Two Men Mistaken for Bandits Spark Fatal Gunfight
In Los Angeles a deputy sheriff, John Hedge, was killed and a warehouse checker wounded after a night gun battle at an east side grocery dock. Frank Chavez fired six times. hedge and Chavez misidentified each other as bandits. Roland Bennecke and two women with the officer hid as Chavez joined the foreman. The dock fight ended with Hedge dying from heart and arm wounds. Easter Island ruins uncovered in the Pacific.
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Los Angeles
John Hedge
Frank Chavez
Hedge
Roland Bennecke
Chavez
Bennecke
Chinese War Chest Mystery Sparks Government Probe
A government inquiry tracks the fate of nearly 20 million in Chinese wartime funds raised to defend Manchuria against Japan. General Ma Chan-Shan and associates reportedly took about 1.7 million while others seek answers on the remaining 18.3 million, with contributors and anti‑Japanese groups urged to disclose receipts and disbursements.
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Peiping
China
Manchuria
U.S
Ma Chan-Shan
Soviet Russia
Europe
National Military Council
Japan
Kraschel Praises NRA At Vinton Sweet Corn Day
Lieut. Gov. Kraschel urged full backing of the NRA at Vinton's Sweet Corn Day with a crowd of about 6000. He cited farm price gains and called for competitive hog markets and Iowa brand ham standards. The program included NRA floats, a parade, bands, and speeches by Willford and Utterback.
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Vinton
N. G. Kraschel
Hubert Utterback
Des Moines
Roosevelt
NRA
Kraschel
Iowa
Gov
Garrison
Norway
Blairstown
van Horne
American Legion
Ursula Fuchs
A. C. Willford
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Fairgrounds
Bank Robbery in De Forest Nets $700 in Cash
Two masked youths robbed the De Forest State Bank in De Forest Wisconsin on Tuesday and fled with seven hundred dollars in cash. Police launched a search but details of the suspects remain scarce.
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Deforest, Wis
DeForest State Bank
Willford Names Vinton Man As Federal Auditor
Congress man A C Willford announced the appointment of W E Gilchrist of Vinton as a federal auditor. Gilchrist previously served as county auditor and about ten years as city clerk. The appointment comes during a Democratic gathering in Vinton with Lieut Gov L N Kraschel Judge Hubert Utter and state leaders present.
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Vinton
L. N. Kraschel
Hubert Utterback
Des Moines
A. C. Willford
E. J. Feuhling
New Hampton
M. J. Hyland
Traer
Carl B. Stiger
Toledo
Hyland
Harry C. White
State Board of Control
Willford
W. E. Gilchrist
Gilchrist
County Work Relief Struggles and Arrests Rise
The county relief program details how scrip and rent warrants credit relief recipients and explains 30 cents per hour as the wage yardstick. About 150 men returned to county work while 300 unemployed previously refused transport to sites and two demonstrators faced jail and assault charges.
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State Emergency Relief Committee
Cora Jacobs
Hluligren
Jimmie Franks
First Street
Board of Supervisors
Franks
Irene Hullgren
Third Street
G. S. Lightner
G. K. Thompson
Polish Flyers Die In Russian Crash
In a Moscow report two Polish aviators on an eastbound flight to Siberia crashed 400 miles east of Moscow. One pilot, Levanevsky, was killed while his companion Filipovich parachuted to safety with minor injuries. Engine trouble was blamed for the disaster.
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Moscow
Here
Levanevsky
Filipovich
Warsaw
Siberia
Kruschen Salts Promise Slimming Results Advertised
An advertisement touts Kruschen Salts claiming rapid weight loss and renewed vitality. It features a Cleveland woman claiming 16 pounds lost in four weeks and urges daily use with water, noting a four week jar, price, and a money back guarantee.
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Kruschen
E. Drouryer
Cleveland
Ohio
May Drug Co
Joan Learns Life in Esmee's World Amid Turbulent Loves
Joan Ormond, daughter of William Ormond, leaves home after conflicts over her engagement and Father’s disapproval. She moves to Esmee Cranmer's lavish yet shabby flat in Derceyville, where cocktails and luxury mask debt and danger. Joan fights to regain dignity while Teddy Lathrop's affection complicates her precarious path.
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Jean Ormond
William Ormond
Derceyville
Julia
Joan
Hugh Sewell
Elmer Parcher
Jean
Huch
Hugh
Dorceyville
Elmer
Pat We
Esmee Cranmer
Doreeyville
Esmee
Andy Cotter
Gilda Ramsey
Teddy Lathrop
Teddy
Jewel
Grey House
Purple and Gold Boat Drifting Toward Hidden Danger
A purple and gold luxury boat drifts under a warning ripple about rot hidden in the wood. She ignores the omen as the prow signals that nothing stands still and danger draws nearer.
Roosevelt mulls partial restore of federal salaries
President Roosevelt told William Green of the American Federation of Labor of possible restoration of part of the 15 percent cut in government salaries. Green urged returning federal pay to the old basis and speeding up rebuilding under the recovery program. The President noted dissatisfaction with the old cost index and asked for a new one.
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Washington
Roosevelt
American Federation of Labor
William Green
White House
Green
Export plan to ship 30 million to 35 million wheat bushels
A marketing agreement filed with the Agricultural Adjustment Administration proposes exporting 30 to 35 million bushels of wheat from the Pacific Northwest to relieve a regional surplus and stabilize prices in the east and gulf. The plan involves government payments to exporters to cover the price difference between domestic and world markets, a 15 to 20 cent spread per bushel, and creation of a North Pacific export equalization association to oversee implementation.
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Washington
Pacific Northwest
East
Gulf
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Portland
Ore
Northwest
Weather stays cooler with partial sun in Cedar Rapids
An early cloud cover in Cedar Rapids Tuesday thinned to allow occasional sun by afternoon. Temperatures rose from a 7 a.m. low near 63 to 64 by 10 a.m. and reached 77 by 2:30 p.m., remaining in the moderate range.
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Cedar Rapids
Son
the Mercury
Lindbergh Discusses Ocean Air Depots
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Swedish expert Sven Lundborg discussed the possibility of floating landing stages in the Atlantic to support regular Europe United States air travel. Lundborg showed an invention that uses wave energy to anchor stages without anchors and allow relocation if weather demands.
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Stockholm
INS
Atlantic Ocean
Europe
United States
Charles A. Lindbergh
Sven Lundborg
Lundborg
Washington Doctor Makes Hole In One At Club
Dr A W Clow of Washington achieved a hole in one at the Washington Golf and Country Club on hole No 8 a 150 yard No 6 iron shot. He was joined by Mrs Clow Les Eicher and Ralph Gibson as spectators and members of the hall of fame.
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Washington
A. W. Clow
Washington Golf and Country Club
Mrs. Clow
Les Eicher
Ralph Gibson
Clow
Hall of Fame
Hugh McCleery
Orville Elder
Don Benz
Amazing Gly-Cas to Visit Cedar Rapids Thrifty Drug
Local ad proclaims Gly-Cas a new herbal remedy claimed to cure rheumatism neuritis stomach and kidney troubles. The Gly-Cas Man will be at Thrifty Drug Store at 1st St and 3rd Ave SE starting Thursday to meet the public and explain usage with free samples.
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Cedar Rapids
Thrifty
Marshalltown
Muscatine
Mason City
Ottumwa
Davenport
Cor
1St St
3Rd Ave
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Easter Island
Pacific
Redigested
Harvey W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Dr. Wiley
Schlitz
Milwaukee
Senet
Federal
Gladys E. Johnson
Sargasso Sea
Hercules
Mii
Sears
Sears Roebuck and Co
Third Ave
Sears, Roebuck
Third Avenue
Lindy
Ocean Air
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