Castone Plant Fire Rushes Through Cedar Rapids Roof
Two major blazes struck Cedar Rapids on Thanksgiving with the Castone Products plant at 302 Twenty-ninth street NE suffering extensive interior destruction and the Triska home on 300 Fourth Avenue SW catching fire later. Firefighter Joe Stanck, injured by smoke, sustained three fractured ribs after being blinded in the Castone blaze. Loss estimates were not provided, and business operations continued in an unaffected room. The fires required multiple engines and ladders, with delays due to equipment needs and limited crews.
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Cedar Rapids
Castone Products Company
Twenty-ninth Street
Frank Triska
Fourth Avenue
Joe Stanck
Castone
Castone Company
George T Wilhelm
Wilhelm
Walhelm
Sy Tae
Triska
Aranalye
Kohout
F.re Company No 6
Asonue
Eighteenth Street
Parke Davis Names Four Midwest Men On All American
Parke Davis selects four Midwest players for its annual All America gridiron team. The list highlights notable performances by athletes from regional colleges and universities during the season.
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Parke Davis
Stimson Calls for December Debt Payments Continue
Stimson insisted on meeting the December 15 payments to France Belgium and Britain saying debt treaties should not be altered by current economic shifts. He rejected any concession that would shift tax burdens and urged persistence with original obligations as the best path to a broader settlement.
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Belgium
France
Belem
Wilson
Stimson
Congress
Great Britain
Europe
Hoover
State Department
MacDonald seeks wartime debt suspension via US talks
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald said a real meeting with the United States could suspend the December 15 war debt payment. He argued there is no heated dispute, noting both nations face economic and political pressures while discussions proceed rationally. Chancellor Chamberlain added that resuming payments would not require a large income tax rise, stressing industry and justice concerns.
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Retford
England
J Ramsay MacDonald
United States
Great Britain
Atlanta
America
Birmingham England
Rosveaheg
Fochequer
Chamberlain
Starving Mexicans Raid Grocery Store Feeds Scare
A group described as starving Mexicans attempted to raid a grocery store on a Friday. Police surrounded the building to stop men women and children from taking food. No arrests were made. The store owner is J S Muat, linked to a liberal relief contributor.
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J S Muat‘umoty
Duare
Horse Carries Master To Polls For 32 Years
TEFS SUMMIT Mo UP For thirty two years Barney a most fortiful republican horse has taken most Frank Scruggs of Lees Summit to the polls every time Scruggs has cast a straight republican ballot and every time after voting he's hung a card bearing the picture and name of the Republican presidential candidate on Barney's bridle The cards hang there though they are now yellowed and unreadable.
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Tefs Summit
Barney
Frank Scruggs
Lees Summit
Scruggs
Railroad Tests Excess Profits Tax In New Suit
The Illinois Terminal railroad seeks to block $675 450 in excess profits tax for 1920 1924 arguing profits above 6 percent are confiscatory. The suit targets the United States and the Interstate Commerce Commission citing the recapture clause of the 1920 Transportation Act.
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Danville. Ill
Federal Treasury
Supreme Court
St. Louis and
O'Fallon
Midwestern
Illinois
Missing Hopkinton Farmer Is Sought
Hopkinton and nearby hills were combed Friday for John Galli a 34 year old farmer who vanished Thursday morning leaving his wife and four young children The search along the Maquoketa river involved Deputy Sheriff Carl Anderson and Hopkinton residents with grappling hooks and coverage of fields south of the town where the Galli family lives.
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Hopkinton
Maquoketa
Here
John Galli
Galli
Carl Anderson
Manchester
Big League Bowling by Al Demares
Instructions for adjusting bowling delivery to counter a hook and Brooklyn miss. The article advises placing the ball farther from the foul line to shorten the in-air curve and delay English. It notes Al Demarce offers an illustrated leaflet on spares upon request with a SASE to his panel address.
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Brooklyn
al Demarce
Filipino killer drives spree in Seattle blood chaos
Julian Marcelino, a 30 year old Filipino, killed six people and wounded thirteen in a Thanksgiving day knife rampage sparked by theft grievances. Police describe a jungle era madness as he roamed alleys stabbing victims, including a grocer and a Japanese woman. A first degree murder charge is expected.
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Seattle
Julian Marcelino
Norton
13Th
U.S. Cavalry
Mindanao
Islands
H. Inyone
Mussolini puzzled by Roosevelt Walker quarrel
In Rome Premier Mussolini said he could not understand why Franklin D. Roosevelt and James J. Walker quarreled though both were in the same party. He spoke during an audience with New York Police Commissioner Edward Mulrooney.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James J. Walker
New York
Edward P. Mulrooney
New York City
Mulrooney
Mussolini
Walker
United States
Italy
Forest Fires Rage In Game Refuge Near Guttenberg
AP report from Wiona Minnesota says a dozen fires burned in the upper Mississippi River wildlife and fish refuge. Superintendent Ray C. Steele said 100 men fought the blazes across areas including the Wisconsin side opposite Guttenberg Winneshiek La Crosse Rice Lake Reno New Albin and Blacksmith Island with 1200 acres burned near La Crosse. Continuous dry weather and high winds worsened the danger and much small game perished.
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Wiona
Minn
Upper
Mississippi River Wildlife and Fish Refuge
Ray C. Steele
Wisconsin
Guttenberg
Winneshiek
Rice Lake
la Crosse
Wis
Reno-New Albin
Blacksmith Island
Homer
Steele
Canada Asked To Aid Hunt For Lost Minneapolis Flyer
The U S State Department asked Canada to assist in locating W K Harding of Minneapolis who vanished after an airplane flight in Manitoba near Gods Lake. A message from S F Ridgeley Tickett Portage Manitoba urged Ottawa press Ottawa to request Canadian authorities search by air. Harding has been missing since last Saturday.
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Washington
State Department
W. K. Harding
Minneapolis
U.S
Ottawa
Canada
Harding
Escaped Convicts Sought After Jail Break in South Dakota
In Gann Valley South Dakota authorities hunt Alvin Millage and Robin Rush two Iowa reformatory fugitives who escaped from an Amamosa farm jail during lunch. Millage serving five year sentence for larceny of domestic animals Rush ten years for burglary. A $100 reward posted.
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Gann Valley
S. D
Alvin Millage
Robin Rush
Iowa Reformatory
Anamosa
Iowa
Frank Henrichsen
Rush
Allamosa
Sioux City
Ma Kennedy Wins Mexican Divorce From Hudson
Mrs Minnie Ma Kennedy Hudson mother of evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson Hudson sighed as a Nogales decree grants divorce from Guy Hudson The telegram states the decree was issued on Thanksgiving Day in Sonora Mexico.
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Los Angeles
Mns
Minnie
Ma" Kennedy-Hudson
Aimee Semple McPherson-Hutton
Angelus Temple
Guy E
Aman
Hudson
Nogales
Sonora
Mexico
Weather Outlook: Cedar Rapids Sees Warmer, Sunny Day
Cedar Rapids enjoyed continued fair weather as temperatures rose from 30s overnight to 32 by 8:45 am and reached 31 at midnight Thursday and 47 by 2:30 pm. The sun boosted readings midmorning with a warmer afternoon forecast.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Gasoline Theft Ring Tied to Casper Pipelines
In Casper Wyoming police report thefts of gasoline from pipelines totaling about 300000 dollars last year. Investigators linked the thefts to the fatal shooting of Clifford Orth during an alleged gas siphoning incident and found evidence of widespread fuel thefts in the area.
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Casper. Wyo
Casper
Clifford Orth
Raid at Rizzle Smoke Shop Draws Fire Over Profanity
Charles Duster of Duster's Market says federal agents during a raid on the Rizzle Smoke Shop pulled a gun on him when he protested loud profanity. Duster witnessed agents ripping a shirt from an attendant as he left the shop. Several men arrested in the raid were discharged for lack of evidence.
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Third Avenue SE
Charles Duster
Duster
Parsons
George Wilson
Bob Wright
C Avenue NE
Martin Hansen
M. E. Jones
Fourteenth Street
Pete Honeslar
Twenty-second Avenue
Claude Hubler
First Avenue E
Harry S. Johnson
Joe Shulista
Second Street
W. A. Williams
S. C Wiles
United States
Don Hutchison
Shulista
Williams
Paul Jerabek
Ritzic
Miller Leads Greenwalt by About 2514 Votes in Iowa
DES MOINES AP Mrs Alex Miller Democrat leads Republican incumbent G C Greenwalt for secretary of state by about 2514 votes after a re check. County totals show Miller 460142 Greenwalt 457628. Final canvass by the state executive council will confirm results and Miller becomes Iowa's first woman to hold a major state executive office.
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DES Moines
Alex Miller
G. C. Greenwalt
Secretary of State
Associated Press
Miller
Real Estate Transfers and Recorded Encumbrances
Ann Kriz transfers a 35 ft lot on Crescent Place to Anton Nemec by commr s deed. O G Waffle transfers multiple Marion properties to Earl Waffle and Norman J Waffle with liens noted. Center Point to Pearl Durow receivers deed. Perp Savings to Charles Ziogas as joint tenants. Genevieve Hoff Ferguson conveys to Herman Hoglan with highway and survey points. multiple heirs involved in Van Note related deeds. Fredrickson to Hatch-Brookman Co for Lot 85 Mosher’s add Cedar Rapids. various liens taxes and easements cited.
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Ann Kriz
Anton Nemec
Crescent Place
C. R. Cyns
G. Waffle
Earl R. Waffle
Marion
Young
Andrew
Linn Co Savs
Pearl Durow
Charles and
Petronela Ziogas
Hus
Valcon
Genevieve Hoff Ferguson
Herman K Hoglan
Charles B van
Eva van Note Blake
Eunice G Gaston
Elizabeth
Henrietta
Ida S
Sophia Boettcher
Vernondale
Fredrickson
Hatch-Brookman Co
Mosher
Cedar Rapids
English Pound Drops as Britain Faces Debt Payment Drop
The pound fell sharply in world markets amid expectations of Britain's 95.5 million dollar debt payment due December 15. Sterling hit a 12 year low in London and New York trading, with gold prices rising and the franc and other currencies showing strength. The yen, franc, peseta, and mark rose moderately while Canadian dollars weakened as Montreal funds slipped to 85.875 cents.
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United Press
Britain
United States
London
New York
Inter
Paris
France
Montreal
Hunger Army of 500 Marches Toward Capitol
About 500 hunger marchers moved toward Washington from many states after minor clashes with police. Hundreds more in nearby cities prepared to depart to reach Congress opening on December 5 seeking $50 for every unemployed man. From Chicago, 270 marchers in 14 dilapidated trucks and 12 old cars traveled east, with nurses, medicine, and food for emergency use.
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Chicago
Washington
Congress
Swimming Mail Man Quitting His Job
HONOLULU AP reports G S Ramsey quits after eleven years as the swimming mail man of the South Seas. He towed mail from Minafoou island in the Tonga group to ships in surf too rough for boats, using a 40 pound biscuit can with sharks nearby. His one mile route ends as he sails to Vista California to raise chickens.
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Honolulu
G. S Ramsay
South Seas
Minafoou
Tonga
Niargara
Ramsey
Vista
Calif
Son of Eddie Collins Studies For Clergy
Paul Collins, son of famed Baseball Hall of Famer Eddie Collins, is a Dartmouth student who plans to enter an Episcopal seminary after graduation next year. The report comes from Philadelphia and highlights a career shift from sports to ministry.
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Philadelphia
Eddie Collins
Paul
Dartmouth
Episcopal
Roosevelt Studies Recognition of Soviet Russia
President elect Roosevelt weighs recognizing Soviet Russia as sources say he studies the issue academically. He considers M Moscow government plans, talks with U.S. industrialists, and awaits state department insights before any stance. Roosevelt declines comment on telegrams urging or opposing recognition.
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Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Russia
Georgia
Moscow
State Department
Washington
Edmund A. Walsh
Georgetown University
Matthew Woll
American Federation of Labor
Hamilton Fish
William Tyler Page
House of Representatives
Brewers Act To Prevent Gangdom From Muscling In
The United Brewery Workers Union plans to urge federal action to bar racketeers from the brewing industry if beer is legalized. The International Brewery union backs expelling members tied to racketeers and seeking citizenship standards for brewery permits. Edward Flore warned labor groups will oppose racketeers at an AFLC convention.
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Cincinnati,o
United Brewery Workers Union of America
Chicago
Joseph Obergfell
International Brewery, Flour, Cereal and Soft Drink Workers Union
Congress
Edward Flore
Buffalo
International Union
American Federation of Labor
Leniency Considered for 16-Year-Old Slayer Bert Arnold Jr
A grand jury indicted 16 year old Charles Bertrand Arnold Jr for the slaying of his grandmother. Assistant State's Attorney Ditchburn said a plea of guilty could fetch leniency. The case involved testimony from Arnold's stepmother and Riverton police.
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Ghicago
Charles Bertrand Arnold, Jr
Ditchburn
Bert
Riverside
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Marcelino
Tito Gualto
Hunt
South Dakota
Ma” Kennedy
Francis Strong
Arnold
Panama Canal
Sherman
Randolph
de Lesseps
Amador
Davis
Clayton
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