Cedar Rapids Strikers Bar Men at Gate
Violence erupts as about 100 strikers and supporters topple an automobile driven by Charlies D. Wall at the main gate of the T. M. Sinclair Packing plant. Wall faces reckless driving charges after the incident and the plant remains at risk of a shutdown amid union demands for a closed shop. Police and sheriff patrol the plant area as tensions rise following an ultimatum from Wilson and Company calling workers to return or risk closure.
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Cedar Rapids
T. M. Sinclair
Butcher Workmen’s Union
Charlies D. Wall
Auto
Wall
Wilson and Company
Joseph Petrus
Youths Sought for Car Thefts in Indiana and Iowa
Sheriff George Oakes searches for 17 year old Kenneth Lamb of Chicago and a 21 year old companion after a Ford coupe stolen in Elkhart Indiana on Saturday was found in Wapello. A new Terra plane car owned by Howard Cocklin Grandview garage was stolen later. Police seek Lamb for authorities in Louisa county.
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Journal News Service
Wapello
George Oakes
Kenneth Lamb
Chicago
Elkhart
Ind
Howard Cocklin
Grandview
Lamb
Louisa County
Rollo Cover
Standard Oil Company
H. W. Siegel
Cocklin
Indiana
James Lamb
Poor Pa by Claude Callan
Claude Callan presents a short tale about a struggling father and his family facing hardship during the Depression era. The piece centers on parental sacrifice, economic strain, and quiet domestic resilience in a small American town.
Mellon Tax Charge Indictment Dropped by Grand Jury
A federal grand jury rejected tax evasion charges against Andrew Mellon for 1931 totaling $716,144.27 claiming loss from stock sales and capital losses. The panel returned to routine business after the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Andrew. Mellon
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Western Public Service Company
Clearing of Fairport wreck ends long salvage
Final wreckage removal near Fairport completed after 15 Rock Island freight cars derailed injuring five and killing one. Orson Mitchell, 46, of Seymour Indiana, identified as the hand victim. Coroner's jury rules death from the wreck of Rock Island No. 93. no further bodies expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Fairport
Orson Mitchell
Seymour
W. S. Norton
Mitchell
H. F. Liebbe
William Weierhauser
William Lamar
Refrigerator Show Opens in Muscatine
Electric refrigerators on display at the administration building of the municipal light and water department attracted hundreds of residents during the first hours after opening. Supported by nine local merchants, the exhibit features 14 new models and will run daily 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through next Thursday.
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Municipal Light and Water Department
Muscatine
Private Lines Resume Airmail Carry Across Major Routes
Airmail service resumed today on four private commercial routes relieving military mail duties. United Air Line flew Newark to Oakland with 1,200 pounds of mail and six passengers. pilots Dawson and Coulter traded duties in Cleveland. Routes included Seattle to San Diego and Salt Lake City to Seattle and San Diego with multiple flights carrying mail and passengers.
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Washington
United Air Line
Newark
Oakland
Calif
Farley
Robert Dawson
Cleveland
R. E. Coulter
Seattle
San Diego
Salt Lake City
Bids Taken for Tri City Bridge Project
The Kansas City Bridge company of Kansas City Mo was the low bidder among seven firms for the Bettendorf Moline bridge sub structure with a bid of 357601.10. Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co Leavenworth Kas placed second at 362121.20 and Henr y en Co Chicago third at 397164. Bids were opened by the Davenport Bridge Commission this morning with State PWA engineer F P Hopkins present. The contract will be awarded in about ten days after bidder qualifications are checked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Kansas City Bridge Company
Kansas City
Bettendorf-Moline
Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co
Leavenworth
Kas
Henryen Co
Chicago
Davenport Bridge Commission
PWA
F. P. Hopkins
Flames Destroy Business District in Thor Iowa
A blaze starting at the Thor fire station destroyed 17 buildings in Thor, Iowa early today. Fire crews from Fort Dodge Humboldt and Eagle Grove contained the fire by 6 30, leaving nine families homeless with no loss estimate yet.
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Thor
Des Moines
Fort Dodge
Humboldt
Eagle Grove
Humboldt County
NRA showdown over legality of code for communications
The NRA pushes a drafted code against the telegraph industry and large corporations as Hugh S. Johnson seeks voluntary agreement before possible imposition. The move follows NRA reluctance to test dictatorial powers under the national recovery act and I C C favors a federal communications commission to regulate telephone, telegraph, radio, wireless and cable systems. Johnson says he prefers agreement to imposition.
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Washington
NRA
Hugh S. Johnson
I. C. C. Favors Commission
Federal Communications Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Johnson
Kidnap Case Goes Into Crime Court in Chicago
Three men accused of attempting to kidnap Emanuel Adler, Davenport publisher and banker, face trial in criminal court after charges dropped in felony court on a technicality. Indicted by a grand jury, James Lacy George Wolfrum and Edward Kindredge are jailed on 25000 bonds awaiting trial. Ralph Monroe remains at large. Fred Mayo committed suicide in his cell after arrest and confession. Police found the plan to overpower Adler at Morrison hotel and smuggle him out in a hole–poked trunk.
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Chicago
Emanuel Philip Adler
Davenport
Howard Hayes
James Norman Lacy
North Dakota
George Wolfrum
Edward Kindredge
John Phillips
Cook County
Ralph Monroe
Fred Mayo
Adler
Morrison Hotel
Mayo
Weather Outlook for Iowa and Illinois Regions
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with warmer readings in central and eastern Illinois. Illinois shows unsettled northern areas with possible local showers and a warmer trend toward the Mississippi River. River stage readings list Dubuque, Davenport, Muscatine, Keokuk, and St. Louis with small falls noted.
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Iowa
Illinois
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Davenport
Muscatine
Keokuk
St. Louis
Hideout Found in Cananea Abduction Case
Cananea Sonora two Arizona highway patrol Corporals Ash and Newell said a house likely holding kidnapped six year old June Robles heiress to Bernabe Robles fortune was found two days after the search began. They did not reveal exact location but warned abductors still at large.
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Cananea
Sonora
Mex
June Robles
Mexico
George Ash
Tom Newell
Arizona Highway Patrol
Bernabe Robles
Tucson
Flames Destroy Pumping Station at New Boston
Fire roared through the Bay Island drainage district pumping station destroying a 25 year old building. A coal hopper explosion caused the blaze with 15 tons of coal stored inside. Losses ran to thousands of dollars with 19 400 acres left unprotected and drainage district records destroyed. Maurice Blair led the station as fire crews from Aledo and New Boston failed to stop the blaze discovered at 3 am.
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Journal News Service
New Boston
Bay Island
Maurice Blair
Aledo
Senate Silver Bloc Eyes Nationalized Silver Plan
President Roosevelt outlines to senate silver advocates a two point program nationalizing silver and basing 25 percent of monetary reserves on silver. A White House statement says the group discussed nationalizing silver and strengthening silver reserves as a policy goal. Amendments to the stock market control bill face likely failure as most changes aim to remove banking restrictions and more debate is expected.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
White House
Secretary of the Treasury
Banking Committee
Illinois Favors Dillinger Reward
Illinois plans a 1000 dollar reward matching five states efforts to capture John Dillinger. Governor Horner said Illinois will post the money if Ohio Indiana Wisconsin and Minnesota contribute. Assistant Attorney General Keenan said a systematic persistent hunt will end Dillinger as he eludes authorities. Lew Baker testified Dillinger escaped Crown Point jail with a wooden gun.
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Springfield
Ill
Miiisis
John Dillinger
Horner
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Chicago
Joseph B. Keenan
Lew Baker
Crown Point
Ind
Dillinger
Ernest Blunk
Showers Dim Over Iowa States Warmth Returns
Weather bulletin notes scattered showers in Iowa with totals from Forest City to a trace at Iowa City within the last 24 hours. Sunshine and warmer air are forecast for central and eastern Iowa on Wednesday as temperatures reach up to 94 degrees in Atlantic, Iowa Falls and Council Bluffs. Ground drought concerns persist as agronomists at Iowa State College assess conditions.
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Iowa
Muscatine
Forest City
Iowa City
Weather Bureau
Atlantic
Iowa Falls
Council Bluffs
Iowa State College
German Miners Trapped by Flames In Potash Mine
A shaft fire at Buggenen potash mines in Baden Germany seals a mine trapping 87 miners. The flare up closes the shaft and makes rescue impossible until fire and gas hazards subside and the shaft can be opened safely.
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Buggingen
Baden
Germany
10000 More Resume Jobs as Strikes End
Strikes across several industries concluded or paused with about 10,000 workers returning to work at Amoskeag mills in Manchester New Hampshire and Ladish Drop Forge in Milwaukee after union actions. Violence occurred in Peabody Massachusetts leather strike with five attacked.
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Associated Press
Amoskeag Mills
Manchester
N. H
Ladish Drop Forge Company
Milwaukee
Amoskeag
Textile Workers Union
Ladish Drop Forge
Peabody
Mass
Peabody Leather
Former Ruler of Utilities Goes to Jail
Samuel Insull, once a utilities magnate, is jailed after failing to post a $200000 bond. He faced charges of mail fraud and bankruptcy act violations, collapsed at the marshal's office, and was led to await trial while crowds watched. Thompson defends him.
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Chicago
Samuel Insull
Europe
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Bar of Justice
United States
Hemisphere
Thompson
Insull
Floyd E. Thompson
Pulitzer Award to Iowa Editor
E P Chase editor publisher of the Atlantic News Telegraph won the $500 Pulitzer prize for best editorial of 1933 for his piece in the December 2 1933 issue asking Where is our money and answering We spent it He has long been active in Iowa publishing and local civic groups and is a former president of the Atlantic chamber of commerce Western Editorial association and the Atlantic Rotary Club.
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New York
E. P. Chase
Atlantic
Iowa
News-Telegraph
Iowa City
Chase
Anita
Atlantic High School
Denver
Colo
Boise
Idaho
Atlantic Chamber of Commerce
Western Editorial Association
Atlantic Rotary Club
Iowa Daily Press Association
Cass County Republican Central Committee
Jane Colton Colton
Washington, D. C
R. C. A. Chase
Mrs. Chase
James E. Lawrence
The
Lincoln, Neb., Star
Towa
Aunt Het by Robert Quillen
A clipped quip about Ella seeking the narrator’s silver tea service after bringing a bouquet yesterday. The piece carries a regional tone and a touch of humor typical of Quillen’s observational sketches.
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Aunt Het
Robert Quillen
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Cedar Rapids Strikers
BY Claude Callan
iCopyright
Publishers Syndicate
Junior
Ellen
Mellon
Ceniec
Tion
Andrew W. Mellon
U. S
Tri-City Bridge
Iowa Village
Robles
Will Rogers
Salinas
Fred Stone
California
Spain
McNaught Syndicate
FDR
America
Gulf Port
Utilities
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