Union Chiefs Reject Roosevelt Plan to Avert Steel Strike
Washington reports that leaders of steel center unions Wednesday night rejected President Roosevelt's proposal for government supervised elections of workers' representatives to defuse the looming general steel strike. In San Francisco a parade of striking longshoremen and wives was broken up by police leaving at least 25 injured including a schoolgirl, with several strikers suffering serious head injuries.
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Washington
Roosevelt
General Steel
San Francisco
Toledo Truce Extends Electric Strike Hourly Pact
More than 4½ million residents in northern Ohio will keep electricity for 24 hours after a five hour mediation with federal mediators. The Electric Auto-Lite strike is delayed until Friday as bosses and workers seek a definite agreement amid threat of a general strike and prior riot deaths.
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Toledo
Ohio
Stimmae
Efietais
Charles P. Taft
New Deal
Major strikes loom in steel and textile sectors
Washington officials fear renewed strikes in steel and textile industries threaten national recovery. Steel workers demand union recognition and bargaining, while textile workers oppose NRA orders seen as a 25 percent wage cut, risking crippling production in auto and other sectors.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
NRA
Town Won't Sell Nip Bottles Of Liquor
DES MOINES AP The state liquor control commission said miniature or nip bottles will not be sold individually in state stores. They may be sold by case as table favors and novelties, to avoid encouraging on street drinking and to preserve package sale rules.
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Des Moines
State ‘Liquor Control Commission
Lost and Found ads urged for Gazette Thursday edition
If you lose anything over the holiday dial 2-1121 and place a Gazette Lost and Found ad on the trail. Ads received until 12 o clock noon Thursday for publication in the Thursday Gazette edition.
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Gazette
The
City Honors Memory of Heroic Dead in Memorial Day Observance
Cedar Rapids held Memorial Day observances with a parade to Linwood cemetery led by Major Carl A. Russell. Almon S. Reed directed services at the cemetery, with Leo J. Custer of the American Legion as main speaker. The lineup included Coe College ROTC, veterans groups, and youth contingents, all under ideal weather.
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Linwood Cemetery
Almon S. Reed
Leo J. Custer
American Legion
Second Avenue Bridge
Carl A. Russell
Coe College Military Department
Coe College Military Band
Stanley Vesely
P. J. Vevia
Coe
Coe College R, O, T. C
133Rd Infantry
Naval Communications Reserve Unit
Officers Reserve Corps
W. A. Meyer
Veterans’ Division
Hanford
Bey
Eneryy
Adams
American Legion Post
Woman's Relief Corps
Daughters of Union
Veterans, Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic
United Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary
American Legion ‘Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Frank Wagner
Musketeers
Pioneers
Boy Scouts
New Heat Record Of 104 Set In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids sweltered under a blistering heat wave as the day reached 104 degrees at 4 p.m. surpassing Tuesday’s 103 record. Early forecasts suggested cooler temps, but a 97 reading at 1 p.m. and a 95 at 6:30 p.m. capped a brutal drought day, according to Chambers Inskeep figures.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Pond vows proof plane sabotage alleged before takeoff
Capt George A Pond of Belmond Iowa and Lieut Cesare Sabelli say their Leonardo da Vinci flight to London was sabotaged before departure from New York. Pond cites three tampering types including an oil line cap and emptied canteens, and notes fuel restriction caused engine overheating on the Atlantic crossing.
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London
George A. Pond
Belmond
Cesare Sabelli
Atlantic
New York
Pond
Floyd Bennett field denies tampering with Leonardo da Vinci
Floyd Bennett field officials said they had no knowledge of any sabotage to the Leonardo da Vinci before Captain Pond and Lieutenant Sabelli took off for Rome. Captain Pond accused malicious tampering in London while inspector Neal Grignon claimed the pilots bears responsibility for the condition of their plane after a free rent deal and signed release.
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Floyd Bennett Field
George A. Pond
Cesare Sabelli
London
Pond
Leonardo da Vinci
Rome
Floyd Bennett Feld
Ireland
Neal Grignon
Grignon
Sabelli
Senate to ratify Cuban pact seen as formality
In Washington the Senate move to approve the new treaty ending Cuba's decades old linkage with the United States was described as largely ceremonial. The Foreign Relations Committee backed the pact and Chairman Pittman prepared for a rapid vote, with little opposition anticipated and doubt mainly from Senator Fess who warned of possible mistakes.
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Washington
Senate
Cuba
United States
Foreign Relations Committee
Pittman
Fess
Ohio
Johnson
Calif
Roosevelt Addresses Gettysburg and New York Review
President Roosevelt left Washington to attend Gettysburg Memorial services and review the fleet in New York. He backed extending a revised steel code and set up worker sections in steel mills. Senate authorized an investigation into wage debiting on government projects.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
Gettysburg
New York
Senate
Vandenberg
Mich
French British Tilt Disrupts Arms Parley in Geneva
In Geneva the arms talks faltered as France and Britain clashed over procedure. Barthou blamed Germany for the failure while Simon rejected a Soviet plan for a permanent conference. Germany left Geneva amid warnings of renewed rearmament, threatening the disarmament process.
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France
Germany
Louis Barthou
General Commission
United States
Soviet
Russia
John Simon
League of Nations
Barthou
League
Berlin
Butler vows to fight only if invasion hits stateside
Maj J en Smedley D Butler, retired U S marine, told Denver reporters he would not fight in another war unless the United States faces an actual invasion. He condemned war as a racket and said he would resign his commission rather than deploy overseas, noting he would defend the homeland if an invading force reached New Jersey.
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Denver
Colo
J.en Smedley
D. Butler
United States
Butler
Wall Street
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Slay Trapped Man Who Kills Policeman
Lieutenant Arnold L. Poole of the state police was shot and killed by a barricaded man in a Wickford Rhode Island house. The assailant later died in a gunfight with state police. motives and identity were not learned immediately.
10 Day Extension On Retailer Licenses
DES MOINES health state board of assessment and review granted a ten day extension for retailers to apply for permits under the retail sales tax law. About 20 000 retailers had not yet applied. Board members Louis Roddewig and J W Foster said no further extension would be granted.
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Des Moines
State Board of Assessment and Review
Hmit
Louis Roddewig
J. W. Foster
Emperor Kang Teh healthy says Manchukuo household
Reports that Emperor Kang Teh also known as Henry Pu Yi is ill were ridiculed by the Manchukuoan imperial household. Vice Minister Iriye stated the young emperor was in fine health Tuesday when he received a Japanese delegation.
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Hsingking
Manchukuo
Kang Teh
Henry Pu Yi
Iriye
Narrow escape in subway turns into court case
Martin Berg, 24, dropped a brass slug at a New York subway turnstile thinking it was a nickel and ended up before a judge with only one of his two ten dollar bills left.
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New York
Martin Berg
Roosevelt in Plea on End of Sectionalism at Gettysburg
President Roosevelt hailed a new understanding among Americans in Gettysburg addressing a vast crowd at the national cemetery. He warned against political animosity and narrow sectionalism and praised Governor Pinchot as a leader guiding a newly united nation. He planned to inspect the fleet in New York the next day.
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Roosevelt
United States
Mr. Roosevelt
National Cemetery
Abraham Lincoln
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
New York
Hold Suspect In Des Moines For Murder Of Burlington Cop
A Des Moines man calling himself Gale Johnson, 28, was arrested on suspicion of killing Burlington police officer F. W. Sauer. A witness identified him as one of two bandits who shot Sauer and fled with $600 after a Burlington store safe robbery. Burlington officials and officers from Des Moines coordinated as the suspect was questioned. He was captured after a chase, twice trying to use cars to escape, with the second car owner repelling him with a fish pole.
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Des Moines
INS
Gale Johnson
Burlington
F. W. Sauer
Sauer
Joe E. Baird
Dick Shook
John D Rockefeller Returns From Florida Vacation
John D Rockefeller arrived from his Florida vacation at Princeton Junction on Wednesday night, bright and tanned, and headed by car to his Lakewood estate. He posed for photographers and spoke with visiting children after stepping from the train.
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Princeton Junction
N. J
John D. Rockefellers
Florida
Lakewood
DROWNED IOWANS IN WEST OKOBOJI LAKE ACCIDENT
Two Rock Valley residents Nellie Blankespoor and Corney Blankespoor died when a party boat overturned near the main West Okoboji Beach. Seven aboard. the others survived after the capsizing about 400 feet from shore.
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Arnolds Park
Rock Valley
Okoboji Lake
Nellie Blankespoor
Corney Blankespoor
Memorial Day crashes claim multiple lives across the Midwest
Wrecks and gun violence marred Memorial Day events from Flint Michigan to Sioux City Iowa and Hillsboro and Canton Ohio. The most serious incidents include a three dead train collision near Flint and a fatal airplane crash near Chicago. An aerial crash killed Edward Weatherdon, and Rio Grande City gunfire wounded six after a political rally.
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Flint
Mich
Sioux’ City
Imn
Newcastle
Hillsboro
Canton
Chicago
Edward Weatherdon
American Air Lines
Edwin Preston
Rio Grande City
Tex
Mac West Arrested In Liquor Ring Case
Federal Investigator R H Taylor says Ralph McKinley West long sought as Milwaukee kingpin of a liquor ring has been arrested in Waterloo and returned to St Paul for federal action. West, once a fugitive across Minnesota Wisconsin and Iowa, faced bonds over 100000 and operated a Waterloo beer distributing agency under the alias Jack West.
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Cedar Rapids
Ralph McKinley West
Middle West
Milwaukee
Iowa
Waterloo
St. Paul
R. H. Taylor
West
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Taylor
Prochaskas
Spinas
Ria West
Jack West
Garrison Man Injured in Mount Auburn Crash
VINTON WIll Turner 43 of Garrison was seriously injured when a car with Winfred Crowe lost a wheel east of Mount Auburn and overturned. Turner remained unconscious with severe head injuries and ear damage. Crowe had minor injuries and three others escaped with minor bruises. Turner was taken to the hospital by Harley Schiarbaum.
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Vinton
Will Turner
Garrison
Winfred Crowe
Mount Auburn
Turner
Crowe
Harley Schiarbaum
Thescene
Woolman and the Civil War Witness to Slavery
The piece recalls English historian Trevelyan on John Woolman, the Quaker who opposed slavery. Woolman’s steadfast help for enslaved people moved many Quakers to emancipation, though compensation for slave owners delayed broader freedom, a century before the Civil War.
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John Woolman
John Brown
Grant
Trevelyan
Woolman
of Friends
New World
Charles Lamb
Maery
Iowa Farmers Granted Exemption From Crop Reductions
A special meeting of the Agricultural Adjustment association leaders says Iowa counties will be exempt from crop reduction requirements to permit sowing forage crops on rented acres. Des Moines reports record May heat with 104.8 degrees the hottest on record. Spencer reached 109, Fort Dodge 106, and other cities reported extreme heat across the state.
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Washington, D. C
Agricultural Adjustment Association
Iowa
Des Moines
The
Mercury
Weather Bureau
Spencer
Fort Dotes
Mn « Bolat
Fragmented Reflections on Revolt and Faith From 1934
A clipped, uncertain excerpt discusses awareness of revolt and protest, warning that facts must be faced or reckonings will occur. It invokes call to hear and mentions Jesus, suggesting a moral warning tied to unresolved social tension amid emerging unrest.
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Jesus
Naval chief defends battleships as core to fleet power
Admiral William H Standley, chief of naval operations, argues battleships are the foundation of U S sea power and the most effective weapon. He warns Britain may seek limits on battleship sizes ahead of naval talks and backs aircraft as part of a balanced fleet. He praises President Roosevelts policy ensuring a capable navy and calls for modernizing obsolete ships.
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New York
Standley
Roosevelt
New York Harbor
Pacific
United States
America
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll For 1934
Summary of 1934 Cedar Rapids toll data shows 131 accidents with 40 injuries and 159 deaths recorded across the period.
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Cedar Rapids
Federal plan offers cattle purchase aid to drought towns
The U S government will start buying approximately 10000 cattle at fixed prices from $4 to $20 per head in the Dakotas and Minnesota to aid farmers hit by feed shortages from the Hong drought. The plan, drafted and approved Tuesday, was discussed at a conference with E W Sheets and representatives from seven midwestern states.
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Paul
Dakotas
Minnesota
Hong
E.W. Sheets
Ous
Colus
Horner orders drought emergency relief across Illinois
Gov Henry Horner declared a statewide drought emergency in Illinois and announced relief plans. J H Lloyd named drought relief administrator and telegraphed freight-rate reductions to six states to aid grain and forage shipments. W W McLaughlin warned dairy milk supplies could be threatened without prompt forage access.
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Springfield
Illinois
Henry
Horner
Chicago
J. H. Lloyd
Department ‘of ‘Agriculture
Lloyd
E. V. Boyd
Western Trunk Lines
Onca
W.W. McLaughlin
Tllinois
NRA Official Hugh S Johnson Seeks Rest at Walter Reed
NRA Administrator Hugh S Johnson spent Memorial Day at Walter Reed hospital for a thorough physical exam. Relatives said doctors pronounced him fit and he left after a brief stay amid secrecy. Some associates voiced concern over his gruelling pace and urged rest.
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Washington
NRA
Hugh“S. Johnson
Walter Reed Hospital
Shim
Johnson
Madrid Premier Samper government gains overwhelming confidence
In Madrid the government of Premier Ricardo Samper won a strong vote of confidence in the cortes on Wednesday night. The result appeared decisive with a wide majority, signaling stable support for his leadership and policies.
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Madrid
Ricardo Samper
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