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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 06, 1934

Page

11

Private food politics and Johnson NRA dinner scene

A fragmentary account describes President Johnson at the Occident restaurant near the NRA with Miss Robinson. It notes the private dining and varied dish requests as industrial magnates watched, while staff and officials discussed meals and security arrangements.

Sohnser Sobha Reooinsom NRA Miss Robinson Iron Steel Automobile Occidental Johnson Bliss Robinson

Three Drown When Car Crashes Rail in Canal

A Joliet accident left three dead when an automobile hit a guard railing at an open bridge and plunged into a drainage canal on the city outskirts. Eight feet of water submerged the car. The deceased are Mrs Elsie Gunthers 22 Joliet Miss Annie Giardina 21 Joliet sister of Gunthers and Thomas Burt 26 Joliet. Earl Gunthers 28 Joliet husband of Elsie driver of the car survived after freeing himself and summoning help.

Joliet II INS Elsie Gunthers Joliet Annie Giardina Gunthers Thomas Burt Earl Gunthers Elsie

Pittman Holds Wide Lead in Nevada Senate Primary

In Reno Nevada Senator Pitman leading Democrats for another Senate term with 22 years of service. He outdistanced two opponents in Tuesday’s election as results from 12 of 348 precincts showed Pitman ahead with a substantial margin.

Reno Nevada Caby Key Pitman Nevada Senate Tueelay Senstac Pullman Ss&se Wes Cooke Bod Moore Young Las Veras DuNness Swate Breiher George W Malone Vier Pullman Malone Issa Cirée D. Souter Gover Goom Agchsat Reno Banker Wad Wees Harley Harmon Clark Cuit Atomey Tanase Actime Nolley Griswolt DRS

Huey Long House Target of Shootings in New Orleans

Early dawn gunfire struck Huey P Long's New Orleans mansion as guards at the partially martial law barred residence reported car occupants threw explosives on the sidewalk. Neighbors recalled a figure resembling Long at a second floor window as the family slept through the incident.

New Orleans National Senator Long Enry Mais Dence Huey

Sosala Arrested After Family Collision Ties

A Milwaukee man Joseph R Sosala faced larceny charges after his wife was hospitalized following a collision that injured six of his eight or nine children. Authorities later jailed him as warrants were issued Wednesday for further action.

Milwaukee Joseph R. Sosala Sosala A. Bate Tuesta

Electric Motor Invention Century Ago

A historical note recalls the invention of the electric motor about a century ago. The piece mentions Davenport and the Fores Dae DFrtr era and hints at commercial use and development, though the text is fragmented and difficult to read.

Brandon Mmeres Ice Cersennia Moor Davenport

Roosevelt Names Textile Mediators In Mediation Move

President Roosevelt named a textile mediation board with Winant as chairman to end the nationwide walkout by textile workers. The board can hire staff, operate with funds until other provisions, and will dissolve after duties are completed. Union leaders outlined a seven point settlement program including recognition, shorter hours, mediation, and no strikes during the agreement.

Istor Reiscions Winant Board of Washington Francis J German United Textile Workers Gorman Presidential Mediation Board

Nine Tons of Stolen Dynamite Recovered in LA Warehouse

Police recovered nine tons of stolen dynamite after a four month manhunt. Detectors traced the cache from a powder plant near Newhall to an abandoned garage near Beverly Hills, housing linked to cinema stars Mary Pickford Charles Chaplin Harold Lloyd. Three men and two women are in custody. three others sought after the warehouse raid in a densely populated Southwest Los Angeles district. The dynamite, stolen in a Beverly Hills hideout, was moved in a rented truck following a police tip.

Los Angeles Newhall Beverly Hills Mary Pickford Charles Chaplin Harold Lloyd

Legion Names Delegates To Natl. Meeting

Delegates and alternates to the national convention of the American Legion were elected Wednesday afternoon, just before the state Legion meeting adjourned. Names include Leo Custer, R. J. Laind, Hanford MacNider, the newly elected department commander, and W. J O’Gonnell, among others, with multiple delegates listed from Muscatine, Burlington, and Davenport areas.

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Confessed to Locking Siblings in Icebox in Sacramento

Cerivino Paiva 15 and brother James 12 admitted locking their two younger sisters Mary and Maryann in an icebox where they suffocated. District Attorney McAllister said Cerivino would be charged with murder and the confession occurred in the presence of their father after the girls were found dead. The sheriff quoted Cerivino saying the girls climbed into the box for food and begged to be kept in before the door was finally closed.

Sacramento Calli Cerivino Paiva Neil McAllister Cerivini Paiva Mary Maryann James Donald Cox Del Harry Paiva del Cann

Government Urges Clean Labels on Liquor Rectifiers

Government officials addressed liquor rectifiers in Chicago to rectify labels and avoid misleading naming such as Old Bill's Whisky. Distillers from seven Midwest states attended at the Swank Hotel Stevens to hear about code compliance, hearings set for Sept 5, and penalties for those not present.

Chicago Bill Swank Hotel Stevens Stevens Hotel

London Doorman Dies After Three Decades at Simpson's

Walter Matthew known as Old Matt, the be-whiskered doorman outside Simpson's restaurant on the Strand, dies at age about seventy, after thirty years at the post. He claimed to have opened doors for over two million autos and taxis in Edwardian days and kept a celebrity guest record. Once a noted boxer, he later worked in the United States as a butler and refused offers to return to New York's famed hosteries.

London INS Old England Walter Matthew Matt The Serene Strand United States New York

Sophie Tucker Receives Black Eye At Autograph Scene

London dispatch says Sophie Tucker intervened in a quarrel between two fans at the Empire theater stage door in Shepherds Bush. As one fan grabbed a signed album, blows followed and Tucker was struck, darkening her eye while she kept calm and finished the show.

London Sophie Tucker Haymaker Miss Tucker Empire Theater Shephersbush Sophie Tirst Miss Ducker

Man killing five held for murder

Blink confessed to a series of shootings at a home near East Clinton involving debt disputes. He described killing Mrs Walter 70, her brother Web Collier, Mrs Irene Carrick of Des Moines, and Hamilton, then wounded Joseph Collier and narrowly failed to kill others before being stopped by Officer Frank Kustes. Deputies said he had been drinking.

East Clinton Jennie Walter Hamilton Blink Web Collier Walter Irene Carrick Des Moines Harry Menzie Joseph Collier Web T. H. Corrick, Jr Corrick Frank Kustes Jim Agnew Agnew Fulton Hamilton Lves

Wiley Post Boots 40 000 Feet In Test Flight

Aviator Wiley Post piloted the Winnie Mae to over 40,000 feet in a two hour test, aiming to push toward a record 53 000 feet and a 530000 foot stratosphere journey, but clouds and instrument work caused a delay. He reported his pneumatic suit worked well and gave Sky overcast conditions at 30 000 feet.

Chicago Wiley Post Winnie Mae Post South Bend Ind Curtiss Field Grenview

Mexican Laborer Slain In Des Moines

AP report details the death of Leo Hernandez, about 30, a Mexican laborer, shot in his Des Moines room on Wednesday afternoon. George Hernandez, 35, confessed to the killing, claiming self defense as deputies move him to county jail.

Des Moines Leo Hernandez George Hernandez L. J. Hearn Valley Junction Reputr

Mansfield family hosts unlikely doorstop visitor

In Newton Massachusetts, Mary F. McGlone, driving for the second time with a passenger, mistakenly hit the accelerator instead of the brake and drove into the Mansfield home. She plowed through the front door into the reception hall after misreading the driveway as a street, narrowly missing more damage thanks to a stair landing.

Newton, Mans Mansfields Mary F. McGlone John J. Mansfield

Inventor’s Device Aids One Armed Men In York Village

Charles Young of York, aged resident, has devised a device he believes will help one armed men. The gadget uses a foot pedal to lower a mechanical fork that grips a steak while the user cuts with a knife.

York Village Charles Young York

Bank Robbers Kidnap Banker and Wife for $100,000 Loot

Three men abducted J. H. Carter bank president and his wife from their Lake City home, binding their children Athale and Jimmy. After forcing them to drive to Palmetto Bank, the trio found cashier Fred Stalvey and raided an unlocked vault. The victims were released unharmed miles away as the robbers fled.

Lake City 8. C Palmetto Bank J. H. Carter Carter Athale Jimmy

Real Estate Transfers in Marion County and Greene Additions

Marion County Club transfers to Dow Bates recu r of Comm. Says Bank. Marion wd pt 814 nw sec 31-84-6. Parcel taxed. $1. Fred Beyer transfers to Henry Beyer q e d wit lot 17 and Plat 104 Gly 50 ft nwly 140 ft Lot 3 blk 19 Greene and College add. C. R. end Jots 49 and 50 Carrolls Srr Sur sw see 11. 83-7. $1 and valcon. 7-20-34.

Marion Country Club Dow Bates Bank Marion Wd Fred Beyer Henry Beyer Greene and College C. R Carrolls Srr Valcon

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