Hoffman pushes full probe of Lindbergh case in New Jersey
Gov. Harold G. Hoffman announces he will press a complete truth investigation into the Lindbergh kidnap murder. He says Hauptmann may not be guilty alone or at all, and vows no regrets until the full story is uncovered. Spitz of Chicago, who claimed ransom money, travels east with Bernard Finnigan as Hoffman's inquiry looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Hauptmann
East
Spitz
Stephen Spitz
Chicago
Hoffman
New York
Second Trial of Louis Clay Opens
The state opened the second murder trial of Louis Clay in Iowa City prompting jury selection. Prosecutor E A Baldwin plans to call Mabel Davis, Clay's ex wife and the sole known witness, who testified she was forced to marry him. The 1934 life sentence was overturned by the Iowa supreme court due to Davis being an accomplice and needing corroboration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Louis Clay
Clay
George J. Folsom
E. A. Baldwin
Mabel Davis
Miss Davis
James P. Gaffney
Iowa Supreme Court
Davis
Brewer Estate Pays Inheritance Tax in Des Moines
The Luther A. Brewer estate, former Cadet Rapids publisher, paid a $4,999 state inheritance tax on a valuation of $44,909 in Des Moines on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Luther A. Brewer
Cadet Rapids
Legion Auxiliary Hosts Child Welfare Day Safety Talk
Mount Vernon event marked child welfare day with Kermit Rhoades of the highway patrol giving an address at a high school assembly attended by all students. Parents were invited as guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Local Legion Auxiliary
Kermit Rhoades
Highway Patrol
New Rupture Method Offers Free $3.50 Truss
An advert from Kansas City promotes a doctor’s rupture treatment that eliminates leg straps belts and pads. It offers a 30 day trial and a free $3.50 truss if you try it, with refund and return details if unsuccessful. The offer invites ruptured men and women to write E. O. Koch for the trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
E. O. Koch
Koch Bldg
Main St
James A. Snyder Funeral to Be Held Tuesday
Funeral services for James A. Snyder pioneer shoe merchant who died Saturday will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Turner chapel with Dr. Robert Little officiating. The body will go to Morrison Illinois for graveside rites at 2 30 p.m. conducted by Rev. Mr. Perry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Snyder
Turner Chapel
Robert Little
Morrison, Ill
Mr. Perry
High Court Rules In Securities Case
The Supreme Court rules that a stop order suspends all actions under a registration statement after the Securities and Exchange Commission issues it. Jones sought to withdraw the statement before its withdrawal was denied, and the court found no basis for arbitrary denial and no provision granting such withdrawal power. The ruling discusses liability under the act and the SEC's authority in stop order proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Commission
Supreme Court
Securities Commission
Herald-Tribune Wins Typographical Trophy Permanently
The New York Herald-Tribune won permanent possession of the Francis Wayland Ayer cup for typographical excellence at Philadelphia after its sixth annual exhibition. The Herald-Tribune previously captured the cup in 1931 and 1934. New York Times and Washington Post placed second and third in the large-paper division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
New York Herald-Tribune
Francis Wayland Ayer
N. W. Ayer and Son, Inc
Herald-Tribune
New York Times
Washington Post
Christian Science Monitor
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Newark Evening News
Dallas Morning News
Baltimore Sun
Detroit News
Minneapolis Journal
Nashville Banner
Milwaukee Journal
Trenton
N. J
Evening Times
Wilmington, del
Journal
Sheboygan
Wis
Press
el Paso, Tex
Mental Scientist Takes Poison After Family Quarrel
Gomer Hughes, 45, a self described mental scientist who dispensed advice on love business and domestic relations through rural papers killed himself with poison Saturday night after a family quarrel, announced Sheriff B R Williams in Macon Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
B. R. Williams
Gomer Hughes
France eyes peace by force plan for a European army
French foreign minister Pierre-Etienne Flandin led a cabinet session approving a proposal for a European army under the league of nations to enforce decisions. The plan seeks regional mutual assistance pacts and a unified force, with Russia included but distant regions excluded to avoid global troop commitments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
League of Nations
Flandin
Italy
League of Nations’ “Committee of 13
Geneva
Europe
Germany
France
Adolf Hitler
Rhineland
League
Andre Tardieu
European Commission
Hitler
Russia
Asia
Africa
Council Sworn IX Delays Appointments and Returns Kruidenier to Duty
The city council extended Kruidenier’s leave to May 1 and then revoked it at his request, restoring him to his position after four years since he rose from patrolman to superior officer. Judge Powell congratulated new council members and urged cross departmental knowledge and prudent spending without automatic salary cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kruidenier
Benesh
Powell
Fines levied for truck overloads in Webster City
Justice A. S. Reed fined Herschel Wilson and O. T. Adams of Webster City $25 each plus costs for overloading trucks. Adolph Havlik of Cedar Rapids paid $5 and costs for reckless driving. All arrests were made by Highway Patrolman Rhoades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice A. S. Reed
Herschel Wilson
O. T. Adams
Webster City
Adolph Havlik
Cedar Rapids
Rhoades
Roosters Need Low Roofs, Says Tampa Cop
Veteran Tampa policeman Anthony Schleman claims roosters crow less when their roosts are built lower so the birds cannot lift their heads high enough to crow loudly. He notes years of nocturnal noise convinced him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fla
Anthony Schleman
Schleman
Radio Terminology Sparks Charleston Police Debate
In Charleston South Carolina police radio announcers debate whether to end broadcasts with That's all or That is all. Advocates of the shorter form say it sounds cheap on radio as Dat's all. Defenders prefer That's all calling the longer form a bit affected for officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
S. C
Watermelon Barter Clash Hits Ventura Board
In Ventura California an ordinance to standardize tensorial fees and ban accepting watermelons for a haircut prompted a protest at the county board of supervisors. Mrs H F Kelly wife of a barber denounced the move saying it mimics the NRA and that watermelons or eggs for a haircut are common trade keeping people off relief rolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ventura
Calif
County Board of Supervisors
H. F. Kelly
NRA
Ellis Campaign Advice From Nichols Pamphlet On Horses
In Muskogee Oklahoma Newal A. Ellis trails in a congressional bid while campaigning by horse and buggy. He says his opponent handed him a pamphlet titled Diseases Of The Horse and offered guidance labeled Greasing The Buggy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogeef
Okla
Congress
Newal
Modern rustlers warned by Illinois official
Springfield Illinois. Roscoe C Saunders head of the Illinois department of agriculture crime division warned farmers that modern rustlers operate with more finesse than old time raiders. He cautioned against accepting checks as payment for cattle, noting the 1936 rustlers issue bad ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Roscoe C. Saunders
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Plains
Steamer Tricolor Battles Fire En Route to Honolulu
The Norwegian steamer Tricolor with 40 crew aboard raced toward Honolulu after fire broke out in her holds Saturday. Passengers numbering 12 to 16 were transferred to the Yarraville under dangerous sea conditions while the ship burned in deep hull flames. The Tricolor, which departed Yokohama March 31 for San Francisco, radioed the trouble Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
T. H
Tricolor
S. S. Yarraville
Yokohama
San Francisco
Tupelo Tornado Toll Rises Over 124 Dead
Tupelo Mississippi battled a devastating Sunday tornado that killed 124 people and injured about 150. National guardsmen patrolled wrecked streets to deter looting as rescue teams moved through two thirds of the city, now dark and overwhelmed with emergency hospitals and collapsing infrastructure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tupelo
Miss
Alabama
Mississippi
Memphis
Willis Heights
Illinois Employees May Seek Court Action For Pay
Springfield AP reports employees in the motor fuel tax and purchase and supplies divisions of the state finance department plan to file a mandamus in Sangamon county circuit court to compel payment of March salaries held back by Treasurer John Stelle. Assistant Finance Director S L Nudelmann says all division employees will be parties to the suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
State Finance Department
John Stelle
Stelle
Edward J. Barrett
S. L. Nudelmann
Sangamon County
Nudelman
K. L. Ames
Barrett
Horner
Capture Of Pair Completes Roundup Of Bandit Suspects
ST PAUL. Capture of two men near Denison Iowa completed the roundup of four suspects in 30 midwestern robberies. Winston Walker and John Seger were arrested after a wild car chase out of Denison and brought to St Paul. They implicated by Harold Bailey and John Edwards in robberies netting $9000 in bonds and cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards
Streich
Bailey
Walker and
Seger
Woman in Red Drops Fight Against Deportation
Chicago report says Anna Sage known as woman in red who guided John Dillinger to his death abandoned her appeal against deportation to Romania due to lack of funds. She likely will depart Chicago April 25 on the next alien train to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Anna Sage
John Dillinger
Roumania
Thomas Johnson, Jr
New York
City Briefs and Personal News in the capital
Mrs F A Ahring of 926 Twentieth Street SE fractured her left arm after slipping on ice on Third Avenue at Second Street SE Monday. Dean Wilbur Teeters of the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy will speak at the Canopus club lunch at Hotel Roosevelt Tuesday noon. A petition to use an electric hoist to deliver merchandise to the Harmony building second floor was referred to public improvement. Five Rockford Avenue SW property owners petitioned for a sanitary sewer from Eighth to Tenth, referred to public improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Ahring
Twentieth Street SE
Third Avenue
Second Street SE
Wilbur Teeters
College of Pharmacy
University of Iowa
Canopus Club
Hotel Roosevelt
Harmony
Public Improvement Department
Rockford Avenue
Mondaly
City Council
Eighth Avenue
Tenth Avenue
Supreme Court allows collection of foreign currency value
Washington AP reports the Supreme Court refused to disturb a lower court ruling that a congressional resolution banning gold payments does not bar collecting the equivalent value in foreign currency if that method of payment is specified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Hoover denies G men in Wendel case probe
J Edgar Hoover said federal agents were not and had not been engaged in any phase of the investigation into Paul H Wendel who wrote and repudiated a confession to the Lindbergh crime He denied reports that agents seized Wendel in New York and took him to New Jersey under duress to obtain his confession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Llp
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Paul H. Wendel
Hoover
New Jersey
Wendel
New York
Iowa Soap Company Upheld By Supreme Court In Tax Case
The Supreme Court refused to review a ruling striking down a 1934 revenue act tax on coconut oil processing, produced mainly in the Philippines. The decision enjoined the government from collecting the levy from Iowa Soap Co. of Burlington, Iowa. The justice department had urged immediate review without waiting for appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Soap Company
Supreme Court
Washington
Philippines
George C. Scott
Iowa District Court
Burlington
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Department of Justice
Newsman Defies Congress on Source Disclosure
Washington Herald reporter Frank C. Waldrop refused to reveal his article source before the House Military Affairs Committee. Attorney Elisha Hanson urged the journalist to withhold the source, citing press protection, after an article accused Chairman John J. McSwain of pressuring for cut price sale of surplus army goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Elisha Hanson
Washington Herald and Universal Service
House
Herald
John J. McSwain
South Carolina
War Department
Frank C. Waldrop
Universal Service Reporter
Hanson
Waldrop
Borah Refuses to Commit on Future Course
Senator William E. Borah of Idaho, en route to Milwaukee for the Illinois Wisconsin campaign swing, declines to state his future actions regarding the Republican nomination. He says he will reserve the right to decide after the convention and will not commit in advance. He reports satisfactory Illinois news and good momentum in Wisconsin, with six Illinois addresses planned after Milwaukee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
INS
Milwaukee
William E. Borah
Idaho
Borah
Illinois
Wisconsin
Davidson predicts Iowa GOP victory at June primary
Harold E. Davidson of Clarinda, seeking the Republican nomination for attorney general, told a Montrose hotel Republican club gathering that Iowa will move back to the Republican column in November. He attacked New Deal policies, argued the three point replacement tax plan, and predicted Democrats will offer a small October tax refund to appease voters but it will not fool the electorate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold E. Davidson
Clarinda
Republican Club
Montrose
Iowa
Davidson
Clear Skies Return And Mercury Rises In Cedar Rapids
After a week of wintry weather Cedar Rapids enjoyed a warmup with bright skies on Monday. Temperatures rose from a low of 14 above zero at 7 am to 28 by 10 am and 40 by 2:45 pm as Sunday recorded a low of 27 and a high of 34.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep
Two Held In Probe Of Theft Of Six Vacuum Cleaners
Police hold Johnson Dean 28 of 515 Fifth Avenue SE and Merle Chapman 23 of 312 H Avenue NW on larceny and receiving stolen property charges. The case centers on six vacuums missing from a Cedar Rapids bank building last November. Bond set at 500 dollars. Dean also investigated for an obscene note case, with handwriting confirmed as his by expert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson Dean
Fifth Avenue SE
Merle Chapman
H Avenue NW
Earl Stanley
Cedar Rapids
Grand Jury
A. S. Reed
Stanley
Dean
Grundy County
Union Station
William C. Henning
Hebrews Celebrate Passover Holiday in Cedar Rapids
Hebrews of Cedar Rapids observe Passover with services at Beth Jacob 218 A avenue NW led by Rabbi Louis N Levy. Services Monday 6 30 p m Tuesday 9 a m and 6 30 p m Wednesday 9 a m with a talk on The Pharisei Doctrine of Resurrection. Hebrew school children host a mini Seder Wednesday at 7 30 p m. Rabbi Levy extends season's greetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Egypt
Beth Jacob
A Avenue NW
Louis N.levy
Levy
Hungarian Leaders Face Duel Over International Fallout
In Budapest Prime Minister Julius Goemboes is challenged to a duel by opposition leader Dr. Tibor Eckhardt after a violent quarrel at a foreign relations committee meeting. A court of honor will decide whether sabers or pistols will be used, with Goemboes bound by military code yet forbidden by law to duel as prime minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
INS
Julius Goemboes
Tibor Eckhardt
Foreign Relations Committee
Hungary
H. Kurt Schuschnigg
Austria
Goemboes
Eckhardt
Europe
Dr. Eckhardt
Nine Killed As Army Bomber Crashes In Pennsylvania
A weather driven bomber wrecked after taking off from Pottstown on a weekend trip to Cleveland. Five bodies were found in the tangled debris and four others remained missing as rescue teams worked through rain and smoke to recover crew members including Lieutenant Stetson Brown and Cadet Paul Amspaugh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Army
Cleveland
Pottstown
Langley Field
Blue Mountains
Stetson Brown
Johnsbury
Ernest Endy
Oley
Arthur Metz
Chambersburg
Peter J. Yost, Jr
Fraser Avenue
McKees Rock
Paul Amspaugh
Euclid Avenue
Ohio
Lebanon
U. S. Army Air Depot
Middletown
Zeppelin Returns to Germany After Brazil Voyage
The airship Von Hindenburg left Sao Jose field near Rio at 7 a.m. for Friedrichshafen on a maiden Brazil to Germany voyage. It is planned to cross the South Atlantic to Africa then head north toward France and Belgium, reaching Germany likely Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio DE Janeiro
INS
Zeppelin von Hindenburg
Sao Jose Field
Here
Friedrichshafen
South Atlantic
Africa
France
Belgium
Germany
Lawmaker Seeks to Cut Pork From Flood Control Bills
Senator Copeland demands stripping all pork barrel items from flood control legislation and forcing localities to share costs. He cites constitutional concerns over federal funding of levee projects and notes a $12,000,000 White River Arkansas reservoir was added despite army engineers disapproval. The Mississippi flood bill and Wilson-Copeland act remain under committee review with potential additions from army feasibility reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Congress
Senator Copeland
New York
Senate Commerce Committee
Copeland
Commerce Committee
Army
White River
Arkansas
Mississippi
Senate
Ritter
Eudora
Ark
Red River
Louisiana
New England
Pennsylvania
Ohio River Basin
California
Army Engineers
East
Middle West
Five Spools of Red Tape Arrive With Quarter Supply Load
Cedar Rapids received 530 pounds of quarterly supplies at the 349th infantry headquarters on Monday. The shipment included five large spools of red tape used to tie packages along with stationery inks stencils pencils and erasers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
349Th Infantry
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L. A. Brewer Estate
J. A. Snyder
N. Y. Herald-Tribune
THE
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Izzat
the Blue Eagle
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Mately
Tupelo, Miss
Sen. Borah
G.O.P
State House
Mercury
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Sewete
Henry M.files
Northwestern Mutual
Zeppelin
Barta
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