Early pay corn and hog checks arrive in Benton county
Benton county farmers receive 252832 in government checks from Washington for 1180 early pay corn and hog contracts. Distribution starts Tuesday at the Vinton office, with five townships served daily over four days. Largest check exceeds 1200 to F F Burrell Urbana. Allan Kline Vinton gets 1015. Final and fall payments follow. Total Benton county bonus over 1,000,000.
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van Horne
Benton County
Washington
Arthur H. Fry
Benton Corn and Hog Control Association
Cedar Rapids
Vinton
Association
Farm Bureau
Haddle
Bruce
Cedar
Harrison
Polk J
Monroe
Fry
Iowa
United States
Urbana
F F. Burrell
Allan Kline
Gazette Carrier Boys Rescue Couple From Cedar River
Two Gazette carriers Frank Mary and Donald Spillman rescued a man and a woman clinging to a capsized canoe in the Cedar River across from Ellis Park. They swam across the river to the east bank and towed the couple to shore before leaving, with the rescuers unknown to the couple. The canoe was taken to Sheftic's boathouse. Ed Sheftic knew the river man but could not recall his name.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Ellis Park
Frank Mary
Twentieth Avenue SW
Donald Spillman
N Street
Gazette
Grant High School
Spillman
Mary
Ellis Boulevard
Manhattan Beach
Sheftic
Ed Sheftic
Beer Tax Revenue Soars in May Week Treasurer Reports
DES MOINES AP says May beer tax receipts totalled 17.22017 dollars, triple last year s May take. State Treasurer L J Weeman notes that by the current date 5223060 has been collected this year, indicating a sharp rise.
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Des Moines
L. J. Weeman
Beauty, Work, and Wedgwood in Lincoln’s Spirit
The piece reflects on beauty’s value beyond bread, citing Lincoln and Wedgwood, and arguing that beauty in work elevates people. It contrasts industrial labor with garden and ceramic artistry, noting Wedgwood’s garden factory and Socrates’ ideal of inner beauty as a path to divine harmony.
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Lincoln
Ike
John Wesley
Josiah Wedgwood
Wedgwood
Socrates
Mail Bomb Explodes Striking Post Office Clerk
A bomb sent through the mails exploded in Myrton L. Genung’s hands at the dead letter division of the city post office. His ties were shattered and face lacerated while another worker, William L. Jackson, was slightly injured. The package bore a unclear postmark and appeared to contain a hook. It was mailed from New York about ten days earlier and reportedly targeted a Balkan country.
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Washington
Myrton L. Genung
City Post Office
Genung
William L. Jackson
Capitol
New York
Showers Bring Relief to Baking Midwest After Heat
The Midwest faced week long heat with crops stressed by a spring drought. Illinois Indiana saw 90 to 100 degree heat while Minnesota and Wisconsin cooled below 80 as showers moved through. Rainfall eased drought, aiding farmers hauling water for stock and filling dried ponds across Illinois Indiana Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota the Dakotas and Nebraska.
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Chicago
Midwest
Illinois
Indiana
Minesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakotas
Nebraska
North Dakota
Strike in Minneapolis Ties up City as Tensions Rise
An estimated 35,000 building trades workers began a strike in Minneapolis in solidarity with 5,000 striking truck drivers who have blocked commercial trucks since last Tuesday. Rioting damaged the city market, 18 officers and 19 strikers injured, as negotiations open under regional labor board authority. Governor Olson weighs national guard as 75 strikers arrested in Monday clashes.
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Minneapolis
Regional Labor Board
Washington
Westhotel
Floyd B. Olson
National Guard
Senate Rejects Norris Electoral Reform Amendment
Washington AP The senate refused to submit Norris constitutional amendment abolishing the electoral college for direct presidential and vice presidential election. With a two thirds needed the measure failed 42 ayes 24 noes Norris Neb changed from aye to no and filed a motion for reconsideration. Both parties split on the vote.
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Washington
Senate
Norris
Neb
Gasoline price boost spreads through Cedar Rapids garages
Major refiners in Cedar Rapids raised regular grade gasoline by four cents to 18.6 cents a gallon with four companies adopting the change early Monday. Standard Oil expected to follow, signaling a citywide upswing to 20.6 for high test and 17.1 to 18.6 ranges as Coryell Refining held its prices steady. Independent Home Oil listed 18.6 for regular and 17.1 for third grade, while Coryell kept 14 to 12.5 across grades.
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Cedar Rapids
Coryell Refining Company
Standard Oil Company
Standard
Coryell
Darrow Sees Choice Between Monopoly and Socialized Ownership
Washington report summarizes Clarence Darrow urging socialized ownership of industry and Hugh Johnson demanding abolition of the Darrow board. It outlines four parts including Darrow’s social idea, Johnson’s reply, Darrow’s monopolistic charge, and the minority report.
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Darrow
Washington
NRA
Clarence Darrow
Hugh §. Johnson
Donald Richberg
Chicago Begins To Rebuild After Stockyards Fire
Isaac Means, 63, died fighting the blaze that destroyed eight blocks and 23 buildings in Chicago stockyards. Workers rebuilt with temporary structures as losses reached about $8,000,000. Affected by the fire were banks, packing firms, and daily publications.
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Chicago
Isaac Means
Means
James Fuller
Stockyards
Daily Drovers Journal
Halste Street
Forty-third Street
Morgan
Fear Fascists Push Power in Japan Amid Taiwan Scandal Probe
Renewed efforts by extreme nationalists to establish a fascist state in Japan were reported as Tokyo continued investigations into the alleged Bank of Formosa Taiwan scandal.
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Japan
TORIO
Bank of Formosa Taiwan
Penick Co to Spend 75000 on Building Addition
Penick and Ford dextrine plant to add space doubling capacity with a three story expansion on the west side. A. W. H. Lenders says total cost about 75000 including equipment. Lightner Brothers secures the contract. work to begin this week and take about three months.
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Cedar Rapids
A. W. H. Lenders
Lightner Brothers
Bear market operations prompt Cutten urged to desist
CHICAGO UP Arthur C Cutten millionaire grain trader was urged by Secretary Hyde to stop bear side trading in a 1930 hearing on failure to report operations A telegram dated Feb 5 1930 indicated Hyde was informed Cutten operated as a bear and was asked to desist for the benefit of thousands Cutten replied Feb 25 that he had not sold wheat except to protect traders
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Chicago
Arthur C. Cutten
Secretary of Agriculture
Cutten
Arthur M. Hyde
Hyde
McLaughlins Ordered to St Paul for Ransom Plot Trial
Federal Judge Philip L. Sullivan ordered John J. Mc Laughlin known as Bess his 17 year old son John Jr William E Vidler ex convict and Philip Delaney to St Paul for trial on a conspiracy charge in the two hundred thousand ransom plot against Edward Bremer. Removal had been ordered by Commissioner Edwin K. Walker. Bonds ranged from 5000 to 25000.
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Chicago
Philip L. Sullivan
John J
Bess" McLaughlin
St. Paul
Edward Bremer
Bess
John, Jr
William E. Vidler
Philip Delaney
Two Men Sentenced to Twenty-Five Years for Crime Wave
Two men linked to a weekend crime wave ending with a shooting and multiple offenses were sentenced to twenty five years in Fort Madison for robbery with aggravation. R. E. McClurg and G. W. Begalke confessed to kidnappings and robberies across Iowa, from Cedar Rapids to Sheffield, with McClurg shooting his partner during a pursuit near highway 30.
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Cedar Rapids
State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
R. E. McClurg
First Street
G. W. Begalke
Sioux Falls
McClurg
H. C. Ring
G. K. Thompson
Begalke
Waterloo
A. B. Lovejoy
Donald Amos
Marie Oelkers
Hans Witt
Albert Dittberner
Sheffield
Dittcherner
Monday Major League Results
National League results show St Louis and New York trading blowouts while Pittsburgh and Chicago split, with Boston, Cincinnati, and Brooklyn also posting decisive scores. American League action features New York and Cleveland delivering wins as Washington, Detroit, and Chicago fare mixed, and Philadelphia and St Louis struggling.
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St. Louis
New York
Hallahan
W. Davis
Bowman
Mancuso
U S Receives League Note On Arms To Chaco
Washington reports the state department received an invitation from the League of Nations council to join a broad movement to halt arms and munitions sales to warring governments. Similar invitations were sent to sixteen governments including Great Britain France Italy Germany Japan Yugoslavia Soviet Russia Belgium Czechoslovakia Sweden Spain Switzerland Argentina Brazil Chile and Peru.
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State Department
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League of Nations
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Sboliviasis
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Italy
Germany
Japan
Jugoslavia
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Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Sweden
Spain
Switzerland
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Peru
Bandits Kill Japanese in Manchukuo Raid
Eleven Japanese including five schoolboys were reported killed when 100 Chinese irregulars raided a model Japanese settlement in Manchukuo, Tokio dispatch says.
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TOKIO
Manchukuo
Chicago Fire Not To Add To Volume At Sinclair Plant
Property of Wilson and company in Chicago including the Brennan company was not damaged by the stockyards fire of Saturday. Harry Palmer, manager of the TM Sinclair plant operated by Wilson's, was informed by telegram that the fire was serious but not as tragic as first indicated. Hog chutes and pens were not damaged though about 40 percent of the cattle pens were destroyed, and Palmer said there would be no added volume of hog business this week.
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Cedar Rapids
Wilson and Company
Chicago
Brennan Company
Harry Palmer
TM. Sinclair
Wilson
Palmer
Sinclair
Darrow Urges Socialized Industry Against NRA
Clarence Darrow pressed socialization as America's hope, attacking the NRA for fostering monopoly and harming small businesses. He urged collective ownership and planned use of resources, with code enforcement shifted to the federal trade commission. The report split board members and sparked nationwide controversy as debates loom in Congress and upcoming elections.
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Congress
Federal Trade Commission
Poti
Gotfumn
Washington
Clarence Darrow
NRA
Darrow
America
Johnson attacks Darrow report amid NRA codes clash
Washington dispatch reports Gen. Hugh S. Johnson accusing the Darrow review of missing fixable evils while acknowledging possible monopolistic code abuses. He praised Darrow though aligned with critics, noting Roosevelt will let the board die May 31 as debate rages over alleged monopolies and oppression of small business and consumers.
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Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
Darrow
NRA
Review Board
Darrow Committee
Johnson
Clarence Darrow
Pee Johnson
Charles
Edward ~Russell
New York
Roosevelt
Congress
Hugh Egoon
White House
Richberg
Violent Windstorm Damages Farms North Of Troy Mills
A violent wind storm with rain and hail struck about five miles north of Troy Mills late Monday afternoon. It damaged two farms, toppled trees and transmission poles, bowled over a corncrib and chicken house on the William farm, and blew down a corncrib on the George Carpenter farm. Rain followed, heavier north of town and lighter south of town.
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The
Troy Mills
William
George Carpenter
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