Current Comment and Across-the-pond Graft Alarms
A reflective note recalls a prior survey of the Rugg social science course in junior high schools and the Gazette editor Harry Boyd's reactions. Mussolini and British naval moves loom in European tensions while film star Barrymore faces public scrutiny as his Hollywood return plays out. The Junior League nutrition center opens soon at Jane Boyd house with free noon meals for under nourished children funded locally. Sioux City graft trials and court maneuvers unfold as officials seek new judges amid allegations.
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Rugg
Iowa
Gazette
Harry Boyd
Boyd
Jane Boyd
Cedar Rapids
Community House
Junior League
Sioux City
Kintzinger
Woodbury County
Des Moines
W. W. Scott
Davenport
Scott
Hayes
Barrie pursues John Barrymore in Kansas City
Elaine Barrie, a 20 year old admirer from New York, chased the 53 year old actor across the country by air in a bid to reconcile with John Barrymore. She tells reporters she believes Barrymore would seek her out if he knew she was near. Dolores Costello, Barrymore’s wife, says reconciliation is unlikely and dismisses the pursuit.
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John Barrymore
John
Barrymore
Hollywood
Kansas City
Elaine Barrie
New York
Miss Barrie
Heaven
Dolores
Costello
Briffitte
Elaine
Barrymore in Real Life Romance Feud Sends Heiress on Dash
Kansas City report says John Barrymore fled toward Los Angeles to avoidMiss Elaine Barrie a 20 year old Hunter College student who claims she loves him and hoped to marry when he was free from Dolores Costello Barrymore She says she nursed him back to health and plans to wed as soon as possible amid a nationwide chase with trains planes and radio calls continuing the manhunt across the country
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Kansas City
John Barrymore
Elaine Barrie
Hunter College
John
Dolores Costello Barrymore
Barrymore
Miss Barrie
Mary Pickford Plans To Adopt 3 Babies
Chicago AP report says Mary Pickford intends to adopt three infants two girls and a boy as soon as the Dionne quintuplets appear in a film she backs with her production company The star spoke in Chicago en route to New York where she will confer with the agency governing quintuplet appearances She denied plans to marry Buddy Rogers.
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Chicago
Mary Pickford
New York
Buddy Rogers
What Kind of Society Do We Want?
A reader questions the New Deal's guiding idea and asks what society aims for beyond prosperity. He urges a clear purpose to end inequality and ensure freedom, fun, and real progress, noting the risk of drifting without a shared goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H- G. Wells
Washington
Chicago police arrest suspect in sex attacks case
Micaleo Tanella Iannella, 24, taxi driver, identified and arrested after witnesses linked him to a series of brutal attacks in Chicago's Austin district. Reported as the man known as The Scourge, he possessed clippings about the assaults and was brought to Austin police station for interrogation while victims and spouses viewed him for recognition.
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Chicago
Micaleo Tannella
Walter Storms
Iannella
Loop
West Side
Storms
Austin
Fletcher Madison
Madison
John Stege
Orlando James
Helen James
Mrs. James
200000 Vets Gather For Legion Convention in St Louis
United States veterans converge for the 17th American Legion annual convention in St Louis. An outdoor bar operated by a local brewery greets attendees as 200000 marchers fill city venues. Convention coverage includes membership figures, bonus payment forecasts, a Mississippi regatta and a grand parade with eleven candidates for election later in the week.
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ST. Louis
Mississippi
Cedar Rapids Gazette to Publish 1935 Who's Who
Next Sunday The Gazette will release a 24 page souvenir tabloid entry titled Who's Who of Cedar Rapids. The business and professional directory will feature photographs and brief biographical sketches of many local residents, preserving a historical record for future years.
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the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
President's Son Sued For $1 000 In Accident Claim
Malden Massachusetts April 27 6 am plaintiff Hyman Barlow files an accident suit seeking 1000 against Franklin D Roosevelt Jr Harvard sophomore and son of the President. Barlow alleges injury in a Boston auto crash while Roosevelt was dressed in a tuxedo with a young woman.
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Malden
Mass
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Harvard
Hyman Barlow
Boston
Roosevelt
Why washing a white dog costs more than others
An advertisement from The Exclusive Beauty Parlour for Dogs states washing prices are 25 cents for a white dog and 10 cents for tan or black dogs. The note asks why the white dog costs more to wash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Nothing Can Stop Italy Says News Chief Home From Tour
International News Service head J W Connolly arrives from Italy praising Mussolini and the government for pursuing an Ethiopian program despite England and the league of nations. He reports Italians expect a positive policy and deny any wavering or duplicity by powers in handling postwar claims and Abyssinia.
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Italy
Tour
Il Ouce
New York
INS
England
League of Nations
Mussolini
J. W. Connolly
International News Service
King Features, Inc
Connolly
League
Cision
Abyssinia
France
Great Britain
Russia
Cecil
Versailles
General coal strike looms as talks falter in Appalachian fields
In the Appalachian coal region, miners and operators face a threatened general strike within 24 hours after failed talks. The union seeks a 50 cent daily wage rise and 10 cents per ton, with other demands trimmed. officials gauge the crisis as mines rush to stockpile coal before a potential stoppage. Government mediators led by Edward A. McGrady convened a final session, but a resolution remains uncertain despite large stockpiles and intensified pace at mines.
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Ceepy
Heheas
United Mine Workers
Edward A. McGrady
Appalachian Coal Field
Senator Lewis III Stricken With Pneumonia in Moscow
Senator James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois is seriously ill with bronchial pneumonia at the National hotel in Moscow after arriving September 14. Doctors from the embassy and Russian physicians attend him as his right side is affected. his wife and nieces stay at his bedside.
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Moscow
James Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
National Hotel
Adolph Rumreich
United States
Lewis
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll For 1935
An archival note lists figures for the Cedar Rapids auto toll of 1935 with headings for the numbers of accidents injuries and deaths. The readable text does not provide actual totals.
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Cedar Rapids
Hopkins Shifts Job Emphasis In Massive Works Drive
Hopkins issues a new order to decentralize the works progress program. State administrators are to pick double the number of projects than funds allow, aiming to start quickly and employ the most idle workers across states by mid November. Central headquarters will approve batches to speed disbursement and project start.
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Aoe Lecentral
Hopkins
Works Progress
Dag
Washington
Red Cross Funds Backed If Wheat Tax Is Freed
D. J. Donahoe Jr a milling executive proposes that more than 50 million dollars in impounded wheat processing taxes be given to the American Red Cross if the U S Supreme Court frees the money. Initial replies from 1200 millers were favorable on Saturday.
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Ponca City
Okla
D. J. Donahoe, Jr
American Red Cross
United States Supreme Court
Donahoe
Special Prosecutor Sought For O'Connor Maley Trials
Woodbury county requests a special assistant prosecutor to handle conspiracy indictments against Attorney General Edward O'Connor and his first assistant Walter Maley. Indictments arise from involvement with an Iowa slot machine syndicate as stated by county attorney M. E. Rawlings.
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Ed O’connor
Miles Newby
Sioux City
Supreme Court
Iowa
O'Connor
Edward O’connor
Walter Maley
Woodbury
M. E. Rawlings
O’connor
Maley
South Dakota Board Protests M and St L Dismemberment
Pierre South Dakota The railroad commission will formally protest to the interstate commerce commission against the Minneapolis and St Louis railroad dismemberment as announced by chairman Frank Pickhart Saturday.
Plane seen over Newfoundland near harbor and Bell Island
A not identified plane was sighted passing Harbor Buffett off Placentia Bay heading east at 4.58 PM Newfoundland time. It is about 50 miles east of Bell Island, near the Felix Waitkus transatlantic flight route to Lithuania, but visibility prevented identification.
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ST. John's
Harbor Buffett
Placentia Bay
Newfoundland
Bell Island
Felix Waitkus
Waitkus
New York
Lithuania
Court Lashes Farm Rioters In Sentence
In Missouri, thirteen farmers who blocked a foreclosure sale of a mortgaged farm were sentenced from one day to three years in federal prison. Judge Albert L. Reeves denounced the mob's actions as near treason and rebellion, listing offenses including robbery and unlawful assembly. A fourteenth defendant, Harrison Nathan Jones, collapsed and avoided sentencing.
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St, Joseph
Missouri
United States
Albert L. Reeves
Harrison Nathan Jones
Cameron
Reeves
Samrege
Hadi
Leas
Initia Ts
Ie Dera
Clifton
Srumey
Farmers’. Protective Association
Employee jailed in Colo liquor probe
Denver AP reports Colorado liquor department turmoil after District Attorney Early Wettengel jailed Edward N. Lilleback of Pueblo for obstructing the investigation. Gov. Ed C. Johnson orders a thorough audit of liquor accounts as Secretary James H. Carr faces sworn questions. William E. O'Toole, held on a confidence game charge, is freed on bond.
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Denver
Colorado
Early Wettengel
Ed C. Johnson
James H. Carr
Carr
Wettengel
Edward N. Lilleback
Pueblo
Liquor Department
Lilleback
William E. O'Toole
Chicago Weather Outlook for Sept 23 to 28
Weather forecast for the period September 23 to 28 covering the upper Mississippi valley, lower Missouri valley, and northern to central Great Plains. Temperatures expected at normal or above, possibly cooler late in the week, with little precipitation anticipated.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
Peace Efforts in Ethiopian Crisis Reach Limit
United Press reports that major powers fear war as peace proposals fail to satisfy Mussolini. Ethiopia signals readiness to resist to the last man, while Italy and the League stall for time. Britain, France, and Greece move to assess penalties and defenses as the crisis broadens toward Europe.
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United Press
Rome
Miussolini
League
Geneva
Mussolini
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Malta
London
Italy
Athens
Aegean
Paris
New York
Europe
Committee of Five
Illinois Dairymen's Group Enjoined in Chicago Area Strife
Federal Judge James H Wilkerson barred Pure Milk association from interfering with the Natoma Dairy plant near Hinsdale. The plant had used Wisconsin milk blamed by Pure Milk members for lax sanitary rules and lower Illinois prices. Association directors Ole A Stahlheim and H C Klet denied involvement in sabotage outbreaks.
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Chicago
Illinois
Wisconsin
James H.,. Wilkerson
Pure Milk Association
Natoma
Hinsdale
Don N. Geyer
William H. Dillon
Ear Ole A. Stahlheim
McHenry County
H. C. Klet
du Page
Wilkerson
Mother 85 Swears Out Warrant Against Son for Theft
Mrs Frances Brach 85 swore out a warrant in East St Louis Illinois charging her son Charles 36 with larceny and assault. She had bought lumber for a new home and alleges he stole and sold it. When accused of the theft the son struck her.
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East ST. Louis, Ill
Frances Brach
Charles
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Mickey
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Mahder
Frank
Sen. Lewis III
O’connor, Maley
S. D. Board
SEA Flyer
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Duce
Pompeo ‘Aloisi
Aloisi
Capt
Anthony
Eden
Illinois Dairymen
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