Policy shift eyed to cut ocean mail subsidy costs
Washington AP reports officials draft a broad policy to extend financial support for American merchant marine. The plan, backed by Roosevelt aides, asks across the board subsidies and wage, construction cost differentials while aiming to trim or phase out current subsidies. Postal officials claim potential savings of tens of millions yearly.
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Washington
Post Office
Post Office and
Commerce
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Roper
Farley
Mechanicsville Man Fatally Injured In Fall From A Ladder
Louis Crawford, 60, of Mechanicsville, died at 8:15 p.m. Saturday in a local hospital from injuries after falling about fifteen feet from a ladder while painting a house on his farm five miles south of Mechanicsville. He was admitted at 2:35 p.m. and remained unconscious with a basal skull fracture.
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Cedar Rapids
Louis Crawford
Mechanicsville
Crawford
Edwards Defense To Appeal Jury's Verdict Of Death
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania Robert Allen Edwards 21 a mine surveyor was found guilty of murdering his former sweetheart Freda McKechnie and faces the death penalty. The jury's verdict sent his family into shock as his mother swooned and the judge signaled a forthcoming sentence. The slain girl s father urged justice while Edwards prepared an appeal from the doom sentence.
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Wilkes-Barre
Freda McKechnie
Robert Allen Edwards
Luzerne County
Edwards
William A. Valentine
Daniel
George McKechnie
Dan Edwards
Robert Edwards
Freda
Safeguards Of Securities Laws Against Tipsters
In Chicago a conference of state securities commissioners and regional code committee members discussed aligning bankers code with state securities laws to combat bucket shops and tipster operations.
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Chicago
Investment Bankers’ Code
The Old School Tie Holds A Man To Noble Loyalties
A 1934 column argues Hitler misreads the old school tie as mere snobbery while defending enduring loyalties. It extols the old home church school and circle of friends as the audience before which a man plays his life, warning against becoming a robot.
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Hancellor
Hitler
Kipling
Gehenna
Lfe
Kingsford Smith Plans Pacific Flight to United States
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith announced from Sydney that he will fly his racing plane across the Pacific starting from Brisbane around October 20. The route matches his 1928 Southern Cross flight, with stops at Suva and Honolulu before continuing to the United States.
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Sydney
Australis
Charlies Kingsford-Smith
Pacific Ocean
United States
Australia
Brisbane
Suva
Honolulu
Southern Cross
California
Coroner's Jury Named in Slaying of Mrs Tracy
A coroner's jury was named to investigate the murder of Mrs Reginald Tracy who was shot by two highwaymen who slugged her husband. The panel includes Dr Harry T Couser Charles E Cawley and N E Davis. The inquest is set for this week. Fingerprints on a gasoline can and on the car dash and doors were kept as evidence. Mr Tracy remained in hospital Saturday night with injuries and shock.
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Gazette
Manchester
Reginald Tracy
Harry T. Couser
Charles E. Cawley
N. E. Davis
Morro Castle Damage Claims Expected Over Two Million
Lawyers for the Ward Line estimate survivors and relatives will seek more than 2 million dollars in damages from the Morro Castle disaster. About 100 notices of damage actions have been filed or received.
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New York
Morro Castle
Ward Line
Weeklong Chicago Weather Outlook From Oct 8 to 13
AP forecast covers upper Mississippi valley, lower Missouri, and central plains. Mostly fair skies with average temps in the south and slightly above in the north, continuing into the end of the week.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
Perkins frames unemployment insurance as production cost
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins told the Commonwealth club that unemployment insurance is a legitimate part of production costs and outlined the administration’s broader security program. She cautioned against quick fixes, noted ongoing committee work, and warned against overpromising on pensions and sickness coverage.
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San Francisco
Frances Perkins
Commonwealth Club
American Federation of Labor
Perkins
Roosevelt
Committee of Economic Security
Secretary of Labor
Hull Denies French News Agency Report on Chaco Stand
Secretary of State Cordell Hull condemned Paris dispatches from the Havas news agency as wild and unfounded claiming the United States refused to join a league of nations effort on the Chaco. He said the reports were misrepresenting U S policy and repeated that both he and Sumner Welles had stated the U S position clearly.
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Hull
U.S. Chaco
Washington
Cordell Hull
Paris
Havas
United States
Brazil
Sumner Welles
South America
Welles
Chaco
Bruno Hauptmann Seen Near Lindbergh Estate, State Police Say
Willard Whitehead, a Hopewell carpenter, identified Bruno Hauptmann as the man seen near the Sourland mountain estate where Lindbergh Jr. was kidnapped. The Newark and New Jersey State Police said Whitehead picked Hauptmann from a Bronx jail lineup. The grand jury in Hunterdon County prepared to indict for murder with 22 witnesses expected.
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Trenton
N. J
Willard Whitehead
Hopewell
Bruno R. Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Sourland Mountain
Charles A. Lindberg, Jr
Col
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Schwarzkopf
Whitehead
Hauptmann
New Jersey
Bronx
U S Court Rules Price Fixing Not Authorized by NIRA
Federal Judge Harry B. Anderson ruled price fixing is not authorized by the National Industrial Recovery Act. He enjoined federal officials from prosecuting lumber operators for selling below the lumber code prices. The southern lumber group sought to block price provisions as illegal and argued they could sell at any price without prosecution.
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Memphis, Tenn
Harry B. Anderson
National Industrial Recovery Act
Lowell W. Taylor
Federal District Attorney
Hardwood Manufacturers’ Institute
Code Administrative Agency
Southern
Appalachian
Girl Found Shot To Death In Ditch On Kansas Highway
The body of a young girl about 16 was found in a ditch beside a Kansas highway 12 miles west of Kansas City. Initially believed to be Alice Caron, the 14 year old Topeka girl missing since Sept 30, authorities later confirmed the deceased was older and not dressed as the missing girl. Dr. E D Williams, coroner, said she had head wounds from a gunshot, indicating multiple shots.
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Kansas City
Kan
Here
Alice Caron
Topeka
E. D. Williams
Cedar Rapids Sees Temperatures Fall After Day Peak
The Cedar Rapids area registered a daytime high of 64 degrees at 4 p.m. with readings dropping to 55 at 7 p.m. and 49 at 9:30 p.m under fair skies. Readings were reported by Chambers Inskeep Company.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll This Year
Report outlines Cedar Rapids traffic toll with figures on accidents injuries and deaths for the year, highlighting the scale of harm and roadway risk. Official statistics show trends in incidents, urging safety measures and enforcement to reduce future losses.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County 1934 tax money values rise over 1933
The assessed valuation of moneys and credits listed for taxation in Linn County for 1934 totals $20,003,569 up from $17,641,113 in 1933. The Iowa Tax Service report notes the figures may rise with additional assessments of over $1,000,000, pushing total valuations beyond $21,000,000, about a 17 percent increase.
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Linn
Linn County
Coutts
Tax District Assessments Rise in 1934 Counties
Outside Cedar Rapids the district total was 3 492 175 dollars about 17 5 percent of county total. Eighteen districts rose and fourteen fell with outside district assessments totaling 38 957 less than 1933. Total 1934 money and credits assessments reach 3 202 with 3 004 individuals and 198 firms. In 1933 there were 2 515 individuals and 184 firms. 1929 shows 1 907 individuals and 45 firms. Overall, 1934 assessments rose 16 percent from 1933 and 47 percent from 1929. Seventy six individuals and firms listed money and credits totaling 1 790 030 with no further details.
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Cedar Rapids
New Jersey Steel Firm Files Suit Over NRA Codes
A New Jersey steel maker Wimes and Company lawsuits challenge the constitutionality of the NRA and the Roosevelt order denying federal contracts to code noncompilers. The suit claims the action cost it at least 1200 tons of steel for New Jersey road projects and names Wallace Ickes MacDonald as defendants.
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Washington
INS
NRA
New Jersey
Wimes and Company
NIRA
Roosevelt
Wallace
Interior
Ickes
Thomas H. MacDonald
Bureau of Public Roads
Harding Leaves Crawfordsville by Ambulance for Des Moines
Former Iowa governor W. L. Harding, ill after a heart attack, began his journey home to Des Moines by ambulance from Crawfordsville. He traveled with Mrs. Harding and a nurse, and Dr. T Z Ball planned to meet them in Burlington as Harding’s condition remained serious.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
W. L. Harding
Iowa
Des Moines
New Deal Put Up to Voters a Month Hence
Washington AP reports voters will decide the New Deal in a month as Democrats push Roosevelt policy gains and Republicans warn of potential shifts. Senator Lewis predicts a two-thirds Democratic Senate, while Republicans cite signs of House gains. Farley forecasts a broad Democratic sweep.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Lewis
Senate
House
Farley
Political realignments surface as New Deal faces critics
Farley after White House talks questions Governor Pinchot’s Republican return and Reed’s reelection stance. Fletcher accuses relief funds being used for politics. A liberal democratic party forms in New York backed by Knickerbockers and fusionists. Borah hints at a new constitution party while Upton Sinclair’s poverty program is labeled unsound by Moley.
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Cing Jnst
Farley
Roosevelt
White House
Pinchot
U. S
David A. Reed
Fletcher
Liberal-Democratic Party
Meawhile
New York
Knickerbocker Democrats
Nathan Straus, Jr
A. A. Berle
Roosevelt “Brain Trust
Recovery Third Party
Joseph V. McKee
John F. Hylan
Borah
New
Idaho
New Constitution Party
Upton Sinclair
California
Raymond Moley
Brain Trusters
Moley
Today
Golden Gate State
Sarah Palfrey Weds Boston Banker in Sharon Mass
Sarah Hammon Palfrey, a top national women’s tennis player, married Marshall Fabyan Jr., a Boston banker, in Sharon Massachusetts at the Unitarian church. The ceremony was led by Rev. Dr. William Greenough Thayer and assisted by Rev. Walter A. Pierce.
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Sharon
Mass
Sarah Hammon Palfrey
Boston Society
Marshall Fabyan
Boston
William Greenough Thayer
St. Mark’s School
Fabyan
Harvard
Unitarian Church
Walter A. Pierce
U S May Buy Foreign Silver In Quantities
Washington reports that the United States could buy foreign silver in large quantities to build silver stocks up to one third of the gold reserve. The plan, approved by Congress, would allow purchases to balance foreign exchange liens, with Morgenthau overseeing a system that minimizes market disruption.
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Washington
LLP
United States
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
China
Olson Gang Member Captured Near Atkins After Two Year Hunt
Oscar Olson, long sought for a bank robbery attempt two years ago, was arrested near Atkins at a farm three miles south of town. Olson offered no resistance and denied involvement as Sheriff Riley reported the earlier gun battle left two wounded and two jailed. His brother Henry Olson was arrested in Omaha in August and awaits Wisconsin trial. tip came from La Crosse, Wisconsin.
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Pryn Shal
Atkins
Fred Truckermiller
Olson
C. F. Riley
Mindoro
Andrew Olson
Sam Plerman
Henry Olson
Omaha
Wisconsin
Oscar Olson
Morena
la Croase
Wis
Increases in Money in Circulation After Silver Policy
Treasury and Federal Reserve figures show a $134 million rise in money in circulation over two months since the silver policy announcement. The gain includes $77.35 million in federal reserve notes, $56.65 million in new silver certificates, with $80.39 million of certificates issued and $23.74 million unaccounted likely held at Federal Reserve banks.
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Washington
Treasury
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Banks
Aid To Governor Of Virgin Islands Suspended By Ickes
Secretary Ickes suspended Paul C. Yates as executive assistant to Governor Paul M. Pearson of the Virgin Islands. Yates is to report to Washington for written charges of disloyalty insubordination and gross inefficiency amid reported political disturbances.
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Virgin Islands
Washington (Ap
Ickes
Paul C. Yates
Paul M. Pearson
Washington
Yates
Islands
Catalonia Declares Separate Socialist Republic in Civil War
Madrid reports federal forces close to the Generalidad in Barcelona while rebels seize key buildings in Madrid and Barcelona. Soldiers and civilians clash across Spain as Catalonia proclaims an independent socialist republic amid rising casualties and mass arrests.
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Madrid
Ministry of the Interior
Domingo Betet
Generalidad Palace
Barcelona
Spain
Generalidad
Ministry of Interior
Catalonia
Laelian
Guerilla War Grips Madrid Amid Civil Unrest
New dispatches report widespread disorder as Don Luis Companys asserts control of police. In Madrid, guerilla fighting erupts near Cuatro Caminos and Tetuan with multiple deaths and arrests. Food scarcity worsens as transportation fails and gunfire erupts around central landmarks including Puerto del Sol and the United Press office.
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Meine Wien
Treppe
Calle
Catalonian Generalidad
Don Luis Companys
Spain
Madrid
United Press
Cortes
Parliament
Puerto del Sol
Interior Ministry
International Telephone and Telegraph Company
Times Square
New York
Nebraska Supreme Court bars defeated candidate as independent
Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that a candidate defeated in a primary cannot run as an independent for that or any other office. Eugene D. O'Sullivan of Omaha, defeated for the Democratic governor nomination, was prevented from filing for U S senator. His petitions were rejected and he threatened mandamus action.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
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Cedar Rapids News
Iowa Tax Service of
R. C. Coutts
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Sarah Palfrey
U.S
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Bulletin
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Tull
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