Campaign insults target Governor Herring in Iowa ad
Verne Marshall condemns a Republican Central Committee anti Herring ad as harmful to Iowa politics. The piece argues the rental of a building once owned by Herring to the liquor commission did not benefit him and that the attack misleads voters while underscoring campaign mudslinging.
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Republican State Central Committee
Clyde Hering
Cominon
Iowa
Des Moines
Liquor Commission
Herring
Jurther
Insull Denies Subterfuge in Stock Dealings at Trial
In Chicago 74 year old Samuel Insull fought back in a federal court trial accusing him of leading a 143 million dollar stock fraud. He said he fled to Paris to avoid being paraded in chains and claimed the public trusted him. He admitted promising dividends in a public prospectus before the company earned income.
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Chicago
Samuel Insull
Europe
Paris
Leslie E. Salter
Corporation Securities Company
Insull
Leslie J. Salter
Salter
Pioneer voter to lead line at opening of election
M. S. Clark, 80, longtime resident, will be among first in line when polls open next Tuesday. He has voted in every election since reaching voting age, a fifty four year record in the same ward.
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Parker
S. D
M. S. Clark
Clark
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll For 1934
A Cedar Rapids toll tally for 1934 records 303 accidents 391 injuries and 14 deaths. The figures summarize roadway dangers and serve as a grim reminder of traffic risks in the city.
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Cedar Rapids
Germany plans to scrap Versailles armament limits
Germany plans after the Saar plebiscite to declare freedom from treaty armament limits and seeks equal rights in the league. Berlin issues a uniform ban near the Saar for storm troops from Jan 10 to Feb 10 and invites foreign journalists to observe the plebiscite vicinity. London denies France asking British troops for Saar action.
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Geneva
INL
Germany
League of Nations
League
Berlin
Saar
Joseph Buerckel
London
France
British Pilots Arrive in Melbourne for Race
J D Hewett and C E Kay of New Zealand land in Melbourne at 11 33 a m Saturday local time to join the race field. Two other machines are still en route from England, bringing the total contenders closer to the start.
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Melbourne
INS
England
J.D. Hewett
C. E. Kay
New Zealand
Lathers Imported On School Jobs Spark Local Labor Debate
Complaints by local organized labor that out of town lathers were hired for the new junior high schools were confirmed by The Gazette. Under current PWA rules the practice is legal due to the lack of sufficient local skilled workers, with about ten nonlocal men employed and only four local union lathers available. Board members weigh delaying occupancy to allow more local labor, while contractor QC Paulson stresses rapid completion to avoid financial loss, arguing delays would slow carpentry and other work.
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Cedar Rafids
PWA
Board of Education
West Side
F. Paulson
A P Stores 300 Shops Reopen After Settlement
The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea company will reopen about 300 stores and warehouses by mid next week after accepting a seven point peace plan from the national labor relations board. J J Byrnes, vice president, said over 2 000 local employees will return to work following the agreement with the Cleveland Federation of Labor.
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Cleveland
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
J. J. Byrnes
Byrnes
Cleveland Federation of Labor
National Labor Relations Board
Labor dispute at Atlantic and Pacific stores in Cleveland ends
The National Labor Relations Board announced a settlement between Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company officials and Cleveland unions. The compromise calls for an immediate end to the strike, reopening all Cleveland stores, and reinstating employees who worked in the stores on October 25.
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Washington
INS
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Cleveland
National Labor Relations Board
National Board
John A. Hartford
The
Tea Company
Thomas S.farrell
7Cleveland Federation
Millions Of Dollars For Industry Loans Found Going Begging
Washington AP reports federal reserve banks offered to lend about 280 million dollars for working capital to spur industry but by Oct 24 only 131.4 million in applications had been filed. By Oct 31 approved loans totaled about 25 million with 6.149 million paid out. many more loans are under consideration.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Banks
Congress
Iowa Approves Grade Crossing Removal Plan
Gov. Clyde L. Herring announced federal relief administrator Harry L. Hopkins approved a $5,000,000 Iowa grade crossing removal program. The plan aims to eliminate dangerous crossings, create winter jobs, and relies on federal approval and wage standards.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Clyde L. Herring
Harry L. Hopkins
Washington
State Highway Commission
Federal Bureau of Good Roads
Herring
Bus Queen Bond Set In Income Tax Case
Mrs. Helen M. Brewer, former owner of a Minneapolis bus line, was placed under a 2500 bond to appear for questioning by internal revenue agents about an alleged $17000 income tax due after selling Red Bull Transit to Jeffs Transportation. She spent a night in Ramsey county jail after arrest and a disappearance from a U S marshal's office before being recaptured at home.
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Helen M. 2. Brewer
Mason
City
Faz
Internal Revenue
Red Bull Transit
Jeffs Transportation Company
Brewer
New German Creed Fully Organized
Berlin AP reports a Teutonic faith movement near formal corporate status in Germany. The group seeks privileges like Catholic and Protestant churches, allegedly promised by Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler to Munich district leaders last Friday.
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Berlin
Germany
High School Celebrators Run Riot After Football Victory
In Cedar Rapids, Grant and Washington high school supporters clashed after a Friday game. A pumpkin shattered a car windshield, injuring Alvin Wilkinson, as crowds battled theater doors at the Paramount and disrupted downtown traffic. Police restored order. no arrests reported.
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Grant-Washington
Bruce Cairns
Bever Avenue
Grant High School
Alvin Wilkinson
Fourteenth Street
Cairns
Wilkinson
Washington High School
Paramount
Iowa Theater
Roosevelt Hotel
Iowa
Roosevelt Clarifies Vote For Copeland And Lehman
President Roosevelt, returning to Hyde Park, said he would vote for Sen. Copeland and Gov. Lehman, stressing he is not a straight Democratic ticket voter. He noted he supports Lehman but would not automatically back all Democrats, saying he has cast ballots for opponents in the past.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Senator Copeland
Lehman
White House
Marvin H. McIntyre
Herbert H. Lehman
New York
Moses
Drew
Melvin C. Eaton
Robert Moses
Copeland
Gov
Washington
Tokio Demands Protection For Japs In Arizona
The U S state department was asked to consider sending DOJ agents to Arizona to probe bombing outrages against Japanese nationals in the Salt River district. Japan asked Washington to safeguard Japanese lives and property in Arizona after Ambassador Saito reported farmhouses were bombed in the Salt River Valley.
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Tokio
Arizona
Washington
INS
Cummings
State Department
London
Japan
Hiroji Saito
Reuter
Saito
Foreign Office
William Phillips
Salt River Valley
Phillips
Zamora May Resign Spanish Presidency
President Niceto Alcala Zamora of Spain may resign the office he won in 1931 as the republic was proclaimed. Reporting from Gibraltar says Zamora is low in spirits amid cabinet divisions led by Alejandro Lerroux whose ascent followed a recent uprising and promises of major government changes.
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Gibraltar
Niceto Alcala Zamora
Spain
Zamora
Alejandro Lerroux
Wer
Train Dashes Back To Pick It Up Again
The Chicago and North Western Portland Rose engine detaches from its mail cars and Pullman coaches near Chicago on Friday night due to a defective coupling. Automatic brakes halt the line. the engine continues briefly before escaping steam signals the separation. The engine then returns to retrieve the coaches.
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Chicago
Chicago and North Western
Lamb Sentenced to Ten Years in Fort Madison
Stanley Lamb, 38, former Muscatine county resident and escaped patient from Independence state hospital, pled guilty to larceny in the night time and was sentenced by Judge James D. Smythe to not more than ten years at Fort Madison penitentiary. He was sent to prison immediately after the 10:30 a.m. sentencing. Three other indictments from the October grand jury remain on the docket.
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Wapello
Stanley Lamb
Muscatine County
State Insane Hospital
Independence
Fort Madison
James D. Smythe
Lamb
Town Auto Blockade Delays Trains At Tamaqua Crossing
Angry at freight trains hindering streets Tamaqua Pennsylvania residents blocked railroad tracks Two motorists parked on crossings locked their cars and left causing a train to be halted for about thirty minutes Rail officials confer with police over the incident.
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Tamaqua, Pa
Rain Totals Fall Morning Cedar Rapids Storm
Autumn rains began Friday night and continued Saturday in Cedar Rapids with totals reaching 1.83 inches by 1:15 p.m. readings from Chambers Inskeep. Temperatures hovered in the upper forties and then crept higher to the mid fifties by afternoon.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Pacific Flyers To Hop For U. S. Today
Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith and navigator Capt. P G Taylor plan noon Saturday takeoff for final leg of 7,365 mile flight from Australia to California. Flight originates in Australia and proceeds to Honolulu and then California.
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Honolulu
T. H
INS
Charles Kingsford-Smith
P. G. Taylor
Australia
California
Avoid Last Minute Ad Rush For Sunday In Sun Day Gazette
Last Saturday evening many people ordered Want Ads for the Sunday issue of the Sun Day Gazette. Ad-takers were swamped between 7 and 8 PM but urge readers to submit early for careful attention. ads accepted until 8 PM Saturday.
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BIG Sunday Gazette
Manufacturers Seek Act Like Britain to Control Unions
The National Association of Manufacturers launches a campaign for federal and state labor controls modeled on Britain's 1927 trade disputes act. A six point program targets strikes, contract liability, union membership duties, picketing, closed shops, and employee deductions as it prepares for a congressional fight tied to Section 7A of the NIRA. A nationwide employer survey of 70,000 will guide the effort ahead of a New York convention December 5–6.
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Washington
INS
National Association of Manufacturers
London
Manufacturers’ Association
Congress
Congress of American Industry
New York
Manufacturers Association
Labor Party of
Great Britain
Narrow Escape In Basement Fire Caused By Blast
Otto Lockhart janitor at 430 Seventh street SE faced a narrow escape at 3 30 p m Friday when a blow torch exploded while he was refilling fuel. He escaped from a basement storeroom as fire damaged that room and a section of the floor above. Building owner R M DeCastello 809 Seventeenth street SE said losses were insured. Firemen were alerted after someone pulled a box alarm for a bonfire at A avenue and Twelfth street NE.
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Cedar Rapids
Otto Lockhart
Seventh Street SE
Lockhart
R. M. DeCastello
Seventeenth Street SE
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Verne Marshall
Nonger
Iowa Liquor Commission
Gazette
Mulberry Realty Co
Dan Turner
Turner
Salfter
Labor Board
BOARD
Cedar Rapids News
Bulletin
Pacific Flyers
U. S
Britain
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