List of 59 men who rule the United States
James W. Gerard lists 59 influential figures he says wield power in the United States across finance industry and transportation. He asserts bankers dominate purse strings and that thus the actual rulers shape public office through influence rather than elections. The named figures include Rockefellers Morgans M. Rockefeller Jr. and a range of industrial magnates and publishers.
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New York
James W. Gerard
Germany
United States
Gerard
New York Times
Viscount Rothermere
Lord Beaverbrook
Mr. Gerard
America
Daniel Guggenheim
William Loeb
G. W. Hill
American Tobacco Company
Adolph S. Ochs
William Randolph Hearst
Robert R. McCormick
Joseph Medilla Patterson
Cyrus H. K. Curtis
Roy W. Howard
Lyon County rejects road bond proposal in special vote
In Rock Rapids Iowa Lyon county voters yesterday rejected a plan to issue 1 500 000 in bonds to pave primary highways 9 and 75 next year Unofficial results from 31 precincts show 792 votes for the issue and 856 against yielding a 64 percent margin against the proposal.
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Rock Rapids
Lyon County
Poor Pa by Claude Callan
The text presents a line from Claude Callan describing Betty’s remorse after she broke a date with Bob upon learning of his new sport roadster. It reads as a brief literary or comic piece reflecting interpersonal conflict and social embarrassment.
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Poor PA
Claude Callan
Betty
Bob
Aimee Semple McPherson to Return to Pulpit Amid Rift
Aimee Semple McPherson plans to preach on Sunday at Angelus Temple amid a growing rift with her mother Mrs Minnie Kennedy. Kennedy, who is staying in a sanitarium, says McPherson suffered a broken nose in a recent incident. Doctor Edward Williams says McPherson likely will return to her pulpit as she desires.
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Los Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson
Angelus Temple
Minnie Kennedy
Edward H. Williams
McPherson
Planes Wing Their Course to Chicago
Airplanes of all sizes race toward Chicago as national air races draw entrants from coast to coast. From Long Beach California pilots accelerate their journeys to the event, showcasing diverse aircraft and eager competition.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Long Beach
Calif
Treasury sees no extension for 1 percent income tax cut
Washington officials say prospects are slim for maintaining the 1 percent income tax reduction beyond this year. Congressional action would be required to extend the emergency cut, otherwise 1928 rates would apply to next year. Secretary Mellon cautioned it is early to discuss specifics.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
Mellon
Doolittle to Fly to Chicago With Hoover Message
Major Jimmie Doolittle of the army air reserves will fly solo 650 miles from Washington to Chicago carrying a special message from President Hoover to officials of the national air races opening Saturday. He will deliver the message to Senator Bingham of Connecticut, president of the National Aeronautic Association, who will broadcast it at a Chicago banquet tomorrow night.
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Washington
Jimmie” Doolittle
Army Air Reserves
Chicago
Hoover
Senator Bingham
Connecticut
National Aeronautic Association
Bingham
Air derbies race across the nation toward Chicago
The California race and several cross country derbies push toward Chicago as pilots, including six women, fly from multiple starting points. Reports note leaders Gladys O Donnell and Art Killips with stops from Hartford to Seattle and Miami to Chicago, with finishes targeted for this weekend and next Monday.
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Texas
Long Beach
Amarillo
Tex
Lubbock
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Iowa
Wisconsin
Chicago
Gladys O’donnell
Brownsville
Fort Worth
John H. Livingston
Aurora
Ill
W. G Moore
Kansas City
Miami
Art Killips
la Grange
Art Davis
Lansing
Mich
George Burrell
Davis
Hartford
Conn
Syracuse
N. C
Cleveland
South Bend
Ind
Seattle
Butte
Billings
Mont
Bismarck
Aberdeen
S. D
Fargo
N. D
St. Paul
Minn
Milwaukee
Washington, DC
Hoover to Confer with Bankers on Drouth Relief Plan
President Hoover will meet next Tuesday with banking representatives at the White House to define the drouth relief program. Plans advance for state or local credit corporations to loan to farmers via intermediate credit banks, with a maximum 6 percent interest.
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Washington
Drouth Relief Organization
Hoover
White House
Drouth
Mississippi
National Drouth Committee
Douth
Chinese Reds Suffer Defeat as Provincial Troops Ring Kiangsi
Hankow Aug 21 AP The slaughter of 4000 communists by provincial troops in western Kiangsi and the capture of 2000 red rifles mark a crushing setback for the rebels. Wusueh in Hupeh was burned, 6000 residents looted, and many fled toward Kiukiang as foreign gunboats watched from the river.
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Hankow
Kiangsi
Yangtse
Wusueh
Hupeh
Kiukiang
Chihli
Tsinan
Shantung Province
Haichow-Tungkwan
Henan
Chicago Banker Killed in Gun Battle With Robber
In Chicago the Polish neighborhood banker Anlecki was fatally shot after a gun duel with a robber who entered the room with the safe. Police seized Frank Kolka, an ex convict, after a blood trail led to his arrest. Kolka was wounded.
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Chicago
Antone Anlecki
Anlecki
Frank Kolka
Kolka
Oil Firms Cited for Proration Pact Violations
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission issued 73 citations to 59 oil company officials for alleged breaches of the oil proration and curtailment agreement. Officials must appear September 8 to show cause why fines should not be imposed. The action follows nonwillful violations by many operators. C. C. Julian was not cited.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma Corporation Commission
Ray M. Collins
Ed Hicks, Jr
Cmmission
C. C. Julian
California
Attorney General's Office
Cities of Iowa ask more cash
The League of Iowa Municipalities, at its annual session in Burlington, urged legislation for a fair share of auto license fees and gasoline taxes. It favored a 1 cent gasoline tax, a county assessor system, equitable income tax distribution, and a state highway patrol. Officers were elected including E G Marquardt as president.
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Burlington
League of Iowa
League
County Board of Review
State Board of Assessment and Review
State Department of Justice
Des Moines
H. J. Callahan
Fort Dodge
Iowa Association of Fire Chiefs
Joe Dobson
Keokuk
Lynn Morris
Ames
Iowa
E. G. Marquardt
Iowa League of Municipalities
G. A. Tibbitts
Waterloo
Council Bluffs
Fred Trainer
Ackley
Marquardt
Frank Pierce
Marshalltown
Parker L. Crouch
Metzger
Grand Junction
Newbold
Mt. Pleasant
Weather Forecast for Iowa Illinois and Surrounding Areas
Partly cloudy conditions with possible showers in extreme west tonight and central area Friday. Temperatures stable with light falls in several stations including La Crosse and Dubuque. Muscatine shows a small rise and Beokus unchanged.
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Iowa
Illinois
St. Paul
la Crosse
Dubuque
Davenport
Muscatine
Beokus
Labor leader and assistant shot in Chicago
Bernard Rubbery died from bullet wounds after a fatal shooting that also killed Charles Mulcahy, a top Chicago Journeyman Plumbers union figure. The incident at Lane Technical High School followed a dispute over discharging a superintendent, with police seeking Courchere and Stein as suspects.
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Chicago
Bernard Rubbery
Chicago Journeyman Plumbers’ Union
Charles Mulcahy
Mulcahy
Plumbers’ Union
Rubbery
New Lane Technical High School
Charles Courchere
Courchere
Arthur F. Albert
Edgar Cook
John A. Swanson
Steel slug in heart endangers Missoula boy
Missoula Montana August 21 AP John Huyes 16 was battling death with X ray pictures showing a half inch steel slug in his heart embedded after he struck a wedge with an ax yesterday.
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Missoula
Mont
John Huyes
Charley Dawes Plans Spain Study Of Neolithic People
Tahoe Tavern California August 21 Charley Dawes quits business and public service to spend four years seeking a reserved seat to study 96 of America’s prehistoric men in Spain He then travels to London to study British ladies seeking court presentation Another boxing bout features Sister Mc Pherson vs McPherson in the heavyweight class
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Tahoe Tavern
Calif
Charley Dawes
Spain
Americas
London
Charley
Sister McPherson
McPherson
FIGHT BREWS ON LIQUOR PLANK IN ILLINOIS
Springfield Aug 21 AP. Facing a clash over liquor policy the Illinois party weighs a compromise plank at the state fair and a forthcoming convention. Ruth Hanna McCormick Silent on wet-dry issue as Bernard Snow plans repeal resolutions while Crusaders and anti eighteenth amendment groups press for action.
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Springfield
Tit
Ruth Hanna McCormick
United States
McCormick
Bernard W. Snow
Cook County
Republican Committee
Snow
Crusaders
Women’s Organization For Prohibition Reform
Association Against the
Islander yacht wreck kills noted Britons in squall
In a bad squall off Cornwall the yacht Islander wrecked with Commodore Henry D King aboard amid reports that several others died. Bodies of two children washed ashore as coast guards battled to save survivors. mystery remains on passenger makeup and full death toll potentially eight.
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Fowcy
Cornwall
Eng
Henry Douglas King
King George
Lantivet Bay
King
Commodore Kink
Islander
Searle
Berwick
Tweed
A. R. Brailey
Dunmow
Essex
Glazebrook
Bishop, Stortford
Scattered Rain Brings Relief in Drouth Area
Scattered showers over the plains states aided in relieving drouth conditions in the past 24 hours. Rains were reported from western North Dakota and northeastern South Dakota, central and eastern Iowa, and southwest Wisconsin with showers near City, Oklahoma and northeastern Texas. Additional showers were forecast for western and central Iowa.
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Washington
Plains States
Weather Bureau
North Dakota
South Dakota
Iowa
Wisconsin
City
Oklahoma
Texas
West
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Publishers
Syndi
Aimee
National Air
Fila
Baby Beef
Anna K. Burns
Oxford
Johnson County
West Liberty Fair
Miss Burns
Angus
Nanking
Municipalities League
Charles A. Stein
Carl Stein
Stein
Building Construction Employers Association
Palm Beach
Meerdink Clothing Co
Getters
Fairfield, Iowa
Yours Truly
Fred A. Crawford
Journal
Hetry Robert Quillen
Syud
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