Annenberg Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion in Chicago
U S District Attorney announced Moses L Annenberg pled guilty to evading 1 2 7 million in 1936 income taxes tied to his publishing enterprise and horse race information services He also pled innocent to other income tax counts The court set May 23 for sentencing and the government said other charges would be dismissed Hafner also pled guilty to one count of the main indictment and faces the same maximum penalties Annenberg and Hafner could receive up to two years in prison and a 10 000 fine each.
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Moses L. Annenberg
U. S
William J Campbell
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Joseph E Hafner
Min-Hai Distributing Corporation
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James H. Wilkerson
Arnold Kruse
Wester Kruse
James M Ragen
Herbert S Kamin
Harry Freedman
Stanley L. Kahn
Jules Taylor
Charles W Bidwill
Aaron Trousch
Julius J Smith
William Molasky
Fred W. Minicus
Ernest B Fischer
The Little Psalm As Comfort and Faithful Refuge
A reflective meditation extols a timeless Psalm as solace for weary hearts. It likens its simple prayer to childhood faith, links it to divine guardianship, and views death as lightened by belief that God sustains and welcomes the soul home.
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King David
Burns
Scotland
David
United Feature Syndicate
Roosevelt Meets Canadian Chief in Warm Springs Conference
President Roosevelt conferred with Canadian Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King at Warm Springs Ga stressing no policy decisions were discussed. Roosevelt plans a 21 day national tour to coincide with the upcoming Republican convention and to dedicate several national parks and historic sites along the way.
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Georgia
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
W. OL. Mackenzie King
William D Hassett
Canada
United States
Philadelphia
Drop Some Flood Control Plans But Not At Coralville
War department abandons several Mississippi valley flood control projects but keeps the Coralville dam on the list. Col Malcolm Elliott of the St. Louis division of Army Engineers says funding is needed, while other plans were rejected as not cost effective. An official bulletin confirmed the abandonment of the other projects.
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Coralville Dam
Mississippi Valley
War Department
Malcolm Elliott
Division Army
St. Louis
the Gazette
Col Elliott
Home collapses as rains wash out yard in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh dealer Human Vogel watched helplessly as his new $12,000 house buckled and fell Tuesday atop $3,000 worth of furniture. Cracks began Sunday after two weeks of rain washed away the dirt beneath the home. Vogel, who runs a butcher shop, recalled being told a 15 story apartment could be built on the site.
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Pittsburgh
Vogel
Dewey Proving New York Political Jobs Are Roving Scholarships
District Attorney Dewey shows that New York political jobs are roving scholarships. The piece notes Manhattan locals like La Guardia Walker and Hylan setting mileage records for stock mayors under all weather. It references Dewey in Los Angeles and hints at a Chicago notice about a lam-like pursuit.
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Roosevelt Open-Minded on Joining Allied Side
Purported inside history claims President Roosevelt was open to options on entering World War II. Authors Alsop and Kintner say he listed belligerency among alternatives in a counter-espionage conference with Frank Murphy. The book cites unpublished documents and a draft war emergency proclamation.
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United States
Germany
Joseph Alsop
Robert Kintner
Frank Murphy
Adolph A. Berle
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Coe Girl Named Drake Relays Queen First Iowa Coed
Miss Merle Fuindsten a 19 year old Coe College junior was named the Drake Relays queen for the thirty first annual event. The Chicago native will preside at Drake University stadium Friday and Saturday as 25 candidates from 11 states competed.
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Acorn
Kathryn Show
Leland Grimes
Iowa Ened
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Martha Stull
Northwestern University
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AWS Counel
Woman Run Over By Auto Dies in Cedar Rapids
Mrs H Hospers 61 of Olin died in a Cedar Rapids hospital after being backed over by her daughter's car. The death was attributed to a heart condition worsened by injuries. The accident occurred near Third Avenue and Second Street Southeast as Mrs Hospers attempted to cross.
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Olin
Lospers
BL. Knight
Muriel
Hospers
Testimony claims Reds can paralyze New York carriers
Former New York subway worker and WPA worker Thomas Humphrey O Shea testified before the Dies committee that communist leaders in the Transport Workers Union have absolute power to paralyze New York transit. He said the CIO affiliate could stampede workers into a strike and cited gun clubs in the union and planned infiltration of Interborough Rapid Transit.
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Thomas Humphrey O Shea
New York Subway
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Dies Committee
Transport Workers Union
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O'Shea
CIO
O Shea
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
New York
Dies
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Walter C. Leach Dies in Minneapolis Former Cedar Rapids Resident
Walter C. Leach 75 a longtime fire insurance figure and brother of Minneapolis Mayor George Leach died Monday in Minneapolis where he had lived since 188. Funeral services will be held at Lakewood chapel Minneapolis Wednesday at 3 15 p.m. Burial Friday at 4 p.m. at Oak Hill Cemetery Cedar Rapids. The Rev Father Vernon L S Jones Grace Episcopal Church will conduct. Mayor Leach will accompany Mrs Walter Leach to Cedar Rapids for the service. Leach born Hastings Minnesota December 5 1864 son of Judge William B Leach and Mary Hammond Leach The family moved to Cedar Rapids after the Civil War.
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George Leach
Minneapolis
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Oak Hill
Vernon L. S. Jones
Grace Episcopal Church
Leach
Walter Leach
Hastings
Minn
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Mary Hammond Leach
Minnesota
Coe College
Believe Nazis Plan to Wind Up War in 40
London reports German Baltic ports busy with large scale troop and ammunition arrivals. Walther Funk signals Germany aims to end the war this year, urging speed and economic measures to outpace Allied attrition.
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Uil
Germany
Baltic
Reuters
Stockholm
English Asked For Big Tax Sacrifices To Meet War Costs
London in the wartime budget Sir John Simon proposed the largest British budget on record totaling 2 667 000 000 pounds for the year. He urged heavy tax sacrifices from every citizen to finance war costs and outlined new purchase taxes while keeping income tax high. He warned the national debt would rise as the government planned borrowing to cover 1940-41 expenditures.
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John Simon
House of Commons
Simon
Buitarn
Simien
Sven
Browntes
Venta Dein
Flyers harass Nazi base near Oslo in first counter-blow
Allied aircraft bombed the Norwegian capital’s northern airfield as German forces held Oslo. Reuters quoted a German radio order demanding arms surrender by Sunday. British and Norwegian troops resisted near Hamar and Lillehammer, while reports from Narvik and Trondheim noted ongoing clashes as German offensives pressed from Levanger toward Rona.
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Germauns
Denmark
London
Reuters Agency
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Narvik
Germany
Tioesa
Hamar
Sallehammer
Tee
Andelenes
Trondheen
British War Office
Trondheim
Pollock Warns Of Democracy Crisis At Cedar Rapids Club
Playwright Channing Pollock addressed the Executive club at the Cedar Rapids Country Club warning Americans about apathy endangering democracy. He urged vigilance, informed judgment, and opposition to totalitarian threats, citing global examples and urging citizens to study acts of Congress and the courts.
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Channing Pollock
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Finland
Light Rain Falls in Cedar Rapids with Cooler Afternoon
Light rain continued over Cedar Rapids as clouds thin. Precipitation reached 0.9 inches by 1:30 p.m. and the temperature rose from morning lows to a high near 52 degrees before slipping back later. The day’s earlier high was 65 at 2:30 p.m. presented by the Chambers Inskeep company dial.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
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