Garner to Take Wide Stamp Tour
Speaker John Nance Garner will tour the nation by stumping from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast. He will start after Roosevelt’s return from the west around Oct. 3, with plans to meet Roosevelt before beginning. Curtis and officials regional tours widen Democratic drive as Hoover eyes Des Moines swing.
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John Nance Garner
Pacific Coast
Garner
Charles Michelson
Democratic National Committee
New York
Roosevelt
West
Curtis
Missouri
Oklahoma
Hoover
Des Moines
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Utah
Congress
Father Sentenced for Killing Son to Ease Workload
LANCASTER Wisconsin A 49 year old farmer Will Keehner confessed to murdering his eight year old son Martin to ease the burden on his housekeeper Miss Mabel Smith He received a life sentence The crime surfaced after Martin was found missing and a search led to the boy buried in a remote hollow near a farm Keehner said the boy was incurable and that he wanted to spare his housekeeper from caring for him The confession details and motive were revealed after authorities questioned Keehner following the discovery of Martin's body.
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Lancaster
Wis
Will Keehner
Martin Keehner
Keehner
Mabel Smith
Martin
Joe Greer
Koehner
The Habit of Americans and City Government Reform
The quotation notes a pattern where American cities drift into corruption and are nudged toward decency through bursts of investigation and reform led by journalists and reformers. It emphasizes cyclical governance pressures and the role of publicity in improving public affairs.
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Julian S. Mason
Milk Producers Urged to Organize in Georgia
All milk producers near Atlanta rally behind a marketing holiday across 20 counties, led by the Georgia Milk Producers Federation, Inc. The group emphasizes no link to violence, while New York seeks more time to stabilize prices amid cutbacks by independent dealers. Prices hold in Eastern states as October ends, with a November plan for next year. In Omaha a house to house drive targets customers of two dairies facing a strike by the Iowa Nebraska Cooperative Milk Association. John A Walker warns a price pact could create a milk monopoly unless independent dairies resist.
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Georgia Milk Producers Federation, Inc
New York
New York City
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Maryland
Delaware
Philadelphia
Omaha
Iowa-Nebraska Co-operative Milk Association
John A. Walker
National farmers congress planned for policy and prices
C H Rodgers announced a national farmers congress to craft a new U S agricultural policy and raise farm production prices. He opened headquarters in Cleveland and took an option on the public auditorium for Nov 29 to Dec 5. Backers include Harvey L Holsinger and several farm groups. notable speakers listed include governors White La Follette Murray and senators Brookhart Norris Borah.
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National Farmers Congress
United States
C. H. Rodgers
Enid
Okla
Rodgers
Cleveland
Congress
Gov. White
Ohio
Gov
la Follette
Wisconsin
Murray
Oklahoma
Senator Brookhart
Iowa
Senator Norris
Nebraska
Senator Borah
Idaho
Presidential Poll Shows Mixed Result
New York report notes the Literary Digest straw vote announced on Saturday presents mixed results for the presidential race. Poll details and early indicators suggest a split in early lead among major candidates, reflecting variable public sentiment.
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New York
Literary Digest
Grant Wood’s Vision Expands After American Gothic
Grant Wood advances beyond American Gothic with a series centered on rural life and educators. He begins with Daughters of Revolution and Arbor Day portraits, then moves to a memorial for two teachers at McKinley school and a Corn series featuring Young Corn and Spring Plowing.
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McKinley School
Frances Prescott
McKinley
Wood
Morers
Konigsmark
Cedar Rapids
Wilson High School
Linnie E. Schloeman
G. Stewart Holmes
Wood - Een
Ruth Suckow
West Coast
Los Angeles Times
Arthur Millier
Mr. Wood
Tragedy at 13th birthday as father kills family
Wilmington police report a huckster father killed his 13 year old son during a birthday gathering and wounded himself after fatally shooting the boy's mother and his brother Charles, 21. Despondency over financial difficulties appears to have driven the murders and attempted suicide. the father is reported to have little chance of recovery.
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Wilmington
Del
Ins
Charles
Laura
Grant Wood Busy Preparing New Works for Shows
London Studio spotlights Grant Wood in a British magazine with three full page reproductions. Wood's schedule is packed as he finalizes pieces for this fall. Daughter s of Revolution will go to the American Show at the Art Institute in Chicago next month, echoing the 1930s reception of American Gothic.
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Por- London Studio
Grant Wood
Art Institute
Chicago
Farmers Caravan To Invade Capital
Washington dispatch reports 500 dirt farmers will travel in modern covered wagons to Washington in December as delegates to a national relief conference. They plan to draft relief demands to present to Congress and the administration, gathering along a prearranged chain of host farmers for housing and meals.
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Washington
National Relief Conference
Congress
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll Planned This Year
Cedar Rapids officials announce an auto toll project slated for this year. Details remain limited but the plan involves city infrastructure funding and traffic impact assessments.
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Cedar Rapids
Why a New York dairy farmer can’t make a living
A woman, recruited by the emergency committee of the New York milk shed, notes prices for milk and argues farmers lose income when city prices rise to 12 to 15 cents a quart while producer prices stay around 5 cents. She warns many Peters may quit farming and rely on government aid unless milk production margins improve.
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WN. Y
New York
Search Highways For Iowa City Holdup Man
County and city police patrolled roads south of Cedar Rapids late Saturday night in search of a holdup suspect seen driving away. Details are unclear as the report ends abruptly with fragmented text.
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Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Arrest Two In Raid On Disorderly Conduct Charge
George Williams, a Negro, was arrested Saturday night at 329 Ninth Avenue SE on a charge of keeping disorderly premises. In the same raid, four others were ordered out of town on a disorderly conduct charge.
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George Williams
Ninth Avenue SE
Listening Device Found In Farmer Group HQ In Toledo
Toledo police uncovered a full set of listening gear in a hotel room linked to an adjoining suite used as the farmers group headquarters. Detectives say leaders of the Northwestern Co operative Sales Co were under long surveillance, with private detectives suspected among those present. The dairy association and its officers faced earlier injunctions and a $200,000 damage lawsuit from a large dairy firm.
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Toledo
Northwestern Co-operative Sales Company
Ohio
Michigan
Sevier Case Closed By Second Inquest
In Honolulu the Sevier case, which unsettled army circles four years ago, was officially closed Saturday. The second inquest verdict confirms the 1928 coroner's finding that Slee Sie Godene died of natural causes.
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Honolulu
T. H
INS
Veteran of Plains Dies in Sturgis
Jesse Brown aged 88 died in Sturgis South Dakota at his daughter Kate Covert’s home. A former United States marshal and Indian scout, he long lived in the Black Hills where he helped pioneer days.
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Sturgis
S. D
Jesse Brown
United States
Black Hills
Kate Covert
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