Compensating Wage Boosts Planned by NACC Directors
The National Automobile Chamber of Commerce directors recommended to members a cut in average weekly hours from 40 to 36 and compensating wage boosts above February 1934 rates to take effect by March 31 1934. The move precedes a National Labor Board meeting on auto industry labor disputes in Washington. The group argued labor unrest stems from artificial issues around unionizing plants.
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Detroit
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Washington
National Labor Board
Michigan
NACC
Henry Ford
Ford
Ford Company
United States
Automobile Workers’ Federal Labor Union
NRA
Washington Day in Review Features Aviation and Politics
AP summary notes John S Cohen invited as treasurer of the DNC while Lindbergh Chamberlin and Wright are chosen to probe Army aviation. Gifford protests public management of private property and Congress probes Army contract testimony. Old air mail routes may resume. stock market regulation discussed. live debate over Army air mail deaths continues.
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Associated Press
John S Cohen
Atlanta
Democratic National Committee
Charles A. Lindbergh
Clarence Chamberlin
Orville Wright
Walter S. Gifford
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Federal Reserve
District of Columbia
Grand Jury
Catherine Conner
Federal Relief Administration
Kentucky
Narrlee Branch
Roper
Robinson
Ind
Ark
Army Air Mall
What Prayer Means And How It Works
A 1934 reflection explains prayer as a natural force in life not just words. It argues prayer aligns us with nature’s law, changes the self, and can shape outcomes by directing desires toward truth, purity, and beauty. All prayers reflect deepest life desires and may be answered according to their power.
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William James
Ipene
Emerson
Civil War Vet Lorenzo Dickerson Dies at 97
Lorenzo Dickerson a Civil War veteran died Tuesday at his Knoxville Indiana home after a brief illness. He was 97 years old.
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Knoxville
Lorenzo Dickerson
Cigar Co Man Fined for Liquor Charge in Cedar Rapids
Judge John T. Moffit fined David Clabo, manager of United Cigar, 100 dollars plus costs for illegal transportation of intoxicating liquor, a substituted liquor nuisance charge. Thirty quarts of Renault tonic seized from 217 Third Street SE showed alcohol content claims conflicting with analyses.
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Cedar Rapins News
John T. Moffit
David Clabo
United Cigar Company
Third Street SE
Chicago
G K Thompson
Clabo
Des Moines
Thompson
Iowa
Linn
Lindy to Help Plan for Air Mail Safety
President Roosevelt hosted Brig. Gen William Mitchell for a lunch and likely talks on air mail safety. Secretary Dern named a panel including Orville Wright Lindbergh and Chamberlin to study air mail operations and flight instruments and personnel training.
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Lindy
Washington
INS
Roosevelt
William Mitchell
Army Air Corps
Mitchell
Clarence Chamberlin Joins War Aviation Defense Board
Clarence Chamberlin trans Atlantic pilot accepts request from Secretary of War George H. Dern to serve on a consulting board on aviation and national defense.
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New York
INS
Clarence Chamberlin
George H. Dern
Army air mail routes set nine lines across the nation
The army establishes nine air mail routes after a safety review. Flights resume after the war department lifts the ground stop. Routes include Boston to New York, New York to San Francisco via Chicago and Salt Lake City, and Chicago to St. Paul. Officials predicted flights to begin soon with fuller personnel details to follow.
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Washington
War Department
Boston
New York
San Francisco
Chicago
Salt Lake City
Jacksonville
Atlanta
Dallas
Kansas City
St. Louis
Seattle
Salt Lake
San Diego
Los Angeles
Cheyenne
Denver
St. Paul
Army
High Command
Roosevelt
Post Office Plans New Air Mail Routes
Harllee Branch told the House Post Office Committee that two air mail routes from Chicago to Spokane and Billings to El Paso would be added under a 12 million dollar fiscal year appropriation starting July 1. Most existing routes would be kept.
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Washington
Postoffice Department
Harllee Branch
House Postoffice Committee
Chicago
Spokane
Billings
el Paso
Lahmen Flower Former Allis Chalmers VP Dies at 75
Lahmen Flower former vice president of Allis Chalmers Milwaukee died at his son Russell’s home in Shippensburg Pa Monday at age 75. He led the company during a key era and was based in Milwaukee. Funeral plans were not listed in the brief notice.
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Shippensburg Pa
Lahmen Flower
Allis Chalmers Company
Milwaukee
Russell
Claim Industry Credits Would Employ 500000
Governor Eugene Black said federal reserve bank reports to the treasury indicate from 500000 to 1000000 people could gain employment if capital were available for small industries. Morgenthau, Black, and President Roosevelt discussed the plan for specialty industrial banks. White House says further information is needed before a final decision. Black did not disclose potential capital needs for banks at each federal reserve center.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Banks
The
Treasury
Eugene Black
Morgenthau
Black
Roosevelt
White House
Federal Reserve Center
Tragedy in Indianapolis: mother and three children die in blaze
In Indianapolis a mother Edna Finch 28 and three of her daughters Ernestine 4 Frances 6 and Carol Jane 5 died in a house fire. The remaining child Alice Jo 11 months and mother-in-law Jennie Cobey were rescued by a neighbor. Kenneth Finch the father was away at work. A defective flue in the living room is believed to have started the fire.
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Indianapolis
Edna Finch
Ernestine
Frances
Carol Jane
Alice Jo
Jennie Cobey
Finch
Kenneth Finch
Cedar Rapids Auto Show Dates Set for March 22 to 25
Cedar Rapids officials of the Auto Dealers association announce the Memorial Coliseum will host this year’s auto show from March 22 through 25. The main floor will display passenger cars while the armory houses trucks and accessories among several score models on view.
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Cedar Rapids News
Memorial Coliseum
Cedar Rapids Auto Dealers Association
Fourth Adler kidnapping suspect nabbed in Chicago
Chicago police arrested Edward Kendredge, 40, a fourth suspect in the Davenport Davenport publisher E P Adler kidnapping case. Kendredge confessed to involvement, while two accomplices George Wolf, 28, and Charles Mayo, James Lacy had earlier confessed. Mayo hanged himself in jail. A fifth man remains at large.
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Chicago
E. P. Adler
Davenport
Edward Kendredge
George Wolf
Racine
Wis
Charles Mayo
James Lacy
Mayo
Wolf
Kendredge
Chamber Commerce to Seek Boost in R I Shops Labor
Cedar Rapids chamber moves to raise Rock Island railroad employment in the shops. A special committee will press for equitable local hiring and reemployment of displaced workers. The group also adds Col C Robbins Col O Mull and Charles Penning roth to study a national commerce referendum on ration def
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R. I
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island Railroad
Rock Island
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Arthur Poe
Amana Society
Peter Stuck
Poe
Col.c . Robbins
Col. O . Mull
Charles Penningroth
United States Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors
Opponents Hasten Vote On Waterway Ratification
Washington report: opponents of the St. Lawrence waterway treaty withdraw five reservations in a surprise move to speed a senate vote. Polls show the pact trails by 10 to 13 votes of the two thirds needed. leaders warn only a miracle could save it. Senator Clark calls the reservations minimal and says enough votes exist to beat the treaty.
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Washington
St. Lawrence Waterway
Senate
White House
Joseph T. Robinson
Bennett Kamp Clark
J. Hamilton Lewis
Clark
Aluminum’ Company
America
Massena Canal
St.’ Lawrence
Mississippi Valley
Strewl Convicted in OConnell Kidnapping Case
Manning Strewl, former Albany beer runner, was convicted of kidnapping in the abduction of John J. OConnell Jr., nephew of Albany county Democratic leaders. The victim was held 23 days and freed after a $40,000 ransom in a New York City apartment.
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Albany
N. Y
Manning Strewel
John J. O'Connell
Young O'Connell
Albany County
Edward
Daniel O'Connell
New York City
Insull Guarded Against Death by Own Action
Fear of Samuel Insull attempting suicide leads to constant surveillance removal of drugs and instruments from his Athens apartment. His wife urges voluntary surrender to U.S. authorities while a special traveling certificate may enable him to depart Greece before week’s end amid extradition doubts and rumors of destinations such as Persia or Afghanistan.
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Athens
Samuel Insull
Chicago
United States
Insull
America
Washington
Foreign Office
Greece
Vladyn
Persia
Banghart Receives 99 Year Term in Factor Kidnapping
Basil Banghart was found guilty of kidnapping John Factor and sentenced to 99 years. He was the fourth Touhy gang member convicted in Factor's 12 day hold for a $70,000 ransom last July. Other gang members Roger Touhy Gustav Schaefer and Albert Kator were sentenced similarly.
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Chicago
Basil Banghart
John
Jake the Barber
Banghart
Touhy
William Scott Stewart
Walter P. Stefens
Joliet
Factor
Roger Touhy
Gustav Schaefer
Albert Kator
Bankhart
Isaac Costner
Baltimore
Costner
Cruel
Ella Costner
Isaac Santa Narews
Hangbert
Tennessee
Seek McFadden, Dillon For Killing Connors
Chicago police report sixth Touhy gangster killed in vengeance but the law targets a seventh. Charles Connors found in a ditch with a penny in his gloved hand amid ties to the Charlotte mail robbery and the Factor kidnapping case. Frank Dillon and Edward McFadden linked to Connors fate as Touhyites implicated in the era's gang war.
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Chicago
Charles
Ice Wagon" Connors
Frank
Porky” Dillon
Edward
Father Tom" McFadden
Connors
Charlotte
N. C
Basil Banghart
John Factor
Roger Touhy
Albert Kator
Gustav Schaefer
William H. Shoemaker
Fielder A. Jones Dies At Portland
Fielder Allison Jones, former Chicago White Sox manager and leader of the famed 1906 hitless wonders, died in Portland at 5:20 p.m. Tuesday of heart disease after 24 years in the city, where he was involved in the lumber business and remained a noted baseball figure.
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Portland
Ore
Allison Jones
Chicago White Sox
Cohen May Head Democrat Treasury
Washington AP report says administrator has asked John S. Cohen Atlanta publisher to become treasurer of the Democratic National Committee Cohen a former Georgia senator is on his way to Washington to discuss the post with Postmaster General Farley
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Washington
John S. Cohen
Atlanta
Democratic National Committee
Cohen
Georgia
Farley
Druggist recalls wild bank robbery ride in Mason City
Mason City druggist C D Mulcahy describes being forced to ride in a bandit car during Tuesday afternoon’s First National bank heist. He witnessed machine guns, hostages, roofing tacks scattered near a roadhouse, and a rapid dash lasting under an hour before the gang escaped.
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Mason City
Towa
C.D. Mulcahy
First National Bank
Mason
Mulcahy
Lydia Crosby
Dillinger Gang
Keeler
Cows Leading In Cedar Rapids City Primary Returns
In partial returns from Cedar Rapids precincts the incumbent council members led rivals, securing spots on the March 26 general election ballot. Mayor Stepanek led the mayoral field with Neill and McGuire close for the second spot. Ed Stefan tops the park commissioner race, with Sheffie and Rhea following. Burgus leads finance, Robovsky narrowly edges Noble. Zika dominant in public improvements. Kruidenter strong in public safety with Cook second. In nine precincts Kruidenter nearly doubled his closest challenger.
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Cedar Rapids
William Stepanek
W. J. Neill
John McGuire
Ed Stefan
Ed Sheffie
J. L. Rhea
Louis Burgus
Wes Robovsky
Louis Noble
Rubovsky
Louis Zika
Dan Kruidenter
John Cook
Kruidenter
Mussolini Leads Rome Talks With Austrian and Hungarian Premiers
In Rome the Italian premier along with Austrian and Hungarian leaders meets to press practical diplomacy on economic ties and disarmament amid rising Nazi pressure. Mussolini aims to curb German encroachment, stabilize Austria, and avert war as 100000 armed forces sit at borders.
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Italy
Austria
Hungary
Central
Europe
Benito Mussolini
Mussolini
Czechoslovakia
Jugoslavia
Rcumenia
Germany
Seven Bandits Rob Mason City Bank in Daring Hold Up
Seven bandits raided the First National bank in Mason City at 2 40 pm releasing hostages and escaping with about 523 344 in cash after looting the vault. They fired at bystanders and officers from surrounding roofs as police and vigilantes converged. One bystander was wounded as guard Tom Walters used tear gas while president Willis Bagley narrowly avoided gunfire. The car was found in a ditch north east of Hanford later that day.
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Mason City
First National Bank
Hanford
Rockford
Frank Renshaw
R. Lo H. James
James
H. C. Fisher
Tom Walters
Walters
Fisher
Car Dealer Plans Defense in NRA Code Case
Arthur Bonner, president of Lafayette Motor Car Corp, defends the right to sell a car below the New York price, claiming a 20 percent profit and insisting the firm acts within constitutional rights amid NRA compliance board charges of code violation for underpricing a new automobile.
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New York
Arthur Bonner
Lafayette Motor Car Corporation
NRA
Bonner
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