Coal code deadline nears as Roosevelt may sign Friday
Washington (UP) Mine operators union leaders and recovery officials pressed to finalize a coal code by a Friday night deadline. President Roosevelt, awaiting a ready code, canceled his Potomac trip and planned to sign if approved. Key dispute centers on labor bargaining rights and the check off system with age limits set at 17 for inside miners.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Hugh S. Johnson
Johnson
Potomac
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Commerce Building
the Recovery Administration
Warrant Served in Abortion Attempt Case and Assault Indictments
Mrs Joseph Pavlis of 907 Avenue NW was served with a warrant on a charge of attempting to procure an abortion after a secret indictment by the Linn County grand jury. The offense is alleged to have occurred on July 4, 1933, with a $2,500 bond posted. Emil Fair, 22, rural route 5, was arrested on a separate indictment for assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury on Joseph Stanck at Conrad's Beach, and jailed after the arrest by Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon.
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Cedar Rapids
Joseph Pavlis
E Avenue NW
Linn County Grand Jury
Jay Davis
Parlis
Emil Fair
Larry Condon
Joseph Stanck
Conrad's Beach
Falt
Everyday Phobia A Humorous Look At Our Irrational Fears
The piece defines phobia as a mind quirk from forgotten hurts and notes many forms like claustrophobia and fear of crowds. It observes phobias become personal quirks or principles and jokes that removing them may lessen our individuality, urging readers to embrace a little fear.
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Dr. Johnson
Etty
Jong
Justice Sapiro Ordered Returned to Chicago for Appeal
Supreme Court Justice Julius Miller ordered Antoin Sapiro, a New York attorney linked to Al Capone on price conspiracy charges, returned to Chicago authorities and given until midnight to perfect a stay appeal.
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New York
Supreme Court
Julius Miller
Antoin Sapiro
al Capone
Chicago
New Retail Code Aids Consumers and Small Stores
NRA final draft aims to protect consumers with minimum prices 10 percent above wholesale and ban loss leader sales. It also shields small retailers by restricting ruthless cut rate competition and sets markdown percentages for drugs and toiletries. A basic code covers all retail, plus a separate drug store code and a proposed private board to monitor price controls.
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Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Ford to Hire 5000 Veterans for Factory Jobs
Ford Motor Company plans to employ 5000 veterans on Monday as part of a large factory expansion. The hires will come from lists provided by local American Legion posts, focusing on men with families who are currently unemployed.
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Detroit
INS
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford
NRA
American Legion
Kidnap Plot Tied Detroit Gang to Ford Scion Claim
Los Angeles police arrested Joseph O Riordan known as Red for alleged ties to a Detroit gang once linked to a Ford family kidnapping plot. Authorities said the target unclear whether Edsel Ford or his son was to be abducted and O Riordan denied involvement.
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Los Angeles
Joseph
Red) O'Riordan
Detroit
Ford Automobile Family
Edsel Ford
Henry
Edsel
O'Riordan
Kidnap Plot Involving Edsel Ford Revealed From 1930
Detroit police uncovered a plan to kidnap Edsel Ford in July 1930. Red O Riordan, a Detroit gangster, was arrested in Los Angeles, with no plot details released. A source close to Henry Ford's son cited an informant claiming the caper was carried out and a ransom paid in a separate Littler case.
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Detroit
INS
Edsel Ford
Los Angeles
Red O’riordan
Henry Ford
Caipter
Joseph
Laman
Fred Begeman
O’riordan
St. Louis
Purple Gang
O'Riordan
Lindbergh
Criticizing Government Over NRA Policy Hits Sioux City
Sioux City NRA committee condemned federal policy allowing its own workers to run unlimited hours while private firms face NRA limits. They appointed Joseph Hayes to interview Henry Morgenthau Jr in Washington to seek reasons why the Sioux City regional agricultural credit corporation does not display the blue eagle.
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Sioux City
NRA
Joseph Hayes
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Federal Farm Credit Administrator
Washington
Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation
Cedar Rapids Plans Day at World’s Fair Sept 29
Cedar Rapids has been chosen for a Cedar Rapids day on September 29 at the Chicago A Century of Progress exposition with Iowa day on September 30. The Chamber of Commerce will sponsor two low-cost tours with hotel La Salle as headquarters and assist in getting football game tickets. Tour details and reservations are through the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce.
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Cedar Rapids
United States
Chicago
Iowa
Coc College Military Band
Iowa- Northwestern
Soldier Field
Chamber of Commerce
Chicago North Western Railway
Hotel la Salle
Pullman
Chicago and North Western
Friday's Major League Results Summary
The day featured two doubleheader results with Philadelphia overpowering Cincinnati 4 to 0 in the opener and 15 to 7 in game two. Pittsburgh, Boston, New York, Chicago, and Brooklyn posted varied scores against their opponents as rain postponed all American League games.
Claire Windsor Plans Appeal After $75 000 Verdict
Actress Claire Windsor said she will appeal to the state supreme court after a jury awarded $75 000 to Marian Read of Oakland who accused Windsor of alienating Read’s husband. Windsor called the verdict excessive and said it stemmed from prejudice against her profession.
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Los Angeles
INS
Claire Windsor
Marian Read
Oakland
Calif
Alfred C. Read
California
Miss Windsor
State Supreme Court
Grain dictatorship ordered in Germany
Berlin reports the German government enacted a law granting the agriculture minister power to regulate prices, production, and sales of farm products, form an organization of agricultural producers, and merge enterprises. A second law allows creation of mill combines for grinding German grain.
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Berlin
Pittman and Fletcher Press Free Coinage of Silver
Senator Pittman of Nevada and Senator Fletcher of Utah study inflation powers under the farm relief law and urge Roosevelt to consider free coinage of silver. They argue the president could mint bullion and use proceeds to pay mining costs, testing silver's parity and potential to lift price levels.
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Nevada
Fletcher
Washington
Roosevelt
Pittman
Dem
Nev
Thomas
Utah
United States
Demand for direct currency inflation urged by Senator Fletcher
Senator Fletcher of Florida pressed for direct currency inflation as administration advisers reviewed early changes in financial policy. Secretary of the Treasury Woodin returned to his desk after a two month absence as the discussions continued.
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Washington
Llp
Fletcher
Democrat
Fla
Administration
Secretary of Treasury
Woodin
Evanston Police Ban NRA Hamburgers at HQ
Evanston Illinois police chief Freeman says officers may eat only NRA Hamburgers. After learning a stand across from headquarters sold lunches not flying the blue eagle he ordered patrolmen to buy elsewhere.
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Evanston
NRA
William O. Freeman
Freeman
Hutton Declares Divorce Plan After Vaudeville Act
David L. Hutton told Brooklyn theater crowd he will pursue divorce from evangelist Aimee McPherson. He described himself as a coal digger at heart and mocked her vaudeville touring plans while performing torch songs and his own works. He recalled past deceptions and claimed he never saved anyone. his court action follows their contentious marriage.
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HW. Allen Smith
New York
David L. Hutton
Angelus Temple
Aimee McPherson
Brooklyn
Iinois
Hutton
Aimee
Manhattan
Europe
Texas Guinan
Roosevelt Decides Labor Clause Case Standoff
President Roosevelt stepped into the dispute over Section TA of the NRA labor protection clause amid conflicting interpretations by labor and industry advisory boards. Recovery officials sought a clear ruling to curb code modifications while Hugh S. Johnson allowed only a past mobile code tweak, signaling no future changes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
NRA
Industrial Advisory Board
Labor Advisory Board
Hugh
Johnson
Iowa Mother Pleads for Daughter's Release on Extortion Charge
A Denver district attorney's office considers the plea of Des Moines resident Mrs. Etta Newell for the release of her daughter Maybelle Holt who faces an attempted extortion charge. Holt, Mary Law, and Frank Conrad allegedly conspired to extort $500 from Denver meat market owner M. C. Jensen. Jensen paid $150 before reporting the scheme.
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Denver
District Attorney's Office
Etta Newell
Des Moines
I. W. Brownold
Linn Board Adds Relief Work Investigators
Linn county board of supervisors appointed two more relief investigators to join six already named under county director Cora Jacobs. The new appointees are Kathryn Smith and Irene Pickard, expanding the relief staff to ten.
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Board of Supervisors
Cora Jacobs
Relef
Kathryn Smith
B Avenue
Irene Pickard
Bever Avenue
Miss Smith
Washington High School
University of Iowa
Sheriff Tilton Freed Of Conspiracy Against Picketers
CHEROKEE AP Sheriff A N Tilton was found not guilty of conspiracy in an attack on farm picketers after Judge O S Thomas sustained a defense motion and directed a verdict in his favor. The judge ruled evidence failed to link the sheriff to the alleged conspiracy. Remaining defendants Harrison Steel Ralph White Dr Forrest Barnes and Claude Beasley still face trial.
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Cherokee
A. N. Tilton
O. S.thomas Friday
Harrison Steel
Ralph White
Forrest Barnes
Claude Beasley
Milk strike threatens Chicago milk supply
In the Chicago area a three day dairy strike disrupted deliveries to Kane and McHenry counties. One of five plants reported milk, Western Dairy at Virgil with full deliveries, while Bowman Worden Hampshire and Hampshire Milk saw none. Officials sought a 1 cent per quart price rise as distributors and Pure Milk association guard deliveries to about 93 percent of normal.
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Kane
McHenry
Western Dairy Company
Virgil
Kane County
Hampshire
Harvard
Woodstock
Crystal Lake
McHenry County
Bowman Dairy Company
Worden Dairy Company
Hampshire Milk Company
Bowman
Pure Milk Association
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Slain Peterson Case Linked to Extradition Bid
Police to extradite Cecil Thornbaugh, wounded brother of Harold, as an accomplice in the Peterson slaying. Detective Inspector A. O. Anderson and Sgt. Roland McDonald led ballistics work. Harold named trigger man after Peterson was killed when he and a partner stopped two youths on a residential street. Kansas license plates found nearby spurred the inquiry.
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Thorn
A. O. Anderson
Roland
Frank Myers
Cecil Thornbaugh
Harold
Peterson
Kansas
Revolt Halted Friday in the Island
AP reports heightened U S concern over Cuba as diplomatic briefings warn of possible U S troop landings. In Havana the new government cracked down on former officers while rebels around Pinar del Rio surrendered. Hotel National guard lines tightened around Ramon Grau San Martin backer.
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Ramon Grau San Martin
Pinar del Rio
Fernando Aran
Grau San
Ne National
Will H. Taylor
Sumner Welles
Horacio Ferrer
Jose Lorie
Machado
Cristo
Santiago
Methodist Bishop urges kneeling benches at Omaha conference
Bishop Frederick D. Leete urged Methodist churches to add kneeling benches for prayer saying the faithful do not kneel enough at the annual conference in Omaha.
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Omaha
Frederick D. Leete
Genuine seal used on forged bonds in Kansas case
Investigators disclosed that the genuine seal of Will J. French the state auditor was used on about 800000 dollars of alleged spurious Kansas municipal bonds though his signature was fake. A handwriting expert found all signatures on the bonds were forgeries. Bond broker Ronald Finney and Leland Caldwell face forgery charges, Tom B Boyd is charged with converting state funds, all three also face a federal mail fraud count.
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Peka
Kan
Will J. French
Kansas
Fred M. Harris
Alf M. Landon
J. C. Shearman
Wichita
Shearman
Ronald Finney
Leland Caldwell
Tom B. Boyd
Finney
Corn Belt Bank Dividend Checks Ready On Monday
Depositors in the Corn Belt Savings bank receivership will receive a ten percent dividend on all deposit claims and more than sixty thousand dollars in cash. Checks will be distributed starting Monday from Room 9 at the bank building with offices open 9 to noon and 1 to 3 30 weekdays and 9 to 3 30 Saturdays. D W Bates is the state supervisor and receiver with Ben S Summerwill as examiner in charge.
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Cedar Rapids News
Corn Belt Savings Bank
D. W Bates
Ben S. Summerwill
One Dead As Gale Moves Toward Atlantic Seacoast
Winds of gale force buffeted the Carolina coast as a tropical hurricane moved toward the Atlantic seaboard. A crew member of the motorship Sun was washed overboard near Cape Hatteras, causing one death. Cape Lookout reported 48 mph winds, with 32 mph at the Virginia Capes as warnings spread from Wilmington to Norfolk.
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N. C
Carolina
Norfolk
Atlantic Seaboard
Sun
Cape Hatteras
Cape Lookout
Hatteras
Virginia Capes
Carolinas
Farmerette Mary Kalbron Wins Garden Award in NYC
New York AP reports Miss Mary Kalbron, 17, a gardener in the Plant and Flower guild on the Upper East Side, received a silver cup for outstanding work in children’s gardens. She says she has never seen a moving picture, too busy hoeing and choosing onions and radishes.
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Mary Kalbron
Upper East Side
Plant and Flower Guild
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