Roosevelt prosperity and the widow's 1000 in 1932 bonds
A Cedar Rapids banker helps a widow with three children after her husband’s death. He bought a $1000 Texas Corporation bond in 1932 at $710, paying 5 percent interest, later sold at 1010 for a $300 profit and 7.06 percent annual return, illustrating asserted Roosevelt prosperity and its hidden costs. The piece questions sustainability as the widow seeks reinvestment.
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Cedar Rapids Bank
Texas Corporation
F.D.R
Roosevelt
Ereas
King Edward Rebukes Church And Parliament In Mrs Simpson Affair
London report says King Edward VIII dismissed bishops and Prime Minister Baldwin when they pressed him over his friendship with Mrs. Simpson. The king told them to mind their own business as court circles note rising tensions and a possible royal marriage.
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Virgil Pinkley
London
Edward VIII
England
Ernest Simpson
Archbishop of
Canterbury
Church of England
Stanley Baldwin
Buckingham Palace
York
Mrs. Simpson
Echo
Edward
Not long ago I visited a fortune teller
A reader describes a fun visit to a fortune teller who predicted a death in her family. The writer and Carl Sandburg discuss occult interests, whether diviners are genuine, and whether astrology is a science, noting some psychics can read character while future forecasts may vary.
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Carl Sandburg
James Roosevelt Clarifies NRA Remarks at Gardner Rally
James Roosevelt spoke at a Gardner Massachusetts rally amid questions over whether he called for a constitutional amendment to revive the NRA or would seek such action only if required. He later provided a written statement affirming the administration’s commitment to NRA goals by constitutional means and considering an amendment only if no other path exists.
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Washington
James Roosevelt
Gardner
Mass
Roosevelt
Democratic National Committee
Worcester Telegram
Young Roosevelt
NRA
Sam Jones
G.O.P
Saturday Grid Is Highlight Of Football Weekend In Iowa Gazette
The Sunday Gazette previews the Iowa homecoming game versus Illinois and major gridiron clashes nationwide. Complete coverage includes game pictures and scores, plus features on politics arts and local life across Cedar Rapids and eastern Iowa in pages 1 through 10.
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Iowa
Illinois
Sunday Gazette
Washington
Ed Hadley
O. O. McIntyre
Edgar Guest
Jay Sigmund
Benton County
Josina van Metre
Mayflower
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Unitarian Association
Mary Manners
Nancy Page
Home Institute
the Gazette Pattern Service
Old Athletic Park
Bryan
William A. Brady
Jeanette Beyer
J. L. Rhea
Terhune
Josephine Culbertson
Louella Parsons
Hollywood Sunday Story
Vandenberg Radio Address Cut Off by Columbia Menu
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg saw his national radio speech interrupted as Columbia Broadcasting System stations in the east dropped phonographic recordings. Columbia officials cited violations of network rules, while sponsor officials claimed no recordings were to be used. Some stations aired the speech in full, and Vandenberg condemned radio censorship as intimidation in the campaign.
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Chicago
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
Columbia Broadcasting System
Roosevelt
H. Leslie Atlas
Columbia
New York
Columbia Chain
WGN
Chain
Hill Blackett
Republican National Committee
Vandenberg
Atlas
Blackett
United States
Federal Radio Commission
Quaker Oats Official Injured In City Collision
George B. Foster chief clerk at Quaker Oats suffered a fractured left arm and head cuts after being struck by a car driven by F E Wing at the Fourth Avenue and Tenth Street SE intersection at 6 30 p m Saturday. Foster was taken to Mercy hospital by ambulance and was knocked unconscious. Wing said Foster stepped in front of his northbound vehicle and he halted after the impact.
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George B. Foster
Quaker Oats Company
Forest Drive
F. E. Wing
Sixth Avenue
Fourth Avenue
Tenth Street
Foster
Mercy Hospital
Wing
John B Turner Funeral Held Monday at 2
Funeral services for John B Turner, who died Friday, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Turner chapel with Rev Robert Little and Mt Hermon lodge No 263 officiating. Burial follows in Oak Hill cemetery. Master Masons to meet at Masonic hall at 1 30 p.m. to attend in a body.
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John B. Turner
Turner Chapel
Robert Little
Mt. Hermon Lodge No. 263
Oak Hill Cemetery
Masonic Hall
Roosevelt Ends Trip Claiming Recovery in Albany Rally
President Roosevelt concluded a 5,000 mile tour in Albany with 10,000 cheering supporters. He voiced confidence in reelection and urged Democratic victories to improve the nation and New York. He recalled early life in Albany as a youth senator and governor.
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Albany
N. Y
Roosevelt
New York
Upstate
Herbert H. Lehman
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt ends 5000 mile campaign with New York stop
President Roosevelt wrapped up a 5000 mile tour with a New York swing aimed at securing the state's 47 electoral votes. He spoke in Buffalo Rochester Utica and Albany despite threatening skies and predicted New York would back him in November.
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Roosevelt
New York
Wyoming
Kansas
London
Buffalo
Rochester
Utica
Albany
Hyde Park
Herbert H. Lerman
Washington
Edward J. Flynn
Bronx
New York City
Tremain
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
Colorado
Michigan
Ohio
Landon Plans Extended Campaign Swing to West and Midwest
Gov. Alf Landon and Frank Knox map a brisk finish to their presidential bid. He will speak in Albuquerque and Los Angeles, then continue to Phoenix and Oklahoma City before returning, with stops in Indianapolis, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
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Topeka
Kan
Alf M. Landon
Frank Knox
Landon
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Oklahoma
West Coast
Albuquerque
N. M
Phoenix
Ariz
Oklahoma City
California
F. E. Townsend
Pacific Coast
Indianapolis
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
New
Forest Fires In California Show Signs Of Abating
Hungry weary forest firefighters battled Friday night as winds waned on a 400 mile front across 14 counties. Rain looked possible in areas where 40 fires burned since Thursday, destroying timber and pasture and killing three people. About 5 000 troops, mostly CCC crews 250 miles away, worked to contain the blazes as humidity rose and weather officials predicted rain would end the fires this weekend.
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San Francisco
CCC
United States Weather Bureau
Rebels Close In On Madrid Amid Rail Network Bombardment
Insurgent forces push toward Madrid from the northwest bypassing rail links in a broad front. Loyalist defenses hold as an armored train ferries munitions while rebels shell rail lines near Robledo de Chavela and Escorial. Air squadrons patrol overhead as the capital nears potential isolation.
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Madrid
Robledo de Chavela
Escorial
Scordial
Navalperal
Robledo
el Escorial
Russia Faces Famine as Grain Crop Fails
Berlin dispatch says the Soviet Union's grain harvest is 50 percent of 1935 due to severe drought in European Russia. The drought ruins wheat in the Volga region. peasants slaughter hogs and cattle for fodder, causing a meat glut in cities and panic among farmers seeking bread for winter.
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Berlin
Soviet Republic
Russia
Volga
Moscow
Boy in Iron Lung Dies After Year of Paralyzing Illness
Fourteen year old John Barron died at Bellevue Hospital after more than a year in an iron lung. He contracted poliomyelitis paralysis after moving with his family from Adams Massachusetts to New York on September 18 1935. Doctors said he had little chance of recovery.
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NEW York
John Barron
Bellevue Hospital
Adams
Mass
Japanese War Lord Calls World Parley Against Radicalism
Baron General Sadao Araki, former minister of war and supreme war council member, warns that communism and radical ideologies threaten world peace and urges a Washington world peace conference to address international disputes.
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Sadao Araki
Supreme War Council of Japan
Washington
Japanese Supreme War Council
Ideology as Shield Against Radicalism in Nations
The piece argues democracy faces communist and fascist trends post Versailles. It credits Japan's past success against communism, powered by devotion to the imperial family, and warns nations without a guiding ideology are vulnerable to radical currents, citing China as a fragile example and Spain as a potential hotspot for renewed upheaval.
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Tokio
Spain
Japan
Chinese Republic
China
Nazi Chief Assails French Red Leader
In Saarbrucken, Dr. Alfred Rosenberg, Nazi ideologue, rebutted Maurice Thorez’s anti-Hitler stance near the French border. He attacked bol shevism and condemned Thorez for praising German concentration camps. Germany protested France over Thorez remarks.
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Saarbruecken
Germany
Alfred Rosenberg
Weltanschauung
Maurice Thorez
Dr. Rosenberg
Thorez
Alsace-Lorraine
France
Deadline Looms for City Hall Voter Registration
Only six days remain to register for the general election on November 3. The final deadline is Saturday October 24 at 9 p.m. for registration at city hall.
Vandenberg Attacks Roosevelt On Radio Fireside Chat
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg accuses President Roosevelt of repudiating the 1932 Democratic platform in a radio program sponsor the Republican National Committee calls an innovation in political campaigning. The second speaker’s name was withheld in advance notices.
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Chicago
Arsthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
Roosevelt
Republican National Committee
Vandenberg
Weather Forecast for Chicago and Midwest Regions
Weather outlook for Oct to Oct 24 shows light precipitation chances in the latter half. Temperatures expected to be normal or above in the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and the northern and central Great Plains, with a likely cooler spell later.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
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