Breen Hired to Probe Iowa Grand Juries Sparks Debate
The article outlines the appointment of Maurice J. Breen as a special assistant attorney general paid forty dollars a day to examine grand jury activities in Woodbury and Sioux City. It notes Breen’s self-description as a lawyer not a politician and discusses potential conflicts with party leadership and newspaper funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward L. O'Connor
Woodbury County
O'Connor
Maurice J. Breen
Webster County
Democratic Central Committee
ME. Breen
Iowa
Breen
Mr. Breen
Mr. O'Connor
Sioux City
Iowa Corn Shows Remarkable Gains in July Survey
Iowa's 1935 corn crop now estimated at 354,232,000 bushels up 63,000,000 from the prior month with an average yield of 365 bushels per acre. The condition rose to 81 percent of normal by Aug 1, while national corn production is pegged at 2,272,147,000 bushels. Oats and wheat projections also updated alongside soybeans at 86 percent, with regional differences noted across the state.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Leslie M. Carl
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Pssett Cee
Carl
Towa
Wheat shows decline in 1935 national crops
The Department of Agriculture forecast a 1935 wheat crop of 607,698,000 bushels, down from 731,000,000 bushels in July. Spring wheat expected at 175,969,000 bushels after rust damage. 1934 wheat totaled 497,000,000 bushels. Corn for 1935 seen at 2,272,147,000 bushels versus July’s 2,045,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Broadcast mindedness and mob opinion warn of propaganda
Ronald Knox warns that radio and mass media turn minds into listening sets. crowd psychology and second hand news corrode independent thinking, creating a broadcast mindedness that shapes politics and religion. This 1935 reflection laments loss of individual thought to propaganda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Feather Ronald Knox
England
America
Alleged Attacker Held for Grand Jury in Graft Probe
Ray Kavanaugh alias Cabana is held for the September grand jury after arraignment on assault with intent to commit murder, later reclassified as assault with intent to commit great bodily harm. W. W. Stevens testified he did not know if the blows came from a fist or instrument and called it an attempted revenge for his grand jury testimony. Stevens is a witness in the removal hearing for suspended Sioux City mayor W. D. Hayes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Ray Kavanaugh
Cabana
W. W.stevens
Woodbury County
Kavanaugh
Kenaston
Stevens
W. D. Hayes
Boy 14 Held For Aiding Hanley Escape
Little Tony Prochello, 14, had parole revoked for aiding the escape of Joe Hanley from Woodbury county jail. Judge F H Rice ordered the boy returned to Anamosa reformatory for seven years until age 21. he had prior shoplifting conviction.
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Boy
Hanley
Anamosa
Sioux City
Little Tony Prochello
Joe Hanley
Woodbury County
F. H. Rice
Prochello
Anamosa Reformatory
Susquehanna Heights replaces Dogtown in Pa
Residents of the former Dogtown in Susquehanna Heights Pennsylvania met to adopt a new name. The original name was attributed to hoboes who disliked the area’s many dogs, according to tradition.
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Dogtown
Susquehanna Heights
Roosevelt backs subsistence pay in works program
President Roosevelt said workers under the 4 billion relief program must take subsistence wages or lose jobs and home relief. He declined to call New York refusals to take construction work a strike, stating they return home if they do not wish to work. He reaffirmed paying subsistence wages, not the private sector, in New York where skilled labor seeks higher pay.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New York
Labor leaders oppose subsistence wage in push for McCarran amendment
Atlantic City reported union leaders led by AFL President William Green restated opposition to a subsistence wage. Green said the federation urged passage of the McCarron amendment, warned of consequences, and announced no further actions beyond what has been done.
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Atlantic City
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Executive Council
Congress
McCarron
Green
WPA strike hits New York as workers defend subsistence wage
In Greater New York union craftsmen on works progress administration jobs join a security wage strike. President Roosevelt supports maintaining the $93.50 monthly subsistence wage. Gen Hugh S. Johnson, NY WPA director, commented on the dispute and its impact.
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New York
Works Progress Administration
Roosevelt
White House
WJA
Hmit
Hugh S. Johnson
WPA
Ohio Congressman Charles V. Truax Dies After Leaving House
Representative Charles V. Truax of Ohio, 48, collapsed in his apartment near the capitol shortly after the House adjourned. He had participated in debates earlier in the day and served five years in Congress as part of the Democratic objectors who blocked certain small bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles V. Truax
Ohio
Capitol
House
Truax
Congress
Senate group to rewrite rates on inheritance tax
Reports indicate the Senate Finance Committee rejected the House inheritance tax levies by 11 to 8 and ordered a tentative new schedule of rates. Sources say the panel also adjusted excess profits taxes and raised the capital stock tax from 1 to 1.50 per thousand, amid secrecy and disbelief over public revisions.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Calflesh Attacks New Deal Policy At Iowa Harvest
Des Moines speaker Robert W. Calflesh denounced New Deal spending and tariff shifts in a Harvest Home Festival in Coggon. He urged self reliance for farmers, warned against federal meddling, and defended a gold standard while urging a balanced national budget. He cited Iowa impacts from national policy and urged production to recapture markets.
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Coggon
Iowa
Verne Marshall
Cedar Rapids
Supreme Court
South America
United States
Calflesh
Herring halts convict home visits after Bedford case
Gov. Clyde Herring said an investigation found a convict was allowed a day's home visit at Bedford Iowa, with no guard present. Ray Garner, serving ten years for farm robberies, reportedly visited July 27 28 and August 3 4. Administrators later backed away from the practice.
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Des Moines
Clyde Herring
Bedford
Taylor County
Roger F. Warin
Warin
Herring
Ray Garner
Garner
Fort Madison
Woodward State Hospital
A. R. Schier
Schier
Court Rules Ohio Sales Tax As Void
AKRON Ohio state sales tax law declared unconstitutional by Municipal Judge Virgil E Rogers in a five page ruling. The judge called state enforcement methods illegal entrapments and voided the tax.
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Ohio
Akron, O
Virgil E. Rogers
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1935 Accidents and Injuries
A 1935 Cedar Rapids toll tally reports 236 accidents, 275 injuries, and 10 deaths. The figures summarize road danger levels in the period.
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Cedar Rapids
James Held in Probe of Two Wives Deaths
Robert S. James, beauty parlor proprietor, held for investigation after his third week marriage wife Mary James was found face down in a fish pond. Previous wife Winona James died in a bathtub of water. police found discrepancies, including fake name Major Lisenba and multiple marriages. Insurance proceeds and drugs were noted in sheriff's office findings. Records show a Birmingham origin and name change.
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James
Los Angeles
Robert S. James
Mary James
Winona James
Major Lisenba
Norris‘ J. Stensland
Sheriff's ’ Office
James Home
Sheriff's Office
Birmingham
Ala
Farmer Near Ely Dies From Threshing Accident
Rudolph Skalsky 49 of near Ely died at St Luke's hospital from internal injuries after a threshing accident Wednesday. He slid from a load of bundles and struck a fork handle. Survived by son Melvin and three brothers, funeral Sunday at Z C B J hall Cedar Rapids with burial in Bohemian National cemetery.
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Rudolph Skalsky
Ely
St. Luke's Hospital
Mr. Skalsky
Linn County
Putnam Township
Joseph Skalsky
Agnes Skalsky
Melvin
Mount Vernon
Ben
Waterloo
Joseph
Marion
Frances Dostal
Z. C. B. J. Lodge
Kuba Funeral Home
Air Clipper Leaves Alameda for 8500 Mile Pacific Flight
Pan American Airways four motor Clipper starts from Alameda at 5 p.m. heading toward Honolulu and Wake Island on a planned 8500 mile hop to China. The 19 ton amphibian lifts from San Francisco Bay into windy skies as it begins the long voyage.
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Alameda
Cal
Lonely Wake Islands
Pan American Airways
San Francisco Bay
California
China
Golden Gate
Honolulu
Wake
Dingell says big packers spark meat price rise
Washington reports Rep. John D. Dingell charges the four largest meat packers manipulate prices. He urges a five-member House select committee probe into the producer to consumer price spread and possible conspiracies. He would empower subpoenas and allow sessions outside House sittings.
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Washington
Detroit
John D. Dingell
Mich
House
Dingell
Big Four
Michigan Democrat
Guards For Each Iowa Bank Urged
DES MOINES IA UP a state bankers association bulletin urged that each bank employ a plain clothes guard to watch for strange persons and suspicious characters around bank buildings. The call followed a string of unsolved Iowa bank holdups in recent weeks.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Bankers’ Association
The
Bankers Association
Hayes Ouster Trial Delayed To Monday
Sioux City AP reports the ouster trial of Mayor W D Hayes is postponed three days due to Judge W W Scott of Davenport's illness. The judge will be dismissed from hospital Saturday. Dr John Tracy advised rest. Prosecutor H M Havner said proceedings resume Monday morning. Maurice Breen from Fort Dodge arrived to investigate irregularities in grand jury proceedings and will set up headquarters Monday to gather information.
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Sioux City
W. D. Hayes
W. W. Scott
Davenport
Scott
John Tracy
H. M. Havner
Maurice Breen
Fort Dodge
Edward L. O’connor
Breen
Martin Hotel
Roosevelt 10 Sign Measure For Pensions
Senate approved the revised social security bill sending it to President Roosevelt for signature. It creates a federal old age pension system and unemployment insurance with taxes starting 1936 37 and reaches about 30 million people. It adds a social security board and expands grants for dependent children health and welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
White House
Roosevelt
Senate
Congress
House
Cone Ferces
United States
Europe
Monkey Blood Frozen Then Revived Spurs Medical Hopes
HOLLYWOOD UP Blood of Jekal a tuberculosis ridden monkey frozen to death last week and brought back by a young research chemist offers striking medical potential. Dr. Ralph S Willard says results are preliminary and must be repeated to be conclusive.
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Hollywood
Jekal
Ralph S. Willard
Columbia University
Italy Calls More Aviation Experts
Rome reports a royal decree summons all aeronautical engineers of classes 1909-10 to service as Italy readies for potential conflict with Ethiopia. The move signals expanded use of air power if war erupts on a larger scale.
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Rome
Ins
Ethiopia
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