Pressure on press to expose graft after Liggett murder
Letter from editor reflects on Walter Liggett’s assassination and urges newspapers to confront political corruption and crime. Warns weak press allows crooks and demagogues to gain power. calls for fearless reporting and support for Mrs Liggett. Prompts broader defense of press freedom and duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liggett
Minneapolis
Mearest American
Olson
Minnesota
Vin Cities Alliance
Politics
Walter Liggett
Fentire
W4i
Journalisjtic Davids
Dorefraus Jessup
Sinclair Lewis
Mellett
Uilford
Warnio
Kkrowa
Widow identifies Cann as Liggett killer in showup
The Minneapolis widow of Walter Liggett identified Isadore Blumenfeld alias Kid Cann as the man who fired the shots that killed the publisher. The Hennepin county grand jury launched a sweeping probe into vice conditions and named a special prosecutor to lead the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Walter Liggett
Isadore Blumenfeld
Kid Cann
Charles Urschel
Hennepin County
James Mullen
Blumenfield
Floyd B. Olson
Ed Goff
Liggett
Minnesota Law and Order League
Cann
Grand Jury
The Spanish philosopher on the human question and solitude
NAMUNO, the Spanish philosopher, argues that human anxiety centers on the solitary question of what happens to the inner self after death. He claims modern life distracts with noise and money, and faith in immortal life is essential to maintain value in self and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Namuno
Greinne
Copsricht
Hartzell deflects grumblers during Drake swindle trial
Chicago AP reports Oscar Hartzell, chief defendant in a mail fraud case, told a 1926 correspondent he had no time to listen to complaints while busy on the deal. Prosecutors say Hartzell aimed to seize a $135 million fake estate of Sir Francis Drake as he sought funds from agents like Biddle in Town.
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Chicago
Francis Drake
Oscar Hartzell
Philip L. Sullivan
Co. C. Biddle
Valley Junction
Towa
Biddle
Hartzell
London
Sir Francis
Meyer Elected As Swiss President
Albert Meyer was elected president of Switzerland for 1936 in Bern. Giuseppe Motta was named vice president after serving as president four times.
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Meyer
Berne
Switzerland
Albert Meyer
Giuseppe Motta
Bankhead cotton act defense shifted to briefs
Washington AP reports the administration will rest its defense of the Bankhead cotton control act on briefs filed earlier, skipping further oral arguments before the Supreme Court. The move follows a broader revision of New Deal law defenses after Solicitor General Reed’s collapse.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Cummings
Stanley Reed
Justice Department
Sue
Texas Cottons
Texas
New Orleans
Moor
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Strato photos confirm earth curvature from high altitude view
National Geographic Society displayed stratosphere images showing the earth’s curvature from nearly fourteen miles up. Captains Stevens and Anderson received Hubbard medals for their scientific research and record flight achievements.
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Washington
National Geographic Society
Albert W. Stevens
Army Air Corps
Stevens
Orvil A. Anderson
Hubbard
Geographic Society
Captain Stevens
Parmelee
S. D
South
Dakota Territory
John ‘J. Pershing
Pershing
Plane Crash Kills Two Ethyl Gas Employees Near Nunda
Two Ethyl Gasoline Co. staffers Dewey L. Noyes and Elwood M. Walter died when their test plane crashed into a potato field near Nunda New York, 50 miles southwest of Rochester. Identification came from papers found on the wreckage and on their persons.
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Rochester
N. Y
Ethyl Gasoline Company
Newark
N. J
Nunda
Here
Dewey.l. Noyes
Elizabeth
Elwood M. Walter
Larchmont
Ethyl Gas
New Deal Contends Dream Haulers Violate Postal Law
The post office issued orders that private messengers delivering statements or messages must stop and pay postage. Five local dairies were cited, with two cleared, one to change practices, and two to confer further. The ruling targets cream checks delivered by private drivers or other nonemployee messengers as competing with the mails. Local utilities delivering statements are noted as exempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Deal
Post Office Inspection Department
Frank Baldwin
Baldwin
Postal Inspection Department
United States
Farm Bureau Resolutions Endorse New Deal Policies
The American Farm Bureau Federation at its 17th annual convention in Chicago unanimously adopted a policy package backing President Roosevelt's farm program. The resolutions urge currency management, support the AAA, farm credits, rural electrification, and continued federal price controls, while calling for a balanced budget and expanded infrastructure. Charles E Hearst of Iowa chairs the resolutions committee.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
American Farm Bureau Federation
AAA
Resolutions Committee
Charles E. Hearst
Iowa
Federation
Masaryk Refuses Cabinet Resignation in Czechoslovakia
President Thomas G. Masaryk rejected the cabinet's resignation and asked Premier Milan Hodza to stay on in his post. The decision keeps the government intact as political tensions loom.
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Praha
Czechoslovakia
Thomas G. Masaryk
Milan Hodza
I Want You Only by Chickie author Elenore Meherin
Elenore Meherin, famed for Chickie, returns with a new romance featuring Nell Doran a beautiful and courageous heroine. The Cedar Rapids Gazette has contracted serial rights and will begin publishing I Want You Only soon with more announcements to come.
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Elenore Meherin
Chickie
Miss Meherin
Nell Doran
The
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Gazette
Delayed Iowa City PWA Funds Hinder Municipal Plant
A DC court temporarily bars a $413000 PWA grant for Iowa City electric plant. Iowa City Light and Power argues the aid harms private property and exceeds federal authority, prompting possible further delays as cases proceed through higher courts.
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Iowa City
Circuit
United States Supreme Court
Iowa City Company
Public Works Administration
PWA
Seaplane Speed Record Set by Ben King in Miami
Ben King of Washington, D. C. established a new world record for light single seated seaplanes at 80.931 mph on a 100 kilometer course in Miami. He eclipsed the prior 76.293 mph mark held by Vercruysse of France from December 1930, boosting the United States to 39 world air marks and shifting parity with France.
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Miami
Fla
Ben King
Washington
D. C
King
Vercruysse
France
United States
Treasury halts silver collapse amid market turmoil
The U S treasury appears to have found buyers for large silver selling orders easing world markets. London spot price fell to 2714 pence an ounce down 134 pence from Monday with mixed futures in London and renewed volatility in Montreal trading.
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New York
INS
U. S. Treasury
London
Montreal
Treasury Buys Silver to Stabilize World Market
The United States Treasury bought roughly 500000 ounces of silver to halt a price slide, setting a new level at 61 cents per fine ounce based on the pound sterling rate. The purchase covered about 71 percent of total offers, with quantities ranging from five to six million ounces and allocations made according to offerings.
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London
United States
Judge Peters Denies Direct Verdict in OConnor Gambling Case
Judge Earl Peters ruled there are not adequate grounds to direct a verdict of acquittal in Attorney General Edward O Connor's gambling conspiracy trial. He overruled the motion Wednesday afternoon and asked counsel Fred Free if defense testimony could begin.
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Sioux City
Edward O'Connor
Earl Peters
O'Connor
Defense witnesses in gambling conspiracy trial testify
Defense witnesses in the gambling conspiracy case against Attorney General Edward L. O Connor testified about the whereabouts of O Connor and the late Park A Findley on various dates in 1933 and 1934. Dr Harry A Collins of Des Moines said Findley was confined in a Des Moines hospital from May 31, 1933 to June 1, 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. V. Warren
Sioux
CITY
Edward L
Findley
Town Methodist Hospital
Attempt to Free Ex-County Attorney From Jail
Attorney George Gorder plans another habeas corpus effort to free former County Attorney Max Duckworth held in jail for refusing to testify. Duckworth has been jailed since before Thanksgiving.
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Edward
W.ported
George Gorderr
Max Duckworth
Duckworth
Gorder
Witness recounts conversations with O Connor during hospital stay
The report notes a witness saying he spoke with O Connor on four days between October 25 and November 3, 1934, at a Des Moines hospital where O Connor's son was treated. It also covers Findley’s role, payments alleged to him and to O Connor, and defense actions in a high profile trial with testimony from Dr. Collins and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O’connor
Des Moines
O'Connor
Findley
State“Bureau of Investigation
Bert Bollinger
Earl Peters
Grahl
Sewer Pipe Here WPA Crew Goes To Work Again
The first load of sewer pipe for the Dairy Dale sanitary sewer project arrived late Tuesday afternoon and was laid Wednesday morning. The WPA labor crew, idle for a week awaiting parts, resumed work and expanded trenching and backfilling.
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Cedar Rapids
Dairy Dale
WPA
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P. S. Nulsen
SDA
Joseph Fort Newtom
Dr, Newton
Alter
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