Roosevelt to Approve Billion-Dollar Works Bill Next Week
President Roosevelt plans to sign orders early next week to distribute about 1.09 billion dollars to federal works agencies. Wages and hours are still being settled by Harry Hopkins, with projects ranging from rivers and harbors to highways and grade crossing elimination. Start dates vary, with major work expected within one to two months once regulations are in place.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hopkins
Harry L. Hopkins
Progress Division
Army
Plannew Farm March on Capitol
Eastern dairymen and western fruit growers contemplate a new farmers march on Washington to press farm administration amendments. About 125 participants plan a direct drive for legislation on sugar beets milk tobacco fruits vegetables wool and mohair licensing. Farmers say they will pay their own expenses and act as a strictly farmers' movement.
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Farm Administration and
Agriculture Department
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House Agriculture Committee
House Rules Committee
Jones
Agriculture Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Mapes
Michigan
Farmers’ Movement. Are
Maurice Pew to Be Installed Ruler of Local Elks Lodge
Newly elected Cedar Rapids lodge No. 251 officers will be installed June 14. Maurice V. Pew is the new grand exalted ruler and delegate to the grand lodge meeting in Columbus. July 15 to 19 David G. Bleakley and Ed H. Kane named leading knight and loyal knight. Other officers include Robert J. Vinch Don Hines Lial D. Ross and Peter F. Bailey. Ross and Bailey reelected. Floyd Philbrick elected trustee for five years.
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Cedar Rapids Lodge
Maurice V. Pew
Grand Lodge
Columbus
David G. Bleakley
Ed H. Kane
Robert J. Vinch
Don Hines
Lial D. Ross
Peter F. Bailey
Ross
Bailey
Floyd Philbrick
President approves Missouri river dike project to Sioux City
The approval covers Missouri river work from Kansas City Missouri to Sioux City Iowa with ten million dollars for construction of dikes and revetments. Groundwork can begin within thirty days under federal authorization.
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Missouri River
Kansas City
Sioux City
Junior Leagues of America delegates wrap five day session
In San Francisco delegates to the Junior Leagues of America convention closed their five day session focusing on officers and next convention city. Prominent local members hosted Thursday gatherings in homes and clubs while speakers included Mrs. Charles Lindley editor of the Junior League magazine and Mrs. Peter L. Hare both from New York and Mrs. Cyt Phillip from Milwaukee.
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Junior Leagues of America
Junior League
Charles Lindley
Junior League Magazine
Peter L. Hare
New York
Cyt Phillip
Milwaukee
Man Flees Hospital In Nightshirt After Auto Crash
Primo Alviso of Tulare explains a Kings County Hospital escape by a man in a hospital nightshirt as a 30 hour memory lapse after injuries from a car accident. Police found him at a friend's home and returned him. he was under arrest for drunken driving.
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Aw.o.l
Kings County Hospital
Primo Alviso
Tulare
Arunken
Fragmentary Weather Note At McDonald Observatory
A partial OCR snippet mentions Ment analyzed via a thi n 7A and a varying temperature at McDonald Observatory Paxas. The readable text is inconsistent and lacks full context or a clear event.
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Richberg May Quit Office by July One
Rumors say Richberg will resign from the government by July 1 to return to private life as pressure grows on NRAs leadership. Reports note other NRA executives may retire while discussions about the Wagner labor relations bill continue amid Senate action.
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American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
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Roosevelt
Dog Lovers Demand Another Trial For Killer Of Town Pet
In Columbus Kansas irate dog lovers pressed for a new trial of Otis Stevens the relief worker who killed Duke a $1 000 black Gordon setter and town pet Jurors failed to reach a verdict on destroying public property by killing the dog The county attorney questioned a new trial while Ed Maxwell the dog's owner said he would pursue the matter Spectators noted the defense closing argument portraying Stevens as frightened by barking dogs and Duke allegedly lunging at him creating a fatal shot fired in self defense
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Corbin Shouse
Dukes
Ed Maxwell
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Rowe
Stevens Ewik
Tow 4 Woman Wins 300 In Damages
A court awarded Miss Lillian Hay of LeMars 300 in damages after a clothes stand incident. The judgment, issued Friday, follows a claim that she was injured when a maid employed by Kay’s Week was caught in a garment stand.
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Rothschild
Chain letter asks 700 keeper to send elephant to curator
Detroit curator John T. Millen prodigiously skeptical after a Seattle chain letter asks him to send an elephant to the top listed curator, naming zoo chiefs in St Louis Chicago Boston Los Angeles and Seattle. The note promises a real elephant if peanuts are supplied and forbids a white elephant.
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John T. Millen
Detroit Zoo
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Millen
New York Zoo
St Louis
Chicago
Boston
Los Angeles
Court Throws Out Case of Jeeves
New York court dismisses the $100,000 slander suit brought by William Graham against Margot Flick and her mother. Judge McCook instructed the jury to verdict for the defendants. R Jay Flick testified the bedroom incident was the culmination of ongoing misconduct by Graham, who was discharged after Miss Margot Flick accused him of entering her room without knocking.
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INS
William Graham
Supreme Court
Phillip McCook
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Graham
Fifth Avenue
NEW York (Ap
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Flick
William Lawrence Graham
Henrietta Flick
Margo
Janitor Artists Exhibit at Chicago Art Institute
Forty two canvases form the first annual exhibition by student janitors at the Art Institute of Chicago. Twenty three student janitors contributed work, including Edgar Ewing who recently won the institute's $2500 prize. his watercolor is shown.
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Chicago
INS
Art Institute of Chicago
Edgar Ewing
Institute
Missing Annapolis Boy Found Drowned
The body of 7 year old Frank A. Sazama, son of a naval academy athletic instructor, was found floating in Weems creek about 100 yards from his home after being missing for nearly two days.
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Annapolis
Frank A. Sazama
Naval Academy
Weems Creek
Van Zandt Warns Of Bonus March Danger
James E Van Zandt, commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, warned of real danger from another bonus march after the Patman bill went to the White House for a veto. He cited a telegram from Walter Waters, a leader of the 1932 march, opposing a fresh trek to Washington.
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James E van Zandt
Veterans of Foreign Wars
van Zandt
Patman
White House
Walter W. Waters
American Cuppers Face Mexico in Davis Cup Clash
The United States Davis Cup team, led by Don Budge and Bitsy Grant, were favored to defeat Mexico in North American round action in Mexico City. Friday planned two singles matches with Budge versus Esteban Reyes and Grant versus Daniel Hernandez, with the U S doubles likely to clinch Saturday and a final singles Sunday.
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United States
Mexico
Don Budge
Los Angeles
Esteban Reyes
Bryan M (Bitsy) Grant
Atlanta
Daniel Hernandez
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1935 accidents and casualties
A report from Cedar Rapids records the toll for 1935 with 131 accidents and 453 people injured. No deaths are specified in the readable text.
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Cedar Rapids
Hammer Figures In Price Murder Trial
In Glenwood a missing hammer linked to the Edith and Helen Kuhl murder case was discussed as Clarence Price’s trial continued. Deputy Sheriff Cooney testified about a hammer with a broken handle wrapped in tape and the rumor of two hammers in the Graham home. Coroner Raynor added Price claimed he was beaten by Howard Williams amid reports of letters between Helen Kuhl and Williams.
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Glenwood
Clarence Price
Edith Kuhl
Helen Kuhl
Graham
S. V. Cooney
D. W. Harman
Price
Cooney
Frank Raynor
Howard Williams
Pacific Junction
J. W. Kuhl
Williams
Sigourney Traer Win Music Honors at National High School Orchestra
In Madison, Wisconsin, three high schools earned top ratings in the Class C competition of the National High School Orchestra contest. Division 1 winners were Angola Indiana Sigourney Iowa and Waupun Wisconsin for their Mozart rendition and a chosen piece. Final class C ratings named multiple divisions with schools from Indiana Iowa Oklahoma Illinois Ohio and Nebraska.
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Angola
Ind
Sigourney
Iowa
Waupun
Newkirk
Okla
Rolfe
Traer
Barrington
Delphos
Ohio
Lawrence Township
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Consolidated High
Paton
Albion
Brooklyn Police Dogs Patrol Flatbush With Fierce Guard
Eight police dogs, aged three to nine, patrol Flatbush under canine unit command. Donated by citizens, they climb ladders, disarm gunmen, and bark to alert officers, keeping burglaries down in the tree-lined borough. Each dog treats one officer as master and guards his beat with ferocious loyalty.
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Brooklyn Constabulary
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Police Remount
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Newton Church Invites Hoover Speech at Pulpit
Dr L B Logan pastor of the First Methodist church in Newton invites former President Herbert Hoover to speak from the pulpit on Sunday evening June 2. The invitation signals a notable address by a national figure at a local church event.
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Herbert Hoover
First Methodist Church of
L.B. Logan
Worry Links to Hospitalization and Chronic Invalids
Washington AP report summarizes Dr. Flanders Dunbar of Columbia University on worry as a factor in illness. Emotions slow recovery from injuries and heart troubles, may extend invalidism, and affect convalescence and relapse risk.
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Washington
American Psychiatric Association
Flanders Dunbar
Columbia University School of Medicine
Dunbar
Five convicted in Bremer case fuels government victory
Elmer Farmer of Bensenville Illinois aided in hideout plans as five gangsters were convicted in the Bremer kidnapping case. The verdict ends a fifteen month probe, with several indicted cleared and four others dead. Key figures include Volney Davis Harry Campbell and Dr Moran while Karpis Campbell and Davis remain at large.
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Bensenville, Il
Bruno Austin
Jess Doyle
Edna Murray
Kansas City
Freddie Barker
Iry Sawyer
St Pet's Underworld
Bremer
Sawyer
Pass_Christian
Miss
Ramsey County
Volney Davis
Harry Campbell
William Harrison
Dr. Moran
Barker-Karpis
Body of Pilsudski Viewed By 500000 in Warsaw
In Warsaw the body of Marshal Josef Pilsudski lay in state for thirty hours, drawing 500000 people to St. Johann's cathedral. The silver coffin rested in a somber ceremony as mourners passed by in line to pay final respects to the national hero.
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Warsaw
Polana
Josef Pilsudski
St. Johann's Cathedral
California Insect Fights Pecan Borers
Beaumont dispatch reports a California parasite used in Jefferson County to combat pecan tree borers. Insects eggs arrive from California and are placed on infested trees. after hatching the parasite Trichogramma minutum targets borers and other pests.
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Beaumont, Tex
California
Jefferson County
Lithuanian Court Upholds Death Sentences for Four Germans
The Lithuanian supreme court upheld four death sentences and eighty seven prison terms for German Memel residents accused of planning to seize the territory for the Reich. One charge of military preparation was dropped. The four awaiting execution are Emil Boll Walter Preiss Heinrich Wannagat and Emil Lepa unless clemency or appeal intervenes.
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Kaunas
Lithuania
Lithuanian Supreme Court
Memel
Baron von der Ropp
Emil Boll
Walter Preiss
Heinrich Wannagat
Emil Lepa
Georges Jessutis
Berlin
Jura
Antanas Smetona
Nazi secret police seize American in Munich
Nazi secret police arrest Charles Niffelbeck a 35 year old naturalized American in Munich and refuse to allow consular access or explanations. Police search his flat and offer no reason. The American consulate protests while his German wife refuses to comment. Niffelbeck naturalized in 1931 after returning from New York in 1934.
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Munich
Germany
Charles Niffelbeck
Niffelbeck
New York
Morgenthau Boosts Weekly Borrowing
Secretary Morgenthau increases weekly borrowing to 25 million in excess of maturities to cover cash needs. Treasury plans about 100 million weekly borrowings through June 30, facing 75 million in maturities while cutting March borrowings to 50 million to reduce the public debt by 25 million weekly.
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Washington
INS
Morgenthau
Treasury
Breese Sets Speed Record on Coast
Urbank California. Vance Bleue piloted the Keith Rider bullet plane from San Francisco to Union Air Terminal in 1 hour 14 minutes for a 335 mile hop, matching Col. Roscoe Turner’s unofficial mark and beating his own official southbound time of 1 hour 22 minutes from two weeks earlier.
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Calif
Vance Bleue
Keith Rider
Union Air Terminal
Frem
San Francisco
Col
Roscoe Turner
Breese
Dust buildup blamed for two explosions at Fremont grain plant
In Fremont Nebraska investigators tied a Friday dust accumulation to two blasts at the Farmers National Grain Corporation plant. The incidents caused 50000 dollars in damage with no injuries reported.
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Neb
Ins
Farmers National Grain Corporation
Security bill passes Senate Finance Committee with changes
In Washington the Administrations social security bill cleared the Senate Finance Committee on Friday. The panel adopted two major amendments to the version already passed by the House.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
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