Labor League Proposes Compulsory Unemployment Insurance Plan
The American Federation of Labor’s executive council proposed a compulsory unemployment insurance plan to be adopted by all states, paid by employers, and administered by a state commission. Benefits would cover workers out of work due to labor disputes and nonmembers, with a federal law to supplement state programs.
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Cincinnati
American Federation of Labor
Norris-LaGuardia
Congress
Council
Ohio
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor Executive Committee
Industrial
Hitler to name cabinet as Hindenburg offers govt post
The text outlines Adolf Hitler pressing for a cabinet under Hindenburg to govern Germany. It notes Hitler must win Reichstag backing, while Hindenburg weighs the move. It also covers Washington chatter on wine and beer interests and economic reforms amid war debt talks.
Roosevelt And Hoover Ready To Talk Debts
President Hoover met with advisers and prepared a debt plan for Tuesday’s talks with Franklin D. Roosevelt. Authorities report options include a joint program or congressional steps, with Czechoslovakia seeking suspension of a 1.5 million dollar payment. Mills said Roosevelt’s ideas will guide the next moves.
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White House
Uncle Sam
Washington
Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hoover
War Debt Commission
Debt Commission
Capitol Hill
Czechoslovakia
State Department
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Mills
Treasury
Roosevelt
New York
Ting
Pardon frees man who confessed 34 years ago
William Kirby Robinson, 65, who confessed in 1898 to fleeing Leavenworth after a post office robbery, received an unconditional presidential pardon from Hoover. He returns to California for Thanksgiving a free man after admitting long conscience pangs and readiness to repay society. He could not recall the crime details.
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Kansas City
Kan
William Kirby Robinson
California
Hoover
Robinson
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
President Lowell of Harvard Resigns After 22 Years
A. Lawrence Lowell, Harvard University president for 22 years, tendered his resignation to the college fellows and board of overseers to take effect when a successor is named. Both bodies accepted the resignation with regret. He plans to serve until the end of the current academic year if possible.
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Cambridge
Mass
Charles William Eliot
Lowell
Harvard
Confessed Murder of Wife in Mojave Desert
Chicago police said Gus Cerney, 27, confessed to killing his second wife whose body was found in the Mojave desert a month ago after blood stains were found on the carpet of his automobile.
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Chicago
Gus Cerney
Mojave Desert
Eleven Fascists Killed in Italian Wreck
In Tarquinia Italy eleven young fascists were killed and forty one injured when a motor truck returning from an excursion to Rome was struck by the Rome Milan express train at a grade crossing near Furbara. Officials attributed the accident to heavy fog.
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Tarquinia
Italy
Young
Rome
Milan
Furbara
Hitler Delays Acceptance of Leader's Post
After nine years Hitler won a mandate to form a cabinet but only under conditions he could not accept. He met President von Hindenburg who gave a memorandum on red lines for Nazi power. Hitler replied with a letter indicating the restrictions were too narrow.
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Hitler
von Hindenburg
Jeader
Hindenburg
Nasi
Reich
von ‘Hindenburg
Reichswehr
Prussia
Germany
Reichstag
Auto Truck Collision injures eight near Cedar Rapids
Mrs. C. R. Albaugh and Mrs. L. R. Blackledge of Marion in serious condition at St Luke's hospital after a car collided with a gravel truck seven miles north of Cedar Rapids at the Don Atwater corner Sunday about 11 am. Driver C. R. Albaugh and L. R. Blackledge hurt. Peter Rose, truck driver, sustained head injuries.
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C. R. Albaugh
L. R. Blackledge
Marion
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Don Atwater Corner
Albaugh
Blackled
Peter Rose
J Avenue NE
Rose
Richard Fisher
D Avenue NE
Britten Sees Hoover. Supports Beer Bill Near 2 3 4 Proof
Representative Britten after a conference with President Hoover said he was satisfied Hoover would not veto a beer bill. He noted the talk centered on modifying the Volstead Act and that the plan would allow 2.75 beer by weight while protecting dry states and preventing saloon returns.
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Washington
Britten
Rep
Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Bitter War Debt Cancellation Fight Reaches Crisis This Winter
Washington report outlines a decade long clash over Europe's $11 billion WWI debt to the United States. The coming floor showdown pits cancellationists against anti cancellationists as Britain France and Belgium seek relief or payment terms.
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Washington
Europe
United States
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Congress
America
U. S. Treasury
Germany
Dissolution Ordered in RCA Antitrust Case
In Wilmington Delaware a settlement ends the government suit against RCA. General Electric and Westinghouse must divest RCA holdings and subsidiaries within three months and three years respectively. The decree bars further restraining licenses and enjoins the remaining defendants from anti competitive practices.
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Wilmington, del
Federal District Court of the Government
Radio Corporation of America
General Motors Corporation
General Motors Radio Corporation
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Western Electric Company, Inc
General Electric Company
Westinghouse Company
Radio Corporation
General’Electric' Company
Perkrarl
Department of Justice
United States District Court
Wilmington
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Radio,Corporation of America
Claudia Morgan and Talbot Cummings Separate
Claudia Morgan the screen and stage actress and her husband Talbot Cummings have separated and a divorce is likely, announced by her father Ralph Morgan actor on Monday.
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Hollywood
INS
Claudia Morgan
Talbot Cummings
Lawrence B. Cummings
New York
Ralph Morgan
Sugar warehouse fire destroys 45000 bags in Utah
Utah Idaho Sugar officials estimate 45000 bags of sugar burned in an eight hour fire at their Brigham City warehouse. Total damage placed at 250000 dollars.
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Salt Lake City, Utah
INS
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
Brigham City
Utah
Debts Used to Build Farm Trade Grange Head Says
Grange national master L J Taber argues war debts owed to the United States should be used to stabilize agriculture by extending foreign markets and offering debtor nations credit on farm purchases. He cites better rural organization as key to recovery and urges alignment of public and private forces with advances in science and distribution.
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United States
Europe
America
Grange Head
Congress
BL. A. Brophy
Chicago
L. J. Taber
The
Grange
Taber
Will Rogers Says Political Exchange in 1932
In a satirical exchange set in Corona California Will Rogers mocks Roosevelt and Hoover over campaign promises and foreign debt relief. The spoof cable to Europe reflects the era’s push for repayment of notes and domestic tax burdens.
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Corona
Calif
Gov. Roosevelt
Washington
Mr. Hoover
O. K
Stimson
Europe
U. S
Hoover
Roosevelt
Will
Robins Regains Memory Greets Wife By Name
In Asheville North Carolina Col Raymond Robins was reported by his physician to have recovered memory and recognize his wife and nephew after a lapse in memory while in the Great Smoky Mountains. Dr Mark A Griffin said the memory was apparently restored and Robins seems on the way to normal health.
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Asheville, N. Co
Raymond Robins
Great’ Smoky’ Mountains
Mark A. Griffin
Dreler
Rabbit Exhibits Tusks Like Walrus Found Near Independence
C F Ross of Independence exhibits a rabbit found east of the city with two protruding tusks resembling walrus tusks. He killed the unusual creature while hunting in the area.
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Independence, Mo
C. F. Ross
Here
Riverside Youth Is Charged With Grandmother Slaying
A Riverside coroner's jury urges murder charges against 16 year old Charles Bertrand Arnold Jr for the cistern slaying of his step grandmother Mrs Ellen O Saxe. He confessed to killing her with a hammer and disposing the body in a cistern after she refused to let him use her car. He fled to Mount Carroll Iowa before capture and declined to testify.
Hines Outlines Plans to Pay Veterans Bonus Certificates
AP reports Veterans Administration chief Frank T. Hines is studying proposals to pay the present value of soldier bonus certificates. No plan is set. sinking funds and other economies are among ideas. Present value cited at 1.879 billion with full maturity at 3.514 billion in 1948.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Frank T. Hines
Veterans Affairs
Crazy Like A Fox Slayer Pleads Not Guilty At arraignment
Police comment on claims of a bandit who killed young men and attacked young women in parked cars. Iggy pleads not guilty to the slaying of Frank Jordan and seeks aid as public defender is ordered. He faces arraignment for shooting James F Mee Elligott and admits kidnapping and attacking Lillian Henry's escort.
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John Prystalski
Frank Jordan
Iggy
James F. Mee
Elligott
Beecause McElligott
Lillian Henry
Miss Henry
Walker Butsler
Varecha
Butler
Oelwein Democrat Wins Over Thompson in State Race
Fayette county canvass shows H B Hough Democrat elected state representative over Thore Thompson Republican. Thompson had been announced winner earlier. Change does not affect party control as Democrats hold a large majority of the 108 seats.
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Des Moines
Fayette County
H. B. Hough
Oelwein
Thore Thompson
Fayette
Thompson
Have You Ducks For Sale Thanksgiving Ad Teaser
Mr Hughes reports his ducks sold out after an ad appeared in the Gazette. The Thanksgiving Specials section offers live or dressed poultry for sale and to get cash quickly. Call 2-1121 to place an ad.
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Pardons
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