Roosevelt Faces Difficulties With Dissenting Aide Group
Washington reports rising friction within the Roosevelt administration over new deal policies and personnel. Imminent resignations include George N. Peek of the AAA and Thomas Hewes of the treasury. Peek clashed with Wallace Tugwell and Frank while Morgenthau reshaped the Treasury and moved internal revenue supervision.
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Washington
Roosevelt
George N. Peek
AAA
Thomas Hewes
the Treasury
Peek
Agriculture Wallace
Rexford G. Tugwell
Jerome Frank
White House
NRA
Hugh S. Johnson
Wallace
Henry Morgenthau
Treasury
Morgenthau
Internal Revenue Bureau
Hewes
Agricultural Department
Tugwell
Tugwell-Frank
Lafayette Chorus Invites For Elijah Musicale
Jennie McKey Matinee Musicale members invited to a presentation of Elij ah by Mendelssohn performed by the Lafayette Community Chorus at the armory in Lafayette Sunday evening December 10 at 7 30 o'clock. The program features eighty five chorus voices thirty orchestra players and ten soloists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie McKey
Mrs Will C Davis Undergoes Morning Operation
Mrs Will C Davis underwent an operation at Williams Hospital this morning and is reported in good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will C. Davis
Williams Hospital
Kidnapped Woman Found in Madison
Theresa Dorcy 45 wife of Cincinnati man Frank J Dorcy was found dazed in Madison Indiana after being kidnapped in Cincinnati by three men. She was robbed of 250 dollars and kept all day Tuesday then brought to Indiana before being returned to Cincinnati. Her husband notified Cincinnati police of a ransacked home during her absence. Mrs Dorcy works for Thomas Emery Realty Company in Cincinnati.
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Madison
Ind
Theresa Dorcy
Frank J. Dorcy
Cincinnati
Ohio
Darcy
Indiana
Thomas Emery Realty Company
Hoover's home town remains bone dry
Palo Alto California a former president Herbert Hoover home and Stanford University remained bone dry despite repeal of prohibition. City ordinances ban even sale of 3.2 percent beer. A deed clause transfers property used for liquor activity back to Stanford University.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Herbert Hoover
Stanford University
Counterfeit Money Plant Seized in Chicago Raid
United States secret service agents seized a half million dollars in counterfeit bills and a complete counterfeiting plant in a cottage raid in Chicago. Two weeks earlier authorities had arrested two men linked to a nationwide gang. one, William E. Davis, 53, was found with $30,000 in counterfeit money and is said to be a henchman of Al Capone. Additional arrests were expected as the government targeted ringleaders.
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Chicago
United States Secret Service
William E. Davis
al Capone
Two Killed on Mexican Border
In a brief gun battle at the Rio Grande El Paso Texas US border patrolman Dayne C Melton aged 31 was killed and a Mexican member of a liquor smuggling party died. A second Mexican was critically wounded as smugglers fled into Mexico after attempting to move about 150 gallons of liquor. The firefight lasted about five minutes with officers exchanging fire and Melton dying on the first volley.
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el Paso
Tex
United States
Dayne C. Melton
Rio Grande
Melton
Mexico
Cuban Army Placed on Emergency Footing
Havana reports the Cuban Army and police placed on emergency footing as a government decree requiring 50 percent native labor in all industrial and agricultural enterprises prepares to take effect tomorrow. Army leaders and police chiefs promise protection to workers amid fears of outbreaks. The decree, originally set for December 10, targets Spanish interests in the country.
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Havana
Escaped Prisoner Returns Voluntarily
Thomas Taylor, who escaped from the state prison last week, returned to his cell today after volunteering to come back. He was accompanied by his 15 year old son and friends from Battle Ground, saying homesickness prompted the escape. Taylor was sentenced at Lafayette on April 2, 1931, to 15 years for robbing a Battle Ground bank.
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Michigan City
Ind
Thomas Taylor
Taylor
Battle Ground
Lafayette
Fred Daily Begins State Prison Term for Fraud Charge
Fred Daily aged 41 was convicted by a Boone Circuit Court jury of obtaining a signature by false pretenses. He was ordered to serve one to seven years in the Indiana state prison at Michigan City. Daily’s motion for a new trial was overruled by the court Monday, and he was taken to the prison by Sheriff Wilbur Small.
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Fred Daily
Boone
Michigan City
Daily
Wilbur Small
Mercy slaying shocks Atlanta church family
Atlanta police arrested John Stephens 32 on murder charges after he admitted killing his aunt Miss Allie Stephens 52 a secretary at the Baptist Home Mission Board to end her incurable suffering. The nephew cared for her overnight and a family member overheard a plea for mercy before her death. A head wound and broken flower pot fragments were found at the scene.
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Atlanta
Mercy
John Stephens
Stephens
Allie Stephens
Georgia
Baptist Home Mission Board
Miss Stephens
Prisoner Killed Attempting Escape at Mansfield Reformatory
William Chapman twenty of Indianapolis was killed when a rope used to lower him from a 55 foot high cell block snapped during an escape attempt at Mansfield state reformatory. A coroner’s examination found internal injuries as the cause. Chapman had been sent for burglary and larceny and was listed as an honor prisoner employed in the reformatory kitchen.
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Mansfield
William Chapman
Indianapolis
Ind
Mansfield State Reformatory
Chapman
Reformatory
Cleaners and Pressers Adopt NRA Code in Lebanon
Lebanon cleaning and pressing shops implement the NRA code for cleaning and dyeing. Firms under the code include Price Cleaners Royal Garment Cleaners West Cleaning and Pressing Shop and Iacobelli Brothers merchant tailors. A new price schedule is listed in today’s advertisement.
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Lebanon
NRA
Price Cleaners
Royal Garment Cleaners
West Cleaning and Pressing
Iacobelli Brothers
Payroll distribution to Boone county workers continues
The third and largest civil works payroll in Boone county will be distributed Saturday totaling $7,000 for 460 men on county, civil and school projects in Lebanon and other communities. Dispersing officer Paul McGinley said checks will be issued at city building headquarters and crews will collect in their areas. County administrator Edward C Gullion noted the county quota is met and additional projects will start to keep labor employed under the federal program.
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Boone County
Paul McGinley
Lebanon
Edward C. Gullion
Stocks Resume Interrupted Advance In Mixed Trade
New York on December 7 saw the stock market resume its interrupted rise amid profit taking and sluggish commodity markets. The dollar strengthened as the RFC kept its gold price unchanged for the sixth day while cotton and grains eased and government bonds improved. Building shares and packing issues led early gains, with rails steels and industries gaining leadership later.
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New York
RFC
Terms Suspended in Railroad Coal Thefts
Four Lebanon men pleaded guilty to petit larceny in City Court before Mayor John C. Perkins. Charles Martin and Orvald Small both 55 and 31 of East Noble street Oral Warmouth 40 Hamilton street and Donald Updike 28 East Green street were fined 11 dollars and given four months at the state penal farm, suspended during good behavior. They also agreed to pay the Big Four Railroad Company 4 dollars for coal allegedly stolen. Arrests by city police and charges pressed by the railroad company.
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Lebanon
John C. Perkins
Charles Martin
Orvald Small
East Noble Street
Oral Warmouth
Hamilton Street
Donald Updike
East Green Street
Big Four Railroad Company
Lebanon Moose Chili Party Seeks Lodge Members Sunday
Lebanon Moose plans a chili dinner at noon Sunday for members and guests from Frankfort Indianapolis and Crawfordsville lodges at the local lodge on South Lebanon Street. Entertainment features are arranged for afternoon and night. Committee members are Jacob McIntyre Clarence Richardson and Roy Martin.
Resignation of Francis P White as minister to Czecho Slovakia
Washington December 7 An official note announced the acceptance of Francis P White resignation as minister to Czecho Slovakia. The State Department withheld the reasons but White had been unhappy with his Prague appointment.
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Washington
Francis P. White
Czecho- Slovakia
Act
Phillips Joy
White
Prague
Roosevelt Promotes The More Abundant Life Philosophy
President Roosevelt, addressing the Federal Council of Churches in Washington, framed social justice against greed as essential to national recovery. He linked his program to spiritual values, urging Americans of all creeds to cooperate in a collective effort for a more abundant life for every person. He echoed the Man of Galilee on brotherly love and a life more abundant here and now.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Federal Council of Churches
Washington
Galilee
Roosevelt
Federal Council of Churches of Christ
Rolph
California
Grains steady to fractionally lower in early trade
Chicago December 7 grains held steady to slightly down in dull trading. Near mid session wheat fell fractions, corn edged down, oats rose slightly, and rye declined. May wheat hovered near 864 and July near 85 1/2 cents. May corn traded at 52 1/2 cents.
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Chicago
Foundation Will Aid U S Farmer
Alexander Legge, former Harvester Co. president and Farm Board chairman, left most of his estate to a self created foundation to improve rural life. He endowed it with 400000 at inception and a 500000 bequest in his will. Frank O. Lowden said the grant ensures the movement's success and the foundation will act as a clearing house for rural welfare ideas. The 21 member board aims to tackle social educational and cultural issues affecting farmers and rural communities nationwide.
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Chicago
Alexander Legge
International Harvesters Company
Farm Board
Legge
Farm Foundation
Harvester Company
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
The
Lowden
Lindbergh Plans Not Made Public in Brazil Visit
Natal Brazil December 7 Col Charles A Lindbergh keeping his next move private while caring for their plane after the second Atlantic crossing with Mrs Lindbergh. He inspected engines on the Potency river amid a cheering crowd as officials hinted a future departure date. Mrs Lindbergh, the first woman to cross any ocean in an open cockpit, aided as navigator and radio operator.
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Natal
Brazil
Charles A. Lindbergh
Mrs. Lindbergh
Africa
A. D. Scotchbrook
Pan-American Airways
Col. Lindbergh
Potency
Mason Murder Case Goes to Jury Today
Noblesville Indiana December 7 The case of William H Mason Indianapolis cripple charged with slaying Police Sergeant Lester Jones during a February holdup in Indianapolis goes to the jury in Hamilton Circuit Court. The state seeks the death penalty and Floyd Mattice chief deputy Marion County prosecutor argues Mason was among five men who machine gunned Jones as he confronted the robbery at the People's Motor Coach Company's garage.
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Noblesville
Ind
William H. Mason
Indianapolis
Lester Jones
Hamilton
Mason
Floyd Mattice
Marion County
Mattice
Sergeant Jones
People’s Motor Coach Company
Miss Dorothy James Visits Terre Haute Host on North West Street
Miss Dorothy James of Terre Haute will spend the week end with Mrs. Buren Smith at her home on North West street.
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Dorothy James
Terre Haute
Roosevelt denounces lynching and condoners at church council
President Roosevelt condemns lynch law as murder and attacks officials who condone violence. He warns of weak courts and urges rapid, just punishment, urging a united church and state to pursue a more abundant life and broader prosperity for all Americans.
Indiana road program to spend 18 million in 1934
John W. Wheeler of the Indiana highway commission told the Indiana Highway Contractors Association that the 1934 road construction program would involve nearly 18 million dollars in spending with state and federal aid funds. He said ninety cents of every dollar goes directly to labor.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John W. Wheeler
Indiana Highway Commission
Indiana Highway Contractors’ Association
Wheeler
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Peek Friends
Gen. Johnson
Bernard M. Baruch
Old War Industries Board
B. M
Frank
Lafayete Chorus
Musicale
U.S
Federal Civil Works Program
Moose Plan Chili Party
Czecho-Slovakia
U.S. Farmer
Legge Estate
Lindbergh
Mr. Roosevelt
Constitution Hall
Church Council
Greece
Rome
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