07 Aug 1935
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1935
Page
1
The piece urges a fearless, independent special assistant attorney general to probe Woodbury county indictments and related state graft. It questions delays, fires up on alleged threats, leaks, and connections with OConnor and Herring, and emphasizes public interest and full truth.
Sioux City AP report says Havner, one of two special prosecutors, pledges cooperation with an executive council inquiry into the Woodbury county grand jury and alleged political motives amid ongoing efforts to investigate graft and public corruption. The state plans a special assistant attorney general to review grand jury actions after petitions from 73 residents. Hayes removal case delayed due to defense illness.
Des Moines AP reports Ed Birmingham's daughter, named temporary worker at the Iowa liquor commission in Sioux City, is aiding during vacation. Andrew Stewart, a commission member, said her resignation followed her father’s election as Democratic state central committee chairman, with reemployment to end August 10.
A reader describes a fifty year old mother who has withdrawn from life and refused help, while a sister becomes her caregiver. The advice urges kindness paired with discipline, suggesting the stay at home sister find outside work to spur the mother toward self care and a firmer approach.
Des Moines AP report says Clarence Olson, who drove Donald Lammey to the Anamosa reformatory in 1931, believes Lammey may be hiding with friends in Cedar Rapids. Lammey, 20, is sought for questioning in John LeClair's Des Moines slaying. Fingerprints tied to LeClair’s car found at Iowa Falls. Olson said Lammey claimed Cedar Rapids friends would shelter him as they passed through town on the way to Pennsylvania. Lammey was later paroled.
Cedar Rapids attorney Walter R. Hutchinson resigns as chairman of Linn county Democratic Central Committee. In a letter dated August 1 he cites his appointment as United States assistant district attorney for northern Iowa as the reason he cannot continue leading the party. Dr D L Morrissey said the committee will likely meet later this week to consider the resignation.
Herbert Rickford, a merchantville New Jersey letter carrier, was bitten by a dog that had previously bitten him on another route a year earlier.
A trade magazine review recounts The Cedar Rapids Gazette led a statewide fight against graft in Iowa public offices. It cites indictments of O'Connor Maley Feuling and others, the liquor commission probe, and a Cedar Rapids raid seizing liquor and seals as pivotal events in the Gazette’s investigation.
Harry L Shekelton died at 2 20 pm Tuesday in a local hospital from injuries from a two vehicle crash on the Lincoln highway west of Cedar Rapids near the Linn county line at 625 Tuesday morning His daughter Alice a student nurse at St Luke s was in critical condition with a basal skull fracture Ira Hinman of Minneapolis brother in law of Shekelton suffered lung and general injuries and shock The accident occurred when Hinman and Miss Shekelton were driving Shekelton to Atkins where he worked for the Milwaukee road The driver of the gravel truck Joe Rieder was uninjured Both vehicles were badly damaged and Shekelton s daughter remained unconscious Tuesday afternoon He is survived by his wife a son Robert and a daughter Nancy Jane 8 months old He had been with the Milwaukee road since Sept 7 1913 born Nov 11 1882
In Cedar Rapids Tuesday afternoon B Wagner of Grand Hotel used his dip net to rescue Rex Hathaway 128 A avenue NW from the Cedar River mill race near the Iowa Electric power plant. Hathaway fell from the retaining wall while walking and cried for help before being hauled to shore.
Federal county and city officers hunted Joe Hanley after his Monday night escape from the Sioux City county jail. Hanley, linked to a bank messenger kidnapping and a 193? Missouri sheriff incident, fled with the help of another inmate Tony Prochello. Deputy Fosvick fired three shots from a window as Hanley vanished into an alley. none appeared to take effect.
CHICAGO. Deputy Chief Walter Storms says Henry Midget Fernekes, a prison escapee, may have headed a robbery gang that stole acetylene torches and gas from 32 railroad roundhouses Tuesday. He notes witnesses described a small masked man matching Fernekes and put six detective squads on the case.
Federal Judge Merrill E. Otis grants a temporary injunction against collecting AAA processing taxes from Washburn-Crosby in a Kansas City suit. He outlines three core principles: statutes presumed constitutional, courts refrain from invalidating laws, and tax collection can proceed if the taxpayer can sue for recovery.
Wiley Post and Will Rogers prepared to launch in Post’s red monoplane from Seattle toward Alaska on a long voyage to Siberia and Moscow. Weather and a pontoon test replacing wheels may delay departure until Wednesday at Renton airport as onlookers await any sudden changes in plans.
Cedar Rapids prepares for the Iowa Jersey Cattle Club show with August 22 to 24 dates. 156 bovine competitors arrive as the Chamber of Commerce waterproofs roofs and cleans stalls. Gravel spreads, drainage improvements, and road work between the brick cattle barn and horse barns aim to keep the grounds dry.
In Paris riots erupted Tuesday over government wage reductions tied to the economic program. Demonstrators clashed near the maritime arsenal with authorities deploying police to restore order.
Sioux City contractor C F Lytle served notice demanding retraction from The Sioux City Tribune and editor Eugene Kelly for allegedly malicious libelous statements. The notice cites July 23 24 25 1935 stories about paying suits and a July 20 piece on equality under law, demanding correction within two weeks.
Senate leaders reach agreement to bar riders to the wealth tax bill and to speed adjournment via debate-choking tactics. Robinson says the bonus issue could be a curtain-raiser for next January, with inflationists voicing early opposition. A non inflationary bonus payment bill is introduced by Byrnes and Steiner to be considered next session.
Washington AP Chariman O'Connor of the house rules committee charged Patrick Hurley with hiding missing lobby witness H C Hopson. Investigators sought Hopson at Hurley's Virginia estate but he denied presence and knowledge of Hopson's whereabouts. Hurley called the visit a disgraceful outrage.
Lobby investigators chased Howard C. Hopson to Patrick Hurley’s Virginia estate after a tip that the utilities official was hiding there. Hurley denied knowing Hopson and called the probe a political frame up as investigators left without a search. Bernard Robinson later claimed Hopson was seen in a hotel.
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