Head of Postal Telegraph III for Some Time
Clarence H. Mackay, 64, capitalist and chairman of the board of Postal Telegraph Cable, died Saturday night in New York after a prolonged illness. He rebuilt and extended the family telegraph system, guiding a merger with ITT in 1928 and expanding service globally. Born in 1874 in San Francisco, he led the Mackay empire in real estate, mining, and communications and served as president of the Mackay companies until his death.
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NEW York
Clarence H. Mackay
Board of Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Mackay
Roslyn
Long Island
Comstock Lode
Mackay Companies
International Telephone and Telegraph Company
America
Mr. Mackay
San Francisco
John William Mackay
Marie Louise Hungerford Bryant Mackay
California
Bonanza
James Gordon Bennett
Commercial Cable Company
Postal Telegraph Company
Europe
Vaugirard College
Paris
Beaumont College
Windsor
England
United States
Massachusetts
Nova Scotia
Ireland
Postal
Cuba
Farmer's wife feeds nine children on one dollar a week
Worcester AP report notes Mrs. Herbert L. Beer, a farmer's wife, feeds nine children on a dollar weekly. She spends the dollar on two bags of flour and cereals while all other groceries come from the farm. Two porkers provide sausage for Christmas and meat for the rest of winter.
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Worcester
Mass
Herbert L. Beer
End to compulsory crop slashing urged by senator
Senator Lee of Oklahoma declared post election protests favor replacing compulsory crop reduction with a four point domestic allotment plan. The program would price support crops domestically, export the rest, and adjust allotments by production units while favoring family farms and using tariffs to shield the U.S. market.
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Washington
Lee
Okla
Congress
Oklahoman
Pope
Idaho
McGill
Kan
Deny Wire Concerns Lower Pay Minima
Washington AP states the Labor Department wage and hours division denied telegraphic companies permission to employ messengers at under 25 cents an hour. Wil liam M. Leiserson, deputized by administrator Elmer F. Andrews, announced the ruling affecting Western Union Postal Telegraph and All American Cables. A 15 day appeal window exists. violations could bring up to 10,000 dollars fine and imprisonment on a second offense.
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Washington
Labor Department
William M. Leiserson
Elmer F. Andrews
Western Union Telegraph Company
Postal Telegraph Landline System
All American Cables and Radio, Inc
Leiserson
National Mediation Board
Daladier Offers 32 Decrees to Stabilize France
Paris AP reports the Daladier government, backed by 7 million veterans, issued 32 decree laws aimed at rebuilding democratic France. Devaluing the Bank of France gold reserves, altering the 40 hour week, raising direct and indirect taxes, expanding government spending cuts, and expelling foreign radicals are among measures cited. Finance Minister Reynaud warned of economic collapse without sacrifices.
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Paris
Daladier
France
Chamber of Deputies
Bank of France
Labor Ministry
Ministry of Labor
Paul Reynaud
Cedar Rapids Sees Temperature Drop After Warm Day
Cedar Rapids experienced a fall in temperatures under fair skies after a warm day. The thermometer peaked at 64 degrees around 3 pm following a rise from a low of 44 degrees. Readings remained in the 40s from 10 pm Friday to 2 am Saturday, with 9 pm Saturday showing 49 degrees.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Weekly Forecast for Chicago Weather Nov 14 to 19
Weather outlook covers the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys from November 14 to 19. Light to moderate precipitation is not expected early in the period, but a chance develops later. Cold air is limited, with moderately cold conditions mainly in the northern portion at the start of the week.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Return Of Dr Newton Daily Column Starts Tomorrow
Gazette readers welcome the return of Dr Joseph Fort Newton's daily column Everyday Living in Cedar Rapids Gazette after a four month illness pause. The renowned minister and author resumes the daily feature tomorrow, with his Sunday column to start when his health allows. Newton, former Liberal Christian church pastor in Cedar Rapids, penned Lincoln and Herndon and many works, noted for accessible rational guidance across creeds. His broad career and writings underline the revival of his widely read column.
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Joseph Fort Newton
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Newton
Dr. Newton
Liberal Christian Church
Cedar Rapids
City Temple
London
University of Iowa
Lincoln and
Herndon
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Iowa Historical Society
Hell
Christ
Wesley
Woolman
David Swing
God
Harper's
Trains collide injuring Ninety-One At Notre Dame Game
A collision between two football special trains carrying about 500 fans each near Notre Dame stadium injures 91 and shocks 950 others. The Grand Trunk and New York Central trains blocked downtown traffic as rescuers used stepladders to reach injured passengers. Most aboard were from Chicago and vicinity.
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South Bend
Ind
New York Central
Grand Trunk
New York Central “Special
Grand Trunk “Special
Union Station
Central
Epworth
St. Joseph
Chicago
Acosta Arrest For Contempt May Be Snag For Dies
New York report says Bert Acosta, known as the Birdman, was arrested in a friend's apartment on a contempt warrant for failure to support two minor sons. Nassau County police detained him for arraignment before Judge Cortland A. Johnson. If bail fails, the case could complicate Congressman Dies's testimony on subversive influences.
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New York
Sns
Bert Acosta
Francisco Franco
Nassau County
Bert
Lloyd
Albert
Helen
Dies un-American Committee
Spain
Cortland A. Johnson
Dies
Washington
New Deal Policy Faces Slim Odds in 76th Congress
President Roosevelt plans to push basic New Deal proposals despite strong Republican gains and a fragmented Democratic caucus. With about 70 of 260 re-elected Democrats loyal to the New Deal, Republicans and anti-New Deal Democrats could block controversial legislation. Roosevelt to meet leaders in Warm Springs after Thanksgiving to map strategy.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
House
Congress
Warm Springs
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Senate
Dies After Mars Broadcast Seizure in Baltimore
Samuel Shapiro, 60, died of a heart attack after listening to a drama about a Martian invasion. His wife and daughter said he became excited during the broadcast, collapsed, and died the next day in hospital. Doctor Feinglos attributed the death to sudden excitement precipitating a heart attack.
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Baltimore
Samuel Shapiro
Mars
Shapiro
Mary Blaustein
Israel J. Feinglos
Pay Taxes By Tuesday To Avoid Tax Sale List
County Treasurer Milo Schlaeck announced that taxes paid on or before next Tuesday will not be included in the advertised delinquent tax sale list set for December 5.
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Milo Schlaeck
Dies seeks $1 million for probe into relief graft
Rep Martin Dies Texas Democrat and chair of the House Un American Activities Committee outlined tentative plans to ask Congress for a $1,000,000 inquiry into graft charges in the Works Progress Administration and Public Works programs. He said the probe would expand the committee’s scope beyond fascist and communist activity and would require at least $200,000 to $300,000, depending on breadth.
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Washington
Martin Dies
Texas
House
Congress
Works Progress
Public Works
Dies
PWA
WPA
Healey
Mass
Dempsey
N. M
Roosevelt
Martin
Interior Ickes
Relief Administration
New Deal
Elmer Benson
Minnesota
Frank Murphy
Michigan
Hitler
Nazi Germany
Goebbels
Germany
King
Rep
House Committee On UN
Everett R. Clinchy
National Conference of Jews and Christians
European Pacts Aimed To Swallow Nations On The Hoof
A wartime era column by Arthur Bugs Baer argues that European treaties are elastic like a snake and crafted to swallow nations on the hoof. The piece mocks diplomacy as delaying an inevitable default and likens Europe to an asphalt lake where business is risky and risky bets run deep.
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Europe
Hunt Youth In Cave Found Outside Torture Cave
William Buddy Parker a 26 year old oil field roustabout was found alive Saturday night outside the Torture cave after being swallowed Friday by the treacherous site State patrolman Tilman Bocock questioned the disappearance calling it a hoax Parker appeared delirious and muttering I came out the other way A physician said Parker had normal vital signs a superficial forehead wound and only mild exposure and a fire near the cave had been extinguished as searchers were told to stop
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Okla
William
Buddy” Parker
Parker
Tilman Bocock
Bocock
Paul Scott
Eight Missing After $200000 Blaze in Rouyn
Eight people are missing after a fire in Rouyn Quebec that destroyed a business block including two hotels a garage and two stores with an estimated loss of 250000. At least three were injured and two men from Ontario and Toronto were in serious condition with burns. The Albert hotel fire spread rapidly through upper floors to adjacent buildings. One woman was among the missing and all eight may have perished.
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Rouyn
Que
Quebec
Sam Allard
Wickland Lake
Ont
J. H. Stevenson
Toronto
Albert Hotel
Japanese Reject Protests on Yangtze Ship Restrictions
Domei reports Japanese government will reject foreign protests against restrictions on Yangtze River shipping. Authorities view the river as a zone of military operations in the Chinese campaign and say river traffic must be controlled for all nationalities.
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TORIO
INS
Yangtze River
Domei
Yangtze
Three Children of Teen Age Smothered To Death In Sand
Davenport Illinois AP reports three Hayden children ages 10 7 and 5 smothered to death in a sand bank near their Buffalo Prairie home Saturday afternoon. Doris Dorothy and Robert were the victims of the tragedy.
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Davenport
Dave Hayden
Buffalo Prairie
Ill
Doris
Dorothy
Robert
Ida Lupino to Wed Hayward in Santa Barbara Calif
English actress Ida Lupino and RKO leading man Charles Louis Hayward applied for a marriage license in Santa Barbara California on Saturday signaling their forthcoming nuptials.
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Hollywood
INS
Ida Lupino
Charles Louis Hayward
RKO
Santa Barbara
Calif
United States protests rise over Nazi anti Jewish fines
Protests against Nazi Germany's campaign against Jews grow in the United States with calls to sever relations and boycott German goods. Leaders like Senator King urge ending trade, while clergy and civil groups press President Roosevelt to act. A mass meeting in New York backs embargo talk as figures warn the fine will pauperize German Jews.
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Germany
United States
Reich
Paris
Witler
King
Utah
New Yorks
Columbus Circle
American League For Peace and Democracy
Uos
Aes
Roosevelt
New York
Charles A. Buckley
Johan J . Smertenko
Antienazi League
Alfred F Smith
Thomas F. Dewey
Report Smashing Victory Won By Franco's Troops
At the Spanish frontier in Hendaye AP dispatches report Franco forces won a smashing victory on the Segre river's right bank south of Lerida. Insurgent claims say a heavy counter attack pushed government troops back and halted their five day advance toward Lerida and Fraga. Government lines acknowledge counter attacks and say militia forces resist heroically inflicting heavy losses.
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Hendaye
France
Francisco Franco
Segre
Lerida
Fraga
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Postal Telegraph III
Associated Press
Cedar Rapids News
Acosta
Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Opyrisht
William King
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