Tax talk and political wagers stir Iowa and nation
The piece argues a sales or transaction tax may emerge if the AAA ruling goes against federal policy. It notes opposition to worker penalties, cites Townsend plan aims to fund the aged, and warns inflation as a driving motive. It recounts Iowa dairy tuberculosis battles and GOP pre primary tensions shaping the 1936 campaign.
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George
Georgia
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
AAA
Washington
Townsend
Justice of the peace sought probe into Wapello slot machines
In Sioux City C L Calhoun testified that as a justice of the peace he wrote to Attorney General O'Connor in April 1933 requesting an investigation of slot machine operations in Wapello county but received no reply. He said about 60 places in 1933 34 housed 100 to 125 machines. He offered a list but was told it was not needed. Raiders later halted activity in mid 1934, with some raids in June.
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Towa Tas
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Sioux City
C. L. Calhoun
Edward L. O’connor
Justice of the Peace For
Agency
O'Connor
Wapello County
Calhoun
Earl Peters
W. R. Tice
Woodbury County
Alma
Berry
O’connor
Wapello
H. M. Havner
William Arthur
Arthur
Christmas Suggestion for Gift Subscriptions
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Foils Seizure of French Air Defense Plans
A sergeant Keiffer guarding Bron airdrome near Lyons repelled four burglars who tried to steal a complete set of air mobilization plans. The thieves left burglar tools. police suspect an international spy ring. The safe held plans covering central France defense around Lyons and Clermont Ferrand, with key industries like Michelin and Schneider.
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Paris
Thirty-Fifth Aviation Regiment
Bron
France
Keiffer
Lyons
Germany
Italy
Clermont Ferrand
Michelin Rubber Company
Schneider and Creusot
Cedar Rapids Youth Clemency Effort for Murder Case Dropped
Cedar Rapids 22 year old Lyle Messner serving life at Fort Madison for the murder of 6 year old Kathleen Forrest. Clemency hopes promoted by Clarence Darrow and protests from local organizations were not pursued as Gov. Clyde Herring announced the case was effectively dropped.
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Lyle Messner
Cedar Rapids
Fort Madison
Clyde L. Herring
International News Service
Des Moines
Messner
Kathleen Forrest
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Gov. Herring
Darrow
Chiang Kai-Shek Named Virtual Dictator Of China
The Central Chinese government announces Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek as chairman of the executive yuan with full dictatorial powers. He succeeds Premier Wang Ching-wei who was recently wounded. Chiang also becomes vice chairman of the Kuomintang standing committee and of the central political council.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Executive Yuan
Chiang
Central
China
Wang Ching-Wei
Kuomintang
Nationalist Party
Central Executive Committee
Central Political Council
Cedar Rapids Weather Quiet in Thick Fog
Cedar Rapids awoke to a blanket of fog with a dismal gray sky. Temperatures hovered around 39 degrees in the morning and rose to 46 by mid afternoon as drizzle added .04 inch of moisture from Friday night into Saturday.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Wallace Defends AAA Food Policy Before Connecticut Clergy
Secretary Wallace told the Connecticut Council of Churches that the AAA has not destroyed food and does not propose to. He argued against critics urging a return to old farm practices and warned against reducing domestic food supply or overpricing crops. He warned of pressure groups and urged preserving democratic liberty and individual sacredness while pursuing the general welfare.
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New Haven, Conn
Wallace
AAA
Connecticut Council of Churches
United States
Suspect Arrested in Fresno Slaying of 14-Year-Old Mary Stammer
Tony Saltikoff alias Thomas Shubin, 23, was arrested in Los Angeles and jailed on suspicion of murder in the slaying of Mary Stammer, 14, in Fresno two weeks earlier.
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Los Angeles
INS
Tony Saltikoff
Thomas Shubin
Mary Stammer
Fresno
U.S. Designs Test Case On Utility Law Action
The Securities and Exchange Commission designated its suit against Electric Bond and Shares for a test of the utility holding act. The move aims to prompt a swift Supreme Court ruling on constitutionality, asking the DC Supreme Court to stay injunctions from seven major utility units pending the high court decision.
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Washington
Newcats
Supreme Court
Securities Commission
Electric Bond and Shares Company
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Roosevelt plans Jan 8 radio kickoff for campaign drive
Washington AP The Democratic Party fixed January 8 as the formal opening date for its drive to keep control of the government for four more years. President Roosevelt will deliver an address broadcast to Democrats at 1,500 Jackson Day dinners across the nation. Chairman James A Farley announced the plan.
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Washington
Democratic Party
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Tennessee Riflemen Hunt 3 Bank Bandits
Bandit gang escapes from Nashville penitentiary. two fugitives Gus McCoig and Pete Dean identified. Deputies wounded and a sheriff killed in daring loot and jailbreak. Officers and posse pursue suspects after the Tuesday breakout.
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Tennessee Riflemen
Sahnitech
Tazewell Bank of
Gus McCoig
Pete Dean
Nashville
U S Gold Surges Past 10 Billion in Financial Peak
U S monetary gold stock breaks the 10 billion dollar barrier amid record banking reserves. Foreign gold inflows, led by France, push federal reserve member banks to new highs as totals reach 5.905 billion in reserves and 3.18 billion in excess holdings.
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NEW York
France
Federal Reserve
Letter to Attorney General Demands Slot Machine Probe
C L Calhoun then justice of the peace in Wapello County asks Atty Gen Edward O Connor for an investigation into large scale slot machine operations in the county. He describes conflicts with the county attorney and sheriff over seizure and court handling, offering support for an inspector if launched.
Detective Parker asserts Hauptmann innocence in Lindbergh case
In Trenton New Jersey Ellis Parker Burlington county detective says he has no valuable evidence and is convinced Hauptmann is guilty. He claims ransom notes circulated in New York and Boston and accuses state officials of withholding items and notes.
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Trenton
N. J
Lindbergh
Ellis Parker
Burlington
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Harold Hoffman
Ellis H. Parker
Flemington
Hauptmann
Associated Press
Parker
New ‘York
INS
Cane
New York City
New ‘Jersey
Harold G. Hoffman
Bruno Hauptmann
New Jersey State Prison
New York
Boston
Europe
Isidor Fisch
Fisch
New Jersey
Col
Underworld
Mount Holly
Hauptmann Appeal Set For Secret Supreme Court Vote
Bruno Richard Hauptmann's appeal of his Lindbergh kidnapping and murder conviction will be decided by a secret Supreme Court vote on Saturday, with the result not revealed until Monday.
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Washington
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Supreme Court
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1935
In 1935 Cedar Rapids records show 391 accidents causing 448 injuries and 3 deaths.
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Cedar Rapids
Italians Bomb Dessye In Two Airstrikes
Italian planes bombed Dessye on Friday and Saturday, the second attack in 24 hours. Red Cross workers treated many victims while Emperor Haile Selassie’s war headquarters remained at risk. A Norwegian nurse and a French correspondent were among the injured.wina
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Addis Ababa
Dessye
Petra Hoevig
Seventh Day Adventist Hospital
Georges Goyon
Havas
Hoevig
Goyon
Red Cross
Jury Acquits Cedar Rapids Marble Game Proprietor
Lyman of Cedar Rapids was acquitted by a district court jury of keeping a gambling house tied to a marble type game machine at 300 First Avenue East. He argued no material rewards were given, only free games. The case followed a July 16 seizure of similar machines. two state witnesses testified.
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First Avenue
Lyman
Cedar Rapids
G. K. Thompson
Ed .Fordyce
G. P. Linville
Murder Confirmed in Dakota Farm Fire Killings
Seven shotgun pellets were found in the skull of Mrs. Nels C Jacobsen whose charred body was recovered with her husband and son from a burned Dakota farm home. Pathologist Dr J C Ohrmacher said the pellets, likely No 4 shot, indicate the trio were murdered before the fire. A coroner jury was to view the bodies, with funeral services set for Sunday.
Thaw Takes Off For Ellsworth Rescue
Russell W. Thaw departed Caldwell Wright airport with mechanic William H. Klinke on a mission to reach Chile and assist in the search for missing explorer Lincoln Ellsworth and his pilot. The plan called for a first leg to Brownsville Texas before continuing toward Magallanes to connect with Ellsworth’s Wyatt Earp supply ship commanded by Sir Hubert Wakins.
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Caldwell, N. J
Russell W. Thaw
Caldwell-Wright Airport
Antarctica
Lincoln Ellsworth
William H. Klenke
Brownsville
Tex
Magallanes
Chile
Ellsworth
Wyatt Earp
Sir Hubert Wakins
British Envoy Seeks Peace With Mussolini In Italy Visit
London dispatch says Sir Eric Drummond will see Premier Mussolini to press a new appeal for peace. In Paris, Sir Samuel Hoare and French Premier Laval conferred to unite Britain and France in support of the League and to aid a settlement ending the Italo Ethiopian war.
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London
INS
Great Britain
Italy
Eric Drummond
Benito Mussolini
Paris
Samuel Hoare
Pierre Laval
France
League‘of Nations
Mussolini vows to press East Africa drive until demands met
Mussolini rallying the Chamber of Deputies warned against too much optimism about peace moves. He said Italy will continue fighting in East Africa and endure the economic siege by the league of nations until its minimum demands are satisfied. He defended Italian resolve and warned oil embargo effects.
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Rome
INS
Benito Mussolini
Italy
East Africa
League of Nations
Tr Duce
Chamber of Deputies
Mussolini
League
St. Duce
Samuel ‘Hoare
House of Commons
Il Duce
Africa
1 Duce
Free theater tickets offered in Sunday Gazette Want Ads
The Gazette announces a promotion giving many pairs of free theater tickets to persons whose names appear in the daily Want Ads starting Sunday. Readers are urged to place a Want Ad in the BIG SUNDAY GAZETTE by dialing 2-1121 before 8 P.M. tonight.
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BIG Sunday Gazette
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