Sunday Energized Generations Influenced by His Faith
The article praises Billy Sunday’s fervent preaching and endurance, noting his 72 years of life and athletic vigor. It critiques political influence in liquor commissions, discusses relief in Kenedy county, and covers libel suit tensions involving major papers and publishers across Pennsylvania and Iowa.
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Billy Sunday
Ewspaper
Ohio Liquor Control Commission
hScripps-Howard
Ohio
State Commission
Iowa Commission
NHE
Philadelphia Inquirer
Pennsylvania
Inquirer
Col
R. R. McCormick
Chicago Tribune
Justice of
Five Bandits Loot Mail Train On Ohio Station
Five gunmen seized a Erie bound mail train at Garretsville Ohio posing with machine guns and shotguns. They forced crew and passengers to back away and tossed five mail bags including a Republic Steel payroll. Authorities cite $39700 to $75000 as the payroll plus $39500 in transit. They fled in a gray sedan with bags loaded by bystanders and a newsboy narrowly escaped harm.
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Garrettsville
Jesse James
Dalton Boys
Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank
Republic Steel Corporation
Warren
Erie
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Charles Shull
Republic Steel
Second National Bank of Warren
Republic
Federal Reserve
Earl Davis
Living by Degrees and Patience in Life's Staircase
A reflective essay on gradual progress and patience in self development. It cites Rabbinic, Christian, and medieval writers to argue growth comes in measured steps, with humility, sincerity, and perseverance guiding toward truth. Copyright 1935.
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Rabbi Ben Maimon
Dante
Bernard
Walter Hilton
Loss of West Coast Crops Estimated at 10 Million
San Francisco AP reports unofficial tallies place Pacific coast crop losses at about 10 million dollars as Arctic cold spread over Washington Oregon Idaho and California. Apples and potatoes suffered most in the northwest while Southern California citrus largely escaped due to the end of the cold spell.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Arctic
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
California
Northwest
Missing Alaska Flyers Safe After Weekend Abduction
Northern Air Transport reports pilot Jack Herman and five passengers found safe at a Cassiar roadhouse thirty five miles from Dawson after a search plane could not land. The group waved to observers on patrol from a Yukon river island cabin.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Northern Air Transport Company
Jack Herman
Dawson
Cassiar Roadhouse
Bob Randall
Herman
Yukon River
Randall
Charles W. Mills
Merion Edmundson
Mills
Potatoes Rally As AAA Aid Looks Unneeded
Market reports show sharp price rises for potatoes with Green Mountain and Idaho Russell Burbank varieties doubling or nearly doubling in price. Officials say proposed federal subsidies to divert 1935 crops may be unnecessary due to higher market values and looming production controls.
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Washington
AAA
Maine
Green Mountain
F. O. B. Idaho
Idaho
Officials ask political hue kept from WPA in Iowa
The Sixth Highway District County Officers' association representing fourteen eastern Iowa counties unanimously urged removal of political influence from WPA efforts. In Cedar Rapids they passed a resolution demanding loyalty to the program's original aims, placing experienced supervisors on projects, and ensuring expenditures follow Iowa laws. Copies were sent to President Roosevelt and WPA administrators.
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Cedar Rapids
Sixth Highway District County Officers’ Association
Iowa
WPA
R. F. Hockaday
Manchester
President Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
Washington, D. C
L. C. Hill
Des Moines
George J. Keller
County Boards of Supervisors
Calmar Votes Bonds For Eighty Thousand School
Calmar approves an eighty thousand dollar school building bond by four to one in a special election. Of 489 votes cast 380 favor 88 opposed and 21 spoiled ballots. The plan combines a government grant of 37000 with local funding of 43000.
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Calmar
Fire Damages Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority House
A third floor dormitory fire at the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority house in Iowa City caused about 3000 in damage. Water overflow flooded all three floors destroying clothing trunks as ten residents evacuated. Fire Chief Kaspar said the blaze was due to a short circuited wire or a cigarette.
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Iowa City
Zeta Tau Alpha
George Kaspar
Workers Urged to Complete Their Canvass
Reports on the Community Chest drive show pledges totaling 64 812 40 by Thursday noon at the Hotel Roosevelt during a joint lunch of workers and the Lions Club. With 15448 09 remaining to reach the 80260 49 goal, canvassers are asked to return every prospect card to campaign headquarters by 4 p m Friday. Further meeting details will be announced via The Gazette and bulletins.
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Cedar Rapids
Lions Clubs
Hotel Roosevelt
Mr. Cameron
van Vechten Shaffer
Grand Jury Backs Stronger Rules on Slot Machines
A Wapello county grand jury urged tighter enforcement of gambling device laws including slot machines and punch boards. It called for stricter regulation of wine and dance venues serving beer, especially near minors. Two manslaughter cases were not pursued. George Box was cleared in a fatal shooting and Harold McMillen freed in a fatal auto crash.
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Ottumwa
Wapello County
Ed. J. Grier
George Box
Donald Kendall
Ottumwan
Cox
Harold McMillen
Mount Pleasant
Here
Hitler Refuses Active Involvement in War Penalties
Chancellor Adolf Hitler rejected the League of Nations plea for Germany to aid sanctions against Italy. Berlin said Germany had not answered and has no intention to do so, maintaining neutrality to protect economic interests while continuing export controls on war materials.
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Pierre J. Huss
Beruin
INS
Adolf Hitler
League of Nations
Germany
Italy
League
Geneva
United States
Reich
Garfield P T A Protests Possible Parole of Messner
The Garfield school Parent-Teacher Association votes unanimously to protest potential parole for Lyle Messner who is serving a life sentence for the murder of Kathleen Forrest at age 14. Local leaders urge letters to Governor Clyde Herring and state parole board members amid renewed commutation appeals.
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Garfield School Parent- Teacher Association
Lyle Messner
Messner
Kathleen Forrest
Clarence Darrow
Massies
Honolulu
Loeb
Leopold
Chicago
Clyde Herring
Garfield
Cedar Rapids
C. L. Parker
J Avenue
L. C. Schuknecht
B Avenue NW
Parent-Teacher Association
State Parole Board
Herring
George M. Simpson
West Union
M. D. Cooney
Dubuque
Frank M. Carrell
Des Moines
Schuknecht
Woman’s Labor Bureau
No. 17
Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor
Utilities May Not Register By Deadline
Washington AP reports strong probability that most public utility holding companies will refuse to register with the securities commission by December 1. A Baltimore judge ruled the act unconstitutional in its first test, prompting doubt about registration. Only three weeks remain before the deadline and few firms have registered.
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Washington
Securities Commission
Baltimore
Commission
Associated Gas and Electric Company
Charges Dropped Against Des Moines Distributor Tom Conroy
Maley charged Tom Conroy with malicious threats to extort and obstructing justice. The cases were dismissed in Des Moines municipal court on a Polk County recommendation. Both men later faced Woodbury county indictments in a statewide graft inquiry.
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Des .Moines
Tom Conroy
Des. Moines
Walter Maley
Polk County
Woodbury County
Maley
Conroy
Woodbury County Grand Jury
Funeral arrangements set for Billy Sunday in Chicago
Thousands send condolences to Mrs Helen Sunday after the evangelist Billy Sunday dies suddenly. Funeral planned for 2 pm Saturday at Moody Memorial Church Chicago with private secretary Bentley Ackley Homer Redbeaver and Harry Clark assisting. Sons William Jr and Paul fly in from Los Angeles to comfort their mother.
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Chicago
Billy” Sunday
North Side
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
New York
Helen Sunday
Moody Memorial Church
William, Jr
Paul
Los Angeles
Tom
Jesus
Abraham
Peter
James
John
Billy"’ Sunday
Ames
Iowa
Nevada
Northwestern University
Marshalltown
Adrian “Cap” Anson
Chicago White Stockings
Court rejects 1933 Holding Company Act in full
Federal Judge Coleman ruled the 1933 Holding Company Act invalid in its entirety and told trustees of American States Public Service Co to treat the law as void. An appeal was announced, likely sending the case toward the U S Supreme Court.
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Baltimore
Willian C. Coleman
American States Public Service Company
New York
Supreme Court of the United States
Coleman
Congress
Securities and’ Exchange. Commission
John W. Davis
Burco, Inc
Burca
Ralph P. Buell
Burca,Inc
Hayward Hamilton
Public Service Company
Zation
Seven Cars Leave Track In Freight Wreck At Fairfax
Special to The Gazette Fairfax seven loaded freight cars on a Calumet crack stock and meat train from Omaha to Chicago were wrecked about 100 yards east of the station at 4 15 a m Thursday. No one hurt but several cars blocked both lines for hours. One car rolled onto its side across the westbound track. Cause not yet determined but believed due to a broken journal on a car.
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the Gazette
Fairfax
Omaha
Chicago
Forty Ethiopians killed near Agula ambush
London AP report says forty Ethiopians were killed and ten captured in an attempt to ambush advancing Askaris on the wooded slopes of Amba Salana, southwest of Agula. Agula lies about 15 miles northeast of Makale.
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London
Askaris
Amba Salana
Agula
Exchange Telegraph Agency
Makale
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