Varying Views in Labor Day Speeches Across Parties
The Associated Press collects excerpts from Labor Day speeches urging world peace and unity among unions. Cordell Hull warns against warlike trends, while Alf Landon urges sacrifice of short term profits for peace. Other leaders including William Green, Norman Thomas, Earl Browder, and John L. Lewis voice calls for unity and organized effort.
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Associated Press
Cordell Hull
Alf M. Landon
Landon
Organized Labor
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Enemies of Labor
Frank Morrison
A. F. of L
John L. Lewis
Norman Thomas
Earl Browder
A. F. of L. Executive Council
Bandit forces man to pray then shoots him in La Crosse
James H. Furber, a 51 year old La Crosse businessman, was abducted by a gunman who forced him to drive to a woods and pray before firing five shots. Furber remained in a hospital with facial and chest wounds and is expected to recover. Police traced the suspect to a 29 year old man who fled in Furber’s car, with inquiries spanning Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa and Illinois.
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LA Crosse
Wis
George Hall
Detroit
Ernest F. Gallagher
James H. Furber
Hall
Furber
Gallagher
Farber
Mississippi
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Illinois
Riverside Park
Two Men Hurt In Iowa Train Wreck Near Mingo
A Chicago Great Western freight derailed two miles east of Mingo Iowa blaming spreading rails. Conductor Carmichael suffered a fractured shoulder and brakeman Case a fractured hip. They and injured Bedgood were treated in Des Moines after escaping the overturned caboose and submerged end of the wrecked trestle.
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Mingo
INS
Chicago Great Western
Here
C. L. Carmichael
E. M. Case
Des Moines
Robert Bedgood
Des Moin
King Edward VIII Returns To Vienna
King Edward VIII arrived in Vienna after a Mediterranean yachting cruise. He registered at a hotel as the Duke of Lancaster and was described as sunburned and smiling while wearing a grey suit with a carnation in his buttonhole.
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Vienna
Edward VIII
Duke of Lancaster
Palo Youth In Serious Condition After Assault
Palo private 19 year old Charles Thomas of Palo is in a military hospital with a brain concussion after being slugged and robbed while returning to Camp Riley Little Falls Minnesota. He was found unconscious beside the road with an empty pocketbook nearby. Doctors hold slight hopes for recovery.
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the Gazette
Charles Thomas
Palo
Military Hospital
Minneapolis
Thomas
80Th Field Artillery
Camp Riley
Little Falls
Minn
Alf Thomas
Hitler hailed as Caesar by Nazis in Nurnberg rally
Adolf Hitler addressed a cheering Nazi crowd in Nurnberg proclaiming restored arms sovereignty. He entered the city amid posters, a guarded street procession, and a trumpeted reception at city hall before a major speech on culture scheduled for the next evening.
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Nurnberg
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Deutscher Hof
Hitler
Schutz Staffel
der Fuehrer
Otto Dietrich
Landon to Speak in Iowa and Farm Belt Tour Details
Gov. Alfred M. Landon heads into a busy two week schedule in Topeka meeting officials on drought relief and refining farm program speeches for a campaign tour through Iowa Minnesota and possibly Wisconsin. He turns forty nine on Wednesday with a Franklin bust gift from William Guggenheim in New York.
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Topeka
Kan
Ins
Alfred M. Landon
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Landon
Benjamin Franklin
William Guggenheim
New York City
International
Benjamin Franklin Society
London
Franklin
Guggenheim
Colorado Rockies
Estes Park
Pinchot to Confer With Landon During Kansas Visit
Gifford Pinchot former Pennsylvania governor is listed for a Thursday conference with Kansas Governor Alf Landon in Topeka. It will be Pinchot's second visit since Landon was nominated for the presidency. In Newcastle Pennsylvania Landon spoke at a Republican dinner noting both he and Landon supported Theodore Roosevelt's 1912 progressive party movement.
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Topeka
Kan
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Alf M. Landon
WPA Strike Ends After Four Day Holiday in Minnesota
About 6,000 WPA workers returned to work in Minneapolis after a four day holiday to press for a 30 hour week and a $20 minimum. Victor Christgau granted talks and hours were to be spread over four days. Mass meetings will decide on future action as federal mediators report no progress in other labor disputes.
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Minneapolis
INS
WPA
Workers’ Alliance
Victor Christgau
Harold O. Bean
Alliance
Christgau
Minnesota
Washington
Two Freighters Collide In Fog Off Manitou Island
The freighters Crete and Cornell collided in fog near Manitou Island 40 miles northwest of Whitefish Point. Both ships were under their own power heading to Sault Ste. Marie as coast guardsmen reported all well. The Cornell had a hole in its side.
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Sault Ste. Marie, Mich
Crete
Cornell
Manitou Island
Whitefish Point
Coast Guard
Births Listed for Four Families in Mercy Hospital
Four births announced with names and addresses. A son to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Novak at Mercy hospital on Sept 8. A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Everett Brown at Mercy hospital on Sept 8. A son to Mr. and Mrs. John Cepowski on Sept 7. Mrs Cepowski formerly Delta Kersten. A son named Robert John to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Zvacek on Sept 5.
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Paul Novak
1640
Avenue NE
Mercy Hospital
Everett Brown
Eighth Avenque SE
John Cepowski
Second Street SE
Cepowski
Delta Kersten
Edward Zvacek
Cedar Rapids
Robert John
Knox Rests Briefly Before Starting On Western Tour
Republican vice presidential nominee Frank Knox paused for a few hours in Chicago before his western campaign tour through the Pacific Northwest California and agriculturally contested regions. He will address Minnesota Republicans in St Paul Wednesday night before heading to states west of the Mississippi excluding the solid south. Knox began Aug 7 with a strenuous schedule after speaking in New England and Pennsylvania and finishing the Michigan stop at Alma with a critique of New Deal labor policies.
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Chicago
Frank Knox
Pacific Northwest
California
Knox
Minnesota
St. Paul
Mississippi River
South
New England
Pennsylvania
Alma
Mich
Elsie Janis Auctions Off Castle Philipse Goods
Elsie Janis the actress raised 2000 in the first day of selling her household items at Castle Philipse North Tarrytown New York. She plans to use funds to pay mortgages and debt and devote the rest of her life to helping people be happier.
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North Tarrytown
N. Y
Elsie Janis
Miss Janis
Castle Philipse
America
France
Aso
Castle Philpse
Haile Blasts Hope Of Nations League To Drop Ethiopia
In Geneva era Haile Selassie appeals for peace and justice for Ethiopia as he accuses Italy of aerial bombardments and gas attacks in occupied Abyssinia. He says two thirds of his empire remains inviolate despite the actions.
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Hope of Nations League
Ethiopia
London
Haile Selassie
League of Nations
Geneva
Negus
Switzerland
Italy
Abyssinia
Conopians Debate Joining National Exchange Clubs
Joe Archer, representative of the National Exchange clubs, met with the Canopus club at Hotel Roosevelt Tuesday noon to discuss affiliating the local group with the national organization. The matter was taken under advisement for decision at a later date.
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Joe Archer
National Exchange Clubs
Organization of Service Clubs
Canopus Club
Hotel Roosevelt
Deaths Mrs Martha Fair dies after long illness
Mrs Martha Fair died at her son W R Fair's home 348 Seventh Avenue SW at 9 40 am Tuesday after a long illness. Born March 22 1851 at La Paz Indiana she lived in Cedar Rapids two years moving from Lohrville Iowa. She is survived by son two grandchildren a great grandchild a sister a brother and several nieces and nephews. Body taken to Lohrville for Christian church services Thursday and burial in Evergreen Cemetery.
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Martha Fair
W. R. Fair
Seventh Avenue
la Paz
Ind
Cedar Rapids
Lohrville
Christian Church
Frank Williams
Jack R. Fair
Waterloo
Bette Gifford
H. A. Stever
Lehrville
Thadeus Whitinger
Rohn Chapel
Evergreen Cemetery
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Frances Perkins
George L. Berry
Nonpartisan League
Labor
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United States
Lewis
William E. Borah
Idaho
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Man
Caesar
Sault Straits
Conopians
Atu
Craemer
First Avenue
New York
New Fall Millinery
Llewellyn
Alexette Cabretta
Craemer’s
Clover Falls
Craemer's
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