Roosevelt backs plan to nationalize silver as money
President Roosevelt and the Senate silver bloc agreed on nationalizing silver to back 25 percent of the currency. Open market purchases would place silver into the monetary system via silver certificates as warehouse receipts. The plan includes permissive legislation to attach to the Glass bill and to authorize buying silver to sustain a 78 25 ratio with gold.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Roosevelt
Senator Robinson
Arkansas
Ieader
Robinson
New York
INS
Shorts
Tuseday
Congressional
Fiesinger
Eight Trapped By Mine Fire Escape
Eight miners escaped from the Little Betty coal mine near Linton Indiana after two hours trapped in the pit by a fire that destroyed surface buildings. They reached the manway and surfaced about 400 feet from the tipple as the fire raged. An explosion in January 1931 killed twenty eight lives. the current blaze caused about $30 000 in losses with unknown origin.
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Linton, Ind
Little Betty
Here
GOP Leads In Indiana Primary In Hendricks County
In Danville Indiana Republicans lead in the Sixth District primary with Purnell 284 Lindley 30 and Romine 5 to Jenckes 59 Whitlock 28 among Democrats in the first two precincts. Hendricks county shows a Republican majority in this election, contrasting with the 1932 general results.
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Danville
Ind
ULP
Hendrcks County
Purnell
Lindley
Jenckes
Whitlock
Romine
Hendricks County
Indiana
Death as Friend and Foe in a 1934 Reflection
A sermon-like meditation argues Death is both enemy and servant of life. It cites Schiller and Whitman to claim mortality relieves fear, yet without Death society collapses under ageism and overpopulation. The piece names Dr. Newton as author.
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Death
Schiller
Whitman
Hepburn Granted Divorce and Immediate Right to Remarry
Katharine Hepburn, the actress, was granted a divorce from Ludlow Smith in Merida Yucatan with no restrictions and permission to wed again immediately.
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Miss Hepburn
Merida
Yucatan
Katharine Hepburn
Ludlow Smith
United States Canada and Australia Offer Argentina a Wheat Loan
The Big Four wheat exporters United States Canada and Australia propose loaning 20000000 bushels of their export quotas to Argentina if Argentina agrees to reform its export sales policy. Argentina would repay by sacrificing upcoming quota increases and accepting a minimum price scheme or restrained future market behavior.
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London
United States
Canada
Australia
Argentina
Associated Press
Andrew Cairns
Chiseler Aims Bronze Bust Of Recovery Chief Johnson
Real Chiseler found in office of Recovery Administrator Hugh S. Johnson. Reuben Naktan, a sculptor, is shaping a plaster cast of the general with the goal of a bronze bust.
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Washington
INS
Hugh S. Johnson
Reuben Naktan
Mellon freed of tax charges by grand jury
Federal grand jury in Pittsburgh returned a no bill on the government’s charges that Andrew W. Mellon failed to pay 1931 income taxes. Mellon, 79, said he overpaid and reported losses from coal and utility stock sales. The panel foreman was William Beeson, with 21 members.
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Pittsburgh
Andrew W. Mellon
Robert M. Gibson
Mellon
William Beeson
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Western Public Service Company
Coal Company
Service Company
Two More Held For OConnell Kidnaping
Albany AP report states District Attorney Delaney said Washington advised Francis Oley and Percy Geary, wanted in the O’Connell kidnapping last summer, were arrested by federal agents in Havana Cuba.
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Albany
N. Y
John T. Delaney
Washington
Francis Oley
Percy Geary
John J. O'Connell
Havana
Cuba
Wilson and Co. Statement on Outside Influences in Strike
Wilson and Co through James D. Cooney vice president releases a Cedar Rapids plant statement. It cites outside groups pressuring workers to join a union and notes the impact of low consumer purchasing power on stockholders and the meat packing business. The letter asserts management will keep the Cedar Rapids plant operating if workers stay willing to work under competitive conditions.
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Wilson and Company
James D. Cooney
T. M. Sinclair Company
T. M. Sinclair and Company
Cedar Rapids
Pee’ Rapids
Wilson and CO. Inc
Sinclair Charges Darrow Is Unfair In Probe Of NRA
John F Sinclair vice chairman of the national recovery board denounced Clarence Darrow chairman as guilty of utter disregard for fair play and basic facts in connection with the board’s majority report to President Roosevelt.
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Sinclair
Darrow
NRA
Minneapolis
INS
Clarence Darrow
National Recovery Board
John F Sinclair
Roosevelt
Local Man Pleads Guilty In Theft Ring Case
Samuel W. Kopel of Cedar Rapids pled guilty before Judge John B. Barnes to stealing and possessing merchandise from interstate shipments. Kopel joined 14 co-defendants in a theft ring targeting freight cars in the Midwest. Nine others have pled guilty. sentencing is set for May 22 and remaining defendants await trial.
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Chicago
Samuel W. Kopel
Cedar Rapids, Inc
John B. Barnes
Kopel
Middlewest
Soviet Tool Shops On War Time Basis Aim Self-Sufficiency
Moscow reports a wartime shift in Soviet tool shops to accelerate mechanization and cut imports. The Kalinin cutting tool plant near Moscow employs 4,500 at three shifts, producing 24 million hardened steel drills annually for auto factories. Wages range from 225 to 700 roubles monthly as plans push toward full self-sufficiency in raw materials and manufacturing.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Union
Russia
Kalinin
Tolmatz
Germany
Sweden
U S to End Token Debt Payments by Debtor Nations
Washington says the United States will stop accepting token payments from Britain Italy and other former token payers and will declare them in default under the Johnson act by mid next month unless full obligations are met or a new agreement is reached. London officials say Britain will not resume full payments under Baldwin debt terms.
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Washington
INS
United States
Great Britain
Italy
London
Baldwin
Roosevelt to Decide on Finnish Debt Agreement
Washington AP reports a new Finnish debt accord awaits President Roosevelt’s approval. If accepted, Finland would see its interest rate cut from 3.5 percent to 0.3 percent, easing the nation’s service burden.
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Washington
Roosevelt
America
Debt stalemate looms with Soviet Union over unpaid claims
Washington reports a possible debt stalemate with the Soviet Union resembling the long unsettled claims from a decade ago. Attorney General Homer Cummings declares the USSR in default while Ambassador Alexander Troyanovsky protests to the State Department, saying the Soviet government signed no obligation to pay debts of earlier Russian regimes.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Moscow
France
Great Britain
Homer 5S
Cummings
Alexander Troyanovsky
State Department
Goebbels issue relaxes Nazi press censorship decree
Berlin says Propaganda Minister Paul Goebbels issued a decree restoring a large measure of press freedom. The order relaxes prior Nazi restrictions and allows freer reporting and comment on government affairs within defined limits.
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Berlin
Paul Goebbels
Insull Held in Default of 200000 Bail
Samuel Insull remained in custody after failing to post bond of 200000 to await trial on federal charges. He faces mail fraud and bankruptcy related counts while his defense and family mourn the collapse of his public fortune.
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Insull
Chicago
Samuel Insull
Midas
Samuel, Jr
Washington agenda items mix silver plan and policy shifts
The Associated Press reports President Roosevelt and the Senate silver bloc discuss basing 25 percent of money on silver. The Interstate Commerce Commission notes higher railroad jobs and a push for a separate agency to regulate telephone, telegraph, radio, and cable firms.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
Senate Silver Block
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wagner Labor Board
Hugh S. Johnson
Wallace
House
Steiner
Senate Labor Committee
Cummings
Andrew W. Mellon
Oil Administration
Bauler Freed By Directed Verdict In Chicago Trial
Judge McKinlay directed a verdict of not guilty for Alderman Paddy Bauler on charges of assault with intent to kill tied to the wounding of Policeman John Ahearn at Bayler's saloon last December after defense plea.
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Chicago
INS
McKinlay
Paddy Bauler
John Ahearn
Bayler
P H Hughes Survives Jump From Window
Atlanta resident P H Hughes, aged 32, dreamed of a burning building and leaped from a window crashing through a screen five feet high. He sustained a broken leg and was taken to a hospital for treatment.
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Atlanta, Ga
P. H Hughes
Tuesday’s Major League Results Recap Across AL and NL
Baseball scores from Tuesday show Cleveland and Philadelphia battling in a 6 run finish while Detroit and Boston collide in a blowout. Chicago and Washington clash in a 7 run game, St Louis defeats New York, Brooklyn wallops Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia routes New York in a high scoring slate. The night features multiple doubleheaders and decisive bullpen outcomes across leagues.
Federal Receiver Charged With Theft Of 183000 Funds
Chicago report states E. H. Johnson a federal receiver for 25 years was arrested by Justice Department agents on Tuesday and charged with embezzling 183000 from bankrupt estates. The 60 year old was seized at his Oak Park home as U S attorney and a commissioner prepared to arraign him.
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Chicago
E. H. Johnson
Department of Justice
Johnson
Oak
Park
James
Leaton
Linn County Receives 31169 For Relief May Funds
Linn county will receive 31169 in state and federal funds to carry on its direct and work relief program for the able bodied unemployed and their families during May. The county will provide 7061 as its share on an estimated 2122 families with a maximum of 1600 able bodied heads for work relief and direct aid cases totaling 522.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Des Moines
Cora Jacobs
Local Man Heads Disabled Veterans Leader Elected State Commander
Abraham Pilkcer of Cedar Rapids was chosen state commander of the Disabled American Veterans at the annual convention. Other officers named include Dr S H Shulkin Sioux City senior vice commander Henry W Thomas Council Bluffs junior vice commander Eddie E Blegeled Des Moines adjutant Frank H Moeser Clinton treasurer Dr Frank Day Clinton chaplain Albert C Armstrong Burlington historian and Joseph Duquette Des Moines sergeant at arms. Delegates to the national convention to be held June 30 to July 7 at Colorado Springs were retiring commander Bernard Brown Sioux City William Phelps McGregor and Blegeled Des Moines.
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Cedar Rapids
Abraham Pilkcer
S. H. Shulkin
Sioux City
Henry W. Thomas
Council Bluffs
Eddie E. Blegeled
Des Moines
Frank H. Moeser
Clinton
Frank Day
Albert C. Armstrong
Burlington
Joseph Duquette
Bernard Brown
William Phelps
McGregor
Mr. Blegered
Iowa
Colorado Springs
Disabled veterans oppose posting wounds on post office boards
At the Cedar Rapids Town convention of Disabled American Veterans of the World War the group condemned efforts to publicize veterans wounds and compensation. They warned that airing names and disability details would humiliate and threaten the honor of disabled service members and pledged to resist such publicity.
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Cedar Rapids
Ultimatum Issued If Strike Lasts At Cedar Rapids Plant
Wilson and company officials warned that the T. M. Sinclair packing plant may close if striking workers do not return. More than 1,000 jobs could be lost, with 150 employed by noon and others expected to follow. Authorities kept streets open to the plant as violence was prevented and local officers prepared for continued demonstrations.
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T. M. Sinclair
Cedar Rapids
Wilson and Company
James D. Cooney
Harry Williams
A. N. McKenzie
F. ©. Foazie
Mr. Cooney
Attaim Anaual Saving
Dan Kruidenier
Public Assety
Joe Petrus
Carl Steffsen
Chicago
Charlies D. Wall
Wall
Third Street
Fourteenth Avenue
Linn County to withhold aid for those refusing gardening
Linn County Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution to cut relief to able bodied families who refuse to cultivate subsistence gardens under the new work relief plan. The policy, effective until October 1, also limits rent: no rent for able bodied relief workers and up to five dollars monthly for non relief headed households, with single men not paying rent.
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LY Rapids
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Rail Employment Breaks 1 Million Mark in April 1934
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports 1,011,676 people employed by Class 1 steam railroads in April 1934, up 9.31 percent from April 1933. The milestone marks the first time employment surpassed one million in 1934.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
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