Father and Uncle Return From Long Trip In Kidnapping Case
Tacoma, Washington reports that the Weyerhaeuser family paid 200000 dollars in ransom for nine-year-old George Philip Weyerhaeuser. John P. Weyerhaeuser and F R Titcomb, his uncle, made a six hour auto trip and were believed to have delivered the money. Police and investigators awaited the boy's release as deadlines passed and the family urged media to halt further protest at the residence.
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Tacoma
Wash
George Philip Weyerhaeuser
John Philip Weyerhaeuser
F. R. Titcomb
Puget Sound
Napers
J. P. Weyerhaeuser
Pacific Coast
Washington
Oregon
California
Nevada
Weyerhaeuser
George
Frederick E. Weyerhaeuser
St. Paul
Rudolph M Weyerhaeuser
Cloquet
The Monks and the Lark in Time’s Veil
Sir James Barrie speaks of a wandering monk who meets a gatekeeper and recalls a vanished monk from a century earlier as time halts when the lark sings. The piece notes humanity’s longing to escape the grind of life through art, religion, or ecstasies, ending with the idea that only death stops the life-watch.
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Sir James Barrie
Roland Sill
Police Chief Slain in Orange. Minister Sought
In Orange Texas a police chief named Ed J. O'Reilly, about 40, was shot dead on main street. The Rev. Edgar Eskridge, pastor at First Baptist in Lake Charles, fled in a coupe with a shotgun and rifle, later captured in Beauregard Parish Louisiana. Oklahoma authorities joined Texas to hunt the minister.
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Orange
Texas
Edgar Eskridge
Ed J. O'Reilly
Beauregard Parish
Edgar Askridge
O'Reilly
Lake Charles
First Baptist Church
Eskridge
Kay Francis Undergoes Salivary Gland Operation
London AP report says Kay Francis American actress is recovering after surgery to remove a salivary gland caused by an infected wisdom tooth. The operation took place in London and she is convalescing Wednesday.
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London
Kay Francis
Advertising Federation to break banquet speech tradition
Chicago based Advertising Federation of America will open its national convention on June 9 with an unprecedented departure from custom. Program chairman G. R. Schaefer announced that the annual banquet will be devoid of speeches, signaling a new format for the event.
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Chicago
Advertising Federation of America
G. R. Schaefer
Owen D Young Urges Congress To Start Home
Owen D Young told the Glass subcommittee that the omnibus banking bill risks delaying recovery and could centralize control of banking in a politically dominated central bank. He argued durable goods demand and housing creation could quickly revive employment, urging Congress to adjourn for stability.
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Owen D. Young
Congress
Washington
Glass Senate Banking Subcommittee
Young
Federal Reserve Board
New York Federal Reserve Bank
General Electric Company
Couzens
Limerick Taken To Sioux Falls For Robbery Trial
Tom Limerick, a Nebraska and Iowa desperado tagged Public Enemy No. 1 by the justice department, spent Wednesday in Woodbury county jail awaiting a train to Sioux Falls S D to face a bank robbery indictment. He confessed to robbing five banks and was moved from Kansas City by U S Marshal Thomas Mosby and two guards, with expected arrival at 9 p.m.
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Sioux City
Tom Limerick
Nebraska
Iowa
MacDonald Denies Stabilization Feeler
London AP reports Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald denied Britain had discussed with the United States a conference on currency stabilization and reducing trade barriers.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
United States
Cedar Rapids Memorial Day Observance Set for 9 30 A M
Cedar Rapids marks Memorial Day Thursday with a joint committee from patriotic groups. The event starts at 9 30 a m on Second avenue bridge and ends at Oak Hill cemetery with formal programs. The parade forms 9 30 to 10 a m behind Coe College band with a police escort and RTC battalion. Major C A Russell leads parade, divisions report to assigned posts, then proceed to Oak Hill cemetery where auto traffic is halted 9 30 a m to after services. The Rev A A Brooks will deliver the principal address at the cemetery platform. Ernest R Moore will speak at the American Legion lot. Mrs Mayme Hoyle leads the Relief Corps for services on the bridge Veterans honored.
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Cedar Rapids
Second Avenue Bridge
Oak Hill Cemetery
First Street
Coe College
C. A
Legion
Ernest R. Moore
American Legion
Relief Corps
Justice A. S. Reed
Sioux City Police Chief Quits Offices
Sioux City police chief John McKenna resigned on Wednesday amid grand jury investigations of official corruption sparked by disclosures from Cedar Rapids editor Verne Marshall. County attorney Max F. Duckworth and safety commissioner Henry C. Kuhlmann also resigned. Patrolman Earl Morgan may be the next chief, with Gordon C. Hollar as new commissioner of public safety signaling further departmental changes.
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Gordon C. Hollar
Public Safety
McKenna
Reporter Mooney Seeks Appeal After Refusal to Name Sources
New York AP reports Martin Mooney of the New York American had a 30 day jail term and a 250 fine for not disclosing sources to a grand jury. The sentence was stayed by Justice Francis Martin as his appeal proceeds after Judge Carew denied a habeas corpus writ. Mooney had refused to reveal sources for articles on vice.
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NEW York
Martin Mooney
New York American Reporter
Francis Martin
Appellate Division
James D. C. Murray
Supreme Court
John F. Carew
General Sessions
Morris Koenig
Mooney
Vice
Marion to get Civilian Conservation Corps camp soon
A CCC camp will be built on Marion’s south edge at First avenue between Eleventh and Fourteenth streets with about $18 000 in improvements planned for a two year or longer operation. The site lease was signed and sent to Fort Des Moines. the unit may enroll around 200 to 260 men. Decision on erosion or general project work to be decided, with support from Linn county agencies and farmers for the Indian Creek watershed erosion plan. Rental will be paid by the Marion Service Club.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
George Dillon
Ray Jones
Bethany
Marion
First Avenue
Eleventh
Fourteenth Streets
Dillon
Army
Fort Des Moines
Marion Camp
Indian Creek
Linn County Farm Bureau
Agricultural Bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Cedar Rapids
Big Creek
Dry Creek
Washington
Marion Service Club
U S Agents Detain Jewel Retriever in New York
Federal agents secretly held Noel Scaffa a famed private detective and gem retriever for hours in the local bureau of investigation. His lawyer said the detention was illegal and planned habeas corpus action. Scaffa is tied to the $185000 Miami jewel robbery of Mrs Margaret Bell a former Follies dancer. two Brooklyn hoodlums were convicted in the case and credits credited to Scaffa for the return of the gems.
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New York
Noel Scaffa
Justice Department
Bureau of Investigation
I. Bregoff
Scaffa
Blame Chinese Bank Collapse On U S
Shanghai AP reports the Shanghai Tingsun native bank, a major Chinese style bank, closed its doors amid China’s acute financial situation. Officials blame their collapse on the American government’s silver purchasing policy following a prior American Oriental bank failure.
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Shanghai
China
Shanghai Tingsun Native Bank
American Oriental Bank
Better NRA Predicted By Johnson In Wake Of Court Ruling
Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, former NRA chief, told a radio audience that new legislation could be drafted to meet Supreme Court objections while preserving recovery gains. He noted the Court’s decision halted the program but did not wreck the New Deal. Roosevelt invited Johnson to discuss the NRA’s future after the court ruling as business leaders urged quick ways to maintain code standards. About 700 telegrams, mainly in favor of continuing NRA, arrived at the White House along with mixed reactions from workers and employers.
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Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Supreme Court
White House
Johnson
High Court
INS
Roosevelt
Flandin Cabinet Faces Crisis as Finance Committee Rejects Powers
Paris reports the chamber of deputies finance committee refused to approve Premier Pierre Etienne Flandin’s drastic powers to avert a crisis, protect the franc and balance the budget. Vote was 25 to 15, threatening the government’s fall as it battles to stem devaluation and gold flight. Flandin planned to push the fight to the full chamber.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Pierre Etienne Flandin
France
Flandin
Chamber
Indiana NRA law rendered inoperative by US Supreme Court ruling
In Indianapolis Gov. Paul V. McNutt said the Indiana NRA law is inoperative while the national code is not in effect. He described an off the record plea to sustain fair competition standards but stopped short of requesting formal continuation of code agreements from business and labor leaders.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Ilp
Paul V. McNutt
United States Supreme Court
Nazis Give Monk 10 Year Sentence in Berlin
BERLIN AP Otto Goertler a monk charged with violation of foreign exchange laws was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary loss of citizenship for five years and a fine of 350000 marks The Nazi court imposed the heaviest possible penalty.
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Berlin
Otto Goertler
Not Recorded Iowa Democratic Contribution in 1933
A $100 donation from Linn County Democratic Committee on December 6 1933 to the national Democratic campaign fund was not credited to Linn at Washington. Treasurer Paul Huston recalls it was sent to Harold M Cooper for Iowa’s national fund, but records do not show the payment or requester.
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Linn County
Democratic * Central Committee
Washington
Iowa
National Democratic
Gazette
Paul Huston
Democratic Committee
Harold M. Cooper
Marshalltown
Huston
D. L. Morrissey
National Fund
Link County Committee
National
Cooper
Democratic” Party
Bruit
Ase
Pistan
PWA
Beck
Eugene
J.feuling
Missouri Solons Adjourn Sine Die After Long Session
Missouri's fifty-eighth general assembly adjourned sine die shortly after 1 30 am Wednesday ending the longest ordinary session since 1875. The AP report notes the abrupt close marks the end of a contentious legislative period.
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Missouri
Solons
Jefferson City
Fifty-Eighth General Assembly
Mussolini Prepares to Mobilize Over a Million Italians
Premier Mussolini plans to call additional military classes to arms in Italy by June first, marching toward a force surpassing one million. The move follows tensions over Austria and Abyssinia, with Il Duce determined to defend Italian interests without waiting for other powers.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Il Duce
United Press
Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Austria
I Duce
Europe
Abyssinia
Governor Herring subpoenaed in graft inquiry at Sioux City
Sioux City AP report states Governor Clyde L. Herring has been subpoenaed to testify before the grand jury Friday morning in the graft investigation. Also named, special prosecutor Havner has subpoenaed Attorney General Edward L. O Connor and other Des Moines officials. The grand jury scene threatens to be tense as witnesses prepare to appear and answer questions.
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Sioux City
Clyde L. Herring
Sta
H. M. Havner
Edward L. O'Connor
Walter Maley
Carl Burkman
Polk County
Pete van
Des Moines
Operstr
Havner
Clair Hamilton
Havners
Nagiestad
Shah Lana Oar Soc
Hamilton
Aay Hinsattendance
Hamilton Weald
Grand Jury
O'Connor
Court House
Black Book
Eaters
Chicago Park District Denies Coughlin Soldier Field Permit
The Chicago park district commission unanimously denied Father Charles E Coughlin and the National Union for Social Justice a permit to use Soldier Field for a mass meeting on June 5 The board supported President Robert J Dunhams recommendation that the district not permit facilities to be used for propaganda on controversial political and economic topics.
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Chicago
Chicago Park District Commission
Charles E.‘Coughlin
National Union For Social Justice
Robert J Dunham
Chicago Park District
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Cedar Rapids News
Jewel Retriever
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Indiana
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