Farm and labor unite against big capital in Brookhart speech
Iowa Senator Brookhart told the Labor Day crowd in Taylorville Illinois that farmers and laborers are forming political action to challenge the old guard in both parties. He argued capital profits, high distribution costs, and overcapitalization hand power to big combinations while urging a 50 50 earnings split and restoration of excess profits taxes to fund veterans bonuses.
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Associated Press
Taylorville
Ill
Old Guard
Smith W. Brookhart
Iowa
Central Trades and Labor
Brookhart
Rochdale
Winthrop’s
Salvation Army Picnic At Cedar River Park Draws 200
Two hundred people, mostly children, gathered for a Salvation Army picnic at Cedar River park in Waterloo. Donations funded a full dinner supervised by Adjutant and Mrs. Samson James, with cars and trucks supplied by citizens. The event featured games, a 12 gallon potato salad, 18 gallons of ice cream, bread, and drinks. It was the first such gathering in three years, with Sunday school members and city children attending.
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Salvation Army
Cedar River Park
Waterloo
Samson James
James
Bath Packing Company
Picnic Move From Hanna Homestead to Cedar River Park
A community gathering planned at the Hanna homestead three miles west of town on the Cadar Falls road was moved to Cedar River Park due to prolonged heavy rains feared to flood the woods and disrupt the event.
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Hanna
Cadar Falls
Cedar River Park
Coroner Develops Ill Effects From Glass in Water
County coroner Dr. Smith suffered cramps and throat pain after drinking water Saturday night containing glass. He reported no serious illness and remains at work, while Mrs. Smith identified a glass used in the incident. The medical adviser saw no cause for alarm.
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ND. Smith
Dempsey Firpo Title Bout To Be Radio Broadcast
The Dempsey Firpo heavyweight title bout set for Polo Grounds on Friday night September 14 will be broadcast by WGY Schenectady with ringside wire connection. The New York World boxing authority will provide a round by round punch by punch report.
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Jack Dempsey
Liuls Angel Firpo
Polo Grounds
WGY
General Electric Company
Schenectady
N. Y
Egne
Boxing Authority
New York World
Nine Hurt as Touring Car Leaps Off Embankment
W B Trost of Waterloo Concrete Corp narrowly escaped death when his touring car left Eagle Center road near Culvert Two miles south of Ueelty at 7 46 p m Thursday. The car rolled into a ditch but occupants escaped with injuries to several including Mr Trost who was bruised while two other cars near the scene caused minor flight injuries. The party included Mrs Trost and five children aged two to fifteen along with Margaret Jerce a relative.
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W. B. Tro
Locust Street
Waterloo Concrete Corporation
Ueelty
Eagle ‘Center
Nol
Mr. Trost
Waterloo
Mrs. Trost
Margaret Jerce
Eight Arrested in House Raids for Liquor
Police raided a house at 728 Lafayette Street arresting eight individuals named W. H. Bird R. A. Larson P. Gallagher Ben Frost J. W. Griffith and others. Bertha Pry, operator of the house, escaped by taxi. Griffith and Pry face hearings Tuesday in municipal court.
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W. H. Bird
R.A. Larson
P. Gallagher
Ben Frost
J. W. Griffith
Bertha Pry
Griffith
Melvin J. Turney
Emil Steffens
Poller
Lafayette Street
United States
Jim Anderson
Theodore Jacobes
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Brookwart
Sven
Federal Reserve Board
Banks
Finjoy
John Crane
Dakota
McMaster
South Dakota
Colonel Stewart
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Standard Oil
Pierre
Stewart
Sandard Oil
Standard
Mitchell
The
Standard Oil Company
Michigan Ave
Chicago, Il
Beckman Dawson Roofing Company
West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago
Argo
Detroit
Mich
Dunkelberg, Leeper & Cropper, Inc
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