A T and T Rejects Permanent NRA Code Push
A T and T will not sign a permanent NRA code, preferring the blanket agreement under the President's plan. The move could position AT and T as the second major firm to reject a permanent code after Henry Ford, amid rising costs from blanket code payrolls. General Johnson, in Atlanta, noted Ford has met NRA provisions and is no longer his concern, with Ford potentially visiting Warm Springs to see Roosevelt.
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A. T. and
Henry Ford
Bell System
Atlanta
Hugh S. Johnson
Detroit
NRA
Ford
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
White House
Raskob To Visit With Roosevelt in Warm Springs
John J Raskob former Democratic national chairman and Chicago convention fighter for Alfred E Smith visits President Roosevelt in Warm Springs Georgia Friday night. The brief encounter signals continued party unity and Roosevelt era political maneuvering.
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Warm Springs
John J Raskob
Chicago
Alfred E. Smith
Roosevelt
Weather as a mirror of life and inner mood
The essay argues weather mocks control over life yet shapes our outlook. Johnson and Ruskin frame weather as fate and metaphor, while Twain notes everywhere talk of it. Luck and temperament determine happiness. rain or shine test faith, character, and inner climate across life.
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Dr. Johnson
Boswell
Mark Twain
Ruskin
Johnson
Wright
Mars
New England
Des Moines Man Reunites With Mother After French Legion Service
Orval Chenoweth a World War I veteran of the French Foreign Legion and Rainbow Division returns home to Des Moines meeting his mother Mrs. Mabel Brafford and two sisters for the first time since 1917. He cites ocean crossing fatigue and says he will share stories after resting.
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Des Moines
Orval Chenoweth
French Foreign Legion
Mabel D. Brafford
Rainbow Division
New York
Chenoweth
State Department
Brafford
Foreign Office
France
Algeria
Pollard Named Chair of Veterans Board of Appeals
President Roosevelt announced Gov. Pollard of Virginia will chair the Veterans Board of Appeals to review compensation cases under the economy act. The statement praises Pollard's public service and pledges fair, just decisions for veterans and adherence to legislative pledges.
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Warm Springs
Pollard
Smith backs return to gold standard in New Outlook
Former Governor Alfred E. Smith declares support for gold dollars over “baloney dollars” and calls for absolute dependability in money standards. He promotes private management over government bureaucracy and plans to publish his views in New Outlook. The editorial critiques administration fiscal moves as undermining confidence.
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New York
INS
Alfred E. Smith
Smith
Chamber of Commerce
State of New York
Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton divorce move in Fort Worth
Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton said she filed legal action in Fort Worth that will enable a divorce from David Hutton Jr. Her husband has filed suit. Property claims by Hutton must be waived under papers signed before a Tarrant County notary. Details await her attorney E A Adams of Los Angeles.
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Dallas
Tex
Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton
Fort Worth
David Hutton, Jr
Hutton
F H Palmer
Notary Public
Tarrant County
E. A. Adams
Los Angeles
Thanksgiving Specials in Want Ad Section
Special section heading offers a selection of Thanksgiving fowl and related goods for Cedar Rapids readers. Advertisers are urged to place live or dressed fowl vegetables fruit cider popcorn bakery items for quick, inexpensive reach. Call 2 1121 to place a Want Ad.
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Gazette Want
Cedar Rapids
Brush Fire Near Los Angeles Rages Out of Control
AP reports a disastrous brush fire in the foothills northwest of Los Angeles roaring Friday, crossing into Earl Canyon toward Arroyo Seco and Pasadena water supply. Fire front stretched five miles, driven by wind as officials hoped to keep flames within the Angeles Crest highway. damage estimated at 4 million dollars, mostly watershed land.
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Los Angeles
Earl Canyon
Arroyo Seco
Pasadena
Rose Bowl
Angeles Crest Highway
Rudy Vallee Seeks Mexican Divorce From Fay Webb
Fay Webb accuses Rudy Vallee of planning a Mexican divorce to marry a blues singer linked to his radio hour. She seeks to halt any decree outside New York and questions the separation deal her $100 weekly support, alleging Vallee’s true wealth and income. The court set show cause for next Tuesday before Justice Wasservogel.
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New York
INS
Rudy Vallee
Fay Webb
Fay
Alice Faye
Benjamin A. Harstein
Supreme Court
Cohn
Vallee
Mexico
Wasservogel
Rudy
Lindberghs Reach Canary Islands After Azores Flight
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh arrived in Las Palmas Canary Islands at 4 p.m. MT Friday following a flight from Ponta Delgada Azores. They flew from the Azores region and reached their destination aboard their aircraft, continuing their transatlantic journey.
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Las Palmas
Canary Islands
Charles A Lindbergh
C. ST
Ponta Mbelgada
Azores
Chautemps Likely to Form New French Cabinet
Paris AP Reuters reports Camille Chautemps, a Radical Socialist leader and veteran, will be summoned Saturday to form a new French cabinet, possibly with support from Socialist and Radical rivals and center votes after Albert Sarraut's cabinet fell over budget issues. A meeting at the Elysee with President Lebrun followed reports of the potential appointment.
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Paris
Camille Chautemps
Radical Socialist Party
Herrilot
Center
Albert Sarraut
M. Herriot
Georges Bonnet
Herriot
Lebrun
M. Chautemps
Alysee
Ministry of the Interior
Chautemps
Conviction Doubts Over Dr Wynekoop Death Story
Chicago reports on Dr Alice Wynekoop facing possible charges after claiming she shot Rheta Wynekoop post death from a chloroform overdose. Lawyer Jay J McCarthy says any conviction hinges on proving Rheta alive when shot or intent to kill chloroform administration.
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DR. Wynekoop
Chicago
Alice Wynekoop
Rheta Wynekoop
Jay J. McCarthy
Texas Ballot For Repeal Unanimous
Delegates to a statewide repeal convention in Austin Friday cast Texas' ballot for parone repeal by a 26 to 0 count. Wet readers began immediate plans for a campaign to repeal state constitutional prohibition.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Fox accuses Wiggin of sending message to Hoover
William Fox claims Albert Wiggin of Chase sent word to President Hoover to mind his own business after the 1929 stock market crash amid his $100 million clash with bankers. Wiggin denies the charge from New York as other figures challenge Fox’s tale of funds and control in Fox Theaters.
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Fox
Fox Theaters Corporation
Clarke
Aldrich
Fox Film, Enterprises
Chase ‘National
Fox Film Enterprises
Claudius Huston
James Francis Burke
Republican National Committee
Hoover
Wiggin
Huston
United States
New York
Defense rests in touchy Hamm kidnaping trial
In St Paul US jury trial nears end as defense rests for four Chicago gangsters charged with abducting William Hamm Jr. Final arguments set for Monday. Gustave Schaeffer emphasizes alibi that he was in California when the June crime occurred amid limited witness testimony and a notable rekindling of earlier names.
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ST. Paul
Chicago
William Hamm, Jr
Gustave Schaeffer
Schaeffer
California
Roger Touhy
Willie Sharkey
Eddie McFadden
J. M. Joyce
Richard Gustafson
George F. Sullivan
Gustafson
McFadden
Sharkey
Hamm
John
Jake the Barber
Touhy
Temperature Gains Under Clear Skies in Cedar Rapids
Temperatures rose modestly under sunny skies in Cedar Rapids. The day opened at 30 degrees at 9 a.m., climbed to 38 by 1:15 p.m., then reached 40 by 2:30 p.m. Thursday’s high was 35 at 3 p.m. with 34 at 7 p.m. and midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
First Corn Loan Goes To Tolowa Farmer For 585
DES MOINES AP W. W. Eral a farmer near Pocahontas Iowa became the first Iowan to benefit from the corn loan program when he cashed a warehouse certificate Friday and received 585 from the Commercial State Bank. The loan was on 1300 bushels of corn sealed in a crib on Eral’s farm by State Secretary of Agriculture Murray and Assistant Secretary Anberg. Officials moved quickly to test the plan with Eral’s loan and expect 200 more applications on file as the program expands next week. Additional meetings and trainings for warehousing board members and sealers are planned in Des Moines to complete early rollout.
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Des Moines
W. W. Eral
Pocahontas
Commercial State Bank
Eral
Murray
Anberg
State House
State Agriculture Department
Bring4 Of Bandit Gang To Manchester To Face Charges
KENOSHA Wis AP arrested after a shooting near here left one dead and another wounded. Three men and a woman were taken to Manchester Iowa to face trial on assault and battery armed and attempted bank robbery charges. The group includes Jerry Schwemier Hazel Schwemier Don Donovan Sterling Hart. Alice Bergman 17 widow of Walter Bergman was allowed to go home. Joe Mieleczewski refused extradition.
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Kenosha
Wis
Here
Manchester
Harry Utley
Jerry Schwemier
Hazel
Kilbourn
Don Donovan
la Farge
Sterling Hart
Chicago
Walter
Alice Pluta Bergman
Joe MielezcJewski
Milwaukee
Walter Bergman
Paul Cheney
Bergman
Waukegan
Ill
Bergmans
Flying Cadet A J Evans Killed In Air Collision Near Somerset
Flying Cadet A J Evans aged 22 was killed and Flying Cadet Allen Lee Perry aged 25 escaped injury when their Army planes collided four miles southeast of Somerset Friday AP reports the crash as a military accident with the two officers involved.
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San Antonio
A. J. Evans
Allen Lee Perry
Somerset
Council to Act on Works Plan Today
City council members seek a definite decision on civil works policy to enable bond issue preparations for sewer projects and the south side river dike. City Attorney Bleakley will confer with bond attorneys in Chicago to determine amount, type, and maturity dates if a bond issue proceeds. A new civil works development to survey parks and added areas was approved, funded nominally, with sponsorship by T. R. Warriner.
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South Side River
David G. Blenkley
Chicago
Chapman
Cutler
Bleakley
Young
Doctor Wynekoop Confesses to Fatal Shot in 1933 Case
Dr. Alice Lindsay Wynekoop, 62, owner of the Wynekoop house of death, confessed to firing a pistol into Rheta Wynekoop, her son Earle's wife, amid claims she believed the murder was staged by robbers. The coroner's jury urged murder prosecution and hinted at others' possible involvement.
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Roderick M. Grant
Chicago
Wynekoop
Alice Lindsay Wynekoop
Rheta
Alice
Rheta Wynekoop
Monroé
Res Volver
Alice Wynckoop
Inare Earle
John
Fillemore Street
Earle
Roosevelt Not Prepared To Grant Cuban Recognition
WARM SPRINGS Ga AP President Roosevelt was described at a high authority Friday night as believing the Cuban provisional government under Gran San Martin lacks public support for recognition but he hopes for a united people to form a stable government. He interpreted his Thursday Havana declaration as swapping ambassadors and expressing hope that a well-supported government would soon be established there.
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Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Gran San Martin
Cuba
Havana
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Spike” Evans
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