Kidnap Plot Aimed at Joseph Sans Disrupted In Chicago
Federal officials say a thwarted kidnap attempt occurred as Joseph Sans, held on Thanksgiving mail fraud related charges, was moved from federal custody to county jail. A car with multiple plates tried to pull away the lead convoy on Jackson Boulevard, causing a violent roadside pursuit. No injuries reported.
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Hicago
Federal
Joseph Sans
Sans
Ing
Fisher
Ge Wilkerson
Oman
Brees
Eye
Jackson Bowevard
Isted Street
Monticello Bank President Henry Carpenter Dies at 76
Henry M Carpenter, 76, longtime Monticello State Bank president and former cashier, died Friday after two weeks ill with bronchial pneumonia and a stroke. An Iowa pioneer born Sept 11 1857 in Old Lyme Connecticut he arrived in Monticello in 1868 and married Mary Farwell in 1883. He leaves two sons Mil lington and Halstead and a sister Harriet Coughlan.
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Monticello
Henry M_ Carpenter
Montiicello State Bank
Carpenter
Old Lyme
Conn
Castle Grove
Jones County
George Miller
Major 8. S. Farwell
M. L. Carpenter
Mary Farwell
Major
S. S. Farwell
Millington F Carpenter
Town University
Halstead M. Carpenter
The
Crutsinger Advocates Quantity in Nebraska Hunt
Ed Crutsinger, a Blair Nebraska farmer, says his hunting approach favors quantity over quality. This week a single shotgun blast killed thirty six sparrows raiding his kaffir corn fields.
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Blair
Neb
Ed Crutsinger
The Tragedy of X Mystery Starts in Cedar Rapids Gazette
Barnaby Ross fans are invited to follow a detective tale praised as flawless. The Tragedy of X unfolds in The Cedar Rapids Gazette starting next Tuesday October 17 with clues laid plain in early chapters. readers are challenged to reach the solution.
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Barnaby Ross
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Everyday Religion and the Call to Grow Up
The piece argues Peter Pan’s refusal to mature embodies a broader childish outlook that harms leadership and society. It notes self centeredness, obsession with material things, and reliance on others as indicators of immaturity, urging adults to become like children in spirit yet responsible in action.
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Peter Pan
Stevenson
Labor AFL Calls German Goods Boycott At Convention
The American Federation of Labor votes a German goods and services boycott, urging faster public works and protesting NRA officials. It denies plans to broaden the policy to Italy Russia or China and calls for expedited public works and textile code enforcement.
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Washington
Germany
NRA
American Federation of Labor
Executive Council
Resolutions Committee
Italy
Russia
China
William Green
Roosevelt
Public Works Administration
National Labor Board
Powers Ready 10 Postpone Arms Parley
German leaders warned they could withdraw from the disarmament conference if demands for arms equality are not met. Berlin hinted at concessions and German tactics shifted to press others to disarm while awaiting Sir John Simon's Saturday address. Delegates anticipated a private move toward compromise as Geneva adjourns for more talks.
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Franz von Papen
Geneva
Reich
John Simon
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Sir John
Rome
Baron Rudolph Nadolny
Inexpensive Gazette Rental Ad Seeks Tenants
Mrs. L. J. Carney advertises a private 4 room apartment at 1218 2nd Ave SE with heat and water included. She reports many calls and urges readers to rent now before winter and November 1. Call 2-1121 to place an ad.
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Gazette
2Nd Ave
L. J. Carney
Jin
Armored coach carries Kelly to Leavenworth prison
George R. Kelly known as Machine Gun Kelly was moved to the Leavenworth federal penitentiary in an armored rail coach on the Missouri Kansas and Texas line from Oklahoma City. He was shackled hand and foot, guarded by eight armed men, with iron bars covering all windows as crowds watched at the Katy depot.
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Oklahoma City
INS
George R
Kelly
Urschel
Federal
Leavenworth
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Katy
San Francisco Opposes New U S Prison On Alcatraz Island
City civic leaders rally against moving the U S military prison on Alcatraz to confinement of desperate recidivist criminals. Chamber of Commerce head J W Malliard Jr calls influx undesirable and San Francisco equity district attorney Mathew Brady voices strong opposition to housing gangsters on the island.
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Selecion
Rocky Alcatraz Island
Golden Gate
Devil's Island
J. W. Malliard, Jr
Chamber of Commerce
Government Spent 31 Million In Pig Buying Campaign
Washington AP reports the emergency hog marketing program bought and slaughtered about 6.42 million pigs and 220 thousand sows over five weeks to cut pork surplus. Approximately 31 million dollars paid to farmers and 100 million pounds of pork distributed via relief agencies to forty states.
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Farm Adjustment Administration
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Farm Administration
Believe Chief Of Twin City Narcotic Ring Is Arrested
Federal agents say they shut off the main narcotics source for St. Paul and Minneapolis with the arrest of Harry Lowe in a midtown New York hotel room. They found narcotics, 50 local names, telegrams ordering drugs, chemist scales, and 800 mailing envelopes.
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St. Paul
Minneapolis
Minn
Harry Lowe
Lowe
Robert Primrose
Charles de Stefano
Des Moines Sets Meeting to Continue Tax Revision Draft
Drafting of tentative tax revision recommendations will be continued at a meeting here Saturday. Chairman W. Riley of the legislative tax study group announced Friday. When completed the report will be submitted to the fifteen members of the three interim committees.
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DES Moines
W. Riley
Legislative Tax Study Group
Old Theories Hit as 1700 Teachers Meet
Adeline Taylor reports on the Northeast Town Teachers convention opening session in the Memorial building. Dr John Guy Fowlkes of the University of Wisconsin challenges teaching as a profession while urging more respect from the public and rewards for labor. Prof Julius Bornas also speaks on Certainties and Probabilities in Education. La Follette cancelation noted. Frederic Snyder substitutes.
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Memorial Building
Northeast Town
John Guy Fowlkes
University of Wisconsin School of Education
Fowlkes
Julius Bornas
St. Olaf College
Northfield
Minn
Macon Sails For West Coast Base
Meridan Mississippi noon sighting reports the dirigible Macon en route to the Pacific coast. The U S S Macon carrying fourteen officers and fifty five seamen is bound for Moffett field near San Francisco and expected to arrive at sunrise Sunday.
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Miss
Macon
Pacific Coast
Lakehurst
N. J
Mns
U.S.S. Macon
Moffett Field
Sunnyvale Field
San Francisco
Time bomb theory explored in Indiana plane crash
Investigators recovered stained debris from the Chesterton airliner wreck, suggesting possible gunpowder traces and holes in the fuselage. Federal officials cited strong explosion evidence and raised the time bomb murder theory while continuing to probe the crash near Cleveland to Chicago with air mail cargo.
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Chicago
Chesterton
Ind
Department of Commerce
Cleveland
Carl Davis
Porter _county
Indiana
Davis
Emil Smith
Smith
New York
North Shore
Marshall Field Reports Profit in 1933 Third Quarter
Marshall Field and Company said Friday that its third quarter 1933 net profit was 955000 versus a loss of 1709800 a year earlier. The firm credited much of the gain to the World’s Fair and called the quarter the first of what might be the NRA era, noting it was the first Chicago firm to sign the blanket code.
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Chicago
Marshall Field and Company
Marshall Field
Exhibit Shows Why Cedar Rapids Kids Play Hockey Less Now
An exhibit at Washington high school showcases kindergarten through junior high projects explaining changes in play among Cedar Rapids youth. Displayed dioramas and scenes cover Mother Goose tales, Bagdad markets, agriculture, libraries, and more, with supervisors available Saturday to answer questions.
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Cedar Rapids
Citizen
Washington High School
Chicago Fairgrounds
East
Peter Rabbit
Juniper
Indictment Chases Fowler and Nine in Mail Fraud Case
Federal court indictments charge John W. Fowler chairman of U S Gypsum and eight other Chicago business figures with defrauding through sale of 330000 dollars of securities tied to the Security Investment Trust. Included are Lawrence Fowler Walter Beam Howard Ivey John Duckworth Edward Miller J Stanley Conroy Elbert Smith and Andrew Thompson. The holding company faced 3.5 million dollars in bonds and ceased operations after receiverships in 1930 with profits claimed at 50 percent above real revenues and expenses misrepresented.
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Chicago
John W. Fowler
Fowler
U. S. Gypsum Corporation
Security Investment Trust Corporation
Lawrence Fowler
Pennsylvania
Walter J. Beam
Farmers National Grain Corporation
Howard 8. Ivey
Huntington,w. Va
John 8. Duckworth
John Fowler
Edward M. Miller
J. Stanley Conroy
New York
Elbert O. Smith
Beam
Andrew C. Thompson
Ladysmith
Wis
Cook County
Two Farm Workers Suffer Severe Hand Injuries in Sheller Accidents
Two men, Milton Chadima of Fairfax and Edward Kaloupek of Clutier, suffered severe left hand lacerations after corn sheller incidents. Both were admitted to St Luke's hospital Thursday evening with similar injuries after their hands were drawn into the sheller shelters while working near Fairfax and Clutier.
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Sater 8
Uae
St. Luke's Hospital
Milton Chadima
Fairfax
Edward Kaloupek
Clutier
Chadima
Kaloupek
Sues for $15000 for Coggon Crash
Minnie Louisa Melchert as administratrix of the Eugene Melchert estate seeks 15000 damages in district court over a fatal crash between cars driven by Melchert and Dr. H E Hanson on highway 13 near Coggon on September 16. Melchert suffered a skull fracture and died the next day.
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Cedar Rapids
Minnie Louisa Melchert
Eugene Melchert
Melchert
H. E. Hanson
Cogg
Speakers Defend Frills In Education At Northeast PT Conference
The Friday session of the Northeast district Parent-Teacher Conference at Hotel Montrose featured Dr John Guy Fowlkes of the University of Wisconsin opposing extra curricular frills while criticizing fundraising methods. Mrs B C Hopkins of Des Moines defended them and urged understanding of their value. The convention backed measures to end child labor and promote welfare, education, and mental health, and urged members to study school legislation as vital for future citizens. The Northeast Town district PT membership is listed as 4967.
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Montrose
John Guy Fowlkes
University of Wisconsin
B. C. Hopkins
Des Moines
National Council of Parent-Teachers
Roosevelt launches bank capital expansion in Chicago deal
President Roosevelt's program to enlarge credit facilities advanced Friday as Jesse Jones of the Reconstruction Finance Corp announced a $50,000,000 purchase of preferred stock in Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Co of Chicago. The move signals government partnership with major banks to bolster capital and expand loans while ensuring safety.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Finance Coreporation
Ilinois National Bank and Trust Company of
Chicago
RF. C
R. F. Co
Broderick
Canadian Company Tax Escape Tied to Personal Profit
Washington AP reports banker Forrestal testified before Senate investigators about avoiding income tax on an $864000 1929 stock profit by forming a Canada based company. He said a Canadian return was filed this year and a tax of 6008 paid, while a 95000 levy was under consideration. others questioned if the deals were personal business shifts between pockets.
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Washington
Read and Company
Senate
Canada
Doe James V.forrestal
Ferdinand Pecora
Forrestal
Couzens
Mich
Witeness
Slay Cop Killer Executed in Chicago Electric Chair
Morris Cohen, 38, the first man executed in Chicago under a crime crackdown, died in the electric chair Friday morning for the slaying of a policeman two months earlier.
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Cop
Chicago
Morris Cohen
Gazette Football Edition Delivers Complete Sunday Coverage
The Sunday Gazette announces a football edition issued Saturday evening with full stories on major games and results from many sections. It promises blanket autumn sports coverage via press associations, correspondents, and local staff, plus the green sheet edition for the most complete sports news.
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Sunday Gazette
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Gazette
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