Militia Aid in Reopening More Mills Sparks Labor Action
The United Textile Workers executive council authorized the strike committee to pull all allied workers off the job if needed as part of a nationwide walkout. Figures suggest 120000 more textile workers could be ordered to quit by week’s end unless industry agrees to arbitration. Reports of mills reopening under guard and clashes at Passaic and Lancaster highlight growing tensions amid martial law and state protection.
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Washington
Executive Council
The
United Textile Workers
Francis J. Gorman
Gorman
Mediation Board
Roosevelt
Pepperell Mills
Maine
Lancaster
Pennsylvania
Susquehanna Silk
Georgia Mills
Georgia National Guard
Eugene Talmadge
Miss Jess Going-To and the Do It Now Card
A short moral tale follows Jess a frail girl once nicknamed Miss Jess Going-To for delaying tasks. She grows into a capable secretary who fights laziness with the motto Do It Now. The piece reflects on choosing action over procrastination and the luck of patience vs haste.
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Jess
Henry P. Gillilan Dies at 89 Last Civil War Vet of Springville
Henry P. Gillilan 89, Springville's last surviving Civil War veteran, died Monday morning from a heart attack suffered Sunday. He had good health until a few days before, after attending a homecoming observance at Viola Friday.
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the Gazette
Springville
Henry P. Gillilan
Viola
Nome Fire Leaves City Desolate and Needing Aid
In Nome Alaska a major fire destroyed most of the mining camp as armed vig rantes guard scarce food and clothing. Public works funds will aid reconstruction of damaged buildings. Red Cross and federal survey confirm no starvation danger with two weeks’ supply for 1500 residents and temporary shelters set up.
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Washington
Public Works
Harold L. Ickes
Nome
Alaska
Golden Gate Hotel
Red Cross
Nome in flames as two dead in Nome blaze
Nome Alaska suffered a major fire that destroyed property estimated up to 2 million dollars. Two people are dead amid a looming food shortage and an early winter, with reports continuing on Page 14.
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Nome
Alaska
State Allows Local School Board To Exceed Levy Limit
Cedar Rapids officials reveal state budget director granted permission for the board of education to exceed the Beatty Bennett mill levy limit by about 154 366 to fund six year high school equipment next year. The prepared budget included 86 000 for new equipment and would raise next year’s general expenditures to 844 550.
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Cedar Rapids
Board of Education
Beatty-Bennett Mill
Arms firms tied to treaty breaches in 1930s hearings
Senate munitions committee heard that a U S government price list on war materials was shown to Fed eral Laboratories to underbid a Cuban order in 1932. Capt Philip Bel frigo Gilera claimed a secret Du Pont lab tested poison gases and he arranged a military propellants contract with Germany defying Versailles. State Dept warned munitions firms in 1933 of shipments to Germany and possible treaty violations.
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Monticello
N. Y
INS
du Pont
Germany
Philip Belfrigo Gilera
Gilera
Senate
Giera
E. I. du Pont de Nem
Ours and Company
Senate Munitions Committee
du Ponts
Hitler
United States
Washington
Department of State
Senate Armament Investigation Committee
Cool Weather Drives Stove Ads and Quick Sales
A local notice reports Mrs. Guy Curran selling a Universal combination range after sixteen responses, with fifteen late callers. Dale Reece notes two heating stoves sold the same day as two ads attracted eighteen calls. M Knauer says a second bidder bought a radiant cabinet stove after thirteen follow ups. Dial 2-1121 to place an ad.
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Guy Curran
B Ave
Dale
Reece
13Th St. NW
M. Knauer
G Ave
Wisconsin village yields Schmedeman plurality in primary
Butternut in Ashland County, the first polling precinct in Wisconsin to report, shows Democratic Governor A. G. Schmedeman leading other gubernatorial candidates with a plurality. The report note mentions Wisconsin voting as the first precinct results appear.
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Milwaukee
Butternut
Ashland County
Wisconsin
A. G. Schmedeman
Jackson
Miss
Hinds County
Bilbo
Stephens
Wisconsin Mississippi voters pick party candidates in primaries
Associated Press reports heavy turnout as Wisconsin and Mississippi voters chose nominees for two senate seats and thirteen house seats plus a governorship. Wisconsin nominates Robert La Follette Jr and Philip La Follette for governor amid Democratic contests. Mississippi sees runoff races for several representatives and a governor amid party nominations.
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Wisconsin
Mississippi
Senate
House
Robert M. la Foliette, Jr
New Progressive Party
John B. Chapple
Ashland
James P. Sherman
Francis E. McGovern
Gertrude Bowler
W. O D. Carroll
Philip F. LaFollette
A. G. Schmedeman
William B. Ruben
George Nelson
Hubert
Stephens
Bilbo
Ross Collins
Collins
Frear
Hughes
Italy Plans Corporative Reform of Agriculture
Rome AP reports Italy will unify farming under a corporative state system opening Nov. 10. The plan creates two national bodies the Fascist Confederation of Agriculturists for owner managers and the Fascist Confederation of Agricultural Workers. Both groups form central corporations with worker and employer representation and eight sector boards. Local and provincial unions coordinate regional syndicates.
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Rome
Italy
Fascist Confederation of Agriculturists
Fascist Confederation of Agricultural Workers
William Walsh Dies at Cascade Funeral Services Set
William F. Walsh 56 of Cascade died Monday after a lengthy illness. Born in Cedar Rapids July 15, 1878, he worked for Cook and Lawrence Crockery and later ran a Cresco business before moving to Cascade where he started a general store in 1916. He married Josephine Gallovitz on June 1, 1895 and is survived by his widow a son in Cedar Rapids and three brothers.
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Cascade
William F. Walsh
St. Martin’s Church
Walsh
Cedar Rapids
Cook and Lawrence Crockery Company
St. Patrick's School
Cresco
Josephine Gollovitz
Wiliam G. Walsh
Joseph A
St Paul
George A. and
Charles H
Italy Decrees General Military Service From Age Eight
Rome decreed compulsory military service for Italians from age 8 to 33 with three training stages. The fascist council aims to build an armed nation through pre military training for youths 8 to 18 and 18 to 21, followed by post military instruction and mandatory arm bearing from 18 onward. Mussolini presided over the council.
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Rome
Council of Ministers
Ail
Navy
Air Force
Mussolini
Yale economist Fisher attacks NRA and New Deal impact
Prof Irving Fisher of Yale criticizes the NRA for monopoly tendencies and labor strife in a New York address. He calls for separating monetary and banking functions, opposes nationalizing banks, and says the New Deal oversteps private enterprise to hinder recovery. He cites the AAA drought and warns against Russian collectivism in policy.
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New York
NRA
Irving Fisher
Yale
Fisher
AAA
America
Two Year-Old Nancy Marshall Found Safe Near Home
Nancy Marshall, age two, missing since Monday afternoon, was found unharmed in a swamp near Richmond Rhode Island by CCC workers after more than thirty hours of searching by an army of 300. The child was brought to Dr Milton Duckworth for examination and treated for minor scratches.
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Richmond, R. I
Nancy Marshal
Here
CCC
John Marshall
Nancy
Milton Duckworth
Carolina
E R Moore Heads Linn County Old Age Pension Board
E R Moore, president of the Cedar Rapids board of education, was elected chairman of Linn counties old age assistance board at the organization meeting. Hugh Orchard was chosen secretary. Miss Cora Jacobs is the third member. Arling Smith named temporary clerk. Forty two investigators, certified by the state commission, will begin work next week. Pending applications total 1458 with eligibles to start visits Monday.
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Cedar Rapids
E. R. Moore
Cedar Rapids Board of Education
Linn County
Hugh Orchard
Cora Jacobs
Arling Smith
Linn Board
State Old Age Pension Commission
Secretary Of Iowa Labor Federation Dies In Mason City
W H Griebling about 60 secretary of the Iowa State Federation of Labor died at a Mason City hospital Tuesday after several days of illness. He had been ill since Saturday and was hospitalized earlier.
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Iowa Labor Federation
Mason City
W H Griebling
Iowa State Federation of Labor
New York Votes Lottery To Raise Funds For Relief
The New York city board of aldermen approved a city lottery plan by a 60 to 1 vote to raise relief revenues. An earlier page 3 story contains more plan details. Hawley bank robbed by five men in a small auto coach. $35,000 to $40,000 stolen.
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New York
Board of Aldermen
City
Hawley, Pa
Wayne County
Hawley Bank
Farley Attacks Hoover Faction Praises New Deal
Postmaster General Farley told a Rockford gathering that the old guard of the Hoover era is out of step with the New Deal. He urged both parties to back Roosevelt and praised Maine voters for supporting the New Deal, predicting a weak GOP Senate after November.
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Rockford
Farley
Old Guard
Hoover Gang
Roosevelt
Horner
Lewis and
Dieterich
Kelly
Chicago
Illinois
Democratic National Committee
G.O.P. Old Guard
Herbert Hoover
Maine
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Farrey
Senate
James Buchanan
NRA
Deposit Insurance
Soviet envoy Litvinoff warns world of war and urges peace
Maxim Litvinoff, Soviet foreign commissar, addressed the League of Nations as the USSR gained a permanent seat. He denounced German and Japanese aggression, warned that aerial warfare adds danger, and urged firmer antiwar action while defending Soviet reforms and wary of covenant provisions on race and mandates.
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Geneva
Maxim Litvinoff
League of Nations Assembly
Litvinoff
Germany
Japan
Soviet Union
Europe
Assia
Litvinus
Deleg Tes
Aumite Boviet
Union Ante
Famnists
Tecenbesaneen Eiding
Pars
League Council
U. S
S. R
League
Richard Sandler
Sweden
Moscow
Tribune
U. 8 S
Ife
Adolf Hitler
Textile strikers must work for relief aid
Officials of the federal relief administration said strikers seeking aid must work for relief payments like other applicants. They reported applications from strikers in every state affected by the textile walkout and that these requests are receiving the same treatment as ordinary relief applications.
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Washington
Federal Relief Administration
Ree Hef
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SE A
Passaic
N. J
Patterson
Dayton Avenue
Botany
JD. A. Moscovitz
Petroleum Labor Policy Board
Champlin Refining Company
Enid
Okla
Moscovitz
DR. Newton
Bush Relief
Bulletin
Gazette
Watch
Associated Press
William Walsh
DES Moines
William S. Bradley
Commodity Credit Corporation
Bradley
Agriculture
Ray Murray
Nebraska
M. E. Welsh, Jr
Omaha
Hugh Drake
Kansas
L. V. Silver
Clay Center
A. Sykes
Ida Grove
H. C. Aaberg
Lloyd Eveland
Murray and
Atlantic
Iowa
Linn County Old Age Pension Board
Hoover
Raps Ciermany
Russia
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