Indiana tale of counterfeit bills and political promises
A restaurant owner gives a penniless man a forty cent meal and later finds a ten dollar bill in his handkerchief. The bill is deemed counterfeit, so the owner returns change, and the new holder cannot prosecute. The piece links such scams to political rhetoric and references Herbert Hoover Woodrow Wilson Jim Reed ACE Garner and Gov. Roosevelt in campaign contexts.
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Indiana
Herbert Hoover
Woodrow Wilson
Jim Reed
Hoover Warns Against False Prophets in Bar Address
President Hoover, addressing the American Bar Association, assailed false prophets of a millennium and warned that the nation’s form of government is on trial. He urged less centralization, stronger state rights, and local safeguards to curb crime and preserve liberty and economic security.
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Washington
Hoover
Bar Association
American Bar Association Convention
Constitutional Hall
Duffey Questions Delaware County Government Costs
R. J. Duffey a Manchester farmer, in an interview for What's What Out on The Acres, cited figures comparing Delaware county government costs with other counties. The comparison was not very favorable to Delaware.
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R. J. Duffey
Manchester
Mr. Duffey
Delaware
Farmer Earl Peet Proposes Cheaper Bridge Work
Jones county farmer Earl Peet told the farm editor he offered to furnish piling and flooring for certain bridges and to construct one bridge for less money than the supervisors later paid. He argued it would be fair to taxpayers to have fair pricing.
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Earl Peet
Jones County
Greta Garbo on marriage and Hollywood leftovers
Greta Garbo describes marriage as a makeshift affair in Liberty amid the constant flow of Hollywood divorces. She explains she does not marry, suggesting the best explanation for the industry’s relationship instability lies in settling for leftovers after film contracts.
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Greta Garbo
Liberty
Hollywood
New York Budget Grows Under Roosevelt Plan
Ogden Mills charges in Minneapolis that New York state budget rose from 232 million to 328 million in Roosevelt’s first three years. He warns the next governor will inherit a 100 million deficit. Treasury secretary’s quote implies a governor must answer the claim.
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New York
Beer Return Bill Faces House Push After Chicago Platform
Garner could have brought beer sooner if Congress acts. Democrats at the Chicago convention backed a beer return bill headed by Garner. He refused to permit a vote in the House on the measure.
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Garner
Congress
Chicago
House of Representatives
House
Indicted Sioux City Man Faces Murder Charge
In Sioux City a man has been indicted for murder. The case references legal fees and court costs tied to the proceedings. The expense arose following a confession reported in the record.
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Sioux City
Chicago man commits suicide on golf course after confrontation
A Chicagoan walks onto a golf course and forces a worker to help him as he pulls a gun to his head. He leaves behind a poem for his wife and son and states life denied its goal. Golfers at the course faced the tension of a final putt that failed.
Hayes Killed While Painting Bridge in Cedar Rapids
John W. Hayes 81 an Iowa Electric Light and Power employee died after falling from an interurban bridge near Frontier park while painting the structure. He did not fall from a ladder but toppled 20 feet backward as a Cedar Rapids and Iowa City freight train approached. The coroner said Hayes was dizzy and fell from the ladder work, landing on the bridge ties as the train rounded a curve.
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Cedar Rapids
John W. Hayes
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Frontier Park
Iowa City
R. A. Vorpahl
Hayes
Tno Hayes
Sane Aean
President Lays Cornerstone of Justice Temple
President Hoover laid the cornerstone of the Supreme Court’s new white marble home in Washington before a large gathering of American and foreign lawyers and officials. The $10 million project will be completed by December and features a relic-filled niche placed by Mrs. Taft.
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Washington
Hoover
Supreme Court
Hughes
John W. Davis
David Lynn
Capitol
Mt Chamber
Lord Reading
M. Paul Renaud
Paris
American Bar Association
William Howard Taft
Taft
Congressional
Republic
Davis
Cass Gilbert
Capitol Park
Al Smith Planned Six Stump Speeches in Northeast
Alfred E. Smith to campaign for the Democratic ticket with six speeches across New York and New England. He was set to speak at a Lehman Bray luncheon but the event was canceled due to throat inflammation. Proposed stops include Tammany Hall in Oct 19 and cities in Newark Providence Boston Albany area and Buffalo.
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New York
INS
Alfred E. Smith
New England
Col
Herbert M. Lehman
M. Williams Bray
Smith
Tammany Hall
Newark
N. J
Providence
R. J
Boston
Albany Area
Buffalo
Straw Vote Ballot Printed One Day Only Next Monday
Iowa readers are urged to clip a single straw vote ballot published next Monday October 17 in The Gazette and 29 Iowa Daily Press association newspapers. Mark your presidential preference with one ballot and include town and county for analysis.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Iowa Daily Press Association
the Gazette
See Gee Ke Seta Wee Sows
Creditors May Bring Action Against Insull
Samuel Insull refused to surrender his passport Thursday afternoon when United States consul Edwin A. Plitt called at his Athens hotel and renewed a request for the document. Plitt noted Insull’s 30 day Greek stay. until then Greek officials are expected to treat his papers as in order.
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Athens
Greece
Samuel Insull
Edwin A. Plitt
United States
Plitt
Chicago
Insull
Insull Brothers Face Possible Personal Bankruptcies
Creditors move to uncover assets of Samuel Insull Jr and his brother Martin as bankruptcy actions loom. Attorney Louis F. Jacobson says personal petitions may be sought to reveal all assets. State officials prepared to escort Samuel Insull from Athens to face charges of larceny and embezzlement tied to the bankrupt utility empire.
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Chicago
Samuel Insull, Jr
Martin
Colossus
Louis F. Jacobson
Insull Utility Investments, Inc
J. Walter Lindley
Insulls
John A. Swanson
Washington
Samuel Insull
Athens
Greece
Two Are Arrested For Short Change Racket
William Boxley of Marshall Minnesota and Clyde West of Nobiesville Indiana were arrested at 6 35 p m Wednesday after local merchants complained of a short change racket Tuesday afternoon They were linked to a carnival at Frontier park and identified by several witnesses at the Lincoln hotel and Third Avenue incidents.
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William Boxley
Marshall, Minn
Clyde West
Nobiesville
Ind
Frontier Park
Lincoln Hotel
DeVore
Condon
Stod
President Hoover Hides From Rain with Silk Hat
In Washington during the Supreme Court cornerstone ceremonies on Thursday, President Hoover avoided getting wet by donning his silk hat after a note from Mrs. Hoover urged audience seating. Other officials nearby followed suit, easing their relief as light rain began.
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Washington
INS
Hoover
Mercury Rises as Clear Skies Open in Cedar Rapids
A cloudy Wednesday gave way to sunny conditions in Cedar Rapids as temperatures climbed from 31 at 7 am to 42 by 9 am, with the day warming further toward 58 later. Weather officials noted rapid warming after the overcast morning.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Roosevelt to discuss relief aid in radio talk tonight
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt prepared to address a national audience on relief questions. He would answer welfare leaders’ queries on federal relief, public works funding, unemployment reserves, the Children’s Bureau, and youth schooling age. The talk precedes a 3,000 mile campaign trip covering 16 states in eight days with multiple broadcast stops.
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Albany
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Children’s Bureau of the Labor Department
Mr. Roosevelt
Rochester
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Wheeling
W. Va
Indianapolis
Springfield
St. Louis
Louisville
Atlanta
Raleigh
N. C
Richmond, Va
Baltimore
Hoover May Speak in Twin Cities
The article reports that Senator L. J. Lee and Senator Burton K. Wheeler will speak in Minneapolis and St Paul as part of a tour influenced by Hoover's Iowa trip. It notes pressure for another Midwest visit and counters Mills with Wheeler in St Paul on Thursday night.
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ST. Paul
L. J. Lee
Raean
Hoover
Minneapolis
St. Stecelie
Iowa
Dickinson
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Ogden L. Mills
Secretary of the Treasury
Leo Gorman Dies From Auto Crash Injuries
Leo Gorman 28 of 717 Seventh Avenue SW died at Mercy Hospital Wednesday evening from injuries in a Sunday automobile crash. He rode with Earl Edgington 722 First Street SW and Loretta Chapman 514 Seventh Street SW when the Edgington car was rear ended by a truck driven by R F Blake of Burlington at the Sixth street and Eighth avenue SW intersection. Gorman suffered severe leg lacerations and multiple bruises, was initially reported in good condition, and nearly 100 stitches were required. He worked at Mineck Brothers grocery and market and was the son of Mrs. James Gorman.
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Cedar Rapids
Leo Gorman
Seventh Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Gorman
Earl Edgington
First Street
Miss Loretta Chapman
Seventh Street
Miss Chapman
Edgington
Sixth Street
Eighth Avenue
Sixteen Hurt In Slide Through Los Angeles Aqueduct Siphon
Sixteen workers were injured when they slid hundreds of feet inside the Grapevine canyon siphon of the Los Angeles aqueduct during a pitch black descent. The accident occurred 150 miles north of Los Angeles in a dramatic interior-siphon collapse.
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Los Angeles
INS
Hoover Greenslighted Bonus Army Plea at White House
President Hoover broke his prior stance and granted an audience to a twelve member group from the bonus expeditionary force at the White House. Capt Hoke Smith led the delegation while Frank Hines received the petition on behalf of the President amid calls for cash payment of the veterans’ bonus.
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Washington
Hoover
Bonus Expeditionary Force
Hoke Smith
Smith
White House
Walter Newton
Mr. Hoover
Frank T. Hines
Veterans Administration
Hines
Capt. Smith
Newton
B.E.F
Supreme Court
Mills Chicago Talk To Be Broadcast
Secretary of the Treasury Ogden Mills arrived in Chicago after a 3000 mile campaign tour to deliver a speech at the Chicago Coliseum. The Republican National Committee arranged a radio broadcast of his address starting at 8 30 p.m. Iowa time from the Coliseum.
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Chicago
Treasury
Ogden Mills
Republican National Committee
Chicago Coliseum
Mills
Iowa
Razor blade swallowed by man passes without injury
Sydney report says John Pugh put a razor blade in his mouth while shaving and swallowed it. Physicians found the blade had not nicked his insides and was still in him with the man feeling well as last reports indicated.
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Iate
Sydney
Australia
John Pugh
Pugh
Bank Bandits Loot Nebraska National Bank in Grand Island
A robber gang armed with machine guns and revolvers stole 38,000 in cash and 8,000 in bonds from the Nebraska National Bank in Grand Island Nebraska and kidnapped three female employees to aid their getaway.
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Grand Island, Neb
Nebraska National Bank
Woman dies in fire after heater accident
In Medford Oregon Blanche Hitzler aged 50 was burned to death Thursday when she fell onto an electric heater causing fatal injuries.
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Medford
Ore
INS
Blanche Hitzler
Will Rogers Reports South American Flight Notes
Will Rogers writes from the west coast of South America noting aviation as a godsend and observing rising revolutions in the region. He mentions reserved seats promised for upcoming events and plans to attend with a playful dig at Floyd Gibbons.
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Buenaventura
South America
Floyd Gibbons
Lawyers Urge Abolishment of Nepotism
Washington report says the American Bar association commerce committee urges ending nepotism and cutting government costs across federal state and municipal levels. It calls for banning gratuities special buying privileges franking and government competition with private business. A minority report questions anti injunction legislation.
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Washington
American Bar Association
Commerce Committee
Govtion
Treas
Bar Association
Charles E. Clark
Joseph F. O'Connell
Nation of A
Borah Attacks Roosevelt Over Soldier Bonus
Idaho rural audience reports Senator William Borah urging a candidate to announce his stance on the soldiers bonus before election. Borah did not name Franklin D. Roosevelt but implied the remark targeted the Democratic contender who has opposed the bonus.
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Ida
William E. Borah
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Borah
American mountaineer dies after fall from Great Pyramid
Cairo CAIRO AP Rand Herron, American climber and member of a German American Himalayan expedition, fell to his death while attempting to scale the Great Pyramid. He had arrived in Egypt after a voyage from Suez and planned to reboard a ship at Port Said.
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Cairo
Egypt
Rand Herron
Santicuets
Nanga Parbat
Europe
Suez
Pyramids
Port Said
Great Pyramid
Desert
Herron
Courson testifies in sweat box murder trial
George W. Courson, former guard at a prison camp, goes on the stand denying involvement in Arthur Maillefert’s death. He describes placing Maillefert in a sweat box, a barrel rig, and a later chase when Maillefert attempted escape, with shots heard the next day.
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Courson
Jacksonville
Fila
George W. Courson
Arthur Maillefert
Georgia
Florida
Star
Sunbeam
F. Baker
Maillefert
Denmark
Fort
Jersey
Iain
Tn Yard
Maitlefort
Trusty
Marriage Binding Mistake Leads to Bigamy Charges
Edwin Crater claimed his Pittsburgh marriage was not binding due to a misspelled license name, Carter versus Grater, causing him to wed again and face bigamy charges. The error prompted a second marriage and subsequent legal action.
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Pittsburgh
Edwin Crater
Aie
Carter
Grater
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