Branns Second Maine Term Shifts New Deal Debate
Maine Governor Louis Brann, first to win a second term, faces mixed national reactions as his victory is seen as a New Deal tide indicator. The piece notes Republican Senator Hale lagging in polls and discusses Maine politics and federal loan pressures amid wartime-era economic concerns.
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Maine
Louis
Jefferson Brann
Washington
Brann
Clyde Herring
Hale
Beach
Arizona
Henry F. Ashurst
George P. Hunt
Portland
U. S
Louis Jefferson Brann
Alfred K. Ames
Ames
Simon M. Hamlin
Carroll L. Beedy
Moran
Dwinal
Brewster
Utterback
Dubord
Reconstruction firm commits 100 million for ear corn loans
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation to furnish 100 million dollars to the Commodity Credit Corporation for loans at 55 cents per bushel on ear corn stored and sealed on farms in Colorado Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Minnesota Missouri Nebraska Ohio and South Dakota. Loans apply to corn of any year grading number 4 or better when shelled. Producers with existing government loans may switch by repaying and negotiating new loans.
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Washington
Reconstruction Corporation
Commodity Credit Corporation
Jesse H. Jones
Corporation
Colorado
Illiois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
Ohio
South Dakota
Turning point in Maude Royden life as observer becomes social worker
A rainstorm encounter with a drenched carriage driver sparks Maude Royden to see social inequality. The moment changes her vocation from observer to advocate and calls readers to note their own pivotal moments in life.
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London
Maude Royden
Corn Loan Conversion Deadline and Collateral Rules
The outstanding corn loans must be repaid or converted to the new corn loan plan by October 15. Corn collateral offered for new loans must be reinstated and resealed by state inspectors or sealers. New loans cannot be obtained if the pledged corn as security is damaged or improperly stored.
Government corn loan guarantee eyes 55 cent floor
Iowa farmers received a government announcement that corn loans will guarantee a price floor of 55 cents per bushel as long as laws stand. State Secretary Ray Murray said the measure ensures corn will not fall below prior low levels and that many farmers may use loans for cash without selling their stock. He noted about 60 percent of stored corn remains sealed on farms and explained the 55-cent price is roughly two thirds of parity at 78 cents.
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Des Moines
INS
Ray Murray
Agricultural Administration
Iowa
Murray
Gasoline Prices Cut In Ten Midwest States
Major oil companies announced price reductions effective Tuesday across Illinois Indiana Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Missouri Kansas South Dakota North Dakota Oklahoma and Iowa with cuts from a fraction of a cent to two cents a gallon.
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Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
South Dakota
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Gasoline Prices Dropped at Local Service Stations
Local outlets of major oil companies cut gasoline prices following national trends. Regular gas now 16.5 cents per gallon, high grade 18.5, and competitive 15.5 cents, down from 20.6, 18.6, and 17.1 cents respectively.
Plot to abduct Canadian Prime Minister Revealed
Ottawa police report a plan to abduct Prime Minister R B Bennett after arresting William Holtz on cash-tracking stolen goods charges. Inspector Culver stated the gang of house breakers provided details of the ransom plot against Bennett who is described as a millionaire.
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Ottawa
INS
R. B. Bennett
Canada
Mortimer H. Culver
William Holtz
Peoria suit over 1929 strike filed against conductors
Fourteen former Toledo Peoria and Western conductors sue the Order of Railway Conductors and its Cedar Rapids division for 420000 alleging the 1929 wage dispute was mishandled. They claim vice president J A Gannon and president E P Curtis coerced a strike and deprived workers of proper bargaining and benefits. Plaintiffs reside in Peoria or East Peoria.
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Peoria, Ill
INS
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad
Order of Railway Conductors
Grand Division
Order of Railway Conductors of America
Cedar Rapids, A
J. A. Gannon
E. P. Curtis
Chicago
Gannon
Curtis
Peoria
East Peoria
Conductors Union Reports Toledo, Peoria Strike Settled
J A Phillips president of the Order of Railway Conductors is away but officials say the Toledo Peoria and Western strike was handled under ORC rules and all involved were given a vote.
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J. A. Phillips
Order of Railway Conductors
Order
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad
Warm Weather Returns as Cedar Rapids Reaches 81
Cedar Rapids saw mild conditions with temperatures climbing from a 7 a.m. low of 61 to 68 by 9 a.m. under fair skies. The afternoon high reached 84 at 2:45 p.m., the warmest in over a week.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Hunts missing daughter of Penny head bulletin
Virginia Ewing Gates twenty three, from a wealthy Philadelphia family, has been missing nearly a month in Sublette County Wyoming. Sheriff Pat Holt says she wandered from a dude ranch into the Wind River Range where she needs constant nursing care. Posses and searchers have scattered, but no trace has been found.
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Wyo
Virginia Ewing Gates
Philadelphia
Pat Holt
Sublette County
Wind River Range
Missing Penn president’s daughter reported from Wyoming ranch
Miss Virginia Ewing Gates, 23, daughter of Thomas Gates, president of the University of Pennsylvania, is reported missing from a Wyoming dude ranch. Authorities deny prior notice of the case but confirm a search is underway with the Denver office directing efforts.
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Denver
Virginia Ewing Gates
Thomas 8. Gates
University of Pennsylvania
Wyoming
University of Pennsylvania President Says Family Not Worried Over Daughter’s Disappearance
Thomas Gates said his 23 year old daughter Virginia Ewing Gates is missing but the family is not alarmed. He declined to discuss the case further and would not confirm or deny reports that Department of Justice agents were asked to search for her.
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Gates
Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Salt Lake City
Wyoming
Denver
J. C. Newman
Miss Gates
Philadelphia
Thomas
University of Pennsylvania
Virginia Ewing Gates
J. P. Morgan and Drexel and Company
Department of Justice
Air Line Appeals Cancellation of Mail Contracts
Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc. challenged in the Supreme Court the government’s cancellation of air mail contracts. The firm had sought an injunction against Postmaster General Farley in lower courts and now asks for a writ of review.
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INL
Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc
Supreme Court
Farley
High Court
Good Things to Eat Want Ad Sells Fresh Produce
The MARKET BASKET column notes a local ad by F. Cerveny of 0 Ave N who sold 6 bushels of plums 20 bushels of apples and 10 dozen ears of sweet corn after placing a Want Ad in Good Things to Eat. Dial 2-1121 to phone an ad.
Heavy Republican vote in Michigan primary early returns
AP dispatch reports scattered rural precincts show a heavier Republican than Democratic turnout in Michigan's Tuesday primary with 1700 for Republicans and 205 for Democrats in eight precincts. Early returns also indicate Democrats Johnston leading Blease in South Carolina runoff as votes from 277 of 1824 precincts count.
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Columbia
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Olin D. Johnston
South Carolina
Cole L. Blease
U. S
Johnston
Arid Blease
Blease
J. E. Harley
Joseph R. Bryson
Maine Senate race prompts recount demand after tight victory
In Maine, Senator Frederick Hale, Republican, edges Democrat F Harold Dubord by a narrowing margin amid statewide returns. With 624 of 631 precincts reporting Hale leads by 1 238 votes, while Democrats flag a recount and note gains in governorship and two congressional seats.
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U. S
Frederick Hale
F. Harold Dubord
Mongay
Hale
Dubord
Rioting Breaks Out in Textile Strike in Rhode Island
In Baylesville Rhode Island a clash erupted as national guardsmen faced a crowd of textile strikers and sympathizers at Moshassuck cemetery. Three shot including 73 year old Leonie Dussart of Pawtucket. Governor Green called out guards. tear gas and gunfire restrained the mob. National Federation of Labor fund drives to aid the strike were announced.
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Rhode Island National Guardsmen
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Central Falls
Salesville
Theodore Francis Green
National Guard
Leonie Dussart
Pawtucket
Sayles Finishing Company
Baylesse
Sway Fees
Cannon Tower
Kannapolis
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Prminent Textiles
New England
Carolnas
Carolinas
Francis J. Gorman
Textile
Tuesday Major League Results Recap by United Press
National League games feature St Louis and Philadelphia trading wins in two contests with tight margins. Cincinnati and Brooklyn split, while Pittsburgh edges New York and Chicago beats Boston. American League highlights include Washington sweeping Chicago and New York besting St Louis, plus Boston and Detroit results.
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Philadelphia
Carleton
Haines
Delancey
Johnson
Todd
Corn program urged for 1935 cut in acres and hogs
Indianapolis leaders approved a 1935 corn and hog reduction plan under the Agricultural Adjustment act and called October meetings for a referendum. Farm officials favor a Midwest land rental approach with 8 to 10 million acres spared from production financed by processing taxes.
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Ind
Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Secretary of Agriculture
AAA
Midwestern
Morro Castle blaze probes fuel crew disobedience and delayed SOS
Reports cite disorganization aboard the Morro Castle amid a deadly fire. Louis Perrine backed by later corrections described sightings while crew discipline and lifeboat failures draw scrutiny from federal investigators and a New York physician criticizes alarm procedures.
Morro Castle lifeboat dispute at inquiry
Eben 5 Abe bott testified that within minutes of the alarm he took the No 1 lifeboat with 33 aboard including 2 passengers. He said others may have burned or been below deck and claimed his boat was the third to depart as the inquiry pressed why more passengers did not evacuate.
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Roosevelt
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Farley
Jim
Washington
California
Louis’ Perrine
Princeton
N. J
William
Morro Castle
Perrine
Federal Board of Inquiry
Warms
Bos
New York
Grand Jury
Alagna
Eben
Abebott
Dickerson N. .Hoover
Department of Commerce
Abbott
Department of Commerce , Inquiry
Rise In Food Prices Across 51 Cities
The Labor Department reports a 3.2 percent rise in retail food prices in the two weeks ending August 28. Meats led gains with pork chops up 26 percent and bacon 7.7 percent. overall prices were 7.7 percent higher than a year ago and 14.4 percent above two years earlier. All 51 cities surveyed saw increases from 0.1 percent in Scranton to 6.3 percent in Dallas.
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Labor Department
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Dallas
Tex
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