Graft Probe in Sioux City Continues
The Cedar Rapids Gazette reporters chronicle a lengthy graft investigation in Sioux City and Woodbury County. A $5,000 telephone promise to reveal witnesses drifted into a broader state story, drawing local critique and asserting the paper’s statewide scope over city concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette
Sioux City
Des Moines
Woodbury County
John Baiton
Carrie Nations
the Gazette
Bob Toms
John Battin
Trev
Woodbury County Grande
Editorial Criticism of Sioux City Grand Jury Report
The Sioux City Ministerial association passes a resolution voicing dissatisfaction with the grand jury findings on graft in Sioux City. It commends Verne Marshall for exposing issues, urges him to continue, and condemns repeal promices claiming liquor reform failed. calls for further changes to curb corruption and drunkenness.
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Grand Jury
Sioux City
State Liquor Commission
This Guy Marshall turns up in liquor probe journal
The editor Verne Marshall of Cedar Rapids Gazette Republic an is featured as a crusader against graft in state politics. The piece notes his past university probe, the HerringTurner clash, and his fearless, if tactful, pursuit of corruption while praising his sincerity and impact.
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Liquor Commission
Marshall
Verne Marshall
Cedar Rapids
Walter A. Jessup
University of Iowa
Dan Turner
Herring
Turner
Sioux City
Buttinsky
Grant Wood Eastbound Tour with New York Show
Grant Wood heads east for a tour of exhibitions culminating in a one man show at Ferargil Galleries in New York City. He will judge an art show and lecture at Columbus Ohio before speaking at Duke University in Durham North Carolina and visiting Washington to view space for a mural at the new post office building Doubleday Doran publishers.
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Grent Wood
Varrious
New York City
Ferargil
Columbus O
Durham
Duke University
Washington
Post Office
Doubleday Doran, Publishers
Amelia Earhart greeted by throngs in Mexico City welcome
Amelia Earhart lands in Mexico City after flying from Mexico and reports a calm crossing aside from a minor propeller issue. She is greeted by government officials and about 20 000 spectators with holiday observances for the record holding aviatrix. She plans sightseeing and a solo flight to New York.
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Mexico City
Atlantic
Pacific
Putnam
Mexico
Emilio Portes Gil
Republic
Miss Earhart
New York
Thousands Expected At Ellis For Easter Egg Hunt
Thousands of Cedar Rapids residents and visitors are expected at Ellis Park today for the Lions Club second annual Easter egg hunt. Ten thousand chocolate marshmallow eggs and one thousand prizes await youngsters, with events starting at 2 30 p m and music by local bands. Public safety and logistics are arranged by Lions Club committees under E H Gundling.
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Ellis Park
Lions Club
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Drum and Bugle Corps
Lions Club Committee
Ira T. Carrithers
Thomas L. Crabbe
John P. Johnston
Charles Filipi
Gurten
Bjelland
Hal Tellier
L. R.ae
J. Harold Horan
Ray Tapper
Boy Scouts
Merl Holloway
Arthur C. Winne
P. A Stover
LeRoy Kling
John B. Turner
M. O. Waterman
W. E. Peschau
R. D. Proctor
George Griner
Robert B. Davis
Ronald C. Booth
Horace G. Hedges
E. B. Hauser
Perry A. West
North Lientz
Jess A. Kitterman
E. E. Hruska
Stanley C. Moore
Homer C. Maxwell
Ervin F. Stepanek
A. C. Hoblitzell
Harold Severn
Don Hines
William Nezerka
Clare T. Call
Art Shepherd
E. H. Gundling
Tableaux Depicting Passion Week At St Pauls M E Church
A 7 30 evening program at St Pauls Methodist features living tableaux of Passion Week scenes with musical effects. Directed by Mrs Kenneth E Cornell with assistance from Mrs Clare Young Nichols, the event follows Sundays Palm Sunday program by the El Kahir Shrine band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Kenneth E. Cornell
Clare Young Nichols
el Kahir Shrine
Helen Little Hickman
Marvin Gard
A. G. Hoelzen
Mary Beaven
H. J. Hartman
S. E. Garber
J. M. Tallman
Ralph Bachman
O. A. Kearney
C. G. Hover
Harry Hoyt
Ed. Hetherington
Joe Campbell
Mervyn Pope
George E. Johnson
J. J. Gregory
Paul Clar
J. E. Denton
Marian Wilson
Lucy Siver
Mary Turner
Theodore
Scared To Death Trial Opens Monday in Poplar Bluff
The scared to death trial of George Bond and Carl McMurty opens Monday in Poplar Bluff Missouri. They are charged with frightening James Ainley 10 his brother and cousin as they went to a Christmas program. Postmortem found enlarged thymus gland attributed to fright.
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Poplar Bluff
George Bond
Carl McMurty
James Ainley
Bond
McMurty
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Ultimate
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Toy Bank
van Vechten Shaffer
Guaranty Bank
Mr. Toy
Mr. Shaffer
Wood
Park Rinard
Middle West
Grant Wood
Amelia
American
St. Paul’s M. E. Church
Rain Capes
Craemer
First Avenue
Wullui
Carter
Batiste
Efela
Floor
Sun Room
Monument Mills
Stevens Linen
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