Tammany and Prohibition in Turbulent Iowa and National Scene
In a turbulent mix of politics and national policy the piece argues Tammany and the Roosevelt era faded with prohibition and hints at a possible La Guardia comeback. It discusses Iowa liquor control proposals, state monopolies, and the Rockefeller plan, plus Russia France and Britain debt repudiations and the looming education board plans for four junior high additions.
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HE Board of Education
Hich
Recognition Near for Soviet Union in 48 Hours
After four days of talks between Soviet Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinoff and U S officials, sources predicted U S recognition of the Soviet Union within 48 hours. Hull and Litvinoff held multiple meetings and planned further sessions to resolve remaining differences. Litvinoff faced tight security and met with President Roosevelt, with a final communique expected after Thursday talks.
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Maxim Litvinoff
Washington
Conyrlal
Soviet Union
Hull
Litvinoff
Roosevelt
State Department
Nous Saite
Bumper U S Cotton Crop Forecast Despite Cut Campaign
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department foresees a crop of 13 100,000 bales for this year, despite a government push to reduce output costing 111 million dollars.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Forest Consolidated School Boiler Blast Claims Child
An overheating water tank caused a boiler explosion at Forest Consolidated School in Forest, Mississippi, injuring eight and killing 12 year old William Riser. The incident happened around 9 am with about 400 students present, many in a fourth or fifth grade classroom above the basement when the blast leveled the west end.
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Forest, Miss
Forest Consolidated School
William Riser
Booth Tarkington to Receive National Arts Award
New York A P J reporter says Booth Tarkington, Indiana novelist, will receive the gold medal of the National Institute of Arts and Letters Thursday for excellence of his life work in fiction. The medal is awarded in fiction every eight years. prior winners were William Dean Howells in 1915 and Edith Wharton in 1924.
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New York
Booth Tarkington
Indiana
National Institute of Arts and Letters
William Dean Howoe
Edith Wharton
Indict Toulouy Six Others For Factor Kidnap
Chicago seven gangsters were indicted by Cook County for abducting John Factor known as Jake the Barber. Indictments named Roger Touhy and others as conspirators in the Factor kidnapping. Four others await trial in St Paul on Hamm case as federal charges join Hyde Park mob cases.
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Cook County
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Jake the Barber
Tinos
Philip Sullivan
Factor
Roger Touhy
Edward McFadden
Gus Schafer
Willie Sharkey
St. Paul
William Hamm
Albert J. Kator
Charles Connors
Basil Banghart
Minnesota
Ilinois
Touhhy
Gook County
John the
Barber
Hamm
Hoeder
Joseph"b Keenan
George Swillvany
George Heisey
Keenan
Washington
Department of Justice
Sullivan
Farm Bureau Backs Aid Plan For Roosevelt Relief
Edward A. O Nea l president of the American Farm Bureau pledged support for the administration farm relief program to President Roosevelt on Wednesday in Washington. The pledge signals continued farm sector backing for federal aid measures amid ongoing economic strain.
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Washington
American Farm Bureau
Administration
Roosevelt
Edward A. O'Neal
Bandmaster Pryor elected freeholder in Monmouth County
Arthur Pryor, the famed bandmaster, won his first political post as a freeholder in Monmouth County New Jersey. Pryor polled 30,299 votes in his initial bid for office.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Arthur Pryor
Monmouth County
Pryor
Plymouth County farmers form law and order league to keep roads open
About 500 farmers at the LeMars armory organized the law and order league to prevent forcible road blockades. They voted to appoint township captains to report picketing and pledged support for Sheriff Rippey and the farm program, asserting Plymouth county roads are open to travelers.
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Lemars (Ap
Plymouth County
LeMars
National Farmers Holliday Association
Law and Order League
BR. EB
Rippey
Henry W Brosamie
Sioux City
Brosamie
Clyde Herring
Brosamic
Dale Hunter
Herring Seeks Law Reforms on Liquor Taxes and Relief
Gov Clyde L. Herring urged Iowa's special session to revise the tax system and tighten liquor control while pushing for farm foreclosure relief and emergency banking measures. He presented committee reports on tax reform, liquor distribution, and budget control, aiming for further tax cuts and state store control.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Clyde L. Herring
House
Senate
Commonwealth
Herring
Vote To Continue Fair Through 1934
Rufus C. Dawes announced the decision to reopen the World Fair in 1934 subject to legislation. The fair’s board of trustees voted to keep gates open starting June 1 to allow exhibitors to arrange care for displays and buildings after the fair closes Saturday night.
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Chicago
Rufus C. Dawes
Hold Up Capone Liquor Charges
Chicago federal district attorney Dwight H Green said about 250 liquor violation cases hang on federal guidance after prohibition repeal. One major case pending involves Al Capone and 69 others.
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Chicago
LLP
Dwight H Green
Washington
Green
al Capone
Everyday Religion Reflections on Life and Faith
A 1933 meditation on faith and living. The piece notes that time endures while days pass, that mankind changes little, and true strength lies in admitting mistakes. It argues fear is of not truly living, critiques self focus, and praises humor as faith and forgiveness.
Milk Group Fails to Agree on Cedar Rapids Code
A nine member producers and distributors committee adjourned after a two day session at the Roosevelt hotel with no fluid milk code agreement for Cedar Rapids. The group planned to reconvene Thursday morning and members declined to discuss the closed session.
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Cedar Rapids
Producers and Distributors’ Committee of Nine
Roosevelt Hotel
Roosevelt
LaGuardia Pledges Model City Administration
Mayor elect Fiorello H. LaGuardia vowed a four year term free of graft and waste, aiming to set a national model for municipal government. He promised orderly elections, end to patronage, and a new city charter after taking office January 1 amid post election upheaval.
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NEW York
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Tammany Hall
LaGuardia
Fusion
New York City
Hiis
Japanese Marshal Dies at 77 in Tokio
Viscount Yusaku Uyehara a staff officer of the first Japanese army during the Sino Japanese hostilities died in Tokio Wednesday night of heart disease at age 77.
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Tokio Aps
Viscount Yusaku Uyehara
Cuba declares state of war after Havana uprising
President Ramon Grau San Martin signed a decree declaring a state of war across Cuba after loyal troops crushed a rebellion. Casualties were reported in the tens to hundreds with heavy bombardments on Havana. police and army air corps leaders were implicated. The decree also orders swift court martials for print damage control and reports claimed U S sailors were not fired upon.
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Ramon Grau San Martin
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Zenolt
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Lis
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
United States
U.S. insists on non intervention in Cuba crisis
Washington states no American troops will be sent beyond protection of lives. Ambassador Sumner Welles reports government troops recaptured the police station and Camp Columbia while three rebel barracks housing over 2,000 fighters resist. Opposition led by the A. B. Co. party with army air corps backing and some Havana loyalists, says the rebels are well armed.
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Cuba
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Grau San Martin
A. B. Co. Revolutionary Party
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Wallace Plans to Broaden Program for Corn Loans
President Roosevelt’s farm policy gains support as Secretary Wallace forecasts a 20 percent rise in August to December cash income for farmers, aided by farm adjustment payments. He says the program will succeed and won’t be abandoned amid Midwest unrest, with Farm Bureau President Edward A. O’Neal endorsing efforts to improve existing acts and credits for agriculture.
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Wallace
Louis H. Bean
Roosevelt
American Farm Bureau Federation
Edward A. O'Neal
O'Neal
Farm Bureau
Schumann Heink Reported Doing Nicely in San Diego
Madame Schumann-Heink, 72, was hospitalized in San Diego with an intestinal infection and facing a possible appendectomy. Doctors said she is doing nicely as of Wednesday.
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San Diego
Calif Fins
Madame Schumann-Heink
Roosevelt To Rush Plan For Liquor Control
Washington reports that national prohibition nears formal end as 36th ratifying state Utah nears, triggering liquor sales in many states with existing control systems. Roosevelt to press permanent tax rules with a Dec deadline and consider enforcement, pardons, and border measures to curb smuggling and regulate post repeal trade.
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Utah
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Arizona
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Indiana
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
New York
Rhode Island
Illinois
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Maryland
Oregon
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Justice Department
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Roosevelt
State, Treasury, Commerce, Justice and Agriculture Departments
Sheppard
Tex
Bureau of Investigation
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Iowa considers private liquor licensing plan in special session
Iowa lawmakers eyed Governor Herring's private liquor licensing proposal in the special session. A nine member commission would oversee licenses with revenue from fees and a four cent per gallon beer tax. Licenses would vary from $25 to $500 annually for retailers and $150 to $300 for hotels based on size, with beer and light wine licenses issued by municipalities.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Herring
Vincent Harrington
Woodbury County
Lquor Control Commission
Lcensees
Lquor
Utah to Become Seventh State After Repeal Vote
AP survey cites Utah as joining the repeal trend with a strong yes tally. Prohibition opponents push state and federal actions as Kentucky and Pennsylvania weigh repeal outcomes. Early moves include liquor control plans and disbanding of anti prohibition groups as repeal nears legality.
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New York
North
South Carolina
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Utah
Kentucky
Municipal power plant ownership faces setback in six cities
In six cities voters rejected four of six municipal ownership proposals on election day. Camden New Jersey approved a $10 million bond to fund municipal electricity production and distribution. Akron approved construction of a municipal power plant, while Youngstown Cincinnati San Francisco and Salt Lake City rejected similar measures.
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Camden
N. J
Akron
Youngstown
Cincinnati
San Francisco
Salt Lake City
Frank Couzens Holds Detroit Mayoralty
Frank Couzens, 31 year old son of James Couzens, wins Detroit mayoralty after Frank Murphy resignation. He is declared winner by a 65 000 vote majority as complete precinct returns are reported.
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Frank Couzens
Detroit
James Couzens
Michigan
Couzens
Frank Murphy
Age Limit Taken Off Civil Service Reform Move
The civil service commission reversed its practice of restricting exams to under 40. It urged department heads not to refuse certified eligibles solely on age grounds.
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Washington
INS
Civil Service Commission
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