Navy Yard Reds Rumors Stir Fear of Dismissals
A House Navy Affairs subcommittee hears that thirty six known reds work in the Washington navy yard with commanders and officials warning that communist cells may exist in most yards. Secretary Swanson says charges will be considered and dismissals may follow. The probe by a House commission and navy leaders aims to curb subversive activity while avoiding a red scare.
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Washington
Naval Yards
House
Navy Affairs
Special House
Navy
Army
John W. McCormack
Mass
Twenty Arrested After Violent Elevator Strike Riots
Twenty men were arrested after raids on Bronx apartment lobbies where elevator operators were on strike. Violent intrusions damaged two Walton avenue and Longfellow avenue buildings, Grand Concourse tapestries ripped, and telephones damaged. Police logged about $2000 in damages as threats against Bronx Realty board officials surfaced. Mayor La Guardia called a Monday conference on the Brooklyn Edison strike.
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New York
Bronx
Walton Avenue
Longfellow Avenue
Grand Concourse
Simpson Street
Wuch
Albert YD Phelps
Bronx Realty Advisory Board
Brooklyn
F H
la Guardia
Brooklyn Edison Company
Tornado Belt Shifts Across States in 1934 Storms
A historical note recalls tornadoes spread through Arkansas Missouri Town Illinois and large parts of Kansas and Nebraska while New Orleans Cleveland and Indianapolis endured freak storms in 1934. Tornadoes ignore fixed paths or rules and strike unexpectedly.
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Arkansas
Missouri
Townlinois
Kansas
Nebraska
New Orleans
Cleveland
Indiinapolis
Giant Patrick the Irish Hoopla Threatens British Rail
In Belfast the three ton Irish giant Patrick created by John Dyer has become a railroad nuisance. After a legal fight with partner Kershaw, Patrick sits in a wooden coffin in railway storage. The railway seeks Dyer or Kershaw descendants who can claim Patrick for 2500 dollars.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Patrick
John Dyer
County Antrim
New York
Antrim
Scotland
Dyer
All Ireland
Kershaw
London
Dyer Patrick
Chancery Court
Pat
Evangeli st attacked in Gable town sparks citizen uproar
In Hopedale Ohio 800 residents angrily confronted evangelist Samuel Williams after he belittled Clark Gable at a Parent-Teachers meeting. Mayor Bell and local women defend the actor praising him as an artist, while Williams urges Christian service.
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Hopedale
INS
Samuel Williams
Clark Gable
H. M. Bell
Gable
Atvangelist
Williams
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Clark
T W. Pearson
Hopedale Church
Center Point Teen Injured in School Scuffle
Clarence Cramer, 15, son of Mr and Mrs Na Cramer of northeast Center Point, a Cedar Rapids hospital patient with a broken leg after a friendly scuffle with a schoolmate Friday noon. He will remain in the hospital for a week.
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Center Point
Clarence Cramer
Na Cramer
Center Pont
Inca High School
Cedar Rapids
Ile
Underworld Style Slaying Found In Astoria New York
An unidentified man about 28 was found dead with two bullets in the head inside a coupe near Sunflower Field in Astoria. A vegetable farmer reported seeing a three foot object protruding from the car as Queens homicide began identifying the victim and whether the killing ties to vice and gambling cleanup. Police link six recent murders to gangsters silencing potential grand jury witnesses.
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NEW York
INS
Sunflower Field
Astoria
New York Underworld
Queens
Wholesale business in the United States totals 70 billion yearly
The wholesale sector in the United States generates about 70 billion dollars in annual business. This figure reflects the scale of goods distribution across industries and markets nationwide.
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United States
Ponzi Tells How He Found Gold in U S
Rome AP Charles Ponzi, the Italian immigrant turned financial wizard famed for his 50 percent in 50 days scheme, begins a memoir titled Mr Ponzi. He recounts arriving in Boston in 1903 penniless, amassing 40,000 investors, and claiming gold was in reach, with wealth arriving in 1920.
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Rome
Charles Fonzi
United States
Ponzi
Boston
Viale del Re
Italy
Minnesota bachelor farmer found slain
The battered body of Harry Sybrant 64 a bachelor farmer was found in his Harris Minnesota home after a struggle. Sheriff Henry Stream said the face and jaw were crushed and he had no motive or clues. John Krantz and Swan Krantz found the body. coroner's inquest set for Monday.
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Swan Krantz
John
Stream
Dig Slowly Through Frozen Earth For Baby Doe Tabor Grave
Leadville Colorado digger works to complete the crypt for Elizabeth Baby Doe Tabor as funeral plans hinge on Denver Willard McCourt and a charity offer. Snow hides the hilltop mining camp while curious locals assess a private burial near her late husband H W Tabor.
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Tabor
Leadville
Colo
Wasatch
Elizabeth
Doe” Tabor
Denver
H . W. Tabor
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Barquist
Willard E. McCourt
John Dower
J. K. Mullen
Tabors
Fryer Hill
Mrs. Tabor
Silver Dollar
Darling Child
Honeymaid Silver
Sargent Urges Diversified Crops and Tariffs for U.S. Agriculture
Fred W. Sargent, president of the North Western railroad, cites diversification of crops and higher farm tariffs as keys to permanent agricultural prosperity. He notes U.S. imports last year could have required 49 million acres to produce and proposes adding 5 million more acres of soybeans, with two model farms near Mount Vernon, Iowa, focused on lime soil conditioning, soybeans, corn, oats, and alfalfa. no immediate livestock plans.
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Fred W. Sargent
North Western Railroad
All America
Mount Vernon
Sargent
America
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Cornell College
Rail
Obituary: John P. Klassen Dies After Brief Illness
John P. Klassen 75 died at his Cedar Rapids home after a brief illness. He was born in Dubuque on Nov 30 1859 and lived in Worthington Minnesota Granville Iowa before moving to Cedar Rapids in 1902. Surviving are his wife Clara Lattner eight children ten relatives and a brother and sister. Funeral at Immaculate Conception Church Monday at 9 30 a.m. with his son the Rev L W Klassen officiating. Burial in Mount Calvary Cemetery.
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John P. Klassen
Fourth Avenue
Mr. Klassen
Dubuque
Worthington
Minn
Clara Lattner
Granville
Cedar Rapids
Sheet Metal Workers’ Union
O. C. Klassen
A. W. Kiassen
R. C. Klassen
St. John’s Church
Independence
Will Klassen
Paullina
Peter Klassen
Warsaw
Wis
Joe Klassen
Spokane
Wash
Mary Burkle
Sheldon
Klassen
Immaculate Conception Church
Rev
L. W. Klassen
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Palo
Methodist Church
Arthur J. Nie
Peter Asher Ward
Vinton Hospital
Benton County
Norway
Silas E
Katherine Kimm
Mr. Ward
Edith May Ward
Vivian
Ione Ward
Thelma Opal Kline
Valeria H. Saltzbranner
Delbert C. Ward
Burned To Death In Head On Crash In Georgia
Five people died when two autos collided head on in Wayne County Georgia and ignited a fireball that engulfed the wreckage. The victims included Mr and Mrs Cardell Gay of Millen and three African American men James Johnson George Davis and Bell. A fourth Black man Robert Owen survived with critical injuries. The Gays had married last Thanksgiving Day.
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Waynesboro
INS
Cardell Gay
Millen
James Johnson
George Davis
Bell
Robert Owen
Georgia
Alyce Jane Enjoys Chicken For Dinner
Alyce Jane McHenry ten years old eats a chicken wing and cereal after a lengthy operation to reposition her stomach and organs. Doctors report near normal vitals and progress as hospital staff try to satisfy her appetite. She longs to hold a wing in her fist and feel normal again.
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Fall River
Mass
Alyce Jane McHenry
Alyce Jane
Current Comment on New Deal Criticism and Press Freedom
A Cedar Rapids column defends open critique of New Deal policies while noting the danger of government overreach and press curtailment. It recalls 1932 promises, contrasts private management accountability, and asserts the need for sustained criticism amid political experimentation. We also report funeral services for Mrs. Peter Asher Ward in Cedar Rapids.
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New Deal
A. D
United States
Washington
Cedar Rapids
J. A. Nelson
Suit Over Will Fought For 300 Years In Court
Dublin Irish Free State AP report details Erasmus Smith will dispute begun after 1612 birth. Propers estates valued at $50 000 yearly. Catholics Presbyterians Protestants claim allocations to education of their own sects. Case ongoing since 1933 with two readers dead and $75 000 spent. Litigants urge Parliament to secure judgment from Supreme Court.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
America
Parliament
Supreme Court
Dickens
Old Erasmus
Smith
Reading
Meredith
Saar
Litigants
Archbishop Diaz Freed In Mexico After Short Imprisonment
Archbishop Pascual Diaz, Roman Catholic primate of Mexico, was released after a day in custody. He thanked Americans for sympathy and said he paid a 100 peso fine for a technical violation of church activity laws, for appearing outside a church in clerical dress. He noted he dressed in his car and walked into the church.
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Mexico City
Pascual Diaz
Mexico
Professor Pollock to Speak at Cedar Rapids Men's Forum
Prof. Pollock from the University of Iowa will address the Cedar Rapids Men's Forum on old age pension funds. I J Shepard and other local men will read the discussions, with a 6:15 dinner and 6:45 program start. Opponents and proponents will speak and general discussion will follow. Public invited.
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Cedar Rapids
I. L. Pollock
Political Science Department
University of Iowa
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