Inflation plan eyed by White House and bank releases
A White House Sunday night statement signals a program to ease credit and money flow without inflation. President Roosevelt aims to free billions tied in closed banks, with Des Moines and Cedar Rapids deposits awaiting federal action. Destruction of food to curb surpluses is condemned by Iowa Methodists while Agriculture Secretary Wallace argues surpluses worsen hunger by lowering farm purchasing power.
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White House
Roosevelt
Vedar Rapids
Washington
Cedar Rapids Savings and American Trust Banks
Iowa
Des Moines
Mr. Wallace
Seek To Absorb All Of Farm Surplus By Low Market Purchases
The Roosevelt administration weighs buying surpluses including fruits and dairy at below market prices to aid the hungry and support farm prices. Hopkins says the relief office will gauge potential consumption among relief rolls as part of a plan to curb surpluses and possibly link purchases to production controls. Officials expect at least 75 million dollars in expenditures, with open market and non open market purchases under consideration.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
Relief Organization
R.M. Littlejohn
Army
General Staff
Asoe
District of Columbia
Iowa
Wheat talk echoes in farming pains and policy debate
The piece notes that wheat, corn, and hog surpluses depress prices, hurting farmers and retailers alike. It ties Roosevelt era policy talks, Methodist influence, and Wallace’s stance to surpluses and relief plans, plus side notes on a Chicago incident and football coaching lore.
Farm groups urge rapid action to restore farm purchasing power
Washington representatives from Farm Bureau Federation National Grange Farmers National Grain Corporation Live Stock Marketing Association and Co operative Milk Producers Federation urged President Roosevelt at a White House meeting to quickly settle the farm debt problem and restore prewar purchasing power They pressed for action before this year’s crops leave producers and called for honest money so debtors repay with the same value as borrowed, not dear money.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Edward A. O'Neal
Farm Bureau Federation
E. A Eckert
National Grange
C. E. Huff
Farmers National Grain Corporation
Charles A. Ewing
Live Stock Marketing Association
D. A. Geyer
Co-operative Milk Producers Federation
Cear
Court Clears Way for Newark Exchange Market Use
Vice Chancellor Alfred J. Stein denied City Centre corporation’s bid for a permanent injunction blocking Newark from leasing the Centre market to the New Jersey stock exchange. The ruling permits work already started to ready the market building for exchange use by October 2.
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Newark
N. J
Alfred J. Stein
City Centre Corporation
City of
Centre Market
New Jersey Stock Exchange
Exchange
Lindberghs land seaplane on Moscow river after flight
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh landed their seaplane on the Moscow river at 5 am Monday after a flight from Leningrad. He had faced warnings about the river’s winding course and multiple bridges but insisted on landing, saying he would view the city from the air if necessary and then return to Leningrad.
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Moscow
Charles A Lindbergh
Leningrad
Lindbergh
Sirius the dog star and distant brilliance
An English astronomer debunks the idea that Sirius adds heat to Earth, noting its great distance makes its heat negligible. The piece compares brilliant but distant people to the star, arguing that warm, nearby grace matters more than glittering but remote luminaries.
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Lfe
Rom
Heine
Conyricht
Turner sets transcontinental speed record west to east
Col. Roscoe Turner flew from Los Angeles to New York in 10 hours 51 1/2 minutes at Floyd Bennett Field, breaking the west to east record. The previous mark was 10 hours 19 minutes by Jimmy Haizlip, set Aug. 29, 1932. Turner already held the east to west record of 11 hours 30 minutes from July 1, 1933. He planned to return to Los Angeles to pursue a same‑day round trip but canceled due to fog and Midwest weather.
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Floyd Bennett Field
N. Y
Roscoe Turner
Los Angeles
Jimmy Haizlip
Turner
Midwest
West Coast
City seeks federal aid for sewer plan and water mains
City officials plan new applications for federal aid after Mayor Stepanek reported idle funds in Washington. Waterworks Superintendent Blomquist to estimate costs for water main extensions about 128000 dollars and City Engineer Young to prepare an estimate for an east side relief sanitary sewer around 20000 dollars.
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W. H. Stepanek
Mayors’ Conference
Chicago
Washington
H. F. Blomquist
Frank Young
Iowa Miner Killed by Slab Fall at Smoky Hollow Mine
John Davie James about 55 died Monday in a slate fall at Smoky Hollow mine No. 12 near here. Co-worker Edmond Thomas was uninjured. The incident was reported by AP.
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Hiteman
John Davie James
Smoky Hollow
Here
Edmond Thomas
James
Shannon says Kellys Bates are 10 blame in Urschel case
Texas farmer R G Shannon clings to his tale that his family guarded kidnapping victim Charles Urschel. He exonerates Harvey Bailey and others while blaming Katharine Kelly George Kelly and Albert Bates. Prosecution pressures Shannon as trial proceeds with other defendants in the US anti kidnapping case.
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Kellys
Bates
Bailey
Oklahoma City
R. G
Boss) Shannon
Texas
Charles Urschel
Harvey Bailey
Ora Shannon
Armon Shannon
Katherine Kelly
George Kelly
Albert Bates
Denver
Ben Laska
Joseph Keenan
United States
Paradise
Tex
Farmer
Urschel
Atom
James H. Mathers
Kansas
Ferris Anthon
Steuben Club
Kansas City
Anthon
Keenan
Roosevelt
Kelly
Laska
Shannons
cJuls
St. Paul
Katherine
Lansing
Judge Rebukes Jury Over Berry Indictment Shortage
IOWA CITY AP Judge James P. Gaffney reproved Johnson county grand jurors for again failing to indict Charles L. Berry the former county treasurer in a $20 000 shortage. The judge stressed officials must perform their duties and noted Berry bore Civil Action responsibility yet did not appeal.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Charles L. Berry
James P. Gaffney
Gaffney
Berry
Cedar Rapids pauses gas rate vote pending audit
The Cedar Rapids council delayed approving a new gas rate ordinance to await an audit of Cedar Rapids Gas Company property and accounts. The company prefers natural gas at a lower rate and warned of possible litigation if manufactured gas is reduced. It plans to bring in natural gas billed by British thermal units with initial 600 000 btu at 1.20 and lower rates for more usage.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Gas Company
Sawed-Off Shotguns To Be Carried In Police Cars
Cedar Kafins News reports Chief W. C. Benesh announced plans to equip each patrol car with a rack to carry loaded sawed off shotguns. Previously shotguns were kept at the station, causing delays. The racks will be mounted above officers and allow rapid access during riots, bank robberies, and other emergencies.
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Cedar Kafins News
W. C. Benesh
Marines May Land in Cuba to Protect Nationals
President Roosevelt said the United States would land bluejackets and Marines in Cuba if needed to protect American lives as consular reports warned the island’s interior was near anarchy a move to support Pan American trade policy.
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Washington
INS
Cuba
Roosevelt Monday
United States
Cuban rebel leader Blas Hernandez appears at presidential palace
Juan Blas Hernandez, longtime revolutionary figure sought in Camagüey and Santa Clara, arrived with his three sons at the presidential palace. He denied leading a revolt and stated he fully approves President Ramon Grau San Martín's administration.
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Havana
INS
Juan Blas Hernandez
Camagueca
Santa Clara
Blas Hernandez
Ramon Grau San Martin
Fifty Drowned as Flood Swamps Struge Village
Fifty people drowned when floodwaters inundated the village of Struge near Laidach, Jugoslavia, on Monday, according to INS dispatches.
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Laidach
Jugoslavia
INS
Struge
Government plans huge purchases for Civilian Conservation Corps
Washington reports massive procurement for the Civilian Conservation Corps this fall. Director Fechner said clothing, equipment, and supplies will be bought, with lumber purchases totaling 100 million feet. About 550 new camps will be built and 900 existing camps winterized, using outside labor to create carpentry and related jobs.
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Washington
Civilian Conservation Corps
Fechner
Advisory committee to study subsistence homesteads meets
The national advisory committee on subsistence homesteads will meet to discuss the recovery acts 28 008 000 aiding industrial workers unable to earn a living in their trades by farming. Secretary Ickes will convene the panel headed by Director M L Wilson with Senator Bankhead presiding.
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Washington
Ickes
M. L. Wilson
Bankhead
Dem
Ala
Roosevelt seeks release of billions in closed bank deposits
After a three hour White House conference, President Roosevelt outlined a policy of credit expansion aimed at boosting commodity prices and releasing funds in closed banks. Attendees included Treasury Secretary Woodin and Governor Black while officials dismissed new inflation moves.
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LLP
Roosevelt
White House
Sequoia
Secretary of the Treasury
Woodin
Wallace
Cummings
Douglass
Black
The
Federal Reserve
Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
J. F. T. O'Connor
Currency
Stephen T. Early
Looney, Convicted Vice Lord, Near Death In Prison
John P. Looney once published a newspaper and led a vice ring in Rock Island was critically ill in the Illinois penitentiary hospital. He serves an eight year sentence for murder linked to vice investigations. His son Connor was killed in a gang war. daughter Mrs Frank Hamblin in Forsan, Texas, is notified.
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Rock Island
Connor Looney
Gabel
Looney
Tampico Storm Wrecks City. 5000 Feared Dead
Tampico, a major Mexican port, was devastated by a hurricane with winds around 125 mph. Rail lines washed away and communications broken as officials and the Kiel radioed the scale of destruction and possible 5,000 dead and injured.
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Mexico City
Tampico
Mexico
Interior Department
Kiel
Tampico Harbor
Monterey
el Universal
Victoria
Governor Arthur Seligman Dies in Albuquerque
Governor Arthur Seligman of New Mexico died suddenly in a Albuquerque hotel after arriving from Santa Fe to attend a meeting of the New Mexico State Bankers Association. Doctors said he suffered an angina attack with acute indigestion shortly after arrival.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Arthur Seligman
New Mexico
Santa Fe
New Mexico State Bankers’ Association
Prince Serge Mdivani Sues Mary McCormic for Divorce
Prince Serge Mdivani files a Los Angeles divorce suit against opera singer Mary McCormic accusing her of stirring gossip by linking with utilities magnate Samuel Insull. The suit follows McCormic’s separate maintenance action and cites alleged secret meetings with Insull in 1931 and 1932.
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Los’ Angeles
Prince Serge Mdivani
Mary McCormic
Samuel Insull
Mdivani
Miss McCormic
Insull
Chicago
Los Angeles
Monlay
Sultry Atmosphere Follows Sunday Rain in Cedar Rapids
Shifting clouds and sunlight produced sultry air in Cedar Rapids after a unsettled Sunday that brought .17 inches of rain. Monday afternoon saw a high near 71 before a drop to 69 by midnight, with a 24 hour low near 69 and a warming trend to 72 by 9 AM.
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Cedar Rafida News
Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Touhy Gang Denied Separate Trials in Kidnaping Case
In St Paul the Touhy group faced a high security hearing as judges denied requests for separate trials and lowered no bonds. The four defendants including Roger Touhy remain held for the William Hamm kidnaping with $100000 bail each. Evidence suppression and more detailed indictments were also rejected.
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Paul
Roger Touhy
Minnesota
William Hamm
J. W. Molyneaux
M. M. Joyce
Elkhorn
Wis
Ramsey County
Touhy
Ed McFadden
Willie Sharkey
Gus Schaefer
Byrd's First Ship Sails for South Seas
The Bear, first of Byrd's two ships for his second Antarctic expedition, cleared Boston harbor with Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd aboard amid farewells. Byrd accompanied the vessel to the outer harbor before returning onboard.
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Boston
Richard E. Byrd
South Seas
Byrd
Ffar
NRA says closed union shop violates recovery act
The National Association of Manufacturers issued a bulletin stating a closed union shop with labor contracts through a single union violates the recovery act. It also advised employers they may urge workers not to join unions or offer incentives to join a company union. President Roosevelt sought rail loan pledges to buy steel rails, with industry leaders agreeing to competitive bids.
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Roosevelt
Washington
National Association of Manufacturers
John C. Gall
William Green
American Federation of Labor
White House
Joseph B. Eastman
Donald R. Richberg
NRA
Bulletin of the Manufacturers Association
Green
Big Comepanies
Henry Y. Harriman
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Gall
Major Airlines Boost Pilot Pay Across Five Carriers
In Chicago five major airlines led by American Airways and United Airlines announced a revised pay scale for pilots and co pilots with new wages effective October 1. The agreement covers about 250 of 375 pilots and aims at averaging $7000 yearly for 18 hour weeks and about $7700 for 21 hour weeks.
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Chicago
American Airways
Eastern Air Transport
Transcontinental and
Westernair
United Airlines
Western Air Express
Horace Liveright Dies Prominent Publisher
New York funeral services are set for Horace Liveright a 49 year old publisher and producer who died after weeks of illness. He contracted pneumonia last winter and suffered a recurrence last month. His death follows a period of illness that began earlier this June.
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New York
Horace Liveright
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