juan Esteban Montero and his ministers fled the Lamoneda palace as a revolutionary junta led by Carlos Davila seized control. The move, backed by air power, aimed to install a socialist regime with little bloodshed. Four people died near the palace amid clashes before martial law. Davila and Matte backed by the army took charge in Santiago.
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Chile
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Lina Basquette and Jack Dempsey Reunite in LA
Lina Basquette and Jack Dempsey arrive in Los Angeles from Reno as inseparable friends. They deny Teddy Hayes’s claims of romance, asserting they care for each other while dismissing Hayes as unimportant. Hayes, once Dempsey’s trainer, remains a peripheral figure.
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Lina Basequette
Jack Dempsey
Teddy Hayes
Lina
Rosita Gonzales
Jack
Reno
Nev
Hayes
Dempsey
Miss Basquette
Creole Democrats Call Rump Meeting in Shreveport
SHREVEPORT La UP A call for Louisiana democrats to gather here June 14 in rump convention to name a new and opposing set of delegates to the national convention in Chicago was issued Saturday by four members of the state democratic central committee.
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