Cuban regime falls as Machado quits amid palace sacking
Havana erupts as President Machado resigns and mobs seize the palace. The attack destroys Heraldo de Cuba, breaks into Diario de la Marina offices, and reports say five Machado secret police killed. General Herrera briefly leads as war secretary before new leadership forms.
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Havana
Machado
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
Cuba
Heraldo de Cuba
Diario de la Marina
Jime
Porra
Skenet
Porta
de Cespedes
Cabana
Alberto Herrera
Herrera
Menocal Credits Welles for Cuban President Resignation
Miami report quotes General Marion G. Menocal praising American Ambassador Sumner Welles for influencing the resignation of Cuban President Gerardo Machado. Menocal, former Cuban leader and Machado opponent, says the general strike voiced the people and will settle remaining issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Sumner Welles
Gerardo Machado
Marion G. Menocal
Menocal
Cuba
Machado
U. S
Milk strike leaders seek compromise talks with Governor
Five of six New York milk strike leaders went to Albany to urge a peace conference with Governor Lehman. Dairyman Felix Piseck said he would listen to any compromise proposal but offered no concrete terms. He blamed delays on officials steering talks away and cited the milk control board as the governor’s authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Herbert H. Lehman
New York
Felix Piseck
Herkimer County
State Milk Control Board
Piseck
Milk Control Board
Weather outlook for the week ahead in Illinois region
Generally fair tonight and Sunday with cooler conditions especially in the extreme southeast. In Illinois the forecast calls for fair weather tonight and Sunday, cooler in the extreme north tonight and in central and north Sunday. Temperature trends show mostly near normal in the north and above normal in the south with scattered local changes across St. Paul La Crosse Dubuque Davenport Muscatine Keokuk Hannibal St Louis Cairo Memphis and nearby areas.
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Illinois
Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
St. Paul
la Crosse
Dubuque
Davenport
Muscatine
Keokuk
Hannibal
St. Louis
Cairo
Memphis
Night Club Operators Slay Each Other in Battle
Three men connected with local night club operations were shot and killed at Armour boulevard and First avenue when Sheriff Thomas B. Bush interrupted a pair shooting at the third. The dead were Ferris J. Anthon, Sam Hogg, and Gus Fasone. A fourth man in the car fled but was captured, while another escaped. Anthon had been indicted in 1932 in Chicago on alcohol ring charges.
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Kansas City
Thomas B. Bush
Bash
Armour Boulevard
First Avenue
Ferris J. Anthon
Sam Hogg
Gus Fasone
Sam Stine
Anthon
Chicago
Hogg
Fasone
Charles Gargotta
Sheriff Bash
Mrs. Bash
Melva Taylor
Approval of Avery as U.S. Dry Agent Delayed by Chief
Tom Avery of Cedar Rapids, recently named an Iowa prohibition agent and former Linn county sheriff, faced delay in appointment by W. E. Burke of St. Paul acting district chief. Avery is under indictment in Peoria for conspiracy to violate the prohibition act. H. F. Wood, acting chief for southern Iowa district, received instructions not to install him yesterday.
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Des Moines
Tom Avery
Cedar Rapids
W. E. Burke
St. Paul
Avery
Linn County
Peoria
H. F. Wood
Iowa
Burke
Three Iowans Named to Veterans Claims Board
President Roosevelt appoints three Iowa veterans to a board reviewing disability claims in military service. Daniel Steck of Ottumwa Glenn Haynes of Des Moines and J Ray Murphy of Ida Grove join two Lincoln Neb members Dr John Bresnahan and Lee Christensen as alternates. The board screens claims to remove non service connected disabilities and ensure proper pension eligibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Roosevelt
Daniel F. Steck
Ottumwa
Glenn C. Haynes
J. Ray Murphy
Ida Grove
Lincoln
Neb
John F. Bresnahan
Lee J. Christensen
Frank T. Hines
N. E. Kendall
Bernard A. Brown
Sioux City
E. J. Fuelling
New Hampton
Board of Review
Farrell Faces Sarazen In National Golf Semi Final
Johnny Farrell and Gene Sarazen battled to the 18th at Blue Mound in Milwaukee with Farrell pursuing an upset as dark horses Jimmy Hines and Willie Goggin lingered near square at the halfway point of their 36 hole semi final.
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Blue Mound Club
Milwaukee
Gene Sarazen
Johnny Farrell
New York
Willie Goggin
Salada Beach
Calif
Johnny Hines
All Square
Jack the Giant
Jimmy Hines
San Francisco
Star
Dark Horse
Blue Mound
Sarazen
United States
Great Britain
Farrell
Ed Dudley
Wilmington
Del
Johnny Golden
Noroton
Conn
Goggin
Paul Bunyan
White Plains
N. Y
Hines
Tom Creavy
Albany
Three Iowa Towns Back Municipal Electric Plants
Voters in Wapello Morning Sun and Wellman overwhelmingly approved building municipal electric plants. Wapello passed 423 to 232 for a plant costing up to 107000 under the Hicklin Simmer law. Wellman approved 287 to 180 for an 85000 cap. Morning Sun backed the project 336 to 56 under the same law amid a spirited campaign.
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Iowa
Wapello
Morning Sun
Wellman
the Journal
Iowa Southern Utilities Company
New Illinois Sales Tax Ruled Valid
Springfield Illinois Circuit Judge Lawrence E Stone upheld the 2 percent state sales tax as constitutional in a ruling today The suit by Gus Reif a Springfield furniture dealer was dismissed and an appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court was allowed The decision noted that the three percent predecessor was unconstitutional May 10 and that Grigsby Blandinsville Democrat was a de facto legislator rendering the challenge to his seat moot
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Springfield
Illinois
Lawrence E. Stone
Illinois Supreme Court
Judge Stone
Gus Reif
Council of Illinois Merchants
Blandinsville
Grigsby
Cubs Drop Game One to Pirates in Doubleheader
Pirates rally to a 5 2 victory over the Cubs in the opening game as Hal Smith shines in the pinch and Pittsburgh climbs back into second place in the National League race. Malone Henshan Nelson Hartnett Smith Finney spelled the scoring sequence.
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Pittsburgh
Hal Smith
Pittsburgh Pirates
Chicago Cubs
Chicago
Malone
Henshan
Nelson
Hartnett
Smith
Finney
Lindberghs Depart Greenland for Iceland Flight
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife left Julianehaab Greenland heading to Reykjavik Iceland. The couple embarked on a notable mid Atlantic hop amid ongoing travel.
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Lindbergh
Iceland
Copenhagen
Denmark
Charles A. Lindbergh
Julianehaab
Greenland
Reyljavik
Higher Prices for Tomatoes Declared by Heinz and Midwestern
Two Muscatine tomato buyers the Heinz company and the Midwestern Food Products corporation announced higher prices for contracted tomatoes. Heinz set an extra dollar per ton bringing delivered rates to 10 dollars at the Muscatine factory and 9 dollars at receiving stations with about 225 growers attending a banquet and factory tour. Midwestern moved its base from seven to as much as eleven dollars per ton depending on grade, estimating added payments of 10 000 to 15 000 dollars for local growers this season. Receiving opens Wednesday and processing begins Thursday for the 1933 crop.
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Muscatine
H. J. Heinz Company
Midwestern Food Products Corporation
Heinz Company
Heinz
Daniels
N. J. Simpson
M. F. Taylor
Italian Air Armada Ends Return Flight
General Italo Balbo and his 12 000 mile air armada completed the Lisbon to Chicago to Lisbon journey, landing at Fiumicino as crowds cheered. Balbo received high honors from Mussolini and fellow officials, with embraces from Marconi and the Duke of Aosta, as US Ambassador Breckenridge Long attended the welcome.
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Fiumicino
Italy
Italo Balbo
Chicago
Tiber
Diaz
Lisbon
Portugal
Mussolini
General Balbo
Balbo
Guglielmo Marconi
Duke of Aosta
United States
Breckenridge Long
Robinson Leads Van Wie in Western Women’s Championship
Lucille Robinson of Des Moines leads Miss Virginia Van Wie of Chicago by two holes after 18 at Oak Park Country Club in the Western women's golf championship.
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Chicago
Lucille Robinson
Des Moines
Virginia van Wie
Oak Park Country Club
Four More Industries Brought Under NRA Wage Rules
Hugh S. Johnson approves modified employment agreements for electric light and power, telephone, canning, and construction. Over 1.5 million workers affected immediately with blue eagle for firms adopting altered wage and hour terms. Administration expects 150,000 new jobs and boosted payrolls and purchasing power.
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Washington
NRA
Hugh S. Johnson
National Recovery Administration
Hugh S. John
Stroke Fatal to Muscatine Business Leader Edwin L. McColm
Edwin L. McColm, 63, longtime head of McColm and Company and a leading Muscatine business man, died at his home from a stroke of apoplexy. Born October 30, 1869, he built the family dry goods business, later renamed after moving to the Laurel building in 1917. He married Laura Musser in 1903 and had a daughter who died in infancy. he was active in Masons, Woodmen, Elks, and First Methodist Church.
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Edwin L. McColm
McColm and Company
Muscatine
Mulberry Avenue
Mr. McColm
J. L. McColm
West Liberty
LeMars
Marshall Field and Company
Chicago
James L. McColm
McColm Dry Goods Company
Woolworth
Laura Musser
Woodmen and Elks Lodges
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Masonic Lodge
Hawkeye Lodge
Four Indicted as Kidnapers in Lindbergh Law Case
Four Chicago gangsters known as the Terrible Touhy gang were indicted by a federal grand jury in Milwaukee. Roger Touhy and three lieutenants Gus Schafer Eddie McFadden and Willie Sharkey face $100000 bail each for interstate transportation of a kidnaped person held for ransom and conspiracy to do so. The target victim is William Hamm Jr the St Paul brewer.
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St. Paul
Touhy
Chicago
William Hamm, Jr
Robert C. Bell
L. L. Drill
United States
Roger Touhy
Gus Schachel
Gus Schafer
Eddie
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Miss van Wie
Beverly Hills
U.S. Conas
Hamilton Fish
William Hamm
Robert Quillen
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