Technocracy Denounced as Clever Pseudoscience Hoax
Frederick H. McDonald of the American Engineering council called technocracy the cleverest pseudo scientific hoax yet. At a Washington meeting the council criticized technocracy while McDonald said his remarks did not speak for the council. He warned that promoters misuse engineering prestige to lend unsubstantiated claims.
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New York
Frederick H. McDonald
American Engineering Council
Committee On Economic Balance
Technocracy
Washington
McDonald
Council
Atlanta
Engineering Economics Division
American Society of Civil Engineers
President Hoover Cousin Seeks to Save Farm Property
A. E. Hoover, claiming kin to President Hoover, visits Des Moines with Mower County Farmers Holiday members to avert foreclosure of a Minnesota farm near Grand Meadows. With a $14 000 mortgage to Des Moines Joint Stock Land Bank, he may deed the property to the bank and stay as renter to avoid sale next Saturday.
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Des Moines
A. E. Hoover
Hoover
Grand Meadows
Minn
Des
Officials Probe Death of Iowa Doctor in New York Hotel
Dr. Albert V. Hennessy, 47, of Council Bluffs, was found on the fifth floor of a New York hotel after his wife reported him missing. Police sought whether he jumped or fell from his sixteenth floor room as investigators review the circumstances. The Hennessys were in the city to visit their nephew, Dr. James D. Hennessy of Long Island College Hospital.
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New York
Albert V. Hennessy
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Technocracy critique and a call for Looking Backward
Leigh Paliser argues that Technocracy differs from socialism and Soviet Russia by ending private enterprise rather than private property. He questions corporate profit in key industries and urges readers to consider Edward Bellamy’s Looking Backward as a model of Technocracy.
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Disraeli
Rockefeller
Mellon
Ford
Edward Bellamy
Leigh Paliser
London Mystery: Furnace In Custody Over Slaying Case
Samuel Furnace a 39 year old builder, suspected in the murder of Walter Spatchett, is ill in a Kent town police cell after a fire at Furnace's workshop and a post mortem found three bullet wounds not self inflicted. Scotland Yard had pursued him to a south end boarding house.
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London
Samuel Furnace
North London
South End
Scotland Yard
Walter Spatchett
Spatchett
Furnace
Three Drowned When Car Plunges in River
In Minneapolis three men drowned when a car plunged from an embankment and broke through ice on the Mississippi River. Walter Fillmore Irving Johnson and Robert Meehan, all of St Paul, were killed. Ernest Lind driver is missing and Gilbert Olson survived with shock. Olson said the car left the road when the driver twisted the wheel at a bridge.
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Minneapolis
Mississippi River
Walter Fillmore
Irving Johnson
Robert Meehan
St. Paul
Ernest Lind
Gilbert Olson
Olson
Hitler postpones parley with government chiefs in Berlin
Adolf Hitler delays arrival for a Berlin conference with government chiefs. He was expected today but will not arrive until tomorrow. The talks may shape his policy on cooperation with the government.
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Hitler
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
National Socialist Party
Weimar
Roosevelt Faces Cabinet Shakeup Debates Youth Preference
President elect Roosevelt weighs a youthful cabinet as Col E M House and others push for new blood. McAdoo urges a free hand in choosing ministers while Glass and Wall may join, signaling a shift away from veteran names like Young and Baker. Roosevelt plans meetings in New York and Washington before a southern swing to Muscle Shoals and Warm Springs.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Col E. M. House
Woodrow W'1son
McAdoo
William G. McAdoo
California
Chicago
Senator Glass
Virginia
Wall
Montana
America
Owen D. Young
New York
Newton D. Baker
Ohio
Washington
Senator Norris
Nebraska
Tennessee
Alabama
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Warm Springs
Senses Rebellion Among Unemployed Remains Strong
Margaret Rich of the Family Welfare Association testified before a Senate committee on the LaFollette Costigan bill to issue 500 million dollars in bonds for state grants to aid the jobless. She said two thirds to four fifths of those on unemployment relief have previously been self supported and noted a sense of rebellion among the unemployed.
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Margaret Rich
The
Family Welfare Association
New York
Senate
LaFollette- Costigan
Miss Rich
Detective's Slayer Enters Guilty Plea
Edward Farrant, 20, admitted killing Detective Harry Booton before Judge Allan A. Herrick in Des Moines. Sentence is postponed to Feb 18, with potential death penalty or life imprisonment. Ray Kinney, 45, also charged in Booton’s death, ordered brought to trial.
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Des Moines
Edward Farrant
Harry Booton
Allan A. Herrick
Farrant
Iowa
Ray Kinney
Booton
Yawning Benefits and Effects on Ear Balance
The text notes yawning helps restore air pressure balance between the middle ear and outside air and often induces a sense of relaxation. It describes yawning as a distinct human benefit and a common reflex.
One Fourth Coinage Share in Gold Production
About one fourth of the gold produced is used as coinage. The remainder is consumed in dentistry, jewelry, gilding and gold leaf work.
Three City Banks Begin Two Week Banking Holiday
Rock Island Moline and East Moline start a two week banking holiday today under mayors proclamations. The move aims to stabilize financial institutions and protect citizens and the common welfare amid public anxiety. Peoples State Bank of Moline backed by Deere and Company guarantees deposits during emergencies.
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Rock Island
Moline
East Moline
Peoples State Bank of
Deere and Company
Money Circulation In U S In December Rises
Treasury data show December money circulation rose by 28.6 million from November. Total end of December stood at 5.676 billion with per capita 45.34 dollars up 0.21 from the prior month. gold holdings totaled 469.8 million.
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Washington
United States
The
Treasury
Omaha Night Club Leader Robbery Report
Omaha police investigate a Sunday night robbery reported by Carol Frank of Des Moines. She says a man entered her taxi near a candy store, stole her purse containing $12 and a diamond ring, then disappeared.
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Omaha
Carol Frank
Des Moines
Congress Debates Bills Across Committees
Senate continues debate on Philippine independence bill veto. Joint committee resumes hearings on veterans legislation. Interstate Commerce discusses radio license fee bill. Agriculture committee takes up emergency Farm Relief bill. Unemployment relief hearings continued by manufacturers committee. Judiciary committee considers beer bill. Debates crop production loan. Debates War Department supply bill. Bankruptcy bill.
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Joint Committee
Interstate Commerce Committee
Agriculture Committee
Manufacturers Committee
Judiciary Committee
War Department
Woman Arrested as Drunken Driver
Cedar Rapids AP report says Jean Campbell 28 of Detroit was charged with driving while intoxicated after her car struck a parked vehicle. While she was treated for injuries Frank Long Iowa City chemist fled the scene and hit a street car, fracturing his leg.
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Cedar Rapids
Jean Campbell
Detroit
Frank Long
Iowa City
Miss Campbell
Long
Senate panel delays Hawaii organic act action
Chairman Bingham of the senate territories committee announced after a brief hearing that no action will be taken at the present session of congress on pending legislation proposing changes in the organic act for Hawaii.
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Washington
Bingham
Senate Territories Committee
Congress
Territory of
Hawaii
County Agents Targeted by Chicago Board of Trade Chief
President Peter B. Carey of the Chicago board of trade denounced county agents, especially in Illinois, for misusing their roles to attack farmers markets. He warned the extension system faces collapse unless political and socialistic practices tied to farm board payrollers and farm leaders are purged.
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Chicago
Peter B. Carey
Chicago Board of Trade
Exchange Today
Illinois
Carey
Department of Agriculture
Farm Board
Farm Bureau
Eberling Service Conducted Sunday Funeral for Mrs. Eberling
Funeral services for Mrs. William Eberling were held at Meyers Funeral Home at 2:30 p m Saturday with Rev Leland Lesher of Grace Lutheran Church officiating. Burial followed in Greenwood cemetery. Pallbearers included Fred Bilkey Boyd Holliday Otto Maeglin Emil Vetter Adolph Berg and William Benninger. Flower attendants were Mrs Otto Maeglin Mrs Whitney Fahy Mrs Flossie Randolph Miss Arlene Eberling and Miss Bernice Dietrich. Singers were Mrs Leland Lesher and Mrs E Schultz with Eva Baker at the piano.
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William Eberling
Meyers Funeral Home
Leland Lesher
Grace Lutheran Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Fred Bilkey
Boyd Holliday
Otto Maeglin
Emil Vetter
Adolph Berg
William Benninger
Whitney Fahy
Flossie Randolph
Arlene Eberling
Bernice Dietrich
Clarkson Rites Held at Chapel
Final rites for Mrs. Mary Clark son were conducted at the Fairbanks Home for Funerals by Rev. J B Rendall. Burial followed in Greenwood cemetery. Pallbearers named Gebhardt Thompson Schwalm Hilton Hilton Resnick.
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Mary Clarkson
John Weikert
Wilton
Fairbanks
J. B. Rendall
First Presbyterian Church
Greenwood Cemetery
George Gebhardt
William Thompson
Herbert Schwalm
Don and Ford Hilton
Ludy Resnick
Senator Brockhart Rejoins Veterans Affairs Committee Meeting
Senator Brockhart of Iowa, who had been ill for weeks, attended the point congressional committee on veterans affairs in the short session. He said he is feeling pretty good but has not yet been discharged from the hospital.
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Washington
Brockhart
Iowa
Point Congressional Committee On Veterans Affairs
Radio Programs Schedule for Tuesday January 11
A dense listing of NBC and local segments from early morning to late night. Programs include musical clocks, Morning Glee Club, Anne Hard talks, ensembles, weather and market reports, and various NBC radio acts like the Bluebirds, Judy and Jane, and Ed Wynn, ending with Mard Gras at 12:40.
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NBC
Anne Hard
NBC— Ueraders
Soi Ai It ‘Oods
Famous
Ae Ensemble
Mel
NBC— Breen and
National Farm and Home Hour
Nbc—Hotel
New York
Canton Tea Garden Orchestra
The
Bluebirds
Judy and
Jane
Art Caree
L. O. Leonard
R. I
James J. Beck
Valley News
Madame
Frances Alda
Skippy
Seck Hawkins
Congress Hotel Orchestra
Wayne King
Ben Bernie
Blue Ribbon Orchestra
Ed Wynn
Texaco Fire Chief
America Cancels Insull Passport
Athens Greece AP The American legation stated today the consul general on instruc
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Athens
Greece
Instruc
Evening radio schedule shifts through CBS and orchestras
Listed radio lineup for a Tuesday evening features Schlagenhauer's Party Par withee Flanagan's Sport Review CBS Spelling Bee Earl Hoffman's Orchestra Charlie ae Correy Lynn Themes in Tempo Charley Straight's Orchestra The Band of Distinction CBS Air Theater Drama Ben Pollack's Orchestra Myrt & Marge and late night Around the Town with Pollack's Orchestra Correy Lynn Henri Gendron and Art Trace orchestras.
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Schlagenhauer
Flanagan
Sport Review
CBS
Wbbm Spelling Bee
Earl Hoffman
Charlie Ae
Correy
Lynn
Charley Straight
Band of Distinction
Ben Pollack
Myrt & Marge
Correy “Vynn
Henri Gendron
Charlie Straight
Art Trace
Insull Passport Cancelled as He Refuses to Leave Greece
Samuel Insull, former utilities operator, had his passport cancelled after a court battle over extradition on larceny and embezzlement charges in Chicago. Insull stated he does not intend to depart Greece.
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Tions
Washington
Samuel Insull
Chicago
Insull
Greece
Sneezing Patient Puzzles Mayo Clinic Doctors
Daisy Jost, 15, at St Joseph's hospital in Chippewa Falls, sneezes every five minutes and until today had suffered frequent violent fits. Mayo Clinic specialists from Rochester were consulted as doctors chase a perplexing malady that began last Monday.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Daisy Jost
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
William E. Henske
Henske
Decatur
Ill
New York
Daisy
Mrs. Rosina Page taken by death in Denver
Obituary notes former Muscatine resident Mrs. Rosina L Page who died at her Denver Colorado home on January 6. Born December 12 1858 in Sweetland Township she was the daughter of Daniel B and Lydia M Johnson. She married Thomas B Page and had a daughter Mrs. Fred Bryan and four grandchildren. Surviving siblings include Mrs L Maria Deane of Fowler Kansas and Dr Levi D Johnson of Whittier California.
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Rosina L. Page
Muscatine
Denver
Colo
Page
Sweetland Township
Daniel B
Lydia M. Johnson
Thomas B Page
David Haifliegh
Colorado
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