Huge air and naval building plans unveiled in Paris
Paris AP reports France moves to expand air and naval power as disarmament collapses. Minister Francois Pietri says a second Dunkerque type battleship is needed and may be built in private yards. Navy aims heavy seaplanes and rapid naval credits approval is sought. Britain proposes limited air raids and patrols to counter insurrection and submarines. France resists broader disarmament talks while Britain pushes a treaty plan.
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Aerial Armaments Race Sparks European Tensions
A 1924 London dispatch notes Europe rushing toward naval and air weaponization. Germany seeks rearmament amid Versailles anger as Britain and France discuss supplying engines and bombing airplanes, while disarmament wanes.
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London
Europe
Washington
Germany
Paris
France
Bear and Car Clash Ends in Draw in Missoula
A 600 pound bear and an automobile collided in a dramatic encounter near Missoula. The car, traveling at a high speed, collided with the bear as it sprang from a thicket. The vehicle was wrecked while the bear was badly injured and the driver H. B. Senate was unhurt.
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Weather outlook for May 14 to 19 in upper Mississippi and lower Missouri
Period outlook for the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys shows fair start with cool conditions in the east and south Monday. Temperatures rise with local showers midweek followed by fair and cooler conditions toward the end of the period.
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Mississippi
Missouri
Money and the soul The trap of loving wealth
An essay contrasts how money blinds the heart with rabbinic parable and biblical warnings. It cites a Swedish tale of mental fairies formed by coins and stocks, noting money can enslave rich and poor alike. It reflects on Jesus St Francis and Gandhi choosing service over wealth.
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Gandhi
God
Coprrisht
Mercury Rises After Light Cedar Rapids Rain
Temperatures gained ground in Cedar Rapids Saturday night as skies were partly clouded after light rainfall. The mercury rose to 64 at 7 p.m. following a 60-degree reading at 3 p.m.
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Mercury
Slain witness linked to 1931 Kelley kidnapping case
John C. Johnson, a key witness in the 1931 Dr Isaac D. Kelley kidnapping, was shot dead by a machine gunner outside Deputy Sheriff Harry Newbold’s home in St. Louis county. Johnson had implicated several suspects, including Mrs Nellie Tipton Muench and Bart Davis, in the abduction of the prominent physician. The Kelley case was scheduled for trial June 11.
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Adolph Fielder
Maplewood
Nellie Tipton Muench
St. Louis
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Liberty
Felix McDonald
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Jefferson City
Bart Davis
Angela Rosegrant
Tommy Wilders
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Dr. Kelley
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Ill
Newbold
St. Charles
Remember The Forgotten Mother And Sick Child Today
A Cedar Rapids Gazette appeal for Mother's Day gifts to Camp Good Health aids undernourished children. It honors mothers and urges donations to provide food, air, sun, rest, and medical care for sick babies, with a call to readers to support the camp fund.
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June Robles Father Seeks Lower Ransom in Kidnapping Case
Fernando Robles continues solo effort to secure the release of his 6 year old daughter June after abductors seized her seventeen days ago. Authorities report a second truce to allow negotiations while the father tries to persuade the kidnappers to accept 10000 dollars instead of 15000. Abductors’ note suggests June may be alive and negotiations proceed amid limited public detail.
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Davis Names Two New Farm Aides
Chester C. Davis the farm administrator announced John E. Dalton as chief of the sugar section and Charles G. Miller as chief of the rice section of the farm administration. They replace A. J. Weaver who was promoted to associate director of the program planning division.
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Rice
Million Dollar Butter Racket Exposed In Boston
Assistant District Attorney Charles A Rome described a federal probe into oleomargarine sold as creamery butter. Agents reported oleomargarine shipped from Elgin, NL, colored at Stoneham, then repackaged and sold across the east as a high class product.
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Pay limit keeps Pecora from AT and T inquiry
A Senate pay cap of 3600 a year bars Ferdinand Pecora of New York from leading the American Telephone and Telegraph probe. Pecora, unpaid or underpaid, says he cannot continue at 75 dollars weekly. Senator Dill laments the constraint on skilled counsel.
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Cedar Rapids Toll for 1934 Auto Accidents
A historical tally from Cedar Rapids reports 119 accidents 140 injuries and 7 deaths in the 1934 auto toll. The figures reflect the era’s road hazards and public safety concerns.
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Seven Oklahoma Livestock Men Charged in Corn Hog Scam
Seven eastern Oklahoma livestock men were indicted for conspiring to pose as farmers and profit by selling hogs to the government under corn hog reduction benefits. Bond set at 5000 for Homer Todd and John Brown. others to plead later. Investigators say the defendants never raised a pig and bought hogs in the Muskogee area for government sale.
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R. M. Mountcastle
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John Brown
Fort Gibson
Miller
Negotiations Conclude for Gettle Kidnapping Ransom
William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire, is expected to be returned early next week after late Saturday talks. Noon of the Gettle family said abductors assured him Gettle is alive and well. Four people were questioned at the sheriff's office after an anonymous tip.
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Galerio Marcksi
Anna
Kidnapping Of Cop's Wife Believed Motive Be Revenge
Police guard the home of Officer George Fyksen in Marshfield as search for two gunmen kidnapped his wife. The abductors fled toward a north woods hideout after forcing Mrs Fyksen to drive, while Webster, a St Paul man, faces slaying charges. The motive appears tied to Webster's testimony in Beell case and retaliation worries rise from threats received by Fyksen.
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Joseph Webater
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Fred Beell
Sale Of Liquor And Beer Separated By St Louis Rules
Excise Commissioner Scullin said the law requires separate licenses for beer and hard liquor. Wayman’s interpretation: a permit for 3.2 beer cannot obtain a license for strong beers wines or liquors, and vice versa.
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Wayman
Senate Passes Fletcher Rayburn Market Control Bill
The senate approved the Fletcher Rayburn stock market control bill by 62 to 13 as discussions on the Glass federal loan plan continue. House Democratic leader Burns notes added regulation of commodity exchanges while officials and press urged careful analysis of underlying factors. Attorney General Cummings ends extradition case against Frank Grigware. NRA to limit code prosecutions affecting interstate commerce. White House invites garden parties and leaders push earlier sessions to speed congress adjournment.
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Admits Killing Husband Accuses Lover as Plotter
Fort Wayne police hold Louise Schmitt 24 with her 57 year old lover Charles Howenstein on first degree murder charges. She confessed to poisoning Urban Schmitt with orange juice and poison. Howenstein denies involvement while police exhumed the victim for autopsy amid questions surrounding the death.
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Insull Brothers Reunite After Two-Year Separation
In Chicago at St. Luke's Hospital a visitor claiming to be Martin Insull sought to visit Samuel Insull. A clerk refused entry. the reunion, awaited for two years, occurred without public notice. Martin, younger and taller, prefers English country living. Samuel remained the famed industrial figure.
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Senate Delays Vote On Industry Loans
Washington AP reports the Senate postponed a final vote on the Glass loans to Industry bill until Monday after a lengthy argument over an amendment to authorize 20 year Reconstruction Finance Corporation loans to municipally owned power plants.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate approves tight control bill for securities markets
The Senate voted 62 to 13 to tighten regulation of the securities markets and sent the bill to conference with the House. President Roosevelt plans to sign promptly, as the act would require higher margin deposits starting Sept. 1 under a five member federal commission. The measure amends the 1933 act and aims to curb broker borrowings and speculative activity.
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New drought relief measures urged by northwest farm leaders
A telegram from agricultural leaders in Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota and Wisconsin to Washington urged emergency plantings and relaxed corn planting limits to prevent feed famine amid a severe drought and dust storms. Signers included Dr A G Black Dean W C Coffey Dr Andrew Ross H L Walster A M Eberle and K L Hatch.
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A. G. Black
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University Farm
Andrew Ross
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H. L. Walster
North Dakota State College
A. M. Eberle
South Dakota State College
K. L. Hatch
University of Wisconsin
Grain farmers seek federal aid as drought weather looms
Northwest farmers petitioned for government aid while dust storms swept Minnesota and Montana. The U S Weather Bureau forecast soaking rains within 24 to 48 hours to end the drought, with Dr A Donnel predicting heavy rains by Monday across Minnesota Iowa Illinois Wisconsin Missouri Ohio and more. Dr A G Black reported on the corn hog drive in Nebraska after a 150 mile tour.
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Angel of the Ghetto Relief Worker Slashed in Chicago
Frances Allen a 26 year old relief case worker known as the Angel of the Ghetto was badly stabbed and slashed after being targeted by Andrew Guerriero 46 who had just been dropped from relief rolls Police said Guerriero was rescued from a frenzied crowd near an Illinois emergency relief station Miss Allen remained in critical condition at Presbyterian hospital Doctors warned her survival would still leave her beauty marred If she lives Guerriero told police Miss Allen had sought his removal from relief rolls Authorities noted Guerriero had been a murder suspect a month earlier and owned an apartment building
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