Three Senators Express Confidence For New Year
Three senior lawmakers from Michigan Pennsylvania and Mississippi spoke of a safer brighter year ahead. Senator Couzens warned against overoptimism while predicting 1932 would sit between 1930 and 1931 with production catching up to consumption. Reed said fear would pass and recovery would come soon. The third senator urged government and corporate readjustments to restore confidence and anticipated improvement in the latter half of 1932.
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Mellon
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
United States
Mississippi
New Year Resolution Talk Pops Up in Small Talk
Randolph Kidsey from Washington Di Co says he has not yet made resolutions but is thinking about them. George Rudiger, an insurance agent, plans to draft a list after a while.
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Randolph Kidsey
Washington di Co
George Rudiger
Public sale by writ of special execution in Washington Iowa
A writ of special execution directs a public auction of Emma Vincent and related parties goods lands and tenements in Washington County Iowa. The sale is set for Saturday January 16 1932 between 9 am and 4 pm in front of the Washington County Courthouse with described parcels including northwest and southwest quarters and related rights of way.
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Midway Sale
Columbus Junction
Iowa
Milholm
Jersey
Hampshire
Poland
Chester
Devonport
District Court
Washington County
Emma Vincent
Emma _ A. Vincent
Charlies G. Vincent
Ruth I
Vincent McKee
J. Homer Vincent
John H. Vincent
Myrtle Booth Vincent
Washington
South West
S.W
Chicago, Rock Island
Hoovers Ready to Greet Public at White House
President and Mrs. Hoover welcome a steady New Year crowd at the White House. Early risers include William L. Wilson and Otto Kafer who waited since 1 A.M. The Hoovers expect to shake up to 5,000 hands in a tradition begun by John Adams.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
William L. Wilson
Holyoke
Mass
General Accounting Office
Otto Kafer
Duncan
Okla
District of Columbia
Wilson
Kafer
John Adams
Abigail
Property Sale Notice in Township 75 North
Sheriff sells Emma Vincent and heirs property to satisfy Chicago Joint Stock Land Bank judgment. Land described as multiple sections in Township 75 North, west of 5th P M, totaling about 321 acres, excluding railroad right of way. Sale begins 2:30 p.m. in Washington Iowa on December 1931.
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N.W
S.fe
Emma Vincent
Emma A. Vincent
Charles G. Vincent
Ruth TI
Vincent McKee
J. Homer Vincent
John H. Vincent
Myrtle Booth Vincent
Chicago Joint Stock Land Bank
Washington
Iowa
R. H. McCarty
Washington County
Low Dee
Ten Microphones Capture Gershwin Work in Delicious
Ten microphones suspended over a 0-piece orchestra recorded George Gershwin's New York Rhapsody as a symbolically ambitious precursor to Rhapsody in Blue. The multi mike setup solved the fast changes and delicate harmonies beyond a single mic. The piece, paired with songs, supports the Delicious romance starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell at the State theater.
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George Gerswin
George Gershwin
New York
Gershwin
Guy Bolton
Roscoe Ates Faces Competition on Location Set
Roscoe Ates, famed for stutterer persona, encounters rival stammering acts while on location at the Grand Can.
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Roscoe Ates
Grand Can
Rainbow Trail screening stirs town chatter and cinema notes
Town notes a busy day in Washington with highway talk and weather. locals report hog deliveries and a push to employ more workers at Clinton. A crowd at a bridge party discusses Zane Grey’s Rainbow Trail opening at the Fox theater with George O’Brien leading the cast and a large supporting lineup.
Little Atchison girl learns restraint at a party
A little girl with bright golden hair and blue eyes swears despite her parents efforts. After a host warns her hostess, the girl is sent home from a party for profanity, then heard muttering that the party is not tomorrow. Relatives visit a seriously ill Mr. Jake Mayers and others send gifts from Oregon. all listed as former Ainsworth and Washington natives.
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Atchison
Moth
Jake Mayers
Chapin
Madrid
Iowa
Mayers
Lees Summit Business Men Create Polyanna Mood Pact
In Lees Summit Missouri on January 1 a group of businessmen formed a polyanna society to avoid discussing hard times. Each member signs a pledge not to mention gloom and if the mood sours, a fellow member administers a kick in the pants to restore cheer.
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Lees Summit
Polyanna Society
Chinese report urges U S action over Japan treaty claim
A Chinese source relayed to United Press requests the United States take effective steps to prevent further aggravation of tensions with Japan over treaty violations. The full text of the communication was not accessible at the Chinese legation.
Finland votes to repeal 12 year prohibition
Helsinki crowds celebrate as unofficial returns show about 76 percent in favor of repealing the 12 year ban on alcohol. The advisory referendum suggests parliament must act and the government may seek liquor taxes to raise revenue for legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Woman Dies by Suicide In Des Moines
Des Moines report states Mrs. Clara E. Monahan committed suicide by inhaling gas yesterday. The death was recorded as self-inflicted with no further details released.
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Des Moines
Clara E. Monahan
Democrats Aim to Rush Tariff Bill After Holidays
Speaker Garner says Democrats may bring up a tariff bill soon after the holidays and rush it through the House before the tax bill. He spoke after conferences with House leaders and finance experts who handle tariff and tax legislation.
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Washington
Jan
House
Garner
Hindenburg Appeals Forbearance and Equal Security in New Year Message
President Paul von Hindenburg, 84, urged former enemies to show restraint to help Germany recover. He sought equal security with other nations during disarmament talks and recalled his wartime role in repelling the Russians as a national hero.
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Berlin
Paul von Hindenburg
Germany
Reich
America
Six Children Die in Gas Tragedy in Marysville Kitchen
Marysville Michigan January 1 six children died when four year old Phyllis McClure turned on four gas jets while attempting a New Year dinner on her mother’s stove. Mrs Steve McClure returned from work at a salt factory to find the bodies scattered on the kitchen floor.
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Marysville
Mich
Phyllis McClure
Steve McClure
Salt Company
Five Lives Lost in Mississippi Tornado Storms
A January weather outbreak across northern Mississippi left five dead and about forty injured. In Memphis a woman and child were killed, another woman believed fatally injured, and a family of three unaccounted for after heavy winds and a tornado swept the region.
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Magee
Miss
Mississippi
Memphis
Tenn
Nashville railway officials accept 10 percent pay cut
Nashville Tennessee January 1 a 10 percent salary reduction for all officials of the Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway was announced by President James B Hill effective immediately.
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Nashville, Tenn
Nashville, Chattanooga
Chinese Government Sends Treaty Violation Charge
The Chinese government has sent a communication to the state detailing a treaty violation. The message outlines alleged breaches and requests timely response and clarification from the authorities.
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Washington, Jan. 1
Roundup complete as gang leader Nimerick is arrested
Kansas City police report Clyde H. Nimerick, long hunted as the head of a gang that robbed the Interstate National Bank last December of 45000, is in Des Moines police custody. The arrest supposedly ends the roundup with several gang members already behind bars. Authorities seek extradition for the bank robbery warrant outstanding for almost a year.
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Kansas City
Clyde H. “Nimerick
Interstate National Bank
Des Moines
Louis Siegfried
Nimerick
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