NRA leader Brands Darrow Board Communist in Purpose
Charleston AP Hugh S. Johnson assails the Clarence Darrow NRA review board as communistic and accuses part of the press of falsifying NRA news. He attacks partisan politicians and praises NRA payroll and employment gains while urging federal backed codes and industrial self-government under Roosevelt. Richberg defends collective bargaining amid fears of strikes and questions about worker organization.
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Charleston
W. Va
Hugh
Johnson
Clarence Darrow
Darrow Board
Russia
NRA
Franklin Roosevelt
Richberg
Employers Have Right to Fire Union Members Says Harriman
Henry I. Harriman president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States told forty NRA advisory leaders that employers may deny work to union members if they choose. He called this a property right under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments and argued the NRA’s union membership ban is likely unconstitutional though the section allowing collective bargaining is constitutional. He urged that both sides be free from coercion, including unions’ influence.
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Hot Springs
Henry I. Harriman
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Harriman
NRA Industrial Advisory Board
NRA
National Industrial Recovery Act
Chamber
Mare
Alameda teen offers to sell self for her father defense
Virginia Bennett 14 offered to enter bondage to raise defense funds for her father Benjamin Franklin Bennett charged with transporting hazardous materials. The Alameda case features a delayed arraignment before Judge R B Tappan while Bennett, a 42 year old war veteran, had threatened self harm with nitroglycerine devices in his car and endured hunger strikes in jail.
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Alameda
Calif
Virginia Bennett
Benjamin Franklin Bennett
Bennett
R. B. Tappan
Oakland
Palmer to Return to Texas Prisoner Custody
Lee Simmons, Texas prison chief, said he will send a regular penitentiary agent to St. Joseph, Missouri, to return Joe Palmer, an escaped convict, to Texas for murder charges. Palmer, connected to the Eastham raid and Clyde Barrow, was arrested in Missouri after abducting three Iowans. Iowa officers waived claims as Texas prepares to take custody by Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Tex
Lee Simmons
Texas Prison System
St. Joseph
Joe Palmer
Simmons
Palmer
Texas
Clyde Darrow
Iowa
Major Crowson
Raymond Hamilton
Crowson
Eastham
Barrow
al Schultze
Davenport
Elmer Schleuter
W. H. Fitch
Walcott
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1934 Cars Survey
Data on Cedar Rapids auto toll for 1934 appears fragmented with mentions of accidents injuries and deaths. The fragmentary note lists numbers but lacks clear dates locations or full context. The item hints at a statistical summary or ledger of traffic incidents in Cedar Rapids during 1934.
Amalgamated to Seek White House Talk Over Steel Strikes
As threats of a nationwide steel walkout receded, Amalgamated Association leaders prepared to brief President Roosevelt on a four point peace plan proposed by William Green. The plan would appoint a three member board to settle steel industry labor disputes and protect workers right to organize, with a June 30 strike deadline if contracts lapse. Six union officials plan to meet the President to push for a square deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
INS
Roosevelt
White House
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Michael F.‘Tighe
Washington
Tighe
Amalgamated
Thomas G. Gillis
Edward W. Miller
Louis Leonard
Ben A Davis
Amalgamated Journal
John Savage
Green
Two Hurt In Early Morning Collision Near County Farm
At 5 a.m. Saturday on highway 13 near the county farm two cars collided injuring M. J. McGillicuddy and William Roening. McGillicuddy and the Rogers car occupants suffered injuries including a cut lip, back sprain, and bruises while Rogers and Mrs. Rogers were uninjured. A second incident involved Charles Stewart of McRaith Ice Cream suffering leg and elbow bruises when his truck hit a parked car owned by Lyman Jones on First avenue E.
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M. J. McGillicuddy
Park Avenue SE
William Roeniig
Sixth Street
Highway 13
McGillicuddy
G. A. Rogers
Thirty-fifth Street
Roening
Rogers
Charles Stewart
McRaith Ice Cream Company
Lyman Jones
Grande Avenue SE
First Avenue E
First Street
Jones
Army officer transferred to Fort Devens Massachusetts
Washington AP reports orders from the War Department list Lieutenant Colonel Converse R. Lewis, currently on duty at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, reassigned to Fort Devens Massachusetts.
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Washington
War Department
Converse R. Lewis
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Fort Devens
Massachusetts
Gillespie Publicizes Astor Apology Letter Over Ring Feud
New York society ongoing Astor Gillespie feud heats as Mrs Lawrence Gillespie publicly releases the apology letter tied to the $100000 engagement ring. Astor denies writing the apology while preparing to wed Ellen Tuck French in Newport on June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
INL
Astor- Gillespie
Eileen Gillespie
John Jacob Astor
Lawrence Lewis Gillespie
Eileen
Astor
Gillespies
Newport
Gillespie
Europe
Couple Arrested At Beer Tavern On Gambling Charge
John Kennelley and Bessie Marsh were arrested at a beer tavern on gambling charges. A betting board used for baseball games was confiscated. Kennelley had recently secured a beverage permit for the Second Avenue establishment, prompting closer scrutiny of beer applications. County Attorney Thompson protested to the city council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kennelley
Bessie Marsh
William Prochaska
Thompson
Council
House Votes Farm Bankruptcy Bill Passed
The House passed a measure extending the time to six years for bankrupt farmers to fulfill debt and mortgage obligations. The bill, approved 133 to 18, allows a farmer to be adjudged bankrupt with property valued at current worth and to retain use by paying assessed value over six years at one percent interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Mrs Anna Dall Admits Plan To Obtain Divorce
Mrs Anna Dall, daughter of the late president, disclosed on a train to Chicago that she intends to begin divorce proceedings against her broker-husband Curtis B Dall. She declined certainty about the outcome, noted she has two children and a maid with her, and said she plans to establish residence in Nevada near Lake Tahoe. Her brother Elliott was recently divorced in Nevada and remarried two weeks later.
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Anna
Dall
Eosevekt Dall
Reno
White House
Curtis B. Dall
Buzzie
Washington
Chicago
Lake Tahoe
Nevada
Elliott
Minden
Nev
Ruth Googins
Fort Worth
Tex
Burlington
Donor in Poor Health Aids Camp Good Health Appeal
A Cedar Rapids Gazette appeal profiles a physically handicapped girl donating $5 to Camp Good Health. Her letter urges others to sacrifice for ill, undernourished children needing health care and happiness this summer supervised by the Public Nursing Association. Contributions fund the health camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Nursing Association
Camp Good Health
Camp Good Health Fund
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Peace Assured by Hitler Mussolini Accord
Munich AP report says Hitler and Mussolini met at Venice and agreed a gentlemen dictators’ pact. They exchanged assurances to end Austria terror, lift travel bans, respect Austrian independence, and return to disarmament talks. Observers call the understanding potentially stabilizing for Europe.
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Munich
Adolf Hitler
E. CT
Venice
Benito Mussolini
Italy
INS
Europe
Germany
Lido
Horst Wessel
Mussolini
Hitler
Austria
Ber
International News Service
Aus- Mea
Reich
Senate Exonerates Huey Long Machine In 1932 Fraud Case
The Senate on Saturday found Huey P. Long's Louisiana political machine not guilty of fraud and corruption tied to 1932 efforts to elect Sen. John H. Overton. The privileges and elections committee was discharged by a formal Senate vote as no evidence justified continuing the inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
LLP
Senate
Huey P. Long
Louisiana Political
Kingfish
John H. Overton
Privileges and Elections Committee
Walter F. George
Temperature Gains Under Filmy Clouds
Cedar Rapids temperatures rose Saturday after Friday peaked at 89 in the afternoon. Partial cloudiness and high humidity tempered the day as forecasts hinted at possible showers. An 84 was logged midafternoon, with a 63 low and 69 to 75 readings through the morning into Saturday.
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Cedar Rapids
State Weather Bureau
Mercury
Laundrymen Ask NRA To Abandon Price Code
Washington AP says the laundry code authority asked the NRA to permit the industry to abandon its code. It claims without price fixing the code wages and hours are a heavy burden and notes the code expired Saturday and requests no renewal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Laundry Code Authority
NRA
Hugh 5. Johnson
Woman Appointed Vinton Postmaster
President Roosevelt sent to the senate the nomination of Alice B. Smouse to be postmaster at Vinton Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Alice B. Smouse
Vinton, Ia
Judges Named For Exposition Beauty Contest
Judges named for the Made in Cedar Rapids Exposition beauty contest were Prof Clyde Tull Cornell college Mount Vernon Karl Fischer of Vinton and Mrs Fred Pownall of Iowa City The Cedar Rapids panel includes Don Hines and Miss Nancy Finnigan The queen will be crowned June 28 at the night street dance festival and receive a one week Great Lakes cruise prize with all expenses paid from Cedar Rapids Special features for the exposition are planned and will be announced in the Cedar Rapids Gazette next week Watch for mei.
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Cedar. Rapids
Cedar Rapids Exposition
Cedar Rapids
Clyde Tull
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Iowa cCity
Camp Dodge
Don Hines
Young ‘Men’s Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Nancy Finnigan
Chicago Art Institute
Great Lakes
Chicago
Buffalo
N. Y
Infuriated Bandits Rob Ky. Cash Drawer, Shoot Two Dead
In Louisville Kentucky three bandits failed to open a cash drawer containing 90 dollars. The men shot and killed two bystanders Samuel Horine and Cecil Carter while firing on a crowd. J B Schroering, 64, was fatally wounded. Calvin Tate, 20, surrendered after a cafe arrest and named three associates. Police and detectives were ordered to aid in the search for the trio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peune Chee
Uibville
J. B. Schroering
Samuel Horine
Cecil Carter
Airyee
Calvin Tate
Record of the 73rd Congress Legislative Achievements
A Washington report lists the 73rd Congress legislative record through 1933, noting Emergency Banking Act and bank holiday, National Economy Act, Truth in Securities Act, unemployment relief, AAA funding, Glass-Steagall style banking safeguards, vast public works, NRA creation, and acts on prohibition repeal, naval construction, Philippine independence, and RFc continuation, with later sessions outlined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAA
Norrig
Congress Ends Session With Housing and Labor Bills
Congress sped to adjournment in a final push for Roosevelt measures. The House passed the housing program in minutes and the Senate approved the labor conciliation resolution in hours, sending the housing bill to conference while labor reform faced resistance from insurgent Republicans. Leaders predicted quick adjournment by nightfall.
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Washington
INS
Congress
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Congressional Labor Boards Authorized By Joint Resolution
Washington reports the House passed a joint resolution without a record vote authorizing the President to appoint impartial boards to study labor disputes. The boards may hold elections to determine representation and compel attendance for investigations, but no compulsory arbitration is provided. Rep Byrnes says the measure re-enacts existing Presidential powers. William Green of the AFL and Rep Connery note AFL’s preference for Wagner bill but decline to urge a vote against friends of labor.
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Washington
INS
House
Investige
Byrnes
Tennessee
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Rep. Connery
Massachusetts
Friends of Labor
Senate Housing Bill Passes 71 to 12 in Washington
The Senate approved a $3.2 billion housing bill to fund construction and repair of homes. It creates a $200 million loss insurance fund, sets $2,000 loan caps, and forms national mortgage associations to discount first mortgages. A federal savings and loan insurance corporation is established with $100 million capital. Three Democrats opposed the measure.
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Senate
Washington
INS
Federal Reserve System
Federal Savings’ and Loan Associations
Federal Home Loan Bank
Black
Alabama
Tydings
Maryland
Gore
Oklahoma
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Cedar Rapids News
Col
C. R. Lewis
Ft. Devens
Mass
Savoy Plaza Hotel
J. Astor
G Health
A Friend
H. R. and
Eens
Standard Glass and Paint Co
Cedar Rapids Motorcycle Club
Christian and Presbyterian Sunday School
Walker
Scceerenerereres
Ilduce
Huey Long
Exposition
Seventy-Third Congress
Fletcher-Rayburn
Federal Commission
Philippine Islands
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
BIG Sunday Gazette
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