Night in the rails and a push for repeal
The piece recalls railroad workers sharing a noon meal from tin pails, railside scenes, and public debate on Prohibition amid President Roosevelts liquor embargo. It notes Hull's plan for an investor protection group, reviews NRA controls on arms, and promotes Corn Empire day dinner organized by the Chamber of Commerce with Linn County farmers and six counties set for attendance.
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Wiiter
Cedar Rapids
Shrine
Herring
Washington moves to wage Russia debt claim talks ahead of Litvinoff visit
The State Department begins handling claims against Russia totaling 300 to 400 million dollars as preparations for President Roosevelt's talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Maxim Litvinoff unfold. Seekers include Singer Sewing Machine and New York Life. a Soviet American claims commission may be formed. Officials weigh ceremonial plans for Litvinoff's arrival and reception.
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Washington
State Department
Russia
Maxim Litvinoff
Roosevelt
Litvinoff
Roosevelt- Litvinoff_ta
Singer Sewing Machine Company
New York Life Insurance Company
M. Litvinoff
Govessminht
Green H. Hackworth
James Clement Dunn
United States
Union Station
White House
Sitvinoff
Department
New York
Man Dies After Lung Hemorrhage During Auto Crank
Verne Benjamin 35 of 1137 C avenue NW died at 6 p.m. Saturday en route to a hospital after an attack of lung hemorrhages while cranking an automobile at his mother's home. Coroner ruled death due to natural causes. Survived by wife two daughters Verna and Evelyn and his mother. Funeral arrangements not yet made. Born Sept 12 1898 in Albert Lea Minnesota.
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Cedar Rapids
Verne Benjamin
C Avenue NW
Nell Benjamin
Fourth Street
R. A. Vorpahl
Benjamin
Albert Lea
Minn
Verna
Evelyn
Weather Outlook for Chicago and Plains Regions
Weather outlook for the week starting Oct 23 covers the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and the northern and central great plains. Temperatures are expected to stay low for the season, especially in northern areas, with little precipitation anticipated most days.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
The Greatest Word Is Service Not Self or Love
The piece argues the supreme word is service as the best path to meaning and joy. Edward Bok is cited on serving mankind, then contrasts with love as the greatest word, defining love as creative passion, truth in thought, beauty in expression, and goodness in action, with God is Love as summing life’s meaning.
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Edward Bok
Jesus
Iaa
Daladier Presses Budget Balance as Inflation Looms
Paris AP reports Premier Daladier, backed into a corner, will appeal to the chamber of deputies on Sunday to pass a budget balancing plan. Voters and government parties show apparent indifference as inflation warnings go unheeded amid a weak franc and wrangling over a remedy.
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Paris
Daladier
Chamber of Deputies
Accidentanle Shot In Leg While Removing Sandbur
Marion man Roscoe Aussmus accidentally discharged a 22 rifle while bending to remove a sand burr during a squirrel hunt. He was taken to St Luke s hospital where the bullet was removed and he was released.
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Cedar Rapids
Roscoe Aussmus
Marion
Aussius
St. Luke's Hospital
Italian pilot sets land plane speed record in cup win
Captain Pietro Scapinelli established a new land airplane speed record in Ancona Italy to win the Bleriot speed cup with an official average of 619.374 km per hour 384.631 mph. He flew 31 minutes 44.15 seconds covering 309.687 kilometers in his first attempt as official timekeepers from France and Italy validated the flight.
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Ancona
Italy
Pietro Scapinelli
Aro
France
Ohio Senator Roberts Found Dead From Bullets at Home
The body of State Senator George H. Roberts was found by a neighbor in his McDonald home. A revolver lay near the body and police said he had been dead since late Friday. The coroner was summoned to determine the cause of death.
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Youngstown
George H. Roberts
McDonald
Senator Roberts
Johnson Defends NRA Amid Farm Troubles Letter Says Focus Lies Elsewhere
Recovery Administrator Hugh Johnson responds to former Nebraska governor Keith Neville condemning NRA delays in farm price support. Johnson says NRA is just part of the broader recovery program focused on industry and urban relief, praises other administrators, and urges Neville to remain united to aid farmers, cities, and workers.
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Washington
Hugh Johnson
Keith Neville
Nebraska
NRA
Neville
Nebraska Recovery Board
Johnson
Public Works Administration
George Peek
Illinois Supreme Court Reverses Murray Humphries Conviction
The Illinois Supreme Court reversed the Illinois gangster Murray Humphries Chicago news public enemy No 1 on a gun charge. The ruling found the police search of gangsters illegal, affecting a broader move by the state attorney to curb weapon carrying by criminals.
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Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court
Murray Humphries
Chicago New
Public Enemy No. 1
Humphries
Supreme Court
Austrian Prince and Princess Accused in Nazi Plot
In Austria, Prince von Sachsen Meiningen and Princess Margot were declared guilty of Nazi conspiracy against Russia. The couple were jailed or confined in a castle in Carinthia, with documents and a Hitlerite flag seized. Police found district Nazi headquarters files and propaganda in their castle.
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Vienna
Austria
Engelbert Dollfuss
Carinthian
Prince von
Joseph .Goebbels
Margot
Ernst von Starhemberg
Dollfuss
Patriotic Front
Klagenfurst
Klagenfurt
Munich
Milwaukee Railroad Chiefs Begin Yearly Inspection Tour
Chicago is the starting point as officers and directors led by chairman H. E. Byram and president H. A. Scandrett depart for a three thousand mile inspection trip. They will cover Illinois Wisconsin Iowa South Dakota and Indiana, returning October 26 with stops in Milwaukee Portage Wausau La Crosse and Rapid City South Dakota.
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Chicago
Milwaukee Railroad
Milwaukee
H. E. Byram
H. A. Scandrett
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
South Dakota
Indiana
Portage
Wausau
la Crosse
Wis
Rapid City
Gang of Escaped Convicts Roams Midwest Prisons
Indiana officials rushed to bolster security after a jail break and robberies by at least eight former inmates, including John Dillinger. The group raided Peru and Auburn police stations for weapons, prompting calls for 1,000 to build a steel cage and for 24 more state police with bulletproof vests.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan City
John Dillinger
Lima
Merritt Longbrake
Bellefontaine
Harry Copeland
Peru
Ind
Auburn
Dillinger
Jess L. Harber
Buck Summer
Marion County
Pendleton Reformatory
Sumner
al G. Feeney
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll This Year
Cedar Rapids records show this year’s auto toll totals with 243 accidents 15 injuries and no reported deaths.
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Cedar Rapids
Governors stance clouds Nebraska farm strike action
Nebraska Farmers Holiday Association leaders claim Governor Bryan supports a peaceful farm strike aimed at lifting produce prices, while the governor denies endorsing the movement. F.C. Crocker and Harry Parmeter say he pledged cooperation. The strike began at noon Saturday and leaders awaited broader mobilization. Roosevelt hints at a national address as the movement seeks wider backing from churches schools and civic groups.
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Lincoln, Neb
Nebraska
C. W
Bryan
Harry Parmenter
Association
F.C. Crocker
Crocker
Couch Says Mystery Letter Turned Down Job In Insull Group
In Washington a letter to Charles B. McCain a Chase National Bank director drew Harv ey Couch into the Senate stock market probe. Couch calls the letter purely personal saying he refused to resign from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to join an Insull properties reorganization. He offered to testify before the committee next week.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Harvey Couch
Senate
Couch
Charles 8. McCain
Chase National Bank
McCain
Insull Properties
Arkansas
Roosevelt predicts quick national recovery at Washington College
President Roosevelt spoke at Washington College Ches Ter Town Maryland receiving an honorary LL D. He predicted national economic recovery in a time shorter than five or ten year plans of dictatorship. He urged cooperation to carry forward a rehabilitation program and noted education as security for the nation. Governor Ritchie attended as did the new college president Dr Gilbert Mead.
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Chestertown
Roosevelt
Historic
Gilbert Wilcox Mead
Ritchie
Maryland
Washington
America
Giraffe Tops List Of High Salaries For Animal Talent
Under New York City code provisions for rentals of animals for movies, the giraffe is listed at 500 dollars a day, rhinoceros 350, big alligators 25 per day, small ones 2, trained big cats 25, high diving horses 100, goats 1 to 10, skunk 7.50, snakes 10 to 100, cobras 15, mongoose 50, pythons 50 to 100.
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Corporation Department
Funeral Services for A. B. Groeltz Set for Monday at 11
Pioneer real estate man Adam Groeltz died at his home 1706 Grande Avenue SE early Saturday. Funeral services will be held at Turner chapel at 11 a.m. Monday with Rev. R. J. Campbell officiating. The body will be taken to Muscatine for burial that afternoon.
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Cedar Rafids News
Adam ¥. Groeltz
Grande Avenue SE
Turner Chapel
R. J. Campbell
Muscatine
Grattan to Fight Verdict of Murder in Calmar
Marvin T. Grattan 85 a Civil War veteran and horseman was convicted of first degree murder in Decorah. His attorney J A Nelson plans a new trial motion over objections to Wesley Mead son of the slain man interrupting closing argument. If denied the motion Nelson will appeal to the Iowa Supreme Court.
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Decorah
J. A. Nelson
Marvin T. Grattan
Wesley Mead
Claude Mead
Nelson
Mead
Mike Graf
G. F. Lyons
T. H. Goheen
Calmar
Supreme Court
Congressmen Study Levy On Home Product Tax
Washington AP reports lawmakers study revenue plans as repeal nears. Officials expect at least 500 million dollars in first year distilled liquor taxes offset by 2377 million in prohibition-related cuts. A 2 to 3 dollar per gallon domestic liquor tax is discussed to curb bootlegging.
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Buck Ethridge
Washington
Hill
House
Ways and Means
Langer Pushes Wheat Embargo Against Growers
Governor William H. Langer pressed an embargo to halt wheat at its shipment source. He announced the plan as wheat continued to move out of North Dakota by rail. carriers refused to enforce the embargo, arguing it defied interstate commerce laws.
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Bismarck
N. D
William H. Langer
Langer
Cornerstone Laid For World’s Largest Distillery in Peoria
Peoria hosts cornerstone ceremony for Hiram Walker & Sons world’s largest distillery. Rep. John J. O’Connor of New York attends along with city officials and dignitaries. Plant aims for 110000 gallons daily capacity, first unit by November 1, main distillery by January 1, with annual payroll of $1 million and grain capacity of 20 000 bushels daily.
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Peoria
Hiram Walker & Sons
John J. O'Connor
New York
CMU
Hulpes Sula Totary
Roosevelt appoints Horton attorney general of Porta Rico
President Roosevelt named Benjamin J. Horton of Porto Rico to serve as attorney general of Porta Rica. The appointment was announced Saturday.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Benjamin J. Horton
Porto Rico
Porta Rica
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