Hijacking Ring Uses Fake Stock Farm Near Chicago
Wisconsin sheriff records reveal a criminal ring hijacking farm trucks carrying hogs to market and selling the loot in Milwaukee and Chicago. The gang’s system highlights widespread violence to Illinois livestock markets, urging strong action from governors, state attorneys, sheriffs, and police.
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Illinois
Chicago
Walworth County
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Chicago Daily News
Contest to fill BY-WAYS OF 1933 needs yarns and gags
Notes from the Journal urge new and old contributors to submit vibrant content for the upcoming BY-WAYS OF 1933 booklet. A contest is planned to revive suspended writers and attract fresh work from across the globe.
Roosevelt Speaks On The Good Neighbor In Poughkeepsie
In a Saturday address at Poughkeepsie President Roosevelt extended his good neighbor doctrine. He traced laws and policies to the neighbor principle and argued that neighborliness now spans the United States rather than a small region.
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Poughkeepsie
Dutchess County
Roosevelt
United States
New York Times
Reunion tradition grows as families gather in parks
The Davenport Democrat notes May family reunions drawing hundreds in Scott county. Once held on farms with women showcasing cooking, reunions now use public parks and distant grounds as attendance expands. The custom keeps kin connected amid wide living patterns.
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Scott County
Davenport
Labor Discord Over Wages and Union Rights Persist
The motor steel and coal sectors join broader industries in policy disputes between capital and labor yet unite on wages hours and working conditions. Differences remain on company unions open and closed shops collective bargaining and employer prerogatives in hiring and promotion based on skill.
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America
Huey Long Reacts with Indignation at Milwaukee Convention
In Milwaukee at the Veterans of Foreign Wars gathering Huey Long shouted insults and ejected photographers after denouncing reporters as traitors to the NRA He claimed four men ganged him and one stabbed him Then he criticized the Milwaukee newspapers for printing the incident while praising their coverage earlier at the Democratic national convention and branding the press ungrateful.
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Long Island
Huey Long
Louisiana
National Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Milwaukee
Roosevelt
Huey
W. Flw
Aimee Semple McPherson
Arthur (the Great) Shires
Muscatine Journal
Iowa Gasoline Tax Reflections Signal Growth in July
A Council Bluffs Nonpareil note reports July gasoline tax receipts exceeding one million dollars, signaling rising travel and growing prosperity. The piece quotes Josh Harper and remarks on perseverance and learning from mistakes by Lawson Prudy.
Earl Ferguson Weds Edith McKee In Scotts Bluff Nebraska
Earl Ferguson married Edith McKee on August 24 1933 in Scotts Bluff Nebraska and returned to Crawfordsville with a reception at the home of Lawrence Cherryholmes. Neighbors and local friends gathered for the celebration and well wishes. Mrs Ferguson welcomed by the community as a new arrival. Also noted is a reunion visit by Mrs FE J Benson and Mrs Jennie Jones who attended the Century of Progress in Chicago and plan longer visits. Miss Helen Wallace and her parents visited from Riverside California reminiscing about her time teaching in the local high school. In Owensville Indiana a seven foot chicken snake was found with twelve hen eggs and a glass nesting egg in its stomach discovered by Mrs George Fravel on her farm.
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Crawfordsville
Earl Ferguson
Nebraska
Idaho
Earl
Edith McKee
Scotts Bluff
Neb
Miers
Lawrence Cherryholmes
R. J. Ferguson
Ferguson
FE. J. Benson
Abilene
Kansas
Jennie Jones
Southgate
California
Will Mitchell
Chicago
Century of Progress
J. T. King
R. E. Davis
Mason City
Helen Wallace
Riverside
Calif
George Fravel
The Confession Plot Turns Deadly in a Tense Motel Scene
A violent confrontation unfolds as broker Cavanaugh pressures Poletzki to confess to the Annette Santos killing to save himself from the Kruger case. Poletzki attacks, sending the chair crashing. Meanwhile Leni endures a brutal outburst from Gerstenfield who claims ownership and demands control.
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Steve Poletzki
Cavanaugh
San Quentin
Poletzki
Annette Santos
Kruger
Lucky
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