Farley insults prairie states over Landon nomination
In Grand Rapids last week Jim Farley dismissed Alf Landon as just the governor of a typical prairie state. The remark drew sharp criticism for its contempt toward residents of prairie states, though Farley predicted political support from those voters.
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Grand Rapids
Jim Farley
Alf Landon
Kansas
New Jersey
London
Farley
Prairie
Big Jim
Prairie States
Charles Curtis
Iowa
Mussolini renews vow to hold Ethiopia amid world war era risk
Premier Mussolini marks Italy's 21st World War anniversary by warning that Ethiopia must be kept, even against former allies. He cites 1919 territorial losses as proof Ethiopia is rightly theirs, while England France and the League of Nations hesitate to challenge his East African empire claims.
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Italy
Mussolini
Ethiopia
England
France
League of Nations
League
Addis Ababa
Supreme Court voids 1934 municipal bankruptcy act 3 to 4 split
The U S Supreme Court held the 1934 municipal bankruptcy act unconstitutional in a 5 to 4 decision led by Justice McReynolds. Justices Hughes Cardozo Brandeis and Stone dissented, arguing the statute is constitutional. The ruling affects bondholders from Cameron County Texas and others seeking to restructure debts through federal bankruptcy courts.
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Washington
Supreme Court
McReynolds
Hughes
Cardozo
Brandeis and Stone
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Cameron County
Texas
Water Improvement District
Southern Texas Federal District Court
Reconstruction Corporation
Wilcox
Fla
Cedar Rapids man seeks beer permit lists across six states
A Cedar Rapids resident asked liquor authorities in Iowa Illinois Minnesota Wisconsin Missouri South Dakota and Wyoming for lists of beer permit holders. Officials in six states replied promptly. Illinois Minnesota and Wyoming provided theirs free. Missouri South Dakota and Wisconsin priced their lists at $2.50 $3 and $3.50 respectively.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Illinois
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Missouri
South Dakota
Wyoming
Racket Alert Over Iowa Beer Permit Lists
An Iowa reader reports a Des Moines agency offering a paid up to date list of Class B and C beer permit holders for 40 dollars and a separate cancellations list for 10 dollars, raising questions about the legitimacy and ethics of selling permit data. The Iowa Liquor Control Commission reportedly sent a headquarter notice.
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Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Des Moines
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Black Legion blamed for killings and outrages in Michigan
Readers learn of a Michigan based Black Legion suspected in numerous killings and anti Catholic, anti Jewish, anti communist acts. The piece notes secret society roots and possible cross state reach as it questions mob violence and government aid for relief costs. The Mormon church leader urges withdrawal from government relief amid relief cost comparisons by Iowa counties.
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Michigan
Black Legion
Detroit
J. Reuben Clark
Mexico
Iowa
Sam
Laugh, John, Laugh: Dr Newton Urges Cheerful Spirit
A 1936 column argues modern gloom harms society and urges embracing hearty laughter. It cites Maggie in What Every Woman Knows and references Shakespeare Chaucer Bunyan Dickens to champion buoyant, hopeful wit over somber mood.
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Maggie
John
Hamlet
Edwards
Johnson
Chaucer
Shakespeare
Bunyan
McElwee accuses RFC aid in M and St L case
Peoria witness James L. McElwee testified before the interstate commerce subcommittee that an RFC representative discussed plans to dismember the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad to help Frederick Prince of Boston. He recounted meeting John Barriger III in 1934 and writing a letter to Herbert Horner about the discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
LLP
James L. McElwee
Peoria
Ill
Interstate Commerce Subcommittee
RFC
Minneapolis and
St. Louis
Frederick Prince
Boston
McElwee
John Barriger, III
Chicago
Minneapolis
Barriger
Herbert Horner
Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce
Henry Shipstead
Minn
Louis Murphy
Iowa
John W. Barriger
Frederick Lisman
New York
Italian women remarry with iron wedding rings
In Chicago four thousand Italian women who donated gold rings to fund Italy’s invasion of Ethiopia wore iron wedding bands in a two hour ceremony. The iron rings were sent from Italy to replace their former gold rings as they were re married.
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Chicago
Italy
Ethiopia
Boy of 12 Demonstrates Apparent Psychic Powers in Hollywood
Hollywood California reports a 12 year old boy Pat Marquis who enters trances, reads through blindfolds, and spells words in Persian. Dr Cecil Reynolds led experiments before 150 doctors noting super normal vision and cognition.
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Hollywood
Calif
Pat Marquis
Los Angeles
Victoria
Cecil Reynolds
Royal Academy of Surgeons
Great Britain
Pat
Reynolds
Marquis
Napeji
Himalayas
Tibet
Persia
A.parsee
Quadruplets Born To Chinese Mother
Shanghai mother Chang Wong-Sze gave birth to quadruplets three girls and one boy as aid from the Chinese nationalist government was extended to the family.
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Shanghai
Chang Wong-Sze
Move To Permit Beer Parlors Nearer Churches
The city council on Monday passed an amendment to the beer ordinance on first and second readings. It lowers the minimum distance from churches for class B licenses from 300 feet to 120 feet and from schools to beer parlors from 300 to 200 feet. Harry S. Johnson, assistant city solicitor, drew the amendment which aims to aid downtown licensing, including the former Golden Slipper HQ on Third Avenue SW.
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Harry S. Johnson
Third Avenue
First
Second Streets
First United Presbyterian Church
Johnson
Woman Fights Off Grabbing Attacker On Way Home
Mrs. Emile Feiselman reports a man grabbed her as she walked near 423 K avenue NW in Cedar Rapids. She screamed, was struck in the mouth, and fought back. scratches and bruises were noted. The assailant fled and detectives searched the area but found no one. First aid was given at police headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Emile Feiselman
K Avenue NW
Socialist Party Nominates Norman Thomas for President
Norman Thomas was nominated by the Socialist Party at its national convention in Cleveland with overwhelming voice support. Dr. Harry Laider of New York placed Thomas in nomination, with Laider serving as co director of the league for industrial democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Socialist National Convention
Norman Thomas Monday
Thomas
Harry Laider
New York
The
League For Industrial Democracy
Camp Good Health Fund Reaches Eight Hundred Mark
The Camp Good Health Fund hits $800 on Monday funding four weeks for forty of the 111 physically handicapped children. Seventy one more require aid. about 5 funds a week cover one child for a week. Donations go to the Camp Good Health Fund under the Public Health Nursing association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Good Health
Camp Good Health Fund
Public Health Nursing Association
Acs
Townsend accused as Congress demands swift action over contempt
Washington report says House leaders push for swift punishment of Dr Francis Townsend for contempt after his walkout denied testimony at old age pension probe. Prosecutor James Sullivan accuses Townsend of conspiracy to raise funds, deception on taxes, and anti communist leanings. Postal probe could follow. House to decide trial venue Tuesday.
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Washington
House
Francis E.townsend
Joseph W. Burns
William B. Bankhead
Ala
Townsend
INS
Congressional Committee
Townsend Old Age Pension Movement
Francis E. Townsend
James R. Sullivan
California
Sullivan
Treasury
National
Congress
Oath of Black Legion Revealed in Ritual Papers
Jackson Michigan police disclose a complete Black Legion oath found in the home of Ray Ernest a state prison guard alleged brigadier general The vow commands obedience to superiors and killing anarchists communists and their allies while promising no mercy and detailing horrific punishments for betrayal
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Jackson, Mich
INS
Black Legion
Ray Ernest
Heaven
Hell
Weather Clears In Cedar Rapids After Weekend Rain
Clear and warm conditions followed a rainy weekend in Cedar Rapids. Temperatures rose from 57 at 5 a.m. to 60 and then 79 by midafternoon, with 84 reached at 2 30 p.m. Sunday's low was 62 at 6 a.m. and peak 82 at 1 p.m.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Landon’s Daughter Receives Movie Contract Offer
Universal Studios offered Peggy Ann Landon, daughter of Kansas Governor Alf M. Landon and GOP presidential hopeful, a long term film contract after talent scout Lucille Ryman saw her at the University of Kansas. The offer included a Hollywood screen test. acceptance status was unclear.
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Hollywood
Mns
Peggy Ann Landon
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Universal Studios
Lucille Ryman
Universit
Miss Landon
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Edith MacDonald Granted Divorce From Alistair MacDonald
Edith MacDonald was granted a decree nisi divorce from Alistair MacDonald son of Britain's former prime minister in London. The case marks a formal separation in a high profile British family, with no final decree issued at this stage.
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London
INS
Edith MacDonald
Alistair Eee
Britain
Briton Missing In Ethiopia Arrives At Djibouti Port
I J Bonner a British warrant officer with the Red Cross unit in Ethiopia arrived safely in Djibouti. Detained by Italian officials at Dire Dawa for days he said the Italians pressed him to admit he was Dr Brunner a Viennese officer with Ethiopian forces against Italy.
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Djibouti
INS
I. J. Bonner
Red Cross
Ethiopia
Diredawa
Dr. Brunner
Italy
Elderly man sought in torch murder case
Keene police hunted an elderly white haired man after a woman’s charred body was found in a blazing thicket on Wastastiquet mountain. Investigators issued a pickup order based on a tentative ID of the victim as Mrs Grace Hurley of Boston, registered under that name at a White River Junction rooming house a week earlier.
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Keene, N. H
Wastastiquet Mountain
Grace Hurley
Boston
White River Junction
Three Are Injured In Accidents Sunday
Mrs. W. J. Buchan 25 of 1734 First avenue E suffers back neck injuries and bruises when her husband’s car collides with E. H. Owens 805 Twentieth street SE at Blake boulevard and Nineteenth street SE. Neither driver injured. Miss Catherine Johnson 28 of Marion sustains facial cuts in a crash involving Kenneth Norris of Coggan and Charles Carson at a Fourth street SE crossing. She is at St Luke’s hospital. Herman Notbohm 71 of Alburnett has a crushed right forearm after a truck with his son overturned.
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Cedar Rapids
W. J. Buchan
First Avenue E
Blake Boulevard
Nineteenth Street
E. H. Owens
Twentieth Street
Catherine Johnson
Marion
Kenneth Norris
Coggan
Charles Carson
Ninth Street
Third Avenue
Fourth Street SE
Miss Johnson
St. Luke’s Hospital
Herman Notbohm
Alburnett
James
Warrants Out Include 13 Men Now in Custody
Detroit reports twelve members of the Black Legion arraigned on kidnapping and murder charges in the slaying of 32 year old Charles A Poole. They refused to enter pleas before Judge Ralph W Liddy citing inconsistent charges.
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Detroit
Black Legion
Charles A. Poole
Ralph W. Liddy
Harvey Davis
Society
Dayton Dean
Urban Lipps
Ervin D. Lee
George C. Johnson
Paul R. Edwards
Edgar Baldwin
Lowell Rushing
Hershell Gill
John B. Mitchell
Thomas R. Craig
Jack Bannerman
James R. Lorrance
Dayton Dean Confesses In Poole Slaying Case
Detroit police report Dayton Dean one of 25 murder suspects confessed that Charles A. Poole was killed because the rope for lynching did not arrive on time. Detectives Harvill and Meehan say Dean described vigilante plans and Poole was shot in cold blood when the execution rope failed to reach the scene.
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Detroit
Dayton Dean
Charles A. Poole
Poole
Joe Harvill
Charles Meehan
Dean
Detroit Probers Issue Murder Warrants for Black Legion Leaders
Twenty five Black Legion members face murder and kidnapping charges in the slaying of WPA worker Charles A. Poole, 32, in a west side park. Thirteen already arrested. twelve John Doe warrants issued. Wayne County Prosecutor Duncan C. McCrea says evidence ties the suspects to the conspiracy and Poole’s death.
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Detroit
Black Legion
Charles A. Poole
Poole
John Doe
WPA
West Side
Wayne County
Duncan C. McCrea
One Cult Member Suspect Emerges in Detroit Case
Arthur H. Lupp, named as senior commander of the Black Legion, claimed no clear link to the Klan-like group amid raids on Ray Ernest and a prison guard flogging case. He said the organization touts 100000 followers and hinted at a dictatorship from Rome or Moscow while he promised to go to authorities.
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Detroit
INS
Michigan
Black Legion
Arthur H. Lupp
Ray Ernest
Jackson
Lupp
Lupps
Rome
Moscow
Ernest
Napoleon
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