Gloria Vanderbilt’s custody case yields a sternly criticized ruling
A judge assigns Gloria Vanderbilt to an aunt five days a week and to her mother from Saturdays 10 am to sundown, a result viewed as a travesty. The piece condemns the prolonged hearings and notes Vanderbilt’s fortune and status as a disturbing backdrop. It discusses broader concerns over parental responsibility, public conduct after a football game, and the fight for press freedom amid New Deal era advertising debates. It cites Roosevelt’s stance on naval talks and critiques of advertising influence.
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Gloria Vanderbilt
Gloria
Exchange Board Plans Fair Practice Rules For Brokers
The Securities and Exchange Commission expects to issue fair practice regulations within a fortnight to curb brokers and stock specialists advantages enjoyed over average investors. The rules will affect all licensed exchanges as the commission seeks to protect investors while simplifying registration for corporations under the 1933 act.
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Washington
Llp
Securities and Exchange Commission
Commission
Stock Market Control Group
Securities and Exchange
Stock Exchange
Science cannot solve life mystery says Marconi
The article quotes Marconi asserting science cannot explain life and warns faith remains essential. It argues science seeks facts but cannot define what things are, only what they do, and that belief complements knowledge in human life.
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Marconi
Sinclair Reports $1,224 Expenses
Upton Sinclair, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee, reported campaign expenses of $1,224.18 in a schedule filed Wednesday. The article notes he was defeated by the Republican incumbent Frank Merriam in Sacramento.
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Sacramento
Upton Sinclair
Frank F. Merriam
Criticism of the New Deal Convulses Democratic Lines
The passage argues that anger and misjudgment fuel attacks on the New Deal. It notes that critics, including Democrats like Al Smith and Carter Glass, challenge not the goals but the methods of advancing the New Deal with a harsh, ridiculing tone.
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al Smith
Carter Glass
Suspect Held In Cedar Rapids Local Break-ins
Clifford Heingardner a 37 year old resident of Malcom alias Harold Anderson and Clifford Woods was jailed on a burglary charge after being arrested in Poweshiek County by local authorities. Heingardner who was paroled from Joliet last June 19 has a lengthy prior record across Illinois Iowa and Missouri involving breaking and entering larceny and escape. Police seek further homeowner identifications Friday.
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Cedar Rapids
Clifford Heingardner
Malcom
Harold Anderson
Clifford Woods
Larry Condon
William Kudrna
Poweshick
Condon
Kudina
Montezuma
Heingardner
Illinois State Penitentiary
Joliet
Anamosa State Reformatory
Minois
Galesburg
Missouri State Penitentiary
Jefferson City
Four Killed In Missouri Collision Near Summit
Four men died in a collision between a dairy truck and a Rock Island train near Summit Missouri late Wednesday. The victims were Theodore Cass Jack Bittenlehren Otto Fenzell and a fourth man believed Willis Williams.
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Sees Summit
Rock Island
Here
Theodore Cass
Jack Bittenlehren
Otto Fenzell
Willis ‘Williams
Herring expands Iowa liquor enforcement to statewide
Gov Clyde L Herring announces a state wide expansion of liquor and beer law enforcement after a three hour meeting with the state liquor control commission and Attorney General Edward O Connor The governor says officers will raid in accordance with law and not destroy property unless necessary and notes the Black Cat case officers have been exonerated He will not seek a special grand jury to probe protection claims and vows to support proprietors who comply with the law while allowing local authorities to conduct raids without central dictate
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Des Moines
Clyde L. Herring
State Liquor Control Commission
Edward O’connor
Ledattentore
Polk
County
Ore
Iowa
Iowa Liquor Commission
Private Bankers Told To Prepare For Soviet Trade
Washington AP report says an influential group of private bankers heard a State Department briefing on leveraging a possible debt settlement with Russia to boost foreign trade. R Walton Moore emphasized obstacles to Soviet claims and signaled potential progress, as the bankers’ advisory committee discussed expanding America's diminishing foreign trade behind closed doors.
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Washington
State Department
Russia
R. Walton Moore
Bankers’ Advisory Committee
America
Revoke License of Des Moines Lawyer
Chief Justice Richard F. Mitchell of the Iowa Supreme Court signed an order revoking the license of E. T. Wall of Des Moines. Wall, admitted to practice on October 4, 1917, was convicted of fraud in connection with an investigation of alleged illegal gasoline tax refunds from the state treasurer's office.
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Des Moines
Richard F. Mitchell
Iowa Supreme Court
E. T. Wall
Wall
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1934 Details Missing
Incomplete OCR text references Cedar Rapids auto toll for 1934 with scattered phrases about accidents injuries and deaths. No coherent data or figures are readable to form a factual summary.
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Cedar Rapids
Mistrial Declared In Chicago Rackets Trial
The marathon trucking conspiracy trial for fifteen defendants collapsed when Judge William aeibers halted proceedings after Assistant State's Attorney Donald Thompson said it was a graft payment. Juror selection had stretched five weeks, a local record.
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Chicago
Donald Thompson
William A Aeibers
Transport and Trucking Exchange
Engineering Service Corporation
Veterans head backs charges of Butler movement
James E. Van Zandt national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars declared in Minot that four men besides himself and General Smedley Butler were considered to head the proposed organization. The list included General Douglas MacArthur Colonel Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Hanford MacNider.
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Minot
N. D
James E. van Zandt
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Smedley
But- Ran
Beare
Gallenders Sciet Movement
Biter
Een Zandt
Douglas MacArthur
United States Army
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Hanford MacNider
Iowa
American Legion
Herring May Call Governors' Parley On Dry Enforcement
Iowa seeks neighboring state cooperation to enforce liquor laws and may convene a governors conference. Reports say residents travel to Illinois and Missouri to buy liquor as Iowa cleans up local sales. Raids continue with 150 arrests in four cities including Cedar Rapids where 12 beer taverns were raided and five people were taken.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ilinois
Illinois
Missouri
Clyde L. Herring
Governors
Cedar Rapids
Hungary Blamed for King's Death by League of Nations
The Jugoslavian delegate told the League of Nations that Hungary aided the Croatian terrorist group behind the Oct 9 Marseilles assassination of King Alexander of Yugoslavia. Roumania and Czechoslovakia backed the charge, urging council action to prevent Balkan war and world peace disruption.
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Geneva
Hungary
Alexander of
Jugoslavia
League of Nations
Jugoslavian
League Assembly
League
Alexander
Marseilles
Balkans
Little Entente
Roumania
Czechoslovakia
Council
Relief chief ends 30 cent wage rule for works relief
The American Relief Administration ordered that minimum pay in each community will prevail on works relief projects, dropping the national 30 cent per hour minimum. Harry L. Hopkins urged Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge and other officials to abandon the wage regulation, noting talks with President Roosevelt at Warm Springs. The wage issue had been a point of contention as officials argued the schedule was too high and could lure farm labor away from agriculture.
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Washington
Relief Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Talmadge
Public Works Administration
Linn county sets 50 cent wage on relief work
The Linn county relief program maintains a flat 50 cent hourly rate on work relief. A committee including Supervisor Fred Stirm Arthur Poe and Dave Williams sets the scale with representation from the board of supervisors business men and labor groups. Weekly pay varies by family size, and chairman Ben Tait says no federal directive has changed the local plan.
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Linn County
Board of Supervisors
Fred Stirm
Arthur Poe
Dave Williams
Ben Tait
Three Robbers Hit Nebraska Bank in Superior Loot Recovered
In Superior Nebraska three robbers held up the Security National bank at closing time taking about 8000 to 10000 dollars. They tied up cashier Paul Schmeling and two bookkeepers and released them at a bridge over the Republican River south of town. The suspects fled toward Kansas in a submachine gun equipped group.
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Schmeling
Lawmakers urged to repeal head and poll taxes
DES MOINES AP Legislation to repeal the head tax and poll tax will be sought in the coming session. Deputy state auditor C. J. Burns said a survey shows the cost of collecting the 50 cent head tax nearly equals the tax itself, with one county spending 38 cents in postage and recording per 50 cent collection.
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DES Moines
Iowa
C. J. Burns
Burns
Five held in liquor raids. one pleads guilty
LeRoy Turner a 25 year old Negro received a three month county jail term for illegal possession of alcohol after pleading guilty. Other defendants George Turner 27 James Harbert 20 and Paul Rogers 34 saw charges dropped on motion. Turner also pled guilty to resisting process and faced a one year sentence. Another defendant Ed Mack 22 admitted to a liquor store liquor discovery and asked for time to plead.
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LeRoy Turner
Harlem
Ninth Avenue SE
Lst
John T. Moffit
Turner
George
James Harbert
Paul Rogers
G. K. Thompson
Ed Miller
Thompson
Earl Stanley
Ed Mack
Eighth Street
Third Avenue
Kalona Farm Sale Hits Dollar Level Not Seen Since 1930
Chicago corn markets reached the dollar per bushel mark for the first time since 1930. A Kalona Iowa sale reported No 2 white corn at one dollar per bushel for a seed- grade car, with another No 2 mixed car at 991/2 cents. A Richmond Indiana sale had $1.05 per bushel for corn.
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Chicago
Richmond
Kalona
St. Louis
Farmers’ National’ Grain Corporation
Mrs Vanderbilt vows bid for custody of Gloria
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt declares she will appeal to every court in the United States to regain custody of her 10 year old daughter from Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney. She accuses Whitney of animosity and says she will work to support her child if needed. Private guards monitor the Whitney estate amid threats against the girl.
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New York
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt
United States
Gloria
Harry Payne Whitney
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Whitney
Long Island
Supreme Court
John F. Carew
Herbert C. Smyth
Mrs. Vanderbilt
Mrs. Whitney
Mayors Seek 0.125 Percent Loans to Cities
The American Conference of Mayors urged the federal government to provide municipal loans at one eighth of one percent interest. Over 200 mayors including New York's Fiorello LaGuardia backed the plan amid sharp protests against large banks. Mayor Walmsley of New Orleans led the session and pushed a formal resolution endorsing interest-free or ultra-low funding for city debts.
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Chicago
American Conference of Mayors
F. H. LaGuardia
New York
T. Semmes Walmsley
New Orleans
Municipal leaders argue for urban aid over centralization
Dr Charles E Merriam warns against extremist decentralization proposals that would send industry back to farms. LaGuardia says municipal credit is crushed by high interest and financiers. He urges fight back to protect cities and criticizes current securities practices as risky. A plan for a large federal public works program aims to fund housing and essential projects.
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Ricultures Reedj
Teether Bane Cultural
Reident
DAS
Charles E. Merriam
Resources Board
University of Chicago
LaGuardia
New York
Congress
La Guardia Dismisses Butler Plot as Cocktail Putsch
Chicago AP report says Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia ridiculed Gen Smedley Butler's claim that brokers urged him to lead 500000 ex servicemen on Washington as a cocktail putsch. He suspects the idea was a party joke.
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Chicago
Fiorello LaGuardia
New York
Smedley D. Butler
Washington
May Probe May Question Lamont In Fascist Plot
The un American activities committee may question banker Thomas W. Lamont and generals MacArthur and Johnson over an alleged fascist march on Washington. The panel led by Rep. John W. McCormack resumes executive sessions with Gerald C. C. MacGuire testifying.
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New York
Washington
Thomas W. Lamont
Douglas MacArthur
Hugh Johnson
Congressional Committee On un-American Activities
John W. McCormack
Gerald C. C. MacGuire
Wall Street
Quits Steel Board As Ill Health Forces Resign
James Mullenbach of Chicago resigns from the steel labor board citing ill health. He steps down from the board effective immediately and returns to private life.
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Washington
James Mullenbach
Chicago
Ree
Steel ‘Labor Board
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