Man Pleads Guilty to Threat Mail in Cedar Rapids
W. Smith, 29, of Waterfield pled guilty under the War Hazards Act before Judge Thomas C. Munger in Cedar Rapids. He admitted mailing threat letters to relatives in an eastern family and to burn his wife and children unless a $265 loan was provided. He has been jailed at Fort Dodge since arrest on April 12, 1934, and was among seventeen named by the grand jury.
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Cedar Rapids
Grand Cedar Rapids
Thursold W. Smith
Waterfieht
Thomas C. Munger
Baith
Flush“.Y
Federal
Offibe
Anne Fuller
Rayntcomb Company
Fort Dodge
California stunt and race driver Reinke killed in crash
Inglewood dispatch says Al Reinke, a California race driver and film stuntman, died after his car overturned during a speedway crash while attempting to qualify for a Florio race. Mechanic Kenneth Dever suffered a fractured hip and other injuries. the car belonged to 1933 champion Louis Meyer. Reinke and Babe Stapp, tied to a kidnapping case, were recently held for trial in a separate Los Angeles incident.
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Nangeles
al Reinke
California
Speedway
Reinke
Kenneth Dever
Louis Meyer
Babe Stapp
Los An
Tomel
Rader Rules First Pension Tax Does Not Affect Poll Levy
DES MOINES AP Assistant Attorney General Groy A Rader interpreted two provisions of the old age pension law. He ruled the first head tax of 1 payable July 1 1934 could not be credited against the poll tax. He said the 2 head tax payments after 1934 should be charged against the poll tax. He also ruled the county old age assistance board should have two members plus the overseer of the poor or be appointed by the county board if no overseer exists.
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DES Moines
Groy A. Rader
Rader
County Board of Supervisors
Attorney General Rules State Can't Buy Auto Insurance
Iowa officials cannot spend public funds on automobile insurance. The ruling, written by Assistant Attorney General Lehan Ryan for State Auditor Stormf eld, states public bodies incur no liability and thus are not authorized to insure vehicles. The opinion applies to rural schools and all motor vehicles operated by state bodies.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Lehan Ryan
Stormfeld
An Old Legend On Discouragement And A Call To Faith
A short reflection warns that Satan grants one harmless power the ability to undermine morale. The piece describes how persistent gloom paralyzes effort, drains hope, and weakens faith, urging readers to rise, renew vigor, and face a new era with faith in God and humanity.
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Satan
Heaven
Wirt’s Accuser Urged to Retract and Apologize
Dr William A Wirt’s counsel denied he was jailed for pro German activity and demanded an apology from Alfred Bulwinkle head of the red plot inquiry Reed said Bulwinkle should retract on the house floor The charge of pro German activity was not in the Congressional Record but the claim Wirt had been in full was Bulwinkle’s assertion Republicans failed to broaden the inquiry into Wirt’s charges progress was limited.
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Washington
William A. Wirt
Alfred Bulwinkle
N.C
James A. Reed
Indiana
Bulwinkle
Harold McGugin
Kan
Reed
Wirt
Department of Justice
McGugin
Dr. Wirt
House
Congressional Record
North Carolina
Congress
Brain Trust
Naval plane crash near St Paul injures none
Ensign John W. Hurley pilot and Seaman Co. W. Beaman mechanic escaped unharmed when their naval plane crashed on landing in St Paul Minnesota after a flight from the Great Lakes naval training station.
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Naval Rusw. JR
ST Paul, Minn
John W. Hurley
W. Beaman
Great Lakes
Naval Training Station
Grain Exchange Battle Moves to Congress Hearings
Washington AP Charges against Arthur Cutten a noted grain trader were used by the house agriculture committee to argue for federal regulation of grain exchanges. Cutten faces a grain futures act violation. a Chicago hearing is planned next month.
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Washington
Arthur Cutten
Jones
House Agriculture Committee
Chicago Board of Trade
Cutten
Wallace
Chicago
Charles W. Essroger
First National Bank of Chicago
Board of Trade
Henry T. Harriman
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Cutten Faces May 14 Hearing Over Grain Futures Act
Arthur W. Cutten, famed wheat trader, was cited by Secretary Wallace to appear at a Chicago hearing May 14 to answer charges of violating the grain futures act. The case probes his right to trade on American grain exchanges amid his long campaign against government interference.
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Washington
Arthur W. Cutten
Liverpool
Winnipeg
Millonaire Chicago
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Chicago
Cutten
Iowa Official Sees Flax Rye Barley Not Basis Crops
Des Moines AP Secretary Ralph Smith of the Iowa corn hog committee said flax rye and barley likely will not be treated as basis crops in 1934. He cited a possible ruling exempting 1934 acreages and noted Iowa farmers without 1932 1933 plantings could establish bases in these crops. He highlighted flax as a strong cash crop with high returns and stated national production lags consumption with substantial imports.
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DES Moines
Ralph Smith
Iowa Corn-Hog Committee
A. G. Black
Washington, D. C
Smith
Iowa
Fisx
Seven Thousand Seamen Strike in Copenhagen Demand Higher Pay
Seven thousand seamen and firemen walked out in Copenhagen demanding a 25 percent wage increase and shorter hours. Seamen seek an eight hour day while firemen push for a six hour day.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
House Banking Committee Approves Bank Payoff Bill
The House Banking Committee approved a plan to compensate depositors in closed banks up to 2500 dollars. The measure targets national state and private banks closed since 1930, with loan aid at 3 percent for remaining asset liquidation. A petition seeks House floor action and Speaker Rainey blocked publication of signer names until 145 signatures are gathered.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
McLeod
Mich
House
Rainey
Blanton
Tex
Randolph Hearst
Reconstruction Corporation
Predict Tariff Cut To Force Liquor Prices Downward
Treasury experts near completion of an investigation on how the $5 a gallon tariff affects domestic liquor prices. They expect a tariff cut either by direct congressional action or presidential edict within a 50 percent range. Morgenthau says high prices hinder public access and that quality should be maintained.
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Treasury
Congress
Morgenthau
Court Rules Paschen Must Serve 2 Years
The United States circuit court of appeals upheld the conviction of Christian P. Paschen former building commissioner and his two year sentence in Leavenworth penitentiary for income tax law violations The jury in Judge Barnes court found Paschen guilty on two counts involving 43000 tied to his 1927 income taxes He was also fined 10000
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Chicago
Christian P. Paschen
Leavenworth
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Barnes
Paschen
Prominent Psychologist Explains Palms Sweating Causes
Chester W. Darrow explains that palm sweating stems from emotional worries and disturbances. The Gazette notes the heroine gnaws and wrings her hands in agony while advertisers promise dry hands with quick results. The Want Ad for a VOSS electric washer drew nineteen calls and sold for $6.50. Dial 2 7595.
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Chester W. Darrow
Mr. Darrow
Gazette
VOSS
Senate approves fe deral tax boosts including estate tax hike
The Senate adopted a La Follette amendment lifting the estate tax to a 1 per cent on the first 20 000 up to a 60 per cent top on estates over 10 million dollars. The plan, paired with higher gift taxes and a blanket 10 per cent income tax rise for 1934, passed 65 to 14 with multiple party defections. A large public works program and air mail probe were also noted.
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House
Bailey
Copeland
Byrd
Thomas
Utah
Barbour
Hugher
Bennett Champ Clark
Pat McCarran
Nev
Bronson Cutting
N. M
Air Mail Investigation Committee
Nash Auto Strike Ends with Tentative Wage Accord
Workers at Nash Motor plants in Kenosha Racine and Seaman Body Milwaukee vote to accept new wage concessions ending a six week strike. Final settlement depends on Seaman employee approval Friday and all three plants must approve terms. Wages rise 5 to 17.2 percent with 10 percent under board plan for Racine.
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Kenosha
Wis
Nash Motor Company
Nash
Racine
Seaman Body Corporation
Milwaukee
Seaman
Federal Labor Board
Kenosha Nash
Automobile Workers’ Union
Labor Board
Dillinger Gang Tightens Hold on Iowa and Midwest
Criminology’s latest page shows John Dillinger and a feared mob eluding authorities across Wisconsin Minnesota South Dakota and Iowa. The group linked to at least five deaths and about 500000 in stolen gains includes Evelyn Frechetti and Eugene Green dead or captured.
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ST. Paul
Criminology
John Dillinger
Evelyn Frechetti
Dillinger
Eugene Green
Wisconsin
Minnesota
South Dakota
Iowa
Chicago
John Hamilton
Leutenant
Crown Point
Ind
Hamilton
Frechetti
Everett Howe Murder Case Sent To Benton Jury
The Benton county jury received the Everett Howe murder case after the prosecution urged a second degree murder verdict for the killing of Calvin Boggs in a January quarrel. Former Judge Clarence Nichols urged the two degree result, with Hamilton Tobin delivering the final defense argument as deliberations began after a dinner break.
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Alexander George
Vinton
Everett Howe
Calvin Boggs
Benton County
Clarence Nichols
Hamilton Tobin
Ottumwa Student Wins Oratorical Contest at UI
Roswell Johnson of Ottumwa won the Jessup oratorical contest at the University of Iowa with an original speech defending Japanese policies in Manchuria titled The White Peril. Johnson, a liberal arts junior, will compete at the Northern Oratorical League in Minneapolis on May 4. Also in the finals were John Hawkinson Davenport David Elderkin Cedar Rapids and Eugene Fife.
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Iowa City
Manchuria
Roswell Johnson
Ottumwa
Jessup
University of Iowa
Johnson
Walter A. Jessup
Minneapolis
Minn
College of Liberal Arts
Far East
John Hawkinson
Davenport
David Elderkin
Cedar Rapids
Eugene Fife
Indianapolis
Ind
Insull Begins Long Trip Back To United States
Samuel Insull starts a guarded journey from Istanbul to the United States to face criminal charges. He is moved from the Stamboul jail to the steamship Adana, with Turkish police escort, bound for Panderma and Smyrna to await U.S. custody. A small crowd watches as he departs.
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INS
Samuel Insull
United States
Chicago
Old Stamboul
Adana
Adank
Panderma
Sea of Marmora
Smyrna
County and City Officials Open Drive Against Gambling Devices
Linn county and Cedar Rapids officials led a campaign against gaming devices. County Attorney Thompson and Sheriff Petrus announced seizures and warned business owners to remove machines, with the Roosevelt hotel lobby among devices confiscated. John Joyce aged 117, reputedly the oldest man in the British Isles, died after citing the 1840s Irish famine as a factor in his longevity.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
G. K. Thompson
Dan Kruidemier
Joseph A. Petrus
Ray
Tapper
Roosevelt Hotel
Petrus
Thompson
Narrowly Avoided Train Crash In Roosevelt Fishing Trip
In Miami a seconds spared derailment involved General Hugh 8 Johnson and others as a train missed a trailer carrying Johnson and NRA officials by inches while en route to greet President Roosevelt on his Nourmahal arrival. Police escorted the group across the tracks.
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Miami
Fla
Roosevelt
Washington
Bahaman
Hugh 8. Johnson
National Recovery Administrator
Nourmahal
Gulf Stream
General Johnson
Donald Richberg
NRA
Marvin H. MclIntrye
White House
Bay Front Park
Giuseppe Zangara
Anton Cermak
Chicago
Mr. Roosevelt
Ufe
Zangara
Alteration 13 Fraud Trial Nears Verdict
In Davenport Iowa attorneys for Carleton Belt, Des Moines broker charged with forgery of an Ottumwa PWA application argued for a directed verdict. Federal Judge Charles A. Dewey overruled the motion after contentious debate with Lieut. Gov. Nels Kraschel’s attorney. Defense contends the government did not prove defrauding the United States or intent to defraud.
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Roy FP. Porter
Davenport
Attoreneys
Carleton Belt
Des Moines
Charles A. Dewey
Leon W. Powers
Denison
Nels Kraschel
Merrill Gilmore
Ottumwa
Beh
United States
Bowers
Forger charged in Ottumwa PWA loan case goes to trial
Trial days feature defense reading PWA bulletins and exhibits while prosecutors call witnesses including Col Henry Waite and Horace Brown. Judge schedules 9 a.m. start Friday with hour and a half per side. Beh testifies on PWA program effects on Iowa securities and municipal financing.
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Coeurt
Gregory Brunk
PWA
R W. Colflesh
Col
Henry Waite
Edward H. Foley
Horace Brown
Ottumwa
Manning
Harold M. Cooper
Marshalltown
Iowa Pwa Board
Beh
Iowa
Decorah Man Shot Handling Gun in Car
Harold Voegeding 24 of Decorah was accidentally shot in the neck while taking a gun apart in his automobile. The bullet grazed his windpipe and lodged near his spine as he rode back from a fishing trip toward New Albia. He was rushed to Waukon hospital.
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Decorah
Harold Voegeding
Voegeding
New Albia
Waukon Hospital
Eugene O'Neill Suffering Nervous Breakdown in New York
The playwright Eugene O'Neill is under medical care in a Park Avenue apartment, attended by a physician and nurse, after suffering a nervous breakdown in New York.
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New York
Eugene O'Neill
Park Avenue
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