Ransom Paid for Release of John J. O Connell Jr
Reports say a $20000 ransom was paid and John J. O Connell Jr was released in the Catskills. Uncle Dan O Connell traveled into the country amid inquiries while family members and associates reported relief and improved sleep after the kidnapping.
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John J. O’connell
John J. O’connell, Jr
Catskill Mountains
O’connell
Dan O’connell
Helderberg
Dan
Ed O'Connell
Samuel F. Aronowitz
Ea O’connell
Roosevelt Considers Trade Codes and New Tariff Talks
The president plans blanket orders to set minimum wages and maximum hours while recovery programs take effect. He also opens trade talks with Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia and Scandinavian nations to discuss seasonal tariffs and lifting apple duties in June August and allows meat imports from Patagonia amid hoof and mouth disease concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Eee
Sars S. Johnson
Phillips
Ceent
Espil
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
United States
Elt
Patagonia
Mrs Hubbard 89 Dies After Illness In Muscatine
Mrs Sarah Ann Hubbard died at home 1204 Kansas street Muscatine after illness begun July 4 aged 89 born June 30 1844 in Pickwick county Illinois daughter of Edwin J and Elvira Kinner Browning married H S Hubbard Nov 2 1862 survived by four sons Thomas J J L C H Hubbard all Muscatine and P K Hubbard Detroit one daughter Mrs Alice Fischer Keokuk one sister Mrs Mollie Jarvis Smith Center Kansas 12 grandchildren seven great grandchildren body at Fairbanks Home for Funeral with services at 2 pm Friday by Rev B F Schwartz First Methodist Episcopal burial Greenwood Cemetery
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Sarah Ann Hubbard
Muscatine
Dids
Kansas Street
Sarah Ann Browning
Pickwick County
Illinois
Edwin J
Elvira Kinner Browning
H. S. Hubbard
Seven Day Adventist Church
Thomas J. Hubbard
J. L
C. H. Hubbard
P. K. Hubbard
Detroit
Alice Fischer
Keokuk
Mollie Jarvis
Smith Center
Kas
Fairbanks Home
B. F. Schwartz
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Poor Pa by Claude Callan
A humorous anecdote centers on Claude Callan’s tale of a sister Nan who feels obliged to adopt a girl. Ma cautions that Nan would pick a large helper to aid housework, revealing domestic dynamics in a lighthearted family scene.
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Nan
Double Homicide at Palace Cafe Ends in Self Inflicted Wound
A 38 caliber gunman identified as William Clark shot Mrs. Stebbins twice in a Palace Cafe booth around 3:15 PM, then killed himself. Mrs. Stebbins, wife of Ivan Stebbins, was found with scissors in hand. Earl Allen, the cook, was the only witness. Clark, described as unemployed and “queer,” had no prior visible argument with her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Clark
Clark
Stebbins
Ivan Stebbins
East Third Street
Earl Allen
Italian Air Squad Hops to Labrador
A wireless message reports the Italian air squadron reached Cartwright Labrador after flying 1,500 miles from Reykjavik Iceland in ten and a half hours. General Italo Balbo led the squadron toward the Armada base, with one third of the distance completed at the time of the message.
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Reykjavik
Labrador
Italy
Chicago
Iceland
Italo Balbo
Cartwright
City Official Kills Himself After Shooting Deputy
Milwaukee city controller Louis M. Kotecki 53 died in hospital after shooting himself in the temple and fatally wounding chief deputy William H. Wendt 49. Both were wounded in an afternoon incident amid malfeasance accusations and a recall threat.
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Milwaukee
Louis M. Kotecki
William H. Wendt
Kotecki
Wendt
Troller
Anamosa Auditor Short Charged With Embezzlement
J M Conway former auditor and clerk at Anamosa reformatory was freed on 5000 bond after pleading not guilty to embezzling about 13645.47. A Cedar Rapids firm flagged the shortage during a supplemental audit covering 1927 to 1931 across four funds. Governor Herring directed action and Assistant Attorney General Walter Maley led the case.
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Anamosa
J. M. Conway
Anamosa Reformatory
Reformatory
Cedar Rapids
Clyde Herring
Edward L. O'Connor
Conway
Postmasters Under Civil Service Move From Roosevelt
President Roosevelt directs Postmaster General Farley to draft legislation to place all postmaster positions under civil service and keep about 1500 postmasters in office without examination. The order raises age limit to 66 and cuts residence requirement to one year, enabling nominations without examination for commissioned or classified civil service postmasters.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Farley
Congress
Civil Service
House Jailed Again on Lewdness Charge
Thomas House, 31, of Kindler Avenue, former Moscow resident, was bound over to the grand jury under bonds of 1000 in a hearing before Justice J C Koster. He was arrested Tuesday afternoon on highway 61 east of Moscow by Sheriff Fred Nesper and Deputy L G Pace after complaints to the sheriff's office. He had been released from the county jail last Friday after completing a prior sentence for indecent exposure and was taken back to jail when he failed to post bond.
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House
Thomas House
Kindler Avenue
Moscow
Grand
J. C. Coster
Wyoming Hill
Weather and river readings for Iowa and St Louis
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with cooler temperatures. Mississippi River stages show St Paul 1.7 feet with a 0.3-foot fall, and St Louis at 108 feet with a 0.7-foot fall.
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Iowa
Mississippi River
St. Paul
St. Louis
Oil men plan ethics code in Washington joke
Frank Phillips said he would head to Washington with oil men to draft a code of ethics. The group laughed at the notion, joking that criminals might be behind a similar idea. Opera singer Mary McCormic was seen at the studio yesterday washing up a gold rush married pair.
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Beverly Hills
Galif
Frank Phillips
Oil Fame
Washington
America
Mary McCormic
Mary
Federal Reserve Blocks US Participation in World Conference Move
The Federal Reserve Board vetoed US participation in a world economic conference discussion on central bank cooperation. Senator Pittman reported the resolution was deemed premature, fueling controversy and threatening his push for eventual gold standard return.
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London
American Federal Reserve Board
United States
Pittman
Nevada
Federal Reserve Board
Pittmans
Death Summons Cy Ross at 52
Cy Ross, 52, an inmate of the Muscatine county home since April 24 1925, died at the home at 4 p m Tuesday after a paralytic stroke in earlier years. He was born in Johnson county Iowa and is survived by three sons one daughter and siblings William Ross Fairport Mrs Viola Sprague Fairport Mrs Rose Wright Muscatine Mrs Lilly Gilbert Arkansas Mrs Sadie Estabrook Rock Island county. Funeral services will be held at 10 a m Thursday at the grave Montpelier cemetery. body remains at Hoff man Funeral Home until services.
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Cy Roas
Muscatine
Ross
Mr. Ross
Johnson County
William Ross
Fairport
Viola Sprague
Rose Wright
Lilly Gilbert
Arkansas
Sadie Estabrook
Rock Island
Montpelier
Hoffman Funeral Home
Luer Kidnapping: Family Appoints Negotiators in Illinois Case
The family of August Luer, a 77 year old banker and meat packer, designated Orville S. Pratt and Lawrence Keller Jr. of Alton to act as agents to secure his release for ransom. Alton police Madison county deputies and the state highway patrol were to be withdrawn from the investigation to ease ransom talks with the captors.
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Alten, Tl
August Luer
Pacer
Alton
Madison County
State Highway Patrol
Luer
Orville S. Pratt
Lawrence Keller, Jr
Ill
Lindberghs Leave Halifax for Labrador Mapping Flight
Col Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife departed Halifax harbor for the next leg of their project to map an aerial route over Labrador and Greenland. They waved goodbye and indicated no fixed destination but planned to head northward, with Newfoundland as a likely overnight stop in St John’s.
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Halifax
N. S
Charles A. Lindbergh
Labrador
Greenland
Halifax Harbor
Newfoundland
Murray Lets Oklahoma Have Beer
Governor William H. Murray proclaimed beer legal after a statewide vote and 80 national guardsmen guarded unloading. Beer fleets moved from rail cars to dealers as the tax commission received license applications amid an 86 412 vote margin 197210 to 110798 and a martial law order to enforce the law.
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Oklahoma City
William H. Murray
Oklahoma
Ers
The
Tax Commission
Murray
J. Berry King
State Tax Commission
Power Output Gains in Week End July 8
The Edison Electric Institute reports the largest gain in electric power output since the May upturn for the week ended July 8. Compared with the same week last year the increase is 14.7 percent, following a 13.7 percent rise in the prior week.
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New York
Edison Electric Institute
Kidnapping and mutilation scheme shock St Paul
Dr E G Engberg secretary of the state board of medical examiners and Dr W H Hedberg were abducted after false calls. Engberg resisted a surgical procedure and was drugged then placed in Hedberg’s car near a railroad right of way. Hedberg found with a bullet wound in his ear. both men survived and recovered.
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Dr. Hedberg
Dr. Eng
Iowa Approves 108 Million Farm Mortgage Refinancing Plan
Governor Herring announces a Farm Credit Administration grant of about 108 million dollars to Iowa. The plan would refinance mortgages at lower interest, help banks in receivership resume dividends, and push banks under Senate File 111 toward emerging from restrictions, potentially restoring about a billion dollars in purchasing power across the state.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Herring
Farm Credit Administration
Senate
Federal Land Bank
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Charge Against Strain Igno Ted By Civil Service Board
A complaint against Officer John Strain charging conduct unbecoming an officer was ignored by the civil service commission at a brief special meeting at city hall. Robert Hunter, merchant police, alleged Strain accosted him about 5 a.m. on July 4 and used violent indecent language.
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John Strain
Civil Service Commission
Robert Hunter
Merchant Police
City Hall
Harry Freeman
Hunter
Strain
Aunt Het by Robert Quillen
A short humorous sketch featuring Aunt Het remarking on Jane's awkward balance as she dines, crooking a finger with the same care she would use sipping tea at a party. The tone is light and observational, underlining social foibles with a gentle tease.
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John J. O'Connell, Jr
Albany
N. Y
Daniel P. O’connell
Edward J. O'Connell
Mrs. Hubbard
BY Claude Callan
Publishers Syndicate
Palace Cafe
Justice of the Peace
F. H. Whitcomb
O’connor
Walter Maley
Attorney General
Anamosa National
Niles and Watters Savings Bank
Jones County
Marvin Levsen
Lam
Federal Reserve
Parley
Central Bank
American Board
Cy Ross
Lindy
Anne
Commission
Robert Quillen
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