Wallace Charges Curten Hington With Grain Market Manipulation
AP reporting Arthur W. Cutten was charged by Mary Wallace with failing to report short positions and instructing firms to falsify records to manipulate grain prices. The complaint cites extensive open short positions in 1930 31 and alleges false reports and dummy accounts to conceal trades.
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Hington
Arthur W. m
Mary Wallace
Chicago
Seth
Cutten
Con‘ Rand
Chicago Board of Re O
Mar
Board of Trade
Wallace
Herder
Board of ‘Trade
Law of Supply and Demand
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Three Greatest Facts on Earth According to a Scientist
A scientist cites life as the first great fact, mysterious yet powerful, followed by pity and love guiding humanity toward mercy. He adds the spirit of science as truth seeking, with life and love as central, concluding that the greatest of life, love, and truth is love.
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Earth
Lfe
Plato
Shakespeare
Jesus
Evelyn
Paris
Cutten Defiant on Grain Futures Charges in Wallace Probe
Arthur W. Cutten, once called the world’s heaviest wheat speculator, refused to comment on Henry A. Wallace’s charge he violated the grain futures act. La Salle Street brokers voiced surprise but confidence Cutten will explain his dealings in 1930 and 1931 amid past suits and ghostwriting accusations.
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Chicago
Arthur W. Cutten
Henry A. Wallace
la Salle Street
Wallace
Cutten
A. S. White and Company
John R. Manff
Board of Trade
Manff
Mauls
Sheriff Petrus ousts Davis as he seeks sheriff’s post
Deputy Sheriff Jay Davis, a Republican candidate for sheriff, is dismissed by Democrat Sheriff Joseph A. Petrus. Petrus says dismissal stems from concerns over handling duties while campaigning and not from politics. Davis claims loyalty to organized labor and his Republican birthright. Petrus will appoint a successor this week as Davis circulates nomination papers.
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Linn County
Jay Davis
Joseph A. Petrus
Petrus
Davis
Board of Supervisors
Gazette
Wirt accused of pro German stance during war probe
Washington AP reports a House clash over Dr. William A. Wirt amid claims he was jailed for pro German activities during the war. Rep McGugin and Bulwinkle debated witnesses and the inquiry into the Reedville homestead project. Mrs Roosevelt defended Wirt, saying the program aids self built housing and private groups may imitate it.
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Washington
William A. Wirt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Gary
Ind
Reedsville
W. Va
Wirt
House
North Carolina
Rep. McGugin
Kan
James A. Reed
Bulwinkle
William F. Hodges
Hodges
Aoee Beeger
Roosevelt
Brain Trust
McGugin
Move To Force House Action On Bank Deposit Bill
Washington report shows a fast move to discharge the House Banking Committee on the McLeod bill to reimburse depositors of closed banks. The petition crossed 107 signatures soon after convening and could reach 143 within a day.
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Washington
INS
House
National
Federal Reserve
House Banking Committee
Daring Soviet Flyers Rescue 62 From Ice Floe
Soviet airmen Sletneff Kamanin and Molokov rescued 62 of 90 Russians stranded two months on a drifting Wrangel Island ice floe. They flew from Cape Van Karem over Arctic terrain, landed on the floe, saved 33 first then 29 more, while Otto Schmidt remained aboard until the last men were ashore. The Cheliuskin expedition ship was crushed by pack ice and sank earlier.
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Moscow
Bering Sea
Sletneff
Kamanin
Molokov
Cape van Karem
Siberian
Cheliuskin
Wrangel Island
Otto Schmidt
Alaska
Russia
Schmidt
Ing ‘Arc
Cork
Brookhart Attends Soviet Embassy Reception in Business Suit
Former Iowa Senator Smith Wildman Brookhart stood out at a grand reception at the refurbished Soviet embassy in Washington. While Ambassador Troyanovsky and staff wore tails, Brookhart dressed in a plain business suit, mingling with guests in the formal event hosted by Soviet officials.
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Washington
Smith Wildman Brookhart
Iowa
Soviet Union
Troyanovsky
Brookhart
One New Deal as Victor in Illinois
Illinois primary results show Ralph E. Church leading James Simpson Jr for the Tenth district Republican nomination with early returns across most precincts. Henry Rainey and other incumbents won solid victories while Oscar de Priest and Michael Igoe secured nominations amid a broad Democrat and Republican showing.
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Chicago
Ralph E. Church
James Simpson, Jr
Owen
Illinois
Henry T. Rainey
House of Representatives
James Kirby
Rainey
Church
Roosevelt
Harold Ickes
Secretary of the Interior
Simpson
Congress
Oscar de Priest
Michael Igoe
Martin A. Brennan
Igoe
Walter Nesbit
Senate approves 10 percent income levy and oil tax
The Senate passed a 10 percent emergency income tax on all individual returns for 1935 and supported an oil tax on imported vegetable oils despite objections from President Roosevelt. The Couzens amendment won 43 to 36, with a 40 to 35 reconsideration vote. A later oil tax provision received 59 to 17, with Norris offering to refund taxes to the Philippines if no subsidies to coconuts were granted.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Couzens
Mich
Lick
House
Finance Committee
United States
Norris
Neb
Philippines
Clark
McCarran
Everett Howe Murder Case Heads to Jury
Final arguments closed as the Everett Howe trial neared a jury verdict for the killing of Calvin Boggs on January 12. The state and defense presented their cases with the jury taken to the Chris Kinsey farm scene five miles northwest of Garrison.
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Vinton
Everett Howe
Calvin Boggs
Chris Kinsey
Garrison
Victor Visquain
John W. Tobin
Hamilton Tobin
Clarence Nichols
U S Disapproves of Americans in Foreign Military Service
The state department announced disapproval of American citizens serving in foreign armed forces. It stated American pilots with reserve commissions would forfeit their US commissions if they joined Colombia’s air service, even as instructors. Contracts auto cancel if war arises and Americans bear sole risk.
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Washington
State Department
Colombia
United States
Department
Mas
Insurance Broker Kills Family of Six Then Himself
Police say a Minneapolis insurance broker shot his wife, three children, and mother-in-law as they slept Tuesday night, then killed himself. A note asked for cremation and named a family friend to manage life insurance to cover obligations.
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Minneapolis
A. J. Freudenfeld
Janet
Carol
Richard
Cora de Haven
Freudenfeld
Fred Weil
Youth 13 Held For Murder In Kidnapping Of Girl
Chicago report says 13 year old George Rogalski was held on murder charges in the kidnapping and death of 2 year old Dorette Zeitlow. The child died from exposure after being left unclothed in an abandoned icehouse over two days.
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Chicago
George Rogalski
Dorette Zeitlow
Dorette
Zayas, Former Cuban President, Is Dead
Alfred Zayas, former president of Cuba, died in Havana after a several month illness from a heart ailment.
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Zayas
Havana
INS
Alfred Zayas
Cuba
This Curious World Drawings Enter Weekly Feature
Liam Ferguson continues his internationally famous This Curious World weekly half page. The feature presents curious natural history facts to entertain children and grownups, offering a mine of fascinating information and a valuable feature for readers to save.
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Yye
Liam Ferguson
Local Woman Perishes In Mystery Fire
A charred body believed to be Sophronia Grant, 64, was removed from her 2601 Zika avenue NW home after a 1 to 3 AM blaze of unknown origin. Coroner R A Vorpahl deemed death apparently accidental. no clear sign of foul play, and an inquest is undecided. The basement kitchen likely housed a small fire before she retired to bed upstairs. The neighborhood notes Mrs. Grant lived alone and was hard of hearing. she had been downtown Tuesday and returned around 4 PM, saying she was tired. Fire crews were alerted by Ernest Henecke after a distant call, with police assisting in locating the scene.
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Sophronia Grant
Zika Avenue NW
Grant
R. A. Vorpahl
Vorpahl
Louis Louvar
Shannon
Pets Parade Draws 127 Entrants In Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids Gazette sponsors the Kids Pet Parade with 127 entries, led by dogs from mongrels to chows. Pets from chickens to goats and rabbits also join the lineup as downtown Cedar Rapids hosts the 12 to 1 pm event with prizes for best dressed, biggest, smallest and funniest pets. Children receive tickets to see Wild Cargo at Iowa Theater after the parade.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Theater
Frank Buck
St. Louis
Cooper denies broker warned PWA officials
In Davenport Iowa AP report on Carleton D Beh's defense trial seven defense witnesses challenged prior government testimony. Harold M Cooper testified that at a Washington conference Beh limited remarks to greeting. Stevens and Hofmann said Beh was instructed to press Ottumwa money for a viaduct.
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Roy P. Porter
Davenport
Carleton D. Beh
Harold M. Cooper
Marshalltown
PWA Advisory Board
H. M. Waite
Washington
Beh
Col. Waite
PWA
Edward H. Foley, Jr
Harry J. McNerney
Capitol Belt
Iowa
Roy Stevens
Ottumwa
Frank Hofmann
Mabie Herrick
Edwin C. Manning
Manning
Miss Herrick
Owen P. McDermott
Stevens
E. G. Moon
Wilbur J. Altfilisch
Chicago
Frank Pierce
League of Iowa Municipalities
Hofmann
Jevens
The Hijacks 170 Cases Of Government Whisky At Denison
Three armed youths held up a government whisky shipment near Denison Iowa stealing 170 cases bound for Sioux City. They forced the driver and agent from the cab and fled in the red cargo truck as authorities pursued.
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Denison
Sioux City
Here
Illinois
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