Rosenwald Averts Margin Calls for Sears Employees
Julius Rosenwald, head of Sears Roebuck, reportedly arranged to protect employees’ margin accounts during a bear market. Higgins, vice president, coordinated with brokers to add collateral where needed, while many workers would not require aid. The plan echoes a prior move in 1921.
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Chicago
The
Herald and Examiner
Julius Rosenwald
Sears Roebuck Co
Robert E. Wood
Higgins
Herald
Examiner
Rosenwald
Buying Zone Stocks At Present Levels
Industry leaders state investments remain favorable as prices hold in a buying zone. Executives like L Blake and H Booth note the need for patience while and United States financial corp shows substantial purchasing activity amid solid general business conditions.
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L. Blake
Fatistics
H. Booth
Thenity
Tytertatta Robert
Binkerd
United.” States
Financial Corporation
Community Fund Goal Tonight Set for Waterloo Agencies
Tentative budgets for six welfare agencies of the city will be submitted to Waterloo Community Fund directors at today’s 4:20 p.m. meeting in campaign headquarters. Budgets will be coordinated and possibly revised, with a total goal set.
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Community Fund
Directors
Waterloo
D4totel
Funeral services for Mrs G Haffa Abilene
Funeral services for Mrs G Haffa of Abilene Kansas, formerly of Waterloo, who died Tuesday afternoon at Topeka hospital after a long illness from paralysis. Burial at Fairyiew. The body to arrive tonight with husband Adda Monahan. Surviving include son Harold G Haffa, sister Mrs Robert Newsome, and three grandchildren Robert Gordon and Mary Louise Haffa. Also notes on Alice Whyman of Waterloo and funeral details with Rev O M Yag By and Rev Alexander English.
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S. TH. Waffa
G. HR. Haffa
Abilene
Kan
Adda
Monahan
H. Haffa
Pella
Waterloo
Haifa
Methodist Church
Harold G. Hiatia
Quincy Street
Robert Newsome
Commercial Street
Robert, Gordon
Mary Louise Haffa
Tetloo Se
Business calm despite stock crash and raids
Washington reports Dr Julius Klein says American business remains sound amid stock decline. A Federal raid on the Colony Vintage company seized grape juice testing high alcohol content and kegs labeled for Damrosch. Judge declares the case involved unlawful production of intoxicating liquor.
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Grape
Damrosch
Walter Damrosch
New York City
Dillon
William Davis
U. S
Burke
Davis
United States
Arthur R. Gould
Maine
Gowd
Colony Vintage Company
Reporters Go to Jail for Hiding Names of Capital Bootleggers
Washington Oct 30 Three Washington Times reporters Garman Hendricks age 32 Linton Burketts 30 and Jack Nevin 24 were sentenced to 45 days in jail by the District of Columbia Supreme Court for contempt of court after refusing to reveal names of alleged bootleggers to a federal grand jury. City editor Dan OConnell initially declined then named the reporters on counsel advice. he was not sentenced.
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Washington
D.C
Washington Times
District 1 of Columbia Supreme
Stu See
Peyton Gordon
Dan O'Connell
the Times
O'Connell
Loop Fire Destroys Part Of John R Thompson Building
Chicago October 30 Hundreds of firefighters battled a blazing eight story Thompson building on West Madison Avenue as residents from the Morrison and Grant hotels fled smoke. The fire took two hours to control with damage estimated at about 50000 dollars.
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Chicago
John R.thompson
West Madison Street
Loop
Morrison Hotel
Grant Hotel
Thompson
Woman carried 500 feet by tornado near Houston
A tornado on the edge of Houston injures one man fatally perhaps and wounds two women and two men. About six houses, barns, and outbuildings are wrecked as residents survive the storm. A woman remained in bed as the wreckage passed, witnesses report. Mr J A Marty and Mrs Marlin escape largely unhurt. Mrs Marlin suffers probable internal injuries.
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Houston
Tex
J. A. Marthy
Cath
Marlin
Tescuera
Lost Plane Down In Gale Flies On To Albuquerque
A Western Air Express plane piloted by James Doles landed safely near Albuquerque after 30 hours overdue. Five aboard including Allary Barrie, Oiloty Britten, Dr. A W Ward, and W E Merz endured a snowstorm and shelter finds before refueling in Arizona and reaching the field. The crew described shelter, food, and a night by a cabin before takeoff as weather cleared.
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Albuquerque
N.M
James ¥. Doles
Doles
Allary C. Barrie
Rp- Oiloty
R. L. Britten
A. W. Ward
San Praneises
W. BE. Merz
Mount Vernon
N.Y
Los Angeles
Arizona
Tracheda
N. M
Bessie Mason
Kuhn declines GOP post over divided reception
New York date October news reports Otto H. Kahn declined the treasurer post of the Republican senatorial campaign committee after a dinner announcing his selection drew a divided response. In a letter to Senator Moses he cited liberal views and said he was not the right man for the job.
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New York
Otto H. Kahn
George H. Moses
New Hampshire
Jeremian Milbank
Claudius
Huston
Paign
Peaves
Kahn
Moses
Wall Street
Uberal
Iowa Society of Ghurgh Workers Convention Opens in Independence
Independence Oct 30. Buchanan county hosts a state convention of the Iowa Society of Ghurgh Workers. First in county history, Independence shows 100 percent local representation at the opening banquet. State officials and area speakers addressed the gathering including Mrs Carrie Harter and Mrs F J Mansfield. The convention resumes this afternoon with registration expected to rise from 1. The meeting closes Thursday evening.
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Courter
Independence
Buchanan County
Carrie Hartér
Buchanan
Here
F. J. Mansfield
Davenport
Kate Cowling Hall
Buck
Keokuk
N.S. Prye
L. A. Miller
Ht. H. Tidd
North Iowa Bus Franchises Clash At Hearing
In Charles City a Railroad Commissioner hearing spotlighted lack of co-ordinated schedules between Red Ball Transportation and Jefferson Highway Transport. Jefferson seeks franchise rights from Osage to points south of Charles City. Red Ball covers routes into Charles City area, not Osage. Local operators Helen Schultz Brewer and Don Brewer attended, testifying public transit would improve if Osage and nearby points could link to southern routes.
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Red Ball Transportation Company
Jefferson Highway Transportation Company
Charles City
Jefferson
Iowa
Waterloo
Gedar Rapids
B. M. Richardson
Jefferson Company
Commission
Osage
Floyd
St. Ansgar
Mitcheall
M. A. Welsh
Ilinois Central
Charies City
W. W. Quaintanee
Minneapolis
Walsh
B. J. Drummond
Mason City
Don M. Brewer
Red Ball Company
Dry Referendum Proposed on Census Poll
Washington Oct 30 An amendment to the census law would direct enumerators to ask every citizen over 21 whether he favors modification of the Volstead act Representative Schafter Republican Wisconsin announced the plan as a national referendum with little government cost
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Judge Anderson to Quit Beach November First
Des Moines reports 49th District Judge F L Anderson of Marton Linn county submitted resignation to Governor Hammill effective November 1. He cites plans to join a Cedar Rapids law partnership with G J Lynch. Governor Hammill will name a Linn county successor shortly.
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Bes Moines
F. L. Anderson
Marton
Linn County
Hammill
Anderson
Cedar Rapids
G J. Lynch
Temperatures Tuesday through Wednesday Readings
Weather data lists Tuesday maximum and minimum values with unclear notes for Wednesday. Readings include a Tuesday high around 0 to 5 and a Tuesday night low near 46, followed by garbled Wednesday morning figures and a 3 pm entry, all from the same station.
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Iif A. m
Dentists Gather in District Meet in Black's Tearoom
Thirty five dentists from Seventh district of Ione Dental society met in Black's tearoom. Programs included a lecture on Dentleo by Dr J Jensen Cedar Falls and a paper on Space Maintenance by Dr H D Keeler Des Moines. Emory O West Des Moines led a clinic on Wax Pattern Investing Elimination and Casting of Gold Inlays. Business meeting and officers election at 5 pm dinner at 6:30. Dr A Colson Marshal town is president. Dr W Robertson secretary. Dr L Co Hemsworth treasurer, all Waterloo. Dr J G Hildebrand Waterloo serves state executive committee member from Seventh district.
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Ione Dental Society
J. Jensen
Cedar Falls
H. D. Keeler
Des Moines
Emory O. West
A. Colson
Marshaltoyn
District Society
W. Robertson
L. Co. Hemsworth
Waterloo
J. G. Hildebrand
Fog halts flyers in Chicago air mail delay
Fog blankets Chicago district stopping air mail operations and halting flying activity. City Clerk Short reports no flights today. In Clear Lake, Indiana, $8461.88 shortage found in former clerk G W Moeller's books by examiners Sloan and Wehach after completing their audit.
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Chicago
Clear Lake
G. W. Moeller
G, G. Sloan
T. ©. Wehach
Mrs Flora Girton Waterlooo pioneer dies at 79
Mrs Flora Girton 79 widow of James L Girton longtime Waterloo resident died at her Washington home. She came with her husband to Waterloo in pioneer days and was active in social and literary circles. Funeral Thursday at 1 30 at O Keefe Towne Congregational church burial at Fairyfew cemetery beside her husband. Her daughter Mrs Bert Walker and son in law attended.
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Alice Wigor
Flora Girton
James L. Girton
Matt Parrott
Idwa State Reporter
Waterloo
Washington, D. C
BaAper
Sudher
E.L
Gorton
Third Avenue West
Jenwie Girton Walker
Bert Walker
O'Keefe & Towne
William Hardcastle
City
Girton
Congregational Church
EL O
D A. R
M. B
Third Street
Washington
Norris Announces Re Election Stand
Nebraska senator George W. Norris declares his bid for re election amid clashes with the Republican machine in Nebraska. He cites an outside alliance and names Samuel R. McKelvie as the challenger, saying principles of government are challenged.
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Washington, D. C
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Senate
Norris
Alfred &. South
Samuel R. McKelvie
Farm Board
MecKelyte
Philosopher Durant Attacks Democracy at UI Tonight
Will Durant, famed philosopher, argued at the University of Iowa that modern democracy grew from the Industrial Revolution but now lacks free land and individual independence. He warned democracy breeds corruption and heavy machinery and urged that only political science graduates be allowed to hold public office.
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Iowa City
U.R
University of Iowa
Will Durant
Durant
Several Hundred at P and T Convention in Iowa
Several hundred delegates registered for the Iowa Congress of Parents and Teachers three day convention opening in Des Moines. Tomorrow featured addresses by prominent P T A members and officials while today covered reports and district caucus luncheons and the president’s annual address.
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Des Moles
Iowa Congress of Parents and
N Oon
Federal Agents Seek Traveling Bootlegger Route
Federal prohibition agents in western Iowa and Sioux City pursue a traveling bootlegger they believe uses a van or truck to move a mash setup. Discoveries near Westfield pointed to big mash stations, with the vehicle suspected of overnight stops to supply bootleg operations before moving to other sectors.
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Sioux City
Federal ‘Prohibition
Towa
Westfield
Ritual relief corps session features district convention
In La Porte City on October 30, the Women's Relief Corps district convention opened with ritual work as the highlight. One opening session drew 101 attendees. Cedar Falls led visitors with 26 delegates, followed by Waterloo with 18. Committees on resolutions and press were announced, and Rev. D W Morgan delivered the welcome.
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la Porte City
Women's Relief
Corps
Cedar Falls
Watersoo
Anna Kistner
Waterloo
Rose Wild
Ethel Cave
Janesville
Lou Schrack
Parkersburg
Ora Brust
Ida Alderman
D. W. Morgan
First Presbyterian Church
Daisy Harmon
New Hartford
Lotte Fick
Kistner
Portland
Curtle Igon
la Porte
Independence
Cave
Thease
Waverly
Grundy Center
Cedar Halls
Front Independence
Grundy Attacks Farmers and Wisconsin at Senate Grill
On page one an exchange shows Grundy denouncing farmers as lucky and charging theft by Pennsylvania industries. He claims millions invested in Pennsylvania and accuses Wisconsin of wrecking the Coolidge nomination while La Follette is cited as a grievance. Chairman Caraway dismisses the remarks as the committee adjourns until tomorrow.
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Grundy
Pennsylvania
Sand
Caraway
Arkansas
Supreme Court
Grumdy
Wisconsin
Coolidge
Cleveland Republian
Robert M. LaFollette
Four Cases Cholera in Swine Herds Near Waterloo
Veterinary practitioners report losses from infectious diseases across eastern Iowa during the past week. Swine diseases include flu in swine in Calamus Stockton Anamosa Victor Lost Nation Wilton and mixed infections in Welton Ryan Delmar.
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Calamus
Stockton
Ananinsa
Victor
Los Nation
Wilton
Welton
Ryan
Delmar
Marehalltown
Mowitt
Big Rock
Hudson
Lost Nation
Blairstown
Watkins
Lowdon
Hogholera
Washington
Tracy
Chutier
Garrison
Waterloo
Dike
Vinton
Clarence
Vernon
Tipton
Keystone
Cedar Falls
Iowa City
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Lafayette Street
First Baptist
James Conley
Gay
W. G. Conley
West Virginia
Gertrude Laing
John Gkisworthy
Gilbert E. Chesterton
Julius Klein
Beneral
Hoover
Federal Reserve Board
Altho
Mellon
Reserve Bank
Tydings
Mary~ Lend
Democratic National
Krontegl
Bven
Klein
St. Louis
United States Prohibition
Prohibition
Jamaica
Sini F, Jones
Dawson
D. ’ Arch Bertier
Fowler
A. He Peterson
Beaver
W. Dale Boyd
Celeste
M. Welsenberger
Waterson
Lamont
Iowa Society OF Ghurgh Workers
King’s Daughters
Grand Jury
Aimee
Aimee Semple McPherson
Harriet Jordan
Four-Square Gospel Church
Angelus Temple
Britain
North
Red Ball
London
British Admiralty
Chatham
Portsmouth
Devonport
Tyneside
Admiralty
Aitho
MacDonald
Charles G. Ammon
America
Finsl
Columbia
Jack Dempsey
JL. Baton
Philosopher Derides
P.&t
Grinnell
Merrit Simcoke
Grinnell College
Superior
Puls
Simcoke
Algona
GC. R. Conway
Garner
O. J. K. Leck
Whittemore
Council Bluffs
U.P
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
Farcat
Relief Corps
on _ Senate Grill
Sheridan Road
Lester W. Miller
Ath Ploncer Bldg
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