Self-denial and quiet service in a citizen column
A columnist recalls a reader’s question on self-denial and cites a long practice of restraint as vital to success. The piece laments government waste and relief fraud, then honors Gussie Schuster a devoted New York maidservant whose fifty years of faithful service touched a family and a community.
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Gussie Schuster
New York
New York Times
Miss Schuster
Rock Island Argus
Gussie
Saxony
the Times
Italians Launch Major Offensive Toward Makale in Ethiopia
Italian forces begin a wide northern thrust toward Makale with a 100 mile front. General Emilia de Bono’s troops from Asmara move in a fan shaped advance aided by light tanks. Eritrean auxilia and Dancalia tribes join as air raids target caravan routes and vehicles.
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Rome
Italy
Ethiopia
Askaris
Makale
Emilia de Beno
Asmara
Adigrat
Mussolini
Adaga Miramas
Santini
Pirzio Birioli
Ras Gugsa
Dancalia
British Somaliland
Jijiga
Cedar Rapids faces a civic test as Community Chest drive opens
The editorial urges residents to support a vital welfare network, arguing city character hinges on citizens’ generosity. It highlights weak per capita giving, compares Cedar Rapids to Kalamazoo, and warns of social and economic harm if welfare agencies lose funding. Four hundred volunteers plan an $80,000 campaign to sustain eight agencies.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Courteary
Aitalehaas Werstitee
eLet
Kalamazoo
Mable
Hanaleape
Aiee
John “Dillinger
Community Chest
54 Passengers Hurt In Interurban Crash Near Toledo
An east bound Lake Shore interurban car carrying 54 passengers skidded 150 feet and overturned after striking a auto at a crossing near Toledo. Six ambulances ferried injured to a Toledo hospital. condition of riders initially unknown. Conductor Harry Myers and more ambulances responded after 3:30 PM.
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Toledo, O
Lake Shore
Toledo
Cleveland
Harry Myers
Italians Test Gugsa Loyalty With Ethiopian Scout Mission
Rome reports Ras Haile Selassie Gugsa the Tigrean governor who defected to Italy leads 1,600 followers sent ahead of the Italian army to gauge Ethiopian defenses around Makale, as Italian press accounts from Asmara describe.
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Rome
Ras Haile Selassie Gugsa
Italy
Makale
Asmara
Weather Outlook for Chicago Nov 4 to 9
The AP reports a cool to cold first half of the week across the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and the northern and central Great Plains with rising temperatures later. Rain or snow is possible early in the week in the southern portion, then mostly fair conditions are expected.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
Suspect Arrested in Schultz Slaying Case
The first suspect in the Newark slaying of Arthur Dutch Schultz Flegenheimer and three aides was arrested in the Bronx by police and federal agents. Newark and Essex County officers assisted, while Schultz’s crime ring reportedly handled about 10 million dollars yearly. Marty Krompier was shot an hour later and remained critically injured at Polyclinic Hospital.
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New York
Arthur
Dutch Schultz
Flegenheimer
Newark
Schultz
Bronx
Essex County
Metropolitan
Marty Krom~pier
Manhattan
Polyclinic Hospital
The Value of Happy Memories in Child Rearing
A reflective piece extols memories as the best education for children. It argues that happy days and gentle memories shield the young from hardship and wrongdoing. It cites Jesus and Faust to illustrate memory’s enduring power and the harm of cruelty.
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Jesus
Faust
Gugsa’s Property Goes To Red Cross
Emperor Haile Selassie stripped Ras Gugsa of his household and personal belongings and allocated them to the Red Cross after the desertion. Gugsa, who volunteered with the Italians and served as Italian governor of Tigre, faces an uncertain reception upon returning to Addis Ababa.
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Addis Ababa
INS
Haile Selassie
Ras Gugsa
Gugsa
Tigre
Red Cross
Havner May Appeal Change Of Venue Decision
In Sioux City AP report the state may seek a writ of certiorari from the Iowa Supreme Court on Judge Earl Peters refusal to grant a venue change for graft trials. Special Prosecutor Hayner and County Attorney Rawlings discussed the move which would compel Peters to submit full venue data to the high court delaying the Edward L. O'Connor trial set to begin Tuesday until the supreme court acts.
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Sioux City
Supreme Court
Earl Peters
H. M. Hayner
M. E. Rawlings
Peters
High Court
State Institute
Edward L. O’connor
$200000 Suit in Wife Swap Case
Walter W. Emerson, a screen writer, sues Barton Sewell, a yachtsman, for 250000 alleging theft of Mrs. Emersons affections and malicious deprivation of his wife s love. The case follows an earlier divorce suit and claims of each trading wives at a beach party.
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Los Angeles
Emersons
Emerson
Sewell
Six Auto Deaths In California From Storm And Wind
SAN FRANCISCO AP reports six automobile fatalities in northern California linked to a weekend storm as winds waned and skies cleared. Falling branches shattered windows and power lines. Twenty five people were injured in accidents.
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California
San Francisco
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1935
Accident totals show 329 incidents with 386 injured and 12 deaths in Cedar Rapids for the year 1935. Local officials report rising traffic incidents and emphasize road safety measures and enforcement.
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Cedar Rapids
Ohio Liquor Row Involving Davey Rocks State Stores
Ohio Governor Martin L. Davey faces a clash with a newspaper chain as technical adviser Carl A. Babcock ordered shelves cleared of National Distillers products. The move follows alleged political pressure over liquor brand distribution and advertising withdrawals affecting thirty-one Ohio papers.
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Columbus
Carl A. Babcock
Ohio Liquor Department
National Distillers Corporation
Martin L. Davey
Ohio
Scripps- Howard
Babcock
James W. Miller
Miller
Davey
Myrna Smith
National
Seagram's Distillers Corp
Schenley Products Corp
Washington
James M. Doran
Distilled Spirits Institute
National Distillers Corp
Chiog
John’ C. Thompson
Ohio Liquor ‘Control Board
R. J. Dustman
National Distillers
McCardell Sentenced In Labatt Kidnapping Case
Michael McCardell, admitted leader of the gang that kidnapped John S. Labatt, the wealthy brewer, in August 1934, was sentenced to 12 years in the penitentiary by Magistrate C. W. Hawkshaw in London Ontario city court.
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London
Michael McCardell
John S. Labatt
Saturday
C. W. Hawkshaw
British move to fortify Alexandria as naval base
Egyptian government allocates 5 million dollars to expand Alexandria harbor and bring in Sir Cyril Kirkpatrick to supervise the project. Malta is reportedly abandoned as a base while Alexandria is compared with Haifa and Cyprus as a permanent fleet hub, with final decisions tied to political considerations.
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Alexandria
INS
Cyril Kirkpatrick
Port of
Malta
Haifa
Palestine
Cyprus
Egypt
Desperate bandits terrorize northern Iowa farms
A trio of armed men murdered a Britt farmer James Zrostlik and hijacked cars, then held two farming families captive near Belmond and Gremmer, driving off with rifles and a machine gun. State agents chased them across Wright and Hancock counties as officers warned hospitals to watch for the injured bandit seeking aid.
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Britt
Cuta
James‘ Zrostiik
Catholichurch
Zrostlik
Schmid
Zrostli
Nell Dart
Moines
Belmond
W. Pusey
J. C. Brugere
Des Moines
Puseys
Dart
Zrostfik
Gremmer
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