Cedar Rapids Community Chest tops goal with $88,372 pledge
The Cedar Rapids Community Chest exceeded its goal at the Victory dinner, raising 88,372 dollars against a target of 85,752.24. Fire truck procession and red feather sign ceremonies marked the finale, as volunteers and new donors boosted totals and celebrated on schedule.
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Cedar Rapids
Montrose Hotel
Community Chest
van Vechten Shaffer
Public Welfare Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Local Flyer Forced Down In Morning Fog West Of Iowa City
Dan Hunter of Rapids Airways was forced down on the Will O'Brien farm eight miles west of Iowa City after fog obscured his flight from Cedar Rapids to Hot Springs Arkansas. The plane, badly damaged, toppled in a rolling alfalfa field and was dismantled for trucking to Cedar Rapids. Hunter escaped unharmed.
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Dan Hunter
Edr Rapids Airways
Gazette
Will O’brien
Iowa City
Hunter
Cedar Rapids
Hot Springs
Ark
O’brien
Cedar Rapids Airways
Earl Hemminger
Kite
London Man Landon Tour Endorses Strong Presidency
John P. Wallace reports from a Des Moines to Ottumwa rail tour with Governor Landon. Wallace praises Landon as decisive and not a puppet, noting crowds across Iowa and neighboring states showed serious interest in the presidential race and agricultural policy as a national concern.
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London
John P. Wallace
Des Moines
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Illinois
Ottumwa
Clue in Weymouth woman disappearance tied to Boston harbor murder
The Weymouth missing woman, last seen a month ago at her summer home, is linked to the Boston harbor slaying after investigators found clues matching the victim’s described appearance. A dated Boston paper and mouldy food were found in the Weymouth residence during a cottage check.
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Boston
Weymouth
Boston Harbor
John F. McCarthy
Homicide Squad
McCarthy
Shirley Temple Sued for 1 Million by Producer Hays
Hollywood AP report: producer Jack Hays sues Shirley Temple and her parents plus Twentieth Century Fox and California Bank and Trust for 1 million dollars. He claims they repudiated a January 23, 1932 contract to train her for exclusive film work, citing her rise to stardom with estimated earnings and value.
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Hollywood
Shirley Temple
Jack Hays
Shirley
George F. Temple
Twentieth Century-Fox
California Bank and Trust Company
Hays
Politics on the Air Highlights Party Lines on Radio
A Friday radio rundown lists Republican broadcasts on CBS and NBC stations WABC and WEAF with mentions of Wm. Hard period and Alfred E. Smith from Philadelphia, Democratic WJZ NBC 7, Msgr. John Ryan, and Progressive Roosevelt Progress on WABC CBS at 9 30. London radio clubs noted for 3 30 p.m. Friday.
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CBS
WJZ
WEAF
NBC
London
The Value of a True Friend in Life
An essay reflecting on friendship inspired by John Oliver Hobbes and a London minister. It extols trusted friends as essential, forgiving, and guiding, likening friendship to a humane religion and a source of moral strength and self discovery.
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Joseph Parker
City Temple
London
Parker
John Oliver Hobbes
Roosevelt Changes Schedule With Two Hour St. Paul Visit
President Roosevelt cancelled a planned major speech in St Paul auditorium and instead approved a two hour visit to the city including a half hour speech and conferences with Minnesota Democrats as war clouds gather.
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ST. Paul
St. Paul Auditorium
Roosevelt
Minnesota
Roosevelt Campaign Broadcast Schedule Set for Omaha and Chicago
Broadcasting networks NBC CBS and Mutual announced Roosevelt addresses on his western campaign tour. In Omaha on October 10 from 8 to 8:30 p.m. CST and in Chicago on October 14 from 8:30 to 9 p.m. CST.
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New York
Roosevelt
Omaha
NBC
CBS
Mutual
Chicago
President to speak from state capitol steps after tour
The President will deliver a brief address from the steps of the state capitol at about 6 30 p.m. following a tour of the Twin Cities. The event blends a short speech with a preceding city tour for attendees.
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State Capitol
Twin Cities
Roosevelt Leads 5000 Mile Midwest Campaign Invasion
The presidential special left at noon Thursday carrying President Roosevelt and his political aides on a 5000 mile drive through agricultural regions to bolster support.
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Washington
Middlewest
Roosevelt
Roosevelt to give five Iowa addresses this weekend
President Roosevelt plans rear platform talks in five Iowa cities Friday and Saturday but will not speak in Des Moines. He arrives 5 45 a.m. Saturday and departs for Lincoln after 15 minutes. Friday at 9 a.m. he stops 45 minutes in Dubuque to address residents including the widow and mother of late Senator Louis Murphy. He then goes to St Paul for a major address Friday night and makes a brief stop at Oelwein en route.
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Des Moines
Roosevelt
Iowa
Democratic
Lincoln
Neb
Dubuque
Reed to Speak at Memorial Coliseum October 15
Plans for a major Jeffersonian Democrats rally were under way. James A. Reed, former U S senator from Missouri, will address the crowd at the Memorial Coliseum next Thursday night October 15, with the speech broadcast on an Iowa radio network. The start time was not fixed, but the event begins at 8 p.m.
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National Association of Jeffersonian Democrats
James A. Reed
United States
Missouri
Memorial Coliseum
Iowa
Al Smith to Deliver Second Roosevelt Attack in Philadelphia
Former Gov Alfred E Smith leaves New York Penn Station at 3 p m for Philadelphia to speak at 9 p m at the Metropolitan Opera House under the auspices of Harry V Dougherty and the constitutional democrats. The address will be broadcast to a large overflow audience seating about 5 000.
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New York
INS
Alfred E. Smith
Pennsylvania Station
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Smith
Harry V. Dougherty
Old Line Constitutional Democrats of
Pennsylvania
Metropolitan Opera House
Landon Attacks New Deal Food Policy Over Argentine Corn
Verne Marshall reports Governor Landon arguing that 20 million bushels of Argentine corn depresses U.S. prices and harms American farmers. He contends bond payments to World War veterans create future federal obligations and that scarcity programs hurt farming income and independence.
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Roosevelt
Iowa
Landon
United States
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Peoria
South America
New Deal
Verne Marshall
Scour Pacific For Yacht With Five Persons Aboard
Coastguard cutter Itasca searched a vast Pacific area 500 miles from Honolulu for the yacht Margaret Payne. Six aboard including one woman and five men, Brazilian registry, have had no food or water for at least two days according to the latest message.
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Honolulu
T. H
INS
Itasca
Pacific
Margaret Payne
Brazil
Weather Brighter As Mercury Rises In Cedar Rapids
Brighter weather returned to Cedar Rapids with sun chasing a morning cloud blanket. Temperature rose to 65 at 2 45 p.m. after a 9 30 a.m. reading of 54 and a 4 a.m. minimum of 45.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers Tinclaan sAamneaned Abauta
Clipper Reaches Hawaii on Historic Transpacific Flight
The China Clipper arrived in Honolulu at 9:22 a.m. PST on Thursday, marking the first leg of the inaugural transpacific passenger flight. The milestone flight signifies a new era in air travel linking the United States and Asia Pacific.
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Honolulu
T. H
Republicans demand Roosevelt endorse or repudiate platform
Republicans of Hennepin County accuse the former labor party platform of communistic aims and urge President Roosevelt to endorse or repudiate it when he speaks in St. Paul Friday night.
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Minneapolis
Hennepin County
Roosevelt
St. Paul
Stimson declines world court judgeship post
Henry L. Stimson telegrammed the League of Nations to refuse nomination as a judge for the World Court at The Hague. The council and assembly elected Manley O. Hudson of Harvard to fill Kellogg’s vacancy, and Ake Hammarskjoeld was chosen to replace Walter Schuecking.
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Geneva
Henry L. Stimson
League of Nations
World Court
the Hague
Frank B. Kellogg
League of Nations Council and Assembly
Manley O. Hudson
Harvard University
Ake Hammarskjoeld
Sweden
Walter Schuecking
Germany
Landon challenges Roosevelt on New Deal figures in campaign
Governor Alf M. Landon accused President Roosevelt of carelessness with facts and urged voters to check new deal figures. He questioned a Pittsburgh claim about World War II veterans bonuses and warned that bonds used for the bonus imply future government obligations. He cited Iowa statements and criticized cabinet recklessness.
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Topeka
Kan
Alf M. Landon
Roosevelt
Pittsburgh
Wallace
Iowa
J J Studer Dies of Heart Attack at Home
Joseph J. Studer 48 co partner in H N Craemer company died at 3 08 p m Thursday at his home of a heart attack He had four prior attacks in two years Studer born 1888 Toledo Ohio educated at St John s College Toledo Marquette University Milwaukee married Gertrude Craemer January 8 1919 Cedar Rapids Survived by widow two daughters Mary Jo and Sandra at home a son Nicholas Julian preceded him in death
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Joseph J. Studer
Vernon Drive
H. N. Craemer Company
Studer
Craemer
Mr. Studer
Craemer Company
Hull Crowded Off Air By Miss Perkins
Secretary of State Cordell Hull was silenced for 16 minutes after a delayed start by Frances Perkins in New York. NBC reported the overtime caused Hull to begin his address at 9 16 p.m. Central Standard Time while Perkins spoke from 8 44 p.m. followed by the lengthy introduction.
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Hull
Miss Perkins
New York
Cordell Hull
Minneapolis
Labor
Frances Perkins
National Broadcasting Company
NBC
Britain Faces Spanish Crisis As Russia Threatens Aid
Britain vows swift action to avert a crisis over non intervention in Spain as Soviet Russia warns it will supply air power and weapons to the loyalists. Diplomatic action at Geneva and Locarno room discussions aim to curb fascist aid and prevent a wider European confrontation.
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London
INS
Russia
Spain
Britain
Neville Chamberlain
Labor Party
Geneva
League of Nations Assembly
Germany
Italy
Europe
Portugal
Spain-Portugal
International Committee of Non
Discount Rate Cut By Bank Of France
Paris dispatch reports the Bank of France reduced its discount rate on Thursday as part of policy easing. No further details were provided in the brief.
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Bank of France
Paris
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