From Field Service to Sioux City Rackets and Regret
The author recalls World War I Field Service ambulance veterans including Bob Toms and Cogswell, noting seven of the unit’s men have died. He uses their memories to reflect on wasted time and links a Sioux City liquor racket to broader state corruption, arguing for repeal and accountability.
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Bob Toms
C. H. Cogswell
Verdun Front
Gether
France
Sioux City
Des Moines
No. 4
Biggest peacetime appropriation passed by both houses
Washington AP reports Congress approved a 4.88 billion dollar relief and public works bill to end the dole and put 3.5 million employables to work. Senate vote 66 to 13. House 317 to 70. A presidentially directed board will manage funds, with Hopkins Tugwell Ickes and Peebles named as possible members.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Dole
Congress
Senate
Capitol
House
Lee
Harry L.hopkins
Rexford G.tugwell
Ickes
Treasury Procurement Office
Relief Administration
Glass
Howl
Social Security Bill Reported To House
Washington report that the House Ways and Means Committee approved the administration social security bill. The roll stood 17 Democrats in favor, one for, seven Republicans present. The bill will be brought to the House floor next week likely under a gag rule despite Democratic leaders opposing a rushed railroad.
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Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
House
Grandson of Poet Dana Pleads Not Guilty in Morals Charge
Cambridge Massachusetts AP reports Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana, grandson of the famous poet, pled not guilty to a morals charge involving a 16 year old boy and was ordered held for trial in Middlesex County Superior Court.
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Cambridge, Mass
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Dana
Middlesex County Superior Court
The Hard Way of Duty Is the True Freedom
Editorial reflections on choosing duty over personal desire. It argues ties of blood and obligation limit choices yet happiness comes from doing what one ought to do, not what one wants, noting lonely lives and the value of responsible action. Copyright 1935.
Herring may veto tax exemption bill in Iowa
Des Moines AP report notes the rural and city home stead tax exemption bill clearing the Senate 39 to 9 and awaiting Gov. Clyde L. Herring's decision. Supporters say the plan would free up to 2500 of assessed value, costing about 13 million of the 16 million from sales and net income taxes. Opponents warn of financial damage and budget imbalance.
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DES Moines
Statehouse
Clyde L. Herring
Senate
House
Homer Hush
Essex
John~ K*. Valentine
Centerville
Roy Stevens
Ottumwa
Appropriations Committee
Building Collapse Kills Relief Worker in Chicago
A three story building under demolition collapsed late Thursday in Chicago, burying relief worker Louis Waleczek who died from a fractured skull. Companion Patrick Mulhern suffered possible internal injuries and was hospitalized. Five others received treatment and were sent home.
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Chicago
Louis Waleczek
Patrick Mulhern
Hitler to seek ten year freeze on borders at Stresa
Berlin reports say Adolf Hitler will propose preserving Germany's present borders for at least ten years during the three power conference at Stresa next week. The plan, kept secret, will be conveyed through Sir John Simon with a nonaggression pledge as a substitute for an eastern Locarno pact. Simon will also hear two other Hitler offers on arms limits and a Danubian pact. Meanwhile Edouard Benes accepted an invitation to Moscow, expected in May after visits by Laval and Titulescu.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Stresa
Germany
John ‘Simon
der Fuehrer
Simon
Hitler
Will’ Teke
ESA
France
England
Austria
Moscow
INS
Europe
Edouard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Maxim Litvinoff
Benes
Pierre Laval
Nicholas Titulescu
Roumania
Desperado Raymond Hamilton Captured Alive in Texas
Sheriff Smoot Schmid said in a telephone call from Fort Worth that Raymond Hamilton, a fugitive bank robber under death sentence for slaying two prison guards in a penitentiary break, was captured alive with no shot fired. The Dallas News received the call from Grapevine, north of Fort Worth, but no further details were provided.
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Dallas
Tex
Smoot
Schmid
Fort Worth
Raymond Hamilton
Dallas News
Grape Vine
Wild west bandits target Louisiane Limited train
Four young robbers who hijacked the Illinois Central Louisiane Limited near Chicago terrorized 50 passengers. A Pullman conductor called them nervous, a passenger was shot for laughing at commands, and a $7,500 diamond ring was noted among the loot. Police traced the car to Wheaton after abducting Edward Goetzler of Kankakee. the car was abandoned in Chicago.
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Kankakee
Tll
Illinois Central
Louisiane
Wild West Vete
Lea
Stewan
Ed Jolly
Pullman
Chicago
Edward Goetzler
Wheaton
Bank Runner Robbed in Kansas City Lobby Hold Up
A gunman held up Chester Conrad, a 35 year old bank runner, in the lobby of the Commerce Trust Company in Kansas City AP. He was robbed of $6,000 in currency Friday.
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Kansas. City
Chester Conrad
Commerce . Trust Company
Cedar Rapids Gazette Kids Pet Parade Draws 300 Plus
More than 300 community children and their pets prepare for Cedar Rapids Gazette Kids Pet Parade. Dogs cats ponies calves and exotic animals will line Greene’s Square at 9 30 am with marching routes along Third Second and First avenues to the Quaker Oats plant.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Cedar _Rapids
Loopité
Greene's ; Square
Third Avenue
Mbrary
Uae
First Presbyterian Church
Fifth Street
Greene's, Square
Second Street
Second Avenue
First Street
First Avenue
Third
Iowa Theater
War Measures Debated As House Delays Final Vote On Antiwar Bill
Amid debate the House advanced amendments closing stock and commodity exchanges and limiting war profits. A foreign service ban for draftees was added while conscription of labor remained tied to armed service. Senate plans seek harsher controls and possible muster of officers.
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Washington
House
Army
National Guard
Man Jingu
Senate
Roosevelt to End Fishing Cruise Early Next Week
President Roosevelt plans to cut short his fishing voyage and return to Washington early next week. The decision was released from the yacht Nourmahal near the Bahamas, saying he will sail to the Farragut and then take a special train to the capital.
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Miami
Fla
Roosevelt
Washington
Nourmahal
Bahamas
White House
Marvin H. McIntyre
Farragut
Wallace May to deliver Missouri journalism week address
Henry A Wallace, secretary of agriculture, tentatively accepts invitation to give principal address at the University of Missouri's twenty sixth annual journalism week closing banquet on May 3 in Columbia. He would speak at a public gathering the following day.
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Columbia,mo
Henry A.wallace
Secretary of Agriculture
University of Missouri
Wallace
Upside Down Boy Operated On Saturday in Fall River
In Fall River Massachusetts an operation to correct the upside down stomach will be performed on 13 year old Jimmy Neilson of San Jose California. The procedure is set for Saturday at 10 a.m. Dr Philemon E Truesdale announced Friday.
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Fall River
Mass
Jimmy
Neilson
San Jose
Calif
Philemon E. Truesdale
Prince Mike Romanoff Offered Dishwashing Job
New York AP report says probation chief E. Fred Sweet considered a telegram offering the so called Prince Mike Romanoff a dishwasher position in a restaurant at twelve dollars a week. The offer followed a suggestion by the probation officer that the nobleman begin work as part of his program.
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New York
Prince Mike” Romanoff
E. Fred Sweet
Sweet
Sioux City Grand Jury Calls Special Session on Graft
Sioux City district judge F H Rice ordered a special grand jury session to investigate graft and payoffs in Sioux City liquor operations. County attorney Max Duckworth urged a special prosecutor. Duckworth to subpoena Verne Marshall for testimony before the grand jury.
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Grand
H. Rice
Max E
Duckworth
Grand ‘Jury
Rice
W.D
Iowa Liquor Control
Verne
Marshall
Rapids Gazette
Grand “Jury
Sioux City to hear prosecutor appointment by governor
The state grand jury inquiry into Honda in Sioux City prompted Governor Clyde Herring to say an executive council approval is needed for the attorney general appointment. Edward L. O’Connor was not ready to announce his election, as he conferred with the governor Friday night.
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Sioux City
Max’ Duckworth
Des Moines
Duckworth
Caserel
sGeneral
Edward L. Ocons
Honda
Clyde Ts . Herring
O'Connor
Herring
Memory of Attack Blotting Out of Iowa Girl Victim
Helen Kuhl 17 of Pacific Junction High School remains hospitalized in Mercy Hospital after skull fractures from an attack that also killed her sister Edith. Doctors report she has lost all memory of the incident, and the case is under investigation in Council Bluffs.
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Council Bluffs
Edith
Helen Kuhl
Pacific Junction
Mercy Hospital
Labor chief foresees grim summer for job seekers
William Green of the American Federation of Labor warns that spring industrial hiring will not revive next fall. With 11,000,000 unemployed, most work will come through relief programs totaling 4.88 billion dollars. He cites morale risks and notes February’s small employment gain after a September upturn.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
William .Green
A. F. of
Parisian Girl Seduction Suit Against Loew Is Dismissed
The $100,000 seduction case filed by Collette Francois against film executive Arthur M. Loew was dismissed by Supreme Court Justice Aaron Levy after the plaintiff failed to present sufficient evidence. Francois, a 21 year old from Paris, claimed Loew fathered her four year old daughter Catherine and seduced her with promises of a movie career.
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NEW York
Arthur M. Loew
Supreme Court
Aaron Levy
Collette Francois
Mile
Liquor license scandal testimony unfolds in Iowa case
Cedar Rapids attorney Milner testifies before legislative investigators that Smith pressured for a $1,000 payment split between county and state Democratic funds to influence a rectifier license. Milner describes connections to Dubuque and La Crosse figures as the inquiry continues.
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Eet - Company
Dubuque
Cedar: Rapids
Smith's
Smth
Sicense
Democratic
Milner
Leslie
Francis
Sara
Milnee
Smith
Liquor
Democrata
Hiss
Democratic ‘Campaign
Moson
Snow
Waterloo
Floyd E. Page
Joseph Lorenz
LaCrosse
Wis
Lorenz
Milnerj
Cedar , Rapids
Albert Fluckiger
Fluckiger
Democratic Party
Meat Riots Erupt As Pickets Target Butchers In LA
In Boyle Heights police guarded shops after a large picket protest against high meat costs. Thursday night 500 men and women joined a disturbance sparked by two housewives Edith Bernhard and Anna Joseph leaving Shope and Partners.
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Los Angeles
Boyle
Edith Bernhard
Anna
Joseph
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