Labor Urged to Resist New Wage Cuts in Railroading
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor called on all workers to protest plans by employers to cut wages, citing rail way executives proposing a 20 percent reduction after a 10 percent cut last winter. Green warned such moves threaten purchasing power and may trigger congressional scrutiny of railroad finances and connections.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
Hoover
Blue Ridge
Cleveland
Railway Brotherhoods
W. K. Kellogg
Battle Creek
Mich
Walter C. Teagle
Teagle
Standard Oi
New Jersey
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Pittman
Nevada
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Grant Wood Gains National Recognition From Time
Cedar Rapids artist Grant Wood receives renewed national notice as Time magazine devotes more than a column in its September 5 issue to his Iowa state fair prize record biographical sketch and critique. A Time writer praises his attention to detail in American Gothic and Iowa’s depiction, while The Literary Digest reproduces three of his canvases.
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Grant Wood
Cedar Rapids
Time
Wood
Iowa
Literary Digest
Nota Wood
Egan's Case Placed In Hands Of Jury
In San Francisco the murder case of former defender Frank J. Egan and confined Albert Tinnin against Mrs. Jessie Scott es went to the jury in Superior Court before Judge Frank H. Dunne.
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Egan
Francisco
Calif
Frank J. Egan
Albert Tinnin
Jessie Scottes
Frank H. Dunne
No Inquest Planned In Accidental Death Of Troy Mills Man
Leroy Mc Atee of Troy Mills died Saturday when a telegraph wire broke as he was swept from a top load of baled hay on highway No. 13 south of Manchester. The load stood thirteen feet high. McAtee’s body was brought to Manchester by I. W. Zwisley and R. W. Merriam of Ryan. He is survived by his parents, eight brothers, and three sisters, all of Troy Mills or nearby towns.
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Manchester
Leroy McAtee
Troy Mills
Highway No. 13
McAtee
I. W. Zwisley
R. W. Merriam
Ryan
Robert McAtee
Burl
Lloyd
Laverne
Donald
Guy
Wilbur
Wayne
Harold
Clarence Cameron
Guy Barry
J. Masteller
Waterloo
Jap Official Seeks To Force American To Yield Customs
In Antung Manchuria Japanese police pressured R M Talbot American acting customs commissioner at Shantung to hand over customs revenues after luring him to a dinner. Talbot says he refused to sign a check and feared force, has not yielded to Manchukuo officials backed by Japan.
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Shanghai
Antung
Manchuria
R. M. Talbot
Shantung
Talbot
Manchukuo
Ohio Sister Murder While Touring Europe
Jeanne Iberschoff, 21, from Cleveland, was found beaten to death on a road near Viege Switzerland while on a bicycle tour with her sister Helen. The two sisters separated near Zermatt Viege. Helen returned to their hotel while Jeanne did not appear that night. Police launched an investigation into the fatal assault discovered Friday morning.
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Viege
Switzerland
INS
Jeanne Iberschoff
Cleveland
Ohio
Iberschoff
Germany
Val St. Nicolas
Canton of
Calais
Streams Too Muddy To Fish So Garner Goes Dove Hunting
UVALDE Texas UP With his fishing streams muddied by floods Speaker John Garner democratic nominee for vice president has turned to dove hunting He was back home Saturday from an expedition with Charles S Hand New York and Ross Brumfield Uvalde The party was among the first out when the season opened and returned with the bag it Jack is as good with a gun as with a rod Brumfield said
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Uvalde
Texas
John Garner
Charles S. Hand
New York
Ross Brumfield
Jack
Brumfield
Roosevelt Praises Smith As Governor In Schenectady Talk
At a New York rally Franklin D. Roosevelt publicly praised former Gov Alfred E. Smith for reorganizing the state government and placing it on an efficient basis. The audience applauded as Roosevelt called Smith the man who reorganized New York's government.
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Schenectady
N. Y
INS
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
Democratic Clubs
New York State
Roosevelt
Smith
Alfred F. Smith
Coe Freshman Sinclair Thompson Builds Exact Ship Models
Sinclair Thompson a seventeen year old Coe College freshman from Aplington plans to study architecture under Marvin D. Cone. He crafted a two foot ship model El Dorado and a three inch ship in a bottle, using dowel masts paint and beads. He is the eldest of Irish parents and was valedictorian and honors in high school. William Wortz another freshman, 80 percent nearsighted, will read his lessons aloud for both.
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Sinclair Thompson
Coe
Aplington
Barker
Sinclair
Cedar Rapids
C. W. Perkins
Iowa
Robert Louis Stevenson
Coe Library
Hispaniola
Ireland
Northern Ireland
Marvin D. Cone
William Wortz
William
State School For the Blind
Vinton
Perkins
Perkins College
Coe College Library
Cut In Local Governmental Costs Urged By Roosevelt
Roosevelt urges Connecticut Democrats to unite for victory in 1932 and push economy in local government. He argues city and country interdependence, reduces state and local spending, and modernizes local authorities to aid farmers and homeowners. He emphasizes unity over disagreements and supports a new deal for reform and fiscal restraint.
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Roosevelt
Connecticut
Republican Party
Washington
Hartford
New York
United States
Dutchess County
Air Race Tragedy and Fame Mark Cleveland Event
Maj James H Doolittle shattered a land plane speed record at the national air races in Cleveland with an average of 296.287 mph in the Gee Bee Bumbie Bee. A crash injured stunt pilot Al Wilson as Johnny Miller and the gyro team escaped harm. The day also featured the feature 50 mile race won by Jimmie Haizlip at 203.405 mph amid heavy rain.
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Cleveland
Maj
James H. Doolittle
al Wilson
Hollywood
Johnny Miller
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Wilson
Doolittle
Miller
William Miller
France
Saeed
Sunaraeetional Aviation
Geechia
Begua
Seco
Jimmie Haizlip
St. Louis
James Wedell
Lee Gehlbach
Ray Moore
Bill Ong
Statewide relief plan to be discussed week of September 11
Des Moines officials outline statewide relief expenditures with county supervisors providing county needs estimates. Governor Turner seeks a 16 million dollar loan from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to fund relief efforts.
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DES Moines
A. L. Urick
Emergency Relief Committee
County Boards of Supervisors
Pla
Dan Turner
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
School staff list for Shellsburg district announced
Shellsburg teachers and staff include superintendent C. L. Mack and educators Robert Somola Genevieve Waters Leora Hayes Dorothy Toyal Dorothy Easterly Mildred Sexton Chloe Cottrell Kathryn Allesin Gayle Ahrens Margaret Walker Helen Renslow and Margaret Gardner.
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Shellsburg
Riflemen Meet at Des Moines Shoot
Army and civilian sharpshooters from eight states in the seventh corps area gathered in Des Moines for an NRA sponsored rifle meet. With Congress withholding funds for Camp Perry the regional event replaces the national contest, and over 300 contestants were expected to compete. High scores will be mailed for national prize consideration, with Iowa North and South Dakota Minnesota Missouri Arkansas Nebraska and Kansas represented.
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Des Moines
Seventh Corps
National Rifle Association
Congress
Camp Perry
Ohio
Iowa
North
South Dakota
Minnesota
Missouri
Arkansas
Nebraska
Kansas
Average talker and fast talker speaking speeds
The average speaker talks around 90 words per minute while a fast speaker can reach about 150 words per minute. This highlights typical and brisk verbal rates used in everyday communication discussions.
Wives Of Aliens Retain Nationality In Australia
An Australian woman will remain Australian regardless of her marriage under a new federal rule. Feminist groups pressured Canberra to end the prior rule by which women assumed their husband’s nationality, a change that corrected injustices especially for those married to foreigners during wartime.
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Australia
Canberra
Renee
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