Jurors Locked Night in Urschel Kidnaping Case
Federal jurors in Oklahoma City deliberated late Wednesday on whether George Machine Gun Kelly and Kathryn Kelly should be found guilty under the Lindbergh kidnapping law. Judge Edgar S. Vaught instructed a verdict of life imprisonment if guilty, with jurors to reconvene at 9:30 the next morning.
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Oklahoma City
George
Vaught
James H. Mathers
Kelly
Urschel
Kathryn Kelly
Florida votes to repeal Eighteenth Amendment in landslide
Tallahassee Florida voters approve repeal by a wide margin as unofficial returns show 95 044 for repeal to 22 392 against with 37 of 57 counties reporting. The result marks Florida as the 33rd state to join the repeal drive ahead of the national convention on December 6.
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Tallahassee
Fla
ULP
Florida
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Utah
Kentucky
North
South Carolina
Undertow of temptation in everyday life fiction
A reflection on cheating and moral risk shows characters faced with ethical pressure. A graduate hides his diploma cheating, a novelist considers stealing a manuscript, an actress rejects a flawed contract, and each choice tests whether cynicism can survive action. The piece warns against tricks and notes personal ruin from wrongdoing.
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Lady Macbeth
Attempt on King Carol II of Roumania Fails in Vienna
King Carol II survived an ambush as assassins fired on a departing train near Tragoviste. they confused another train for the monarch's special and struck empty coaches as the carriages pulled away. The incident occurred after army maneuvers with Carol returning to Vienna.
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Vienna
Austria
Carol II of
Roumania
Tragoviste Station
Carol
Terzo Found Guilty of Arson Fraud by Iowa Jury
A Cedar Rapids district court jury of twelve found Vincent Cerame Terzo, 45, Brooklyn, N. C., guilty of arson fraud. The case involved filing an almost completed apartment building on N street SW to defraud an insurer. Terzo faced extradition battles, fugitive warrants, and a possible ten year sentence as final arguments concluded.
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Cedar Rapids
H. C. Ring
Vincent Cerame Terzo
Brooklyn
N. C
Terze
Louis R. Kriz
H .C. King
Sarah Terze
Terzo
Jay Davis
Larry Condon
N Street
Chicago
Iowa
Linn County
New York
G K. Thompson
Ed Fordyce
Ed Fordyce J J. Hromk Opened and F A Heald
Dillon profits tied to 12 million Rio bond issue
Washington reports outline how Clarence Dillon's Dillon Read firm and family profited from the 1921 Rio de Janeiro bond issue now in default. Senate hearings show investments linked to directors and the city’s bond sale profits, with Dillon defending the transactions as business risks.
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Dillon
Washington
Clarence Dillon
Dillon Read
Pecora
Hayward
Rio
Dillon-Read
Leonard Kennedy and Company
Kennedy and Company
Belgium Plans Massive Rhine Fortifications Project
The Belgian cabinet, led by King Albert, approved a plan to build a long fortified chain along the German frontier similar to France’s Rhine defenses. The government seeks 29.4 million to finance the construction and will ask the chamber of deputies for approval.
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Brussels
Finsi
France
Rhine
Albert
Chamber of Deputies
Pastor Kills Janitor In Church War
In Jonesboro Arkansas the first fatality of a three year church conflict occurred when 68 year old janitor John McMurdo died from gunshot wounds after a confrontation with Rev Dale Crowley militant evangelist. Crowley held in jail after firing three shots at McMurdo who reportedly refused to leave the tabernacle following a court order. witnesses gave conflicting accounts of the incident which happened just after a prayer service.
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Jonesboro
Ark
John McMurdo
Houston Johnson
Crowley
Tabernacle
McMurdo
Joe Jeffers
Jeffers
Governor Promises To Probe Transfer Of Highway Office
Cedar Rapids delegation protested to Governor Clyde Herring Tuesday about moving the Iowan state highway commission district offices from Cedar Rapids to Waterloo. Delegation members Benjamin Tait John Limback Paul Huston and Charles D Manson reported the meeting ending with the governor promising to review the matter and highway officials to be interviewed Friday.
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Cedar Rapids
Clyde Herring
State Highway Commission
Waterloo
Benjamin Tait
John Limback
Paul Huston
Charles D. Manson
Herring
Stevens Move For Acquittal Denied
Chicago AP reports Ernest J Stevens of the hotel family lost around Wednesday in his trial on embezzling 1 200 000 dollars. After hearing the states evidence Judge Michael Feinberg denied Stevens request for a directed verdict of acquittal and ordered the trial to proceed.
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Chicago
Ernest J. Stevens
Michael Feinberg
Stevens
Herring Calls Liquor Conference in Des Moines
Gov Clyde L Herring announced a conference of officials from seven states including Iowa to be held in Des Moines Oct 26 to discuss impending liquor control legislation. The aim is to explore uniform laws and taxation systems to avoid variance that hindered post prohibition planning. States invited Minnesota Illinois Wisconsin South Dakota Nebraska and Missouri send study commissions similar to Iowa's.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Clyde L. Herring
Midwest
Minnesota
Illinois
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Nebraska
Missouri
Commission
Labor To Battle In Congress For 30 Hour Week
The American Federation of Labor decided to press for a compulsory thirty hour work week in the next congressional session if NRA codes cannot achieve the same result. At its 53rd annual convention the federation adopted resolutions calling the shorter work week the essential solution to unemployment.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Congress
Federation
Nations deny Germany the right to rearm
Britain France and the United States agreed that Germany shall not be permitted immediate rearmament but may expand its army to 200000 with a professional core of 100000. The trio sought a compromise on arms regulation during the upcoming disarmament conference, while Germany presses for future rearmament if later accords fail.
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Geneva
Britain
France
United States
Germany
Sir John Simon
Norman Davis
United States Army
Joseph Paul Boncour
England
Motorist who struck Young Stribling held on road rule charge
Macon Georgia report says R V Johnson, after his car hit the motorcycle of W L Young Stribling causing fatal injuries, was arrested on a road regulations violation. He had a string of similar accidents in recent weeks and posted a $250 bond.
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Macon
R. V. Johnson
W. L (Young
C. S. Sargeant
Johnson
Roosevelt Moves to Draft U S Trade Policy
President Roosevelt outlines drafting a U S trade policy with aims to address repeal and Congress opening in January. No special session will be convened to push liquor legislation.
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Roosevelt
U. S. Tr
Congress
Mrs Roosevelt Busy On 49th Birthday Celebrations
Washington AP reports Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt marked her first birthday at the White House with a kaleidoscope of observances. The Who's Who listing sets her at forty nine, reflecting a lively, shifting display of events surrounding the First Lady.
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Mrs. Roosevelt
Washington
White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Government to refund Liberty bonds to cut interest costs
Washington officials considered calling a portion of the fourth Liberty Loan bonds for refunding at lower rates. About 1.875 billion of bonds would mature April 15 in cash or new bonds, with 4 percent for year one and 3 percent thereafter, while 500 million in new bonds offered at 101 percent would fund working capital.
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Washington
United States
Treasury
McBance Gets 7 Year Suspended Sentence
Angus McBane Jr was sentenced by Judge T G Garfield in Webster county district court to an indeterminate term not to exceed seven years in Anamosa Reformatory and fined 800 dollars. The term was suspended for good behavior and he was paroled to the state board of parole. McBane, a former employee in the gasoline tax division, pled guilty to obtaining money under false pretenses and making a false statement in a license fee refund case.
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Fort Dodge
Angus McBane, Jr
Anamosa
T. G. Garfield
Webster County
McBane
State Treasurer's Office
Freedom Near For Convicts Who Gambled On Sleep Illness
In St Louis reports say ten Mississippi state prison convicts volunteered to be bitten by mosquitoes to test sleeping sickness. Senior Surgeon James Leake led the tests under federal health oversight with full pardons offered if they survived the trial. Doctors who allowed bites on themselves found no illness. convicts showed no signs after weeks, suggesting the illness may not be mosquito borne.
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ST. Louis
Mississippi
James Leake
United States Department of Public Health
Leake
Seven die in secret coroner's judgment of air disaster
Valparaiso Indiana coroner's jury ruled the cause of Tuesday night air crash near Chesterton probably will remain a mystery. Seven people died in the United Air Lines triple motor plane which exploded aboard and on impact. Names of victims include pilots Harold R. Tarrant and A. T. Ruby, stewardess Alice Scribner, E. Smith, Fred Schendorf, H. R. Burris, and Dorothy M. Dwyer, with origins in Chicago Columbus Stevens Point Arlington and Boston. Department of commerce inspectors and United Air Lines officials participated in the inquiry.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Carl Davis
Porter County
United Air Lines
Chesterton
Harold R. Tarrant
A. T. Ruby
Alice Scribner
E. Smith
Fred Schendorf
H.R. Burris
Dorothy M. Dwyer
Tarrant
Ruby
Schendorf
Smith
Chicago
Burris
Columbus
Ohio
Miss Scribner
Stevens Point
Wis
Miss Dwyer
Arlington
Mass
Reno
Nev
Department of Commerce
Mysery
Sally Rand Threatens Red Flannel Wardrobe Change
New York dancer Sally Rand, facing New York law and a Chicago jail sentence, warned that if police pressure continues she will wear red flannel underwear. License Commissioner Sidney S. Levine warned Paramount Theater that the license could be revoked if Rand performs with scant dress. Rand performed topless through Wednesday shows despite the threats.
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New York
Sally Rand
Miss Rand
Chicago
Sidney S. Levine
Levine
Paramount Theater
Arthur Poe Elected Head of Coe College Board
Arthur Poe was named resident trustee at Coe College during the annual board meeting. He succeeds Robert Sinclair, with G. Greene retiring as active member and honored. Dr. Harry Kremers was elected to fill the vacancy, and Dr. Kremers became secretary while J. M. Dinwiddle was re elected treasurer.
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Cedar Rapids
Arthur Poe
Coe College
Robert Sinclair
Indianapolis
Co. G. Greene
Harry Kremers
Coe
Greene
Kremers
Cedar Rapids Collegiate Institute
Robert Little
First Presbyterian Church
John S. Bly
J. M. Dinwiddle
S. N. Harris
F. G. Murray
Roy E. Murray
I. B. Smith
University of Dubuque
D. Little
H M. Gage
Association
Excess Butter To Be Given Away To Needy
Washington, (UP) The administration plans to purchase agricultural surpluses with federal funds for relief and distribute them to the unemployed. Dairy industry plans will extend to buying a large portion of the butter surplus for needy families. Details to be announced after legal plans are formed. Attendees included Peck Chester Davis William Westervelt Major Littlejohn and Harry Hopkins.
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Peck
Chester Davis
William S. Westervelt
Robert Littlejohn
Harry Hopkins
Proposals Shape Tax Delay On Hog Processing Levy
Washington AP reports farm adjustment officials seek tax adjustments to fund the corn hog program. Proposals include a one cent per pound tax until January and two cents thereafter, with an immediate one cent rate likely by November 1 if the plan completes. Earl C. Smith and A G Black prepare further talks with Secretary Wallace as George N. Peek has not approved details.
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Washington
Farm Adjustment Administration
Earl C. Smith
Chicago
Corn Belt Producers Committee of Twenty-Five
Wallace
A. G. Black
George N. Peek
NRA Dishonor Roll to Publish Names of Revoked Blue Eagles
Recovery Administrator Hugh Johnson announced plans to systematically publish an NRA dishonor roll listing individuals deprived of the blue eagle. The move follows earlier withdrawals of blue eagles from New Rochelle and Gary establishments as the NRA intensifies enforcement of the presidents’ employment and permanent codes. Theodore Rahutis of Gary seeks restoration, but Johnson has stated such revocations do not revert once issued.
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Washington
Hugh Johnson
NRA
Blue Eagles
New Rochelle
N. Y
Blue Eagle
Gary, Ind
INS
The
Recovery Administration
Complance
Theodore G. Rahutis
Gary
Ind
Huck S. Johnson
To Let Contracts For 180 Thousand At Iowa U
Iowa City building program moves forward as the state board of education plans to let two contracts totaling 180000 within thirty days. An addition to the state psychopathic hospital will cost 30000, likely awarded in three weeks. A dormitory for law students will cost 150000 with about 30 percent funded by the federal public works fund.
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Des Moines
Iowa City
State Board of Education
W. H. Gemmill
Gemmill
Federal Public Works Fund
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Dillon, Read and Company
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