Eden and United States seek Brussels concert amid budget talks
The piece reports on Anthony Eden claiming Britain did not initiate the Brussels conference idea and that the United States hosts and directs the plan. It also notes Roosevelt’s openness to acting with others if aggressor nations are quarantined, while budget hopes and tax receipts hinge on continued economic growth.
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Mons
Brussels
United States
Sam
Roosevelt
Eden
Japan
Government to Announce 50 Cent Corn Loan Plan
Agriculture officials said the government will unveil a 50 cent per bushel loan on this year’s corn crop. Funds totaling 85 million dollars will be provided through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to the Commodity Credit Corporation, with President Roosevelt directing the arrangement. The move has been under study for several weeks by agriculture and treasury officials.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Roosevelt
Cedar Rapids approves bus franchise in tight election
In a hard fought Cedar Rapids vote the Cedar Rapids and Marion City Railway company and National City Lines, Inc. bus franchise proposal won by 720. Total votes 6 491 for and 5 171 against amid a citywide push by a citizens committee. Circulation of materials and mobilization by both sides spurred turnout.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar "Rapids and Marion City Railway Company
National City Lines, Inc
Citizens’ Committee
Citywide Precinct Results Shape Bus Vote Outcome
Voting across the city showed heavy turnout with eight of the first nineteen precincts voting no and eleven favoring the measure. The Cedar Rapids and Marion Street Railway company will terminate service once National City Lines begins operations, with at least twenty five new buses, five cent fares, and free transfers for students. Marion fare set at ten cents.
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Pte
Anyay
Cedar Rapids
Marion Street Railway Company
National City Lines
Marion
Iowa corn too wet for loans this year in Iowa plan
Iowa corn moisture is too high to qualify for federal loans under the Washington plan. Meteorologist Charles D Reed says Iowa corn should reach 14.5 percent moisture by December 20. Oct 10 stood at 21.7 percent, dropping about 0.7 percent weekly. Officials expect a formal loan announcement this week with a 40 cent loan rate tied to the moisture standard. Senate and House farm bills move toward voluntary controls and quotas for corn, with enforcement measures discussed by AAA director Wickard.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Washington
Charles D. Reed
Reed
Beauty Wins Divorce From Erskine Scion
Mrs Mere dith Howard Erskine, 27, formerly of Tulsa and a Fallies star, won an uncontested divorce on grounds of desertion from Albert R. Erskine Jr., adopted son of the late automobile magnate, in Chicago.
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Chicago
Meredith Howard Erskine
Tulsa, Okla
Albert R. Erskine, Jr
Auto- Mobile
Personal calendars mark life’s major dates in history
The piece reflects on private time calendars that mark pivotal moments such as an election, strike, or family milestones. It recalls Walter Page hearing Civil War veterans in North Carolina and how memories like “two years after mother died” or “just after we married” anchor dates, shaping one’s sense of history and personal chronology. It also notes events like Wesley’s heartwarming moment on May 24th and the biblical scene of Jesus approaching at the tenth hour, linking private memory to larger history.
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Walter Page
North Carolina
Wesley
England
Macaulay
Jesus
Sapienza Confesses Slaying of Butcher in Chicago Park
Cap. Dan Gilbert announced that Arthur Sapienza 28 confessed to killing Herbert Lee Evanston butcher in Lakefront park on Aug 22. Lee died while walking with Lucille Buehler as two men tied to the crime, Leonard Doxie and Albert Minella, were arrested in St Louis. Sapienza captured in Shreveport Louisiana.
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Chicago
Dan Gilbert
State’s Attorney's Police
Arthur
Sappy" Sapienza
Herbert Lee
Evanston
Lee
Lucille Buehler
Leonard Doxie
Albert Minella
St. Louis
Miss Buehler
Sapienza
Shreveport
Gilbert
Doxie
Brussels Peace Tourist Camp List
Arthur Bugs Baer critiques peace talk in Brussels, mocking diplomatic aims as empty labels. He lists capitals like Versailles and Geneva as failed peace efforts, remarking Brussels becomes another tourist camp for peace rhetoric.
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Brussels
Arthur
Bugs” Baer
Lee Stodgell Wins Iowa Husking Meet at Oska loosa
Lee Stodgell of Morning Sun, 41, won the 16th annual Iowa cornhusking contest at Oskaloosa with a net 2,837.1 pounds or 33.38 bushels in 80 minutes. Runner up John Middlekoop husked 2,282.5 pounds 32.68 bushels and will join Stodgell in the national contest near Marshall, Missouri. The crowd exceeded 25,000, largest in the contest's history, with various placings listed for several contestants.
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Oskaloosa
Lee Stodgell
Morning Sun
Iowa Shucker
Stodgell
Iowa
E. L. Anderson
Pearl Smith
Middlekoop
John van DeCamp
Laurel
Ivyl’Carlson
Madrid
Walter, Johannsen
Audubon
Carl Carlson
Dwight Hoyle
Washington
Martin
Olson
Stanton
Ben van Wyk
Monroe
Clyde Tague
LeClair
Alvin Roberts
Atalissa
Warren Clancy
Clarence
Edwin H. Janssen
Osgood
LeRoy Pohlman
Keystone
Griem
Unidentified Men Die In Head-On Crash Near Livermore Ia
Two unidentified men were killed in a late Tuesday head on collision near Livermore Iowa. Both bodies burned beyond recognition. Officials say the victims may be insurance adjusters en route to settle claims from a prior crash last Friday that killed three others. The other driver was BE C Allen of Lavern, Ta, who escaped serious injury. his father H C Allen also escaped injury.
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Livermore
Here
BE. C. Allen
Laverne
Allen
H.C. Allen
Wisconsin governor La Follette improves in Panama hospital
Governor Philip M. La Follette of Wisconsin shows signs of improvement after a severe influenza attack while staying at the United States government hospital in Colon Panama. He is receiving treatment and rest as doctors monitor his condition.
Marion Recluse Died With 4701 In His Possession
An 80 year old Marion man A L Leidiger died in a local hospital after a stroke. Dr J J Terrall deputy Linn county coroner reported Leidiger had been drawing old age assistance of 16 dollars a month since February 1 1936. The hospital nurses found 4350 in a woman's brown leather pocketbook and 651 in a small wallet plus 345 in his billfold. The total 4701 was in or near his clothing when admitted. The money was placed in the hospital safe overnight. Continued on pages 4 column 1.
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A. L. Leidiger
Marion
J. J. Terrall
Linfi
Pere Son
Joe Roeder
Linn
Leidiger
Terrall
Interim Committee Approves S U S Roofing Contracts
DES MOINES AP The legislative interim committee on Tuesday approved roofing contracts totaling 24190 for the University of Iowa and accepted plans for a proposed 118000 poultry building for the state fair. The group met for the first time since Sept 16 with two members absent.
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DES Moines
University of Iowa
D. W. Kimberly
Davenport
A. J. Shaw
Pocahontas
Morgan J. McEnaney
Mason City
R. H. Matson
State Planning Board
Planning Board
Matson
Soft Coal Board To Seek Rail Rate Reconsideration
The national bituminous coal commission will ask the interstate commerce commission to reconsider its ruling granting railroads a 47.5 million freight rate increase. The consumers council, created by the Guffey-Vinson act, will participate. Officials estimated consumers could pay about 11 million more for coal before year end due to the higher rates.
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Washington
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Consumers’ Council
National Coal Association
ICC
LaGuardia Reelection Seen As Sure In New York
Early returns from New York City show Fiorello H. LaGuardia leading by a wide margin with about 126 233 votes to 98 tfor Jeremiah T Manant in a near landslide. Dewey leads Hastings 63 000 to 41 0 Mttonegr is defeated in the silk stocking district.
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New York
INS
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
America
LaGuardia
Jeremiah T. Manant
New
York County
Thomas E. Dewey
Harold Hastings
Dewey
Harlan guards bayonet to quell Kentucky election
In Harlan Kentucky troops arrived to preserve order after reports of armed deputies at polling places. Governor Chandler ordered disarmament of private citizens with guns as guardsmen deployed after theft of a ballot and other disturbances at Black Mountain precinct.
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Harlan, Ky
INS
Harlan County
Black Mountain
A. B. Chandler
Price Elected Virginia Governor in Democratic Victory
Lieut. Gov. James H. Price, a Democrat, won the Virginia governor's race on Tuesday. Other Democratic nominees for major state offices were also chosen as the party prevailed.
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Richmond
James H. Price
Virginia
Duke of Windsor to call wife Your Royal Highness
The Duke desires that Wallis be styled Wallis, Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Windsor, while he prefers Edward, Duke of Windsor, be addressed as Sir after his November radio address from Washington. The arrangement follows Britain's ban on recognizing Wallis as royal.
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New York
INS
Duke of Windsor
Britain
America
Washington
Edward
Wally
Wallis
Duchess of Windsor
Death elixir deaths prompt FDA law criticism
An AMA survey reports sixty one deaths from an elixir containing diethylene glycol and criticizes massengill for failing to test and disclose its formula. The editorial condemns weak food and drug laws and urges stricter premarket testing before hazardous medicines reach the public.
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Chicago
American’ Medical Association
A. M.A
Bristol, Tenn
Medical Journal
S. E. Massengill Company
Farmer dies in field near Imogene in corn husking
Sidney Iowa AP Thomas O'Con nor, 62, a farmer living near Imogene, was found dead in a corn field Tuesday. A doctor ruled death due to a heart attack while he had been husking corn.
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Sidney
Thomas O’connor
Imogene
School Bond Issue At Vinton Special Election
Vinton voters cast ballots Tuesday in a special school bond election with two propositions. One would authorize bonds not exceeding 50000 for a new school on the West building site using a PWA grant. 323 voted for and 23 against. The other would sell the old building. 316 for and 27 against. The issues had previously cleared in a general election but a technical error prompted a new special vote.
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Garett Vinton
PWA
Old West School
Jobless Total In U.S. Shows Drop
The number of unemployed in the United States in September fell by 134,000 from August to 6,066,000, according to the National Industrial Conference Board, a research organization backed by private industry, in an estimate released Tuesday.
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New York
United States
National Industrial Conference Board
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