Constitution Week Call From State Superintendent
Agnes Samuelson urges Iowa local superintendents to have schools observe Constitution Week September 11 to 17. She stresses teaching children about the Constitution and recalling it annually as the nation shifts toward amendments rather than the original document. Editorials critique blame game for economic woes, inflation, and political rhetoric while reflecting on transportation evolution and a nostalgic column by W. S. Endicott.
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Agnes Samuelson
Iowa
Wife asks inquiry for admiral in Teapot Dome cases
Mrs. John K. Robison, widow of Rear Admiral Robison, appeals to the public for help to force Secretary Adams to order a naval court of inquiry into the Teapot Dome naval oil cases. She argues her husband’s innocence or guilt, urging action to clear his name and stop innuendo. The letter notes Robison’s role as a key witness and cites Doheny Fall trials and Elk Hills deal context.
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Washington
J. K. Robison
Secretary of Navy
Adams
Teapot Dome
E. L. Doheny
California
Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve
Albert B. Fall
Naval Court of Inquiry
Secretary of the Navy
John Robison
Navy Department
Navy
Jahncke
Admiral Pratt
Naval Operas Coall
Admiral Robison
Doheny
Fall
Elk Hills
Honolulu
Pacific
Robison
Doheny and
Berlin Bourse Records Five Year Boom
Berlin stock exchange surges as Chancellor von Papen unveils revival plan. All stocks rise three to ten points amid a buying rush and some prices top original offers by up to 300 percent. Major firms show strong gains under renewed investor confidence.
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Berlin
INS
von Papen
Weather Outlook for Week in Upper Mississippi Valley
Forecast covers week starting Monday in the Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. Little rain early, then showers likely later in the week especially in northern portions. Temperatures expected to be mostly moderate.
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Mississippi
Missouri
Rodriguez Chosen to Lead Mexico Sunday by Congress
General Abelardo Rodriguez is poised to become Mexico’s president after Congress, under the Calles faction, eliminated other candidates. Ortiz Rubio plans health-related departure to Hot Springs Arkansas, while Rodriguez holds war service and business interests including Agua Caliente.
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Mexico City
Congress
Abelardo Rodriguez
Mexico
Pascual Ortiz Rubio
National Revolutionary
Plutarco Elias Calles
Ortiz Rubio
Hot Springs
Ark
Calles
Agua Caliente
New Mexico
United Press
Vote For Platform Not The Man Says Norman Thomas
Norman Thomas the socialist candidate urged voters to back party platforms over nominees in a Chicago address. He criticized Republican and Democratic platforms for failing to provide unemployment relief and urged support for a five day week unemployment relief universal insurance and sweeping public works to conquer the slums.
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Chicago
Norman Thomas
Thomas
Three Drowned As Laredo Bridge Falls
Three men drowned when the international railroad bridge gave way during the Rio Grande flood. Five blocks flooded in Nuevo Laredo and one in Laredo as debris and rails plunged into the river. The flood crest was expected Sunday, testing a $4 000 000 flood control project.
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Laredo
Texas
Rio Grande
Nuevo Laredo
Hidalgo
Colombia
Hidalgo County
Matamoros
Brownsville
Rio Grand
Roosevelt Urges Cutting Local Tax Burdens At Connecticut Rally
Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic nominee, urged reducing local government costs during a Pleasure Beach rally in Bridgeport. He cited heavy local taxation burdening farmers and banks and warned against railroad strain from local taxes. He praised Gov. Cross of Connecticut and urged party unity across the state as he spoke to supporters.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
Pleasure Beach
Connecticut
New York State
Gov. Cross
Cross
Pollak to Tell Story On Stage For 1000 a Week
Mrs Dorothy Pollak signed a three week burlesque contract paying 1000 dollars weekly to relate the alleged story of her relations with Joseph Pollak the back of the yards alcohol dealer and bootlegger who she is said to have shot to death. Her cousin Victoria Schultz also signed for 250 dollars weekly to appear on the State Congress theater stage alongside Violet Valli who previously spoke of Billy Jurges.
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Chicago
Dorothy Pollak
Joseph
Poor Joe
Mollison Sails For Home After European Flight Honeymoon
Capt. James A. Mollison the first solo flyer from Europe to America sailed for home on the Empress of Britain after a delayed honeymoon with aviator wife Amy Johnson. He signaled plans to return to Canada with his wife but not by air.
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Quebec
James A. Mollison
Europe
America
Empress of Britain
Amy Johnson
Canada
Market Soars With Hope For Better Trade
New York stocks reached year highs as optimism and brisk trading fueled a strong session on the New York Stock Exchange. The market closed robustly with the Standard Statistics 90-issue index at 72, a new 1932 high, as steel, utilities, and rail sectors led gains and major names posted sizable advances.
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New York
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Standard Statistics Company
Stock Exchange
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Republic Steel
Crucible
National Steel
McKeesport Tin Plate
American Telephone
Western Union
North American
American Water Works
Consolidated Gas
Central of New Jersey
Delaware and Hudson
Southern Pacific
United Aircraft
Nomura Halts U S Good Will Visit Over Ill Health
Japanese Admiral Kiichisaburo Nomura cancels planned goodwill visit to the United States due to ill health. Nomura, commander in the Shanghai incident, was a close friend of U S Admiral William V. Pratt, chief of naval operations.
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Washington
Kiichisaburo Nomura
United States
Nomura
Shanghai
William V. Pratt
United States Naval Operations
Rosenwald Estate Worth 32 Million Despite Declines
Chicago report notes Julius Rosenwald estate valued at 32 million dollars despite stock market drops. Major holdings include Sears Roebuck and Company stock. Lessing J. Rosenwald paid 500 thousand dollars to county for state inheritance taxes. Oscar Carlstrom prepared the estimate and tax calculations with deductions for charities and debt.
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Chicago
Julius Rosenwald
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Rosenwald
Lessing J. Rosenwald
Oscar Carlstrom
Springfield Man Heads Loan League
FRENCH LICK Ind AP Ward B Whitlock of Springfield Ill was elected president of the United States Building and Loan league at the closing session of its annual convention Saturday. Phillip Lieber of Shreveport La was made first vice president and I Friendlander of Houston Tex was elected second vice president.
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French Lick
Ind
Ward B Whitlock
Springfield
Ill
United States Building and Loan League
Phillip Lieber
Shreveport
I. Friendlander
Houston
Tex
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll This Year
Road toll data for Cedar Rapids shows accident counts at 0.128 with unclear injury and fatality figures. A note records 36 as a figure, but missing context leaves overall impact and specifics uncertain.
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Cedar Rapids
Lindy suspect found held in shack by trio
Johnstown AP report says Garrett Schenick of Hopewell New Jersey fish merchant is being questioned in the Lindbergh baby case. He was found Saturday in an abandoned Somerset area farmhouse four miles from Somerset, guarded by two men with a third missing. Authorities plan to move him to Clearfield for FBI questioning.
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Johnstown
Ira McCloskey
Clearfield County
Garrett Schenick
Hopewell
N. J
McCloskey
Schenick
Somerset
DuBois
Lindbergh Kidnapping Probe Expands to New Angle
The FBI ordered agent to Johnstown Pennsylvania to review federal jurisdiction in the Lindbergh case. Clarence Stachenk, a fish dealer from Trenton New Jersey, was arrested by state authorities in Johnstown for questioning. If a preliminary inquiry shows federal interest, custody may transfer and a full federal probe would follow.
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Washington
Bureau of Investigation
Justice Department
Johnstown
Clarence Stachenk
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau
Pennsylvania
Francis X. Fay
Pittsburgh
Fay
Hoover
Stadenk
Stachenk
Trenton
N. J
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Plane Crashes Into Trolley Car Near Milan
An airplane tailspun near a Milan airfield on Saturday and struck a trolley car, injuring the plane’s pilot Giulio Pesci and two passengers aboard the car. Pesci’s injuries were not serious.
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Milan
Italy
Giulio Pesci
Pilot Dies In Plane Crash Near Akron Farm
Emerson Rike 22 died and his brother LeRoy 16 was seriously injured when their plane went into a spin and nosed over during a forced landing on a farm near Akron Friday night.
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Akron, O
Emerson Rike
LeRoy
Here
Cermak Invites Irish to Chicago World’s Fair Visit
Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago spoke to Dublin Chamber of Commerce inviting members to attend the Chicago world’s fair. He laid a wreath at Glasnevin cemetery on Michael Collins’s grave and planned to proceed to London Saturday night.
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Dublin
Anton Cermak
Chicago
Dublin Chamber of Commerce
Glasnevin
Michael Collins
Cermak
London
Lewis Opens War On Rebel Miners Group
Springfield dispatch reports John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers pledging a counter attack to dissolve the Progressive Miners of America formed by secessionists in Gillespie Illinois. He condemned the dual union and predicted early demise while Illinois officials defend the UMWA integrity and set terms for a Gillespie constitutional convention and next week Peabody mine work orders.
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Springfield
Ill
Gillespie
Progressive Miners of America
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
International Union
Belleville
Walter Nesbit
Illinois District Union
Claude Percy
Progressive Miners
B. J. Jones
Taylorville
William Keck
Maines -West
Peabody
Harrisburg
Iowa City Youth Nabbed For Drunken Driving
Cecil Jastram a 22 year old of Iowa City was arrested on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after officers Condon and Buckacek stopped him driving east on First Avenue East at high speed Saturday evening. He was booked at the police station at 7 40.
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Cedar Rapids
First Avenue E
Cecil Jastram
Iowa City
Condon
Buckacek
Asylum Patient Hangs Self at Nebraska Hospital
NORFOLK AP Anna Runge of Dakota City, a patient at the state hospital, committed death by her own hand by hanging with a bedsheet on a porch at the institution. She had been a patient there for several years.
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Norfolk
Neb
Anna Runge
Dakota City
State Hospital
Martians Signaling Earth Through Symbols Says Pickering
Harvard astronomer William H. Pickering told the International Astronomia congress in Cambridge that Mars shows signs of intelligent signaling. He cited markings near the planet's closest approach and described a possible 1000 mile by 5 mile canal, plus Earthlike conditions and vegetable life.
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William H. Pickering
Harvard
International Astronomia Congress
Conveniion
Mars
Earth
Pickering
Jungle Expedition Plans Tear Gas On African Lions
El Paso AP reports African lions may face a tear gas expedition after the Jay L. Harmon Co received an order for 25 tear gas guns and 50 cartridges to be shipped to S. R. Brown, a London mining engineer, marking the first reported use of tear gas against big game.
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EL Paso
Tex
Jay L. Harmon
Harmon
S. R. Brown
London
Eng
Walker hints at 1929 New York mayoral bid
James J. Walker, days after resigning amid removal probes, left open the possibility of seeking re election as New York mayor. He said his record and the people's judgment would decide and avoided committing to a campaign while speculation swirled over Tammany Hall influence and potential candidates.
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New York
James J. Walker
People of
New York City
City of
Democratic Party
Roosevelt
al” Smith
Disc
Post
Smith
Walker
Tammany Hall
Teo
Joseph V. McKee
Alder-Manic
Tammany
Cruise
Board of Elections
McKee
John M. McCooey
Brooklyn
McCooey
the Sun
John F. ‘Curry
Santa Fe Railroad Official Arthur G. Wells Dies
Arthur G. Wells vice president in charge of operations for the Santa Fe railroad died in Presbyterean hospital after pneumonia following surgery. He would have turned 71 on November 18 and had served the railroad since 1893 with a prior stint 1881 to 1886. Survivors include his widow Gertrude and two daughters in Los Angeles and Santa Fe. Wells was born in Guelph Ont and educated at Guelph Collegiate Institute.
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Chicago
Arthur G. Wells
Santa Fe Railroad
Presbyterean Hospital
Wells
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Los Angeles
Geretrude
H. Norton Johnson
R. Hunter Clarkson
Santa Fe
N. M. Wells
Guelph
Ont
Guelph Collegiate Institute
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Indiana
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U.S
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