Political pressure and graft fears spark Iowa critiques
A Linn county inquiry labeled a partisan politics survey for relief staff a mistake but critics doubt the claim. Editor Arthur Robb argues newspapers pressure officials to expose graft, while officials in Des Moines face renewed scrutiny over past campaign fund activity. A Marshalltown judge warns for bike seizures as teen traffic violations rise and Cedar Rapids braces for post game disturbances.
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Linn County
Owa Emergency Relief Administration
IERA
Ralph Kitlinger
The
Kittinger
State Relief Committee
Hopkins
Des Moines
Iowa
E. J. Feuling
Fireside Chat Announced For Tuesday by White House
President Roosevelt will address the nation in a fireside chat Tuesday night from 8:30 to 9 p.m. Iowa time, carried by all three major networks. The broadcast may signal a call to a special session on Nov. 15 to consider farm and wages hour legislation and will likely touch on the Supreme Court controversy involving Justice Hugo L. Black. The White House says the aim is a periodic report on national welfare and conditions observed on the Pacific Northwest trip.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Iowa
Congress
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
Ku Klux Klan
Welf
Pacific Northwest
Congress Faces Roosevelt Call for Action on Aggressor Powers
Washington insiders forecast a heated extraordinary session next month as President Roosevelt prepares to issue a notice for a special session. Leaders plan to use the high cotton crop estimates and falling prices to push government control of major crops while battles loom in the Senate over foreign policy. Senators Borah and Nye signal sharp clashes on entangling alliances and drift toward war.
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Washington
INS
Congress
Roosevelt
Federal Crop Reporting Board
Senate
House
Borah
Idaho
Nye
North Dakota
League of Nations
America
James Hart Lashes Executed in public whipping post
Wilmington Delaware James Hart a 30 year old man was lashed ten times at the public whipping post for beating his wife. Judge Frank B Speakman sentenced him to six days in the New Castle county workhouse in addition to the lashes.
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Wilmington
Del
James Hart
Frank B. Speakman
New Castle County
Talk Starts War As Well As Ending One
Column by Arthur Baer humorously notes the paradox of war talk. He quips that peace talks will not lead to combat while mocking entanglements and world court involvement as dangerous, witty commentary on international affairs.
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Bugs" Baer
Arthur “Bugs” Baer
World Court
Should Give Instruction On Religion For Children
A reader asks how to explain God to young children without a definite personification. The text argues parents should provide religious instruction, not postpone it, noting education always conveys ideas. It recommends gentle, family‑based teaching over formal programing to shape a child’s attitude toward faith.
Stay-Down Miners Refuse Peace Offer at Panther Creek
In Coaldale Pennsylvania 38 stay-down miners rejected Lehigh Navigation Coal Company peace terms, ending efforts to halt a 6,500-strong sympathy strike. Above ground 2,500 supporters listened as a committee conveyed the deal to miners at the eighth level deep in the Panther Creek valley.
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Coaldale
San An
Aiti
Cints
Lehigh’ Navigation Coal Company
United ‘Mine -Workers ‘of America
Panther Creek Valley
UMWA
Lehigh Company
Panther Creek
Greyhound Bus Strike Delayed Until Wednesday
A threatened strike by about 1200 Greyhound drivers, set to start Sunday at 5 a.m., was postponed to at least Wednesday after a union agreement to extend negotiations. Ivan Bowen, Greyhound spokesman, said talks could lead to a settlement as officials and union leaders planned a conference in Cleveland.
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Chicago
Greyhound Bus Lines
Ivan Bowen
Minneapolis
Greyhound Lines
Bowen
S. R. Harvey
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Cleveland
Drivers’ Union
Greyhound Company
Former postmaster held on embezzlement charge in Madera
Richard Brown former postmaster of Addison Alabama was arrested in Madera California on a charge of embezzling 410 dollars and 6 cents from the Addison post office.
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Madera
Calif
INS
Richard Brown
Addison
Ala
Vienna Clerk Claims To Be True Hapsburg Heir
Vienna clerk Robert Pachmann 57 declares he is the rightful head of the Hapsburg line and heir to the vanished Austro Hungarian throne. He claims his mother was Princess Maria Antoinette of Tuscany and Rudolph fathered him, a claim dismissed by the clan as an impostor but drawing royal intrigue and filmlike romance.
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TTO
Muntz
Herring
Iowa
Greater Town Commission
Nels Kraschel
Greater Iowa Commission
New Ness
Robert EB. O'Brian
Iowa Development
Muniz
Vienna
Hapsburg
Ins
Robert Pachmann
Pachmann
Rudolph
Mayerling
Marie Vetsera
Maria Antoinette
Tuscany
Otto
Archduke Karl
Archduke Ferdinand
Sarajevo
Trag
Hapsburgs
Stephanie
Greece
Elizabeth Windischgradtz
Coughlin Cancels Planned Radio Broadcast Series
Father Charles E. Coughlin, after sharp criticism from Archbishop Edward Mooney over remarks about President Roosevelt, announced the cancellation of his upcoming twenty six broadcasts on thirty five stations scheduled to begin October 31. He offered no further comment.
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Royal Oak
Mich
Charles E. Coughlin
Roosevelt
Edward Mooney
Archbishop Mooney
Coughlin
Mooney
Father Coughlin
Ronal
Fen Weehillbop
United States
Missing Rochester Scoutmaster Slain
The body of Morris Close, 23, a Rochester scoutmaster who disappeared July 19 while driving between Albany and Rochester, was found Saturday night by hunters in a wooded patch near Henrietta, a few miles south of Rochester. Wounds on his head indicated he had been murdered.
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Rochester
N. Y
Morris Close
Albany
Henrietta
Theosophist Dr William H Dower Dies in Halcyon
Dr William H Dower age 71 died after a brief illness in San Luis Obispo California. He helped found the organization with Mrs Francis A Laude in Syracuse New York in 1898. The temple was moved to Halcyon in 1903 where the group grew internationally.
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San Luis Obispo
Calif
INS
William H. Dower
Halcyon
Here
Dower
Francis A. Laude
Syracuse
N. Y
5000 Ethiopian Bandits Slain in Italian Campaign
Rome reports Italian bombing and pursuit planes killed more than 5000 Ethiopian bandits after they slaughtered 318 Italian officers soldiers officials and natives across Ethiopia in a large colonial operation.
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Rome
Ethiopia
New Gold Medal Arrives From Mexico City at Denver Mint
A gold medal struck in Mexico City was presented to Mark Skinner head of the Denver United States Mint. The medal commemorates the fourth centenary of the mint in Mexico and marks a new arrival in the Denver collection.
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Denver
INS
United States
Mexico City
Mark Skinner
Mexico
China seeks world boycott on Japan and munitions from powers
Chinese Ambassador C T Wang in Washington said Beijing would ask friendly nations to impose a strict economic boycott on Japan and to supply vast quantities of war munitions. He urged concerted action at any Sino-Japanese war conference to quash Japan economically and warned of potential global disruption.
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China
Japan
Wang
Washington
INS
C. T. Wang
Roosevelt
United States
Wife To Visit Dahl in Spain
Harold E. Dahl of Champaign Illinois, an American aviator condemned to death, was reprieved and released from an insurgent prison in Salamanca by General Francisco Franco. Jim Mollison will fly Dahl's wife Edithe from Cannes to Salamanca to join him, with Franco granting clemency and possibly full freedom after her arrival.
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Alamanca
Spain
Harold E. Dahl
Champaign
Ill
Francisco Franco
Madrid
Franco
Jim Mollison
Dahl
Edithe
Cannes
France
Salamanca
Mollison
French
Mrs. Dahl Eyes Hollywood Career After Release
Mrs Harold E Dahl wife of the Illinois aviator held by Spanish insurgents after being sentenced to death and reprieved admitted Saturday she may seek a motion picture career in Hollywood.
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Cannes
France
INS
Harold E. Dahl
Hollywood
Plunges To Death In Fear Of War
London AP reports 68 year old Frank Whiffen died after leaping fifty feet from an apartment. His housekeeper said he feared war and believed it was coming Monday.
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London
Frank Whiffen
Japanese Claim Major Gains In Northern China Front
Japanese forces report control of most of Hopei and parts of Shansi Suiyuan and Shantung after series of victories. Chinese retreat from Chenting Fu and key towns along the Peiping Hankow and Tientsin Pukow railways, as Lieut Gen Terauchi calls it a successful week amid disorganized Chinese troops.
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Hopei Province
Shansi
Suiyuan
Shantung
Great Northwest
Yellowy River
Chenting-Fu
Peiping- Hankow
Peiping
Tientsin-Pukow
Pingyuan-Hsien
Yellow River
Shantung Province
Taichow-Taiyuan-Fu
Juichi Terauchi
China
McKibbon Convicted of Manslaughter in Slaying of Mother
In Los Angeles a jury found William George McKibbon a manslaughter defendant for the death of his 79 year old mother Elizabeth after a struggle over his wheelchair. He admitted striking her but denied beating her as claimed by prosecutors. He faces 1 to 10 years and will be sentenced next Thursday.
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Los Angeles
William George McKibbon
Elizabeth McKibbon
McKibbon
Night Life and Home Front Odds from Cedar Rapids Page
A collage of features and notes about late night city life, a fatal illness headline, college roommate living tips, canning by Tama Indian women, humorous advice on meals, and nostalgic photo captions. Includes references to local people and places such as Cedar Rapids, Coe College, Mount Vernon, Tampa, and Hollywood stars.
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Cedar Rapids
Jes
Vpage
Britain and United States urged to seal gentlemens peace pact
Britain seeks a gentlemens agreement with the United States to preserve world peace amid crises in Spain and China. Prime Minister Chamberlain, guided by Roosevelt speeches, would push for joint action to mediate wars and uphold international law, with no binding treaty. A London call for a London non-intervention conference may follow if France is persuaded.
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London
INS
Britain
United States
Spain
China
London Sunday Express
Neville Chamberlain
Roosevelt
Chicago
America
Japan
Sunday Express
Europe
Mussolini
Italy
Germany
England
France
United ‘States
Chamberlain
Paris
Non-Intervention Committee
Firebug Active in Chicago District Fires Blamed on Incendiaries
In Rogers Park Chicago a fresh wave of arson struck four homes within a single block overnight. Detectives reassigned Saturday to patrol the district and curb further blazes.
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Firebug
Chicago
INS
Rogers Park
Weekly Forecast Chicago Oct 11 to 16
Weather outlook for the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and the northern and central plains. Little or no precipitation early week, with some chances later. Temperatures generally normal or slightly below average.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
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