Johnson urges Amendment Ten to Preserve AAA in Iowa speech
General Hugh S. Johnson told a Sioux City audience that a constitutional amendment may be needed to save the AAA after the NRA ruling. He urged farmers to boycott merchants not supporting AAA and warned that the New Deal's two legs, NRA and AAA, must stand together as equal partners in policy.
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Hugh S. Johnson
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NRA
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United States
Johnson
United States Chamber of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce
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L. J. Dickinson
Iowa
Old Guard
Dickinson
Oil for Lamps of China at Iowa theater praised for photography and acting
Review lauds the film adaptation of Alice Tisdale Hobart’s novel for its photography and direction. Pat O’Brien and Josephine Hutchinson garner praise for strong performances while the supporting cast shines, with notable underwater and battle scene effects drawing audience gasps.
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Iowa Theater
Alice Tisdale Hobart
Pat O’brien
Josephine Hutchinson
Pat O'Brien
W. Af
Horses lack sense compared with other animals
A Public Ledger excerpt argues horses show less intelligence than dogs, apes, elephants, or even mules. It critiques the phrase horse sense and suggests mule sense better captures so-called animal intelligence.
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Animal Intelligence
Public Ledger. Inc
Health Camp Camp Good Health Receives Junior League Support
Open air camp for 48 needy children opens with weigh-ins and medical checks by Public Health Nursing Association. All entrants must pass health criteria. transportation by Junior League helps, but more funds are needed to admit all eligible youngsters. Contributions requested via The Gazette Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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Tnps
Public Health Nursing Association
Camp Good Health
Public Health Nursing Associa
Ford
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iuwe
Society Matron Defies Cop and Court in Traffic Case
A Cleveland society matron disrupted a traffic stop by tearing up a ticket and throwing it at an officer. She skipped her court date, then appeared and claimed a flawed version of events. The judge ultimately fined her three dollars.
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Cleveland
Toni
di Muro
Toni Hens
Sertecuke
Peter
Charles
Agresmrs
Joe
Mr. Garland
Tonk
Tomi
Shaw
Peter Jeanmond
Toni Ark
Alexander St. John Charles
Francesca Antoinette di Muro
Feuling and Gazette face public record challenges
Current Comment argues that reports never reached the secretary of state and claims the Democratic party lacks information. It urges Feuling and associates to contest the charge and says the public interest requires court action via grand jury and judge rather than newspaper assertions.
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Democratic Party
Feuling
Fealing
Gazette
Britain Orders Battalions On War-Time Basis
London AP reports Britain orders eight battalions to be formed immediately for anti air craft defense. Five become searchlight units, three anti aircraft brigades including the Royal Fusiliers. Units to train for immediate action financed by a 2.25 million dollar fund.
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London
Great Britain
War Office
Royal Fusiliers
Army Council
Great Midland
House of Commons
England
Omaha Riots End with Nighttime Ban on Trolleys
Rioting across South Omaha erupts after three nights of clashes as mobs attack street cars with armed guards nearby. Police fire riot guns at corners, cars are burned, and a crowd at the city jail threatens to storm it. Sheriff orders trolleys barred at night amid strike sympathy.
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N. H. Nelson
Omaha Street Railway Workers Union
Thirty-second Street
Omaha
S.e
Torvey
Fifteenth
Harney Streets
Deantown
Myers
South Omaha
Lvestock
Will Rogers Notes on Baer Upset and Broadcasts
Beverly Hills writer predicts Max Baer win in early round. He laments unclear judges' call, praises Kate Smith for guessing correctly and jokes about sports broadcasting and sponsorship.
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Bettsr Gaxette
Beverly Hills
Calif
Max Baer
Kate Smith
Katie
Henry Ford
Dizzy Dean
Omaha Strikes Spur City Rift and Auto Crashes
Riots tied to a street car strike in Omaha and Council Bluffs break traffic for 2.5 months. Police used tear gas to disperse a demonstration, a six month old was hospitalized, a false report claimed the child’s death, and the city approved 50000 for more patrols and repairs to damaged squad cars.
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Omaha
Council Bluffs
National guards enforce quiet after Friday clash in Freeport
In Freeport Illinois National Guard units from Rockford Dixon and Sterling patrolled the city after a Friday clash between strikers and deputies at the Stover Manufacturing plant left seven strikers injured one seriously. Tear gas rockets and cobblestones were exchanged as officers entered the plant which had been closed for six weeks.
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Ill
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Dixon
Sterling
Charles Reedy
Stover Company
Warren K. Aldrich
Theaters Show New Films at Paramount Palace and Olympic
At the theaters Paramount presents Private Worlds starring Claudette Colbert and Charles Boyer with Night Life of the Gods. IOWA shows Oil for the Lamps of China with Pat OBrien and Fish from Hell. STATE features High School Girl and Sudan. PALACE screens Helldorado with Richard Arlen and Million Dollar Baby with Arline Judge. ALASTO offers Red Blood of Courage with Kermit Maynard and Sons of Steel with Charles Starrett. OLYMPIC presents Lost in the Stratosphere with William Cagney and Desert Vengeance with Buck Jones.
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Claudette Colbert
Charles Boyer
Alan Mowbray
Iowa
China
Pat O’brien
Hell
Sudan
Richard Arlen
Arline Judge
Alasto
Kermit Maynard
Sons of Steel
Charles Starrett
William Cagney
Buck Jones
California Traffic Surveys Show City Vehicle Use Exceeds Half
Traffic studies in California indicate 58 percent or more of total vehicle miles are driven within city limits, highlighting urban driving dominance and planning implications.
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California
Private Worlds at Paramount Amid Clinical Drama
At the Paramount theater a new film Vincents Private Worlds explores a psychopathic hospital through Claudette Colbert as the psychiatrist. The cast includes Joel McRea Charles Boyer Helen Vinson and Joan Bennett in a study of mental pathology with a restrained love plot. Night Life of the Gods accompanies as a whimsical Thorne Smith adaptation.
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Paramount Theater
Miss Colbert
Joel McRea
McRea
Joan Bennett
Psychopathic Hospital
Charles Boyer
Helen Vinson
Boyer
Miss Bennett
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Thorne Smith
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Schumann-Heink Recalls Trials On 74th Birthday
Coronado Calif AP famed soprano Mme Ernestine Schumann-Heink recalls a Germany tragedy when she planned to die with her four children after her husband deserted her. She cites the Chicago post named for her son as a proud moment and notes her granddaughter’s upcoming wedding to Navy Ensign Henry Peterson Rumble in Philadelphia.
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Coronado
Calif
Mme
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Germany
Hamburg
Chicago
Schumann-Heink
George Schumann
Henry Peterson Rumble
Philadelphia
Sibley Post Office Likely In New Funds Plan
Representative Gillette of Iowa announced inspectors favor a new post office for Sibley Iowa. The report was sent to the Treasury procurement division and expected favorable review once funds for new post offices are allocated.
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Gillette
Sibley
Treasury Procurement Division
Incomplete Quote Sparks Warning From Woman to Gard
A fragment shows a woman daring Mr Garland to deny entry and promise of retaliation. The line hints at a tense confrontation or protest outside a building. No further context is provided.
World’s Fair Freaks at Royal American Shows Cedar Rapids
A lineup of 15 World’s fair freaks headlines Dick Bests Royal American Shows midway at Cedar Gardens in Cedar Rapids. Acts include Paul Des Muke the armless man, Chester Dolphin the sword swallower, and Zilla the radio-minded girl, with 24 tent theaters and 17 rides.
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Zilla
Chicago
John Garner
United States
Chester Dolphin
Government stays true to the penny in warehouse refund check
In Boston a check for one cent confirms federal payment of a warehouse refund. The payer is the federal government and the recipient is J. B. Babcock, the note noting the sum as owed to his father. The brief item highlights exact penny value and refund context.
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INS
J. B. Babcock
Babcock
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