Prisoners Pay Iowa Lawyers Over Nine Thousand Dollars
Fort Madison inmates paid attorneys $9 815 03 for parole work from July 1, 1932, to March 31, 1934. Fifty attorneys received funds, including two Cedar Rapids lawyers, with individual payments up to $2 491 98. The report notes fees funded from prison bank deposits and wages, not inmate savings, and cites a prior audit critique of excessive fees.
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Cedar Ramds News
Fort Madison
Iowa
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Esposito
G. S. Worden
Olive Johnson
Sylvester Miller
James E. Patterson
Patterson
Brooks
Stacey
Sioux City
Johnson to Let NRA Licensing Power Lapse
Washington AP reports plans by the National Emergency Council to use funds to stimulate construction and heavy goods industries with Hugh Johnson administering alongside the NRA. Johnson notes the licensing power would lapse after June 15, and no decision on concrete actions for heavy industries has been made. Government credit remains a core element to revive industries unable to be aided by NRA methods. Housing and wage hour revisions are also moving forward.
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Washington
National Emergency Council
Hugh §. Johnson
NRA
Johnson
Congress
The Ill Patient Fights Back Against Empty Comfort
A reader recounts two years of illness and the pain of fluttering well meant phrases. Tracts and letters offered little solace until she resolved to fight, comparing her struggle to drawn swords at heaven’s gates and hoping future letters would speak to the ill with real substance.
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Nike
Janother
Five Lives Lost in Wisconsin Floods
Torrential rains swollen creeks flooded northwest Wisconsin causing five deaths and major damage. A washout near Hudson killed three trainmen Jesse Utter C. W. Lange Glen Parle. Myrtle Rowe drowned near Eau Claire. Leonard Apel drowned near Spring Valley. The derailment followed weakened tracks on the St. Croix river washout.
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Menomonie
Wis
Wisconsin
Hudson
Myrtle Rowe
Eau Claire
Stout University
Elk Creek
Spring Valley
Leonard Apel
St. Croix
Jesse Utter
Minneapolis
C. W. Lange
St. Paul
Glen Parle
Indictments over Dillinger escape in Crown Point
Ernest Blunk fingerprint expert and Sami Cahoon jail employee were indicted on charges of aiding John Dillinger and Herbert Youngblood in the March 3 escape. The grand jury issued a 3000 word censure of county officials for neglect and cowardice, faulting guards and officials but not Sheriff Holley.
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Crown Point
Ind
INS
Ernest Blunk
Lake County Criminal Court
Sami Cahoon
John Dillinger
Herbert Youngblood
William J. Murray
The
Criminal Court
William Schroeder
Lake County Council
Dillinger
Indiana State Penitentiary
Lillian Holley
Murray
Schroeder
Robert G. Estill
John Hudak
Ury
Dillinger Search Centered as Car Tied to Pair Found
Chicago police traced John Dillinger and his companion John Hamilton after a car believed to be Dillinger’s was found near a north side station. The hunt intensified as investigators pursued leads across the city.
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Chicago
INS
John Dillinger
Indiana
John Hamilton
Dillinger
North Side
Brookhart Suggests Soviet Model Draws Silent AAA Fire
Washington officials said former Senator Smith W Brookhart a top Farm Administration adviser on eastern European trade offered a personal view that the United States could learn from the Soviet Union The comment drew muted responses from Rexford Tugwell and Henry A Wallace with Davis seeking guidance before comment Brookhart’s status with the AAA remained unclear.
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Washington
Farm Administration
Smith W. Brookhart
United States
Soviet Union
Iowan
AAA
George_N.Peek
Peek
Rexford G. Tugwell
Brookhart
Henry A. Wallace
Chester C. Davis
Wallace
Calls Washington Radical
Former Senator Brookhart describes George Washington as advocating world revolution and compares him to Stalin, suggesting shared ideas. He asserts a plot by “brain trusters” linked to the Wirt affair and notes a House committee to investigate, referencing Washington’s Farewell Address.
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Washington
William A. Bell
Gopyright
ULP
Smith W. Brookhart
George Washington
Stalin
Bye
William Geary
Kerensky
House
Wirt
Papal Bull Extends Holy Year To Sunday After Easter
The Pope issued a bulletin extending Holy year worldwide from April 8 to the Sunday after Easter 1935. He celebrates the 19th centenary of redemption and urges indulgences, church unity, and prayers for peace and the spread of the Catholic faith. The bull also condemns militant atheists as dangerous to religion and civilization. The Pope will lead a solemn service at St Peter's.
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Vatican City
St. Peter's
Insull Seeks Legal Rule After Appeal Fails in Turkey
Samuel Insull renounced US citizenship claiming British status as he faced extradition to the United States on fraud charges. Turkish authorities rejected his appeal and prosecutors said no further appeal was allowed. Washington thanked Turkey for turning over the fugitive Chicago financier to US authorities.
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Istanbul
Samuel Insull
United States
America
Chicago
U. S
Kenan Bey
Insull
Department of Justice
Washington
INS
Turkey
Samuel Insul
Hull
Robert P Skinner
Angora
Refund Fourth Liberty Loans at 3 1/4 Percent Interest
The U S government offered to refund about 1.25 billion dollars of Fourth Liberty Loan bonds maturing soon with new 10 to 12 year bonds at 3 1/4 percent. About 244 million in Treasury notes due May 2 will be settled in cash. Exchange promises no rise in the national debt, with cash balances and market conditions guiding the move.
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Washington
Liberty Loan
Treasury
Fei
Roos Sota Cot Ir
Five States Back Milk Control Plan Endorsement
Milk producers from Indiana Illinois Kentucky Michigan and Ohio voted three to one to endorse the Agricultural Adjustment Administration plan to curtail milk production and sales. The decision came at the close of a two day meeting in Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Illinois
Kentucky
Michigan
Ohio
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Four State Dairy Parley Favors Killing of Cows
Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri dairy men at Des Moines debate reductions through slaughter and processing taxes. Majority favor using tax funds for bonuses on cows sent to slaughter and quicker bovine disease eradication, with demand for simple contracts and definite per cow benefits.
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Rat F. Anderson
Gasetto Farm
Kansas City
Iowa
AAA
Des Moines
Kansas
Collins Hearing To Be Resumed April 17
The $4,000,000 foreclosure suit against Collins Farms of Cedar Rapids by Equitable Life Assurance Society will resume in Des Moines on April 17. The hearing was recessed ten days due to illness of Federal Chancellor F. F. Faville. it began September 12.
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Des Moines
Collins Farms Company
Cedar Rapids
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the
United States
F. F. Faville
Faville
Gazette Farm Editor Ray Anderson Profile and Farm Section
Ray Anderson, the Gazette's farm editor, is described as a lifelong eastern Iowa farmer by birth and temperament. The piece notes his 28 page farm section and his decades of reporting on farmer concerns and leadership, recalling his popular "Out on the Acres" interviews that captured rural sentiment and foretold political shifts in the countryside.
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Ray Anderson
Gazette
Iowa
The
Ray
Mississippi
New Deal Ballot Test Opens in April Nationwide
AP report outlines an April start for a nationwide ballot box test of the new deal. Illinois holds the first primaries shaping a seven month election cycle across six states. Vying for governorships and Senate seats, Republicans hope off year trends favor them, Democrats expect Senate gains offset House losses.
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Washington
Illinois
House
Senate
Rainey
White House
New York
Illinois House
South Dakota
Alabama
Guard accused by parents of Lysinger at Clarinda hospital
Testimony opened an official inquiry into mistreatment at the Clarinda state hospital for the insane after the death of Smith Lysinger 26. Coroner Rogers urged autopsy. witnesses described beatings and filthy conditions while hospital officials disputed the charges. Lysinger was nephew of a Mormon church leader.
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Clarinda
Clarinda State Hospital
Smith Lysinger
M. W. Rogers
Decatur County
State Board of Control
Lysinger
Rosa Harden
Leon
State Hospital
Rogers
Miss Harden
Earl Houston
Smith
Houston
Lamont
H. M. Hills
White
Woods
Robberies Hit Coe College Dorms For Second Time
Police investigated a second raid at Voorhees hall the Coe college women's dormitory. Seven students lost about $8 in noon-hour thefts. Victims included Laura Clock Laura Clock Virginia Drake Anna Mae Sexton Suzanne Howard Genevieve Huskey and Lucretia Lillie. Detectives expected a quick solution.
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Cedar Rapide News
Voorhees Hall
Coe College Women
Earl Stanley
Lucretia Lillie
Avon
Laura Clock
Hampton
Clock
Sexton
Huskey
Stanley
Sleuths Guilty in Counterfeit Case in Federal Court
Milton C Werling and cousin Clarence Kintz were found guilty on three counts involving possession purchasing and conspiracy to pass counterfeit money. Sentencing tentatively set for April 17 after an investigation into Werling family traits. Both on $3,000 bond. Werling a Indiana circuit clerk from Adams County.
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Chicago
Milton Charles Werling
Indiana
Clarence Kintz
Philip Sullivan
Werling
Uberty
Adams County
Fort Wayne
Sullivan
Wallace To Speak In Nebraska Arbor Day Address
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace will address an Arbor Day gathering in Nebraska City on April 23. The event is sponsored by the American Legion and Wallace plans to cover topics beyond trees in his remarks.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Nebraska City
Neb
American Legion
Wallace
No Ruling On Marking Goods To Include Sales Tax
Retailers may mark goods to include the state sales tax. No rule exists barring this practice or requiring separate tax listing, says State Senator Frank C. Byers, who corrected a previous Chamber of Commerce bulletin. Byers learned from Senator John Foster that the board has not issued an arbitrary ruling on tax-inclusive markings.
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Cedar Rapids News
State Board of Assessment and Review
Frank C. Byers
Mercantile Bureau
Cedar Rapids
John Foster
Board of Assessment and Review
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