J. M. Conway Found Guilty of Embezzlement in Anamosa
J. M. Conway, former auditor of the state re formatory, was found guilty by a district court jury on embezzlement. The state estimates a $13,000 shortage from repeated checks. defense argued possible errors. Judge H G Ring presided. no sentencing date set.
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Anamosa
J. M. Conway
State Reformatory
Conway
Aeia
Fta
Marvin Levien
Clair Hamilton
J. C. France
Tipton
Glenn McLoughlin
John McGuire
Chicago
Lewis Skersick
Near Olin
H, GC
Ring
Cedar Rapids
U S and Japan Must Keep Peace Says Foreign Chief
Famed reporter Simms records interview with Japan's Foreign Minister Koki Hirota. He warns war between the United States and Japan would ruin both and only benefit Europe and other powers. Hirota says Japan seeks no replacement Monroe Doctrine in Asia and notes vital trade needs with the United States.
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U. S
Japan
Mikado
Simms
Gopurishi
Okio
United States
Koki Hirota
Foreign Office
America
Europe
Gaimusho
Eave
Asia
Russia
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Manchukuo
Vladivostok
Insull Said to Leave Greek Ship for Safe Haven
Samuel Insull, the fugitive financier, was reported by his lawyer M Pop to have likely left the Greek vessel Maiotis. He was said to have been moved Sunday from Rhodes to another ship flying a flag of a non extradition treaty country with the United States.
Ruth Chatterton and Brent Part Ways
Hollywood reports confirm Ruth Chatterton and husband George Brent have decided to separate. Brent said they have agreed to part permanently while in New York, with no divorce mentioned.
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Hollywood
Ruth Chatterton
George Brent
New York
Brent
Roosevelt veto override shifts veterans and salaries, vote passed
The House overrode President Roosevelt's veto by 310 to 72 on veterans benefits and federal salaries. Senate action on the veterans and pay cut veto was postponed. Roosevelt moved to restore air mail by private planes pending permanent legislation.
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Associated Press
House
Roosevelt
Senate
Florida
Vinson
United States
White House
Wagner
N. Yu
Rainey
Justice Department
William A. Wirt
Gary
Ind
Simms Begins World Tour With First Series
William Philip Simms, noted foreign affairs authority, starts a world tour and writes a five part series for The Cedar Rapids Gazette and other U S dailies. He is now in Japan with reports from Tokyo to Vladivostok and beyond, outlining his journalistic path and accolades.
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William Phip Simms
Far East
Han
Japan
United States
William Philip Simms
Cedar Rapids
Simms
Tokio
Shanghai
Nanking
Peiping
Harbin
Vladivostok
Moscow
Scripps-Howard
Washington
American Geographical Society
Academy of Political Science
Ypres League
City te cagie 1&3 Election in Kansas City turmoil
In Kansas City Missouri the 1&3 election saw a violent day as about 200000 voters chose between the Pendergast machine and the fusion ticket. Fatal shootings and multiple injuries marked the day with Deputy Sheriff Lee Lacy and precinct captain William Findley killed. Journalists and police reported extensive gun violence and assaults around polling places.
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Kansas City
Citizens Fusion
Lee Lacy
Lacy
Swope Park
Larry Cappo
Lee Olden
William Findley
Charles Chartello
General Hospital
Findley
Chartello
Arthur Wells
Fusion
Council
Wells
J. D. Bowersock
Kansas City Star
Lloyd Cole
Dr. Wells
Cole
Bowersock
Star Building
Star
Roosevelt Heads South For 10 Day Tropic Fishing Cruise
President Roosevelt departed en route to Jacksonville for a sea voyage aimed at barracuda fishing. The trip follows a whirlwind cleanup of pressing administration issues and recalls last year’s Nourmahal voyage where he caught barracuda and other fish.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Roosevelt
Tropic
Nourmahal
We Need Fresh Vision to Think Clearly in Turbulent Times
In 1934 a writer argues that emotions overpower rational thought, labeling humans as prejudiced thinkers. He urges genuine problem solving and unbiased thinking as scarce yet vital to escape collective fog and reach clearer judgment. He cites Hitler era rhetoric and calls for disinterested, creative minds.
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Hitler
Germany
Meredith Nicholson
Raft Accused By Wife Of Cruelty In Separation Suit
New York AP reports George Raft the screen star was called cruel and inhuman by his wife in a separation suit she filed Tuesday seeking 25 000 dollars in counsel fees and 1200 dollars weekly alimony.
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New York
George Raft
Fish names 12 radicals in administration linked to ACLU
Representative Fish of New York rounds up twelve administration figures tied to the American Civil Liberties Union as alleged radicals. He cites their past inquiries into communist propaganda and warns of a broader “brain trust” influence within the government. He singles out Rexford Tugwell Paul Douglas Albert Taussig Jerome Frank for inclusion.
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Washington
INS
Brain Trust
William A. Wirt
Gary
Ind
Representative Fish
New York
Wirth
Fish
House Committee
American Civil Liberties Union
Felix Frankfurter
Harvard University
The
Rexford Guy ‘Tugwell
Paul H Douglas
NRA
Albert E. Taussig
Jerome N. Frank
Agricultural Relief Administration
Traces Origin of Agricultural Revolts in Wallace Series
Henry A. Wallace argues in Statesmanship and Religion that agricultural revolts stem from biblical Amos, portraying him as a furious farmer. The Cedar Rapids Gazette notes Wallace as an influential Rooseveltw era cabinet member offering prophetic parallels between ancient times and today.
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Henry A. Wallace
Amos
Wallace
Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
Air Mail Returns to Private Firms With Temporary Bids
Washington announces immediate call for bids from commercial companies to operate air mail on a temporary basis while Congress debates permanent air mail legislation. The move follows slow progress and multiple proposed plans, avoiding continued Army air corps mail duty.
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Congress
Washington
INS
Army Air Corps
Rickenbacker criticizes air mail bids as sham
War ace Colonel Rickenbacker told the Senate air mail committee that the re bidding phase is a sham and his companies can carry mail on an hour's notice. He urged returning contracts to operators temporarily and warned the industry faces disintegration if reforms are not made.
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Serner and Western
Air, Inc
Eastern Air Transport, Inc
Senate Air Mail Committee
Rickenbacker
Law to Hold Distillers Market for Grain Growers
John E. Dalton of the federal alcohol control administration told American Farm Bureau leaders from seven states that new legislation could curb molasses alcohol and sustain grain prices. He proposed major steps including banning molasses alcohol in whisky blending and requiring gin labeling by grain source, plus a parity-pay tax of about 30 cents per bushel for grain distillers.
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Chicago
Nquor
John E. Dalton
Federal Alcohol Control Administration
American Farm Bureau Federation
Dalton
Senate Group Takes Up Exchange Bill in Executive Session
Washington AP reports the Senate banking committee eyed quick approval of the presidentially endorsed stock market control bill in executive session Tuesday. The panel was under Roosevelts mandate to avoid weakening changes and warned of intense organized opposition targeting the measure.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Roosevelt
Roosevelt vetoes independent offices bill over 228 million excess
President Roosevelt vetoes H. R. 6663 the independent offices appropriation bill arguing it would create a permanent excess of 228 million dollars beyond the January 1934 budget. He notes emergency relief funds are nonrecurring while this bill contemplates ongoing spending.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Independent Offices
Congress
United States
Arbitration board named to settle SULDEREDE strike
Recovery Administrator Hugh R Johnson announced the mediation panel for the SULDEREDE strike settlement. Members are Richard E Byrd of Pontiac representing labor, Nicholas Kelley of Chrysler for the industry, and Dr Leo Wolman of Columbia University as impartial government member.
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Washington
Hugh 8. Johnson
Mediation Board
Folows
Richard E. Byrd
Pontiac
Mich
Nicholas Kelley
Chrysler Motor Company
Leo Wolman
Columbia University
Swift’s Daughter Wed To Grid Star
Geraldine Swift, daughter of Mr and Mrs Gustavus F Swift, wed Albert Thomas Taylor former Yale football star in Joliet after a surprise elopement Monday night Chicago ceremony reported.
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Chicago
INS
Geraldine Swift
Gustavus F. Swift
Albert Thomas Taylor
Yale
Joliet, Ill
Dr Thomas H Macbride dies former OWA president at 85
Seattle AP reports Dr Thomas Huston Macbride died at 85 after a long illness following surgery. He was University of Iowa president 1914 to 1917 and later renowned botanist and historian. Funeral planned 3:30 p.m. Friday at University Presbyterian church. buried beside wife who died seven years ago.
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Seattle
Thomas Huston Macbride
University of Iowa
Macbride
Phillip
University Presbyterian Church
State Historical Society
Iowa
Lenox College
Hopkinton
Fate of Vets Benefits Up 10 Senate Today
President Roosevelt vetoed war veterans benefits and higher federal pay but the House overrode the veto 310 to 72. The Senate vote was expected Wednesday as Administration leaders hoped to keep the chamber in line. The President announced concessions to veterans and possible leniency for government workers, but the House did not budge.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
O Administration
Senate
Robinson
Iowans vote to override veto in independent offices bill
AP reports six Iowa lawmakers joined to override the president's veto on the independent offices appropriation measure. Democrats listed Jacobsen Wearin and Willford supported the override. A fragmentary roll shows Republican names partly readable among the voting records.
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Washington
Jowang
House
Independent Offices
Jacobsen
Wearin
Willford
Ywall
Clie Oourstoss
President vetoes budget bill amid senate debate on silver bonus
The President vetoed the measure to restore a balanced budget, citing fiscal prudence and recovery needs. Senate leaders Pittman and Nye proposed a combined silver and soldier bonus, funding cash payments via adjusted service certificates and large silver purchases, with profits directed to a sinking fund.
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Luce
Tink~ham
Massachusetts
Fittman
Key Pittman
Nev
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
Pittman
Treasury
Congress
Wallace plans drive against hoppers
Washington AP says Secretary Wallace will launch an intensive campaign against the grasshopper infestation in the Great Plains. Using 2,354,893 dollars appropriated by Congress, the Agriculture Department will supply poison via farmers organizations, directed by Dr. J. R. Parker in Bozeman Montana. The effort aims to curb what Parker calls the worst grasshopper threat in years.
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Washington
Wallace
Great Plains States
Department of Agriculture
Congress
J. R. Parker
Bozeman
Mont
Parker
Mae West dismisses a manless world idea
Hollywood star Mae West rejects the vision of a manless society as proposed by a British professor. She notes women may rule in theory but will still need men at home and says she is glad to be alive today.
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Hollywood
Calif
Ins
W. A. F. Balfour-Browne
England
Mae West
Mae
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