Pleasant triple attack leaves family terrorized at home
Hussey 74 in critical condition after three masked bandits attacked the Hussey home in Pleasant Iowa. Eva 77 and Alice 76 beaten and tortured, belongings ransacked, $40,000 claimed missing, nose and ribs injured, women assaulted and locked in a closet. Sheriff investigation underway with several suspects and found items linked to the crime.
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Pleasant
Hussey
Eva
Alice
Tors
Ettenberg
Hillsboro
Jiff Hannah
Henry County
Klopenstein
Lee Ity
Ake
Veterans Bonus Plan Urged at White House Conference
James Van Zandt urged President Roosevelt to call a special session of Congress to pass veterans bonus legislation. He said a $2.5 billion bonus issue would permit controlled inflation and aid the recovery program.
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Washington
James van Zendt
Vehovans ‘of Foreign Wars
Ve ‘Dent Roosevelt
Congress
Zandt
Man Testifies He Was Forced to Aid Abduction of Banker
Eugene Norvell 33 admitted in a circuit court that he helped abduct August Luer, an Alton banker, after a gun was used to threaten him. He claimed coercion by Walter O Malley and Mrs Chessen, who are on trial with four others for the crime.
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Sedwardsville
INS
Ador
Eugene Norvell
Ameoki
August Luer
Alton
Norvell
Lillian Chessen
Luer
Harry Tunnell
Walter O'Malley
Chessen
O'Malley
State Redeems 3 Million In Warrants
DES MOINES AP The state has redeemed more than 3 million of the 4 083 000 in warrants issued May 1 to meet principal and interest on primary road bonds State Treasurer Leo J Wegman said Friday Weeman estimates warrants outstanding at about 1 000 000 The warrants were sold through Carleton D Belt company to provide funds for bond payments.
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Des Moines
Leo J. Wegman
Weeman
Carleton D. Belt Company
New Cuban RevoltReported in Matanzas Province
Havana dispatch reports 880 men rising against President Ramon Grau San Martin in Matanzas province. Government denies the revolt while admitting Manguito city hall was seized by politicians who ousted the mayor installed by the sergeant's revolt.
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Havana
INS
Matanzas
Ramon Grau San Martin
Manguito
de Cespedes
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll This Year
A Cedar Rapids auto toll report shows 214 accidents 269 injuries and 14 deaths this year across the city. The figures summarize incidents and casualties from road traffic.
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Cedar Rapids
Everyday Religion and the Golden Rule in Sales
A salesman explains his craft through imagination and the Golden Rule. He says true selling requires seeing from the customer’s mind, selling oneself before goods, and adapting to earn trust. He adds the same ethic applies to politics, relationships, and everyday life.
Cities Warned by Ickes Delays May Lose Works Share
Washington expects states and cities to submit public works projects soon or risk losing part of the 3.3 billion fund. Ickes warned that 1.75 billion for non federal projects would be allocated by January 1. Funds and job creation are moving faster after pressure to cut delays.
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Washington
Ickes
Paris police misfire on Lindbergh ransom crew
Paris authorities briefly seized a crew tied to the Lindbergh ransom, later abandoning the search. A 1,000 pound note identified by the Bank of England was found to be stolen from a Monaco to Paris money consignment. Three men in Antwerp were later sentenced for receiving the note. Belgian authorities confirmed it had no link to the Lindbergh ransom.
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Paris
Bank of England
Col. Lindbergh
Antwerp
Monaco
Westinghouse Springfield Strike Shuts Plant
Three thousand workers at Westinghouse East Springfield plant walked out Friday in protest of non recognition of a new union and wage demands. The Springfield Central Labor Union affiliate of the AFL leads the drive with about 700 members. rest joined in sympathy, forcing plant closure.
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Springfield
Mass
East Springfield
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Springfield Central Labor Union
American Federation of Labor
Deficit Shrinks as Tax Receipts Rise in Year
Treasury reports show the deficit for the current fiscal year falling from 246 million to 192 million in the six days ending Sept 20. Officials expect more income tax receipts later in the year and note a month to date surplus, with total receipts since the year began about 609.9 million. Secretary Woodin remains optimistic for a possible first surplus since 1930.
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Washington
Treasury
The
Woodin
Renee Beer’ Jones
Powers Agree On Four Year Arms Plan
Paris AP reports a tentative four year arms control plan agreed by France United States and Great Britain with Italy expected to join in a unified four power stance at the Geneva world preliminary arms conference next month.
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Paris
Roosevelt
France
United States
Great Britain
Italy
Geneva
Jersey City Site Picked for New Jersey Stock Exchange
The Pennsylvania railroad freight terminal at Exchange Place Jersey City will house the New Jersey stock exchange when it opens trading October 2. Mayor Frank Hague said officers and New York stock exchange members will vote on the site Friday afternoon. In New York brokers awaited Mayor O Brien action on two tax measures on brokerage gross earnings and stock transfers.
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Jersey City
N. J
INS
Pennsylvania Railroad
Exchange Place
New Jersey Stock Exchange
Frank Hague
New York Stock Exchange
Hague
NEW York
Hudson River
John P. O'Brien
Iowa Board Approves 24 More Public Works Projects
Des Moines AP reports the Iowa Public Works Board approved 24 new projects totaling 2,209,421 for submission to the federal Public Works Administration. The slate includes eight county road and bridge jobs eight waterworks schemes two street projects two sewage disposal efforts one city bridge one electric light plant one state building and one school project.
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DES Moines
Iowa
State Public Works Board
Federal Public Works Administration
Washington
Burglars Steal 24 Law Books From Tulsa Office
In Dallas Texas police report burglars broke into the office of John G Whitaker and stole twenty four volumes of law books. The incident emphasizes the risk of ignorance of the law.
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Dallas
Tex
John G. Whitaker
Fixing Urged In Corn And Hog Plan
Chicago AP A recovery program for the corn belt was proposed to government with a price fix on hogs until the program takes effect. The plan calls for a 20 percent cut in Midwest corn, a processing tax, rents of 5 to 8 dollars an acre, and fixed hog prices to restore parity with pre war levels.
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Chicago
Midwest
National Corn and Hog Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Washington
Vto
Folllow
W. R. Ronald
South Dakota
Ford Sets 32 Hour Week For Detroit Plant Employees
Henry Ford moved to cut the 50 000 workers from 40 hours to a 32 hour week to meet the NRA code. Officials said the plan aims for an eventual 35 hour average with two options a four day eight hour week or a five day then three day week. USPS AP report.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
NRA
Ford
Roosevelt plan to buy surplus farm goods extended long term
The agricultural adjustment administration outlined a long term program to buy surplus farm commodities for relief families, with funding from processing taxes on wheat cotton and other products. First shipments include 100,000,000 pounds of pork to Montana and Billings, with dairy beef and cotton purchases to follow.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Federal Relief Administration
George N. Peck
Farm Act
The
ASA. A
Farm Agency
Montana
Re- Nef
Butte
Billings
Mont
Harry L. Hopkins
Peek
Four gunmen rob bank clerks and crash in car
In Detroit on Friday afternoon four men in a large black sedan, possibly the same gang linked to a Chicago bank messenger holdup, were seen on Grand Boulevard. In St Paul, state crime bureau head Passolt linked the incident to the Chicago crime and the August 30 South St Paul robbery that left one policeman dead and another wounded, noting Minnesota license plates matched the Chicago getaway vehicle.
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Detroit
INS
Federal Reserve
Chicago
Grand Boulevard
ST. Paul
Melvin C. Passolt
State Crime Bureau
Passolt
Minnesota
South St. Paul
Chicago Hunt For Desperadoes In Fed Reserve Robbery
Chicago and surrounding counties mobilized hundreds of officers in a statewide manhunt for the six robbers who hit the Federal Reserve messengers in the loop and killed Patrolman Miles Cunningham. Five suspects were taken for questioning as investigators sought clues on the gang’s getaway cars and possible ties to the Harvey Bailey kidnaping case.
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Federal Reserve
Bailey Gang
Chicago
INS
Illinois
Federal Reserve Bank
Miles Cunningham
George’ Machine
Pal
Harvey Bailey
Oklahoma City
Charles Urschel
Edward Thayer
Larry Larrabee
Frank Boyett
Elmer
Oklahoma
Kansas
Charles F. Urschel
George
Maurice Fitzgerald
Jackson Boulevard
Testimony in Urschel Kidnap Case Concludes Defense Calls Shannons
Defense witnesses testified about the Shannons reputation as good people as the Urschel kidnapping trial moved forward in Oklahoma City. A handwriting expert, D C Patterson, presented evidence linking several defendants to ransom disposal in Minneapolis and St Paul.
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Oklahoma City
Charles Urschel
George Machine Ee Kelly
Shannons
Texas
Urschel
Harvey Bailey
Sally Brason
Asher
Okla
R. G. Shannon
J.huix
William McBride
J. G. Siddons
Paradise
D. C. Patterson
Patterson
Minneapolis
Pau
Twin Cities
Isadore Blumenfield
Sam Kronick
Pete Valdez
Sam Kozberg
Cliff Skelly
Edward
Bailey) Herman
Charles Wolk
Bailey
Indian girl gives birth before age seven reported
A Delhi doctor says an Indian girl birthed a baby before turning seven, noted in the British Medical Journal. The infant weighed four pounds three ounces at birth. The mother recovered and nursed the child for nine months until the baby weighed eleven pounds two ounces.
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London
Delhi
British Medical: Journal” of London
Four gunmen rob Dunlap Silks payroll in Peckville
In Scranton Pennsylvania four masked machine gun bandits staged a midday hold up of messengers from Dunlap Silks by Peckville and escaped with an eight thousand one hundred dollar payroll Friday, prompting a police hunt.
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Scranton
Dunlap Silks Company
Peckville
Last Rites for Father Kacere Draw 1500 at Cedar Rapids
About 1500 attendees from several states joined in funeral services for Rev. Joseph Kacere of St. George's Orthodox church following a joint ceremony for his mother Anna Kacere and son Frank Kacere. Archbishop Victor Abossany presided with several local clergy. Pallbearers included relatives and friends from Cedar Rapids and beyond. The triple funeral filled the church chapel, with loudspeakers to reach attendees indoors and outside.
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Cedar Rapids
Joseph Kacere
St. George's Byrian Orthodox Church
Anna Kacere
Kacere
Frank Kacere
Waverly
Victor Abossany
New York
Father Kacere
Samuel David
Toledo
M. M. Yanney
Sioux City
Mirkados
Joe Shaheen
Conger
Minn
Raymond Shadid
Nick Shadid
Sam Lahan
Wichita
Sam M. Haddy
Ed Hidder
George Habib
Charleston
W. Va
George Webby
Joe Kacere
George David
Joe Abraham
St. George's Church
Farmers Holiday Association votes for farm strike and labor cooperation
At Des Moines 1200 members from about eighteen states unanimously back a plan to withhold farm products from the market if NRA code demands are not met. They urge a board committee to present terms to the President and call strikes if unmet. The group seeks production cost guarantees and a ten hour work day with AFL wage setting.
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Des Moines
National Farmers Holiday Association
NRA
National Farmers Holiday ‘Association
Code For Agriculture
American Federation of Labor
Farmers Holiday Association Codes Debate Looms
Debates at a Farmers Holiday meeting centered on a proposed code under the National Recovery Act. Opponents argued it would not aid agriculture while supporters sought cooperative action and currency reform. Provisions aim to restore farm unit income, guarantee production costs, ensure fair wages, improve conditions, and curb unfair competition.
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Aupe
Hla. Wallace
George D. Iverson
Baltimore
Sean Vanderlyn
New York City
New York
E. E. Kenenedy
Kankakee
Ill
Matheson Guilty Of First Degree Murder In Bluffs
George Matheson, 53, was found guilty of first degree murder in connection with the death of Charles Harris in Council Bluffs. The jury deliberated five hours before the verdict. He faces sentence in October after the slaying occurred during a quarrel when Harris defended Mrs. Grace Robinett.
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Council Bluffs
George Matheson
Charles Harris
Matheson
Harris
Grace’ Robinett
Byrd’s Ship Renamed Jacob Ruppert for Brewer Sponsor
Admiral Richard E. Byrd renames his flagship the Jacob Ruppert in honor of New York brewer and sponsor of his second South Pole expedition. The ice breaker will sail from Boston next Sunday, then depart for New York a week later.
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New York
Richard E. Byrd
Antarctic
Jacob Ruppert
South Pole
Boston
Byrd
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Mickey
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Proctor Hale
John McGillen
Victor Pinktkoski
Otto Wiltzram
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U. S
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Kaceres
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