Liberty League pressure on stockholders sparks covert drive
A_D_W_Pearson and R_Allen report Liberty League members have launched a secret campaign pressuring life insurance and steel firms to mail letters with dividend checks urging stockholders to contribute five to ten percent of dividends to a war chest against the New Deal As plans shift insiders say Western Electric Geneva Motors United States Steel and J P Morgan are among firms asked to participate. Holmes to return to upper Istreet amid Supreme Court reminiscences and crime policy debates led by Homer Cummings with Suydam’s public attitude study and various Washington figures.
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Ashington
Liberty Leaguers
Jouett Shouse
A. Smith
John W Davis
wPont
Geneva
Motors
Steel
J P Morgan
Company
Trev
Creas
Mercly
Awai
Abe
Homer Cummings
New England
Justice Department
Homer
Heniry @uydam
Brooklyn Eagle
United States
Suydam
Cummings
Ess
Held For Driving While Drunk After Bridge Collisions
Chris Tichy of 710 Seventeenth Street SE was held at 10 15 p m Tuesday for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after a series of minor accidents on the Second Avenue bridge. Ernest Mickel 1617 Second Avenue SE swerved to avoid a head on crash. Tichy’s car brushed a parked car owned by Major C A Russell and then hit another parked auto. No injuries reported. Sergeant Gordon Hughes took Tichy to jail.
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Chris Tichy
Seventeenth Street SE
Second Avenue Bridge
Tichy
Col
Ernest Mickel
Second Avenue SE
Mickel
C. A. Russell
Fifth Avenue SE
Gordon Hughes
City Hall
City Safety Commission
Indict Woman 57 as Organizer of Chicago Arson Ring
Chicago prosecutors indicted Bertha Warshovsky a 57 year old grandmother as organizer of a $1,000,000 arson ring active in Chicago for eight years. Eight others named in four indictments, including Warshovsky who confessed to State’s attorney and aided in locating suspects. The case links a kidnapping suspect to the ring and details payments for fires including $11000 insurance on a hardware store and $250 for Warshovsky in a 1926 army goods store fire.
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Chicago
Bertha Warshovsky
Warshovsky
Gre
New York
John Brown
Brown
Severa
Anna Onixt
Sally Rand to Give Up Fans and Bubbles for Marriage
Chicago report states Sally Rand will retire her fan act and bubbles after this season to wed Charles Mayon of Springfield Massachusetts, a radio dealer. She plans a quiet life, aims to raise children, and may travel to Europe.
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Chicago
Sally Rand
Charles Mayon
Springfield
Mass
Sally
Florida
Charles Mayons
Europe
Russia
De Valera Demands Russia Guarantee Religious Freedom
Eamonn de Valera, president of the Irish Free State, urged the league of nations in Geneva to require Russia to guarantee religious freedom before admission. The demand framed a key condition tied to Soviet membership in the league.
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de Valera
Russia
Geneva
Soviet Union
League of Nations
Eamonn de Valera
Irish Free State
Three Year Old Boy Struck By Car In City Accident
Jimmy Summer houser three year old son of Mr and Mrs L P Summer houser of 1401 Fifth Avenue SE suffered extensive bruises and possible internal injuries at 6 15 p m Wednesday when struck by a car driven by W J Menary 864 A Avenue NE The left front wheel ran over the boy as he ran from behind a parked car Menary slowed but could not stop in time He took the child home an unidentified girl playing with him narrowly escaped Injury The boy was taken to Mercy hospital where he received first aid and his condition was not believed serious
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Jimmy Summerhouser
L. P. Summerhouser
Fifth Avenue SE
Fourth Avenue
Twelfth Street
W J. Menary
Avenue
Ody Menary
Menary
Mercy Hospital
Hamburg Man Killed by Train in Burlington Yards
AP report from Hamburg Iowa details the death of John Guthrie, 30, who was killed when struck by a freight train in Burlington yards. His body lay obscured for about an hour until discovered by rail workers, with his leg trapped between wheels and a box car needing jacks to free him.
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Josepe Mo
John Guthne
Hamburg
Burlington Yards
Guthries
Oakland Seeress Li'tan Shaver Murdered
The beaten and stabbed body of Mrs Li'tan Shaver a 25 year old Oakland seeress was found behind a closet door in her apartment. Her 4 year old son MSPingly accused his father Louis Shaver 50 of the crime. Police found a note signed Louis cursing the victim and accusing her of infidelity.
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Oakland
Li'tan Shaver
Louis Shaver
Louis
Mother and Son Share Degrees at Colorado Teachers College
Mrs Ednad E Newell 59 principal of a Denver school earned a bachelor of arts and her son Bryce Newell 27 received a master’s degree during the summer session at Colorado State Teachers College in Greeley. Mrs Newell has taught for years to support and educate her three children and finally completed the degree she had earlier failed to gain.
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Denver
Colorado State Teachers College
Greeley
Ednad E. Newell
Bryce Newell
Newell
Ufe
Michigan G O P Stages Comeback
AP report lists primary results with candidates renominated or defeated across several states. Notes Greenway and other figures advancing in Democratic or Republican races while Michigan districts show incumbents and defeated candidates.
South Carolina nominating contests crown Johnston governor
In South Carolina the Democrat run off chose Olin D. Johnston over Cole L. Blease with 151,727 to 119,379 votes and named J. E. Harley lieutenant governor as the party consolidated after large precinct turnouts. Arizona early returns show U S Senator Ashurst leading Osborn and Moeur leading for governor among others with incomplete precincts reporting.
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Columbia
Cole L. Blease
South Carolina
Spartanburg
Olin D. Johnston
Johnston
J. E. Harley
Barnwell
Joseph R. Bryson
Greenville
Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
United States
Henry F. Ashurst
Sidney P. Osborn
Benz L. Jennings
William Coe
Congress
O Greenway
Frank H. Hilgeman
Vermont and New Hampshire primary results show shifting leads
Early returns from Vermont and New Hampshire report leads for U S senator candidates Schwellenbach and Odlin in Washington state style primaries. In Vermont the governorship shows Smith and Williams leading, while New Hampshire voters tilt toward Bridges Toll and Sullivan in governor races with congressional districts still tallying results.
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Greenway
Louisiana
Huey P. Lons
New Orleans
T. Semmes Walmsley
Vermont
Warren R. Austin
Repubican
Fred C Martin
New Hampshire
John L. Sullvan
H. Sriles Bridges
Shp
Congress
Nou. S
Charles A. Plumley
Carroll &. Jenkins
Manchester
N. H
Bridges
Sullivan
Sargent
Duncan
Jenks
Haselton
Moreau
Rogers
O'Connor
Tobey
Toland
Metcalf
Coutremarsh
Catholic Charities Heads To Hear Smith
Former Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York will address the national conference of Catholic charities in Cincinnati. The meeting October 7 to 10 will be attended by numerous archbishops and bishops. The conference aims at concerted action to carry out relief programs and to improve the social and economic order in line with social justice principles.
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Cincinnati
INS
Alfred E. Smith
New York
National Conference of Catholic Charities
United States
Fog And Rain Halt Turner Pangborn In Dash For Record
Fog and rain over the Alleghenies halted the trans continental dash of Captain Roscoe Turner and Clyde Pangborn. They landed at Pittsburgh airport at 5:18 pm est after leaving Burbank at 12:45 am pst with a stop in Wichita. They planned to overnight in Pittsburgh and return to test the ship's performance before crates to New York for shipment to England.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny Mountains
Roscoe Turner
Clyde Pangborn
Burbank
Calif
P.S.T
Wichita
Kan
Turner
Missouri
Illinois
Alleghany Mountains
New York
SAS
Europa
England
Counterfeiter Nabs After Shop Clerk Noted Odd Talk
William Gordon Sullivan, 24, is in federal custody on counterfeiting charges after visiting a Chicago women’s shop and handing clerk Marie Donlon two fake twenty dollar bills. She noticed the odd discussion of lingerie and money felt funny. Authorities say he confessed to passing twenty four spurious bills.
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Chicago
William Gordon Sullivan
Sullivan
Marie Donson
Miss Donlon
Radio Schedule Fragment Reveals Dense NBC CBS Listings
The excerpt shows a dense grid of radio programs across NBC CBS and WJZ WABC WENR stations with names like Archie, Daley, Betty and Bob, Orphan Annie, Jack Benny, Paul Whiteman, Gene and Glen, and Milwaukee Philharmonic. It reads like a daily timetable of music, drama, and variety shows across afternoon to late evening hours.
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Levey
NBC
WEAP
Fields and Mall
WIZ Chain
Engsafras
NBS
WIZ
WEAF
WIZ Kyw
Mall
CBS
WABC
WMT
Archie
WJZ Chain
WJZ
Kyw Wow
Fidler Etch
Daley Etes
WHT
Rob Standsef
Ann Leaf
MBC
WBBM
Ara
Bob
WJZ Wls
Burchell
INBC
Tommy Barris
Clark
Woc-Who
Meredith Willson
Jee Armstreas
WHBM
W . Rae Small
Weaf WoOc
Wenr Chain
Jack Benny
Walter Mampden
Bee Malone
Aek
Mate Smith
WCCO
Charles Sears
Leith Stevens
WAEBC
Tee Shee
Weap Woodeath Valley Days
Melina
Weram Chain
Warlac Etch
Raverlan Band
Paul Whiteman
WRAF
KMOX
Archer Gideon
Playboys
Rester
Herbie Kay
Gene and Glens
Haymes Erch
Exchanges Seek SEC Registration Under Exchange Control
Twenty three American stock exchanges led by the New York Stock Exchange filed for registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission to become effective October 1 under the government exchange control program. Registration is required if they continue in business after the deadline.
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Washington
LLP
Twentythree American Stock Exchanges
New York Stock Exchange
Securities and Exchange Commission
Exchange Control
Pleads Not Guilty To Harper Kidnaping
Fred Jewell of Des Moines pled not guilty to kidnaping Nick Sondag and his son E D Sondag of Harper Ja. He failed to post 50000 bond as he faced grand jury action after being arrested with Mertz and Chalders who waived. Sondag identified Jewell as a kidnapper and the group allegedly forced cash and postal savings certificates before transporting victims to a state park near Oskaloosa and leaving them bound. Rex Rowe 30 died at Anamosa and funeral services were held in North English with survivors listed.
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Gazette
Sigourney
Fred Jewell
Des Moines
Nick Sondag
E. D. Sondag
Harper, Ja
Sondag
Jewell
J. Mertz
Lowell Chalders
Sondags
Oskaloosa
Mertz
Chalders
Rex Rowe
Anamosa
Margaret Rowe
Amy Plank
Erma Evans
North English
Fern Grieman
Garner
Roy, Kenneth
Charles Rowe
Bank notes found in Barker safety box linked to ransom probe
Federal agents in Chicago found 5506 dollars in a safety deposit box rented under the name Ray Gordon by Arthur Barker. The notes did not match Bremer kidnapping ransom serials. Barker and his mother were traced to a Chicago hotel, with clothing recovered in a room raid and a Cleveland hotel raid last week yielded three worn companions.
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Chicago
Arthur Barker
Edward G. Bremer
St Paul
Ray Gordon
Bremer
Barker
Catherine Gordon
Cleveland
Los Angeles Prosecutor Fitts Under Grand Jury Probe
California Attorney General Webb appointed Clyde C. Shoemaker to aid the Los Angeles county grand jury in examining the administration of District Attorney Baron Fitts. Shoemaker becomes a super district attorney with authority to review past acts of the Fitts administration following a new warrant.
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Los Angeles
INS
A. 8
Webb
California
Clyde C. Shoemaker
Son of mill owner wounded in accidental gun discharge
D D Little Jr son of the Florence mill president was shot in the hip Wednesday amid a pistol discharge by a guard on strike duty at the plant Superintendent N M Welch said he and Little spoke with Officer C N Stalnaker when the holstered weapon went off none present could explain how.
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Forest City
N.C
D.D. Little, Jr
Florence
N. M. Welch
Little
C. N. Stalnaker
Welch
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Cole Blease
Mrs. Greenway
Seatile
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Reno Odlin
Schwellenbach
John C Stevenson
Charles H. Leavy
Odlin
D. B. Morthland
Ralph A. Horr
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State of Iowa
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