Legislative probe urged on graft and graft related charges
A resolution calls for a full, impartial investigation into charges of fraud, corruption and malfeasance against elective and appointive state officials. It cites liquor commission irregularities, questions about the attorney general, and requests cancellation of contracts tainted by fraud if found. The move signals a push to expose graft and remove guilty parties.
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State Liquor Commission
Commission
Liquor Investigating Committee
Iowa
Verne Marshall
Sioux City
Max Duckworth
Marshall
DES Moines
INS
State of
Towa
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Forty-sixth
General Assembly
Forty-sixth General Assembly
House of Representatives
Senate
Probe Resolution Demands Iowa Graft Inquiry
DES MOINES Iowa lawmakers push a sweeping investigation into alleged graft in state and local government. The resolution names charges of malfeasance, bribery and illegal contracts tied to the liquor control act and calls for a joint eight member committee with broad powers to subpoena witnesses and pursue prosecutions.
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Iowa
Nquor Control Commission
State of
Midwest Republicans Plan June Gathering in Springfield
A grass roots conference of nine Midwestern state party leaders approved a June rally in Springfield Illinois to revive republicanism. National committeeman Harrison E Spangler Iowa will announce the exact date soon. The group urged all Americans to join a crusade to reestablish representative government and defend citizen rights.
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Excelsior Springs
Springfield
Harrison E Spangler
Iowa
F Ormal
Republican Party
Rail unions back Omaha tram workers in bloodless strike
Omaha agents report riot police guarding the city as streetcar operators gain backing from railroad brotherhoods and the American Federation of Labor. A no-arbitration stance drew company resistance, delaying talks while service resumes lightly with jitney buses preferred by riders. A joint union parade through downtown Omaha was planned for five in the evening.
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Omaha
Railroad Brotherhoods
All American Federation of Labor
Noase
Council Bluffs
Iowa Sde
Baker, Former U.S. Mint Chief, Dies
Raymond T. Baker, 56, who led the U S Mint from 1917 to 1922, died Sunday night of coronary thrombosis after six months illness. He is survived by his wife Delphine Cromwell and their 3 year old daughter Anna Ray Baker, with the family in London where Mrs. Baker had gone to study music.
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Washington
Raymond T. Baker
The
Mint
Young Sunday School Classes Entertain at Presbyterian Church
The Rowley pastor Mrs J B Dingsley leads the young peoples Sunday school class of the Presbyterian church in a program for the Meth class, presenting stories songs and cheerful interaction among the youth groups.
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Rowley
Young Peoples
Presbyterian Church
J. B. Dingsley
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