Bank Robbery Suspects Linked to Oelwein Heist
State officials believe six men who robbed Pipestone National Bank and attempted an Oelwein First National hold up are the same gang. A Packard car and stolen Lincoln license plates tie the two crimes, with hostages and gunfire reported as authorities pursue the bandits across Iowa and neighboring states.
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Pipestone
Findley
Lincoln
Neb
Charles F.adams
Des Moines
India
National Bank
Ganette
Ae . Oelwein
Atx
First National Bank
Iowa
Dubuque
Clinton
Cedar Rapids
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
C. B. Chambers
Ernest Klatt
Chambers
Savings Deposit Room
Fred Rule
George Falk
Want Ad Deadline in the BIG SUNDAY GAZETTE
Before 8 P M Tonight readers are urged to place Want Ads to sell or rent items, hire services, or find employment. Dial 2-1121 or visit The Gazette office for ads and special 3 and 7 day rates. Charge options available for directory-listed customers.
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BIG Sunday Gazette
Gazette
Nine Vehicle Crash Kills Hogs Hurt Man in Aurora
A chain of nine vehicle crashes at a single intersection in Aurora Illinois left one man seriously hurt and about one hundred hogs dead or injured. Smoke from peat hogs drifting across the highway triggered the collisions as drivers halted and collided in rapid succession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurora
Ill
L. W. Talbot
Toulon
Ellis Johnson
Talbot
Johnson
Walter Gohr
Berwyn
Hal van de Marke
Atchison
Frank Wood
Chicago
Elmer Reiser
Naperville
Wood
Roy Galloway
Lost Nation
Nicholas Pauls
Willam Neufeld
Reiser
Attempt to kidnap Wisconsin governor alleged by two men
Wisconsin governor La Follette said two unidentified men tried to abduct him near his lake cottage on Lake Geneva after a meeting with former Congressman Thomas R. Amice. He described a planned overnight stay as secret and noted the secluded location suggested an organized plot to harm him.
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Wisesawin
Ambusah
Lake Geneva
Wisconsin
la Follette
Thomas R. Amice
Elkhorn
Wis
Kenosha
Amie
Lake Cottage
Actor Fredric March and wife adopt child
Hollywood reports Fredric March and Florence Midrage filed papers to adopt Jacqueline Esther Mailer, a five year old taken from an Evanston Illinois orphanage by the couple last September.
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Hollywood
INS
Fredric March
Florence Midrage
Jacqueline Esther Mailer
Evanston, Ill
Sheriff Survives Kidnap by Felons in Indiana
Sheriff Charles Neel of Corydon Indiana was held for three days by four escaped convicts and then liberated near Hobart. He traveled with James Clark one of the abductors who was later captured and was found by Captain Matt Leach in Gary. Leach criticized Neel for delaying news of his release citing duty concerns while Neel said he feared the convicts would kill him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valparaiso
Ind
MNI
Charles Neel
Corydon
Hobart
James Clark
Gary
Matt Leach
Indiana
Kidnap Gang Member Identified From Photos Near Altoona
James Clark, once living on a farm near Altoona Iowa, is identified from photographs as a member of the gang that kidnapped James Sheridan in Des Moines two years ago.
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James Clark
Altoona
James Sheridan
Des Moines
Escapee James Jenkins Kidnaps Indy Motorist
An escaped Indiana state prison inmate, tentatively identified as James Jenkins, abducted Indianapolis motorist Victor Lyle on Saturday. Lyle freed himself when the car ran out of gas and the suspect stopped in Nashville to resupply.
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Indianapolis
Indiana State Prison
James Jenkins
Victor Lyle
Nashville
Clairton Coal Strike Ends As Code Signed
4000 miners in Clairton Pa end their siege after 4,000 workers strike. An overnight pact with H C Frick and captive mine operators ties into a broader coal code for western Pennsylvania. President Roosevelt signed the agreement and named Johnson to two coal boards.
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Clairton, Pa
Clairton
H. C. Frick Company
Hyde Park
N. Y
INS
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Washington
Steel Company
Donald P. Richberg
NRA
National Bituminous ‘Coal Board
National Bituminous Coal Industrial Board
Johnson
Richberg
White House
Iron and Steel Companies
Steel
Dog That Lived Nine Years Without Stomach Dies
Ajax an Illinóis dog from Evanston lived nine years after surgeons at Northwestern removed his stomach to test survival without it He was three when the operation occurred and adapted to digestion with no stomach The procedure was cited as proof cancer or disease might allow stomach removal in humans.
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Evanston, Ir
Ajax
Northwestern University
Legion Heads Plan To Halt Treasury Raids At Chicago Assembly
American Legion leaders warn congressmen pressing to restore veterans benefits will seek bills to mark votes for 1934 elections. They back a four point rehabilitation program aimed at offsetting Roosevelt economy cuts and fear a massive push for new measures to win veteran support.
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Chicago
American Legion
Legion
Velt
Treasury
Congress
Loreda Pa
Roosevelt
Coe College Band Escorts Governor at Century of Progress
The Coe college military band led Gov. Clyde L. Herring and officials through the Century of Progress opening events in Chicago. A 19 gun salute greeted the party at the Twelfth street gate, with a parade forming at the Court of States for speeches by the governor, Mayor Edward J. Kelly, and Rufus Dawes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Coe College Military Band
Clyde L. Herring
Court of States
Iowa
Herring
Nelson G. Kraschel
Twelfth Street
Camp Whistler
Edward J. Kelly
Rufus Dawes
A Century of Progress
Gov. Herring
Federal
Coe
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington
Hall of Science
Girl Held Prisoner Eight Years In Iron Tank
Aurelia Bonipart, 22, was released after eight years kept in a steel tank by her former lover in Rosario Argentina. Police rescued the emaciated girl who was chained and unable to speak. Juan Guyama, a Frenchman, confessed to kidnapping after she rejected his advances.
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Rosarion
Argentina
Aurelia Bonipart
Juan Guyama
Cedar Rapids Gets 204948 Donation for Sewage Plant
Cedar Rapids receives 204 948 in donations and 478 212 in loans to fund a new sewage disposal plant under a public works relief project. The city will use the funds as a 30 percent donation and 70 percent loan, with bids, wage rules, and labor requirements set to govern the construction.
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Cedar Rapids
A& Newage
P. F. Hopkins
Wiliam H. Brepanek
Washington, D . C
Hopkins
Mavice
Tne
Fata Enaieer
Forwardid
Mae Oer
United States
Lamson Arranges Policy Change in Death Row Case
San Jobe Calif David Lamson sentenced to die on San Quentin gallows arranged to name his 2 year old daughter Alene Genevieve as beneficiary of his $10,000 life insurance. His wife was the original beneficiary and was beaten to death at their Stanford campus home with Lamson convicted of her murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jobe
Calif
Ins
David Lamson
San Quentin Gallows
Alene Genevieve
Lamson
Stanford
Weather Warmer After Light Rain in Cedar Rapids
Unseasonable humidity and rising temperatures followed a light Saturday rain in Cedar Rapids. The day opened with a 61 degree low at midnight, climbed to 69 by 7 am and 73 by mid morning, with Friday's high of 75 at 4 pm and 63 at 7 pm. Blues warnings and a 70 degree reading at 1:15 pm marked the afternoon.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Arthur Loew and Follies Beauty Wed
New York report states film magnate Arthur Loew and Barbara Levant Follies beauty wed Friday at the Loew estate on Long Island and planned a traditional Niagara Falls honeymoon.
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New York
Ins
Niagara Falls
Arthur Loew
Barbara 8
Levant
Follies Beauty
Loew
Long Island
Russians Soar to Stratosphere Sets Altitude Records
Russian scientists aboard the balloon Oséaviakhim reached 17.9 kilometers about 11 miles 24 yards during a Sunday ascent after a Saturday flight that topped 11 miles 1,406 yards. Officials plan another ascent as weather allows.
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Moscow
Kolomna
Auguste Piccard
Max Cosyns
Ita
Oséaviakhim
Aviation and Chemical Defense Society
French airman sets altitude record at Villacoublay
Gustave Lemoine of France claims a new altitude record rising to 44 293 feet from Villacoublay airfield. He surpasses the prior mark held by British ace Captain Cyril Unwins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Ins
Gustave
Lemoine
Villacoublay
Cyril Unwins
Mrs Drew Carried Home After Long Ambulance Plane Trip
Mrs Ed Drew, seriously burned in a Wisconsin camp stove accident six weeks earlier, was transported by ambulance to Hartford then by plane to Cedar Rapids for hospital care. Dan Hunter of Cedar Rapids Airways piloted the plane with Mrs A L Drew meeting at Milwaukee. Visitors barred at the hospital.
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Hartford
Wis
Cedar ‘Rapids
Ed Drew
Upland
J. Luke's
Drew
Milwaukee
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Dan Hunter
Cedar Rapids Airways, Inc
A. L. Drew
C. C. Drew
Wisconsin
Rock Island Man Returns to Face Larceny Charges
Rock Island authorities returned 23 year old W E Pickron from Des Moines to face larceny charges tied to thefts in the Tri Cities. Items recovered include an electric drill two tool kits a typewriter and an electric motor from various local sites. Pickron allegedly sold the loot and reportedly took a Rock Island automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Tri-Cities
Edward F. Doran
Rock Island
Joseph A. Petrus
Doran
W. E. Pickron
Des Moines
Pickron
Pickton
Petrus
Suspect Held As Kidnapper Of Whole Family
Chicago police arrested William Davis Sr 27 of Louisiana after New Orleans authorities reported a family of ship owner George M Cox missing for a 25000 dollar ransom. The Cox family wife 27 their two year old son George Jr and Mrs Cox's parents vanished Friday from their Lake Pontchartrain home.
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Chicago
William Davis
Louisiana
New Orleans
George M. Cox
Cox
George
Cooperstown
Ill
George Wendt
Davis
Isle Royale
Ocean
Duluth
Great Lakes
Lake Superior
Manistee
Mich
J.T. Goerts
Jury verdict awards 5500 in Hart car injury case
A district court jury before Judge HC Ring returned a 5500 verdict for plaintiff David Orr in a personal injury suit against R G Hart. The suit stems from injuries from a July 30 1932 collision at Second Avenue and Fourth Street SE when Orr was struck by Hart's car. Orr claimed loss of use of his left arm and hand. Trial began Wednesday morning.
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Cedar Rapids
David Orr
R.G. Hart
Orr
Hart
Second Avenue
Fourth ‘Street
Labor Strife Pressure From NRA as Recovery Codes Move Forward
The NRA pressed labor to spare strikes amid the codification phase of the recovery program. President Roosevelt's actions to avert disruption were anticipated, as Hugh Johnson sought assurances from the AFL’s William Green in hospital. Officials warn a major tie-up could wreck the NRA effort, urging labor to favor stable code implementation over immediate confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
NRA
Roosevelt
Hugh Johnson
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Johnson
Mother Of Talmadge Sisters Is Dead
Hollywood mourning Margaret Peg Talmadge mother of Norma Constance and Natalie Talmadge died Friday of pneumonia. Funeral services are set for Monday in Santa Monica with her three daughters at her bedside.
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Hollywood
INS
Margaret
Peg” Talmadge
Norma
Constance
Natalie
Santa Monica
Kidnaping Convictions Highlight Urschel Case
Thirteen persons were found guilty of kidnaping charges. Seven convicted in the Urschel case at Oklahoma City led by Albert Bates and Harvey Bailey. Five men and a woman found guilty by a Edwardsville jury of abducting August Urschel, a banker, with three receiving life terms. Government prosecutors announced that George Kelly would be returned from Memphis after a federal jury convicted several defendants in the Urschel kidnaping case.
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Urschel
Oklahoma City
Albert Bates
Harvey Bailey
Edwardsville
Ill
August Luer
Alton
Oklahoma ‘City
George
Kidnaping Convictions Inked in Oklahoma City Trial
Harvey Bailey Albert Bates and three Hannons were convicted by a federal jury in the Charles F Urachel kidnaping case. Isadore Blumenfeld Samzal and Sam Roark from Minneapolis and St Paul were acquitted. The trial marked the first major interstate kidnaping case since the Lindbergh incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Harvey Bailey
Albert Bates
Hannons
Twin Cities
Charles F. Urachel
Isadore Blumenfeld
Samzal
Sam Roark
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Last Better Homes Show In Memorial Coliseum
Tonight marks the final Better Homes show at Memorial Coliseum. George Cervenka's orchestra and the Rhythmettes provide entertainment at 8 18 and 9 30 as material and furnishings for a complete home are displayed.
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Better Homes
Memorial Coliseum
Brock
George Cervenka
Football Edt Sunday Gazette On Streets Tonight
The Gazette will publish an early football edition tonight with detailed game stories and scores. Earl Coughlin, sports editor, will cover the Iowa Northwestern game this afternoon in Chicago for publication.
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Gomes
Earl Coughlin
Gasette
Chicago
Gazette
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Ed.Drew
Cedar Rapids News
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