Roosevelt fireside talk on democracy and farm policy debated
The editorial notes President Roosevelt extols democracy while warning against excessive government power. It questions farmers' reception of his cereal reduction and tillable land plans, suggesting his influence may be waning as voters weigh his repeated arguments. Additionally, the Gazette opposes the bus franchise ordinance and calls for voter consideration of street railway versus bus service amid a fragile city budget and aging infrastructure.
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White House
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
NCE
Olds
White
Ithe
Street Railway Company
Gazette
Labor Federation Pushes Japan Boycott And Board Purge
The American Federation of Labor endorsed a militant program demanding an immediate embargo on all Japanese goods and a world workers protest over China. It called for President Roosevelt to purge the National Labor Relations Board of CIO partisan influence and urged amendments to the Wagner Act to curb the board. It also attacked the pending wage and hour bill and urged federation involvement in future labor legislation. John P. Frey attacked the board and named regional directors to be removed, while praising Chairman Madden's integrity.
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Denver
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
National Labor Relations Board
Committee For Industrial Organization
Japan
China
Congress
A. F. of L
Edwin S. Smith
Fair Labor Standards Board
John P. Frey
Metal Trades Department
Frey
Elinore Herrick
New York
Alice Rosseter
San Francisco
A. Howard Myers
Boston
J. Warren Madden
Edwins. Smith
Donald Wakefield Smith
Washington
John L. Lewis
CIO
Cioa. F. of L
CSO
Duke and Duchess of Windsor plan American tour in November
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor will arrive in the United States in early November for a private month long cross country tour by train from New York to Los Angeles. They will study low cost housing, working conditions, and New Deal programs including WPA CCC projects with potential stops in Washington and Baltimore and a possible visit with President Roosevelt.
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New York
INS
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Britain
Chicago
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Windsor
New York City
United States
Duke and Duchess
Scotland Yard
Washington
Europe
Duke
Bremen
Duchess of Windsor
Roosevelt
Capital Society
Baltimore
Duchess
Madrid bombardment leaves over twenty dead and many injured
In Madrid on Wednesday night insurgent artillery pounded the city center for about an hour. More than 20 people were killed and scores were wounded in the attack, with chaos and destruction reported across the capital.
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Madrid
Public Debate Open On Local Ordinance Vote
This newspaper invites letters for the upcoming November 2 special election debate. Citizens may express support or opposition through the press as they decide the issue. Officials acknowledge no wholly satisfactory answer exists.
Roosevelt Described Sorely Perplexed By Eight Failed Programs
Coughlin’s Social Justice claims President Roosevelt is a sorely perplexed executive as eight administration programs fail to lift the national mood. The Washington datelined piece says the administration has come to the end of its rope.
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Chicago
INS
Roosevelt
Charles E. Coughlin
Social Justice
Washington, D. C
Dateline
Step-son confesses slaying of Jayne in Des Moines area
Paul Verner of Spencer 19 confessed to killing his stepfather Frank Jayne 65 a Spencer farmer and implicated Lowell Lair 18 and Max Barnett 22 as accomplices. Verner said the Oct 2 murder occurred after Lair failed a $50 bargain and Lair assisted in the fatal head injury the officials said. A prior July 10 attempt was also admitted with Barnett striking the first blow though injuring Jayne.
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Des Moines
State
Clay County
Paul Verner
Spencer
Frank Jayne
Spencer Farmer
Verner
Lowell Lair
Max Barnett
Jayne
Lair
Barnett
Efforts to Censor War Newsreels Stomach Japanese Interest
New York dispatch reports Siegfried Lindstrom sought to obtain and suppress parts of a war newsreel from China. He stated he acted as a neutral private party at the request of a Japanese lawyer, aiming to remove footage showing Chinese captures and air raids, while denying any intent to buy or suppress the entire film.
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New York
INS
China
Motion Picture Daily
Siegfried Lindstrom
Orient
Bureau of Insular Affairs
War Department
Lindstrom
Nanking
United States
Philippines
Porto Rico
Predicts Drop In Meat Prices Soon
CHICAGO AP Charles W Kaiser secretary of the Chicago Retail Meat Dealers association said housewives could expect within a week a 10 percent drop in the price of all types of meat except prime beef. The association has 2000 members selling 80 percent of metropolitan meat. Beef prices will stay up due to scarcity of choice beef cattle. Pork prices should drop within 48 hours. The lag in beef price reductions comes from beef buying every two to three days versus daily pork purchases.
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Chicago
Charles W. Kaiser
Chicago Retail Meat Dealers’ Association
Kaiser
Last Word Identification Of Station Now Baer
Cartoonish column notes the supreme court’s authority shrinking to station identification. The piece jokes about Justices Hughes and an eight one football formation, framing the court as a bench that never fully sends out a play.
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Baer
Justice Hughes
The
Supreme Court
Four Proverbial Summary of History by Charles Beard
Dr Newton cites four ancient proverbs as essence of history. Gods destroy by madness, gods grind slowly and finely, the bee robs to serve good, and darkness reveals stars for guidance. He notes history shows humans and empires fade, yet wisdom and purpose emerge through time.
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Charles A. Beard
Navy board cites possible sabotage in Vincennes gear damage
A naval board reported evidence of possible sabotage in the Vincennes heavy cruiser during Boston dock trials. Stray metal and a non navy tool found in gear boxes. two gear sets were sound while a file appeared in another. Similar gear troubles occurred on Quincy during trials, with a spanner wrench discovered in a gear box.
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Washington
INS
Navy
Vincennes
Navy High Command
Boston
Bethlehem Shipbuilding
Corporat
Quincy
Navy’ Department
Fore River
New York Navy Yard
Indianapolis
Corpenia
Mrs. Drew Pearson Secures Full Custody in Nevada
In Reno Nevada AP Mrs Drew Pearson former Mrs Lovie Moore Abell wife of columnist Drew Pearson was granted exclusive custody of her five year old son Tyler Abell by District Judge Thomas F Moran The decision upheld her claim that the boy's father George Abell had violated a prior Nevada order by taking the child out of the United States
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Reno
John Donovan
George Abell
Nevada
United States
May Ease Surtax On Corporations
Washington report says the administration plans to modify the surtax on undistributed corporate earnings to ease debt burdens on growing firms. The change, approved at a White House conference, would be sent to Congress in January and apply to this year’s corporate earnings. Rep. Doughton and Rep. Vinson participate in the push for a review by the Ways and Means Committee to study the tax’s impact on debt-ridden businesses and industrial expansion.
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Washington
INS
White House
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Congress
Treasury
Morgenthau
Rep. Doughton
House
Ways and Means
Fred Vinson
Kentucky
Vinson
Ways and Means Tax
Suspects Nabbed In Widespread Clothing Thefts At Dyersville
Two men, Manuel Ramos 34 and an alias holder, were arrested by Chief Walter Westmark after a stakeout near J C Penney in Dyersville. The pair are suspected in multiple thefts including July 13 robbery of 1,900 dollars in suits from the Golden Rule and a 300 dollar theft at the Emporium. They were taken to Dubuque County Jail for questioning.
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The
Gazette
Dyersville
Iowa
Iinois
Wisconsin
Walter Westmark
Manuel Ramos
Westmark
Penney
Dubuque
Ryder
Golden Rule
Emporium
Clashes Over Farm Measure Are Predicted
Washington AP reports sharp clashes loom in a special session called by President Roosevelt for November 15. The National Grange will oppose marketing quotas and production controls on family-sized farms, while the American Farm Bureau Federation backs administration proposals. Debate hinges on whether agriculture committees move quickly to craft a bill, as Senator Smith and Senator Pope navigate possible early action.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
National Grange
American Farm Bureau’ Federation
Wallace
Edward A. O'Neal
House
Senate Agriculture Committees
Smith
S. C
Senate Committee
Pope
Safe-Crackers Hit Western Grocer for 423 Dollars
Yeggs cracked the vault at Western Grocer Company early Wednesday taking about 423 dollars. Detectives traced entry to an unlocked north window and suspect a car parked near the site. It was the fifth major robbery in the area this summer and fall, with similar safe-cracking incidents at Cedar Rapids Finance and other local firms.
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Yeggs
Western Grocer
Joe Chermak
Bailey
Bukacek
DeVore
Chermak
H. N. Stoehr
Robert Hopwood
Cedar Rapids Finance Company
Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company
Sinclair Oil Company
John Janecek
Thieves Steal Sausage Casings From Pittsfield Plant
In Pittsfield Massachusetts thieves broke into the U S Beef and Provisions plant at night and stole sausage casings valued at 1600 dollars. The incident highlights a theft of materials crucial to sausage production and may prompt security reviews at the facility.
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Pittsfield
Mass
U. S
Newton man reelected master of Iowa Grange
Special to The Gazette Manchester Charles Starrett of Newton was reelected master of the Iowa Grange for a two year term. He had already served as master for one year after succeeding Ralph Smith. Delegates also elected James Carradus overseer Emma Parmenter lecturer Walter Goream steward Mrs Arthur Cope chaplain Delbert Ray Grinnell assistant steward Jetson Adams treasurer L E Raffety Grinnell secretary George Shenke gatekeeper and several local Pomona officers.
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Manchester
Charles Starrett
Newton
Iowa Grange
State Farm Fraternity
Starrett
State Grange
Grinnell
Ralph Smith
Iowa Berteuitueel Conservation
James Carradus
Emma Parmenter
Gilman
Walter Goream
Montezuma
Arthur Cope
Searsboro
Delbert Ray
Jetson Adamns
Killduff
L. E Raffety
George Shenke
Nellie Grapes
Delhi
Ceres
Ida Iverson
Pomona
Freda Gienapp
Flora
Mildred Kaisand
Grin
President Roosevelts battles on every point in new deal drive
Washington reports Roosevelt faces major opposition on all fronts as he pushes a special session program for labor farm and industry. Widespread demands for input emerge from unions farmers and business groups while factions back home and in Congress threaten to derail key measures including wage hour controls and crop plans. Continued debate hints at party strains and potential purges ahead of 1938 elections.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Congress
Guffey-Vinson
Supreme Court
Democratic Party
Peearam
Guffey
Pennsylvania
Garner
Sam Rayburn
Texas
House
Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Chinese Retreat Rocked by Disorder Across North China
Chinese forces retreat in disorder from Pingshan Hopei with 200,000 troops pillaging and killing along the way. Japanese troops under General Count Juichi Terauchi push 175 miles in thirty days, now across the Hato river within ninety miles of the Yellow River.
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Pingshan
Hopei
China
INS
Japan
Juichi Terauchi
Hato River
Great Yellow River
North
Ideal prisoner may win parole for forgery in 1935 case
George Dalhover, 33, brother of captured Brady gangster James Dalhover, is deemed an ideal prisoner and may win parole from Indiana state prison next year. He was sentenced to two to fourteen years for forgery in Jefferson county in September 1935.
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Ind
INS
George Dalhover
James Dalhover
Indiana
George
Jefferson County
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