Editor Gallagher in Iowa graft dispute sparks debate
Long column recounts Polk County raids on bootlegging and gambling tied to Rep Gallagher and Des Moines inquiry. It notes his amendment to extend investigations, quotes his fiery opposition to graft charges, and covers Ben Laska's ten year sentence for Urschel kidnapping tied to an attorney scandal context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
J. P. Gallagher
Journal- Tribune
Williamsburg
Gallagher
Des Moines
House of Representatives
Iowa
Galagher
Gazette
State House
Whispering campaign tied to Roosevelt sanity questioned
Senate lobby committee traced rumors of a whispering campaign to at least one source. E. P. Cramer admitted drafting a letter proposing such activity to C. E. Groesbeck of Electric Bond and Share, calling it unsound and false with no evidence, amid testimony and questions from lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
C E Groesbeck
Electric Bond and Share Company
EE. P. Cramer
Washington
INS
Senate Lobby Committee
Roosevelt
Orange
P. Cramer
C. E. Groesbeck
Electric Bond and Share Corporation
Cramer
Edison Industries
Plainfield
N. J
Idea
Lhaiman
Senator Black
Black
Hoover
Representative Compton I White Seeks Salary in Silver Dollars
Idaho congressman Rep Compton I White asked the house paymaster to pay his salary of 5833.33 a month in large silver dollars. He added a challenge that anyone who cannot carry at least five silver dollars in each pocket is a sissy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Compton I White
Idaho
House
Perjury and Conspiracy in the Courtroom Debate
The piece laments willful perjury and jury bribery while condemning schemes where lawyers and witnesses arrange overjured testimony. It argues conspiracies of this kind are more despicable and critical to public welfare, framing the issue as perjury in its proper name.
The Joyful Imperfect Game of Life
Gilbert Chesterton argues that perfection in any game removes interest and fun. He uses croquet and piano as examples, suggesting that the thrill lies in imperfection and unpredictable errors. The piece probes whether life loses joy if ideals are fully attained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Chesterton
Theresa
Mies
Thompson Weeps as Peoria Jury Tags Him Death
Gerald Thompson, 26, convicted of murder in Peoria for killing Mildred Hallmark, a 1 year old honor graduate, with four hours of deliberation. He cried in judge Daily's chambers while awaiting motion hearings set for August 12, with sentence deferred pending further motions.
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Peoria
INS
Gerald Thompson
Thompson
Mildred Hallmark
Peoria Girls
Joseph E. Daily
Ben Thurman
Note Calls Flag Incident Unfortunate In New York Harbor
The United States expressed regret over the July 26 1935 flag tearing from the German steamship Bremen in New York harbor. A note from Acting Secretary of State William Phillips said the incident was not due to American neglect and cited New York police precautions while criticizing the German flag's disrespect.
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Washington
United States
Bremen
New York Harbor
Hudson River
William Phillips
Rudolph Leitner
New York
Shipping Line
Steamship Line
Matthew Soloman
Maley Plans Indictment Plea Next Week
Walter F. Maley first assistant attorney general says his plan to answer the indictment against him at Sioux City is very indefinite. The graft grand jury indicted Maley and Attorney General Edward L. OConnor on conspiracy to operate gambling devices. He does not intend to answer this week but may travel to Sioux City next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Walter F. Maley
Sioux City
Maley
Edward L. O'Connor
Libel suit filed against The Gazette over May 1 article
Harold M Cooper former chairman of the state liquor control commission sues The Cedar Rapids Gazette editor Verne Marshall and Gazette agents along with Mr and Mrs Charles Dodd and Robert Dodd in district court for 50000 alleging libel from an May 1 Gazette article claiming Cooper perjured himself. The case marks Cooper second and Gazette third suit related to the same publication.
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Cooper
The
Gazette
Marshall
Marshalltown
Boardman and Cartwright
Linn County
Lawyers announce more libel suits against Gazette in Iowa
Attorneys for Harold M. Cooper say additional suits will be filed through The Gazette's circulation area. They revealed a $50,000 libel action was filed in Vinton against the Cedar Rapids paper and declined to name where the next suit will be filed. The Gazette will be named as co defendant in each suit.
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Marshalltown
INS
The
Gazette
Harold M. Cooper
Liquor Control Commission
Cedar Rapids
Vinton
Judge to rule Friday on Hayes ex parte hearing request
Sioux City mayor W. D. Hayes seeks to strike from the district court records the grand jury recommendation of removal. Judge Rice will decide at 9 am Friday after attorneys requested an ex parte hearing and the judge urged both sides be present. Free testified that Judge Wakefield declined the ex parte request before vacation.
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Sioux
W. D. Hayes
Sioux City
Grand Jury
Rice
Hayes
Chris N. Jepson
Fred N. Free
M. E. Rawlings
I. M. Havner
Free
A. O. Wakefield
Wakefield
Lon- Estonian Activist Dies at 131 in Yugoslavia
Trajko Smuil govitch, aged 131, died in Smedrevo Yugoslavia the Exchange Telegraph agency reported on Thursday.
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London
Trajko Smuilgovitch
Smedrevo
Jugoslavia
Exchange Telegraph Agency
Death note signed by suspect in Bauer mutilation case
A note found in Chicago on a coat and handkerchief is described as a suicide note by Mandeville Zenge 26 Canton Missouri a suitor of Louise Bauer and wanted for questions in the attack on Dr Walter J Bauer. Police call the note a ruse. The note dated July 31 is addressed to Dear Dad and explains disillusion then ending it all.
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Chicaco
Mandeville
Mandeville Zenge
Canton
Walter J. Bauer
John Stege
Zenge
Bauer
Louise
Kirksville
John Giannini
Navy Pier
Chicago
Near North Side
Ann Arbor
Mich
Jodger
A. L. Jones
Louise Schaffer
Dad
Marion Man Heads District Of Legion
A R McElwain of Marion was elected second district Legion commander at Maquoketa on Thursday afternoon, succeeding F Purinton of Maquoketa. The 1936 district meeting is set for Clinton. Duster of Cedar Rapids was elected national committeeman as the second district won the Legion state membership contest.
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Maquoketa
A. R McElwain
Marion
Legion
F. OR. Purinton
Clinton
See Duster
Cedar Rapids
Echo Sounding Device Powers Lusitania Salvage Ops
Aboard salvage ship Orphir Captain Henry Dell Russell relies on an advanced echo sounding apparatus to map the Lusitania site. The instrument, about two by two and a half feet, records minute seabed changes as it projects an almost continuous profile of the ocean floor, enabling precise wreck location readings.
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Lusitania
Marvel of Marine Science
Orphir
Henry Dell Russell
Prince Alexis Ndivani Dies in Spanish Car Crash
Madrid UDP reports Prince Alexis Ndivani divorced spouse Barbara Tutton heiress to Woolworth was killed in a road accident between Palamos and Figueras. The prince is among the four marrying Ndivani brothers.
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Prince
Barbara Hutton
Madrid
Alexis Ndivani
Barbara Tutton
Woolworth
Ndivani
Palamos
Figueras
Febuss
Gerona
Administration Doubly Beaten On Utility Bill
The House rejected Rayburn’s bid to force a Senate compatible bill by 209 to 155 and then approved by 183 to 172 barring outsiders from further House Senate conferences on the utilities measure. Five Iowa congressmen supported the “death sentence” while others opposed, amid partisan division.
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George Sfuddleston
Ala
Benjamin Cohen
House
Senate
Fight over amended abstract in Siegel manslaughter case
County Attorney M E Rawlings resists defense bid to strike his amended abstract used in the Iowa Supreme Court. He argues 65 to 70 errors in the original abstract and notes he became county attorney May 15, needing time to prepare. Siegel was convicted in Woodbury County for the 1934 Water Gardens killing of James Lefty Havens.
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Sioux City
Joe Siegel
Supreme Court
Siegel
M. E Rawlings
Rawlings
District Court
Woodbury County
James Lo “Lefty
Havens
Water Gardens
Liberty
Bond
Ethiopia Barred From Parley In League Compromise
Britain France and Italy agreed a compromise to extend arbitration in the Italo Ethiopian dispute and to convene further talks without Ethiopia present. The plan, brokered at a dinner with League officials, allows Mussolini to influence frontier delimination and sets fresh negotiations in northern Italy with Addis Ababa sidelined.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Britain
France
Haly
Italy
Teague Council
Commission
Benito Mussolini
Ethiopia
Il Duce
Julian
Baron Pompeo Aloisi
Pierre Taval
League
R. Anthony Eden
Joseph Avenol
Mussolini
Funeral service for D. E. Howell Friday at 4
The Rev. Robert Little will preach the funeral for David E. Howell pioneer Cedar Rapids wholesale grocer Friday at 4 p.m. in the Turner chapel Burial is in Oak Hill cemetery Friends may call at the Turner chapel Honorary pallbearers are James E. Hamilton Isaac B. Smith S. E. Coquillette W. R. Boyd Frank Beals and Dr. Harry M. Gage
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Cedar Rapids
Robert Little
David E. Howell
Turner Chapel
Oak Hill Cemetery
James E. Hamilton
Isaac B. Smith
S. E. Coquillette
W. R. Boyd
Frank Beals
Harry M. Gage
Linn Democrats Fail to Track $100 Gift Origin
Linn county Democratic officials and its treasurer admit no inquiry into the $100 cashier’s check given Dec. 5 1933 for a national campaign fund. The check endorsed by Harold M. Cooper of Marshalltown and cashed Jan. 3 1934 reportedly never appeared in Washington records.
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Linn County Democratic Central Committee
Linn Committee
National Democratic Campaign Fund
Washington
Paul Huston
Linn Democratic Committee
Harold M. Cooper
Marshalltown
Cooper
Huston
County Central Committee
Walter Hutchinson
Democratic
D. L. Morrissey
Hutchinson
Des Moines
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Ben Laska
Denver
Urschel
Laska
Wis
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Thomas A. Edison Industries
Ocean Line
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United Feature Syndicate
Ing
Marvel of Science
Prince Alexis Mdivany
Jowans
Towa
Biermann
Gillette
Utterback
Wearin
Gilchrist
Gwynne
Thurston
Ouce
Putes
D. E. Howell
Linn Democrats
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