Astor Marries Ellen French in Trinity Church Newport
John Jacob Astor III wed Ellen Tuck French at Trinity Church Newport amid a gala social affair. Private detectives checked jewels as 200 guests gathered for the ceremony and celebrations. a dress rehearsal proxy mix up led to a last minute substitution.
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Newport
R. I
Ancient Trinity Church
John Jacob Astor
America
Ellen Tuck French
New York
INS
Social Register
Trinity Church
Francis Ormond French
Ellen
Liv“onarseon Grae Wesscend
French
Gillespies
Europe
le Brun Rhinelander
Phil Rhinelander
Jack Astor
le Brun
Jack
Leslie Bogert
Beverly Bogert
Astor
French Deputies Approve Cash For New Warships
In Paris the chamber of deputies voted funds for a 26 000 ton cruiser a destroyer and two submarines adding to the regular navy program. The cruiser will mirror the Dunkerque type now under construction signaling France's reply to Italy's naval buildup.
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Paris
Ins
France
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Italy
Son of London's Lord Mayor Killed in plane crash
S P Collett, son of the London lord mayor, was burned to death Saturday afternoon when the plane he observed from during a Royal Air Force exhibition at Hendon crashed. Among about a hundred thousand spectators was the Prince of Wales.
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London
S. P. Collett
Royal Air Force
Hendon
Prince of Wales
Hitler Action Funds Approval In Italy
Rome AP reports Chancellor Adolf Hitler’s purge of NS extremists drew the strongest favorable reaction yet as Italy reacts to his iron‑handed move.
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Hitler Action
Italy
Rome
Adolf Hitler
National Socialist Party
Expect Stock Board To Be Named Today
Washington AP reports at midnight the government begins the new stock market regulation system with rules taking effect immediately on manipulation and other areas though most enforceable Sept 1. Roosevelt is to name five regulators with Kennedy or Landis likely as chair and other picks including Mathews Healey Pecora or Shaughnessy.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Regulatory Commission
New York
Joseph Kennedy
Harvard
James M. Landis
George C. Mathews
Federal Trade Commission
Robert Healey
Ferdinand Pecora
Senate Stock Inquiry
Frank Shaughnessy
San Francisco Stock Exchange
Adamowicz Plane Crosses Atlantic Lands in France
The monoplane City of Warsaw carrying Benjamin and Joseph Adamowicz landed safely near Flers France after aiming for Warsaw Poland. The Brooklyn brothers started from Harbor Grace Newfoundland Friday at 3 58 am EST seeking a nonstop Warsaw route but diverted due to shortage of eastbound fuel.
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Paris
Warsaw
Brooklyn
Caen
France
Poland
Benjamin
Joseph Adamowicz
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Saint Andre de Messel
Flers
Marie Dressler Still Fighting Off Death
Marie Dressler remained in a coma in Santa Barbara as physicians warned the end could come in days. The veteran actress, famed for light humor and delicate tragedy, had shown slight improvement before slipping back as death loomed.
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Marie Dressler
Santa Barbara
Calif
Ana
President Roosevelt Nears Caribbean Cruise After Farm Bill Action
The AP report notes President Roosevelt planned a month long voyage after acting Friday on two key bills: farmer mortgage relief and a railroad pension plan. He prepared statements as he left the White House to Annapolis and the cruiser Houston for a voyage through Puerto Rico Haiti Colombia Panama and Hawaii.
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Caribbean
Pacific
White House
Annapolis
Houston
Chesapeake Bay
Hampton Roads
Virginia
Mr. Roosevelt
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Haiti
Colombia
Panama Canal
Hawaii
Virginia Capes
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1934
A fragmented note lists figures on traffic tolls in Cedar Rapids for 1934. It mentions accidents injuries and deaths with numbers partially shown as 162 and 2208 and a death count of 7, though the text is incomplete.
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Cedar Rapids
Milwaukee Strike Ends as Blue Eagle Restored and Service Resumes
Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light workers end four day strike after union demands are met. Ninety people arrested and a riot at Lakeside plant subsides as power and transit resume in Milwaukee and Racine. Federal mediators help seal an eleven point agreement restoring re employment and wage talks with three utilities.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company
Racine
Wisconsin
Electric Company
BSB
Way
Lakeside
Peace News Halls
Exposition Essay Contest Closes Tonight in Cedar Rapids
The Made in Cedar Rapids Ex position of Progress contest ends at midnight tonight. Entries must be in the Gazette office by Saturday June 30 and be under 200 words on What I Think Is the Most Interesting Manufacturers Exhibit. Include location list of all exhibits and exhibitor names, ink or typewritten, single side, double spaced if typed. Prizes: first 25 dollars, second 15, third 10.
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Cedar Rapids News
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Second Severe Heat Wave Breaks With 95 Degree Reading
Cedar Rapids endured a second severe heat siege with 95 at 1 15 p m on Saturday following 82 earlier. Light Friday night rain fell on the west and east sides with variable precipitation. The week saw a string of peak readings from 108 on Wednesday to 103 on Friday, tying the year’s highest.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
The
Enthusiastic Linn County Democratic Convention Sees Attacks on NRA
The Linn County Democratic convention at the courthouse praised party achievements and nominated candidates for county offices including recorder and coroner. Keynote speaker Dr. B. G. Broghammer urged a strong Democratic campaign backing Roosevelt New Deal policies amid calls to boost turnout and support for the party slate.
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Linn County
Catherine A. Knowles
Highland Drive
C. E. Irwin
Linn Boulevard
D. B. Storck
Marion
John Redmond
B. G. Broghammer
Roosevelt
Broghammer
Iowa
B. M. Jacobsen
United States
Camp Good Health Aid Urges Gifts for Ted and Others
The Cedar Rapids Gazette urges gifts to Camp Good Health to aid Ted a ten year old underweight camper and forty eight children already at camp. Heat waves worsened Ted’s condition dropping his weight and weakening his ability to walk. Timely support would prevent permanent health loss and help many other needy youngsters.
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Cedar Rapids
Ted
Teddy
Linn county Republicans reaffirm faith at biennial convention
About 175 Republicans gathered Saturday noon at the Linn county courthouse to affirm their principles. Elmer B. Johnson of Linn county delivered the keynote, condemning the NRA as vicious and denouncing government debt and high taxation as burdens on taxpayers. He urged unity and civic duty while attacking centralized power and urging payment of taxes. Continued on Page 8, Column 6.
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Linn County
Elmer
Johnson
NRA
Mr. Johnson
Zary
Dillinger Brings Bank Raid to South Bend
John Dillinger led a five man gang in a Merchants National Bank holdup in South Bend Indiana, looting at least 25000 dollars and killing traffic officer Howard Wagner. The gang fired on police and bystanders, wrecked the street with machine gun fire, then escaped in a tan sedan before switching to a stolen car near the city edge.
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South Bend
Ind
INS
John Dillinger
Dillinger
Merchants National Bank
M. Coen
Coen
Wagner
John Henderson
Henderson
Plymouth
J. R. Sutton
Huntington
Indiana
Federal Deficit Near Four Billion In Fiscal Year
Washington reports the U S government ran a near four billion dollar deficit in the 1934 fiscal year ending Saturday. Expenditures topped seven billion while income hovered around three point one billion, marking the fourth year of shortfalls. Net spending excluding the sinking fund neared four billion under the president’s budget estimate.
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Washington
United States
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Hugh Walpole III Hospitalized With Sinus Trouble
English novelist Hugh Walpole, here to write dialogue for the film version of David Copperfield, was hospitalized in Hollywood with an aggravated sinus condition. He was expected to stay about a week for treatment.
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Hollywood
Calif
INS
Hugh Walpole
David Copperfield
Old French Bank Suspends Payment At Millau
Paris AP reports the Villa bank at Millau, founded in 1818 by Louis XVII, suspended payment halting business across southwestern France. The institution runs 32 branches in Aveyron and nearby departments and its failure to meet a quarterly payment caused a major company to skip its dividend.
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Paris
France
Villa Bank
Millau
Louis XVII
Aveyron
PWA Move Aims to Fund Atlantic Seadrome Project
The Public Works Administration plans a $7,000,000 allotment for a seadrome midway between Bermuda and the Azores with potential to become a chain of floating platforms. The aim is a profitable transatlantic air mail system, with the United States gaining control of mail, passenger and express business once the chain is built.
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Washington
Atlantic
PWA
Commerce Department
Bermuda
Azores
United States
Europe
Henry Ford files certificate of NRA compliance
Washington AP reports Henry Ford pledged full compliance with the NRA after Hugh S. Johnson announced Ford notified him by letter of termination to abide by the automobile code. Johnson said the letter signals Ford’s eligibility to bid on government contracts. Roosevelt’s order requires bidders to sign compliance certificates.
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Washington
Henry Ford
NRA
Hugh
Johnson
The
Recovery Administration
Ford
Waa
Harry the’ War
Roosevelt
Japanese Destroyers Collide Off Korea Naval Losses
Four sailors died two missing and four injured in a night collision between the Japanese destroyers Ikauchi and Miyuki off Korea. The Ikauchi rammed the Miyuki, tearing her in half. Miyuki’s stern sank while bow and Ikauchi were towed to port by relief ships.
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TOKIO
INS
Ikauchi
Miyuki
Korea
Navy Department
Mrs. Antonio Gets Second Reprieve From Death Row
In Sing Sing, Anna Antonio, 28, mother of two, received a second stay of execution after a last minute confession by co-defendant Vincent Saetta altered the case. Governor Lehman halted the 11 pm chairing to allow a new trial motion, following a brief prayer vigil and crucifix candles in the death cell.
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N. Y
Anna Antonio
Lewis E. Lawes
Lehman
Antonio
Hope
Vincent Saetta
Samuel Feraci
Saetta
German Army Ordered For Emergency Duty In Coup Prevention
Berlin reports state the national army was ordered to be ready for emergency duty to prevent an extremist coup. Communications between Paris and Berlin were cut off around 4 PM. The British post office said telephone service to meet was temporarily suspended at 4 45 PM. International News Service in New York said calls to Berlin were unsuccessful and service to Berlin suspended indefinitely.
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Berlin
London
INS
New York
German Crisis Deepens as Hitler Moves Against Storm Troops
Berlin reports Hitler ordered a drastic police action against storm troop leaders including Roehm and von Papen amid a purge that saw arrests and killings. Goering said a second German crackdown would prevent false reports, with continued coverage promised.
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Berlin
Oneath Hitler
Pelaithy
Cruahed A
Roehm
Schreicher
Germany
Frans
Papen
Hitler
Reehm
Treseea
Ruenber
Schleicher
Jendera
Paresal
Vane
Karl
Herrmann
Wilhelm Geer
Ing
Prussia
Goering
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Bulletin
William K. Dick
Enzo Flermonte
Enzo
Lawrence Lewis Gillespie
Eileen
Adamowicz
Cevert
Milwaukee Car
Utility
Central Labor Union
Linn Democrats
Herring
Camp Good Health Fund
Marie
Buddy
Elmer Johnson
Killer Bandit
Gunner
Trafic
Howard “Wagner
Jake Solomon
Chet
Bet
Kenneth Boers
Cappetis
Hugh Walpole III
Old French Bank
Henry
Mrs. Antonio
Boehm
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