LaGuardia Wins New York City Mayoral Race
Fiorello H. LaGuardia leads a reform coalition to victory over Tammany Hall backed candidates. He defeats Joseph McKee and John O’Brien by a margin exceeding 250000, with LaGuardia sweeping reforms and GOP support shaping the new administration. Dodge keeps district attorney post amid fusion challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James J. Walker
City Hall
Tammany I
Joseph V. McKee
Recovery Party
James A. Farley
Farley
LaGuardia
Mclxee
O’brien
Fusion Party
Board of Aldermen
Brooklyn
Queens
Richmond
Board’ of Estimate and Control
Tammany
William C. Dodge
Fusion
Jacob Gould Schurman, Jr
Ferdinand Pecora
United States Senate
Wall Street
Manhattan
Samuel Levy
Langdon W. Post
Mariorello H. LaGuardia
McKee
Recovery
O'Brien
Tammany Democrat
Afghan King Murdered and Son Succeeds to Throne
Telegram from the Afghan consulate reports the assassination of King Nadir Shah Ghazi at age fifty three. The nation mourns and pledges allegiance to Mohammed Zahir Shah born in 1914, who has married the cousin of Sarsar Ahmad Shah Khan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
India
Afghanistan
Nadir Shah Ghazi
Mohammed Zahir Shah
Nadir Shah
Sarsar
Ahmad Shah Khan
Britain to Make Another Token Payment in Debt Talks
Washington reports a stopgap Anglo American debt accord where Britain will pay 7.5 million dollars of its 8117.67 million due December 15. President Roosevelt says the token payment is not a default and settlement of the major debt issue will wait for a more favorable moment. The payment will be made in U S currency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Gary Man Regains Blue Eagle With Five Extras
Theodore Rahutis of Gary Indiana, a road house proprietor and the first businessman to have his blue eagle emblem seized by NRA authorities, reports recovering the emblem and displaying five additional ones around his property. He says the emblems will stay up and invites investigation to show his compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Ind
Theodore Rahutis
Gary Roadhouse
NRA
Nome Steamer With $840000 Gold to U S Victoria Arrives
The Victoria arrived in Seattle carrying 840000 dollars in gold from Nome. Passenger James P. Daly said the Roosevelt administration’s gold buying program has renewed mining activity in the Seward Peninsula area.
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Seattle
Wash
Seward Peninsula
Victoria
Nome
James P. Daly
Chinese Kill 800 Bandits Recapture Funing
After an all night battle Chinese special policemen with heavy artillery retook Funing from bandits who had held the city for five weeks. Their fire killed 500 bandits and forced the remaining to flee into the hills.
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Peiping
Funing
Moley Receives Honorary LL D From Washington and Jefferson
Washington and Jefferson College awarded Professor Raymond Moley an honorary LL D in a ceremony. Moley delivered the address on Politics and Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moley
Washington
Raymond Moley
Washington and Jefferson College
New Cuban Revolt Smashed by Grau Army
Havana reports show President Ramon Grau San Martin's government defeating a major anti Grau uprising after about six and a half hours of heavy fighting. Casualties include 12 killed and 33 wounded, mostly soldiers, with sporadic shooting across Havana and surrounding districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Ramon Grau San Martin
Mariano
Santos and
Squarez
Camp Columbia
Presidential Palace
New York Trust Indictments Sweep Labor Groups
In one of the district's largest anti trust actions the federal grand jury indicted five labor organizations eighty individuals and sixty eight corporations tied to a 170 million dollar yearly industry. The case, built after three months of investigation by John Harlan Amen and Albert J Law, portrays the trade as a trust enforcing rules by force and terror. The Needle Trades Workers Industrial union is among the defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Harlan Amen
Albert J. Law
Homer S. Cummings
Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union
Insurance broker sued for alienation of wife’s affection
William G. Wilson of Cleveland named defendant in a $500,000 alienation of affections suit by Ley Preston Pitts, Mount Vernon publishers' representative. Pitts says Wilson induced his wife Leanna M. Pitts to obtain a Palm Beach divorce last April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
N. Y
William G. Wilson
Cleveland Insurance
Presley W. Pitts
Mount Vernon
Pitts
Wilson
Leanna M. Pitts
Palm Beach
Fla
Episcopal Bishops Back NRA Support in Davenport Meeting
The house of bishops of the Episcopal church adopted a resolution at the Davenport Iowa annual conference pledging support for the President in his recovery program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal
NRA
Davenport
Iowa
House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church
Duck Hunter Killed on Missouri River in Sioux City
Charles Mc Gee twenty two of Sioux City was struck in the chest by a shotgun charge as he started to leave a duck boat after a hunt on the Missouri river He is survived by his widow and a small son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Iowa
Charles McGee
Missouri River
Hunter Fatally Wounded Near Sergeant Bluff Iowa
Jesse W. Palmer of Sioux City was accidentally shot while hunting near Sergeant Bluff. The incident occurred when his shotgun discharged unintentionally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunter
Sioux City
Iowa
Jesse W. Palmer
Seargent Bluff
Nebraska to receive large share of hog and corn fund
A government plan to curb hog and corn production would distribute about 163 million dollars to Iowa Kansas Missouri Nebraska and Kansas with Nebraska slated for 40 million and Missouri 27 million. The four states would claim over a third of the 350 million total funds from a processing tax on the two crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Iown
Beet Growers to Receive 14.5 Million in First Payment
Beet growers across seven states will share 14.5 million dollars this month from two sugar companies for the 1938 crop. Great Western Sugar plans about 12 million in payouts, while American Beet Sugar expects 2.5 million with Colorado receiving 0.5 million. Harvest is up significantly from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Ito
W. L. Lippit
Great Western Sugar Company
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Nebraska
H. E. Zitkowski
American Beet Sugar Company
California
Minnesota
Iowa
Zitkowski
Great Western
Farm income to rise for Nebraska and Iowa in 18 months
Omaha hearing reports Nebraska farmers will gain about 30 million dollars and Iowa farmers about 70 million in the next 18 months. Louis Clarke, Nebraska Mortgage Bankers head, says earlier relief failed due to no production cuts. He cites George N. Peek of AAA as capable to steer the program through current shortages and domestic needs.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Iowa
Louis Clarke
Nebraska Mortgage Bankers Association
Omaha Chamber of Commerce Agricultural Committee
America
AAA
George N. Peek
Clarke
Peek
First Nebraska Corn Loan Application Filed in Lincoln
The Nebraska railway commission received the first loan application under the new warehousing law. Mrs. Millie A. Steever of Stromsbury seeks a loan secured by 2,000 bushels of old and new corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska
Nebraska Railway Commission
Millie A. Steever
Stromsbury
Nebr
Small City School Costs Fall in Nebraska and North
Lester B. Herlihy of the U S Office of Education reports Nebraska and nearby states show school expenses per pupil dropping from 82.14 to 78.87 in 1930 to 1932 in cities of 5 000 to 10 000. Smaller cities 2 500 to 5 000 also fall from 82 51 to 76 31, with larger cities declining less.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Nebraska
Mississippi Valley
Lester B. Herlihy
United States Office of Education
Herlihy
Deep Well Drilled Near Craig Aimed at Restoring Water Supply
A test well on C. B. Clark’s farm, half a mile west of Craig, is driven to locate a high capacity source. So far 220 feet deep with 14 soil strata drilled. no water reached yet as efforts extend beyond Craig to replenish the village’s depleted supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craig Craig
C. B. Clark
Craig
Farmers' State Bank pays 35 percent dividend to depositors
The Farmers' State Bank of Kearney distributed a 35 percent dividend totaling 144973 to depositors from closed bank assets. Farmers' Holiday association members from Platte and Colfax counties voted against joining the farm strike at a Columbus meeting. A committee was chosen to raise funds for delegates to the Chicago farm conference. Nebraska Certified Potato Growers reports about half of fields rejected for disease. still, western panhandle yields promise the largest certified seed crop in the association's history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Farmers’ State Bank of
Farmers’ Holiday Association
Platte and Colfaxounties
Columbus
Chicago
Nebraska Certified
Alliance
William Marrow
Western Panhandle
Association
Nebraskans aided by re employment service reach ten thousand mark
F. W. Cornell said more than 10 000 Nebraskans have been furnished work since August 1 by the re employment service. He noted 3 075 men placed since October 14 raising total to 10 559, much of it on river work with relatively permanent jobs. A CCC camp near Red Cloud prepares men for soil erosion work under officers Ney Caldwell Jenkins. Major Willoughby returns to Fort Riley soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Cornell
CCC
Red Cloud
Virgil Ney
Caldwell
Jenkins
Willoughby
Fort Riley
Omaha and Midwestern Cities Lead in Local Aircraft Counts
A Dept of Commerce aeronautics survey shows Omaha ranked 32nd among cities with 20 or more airplanes, listing 28 licensed and 8 unlicensed aircraft. Lincoln is 31st with 24 licensed and 14 unlicensed. Sioux City totals 24 and Des Moines 23, while Chicago tops with 287 planes, New York 246, Los Angeles 159.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Aeronautics Branch
Department of Commerce
Lincoln
Sioux Sioux City
Des Moines
Chicago
New York
Los Angeles
Nebraska CCC Camps Praise From U S Forester
C E Rachford assistant United States forrester arrived in Lincoln after inspecting two Nebraska CCC camps and said they compare very favorably with camps elsewhere. He noted excellent winter quarters fine spirit and good cooperation between the conservation corps and the army with no complaints reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Rachford
United States
Forrester
Lincoln
Nebraska
CCC
Conservation Corps
Army
Turkeys Ship East From Crete In Early Holiday Trade
The first big shipment of Nebraska turkeys to the east for the holiday trade moved recently from Crete. Extension poultryman J R Red ditt reported Webster county growers sent a car load of graded turkeys packed and chilled. Packing charges were cut by half this year. Thayer and Lancaster counties will also ship cars soon, with Webster county aiming for about 10 000 birds, Thayer about 5 000, and Lancaster about 6 500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Crete
J. R. Redditt
Nebraska College of Agriculture
Webster County
Thayer
Lancaster County
Thayer County
Fremont Buys Scenic 90 Acre Island Park Tract
Fremont acquires 90 acres of wooded land on Fre mont Big Island southwest of the city in a favorable deal. The land, once priced at 15000, is now bought for 2200 with the condition the city grants a road across the island to Courtright land. Courtright aimed to turn the property to Fremont and had failed to secure a county road previously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont Big Island
Fremont
Nebraska
P. J. Courtright
Courtright
Seven Nebraska bank bandits net nearly 200000 dollars
Seven bank robberies across Nebraska over seven months yielded about 200000 dollars. One man pleaded guilty awaiting sentence. three more to be tried. one awaiting arraignment. Targets included Carroll State Bank, First National in Fairbury, Central City National, York First National, Merchants National in Nebraska City, and Security State banks in Norfolk Humboldt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Carroll State Bank
Carroll
First National Bank
Fairbury
Central City National Bank
Central City
York
Merchants National Bank
Nebraska City
Security State Bank
Norfolk
Humboldt
Burnett Outlines Lincoln Pershing Memorial Armory Plan
Chancellor E A Burnett announced plans for a 400000 dollar Pershing memorial armory at the University of Nebraska. The building would hold General John J Pershing war trophies and serve as national headquarters for the Pershing rifles ROTC across 17 universities, while providing a fit military training facility in Lincoln. The old Nebraska hall, built in 1887, currently houses military activities and has inadequate classrooms storage and drill facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Nebraska
E. A. Burnett
John J. Pershing
Pershing Rifles
Lincoln
Nebraska Hall
Burnett
Confidential Letter Racket Promises Truth Anew
A reader syndicated column excerpt mocks a Washington based Confidential Letter racket claiming insiders, including relatives of Mrs. Roosevelt and the Brain Trust, provide secret political and economic “dope.” The piece lampoons claims of a revived Republican and Populist movement, off the gold standard talk, farm relief, taxes, industry, and labor, ending with a plug for Jim Jasko’s Confidential Letter service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Washington
President
Mrs. Roosevelt
Hugh Johnson
N.R.A
Wasent
Hell Bent for Election Origin in Maine 1840
A Columbia University representative traces the phrase Hell-bent for election to Maine in 1840. The Panic of 1837 shifted Maine from Democratic to Whig, aiding Governor Kent’s September victory amid a strong campaign slogan Maine went Hell-bent for Kent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia University
Maine
Kent
Ginseng Exports Highlight Chinese Demand for Root Shapes
American ginseng is largely exported to China where branched roots resembling human forms fetch high prices for alleged occult virtues. Experts note the name ginseng comes from terms meaning a cure for many diseases yet medical authorities find no proven cures.
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China
Sutherland Sisters and Stars Parade Through City Scenes
A parade of New York cultural buzz features the Seven Sutherland Sisters, Julia Hoyt, and a gallery of celebrities. The piece notes taxi drivers, theatre chatter, fashion, and a dramatic cat episode from Fannie Hurst’s life, ending with Miss Hurst guiding a white feline from danger.
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New York
Sutherland Sisters
Julia Hoyt
The
Theatre Guild
Paris Losses Beloved Lou Hauser an American in France
Seasonal visitors to Paris will regret the passing of Lou Hauser whose 25 years among cafes and Place Vendome bars made him a well known American expatriate. An architect from a distinguished family he became a true Parisian and a gracious cicerone to his countrymen.
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Paris
Lou Hauser
Place Vendome
Poison rings haunt the Tenderloin underworld
Whisperings describe poison rings worn by powerful, hard living figures. Sold after recommendations by a shady Baxter Street dealer, prices run 50 to 250 dollars. Each ring hides a cyanide cavity, a one way ticket to eternity for desperate operators in risky plots.
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Underworld
Baxter Street
Short Shavings and Dapper Mentions in 1933 Press
The note list highlights Rudy Vallee’s talkativeness, Carl Hubbell’s post victory meal, and O Henry nicknames Major. It mentions Mrs Reginald Fellows as Paris Harper’s editor and Lucy Banks Mower taking over Rokeby House Nashville for a dance school. Joshua McKee and Harriet Parsons also surface in light celebrity sketches.
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Rudy Vallee
Carl Hubbell
O. Henry
Reginald Fellows
Paris
Harper's Bazaar
Lucy Banks Mower
Denishawn School
Rokeby House
Nashville
Zelia Adair
Josh V. McKee
Prince of Wales
Harriet Parsons
Louella O
McNaughs Syndicate, Inc
Four Million Idle Workers to Get Jobs Plan
President Roosevelt unveils a program to employ four million unemployed through self sustaining federal state and local public works. A $400 million fund will be used with a goal of two million jobs this month and two million more by December end.
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Roosevelt
Banking house gains from auto firm sale boost
A New York banking house bought an automobile company for 146 million in a single check without injecting personal funds. It raised the money from the public by selling stock and retained the voting stock to control the firm as a bonus. The company was later sold for 180 million. The profit hints at a 34 million spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Prohibition Ends as 36 States Bar Law Across Nation
The passage notes that the ban on alcohol has fallen after voters in Pennsylvania Ohio and Utah joined the 36 state requirement. It argues that crime and bootlegging persist though the prohibition cause is ended and suggests government will address ongoing consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Utah
Hairdresser Bonhoure Wins Five Million FranCKs
Tarascon hairdresser Monsieur Paul Bonhoure wins five million francs in the French lottery. Rather than yacht or telescope plans, he will keep his shop and give a free permanent wave to every one of his lady customers, showing his French spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monsieur Paul Bonhoure
Tarascon
Kidnapping Plot Aimed at Indiana Governor Revealed
A historical report details kidnappers plotting to seize Governor McNutt of Indiana. A map shows a route to force a pardon, with a note to steal money and kill resistors. The plan to kidnap a governor to extort a pardon would be unprecedented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McNutt
Indiana
Junction
Danville
Ind
First National
Government narrows stenographer age limit to 53
Announcement limits civil service stenographers to age 53, replacing earlier 40 year bar. Opinion columns praise the shift as sensible, noting continued learning ability of women into later life per Professor Shaler. The piece jeers at past 40 cutoff and applauds the new policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service
Shaler
Exposition To Stay Open Next Summer Says Dawes
Rufus Dawes announces the exposition will remain open next summer. He notes over 22 million visitors have already seen the show this year and expects even more to visit as prosperity grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus Dawes
Elements Found on Sun Prove Matter the Same Everywhere
Scientists list 92 earth elements and 60 seen on distant suns via spectroscope showing universal matter. Helium, first observed on the sun, is now used to inflate airships, a light gas with a national monopoly for this country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
John C Chapman Quote on Education as Power
A reflection attributed to John C Chapman stating education is power when used, not baggage, urging knowledge be applied for communal benefit. The piece, dated 1933 and distributed via King Features Scicate and WNU Service PRR Keg, frames education as utility rather than vanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Chapman
King Features
Scicate
WNU
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U. S
Fiorello H. Laguardia
Grau
Duck Hunter
State News
WHS Rogers
Republican Party
N. R.A
Jim Jaskos
Jim Jasho
McNaught Syndicate
Jim J
Cow, Cate
Everyda Weww Fk
Mevne Wyre
Anthony Drexel
Chas
B. Dillingham
Queenie Smith
Kelcey Allen
Ethel Merman
Blossom Seeley
Charles M. Schwab
Charlie Chaplin
Henry Miller Theatre
Carpentier
Edwin Balmer
Fannie Hurst
Miss Hurst
Dr. Jeky
Mr. Hyde
Rue de Lappe
Louvre
Fifi
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