Bankruptcy Reform Seen in Congress
Washington AP reports Speaker Larner says if the house judiciary committee reports the McKeown LaGuardia bankruptcy bill this Friday, it may receive early house consideration. Support grows as Hoover urges sweeping revision to aid individuals and corporations, with McKeown and La Guardia sponsoring measures and Hastings Thacher backing the plan.
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Washington
Larner
House Judiciary Committee
McKeown-LaGuardia
House
Congress
Hoover
McKeown
Oklahoma
LaGuardia
New York
Hastings
Delaware
Thacher
Garner
Moratorium on Mortgages Urged by Farm Leaders
Lem Harris of the National Committee for Action asks Congress to declare a national emergency and enact a moratorium on farm foreclosures seizures and evictions. He criticizes the domestic allotment plan and says farmers in Pennsylvania Wisconsin and Iowa are already starting an emergency program.
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Washington
Congress
House Agricultural Committee
Lem Harris
National Committee For Action
Farmers’ National Relief Conference
House
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Iowa
Harris
Distress on Sakhalin Steamer Sakhalin with 254 aboard
The Sakhalin a Russian steamer, 3,649 tons, sent distress calls from the Sea of Okhotsk near Sakhalin. Japanese reports list 254 Russians aboard with 200 passengers and the rest crew. The Manju Maru and General Pershing rushed to assist while Victoria radio stations coordinated efforts.
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Tokyo
Obiishi
Sakhalin
Sea of Okhotsk
Siberian
Ochiishi
San Francisco
North Pacific
San Francisco Coast Guard
State Line
General Pershing
Victoria
B. C
Apartment Fire Damages Joe P Manjoie Complex
A blaze at the Joe P Manjoie apartments on Sixth Street and Mulberry Avenue caused nearly 2500 in damages to the second floor unit occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thompson. Fire crews from stations 1 and 2 arrived at 10 30 am to heavy smoke and cracked front windows, forcing firefighters to wear smoke masks. Continued on Page 2 Col 6.
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Joe P. Manjoiie
Sixth Street
Mulberry Avenue
Frank Thompson
No. 1
Schildhauer Mystery Put Into Hands Of Science
In Chicago the Ed win Schildhauer slaying case moves to scientific testing. Dr. Clarence Muehlberger analyzes stains from the widow Frances Schildhauer home while Captain John Stege reexamines her abduction tale and observers recall a blood stain spotted at the funeral site.
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Chicago
Fingers of Science
Edwin O. Schildhauer
Clarence Muelberger
Frances Schildhauer
Austin
Muehlberger
John Stege
Stege
Surburban
Cicero
Schildhauer
Democrats clash in senate over banks and debt in Paris
A fragment from Beverly Hills columns mentions Carter Glass and Huey Long sparring on banks in the Senate. It notes a Paris debt dispute and Japan’s actions in China, framing the headlines with a wry, dismissive tone and playful aside.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Senate
Carter Glass
Huey Long
Paris
France
Japan
China
Youth Who Threatened Congress Is Sent Home
Marlin R. Kemmerer, 25, a store clerk from Allen Town Pennsylvania, brandished a pistol in the House gallery and demanded the right to speak. United States Attorney Leo A. Rover and Representatives Maas and Lichtenwalner secured his return home for good conduct and placement at a mail order job. Kemmerer was escorted from the chamber after Maas urged him to drop the weapon and he complied. He has been under observation at Gallinger hospital and a psychiatrist found him sane but advisable to remove him from the capital.
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Washington
Allentown
House of Representatives
Marlin R. M. Kemmerer
United States
Leo A. Rover
Maas
Minnesota
Lichtenwalner
Pennsylvania
Kemmerer
Promis
Ing
Rover
Gallinger Hospital
D. Percy Hickling
Johnson County Officials Testify on County Funds Shortage
Iowa City AP report says Johnson county supervisors testified in a suit over a $20,000 shortage in county funds tied to former Treasurer Charles L Berry. They detailed records showing $7,000 counted and checks verified, with a tape totaling $26,668.57. Supervisors denied knowledge of a cash reserve not entered until 1931 year end.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Charles L Berry
Berry
George Ranshaw
J. W. Carey
R. P. Jones
C. W. Lacina
D. J. Peters
G. M. Taylor
W. G. Heaning
J. Fordyce Wood
Chicago Handwriting Authority
Baby gives Libby claim on millions
Philadelphia AP reports a three and one half pound newborn, son of Mrs. Libby Holman Reynolds, born amid estate speculation following Smith Reynolds death last July. Physicians say incubator stay depends on progress. Reynolds family, friends nearby, attorney says she will claim trust fund and interest for herself and child.
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Philadelphia
Libby Holman Reynolds
Smith Reynolds
Reynolds
Winston- Salem
N. C
Alfred Holman
Cincinnati
Louisa Carpenter
Wilmington
Del
New York
Mary Eberling Dies Here at 56
Mary Schroeder Eberling, 56, died at her home in Muscatine at 8:50 a.m. after a short illness. Born January 23, 1876 in Germany, she came to the United States at age six. Survived by husband William Eberling and three children, plus four Schroeder brothers and six grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are indefinite.
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Mary Schroeder Eberling
Clinton Street
Mary Schroeder
Germany
William Eberling
W. Fahy
Charles Schultz
George Eberling
Muscatine
Fred
Charles
George
Ed Schroeder
George Eberling, Jr
William
Richard
Marie
Robert
Ivan Fahy
Weather snapshot shows light snow in parts tonight
Iowa forecast notes cloudy conditions with light snow possible in eastern areas tonight and Friday. Warmer temperatures likely in the south with continued cloudiness and minor regional changes across Davenport Muscatine Keokuk and St Louis.
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Iowa
Illinois
Davenport
Muscatine
Keokuk
St. Louis
United States Drops to Seventeenth in Land Forces
General Douglas MacArthur warned a House subcommittee that the United States ranks seventeenth in world land force strength as other nations expand their armies while U S forces have been reduced. He noted unsettled world conditions, economic crises, and brittle treaties. Air strength, by contrast, has risen to third, according to F Trubee Davison, assistant secretary of war for aviation.
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Washington
Douglas McArthur
United States
House
McArthur
War Department
Far East
F. Trubee Davison
Aviation
Davison
H W Freyermuth Dies at 70 in Muscatine County
Henry W Freyermuth 70 Bloomington township died at Bellevue hospital at 5 55 am after six weeks illness with complications. Born Muscatine April 17 1862 son of Nicholas and Mrs Freyermuth he married Sophia in September 1902. Survived by widow five children Elmer Harry Mrs Fern Sopher Martha Henry one step son Albert Davenport four brothers John Louis Will George and two sisters Emma L Freyermuth Elizabeth Hucke. Services 2 pm Saturday Hoffman Funeral Home United Brethren Church with burial at Hoffmann chapel</no-break>
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Henry W. Freyermuth
Bloomingtonownship
Bellevue Hospital
Mr. Freyermuth
Muscatine
Nicholas Freyermuth
Sophia Freyermuth
Freyermuth
Muscatine County
Elmer
Ira Hawley
United Brethren Church
Hoffman Chapel
Economist Tests Brokers at Hearing on Kreuger Case
Washington AP economist Dr Max Winkler told a senate committee the Lee Higginson firm failed to shield clients from inferior collateral replacing Kreuger and Toll bonds. He noted substitutions cost American investors about 10 million dollars in bond value and urged independent audits for all public securities.
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Washington
Senate Stock Market
Frank Altschul
New York Stock Exchange
Kreuger
Toll
Altschul
Sweden
Ivar Kreuger
Owashington
Max Winkler
New York
Senate
Lee Higginson and ‘Company
Winkler
Norbeck
John Marrinan
Earthquake Scourges NSW Towns Goulburn and Yass
A strong quake lasting one minute rocked houses and cracked walls in Goulburn and Yass New South Wales. The tremor was felt in Sydney suburbs including Coogee Bondi and Bellevue Hill about 140 miles from the epicenter. No casualties were reported.
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Sydney
New South Wales
Goulburn
Yass
Coogee
Bondi
Bellevue Hill
Data Sheets Fix Values for Realty Assessments
City real estate values are being set under the data sheet system developed by the state board of assessment and review. City assessor L E Grimm explains the 20 percent reduction on 1933 assessments, noting the 1931 figures were based on 60 percent of value and rural and city assessors are applying the change.
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L. E. Grimm
State Board of Assessment and Review
Iowa’s Herring Proposes Broad Government Reforms
Governor Clyde L. Herring outlines drastic cuts in operating costs and tax reductions, calls for governmental revision and new agencies for agricultural credit. He seeks farmer controlled marketing agencies, foreclosure relief, nonpartisan judiciary selection, and continuation of tax reduction efforts by a new committee.
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Des Moines
Iowa Statehouse
State Assembly
Clyde L. Herring
Iowa
House
Nelson G. Kraschel
Harlan
Legislative
Iowa General Assembly
Peace talks reportedly held as Jehol troop moves continue
Japanese and Chinese military leaders reportedly met near Shanhaikwan with British officers to discuss peace terms while troop movements continued in Jehol. Lingyuan and Chinchow operations were described as hindering any Chinese offensive, with 130,000 Chinese in Jehol including regulars and volunteers. Japanese recon reports covered Jehol city and Chaoyang near the Manchurian border.
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Shanhaikwan
Jehol
Lingyuan
Mukden
Chinchow
Manchuria
Johor
Chang Hsiao-Liang
Jehol City
Chaoyang
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Farmers’ “Committee For Action” Petitions House Group
Robert Quillen
Publishers Syndicate
Beatrice Snipes
Columbia
S. C
Hfe
Clyde Snipes
State Penitentiary
Center
Manjovie
Rogere
McNaught Syndicate
Baby
Libby
Mary Eberling
Bates
U. S. 17Th
Army
H. W. Freyermuth
GOV
Economist
Assembly
Province of
THE
Associated Press
Poor PA
Claude Callan
Kes
Emma
Tom
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