Outcry as Germany Steel Bid Ties US WPA Bridge Work
The piece notes criticism from William Green of the AFL over WPA funds paying for German steel on a New York bridge project. It cites worries German subsidies and lower wages, alongside calls for clearer rationale for foreign bids on U S jobs. It also reflects broader debates about government, labor, and economic policy amid 1935 conditions.
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WPA
Germany
New York
Washington
United States
Hitler
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Ickes
Green
Tragedy in Proctor as Conductor Kills Self After Threats
Frank Cain a 40 year old railway conductor barricaded himself in his home in Proctor Minnesota after a marital dispute. He fired at a neighbor wounding him, then shot himself in the heart as police entered the gas filled house. He had threatened to kill his wife Susie who fled to a neighbor’s home during the confrontation.
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Proctor, Minn
Frank Cain
Cain
Hoekstray
Hoekstra
Economic Equality League Expands Tariff Protest Reach
The Midwestern League for Economic Equality held another Iowa meeting in cedar rapids area, attacking tariff protected interests. President A S Wendel urged farmers and businesspeople that consumers pay 5 million annually to entrenched privilege. The group formed three months ago at Sioux City to defend the AAA and back agricultural programs with a tariff challenge if needed. Vernon Vrooman plans to file as friend of the court in Hoosac Mills tax case ahead of the December 9 Supreme Court hearing. Wendel cited Iowa’s 119 million and Minnesota’s 123 million yearly tariff contributions. Subsequent rallies announced in Marshalltown Mason City Ottumwa.
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Midwestern League For Economic Equality
Iowa
A. S. Wendel
Bronson
League
Sioux City
AAA
Vernon Vrooman
Drake University
Hoosac Mills
United States Supreme Court
Wendel
Minnesota
Marshalltown
Mason City
Ottumwa
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1935 Hits Traffic Toll
A report shows Cedar Rapids recorded 348 accidents resulting in 409 injuries and 12 deaths in 1935. The data reflects highway hazards and the human cost of motor travel in the city this year.
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Cedar Rapids
Caesarism and democracy clash in a prophetic 1935 reflection
The piece argues Spengler predicted dictatorial money power would supplant political will in democracy. It describes rising Caesarism as mass rule led by demagogy, a collective despotism fueled by blood and tribal instincts, and warns liberty is misused as greed. The author cautions nations face a choice between love and power.
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Spengler
Death claims owner of Detroit Tigers
Frank J Navin died of a heart attack at age 64, five weeks after his team, the Detroit Tigers, won the world baseball championship. He collapsed from a blood clot while riding at the Detroit Riding and Hunt club. Navin had long faced health issues and had earlier been urged to retire from baseball.
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Detroit
Frank J. Navin
Detroit Tigers
Detroit Riding and Hunt Club
Albert A. Hughes
Navin
Mickey Cochrane
Woman Flyer Completes South Atlantic Solo Flight
Jean S Batten a 25 year old New Zealand flyer landed at Natal Brazil at 1 25 p m central standard time Wednesday after a solo crossing from Dakar Senegal She became the first woman to fly solo across the south Atlantic
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Pernambuco
Brazil
Jean S Batten
New Zealand
Natal
South Atlantic
Dakar
Senegal
Miss Batten
Stolen Funds Reported From Cedar Rapids Masonic Vault
Nearly $1 924.15 was taken from the Masonic library vault in Cedar Rapids after an overnight break in. Detectives found the windows locked from inside and a new hammer inside the vault, with drawers emptied in an upstairs vault but no loss there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Library
C. C Hunt
Grand Secretary
Iowa Masons
Grand Lodge
Jessie B. Dodds
Hunt
Dodds
Herring Wager On Prize Hog Triggers Gambling Charge
Iowa Governor Clyde L. Herring faces a municipal court gambling charge after wagering a blue ribbon hog on the Minnesota Iowa football game. The warrant, signed by Judge J E Mershan, lists the wager as unlawful gambling. Virgil Case filed the complaint. Herring says he will be represented by Sen. Dan Steck and Gov. Floyd Olson.
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Des Moines
Clyde L. Herring
Iowa
J. E. Mershan
Herring
Virgil Case
Father Coughlin
Union For Social Justice
ST. Paul
Clyde ‘L. Herring
Dan Steck
Floyd B. Olson
Minnesota
Gov. Herring
Death of Des Moines attorney John H. Wallace
John H. Wallace 36 a Des Moines attorney and Cedar Rapids pioneer descendant died at his home at 3 30 p m Tuesday after a year long illness from heart disease He was born July 29 1899 and was educated at Yale West Point and Drake University He is survived by his wife Elena Crawford a son William Wallace and three aunts Funeral services will be at 1 30 p m Thursday at Turner chapel with burial in Oak Hill cemetery
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John H. Wallace
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
R. A. Wallace
LeRoy Wallace
John Wallace
Eurydice
Bertha Wallace
Frank Listenwalter
Yale University
United States Military Academy
West Point
Wallace
Drake University
Iowa
Elena Crawford
Norval Crawford
Olmstead Insurance Agency
Polk County Young Republicans
Phi, Gamma Delta Fraternity
Yale
First Baptist Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Eight Cunningham Children Die In Farm House Fire
The eight children of Mr and Mrs Hough Cunningham burned to death in a two story Stroupe farm house blaze near Alexis North Carolina. The fire was found around 1 a.m. and Mr Cunningham died while warning his family. Mrs Cunningham escaped unharmed.
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Alexis
N. C
Hough Cunningham
Stroupe
Cunningham
Nine Scottsboro youths reindicted after U S Supreme Court ruling
A special Morgan County grand jury reindicts nine Scottsboro defendants for alleged assault on Victoria Price and Ruby Bates. The indictments, returned by an all-white panel with one Black laborer, set the stage for speedy trials in Decatur after a venue change.
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Scottsboro
Ala
U. S. Supreme Court
Victoria Price
Ruby Bates
Decatur
Morgan County
Change in White House press interview schedule
The regular White House press interviews will now be held on Tuesdays and Fridays instead of Wednesdays and Fridays.
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Washington (Ap
White House
Cairo riots mark Egyptian Independence day clash with Britain
Ten thousand Egyptian students rioted in Cairo on Independence Day protesting British rule. The mob hurled bricks at the British consulate while English civilians fled streets. A battalion of Egyptian infantry was deployed as Russell Pasha led police action amid heavy injuries and damage.
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Cairo
INS
Egypt
Great Britain
Britain
de Clabing Sa
Heliopolis
Russell Pasha
Russell
Cleveland P T A petitions against Messner release
The Cleveland P T A voted to send a petition to Governor Clyde Herr ing protesting the possible release of Lyle Messner, 22, who has served eight years of a life sentence for the murder of Kathleen Forrest, 6, of Cedar Rapids. The vote followed a regular Tuesday afternoon meeting. L A Buffington heads the group with about thirty members, and other groups and the Woman's Club board joined in the action.
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Cleveland
Study Prices Paid For Farm Products
The Federal Trade Commission pursues a probe into farmers returns and the income of corporations handling farm products. Questionnaires target wheat buyers and processors to compare farm income with corporate earnings, aiming for a preliminary Senate report by January despite doubts on timing.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Senate
Commission
Jury selection nears end in O Connor gambling case
Sioux City ap report jurors await final questioning as prosecution seeks to amend indictments to include liquor conspiracy charges. Judge Peters expects verdict by Thursday after examining prospective jurors with 18 passed for cause and one peremptory challenge by each side.
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Sioux City
Edward L. O’connor
Iowa
Earl Peters
O'Connor
H. M. Hayner
Ottumwa
H. M. Havner
Fred Free
T. E. Diamond
Sheldon
Havner
Chey
Three Plead Guilty To Theft Of Hog From Iowa Farm
Milo Smith 34 Belle Vue Joe Bertsch 52 Belle Vue and Melvin Mangler 28 Green Island pled guilty in district court to larceny of a 400 pound hog from the Dwaine Balke farm near Green Island. Judge J E Purcell deferred sentence until Thursday afternoon and ordered character witnesses including merchants and mayors to testify. All three men pleaded to feed hungry families.
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Gazette
Maquoketa
Milo Smith
Joe Bertsch
Bellevue
Melvin
Mangler
Green Island
Dwaine Balke
Smith
Xrepublican
J. E. Purcell
Clinton
Final arguments in cattle deal stock suit
Frank J. Skvor of near Ely sues Cedar Rapids trader John C. Erceg doing business as Erceg and Son for a 553 check. The trial opened before Judge F Q Ellison with a district jury. Ed McPartland and E H Wadsworth argued for the plaintiffs. defense by Don Hines and Donald Barnes. Erceg admitted stopping payment alleging an oral hold until cattle sold in Chicago. He claims a 297.86 balance remains and has offered that sum. Skvor disputes the oral agreement and says funds were not applied. The note was presented then returned by mail after the hold request.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank J. Skvor
Near Ely
John C. Erceg
Erceg and Son
Skvor
Erceg
F. QO. Ellison
District Court
E. H. Wadsworth
Donald Barnes
Ed McPartland
Don Hines
Chicago
Adams and Bennett clash over New Deal at bankers election
In New Orleans bankers elect officers amid a sharp split over the Roosevelt era. Orval W. Adams of Utah opposes the New Deal and seeks to push unit banking while Bennett withdraws for peace. Delegates from southern and midwestern states back Adams as the race is decided by a secret ballot with Fleming named president and Smith elevated to first vice president.
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Lewis H. Brown
New Orleans
Brown
Orleans
American Bankers’ Association
National Administration
Orval” W. Adams
Utah
National Bank of Salt Lake
Cecerek
Adams
E. Ge
First Security Bank
Ogden
Roosevelt
Bennett
As- Berss
Bennett's Bank
Marriner
Eccles
Federal Reserve System
William L. Elliott
Canton
Georgia
Rudolf S. Hecht
The
Association
Robert V. Fleming
Riggs’ National Bank of
Washington, D. C
Boatmen’s ‘National Bank
St. Louis
Major
L. B
Angus
Lewis H.brown
Johns-Manville ‘Corporation
Per. F. T. O'Connor
Melrose Missing After Forced Landing in Siam Beach
Australian pilot C James Melrose, part of the search for Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, was forced to land on a beach near Parktap Siam due to engine trouble. The ongoing search was described as virtually hopeless.
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Singapore
Straits Settlements
C. James
Melrose
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Parktap
Siam
October freezes trim 1933 corn crop across states
A Kansas City AP report says October freezes cut the 1933 corn crop in the corn belt, though total yields remain high. Official estimates for Kansas Missouri Nebraska Iowa Illinois and Oklahoma predict more than 910 million bushels this year, well above 1934 drought levels.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Iowa
Illinois
Oklahoma
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Dame Nature
Cook County
Mer. Wallace
Mr. Wallace
Proctor
Minn
Economic Equality League
Cedar Rafids News
Hans
Sey
Sue
Newton
Woman
Lodge
Masonic
Jessie Dodds
Cedar Rapids News
Jimmy
Earl Delzell
Pioneer Family
Il Duce
Floyd Gibbone
Cleveland P.T.A
Messner
O’connor
Elect Adams
Migepres
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