Man Aims To Die Twice At Cemetery Then Survives
Leopold Schild traveled to a Long Island cemetery to end his life with a pistol. After two failed attempts and a note about wishing to join his wife in death, he was found alive in a funeral car garage and hospitalized. His wife and 13 year old son were alerted as police prepared to arrest him if he survives.
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New York
Leopold Schild
Middle Village
Long Island
Marie
Schild
Seed corn bought to aid drought areas in Iowa
Governor Clyde Herring announced the purchase of 22 301 bushels of seed corn to aid drought stricken Iowa farmers on relief rolls for spring planting. The seed will be distributed to twelve counties under work relief and federal emergency aid funds.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Clyde Herring
Henry Wallace
Charles Malone
Atlantic
Malone
W. J. Alber
Surplus Commodities Corporation
Marion
Mahaska
Lucas
Madison
Adams
Cass
Adair
Dallas
Pottawattamie
Union
Henry
Troop 8 wins attendance and advancement at Cedar Rapids court
Scouts from Troop 8 led by Harry Holmes achieved 100 percent attendance and advancement at the Cedar Rapids area council October Court of Honor held at Roosevelt Junior High in Cedar Rapids. Host Troop 2, John Huss Methodist church, organized the ceremony with about 300 attendees.
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Kenwood P. T. A
Harry Holmes
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Junior High School
John Huss Methodist Church
First Congregational Church
Shaver Park
Coggon
Ralph Chess
Joe Stenner
Willis Mohn
Don Morris
Bruce Bucknell
Walter Dennis
W. E. McFann
John Bormann
Marvin Davidson
Clarence Brockman
Wayne Dodds
Kiwanian
Jack Swan
Kingston Brokaw
Franklin Tanner
Dick Arnold
Fred Dice
Iowa news in brief highlights from Wheatland to Webster
Wheatland junior class to stage Hold Everything at Legion hall with Mary E. Moore directing leading roles Marjorie Witte and Merle Bouschlicher and a program of music song numbers and vaudeville stunts Also reports at Waukon rally with Congressman Fred Biermann and State Representative Ove Roe Hale family picnic celebrating birthdays in Regenitter clan Independence death of Albert Pratt aged 66 and funeral at Baptist church Greeley death of August Schilling 90 with nine surviving children and a large family list Waukon sedan stolen from in front of the Demorat office later found in McGregor Grundy Center stunt night prize to Boy Scouts for A Camp Fire Second prize to Monterey Singers Solon wedding anniversary party for Joseph Pavel and spouse Calmar wedding Angela Meyer Gerald Becker Solon Halloween party Mount Vernon talk by Dr P C Packer Webster funeral for John Bowman 86 in Webster
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Wheatland
Wheatland High School
Legion Hall
Mary E. Moore
Marjorie Witte
Connie Morgan
Merle Bouschlicher
Courtney Barriett
Ione Endorf
Reva Martens
Charles Parsons
Nadine Schwede
Kathryn Guenther
Florence DeWulf
Ellen Kelting
Ruth Wiebener
Kenneth M. Horstman
Kenneth R. Horstman
Donald Hamdorf
American Chemical Society
Society
Independence
Albert N. Pratt
People’s Hospital
L. A. Miller
The
Baptist Church
Mr. Pratt
Elkport
William Pratt
Manchester
Anna Hammond
Buchanan County
George Willard
Savannah
Rose Willard
Center Point
Reuben Hansen
Winthrop
Carl
Mary
Helen
John
Frank
Edward
Mattie Eps
Seattle
Greeley
August Schilling
Joe Schilling
Calamine
Wis
Louise Moorman
Anna Puff
Clara Schilling
Henry Schilling
Leo Schilling
Frank Schilling
Waukon
S. W. Ludeking
Waukon State Bank
Waukon Democrat
J. R. Albright
Monterey Singers
Russell Kruse
Russell Mamminga
Keith Canfield
Ely
Chris Kleinick
Leonard
Robert Beckman
John Broulck
Lloyd Snyder
Mount Vernon
Joseph Pavel
Frank Serovy
Robert and
Allen
Solon
Calmar
Angela Meyer
Louis Meyer
Gerald Becker
Webster
John Bowman
Johnson County
Barbara Zellars
Jake
Elsie Sweet
Muscatine
Kate Baines
North Liberty
Congregational Church
Elmer Hutchinson
Victor
Just Folks Nostalgia of Barber Shop Mugs
In reminiscence a speaker recalls the old barber shop days with shaving mugs bearing names like Snyder Donaldson Stewart Graves and Chas Crane. He notes the decline of personalized mugs as shops modernize for mass production and women buy permanent wares.
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Snyder
Donaldson
Stewart
Graves
Chas. Crane
Merchant Prince
Dad
Mexico May Close Catholic Churches
President Abelardo Rodriguez accused Catholic clergy of fomenting rebellion and ordered the attorney general to act against those found guilty. The move aims to expel archbishops and bishops and may shutter churches within a month, as the government pushes its six year economic reconstruction and secular education plan.
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Mexico City
Abelardo Rodriguez
Emilio Portes Gil
Rodriguez
Portes Gil
Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Six Of 13 Pass Police Serjeant Examination
Thirteen men sat the civil service test for sergeant and detective promotions. Six passed sergeant, five of whom also qualified for the detectives eligibility list. The civil service commission certified Otto F. Hanzlik Ed Lowe and Leo P. Peiffer for sergeant promotion eligibility.
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Police Department
Dan Kruidenier
Civil Service Commission
Otto F. Hanzlik
Ed Lowe
Leo P. Peiffer
George E. Connell
Edgar L. Stearns
Clifford O. Shannon
W. S. Powell
Fred C. Parrish
Gordon R. Hughes
Annual Dog Watch For Sailors And Marines In Des Moines
The annual Dog Watch for sailors and marines in Iowa will be held Dec 9 at the Fort Des Moines hotel in Des Moines. L DuFour, local navy recruiting officer, says about one thousand men attended last year and reservations for 1934 should be made with Frank Miles at American Legion headquarters in Des Moines.
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Iowa
Fort Des Moines
Des Moines
L. DuFour
Navy
Frank Miles
American Legion
Farmers to lead revival through work and credit
HAL C. MILLER of Rowley Iowa argues in the People's Forum that under consumption fuels downturns not overproduction. He says government loans to farmers at low interest could restart factory demand, while public funds used for make-work waste wealth and fall to landholders who produce real wealth.
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Gazette
People’s Forum
R. H. McDowell
ABC
XYZ
Hal C. Miller
Rowley, Ia
Y Swim Team to Plan New Season Thursday
Y M C A swimmers are invited to the first meeting of the season at the Y to discuss plans for the upcoming swimming season. S. P. File and Francis Pressler urge all interested swimmers to attend Thursday at 8 pm.
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S. P. File
Francis Pressler
Young Washington Star editor's son undergoes appendicitis operation
In Concord New Hampshire AP reports Stuart Nowes 14 son of Newbold Noyes of the Washington Star was operated on for appendicitis around 6 am Wednesday. Doctors were rushed to the scene by train and plane from New York to perform the procedure.
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Concord
N. H
Stuart Nowes
Newbold Noyes
The
Washington Star
New York
Policeman Injured Chasing Slippery Prisoner
Patrolman F. A. Ahring of 926 Twentieth Street SE was bruised and cut on the knees while pursuing Leo Griswold, an intoxicated prisoner who escaped during a chase at Tenth Street and Fifth Avenue SE. Ahring was forced to abort the pursuit and was excused from duty that night. Griswold, described as an old offender, faced possible charges of intoxication and disturbing the peace once captured.
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F. A. Ahring
Twentieth Street SE
Leo Griswold
Ahring
Griswold
Tenth Street
Fifth Avenue SE
Lindy kidnapping tale sparks doubt from Ohio jailer
Cincinnati AP reports the Enquirer published a federal prisoner D. Y. Sanders claim that Bruno Hauptmann kidnapped the Lindbergh baby and that he helped move ransom money to Germany. Jailers dismiss Sanders as a talker while authorities say they will investigate cautiously before accepting the tale.
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Cincinnati
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
the Enquirer
D. Y. Sanders
Schenectady
N. Y
Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh
Sanders
Troy
Germany
Russell Stane
Department of Justice
Toledo Home Destroyed by Fire Near City Center
Joe Logan residence one mile west of Toledo burned Tuesday noon due to chimney sparks. All downstairs furniture saved. Owner Mrs. Emma Mason. Loss covered by insurance.
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Toledo
Joe Logan
Emma Mason
Ghostly questions linger in California gubernatorial race
Halloween mood grips California as voters of 3,140,000 await a Creel endorsement. J P T O Connor, currency comptroller, seen in Los Angeles after a Washington trip, meets with Sinclair in a secret one hour talks while Meriam Haight campaigns press toward the finish.
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San Francisco
California
Golden State
George Creel
J. P. T. O'Connor
Los Angeles
Washington
Frank F. Merriam
Upton Sinclair
Creel
Raymond L. Haight
East
Sinclair
O’connor
Sam Risk of Ames to Speak at Lions Club Luncheon
Syrian Yankee Sam Risk of Ames will discuss the Tragedies of Imperialism at the Lions Club luncheon Thursday at noon in the Hotel Roosevelt. Born in Syria to an American mother who died at his birth, Risk learned of his citizenship later and emigrated to the United States at 17.
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Sam Risk
Ames
Lions Club
Hotel Roosevelt
Syria
Beirut
United States
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