Drake fraud case opens in federal court Monday
Forty one defendants facing federal charges in Chicago over an alleged Drake estate fraud plan claimed to yield 27 billion dollars. Prosecutors say promoters raised funds from thousands since 1933, with a ship to haul bullion reportedly proposed. Trial will feature timeworn schemes and will present time-dimmed documents including a 1595 will.
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Chicago
Sir Francis Drake
United States District
Austin Hall
Chicaga
Post Office
Drake
Francis
Dodge County
Wisconsin
United States
J Husting
Milwaukee
England
Devonshire
Hall
Queen Bess
Scotland Yard
Arthur Bishop
Oscar M Hartzell
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Rockford
Canton
Boone
Iowa
Emmetsburg
Harlingen
Texas
Gowrie
Des Moines
New York
Sioux Falls
S. D
Marshall, Minn Gulva
Madison
Wis
Sioux City
Middle Western
Towa
Hopkins Faces 500000 Jobs Weekly To Reach Work Goal
Washington AP report notes Harry Hopkins, Works Progress Administration head, must create 500000 jobs weekly to reach 3,500000 relief recipients employed by December. Latest figures show 290194 placed in the week ending November, with total at work 2009339, far short of the objective.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
Hopkins
Oral vaccination to replace shots predicted by scientist
INDIANAPOLIS INS A dinner meeting heard bacteriologists from Indiana Michigan and Illinois discuss oral vaccination. Dr Lloyd Arnold of the University of Illinois outlined more than 15 years of work in oral vaccination and said the simple swallowing of a pill will replace the old fashioned shot in the arm or leg.
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Indianapolis
INS
Indiana
Michigan
Illinois
Lloyd Arnold
University of Illinois
Archbishop Abolishes Midnight Mass For Christmas Eve
Archbishop John J Mitty of San Francisco issues an order abolishing the midnight mass on Christmas Eve across thirteen counties in northern California. Priests report opposition to the practice among some Catholics, but no formal reason is supplied.
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San Francisco
John J Mitty
California
City Briefs and Personal Items Notices
A Cub pack meeting will be held at Harrison school Monday evening at 7 15. Bungalow cooking schools are listed for Monday to Thursday. June E Wilson and Nick E Zulakis were married Saturday noon by Justice of the Peace W J Grunewald. Townsend club No 3 will meet Monday evening at 7 30 in the Memorial coliseum. Boy Scout Troop No 18 will meet Monday at 7 pm at Trinity Methodist church. Cedar Rapids Lodge No 141 I O F meets Tuesday at 8 pm. degree staff to attend. Firemen responded Saturday afternoon to a roof fire at CT McWilliams 1309 First Avenue E. Miss Josephine Carberry of Washington DC will visit her mother Mrs Julia Carberry 1430 B Avenue NE until after Thanksgiving. Rev George W Dunlap, long-time missionary in the Philippines, will speak on International Relationship in lieu of Philippine Independence at Rotary Club luncheon Hotel Roosevelt Monday noon. Current exhibit of drawings at Little Gallery runs through midweek. new oil paintings exhibit by Cedar Rapids artists to be unveiled next Sunday.
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Josephine Carberry
Washington, D. C
Mra
Julia Carberry
B Avenue
George W Dunlap
Philippine Islands
Rotary Club
Hotel Roosevelt
Little Gallery
Tnl
Cedar Rapids
Young Married People to Present Two One Act Comedies
The Upstream class of Trinity Methodist Church Sunday school will stage two one act comedies at Trinity Church on Thursday at 8 p.m. The plays are Wieners on Wednesday and A Weakness for Nurses.
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Trinity Methodist Church Sunday School
Trinity Church
Adlai Loudy to Speak in Cedar Rapids Monday
Adlai Loudy, known for Bible lectures last summer, will speak in Cedar Rapids Monday evening at 745 at the home of Mr and Mrs Patterson 1115 First avenue East en route to Johnson City Tennessee. A discussion on Concordant Scripture studies will follow his talk.
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Adlai Loudy
Cedar Rapids
Johnson City
Tenn
Loudy
W . . Patterson
First Avenue E
Cedar Rapids Air Hawks Plan Special Talk and Cadet Tests
Edward Theiss outlined naval observation planes history at Friday night meeting. Clus Thomas will discuss aviation at the next gathering. The club adopted orange belt wings with black insignia CR as official. Four members met at Ellis Park Saturday to pass cadet admission tests.
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Edward Theiss
United States Navy
Cedar Rapids Air Hawks
Theiss
Clus Thomas
Ellis Park
Iowa Old Age Pension Plan Faces Funding Challenges
State Senator Byers blames lack of experience for faults in the old age fund legislation. He notes incomplete statistics at passage, higher Iowa elderly share, and that 1935 actions added a million dollars and raised the head tax. He expects federal aid later but warns state funding remains needed. He advocates equitable taxes and pensions over poor house care.
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Iowa
Byers
Methodist church women set annual dinner at Masonic Hall
Fairfax church group invites members and neighbors to a dinner at the Masonic hall on Tuesday at 6 p.m. hosted by the Methodist Episcopal women's society to raise funds for church activities.
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Fairfax
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Masonic Hall
Agriculture and Market Hope Amid War Value Shifts
The piece argues for a viable farm market to sustain employment and purchasing power, noting agriculture's crash tied to wartime value distortions. It cites 1914 conditions as ideal and critiques government aid while urging fair treatment of agriculture alongside other businesses in a constrained press environment.
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America
Hard
Mr. Booth
Winter upturn in number of relief clients under way
Des Moines reports a seasonal rise in Iowa relief caseloads with 35,093 persons on relief in October up from 34,459 in September. The Iowa Emergency Relief Administration shows 143,146 dependents on public support in October, with counts of family heads and singles rising slightly. Transient relief declined sharply from 5,847 in September to 2,461 in October. County figures for October include Benton 109 and Johnson 280.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Iowa Emergency Relief Administration
J. C. Pryor
Works Progress
Pryor
Relief Administration
Benton
Johnson
Statewide relief data shows pockets with no clients
Delaware 185 and 159 Iowa 74 and 102 Jones 123 and 107 Linn 1 314 and 1 257 Tama 92 and 81. The state's two clean slate counties were Dickinson and Sac with no relief clients during September or October.
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Delaware
Iowa
Jones
Linn
Tama
Dickinson
Sac
Olson to Back Anti Capitalist Third Party in 1940
New York AP reports Governor Floyd B Olson of Minnesota predicted that labor and farmers will back an anti capitalist third party in 1940. He will quit the Minnesota governorship to seek the seat of Senator Thomas D Schall next year. Henry Pratt Fairchild of the Commonwealth Federation suggested Olson could lead a liberal radical coalition and possibly a national presidential bid.
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NEW York
Floyd B. Olson
Minnesota
Labor
Farmer-Labor Party
Thomas D. Schall
New Commonwealth Federation of New York
Henry Pratt Fairchild
Dr Gage to speak at Coe vesper service
Dr H M Gage president of Coe college will discuss Christianity Means War at the Coe vesper service this afternoon in the college chapel at 4 pm. The A Cappella choir directed by Prof Paul S Ray will sing two anthems Jesus Priceless Treasurer and Hail Holy Light. Catherine Adams college organist will play Andante Cantabile and Maestoso as preludes and postlude.
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H. M Gage
Coe College
Coe
Jesus Priceless
Bach
Kastalsky
Paul S Ray
Catherine Adams
Tschaikowsky
Rheinberger
Auto menaces American wildlife says study
University of Cincinnati scientist W A Dreyer estimates 7 360 wild animals die daily on U S roads but warns figures from two cross country trips may not reflect all regions or seasons. He counted sixty one road kills over 1500 miles noting turtles rabbits and other species. He calls for a systematic multi season survey to get accurate numbers.
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New York
America
W. A. Dreyer
University of Cincinnati
Science
United States
Dreyer
Chicago
Woods Hole
Mass
Woods
Train kills Rupert Davis at Washington crossing
Rupert Davis, 40, father of three, died instantly when the truck he drove was hit by a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train at a crossing in Washington Indiana. The collision occurred Saturday, authorities said. Davis was the vehicle’s operator and the incident prompted local emergency crews to respond to the scene.
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Washington, Ind
Rupert Davis
Baltimore and Ohio
Troops Massed by Japs in North China
Japanese dispatches report Chiang Kai-Shek plans to reorganize China’s defense as Chinese forces move north of the Yangtze. Nippon Dempo cites about 300000 troops massed in Henan and Shantung with crack units near Hsuchonfu threatening Governor Han Fu-Chu’s Shantung province.
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United States
Chiang Kai-Shek
Nanking
China
Yangtze River
Henan
Shantung
Nippon Dempo
Hsuchonfu
Han Fu-Chu
Shantung Province
Pact for joint defense reported in Mukden dispatch
A Mukden dispatch in Yomiuri says a Soviet Chinese defense pact against Japanese Manchukuo aggression was signed Sept 20 and takes effect Oct 1. In Shanghai regional sources claim Beijing autonomy moves in North China were dealt a death blow, with Han Fu Chu ordering provincial authorities to suppress independence efforts.
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TOKIO
INS
War Office
Shanhalkwan
Mukden
Manchuria
Yomiuri
Shanghai
C. T. Wang
Dogomoloff
China
First Lady Objects To Being Singled Out As A Pacifist
Washington dispatch reports Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt laughingly rejects being nicknamed the nation’s No 1 pacifist at a weekly press conference. She says many thoughtful people advocate peace and cautions against elevating a single individual. She also answers questions on teaching communism in public schools.
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Washington
INS
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Compromise Ends Eight Week Alabama Coal Strike
Alabama coal operators accepted Governor Bibb Graves compromise to end an eight week strike by 17,000 soft coal miners. Harold McDermott, operators' wage committee spokesman, announced on Saturday.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Bibb Graves
Harold McDermott
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