Roosevelt Opposes Payroll Tax for Jobless Insurance
The President stated in a National Conference on Economic Security address that no payroll tax on employers will fund unemployment insurance. He warned against “fantastic schemes” like the Townsend plan for pensions and warned such ideas undermine sound policy and individual initiative.
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Micelic Carler
Leywcadidd
Roosevelt
National Conference On Economic Security
Townsend
Gloria Vanderbilt custody decision kept with aunt until fitness shown
Gloria Vanderbilt will remain with her paternal aunt Mrs Harry Payne Whitney as the state awaits proof that her mother can care for her welfare. Supreme Court Justice John F Carew will publish the custody order Monday detailing conditions for Gloria's return and the guardians of her 2 8 million dollar estate met with counsel.
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New York
Gloria Vanderbilt
Harry Payne Whitney
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt
Supreme Court
John F. Carew
Gloria
George W. Wickersham
Thomas B. Gilchrist
Justice Carew
Whitney
Nathan Burke
Vanderbilts
Farmer Takes Life Unaware Farm Sees Temporary Save
Despondent over ill health and funds to save the Alice area homestead, Fred Kirk a 67 year old farmer living a half mile west of Alice hanged himself in a shed on the farm. His body was found by his wife upon her return from Cedar Rapids. Coroner Vorpahl ruled death by own action with no inquest. He is survived by wife three sons Vernon Howard Eldon and a daughter Mrs George Price. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Friday at the Alice church conducted by Rev A Beuerman.
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Alice
Kirk
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Howard
Eldon
George Price
Alice Church
A. Beuerman
MacArthur To Head Army Until Dec 15
President Roosevelt extended General Douglas MacArthur’s term as chief of staff until December 15. The four year term would have expired on December 21, marking the first time a chief of staff served beyond the regular term. The move suggests MacArthur may not receive a full second term.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Dern
Douglas MacArthur
Navy
Army
MacArthur
Six Lesson Failures Shape Wells Autobiography
The piece remarks how H G Wells details six failed starts in life from clerk and teacher to druggist and draper. Despite setbacks his drive to write stays strong and each blunder becomes good copy later. It argues persistence turns failure into real success and restart requires a stout heart and alert mind.
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H. G. Wells
Pie
Bruno Defense to Summon Lindbergh as Witness
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Nurse Betty Gow will be summoned as defense witnesses in the Hauptmann trial for the Lindbergh baby kidnapping murder, defense counsel announced.
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Flemington, N. J
Charles A. Lindbergh
Betty Gow
Bruno R. Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Senate Ready to Pass Longs Bill In Louisiana Session
In Baton Rouge the extraordinary session moved toward enactment of Huey P. Longs share the wealth program as the senate finance committee approved all his bills with amendments including a saving clause for anti lottery legislation to protect lottery violators from legislative pardon.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Long
Senate Finance Committee
Eugene Stanley
New Orleans
Hints Distelhurst Girl Buried Alive
District Attorney J Carlton Loser said he is probing whether Dorothy Ann Distelhurst, kidnapped and slain, may have been buried alive and that her face could have been disfigured with acid to prevent identification in Nashville.
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Nashville, Tenn
J. Carlton Loser
Littl
Dorothy Ann Distelhurst
U S Navy Plans Expanded Pacific Defense Push
Washington reports indicate the United States will boost Pacific defense, with Secretary Swanson outlining funds for Pearl Harbor upgrades, a large airship test at Hawaii, and a new dirigible. The moves are seen as a warning to Japan amid London naval talks and treaty tensions.
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INS
United States
Pacific
Tokio
London
Japan
Swanson
Navy
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Navy Department
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Britain Signals Unyielding Stance on Naval Equality With Japan
In London 1934 news report Britain warned that if Japan rejects its principle of naval equality, Britain will deny Japan any form of equality in naval terms. The AP dispatch notes London's firm position amid escalating naval talks.
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London
Great Britain
Japan
Stein Won’t Speak to More Than 500 at One Time
New Brunswick New Jersey Gertrude Stein, noted for eccentric prose, canceled her appearance at the New Jersey College for Women after officials said 1100 students were entitled to hear her remarks. She stated the limit of 500 listeners per speech.
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Miss Stein
New Brunswick
N. J
Gertrude Stein
New Jersey College For Women Now
Oversee Ruling Denied on Cars for Charity Clients
Polk county supervisors rejected a resolution to empower the Overseer of the Poor to regulate car use by relief clients. The measure argued relief recipients who own autos should surrender plates when no need existed. Opponents supported the idea in principle but called a generic resolution inadvisable.
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Des Moines
Polk County
Vandenberg Attacks Farley in Coalition Push
Senator Vandenberg charges that James Farley cannot properly hold both postmaster general and Democratic Party chair roles. He calls for Farley to quit one job, warns of legal risk over fundraising, and urges nonpartisan recovery measures as part of a broader coalition plan.
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Washington
James A. Farley
Vandenberg
Mich
Farley
Michigan
United States
Committee
Ituis
Counterfeiter’s Gray Area Lunacy Offer Stuns Texas
In Kirbyville Newton County a man used painted markings to turn a fake $1 into a $1,000,000 note. He told a Newton bank he would deposit all but $200 he needed now. U.S. Attorney Bennett said he would waive federal charges if Newton County tried him for lunacy.
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Kirbyville
Tex
Newton County
Newton Bank
United States
Bennett
World currency stabilization seen in London chatter
London observers sense an American inspired plan to stabilize global currencies behind the gold bloc drama. They cite Robert W. Bingham's Edinburgh speech and the American stabilization fund aiding gold bloc nations to absorb currency sales and smooth fluctuations.
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London
Edinburgh
Robert W. Bingham
Washington
American Stabilization Fund
New York
Paris
Amsterdam
Brussels
United States Treasury
Ginger Rogers and Lew Ayres wed in Hollywood ceremony
Hollywood coverage says Ginger Rogers and Lew Ayres were married at Glendale's Little Church of the Flowers. Reverend Davie Huber officiated with Janet Gaynor and Mary Brian as bridesmaids and Ben Alexander as best man.
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Hollywood
Greta Garbo
Ginger Rogers
Lew Ayres
Little Church of the Flowers
Glendale
Davie Huber
Janet Gaynor
Mary Brian
Phyllis Fraser
Ben Alexander
Seven Billion Budget Forecast For Next Fiscal Year
Washington DC congressional leaders predict next year’s appropriations may match last year’s 7.5 billion dollars. House Appropriations Chair James P Buchanan of Texas says overall demand will be restrained and drought relief funds may not recur, keeping emergency programs in place.
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INS
James P. Buchanan
Texas
House Appropriations Committee
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Congress
Mei Dbs de
Buchanan Sees Budget Path Amid Relief And Job Programs
Congressman Buchanan says Congress will pass regular budget items while favoring work programs and a phased relief retrenchment. He expects continued appropriations for the public works program and a massive housing plan of about 5 billion dollars, with the presidential emergency program unlikely to finish before January 1.
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Buchanan
PWA
Congress
Hopkins Says Borah Furnished No Proofs Of Waste
Washington AP Hopkins, federal relief administrator, said Senator Borah Idaho has provided no specific instance for charges of inefficiency in relief funds. Borah sent an anonymous claim that 75 percent of relief costs were charged. Hopkins cited an investigation showing about ten percent.
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Hopkins
Washington(ap
Harry L. Hopkins
Senator Borah
Idaho
Borah
Roche Named Treasury Assistant Secretary in Roosevelt Move
President Roosevelt appoints Miss Josephine A. Roche of Colorado as assistant secretary of the treasury. The post, unfilled since Morgenthau became secretary, oversees the public health service and Roche brings prominence as a Democratic supporter and president of the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Josephine A. Roche
Colorado
Federal Board Orders Probe of Phone Corp
The Federal Communications Commission ordered an investigation of American Telephone and Telegraph Co and its Bell system subsidiaries. Public hearings begin after Jan 1, 1935 and will examine corporate history finances licensing and service contracts with Western Electric and related subsidiaries.
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Phone Corp
Washington (Lp
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Associated Bell Companies
Federal Communications Commission
A. T. and T. Co
Western Electric
Wallace Arrives in Gazette Plane For Local Address
Henry Wallace secretary of agriculture arrived at the Cedar Rapids airport at 5 p m Thursday aboard the Gazette plane for a local address. The trip featured the plane and official reception as part of the visit.
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Wallace
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Henry Wallace
Cedar -Rap- Man
Gasetia Nlape
Rt Cemmaicnlet
Memorial building honors secretary Wallace with Farm Bureau guests
The secretary arrived accompanied by assistant J D LeCron and The Gazette editor Ray Anderson and Dan Hunter from The Gazette. Wallace was feted at an informal Hotel Roosevelt dinner before a program at the Memorial building. Cedar County Farm Bureau band and Keokuk county quartet performed with George Dillon presiding. Howard R Green of the Cedar Rapids Chamber introduced R M Ievans who would present Wallace.
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J.D. LeCron
Ray Anderson
The
Gazette
Chicago
Dan Hunter
Wallace
Hotel Roosevelt
Cedar County Farm Bureau Band
Keokuk County Farm Bureau Quartet
George Dillon
Linn
Urey Wins Nobel Chemistry Prize in 1934
Dr. Harold Clayton Urey of Columbia University New York was awarded the 1934 Nobel prize in chemistry. It was also announced that the Nobel prize in physics will not be awarded for 1934.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Harold Clayton Urey
Columbia University
New York
Roosevelt Begins Trip to TWA Area on Presidential Train
President Roosevelt travels toward the Tennessee Valley with plans for social reform under the New Deal. He spends time with aides and prepares a Harrodsburg address before two weeks at Warm Springs Georgia. Mrs Roosevelt joins Friday. Ickes boards early as the train passes Cincinnati and the journey includes Norris Dam near Knoxville.
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Knoxville
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Roosevelt May Include Pensions and Benefits in Social Legislation
Secretary of Labor Francis Perkins stated that old age pensions work benefits and aid to youthful dependents may be included in Roosevelt’s social legislation. Hopkins supported the view as Roosevelt seeks security programs for the common man. Perkins spoke to correct misreadings of the president’s remarks to workers aiding social legislation prep.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Francis Perkins
Harry L. Hopkins
Yret Social
Roosevelt pushes unemployment insurance amid security debate
Miss Perkins defended the Roosevelt plan, urging immediate action on unemployment insurance while old age pensions and health insurance face Congress. The advisory council and committee head by Frank Graham study broader security measures, with officials noting a push toward a comprehensive program including housing and public works.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Frank Graham
University of North Carolina
Miss Perkins
Hopkins
Japan Willing to Mediate Oil Dispute
Japan signals willingness to mediate between the United States and Manchukuo over the oil monopoly controversy, seeking an amicable settlement amid the diplomatic dispute.
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Washington
United States
Manchukuo
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