Eleven Black Legion members convicted in Poole murder case
Eleven of twelve defendants in the Black Legion murder plot against Charles A Poole were convicted in Detroit circuit court. Five convicted of first degree murder attended the killing by Dayton Dean on orders from Colonel Harvey Davis. The case exposed a feared secret order in the Detroit area with ties to political intimidation and racial prejudice.
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Detroit
Black Legion
Charles A. Poole
Joseph A. Moynihan
Rebecca Poole
Herschell Gill
Chester P. O’hara
Harvey Davis
Ervin D. Lee
Urban Lipps
Paul R. Edwards
Edgar
Thomas R. Craig
Virgil Morrow
Findlater Hall
Morrow
Albert Stevens
John S. Vincent
Findlaterall
Michigan
Poole
WPA
Dayton Dean
Poodle
Davis
Wayne County
Letter praises daily columns as life changing practice
A reader thanks the author for daily articles and shares how he is transforming his mindset. He describes replacing negatives with positives as a day by day drill and vows to adopt brave and calm attitudes, noting his role as a busy executive shaping others’ lives.
Three Doctors Die in Iowa Highway Collision
Alva Hutson, a 60 year old farmer, died instantly when his car collided head on with a car carrying Dr. Howard L. Beye and colleagues Dr. J A Edwards and Dr. William Spear near Marshalltown at the junction of highways 88 and 30. Beye died later at Iowa City University Hospital. The group was en route to a Sioux City meeting. Beye, born 1886 in Oak Park, had led Iowa surgery since 1927 and served in World War I.
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Marshalltown
Alva Hutson
State Center
Howard L. Beye
University Hospital
Iowa City
J. A. Edwards
Oakdale
William Spear
Beye
R. R. Haupert
Lincoln Highway
Des Moines
Hutson
Spear
Edwards
Sioux City
Dr. Beye
Oak Park
William and
Nellie Cristobel Lombard Beye
University of Wisconsin
Rush Medical School
Chicago
Cook County Hospital
Rush Medical College
University of Iowa
College of Medicine
Chateau Thierry
Baby Scalded When He Tips Coffee Pot
11 month old Richard Walker son of Mr and Mrs E L Walker of 22 Fifth Avenue SW Cedar Rapids was scalded. He tipped a hot electric coffee percolator at home Tuesday morning burning both legs one arm and his wrist. He was taken to St Luke's Hospital at 2 20 am for treatment.
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Cedar Rapids
Richard Walker
E.L. Walker
Fifth Avenue SW
St. Luke’s Hospital
Seven Die in Colorado Blizzard and Storm Damage
Seven deaths were linked to the September snowstorm in eastern Colorado. The crash killed C. H. Chidlaw Varney Air Line pilot and two passengers in the Walsenburg area. Four Denver residents died in traffic mishaps. Denver parks report one million dollars in tree damage from heavy snow. Highway closures affected routes 85 and 40.
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Denver
INS
Colorado
C. H. Chidlaw
Varney Air Line
Ben Elkins
San Francisco
Walsenburg
Colo
City Park Zoo
Here
Greeley
Limon
Admiral Sims Dies Of Heart Attack In Boston
Admiral William S. Sims veteran commander of American fleet in European waters died of a heart attack at a daughter's Boston home aged 77. Taps will be sounded at Arlington National Cemetery, with burial there and full naval honors. He once refused a 1919 Distinguished Service Medal. Survived by widow Anne Hitchock, three daughters and two sons.
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Boston
William S. Sims
Taps
Arlington National Cemetery
Admiral Sims
Arlington
Anne Hitchcock
St. Louis
Robert Hopkins
Robert Fiske
Elting Morison
William Ca
Peek Aca vails Farm Record Of Roosevelt Support For Landon
George N. Peek analyzed President Roosevelt’s farm record and declared support for Governor Landon in the upcoming election. Peek, long a farm advocate, outlined Republican farm pledges including a national market, foreign surplus disposal, and tariff benefits, tying them to agricultural equality.
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Peek
Roosevelt
Chicago
William Hard
George N. Peek
Landon
AAA
Gazette Editor And Pilot Grounded By Fog In Illinois
In Illinois near Aurora a field landing saved Cedar Rapids Gazette editor Verne Marshall and pilot Dan Hunter after dense fog halted their Chicago flight. The undamaged plane landed safely following three flares and aid from onlookers. Marshall continued to Chicago after the incident.
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Chicago
INS
Verne Marshall
The
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Dan Hunter
Aurora
Ill
Marshall
Hunter
Filipino Lettuce Cutters Strike With Packers
In Salinas California three thousand Filipino lettuce cutters planned to join a sympathy strike with 3 500 lettuce packers. Filipino labor leaders say 500 workers have already quit the fields and demand wage increases of 50 to 60 cents an hour plus recognition of their union.
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Salinas
Calif
INS
Landon Plans Campaign Tour For Next Week
Gov. Alf M. Landon announced a fourth major campaign trail with speeches in Chicago on Oct. 9, Cleveland on Oct. 12, and Detroit on Oct. 14. He spoke of a fighting mood and rejected slackening, following his 1,600 mile swing through Missouri to Illinois.
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Topeka
Kan
Alf M. Landon
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
New York-Pennsylvania
Maine
Missouri
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Landon
Middle West
Washington
Oklahoma City
Lake States
Columbus
Marietta Academy
Marietta
Magician Stabbed After Spectator Objects to Sawing Woman
Montreal police questioned Georges Lalonde after a Shawville show where a man stabbed the circus magician in the neck as he prepared to saw a woman in two. Henry W. Howard, 51, was arrested, claiming a duel rather than a surprise attack.
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Montreal
Georges Lalonde
St. Luke’s Hospital
Shawville
Que
Lalonde
Henry W. Howard
Howard
New York Republicans Nominate Bleakley for Governor
Albany AP report: The Republican state convention nominated Supreme Court Justice William F. Bleakley of Yonkers on the first ballot as the party candidate for governor.
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Albany, N. Y
Supreme Court
William F. Bleakley
Yonkers
City Chest Campaign Launch Plan At Mon trose Hotel
The city wide drive for the Community Chest opens with an Early Bird breakfast at 7 49 a m on Wednesday in the Crystal room of the Mon trose hotel. Twenty six teams of the Sales Army and the Challengers will attend as guests of a Community Chest friend to hear a short address.
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Cedar Rapids
Crystal Room
Montrose Hotel
Community Chest
Sales Army
Community Chest Honor Roll Adds Local Firms
The campaign headquarters list includes Allen Motor Company MaKibben Motor Company Benner Tea Company J L Farmer Canning Company Tru Art Engravers C R Business College Lincoln Hotel Troy Laundry United States Bank Equitable Insurance Company of Iowa Inter Ocean Reinsurance Company Morris Sanford Company and Y M C A employees among the new concerns reported early Tuesday.
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Community Chest
Allen Motor Company
MaKibben Motor Company
Benner Tea Company
J. L. Farmer Canning Company
Tru- Art Engravers
C. R. Business College
Lincoln Hotel
Troy Laundry
United State Bank
Equitable Insurance Company of Iowa
Inter-Ocean Reinsurance Company
Morris Sanford Company
Y. M.C. A. Employes
Watkins to tour Iowa and Fort Worth for Cedar Rapids Chest drive
Charles E. Watkins, senior educational director at the American City Bureau, is assigned to Chest campaign territories and will speak in Iowa cities including Fort Dodge and Muscatine before heading to Fort Worth Texas. Clare R. Marshall invites all interested citizens to a Wednesday breakfast meeting led by Marshall with Dr. Arthur A. Brooks giving the invocation. Fuhrmeister to direct.
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Charles E. Watkins
American City Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Watkins
Iowa
Fort Dodge
Muscatine
Fort Worth
Tex
Clare R. Marshall
Chest Campaign
Marshall
Arthur A. Brooks
St. Paul Methodist Episcopal Church
Luther Fuhrmeister
Which of the two is correct in Cedar Rapids history
The piece lists facts about local newspapers Cedar Valley Times and The Progressive Era, Sunshine Mission lodgings and jobs for women, and The Maid of Iowa. It claims 4 769 lodgings last year 160 jobs found and 800 lodgings to women with a dormitory aiding the needy.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Valley Times
Sunshine Mission
Maid of Iowa
French franc devalued by up to one third in government plan
Paris deputies approved a plan to devalue the franc from 15.18 to 21.46 per dollar, cutting gold content to 49 43 milligrams and creating a 10 billion franc stabilization fund. The measure, backed by Premier Blum, awaits senate action while gold imports and exports are banned.
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Paris
United States
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Blum
Authorize 500000 In Fees For Insull Unit Reorganization
Federal Judge James H. Wilkerson approved about 500 thousand dollars in fees and expenses for law firms involved in reorganizing Middle West Utilities, the Insull empire’s main holding firm. The total requested fees reached 1.6 million, with further allowances to be decided later for the bankruptcy trustee and lawyers. The note holders' committee lawyers led by Robert N. Golding received the largest allocation of 112,500 dollars.
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Chicago
Middle West
Insull Power Empire
James H. Wilkerson
Wilkerson
Robert N. Golding
Trial Of Four In Gem Robbery Case Set For Oct 14
Four men from St Paul and New York City pled not guilty before Federal Judge T Blake Kennedy in New York. They face charges under the national stolen property act for transporting two of the loot from a $1 500 000 gem robbery. The trials are scheduled for October 14.
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New York
Bank of Manhattan Company
T. Blake Kennedy
Morris Reisner
David Burman
St. Paul
Mose Sedway
Jack Greenberg
New York City
Roosevelt Plans To Reply To His Critics Tonight
President Roosevelt plans a major campaign speech in Syracuse tonight to rebut critics and attacks by Hearst supporters. He will outline issues on banking government financing agriculture and social security in a radio broadcast at 8 to 8 30 p m central time. The address aims to set the tone for his October campaign and follow four more speeches nationwide.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Syracuse
William Randolph Hearst
Mr. Roosevelt
Industrial East
Middle West
Rocky Mountain States
Summer Skies And Fall Temperatures Blended In Weather
The weatherman describes Cedar Rapids with a pleasant day as temperatures shift from 46 at 7 a.m. to 63 at 2 45 p.m. The day follows a 65 high at 3 p.m. with cooler readings later. The Chambers Inskeep company charts record weekly temperature changes.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Wallace Attacks Landon Claims On Farm Policy
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace told a Chicago Pure Milk Association gathering in Aurora Illinois that Gov Alf Landons call for free competitive enterprise would threaten dairymen. Wallace defended government aid programs saying they increased farm income and warned reforms would end marketing agreements relief purchases soil conservation and crop insurance while praising the re employment program as boosting purchasing power and aiding form income.
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Aurora
Ill
Henry A. Wallace
Chicago Pure Milk Association
Alf M. Landon
Holy Land Placed Under Martial Law
London AP reports Great Britain imposes martial law in Palestine to end months of Arab terrorism against Jewish immigration in the Holy Land.
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Holy Land
London
Great Britain
Palestine
Spanish Pretender Dies Of Injuries
Don Alfonso Carlos de Bourbon, claimant to the Spanish throne and Carlist monarchist leader, died in Vienna from injuries after being struck by an automobile in front of his home. He had supported the rebels in the Spanish Civil War.
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Vienna
Ins
Don Alfonso Carlos de Bourbon
Spain
Don Alfonso
Plane Crash Kills Nine As It Strikes Ship Masts
Nine people are dead after an airplane struck the masts of a ship and crashed while attempting to land at the base in Bengali Libya. The incident occurred Monday night amid unclear weather and limited details available from AP reporting.
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