Indicted Sioux City graft case reaches supreme court
Thirty two men indicted for political graft appealed a district court ruling to quash. Walter Maley and 31 others argued illegal grand jury proceedings and sought reversal of Judge Earl Peters. The Gazette and its editor were portrayed controversially by defense counsel, with no oral argument from the Woodbury county prosecutor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Des Moines
Sioux City
Gazette
Walter Maley
Earl Peters
Maley
Woodbury County
Gazette editor denies libel risk amid graft indictments
The Gazette editor defends the paper against libel claims tied to state slot machine and liquor rackets and political graft amid Woodbury county public corruption exposures. He recounts grand jury events, indictments by the second panel, and delays in trials involving Ed O Connor and 32 defendants.
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Supreme Court
The
Gazette
Maley
E. J. Feuling
Democratic State Central Committee
Wisconsin Republicans Favor Borah In Presidential Ballot
Wisconsin voters backed Franklin D. Roosevelt by a wide margin in the presidential preference primary while backing Borah for the Republican tal ent, as delegates to the national convention went largely to Borah’s slate. Roos evelt led Borah 173 374 to 90 477 in 1574 precincts with broader totals 1 831 of 2 918 precincts reporting.
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Milwaukee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wisconsin
Roosevelt
William E. Borah
Idaho
Borah
Ean
la Follette
Chicago
Illinois
Republican Organization
Conspiracy claim questioned by Marey’s counsel in Iowa case
MALES COUNSEL accused that in March the writer traveled to Sioux City spending 4000 to back a claim of a statewide conspiracy to run slot machines into the Des Moines statehouse. He alleged the writer sought grand jury aid for lawyers, a charge denied as false and misleading. The dispute continues with further mis representations exposed.
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Marshall
Sioux City
Statehouse
Des Moines
Woodbury County
Gazette
Grand Jury
Marey
Hoan Re elected Milwaukee Mayor in Tight Victory
Socialist Mayor Daniel W. Hoan was re elected in Milwaukee in a close race with non partisan Sheriff Joseph J. Shinners. Hoan led with wide personal support but his council allies were defeated, leaving Hoan with four years without veto power. Returns from 373 of 397 precincts show Hoan 103100 to Shinners 90548.
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Milwaukee
Hoan
Daniel W. Hoan
Joseph J. Shinners
Shinners
Spring Temperatures Rise in Cedar Rapids
Spring weather returned to Cedar Rapids with a 55 degree high at 2 30 p m after 40 at 10 a m and a midnight low of 20 Tuesday. Tuesday peaked at 30 at 4 p m and 26 at 7 p m.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
Quotes on life youth and virtue from 1936 column
A reflective 1936 column contrasts youth and age urging love as life and kindness as constant. It cites Robert Lovel and Charles Lamb, notes dangers of rigidity, the beauty of ideals, and cautions about gossip and choosing a path in life. It ends with Dr. Johnson on kindness.
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Robert Lovel
Charles Lamb
Canada
Dr. Johnson
Municipal Ownership Defeated in Milwaukee and Other Cities
Wisconsin communities rejected municipal ownership measures. Milwaukee voters refused to buy the private electric utility amid a costly bond plan ranging from 1.2 million dollars. Sheboygan, Cameron, and the Tomahawk power district also voted against public ownership. Eau Claire elected a council opposed to municipal ownership with former mayor Fred Stussy winning.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Sheboygan
Wisconsin Power and Light Company
Tomahawk Power District
Lincoln County
Cameron
Northern States Power Company
Eau Claire
Fred Stussy
Lamoine M. Dowling
House Group Backs Changes in Tax Plan
The House Ways and Means Committee Democrats shaping a 799 million dollar corporate tax bill accepted major principles of the plan. They tentatively approved two minor revisions to the President's revenue program and pledged tax relief for debtor corporations while avoiding tax-rate discrimination against foreign insurers. Chairman Robert L. Coughton invited Republican members to attend executive sessions but said they could offer little help.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Robert L. Coughton
France Proposes 25 Year Freeze On European Borders
Paris outlines a plan to keep European borders unchanged for 25 years and form a European commission under the League of Nations to oversee treaties and regional pacts. It calls for mutual military assistance, a European customs truce, and an international trade tribunal to stabilize finance and credits across Europe.
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Paris
INS
France
Locarno Powers
League of Nations Council
Europe
Hitler
Germany
European Commission
League
International Tribunal of Commerce
Rhineland
Organization of Finance and Credit Machinery
Vlach Plans No Immediate Change In Police Set-Up
Robert J. Vlach took over the police department on Wednesday after being named by Public Safety Commissioner Wes Benesh to succeed Ray Tapper. Vlach stated he will not change the department or its operation until he studies the current setup. Tapper turned over his desk keys and wished the new chief success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Police Department
Robert J. Viach
Wes C. Benesh
Public Safety Commissioner
Ray Tapper
Tapper
Police
Vlach
Vilach
Supreme Court weighs graft appeals in Iowa
The Iowa supreme court took under advisement appeals by Walter Maley and 31 other graft defendants challenging district court rulings to quash indictments. Maley’s attorney argued indictments followed the same method as turning a man over to enemies, with special prosecutor Havner accused of serving editor Verne Marshall’s pecuniary interests to spur indictments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Woodbury County
Edward L. O’connor
Walter Maley
Earl Peters
O’connor
High Court
Lou Salinger
Maley
Salinger
H. M. Havner
Verne Marshall
Cedar Rapids
Marshall
Sioux City
Mussolini calls for annihilation of Ethiopian armies
Premier Benito Mussolini told the cabinet in an emergency meeting that Ethiopia's armies must be completely annihilated to secure Italy's colonies. He stated the aim cannot fail or be delayed, praising the East African victory and the imperial guard involved. He lauded the air industry and the support of Italian women in resisting penalties.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Ethiopia
Mussolini
Italy
Lake Ashangi
Hearst Loses Fight Over Hearst Telegrams in Lobby Probe
Washington reports the District of Columbia supreme court upheld the senate lobby committee's right to examine William Randolph Hearst telegrams. Hearst's attorney said the injunction battle would go to the U.S. Supreme Court if needed. Justice Wheat ruled the DC court lacks jurisdiction over the senate committee but may enjoin the FCC from examining telegrams pending further action.
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American Liberty League
Elisha Hanson
Hearst
U. S. Supreme Court
Justice Wheat
Senate Committee
FCC
Wheat
Commission
Nobel laureate Dr Barany dies at 60 in Upsala
Dr Robert Barany, 60, Nobel Prize winner in medicine in 1914, died Wednesday in Upsala Sweden. His pioneering work on the mechanism of hearing and balance earned the prize and influenced later research in physiology.
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Upsala
Sweden
Robert Barany
Keen Interest Is Shown In Baseball 825 Books Sold
Cedar Rapids fans show strong support for Western league baseball with 825 of 1 200 tickets sold at a campaign meeting. Funds include 555 cash sales and 270 held by buyers, yielding net receipts of 7 821 after taxes.
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Cedar Rapids
E. L. McKibben
Baseball Association
Harry Johnson
Raiders
Rotary Club
Delta and Pine Land Firm Receives Large AAA Payments
The Delta and Pine Land company of Scott Mississippi, a British controlled cotton concern, received about 178000 in AAA benefits for 1933 and 1934. Secretary Wallace released payment records showing 54200 in 1933 and 123747 in 1934 amid explanations that land ownership was not questioned if crop control requirements were met. Oscar Johnson, then AAA cotton pool manager and president of Delta and Pine Land, disclosed his roles and salary with the firm.
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Delta and Pine Land Company
Scott, Miss
AAA
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Oscar Johnson
AAA Cotton Pool
Johnson
Cotton Pool
Fine Spinners and Doublers Association
Manchester
England
Damage suit against Jackie Coogan dismissed in trial
Los Angeles judge directed a verdict for Jackie Coogan in a $300000 wrongful death case arising from a car crash that killed his father and three others. The jury was told to find for Coogan after defense of his father John H. Coogan amid claims of intoxication.
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Los Angeles
Jackie Coogan
Frank G. Swain
John H. Coogan
San Diego
Junior Durkin
Robert I. Horner
Charles Jones
Coogan
Young Coogan
Charles Higley Dies in New York at 70
Charles Wellington Higley an insurance executive and financier died of heart disease in a New York sanitarium at age 70. He had led Hanover Fire Insurance of New York since 1924 and served as president of Fulton Fire Insurance of Chicago. He chaired Underwriters Salvage Co of Chicago and held director roles at United States Gypsum, Lake View Trust and Savings Bank, Glidden Co, and Underwriters Laboratories. Survived by wife Nora Hall Higley a son Philo and daughter Martha Brown Briscoe of Cambridge Massachusetts.
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New York
Charles Wellington Higley
Hanover Fire Insurance Company
Chicago
Fulton Fire Insurance Company
Underwriters Salvage Company of
United States Gypsum Company
Lake View Trust and Savings Bank of
Glidden Company of
Cleveland
The
Charles W. Higley Biographical Sketch A Key Industry Leader
Charles W. Higley born March 18 1866 in Cedar Rapids was cousin to Elmer A. Higley. He worked in freight claims retail and insurance before rising to president of Hanover in 1924, directing duties from New York and Chicago with homes in New York and Hillsdale Illinois.
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Charles W. Higley
W. W. Higley
Cedar Rapids
Elmer A. Higley
Coe College
B. C. R. and N. Railroad
Chicago
The
Hanover
New York
Hillsdale, Ill
Air line chiefs and commerce dept disagree on crash probe
The bureau of air commerce sent eight officials to Uniontown Pennsylvania to investigate Tuesday's air crash. Led by R W Schroeder the team includes I A Metcalf inventor of an ice removal device used by TWA and other inspectors South Trimble Dennis Mulligan R I Hazen B M Jacobs O D Murphy G W Lossow. Lample radio beam inspector checked Pittsburgh beacons after the accident and was sent there on March 29.
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Washington
Bureau of Air Commerce
Uniontown
R. W. Schroeder
Airline Inspection Service
Bureau
I. A. Metcalf
Commerce Department
TWA
South Trimble
Dennis Mulligan
Solicitor’s Office
R. I. Hazen
B. M. Jacobs
O. D. Murphy
G. W. Lossow
C. A. Lample
Pittsburgh
Department of Commerce
Department
Division of Aeronautics
Fairdance
Here
Special Air Safety Committee
Senate
Ellenstein
Mount Summit Hospital
Challinor
Miss Granger
Sun Racer crash probes open as deaths mount in Uniontown
In Uniontown Pennsylvania officials and investigators opened three inquiries into the Sun Racer crash that killed nine passengers and two pilots while three survivors, including stewardess Nellie H Granger, were treated. The incident left four Valley Forge Military Academy students dead and several other passengers injured.
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Uniontown
Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc
Department of Commerce
Nellie H. Granger
TWA
Meyer C. Ellenstein
Newark
N. J
Charles C. Challinor
Cleveland
Valley Forge Military Academy
Wayne
Robert G. Evans
Lancaster
Crawford T. Kelly
McKeesport
Donald V. August
Grove City
Charles H. Smith
New Kensington
Frank Hardiman
John J. O'Neil
Jersey City
International Brotherhood of Iron Workers
St. Louis
Guy R. D’arc
Sao Paulo
Brazil
G. W. Hefferman
New York
S. J. Bayersdorfer
Steubenville
Otto Ferguson
Kansas City
H. C. Lewis
Roosevelt Returns From Warm Spring Fishing Cruise
President Roosevelt landed at Port Everglades Florida from a 16 day fishing cruise smiling and sun tanned. He boarded his special train at 1 p.m. CST for Warm Springs Georgia.
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Port Everglades
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Warm Springs
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Woodbury
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Peters
Max Duckworth
Iowa
Nanan
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Cedar Rapids News
DR. Newton
State Supreme Court
IL Duce
Young Men’s Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Roy Doty
MaKibben
N. J. Leonard
Leonard
Pete Bailey
Merchants National Bank
Tell of
Mississippi
Department of Agriculture
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