Bank receiverships and policy debate sparks mixed views
A Sioux City auto salesman named receiver of five Lyon county banks draws political notes from Comptroller O'Conner. Elsewhere, Chicago hires 48 former bath attendants back through court action as part of school economy. Also: speed records, crime committee robberies, gas franchise talks, and safety campaigns.
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Massachusetts
James Roosevelt
Sioux City
Lyon County
Yowa
O'Connor
Chicago Board of Education
Machine Gun Kelly Arraigned in Tennessee Jail
George Kelly known as Machine Gun Kelly and his wife Kathryn surrendered in a Memphis suburb after a dramatic arrest. He and his wife face removal to Oklahoma City while other suspects in the Urschel kidnap case are detained. An armored car move and a preliminary hearing are planned.
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Memphis, Tenn
Shelby County
George
Memphis
Tenn
Kelly
Will D. Lee
Sam Griffin
Kethryn Kelly
J. R. Hichener
E. Teagan
Oklahoma City
Charles F. Urschel
John M. Keith
Department of Justice
Washington
Lester Brenner
Federal
William Raney
Raney
Urschel
E. E. Kirkpatrick
Shannons
Kathryn
Lannon
James H. Mathers
Harvey Bailey
Shannon
Bailey
Mathers
O'Brien veto halts Wall Street tax plan move
New York Mayor John F. O'Brien vetoed tax measures feared to force Wall Street to relocate to New Jersey. The veto ended the plan and satisfied Wall Street leaders.
Serbousck Fined For Drunk Driving
Milo J Serbousck, 24, was fined $309 and costs in district court by Judge A B Clark on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. The court set a 90 day jail term if unpaid, but commitment was withheld during good behavior. He was arrested at Center Point July 23 and pled guilty Tuesday after pled not guilty on July 24.
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Cedar Rapids
Milo J Serbousck
A. B. Clark
Serbousek
Center Point
Habits of Blame Shifts on Gas Bills in Different Regions
The article notes a pattern of blaming consumers when natural gas bills run high, contrasting blame strategies used in various regions and suggesting a broader industry attitude toward energy costs.
12 Year Old Girl Delivers Clue to Capture Gangster Pair
Oklahoma City reports that 12 year old Geraldine Arnold guided federal agents to George Machine Gun Kelly and Kathryn Kelly in Memphis. The couple await trial in a Urschel kidnapping case with ten co defendants. Arnold was sent home to Oklahoma City after aiding authorities.
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Geraldine Arnold
Memphis
George
United States
Wise County
Texas
R. G. Shannon
Harold Nathan
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Kelly
Arnold
Kellys
Hyde
Senesar
Hitch
Neunkees Nai Hare la
Department of Justice
Urschel
Tax payers urged to settle second 1932 installment Saturday
The Cedar Rapids treasurer and auditor announce extended Saturday hours at the courthouse until 5 p.m. to pay the second 1932 tax installment before penalties begin. The 0.75 percent monthly penalty starts October 1 and continues monthly.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank L. Williams
Robert M Wesely
Gangs Named Man to Kill Cermak in Anticrime Plot
Chicago AP report details testimony that the underworld marked Mayor Anton J. Cermak for execution for anti crime actions and chose Louis Campagnia to carry out the killing. Former Police Sgt. Miller testified Lang raid was ordered by Cermak two days before and tied to a payout day for a syndicate.
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Chicago
Underworld
Anton J. Cermak
Louis
New York
Campagnia
Harry Miller
Harry Lang
Frank Nitti
al Capone
Abe Marovitz
Miller
Nitti
Lang
Marovitz
Cermak
Quake in Central Italy Kills 20 and Injures 60
In Rome Premier Benito Mussolini ordered rapid relief as the central Italy earthquake devastated towns. Unofficial counts reached about twenty dead and around sixty injured, with higher tolls feared in communities hit hardest.
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Italy
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Pugh’s haircut relief as rum trial nears in Milwaukee case
Key witness Roy Pugh, smooth shaven, reported in federal court as the Prochaska et al. liquor conspiracy trial looms. He had disappeared after a haircut and lunch during April term, claimed kidnaping, and faces contempt proceedings. earlier April term mistrial delayed the case against John Jr and others.
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Cedar Rapids
Roy Pugh
Lequor
John Prochaska, Jr
Prochaska
George C. Scots
United States District Attorney's Office
Pugh
Tennessee
John, Jr
Wendl
Wiliam I. Prochaska
Lloyd Maish
Frank Spina
Woman ordered to pay cent damages for blocking shop
Mrs The resa Viteelio must pay one cent damages after standing before a beauty parlor and deterring customers. She had sued for $45 over dissatisfaction with her hair being fixed.
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Los Angeles
Theresa Viteelio
Vitzelio
Ring Lardner Dies After Long Fight With Tuberculosis
Ring Lardner veteran humorist and novelist died in his East Hampton Long Island home after a long battle with tuberculosis. The 64 year old writer produced hit plays and numerous stories including You Know Me Al Gullible Travels and How to Write Short Stories. He had spent years battling illness while continuing to write and contribute to radio and magazines.
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New York
Ring Lardner
Niles, Mich
Jean
East Hampton
Long Island
Ringgold Wilmer Lardner
Elmer the Great
Southwest
New Yorkers
Aera
Lardner
Niles
New York Central
Chicago Grocer Official Dies In Crash Near Dubuque
A head on collision on U.S. 20 near Dubuque left B. J. Sharpe of Chicago dead. W. K. Hunter, vice president of the I G A firm, was badly injured. J. H. Seymour of Fort Dodge drove the beer truck, with passenger Ray Smith escaping uninjured.
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Grant Street
Evanston
J. H. Seymour
Fort Dodge
Seymour
Ray Smith
Tampico Storm Death Toll Ranges From 52 to Thousands
AP reports conflicting tallies after Sunday's hurricane in Tampico Mexico with estimates from 52 dead to as high as 5,000 for dead or injured. government aid efforts continue as Tampico reels with 14 feet of floodwater and widespread destruction of oil facilities and infrastructure.
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Mexico
D. F
Tampico
Vera Cruz
Jury Awards Lisbon Man 260 In Real Estate Suit
A district court jury before Judge H. C. Ring returned a 260 verdict for Charles Ehresman of Lisbon against Fred Travis in a real estate commission suit. The jury had retired at 10 30 a.m. to consider its verdict. Ehresman claimed the amount as commission on a farm deal.
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Cedar Rapids
H. C. Ring
Charles Ehresman
Lisbon
Fred Travis
Ehresman
Better Homes Show Highlights Modern Furnishings and Labor-Saving Devices
Crowds fill Cedar Rapids Memorial Coliseum for the Better Homes show as exhibitors display bricks shingles furnaces plumbing kitchen equipment vacuums and even an automobile for the garage. The event features door prizes, orchestral entertainment and demonstrations of labor saving kitchen devices with admission ten cents for all.
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Cedar Rapids
Memorial Coliseum
Coliseum
Orpheum
Making Up Our Minds About Life
A mother urges her daughter to decide and grow up mentally. The piece argues most people seek certainty yet avoid firm choices, comparing indecision to a donkey between hay. It calls for taking sides on life’s highest issues and striving to know as much as possible.
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Betty
St. Paul
Russians Expel German Correspondents in Moscow Note
Moscow yields a sharp protest note to the German embassy accusing Berlin of hostile acts leading to Russia expelling all German newspaper correspondents. The move comes amid deteriorating wartime tensions between Germany and the Soviet Union.
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Moscow
Russia
Kennedy and Rooney vaudeville duo dies at 57
Thomas Clayton Kennedy known as part of the Kennedy and Rooney duo died Monday in San Diego. He is survived by his widow Annie Rooney. The pair were a longtime vaudeville act billed as Kennedy and Rooney.
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San Diego
Calif
Thomas Clayton Kennedy
Annie Rooney
Kennedy and Rooney
Senate opens inquiry into 1928 ocean mail contracts
The Democratic led probe begins in Washington with an inquiry into ocean mail contracts since 1928 to see if subsidies funded public interests or benefited private interests. Henry Herberman, president of Export Steamship Co., is the first figure questioned as Senators aim for a bombshell.
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Washington
Llp
Hoover
Senate
Henry Herberman
Export Steamship Corporation of New York
Herberman
Treasury
Senator Black
Ala
Financial Capital To Stay In Wall St
New York Sept 26 Wall Street will stay the financial center. Richard Whitney president of the New York Stock Exchange accepted a compromise to keep business in New York if Mayor O'Brien vetoes the stock transfer and brokerage taxes. Whitney said he would drop the Newark trading floor plan once the mayor vetoes the levies. The mayor was expected to veto the two bills Tuesday afternoon.
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New York
INS
Wall Street
Richard Whitney
New York Stock Exchange
O'Brien
Whitney
Newark
City Hall
Eleven convicts Free from Indiana State Prison Break
Eleven long term prisoners escaped from Indiana State Prison in Michigan City by kidnapping two men including a sheriff and wounding three during the breakout. Police and fire units patrolled northern Indiana and Illinois while convicts fled in commandeered autos with seven carrying guns.
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Michigan City
Ind
Indiana
Illinois
Eee
Volnteer American Legion
C. Carson
Fred Wallnetz
Lawrence Mutch
Wallnetz
Mutch
Inis
Drinon
Convicts Stage Prison Break At Burdick Penitentiary
Walter Dietrich led a bank robbery gang in a staged escape at Burdick Penitentiary. They overpowered guards, bound foreman D Triplett, and attempted to abduct Warden Kunkel. Shots struck clerk Finley P Carson as the group fled, later stealing Sheriff Charles Hill's weapons and car before vanishing toward Chicago.
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Walter Dietrich
G. H. Stevens
Stevens
Dietrich
D. Triplett
Triplett
Mutch
Louis Kunkel
Kunkel
Frison
Finley P. Carson
Charles Hill
Corydon
Ind
Gary
Burdick
Here
Chicago
Louis H. Kunkel
H. C. Crosby
Indiana
Joseph Jenkins
Green County
Edward Shouse
Vigo County
Russell Clark
Allen County
Joseph Fox
Franklin County
Vermillion County
John Burns
Kosciusko County
Harry Pierpont
Howard County
John Hamiilton
St. Joseph County
James Clark
Charles Mackley
Richard Dix Confined With Severe Influenza
Hollywood star Richard Dix was confined to his home Tuesday with a severe influenza attack. His fever ran high but doctors said his condition was not serious.
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Hollywood
INS
Richard Dix
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