Drought Drives Relief Plan as South Dakota Families Relocated
Widespread heat and drought grip the upper Midwest threatening crops and livestock. Federal relief outlines moving 3000 to 4000 South Dakota families to sturdier farms, plus seed for forage, deepening wells, cattle purchases, and loosened farm loan rules to fund aid.
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Emergency Relief, Farm and Credit Administrations
Department of Agriculture
Surplus Relief Corporation
Harry L. Hopkins
Bureau of Animal Industry
Relief Administration
Farm Credit Administration
South Dakota
Hopkins
Farm Agency
Darrow Considered to Defend Insull in Trial
Clarence Darrow, at 77, may be hired to defend Samuel Insull in the fallen utility czar's criminal trials. Insull family sources say negotiations are underway with the veteran lawyer known for sensational cases. If he accepts, it would be Darrow's first defense of a big business figure.
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Chicago
Clarence Darrow
Samuel Insull
Insull
Darrow
G O P Attacks Tariffs From Trade Angle
In Washington the GOP assailed the administration's reciprocity tariff bill. Senator Vandenberg warned the plan could give the President dictatorial power to rule or ruin industry and agriculture. Senator Davis urged an amendment to block deals with low wage nations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Arthur M Vandenberg
Mich
James J Davis
Davis
Vandenberg
United States
Retrial Planned After Sankey Kohler Jury Deadlock
In Pierre South Dakota federal prosecutors report Mrs Verne Sankey and Mrs Alvina Kohler will face a second trial next fall for conspiring in the $60,000 ransom kidnapping of Denver broker Charles Boettcher II. After 24 hours of deliberation the jury could not reach a verdict and was discharged. The government seeks the October term for the retrial. Sankey hanged himself in a cell while Alcorn remains in Leavenworth serving a life sentence.
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Sankey
Kohler
Gordon Alcorn
Denver
Alcorn
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
Packers Reply to Charges of Wearing Down Livestock Prices
The Institute of American Meat Packers responded to Rep Wearin alleging direct buying by packers to depress prices. It cites USDA figures showing higher payments in early 1934 than 1922, notes high processing taxes paid this year, and states profits reflect consumer demand and government programs.
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Washington
Institute of American Meat Packers
Wearin
Institute
United States Department of Agriculture
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1934
A brief note lists figures for Cedar Rapids vehicle tolls in 1934. It records 124 accidents 147 injuries and 7 deaths, reflecting traffic losses in that period and city safety concerns.
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Cedar Rapids
Boy Kidnapped 30 Years Returns Home
In Petit Rocher New Brunswick the Arsenault family is joyfully reunited with their son, now 30, who had been abducted from his crib in 1904. Identified by a birthmark, he had survived travels with gypsies and a sea life before living with the Joncas family and being traced to his birthplace.
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Petit Rocher
INS
Peter B Arsenault
Bil Knockton
Arsenault
Lindbergh
Cery
St. Elzear
Que
Bay of Chaleur
Joncas
Bonaventure
Knockton
New Brunswick
Colombia and Peru settle Leticia Corridor dispute
Colombia and Peru reached an accord settling their territorial quarrel over the Leticia Corridor in the upper Amazon region. The agreement followed months of talks under Brazilian auspices with a League of Nations commission supervising the area.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Colombia
Peru
Leticia
Amazon River
League of Nations Commission
How The Cat Returned Her Canary Advertisement Twist
A boy claimed a reward for a Jost canary, but a cat arrived instead. The housewife noted the ad lacked whether the bird should return dead or alive, prompting a humorous exchange. The Lost and Found ad led to the poodle Flip being found and returned to Mrs. E. A. Stone at 711 6th St SE.
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the Gazette
E. A. Stone
6Th St SE
The Bread of God and the Secret Bread of the Soul
A reflection on St. Francis sharing his humble black bread at the Bishop of Ostia’s banquet. The piece contrasts rich feasting with Francis’s poverty and charity, urging readers to seek nourishment for the soul and share their bread with others.
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St. Francis
Ostia
Francis
Renan
Jesus
Conyrisht
Cedar Rapids Light Co Declares Preferred Dividend
Town Electric Light and Power Co of Cedar Rapids will pay a one half quarterly dividend on its preferred stock classes 7 62 and 6 percent. The June 15 payment covers one quarter with record date June 1, totaling about 100000. The dividend stems from reduced debt and aims to boost stock prices and stimulate business in Cedar Rapids and surrounding territory.
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Town Electric Light and Power Company
Cedar Rapids
Isaac B Smith
Hallanan Leading For G. O. P. Chief
New York Herald Tribune dispatch from Washington says Walter S. Hallanan of West Virginia leads for the Republican National Committee chair. Leaders plan to meet in Chicago on June 5 to name a successor to Everett Sanders.
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New York
New York Herald Tribune
Washington
Walter S. Hallanan
West Virginia
Republican National Committee
Chicago
Everett Sanders
Speed Bill to Halt Arms Flow to Paraguay and Bolivia
The United States moves to join other powers in halting arms shipments to Paraguay and Bolivia amid the Gran Chaco conflict. President Roosevelt seeks authority via a Senate embargo and endorsement of the 1925 League convention to regulate world munitions traffic.
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Washington
United States
Gran Chaco
Key Pittman
Nev
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Roosevelt
Paraguay
Bolivia
Chaco
Roose
Welt
Senate
Bevin
Geneva
United States Senate
Great Britain
U S Pushes for End to Bolivia Paraguay Conflict
The United States moves to halt the fifty year war between Bolivia and Paraguay. American envoys in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Peru seek regional support for joint action to stop the bloodshed. Roosevelt drafts a message for Congress to seek a quick arms embargo enabling a broader embargo with sixteen other nations.
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Washington
United States
Bolivia
Paraguay
State Department
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Peru
Roosevelt
Congress
Brazil Bids Embargo on Arms to Bolivia and Paraguay
Rio de Janeiro reports Brazil will join an embargo on arms shipments to Bolivia and Paraguay, an initiative confirmed Friday by officials.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Bolivia
Paraguay
Abandoned Indiana Car Found in Iowa City
An abandoned Indiana car discovered in Iowa City on Thursday prompts officials to speculate whether John Dillinger or his associates passed through the city recently.
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Iowa City
Friday's Major League Results Impacts by League
National League games produced lopsided scores with Cincinnati New York Philadelphia St. Louis Chicago and Pittsburgh winning or losing by wide margins. Boston Brooklyn Washington Cleveland and Detroit matches featured varied notable pitchers and multi-run innings across the slate.
Johnson Drops Cloak Over NRA Gold Fish Bowl
Washington reports guards in plain clothes and gag orders as NRA censorship tightens. Guards manned the printing section during Johnson’s response to the Clarence Darrow report, entrances locked for 18 hours, and workers were searched on leaving to stop leaks. Two further orders restricted information and opened confidential mail.
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Washington
Ough
Jolson
NRA
Istermittent Thete 33 Segre
Pooovery Agency
Johnson
Clarence Darrow
Jack Scott
Roosevelt Signs Six Federal Crime Bills Into Law
President Roosevelt signs six bills to expand federal crime powers, naming aims to curb interstate crime and imprison or punish outlaws. The measures allow federal action against attacking agents, fleeing across states, rioting, robbing banks in the Fed system, crossing state lines with extortion or kidnapping demands, and a death penalty option for kidnappers who do not return victims.
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Washington
LLP
Roosevelt
Justice Department
John Dillinger
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
PTA Protests Liquor Advertising At National Congress
DES MOINES AP Liquor advertising of all kinds drew strong opposition at the national congress of parents and teachers as a resolution was adopted protesting alcoholic advertising and narcotic control and urging enactment of a uniform narcotics act. The proposal emerged from the floor after debate and was not in the committee report.
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Des Moines
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Dillinger Bank Robbery Plan Failures Revealed
Federal agents described how a detailed getaway log used by Dillinger’s gang to rob Newton, Indiana, on April 4 fell apart after the log and a missing bank guide were introduced as to the Evelyn Frechette case. The log listed route, speeds, turns, and cautions, including exact mile readings, aiming to steal $90,000 in prior heists at Mason City and Sioux Falls. The loss of the log undermined the gang’s plans and suggested Dillinger sought headquarters in the Twin Cities for further crimes.
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ST Paul
John Dillinger
Newton
Evelyn Frechelte
Indiana
Crown Point
Ind
Twin Cities
Department of Justice
South America
Dillinger
Mason City
Eddie Green
St. Paul Gang
Temperatures Hit 94 as Cedar Rapids Feels Heat Wave
Cedar Rapids endured a scorching afternoon with the thermometer reaching 94 by 2 30 p m under a blazing sun. The day saw a 24-hour low of 61 and a high around 83 later, with a light breeze offering little relief and sunset set for 7 24 p m. Vehicle lighting rules noted at 7 54.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Tam
Blessing of the Pets story chosen for Cedar Rapids Sunday
Eleanore Griffin’s The Blessing of the Pets, a tale about fate shaped by an old ceremony, is featured as the first of sixteen best short stories of the year in The Cedar Rapids Gazette Sunday edition. It was selected by the editor of McCall's and will appear next Sunday May 20.
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Eleanore Griffin
Cedar Rapids Gazette
McCall's
Mexico Backs League Ruling On Arms To Bolivia and Paraguay
Mexico will support any decision the league of nations council may make regarding arms to Bolivia and Paraguay, said foreign minister Manuel Puig Casauranc in Mexico City today.
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Mexico City
Mexico
League of Nations Council
Bolivia
Paraguay
Manuel Puig Casauranc
Dillinger Gang Suspected in Flint Bank Robbery
John Dile and five armed followers raided Citizens Commercial and Savings bank in Flint Michigan with a woman accomplice. They fled in two cars as police mobilized, after looting currency from payroll shipments. Investigators noted Dillinger lookouts and the gang’s pattern of using women for hiding places. Michigan offered rewards for the capture.
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Flint, Mich
John Dilelinger
Citizens Commercial and Savings Bank
Dillinger
Cme
Were Dillinger
Michigan
Wisconsin chase links Dillinger to bank robbery
Federal officers pursue leads near an abandoned mine near Cuba City Wisconsin as they investigate a Flint Michigan bank robbery. Reports identified a suspect as John Dillinger though details remain uncertain and continued on later pages.
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Dubuque
Flint
Mich
John Dillinger
Cuba City
Wis
America
Arch Badman
Basement Blaze Damages Slop and Shop Grocery
Firefighters battled smoke and flames for over an hour at 506 Third Avenue SE, Slop and Shop Grocery operated by Walter Miller. Four hose lines confined the blaze to the basement, sparing adjacent businesses. smoke damaged a Railway Express interior job and Morgan cycle shop. Loss covered by insurance.
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Cedar Rafids News
Walter Miller
Third Avenue SE
Railway Express Agency
Morgan Cycle Shop
Miller
Five Washington Convicts Convicted of Murder
Five Washington state inmates were found guilty Friday of murdering a turnkey during an attempted break at Lincoln's birthday. They received life terms as the jury did not recommend the death penalty. The convicts are Leo Lynch Lawrence Colton Phillip Wallace Thomas Woods and Frank Butler.
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Walla Walla, Wash
Washington State Prison
Lincoln
Leo Lynch Lawrence Colton
Phillip Wallace
Thomas Woods
Frank Butler
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