Half Billion Bank Shares Held by Government
The RFC has acquired about 500 million dollars of bank equity plus over 700 million in collateral backed loans and notes. It now owns roughly one sixth of national and state bank capital while promising policy influence in the sector as it pushes banks to sell preferred stock to raise capital. The record covers 1933 1934 with investments spread across many banks and instruments including preferred stock capital notes and debentures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Sneal
Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Congress
Uncle Sam
Ansurara
Nancy Page Buffet Plans For Easy Theater Party Refreshments
Mrs Lacey plans a late evening home reception after a hockey game. She decorates a table with lace runners doilies candles and a fruit bowl. A chafing dish Welsh rarebit coffee service and assorted sweets will be arranged with nuts and fruit for dessert.
Burlesque Invades Metropolitan Opera For Fund Raise
A weekend performance at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York turned burlesque as a fundraiser. The event mixed humor and music to encourage next year’s season, marking fifty years since the opera’s opening and featuring longtime artists and guests in a playful, controversial program.
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Metropolitan Opera
New York
Stan Metropolitan Opera House
Bs Scouts
NRA
Acscene
Matthe Owser
Om Tvs
Birea Conia
Papliace
Teremarvin
Teartulomo
Poramon
Aida
Antonin Seatth
Balitone
Suveday Night
Metropolitan
Lil Pors
Jack Reynolds Held as Witness in Cincinnati Killing
Jack Reynolds the world welterweight champion and former Cedar Rapids resident was detained in Cincinnati Ohio with others as material witnesses after a fatal shooting during a daytime brawl Police said the witnesses offered unsatisfactory explanations and bond was posted The case centers on the death of Phil Citron and the Reynolds are to testify before a coroner in Cincinnati
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Reynolds
Cedar Rapids
Mondas
Cisen
Reynolds
Don Pretel
Weld For Drunk Driving After Car Hits Parked Auto
Teen Pachta 21 of 18 Fighth serie Foo held for operating a meter vyiele while intoxicated near 220 am Sunday following a collision on Foret avenue Third street where Pebtes car struck a mine line teaching to To Atherton. Was fred $10 ard cots on police court Monday.
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Betteen
Sundas
Ane
Automarine Credentar
Orear Third Street
Pebtes
Oma
Atherton
Won't Tolerate Prodding Ribs Woman Fends Off Intruder
Mrs Wioma Sanborn confronted a young man trying to poke a phone box from her wall area. She warned him, he ceased, and she restrained him with a poke that left him unconscious. Police arrived as the intruder lay still.
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Wioma Sanborn
Jimmy
Hav
Duchess Of Aosta Reported Dead in Rome
Rome dispatch reports the Duchess of Aosta dead at age as rumors spread. King Victor Emmanuel III state authorities have not confirmed details while the court prepares formal notices.
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Duchess of
Aosta
Rome
Aca
Victor Enmanuel
British Missionary May Be Crowned King of Sinkiang
The Daily Express reports Dr. Khalid Sheldrake a British missionary and son of a London pickle maker may be named king of Sinkiang Islamestan. No confirmation. his wife reportedly intends to accompany him with their two sons for the coronation amid regional intrigue involving Japan Russia and Britain.
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London
Khalid Sheldrake
Sinkiang
Daily Express
Sheldrake
Islamestan
Peiping
Japan
Russia
Britain
Centra
Manchukuo
Central Asia
India
Factor Identifies Banghart As Captor
John Factor on the witness stand identified Basil Hugh Banghart known as The Owl as one of the men who abducted him from a roadhouse on July 1 and held him for a $70,000 ransom. The defense showed no emotion while Factor testified. The state aims to send Banghart to the electric chair or Joliet prison alongside Touhy Kator and Shaefer who already serve long terms.
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Chicago
John Factor
Basil Hugh
Banghart
Factor
Joliet
Roger Touhy
Albert Kator
Gus Shaefer
Wavy linoleum out of place prompts floor fix ad
A Want Ad from a flooring company promises smooth floors with linoleum and carpet laying services. They claim to fix humps and wrinkles, offering reliable floor coverings for homes.
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Milady
Nora’s Religion Sparks Catty Notes in Poem
In Poem Poor Pa by Claude Callan Nora displays a simple faith. She denounces other denominations while praising her preacher and criticizing his wife.
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Nora
Personal Health Service by William Brady M D
A reader reports locating a physician who uses diathermy to remove tonsils after being unable to find one through six doctors. The letter commends the method and criticizes older physicians for resisting new treatments, praising the doctor who adopted the approach and urging wider modernized patient education.
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Personal Health
William Brady
M D
Doctor's Challenge Prompts Careful Science Rethink
The writer defends careful inquiry before publishing medical ideas, noting past disputes with doctors and editors over “newspaper science.” He emphasizes fair investigation and weighing ideas with the help of respected physicians to avoid premature or sensational claims.
Questions and Answers on Health and Home Remedies
Readers submit health questions about laxatives thyroid reduction rain water safety and mouthwash. Answers warn against unsupervised saline purges and thyroid pills, clarify rainwater from certain roofs is generally harmless, and describe Dobell’s solution as a old mouthwash formula though labeled poison.
Newtown Quorum Fails. Tax Meeting Finally Quorum
In Newtown Connecticut AP reports a town meeting to fix the tax rate lacked a legal quorum until a legal voters posse gathered eleven taxpayers. The gathering then became a legal meeting despite earlier short turnout.
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Newtown, Conn
Newtown
Passion play accident at St Michael’s church injures two
Alfred Yo chum aged 22 portraying Christus and Elmer Hartlep 21 as a Roman soldier were injured when a cross brace collapsed during a Passion play at St. Michael’s church. About 1,200 spectators caused a near panic as the cross fell during the performance.
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Pittsburgh
Alfred Yochum
Christus
Elmer Hartlep
St. Michael's Church
Iowa News in Briefs from Several Towns
A roundup of brief items from Iowa towns reports a freight train colliding with a car driven by Gilbert Brown at Wyoming with Brown escaping with minor injuries. Other notes include Tama court continuing a stolen property case, Coralville card party results, Tama car crash injuries, Williamsburg church banquet and anniversary celebrations, Wyoming lodge meeting, Columbus Junction wedding, Riverside club elections, Viola basketball party, and Vinton and Van Horne CW A project injuries.
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Wyoming
Gilbert Brown
Clinton
Brown
Tama
Irwin Plowman
Court of Justice
George W. Carpenter
Belle Plaine
Plowman
Coralville
Coralville Athletic Association
Town Hall
Edward Hogan
Dean Francis
A. R. Bow
Fred Sternagle
Jones County Council
Rebekah
Anamosa
Monticello
Onslow
Columbus Junction
Audrey L. Tisor
Edward Tisor
Columbus
Iva McCredey
Ola O'Loughlin
Anna Griffin
Beatrice Wheelan
Nellie Quinn
Williamsburg
George Swigart
Swigart
Genoa Bluffs Congregational Church
Ladora
L. J. Tanner
Alma Parker
George
Eugene Tanner
Marilyn
Ralph Kessler
Eugene, Alden
Eunice Schultz
William Hoecker
Gallion
Ohio
Harry Langlais
Ben Felling
Butler
John
Glenn Koppenhaver
Ronald
Harry Caldwell
Nathan Port
Robert Huckins
Stanley Smith
John Smeltzer
Charles Hart
Ward Knight
Robert Drumbarger
Harold Minner
Viola
Linn
Citizens
George Ireland
George Miller
L. B. Madsen
Willam Wilker
C. H. Hanold
Fred Storm
Emma Alden
W. ©. Shaffer
People’s
S. H. Brainard
Gus von Sprecken
Harry Cook
Charles Marshall
Ernest Weller
Lyle Jenkins
C. J. Ingwersen
W. O. Shaffer
Vinton
Earl Powers
Leo Bevins
van Horne
CWA
Powers
Miller Quarry
Bevins
High Point
Own
Cirrus Clouds Reach Nine Miles High in Sky
Cirrus clouds form at altitudes up to nine miles, the highest among cloud types. Spiders with six eyes are notably near sighted despite their many eyes.
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Miss Downing
Miss Thompson
Miss Burrichter
C. H. Sten
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Friedman
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Dodge
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Plymouth
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