Troops Ready to Enter Cherokee County if Needed
Iowa Governor Clyde Herring warned that troops would enter Cherokee county if Le Mars military authorities deemed it necessary. Cherokee County Attorney James Smith threatened to arrest guardsmen, while authorities prepared a military council to handle farm revolt cases. The operation covers Denison and Le Mars areas with 59 men reported at the guard camp.
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Des Moines
Clyde Herring
Cherokee County
le Mars
James Smith
Cherokee
Plymouth
Crawford Counties
Plymouth County
Smith
Lancaster
L. Dee Mallonee
Audubon
Orville W. Harris
Jefferson
Ole G. Clause
Grand Junction
Fred G. Clark
Waterloo
Frank B. Hallagan
State Attorney General's Office
Hallagan
Denison
Mallonee
Harris
Ralph Lancaster
Adjutant General's Office
Joseph Shields
O'Brien County Court House
Primghar
C. C. Bradley
Senate Committee Seeks Expanded RC Loans Probe Authority
The Senate banking committee voted to empower Chairman Fletcher to draft a resolution extending their power to review Reconstruction Finance Corporation loans. Senator Couzens of Michigan, former chair of the special RC loans committee, led the move amid reports of questionable advances by the relief organization.
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Washington
Reconstruction Corporation
Senate Banking Committee
Fletcher
Senate
Couzens
Rep' Mich
Everyday Religion and the Chains We Choose
A reflective meditation on freedom and self forged chains including fear pride sloth and grudges. It argues most people remain enslaved by internal fetters while call for truth found in Jesus word to liberate those who seek it.
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Jesus
Ask Non-Farmers As Administrators Of Relief Measure
Washington AP reports Senator Louis Murphy and six Iowa Democratic congressmen urged Roosevelt to delegate farm relief act administration to non farm organization affiliates. They warned success hinges on sympathetic public opinion and noted Iowa counties might face backlash if county agents became administrators.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Louis Murphy
Iowa
Murphy
Rey
Death toll in storms nears 79
United Press reports deadly tornado outbreaks across the midwest and south on Monday and Tuesday with fatalities in Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, and Illinois. The Mississippi valley saw the climax, with millions in damages and relief workers deployed to feed, shelter, and clothe the affected.
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United Press
Midwest
Mississippi Valley
Louisiana
Arkansas
Missouri
Illinois
Tornado Toll Rises Across Four States
Tornadoes across four southern states Tuesday killed 45 people and injured 175, with property damage exceeding 1 million dollars. A revised death list by relief officials shows 45 in Minden Louisiana, 7 in Arcadia Louisiana, 2 in Calhoun Arkansas, and 1 in Salem Arkansas.
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Shreveport
Minden
Arcadia
Calhoun
Ark
Salem
Windstorm Causes Extensive Damage in Peoria Illinois
A late Monday windstorm in Peoria caused about half a million dollars in damage. Keystone Steel and Wire, Allaire Woodward Weinstein Milling, Allied Milling, E. Godel & Sons, a railroad freight house, and Avery Power Machinery suffered the most. Windows shattered, signs toppled, and trees uprooted across business and residential areas. Heavy rain accompanied the storm.
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Peoria
Ill
Keystone Steel and Wire Company
Allaire Woodward Weinstein Milling Company
Allied Milling Company
E. Godel & Sons
Avery Power Machinery Company
Coe
Roosevelt Denies London Trip for World Economic Conference
President Roosevelt has no current plan to travel to London for the world economic conference in mid June. Officials say he aims to assemble a strong American delegation, with names like Senator Key Pittman James M Cox Ray Modsey Moley and Secretary Hull likely involved.
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Washington
Ins
Roosevelt
London
Congress
Ramsay MacDonald
Key Pittman
Nevada
James M. Cox
Raymond Moley
Darrow Declines Defense Offer in Iowa Farm Cases
Chicago dispatch reports Clarence Darrow, 76, declining to defend Iowa farmers in trials over alleged attacks on a judge. He cited the case length and his age while voicing sympathy for farmers’ hardships and admiration for District Judge C. C. Bradley.
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Darrow
Iowa
Chicago
Clarence Darrow
C. C. Bradley
Defer Action On Corn Motor Fuel
The Senate finance committee deferred consideration of the compromise measure to blend 5 percent alcohol from farm products with all gasoline sold in the United States. Chairman Harrison of Mississippi said action would resume on Wednesday.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Harrison
Cubs Dominate Giants 11 to 0 In Eastern Invasion Opener
Warneke limited the Giants to three hits as Chicago blasted New York 11 to 0 in the National League opener. Detroit upset the Yankees in another Tuesday lidlifter while box scores and late sport notes fill the issue’s sport section.
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Chicago Cubs
New York Giants
Warneke
Giants
Detroit
New York Yankees
Nazi raids seize Socialist Union leaders in Germany
Berlin police and storm troops arrest fifty socialist labor leaders including Theodore Leipart and Peter Grassmann. The Socialist Federation of Labor leaders are held as funds amounting to millions of marks are confiscated. Germany occupies all socialist union administrations to enforce Nazi policy. Treasury weighs impact of compulsory labor on German exports.
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Berlin
INS
Reich
Theodor Leipart
Peter Grassmann
Socialist Federation of Labor
Rudolf Wissel
Hitler
Germany
Washington
Treasury
Adolf Hitler
Young Re elected as Director of R C A
Owen D Young chairman of General Electric was re elected a director of Radio Corporation of America. He faces a May fifth deadline to relinquish one post after a federal court ruling. Also elected for three year terms: General James G Harbord Bertram Cutler and Cornelius N Bliss.
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NEW York
Owen D Young
General Electric Company
Radio Corporation of America
Young
David Sarnoff
Radio Corporation
James G Harbord
Bertram Cutler
Cornelius N. Bliss
Rumors Of Divorce Branded As Lies By Sinclair Lewis
Sinclair Lewis denied reports he planned divorce from Dorothy Thompson calling the rumors a deliberate lie. He said he remains at his South Pomfret farm while Thompson is in Italy and will join him in two weeks upon returning from Europe.
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Sinclair Lewis
South Pomfret
Dorothy Thompson
Italy
House OKs half billion economy bill with new presidential powers
The House Appropriations Committee unveiled a 535.6 million dollar economy bill for fiscal 1934, trimming veteran outlays but granting President Roosevelt power to modify contracts, retire long–serving civil servants, raise charges, furlough officers, and suspend flight pay. Modifications limit contract scope and curb automatic retirements, with changes to federal pay and various other provisions.
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House
Is Appropriations Committee
Budget Bureau
Ingeregate
Veterans Administration
Hoover
Civil Service
Army
Marine Corps
Public Health Service
Coast Guard
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Federal Trade Commission
Senate
Federal Farm Boards
Angel
Annapolis
Appropriations
Taber
Iaacon
New York
Thurston
Iiowa
Daylight Saving Time Considered for Cedar Rapids Stores
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce board of directors proposed daylight saving time or earlier store hours. The question was referred to the Mercantile Bureau with a general meeting planned to discuss two alternatives and possibly widen the plan to eastern Iowa towns.
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Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
Mercantile Bureau
Iowa
Senate Will Vote On Shoals Measure Today
Senator Norris defended the Muscle Shoals bill amid a long fight to win Senate passage. The plan creates a Tennessee Valley Authority to develop the Tennessee drainage basin, operate Shoals power plants, nitrate projects, and Cove Creek dam, with fertilizer research and power sold to states cities and distributors at controlled prices. President Roosevelt backs the measure as a campaign pledge and national public development program.
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Nebraska
Roosevelt
United States
Alabama
Tennessee
Muscle Shoals
Vandenberg
Mich
Norris
Tennessee Drainage
Tennessee Valley Authority
Cove Creek
Clinch River
Police Job Back Sues City For 1320 Wages
Edward Pekarek former Cedar Rapids police department switchboard operator was removed last June 1 seeks reinstatement and $1320 for eleven months wages in an action for writ of certiorari filed against the city and officials in district court. A writ directing records in his dismissal to district court by May 15 was issued by Judge John T Moffit. A World War II veteran Pekarek 2 years service says soldiers' preferment rights protected and argues he could not be removed without hearing or cause. .
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Cedar, Rapids
Edward Pekarek
Cedar Rapids
Public Safety Commissioner
Perkarek
John T. Moffit
Pekarek
Farm Wife Fights Bull to Save Husband as He Dies
SEYMOUR Ind UP A farm wife recounted three hours of battling an angry bull to free her husband William Hughes from its hooves near Pleasant Grove. She dragged him through a fence gap and walked a half mile for help, but he died a few hours later.
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Seymour
Ind
William Hughes
Pleasant Grove
William
National Conventions Cost Chicago Over Two Hundred Thousand
Edward N Hurley disclosed the final report of the citizens committee showing the two national conventions held last summer earned a profit but cost Chicago more than $200 000. The findings were released Tuesday night.
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Chicago
Edward N. Hurley
Citizens Committee
House Advances Farm Relief Inflation Bill in Key Vote
In Washington the Democratic majority defeated Republican attempts to block floor time for the farm relief inflation bill. The chamber adopted a five hour limit on debate and moved to approve the currency expansion section before sending the measure to conference. The vote reflected strong administration support while Republicans condemned the inflation plan as dangerous and potentially dictatorial.
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Washington
House
Senate
Representative Snell
New York
Roosevelt
Treadway
Massachusetts
Representative Burns
Tennessee
Rainey
Woman Shouts At Congress Over Inflation Bill
Betty Richman of Chicago interrupted a House session in the visitors gallery urging lawmakers to rethink the inflation bill. The well dressed woman told Congress she would not improve until lawmakers change course. Representative Cochran ordered removal as newsmen surrounded her.
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Washington
House
Betty Richman
Chicago
Rep. Cochran (Dem
Argentina Britain Trade Pact Shocks US Markets
London reports a comprehensive three year trade accord between Britain and Argentina may threaten U S foreign commerce. The pact prioritizes foreign debt service for bondholders and foresees a forthcoming tariff revision to boost British exports while Argentina controls exchange. Negotiations could curb dollar remittances unless a U S reciprocity deal is reached.
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London
United States
Great Britain
England
Roosevelt
Argentina
Britain
Buenos Aires
United
Wallace aims to reform food and cotton trade under farm relief plan
Secretary Wallace plans broad powers to legalize trade agreements shielded from antitrust attacks, standardize practices, and curb cutthroat competition. Initiatives, tax tools, and processing tax ideas target higher farm prices without broad acreage cuts, with full impact delayed until next year after evaluating results.
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Washington
Wallace
Roosevelt Discusses Reciprocal Trade With Argentinians
President Roosevelt and an Argentine delegation opened talks on a potential trade deal valued at up to a billion dollars over the coming decade. The Argentine side offered access for U S exports and sought tariff relief on staples including casein flaxseed cattle hides and canned meats.
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Washington
Roosevelt
la Plata
White House
United States
Hull
Thomas LeBreton
Paris
Felipe Espil
Argentine
Great Southern Republic
Argentina
Rhode Island Votes For Repeal 7 To 1
Rhode Island appears set to ratify repeal at an all wet convention after a 7 to 1 statewide vote electing 31 delegates. Complete returns show Wet 150,244 Dry 20,874, making Rhode Island the first eastern state to act on repeal.
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Rhode Island
Michigan
Wisconsin
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