Annam typhoon ravages coast and wartime memories
A report from Hanoi notes a typhoon struck Annam coast one week ago, causing deaths and property damage. The piece reflects on Annam recruits in France during WWI and contrasts wartime roles with peaceful lives. It also mentions Cedar Rapids car thefts and reader letters proposing corn donations to relieve unemployment. The column surveys public notices and obituaries of Dr. Harry Farmer, Cedar Rapids and Manila missions, and Curtius speech in Des Moines.
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Faris
Hanoi
Indo-China
Annam
France
Germany
Julius Curtius
Des Moines
Dr. Curtius
Harry Farmer
Lake Worth
Fila
Cedar Rapids
Hyde waives grain position reporting to widen market
Secretary Arthur M. Hyde ordered the Grain Futures Administration to suspend reports on long and short positions of large accounts starting October 24, 1932. The move follows Chicago Board of Trade action against harmful short selling and aims to broaden markets to lift low prices for corn oats and wheat. The plan allows the board to Qreport through its clearing house saving an estimated $300000 annually.
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Chicago
Secretary of Agriculture
Arthur M. Hyde
Grain Futures Administration
Chicago Board of Trade
Board of Directors
Board of Trade
Ford Repeats Advice to Re-elect Hoover to Ford Workers
Henry Ford reiterated his urge for Hoover’s reelection to prevent worsening times and improve conditions. Every Ford employee received a pay envelope card with the message, alongside notices at the Rouge plant. The statement urged serious consideration by workers and their families.
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Ford
Hoover
Detroit
INS
Henry Ford
Rouge
Ford Motor
Captain and Crew of Sea Wolf Rescued at Santa Cruz
The captain and nine crewmen of the Tacoma fishing boat Sea Wolf were rescued after the vessel capsized off the Santa Cruz coast in a heavy gale. They were brought to shore by the Santa Cruz fishing boat captained by James Beard who spotted the stricken vessel.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
Tacoma
James Beard
Weather outlook for Chicago region this week
AP reports the week starting Monday October 24 will bring occasional precipitation in the north and generally fair skies in the south. Temperatures stay near normal with a notably cold start in the northern areas.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Hoover Field And Turner Win In This Paper Reader Poll
The Gazette straw vote shows Hoover 4051 votes and Roosevelt 2442 for President among 6531 ballots. Turner leads for governor with 4131 votes, while Herring trails at 2124. Field leads Senate at 54 percent, Brookhart a distant 861. county and other county totals appear incomplete.
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Hoover
Field
Turner
Straw Vote Totals From 27 Iowa Dailies To Be Published
The Gazette will print final consolidated straw poll returns next Tuesday showing President Hoover and Governor Roosevelt votes by congressional district. Hoovers lead in 12 of 20 counties. Roosevelt leads in eight. 20 counties with five or fewer votes favor Hoover by six overall. Jones County shows strongest Hoover support, edging two to one. Outside Linn, ...
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Iowa
Brookhart
Hoover
Gov. Roosevelt
President Hoover
Jones County
Linn
Henry Pield
Louis Murphy
Murphy
Dubuque
Field
Roosevelt
Gazette
Iowa Daily Press Association
Insull Jr Sets November Return to Resume Chicago Role
Samuel Insull Jr., son of the fugitive Chicago utilities operator, said he would return to the United States in mid November to resume his post as deputy chairman of three Chicago operating companies. He declined to comment on arrest risks or his father’s innocence and described his trip as a personal vacation while noting his boss expects him back in November.
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London
Samuel Insull
Chicago
United States
Cook County
Insull
Martin Insull
Sii
Cyprus
Europe
John Simpson
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll This Year
A Cedar Rapids summary shows 176 auto toll incidents this year with 299 injured and unknown fatalities. The brief notes accidents and injuries without full casualty details.
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Cedar Rapids
Gazette Vote Finals Pan Counties Ballot Variations
Counties delivered fewer than five votes each in the final tally. Total votes cast reached 6531, with variations in aggregated totals for senator and governor caused by ballots not marking a complete ticket.
Cedar Rapids Straw Vote Describes Iowa GOP Leanings
The Gazette reports Cedar county shows 136 for Turner to 57 for Herring, with Hoover leading Roosevelt in conservative Cedar Rapids. In Johnson County Hoover trails Turner, Field leads Murphy, and Lincoln county data hints at broader Republican strength while fielding close Senate contests.
Curtis Assails Topeka Speech Of Roosevelt
Vice President Charles Curtis spoke at Yankton college during homecoming celebrations. He defended Republican agricultural policy, tariffs, and 1921 reforms, criticized Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Topeka plan, and dismissed New Deal aims as failing farmers. He reaffirmed GOP records since 1921 and promised better times with monetary expansion.
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Yankton
8. D
Charles Curtis
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Topeka
Curtis
Yankton College
Sioux City
Roosevelt
New York State
No clear headline available from fragment
Economic pulse signal shows per person circulation rising from 36 dollars in 1931 to 45.50 dollars this year, suggesting stronger cash circulation than 1929 boom days.
Glassford May Take Stump Against Hoover Bid
Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford, former Washington police chief, leans toward a speaking tour opposing President Hoover. Smedley Butler urges a tour to boost Gov. Roosevelt in Pennsylvania, with a NYC veterans rally as a kickoff. Glassford would oppose Hoover rather than back Roosevelt if he campaigns.
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Washington
Pelham D. Glassford
Hoover
Glassford
Smedley D. Butler
Marine Corps
Gov. Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Butler
Madison Squire Garden
New York City
Roosevelt
Paraguay reports Bolivian deaths in Chaco conflict
In Asuncion the government on Saturday announced Bolivian dead totaled 3500 from the June start of hostilities to the fall of Fort Yuera this week. Paraguayan losses were not disclosed.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Chaco
Fort Yuera
Iowa Athletic Bond Refinance Plan Discussed
Three members of the Iowa University bondholders committee talked with the Iowa Athletic council in Iowa City about bonding deposits and refinancing. William Chamberlain of Chicago said bonds on the two structures are arriving gradually and could be deposited, with a plan to backdate maturities to raise retirement funds. He noted the state should not be involved and stressed using all athletic funds to retire bonds while delaying payments on current maturities until defaults are settled.
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Iowa University Field House
Iowa Athletic Council
Iowa City
William Chamberlain
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Chamberlain
United Light and Power Company
Five Men and Five Women Flogged in Florida
Jacksonville reports show ten flogging victims, five men and five women, including a mother and daughter. Authorities withheld reporter names. incidents span last August and this weekend with alleged mobs targeting residents in East Jacksonville's Negro district.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Sterling backs Bullington in Texas gubernatorial race
Gov R B Sterling a Democrat announced he would support Orville Bullington the Republican nominee for Texas governor in the general election. Miriam A Ferguson former governor and wife of James Ferguson defeated Sterling for the Democratic nomination in last summer’s primary.
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Austin
Tex
Sterling
Orville Bullington
Texas
Miriam A. Ferguson
James E. Ferguson
Anamosa Man Killed In Highway Crash East Of Marion
A. A. Wink, 60, of Anamosa, died at 7 40 PM Saturday when crushed between his truck and a towed unlighted car on highway 161 east of Marion. W. W. Stranahan of Fayette drove the striking car. Delbert Ling and Mrs. Frank Emmerson were injured. Coroner Vorpahl and Marshal Patten investigated. an inquest will be held.
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A. A. Wink
Anamosa
Highway 161
Marion
W. W. Stranahan
W. A. Stranahan
Fayette
Wink
Delbert Link
Frank Emerson
Martelle
Stranahan
Delbert Ling
Link
R. A. Vorpah
C. A. Patten
Farmers Claim Federal Aid Exceeds Banks and Railroads
Arthur Hyde argued here that the Hoover administration extended far more loan money to farmers than Reconstruction Finance could to all banks and railroads. He cited detailed totals from the Agriculture Department and federal agencies, asserting vast aid to distressed farmers amid price fluctuations in wheat, corn, hogs, and butterfat.
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Joliet
Noovie Administration
Arthur
Hyde
Hoover Administration
Reconstruction Finance
America
Secretary of Agriculture
Smoot
Federal
Farm Board
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Four Detroit Men Arrested After Red Demonstration
Four Detroit men climbed light poles near Fort Street Union Station and led a demonstration against President Hoover, then were arrested by central station police. Identified as Walter Ricker William Reynolds William Gaetz and Harry Silverstein they face investigation. Reynolds linked to a riot at Ford plant last March Gaetz cited in unemployment protests at Briggs plant. Blscker a Bonus Army member. Police say the protest was organized with supporters shouting vote for Roosevelt and Hoover in opposition.
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Detroit
Fort Street Union Station
Hoover
Central Station
Walter Ricker
William Reynolds
William Gaetz
Harry Silverstein
Reynolds
Ford
Gaetz
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Blscker
Bonus Army
Roosevelt
Hoover Denounces Job Scheme Hints At Rally
President Hoover told a Detroit arena crowd that ten points of evidence show the economy turning. He accused the Democratic Party and Franklin D Roosevelt of misstatements and hailed the return of confidence as the tide shifts. A Toledo crowd greeted the Hoover caravan as supporters clashed with hecklers.
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Olympia
Detrotp
Hoover
Democratic Party
Detroit
Audietorium
Bears Edge Grinnell Pioneers 14 to 7 in Conference Clash
Washington Bears defeated Grinnell Pioneers 14 7 in a conference game. Captain Harvey Miller rushed 47 yards for a first quarter touchdown. Ulrich tied the game in the second quarter for Grinnell, but no further scoring occurred.
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Washington
Bears
Edge
Grinnell ‘Pioneers
ST. Louis
Washington University
Grinnell College Pioneers
Harvey Miller
Pioneers
Ulrich
Grinnell
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J. W. Long
Henry Field
Smith W. Brookhart
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Insull, JR
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Clinton
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Winneshiek
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State University
Herring
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Cap
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Olympia’ Arena
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