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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 24, 1935

Page

14

O Connor Seen With Siegel at Sioux City Club Outburst

The Gazette details a string of Sioux City episodes linking Attorney General Ed O Connor with Killer Joe Siegel at Hattie Browns and the Martin hotel. A Dec 29 dance at Warrior Hotel and a later liquor fueled meeting end with a brawl involving state agent Bill Arthur and Duckworths secretary. The piece notes investigations and calls for reform, promising more chapters.

Woodbury County Havens Valley Gardens Sioux City Hattie Brown Warrior Wwe Bob Toms University Club Max E. Duckworth Bill Arthur Bureau of Intelligence aAttorney Ed O'Connor Arthur Duckworth Anto Be Brown Duckworths Latters Agen Hur Brown Joe Siegel Max Duckworth Iowa O’connor O'Connor Killer Siegel Siegel C. A. Salfers Walter Maley Salters South Dakota Keokuk County Maley Martin Hotel Martin Gazette Chicken Shack The Lowa

Iowa liquor probe cites law violations and calls for action

Attorney warns liquor commission violated sections of the liquor control act in several cases. He seeks investigations of managers and county attorneys, criticizes handling of seizures and settlements, and urges reforms to end abuses and improve enforcement.

Liquor Commission Iowa Mulberry Realty Company Charles H. Larson Council Bluffs Old Time Liquor Company Manley and Lane Iowa Commission Page Manley Lane Larson Polk and Pottawattamie Hammond

Aged Woman Dies In Fire Believed Of Criminal Origin

CHICAGO INS reports Mrs. Julia Goldberg aged 73 burned to death as a pyro maniac set nine fires within a one mile radius in less than an hour. A granddaughter, Virginia Winnick aged 18, burned on face and chest. several families escaped through flame filled hallways. The arsonist returned to a second building and fled unseen.

Chicago INS Julia Goldberg Virginia Winnick

Constable quits over evicting widows

Don Loomis of Okmulgee Oklahoma resigned Tuesday saying there was no demand for his services except evicting a poor widow from her home and he would rather earn a living another way.

Okmulgee, Okla Don Loomis

Hungarians Arrest 60 In Communist Plot Scrutiny

In Budapest 60 persons including several girl students were arrested on Tuesday. They face charges of complicity in a communist plot against the government. The plan reportedly targeted May 1 as a European labor day demonstration.

Budapest

Page's liquor probe highlights Iowa (Des Moines) report

Floyd E. Page, attorney for the legislative committee, questions the Iowa liquor control commission actions. He cites a tainted trucking contract with White Line Transfer, higher liquor purchases from Western Distributing, and possible corruption tied to Harold Cooper. He questions building ownership, illegal use of legal advice, and state advertising tied to distillers.

Washington Iowa Page Ottumwa Des Moines Floyd E. Page Iowa Liquor Control Commission Liquor Commission White Line Transfer Company

Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1935 Accidents and Casualties

Report lists accidents and casualties from Cedar Rapids toll of 1935. Details include counts of injuries and fatalities across incidents, with figures summarized as released by local authorities. The record notes a total toll in the year.

Cedar Rapids

Trouper Claims Mae West Marriage in 1911

New York Evening Journal reports old time performer Frank Wallace admitted marrying Mae West on April 11, 1911 in Milwaukee. He says he remains in love with West and kept silent for 24 years as a sign of devotion to the belle of the nineties.

New York INS New York Evening Journal Mae West Milwaukee Frank Wallace Wallace la May Jack Cornell Strand Forty-seventh Street Seventh Avenue Mae

Mae West insists on no missing husbands tale

Hollywood report notes Mae West dismisses rumors about missing husbands and clings to her own narrative despite critics and old papers.

Hollywood Calif Mae West

Mae West denies Milwaukee marriage license claim

Mae West dismisses a 1911 Milwaukee marriage license suit as a mistaken listing for two other people. She jokes about being a bride and notes eight men claimed marriage since last January, insisting she has never married anyone, including Frank Wallace.

Mae Mae West Frank Wallace Milwaukee

Two Men Hurt When Car Crashes Into Highway Culvert

Robert White 33 Davenport and L A Walton 35 Chicago were treated at Mercy hospital after a Monday crash on highway 30 four miles east of here. Walton lost control while avoiding an unidentified car stopped on a culvert, injuring White with a fractured hip and broken arm while Walton suffered a forehead cut and shock.

Robert White Davenport L. A. Walton Chicago Mercy Hospital Walton Highway 30 Here White

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