OConnor says Holiday group used racketeering tactics
Iowa Attorney General Edward L. OConnor accused the Farm Holiday association of using intimidation to recruit members in farm districts. He said most members were enlisted through threats, with dues of 75 cents, and noted outsiders and communists had roles. National guard presence prompted new cooperation as arrests revealed “courts” and staged leadership to dodge identification.
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DES Moines
Farm Holiday Association
Iowa
Edward L. O'Connor
Holiday Association
O'Connor
National Guard
Ares
O’connor
Sioux City
Reno
Milo
National Farm Holiday Association
Lkely
Clyde Herring
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll This Year
A Cedar Rapids toll report shows yearly figures on traffic incidents including total accidents injuries and deaths. The data highlight trends in road safety and may inform local transportation policy decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Parable on man's make up and divine spark
An old Negro philosopher tells a parable of God and animals blending into man. Each creature contributes a share, plus a spark from God, yet the mix yields varied traits. The message: a divine part remains in humanity, offering dignity and hope despite flaws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goda
Weather Turns Colder With Ongoing Cedar Rapids Rain
Cedar Rapids reports a chilly spell as rain continues. Temperatures fall from 48 at midnight to 43 by morning and 41 by 9 am with rain persisting, dipping to 40 at 1 pm before edging to 41 at 2:30 pm.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Goat feeds colt after wolf kills twins
In Canton Illinois Lester Essex reports his goat is mothering a colt after wolves killed her two kids. Essex built a special feeding platform to allow the goat to stand during meals and care for the colt.
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Canton, Ill
Lester Essex
Essex
Senate expected to drop cost of production in farm relief bill
Senate agriculture chairman predicted quick agreement with House conferees to strike the Simpson cost of production amendment from the omnibus inflation farm relief program. House insistence on removing the provision continues, potentially flipping four senate votes to reach final enactment.
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Washington
LLP
Smith
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
House
Chamber
Wallace represents Rainey on farm relief amendment
Secretary Wallace spoke through Speaker Rainey on the Norris-Simpson amendment to the farm relief inflation bill calling it unworkable. The remarks frame a dispute over legislative language and potential policy outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wallace
Rainey
Children die in car fire after collision in Los Angeles
Mary Randozzo eight and her brother Peter four perished in a fiery crash Friday when their car rammed another vehicle and burst into flames. Six other family members were hospitalized in serious condition with burns, possibly fatal.
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Los Angeles
INS
Mary Randozzo
Peter
Warning to Roosevelt on War Debt Cut
A circulated warning urges President Roosevelt to seek Senate opinion before any move to modify war debt agreements. The discussion cites June 15 payments and a $200 million silver acceptance, referencing the 1931 Hoover moratorium and current Senate opposition among Democrats.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Robinson
Hoover
McCarran
Nevada
Germany Proposes Naval Building Truce Through 1936
Germany proposed a naval building truce until 1936 covering all war craft with an exception for replacements. The plan, submitted as an amendment to the British arms readjustment proposal, would ban new construction beyond vessels already laid down or planned. Germany warned it might revisit submarine abolition if not included in the final document.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Germany
General Commission of the
Trials Of Farm Prisoners Set To Open Next Week
Des Moines AP Governor Clyde Herring said trials of prisoners held at Le Mars and Denison in connection with farm disorders might start next week. Martial law will be lifted when the trials start, but troops will be retained as needed to preserve order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Clyde Herring
le Mars
Denison
Herring
Hoover to Assemble World War Library at Stanford
Herbert Hoover plans a vast World War library at Stanford University in New York, gathering about 400000 official documents. George Barr, a Baker associate, said the collection would be the most extensive ever and become part of the university archives.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Leland Stanford University
George Barr
Baker
Hoover
Eee University
Aker
Congress Notified Of Bonus March Plans
All members of congress were notified Friday of a forthcoming bonus march to Washington in a letter signed by L Parks of Chicago national commander of the Bonus Expeditionary Forces Inc The letterhead also listed Representative Adolph J Sabath of Illinois as a member of the honorary executive committee.
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Washington
Congress
L. Parks
Chicago
Bonus Expeditionary Forces, Inc
Adolph J. Sabath
Illinois
Man Spurns Cross in Orthodox Church
Mark Trezin faced a court case in Jugoslavia after turning his back as a priest presented him with a cross in Novi Bechej. A local court fined him a guinea. the appeal court reversed, saying he could act as he wished, and the case moves to a higher court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Trezin
Jugoslavia
Trezin
Novi Bechej
Court of Appeal
Farmers Set May 13 Strike Over Farm Relief Demands
Des Moines AP reports farmers plan a nationwide strike on May 13 unless Congress enacts agricultural relief demanded by the National Farm Holiday Association led by Milo Reno. The board will decide if demands are met, with potential enforcement of the strike. Madison Wisconsin AP notes Wisconsin lawmakers move to empower sheriffs and mayors to guard shipments moving through picket lines or riots, detailing control of timing and routes.
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Des Moines
Congress
Milo Reno
National Farm Holiday Association
Willyse
Reno
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
State Senate
Judiciary Committee
Roosevelt Delegation Shapes Up for London Talks
President Roosevelt narrows plans for the London world economic conference naming James M. Cox as a prospective delegate and signaling Ralph W. Morrison of Texas may join the American delegation. Secretary Hull expected to head the group with Moley and committee chairs among likely members.
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Washington
Roosevelt
James M. Cox
Ohio
Cox
White House
Ralph W. Morrison
San Antonio
Texas
Hull
Raymond Moley
Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Doughton and
McReynolds
House
Ways and Means and Foreign Affairs
Air Lines Open Speed Battle Across Transcontinental Routes
United Airlines says it will cut schedules by one third to offer eighteen hour service coast to coast with sixty twin motor transports. Passengers from San Francisco to Chicago arrive at noon and to New York at 5 45 p m. The speed war pits United and American Airways as they unveil faster multi motor planes and record times between New York and Chicago.
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United Airport
Los Angeles
INL
United Airlines
San Francisco
Chicago
New York
Western Air Express
Salt Lake City
America
American Airways
United
American
L. B. Manning
Robin Retaliates Prompts Bobcat to Stay Indoors
In Portland Oregon a bobcat named Bobbie has been kept indoors after robins drive him back to cover. The animal began hostilities by charging a flock of robins, and now roams only under guard or in enclosure.
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Portland
Ore
Bobbie
Industry seeks federal power to regulate its affairs
The U S Chamber of Commerce adopted a resolution urging federal legislation allowing self regulation under government oversight. It argues such laws would ensure fair competition, raise employment and wages, and reduce destructive competition by major industrials, with support from Henry S Harriman and Gerard Swope. President Roosevelt pledged federal cooperation.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Henry S. Harriman
Gerard Swope
General Electric Company
Roosevelt
Amer Dcan
O'Neal Says Farm Strike Won't Influence Prices
Chicago AP Edward A. O Neal president of the American Farm Bureau federation said the national farm strike proposed by the Farmers Holiday Association will not assume large proportions nor materially influence farm prices. He added the federation opposes lawlessness and supports a national agricultural policy in Washington. He noted the May 13 strike could cause disturbance and violence but doubt its price impact. He tied relief measures before Congress to higher prices and reduced disturbances in agricultural states.
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Chicago
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Farmers Holiday Association
O'Neal
Farm Holiday Association
Washingon
Congress
Mrs. Roosevelt to resign editorship after June issue
New York publishers announce Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will quit her duties as the nation’s hostess and resign as editor of the Babies Just Babies magazine after the June issue. They say the publication has been a source of considerable financial loss.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Want Ads for men and firms who can do it
See classifications 4 to 13 in the Want Ads for men and firms who can do it for you. To phone a Want Ad Dial 2-1121 Ad-taker.
House Passes Securities Control Bill in Roosevelt Drive
The House approved the Rayburn blue sky securities bill to curb fake and worthless stock selling. It empowers the Federal Trade Commission to require full publicity for all interstate securities and to stop fraudulent sales through the courts.
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Washington
House
Rayburn
Blue Sky
Roosevelt
Federal Trade Commission
Senate
The
Trade Commission
Commission
United States
Huston Favored for Iowa Internal Revenue Post
Charles D. Huston former Cedar Rapids mayor and state Democratic chairman emerged as a leading candidate for the internal revenue collector post in Iowa after Lt. Gov. Kraschel exited the race. Washington sources said Kraschel may head the Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation in Iowa and nearby states under Henry Morgenthau Jr.
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Cedar Rapids
Charles D. Huston
Internal Revenue Collector
Iowa
N. G. Kraschel
Washington
D. C
Kraschel
Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Friday's Major League Results Report
Friday's Major League results show Cincinnati and New York, Chicago and Boston, Pittsburgh and Brooklyn, St Louis and Philadelphia all affected by rain and cold with several games postponed. Notable pitchers include Frey Kolp Lombardi and Mungo with Outen and Picinich marking the day’s lineups.
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Cincinnati
New York
Frey
Kolp
Lombardi
Spencer
Luque
Mancuso
British Pound Slides on Dollar Strength and Tariff Deadlock
European currency speculators drive a sharp dollar surge, pushing the pound to 4.00 while Paris and Berlin rates slide. British trade chief Runciman signals safeguards against retaliatory moves if currency depreciation worsens. The move jeopardizes a proposed tariff truce as governments press for protections against an unfair competitive level.
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London
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
Walter Runciman
British Board of Trade
Britain
Jean
RICES USURGE TO WALL STREET GAINS
Foreign currency weakness boosts prices on all exchanges with heavy activity at the Chicago board of trade, New York stock market, and New York cotton exchange. Chicago futures rise with wheat and corn up to two cents a bushel and rye up four. New York market opens with 1 to 3 point gains and brisk volume.
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United
Chicago Board of Trade
New York Stock Market
New York
Cotton Exchange
Chicago
Jesse Jones Appointed R F C Chairman in Washington
Jesse Jones of Houston Texas, publisher and financier, was named chairman of the board of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. He was among the original members selected for the board.
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Washington
Jesse Jones
Houston
Texas
Friday
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Jones
Deadly southern tornadoes claim dozens across five states
Reports from Friday say 23 people died and 74 injured as tornadoes and cyclonic winds ripped through Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama. Relief crews were sent to the stricken areas while Helena and Demopolis near Birmingham suffered heavy destruction and loss.
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Birmingham
Ala
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Tallulah
Bosco
Mon- Toc
Lula
Miss
Demopolis
Helena
Kidnapped Peggy McMath Found Safe After $80000 Ransom Paid
Nell McMath, father of 10 year old Peggy McMath, paid $80 000 to kidnapers after Peggy was abducted Tuesday and returned Friday. Coast guard officials at Woods Hole stated Peggy was found safe but questioned as investigators piece together her abduction.
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Woods Hole Station
Mass
Nell McMath
Peggy McMath
Frieday
Massachusetts
Kide
Coast Guard
Woods Hole
Detroit
Harwich
Boston
Neil McMath
Peggy
Cutter
Harwich Harbor
Wood's Hole
Coast’ Guard
William
Crossley
Atetorney
New Bedford
Maas
McMath
Lee
General Needham
Coast-Guard
Needham
William Lee
Bob
Buck” Sawyer
Trent McMath
United States
Mich
Department of Justice
Falls From Barn Strangled In Fence
The body of 5 year old Samuel Galovan was found beside a barn at his parents home. Police initially said murder but later ruled the death a fall from the barn and self strangulation on a picket fence.
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Cleveland, O
Samuel Galovan
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