Notable Deaths and Political Shakeups Across Lands
The piece reflects on Senator Walsh’s death after a swift rise to U.S. Attorney General, critiques German leadership under Adolf Hitler and the volatility of power, notes a Denver kidnapping tied to a $60,000 ransom, and reports Pittsburgh Mayor Kline’s graft conviction. It also mentions Iowa university procurement flaws and William Gibbs McAdoo’s return to the Senate.
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Pittsburgh
Kline’s
Iowa
Senator Walsh Dies On Train En Route To Washington
Montana senator Thomas J. Walsh died of a heart attack on an Atlantic Coast Line train near Wilson North Carolina while en route to Washington for a cabinet post. His bride Senora Nieves Perez Chaumont de Truffin, five days married, found him unconscious. he died at 7 10 am. in the drawing room. Funeral plans and burial in Helena, Montana were planned as relatives and officials attended the stricken party.
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Washington
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Wilson
N. C
Roosevelt
Walsh
Senora Nieves Perez Chaumont de Truffin
Havana
Atlantic Coast Line
Herbert
Weathersbee
Richard
Costello
Cambridge
Mass
Rocky Mount
Senator Walsh
Senora Perez Chau‘mont
Helena
Mont
W. B. Kinlaw
Charles A. Gudger
Gudger
Hampton Roads
World War II era tensions and legal reform debates mix in a fragmented article
The piece weaves together reports of Japanese aggression in China with a critique of Western wartime weaponry, a lawyer’s challenge to constitutional repeal processes, and Iowa political mechanics on delegate selection for a state convention. It also covers Huey Long’s libel dispute and Ansell’s rebuttal over immunity.
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Senate
Huey Long
Louisiana
Phooey
Gen 5
Ansell
Gen
Cermak Improves After Blood Transfusion
Mayor Anton J. Cermak of Chicago showed progress after a bullet wound from the assassination attempt on President-elect Roosevelt. He received a pint of blood donated by Virgil Wright of Florida Power and Light and rested in an oxygen room at Jackson Memorial Hospital with rising strength and stable vitals.
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Miami
Fina
Anton J. Cermak
Chicago
Giuseppi Zangara
Roosevelt
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Virgil Wright
Florida Power and Light Company
Frederick Tice
Pam
Cermak
Smith appeals for cleaner Democratic ranks against demagogues
AP Smith urges the Democratic Party to purge demagogues and hindrances. He criticizes Long as fitting every blamed category and a stench feared to offend, even by his own family, amid fears of contamination.
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AP Smith
Democratic Party
Epic of America Reflections on American Character
A critique notes flaws in American society from lax lawfulness to materialism and prejudice while insisting a powerful American dream remains if citizens relinquish blame shifting. The author urges confronting self and institutions honestly rather than citing external causes. Copyright 1933.
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Ames Truslow Adams
America
Zona
Gale
Coprright
Dunshee Seriously Injured In Cedar Rapids Auto Crash
W H Dunshee, 1841 First avenue E, sustained a severe gash to the forehead a possible fractured breast bone and knee injuries at 4 45 pm Thursday when his car swerved to avoid a collision on First avenue E near Twenty third street and struck a tree. Post incident reports say Miss Ann Dvorak stopped to drop passengers and may have caused the swerve by her U turn attempt amid a rear fender collision. He was taken by ambulance to St Luke's hospital where his condition was listed as fair.
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Cedar Rapids
W. H. Dunshee
First Avenue E
Twenty-third Street
Ann Dvorak
Nineteenth Street SE
Dunshee
Miss. Dvorak
St. Luke's Hospital
Mrs Roosevelt Signals Curtailment of Inaugural Program
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt aboard the presidential train said she would likely cancel nearly all social events connected with the inauguration out of respect for the late Senator Thomas Walsh. She indicated only the White House tea and Women’s National Democratic Club reception would likely remain.
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Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington
Thomas J. Walsh
White House
Women's National Democratic Club
Repeal Bone Day Law Signed by McNutt in Indiana
Governor Paul V. McNutt signed the bill repealing the Indiana prohibition enforcement act in Indianapolis. The action marks a formal end to the bone day prohibition framework outlined in state law.
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Indianapolis
Paul V. McNutt
Roosevelt and Hoover to confer before inauguration
Washington AP report says outgoing President Hoover and President-elect Roosevelt plan a third pre inauguration talk in the White House red room. Mrs Roosevelt will accompany Roosevelt and Hoover plans a New York trip after the inauguration. An economy program for government cuts of 150 to 200 million dollars was outlined by Garner based on budget chief designates Douglas and Sherley.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Panama
Pacific Coast
White House
Roosevelt
Red Room
Roose
Hoover
Alread
Palo Alto
Garner
Douglas
Arizona
Swagar Sherley
Treasury-Post Office Department
Tugwell Will Be Wallace Assistant Aboard Roosevelt Special
Homer Cummings, veteran Connecticut Democrat, named governor general of the Philippines. Rex Tugwell of New York to be an assistant secretary of agriculture. Tugwell, a Roosevelt brain trust member, is tied to the Roosevelt plane and inner circle with Moley and other key figures.
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Roosevelt Special
Homer Cummings
Connecticut
Philippines
Rex Tugwell
New York
Cummings
Tugwell
Roosevelt
Raymond S. Moley
Roosevelt Nears White House Ride After Walsh Death
Franklin D. Roosevelt travels to Washington with family as Senator Walsh of Montana dies. Speculation on his future attorney general choice includes Arthur Mullen Joseph C O Mahoney Frank Murphy Felix Frankfurter Guy Thompson and Governor Ritchie among others. Roosevelt remains calm despite the leadership crisis and the death of a close ally.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Walsh
Montana
Roosevelt
Mmself
New York
William H. Wooding
Treasury
Arthur Mullen
Nebraska
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Hudson
Gore
Chinese defenders brace as Jehol falls to Japanese advance
Chinese nationalist spokesmen warned Japan would push beyond the Great Wall into north China. A Japanese carrier and warships appeared off Chingwantao triggering evacutions from Jehol City as Chinese forces withdraw southward toward the Great Wall amid heavy casualties, with estimates of over a thousand deaths at Chihfeng.
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China
Nanking
Japan
Great Wall
North China
Jehel
Chingwantao
Shanhaikwan
International
Jehol
Peiping
Marshal Chang
Hsueh-Liang
Chahar Province
Jehor City
Chihfeng
Dr. Menary Ends City Milk Inspector Term
Dr. A. R. Menary fulfilled his pledge to clean up Cedar Rapids milk by March 1 and handed back the inspector’s duties to Mayor W. H. Stepanek. He suggested a dairy commission, noted progress on tests and licenses, and said he would not take a permanent post, stating, I guess so, when asked.
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Cedar Rapids
A. R. Menary
W.H Stepanek
Menary
L. B. Graham
Boettcher Kidnapping Sparks Multistate Hunt
Denver authorities and Boettcher family efforts led a multi state search for abductors who seized Charles Boettcher II on February 12 and held him until the following Wednesday. Claude Boettcher paid a $60 000 ransom and two suspects were in custody amid gunfights in northern Colorado. The boy described a tense captivity lasting about eight hours, with limited contact and a basement confinement.
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Denver
Boettcher
Charlés
Claude K. Boettcher
Colorado
Halon
Gun Battle Fails To Stop Suspected Boettcher Kidnappers
Weld county officers on the Greeley Cheyenne highway opened fire on a speeding car believed to shelter the Boettcher kidnapping suspects. The pursuit continued more than fifty miles to Cheyenne Wyoming, but the vehicle escaped.
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Greeley
Colo
INS
Weld County
Boettcher
Here
Greeley-Cheyenne
Cheyenne
Wyo
Man Held After Death Of Heiress At Roadside Party
Asher Earle Bentley, 35, jailed as autopsy on Aldine Younger 20, heiress, proceeds. Dr. William D. McNally from Chicago conducts post mortem examining bone fractures and blood stains on Bentley’s car fender. Sheriff Heckman reports Bentley’s vague account of the party and parking before Younger’s body was found four and a half miles west.
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Pontiac
INS
Asher Earle Bentley
Aldine Younger
William D. McNally
Chicago
Bentley
Here
John Heckman
State Session Of Maccabees To Be Held Here May 11
The state quadrennial convention of the Maccabees will be held in Cedar Rapids on May 11. S. S. Burgin, state commander, announced the event. Officers and two delegates to the Detroit supreme convention will be elected. About fifty delegates and 400 visitors are expected for the school of instruction and ritualistic work. Cedar Rapids has been the Iowa Maccabees headquarters for fourteen years.
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Cedar Rapids
the Maccabees
S. S. Burgin
Detroit
Maccabees of
Iowa
S. S. Eaesa
J Rall
New Attorney General Dies En Route to Washington
Senator Walsh of Montana famed for Teapot Dome oil probe and former Democratic National Convention chairman died on a train in North Carolina early Thursday while en route to Washington. He married his Cuban bride the previous Saturday.
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Senator Walsh
Montana
North’ Carolina
Washington
U S Paroles Syrian Youth to His Mother
A ten year old Syrian boy Freddie Abdnour will not be deported to Mexico. He will be paroled to his mother Mrs Rachel Shada and kept under immigration supervision for up to a year. Representative Cyrenus Cole reported the decision to The Gazette. Harry Hull immigration commissioner said the parole keeps Freddie with his mother and could be extended if satisfactory.
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Cedar Rapids
Fred’ Abdnour
Mexico
Awil
Joe
Nassif
Tenth Street
Rachel
Shada
Cyrenus Cole
Washington, D. C
United States Immigration Department
Freddie
Bureau of Immigration
Abdnour
Harry Hull
Commissioner of Immigration
Gazette
Washington
Hull
Fred
Hollywood Romance Ends in Washington Woman’s Marriage
Hollywood producer Lewis Brock and Helen F Collins of Washington DC will wed Saturday after a romance that began on a movie lot. Brock announced the union noting her rise from film extra to society figure.
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Hollywood
INS
Lewis Brock
Helen F. Collins
Washington, D. C
Brock
Capital Mourns as Walsh of Montana Dies
Washington reels with shock at the sudden death of Senator Walsh of Montana. Senate adjourns in regret and House follows. Roosevelt faces cabinet vacancy as Arthur Mullen of Nebraska is floated as a potential replacement.
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Washington
Walsh
Montana
Senate
House
Cary T. Grayson
Roosevelt
Hoover
Arthur Mullen
Nebraska
Rainey Selected Speaker to Lead House in Roosevelt Era
Henry T Rainey of Illinois was chosen by Democratic lawmakers to be Speaker of the House on the first ballot, succeeding John N Garner. Rainey, a veteran with 28 years in Congress, will steer the Roosevelt program through a large Democratic majority. Byrns named floor leader as Rainey inherits the pivotal post and a busy legislative agenda.
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Washington
Henry"t. Rainey
Dem
House
Congress
Roosevelt
Ts Rainey
John N. Garner
Henry T. Rainey
Minois
House of Representatives
Illinois
John, McDuffie
Ala
Rankin
Miss
John Bankhead
Marvin Jones
Tex
Rainey
House Democrats
Joseph
W. Byrns
Tenn
Appropriations Committee
Byrns
Withs
Drew
South Trimble
William
Elson
Missouri
Joan
Joseph J.” Sinnott
E. Scott
James Shera Montgomery
Dobney
Joplin
Burns
Bertrand Snell
N. Y
Middle
Far West
Tom Cullen
New York Tammany
Robert Crosser
Ohio
Garner
Kerns Fails to Identify Kidnap Suspects from Photos
Cedar Rapids resident George Kerns could not identify three men shown in The Gazette photo page as suspects in a Minnesota Iowa kidnapping spree. He recalls only the driver in profile and notes clothing differences, while his car was seized and used in robberies near Atkins and other towns on February 10.
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Cedar “Rapids
George. Kerns
Sixth’ Street
The
Gazette
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Iowa
Kerns
Atkins
Ats
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