The Manley plot and liquor mask in Iowa graft tale
A sprawling exploration of allegations surrounding state liquor seals, Chairman Bernard Manley, Mike Mercurio, and liquor commission agent Rich Anderson. The piece questions motives, possible framing, and the fate of witnesses amid O’Connor era graft trials in Sioux City and Woodbury County.
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Mike Mercurio
Bernard Manley
The
Liquor Commission
Manley
Mercurio
Rich Anderson
Hoffman visits Hauptmann in death cell
New Jersey Governor Har old Hoffman disclosed that he met Richard Hauptmann in his Trenton death cell and urged all other court of pardons members to visit him to hear the condemned man’s side firsthand. The governor said Hauptmann pleaded his complete innocence and that the matter remains under discussion.
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New York
Harold G. Hoffman
New Jersey
Bruno
Richard Hauptmann
Trenton
N. J
New Jersey Court of Pardons
Hauptmann
Court of Pardons
New York Evening Journal
Jers
Hoffman
Ellis Parker
Burlington—county
U. S. Supreme Court
Parker
William S. Conklin
Conklin
Farley Allows Unregistered Utilities to Use Mails Pending Court Ruling
Postmaster General James A. Farley on Thursday authorized unregistered utility holding companies to continue using the mails until the Supreme Court rules on the act's validity. The 1935 law bars such holding companies from mailing for specified purposes unless registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Washington
James A. Farley
Supreme Court
Utility Holding Company Act of
Securities and Exchange Commission
Lawyers Hold Grand Jury Info in Graft Trials
Under a strict law enforcement system the disclosure would trigger a major expose. The text notes grand jury information rests with about a dozen defense lawyers in graft cases and accuses department of justice interference with Woodbury County procedures. It mentions O’Connor’s failed effort to compel another assistant into the probe, thwarted by Havner.
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Yee
Sioux City
Max Duckworth
O’connor
Beck
Duckworth
Woodbury County Grand Jury
Walter Maley
Herbert Hoffman
Dubuque
Ed O’connor
Woodbury County
Grand Jury
Hoffman
Offman
Ed O'Connor
H. M
Havner
Department of Justice
Source Of Tae Liquor Seals Still Mystery
Des Moines AP report on Mercurio acquittal stirring renewed efforts to find who supplied Iowa liquor seals. Mercurio testified he bought 20 000 seats from Bernard Manley, prompting a directed verdict acquitting Manley and charging Mercurio with perjury. Authorities interview sheriff and enforcement officials while probe widens.
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DES Moines
Mike Mercurio
Iowa
Mercurio
Bernard E. Manley
Lquor Commission
Manley
C. F. Keeling
Keeling
Rich C. Anderson
Commission
Anderson
Carl Burkman
Clyde L. Herring
Adams
Co. A. Donkasa
Lyman Denies Cash Paid Marble Game Wins
Lyman, a Cedar Rapids cafe and cigar shop owner, testified that he never saw agents Glenn Powers and Everett Cowden pay winners on a marble game. he claimed free plays, not paid winnings, were the reward. Dr. F J Prout backed his claim, saying no payoff money was received. The case, part of a broader seizure of marble game machines, follows his July 18 plea of not guilty with a $500 bond.
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L. P. Lyman
Cedar Rapids
John T. Moffit
Glenn Powers
Everett Cowden
Powers
Cowden
Lyman
First Avenue E
G. P. Linville
F. J. Prout
Prout
G. K. Thompson
Ed Fordyce
Police use confiscated moonshine as anti-freeze in Charleston
Charleston police report a bizarre cold weather measure as officers substitute confiscated moonshine whisky for anti-freeze in patrol cars causing operational hiccups and safety concerns.
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Charleston
S. C
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1935 Details
Traffic tolls for Cedar Rapids in 1935 show 382 accidents 447 injuries and 12 deaths amid rising motor mobility. Officials record tolls and call for safety improvements in early city transportation data.
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Cedar Rapids
Teneaneas
Mussolini Expected To Reject Peace Proposals
Italian premier Mussolini appears poised to reject Franco British peace terms on the Italo Ethiopian war. Diplomats say Rome sees no foundation for optimism and may demand broader territorial concessions before Geneva sanctions debate.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Foreign Office
Italy
Paris
Maurice Peterson
Count Rene Doynel Saint-Quentin
Il Duce
France
Vittorio Cerutti
Mussolini
Britain
Geneva
Tigre
Aksum
Aduwa
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Kenya
Setit River
Eritrea
Adigrat
Doomed Man Tries To Die Before Electric Chair
Edd yville Ky UP Eulie Lutheridge scheduled to die in Kentucky state prison electric chair failed in a suicide attempt. He fashioned a dagger from a stool rung and pierced his arm, bleeding profusely before guards found him. Lutheridge was condemned for the murder of Theodore Fitchen on December 6 1931 after robbing, clubbing, faking an accident, and torching Fitchen’s car.
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Eddyville
Eulie Lutheridge
Kentucky State Prison
Tom Logan
Lutheridge
Theodore Fitchen
Logan
Mark Twain and the gifted imagination in children
A reader asks about a boy who tells fantastic tales. The piece compares him to Mark Twain, noting a loving mother's perspective that imagination can be a treasure when directed. It advises understanding over alarm, stressing imagination as a potential asset.
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Newton Ing
Mark Twain
Sam
Mark
Twain
Airplane drops pro independence leaflets over Peiping
An East Hopeh autonomous state airplane escorted by fourteen Japanese army planes flew over Peiping on Thursday and dropped handbills urging Peiping to declare independence from the Central China government.
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Peiping
East Hopeh
China
Seven Die As Bridge Falls Near Karlovac
Seven workers were killed when a bridge under construction near Karlovac collapsed on Thursday in Belgrade Yugoslavia.
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Belgrade
Jugoslavia
Karlovac
Iowa Woman Killed in Head-On Collision Near Ackley
Mrs. Fred Stukenberg about 60 of Applington Iowa was killed when a car driven by her husband collided head on with another car driven by Ed Brower of Geneva Iowa on icy pavement near Ackley Thursday afternoon authorities said.
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Iowa
Ackley
Fred Stukenberg
Aplington
Here
Ed Brower
Geneva
New Deal Curb on Million Dollar Incomes Cited
Treasury figures show 32 million dollar income earners in 1934, down from 46 in 1933, as administration tax reforms shift income toward lower brackets. SEC data list few names of top earners, including IBM’s Thomas J. Watson and GM’s William S. Knudsen, with several others earning 100 thousand plus annually.
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Treasury
Washington
Treasury Department
Securities and Exchange, Commission
SEC
Thomas J. Watson
International Business Machines Co
William S. Knudsen
General Motors Corporation
Walter S. Gifford
American Telephone ,& Telegraph Co
Bull Hart turns 61 amid Hollywood exile and quiet ranch life
Newhall California AP William S Hart known as Two Gun Bill faces birthday and a ritual with his horse Fritz 27 in the corral. Once a silent film star blacklisted by producers he avoids Hollywood and spends his day riding writing and managing his 200 acre ranch with dogs Minnie and Prince.
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Newhall
Calif
William S. Hart
Old Fritz
Bill
Hart
Hollywood
Las Loma de Los Vientos
Hill of the Winds
Bill Hart
Minnie
Prince
Fritz
Admit Evidence of Gagen Maley Telephones in Gambling Case
Telephone company records shown in a gambling conspiracy trial linked Joe Gagen to Walter Maley in Des Moines. Judge Peters admitted hotel and directory records despite defense objections, noting calls and numbers tied to Maley and other indicted locals.
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C. V. Warren
Sioux City
Joe Gagen
Walter Maley
Des Moines
Edward L. O’connor
Earl Peters
Howard Amick
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Gagen
Maley
O'Connor
Woodbury County
Peters
West Hotel
Telephone Company
Sioux
City Telephone
Toi Mission
Tellenbotie
Three Town Editors Urge GOP To Pass Pre-Primary Plan
Editors from Chariton Indianola and Knoxville urged Iowa GOP county chairmen to back recalling the 1934 state convention to select a preferred slate of candidates. They warned a primary fight could boost Democratic chances and emphasized presenting a united front to win next year.
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Republican County
Central Committee
State Committee
Frank
George Lloyd
State Central Committee
Iowa ‘Republican Editorial ' Association
Curtis
Marion County
Works’ Progress
Democratic County Committee
Washington
Berry
Republican Editorial Association
Fort Des Moines
Politics Warming Up In Louisiana
New Orleans reports that Louisiana politics will restart as Huey Long era machinery opens its campaign for the January 21 election. Tensions rise with cries of a million dollar oil scandal and threats of violence. Two women's groups seek a congressional inquiry before the vote.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Huey Long
Washington
Hull Warns Japan and China Over Open Door Policy
Secretary Hull warned that the United States disapproves of the autonomy movement in North China and urged respect for the nine power treaty. He stressed treaty rights and the open door while noting China’s northern provinces face political shifts with broad regional implications.
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Washington
Japan
Hull
United States
China
House of Commons
North China
Nanking
Great Britain
Samuel Hoare
Siri
Ronald
Hugo Beith
de Hull
Cmay
Potato Control Act Aims Higher Tax Free Sales
Washington report states the AAA defends the potato control act and that the tax free sales apportionment for the year starting Dec 1 1935 is 226.6 million bushels, exceeding the 1929 34 period average annual sales of 219.07 million bushels.
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Washington
Foy
Aaar
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Peecomment
Mr. Manley
Cornish Beck
Democratic State Central Committee
I. Rnor
Frilauptmann
Jersey
Farley
Cedar Rapids News
Duce
Bull Hart
Tarnation
Dickie
Pedro
Shorty
Irie
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