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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1935
Page
14
A Sioux City investigation outlines extensive protection payments by bar owners to racketeers. Monthly fees range from 65 to 130 dollars, financing illegal beer sales, slot machines, and brothels. Officials and law enforcement are urged to act or risk federal intervention.
The Iowa liquor commission chair ordered leasing of a room for a state liquor store at the request of Linn County Democratic chair Walter Hutchinson. Hutchinson's father owns the building, and the commission's Manley faced criticism for potential dictation by a superior. The piece argues politics skewed public leasing and cites broader concerns about rentals and transportation cost analyses in liquor distribution.
Swiss Foreign Minister Giuseppe Motta condemned Nazi involvement after Berthold Jacob, a German refugee journalist known for exposing German rearma ment, disappeared in Basel and surfaced in a German prison. Wesemann allegedly guided the operation from London via Denmark and the Netherlands to Basel.
Editor Marshall testifies about protection payments rising from 50 to 65 and 100 to 130, accusing crooks on public payrolls and calling for action if liquor laws are not enforced. He cites Ottumwa and Decorah lease abuses tied to political pressure and references Senator Steck in leasing decisions.
G K Thompson said he will not name a successor to Robert W Greene, assistant county attorney killed last Friday at the Montrose hotel. With the March term ending and no juries in May or summer terms, a replacement may be delayed. Thompson noted several applications for the post. The other item notes the coffee market in Brazil stalling after government coffee purchases halted.
Burglars entered the First Avenue Pharmacy at 1002 First Avenue East by forcing a rear window and escaped with a cash box containing $525.89 in cash and checks hidden behind books in the prescription room. Detectives Haberle and Wilson investigated the theft.
The House Ways and Means Committee informally agreed to report favorably the revised Wagner Lewis social security bill after two months of hearings. Formal reporting is delayed until next Wednesday as a final draft is printed. The plan includes federal aid for state unemployment systems with at least twenty weeks of benefits, excluding farm, transient, and domestic labor, and a compulsory old age system with 2 to 6 percent payroll contributions shared by employers and employees.
Investigation showed the store closed at 12 30 a.m. Tuesday and the robbery was discovered at 7 15 a.m. Police were notified by owner Miles Platz. No other items were disturbed. The box held 270 dollars in cash and the rest in checks.
Mary M. Bowman aged 83 died at her home 424 Eighth Avenue SW after a two month illness. Born Ely May 10 1851 she lived in Linn and Johnson counties all her life. Survived by daughters Mrs Jacob W Smith Cottonwood Dakota and Mrs Lewis B Gray Cedar Rapids and sons Ernest Bowman Sheridan and Roland Bowman Mount Vernon. Another son Clarence died eighteen months ago. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
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