Anton Cermak biography and banking rise in Chicago
A biographical sketch traces Anton Cermak from Bohemia to Ellis Island to becoming Chicago's first foreign born mayor. It notes his early work in mines and tow boy jobs, then waste wood trading, banking, real estate, and building a loan firm before entering politics. The piece defends his record and criticizes malcontents who deny equality of opportunity. It also discusses banking holiday sentiment and a Cedar Rapids school funding controversy.
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Nton Cermak
Bohemia
America
Illinois
Anton
Chito Traction Company
International Harvester Cominy
Roosevelt May Back Guarantee Plan Thursday
Washington reports growing support for a modified national deposit guarantee to anchor a unified banking system. Key leaders and Governor Meyer of the Federal Reserve Board back the concept, with Glass and Steagall considerations shaping a possible framework.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Congress
Eugene Meyer
Federal Reserve Board
Ukulele Ike Wins Reduced Support for Son
Clifford Edwards, known to screen and radio fans as Ukulele Ike, won a reduction from 200 dollars a month to 30 dollars a week in payments to support his crippled son, Clifford Jr., 13, in Chicago.
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Chicago
Clifford Edwards
Ike
Clifford
Hawkers Sell I.O.U. Books in Dallas Street Sale
Street hawkers sold I O U booklets in Dallas. Forms printed in haste sold as centrepieces or twelve for a dime. Vendors accepted cash only.
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1.O.U
Dallas
Tex
Gandhi and Ford must Work together for spiritual balance
A 1933 essay argues the future civilization hinges on a dialogue between mysticism and mechanism. Gandhi and Ford are presented as symbols of spirit and machine, warning that without inner faith the modern world will drift, commodify life, and lose humanity.
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Gandhi
Ford
Zangara Murder Hearing Set For Thursday
In Miami a Circuit Judge set Giuseppe Zangara's arraignment on the murder of Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cer mak for 9 a.m. Thursday. Zangara wore his usual attire and was escorted by deputies as defense lawyers predefined by the court. He previously drew 80 years for the Roosevelt assassination attempt and related wounds. The possible death penalty remains under the Cer mak indictment.
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Miami
Fla
Giuseppe Zangara
Anton J. Cermak
Chicago
Aly O. Thompson
Zangara
Roosevelt
Lewis M. Twyman
J. H McCaskill
Albert E. Raja
Mr. Roosevelt
Ate
Cermak
Gill
Mourning Observance Planned For Mayor Cermak
Chicago leaders outline a three day mourning program for Mayor Anton Cermak. The body will lie in state in City Hall while a bitter fight for succession unfolds between republicans and the democratic party. The observance begins with the body arriving from Miami and ends with a public funeral Friday.
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Chicago
INS
Anton Cermak
Democratic Organization For
Cermak
Miami
Signs Of Economic Recovery Seen In Price Upturn
New York experts noted possible inflation and a price boost for farmers as markets reopened after the bank holiday. Reports from Chicago and New York showed gains in wheat corn cattle hogs and raw sugar with pork prices surging and livestock receipts expected to rise later in the week.
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New York
Chicago
Will Enforce Iowa Holiday Amid Banking Shutdown
Des Moines reports a continuing banking holiday in Iowa with Lieut. Gov. Kraschel urging total compliance until reserves in Chicago and New York are released. Temporary bank openings at Council Bluffs and Dubuque caused confusion, but officials reaffirmed an absolute holiday and warned of state power to close banks. The Des Moines Clearing House prepared exchange certificates as roads were ordered to treat the period as Sundays for demurrage and storage.
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Des Moines
Iowa
N. G. Kraschel
New York
Chicago
B. A. Andrew
Council Bluffs
Dubuque
Woodin
Treasury Department
Towa
Kraschel
Iowa Board of Railroad Commissioners
All Local Banks Open To Make Change
Cedar Rapids banks opened to provide change under modification orders by the treasury secretary and Iowa officials. Other bank functions are limited and being worked out. the mercantile bureau’s temporary money exchange in the old post office building has been discontinued.
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Cedar Rapids
Secretary of the Treasury
Nelson G. Kraschel
Iowa
Mercantile Bureau
N Jay Leonard
Bureau
Man Breaks into Boiler Works To Call Girlfriend
Donald Beebe broke into a local boiler works in Waterloo to use a telephone for a long distance call to his girlfriend in Cedar Rapids. He had no change and told police of his intent.
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Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Donald Beebe
Janet Gaynor Files Divorce Suit in Los Angeles
Film star Janet Gaynor filed for divorce in Los Angeles charging undue jealousy and bad temper against Lydell Pack bond broker. The couple wed September 11, 1929.
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Janet Gaynor
Los Angeles
Lydell Pack
Navy Secretary Swanson backs treaty-based fleet ratios
Secretary Swanson announced a policy to maintain London treaty world navy ratios as a guiding standard. He stated at his first press conference that he would advocate naval adjustment to secure all that the treaty allows for the United States.
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Washington
INS
Swanson
Navy
Federal Kidnap Charges Filed in Denver Case
Six suspects face federal kidnaping charges in the Charles Boettcher II case in Denver. Arthur Youngberg Carl Pearce Verne Sankey Gordon Elkhorn Ruth Kohler and Verne Sankey are jailed or pursued after a South Dakota hideout was uncovered and a ransom was paid.
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Denver
Charles Boettcher
United States District Court
United States District
Ralph L. Carr
Carl W. Peserce
Arthur Youngberg
Gordon Elkhorn
Ruth Kohler
Verne Sankey
Albert T. Clark
South Dakota
Colo
Charles Boettcher II
Carl W. Pearce
Gordon 7Mikborn
Wells
Pearce
Youngberg
Sankey
Elkhorn
Chamberlain
William J. Armstrong
Young Boettcher
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska
John Nelson Steele dies in West Palm Beach at 79
John Nelson Steele aged 79, an attorney and copper investor with ties to New York and Baltimore, died at a West Palm Beach hospital after a brief illness on Tuesday.
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West Palm Beach, Fla
John Nelson Steele
New York
Baltimore
Cedar Rapids Co op Dairy Receives Butter Order From Chicago
A Chicago firm Peter Fox and Sons ordered a carload of butter from Cedar Rapids Co operative Dairy, worth about 3400 dollars, with currency to be expressed if desired. Manager W M Reed said shipment would be ready by Wednesday and that similar offers have come from New York. The butter will be consigned to Pittsburgh.
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Cedar Rapids News
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Express
Peter Fox and Sons
Chicago
Banks plan limited reopening to meet payrolls and supplies
Treasury Secretary Woodin postponed a press conference and announced no banking statement. A partial bank reopening began to revive business, with rules allowing payroll, food, medicine, and animal feed payments, plus limited deposits and cashiered checks under federal guidance.
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Washington (Lp
Washington
Iowa Scrip Delayed As Federal Reserve Awaits Word
Des Moines Clearing House members report delay in issuing local scrip money after the Federal Reserve in Chicago waits for guidance from Washington. B F Kauffman says certificates will be Iowa only under federal authorization and funds backing is still undetermined.
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DES Moines
INS
Iowa
Des Moines Clearing House Association
Federal Reserve System
Chicago
Washington, D. C
B. F. Kauffman
Soviets decline to judge Japan in Sino conflict
The Soviet government refused to take part in the League of Nations consultative commission on the Sino-Japanese conflict, citing hostility from major participants toward the Soviet administration. The note implies Washington-Moscow diplomatic rupture without naming the United States.
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Moscow
League of Nations Consultative Commission
United States
Washington
May Use Scrip On N Y Stock Exchange
New York based report says a seven member committee handles Stock Exchange affairs during suspension with no rulings yet on scrip use when trading resumes. The exchange remains closed on an until further notice basis as final determination on clearinghouse certificates is pending.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange
Dubuque Banks Reopen Under Federal Reserve Instructions
Acting on telegraphic guidance from the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank the First National and American Trust and Savings banks in Dubuque reopened on Tuesday. They will accept deposits to be kept in cash and issue checks against the full amount or allow withdrawals without restrictions. Bank officials said a dispute between Lt Governor Krasch el and the treasury secretary would not affect operations under federal bank regulations.
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Chicago
Livestock “Exchange
Treasury
Sicariel Buesh
Institute of American Meat Packers
Kansas City
President Grant
Livestock Exchange
Secretary of Treasury
Woodin
United States
Federal Reserve Banks
Dubuque, Taw
Federal Reserve Bank In
National and American Trust and Savings Banks
Gov
Kraschel
Secretary‘of the Treasury
Girl Knocked Down But Unhurt By Car
Margaret Wilkinson seven of 858 Second Avenue SE was struck by a car crossing Second Avenue at Tenth Street SE at 6 30 p m Monday. The driver Walter Luke 805 Havenue NW stopped and aided the girl who found a slipper. Luke then took a doctor to her home and she was found unharmed.
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Margaret Wilkinson
Second Avenue
Tenth Street SE
Walter
Luke
H .Avenue
Cedar Rapids Feels Mild Despite Overcast Sky
Overcast skies linger over Cedar Rapids as temperatures rise from a midnight low of 39 to 34 by 7 am and 36 by 9 am. By 2:30 pm the day warmed to 49 as clouds thinned significantly.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
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