World economic conference opens as debt issue looms
The opening session in London features King George VI and Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald addressing hopes for progress. Debate centers on postwar debts and the need for decisive action, while broader fears about arms and policy linger. Local letters discuss police, Prohibition, and civic events, including a regatta at Ellis Park sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
Gondays
Ellis Park
May Pass Bank Laws At This Session
Conferees reach an 15 point compromise on the Glass bank bill in a four hour session. Roosevelt’s views were obtained by telephone as the plan provides deposit insurance up to 2500 starting January 1 1934 and up to 10000 from July 1 1934 for all banks after state certification and federal examination.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Senators Seek Block On Roosevelt Reorganization Order
Senate leaders McNary of Oregon and Borah of Idaho introduced resolutions to reject the President Roosevelt reorganization order. Borah proposed holding the agri cultural extension section in abeyance for 60 days after the next Congress convenes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
McNary
Oregon
Borah
Idaho
Congress
Congress Moves to End Session Amid Two Delays
Washington reports administration forces pushed toward an early adjournment by defeating two delaying measures. Senator Vandenberg's bill to aid bankrupt cities was blocked in the Senate, while the House Ways and Means Committee postponed action on the Leawine legalization bill until January. Leaders offered conflicting timelines for adjournment with forecasts ranging from tonight to Tuesday.
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Washington
Congress
Senate Democrats
Vandenberg
Mich
Senate
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ater
Mattern Unheard From After Pacific Flight Start
American aviator Jimmie Mattern began solo circumnavigation from Khabarovsk at 8 15 p m Moscow time, aiming for Alaska. Soviet officials reported he had not been heard from thirty six hours after landing exhausted and sleeping, with telegraph delays delaying news.
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Moscow
Jimmie Mattern
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Alaska
James Mattern
Pugh Held on Bond as Material Witness in Cedar Rapids Case
Roy Pugh of Cedar Rapids was ordered held under a $1,600 bond as a material witness after a Monday hearing before Federal Judge George C. Scott. The Cedar Rapids man disappeared before he was to testify in a government liquor conspiracy case. Contempt proceedings against Pugh were continued, with a hearing set for the September term in Cedar Rapids.
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Fort Dodge
Roy Pugh
Cedar Rapids
George C Scott
Scott
Pugh
Cedar Rapds
Gates of Pearl and the Transforming Power of Suffering
Discussion of how pearl gates symbolize spiritual entry through trials. It argues suffering only gains meaning through chosen response, cites examples of admired individuals who faced loss and triumphed, and asserts such triumph is observable fact and within reach. Copyright 1933.
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City of God
Holy City
Pearl
Earth
Spanish Airmen Land in Camaguey After Atlantic Flight
Two Spanish aviators Captain Mariano Barberan and Lieutenant Joaquin Collar completed a 3900 mile trans Atlantic crossing from Seville in 39 hours 35 minutes despite weather delays. They landed at Camaguey Cuba at 4 40 p m E D T and planned to push on to Havana.
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Camaguey
Cuba
Ins
Havana
Atlantic
Seville
Spain
Mariano Barberan
Joaquin Collar
Cedar Rapids Plans Sewage Plant Financing Steps
City officials expect the survey and cost estimate for a sewage disposal plant to be finished within six weeks. Mayor Stepanek’s administration, with Commissioner Burgus, seeks data from state and federal officials and aims to fund a broader public works program costing over 500000. The plan contemplates 30 percent federal gift and 70 percent loan secured by the city.
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Louis J. Zika
Howard R. Green
W. H. Stepanek
Washington
H Wicters
State Board of Health Sanitary Department
Paul V Betters
United States Conference of Mayors
Jury Chosen To Try Buck Brothers In $60,000 Kidnapping
A jury was completed in forty five minutes Monday to try Kenneth and Cyril Buck Harwich brothers charged with kidnapping 10 year old Peggy McMath for sixty thousand dollars.
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Barnstable
Mass
Kenneth and
Cyril Buck
Harwich Brothers
Peggy McMath
Seven identified in Century of Progress air crash at Glenview
Chicago victims Fay and Ogorek and three others named as identified. seven of nine aboard the Northern Light perished after a wing failure near Glenview airport during a ride over the Century of Progress grounds. Two unidentified bodies remained, a man and a youth.
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Chicago
Northern Light
Glenview
Thirty-sixth Street
Fairgrounds
Carl Vickery
Harrington E. Jacobs
Vickery
Edward M. Fay
Stephanie Ogorek
Edward G. Schaller
Storm Lake
Chicago University
Joseph G. Robinson
New York City
Ida Goodwin
New York
Stephen Kolanowski
Maj
Lenox Lohr
Fay
Miss Ogorek
Confessed Burglar Suspected As Slayer Of Ben Collings
Stamford police say Frank Dreger 61 of New York and Joseph Guarino 20 were arrested after burglaries in Darien. Mrs. Collings identified Dreger as resembling one of two men who killed her husband aboard the Penguin in Long Island Sound in September 1931. Police report they confessed looting John Nickerson of Noroton's home of a $3000 silver set.
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Stamford, Conn
Frank Dreger
New York
Darien
Benjamin P. Collings
Collings
Penguin
Long Island Sound
Dreger
Joseph Guarino
John Nickerson
Noroton
Weather Cools After Rain in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids sees cooler air after a sultry Sunday. Afternoon rain is brief around noon with humidity rising to 83 percent at 3 pm. Temperatures fall to 60 by midnight then 65 at 7 am and 70 at 9 am Monday. by 1 pm Monday the reading reaches 78.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll This Year
Local figures summarize Cedar Rapids road safety outcomes this year. Data include accident counts and injuries with notes on fatalities and contributing factors across city streets and highways.
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Cedar Rapids
Nickell Wins Regatta in Cedar Rapids One Mile Dash
Freddie Nickell of Granite City Illinois clinched top honors in the Mid West Outboard Regatta on the Cedar River. He won both five mile heats in class F with fast times and earned second in class C and third in class B based on heat points. Harry C. Chamberlain of Sterling Illinois topped class B, while Mrs Mildred Miller led the second stock race. An accident injured Irving Johnson but he received the Hell Driver trophy.
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Cedar Rapids
Freddie Nickell
Granite City
Ill
Cedar River
Nickell
Gazette
Ellis Boulevard
J. T. Milliken
Harry C. Chamberlain
Sterling, I
Chamberlain Aiso
Frank McClanahan
Openant Mj
Athe
Chatosmihire Din -the- Een Sheat
Chamber of Commerce
C. A. Horner
Brighton
R. B. Loughmiller
Harold Hess
Mildred Miller
Horner
Johnson
Ray Hughes
Twentieth Avenue SW
Col
Two Held In Bussey Bank Robbery Case
Two men were arrested at a farm six miles west of Bussey in connection with a $8,000 robbery of the State Bank of Bussey Monday. A car matching the bandits description was found behind the Dominick Elles home where residents were questioned. the fugitives reportedly exchanged vehicles after fleeing the scene near Old Everest.
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Bussey, In
Here
State Bank of
Bussey
Dominick Elles
Dominick
Adrian Lubberton
Everest
Conferees Split On Vets Compensation Slash
Washington United press conferees from the House and Senate failed to agree Monday night on the veterans compensation reduction in the independent offices appropriation bill. They will report to the Senate Tuesday for a showdown vote. House conferees support Roosevelt's compromise. Senate conferees are forbidden to accept it. Senator Byrnes warned the administration proposal would be defeated in the Senate.
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Washington
House
Senate
Independent Offices
Roosevelt
James F Byrnes
Dem
S.C
Austria Moves Against Nazi Leadership in Nationwide Crackdown
Vienna reports show police occupied Nazi offices and dissolved the Nazi soldiers’ organization after bombings blamed on Nazis. The cabinet ordered expulsion of foreigners tied to the party and a state of siege if needed, with arrests of Nazi leaders in Tyrol and demonstrations quelled.
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Vienna
Austria
Brown House
Helmwehr
Oesterreichisches Abendblatt
Engelbert Ollfuss
London
United Press
Sigyahars
Yeessuré
Thénant
i-Thes
Amstrasse University
Grain Exchange
Bverse
Innsbruck
Tyrol
Suit Over State 20 Million Bond Issue Begins in Des Moines
In Des Moines a district court hearing opens on the validity of the states plan to borrow 20 million dollars to release that amount in public funds. Critics argue the bonds would exceed the constitutional debt limit while supporters say the annual one mill property tax provides current funds. Judge Lou Ladd adjourns to hear State Treasurer Leo Wegman testify on anticipated receipts. The executive council authorized the bond issue and levied the tax to augment the sinking fund.
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DES Moines
Phineas M. Henry
F. Co
J. W. Hubbell
Executive Council
Don Evans
Lou Ladd
Henry
Leo J. Wegman
Wegman
Local Want Ad Highlights Household Sales by Joe Egan
Joe Egan of 808 7th St. SW reports selling a sewing machine two dressers three beds an ice box a baby buggy a table lamp a floor lamp and a trunk through a Gazette Want Ad He says he was pleased with results and could have sold twice as many items. Gazette Want Ads offer similar results by dialing 2-1121.
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Joe Egan
7Th St
the Gazette
Equalization fund eyed by three powers
French British and American financial experts meet to discuss a temporary stabilizing fund for the dollar and pound. France would permit gold movement. fund aimed at reducing currency fluctuations while tariffs talks proceed. Daladier to press for early currency stabilization to avoid more countries leaving the gold standard. six nations join Roosevelt tariff truce with eight on the organizing committee.
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London
France
Britain
United States
UPI
Edouard Daladier
Great Britain
Daladier
Chamber of Deputies
Paris
The
Economic Conference
Roosevelt
Argentina
Estonia
Latvia
Nicaragua
Hungary
Irish Free State
U S Flyers Safe After Haiti Forced Landing
Captain J Errol Boyd and two companions on a goodwill flight from New York to Port au Prince were forced to land near St Marc Haiti Monday night Advices say all are safe The Columbia crew intended to reach Port au Prince after about twenty four hours flying over a 2471 mile route with a brief stay before returning to New York
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
J. Errol Boyd
New York
St. Marc
Boyd
Davis
Robert G. Lyon
H. P
Balfe MacDonald confesses mother beating death
Balfe MacDonald, 17, admitted killing his mother Grace B. MacDonald in Flint Michigan on May 27 by beating her with heavy book-ends. Prosecutor Andrew J. Transue said the confession followed a two hour questioning after the youth returned from Nashville Tennessee where he was arrested. He reportedly said he stayed in the house for twenty minutes after striking her, then left with money found.
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Flint, Mich
Andrew J. Transue
Balfe MacDonald
Grace B. MacDonald
Transue
Nashville
Tenn
MacDonald
One Millionth Visitor At Century of Progress Fair
Miss Eleanor Frost of Syracuse New York became the one millionth visitor to the Century of Progress exposition in Chicago. Officials welcomed the milestone reached twelve days after opening and projected about ten million attendees over the five month run.
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Chicago
Eleanor Frost
Syracuse
N. Y
Britain weighs debt payment options in Commons debate
London reports say Prime Minister and cabinet members mull whether to pay the next debt installment to the United States, or suspend payment, with decisions to be shaped by Tuesday's Commons debate after a divided cabinet meeting.
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London
Great Britain
United States
House of Commons
United Press
Commons
Britain
Debt talks at economic conference hit by British offer
A high French official disclosed Britain tentatively offered to pay 10 percent of 75 950 000 interest due, a proposal Washington rejected. Cabinet meetings and US sentiment favored no payments while Paris pressed stability of the dollar and pound before extending the tariff truce.
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Great Britain
United States
Washington
MacDonald
U. S
Chamberlain
Geology Museum Reports Global Conference Push
London coverage notes King George urges international cooperation as world economic conference proceeds. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald responds to the plea with support and calls for coordinated action. Continued on page 2, column 4.
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Geological Museum
London
INS
King George
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Boy's ear popcorn pop causes hospital visit
In Cincinnati Ohio General hospital doctors report six year old Browne Kachat dropped a popcorn kernel in his ear. He heard a muffled pop when the corn popped inside his ear and surgeons retrieved the swollen kernel without further harm.
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Cincinnati, O
General Hospital
Browne Kachat
Browne
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