Townsend Cash Trail Opens in Pension Probe
House investigators reopened focus on Old Age Revolving Pensions in Los Angeles where Dr. Townsend and followers raised about $1,700 for a third party. Witnesses testified the DARP funds were not moved into the main plan and that accounting was incomplete needing tens of thousands to complete.
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Sheridan Downey
Townsend
Bell
California
DARP
John Bloodsworth
Detroit Public
Cedar Rapids Students Shine At District Music Meet
Waterloo Cedar Rapids high school students earned seven superior ratings at the district meet securing spots in the state contest. Readouts include solo performances by Elaine Kennison Eunice Ryan and Alvin Hurt plus various chamber and instrumental groups from Cedar Rapids Waterloo and Cedar Falls.
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Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo East
Elaine Kennison
Waterloo West
Selma_Wagner
Eunice Ryan
Wilson
Alvin Hurt
McKinley
Virginia Harman
Franklin
Margaret Victorine
Dorothy Li
Vinton
Fairbank
Mary Williams
Toledo
Mabel Elston
Vernon Guttenfelder
Superior
Cedar Falls
High
Joy Wright
Stansgar
Viola Lorenzen
Oelwein
Miriam Catlin
Charles City
Elsie Sorenson
Waterloo West High
Margaret Leeman
Dorothy Tostlebe
Waterloo East High
Phil Ritchie
John McCoy
Robert McCowan
Elaine Moll
Bob Smythe
Excellent
New Hampton
Harry Gundacker
Irene King
Waverly
As Ellis
Good
Flute So Buque
Rosalie Radle
Margaret Lehman
Grundy Center
Bob Willoughby
To Follansbee
Cresco
James Robertson
Cornet Solo
Tronia
Charles Maertz
Postville
Lloyd Lehman
Indict Slain Chicago Doctor by Four Youths
Four youths admitted to murdering Dr. Silber C. Peacock child specialist during a mercy call in December. Indictments returned in Chicago name Robert Goethe Durland Nash Emil Beck all 19 and Michael Livingston 17 who confessed to the crime and to 50 other robberies with three also linked to a similar slaying.
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Chicago
Silber C. Peacock
Robert Goethe
Durland Nash
Emil Beck
Michael Livingston
London's oldest bank Hoare's with 1633 receipt found
The history note identifies Hoare's as London’s oldest bank with a 1633 receipt showing money deposited there by Lawrence Hoare a goldsmith. The record emphasizes the uncertain exact age yet confirms early banking activity linked to the Hoare family.
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London
Hoare
Lindbergh Case Drews New Wendel Angles At Last Minute
In Trenton New Jersey 1936 AP report says Bruno Hauptmann defense counsel pressed to convene a Hunterdon grand jury to indict Paul Wendel for the Lindbergh baby kidnapping arguing Wendel alone may be guilty. Mercer County grand jury had declined an indictment and the execution date looms tonight. Governor Hoffman and Attorney General Wilentz weigh further delays as warden Kimberling proceeds with preparations for Hauptmann's execution.
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptman
Mercer County Grand Jury
C. Lloyd Fisher
Hunterdon
Paul H. Wendel
Bruno Hauptmann
Anthony M. Hauck, Jr
Hauptmann
Hauck
Wilentz
Fisher
Thomas W. Trenchard
David T. Wilentz
Mark O. Kimberling
Attorney General’s Office
Wendel
Mercer County
Hunterdon County
Trenchard
Hauptman
Harold G. Hoffman
Mercer Grand Jury
Col. Kimberling
Paul Wendel
Lindbergh
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Grand
Justices of the Peace
Grand Jury
Erwin Marshall
Allyne Freeman
Kimberling
Hoffman
Bronx
Carpenter
Gov. Hoffman
Attorney General
Haupt
Flemington
Princeton
Democrats Name Their Delegates
In Des Moines the state Democratic convention named eight at large delegates and elected Louis Murphy N G Kraschel Mrs W L Etter S Birmingham Ed Breen J J Hughes E W McManus R F Mitchell to the national slate. Caucuses earlier chose 36 national convention delegates with half votes and set district picks including Gov Herring and Rep Utterback for the Sixth District.
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Davenport
W. H. Carroll
Clinton
Frank Schwartz
Jackson County
C. J. Cash
Anamosa
Walter Balluff
Edward Breen
Fort Dodge
J. R. Bahne
Eldora
W. ©. Scrimgour
Belle Plaine
Horace van Metre
Waterloo
Marion Martin
Erwin Larson
Charles City
Hearst R. Duncan
Osage
William McArthur
Mason City
E. R. O’brien
Oelwein
Dr. Ge
N. Thompson
Jesup
W. R. Garland
New Hampton
L. J. Erhardt
Elkader
M. X. Geske
McGregor
Des Moines
INS
Louis Murphy
Dubuque
N. G. Kraschel
Harlan
W. L. Etter
Sigourney
S. H. Birmingham
Ed Breen
J. J. Hughes
E. W. McManus
Burlington
R. F. Mitchell
Iowa
Philadelphia
Clyde L. Herring
Hubert Utterback
Glenn Kenderdine
Town City
Frank Louden
Fairfield
Alex Miller
Washington
J. C. Pryor
P. L. Metcalf
Nichols
J. P. Gaffney
Williamsburg
Rachel Wormhoudt
Mount Pleasant
Martin Shortal
Wilbur Dole
Electric chair readied for Hauptmann in Trenton
The electric chair at state prison was tested again and readied for Bruno Hauptmann. Warden Kimberling stated execution would proceed tonight pending legal advice from the attorney general. Hauptmann appeared nervous and low in spirits as authorities prepared for the night.
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Trenton
N. J
State Prison
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Mark O. Kimberling
Robert Elliott
Hauptmann
Kimberling
David T. Wilentz
Lindbergh
Final pleas in Horton murder trial stir jurors
Floyd Horton's defense urged jurors to spark moral law and doubt the state's murder charge. Attorney James A. Lucas portrayed Anna Johnston as Ella Horton's killer and suggested she manipulated Floyd for his wealth and an inheritance. He argued Horton had no proven motive and blamed the adulterous claimant.
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Bedford
Floyd Horton
James A. Lucas
Roger Warin
Horton
Flander
Lucas
Anna Johnston
Ella Horton
Floyd
Anna
Alaska Pulpwood Output Could Meet Large US Newsprint Demand
Alaska can yield 1,500,000 cords of pulpwood each year, convertible into 1,000,000 tons of newsprint, representing more than a quarter of the United States' current annual consumption. The note highlights Alaska as a major potential supplier for national paper needs.
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Alaska
United States
Great Western Opposes Breakup of Minneapolis and St. Louis
Chicago Great Western Railroad announced it would oppose the Associated Railways bid to dismember the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad before the Interstate Commerce Commission. The filing aims to split the line. hearings start Monday in Minneapolis. The Great Western cites long study and broad regional opposition from 100 communities and state and business leaders.
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Chicago
Chicago Great Western Railroad Company
Associated Railways Company
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Minneapolis
The
Great Western
Midwest
P. H. Joyce
Minneapolis and St. Louis
Chambers of Commerce
St. Louis
Iowa City Man Faces Local Check Charge
Marion Thompson a 25 year old with Iowa City address was returned to Cedar Rapids from Montezuma Thursday at 5 30 p m by Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon to face a false check charge. He is alleged to have given a bad check for 49 44 to a Marion man. A warrant was issued by Justice J Grunewald. Thompson was said to have received a six months suspended jail sentence on a check charge at Montezuma Thursday. He was lodged in the county jail.
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Marion Thompson
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Montezuma
Larry Condon
Thompson
Marion
Justice J. Grunewald
Condon
Delmar Journal Sold to Fred J. Barton
Fred J. Barton of Clinton, editor of the Merry War, has leased the Delmar Journal and printing business from O. W. Babcock and will take possession April 1. Babcock plans a summer westward trip.
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Delmar
Fred J. Barton
Clinton
Delmar Journal
O. W. Babcock
Babcock
Wind Storm Ravages South City Farm Hub
A violent windstorm in the southern district toppled four inch beams through stone, snapped telephone poles, and hurled cars into yards. It lifted two brick factories aloft and destroyed homes, injuring Mrs. John W. Sparrow and her daughter Edna trapped under a roof beam. A gas line ignited debris and a death from a live wire occurred as darkness halted rescue.
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el Moro Cigar Company
George C. Brown Cedar
Blue Bell Overall Company
John W. Sparrow
Edna
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Star Chamber
Ellis Parker
Princeton University
Harold W. Dodds
University
Charles R. Erdman, Jr
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